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Year: 1869

been largely reduced, and thus the rev.
enue is made to afford a large surplus,
which is applied to the reduction Of the
national debt.


At the rate of reduction which Mr..
Boutwell, has succeeded in making, the
principal Of the debt will be cut down
in the first year of Grants administers
ton 12O millions. 1t is entirely safe
to calculate upon a reduction Of 100
millions. This will tell upon the ma
tional credit. The reduction thus far
made has already told upon our credit
So great has been the advance in the
price Of bonds in New York, that the
G per cents are now selling at equal to 90
cents in gold.


This is bad for the Democratic party;
but it is good for the country. Grant
promised honesty and economy. He
has kept the promise, and the result
stands out boldly in figures that every
body can see and appreciate.-Cmcin-
natl Gazette.
Year: 1869

Every examination of the laws passed
by our Democratic Legislature last
winter develops more and more of that
peculiar ECONOMY" which is SO highly
lauded in the Democratic platform, to-
wit: new avenues of expenditure in
enormous amounts I ga
The new criminal code has made a
great change in procedure. Among
Others, Sec. 164. Title 7, provides that
''in the trial Of felons the jury shall not
be permitted to separate after being
sworn, until discharged by the court"


Formerly the court had authority,
whenever the popularity of the case
demanded it, to keep the jury together
after being sworn, in order that no out
side influence could affect them, but
this action would not be required 10 one
case out of a hundred Yet this code
takes all discretion away from the court,
and makes it imperative in all cases Of
felony that is, in all cases punishable
by Imprisonment in the penitentiary).
This is something like returning to the
old English rule, when the jury was
kept without light, fuel or food until
they had agreed, and, in the event ofa
disagreement, tied to the tail of cart
and whipped publicly around the cir
cult No express provision is made in
the code for feeding the jury while thus
being kept together, or paying for it,
but it is to be presumed that the Legis-
lature did not intend they should be
starved Are they to be fed on the
fare provided by the Commissioners
for inmates of the Jail, or mast that
body get up a special bill of fare for
them, specifying what shall be the meat
and drink for breakfast, dinner and
supper? Ifso, should they not adyer-
tise for proposals to furnish entertain
ment for the jury according to the bill
Of fare to be seen at the Commissioners
Office?


Bit, seriously, this will be great
evil IN the way Of expenditure. The
criminal branch Of the Common Pleas
Of this county is engaged, on an aver
age, six months in year in trying this
kind of cases Sometimes while one
jury is out deliberating, another is
called, and sworn, and each of them
must be provided for with bed and
board. What will be the expense7
We have made a careful estimate, and
think it can hardly be less than $1,000
per annum in this county. and with the
eighty. FIVE counties of this State the
total expense must be $4,000 per
annum. = Cincinnati Chronicle.
Year: 1869

One Of the many false claims set up
by the demagogical Democracy is, that
the party is the great architectof home
stead laws for the benefit Of the poor
man One would suppose that the
chief end of the Democratic party had
been to pass homestead laws for the
protection of men with small property.
It has been usually limited that if the
Democratic party could once get into
power they would not only prevent the
sale of any homesteads the poor but
honest people might own, but they
would present small farm to every
voter, and stock it for him if he was a
repeater.


Now the fact is, that none of these
ingenious gentlemen have eversucesed-
ed in getting a homestead bill through
Congress, giving a homestead to actd-
al settlers A Republican Congress
passed the first bill of that sort in the
history of the country. lT


The fact is that the last General As
sembly, with majority in both branch
es, upon motion Of Mr.. Stambaugh,
Democrat, postponed and killed a
homestead bill exempting thousand
dollars. Mr.. Godfrey, Democratic can
didate for Lieutenant Governor voted
for the motion (Seuate Journal for
1868, 569.) 1t did however manage to
get through the Senate a bill exempt
ing $500, with the help of all the Re
publican votes. Ali the negative votes
were Democrats. Columbus Journal.
Year: 1869

A correspondent of the Bombay Gazette who
visited the Suez Canal, gives an interesting ac
count of the works in progress along the line.
Personal inspection made him a believer for the
first time in the canal as "a really great achieve
mentn especially when he saw the waters of the
Mediterranean rushing past him in a strong cur
rent $50 feet broad into the Bitter Lakes. Al
ready the water let through the deUerSOiT near
Serapeum has flooded the basin of the lakes to
a good depth, but n vast quantity more must yet
be introduced before the lakes are raised to the


level of the canal. "In point of fact, he writes,
"the whole country must be covered with water
before the desired level is reached and the
embankment can be cut away. NJ. Laval
ley proposes to bring the Red Sea in to
the aid of the Mediterranean in order to
accomplish this work. and has fixed
the 1st of July as the date for effecting commu
nication between the two seas. But the works
at Chaouf will certainly not be completed at
that date, or for some time after it and OBJ
serve that the contractor has ingeniously pro-
vided n loophole of escape for himself by
proposing to cut through the bank of the canal
at the head of the Suez lagoons, several miles
from the entrance to the channel and SO let the
water into the Bitter Lakes from this side by
fresh deUerSOir. This will certainly be one mode
of establishing through communication; but
need not say that it will be q quite different
thing from the opening of the canal for the navi-
cation of heavy ships" Ismailia is a charming
little town, but lit makes one smile to hear
every man talk of it as likely to super
sede Alexandria" There is no port yet in
Lake Tsimah, much less any trade, but it
is a pleasant place for bathing, and, in one
respect, at least it is already in advance
OF some parts nearer home-there are regula-
tions that every bather shall wear a full dress in
the morning, though in the evening he may be
allowed to go into the water with simple Gale
con-" The canal at El-Gisr is very narrow, and
to make bad worse, instead of running in u
straight line through some blunder on the part
of the engineers, it describes "a regular cork
screw worm, presentingvery awkward points for
Il big ship to steer round" The navigation of
the canal from Ismailia to Port Said is perfectly
free all the way for river boats of light draught
of water, but dredges are constantly at work
deepening the channel. After reading the fore
going account it seems very uncertain whether
the canal will be open for navigation at the
time fixed by NJ. de Lesseps.
Year: 1869

The French Cable Continuation of the Experi-


ments-The Government will not Interfere.


DUXBURY, Mass, July 37-The entire day
yesterday was occupied by the French cable
electricians in tests and experiments. Numer-
ous messages of private nature have been
transmitted to and received from Brest direct,
and the experiment of working with st. Pierre,
and repeating from there to Brest, has also been
tried. In the latter case about twenty-five words
per minute were transmitted and on working
direct to Brest eighteen words per minute were
easily sent.


Sir James Anderson arrived, and after wit
Messing the working of the cable, expressed
himself satisfied beyond anticipation. Count
de Fayerny, the French Charge d'Aftaires, and
Mr.. Watson, the American agent OF the cable
company, were also present during the success
ful experiments.


During the day message was read from the
Secretary of State, giving assurance that no in
reference with the working of the cable would
be made on the part of the Government land
that business could commence at any time 1t
is hardly probable that the cable will be ready
for business before several days. The land line
between here and Boston will not be finished
before the middle of the week. but the ground
or trench cable between the Hummock and the
Office in DuXbury village was completed this
morning, and as soon as it is in working order
messages will go and come direct from the Bank
Building to the extreme foreign end of the
cable, the station at the Hummock being cut
out, of course. The celebration to-day promises
to be largely attended and formal messages of
congratulation will probably be exchanged be-
tween the leading representatives of the Ameri-
can and French Governments.
Year: 1869

Another little private
Mustered in
The army Of temptation
And of sin.
Another soldier arming
For the strife,
To fight the ,oilsome battles
Ola life.
Another little sentry
Who will stand
Or guard while evils prowl
On every hand,
Lord, our little darling
Guard and save
Mid the pcrils ofthe march
10 the grave.
Year: 1869

A story is told Of two Yorkshircmcn
who Travelled together three days in a
stage-coach without a word ever passing
between them. On the fourth day one
Of them at length. ventured to remark that
It was fine morning. "And who said
it warn't ~ was the reply. 2
Year: 1869

JOINT RESOLUTION for the protection of the

 interests of the United States in the Union Pacific

 Railroad Company, the Central Pacific Railroad

 Company, and for other purposes.

 Be it resoIUed by the Senate and House of Representatives the United States of Amer ica in Congress assembled, That the stockhold~ ders of the Union Pacific Railroad Company at meeting to be held on the twenty-second day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty nine, at the city of Boston. (with power to adjoarn, from day to day. shall elect board of directors for the ensuing year and said stockholders are hereby authorized to established their general office at such place in the United States as they may select at said meeting: PrOpided That the passage of this resolution shall not confer any other right upon said Unlon Pacific Railroad Company than to hold such election, or be held in any manner to relinquish or waive any ri ghts of the United States 10 take advantage of any act or neglect of said Union Pacific Railroad Company heretofore done or omitted whereby the rights of the general government have been or may be preiudiced: And proUjded tirther, That the common terminus of the Union Paci- fc and the Central Pacific railroads shall be at or near Ogden; and the Union Pacific Railroad Company shall build, and the Central Pacific Railroad Company pay for and own the railroad from tue terminus aforsaid to PrOmontOry sum- init, at which point the rails shall meet and connect and form one continuous line.

 SEC ?. And be H furtber resoZred. That to ascertain the condition of the Union Pacific railroad and the Central Pacific railroad, the President of the United States is authorized to appoint board ofeminent citizens. not exceed ing five in number, and who shall not be inter- ested in either road, to examine and report upon the condition of and what sum or sums, if any, will be required to complete each of said roads, for the entire length thereof, to the said terminus as frst-class railroad, in compli- ance with the several acts relating to said roads and the expense of such board, including ar allowance of ten dollars to each for their ser vices for each day employed in such ezamina- ton CT report, to be paid equally by saic companies.
Year: 1869

AN ACT regulating the rights of property ofmarS

 ried women in the District of Columbia.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represc cntatves of the United States of Amer ica in Congress assembled, That in the District of Columbia the right of any married woman to any property, personal or real belonging to her at the time of marriage, or acquired dnr- ing marriage in any other way than by gift or conveyance from her husband, shall be as absolute as if she were femme sole, and shall not be subject to the disposal of her husband, nor be liable for his deb bts; but such married woman may convey, devise, and bequeath the same, or any interest therein, in the same nanner ard with like effect as if she were uus married.

 SEC. 2 And be it further enacted, That any married woman may contract, and sue and be sued in her own name, in all matters having relation to her sole and separate property Tn the same manner as if she were unmarried but neither her husband nor his property shall be bound by any such contract nor liable :Or any recovery against her i'll any such suit but judgement ay be enforced by execution against her sole and separate estate Tn the same manner as if she were sole.

 . Approved, April 10, 1862,
Year: 1869

The Coroners aud District Attorneys investga-
ton touching the death OF James Haggerty, who died


in the cells OF the Fortythrd precinct station house.
was resumed last evening. Several witnesses were
examined. Miss NJ. t. Roe testified to having seen
the oficer club the deceased three times ON the
head while he mad Mr.. Haggerty in custody on the
evening in question. William Dunn, boy testified
that he saw the man picked up by the olllcer, and
that the man seized officer Hennessey by the belt,
when he struck him shree times with his club
over the knuckles; did not see him strike him
on the head. Mrs. DR.. Kssam testified that she was
passing the liquor store corner of Smith and Union
streets, on the evening or the 12th and heard a
heavy fall, and upon looking around saw
man fail his full length on his
back, striking his head on the sidewalk;
saw man standing in the doorway;
she asked him II he FELL to which he answered "Yes,
he fell; she said sne did not think he fe 1t looked
as though he mad been pushed out. Michael McDOn-
aid testned To his having been in the saloon at
the time Haggerty was there, and saw EaRan
take him TO the door and push him
out He said he told them he thought 1t was shame
to use man SO; he was afraid however. to say any
more for fear he might be used the same way, and
he left the place soon after leaving Haggerty there
This witness was held by the Coroner to await the
result Of the investigation.


The inquest was then adjourned until this even
ING.
Year: 1869

Some slanderer of the fair sex writes


of matrimonial infeiicities as follows:


Husbands Especially when new to


their happiness) are often puzzled to


know what makes the angel cross, and


to use an expressive term, csntankerous.


They ask the cause, but they are fenced
off until chance occurs for treading on
their corns, and then the shindy COM
mences in real earnest. A lady Of this
delightful complexion is completely
happy if she can wind up with good
cry. The dear creature dissolves into
teara and the man feels himself at once
a brute. This is her revenge. There is
nothing now for the husband but abso-
lutte submission, and full acknowledge
nent Of his being in the wrong. A
woman has lost her ground forever who
failsiin her object when she has recourse
to her handkerchief, and to a display Of
swollen eyes and red nose. Few, how
ever, are stupid enough to play this card
until their adversary becomes disgusted
with the trick; it is generally kept
back until the right time, and then used
with vengeance. Women with tempers
are much more tolerable than women
without. They possess bsth action and
spirit, while the tame, equsble, colorless
creature has neither. A landscape seen
in perpetual sunshine or moonshine
would be dull; it is q relief to see it
from time to time stirred by the wind or
in the light Of flushed angry sunset. Is
this the reason why poets so often marry
shrews7 Is it probable that lady who
becomes conscious that her husband is
analyzing her would, out of sheer spite,
give him something to speculate upon Of
hard and practical description-she !
would cross his romantic vision on a
broom-stick, or worse again, hit over his |
brain with poker. Tifs are not sufi-.
cient causes for separation, although !
they may lead 10 the most plenary rea-
sons for parting. We should think that,
in most instances when they do, the fault |
lies with the husband. Marriage is a
science, or, rather a 6ne art There is
scarcely any woman who could not be re-
duced by good system and discipline to
an endurable line Of conduct Whether
every wopan would be worth the trouble
Of such training is qRite another Ques-
ton bat, undoubtedly, to the man who is
Year: 1869

in passing the rod through the lower Jaw
up to its center. It was not without con-
siderable hesitation that suddenly let 60
my hold of the. throat, and seized the rod
in both hands; at the same bringing them
over my head with sudden jerk, olsen
gagged the fold from my neck, which had
latterly become almost tight enough to
produce strangulation. There was then
little difficulty in freeing my right arm,
end ultimately throwing the reptile from
me to the earth, where it continued to
twist and writhe itself into a thousand
contortions of rage and agony. To run
10 a neighboring stream to lave my neck,
hands and face in its cooling waters,
was my first act after dispatching my
formidable. enemy.
Year: 1869

A curious lawsuit is on the tapis in
England. A Liverpool merchant, sud.
denly called to New York on urgent
business, took cab to the steamer, and
in his haste forgot to pay the driver. On
his return three moHths afterward he
found the cabman and cab just where he
had left them, sheltered by a little
wooden shed, and was met by bill for
coach fare for 1880 hours by day and
1880 hours by night. The case is stil on.
Year: 1869

married there.is no more important task
to take in hand. 1t requires judgment,
GOODNESS, and just little clever cruelty.
The slightest sign Of weakness land bull
lying, mind, is vulgar admission of in
capacity will spoil the entire operation.
Roughness of any kind is, indeed, most
undesirable, and is only the weapon of
clumsy rsformers. Mild irony and satire,
with the chill of, is much more effectual.
Year: 1869

Herels an extract from o communica-
ton in the London Telegraph:


Dancing on the stage may be graceful
enough, and no one can see anything
but beauty in the really graceful, agile
evolutions of some very finished and
artistic dancer. We have had very few
who were good, bu. il is not impossible
to conceive how good daucing might be


made, as it has been called the
poetry Of motion. II, for the sake Of
dancing, it be necessary for lady
in ballet to wear very short
skirts, let the privilege be freely granted
Quick movements in long petticoats
would doubtless be tiresome enough. But
the fact is, that the indeeency of the
ballet dancers nowadays Is BOT what
they reveal, but what they endeavor to
suggest. There is nothing in the least
indelicate in the exhibition of woman's g
leg. If it were the custom for young
ladies 10 good society to show them, they
would do so without an impure thought.
The prurient talk on this topic is as
absurd as the denuncistion of the waltz
by that model Of domestic virtue, the late
Lord Byron. But the ballet of the modern
stage are indecent, because by artful dis
arrangement aud nice disorder of gauze
and other diaphauous materiel, by
pirouettes intended to present possible
glimpses of parts of the human body that
even saysges conceal, the young girls
seek to procure a vile attraction for
" fast men, young OF old, in the stalls
and pit. Some of our best actresses and
opera singers don without hesitation the
male attire Of page, and nobody is de-
MED the pleasure of knowing the shape
of their limbs. But there is not the least
indecency in the revelation; there is no
affected half-concealment and half-reve-
lation what is shown is openly displayed.
without suggestiveness or hesitation
what is concealed is concealed without
the least ssggestiveness in arrangement,
attitude, or irregulsrty Of display.
Year: 1869

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Year: 1869

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Year: 1869

majority ever received by any candl-
date In this State, and right upon the
heels Of sixty or seventy thousand ma.
joflIy, Il would look wonderfully after
the fashion OF doing things In the Old


World To lay him on the Bhelfand set
up his overwhelmingly beaten competl.
tor as Military Governor In his stead.
Year: 1869

During the regular hours OF business there was
far activity in loans, which were made at q per
cent for carrying. After Clearing House time loans
were made at from 1--we per cent for carrying TO fiat
for borrowing. The market was duller as compared
with the previous two days. but the transactions in
ordinary times would seem enormous. The Gold
Exchange Bank report was as follows:-
Year: 1869

Yesterday was another exceedingly busy day in
the auction mart, the offerings consisting OF the
usual variety OF New York city and BroOkly i'm
proved and unimproved property, country seat at
Rhlnebeck, house and lot In Jersey City, and the
balance OF the Duryea farm at East New York, l. l.,
continued from the 1st instant The attendance
was large, but the bidding was rather less spirited
than on some other occasions


While there is no perceptible falling on in the
number OF those who attend sales, and the specula
tive feeling in the market appears to be well
maintained, there noticeably less excitement than
earlier In the season. and In some directions
arrest OF the activity that has heretofore been
much regarded Prices have not fallen or but their
present high figure, especially for suburban
property, inducing . desire to realize before q
possible reactisn on the part Of those who pur.
chased only for purposes OF speculation, there
is temporary lull In their further appreciation
which would seem to be indicative Of early pres
sure 10 sell. All who have purchased property
in the neghborh0od OF New YORK city with view To
permanent investment, and are prepared to carry
their lots suntil SUCH time as the projected i'm
provements which have given activity 70 the
fore said, perfectly sure Of ultimate profit,
even at the highest figures now ruling; but there
are many who nave invested wholly with a view to
an early sale at an increased value who will md
themselves forced to sell at possibly concessions
from inability to bear the taxes appraised upon the
antcipatOry value property has obtained through
the speculative activity prevailing.


1t Ii this matter OF taxes that principally occasions
the present arrest Of the excitement which pre-
vailed last fall and carrier this year. These
taxes would not, of course, be burdensome II
the Pacific Railroad was already bringing
the treasures Of Asiatic production to our
warehouses In exchange for the manufactured
wealth OF Europe, and with Brooklyn and New
York united by bridge or bridges the grandeur Of
metropolitan development assured in our future
were already I'm All acr0napii, and our population
and commerce doubled; but while these things are
yet to come to pass and much Of this land must lie
Idle, 1t will need considerable capital to hold the
market firm at The present prices. Men who buy
for immediate use and improvement are safe In SO
productive and afford 10 disregard the nuctua-
lions Of the market but those who are only specu-
IatOrs, men deal In stocks, are In danger, In the
present "bearshu feeling Of outsiders, Of being
caught. Below we give particulars OF yesterdays
sAles:-