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Year: 1869

IT DOES Nor Look WELL-In the Senate
debate Of Saturday last on the Tenure Of Office
law Mr.. Drake, of Missouri, thought the pro-
position of the Judiciary Committee to sus-
pend the law was only way Of saying to the
President, We will try you until the next ses-
sion of Congress and see what use you make
of this power. If you use it to suit us the re-
peal may stand but if you do not use it to suit
us the law shall go into force again" And Mr..
Drake was Of the opinion that the President
did not deserve to be SO addressed by the Sem
ate. And the Senator is right. Turn it and
twist it as you may, this proposition is an insult
to the President, and II presented to him to
sign he should give it his veto; and we believe
he will
Year: 1869

We are blowing away-although very
slowly-the stony obstructions which block up
He'll Gate-an operation set on foot by the ma
tional government, and which should have been
undertaken years ago. This is one Of the
water highways which connects us with the
ocean. It is q mint for the He'll Gate pilots,
and, at the same time, q terror to all the ves-
sells that navigate the Sound in carrying on ouI
passenger and freight trade with Long Island,
Connecticut, Rhode Island and many of the
ports of Massachusetts. But there are otheI
water highways over which large portion oi
the trade coming to and going from the city
passes which require some attention. For
instance, the Passaic and Hackensack rivers
tap the eastern end of New Jersey and bring
us into connection with the manufacturing
districts of that portion Of the State which
embraces. Newark and Paterson, and which
after all are really no more than suburbs q
New York, sharing with us, as we do with
them, the mutual benefits Of our manufacturing
prosperity. The Legislature Of New Jersey,
it appears, has now in consideration the fact
that the channels of these two rivers are getting
gradually blocked, and that navigation Is
likely to be impeded by the washings Of
the marshes in the vicinity Of Newark, for
which this tidewater portion Of the State ID
famous proposition to drain these swamps
and make dry land out Of an unhealthy nui-
sance is, we observe, seriously attracting the
attention Of the New Jersey Legislators at this
time


Why not the Legislature solve the muddy
question at once by accepting the proposition
made to them to kill off miasmatic diseases
generated by these swamps, preserve the nav
igation of these rivers, which are OF some value,
and give US an additional quantity of good,
sound land in our suburbs upon which to
spread ourselves, as we are growing too big
for our present daily increasing wants, espe-
ciaIly for manufacturing purposes? We have
an interest, as as we'll as our neighborihg State,
in seeing those abominable swamps converted
to some useful purpose, and if the Jersey folks
are benefited by it we have no objection
All petty local influences and the operations
of jobbers and spectators should be dis
regarded where general good is to be accom-
plished. If the opening Of He'll Gate, or tho
preservation Of navigation in the Passaic, OF
the redemption Of the swamps on the other
side of the North river should serve our
neighbors in Connecticut, Rhode Island, or
New Jersey, we may be sure that the largest
proportion Of the advantage derived there
from will fall to this metropolis. Let all these


improvements, then, progress by all means.
Year: 1869

The Opening Performance Of Carl Schurz.


The new Senator from Missouri-the pro-
nounced radical in everything German
red republican and American black republican,
Carl Schurz, made an opening performance in
the Senate on Friday on the Tenure Of Office
act. He tried the circus feat of riding
several horses at once, and proved him
self to be in this first performance failure.
He might have voted for the repeal Of the
Tenure of Office act had it been presented sim
ply on its merits; still he would vote against
repeal because he hoped Congress at some
other time would take up the subject. He
might be willing to vote for repeal if he be-
leved the majority Of the Senate was in favor
of keeping the law on the statute book, but he
would vote against it, as Congress next session
might modify the law. Then he would not
vote to suspend the law. In fact, he was on
all sides and on no particular side. Such was
the opening performance Of the much lauded
Teuton orator and red republican German mis-
sionary to the United States. A stump orator
is not necessarily statesman.
Year: 1869

REVIVAL OF SECTIONAL PREJUDIcEs The
Wilmington IN. CO. Jouraa, is alarmed at the
manner In which President Grant has in
augurated his administration by his military
assignments. The Journal has no good reason
for disquiet, much less for the exhibition Of
malevoIcnce. Az for reviving sectional preju-
dices, no Southern paper should encourage
such an idea for q moment The South is
getting along very well without trying 10 make
another row at this juncture.
Year: 1869

vhoWus


There seems TO be determined purpose
both In Congress and with the Secretary of the
Treasury to stop the corrupt and gambling
practice Of secret sales of government gold.
Mr.. Fenton introduced bill in the Senate on
Saturday with this view, and Secretary Bout
well, in . conference the day before with the
Committee on Ways and Means. declared his
purpose to sell gold publicly and never pri-
vately. Here is the prospect Of reform in a
matter which produced corruption, demoraliza-
ton and loss to the government. 1t Is an en-
phatic condemnation of Mr.. McCulloch's con-
duct But Mr.. Boutwell, went further, and said
he believed he had the power to invest the sur
plus gold in the Treasury in bonds, and thought
he would do so. The income from customs,
he said, was increasing. This would enable
him to buy up bonds at the present market
value and reduce the interest bearing debt. We
hope the new Secretary will carry out his pur-
pose for It is absurd to let hundred millions
or 80 Of gold lie idle in the Treasury, when by
applying II to the purchase and cancelling Of
the jnterest-bearing debt six or eight millions
year could be saved. Besides, the bonds can
be purchased now at much lower rate than
in the course Of few years, when currency
and specie shall be at par. Mr.. McCulloch al
ways began at the wrong end, In way to in
crease the weight Of the debt and burdens OF
the people, Mr.. Boutwell, appears to have Q
different view and purpose. II the Secretary
will stick to the policy announced we shall
soon see the debt diminished and the public
credit strengthened.
Year: 1869

THE SHIP AMERICAN USIoS. The state
ments which have been made charging Captain
Grant, Of the packet ship American Union,
with the exercise OF brutality towards his
passengers and crew, we have been assured
by those who have sailed with him, are entirely
unfounded.
Year: 1869

IT CANNOT BE DoNE.-Dr. Harris is not q
practical Superintendent for the Board of
Health. His proposition to have an inspec-
tion made of every house in the city by seven
teen inspectors between this and September
proves it. In the first place the work cannot
be done in the time by that force, and in the
next place there would be no advantage to the
public in doing it. 1t would be wasted labor.
houses, Mr.. Superintendent, and devote any
superfiuous energy You may have to the
twenty thousand tenements That is your
field.
Year: 1869

Our FOR SPoRT.-The Sing Sing Prison au-
thorities, by whose negligence and ineficiency
the convicts were able to escape, seem to have
started for the capture OF these men in the
true spirit Of hunters out for big sport. II, as
reported, the convict ONeil had quietly sur
rendered himself into the hands of citizens
before he was shot by a pursuing keeper, we
do not see how the action of the latter can
escape the attention Of jury. If an escaped
convict Is an outlaw in such sense that any
man may kill him the law needs changing
Year: 1869

FIRE INSURANCE AND LAND INSURANCE. =
The article which we publish to-day on fire
insurance and land insurance is at once so
full and 80 minute and accurate in its details
that will suffice TO call special attention to il.
The evils which are pointed out In the manage
ment Of the immense interests involved in each
Of these important branches Of insurance
loudly call for additional legislation.
Year: 1869

BAD OMENs.-The New Orleans Pcayune
sees bad omens in the conduct of the new ad-
ministration already. Suppose the Southern
press brush the mists and cobwebs that have
accumulated upon their spectacles for the last
dozen years, and witness the new lights Of
prosperity that surround them? 1t is about
time for them to begin to talk about good
omens; they have had enough Of the bad
reality.
Year: 1869

AN ARKANSAS TRAvELLER.-Some Of the
trouble of reconstruction is seen in the decla-
ration of the Arkansas Assembly which has
declared its Speaker ineligible to the place he
holds because he is q nonresident
Year: 1869

"a celebrated writer says that the ladies'
insist that it is highly dsrOgatory from the
diguity of the.sex i the poet should af-
firm shat It lie tbs perfection of the charac-
ter of wife


HTo study household good,


And good works in her husband to promote.n


Now, according to our notion Of "house-
hold good" which does not include one;
idea of drudgery or<servilitY, but which
involves large and comprehensive scheme
Of excellence, we will venture 90 affirm
that, let any woman know what she may,
yet, if she knows not this, she is ignorant
of the most indispensable, the most appro-
pirate, branch of female knowledge
Without it, however, she may inspire sd-
miratiou abroad, she will never excite es.
TEEN nor insure durable affection, at home;
and will bring neither credit nor comfort to
her ill-sIarred partner.


The domestic arrangements OF such a
wogaa as filed the capacious mind of the
poet. resemble, if We may say it without
profansness, those of Providence, whose
under-agsnt she is; her wisdom is seen in
its effects; indeed, it is rather felt than seen;
it is seusibly acknowledged in the peace,
the happiness, the virtue, of component
parts; in the order, the regularity, and beau-
ty of the whole system, of which she is
the moving spring. The perfection of her
character, as the divine poet iutimates,
does not arise from prominent quality, or
q showy talent. or brilliant accomplish
ment; but it is the beautiful computation
and result Of them all. Her exOellencss
consist not 80 much in acts as in habits, in


"Those thousand decencies which daily flow


From all her words and actions"


A description better calculated than any
We have ever met with to convey an idea
Of the purest conduct, resulting from the
best principles; it gives an image Of that
tranquility, smoOthness, and quiet beauty,
which is the very essence Of perfection in
a wife
Year: 1869

The world is full OF disconnected, rest
less men, having just genius enough to
make their failure conspicuous. The men
Of purpose and action srs rare; bat they
always succeed. They do not Cajols them
selves with imaginary success. They do
not waste their time striving to cajOle the
public into the belief that they are suc-
csssful. But they work; they work con-
stantly and patiently, and they know very
we'll that their work will tell the tale for
them better than they can tell it. The rest
less man is the Arab, brilliant, fickle and
versatile. and under his foot the grass does
not grow. The active man is as q mill,
which stands in Ons spot, but is ever going,
producing something every year.
Year: 1869

ately write private letter to the Presi-
dent explaining his real position, the
other letter being intended for use in
the Cabinet meeting.
GRANT couETERAfANDs AN ORDER FoR THE


SALE or GOLD.


Some time before this Mr.. Corbin
told Mr.. Gould that an order had been
actually issued from the Treasury De-
partment for the sale of gold, and that
General Grant had countermanded it
on receiving a letter from him relating
to the subject.
Year: 1869

The Salt Lake correspondent of the
tho San Francisco Times writes:


It is, of course, extremely difficult for
Gentle man to obtain the opinions of
Mormon women on polygamy. In the
first place the Mormon husbands do not
encourage such discussion, and in the
second place the wives appear to me to
be under a perpetual restraint In the
presence Of strangers. With Gentle Ia.
dies, however, the case is different To
them these Mormon wives speak freely,
and il is TO Gentle women therefore that
[ am indebted for all [ have been able to
gather relative to the female sentiment
of Utah. 1t is not to be expected that a
Mormon wife will deliberately decry q
practice which she has avowed her belief
in by conscnting to adopt, but it is true
that with few exceptions the defense OF
polygamy undertaken by these ladies is
generally so feeble as to betray lack Of
enthusiasm in the pleading. Those who
have accepted tho position of second,
third or fourth wife, having married with
u full understanding of the prospect
usually fall quietly into the matrimonial
groove, but am assured that those wo
men who are still the sole wives live in
state of constant terror lest their hus
bands should decide upon marrying again
A lady (not Mormon) assured me tha
only the day before | visited her, Nor
mon friend entered her room in perfect
agony OF tears, and had informed her that
her husband was about to take second
wife. / give the statements of the men
in regard to this matter. Take them for
what they are worth. But let your lady
readers cndeavor to realize the position
of the first wife in such case. and then
form their own opinions as to the rea
feelings which the Mormon women en-
tertain on this subject. I do not mean
TO say that those ladies are all unhappy
The plurality system is the custom o.
their church. 1t is practiced all around
them. They have few opportunities Of
contrasting their condition with that o.
Gcntile women, and besides this, the Pc
lygamy Of Utah is to a certain extent .
modified polygamy, as | shall eudcavor t.
SNOW presently. IL WOuIu, uoMtVeF. pt
folly to assert that the women of Utah
arc not repressed and subdued unnatural
ly by the life they lead If there be any
truth in Byron's idea that


"Man's love is Of his life thing apart


| IT'S woman's whole existence"


then must the existence of the Mormon
wives be an abnormal one, for 1t is no
possible that they can ever know what i


is to love, as we understand the term
There is, indeed, in the unconscious
mournfulness perceptible on all their IA
ces, suggestion as of something lost


something taken away from their lives
and which they arc yainly struggling t
recover. That something lost, indeed
for them, is the heartlife without which
woman's being is incomplete. The brain
life remains, but it can nevcr supply tho
place of the subtitle spirit which polyg,
amy has crushed ard extiuguished.
Year: 1869

MODERN Economy OF TmE.-One man


can spin more cotton yarn now than four.
hundred men could have done in the same
time in 1863, when Arkwright, the best
cotton spinner, took out his first patent.
One man can make as much -four in day
now as hundred and fifty could century
ago. One woman can now make as much
lace in day as q hundred women could
hundred years ago. 1t now requires only as
many days to refine sugar as it did months
thirty years ago. 1t once required six
months to put quicksilver on glass; now
it requires only forty minutes. The engine
of frst-rate iron clad trigate will perform
as much work in day as forty-two thou
sand Scientific Ameriean.
Year: 1869

A young husband of this city, whose wife
had been basely slandered by former rejected
sutor for her hand administered to the libeller
n severe whipping recently, and was afterwards
challenged to fight duel with pistols by the
party castigated. Seconds were chosen, the
Benedict taking friend and rather noted duel
ist named Trisch, Hungarian along with him.
A spot had been selected for the affair on the
Indiana State line, and on Wednesday last (the
1Sth) the parties were promptly on the ground
at one o'clock. The distance was measured,
and the principals to what was evidently about
to prove very bloody affair were placed in
position. AT the drop of a handkerchief the
duellists fired, and the libeller was wounded
in the left arm, but not seriously, while the
husband escaped injury. Both were
anxious to exchange shots again. but were
prevailed upon to desist by the seconds. Mean
time quarrel sprang up between Trisch and
the libeller. and an agreement was made to settle
it with swords. This second duel showed the
principals to be excellent swordsmen, but the
Hungarian was the master, and literally pinned
his antagonist to a tree, the foil passing through
the right shoulder and inficting severe though
not dangerous wound. While in this position
the slanderer of the good name of VirtuOns
woman was compelled to retract his vile say
ings. The Hungarian was slightly wounded in
the left breast. The parties returned to the city
and had their wounds dressed. The affair was
kept very quiet and but few knew of the duel
previous to its occurrence 1t is fortunate that
these affairs of honor did not terminate fatally.
The names of the sandered and slanderer are
not given, for the reason that il would cause
scandal and do an injury to parties undeserVing
of it,-ChicdqO Post
Year: 1869




On this subject the Memorial Diplomdtigue
has the following:-The apprehensions which
the German press is endeavoring to excite i'm
Europe against the tendencies and the secret
object of the future Gcumenical Council are
beginning to lose at the same time all interest
and all reality. In the first place, the assertion
may be made that the great majority of the
bishops in France and elsewhere are by no
means favorable to the propagation of doctrines
which will have the immediate effect of placing
them in direct contradiction with the law of
their country; there exist also serious reasons
for believing that the Holy See, in the manner
in which 1t is conceiving and preparing the pro-
gramme of the council, has no intention of de-
parting from the limits of purely religious
grounds on which conflicts with the civil goy-
ernment are more and more rare, if not impos-
sible. As to the question whether France will
be represented directly in the council we believe
we are not departing from the truth in saying
that nothing is yet decided on that subject.


The Pope is said to have remarked in an audi
ence which he gave the other day to an eminent
foreigner that he was firmly convinced the
world would be regenerated by the coming
Council. He declared that the bishops would
have full liberty of discussion, and said that he
hoped they would not abuse this privilege by
consuming time in idle disputes. 1t would be
better, his Holiness added that all discussions
should be unanimous but in cases of differences
of opinion, the question would be decided by
the majority, except when the majority hap
pened to be insignificant The Pope, however.
INDUCES tne nope tnaJ no DIVISIONS Will arise,
believing that the Holy Spirit will inspire the
Council and lead all its members to act in har-
mony. He said that the Council would be called
upon to adopt the Syllabus some alteration being
made in the paragraph concerning the relations
of the Church with the State. On different hut
trustworthy authority it is stated that the Coun-
Gil will proclaim two dogmas:-First. The in
falibility (personal and Independent of all coun-
cils) of the Pope, speaking er cdHedrd. Second
The assumption in spirit and body of the Virgin
Mary. Protestant and schsmatic bishops WILL
It'll certain be allowed no voice in the Council
Year: 1869

Meeting of Miners at Hyde Park-NO COncIu-


sion Arrived At-DissatisfactiOn Among the


acknowledgements Predicted.


Special Despatch 10 The EUening Telegraph.


SCRANTON, Aug. 26.-The meeting of the
miners yesterday at Hyde Park was another
scene of confusion. This meeting was looked
upon as the concluding one. They were going
to make a final decision, whether to accept Mr.
Storrs' proposition or fall back upon the original
demand for a basis, and as has been the case
with all their previous meetings, they did not
arrive at any decisive conclusion and did not
even wait for a regular or orderly adjournment
Both opponents and advocates of resumption
were equally dissatisfied. The Republican, in
an editorial this morning, says:-"The thou
sands of deeply interested traders may deem the
result of the Hyde Park meeting yesterday as
triAing and unsatisfactory; but we can assure
them that the men are going to work now and
the most strenuous advocates of continuing sus-
pension acknowledge that the Jig is up now,
and the men will begin work in few days; and
as the men who go in first will have the choice
of chambers, there will be little delay after the
first blow has been struck. The hope of re-
ceiying any money from Schuylkill or the Gene
raj Connc has been abandoned by everybody
eycept the committee who expect to have the
handling of it,.
Year: 1869

Barracks last evening to take on board that por
ton of the first infantry which has been stationed
there. She will thence proceed to the coal dock
at Greenville, take on board the remainder of the
corps, and set out at once for her destination,
Cincinnati, whence the regiment goes by rail to
Detroit.
Year: 1869

PARK COUNTY TO VoTE AGAIN
Another election has been ordered In
Park County, to take place on the
10Th Of next month, when it is conf
dently asserted that the appropriation
for the Rockville and Charlottesville
Railroad will be triumphantly carried.
By an agreement with the citizens of
the several townships, the road will
run through Montezuma on the
Wabash, and Paris, Illinois, making
a direct route TO St. Louis, which,
with the completion of the line from
here to Logansport, will, in less than
two years, open up for business one
continuous line of railway from De-
troit to ST. Louis. The New York
Central is deeply interested in this
route, and we are reliably informed
that they are willing and anxious to
give it all needful assistance. All
that is now needed to consummate
the preliminaries preparatory to the
commencement of this great work is
the affirmative decision of Park on
the 18th Of October-C CrawforlsU1le


ReUie1C.
Year: 1869

THE AGUE.-The general impress
sion seems to be that as a remedy for
ague there is nothing like Quinine; !;
but those who desire to experiment
upon themselves can try the follow
ipg. which we find in an exchange:


"Take Of common sage enough to
make about half pint of tea, then
get about the same quantity of good
vinegar. Mix and take it all, if pos
sible. when you feel the chill coming
on. Instead Of chill, you will have
a good sweat, and in ninety-nine
cases out of one hundred you can say
good bye, ague.' Ut II. Erpress.


Armistead's Tonic Syrup is much
safer and surer remedy.
Year: 1869

IT is said that BENZ. BUTLER W II,
at an early hour in the coming ses-
sion Of Congress. make speech on
the extravaglnees- of Congressional
Committees. A more appropriate
theme could not be selected. If Gen.
BUTLER can break up the iniquitous
system, he will confer a great favor
upon the country.
Year: 1869

Another attempt has been made to cor.
ruptly influence the Legislature of this State.
Mr.. Sickles of this county stated to the house
of representatives on Saturday that he had
been approached by party interested in the
pending legislation concerning the Heaiey
slough canal, and inquired of him how much
it would cost to secure his support of the
measure. We are glad to record the fact
that our representative virtue was equal to
the occasion and that he not only refused
to sell himself but exposed the means used
to secure the measure The matter has
been referred to committee with directions
to investigate and report to the house. The
party supposed to be referred to by Mr..
Sickles denies that he meant anything i'm
proper in what lie said to Mr.. Sickles, and
pretends that the point of his inquiry was
satisfactory change in the bill to meets the
objections which Mr.. Sickles had urged to
it. 1t is not improbable that any one who
would attempt to corrupt legislature would,
if exposed use some ingenuity to escape the
odium of it.