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Year: 1869

THE FIRST Sale OF tho New Year.


Nessrs. Johnson Miller have had the privilege
of inaugurating the real estate sales OF 1859, tne


rs auction sale this year having been held yester-
day under their auspices in the Exchange Sales
room In this city. This nrm has been among the
most actively engaged in the great real estate
movement or last year and that previous, and dur
Ing the twelve months anterior to this date have
disposed Of at public and private SALE property to


.rnt Of 81, 200,0 ,0S7, the aggregate sales OF all


ing the same period being estimated at
S5o,0oO,000. or the large sum representing the
business OF the past year OF Messrs. Johnson d
Miller the larger proporton-in fact, almost the
entire amount-resulted from the sale OF
Brooklyn property; and yesterday In setting out
afresh into another years. operations, Brooklyn
property likewise the subject OF their attenoa.
While the interesting exhibit OF the progress and
growth or Brooklyn contained In the message Of
Mayor Kalbneisch published In yesterdays HERALD,
Is still the subject OF contemplation ana examine
aOn Il Is unnecessary 10 say anything mere respect
ing the rapid appreciation In the past ana prospec-
tive advance in the future OF real property in this
the principal OF New York suburbs, except to point
to the generally newly awakened interest exhibited
In the project Of providing certain and reliable COM
municaton between the two cities. as sign OF the
dawning consciousness beginning to be manifested
OF the identity IN interest OF both cities and conse
quent association in oil the agencies tending to the
extension prosperity aud future added greatness OF
either.


The sale yesterday was well attended, and neither
The severe pressure In the money market nor the
long anticipation OF the previous period OF activity
limited the bidding, which was fairly representative
and spirited, the prices obtained clearly markings
situated was 0fierep under the hammer. We give
below particulars OF the sale:--
Year: 1869

CuBAN EXCITEMENT IN NEW ORLRAEs.--we mem
toned last evening report OF the seizure OF the
part with arms and ammunition and stores for the
Evolutionary party In Cuba. It appears that Gen.
eral HoFron the United States Marnhal declined TO
make seizure, although he fully intended 20 do 10
at noon and had consulted with the United states
Diaerict ATTORNEY upon the subject a. IN the mean


time the vessel kad been thoroughly searched BY nid
deputies and nothing contraband found ON board.
Year: 1869

Lager.


y writer in the Boston Transcript thus
discourSes upon the philosophy and i'm
bibition of lager beer: "Thc impression
that Germans use lager beer to an excess
is an erroneous one, whether it refers to
those among us or to those in the Water
land. Many persons fancy that the
Teutons assemble at night in their saloons
to make enormous and Incorporate exhi-


bitlons Of their national beverage. and to
make beasts Of themselves But those
who understand this valuable class Of cur
oitize"s know that their gatherings are
not Bacchanalian, but social, and that
conversation, not inebriation. is the object
sought after the lators of the day. Those
who are accustomed to the use Of lager
beer consume daily but little Of it; per-
s.A...-s..
drinkers do cups Of tea. A boy who had
suddenly received the freedom of candy
shop would, no doubt. for few days,
cause to disappear great number Of
sticks; but soon his appetite would be
cloyed, and sweet things would sink to
low rank among the luxuries Of appetite,
and be for days untastcd. So it is with
our sound-hesded Germans while hours
are spent in social unterhatiag, perhaps
not more than one or two glasses of beer
are swallowed, and the brain is left as
NmbeaebeH as before. Whatever may be
said Of national beverages, the German
brain will retain the ascendancy which it
has already won and on the continent of
Europe its range is la(r)ger than any
other; and if the nation advances (under
the lead Of Prussia) as fast as it has done
for the past century, its future in the Eas-
tern world will open as brightly as that Of
the United States in the Western"
Year: 1869

not turn her face, but her husband saw
that she leaned little toward him. lie
had broken the ice Of reserve, and all was
now easy. His hand was among the
clouds, and a feeble ray was already strug.
Cling through the rift it had made.
eyes, Nary" he answered softly, "and
I've heard it more than once what good
wife Andrew Lee must have.'


Mrs. Lee turned her face toward her
husband. There was something light in
it and light in her eye. But there was
something in the expression of the coun-
tenance that little puzzled him.


"Do you think so?" she asked quite
soberly.


'What queer question T. calculated
Andrew Lee starting up and going round
to the side of the table where his wife was
sitting. "What question Mary!' he
repeated, as he stood before her.


"Do you! - was all she said.


eyes, darling" was the warm spoken
answer; and he stopped down and kissed
her. "How strange that you should ask
me such question p


''If you would only tell me so, now and
then, Andrew, it would do me good"
Mrs. Lee arose, and, leaning her face
against the manly breast of her husband,
stood and wepr.


What a strong light broke in On the
mind of Andrew Lee! He had never
given his wife even the small reward OF
praise for the loving interest she had
manifested daily, until doubt of his love
had entered her soul and made the light
around her thick darkness. No wonder
that her face grew clouded. and that what
he considered moodiness and ill-naturc
took possession of her spirit.


You are good and true, Mary, my own
dear wife. am proud of you, and my
first desire is for your happiness. Oh, if
l could always see your face in sunshine,
my home would be the dearest place on
earth.


"llow precious to me are your words Of
love and praise, Andrew" said Mrs. Lee.
smiling up through her tears into his face.
With them in my ears, my heart can
never lie in shadow


How easy had been the work of Andrew
Lee He had swept his hand across the
cloudy horizon, and now the bright sun.
shine was streaming down and flooding
that home with joy and beauty.
Year: 1869

The New York World says hat there s
one question of more interest to women
than the ballet, and it is: ''Shall they 20
alone,or in d body,to public amusemen,s?'
There is not the slightest doubt of the
Importance Of the question, but how is it
to be settled? The majority of females
who would wish to 90 alone to the concert
room would be fully equal to the task OF
taking care of themselves, and, if needs
be, fight their own battles. Imagine the
sudden appearance of one Of the strong
minded in the parquette Of the theatre,
asking in shrill tones Are there any gem
tlemen here! If there are, they will give
lady seat p Secured seats would be
myth, mockery. If the dear creatures
want to go in bevies of dozen, let them
try it on and see how it works. Those
who have no fathers, husbands, brothers,
lovers had better try it first though, as
it is only intended for those of this forlorn
hope.
Year: 1869

Reported for the Cincinnati Commercial


At harvest home celebrated on the
fair grounds near Bellcfontaine, Ohio,
the crowd observing Colonel Dom
Piatt on the ground demanded, vocif-
erously that he should take the stand
then being occupied by other orators,
and give them asspeech After some
hesitation Col. Piatt consented saying :
Lmlies and Gentlen.en-I comply
with your complimentary demand, al
though l am not advertised as one OF
the speakers on this pleasant occasion.
l came here with the fixed determine
ton to assist you IN doing the hardest
part of the performance, and that is to
listen, Laughter. 1 regret that l
was not invited to address you to-day,
by your Committee of Arrangements,
for L am practical farmer myself,
and probably know less upon that sub
ject than upon any other-and per-
haps us little as the eloquent gentle
men who have preceded me. More
laughter I'd rather you wouldn't
laugh, for that agricultural education
of mine has cost me and my creditors
a deal of money, and l am rather de-
spondent over the slow PROCESS made.
But had / been honored with an in
vitation, 1 would have made an effort
to gather up few statistics that might
have instructed, if not amused you.
For l bold it the duty of man, when
thus honored, to do his part by appear
! ing on the stand with something worth
/ uttering and profitable or entertaining
to hear, AS / have said, L am not a
very successful farmer, but have the
consolation of knowing that in this re-
spect we differ, very little. You are
not successful farmers, and you have
the fact brought home to you on this
happy occasion by the price of wheat.
The difference between us is to be
found in the fact that my very ill-luck
is my own fault, while your failure is
to be attributed to other causes than
your ignorance or skill. And now,
why is it that our rejoicings on the
memorable occasion are dampened by
the fact that we are called upon to be
merry over loss.


1 need not tell you that wheat, at
one dollar and ten cents per bushel


does not pay sufficient to clear the ex-
pelises of its planting, reaping, thresh,
| ing and hauling to market. / need
not tell you that, while our hats, shoes


coats, pantaloons, shirts, hoes, har-
rows, plows, and in a word, all that we
are forced to purchase, are doubled,
and tripled in price, wheat our great
staple. brings less to-day than previous
to the war. There is no explanation,
in that so glibiy given to us, that this
is because of the heavy surplus, which
means that the more we possess the
poorer we will be-like the ownership
Year: 1869

From the United Irish man.


Last week we referred to the atroci-
ties perpetrated on the Fenian prison
ers confined in Kingston Jail, and
mentioned specially the brutal treat
ment of Thomas Ceoney and William
Hayden. The former was stated to
have been driven mad by his jailors,
and the following welI-attested par
ticulars will bear melancholy proof of
the cause of his instantly: -r=.-i


While attending church in the prison
one Sunday, the stove-pipe was badly
smoking, and Thomas Cooney spoke
out that it should be remedied. For
doing so he was Immediately taken out
and locked in the dark cell or dungeon,
placed upon bread and water, and kept
there without either bed to lie up
on, or chair to sit upon.


While confined there, for some rea-
son he knocked upon the door of the
cell with a water cup, and for that Of
fence, for he committed no other, he
was made to, feel the first of long
series of abuses and brutalities. A
keeper named Holiday, and guard
named Billy Atkins, specially devoted
themselves to torturing him, and not
for one moment did he cease to feel
their hellish cruelty, until insanity,
mercifully for him, came to his relief.
By their orders he was tied in CHAINS,
and all attendance prohibited. 1t was
forbidden those who had access to his
dungeon to give him piece of bread
or a cup Of water, even when almost
dying from hunger and thirst. Some
times he was gagged, sometimes he
was tied to the wall, sometimes he was
left naked in the cold, damp and ray
less DUNGEON, and one time, for over
three weeks he was kept in a straight
Jacket. Frequently his hands were
tied behind his back for several days;
and left in that condition., and not be-
ing able to help himself in any par
ticular, his cell became an object of
loathing to others as we'll as himself
No matter that his hands were bound
together and behind his back for sew
eaal days at time, still his pleas, for
the sake of humanity and of cIeanli-
ness, TO be given their freedom for a
short time were denied him and a
change of clothing forbidden him:


But however revolving the facts
stated, we have not yet told all the
misseries that poor Cooney had to un-
derge from the horrible cruelties of
those devils incarnate, Holiday and
Atkins. Nor can we find proper Ian
guage to decently express them. And
yet we deem it due to the public that
they should know something of the
fearful persecution carried on in King
ston prison, and think it better to of
fend against good taste than those
mercilness scoundrels should escape
the loathing the maledictions Of man
kind. The horrors of Thomas Coon
ey's cell, hitherto unheard of in the
present age, and incredible, were they
not well known to many, were not yet
ended. The fearful tale was to be ad-
ded to-, Deprived Of the faintest glim-
mer of light, maddened with the sense
of wrong and of outrage, the damp
and cold of his dungeon chilling the
life in his veins, shrinking, as it were,
Year: 1869

A pretty girl on skates, il any girl on skates
can be otherwise than pretty, clad in ono OF
those iaunty fur trimmed pelisees that Cupid
himself must have fashioned, the little form
bending TO and fro in undulous and rhythmic
motion, the glowing cheek and radiant eyes
kissed by kindly winter into tenfold beauty is
sucb sight as the holicst and hardest OF an
cboritcs might be pardoned for falling in love
with. And if she be, on the contrary, poor
skater. the charm is, If anything, heightened,
At least TO her cavalier. There is such an ir-
resistible fascination in her absolute dependence
upon his protecting arm; there is such charm
in her pretty terrors, her delicious hclplessness,
her graceful tumbles; such a music in her lit
tie shrieks of dread and her self-accusing laugh
ter; and then it is so delightful to pick her up
after each comical upset, and she throughout
so good natured, and so grateful, and so pro-
vokingly pretty, that she is, if anything, more
adorable than if she skated like championess
An ice-pond, too, on bright still night, with
the moon and stars all in their places to smile
encouraging approval, is no bad place to make
love in.


When the most adorcd Of her sex asks you,
for example, as you 90 gliding like the wind
over the CLASSY surface, if this isn't heavenly,
and saws " she could 60 on so forever, what Is
easier or more natural than to press little
tighter the tiny hand that nestles in your own,
and suggest that il is heavenly, and that it will
be her fault If you don't 60 on forever. Or, If
she be one Of the stumbling kind, she is quite
as likely TO observe when you pick her up
not too quickly-for the ffty-ffth time, that
Won are dear, sweet love, and what can she
ever do to repay you, whercupon you have
only TO murmur in her bushing car that she
can be yours, and the thing is settled at once.
Then there is all that business Of lacing and
unlacing skates, and buttoning and unbutton-
ing of tppits, and thousand other delights
only the initiated know: and, last Of all, the
brisk walk home (no sensible skater ever ridesl
under the mild benediction Of the starlight
If there be any of our readers whose memory
does not hold better picture of this winter
ioyance than any words can give, he or she
has our commiseration, and our counsel to be
wiser hereafter.
Year: 1869

hopeless as that? Or, If it had hope, it was
that which looks beyond coiiins and charnel
houses, and damp, dark tombs, to the joys OF
the home above. Would you kiss the cold
cheek of infancy there is poetry 1t is beauty
hushed there is romance there; for the faded
flower is still beautiful In childhood the
heart yields TO the stroke Of sorrow; but re-
coils again with elastic faith, buoyent with hope
But here was no beauty, no poetry, no romance.
The heart of the old wife was like the weary
swimmer, whose strength has often raised him
above the stormy waves, but now exhausted,
sinks amidst the surges.


Why should the old love the old, or kiss the
old, unloving lips 2 All. why shouldn't they .?
Does affection grow old Does the true heart
feel infirmity of years? Does it grow old
when the step becomes unsteady, and the hand
hangs down?


Who shall say that the heart Of the old wife
was not as young and warm as in those early
and brighter days, when he wooed and won
her? The temple of her earthly hopes had
fallen and what was there left for her but to
sit down in dependency, among the lonely
rains, and weep and die Or, in the spirit Of
better hope, await the dawning of another day,
when hand divine shall gather the sacred
dust, and rebuild for Immortality its broken
walls.


May the old wife's kiss, that linked the liv-
ing with the dead, be the token of holier life
that shall bind their spirits in the better land,
where tears are wiped from all faces, and the
davs of their mourning are ended
Year: 1869




"Daniel Webster" remarked Colonel Gum
Der. as he trimmed a quid of nigger-head and
fastened it securely between two decayed teeth


in the left side of his mouth, "Daniel Webster
was a great man. There warn't nothIn mean
about him. I've hern him talk, but twa'nt his
talk 90 much as his ginerosity that tuck me-
He had a kinder careless way like that kept
him from getting rich. He never seemed to
think what things cost. was coming up the
Hudson river along with him once, and in the
morning Daniel Webster and me was washing
our faces and Sticking our hair in the cabin
and he took out his tooth brush and brushed
his teeth. | didn't see no other tooth brush a.
round so borrowed hisn. And after used
it I handed il back to him, and what do you
think? Why Daniel Webster just slung that
tooth brush right into the river. And lspoSe
next day he went and bought new one
That's all he cared about money. There ain I
No such men as Daniel Webster living now
concluded the Colonel meditatively, as be'pirt-
Cd stream of tabacco juice into the fireplace
at the other end Of the room.
Year: 1869

For each hundred pounds OF beef use four
quart. of butter salt, and four ounces ofsaltpe-
ire, mix these two substances well together
and rub each piece Of beef with the compound
Pack the beef snugy in barrel, and add to 1t
two quarts Of molasses, or four pounds OF nice
brown sugar. Put weight on the meat but
add no water the juices ofthe meat will make
sufficient brine TO cover it. If designed fo'
spring or summer use the barrel may be placed
where the meat viii become frozen. As the
weather becomes warm a little more salt may
be added Beef kept in this manner will DC
tender and sweet, and its nutritiousness vii
not be impaired, as in the ordinary method o.
preserving.
Year: 1869

Come to me, We childrenl


For hear you at your play,
And the questions that perplexed me
Have vanished quite away
Ye omen the eastern windows,
That look toward the sun,
Where thoughts are singing swallows,
And the brooks Of morning run.
In yopr hearts are the birds and the sunshine
In vour thoughts the brookiets fow,
But in mine is the wind of Autumn,
And the first fall Of the snow.
All! what would the world be to us
If the children were no more!
We should dread the desert behind 1s
Worse than the dark before.
What the leaves are to the forest,
With light and air for food.
Ere their sweet and tender juices
Have been hardened into wood.
That to the world are children;
Through them it feels the glow
Of brighter and SUMMER cline
Than reaches the trunks below.
Come to me, o We childrenl


And whisper in my ear
What the birds and the wind are singing
In your sunny atmosphere.
For what are all our contrivings
And the wisdom Of our books,
When compared with young caresses
And the gladness of your looks
Ye are better than all the ballads
That ever were sung or said;
For We are living poems,


And all the rest are dead.
Year: 1869

We REJOICE that the Republican party Of
Connecticut have not only nominated good
and sound Republican for Governor, but tho
State convention has taken strong ground in
favor Of manhood suffrage.
Year: 1869

Let men be taught to know there is as
much religion in the good, robust, rejoicing,
enthusiastic singing Of Gods praise, as in
the selate and doleful style that il usually
Sly led the most devo5;oltl; let them know
that the earnest PRAYER need not be a drawl-
ing jeremaid let them feel that good gos-
pei preaching may be in sprightly deliverey
OF pleasant truths, more than in the whining
recitation OF insnties; lie. them believe that
Christianity is live thing. that it is in
sympathy with the active, rejoicing spirit of
oar hlniai:y, an1 it will be better com
mended to their acceptance.


Seriousness ought always to characterize
the Christian. But seriousness does not
consist in sullenness. moroseness, or even in
the sobriety that drive away smiles and the
taste for rational pleasures. He is most
serious who best brings an earnest, healthy,
rejoicing nature to the performance of his
duty. Men are most beautifully serious when
truthful smiles are playing on their lips and
when their whole countenances are lighted up
with a benignant joy.


1t ought therefore, to be the effort of pro-
Tossing Christians to pass through the world
as happily as to light it up and fill it with
JOY They ough, to sing in the midst of
judgments, and to sing loudly and cheerily
amid their marvellous benefits We pass to
a kingdom out of sadness and sorrow. where
there will be no sadness or sorrow, where
there will be no sorrow nor sighing. Pass
ing to that place, let us cultivate the spirit
that is to distinguish US when we arrive
there, and show that We do really begin our
heaven on earth.
Year: 1869

A lady brought child TO phy ysician to
consult about its precarious state of health.
Among other things, she inquired it he did
not think the springs would be useful.


Certainly, madam replied the doctor, as
he eyed the child, and then took a pinch of
snuff. L have not the least hesitation in
recommending the springs and the sooner
YOU apply the remedy the better.


'You really think it would be good for the
dear little thing, do you ?"


Upon my word, it's the best remedy l
know


What spring do you recommend?


Any will do, madam, where you can get
plenty of soap and water.
Year: 1869

ARE You READY ?--Are you ready for
life with all its multiplied cares and respon-
sibilities, its trials and temptations, its aver
sites and Affections, its sorrows and disap
pointments Are you ready for death, It's
pains and weakness, its farewells and part
ings? Are you ready for the judgment, its
review and its exposure of your inner life,
as we'll as your outward acts and spoken
words? Are you ready for that august tri-
bunal where all must appear, to hear from
the lips of Christ welcome to the joys of
heaven, or the door of banishme MT which
shall consign the soul to endless darkness
and despair? Are YOU ready to walk with
the saints in light, ready to enter upon the
enjoyments and enjoy the society of the bet
ter land?


IF you a,e not ready for these things,
think most seriously how short the time for
preparation for salvation; remember that it
is alone through repentance towards God
and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and a
holy life that you can get ready for the fu-
ture. Let not another moment pass with
out giving your earnest attention TO this i'm
portant work of life. Rest content with no
state of mind short of assurance.
Year: 1869

An individual advertised for "a wife the
other day, and requested each applicant for
the situation to enclose her carte de visite.
One of his fair correspondents closed her re-
ply in these terms : Il do not enclose my
carte, for, though there is some authority for
putting cart before a horse, know OF none
for putting one before an ass