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Year: 1869

Jennie June Croly, in behalf of the


New York SOrosis answered Mr.. r.


B. Roosevelt's application for MEM


bership as follows:


Your proposition to become a MEN,


Der of Sorosis was laid before the Ex-


ecutive Committee and subsequently


before the club. l regret to say the
decision WIS not in your favor. The
reasons, II IS only fair to state, were
not those OF character, position or per-
sonai merit, but consisted solely Of So
ciety restrictions as to sex. Person.
ally you have been found very agree
able by several members of Sorosis.
Reputation and position are unlike
unexceptionable; but the unfortunate
fact Of your being a man outweighs
these and all other claims to mem
bership. We willingly admit, of
course, that the accident of your sex
is on your part q misfortune, and not
a fault. Nor do we wish to arrogate
to ourselves because we had
the good fortune to be born. women.
We sympathise most truly and heart
lily with you and the.entire male crea-
ton in their present and prospective
desolation and unhappiness; but this
is all we can do. SorOsis is too young
for the society of gentlemen, and must
be allowed time to grow. BY and by,
when it has reached proper age, say
tyenty-one, it may ally itself with the
Press Club or some other male Organi-
zatiOn of good character and standing;
but for years to come its reply to all |
suitOrs must be principles, not men,
Year: 1869

From the Financial and Com Jourlial.l


A writer who still clings to the old
idea of protecting home interests by
special tariff legislation asks Us for 81 a
few particulars of the enormous i'm
ports of the last four months at this
port" We have already given in our
regular weekly statements, published
in the daily and semi-weekly editions,
complete details in quantity and value
of the merchandise landed at this
port. But we comply with his re-
quest, and group together in a brief
summary the total imports ut New
York for the first four months in each
of the last three years:


IMPORTS AT NEW YORK FOR TIE FIRST NOUR
MONTHS or THE YEAR
Year: 1869

l. "A postmaster is required to Civ.
notice by letter returning the paper
does not answer the law when n sub
scriber does not take his paper from
the office, and state the reason that il
has not been taken, and neglect to do
so makes the postmaster responsible
for the payment.


2. A person who takes paper
regularly from the post office, whether
directed to his name or another, or
whether he has subscribed or not, is
responsible for the pay.


8. fla person orders his paper dis.
continued, he must pay all arrearages,
or the publishers may continue to send
it until payment is made, and collect
the whole amount whether it is taken
from the Office or not.


4. If subscriber orders his paper
to be stopped at a certain time, and the
publisher continues to send it, the sub.
scribcr is bound to pay for it if he takes
it out of the post office. The law bro
ceeds on the ground that man must
pay for what he uses.


D. The courts have decided that re-.
insing to take newspapers from the
poStotlice, or removing or leaving
them uncalled for, is prima taeie evil
dence of Intentional fraud.
Year: 1869

A recent medical publication has the
following in relation to pork eating, in
which our views are admirably express.
ed:


There is no trouble in eating pork
in tolerably cold climate. 1t is need.
ed or some fatty meat, for the support
of life, while at the South, vegetable
diet is better. But whether the hog
should be eaten, depends on the man.
ner in which he is kept. If he be kept
as scavenger, on filth and rottenness
he would be unfit to eat, as its food
must enter into its composition. We
see this difference between hogs fed on
corn. Any animal that lives upon the
filth and waste of cities should be re.
jected as food. But tif the hog can be
kept cleanly, and proper food, pork
is as healthy as beef, or poultry or
fish.
Year: 1869

TO FREsHEN SALT FIsH.--Many per-
sons who arc in the habit of freshing
mackerel or other salt fish never dream
that there is a right and wrong way to
do it. Any person who has seen the
process of evaporation at the salt works
knows that the salt falls to the bottom
just SO it is in the pan where your
mackerel or white fish lies soaking ;
and, as it lies with the skin side down,
the salt will fall to the skin, and there
remain; when, placed with the Hesh
side down, the salt falls to the bottom
of the pan, and the fish comes out
freshened .as it should be-. In the
other case 1T is nearly as salty as when
first put in.
Year: 1869

The Cubans who have been in Wash
ington for some time, are quite discon-
solate over the failure of the Senate to
pass Gen. Banks resolution ofsympa-
thy for their suffering countrymen.
The Cubans, however, profess to have
information that Capedes is master of
the situation, and they declare that
within the coming fortnight he will
have received arms and ammunition
which will enable him to put ten thou.
sand colored men in the field.
Year: 1869

A Chinese laborer not long ago
murdered family of seven persons in
Peru He was arrested, and while the
parties who had made the arrest were
taking him to the judicial authorities,
he was captured by the inhabitants of
Gaudalope. They took him to the
public square of their town, covered
his body with kerosene oil, and burned
him alive.
Year: 1869

A sensible English judge lately in
structcd jury to give moderate DANA
ges in a breach of promise case, be-
cause it was i most mischeyous thing
to "frighten o man into marrying a
woman he did not like by heavy DANA
ges. 1t is much better for the girl that
he should find out his dislike before
rather than after marriage"
Year: 1869

S1NGuLAR FREAK Of NATURE
A z lady living on Shepherd street.
hfteen days ago gave birth to u
a healthy babe, and day before yes
terday gave birth to another. She
was unusually sick after her first
confinement, but is now doing well.
The babes are also in fine health
and spirits.


A case of a similar kind occur
red in this city about thirty years
ago, the time between the births
III this instance being twenty days


...a Charleston Neaos.
Year: 1869

Of the officers Of employees Of the
road and IN charge ofany particular
train running at iIat time, whether
\ was done IN the night d, day.
The Jury, II seems, drew anInferenec
from the appearance Of the dead
body Of the animal, and The marks
on tho tracks Of the road, that the
death ofthe Jack was caused by the
carele@ness and negligence Of tho
employees Of said company, and
upon that presumption, found their
verdict Tor the defendant In error.
We consider the testimony wholly
insufficient to support the verdict /;
IT should have been demurred to by
the plaintiff In error, at the trial.
The verdict Is contrary to the In
struction Of the court given for the
plaintiff in error, which announced
the law correctly. Mississippi
Central Rail Road Company vs..
Miller, 40 Miss, P. As.


The question at issue was whether
the death of the Jack was the result
of carelessnessor or negligence on the
part ofthe plaintiff in error, and this
had to be established in the Ian
guage of the instruction, before the
jury could find q verdict for the
defendant in error. The proof neg
itived any such facts. The verdic'
was manifestly wrong, and contrar,
to the law and the evidence, ant
the court should have seti aside 70
the first ground assigned in tn
motion for q new trial.


Let the judgement be reversed
the verdict set aside, and q new
trial awarded.


SHAcKELPoRD.
Year: 1869

If all be true, however, that is told by certain
individuals who claim to be well informed, the
qltid 1a,nos may keep their appetite for sensa-
tion in good order for another treat which pro-
misses to develop itself in day or two. This
fresh sensation, according TO the disclosures that
have thus far been made, is to be created by a
visit of General Robert K. Lee to the President


gentleman who processes to know the facts
connected with this projected visit states that
General Lee, who is now in Baltimore, where
he has been staying for week past, will


come to this city Tomorrow or next
day, and will be the guest of Montgomery Blair


II Is stated that the General will visit the White
House during his stay, here, and win have one or
more interviews with the President, who has
re0uested General Lee to call upon him. 1t is
intimated that the object of the interview sought
for by the President is to obtain from General
Lee his opinion in regard TO the working of the
reconstruction laws in the State of Virginia, and
of the present temper of the leading citizens of
the South. What other matters are to be touched
upon by the two principal military chieftains is
not definitely known, but from all that has
leaked out concerning the proposed conference
IL is fair TO infer that IL will be OF more than or
dlnary signiGcanee.- HGSl. Cor. " i. A!'a'.
Year: 1869




The practice of shipping-masters, aided and
abetted by the sailor clearinghouse keepers of
this port, of palming off the veriest trash upon
shipmasters for able seamen, has become q
serious evil. The master of q well-known ship,
recently arrived at New York from this port,
writes to u friend in this city, and we make the
following extract from this letter, illustrating
the point


when sailed numbered twelve (before the
mast). After got through with the tug and at
tempted to get sail on the ship, l found that
three of my number did not know where the
spanker was, and had to inform them tina
it was not on that middle pole bu
somewhat further aft. After getting off
the coast things progressed quite favorably
on board until the day | crossed the
equator. During the afternoon of that day a
Mexican Zone of the above three) deliberately
ran his knife into the mates side, not quite kill
ing him, but almost doing so and rendering him
unfit for duty for about two months. The
fellow after performing this act jumped over
board and was lost, thereby taking one of our
already too small number. Another of the three
was afflicted about three times week by having
fits, which, as you can readily understand, rem
dered his services worthless. i can assure you
that masters comfort is small who takes ship
as heavy as this one around Cape Horn and on
the American coast in mid-winter with only ten
hands and no mate. But 'all's we'll that ends
we'll As succeeded in getting my ship home
in fair time Ola days. safely, suppose IL is idle
to complain, or speculate about what might have
been. Since getting home | have been quite
sick. The primary cause was cold although,
if the truth was told, presume my system was
much prostrated with overwork, care and
anxlety"-Sdn Francisco Bulletin.
Year: 1869




New Order at the White House.
WASHINGTON, April 2S.-The crowd OF visitors
at the White House has become so great, and
he has been compelled to issue an order stating
that he will receive the public hereafter only on
Monday and Thursday of each week, from 10 to
~ o'clock; on other days he will receive by cards
only. This will relieve him of a vast amount of
trouble and labor.


Secretary Boutwell,
will be in New York tomorrow to be present at
the opening of bids for the purchase of Govern
ment gold. As this is to be the first trial of the
PLAN Secretary Boutwell, is anxious to witness it
himself.


Paying the Interest.


The Government has commenced paying the
May interest on the Five-twenty bonds. 1t
amounts to about thirty millions in gold.


The Tax Brokers.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has
written out an opinion on the argument sub
mitted to him in the case of Assessor Webster
of New York, relative to the tax upon brokers'
1t will be made public in few days.


Elections i'm the South.
As soon as the President ascertains the best
time for holding elections in the South, he will
issue an order for elections in Virginia, Missis-
sippi and Texas.


There is a difference of opinion among the
leading men at the South as to the time of hold
ing the election. Some are in favor of holding
it at once; others want to postpone it until the
middle of the summer, and others again until
the fall. Grant has not made up his mind what
would be tho hest time
Year: 1869

The suicide by shooting of Miss Sarah c.
Lewis, at her house in Braintree, was mentioned
in the Herald on Thursday, and we have since
learned that she made will bequeating her
house and land where she lived to lady in Bos-
ton, on condition that she should support the
domestic animals the deceased owned during
their lives, and when dead the property was to
revert to the .Universalst Society in West Scitu-
ate. With the will was found very large pho
Lewis and as this this is the only I domestic animal
she was known to possess, and as the picture
will prevent any exchange of the animal, the
legacy even if undisturbed will not very long
benefit the legatee.-BostOia Herald. ApriL u.
Year: 1869

The COURT OF INQUIRY in the case CT Gen
A b. Dyer, Chief OF Ordnance, having decided
that no blame was attached 20 him in tie ad :
ministration of the affairs of that department
he has returned 10 his duties as chief thereof
relieving Col. Treadwell, who was assigned TO
duty during the progress Of the trial.
Year: 1869

Since the laying Of the circle" at Broadway and
Eighth ave, there has been nothing In the strceopen
ing to equal the proposed public square place


at the Fthave gate OF the Central Park At the Street
Commissioners Office at No 237 Broadway may be found
Maps OF damage and benefit for opening aud laying out


Public Square Place between Fifty eighth Fifty
Dlnthsts., and the Fifth and Slxth-ayes; and also
feet In width the westerly side thereof and
extending from Fifty-eighth to Fityninthsts" These
maps make very imposing looking volume, and consid
ernR their cost and the fact that they are mere copies
" other maps prepared yeas ago, the atlas could
Year: 1869

Negro Murderer Taken From the Jail by


q Mob and Lynchcd.


RICHMOND June H. 1860.


Information from Lexington, just received, states
that ON Saturday night last party OF men, number
Ing seventy-nve, partially disguised and armed.
forced the aor OF the county to surrender his keys
They then entered the cell in which the negro Jesse
Edwards, who recently outraged and murdered Miss
Sarah Kite, was confined and took him in charge.
Almost noiselessy they left the vicinity OF the village
with the criminal and proceeded to a grove about
mile distant where they halted. The negro then
placed beneath large oak tree and without any
commotion whatever . rope was fixed around his
neck. He was then ordered to ascend ladder
placed against the tree With great trepidation the
criminal obeyed, and he was made TO straddle the
lowerm0st limb, about twelve feet from the ground
He was then desired to make his peace with God
as quickly as possible. as he had only few moments
to live. His reply was mere groan. Immediately
wretched man with great desperation held fast to
the limb and It required considerable exerton to
way and in another instant he was hang.
ing IN mid air. struggling violently
WIN ,e, deasn. hs meek was as, NOT no, broken
lation after few moments OF terrible agony. The
lyEchers waited until satisfied OF the death OF the
CRIMINAL when they silently departed leaving the
body hanging. Great excitement prevailed In the
nelghborho0d, and but little sympathy exists for the
wretch who expated his crime In 40 horrid man.
are known. but they are all citizens OF the county
A remarkable fact is that not a student or cadet
from either the College or the Institute was known
or supposed to be IN the avenging party.
Year: 1869

With such crowded audiences as attend the repre-
sentations of "Sinbad' by the charming LYDIA
Thompson and her excellent troupe at Niblo's, the
announcement OF new actress, even though she be
as good one ana as attractive as Miss Weathersy
rs, can make little addition to the house. But the
new conner Is q decided addition TO this troupe and
shows every sign OF being good buresque actress
well. sings sweetly dances with spirit and has much
OF the dash ana go that marked MISS Weber, with
infinitely great finish In addition to all this she
has a fine person and good par OF legs We hope
to see her in fuller part than the one she now nils,
taking the place OF Miss Harding. We doubt not sho
VIII become o favorite with our public.
Year: 1869

Attic balance Of the Jeweiry remaining
from the late Cuban Fair will be disposed Of by rsde
Nineteenth this evening,
OF and g. All parties interested requested to attend
The chances heretofore disposed OF will taken
euelt of the
Year: 1869

BENEFITS OF FREE RAILROAD Law
Under the free railroad law, enacted at the las.
sitting Of the Pennsylvania Legislature. saws
the Phiiadelphia Press, but six companies have
been organized. This number is much less
tnan that annually secured from the Leeisla.
ture under the old regime, and nay be accept
eo as the working OF correct system. Tee
tendency OF the law is undoubtedly TO dimin.
ish the number OF such corporations by strang-
ling all those which ordinarily came up as
..iobs" and never had existence, nor a design
To exist other than on paper. The terms OF a
corporation under the present system amount
almost to guarantee Of sufficient means, and
an intention TO complete the work.
Year: 1869

GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN started in at Cosper
Institute on Friday evening last for a weeks
speech making, but the first night found only
about one hundred and fifty persons present.
At this rate the season will be shorter than az
first contemplated, or George will be speaking
TO empty benches before 1t has closed. We
have, however, more confidence in his wind
than in the ability of his audience to see him
through.
Year: 1869

MR.. POLAND. of Vermont, introduced in the
House this morning bill allowing the defend
ant in criminal cases to testify. The bill pro-
vides that any defendant in any United States
Court may, at his own request, testify and be
deemed competent witness, the credit to be
gwen to his testimony being left solely to the
jury under the Instructions Of the court; but
the refusal of such person to testify shall not
be considered by the jury as evidence against
him
Year: 1869

Caors IN THE yALLEy.-Some gentlemen inst
from Red Bluff state that the crops in the val
ley present . very unfavorable appearance
Considerable of the grain sown has not coma
up. The ground is usually covered by the
growing grain at this time ofthe year.
Year: 1869

The WHArHER.-Poets and romancers are fond
OF ringing the changes on 's the cloudless skies
OF Italy, !" the balmy breezes of India and
Araby the blest." While we do not feel like
indulging in any poetical rhapsody over the sub
ject, due regard for the truth impels us assert
our belief that Weaver basin need not throw up
the sponge to any other habitable spot on the
score of delightful midwinter weather in which
to sit around 10 the same and talk "White
Pine" Furthermore, that nothing should be
lacking to complete the picture, it is just cold
enough nights to hold the water in the noun
tains, and consequently the miners have little to
do besides enjoying our fine climate. Seriously,
we have had fine weather to spare, and would
rather be excused from so much of 1t at once at
this time of the year.
Year: 1869

Quartz ON DEADwooD.-we are informed that
Messrs. Phillips Daniel have recently made
discovery of very rich quartz on Deadwood, a
small creek enptying into Trinity river about
one mile above Lewiston. They said to have
found rock abounding in free gold visible to the
naked eye. Deadwood is noted for quartz gold,
and it has long been the current opinion Of the
residents in that vicinity that valuable gold
bearing quartz existed in the adjacent hills.
We are satisfied, from our own observation, that
there are good paying ledges on the head of the
creek. We know of several that, if situated in
White Pine, Owyhee, or some other far-away
locality, would attract good deal of attention.
A little enterprise would demonstrate that prof
table quartz mines are to be found in Trinity
county.
Year: 1869

SHALL Pox.-We stated last week there were
no more symptoms Of small pox in town. The
day after making this announcement child was
discovered to be seriously afflicted with the dis
ease, and in addition two instances OF varioloid,
hardly amounting to a days sickness, have been
known We desire to msrepresent nothing, and
can only say that at present writing no one
is known to be ailing with small pox symptoms
that sense of its having run its course perrades
our people, and finally that we believe the pre-
cautions observed are sufficient to prevent its
spread among us.


Since the above was in type we hear that there
are two cases at Douglas.
Year: 1869

DELAWARE CAPTAIN LOST.-Capt. Perry
johnson, OF Seaford, and once a resident Of
Milford, commander of the Harrcst Queen. n
California vessel has been lost at sea il is he.
lieved, with his vessel and crew. A San Fran
cisco paper says OF him: He was a strict
member OF the church. and conscientious and
hlghminded citizen. His family, a wife and
two daughters, are now residents of This c;tv
They, have ceased to listen for his footsten IN
the threshold, which formerly brought Cladness
to their hearts, and have come to the sad con
clusion that the husband and father has com.
pleted his voyage over the sea of life. :"


The Milford paper adds: Misfortunes seem
to have attended him in his occupation. some
OF which we recoIect One of his vessels load
Ell few years since in the West Indies with
sugar and mOlasSes, for Baltimore. At the
period OF sailing tie Captain was sick ; he how
ever sent her on the voyage in charge of the
mate the vessel and crew were never after
ward heard from. He was once cast away
while rounding Cape Horn, where, we believe
part OF the crew perished He was engaged in
the government transport trade during the
Mexican war, and on one occasion, while he
and one or two of his crew went ashore at n
point near Vera Cruz, he tell into an ambush
OF htteen or twenty Mexicans, who ordered
them to surrender, as prisoners but the Cap
tain being well armed with pair of six shoot
ers and "A knife, showed fight and he and his
men killed six of the Mexcans, and made good
their escape.