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Year: 1869

FUTURE DISRUPTION OF THE REPUBLIC.-We copy
as follows from New York dispatch of the 19th


In his sermon yesterday, Beecher referred to the


late rebellion and said its failure ought not to give
notion that the nation is undoubtedly from dis
rupton. Few know how the rebellion came to
proving success. 1t was an attempt which was
founded upon bad grounds upon that which was
odious to the moral sense of the world. But should
the Pacific States in anotherge eraon without slavery
vile curse, interfering undertake separation CON-
mercal political and economical grounds the issue
would probably be very different. Our late success
must not lead US to suppose that other attempts
would be made If the Southern States, temporarily
exhausted, should the struggle the grounds
of political policy and economy, the result could
be oretold Such the extent of the country tina:


in the future, when the respective parts became popu
lous and wealthy separation could not be stayed, it
their interests lay in separation. National unity
secured only when the interest of each section
that there should be such unity.


THE OPERA IN New ORLEANs.-On the opening
night of the New Orleans OPERA it is stated that great
excitement was visible among the audience who had
found out that there was colored family in the audi.
torium The New Orleans News says when the colored
Inspector of Weights and Measures in the Third Dis
trict made his appearance among the audience in COM
pany with his family, as contemporary puts it, "in a
high state of evening costume" If shell had burst
in the midst of the bedzened assemblage it could not
have created greater alarm than those gaudy nobs of
the Freedmens Bureau occasioned on their entrance
Pearly teeth bit ruby lps masculine faces wore con-
temptuous looks; gouty papas grew livd, and pow
dered old dowagers shook their rues and looked dag
gers at the unfortunate ushers. few rushed to the
street, demanding their money and denouncing the
administration, while through it all, the Seaer of
Weights and Measures of the " Old Third was meas
urng the scale of Michots music and weighing in his
comprehensive mind the merits of the artistes.
Year: 1869

Boston SHOE AND LEATHER MARKETING boot
and shoe market, usual during the between season
period presents feature OF interest. The demand
Is almost wholly confined 20 the current wants or
the local aud New England trade, and fine goods
adapted 10 the requirements OF this branch OF the
business selling at very full prices There Is
little stir In manufacturing circles preparatory TO
che business season which Is soon TO be Inaugural
ted. A few orders for heavy goods are beng
placed by large dealers; but IN making arrangements
TO fill them employers meet with considerable am
Guilty on the score OF the high wages demanded by
wOrkmen. With Leather and labor iikely 10 rule at


extreme rates, manufacturers are reluctant 10 take
contracts at limited rates and figure up hgh prices
for goods to be made up for the summer and fall
trade On the other hand great caution manifested
on the part Of oDDers in regard to the amount OF hgh
priced work to be put on the market at the opening OF
the next season. The leather market Is shade


rmer than last noted, owing to the increasing want
of consumers, and the indirect influence OF gold.
Manufacturers are buying considerable lots OF red
sole and prices Of the heavy weights have slightly
improved. There also little better demand Ior
both rough and nDshed upper az about previous
rates.-BOstOn Commercial Bulletin, Md02
Year: 1869

A pretty story IS that OF the loye'maklng OF
Duke Louis, OF Bavaria He was enamored Of
Mile. Mendel, the actress OF Augsburg, a fine
artistic, and woman Of great personal beauty.
She repeled his advances; he persisted. Al
that time she was in the habit of wearing q
velvet collar with a clasp oruamented by a
single pearl Of great value, which had been
presented to her by the King OF Saxony, and
bosom Of her royal admirer, she declared to
him one day that she had made VOW to be.
stow her heart and hand on him alone who
could match this single pearl with as many
Others as would form the whole necklace. =
The declaration was made laughingly, for the
lair creature knew well enough the Duke, liv-
ing fully up to his income, which was but
mediocre for his rank, cOud never accomp llsh
this Herculean task and she laughed more
nerriy still when she beheld the disconsoiate
expression of his counenance at the announce


ment she had made. But soon aiterward she
heard that the Duke had sold his horses and
broken up his establishment and gone to live ir
the strictest retirement 10 mall cottage be


longing TO his brother park. de economized,
went into the lapidary trade, and every now


and then bought pearl to match the MendePs,
which he added 10 her string. Finally it


lacked but one pearl to complete it. One
evening, while ON the stage, ii was rumored
that her dressing room had been entered and
the necklace stolen. She was so effected that
she could not 90 on with her part. The Chez


of Police was called in. He guessed he could
find it. II was Louis, you know, all t1e
while. He did Louis had taken it to ado
the last pearl, And then she said she d have
him and she is to be made Baroness dc
Wanersee, so as to have the proper rank anc
the Empress of Austria is pleased about II


and is coming to visit her for Miss Mendel i.
as virtuous as she is beautiful and gifted, and
everybody loves her. The End.
Year: 1869

IT is announced that Governor
Morton is to open the Ohio campaign
on the part OF. the Republicans at
such time as be may appoint. Mr..
Morton 5 fashion Of opening a war,
aud laying out the plan of its conduct,
has hitherto proved very effective,
ard we have no doubt will prove
equally so in this case His plan is
to make strong fighting from the
start, and not wait TO see what the
enemy Is going to do.-Ildiaadpotis
Year: 1869

means Of ascending, we soon landed ON the


upper level and exploring the works to the


north and where the lode looked much tho


same as it did below, we passed south on


the Silver Mining Company's ground. Hero


we found similar condition in respect to


size of ledge, number of drifts, shafts, in


clines and ore chutes as that existing in the


Montezuma Company's ground, and one de-


scription will answer for both. Gov. Fall en-


ploys thirty men in and about his mine, and


the Silver Mining Co., perhaps, not quite so


many Fall brings to the surface about If


teen tons of milling ore per day, besides con-
siderable quantities of first class ore, which is


selected and sacked separately for shipping TO
San Francisco. Thirteen dollars per ton is
about the cost of laying this ore down at tho
railroad, fifteen more the cost of shipping be-
low. The total bullion product of the Mon
tezuma mine since work commenced In earn
est, about eighteen months ago, is about
S375, 200. The amount taken from the Silver
Mining Company's claim did not learn, but
should judge from the amount of work done
on the ledge that it too has been quite large
To be convinced of the future prosperity Of
Unionville, a mining town, it is only neces-
sary to examine the two mines described
above, as their present value and future per-


manency are placed beyond a reasonable
doubt. In addition to these two claims, how
! ever, on the MonteZuma lode il has also been
| struck in the first north extension, where it
looks quite promising and may prove equal to
either of the claims now being worked.
Year: 1869

By HENRY WARD BEECHER.
The word luck is too firmly bedded
in our language, and belief in the fact
expressed by it is too strong to Justify
an expectation that it will soon be-
come obsolete. Luck is an event,


good or bad, which befalls a man in
dependently of his own yOlitiOn. If
a man work all day for five dollars,


his wages is not considered luck. But


if he finds five dollars in the road, that


is luck.


If a man aims at an accommodation
train, but hits an express train, which
has been delayed little, he is in luck.
He has secured what he did not plan


for. If the last boat of the season
leaves Albany for New York a day
sOOnerthan the shipper has calculated,
and he loses an opportunity of sending


his freight, he exelaims, "That is just
my luck.n


OF the fact itself there can be no
doubt. Many disappOintments befall
men which seem to have no relation
to their own agency. Many pieces of
good fortune occur which the reeipi-
ent did not plan, or look for.


But the cause of luck, thus defined,
is another thing. If we could look
into mems minds and render clear
those obscure and nebulOus thoughts
that hover there, it would be found,
probably, that very different notions
are entertained about it. Some be-
lieve that there are spirits, or sprites,
whose power interealates these events
upon the calendar Of Nature. Others
seem to believe that in the vast realm
of Nature events are floating about
like NOTES in sunbeams, and that men
accidentally stumble upon them
Some people believe it to be crook
in the grain of things, some men be-
ing born and destined to fulfill some
DEGREES. do what they
will, they can never escape ill-luck."
Were some mems notions analyZed, I
should not wonder if it were found
that they still believe Luck TO be a
personal being, as Puck, or Ariel, who
spent their time in playing tricks up
on men, good or bad, according to their
peculiar fancy.


But dismisslng all these notions,
there are several pieces of general good
or i'll luck, which have much to do
with the special luck that befalls men,
l count II q piece OF prime and ad- T.
luck to be born Of parents who (
had sound physical constitutions, 4
ample brains, well propOrtiOned and
balanced, living in moderately pros /
porous circumstances. Next to this, !
it is to be brought up in simplicity, !
people kind and just, and un- I
der circumstances which require one (
to exert himself actively, so that he .
shall never expect to have anything
which he does not himself earn
Lastly, and as q consequence of these,
It is supreme good luck TO have pa
-ient nature, too proud TO do evil, and
not proud enough to take offence at
he common experiences of life; as
as is consistent with eRter-
prise, and above all, with unwasting
good nature.


This last quality-gOod nature-is
perhaps the most desirable Of all, in
Year: 1869

Meta Victoria Fuller, said a long
time ago: 1.-The farmers daughters
are soon to be the life as well as the
pride of the cOuntry-a glorious race
of women which no other land can
show. seek not to flatter them for
before / can do this, they will have to
make an earnest effort of one or two
kinds. There are some who depre-
ciate their condition, and some who
have a false pride in il, because they
demand more consideration than
merit. a want of intelligence upon
all subjects of the day and of a re-
fined education is no more eXcusable
in a country than in a town bred girl,
in these days of many books and
Newspapers.


"Many girls are discouraged because
they cannot be sent away from home
to boarding schools; but men of su-
perior minds and knowledge of the
world, would rather have for wives,
women well and properly educated at
home. And this education can be
had whenever the desire is not want
ing. A taste forreadingdoes wonders;
and an earnest thirst after knowledge
is almost certain to attain a sweet
draught from the 'Pierian SPRING ;
There is farmers daughter in this
very room in which / am writing-a
beautiful, refined and intelligent
woman, in whose girlhOod books
were not SO plenty rs now, and who
obtained her fine education under
difficulties, which would have dis
couraged any but one who had true
love for study"
Year: 1869

DuChaillu, in his last book about


Africa, says:


One day l witnessed fearful scene.


A man, a native of GOree, an island
on the coast of Senegambia, who had


the reputation of being a snAke-char-
mer, and was then at the GabOOn, had
succeeded in capturing one of these
large naja. He was bold man, and
prided himself on never being afraid
of any snake, however venemous the
reptile might be; nay, not only was
he not afraid of any of theD', but he
would fightsany of them, and get hold
of them.


1 had often seen him with snakes
in his hands. Hewas careful, of course
to hold them Just by the neck below
the head, in such n manner that the
head could not turn on itself and bite
him.


That day he brought into a large
open place, perfectly bare Of grass, one
of these wild naja, that he had just
captered, and was amusing himself
by teasing the hOrrid and loathsome
creature when L arrived. 1t was a
huge one!


Most of the people of the village had
fled, and those natives who like my
self were looking on, kept long way
off. Not q MpOngwe man, not n sim
gle inhabitant of the whole region
have explored, would have ever dared
to do what the GOree man did.


Two or three times, rs the snake
crawled on the--ground, we made off
in opposite direction with the utmost
speed, myself, am afraid, leading off
in the general stampede; though L
had provided myself with a gun.


1t was perfectly fearful, horrid and
appalling, to see that man making
plaything of this monster laughing,
as we may say, at death, for it could be
nothing else, thought.


At first when l saw him he had the
snake around his body, but he held it
firmly just below the neck and could
see by the muscles of his arm that he
had to use great strength. As long as
this part of the body is held firmly
the snake loses much of its great pow
er of crushing one to death, as the
hOa-constrictOr or python does with
large animals, and as small snakes do
with smaller game; butwith this naja
the danger would have been the vene-
nous bite.


Then with his other hand he took
the tail of the snake, and gave it q
swing and gradually unfolded the rep-
tile from his black body, which was
warm and shining with excitement,
but always holding the head. On a
sudden he drew the snake on the
ground. Then the creature began to I
crawl away swhen suddenly the Go !
rec man came in front of itwfth u light
stick and instantly the monster erect |
ed itself almost to half its full length, !
gave a tremendous whistle, which we
all heard, looked glaringly and fierce /
ly in the mans face with its sharp, 4
pointed tongue out, and then stood /
still as it could not move. The GOree .
man, with his little stick in his left 4
hand, touched it lightly, as though to 4
test it. 1t was fearful sight-ald if I
he had been near enough, the snake .
would, no doubt, have sprung upon
its antagonist. The man, as heteased
and infuriated the snake with the rod I
he held in his left hand, drew the at
tentiOn of the reptile toward the stick;
then suddenly and in the wink Of an !
Year: 1869

eye, almostas quick as lightning, with
his right hand he got hold Of the erea-
ture just under his head.


The same thing that | have just des-


cribed again took place. The snake


folded itself round his body; then he


unfOlded the snake, which was once


more let loose, and, now this hOrrid
serpent got so infuriated that as soon
as ne was thrown upon the ground he
erected himself, and the glare of his
eyes was something terrific. 1t was
indeed an appalling scene; the air
around seemed to be filled with the
whistling sound of the creature.


Alas! a more terrible scene took
place! The man became bOlder and
bolder, more and more careless, and
the snake probably more and more
accustomed to the mode of warfare of
his antagonist, and just as the monster
stood erect the man attempted to seize
its neck as he had done many a time
before, but grasped the body too low,
and before he had time to let it 90,
the head turned on itself and the man
was bittenl l was perfectly speech
less, the scene had frozen my blood,
and the wild shrieks of an those round
rent the air. The serpent was loose
and crawling on the ground, but be-
fore it had time to go far, long pole
came down upon its back and broke
its spine, and in less time than take
to write it down the monster was
killed.


To the French doctor who had charge
of the little colony the man went (hap-
PLY he was lust at hand): all the reme-
dies were prompt and powerful; the
man suffered intensely, his body be-
cameswOllen, his mind wandered, and
his life was despaired Of; but at last
he got better, and though complain
ing of great pain near the heart, he
was soon able to go out again. A short
time after this accident, having an ak
in his hand, going as he said to cut
wood, he suddenly split his own head
IN two. He had become insane!
Year: 1869

A pretty face, the unworn nerves


OF youth the freshness of hope that has


not yet been sOured by disappointment


or chilled by experience, a neat stroke


at erOquet, and merry laugh easily


excited, make a girl a goddess to a how.


who Is what he himself calls in love


and his friends call spoOney. She may


be narrow, selfish, spOilt, unfit to bear


the burdens of life, and unable to meet


her trials patiently shemay beutterly


impractical and silly-OneOf those who


never mature, but only grow old, and


remain great, overgrOwn children to
the end-withOut judgment, fore
thought, common sense, or courage.
but he sees nothing of all this. To
him she is perfeet-the 'jolliest girIin
the world" if he is slangy. or the
dearest" if he Is affectiOnate. and
he neither sees nor heeds her potential
faults 1t is Onlywhen shehass sstepped
down from her pedestal to the level of
the nurses floor that he finds ont she
Is but woman after all, and perbaDs
&n exceptionally weak and peeyish
one.


Then he knows that he would have
done better for himself had he married
that plain, brave-hea1ted girl, who
would have had him to a dead certainty
If he had asked her, but whom he 50
numerically laughed at and disre-
garded when he was making love TO
his fascinating charmer. If he had
but looked at the future and been able
10 wait! But in those days he wanted
beauty that does not last, and cared
nothing for brains that do: and so
having made his selection, must abide
by it, and eat bitter bread from the
feast of his own brewing.


Ball rooms and dinner tables. ara
he two places where certain women
most shine. The ball room NAV be
AIKEN to represent youth, and the din
ler table maturity. The one is the
iPothesis Of meIe beauty, in clouds
II white muslin and heaven of f1irt-
ng; the other is solid endowment
With brains to talk to and beauty 10
ook at, in just the proportion that
makes life perfect. A well ordered
Inner table is a mierOeOsm: and.
'eing so, this is the blue ribbon of the
Every woman is bound
o make the best of herself: but this
making the best of themselves is a
cry different thing from making
ress and personal vanity the first
of life.
Year: 1869

Come back, come back. my childhood
I'd not recall nv childhood.
With all its sweet delight
It's simple, bird-like gladness,
II was not always bright
Even morning had her tear drops,


And Spring her clouded sky,
And on the fairest cradle
I've seen the shadows lie.
I'd not recall my childhood,


Though tender memories thronX
Around its rosy portals,


Preclusive TO lffes song;
The full voice living chorus,


Is swelling round me now,
And a roster light is resting


Upon my maiden brow.
have made a changeful journey,


Up the hill of life since morn,
l have gathered flowers and blossoms,


I've been pierced by many a thorn
But from out the core Of sorrow


have pluclZed n Jewel rare,
The strength which mortals gather


In their ceaseless strife with care
Now grasp LIES burning breaker.


And how ere the bubbles glow,
I'll pause not TIL I've tasted


The deepest wave below:
Though bitter dregs may mingle


The crimson light shall roll
In full and fearless currents


Through the fountains of my soui.
No! I'd not go back TO childhood,


From the radiant flush on noon,
And when evening closes round me,
i crave one only boon:
Amid the valleys darkness,


Its dangers and its dread
The signal star of Judah


To shine above my head.
Year: 1869

To wash new f1annel-eut the SOAP
small and boilit in little water
Have two tubs with water as hot as
the hands can bear; previously blue
the water well, to keep the color OF
the flannel, and put some of the boil
ed soap into one of the tubs to make
a lather; then wash the flannel with
out squeezing it. Put it into the 9TH
er tub, and wiring it in q large towel
Shake 1t out then, and after drying it,
smooth with cool iron.
Year: 1869

NORTH AND SoUTH RoADs.-The
paragraph below from the Cincinnati
Price CHrent is convincing proof
that the Chicago, Danville and Terre
Haute Road will be not altogether
useless; and on the contrary its early
construction is urgently demanded: !:


The quantity Of freight going South
is far too much for the capacity of the
railways running In that direction,
and there has been general complaint
regarding the delay in the transit Of
goods shipped to Southern marketsg
Additional railway facilities to the
South are badly needed, and We hope
our Southern Railway will be built
without delay Ten years hence it
will require three or four railways 10
carry the Southern freight, from this
market alone. arr


The completion of the Evansville,
Henderson and Nashville Road viii
soon put stop to these troubles
Year: 1869

A certain fashionable lady residing on
Fifth avenue, New York, recently dis.
covered, on going to her chamber to dress
for party, that her diamonds, valued at
half million or theresbouts, had disap-
peared from q safe in her dressing-room.
She applied to Tiffany for aid, and be
recommended the offer of large reward
aud no questions asked. Five thousand
dollars was advertised for the return Of
the brilliants, and the next day came q
note stating that they would be delivered
ct such time, in the presence OF the
lady and her husband only. The lady
sent for a professional diamond mer-
chant to test the stones, but instead Of
their being returned there came another
note, upbraiding her with lack Of faith
in the honor Of the thief, aud stating that
the stones would now be returned only
iu a vacant lot near'Central PARK. There
a servant was sent the next day, aud the
diamonds returned.
Year: 1869

The Berlin letter and the extracts from Eli
glish and French papers, which we publish on
another page, bear ample testimony that the
Importance of our Fourth of March was fully
appreciated IN the great countries of Europe.
The celebration of the day was specially cor
dial in Berlin where Count Bismarck took part
in dinner given by Mr.. Bancroft in honor OF
President Grant Count Bismarck may not be
one of the most liberal statesmen of Europe,
but he probably yields to none in his admira-
ton of the greatness of the United States, and
in his wish to strengthen intimate relations
between the two cOuntries-feelings which are
fully shared by the immense majority of the
German people.
Year: 1869

The poor GeOrgians have taken another turn
at the Constitutional Amendment concerning
suffrage. This time the Senate tried to ratify
it, but failed by the casting vote of the pre-
siding officer. Meantime, the legislators who
ran away from the House to delay
its action are involved in sore strait.
Gov. Bullock orders that the Treasurer
pay no money on their warrants for salaries
till they come back and attend to their bust
ness. What pity that bright idea had not
struck them out in Indiana, few weeks ago
Between their hatred of niggers and their need
Of money, the Democrats would have had
hard time. but we know which influence would
have carried the day.
Year: 1869

We trust the gentlemen at Albany under
stand distinctly that the newspapers OF this
city do not ask the breaking down of quaran-
tine regulations that they may col,
Iect ship news. That news Is Wgl
collected now, in accordance with the
regulations and without endangering the health
of the city. The journals almost exclusively
devoted to the publication OF shipping
news are perfectly satisfied with the
present arrangements. So are we.
So is every journal, we believe with single
exceptOn), in the city. If pestilence is to be
invited, do it honestly, and not under pretense
of serving Press that asks nothing of the
sort