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Year: 1868

MIR. Disraeii In Parliament as PremIer-His
Speech to the House OF Commons-Sk etch
OF His Policy and Re marks of the Opposi-
uon-NIeetlnE OF the Cabinet Supporters


LONDON March 5-Mldnight


In the House OF Commons this evening Mr. Dsrasii
appeared for the s time since the resignation OF Lord
Derby. Upon entering the house he was received with
loud cheers from both the government and the oppos
tlon benchea


Mr. Dsrae soon afterwards rose, and after giving no.
tces OF the introduction OF certain measures relating
Scotland and Ireland referred to the retirement OF the
Earl of Derby saying his colleagues loah TO sever
their connection with such leader; no language could
express their estimate Of the character and Of
such chief and they all most earnestly hoped for his
ceeded to say-Her Majesty had been pleased TO enrust
to him the task OF forming q government and
he could not decline the gracious offer 40;
OF his colleagues. In domestic affairs the policy OF
Lord Derby during the last two years OF his adminstra
foreign affairs the policy OF Lord Stanley would be ad-
hered to- This would be policy Of peace not one OF
own interests and those Of other nations Such
policy would never lessen the influence or dignity OF
ENGLAND, based as i was upon esteem and respect the
domestic policy OF the new government would DO
liberal one icheers-aughterl, recognizing national
traits as best securing national institutions He regret
ted the necessity OF continuing the suspension OF the
writ OF habeas corpus Ireland but Lord Derby had
said on a public OCCASION such action was tho only
safeguard against INSCRIPTIONS foreign confederation
Such suspension OF the privileges Of the writ was not
incompatible with the gentle exercise the law and he
was OF the opinion that the grievances OF Ireland
should be treated with tender regard for that country
After few moro explanations, not OF general
importance Mr. Dsrael resumed his seat amid applause


Mr. Bouverie member for Kilmarnock said the policy
of Lord Derby referred to by the Premier was uncer
tam II II meant retention OF office only the new gov
ernment would meet with serious opposition.


In the House of Lords tonight the Earl Of Ma!mes
bury said the subject OF Irish grievances would come up
for discussion Tuesday next After announcing the
change in the government he added that Its policy
would remain unaltered.


Earl Russell declared that no confidence could be
placed In policy which always saying one thing
and meaning another. He said the liberal members
had their support to Lord Derby on his pledge to
bring about reduction OF the franchise but none had
in reality been made Such mode Of educating party
was unprecedented.


large meeting OF tho friends Of Mr. Dsraeli was held
at his official residence last night Nearly all the lead
ing tory members Of Parliament were present


The proceedings have been made public, but the
meeting Is regarded favorable indication OF the
strength of the new Premier.


The official returns OF the Bank OF England show thai
the specie s vaults has decreased c213 600 sterling
since the last report made, February 27.
Year: 1868

The letter Of Chief Justice Chase 10 the
Senate on the formation Of court to try the
President taken in connection with sundry
other significant matters, Il an indication that
some Of the radicals are disposed to recede
from their extreme views AS for the Chief
Justice himself, II is pretty evident that his
position as . Presidential candidate is mate
rally changed by the manner In which Grant
has been taken up by the different radical con-
ventons and caucuses. Being little out Of
gear In the Presidential race, the Chief Justice
can afford to be outspoken, not to say honest,
in this impeachment business; and to the con-
viction that he has nothing to gain by being
on the extreme side, and nothing to lose by
being honest, we may perhaps attribute his
very conscientious though not very clear letter
TO the Senate, toiwhich they did net pay any
attention.


The manifest change Of opinion and action
on the part of some members Of the Senate is
another symptom that extreme measures are
regarded as dangerous just now. Let US take,
for example, the protest of Senator Trumbull
the other day against secret radical caucuses
in the Senate I; bis unexpected declaration that
they were no better than Star Chamber or
the Inquisition that the country was tired Of
them, and as for himself he would have no
more of them. This is remarkable contrast
to the spirit that prevails in the other house,
and is significant change even In the tone of
the learned Senator himself The members
Of Congress having but brief tenure of Office,
and having to appeal to their constituents
very soon for reelection, fling themselves into
the torrent Of passion which they suppose car
ries popular opinion with 1t for the time, so
that moderation is not to be expected from
them. Hence all the vehemence and venom
which characterize the action Of Old Thad,
Butler. Bingham, Boutwell,, Logan, Wilson,
Kelley and the rest Of the radical leaders But
the Senators, who are secure In their seats for
some years to come, can patiently await the
change which time is sure TO bring, and can be
as conservative as they please on the verge of
the maelstrom stirred up in the lower House.
This, we take 1t, may account for Mr., Trum-
bulls remarks and the more moderate tone of
the Senate generally. The altered position of
Chief Justice Chase in the Presidential canvass
renders his moderation very readily expli-
cable.
Year: 1868

Calculations on the New Hampshire Elcc-


Both political parties in New Hampshire
pretend to be sanguine as to the result of the
election, and both are playing the game OF
brag or bluff with boldness. All this inside
the State as well as out, is intended for effect,
and Is part of the political machinery How
opinion of the probable RESULT The radical
organs make an ingenious calculation and
claim from three to tour thousand majority .
the democratic pipers make an equally IN
genious calculation and find about the same
majority for their side: and thia, II must be
remembered, after the State has been most thor.
oughly canvassed. A great deal is said, too
about the vote in former elections, from which
comparisons are drawn accordingly Now II
Is evident that we must look to genera: facta
and causes and to the opinions Of impartial ob.
servers on the ground. First, then, the cur
rent Of public opinion has been turning
everywhere against the radicals. This was
seen in the elections in New York, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and other States
and within the last few days In numerous
local elections. Indeed, for some time pas.
this current has been growing and swelling in
a remarkable manner throughout every sec.
ton of the country. Where the radicals have
gained In one case the democrats have gained
in ten. This Is fact universally known and
needs no argument The reaction has reached
New England as well as the West and Middle
States. There is every reason to believe,
therefore, that the same result will be seen in
New Hampshire as elsewhere The radical
organs show their apprehensions. too, In the
incessant clamor for work, work. from their
partisans Though parading their hopeful
figures and clustering greatly about sue
cess, they are evidently frightened.
Their calculation on the radical vote
is unreliable, because many republican voters
who may have secretly resolved to vote against
the party or TO abstain from voting would
hardly let tba, be known. The ballot is silent
and follows In mysterious manner the current
Of popular opinion. Besides, we have seen
letters from well informed gentlemen In New
Hampshire-from gentlemen who are net poll
ticians AMI who have heretofore favored the
republicans-whch say that the State will
undoubtedly 60 for the democrats. !: seems
to Us. from al these and other indications that
next week New Hampshire viii Sc. rs seal of
condemnation on the radical revc.aticnis.s in
power. If so the reaction will be greatly ac-
celerated, and we may look forward 10 one Of
the most extraordinary political revcssicna
ever Witnessed IN this country
Year: 1868

its immediate vicinity for years past than any
Ore company in the city Its not long ago
that the efficiency Of Its apparatus and the
energy OF Its employees saved half block
from destruction. Yet Macgregor sues us for
not obeying the Tenement House" act 1t Is
pretty clear that we must have some higher
intelligence than Macgregor's to execute Mr..
Frear's new bill, should it become law, and the
Metropolitan police are just the parties to do it.
Year: 1868

We regret TO hear that Dr. Carnochan, the distin-
gushed surgeon has been suffering for some days from
the consequences OF . poisoned wound-his system
having received the virus In the course Of an operation
by small puncture In the right hand. As in these
cases usually the constitutional effects were Of the
most serious and threatening character. Happily all
danger Ia past and the Doctor Is likely to be 70.
stored o hts career OF professional usefulness within
short Tina
Year: 1868

Braddon preemheboe her lire Of fiction very striking
literary phnOnenoD AS story aer story flows from her pen unn


rupted is found all the best qualities still present
that the interest fresh and absorbngtbat the dialogue perfectly
nsura but highly matai the characters establish themselves a.
the personages gOttenbat the morale
though oded preached about turn Of the story


pure healthy tales written with the prosy Of epfrcng
certain obvious rules life Miss Braddon her best un all that


snbtest and thrilling the French school with all that IS pures'


the Miss Brddon genius has gone nPenng from year
year. and evident that there hardly anything within the proper
scope which she could successfully attempt All her
powers all her % all her dedicated with the true tact
Of her style unvd to the production Of narratives sneh
public long her handBaayes In which there


little departure probability there Of deviation into
instinct above all with the great Dd
pensab quality Of vigorous creative poser Leader
Year: 1868

On and after the first day Of april next the
subscriber will be found ut the above stand
" here he will be pleased to see his old custom.
ers, and al Others Wn0 may want anything
the WATCH or JEWELRY LIN


mar I9-tf E. s. FLEMING,
Year: 1868

"TIaHTs. Tight pantaloons are to be
all the 60 the present summer. We have
had sight Of them already-and such 9
sight! It really makes US nervous to thinl
Of it. Our young men actually seem tc
have no visible means Of support" Fol
goodness sake let them wear false calves,
How they expect.to become anything in the
world on such diminutive props, we are un.
able to comprehend. And how do they
manage to get into them2 Their legs look
rs if they had been melted and poured in,
and somehow or other the big end Of the
material seems to have run down into the
boots. ip 't -.
Year: 1868

Love thy Mother, little one,


Kiss and clasp her neck again;
Hereafter she may have a son


Will kiss and clasp her neck in vain,
Love thy Mother, little one.
Gaze upon her loveing eyes,
And mirror back her love for thee;
Hereafter thou may'st shuder sighs


To meet them when they cannot see.
Gaze upon her loving eyes.
Press her lips the while they glow


With love that they have often told;
Hereafter thou may'st press in woe, ,.


And kiss them till thine own ore cold.
Press her lips the while they glow.
0 revere her raven hair, ...


Although it be not silver gray;
Too early death, led on by care,


Nay snatch save one dark lock, away.
o revere her raven hair.
Pray for her at eve and morn,
That Heaven may long the stroke defer
For thou may'st live the hour forlorn,


When thou wilt ask to die with her.
Pray for her at eve and morn.
Year: 1868

CONGRESS Before adjournment on the
9TH, the Senate amended and passed the
cotton bill SO as to suspend the tax on the
crop of 1868 only. In reply to question
how the revenue ls to be made up if the
taxes are abated. Mr.. Sherman said tns
appropriations will be reduced by this
Congress about one hundred millions.
This will be very good if the government
can be carried on with 50 great reduc.
ton. If it cannot. deficiency bills will
come in to make up by and by what Con.
giess refuses now. Doubt ia EXPRESSED
whether the House will concur in the
Senates amendment, but there is no good
reason for non n-concurrencc, since the next
Congress can abate the tax for 1869 If
the revenue shall not be needed, or repoal
the tax entirely.


The House passed bill abolishinR the
warehouses for whiskey and putting the
tax on all the whiskey removed from the
distilleries at the time of removal.
Year: 1868

, TANNING SHEEPskINs WITH Wool on


Take the skin upon board. withthe flesh


side out; then scrape it with aoblunt


knife next rub It over hard with pulye-


rizcd chalk until IL will absorb no more.
Then take the skin from the board and
cover it with pulverised alum; double
half way over, with flesh side in contact
then roll tight together and keep dry for
three days, after which unfold it and
stretch it again on board or door, AMI
dry in the air, and 1t will be ready for
use. Nice white sbeepskins make hand
some door mats, cushions, q warm spread
to put on the flor for baby to sit on in
winter time, and Herve many other useful
purposes = oOlumbsss Spy @a
Year: 1868

A BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATION is said
of the Icelanders that they scrupuIously
observe the usage of reading the sacred
Scriptures every morning, the whole family
joining in the singing and prayers. When
the Icelander awakes, he salutes no person
until he has saluted his God. He usually
hastens to the door, adores there the author
of nature and providence, and then steps
back, saying to his family, God grant you
good day What beautiful Illustration
is this of the Christian obligation on the
part of households to recognize and worship
God
Year: 1868

One of the wealthiest men of Boston, be-
coming involved not long since. made over
his property to his Oldest son, in order to
save it. He passed through the crisis, how
when he came to demand the property back
the son refused to restore The latter now
holds the estate and lives in luxury, while
the father has died of broken heart.
Year: 1868

ENTRANCE INTo LIFE-It is doing a SER
vice to mankind to destroy the prejudice
which is generally entertained that youth is
educated when some care has been taken OF
their infancy This prejudice besides ther
bad effects of it, suspends the zeal OF that
small number of individuals in the middle
rank of life who wish to give their children
the best education they possibly can. From
a false notion that the minds OF young peo-
pie are formed at a very early period, they
suffer them to be their own masters at time
when they stand most in need of guide to
direct them in the course of the most I'M
portant period of their education, by the
wisdom of his counsels, the gentleness of his
insinuations, and the force of his example.
Few persons in their infancy, learn the art
Of employing and governing themselves;
and it is very difficult to learn 1t till the fac
ulties of the mind are full blown, and the
character has taken its true bias; When
young persons, therefore, are entering upon
the tempestuous ocean of human life, then
is the time when they must be taught the
pilots art, the manner OF steering their
course so as to avoid rocks and qulcksands.
A philosopher might begin to take the
charge of education at time when the Vui-
gar think it finished Many persons are ca
pabe of educating children in the ordinary
method; there are few, very few, VINO are
capable of forming men.
Year: 1868

reflect that sound mind and body are th, most
necessary requisites to promote connubial hap
pinesg. Indeed, without these the journey
through life becomes weary pilgrimage; the
prosp ct hourly dsrkens to the view, the mind
becomes shadowed with despair and filed WITH
the melancholy reflection that the happiness -
another becomes bGghted with your own.
Year: 1868

Ny friend, did you ever know, can
you call to mind q single instance of q
person who, having his own way to
make in the world, spent his time in
the streets, in billard-saloOns, around
hotels, or in any form of dissipation, to
succeed in a great degree in any enter
prisei Look over your list of friends
and acquaintances, and note their
course. Do you not find, upon exam
ination, that those who to-day are men
of influence and honor were the youth
who made the most of valuable time,
turning it to good account; and, on the
other hand, don't you find that those
who stood at the corners, with cigar
or pipei in their mouth, went from bad
to worse. and to ruin I? Sadly must the
answer be made-oh! that it were not
so--thsy have failed. Will you not
profit by the experience of others
Go net that way. Never be idle.
Every moment Of your time is = golden
one use it as such. Improve the
mind. Fix your eyes upon SomS noble
subject. Be men. The call is for men.
Will you not be enc of that number
who can say, 81 am = mani I"
Year: 1868

~It is very indiscreet and trouble
some ambition which cares so much
about fame; about what the world says
of u.s. to be always looking in the faces
Of others for approval; to be always
anxious about the effect Of what We do
or say; to be always shouting, to hear
the echoes Of our own voices.
Year: 1868

A gentleman, writing to one of our exchanges
from Brazil, gives the following account of these
enormous bats:


"a party of Americans went up the Amazon,
and one of them was bled so badly by vampire
as to awake, in state of exhaustion, with face
ike corpse; the foot of his hammock and the
door beneath it were saturated with blood, the
flow of which was staunched with great difficulty.
It is this difficulty of staunching the blood which
makes the vampire so dreaded, the quantity
which the creature requires to satisfy his appe-
t;te being comparatively trifing. Some persons
seem to be especially liable to their attacks,
while others can sleep in room infested with
them nightly with impunity. A gentleman
living Hara, tells me that his room is seldom
without one OF more vampires in it after dark,
and they have never molested him, although
they bled unlucky goat in shed beneath his
window until the creature was unable to stand,
and was shot as an act of mercy. A young Eng
lish lady who was visiting at this house was Bit
ten on the first night of her arrival and in spite
of the precautions used, was again bitten few
days afterwards, bleeding from wound on the
under side Of her toe until much weakened.
These animals only make their attacks in dark
ness, and a light kept burning in sleeping-room
is an effectual safeguard
Year: 1868

The New York World in the following para
graph pays compliment to the Southern dele
cation for their conduct in the Democratic Con-
yention:


The Southern delegation deserve great praise
for the dignity, good sense, and propriety with
which they have borne themselves in the Con-
vention. When the roll of States was called for
naming candidates, the Southern delegations
announced, one after another, that they had no
candidate to present. They seemed to have no
desire to dictate, but to be willing to accept
whatever candidate should be deemed most avail
able by the Democracy of the North. In the
early ballotings they distributed, scattered, and
shifted their votes in such way as to show that
they were merely waiting and watching deveL
opements, with a view to cooperate at last with
the majority of the northern delegates When
Mr. Pendleton seemed to be the strongest they
began to concentrate upon him, as if to tell the
North that they would cheerfully accept him if
the North judged his nomination advisable.
When it became evident that Pendleton could
not be nominated, and Hancock grew strong,
they again indicated by changing their votes
their willingness to cooperate in the nomination
of any candidate who possesses the confidence of
the party.
Year: 1868

Always have a key with good pipe square,
and one that Gts properly on the square Of your
watch, for, if it does not fit good and firm il will
be apt to slip, often breaking either the chain,
the ratchet or the click. If the square Of your
watch is too short, or worn nearly round, get u
matchmaker to repair it or make new one. Be
particular to wind your watch the proper way.
English watches, or those with fuzee and chain,
usually wind to the left, and almost all the Swiss
ones, or those with the going barrel, wind to the
right. While being wound, the watch should
be held steadily in one hand, SO as to have no
circular motion, which always produce variation
in the vibration Of the balance, and sometimes
considerable arrangement in the escapement. 1t
is better to keep watch continually going than
to lay it by and wind it up occasionally. The
going of the watch keeps the oil in limpid
state, and the watch keeps its regulation better.


Always wind steadily and slowly, holding GA
the key to hold the spring while the click slips
from one tooth to the other, otherwise there is
danger of breaking of chains, clicks, ratchets,
ETC., etc. The click-chain spring is sometimes
broken by winding watch too fast.


Before winding or setting your watch, it is ad-
visable to see that the key and the inside Of the
pipe contain no dirt or dust that may get on the
winding or setting square, and from thence to tie
wheels or escapement.


When watch is hung up, it should be per-
fectly at rest. If hung on a round hook with
out further support, the motion Of the balance
will generate pendulous motion Of the watch,
and will cause much variation in the time.
Powerful watches should never be laid horizon
tally unless placed ON soft substance; if placed
on smooth, fat surface. from the convexity Of
the glass or case, the watch only rests point,
and the vibration of the balance alone is sufficient
to produce motion in the watch.


| If fanything is the matter with your watch,
which you cannot discover Immediately, do not
try to put it in order yourself, and meddle with
the works, but show it at once TO a good watch
maker.


Watches should be opened as little as possible,
merely to wind, set or regulate them. BY con-
tinually opening them, particularly in the inside
cap. opportunity is offered to minute PARTICLES of
dirt, from the case or otherwise, to intrude into
the works
Year: 1868

Some years age, in a certain town in North
Carolina, which shall be nameless, a young attor-
ney, with more wit than money, bought a pair Of
boots from merchant, for which he was charged
with balance of one dollar and half on the
books. Sometime after he removed to neigh
boring village, forgetting all about the debt, and
sent out lot of professional cards, in which he
stated that he would give particular attention to
the collection Of claims In a few days came a
saucy letter from one of the shoe firm, in which
he was requested to collect and forward the bal
ance for the boots. The attorney felt picked up
at first, but quickly rallied aud sent the follow
ing professional answer:


"Messrs --: Gentlemen. Your favor of


- date, enclosing claim on was duly re-
ceived and the debt collected promptly. l have
placed one dollar and fifty cents to your credit,
which leaves balance of three dollars and fifty
cents due my collection fee You will
please remit. will take pleasure in attending
to any other business you may have in my pro-
fession."


When the attorneys letter came to the shoe
shop the disciples Of ST. Crispin saw that they
were completely sold, but whether they have
ever sent their old customer another debt to col
lect We have never heard.-Roanoke News