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Year: 1869

The Baltimore Gazette makes the fol-
lowing sportive allusion to our little State
in connection with this subject:


1t is well known fact that an ant can
carry burthen many times heavier and
many times larger than itself, and that AN
anaconda or Kilkenny cat can swallow an
object three or four times the size of its
own head, But for power OF deglutition
the Blue Hens Chicken, as the State of
Delaware is styled, stands unriyalled.
This little State actually proposes to take
into its arms or NAV all the rest Of the
Peninsula upon which it is situated. 1t
contains about twenty-one hundred square
miles, and it wants to annex nearly five
thousand. Its hundred and twelve thou
sand Inhabitants are bent upon gobbling
up one hundred and seventy-one thousand.
1t is composed Of three counties. and is
making preparations to walk of with nine
counties from Maryland and Two from Yir-
ginia. One branch of its Legislature has
passed an act providing for the holding OF
IA Convention i'll Dover on the first of May
to consider the matter. This Convention
is to be composed Of delegates from the
Eastern Shore counties OF Maryland and
Virginia, and from the State Of Delaware.
The States of Maryland and Virginia are
Of course to be asked to accede to the ar
rangement. This they most probably will
refuse to do. Apart from natural indis.
position to make such a sacrifice to appease
the inordinate appetite of our little neigh.
Dor, sisterly affection would not permit u,
to stand by and see her gorge herself il
such ridiculous fashion. If our friend.
in Delaware want to increase their import


ance, it cannot be at our expense. Ii an,


change is to be made they had better COM


over to us. They would be heartily wei


coined, and we should doubtless get OF


swimmingly together.
Year: 1869

Ma. EDrroR:-Many methods have been
suggested by many persons of obtaining
funds to pay off our State debt. all of which
thus far have failed to meet the appreciation
of the people. Human laws, we know,
are never perfect-we do not pretend to
suggest plan better than others, or that
will be satisfactory; we will offer our opin-
ion among others, and if anything can be
made of it, we'll: if not, there will be at
least no harm done. In laying taxes, or
collecting funds for Government purposes,
the main object of the lawmakers is, or
ought to be, to do justice to. and lay the
burden equally upon, all. To do this and
to pay off our debt as soon as possible, We
would propose the following plan: Let our
Legislature pass an act providing for the
appointment by his Excellency, the Gov
ernor, of three Assessors, one in each
county, whose duty shall be, to at once
assess thoroughly and impartially the en-
tire property of every citizen of Delaware,
whether that property consist of real estate
or personal effects, bonds or mortgages,
Government bonds or stocks ; in fact. ev-
cry kind and amount of property, no mat
ter what, and then provide for the pay
ment of a small percentage on the property
of each for the pay u.cnt of she debt. In
this way the burden of taxation would fall
upon all alike, and we think would be as
near justice as any other plan that could
be suggested.


We have been requested to announce
our plan to the public, and we have done
it. If there is single idea which can aid
in the least to help our Legislature out OF
their dilemma, we shall be well pleased


Respectfully, A. W. M.
Year: 1869


ss The Pacific Railroad is catching it,"
afrom the American as well as the British
prsss. It is said to be badly built, much
Il i laid upon the surface of the ground
without track. The Government Com
missioner is said to have received $25, 200
a. an inducement to receive a section Of
the Union Pacific, and he was taken over
IL at night, while he was drunk and fast
asleep. Members of Congress are also
said TO have been greatly demoralized'


by free use of the funds of this stupen.
dous swindle. Much of the road, It is al


legged, will be utterly unsafe for passen


gers after it is completed. Look out fol
many smash up on the line of that road
Year: 1869

LAY REPRESENTATION Methodist
Episcopal Church Of the United States, it
is announced, will meet next June to de-
eide the question whether the laity shall
hereafter be admitted as delegates to the
conferences. All the members of the
church, male and female, will vote; and
in order to ascertain, in all Informal way
the views of the denomination on tho sub
ject, series Of mass meetings of friends
Of the change will be held through the
country.
Year: 1869

A SINGULAR CAsE.-The Evansville
Omd. Journal voaches for the truth of
the following strange story A lady OF
that city, year or two ago, had the mis-
fortune to step upon needle, which PEN
etrated her foot SO deeply that she was un-
able to extract it. For time she eXpe-
rienced no trouble from it, but after time
she began to feel sensation Of pain in
her limb, which she feared was symptoms
of rheumatism. The sensation continued
to ascend the limb until it reached her
knee, when it became quite painful for IL
time, and then seemed to ascend higher,
but causing less pain. A few days ago,
while lifting clothes boiler, she pressed
the side of her thigh against the boiler,
when she experienced such acute pain that
she almost let fall the boiler. Upon ex-
animation she discovered on her thigh an
eruption of the cuticle. similar to ring
worm. and upon pressing the spot with
her hands the point of needle protruded,
which her daughter seized with pair Of
tweezers, and, with sudden jerk, drew
an entire needle from her mothers thigh.


A lady is now living in Queen Anne's
county Md who when little girl swal-
lowed needle. After while it worked
through the stomach, point foremost, tc
the surface just below the sternum, and
was extracted by "a physician, who COULD
feel the point of the needle with his fin.
gers. 1t gave the child no very great un'
easiness.
Year: 1869

CossRsss. House resolution to
bring the present session to close on the
18th instant, was not concurred in by the
Senate. 1t is now thought that Congress
will adjourn about the 10th proximo.
Year: 1869




An the markets were more or less affected by an
alteration IN the Bank OF England rate OF discount
which, at the meeting OF the directors on Thursday
morning last raised from three TO four per cent.
This step was expected as a result OF the immense
speculative and investment demand for American
securities which has recently sprung up at the
Royal Exchange, dlverting money from home
paper and stocks TO q foreign channel and
threatening TO lead to specie shipments. Indeed,
NE fall In the rates for foreign exchange on
this side tended TO make such shipments profitable,
and sums variousy estimated at from two TO i've
millions Of dollars are now on the water coming
this way. The alteration was also felt In govern
ments and In a slightly 1rmer feeling in gold, but
was not long continued. IL started recovery IN
oreign exchange, which was quite marked at the
dose on Saturday assisted as it was by the expected
temand for bills to pay the coupon interest due
abroad. The list OF rates became quite unsettled
and, contrary TO the course OF things In the earlier
psrtion Of the week. large amounts were dearer TO
buy. than small amounts. Indeed, the prominent
bakers were disnclined TO draw for Gay considera
biesum. In the gold market steadiness II not dull
nes, prevailed during the week until the receipt OF
hisnews, when there was q stifenng Of the price
TO 32 until the announcement was made that the
6ecrtary OF the Treasury intended the prepay
meni OF the May coupons. This latter In.
engnce also produced on easier feeling in
cash gold, which was freely loaned ct
rates angling from seven and six per cent 10 four
per cent for carrying, which was oil the more remark.
able fer the relaxed condition OF the regular money
martet The authority which Mr.. Van Dyck, the
subrr.asurer has received for anticipating the gold
interest is as yet only teegraphic The delay In
waiting for the requisite official document from
Washington az well as the preparation OF the books
Ckarha xutlit
OF mex week. The rebate will be at the rate OF six
per cen for the period from the day OF presentation
70 May. The range In the price Of gold during the
week w.a aa foiiows.
Year: 1869

DELIGHTED BUFPALoEs - BRAD Avis FOR
ScRArCHERs.-The buffaloes found In the telegraph
poles OF the overland line . source Of delight
on the treeess prairie-the novelty OF having some
thing TO scratch against. But it was expensive
scratching for the telegraph company; and there
indeed, was the rub, for the bsons shook down miles
Of wire daily. bright idea struck SOMEBODY to
send to St. Louis and Chicago for all the brad avis
that could be purchased, and these were driven
into the poles with view to wound the animals and
check their rubbing propensity. Never was greater
mistake. The bunaloea were delighted. For the
FIRST time they TO the scratch sure OF q sensa-
tion IN their thick hides that thrilled them from horn
10 tall. They would 90 fifteen miles TO nnd brad
awl. They fought huge battles around the poles
containing them, and the victor would proudly
climb the mountainous heap OF rump and hump OF
the fallen and scratch himself into bliss until the
brad awl broke or pole came down. There has been
no demand for brad avis from the Kansas region
since the nrst invoice.
Year: 1869

There has been much grumbling over Gen.


Grants appointments, and some of them may


have provoked it; but the fact is not disputed


that the current revenue since they were made


sho,Us a large increase oper the corresponding


,reeks Of last year. Now the taxes have not


been increased our political adversaries say


that the country is not prosperous and 1t VIII


puzzle any one to account for the increased


receipts into the Treasury on any other
hypothesis than that of increased efficiency
in the collection. We believe the income OF
the Government since Gen. Grants inaugura-
ton has exceeded that of the corresponding pc


riod of last year by fully Five Millions of Dol
lars; and that our National Debt has been re-


duced, over and above any reduction expected


in the Spring months of 1868, by fully Ten


Millions. We submit these facts as full justi-


fication of the changes made by Gen. Grant.
It is very generally understood that the


whole revenue is hencofOrth to be collected,
and not only collected, but paid into the
| Treasury, where it is to be used in carrying
on the Government and reducing the National


Debt. Taxation will not be so onerous if the


people can see that it is gradually wiping out
their Debt.


| w o enIIedJ lH6 IbSlutuJ w lCb thO b"hN'


"iades VINCE" and go on in the path he has


thus far so noby trod. Let rcvenue-dcfrauders,
official or otherwise, understand that they are


to bo dealt with promptly and sternly. If


any outsiders are still defrauding the revenue,
! bring them to justice and keep them there
! If any oIlice-hoders are abetting their nefa-


rious schemes, turn them out at once
| and prosecute them directly. Gen.
Grant has spoken no Drawer word


than when he gave assurance that


he would remove his own appointees as readily


as those of his predecessor if he found them
| incompetent or unfaithful. The country re-


ioccs in that pledge and expects him to make
it good. Let the revenue be cOllected-not a
part only, but the whole of it-though to this
| end it should be necessary to remove and APP
point monthly to some places. This Admins
tration has made noble start, and we trust


it will keep it. Tho groans of the removed


and the disappointed avail nothing so long as
| the work is well done.
Year: 1869

Why should the New-Orleans Commercial
Convention undertake the work Of pampering
business enterprises with Government aid they
do MT want2 The managers of the Southern Pa
cifc Railway asked no aid from the Government
why should this Convention want us to force
aid upon them9 They are quite able to speak for
themselves. The late Convention at Memphis
seemed to think there was little to be done for
business, save what Government should do. 1t
wanted Government to build railroads, repair
levees dig canals, improve rivers, grant more
banking privileges to the people Of the South
and West, remove duties from railroad iron,
and so on for quantity. If now the New-0r-
leans body should attempt to establish its su-
periority to the Memphis one by extending this
programme, it might find it necessary to re-
solve that Government should carry on all the
business of the country.
Year: 1869




One Of the best illustrations Of the practical opera
tOn OF the theories OF the Proeconists Is seen IN the
effect which tho present tariff has upon the shoerade
compete with other countries in the shoe Tor CnDa
Mexico and South America; but under the prscIical
ticle which enters into the manufacture OF shoes mas IN
creased to such extent that they cannot be made at
prices at which they can be exported Inc result rs Se %
shOemanufacurers have almost entirely lost tne
foreign trade in that article and that the Lynn factories
Obliged to remain idle One-thrd OF the year such
some Of the blessings OF Protection, which IHE
TRIBUNE so zeaOusly advocates"


To which thus responds THE TRIBUNE:


1. More Shoes and Boots are being made in
Massachusetts in this year 1869 than were made
there in any former year, or were ever made
on similar area in any part of the earth.


O. They are sold cheaper than similar fabrics
were ever sold any where else.


g. The men and women who produce them
earn more have more leisure hours, are more
enlightened, and live better, than 80 many shoe
makers ever did before any where or do now
any where else.


A. These Boots and Shoes are in every part
the product of American Labor. A very lew
foreign Hides are imported and the duty on
these is exactly ten per cent. Leather we make
cheaper than it is produced almost any where
else, because of the abundance and cheapness
of the Bark which is our material for Tanning
We import some high-priced fancy shoes from
Paris; but we export Boots, Shoes and
Leather in considerable quantities, and our
Leather manufacture is strong and flourishng
We should export more Leather, more Boots, and
more Shoes, if our LabOring Class were ground
down to European wages and European fare
we rejoice that they are not.


8. The Lynn factories are not idle third
Of the year, nor anything like it; if their trade
ever falls off it is their remoter markets, not
their nearer that fail them. Our people are
moro generally shod with leather than any
other; and we wear out enormous quantities of
Boots and Shoes. We prefer this to selling our
shoes and lettnglour own people go barefoot.


"Such are some of the blessings of Protection,
(which The TRIBUNE so zealously advocates"
Year: 1869

the fashion for biographers to saddle tho faults
of their heroes upon the back of their age. But
the crimes of their heroes, it must be remarked,
also prove the crimes of the age. MachiavellTs
bographer Trollope, maintains that on the
principle that he that wills the end wills the
means" his decried treatise of the Prince
was an effort to show that man could not be
a Prince in his days without being villain
The retort is easy: Could man be diplo-
matist in those days and be hOnest-cOuld he
write "The Prince" and not be a rascal Such
was the fatality of the princely position, that
once in the charmed circle of power, the medi-
eVal hero had to give himself up to the
demons of his time and Machiavelli was simply
his student Thus, in brief, argue the defend
ers of the man who could outwt Caesar BOrgia
in diplomacy and could cOOly translate his
assassinations into maxims of state. Evidence
there is that the intellectual aspirations of
Machiavelli were for the unity and progress of
Italy-hence the Republicans of modern Italy
celebrate their Precursor. But statesman, pol
itician, historian, dramatst as he was and
with all the subtlety of his intellectual com
mand, the world yet wants testimony that he
had a heart. Machavell the Outcast in his
tory, has gained enthusiasts; but after WHILE
he will again have judges. When it becomes
necessary for world inclined to justice
to give even the devil his due, the intellectual
claims of Mephistopheles must not be over
looked. Machiaveli, a better character, will
perforce have his admirers, and we think his
defense will rest upon the same basis as that
of Lord Bacon. 1t is moro necessary that the
world should understand that its great can be
mean, than that, for the sake of scholars, they
should be whitewashed. Whatever may be the
future estimate of Machiavelli he rests ut
present in Italian sanctuary along with the
other great whose centenaries have been or
will soon be celebrated-Galileo, Dante, and
Angelo.
Year: 1869

The action of the Presbyterans, yesterday


on the reports of English feeling about the
Alabama claims was temperate and Christian.
But we are not quite certain that 1t was needed.
The talk concerning the dangers of war is pre-


posterous. Our English cousins are excited; but
we can afford to be calm. They were scarcely less
excited when first told that they would have
to pay for the actual destruction caused by the
Alabama, yet they soon learned to regard that
with equanimity. They will presently
reach a similar frame Of mind about
the later aspects of the case We do not mean
to fght--till we see some necessity for it, and
it takes two to make quarrel,-thOugh one,
as we now see daily, can make bustcr enough
to arouse anxieties half way around the Globe.
Year: 1869

There Is sect of believers in Russia who
actually bow down and worship the soul or
image of the great Napoleon. There is still
larger sect of the idolators Of power in France
who do the same thing in u different way.
Napoleon's imperial descendant, not long ago,
told his people that they best recognized God
when they rendered homage to great men,
such as his uncle. Perhaps acting on that sug-
gestion, the good people Of Paris who expect
to 20 to Napoleon when they die lately COW
cred his monument with flowers and other vo.
tive offerings Quite opportunely, Mr.. Carlyle
has come to speak again of Napoleonism in


ettor to friend on the Continent. His COM
Year: 1869

The Massachusetts, Legislature, having been
in pretty permanent session for nearly five
months. and not showing other than dispO-
siton to stay in Boston all Summer, the Man
agement of the Peace Jubilee have given no.
tice that they do not intend to dead-head the
SOlons aforesaid, nor does there seem to be any
reason why they should, unless these gentle
men at the State-IIousc can fiddle or sing, or
make themselves otherwise musically useful.
The astonishing and most erroneous notion
that Senators and Representatives, who are
well paid by the State. should not plank their
money at the door, has received an encOurag-
ing refutatiOn
Year: 1869

The current year will largely add to our Ia


ci,ities to communicate with the Old World by
Cable. In addition to the French Cable which
viii soon be laid we now have duplicate
line from London to Valentia, which will be
ovclusively used for transmitting Cable dis
MATCHES of the two Atlantic Cables, both OF
which are now in good working ORDER one
will in future, be exclusively used for sending
dispatches from Valentia to America, and the
other for receiving American dispatches Thus
the telegraphic communication between New
York and London will now be instantaneous
Year: 1869

ment is grunt. More and moro he ha
learned to regard Napoleon as chsrlatan--"a
"man of ten thousand month";" as Rleber
said-a true embodiment of all the charlatan.
ism of power and all the power of charetan.
ism. He might have added also, in the cam.
tone and temper-a sublimation of that great
Pig Principle to which the philosopher has
given the pedagogical rod in one of the most
vigorous of his essays 1t is this Pig Prncipls
which the Emperor of France would like ts
erect into q religion.
Year: 1869

The tender and graceful ceremony whereby
the lodges of tho Grand Army of the Republic
seek to show how affectiOnately they cherish
the memory of their fallen comrades
has been finally fixed for next Sunday
the remonstrances of the religious bodies not
seeming to the soldiers to have taken SuilciehC
account of the reverent and pious nature OIL
the intended work Our local columns give
some hint of the preparations that are making II
to secure celebration worthy of the iallen
and worthy of the survivors.
Year: 1869

4" cold sales during the morning have been be-
"tween one and one and o half per cent lower
than yesterday. In addition to the decline III
"foreign exchange, the speculative influences
"of the Room are in favor for the time being
"of lower premium" All which proves OF
course that Mr.. Boutwell, is sure to fail, that
it is folly to use your surplus cash to pay your
debts, and especially that it is very wrong to
realize current prices on property that you have
for sale
Year: 1869

The journals that are trying to bull The Gold
market and break down the Secretary Of the
Treasury have hard time of it, Here is The
Euening Post, for example, declaring on its
editorial page that Gold is too low, that it is
advancing and must advance. We turn thence
to the financial column Of the same paper, and
find its misguided writer bringing his employers
TO confusion after this fashion; "The range Of
Year: 1869

The new Consul General to Hsyt was warmly
welcomed last night by the cOlOred people of
the city. The appointment of another man,
born slave, as a Judge of the Sierra Leone
Court of Arbitration under the Slave Trade
Treaty, is announced.
Year: 1869

One evening a poor man and his son, a
little boy, sat by the waysidc, near the gate
of an old town in Germany. The father took
loaf of bread which he had bought in town
and broke it, aud gave hafto his son.


mot SO, father" said the boy " shall
not eat until after you, You have been work
ing all day, for small wages, to support me,
and you must be very hungry. | shall wait
until you are done


You speak kindly, my son, replied the
father. Your love to me does me more
good than my food; and those eyes of yours
remind me Of your dear mother, who has left
us, and told you to love me as she used to
do; and, indeed, my boy, you have been a
great strength and support to me. But now
have eaten the first morse to please you, 1t
is your turn now to cat


{" THANK you, father; but break this piece
in two, and take little more you see the
loaf is not large, and you require much more
than do"


g shall divide the loaf for you, my boy,
but eat il | shall not. have abundance
and let us thank God for his goodness, in CIV
ing us what is better STILL cheerful and con-
tented hearts. He who gave us the living
bread to nourish our immortal SOULS how
shall He not give us all other food, which is
necessary to support our mortal bodies ~


The father and son thanked God and they
began TO cut the loaf in pieces, to begin their
frugal meal. But as they cut one portion Of
the loaf there fell out several large pieces of
gold, Of great value. The little boy gave a
shout of JOY, and was springing forward to
grasp the unexpected treasure, when he was
pulled back by his father


" My son, my son !" he cried, do not touch
that money; tits not ours"


/" But whose is it, father, ifit is not ours "


81 know not as to whom it belongs but
probably it was put there by the baker through
some mistake. We must enquire. Run


But, father" interrupted the boy, "you
are poor and needy, and you have bought the
loaf, andthen the baker may tell lie, and"


81 will not listen to you, my boy; thought
the loaf but did not buy the gold in IT, Ii
the baker sent il to me in ignorance, | shall
not be so dishonest as to take advantage OF
him remember Him who told us to do to
others as we would have others do to us
am poor, but that is no sin. III we share
the poverty of jesus, Gods own Son, oh let
us share, also, his goodness and his trust in
God. We may never be rich but we may
always be honest We maydie in starvation
bnt Gods will be done, should we die 10 do.
ing ii. Yos, my boy, trust in God, and walk
in his ways, and you shall never be put tc
shame. Now run to the baker, and bring
him here, and will watch the gold until he
comes. fea Hm


50 the boy ran after the baker.


=. Brother workman said the old man,