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Year: 1869

B.ucr to snaer without cause than to have
cause for suffering.


The grace which makes every other grace
amiable Is humility


The nghteousis is greater after death than du-
ring Bis lie.


Time borders upon eternity. 1t requires but
an instant TO make the passage from tue one
to The, other.


Hope IS the sweetest friend that ever Kept a
DISTRESSED soul company; it beguiles the tedi-
business Of the way-all the miseries of our
pilgrimage.


\ Christian has so much opposition in his
way to glory that he had need be well locked
into tie saddle Of lis profession, or he'll be
soon dlmoanted.


True repentance consists in the heart being
broken from sin. Some often repent, yet ne
ycr reform; they resemble a man travelling a
dangerous path, who frequently starts aud
stops, but never turns back.


The great Athcnian general being asked
whether he would rather choose to marry his
daughter to an inligcnt man Of merit, OF to
worthless man Of estate replied that he should
prefer man without an estate to an estate
without man.


Beccher says that men confess everything
but their own besetting sins They steer clear
Of these. Whtever heard man say, 90
Lord am az proud as Iuciler humble me
humble mc"-or 80 Lord am so mean
aud stiugy that It's only with great pain that
can uuc,ose my fist make me generous"


The ruin Of most men dates from some va
cant hour. Occupation is the armor of the
soul. There is a satirical poem, In which tho
devil is represented as fishing for men, and fit
ting his bait to the taste and business Of bis
prey; but the idlcr he said, gave him no trou-
Die. as lie bit at tie naked hook.


Grace to live from day to day an increas-
inaly Christian lie, without being inordinatoly
anxious about the morrow; faith in Christ as
the only aud all-sunicicut Saviour for us and
more succcss in initiating the example Of Him
who is Lord aud Master are, and must be, the
great aim Of every Christian, and if reached
aud realized, will prepare him equally for life
aud death


Many inon pass fifty or sixty years in tho
world, and when they are Just going out of it
they bethink thcnsclyG, and step back, as it
were, to DO something which they had al the
while forgotten-to wit, main business for
which they came into the world, to repent Of
their sins, and reform their lives, and make
their peace with God, aud in time prepare for
eternity.
Year: 1869

4 Chicago policeman discovered man fight
Ing ihe wooden Indian in front Of cigar store
a fcw days ago. After beating and pounding
it he threw It into the gutter where be got up
on It, pounding It with bis fists and kicking IT,
Tie officer took him to the police station and
placed him IN a cell.
Year: 1869

Grant was something Of loser by the de-
feat Il the Iarvarls When handed the dis
patch announcing ihc result, be said I'm
d--d sorry br that Most anybody would be
If they bad money up.
Year: 1869

We take the following extract from
an address recently delivered before the
" Iowa Press Association on this
subject:


In speaking of the revenue of the press,
l can not refrain from expressing nv
views on the subject of free advertise
ments. There is always to be found in
every considerable community a set of
men who imagine, by some dispensation,
they ought not, like other mortals, to
pay for what they receive. Editors have
extraordinary facilities for making their
acquaintance, and are very kindly per-
mltted to contribute gifts to their sup
port. In what other branch of business
would this be tolerated? Allowing that
one has put the press under some obliga-
ton, does he not generally expect to get
back more than the worth of his serv-
ices?


If man does an editor a favor Of a
remarkable value, let him have his remu-
neration-cash.


On the other hand, require him to pay
for what the paper has done for him. 1t
is as reasonable to expect the carpenter
to single your house and the tailor to
make your clothes without charge, as to
prepare and publish matter for another's
benefit without compensation. Long
obituaries, marriages ornamented with
extracts from all the poets, and lengthy
puffs of some ones corner lots or i'm
provements, come under this class of ad-
vertisements. This custom of gra:uitous
notices and advertisements from any
quarter ought to cease, for the reason
that it would be benefit to the editors
pocket. and would in some degree abate
an almost intolerable nuisance. The ed
itor's path has more thorns than roses,
and there is no law, human or divine,
that should oblige him to shoulder the
burden of those who are too lazy or
stingy to take care of themselves. Peo-
pie will come to terms where they find
their interests are involved in reason.
able compliance.
Year: 1869

Not to confess Christ h In itself q sin.


Some years ago l met somewhere the state.
ment Of the case Of daughter who yas un.
willing to confess that her mother oas her
mother, which Is In point here When The
daughter was an infant, the mother was Obliged
on certain occasion 10 leave her children at
home while she went 10 her neighbors for some
necessary purpose. As, however, she returned,
She saw, on approaching the house, that flames
were bursting forth from the doors and win.
uows. She hurried 10 the house and found
rom the bystanders that her infant child was
| yet within. She Immediately started 10 enter,
but the persons standing near prevented her
telling her that certain death would be the
consequence. But she escaped from their
hands and rushed Into the door, and soon
found her child on the bed where she had
placed IT,. She wound Il up in a covering, and
In few moments the little one was safe, but
the mother was most shockingly burned. For
many months she vibrated between life and
death. and Mt last her vital power oyercama
the effect Of her injuries and she was restored.
but an object terrible 20 look upon. Twenty
years after this the infant, then young wo-
man, was asked one day by q stranger who
that person was who was SO terribly deformed,
put the daughter was ashamed 10 confess that
II was her mother. Was her unwillingness to
confess nothingy Was IL not a crime agains,
her mother and her mothers love?


There Is something similar TO this In the
manner In which men are disposed to treat
Jesus Christ the Savior of the world. Thou
sands who confess that he is the great bene-
factor of man, and that there Is nothing that
has so blessed the world as his religion, ara
unwilling 70 enroll themselves among his fol-
lowers, and acknowledge him as one whom
they are bound to honor and adore. As the
young woman to which we have referred was
unwilling to say, This is my mother" so they
are unwilling to say Of him who hung upon
the Cross, and whose "visage was so marred
more than any man, This Is my Redeemer
and my king, and will serve and adore him
forever - ..- HlI Do II
Year: 1869

lMMoRrALIrY.-ln recent lecture
Colonel Higginson said that all his life
he had believed in Immortality; he had


never had doubt about it, and he was
as sure as any one could be, that it was
simply an instinct. People who, when
in health. were the most Mortified at the
idea of death, lose all that repugnanco
as it, approaches. He never heard of
person who, as the time of death drew
near, was afraid to die; and he had seen
death in many forms, and had talked
with many familiar with disease. By
the various paths the human race, in its
various temperaments, comes to knowl-
edge of Immortality, in proportion a.
they attain it, their life becomes larger
and wider, and they live on, regardless
of the little fact of death. They feel
sure that, in whatever sphere of life they
live, there is something for us to do, ard
it makes little difference where we do il.
When person believes in immortality
sincerely, it makes littls difference TO
him whether he stays here to do some
particular work, or goes somewhere else
to do another. He is like the sailor on
board ship, whose duty is not to do
his own will, but the will of his master.
A deep and abiding belief in immortality
makes fame and fortune alike indifferent
to us. when one lives nobly day by
day, he feels that he may one day look
back upon all our joys and emotions
here, and say to his companions in an
other sphere, ado you remember yonder
planet, where once we went to school
together, and what happened in that
school f'' -4iF-n3 n'f4f ~ a5
Year: 1869

The question of Chinese emigration is at
tracing much attention. In the June Atldntic
there was an article suggesting the employ
ployment of Cinnamon in our domestic service.
In the July GGlary appears an article which
gives SO clear and intelligent resume of the
question, and represents the Celestials in so
new and favorable light, that we here print
the first portion of 1t, with the prospect of fol-
lowing it up next week with the other;
Year: 1869

Some OF the papers that at first tell into the
movement for the removal of the capital are
Withdrawing from it. The Cincinnati Ga=etts.
which has furnished most of the data used by
those fayoring removal, now says fsee edito.
rial from that paper reproduced in the SrAR
elsewhere) that s. the call for a con ven ton N
ST. Louis, to consider the question of the re-
moval of the capital to that city, is not meeting
WIN the unanimous response so desirable as
an augur Of success"


The Gazette, which at one time seemed TO
mink tnaf the proper place tor the capital
would Be in Ohio, has now come to the con-
ciusion that IL is idle to talk about fixing a
central point for the capital when our country
Is IN formation state and our center Is no.
aohere-may be in Santa Fe IL we annex terri
tory south, or Detroit if we take in the Can
adas-and that the time, if ever for fixing the
site Of q new capital should be when our na
nonal boundaries have been settled with some
precision, and our population ceased to be mi.
gratory.


The present proposition for the removal of
tne Oapifai TO 81. Louis was kiting sensation
started by the Chicago Tribune. in the absence
OF any big divorce case or other local excite
ment The St Louis papers at first fought shy
of Ii as piece of Chicago banter, but the spec
ulators there bit eagerly, and the Tribune, with
Its tongue in its cheek, worked the thing up as
lndustriously, and with as keen a relish for
the fun OF the pother il was creating as ever
the New York Herald did in trotting out
a brand new candidate for the Presidency.
The Convention " started in this way
will probably be an abortion. but that
will not indicate the death Of the project
Ii will be brought mp again IN some more de-
iiberate form. quite certainly, and pressed
with vigor. But Washington in the meantime
mss the opportunity Afforded to put Its best
foet forward. 1t is a significant fact that the
press OF the country, " whether favoring or dis
approving the project of removal have taken
occasion TO berate Washington. Unanimously
they set down W ishington as a most unat-
traetive and infelicitous place for the seat of
Government, to be endured or tolerated opIy
on account OF the cost Of removal and the dit.
fculty Of fixing upon the proper site elsewhere
III remains now for our citizens TO put this ar
gument for removal out of the hands of our op
ponents as speedily as possible-dt once IN deed
The mud and dust of Washing on must be put
under, by paving on q comprehensive scale
the canal must be cleaned al once, without re-
gard 10 confiictIng plans for its permanent IN
provement; the miserable market sheds on
Pennsylvania avenue must cease to be an
eye-sore there, even II we have no Cen
tire Market; the nuisance of hogs running
at large in our streets, which causes such as
tonishment TO strangers, must be abatsd; an
effort in earnest must be made to improve oar
communications with the country in every d.
reetion and cheaper market supplies These
are some OF the things that must be done O.,
once. Other needed work suggests itself, but
this Is Imperative. Shall we set about il, or
wait as heretofore to .see what Congress will
do for u.s."
Year: 1869

NEW YoRK. September 18.-It is
stated that it is not the intention of
the ADMINISTRATION to push the settle
ment of the Cuban difficulties for the
present, nor to do anything that
would be likely to irritate Spain and
provoke a war with her. Matters
will probably be allowed to drift
along as they have been doing, in
the hope that the Spanish Govern
ment will finally accept the Sickles
proposition.
Year: 1869

Tomorrow the majesty OF the law will be avenged
in the cases of Twitthell and Eaton Philadelphia
will witness the uncommon, though not totally un-
precedented tragedy Of a double execution. Both
of these men, formally indicted, tried, and convicted
Of murder in the first degree, were sentenced by
their judges, and doomed to die the sth of April
by the Governor. The interest attached to their
crimes and their fate has been unabated for months
and such widespread notoriety has their cases
quired that not only here, but throughout the
try, they and the murders they perpetraed well
known. In behalf OF both Of them motions have
been made for new trials, and every conceivable
pedient devised to avert their doom. In vain. The
Supreme Courts of the State and the nation decided
against them the Executive Of this Commonwealth
has refused to be swayed by arguments petitions
for pardon, and the people at large, while involun-
tariy plying the men themselves are satisfied of the
right fairness, and justice Of their sentences. They
pay the righteous penalty for their offenses. They
took life and now their lives to be taken. When
the last of the frghtful drama in which they
bore the chief parts shall have closed on the scaod
will any one decaim against the fitness OF the
ending
Year: 1869

When Columbus had shown the way to the
New World, it was easy for Others to follow in
his track yet mankind have fifty placed the
great discoverer in Il class by himself and
rendered him honor which he shares with no
rival.


The credit of uniting the Old World with
the New by an Electric Cable belongs TO Cyrus
w. Field and his associates, and TO them only.
The conception Of Telegraphic Wire resting
on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. buried in
its Ooze, fretted by its rocks, and subject
to all conceivable and incOnceivable dis
turbances, yet steadily conveying intel
ligence from continent TO continent in the
course Of few seconds, was one of the most
daring and gigantic that ever entered the mind
Of man. The chances were greatly against its
success, and not one-fourth even Of the in
tclligent persons to whom it was suggested be-
lieyed its realization practicable. Most men, if
pressed to put gold into the project, would
have preferred to throw it into Oceans fathom-
less depths and have no more trouble with it.


What difficulties, what Instructions what
bitter disappointments, the enterprise encOun-
tered, the world cannot so soon have forgot
ten. They compelled the raising of three or
four capitals for the great undertaking. and
the temporary sacrifice of that originally con-
iributed. They reduced Mr. Field him
self from aiiuence to bankruptcy yet
this was a trite compared TO the bitter dis
appointment experienced when the first Cable.
after conveying a few messages, suddenly gave
out, subjectiDg its protector to derison rs a
dreamer and to reproach as swindler We
have met persons apparently well informed
VINO shook their heads incredulously at any
intimaton that messages had ever passed
through that original cable and been reported
by the now mythical De Sauty.


The second sore disappointment when the next
Gable parted and was lost in mid-ocean would
have tried the patience of job. 1t seemed as
il Neptune resisted this invasion of his most
secret recesses, aud would not permit it to
succeed.


Yet the original associates persevered, and
Mr.. Fields indomitable energy and inynciblo
Year: 1869

Our dearest enemies, the Twenty third-st.
women, have been considering u.s. our works,
and our ways once more:- jOurnalistically,
and prOnOuncing our reporters pretty bad, but
still very necessary and very useful evils,
so useful indeed that our mere censure is more
valuable than other peoples praise-us as mis-
erable men, and declaring that the time las
come for resistance to our tyranny, and per-
emptory refusal to pay taxes to our wretched
officers us as just men, and cordially recOgniz-
ing our justice, as in the opening of the gates OF
the legal profession to the throng of aspir-
ing women, concerning whose eagernesS
to enter it Miss Anthony bore suggest
i've testimony. We are grieved tn
see that this estimabe lady grows "discour-
aged p but we confess that if our earnest
ness in the cause did not uphold our flag
ging hopes we ourselves should be dscour


aged when we find women eager TO 90 to
Congress, but utterly unable to muster.
out of their whole mass meeting, one
solitary woman who knew what Congressional
District she lives in. 1t is pleasant, however,
to note the genial charity with which the Nor
mon was received. After that act, who shall
say that the Twenty -thirdst women are not
ready to forgive multitude of sins
Year: 1869

Now that the sultry Summer days have come,
and gasping citizens long for the cool shades of
Westchester and the sober quiet of Connect
cut, where is that Underground Railroad so
earnestly promised if the State would but grant
the leave? In whose pocket rests that charter,
and why does it lie in cold obstruction. 1t
was used as a club to knock the brains out Of
other feasible projects; and now where is
the Underground Road The surface
roads gave way 10 this gigantic
promise; the two-tier road was slaughtered in
the moment of success by it; and now where
is it, We want the corporators to take up tho
shovel and the hoe and dig right on to the
full redemption cf their promise. We want
half-hou trains from the City Hall to the
other side OF Harlem River; we want them
now, and till we get them we want at least
the comfort of seeing some work for them
going on. If this charter has been obtained
solely for the purpose of killing other pro-
jects, and is now to be quietly laid away in
some dusty pigeon hole, the people would like
to know it. There is no end to Legislative
jugglery but this dog-in -the-manger business
must be stopped, even if it should become ne
cessary to exact heavy forfeit for non fulfill
ment of the terms so eagerly sought.
Year: 1869

We take back whatever we may have indis-
creetly said concerning woman's lack of the
logical faculty. The Ladies of the Bureau
seem TO have "a great deal more logical force
than they have any use for and last Tuesday
they argued (or rather did MT argue) the Fe-
male Warrior Question with "A surprising
wealth of inyincible demonstration. Mrs.
President Henry b. Stanton, for instance
showed:


I. That there were great number of Fe-
male Warriors in blouses and pantaloons in
our Army during the Rebellion; but so soon as
their sex was discovered, they were drummed
out of the ranks without any pay.


2. That, Notwithstanding the pugnacity thus
exhibited, women, when they became voters,
would be all for peace, and "men would no
"longer go out like wild beasts to tear each
"other's eyes out"


Does the lovely and logical President really
think that "gOuging" is "A recognized military
operatonP We beg permission to ask, if there
is to be no war any more, of what use will be
the splendid military ability which it is just
discovered that Woman possesses On the
whole, we are not astonished to find our war
like Mrs President arguing that the Association
should "not adopt a resolution that seems TO
Commit it to this or to that" This and
"that" are sometimes rather troublesomo-es-
pecaly In black and white


While our hand is in. wo may as well notice
Year: 1869

Such information assye have from Washing
ton of the aim and scope of Nj. Notlry's mis-
sion warrants our constant confidence that the
Administration would adopt just. firm, but
not mcOnciliatory course in the question of the
Alabama claims. Mr. Motley has not been
overweighted or too closely confined by in
structions nor has the Government taken any
stand upon the question from which it will be
possible to reccde. Apparently the Government
sees fit to deny that it cOncuned in reasons
which led the Senate TO reject the Alabama


treaty and the truth is probably hat il has
wisely RETAINED from any cOmmitta whatever
upon this point. Mr.. Motley has been in-


structed to explain and illustrate our ease in
general, and especially make clear to the Brit
| isll Cabinet the circumstances of The rejection
! Of the late proposed treaty. The Govern


ment does not put forward the srgo-


ment of feeling too sensitive az present


for international appreciation. tbsr the
recognition of belligerency was in itself a


cause for demanding damages. Oar advice,
further represent that the Administration is
Year: 1869

One of the most extraordinary things con-
nected with the Boston Jubilee is, not tho
visit of Gen. Grant, but the fact that n resO.
luton has been made that the General shall
not be called upon to utter a.speech or to listen
to one. We venture to record the =" good in
"tention," albeit the very next number of
THE TRIBUNE may show that man proposes,
that God disposes, and that the talking facul-
ty in Boston is not so easily to be suppressed.
But in the tempest torrent, and, as we may
say. whirwind of sound which will this week
agitate Boston, one lone voice, no matter TO
whom it may belong, will be ndiculously still
and small,
Year: 1869

We learn by dispatch from Atlanta that the
Supreme Court of Georgia has held that negroes
are eligible to Office in that state. The
wonder in the case is that a question simple
should ever have been subject Of controversy,
and only unreasOning prejudice could have made
it so. The Court seems to have stood two
Judges Brown and Mccoy for, and one War
ner) against the decision. Judge Warner,
in his dissenting opinion, maintained that The
NEGRO was a new political creature in the
"body polite, who could only hold ofiice by
special enactment y and placed great stress
upon the fact that the Code of Georgia, which
defines in a certain way the powers and rights
of citizens was enacted before the negro be-
came a citizen, and, therefore, did not apply
TO him. But this blind judge seems 10 have
forgotten or made 10 account Of the fact that
the old Code, somewhat modified, was adopted
and revived by the votes of negroes.
Year: 1869

Father Farrell is a priest who believes, with
his countryman OConnell, that Catholic worship
does not exclude faith in man. But the other
day paper which tmfiics in belief took him
to task for Radical words uttered in the pulpit
we suspect against that large class OF gog-
minded who depend upon rings rather than
creeds. If, with other pure-heaTted cclibateS.
Father Farrell will prove to us that a religious
sympathy with free aspirations is in accord
with the humblest belief in God and that
to be a Catholic it is not necessary TO be
Democrat. he will do Rome service.
Year: 1869

The street. Cleaning Commission yesterday


ordered the payment Of $4,000 for cleaning
done within the last fortnight 1t would be
well if they had appended to their order a
statement of the streets and blocks actually
made clean during that time. In other days
this amount of money would have removed
10000 loads of dirt. We doubt if any one
will believe that 10000 were really taken away.
Year: 1869

The Washington printers use plain language
In talking about the follics of the late session
of the National Typographical Union, and
promise to make short work of its interference
I'm their affairs. We believe they will keen
dlnlr MnIh.
Year: 1869

An exchange has the following allie
CORY, which we commend to careful
consideration: "a certain man bit
his toe against apcbble, and fell head
long to the ground. He was vcxed,
and under the influence of anger and
self sutliciency, he kicked the mother
earth right sauciy. With impertnrb-
able gravity he looked to see the earth
itself dissolve and come to naught.
Bat the earth remained, and only his
foot was injured in the encounter.
This is the way of man. An article in
a newspaper touches him in a weak
spot, and forthwith he sends to stop
his paper. With great complacency
he looks to see the crash, when he finds
he only hit his own toe against world
that does not perceptibly feel the shock,
and Injuries no one but himself"