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Year: 1869

General Mcclellan promptly discharged a
lot of men working under him on the Stevens
battery for petitIoning the other day TO have
their wages increased above 81 50 per day


which sum they supposed was only tempo.
rary arrangement We are glad to see there is
something in regard to which that gentleman
can act with promptness, but we are sorry he
DIDN'T put his newly found merit to a peter
~0s-NA
Year: 1869

| have been down in the country
for nine days wonder.


You will be interested in learning
that the grass is getting green, and
that the arbutus and liverwort are
blossoming respectively pink and
green.


| amused myself with the athletic
spade and the copious watering-pot
in a friends garden, and waxed fat
and saucy thereupon.


But gardening, pursued constantly
for some days, creates a desire for
rest and tranquility so varied my
exercise, during the latter part of my
stay, by reading sundry old novels
and a batch of back numbers of Har-
pers Magazine.


From these works | discovered that
all young ladies of refined culture
whose parents die and whose guardi-
ans fraudulently deprive them of their
handsome fortunes, become governes
ses at once.


| believe | have limited at this fact
in previous paper; but my recent
studies show me that the frequency O.
such cases is much greater than haC
supposed.


Indeed, all the old novels, and four
fifths Of the magazine stories wer
founded upo, that fact.


The mortsinty among parents an
the depravity among the guardians
really alarming. Something ought t
be done about it.
Year: 1869

or three other members of the New
York bar. But still he is capable of
much. In power of speech-making
generally. in obscenity particularly,
in that horrible profanity which sur
passes all others-in using which a
man about as capable of conceiving
of religious sentiment as hyena uses
the holiest and most feeling terms of
religion-our Republican leader is
'equalled by few and excelled by
none His description of his escape
from his house during the riots of
1868, delivered in a State Convention
two years ago, is worth reproduction
for the audacity with which it affects
piety: Then, sir, in the dead of
nlght-driven from MY house by
blood-thirsty mob bent on my life,
for no crime but of having loved hu-
manity and struggled for universal
freedom-I fed for safety, leaving
all my household goods to the mercy
of the mob, and clasping under one
arm my innocent babe, and under the
| other my sainted fathers old family
Bible! He always winds up his
speeches, on any triumphant occasion
with touch of Scripture, and gives
out the Doxology at the close Of
meetings on election nights. And
the people sing it! Two thousand
people, most of them moral if not
positively religious men, and many OF
them pious women, actually accept
the lead of this gentleman-seem to
be, nay, are, moved by his piety, and
follow in Old Hundred with a will.
We read the biennial account of this
incident with a profound sens of our
want Of Language to do justice to the
subject. The Devil 8prinkling holy
water is nothing to it.


We do not know who the man is
who sets for this portrait, but we
copy the sketch because we regard it
very good reading for religious men.
1t describes the managers of the Re-
publican party in this city, but the
picture of the head men of the other
party would not be a whit better.
These be thy leaders, 0, ye quiet,
oasy-gOing, wealthy, respectable,
Christian gentlemen, who mourn over
the degeneracy of politics, and never
go to primary meeting, never help
to nominate good men for office. Ye
are distressed that common scoun-
drels are elected to the Halls of City,
and State, and National Legislation,
but ye never put forth one of your
fingers to elevate good men to power.
I-Nec York Obserrer.
Year: 1869

The following extract from the columns Of
The Nation, is from the pen of Hon. J. N. Usher
principal agent from Massachusetts to the Uni
vcrsal Exposition, Paris.


American Button Hole Machine. Manufac-
turcd 10y the American Combination Sewing Ma
chine Company, of Philadelphia.


We have been intending to say a word in rela-
tiOn TO this machine since our return from the
Universal Exposition, but have neglected it un-
I'll the present time. We are now reminded Of
our neglect by observing that this machine took
the highest premium at the late fair in Spring
field.


Among the improvements Of the present age,
we may class the sewing machine as one of the
most important II has proved blessing to the
household in every civilized nation. These ma
chimes have proved a success in the performance
oialmost every kind Of sewing that human hands
have accomplished, and stand as monuments Of
American skill and inventive genius, and as pro
moters Of domestic comfort. But among them
the Button Hole Machine steps forth as the great
est triumph of all. 1t seems TO be the ne plus
ultra of successful invention.


The American Button Hole Machine is a Won
der in itself; so simple IN its construction, so
easily worked and withal so durable, that it must
work its way into every family. 1t seems 10 COM
blne in one machine the advantages of all, tor,
while il works button holes rs well as those done
by hand, il Is also capable Of doing all kinds of
work that other machines do.


At the Paris Exposition it took Silver Medal,
and we may say that no machine on exhibition
so attracted the attention of visitors and jurors,
and called forth their delight and approval as
did this machine.


We gave much attention TO the section of sew
ing machines. visiting it daily, and were proud,
rs an American, to hear the praise bestowed up
on the American Combination Button Hole and
Sewing Machine.


II received, as it deserved, the highest award
and we predict Tor il great success.
Year: 1869

DECISION BY JUDGE INGRAHAM-THR C0NSOLl-


DATIoN DECLARED UNAUTHORIZED.


Judge Ingraham has rendered his decision on
the motion injunction and receiver in the above
named case He holds that the power OF amendment OF
the articles of association given TO the Trustees OF the
of lis business or merge 1t with another Company 1t
gave no power take away from the stockholders the


other which they had expressly reserved for their own
protection. They had authority TO bring the stock
other Company and expose them to losses and II the
union had not been substantially executed by transfer
il should be enoined until the final hearing OF the case
so far transfer Of property has been made no bene
Company enjoned from Its from receiving from
any Of the stockholders OF the Merchants Union Express
Company surrender OF the stock held by them TO the
new Company, and voluntary compliance win the
terms Of the agreement ON their part II the


who have not yet accepted OF the terms agreed on be-
tween these Companies elect so TO do and TO become
stockholders in the Company there no good reason
for restraining them from doing but In regard 70 prop
ery not delivered the injunction should be continued and
the Directors and Executive Committee should be
terms oconsodaon iby the plaintiff and other share
holders who are not willing 10 become HepeS m per 1 tne
any other manner until the decision OF this


Judge Ingraha then disposes Of the objections that
the American Express Company and al the
should be made parties, and overrues them Inc oher
branch of this case relates the appointment of Re
ceiver This Is based mainly Oh the alleged misconduct
Of money to themselves and others for services at va
ous times during the past two years before and after
! the organization OF the Company. These votes are
shown by extracts from the minutes OF the Committee
which at least exhibit very liberal appropriations OF the
money Of the stockholders for their benefit, large
amounts Of which said TO be for services prior tC
the organization OF the Company. receiver has been
| appointed for the property Of the Company not In
vOlved in the consolidation Of this Company with the
| New-York Express Company, and the plaintiff
| has an order allowing him TO be made a party
| to this suit The order restraining him from part
ing with any OF the funds received by him will protect
the plaintiff fully as If Receiver were now ap
pointed. For this reason therefore / receive
any order this branch Of the until after the Re
ceiver has appeared and answered." The Judge
then reviews the objection 10 the plaintiff holding
stock whose former had assened TO the cOnsOda
ton and oyerrules It, The injunction therefore is re-
tained originally modified with the further mOdfca.


ton viz permitting such OF the stockholders desire
to exchange their stock that of tho company
and pay the assessment thereon and reservng de
csion TO until after the present Receiver
shall be made a party and shall file this
| action.
Year: 1869

THE BAL MAsQUE AT CENTRAL PARK GARDEN.


For some time past mysterious hints have
been in circulation Of masquerade ball which should be
scandaaus enough TO rival the worst features Of the IA
balls dopera OF Paris. similar attempt made
former OCCASION but it resulted only in scene OF
riot and drunkenness among the rOwdy few who were
there. Undeterred by this the Committee, who have
good for keeping their secret projected
second ball for last evening" and by Of advertising
largely succeeded in selling considerable number OF
tickets. 1t well known that but those Of


naneess were 10 be present and all who went to
large assemblage Of them doubt fully graf
ied Most of them fasionably and extravagantly
dressed and during the earlier part OF the evening
Quoted themselves with something like show OF deco
but later in tho evening, excited with wine and
dancing, and free from tho restraint OF troublesome
Committee they free rein to their dispositions and
INDUCED freely in the shameless excuses Of the
Such scenes II they do not actually violate the law out
rage public decency and morality and their rather too
frequent repetition should be prevented by the strong
effect OF public opinion.
Year: 1869

AN EDTToR's AssEssMESr.-It does q BODY
good to have his pride fattered once in while.
We realize the benefit of it once year, when
the assessor comes round and asks how much
money we have at interest, how much stock in
government bonds or in bank, aud various other
questions that are supposed to be only for
" solid men" If there is anybody around, We
straignten up slightly, expand our corporosity,
and in as heavy chest tone as we can COM
mand, we answer, about the same as last
year" They know well enough what it is. So
do we.
Year: 1869

ADvERrIsTss.-Th Call says trying to do bus
mess without advertising is like winking at .
pretty girl through a pair Of green goggles.
You may know that you are doing it but nobody
else does.
Year: 1869

THE WEATHER.-The following record will show
the changes in the temperature for the past twenty
four hours, In comparison with the corresponding
day last year. an indicated by the thermometer as
Hudnuts pharmacy, HERALD building, Broadway,
Year: 1869

Aftcr hams have been smoked, take
them down, thoroughly rub the flesh part
with molasses, then Immediately apply
ground or powdered pepper. by sprink'
ling rs much as will stick TO the molasses,
when they must be hung up again to dry.
Hams treated In this manner will keep
perfectly sweet for two or three years
This must be done before the fly deposits
is eggs, for amer that Is done nothing
will stop their ravages. The above has
been practiccd In our section for more
than twenty years. No soaking Is neces-
sary. One pint Of molasses and one or
two pounds ofblack pepper are sufficient
for any ordinary family. Try this plan u
you want good, sweet hams.-RuraI liner
iecn.
Year: 1869

not conceive the youngster thought Of the
jest hc was playing Off on the spruced
dandy In front Of him. The boy held his
foreflnger In the red hair OF the young
man about as long as blacksmith would
nail rod In the fire to heat, and then on
his knee commenced pounding his finger,
In imitation Of smith In making a nail.
The whole thing was so ludicrous that /
laughed, the orly time that ever dis
graced the pulpit with anything like
mirfh.v
Year: 1869

There was man who lived In Cass
County, Georgia, many years ago, who
had once been In the State Legislature,
and never neglected an opportunity to
emphasize the fact. He was perfect
infldcl as to new discoveries anu new sci-
cnccs, being perfectly satisfied that IL tue
world should turn over, all the wafer
would spill out Of his we'll; aud only CIV
Ing In to stcam-cars by slow degrees
But NIL the vlals OF his contempt were
poured out upon the Idea OF a telegraph,
and he was wont to say that nobody need
try to come '.thc green" over him In that
way, for he had been In the Legislature.
Finally the State road was built, anu one
Year: 1869

LAUGHING IN TIE PULrir.-Said Mr..
c., a Presbyterian minister Of some
notoricty, II never laughed In the pulpit
but once, and that came near procuring
my dismissal from the ministry. At one
of the first dlscourses was called to de-
liver, subsequent to my ordination, after
reading my text and opening my subject,
my attention was directed to young man
with n very foppish dress and n head Of
exceeding red hair. In n slip Immediately


behind this young gentleman sat IN ,r-
Year: 1869

of this month. When he returns, to
us, as we hope he will, no longer the


Blind Preacher, we may confidently
expect to hear from him a new and
fresh narrative of adventures, and the
lecture committees, in making up their
course for the next season, should bear
him in mind.-N. Y. Post
Year: 1869

the readers OF the HERALD are presented this
morning with an interesting and varied collection
or letters from our special correspondents abroad.
Ths hustle invariably attendant on general cleo
tion in England having subsidized, 1t Is but natural
that the great question which formed the issue be-
tween the two contending parties should be sub
ected to analysis and that the results likely to arise
irOm the success OF the disestabshment Of
the Irish Church should be subjected to criticism.
In the letter Of the London correspondent Of the
HERALD the subject Is reviewed and considered
In an impartial manner. From Paris we learn
that strange rumors are anoat concerning Napo-
leon, and they are given for what they are worth.
The movements OF the ex-Queen Of SPAN are also
recorded The Berlin correspondence gives gene
raj resume or matters transpirnR in the Prussian
capital and from Spain an interesting account may
be obtained Of trip from Malaga to Granada and
what was seen and heard on the way.
Year: 1869

PERHAPS Is or II years ago, in a very
good State, l saw woman with pleas
ant Quaker face, under simple Quaker
bonnet-I rather liked it-and her Quaker
husband sitting by her with his broad
brimmed hat on. They had spent many
years together, you could see by their


faces He was just bidding her good-by
as the train was starting, and I heard her
ask him for little money. / did not at
all wish to hear what they said, but l
heard that he had bought her ticket, and
saw that he had taken her satchel politely
on his arm. She hated to ask him for
the money; good many other women
have hated to ask for it, too. She began
to say, "I wish / had a little"--, She
did not want to finish, thinking that he
would think of it and give it to her; but
he did not So out it came all at once,
"May be I'll want little money while
am gone" The good, honest Quaker
turned his face toward her with surprise,
and said, "What hast thou done with the
quarter gave thee last week." Laughter
and applause. fFrom Lucy Sone's Csieogs
6Df6f7t. fa|H
Year: 1869

Some forty years ago my husband spent
some months in Spain, and what he wit
messed and heard there quite revolution
lied his opinion of donkeys-
habitually overloaded, beaten and half
starved, they undoubtedly become vicious,
obstinate and stupid; just as human beings
do under similar treatment. But with
the peasantry of. Spain the jackass is
petted favorite, almost an inmate of the
household. The women and children of
the family feed him from their hands, and
talk caressingly to him. He knows them
all, and loves them all. He will follow
his master, and come and go at his bid
ding, like a faithful dog. He delights to
have the baby placed on his back, and to
walk round with him gently on the green
sward. His intellect expands in the sun.
shine of affection, and he that is quoted as
the stupidest of animals becomes sagacious.
They told Mr.. Child o. a peasant in the
neighborhood, who had for many years
carried milk into the market of Madrid to
supply a set of customers. Every morn
ing he and his donkey, with panniers well
loaded, trudged their accustomed round.
One morning, when he was attacked by
sudden illness, and had no one to send with
his milk, his wife advised him to trust the
faithful animal to go by himself, since he
always knew Just where to stop. The,
panniers were accordingly filled with can
listers of milk, and the priest ofthe village
wrote request to customers to measure
Year: 1869

"THERE, did mean to sew these but
tons on Fred.'s jacket before night. l
have thought of it just in time, for he
must have it early in the morning. do
forget so many things | have to do,' said
Lucia Warren to good Aunt Patience,
who was visiting her for a day or two.
"You can wait a few minutes for me,
can't you, aunty? will not be long,"
and Lucia went to get her work, taking
off her gloves, and throwing back her
veil 1t was troublesome to stop Just as
she was going out, but the work must be
done. Indeed, it was nothing so very
unusual, as Lucia seemed always forget
ting things, as she said.


az will tell you an excellent plan have
followed for years. said Aunt Patience.
at is that of keeping little slate with q
pencil attached, hung up in some con-
venient place, and noting down on it all
the things / wish to do. If you like,
we will buy such slate while we are out,
and win get you started in the same
system"


Lucia entered into the scheme with
great enthusiasm, and that night saw one
side of her little slate well covered with
items she wished to remember. She did
not attempt to classify them, but noted
them down in Just the order she happened
to think of them. Aunt Patience
did not wish her to undertake
too much at once. The classifica-
ton would come afterwards. The other
side of the slate had been reserved for to-
morrow's duties. A regular plan was not
laid down FOR the whole day, with the
hours set to them; for aunty knew that
no house-mother could bring all the rest of
her household to time in such matters,
even if she could herself By undertak-
ing too much, young housekeepers are
often discouraged, and give up all efforts
at systematizing. 1t was the grOund-plan
only of her work which was laid down,
but it helped her wonderfully all through
the day. 1t was such satisfaction to
draw a line through anything which had
been completed and then, by glancing
her eye down the list, she was sure not to
forget just the thing she ought most to re-
member. i r-u ..s


In time, the little slate came to be re-
garded as one of the most useful articles of
furniture about the house. IL saved hours
of time and dollars of waste, besides add
ing fully a third to the family comfort and
convenience. If you are sceptical, hang
up one in your own home, and consult IL
as Lucia did, and do not doubt but you
will arrive at similar conclusion. D,


If the youthful reader viii begin early
the practice of making memorandum OF
the duties to be performed each day, and
discharge those duties in their proper
season, habit will be formed which will
prove of incalculable benefit in after years.
Exchange.
Year: 1869

if the walk would bea decided benefit, so
he struck into the path across the pasture,
which, at the rye field, came into the path
Charity trayersed the night before, and
walked briskly on. Ls III


Mindful of the well being of her new
CATERS, Charity picked her way carefully
along the road, wetting them in the dewy
grass when she tried to avoid the dust,
and covering them with dirt when she
tried to avoid the dew by taking the mid
die of the road. Once in the shadow of
the pines, she paused to look at them in
disgust, when q brilliant thought struck


her. Why not doff shoes and go bare
foot? 1t was so warm and pleasant, and
the path smooth and soft There was no
danger of meeting any one, and she could


slip in unobserved by the back door at


home, 80 that even her watchful mother
need not know it.. plan was to execute


with this active young lady, and seating
herself on fallen tree trunk by the path,
sine quickly barred her feet, rolled the
snowy stockings into snug ball which
she put into her pocket, light knotted to-
gether the strings to her CATERS so she
might hang them over her arm, then
rose and went bravely onward, congratu-
lating herself on her brilliant idea Alas
for the frailty of human calculationsi Out
of the pine wood, along by the edge of
the thrifty rye, and there was DR.. Norton,
himself, Just coming around the corner,
within ten yards of meeting her, palpably
and undisguisedly barefoot as she was,
with her skirts caught up to avoid the
dew, and her new CATERS carefully strung
across her arm -ee .r


1t was trying moment for Charity Alb
bott, and all sorts of wild thoughts ca
reered through her mind at once, though
she still kept ON her way, since it was
too late for concealment. Yesterdays
bushes, when he caught her showing her
new CATERS, were as white as roses to
peonies compared with the burning red
which suffused her cheeks and forehead,
and even crimsoned her shell-like ears.
That he should think her so careful and
penurious as to save her new CATERS at
the expense of her feet-her confusion
overwhelmed her. What thoughts passed
through his mind we viii not pretend to
say, but it is certain he then and there dis
covered that he was fully in love with the
girl before him, whom hitherto he had
thought he only half loved. So careful,
and so modest girl as her bushes be-
tokened her to be, could but make her a
prudent, faithful wife The Impulse of
the moment came over him, and he yield
ed to it, so that when at last they met, and
he took her hand to say "good morning."
he looked frankly into her clear eyes and
said instead, in quiet way, Charity Alb
bott, will you be my wife,"


Charity's answer is not on record, but
we are told that not many months after
she bought for herself pair of snowy
satin slippers, and that her feet were shod
with them as she stood dressed in pure
white by Dr. Norton's side in her fathers
large parlor, while the gray haired minis
ter said TO them some very solemn words
from all of which we infer that her an
swer at that embarrassing moment wa
not eSpeciaIlv discourapiuor o Tfl--r tr..9