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Year: 1869

The American people will be grieved TO
learn that the United States is placed Tar
down in the diplomatic hstof nations. We
Americans, who have always supposed that
we were about the greatest nation of the
Garth, VIII now be amazed to find that, ac-
cording to the diplomatic scale of impor-
tancc, we are one of the smallest. By refer
ence to the relative rank of the different
nations of the world, the astonishing and
cruel fact is developed that we are out
ranked by every monarchy Of Europe,
even by Spain tThus.at a diplomatic din
ner at the English court the plate ofthe
American minister would be placed, just
below that of the Brazilian minister, and
just above that of the minister of the Swiss
Republic. This unholy state of affairs bas
always existed, and since the formation of
our government we have not been. advanced
even SO much as one plate This shocking
state of affairs is clearly dcrogatory to the
dignity of our great and glorious republic,
and is calculated to cause great suffering in
the nnterritied breast of the American
Eagle. The plate of the American minister
located below those of the pampered
minions of those tyrants whose dispositions


to tremble are so well known 1t is the last
feather Before this outrageous insult
to America, all other considerations
pale their Intellectual fires. Let us hear no
more of Brazilian disregard of Webbl Let
us hear no more of Alabama claims What
are they, or what is anything else, when we
consider the appalling fact that our Minis
ter's dinner plate is placed at the bottom Of
the table9 Let America demand her rights
Who fears the tri-partite alliance now g. In
such a cause we should defy the world
Let the President demand an immediate
promotion of the American dinner-plate or,
failing in compliance, let foreign tyrants be
taught to respect the dignity of the Amer
ican people and to avoid one and all at
tempts to thrust down our diplomatic
trencher. Thus will we yIndicate our ma
tional dignity, and thus will we elevate, at
one and the same time, our fame and our
dinner plate. n4s si.a dii.5 .alga9r sua
Year: 1869

Our report, says the New York Tribune,
show that two of the alleged members of the
Cuban Junta are either dead or not to be
found Neverless, some vain effort has been
made in court to resurrect them. Now, if
the question of Cuba is to be turned into an
inquest, let US know whether Spanish gov
eminent in the island is to be set down dead,
or merely non est incentus?
Year: 1869

We are Informed that the Ku Klux in the
County of Jones still continue their attempts
to kill loyal men, They, few night ago.
made pretence Of firing barn in which
Mr.. Wilkie had corn stored, doubtless hop
ing that he would go to put out the fire,
when they could assassinate him in cover of
the darkness Mr. Wilke did not happen to
be in the house, but colored man, who was
there started for the barn, when he was shot
at, the bullet just missing his head. The
murderous spirit is still alive owing to the
teachings of certain Democratic papers.
Year: 1869

The Editor of the Sentinel has a great
talent for scattering If he begins an ar
ticle on one subject he is sure to end with
another. Yesterday he commenced an ac-
cour; of the Norfolk Excursion, but was,
as usual, unable to stick to his text, and
wound up with a disquisitiOn on English HIS.
farm
Year: 1869

The New York Herald thinks that the
New York Sun will cause trouble in the
Republican party The Republican party
can be injured by no one man, or clique of
men, for it is upheld by the majority of the
American people. This is the season for
eclipses and if such an attempt were made
that sun would very soon suffer a total
eclipse.
Year: 1869

Theyshave got new editors on the Sentinel,
judging from the change in its editorials.
They are poor enough now, but don't scatter
SO much as formerly. They would be good
but for two fallings: want Of brains and
ability, and an irresistible inclination to
abuse truth. To us it seem as if there was
a great deal of foul speaking in those edi-
torials, and not little hag.
Year: 1869

Editorial life has its drawbacks For in
stance the man who attemp to defend the
feeble minded lawyers IN the Sentinel yester-
day must find it an awful drawback to be
the fool he shows himself 5I1sis gu .ltiR
Year: 1869

Examine, indeed We consider this an


outrage upon the nineteenth century, and a


disgrace to the American eagle We hope


the Soross will inquire into the truth of
this statement, and report the mode OF, ex-
animation. i
Year: 1869

u It is calculated that if q
human being could make as much
noise in proportion to his size as a
locust, he could be heard to sing
from London to st. Petersburg.
It'll merciful provision ofnature
that he can not.
Year: 1869

not IN a majority OF cases. 1t
is a common and favOrite theme
to inveigh against those who
have had the energy and thrift
to amass fortunes. It is quite
as common for certain ministers
OF the gospel and really pious
people, in a mistakenE fervor,
to warn Others against the fear
full tendencies of wealth to the
vices of avarice, gluttony, de-


bauchery and all the varieties
Of the cardinal sins. One would
suppose almost that to be rich
meant to be either mean or
prodigal, dissipated or penuri-
GUS, and certainly to merit and
receive the disrespect of every
respectable community. The
universally of this outcry
against rich men amounts al
most to a depreciation of all eff
forts to acquire wealth. In it's
influences it would teach the
young man rather to avoid
riches than encounter the tenn
tations that are incident to
them.


tits true that there are num-
bers of people, who have come
into fortunes by some lucky
chance or questionable means,
that give themselves an air
which is highly unbecoming,
and who deserve to be regard
ed contemptuously as parcenuS.
1t would be well if we had an
American Thackeray whose
pointed satire would thin out
the ranks of this class. But,
after all, the class is compara-
lively a small one, and the ad-
vantage of distinguishing its
members at once, is such as to
materially lessen its disagree
able characteristics. On the
other hand, the wealth of a ma
ton, which is but an aggregate
of individual wealth, is too
powerful an influence to be de-
cried indiscriminately.


In the outcry against wealth,
which we are afraid finds its
source in the sin of envy, one
does not stop to consider what
rich men do for the general
good of community. They
build the churches; they endow
the colleges; they supply the
capital for the great and vital
business of a nation; they main
tain the commerce and provide
the ships; they push the rail-
roads into the most distant
quarters of the globe, and
thereby develop all the sources
of prosperity; they contribute
to the public charities; they
are chiefly instrumental in pro-
noting all the great enterprises
which make up the progress of
a people. 1t is only just that
all this should be taken into
consideration, when the condi-
tion and deeds of rich men are
canvassed.


No young man should allow
himself to be discouraged nor
his ambitirn to be dampened by
the common cutlery against
wealth. The corrupting ten
denotes alleged are totally I'M
founded except in imagination
Year: 1869

or LII IHo envy OF QlSCOnGented
people. They are not any more
incident to the possession of
wealth than they are to abject
poverty-perhaps not so much
so. At all events, the oppor-
tunities which riches afford the
possessor for doing good in this
country are so numerous and
ample that wealth, properly
used, may be the means of
making up the most admirable
of characters, while those who
are inclined to depart from the
path of rectitude would do so
as quickly in one condition as
in another.


To save money and amass a
fortune, if it is done with a
proper motive, is not only a
laudable ambition but a duty.
1t is duty to ones self, ones
family and the community in
which one lives. Tt is providing
for old age, for calamity in
business or sickness, for the
means of helping the poor and
relieving the oppressed. There
can be no better instruction
given a young man than that
which impresses a true appre-
citation of the worth of money.
Such an early impression would
have saved many a man and
many a family from serious
misfortunes, discomforts, un-
happiness and even crime.


There is no schooling so eff
cacious in this respect as that
Ofa business education, no mat
ter how it may be obtained. 1t
is a system. 1t promotes Ger
tain regular habits which will
in time promote thrift and in
culcate energy. The making
Of money and saving of money
-as distinguished from that
love of money which is
said to be the root of all evil
should be the aim of all young
men who start out in life for
themselves. They include hab-
itsof industry that leap to con-
tentment and often ward off
dissipation, want and future
misery.-[Chicago Courier.
Year: 1869

QUARRELING.-If anything
in this world makes a man feel
badly, except pinching his fin
gers in the crack of a door, it
is unquestionably a quarrel.
No man ever fails to think less
OF himself than before. 1t de-
grades him in the eyes of others,
and what is worse, blunts his
sensibilities on one hand, and
increases thepower of passion
ate irribility on the other. The
truth is the more peaceably and
quietly we get on, the better it
is for our neighbors. In nine
cases out of ten, the better
course is, if a man cheats you,
cease to deal with him; if he is
abusive, quit his company; and
if he lies about you, SO con-
duct yourself that nobody will
believe him. No matter who
he is or how he misuses you,
the wisest way is to let him
alone; for there is nothing bet
ter than this cool, calm and
quiet way of dealing with the
wrongs we meet with. ERE
turn not railing for railing.''
Year: 1869

I was on board a little suburban
steamer. four or five years ago, which
stopped at Sing Sing on her way
down to the city. On board, also
happened to be my friend, the Re.
corder Of New York. He privately
called NV attention to young man
sitting away forward, on the upper
deck. "He Is just from the State
Prison." said he. ito which SEN
fenced him five years ago." The
happy fellow was cleanly shaved,
and was cheaply but not untastefully
dressed In mixed dark gray suit,
which was furnished him on leaving
by the officers Of the prison.


Without seeming to notice him
Joined him after awhile, and, with.
out forcing myself upon him, enter
ed into hap. hazard, passing con.
versation with him. He made nc
secret of who and what he had been
and was. "If you had been In that
big marble hotel, as have been for
the last Ave years. said he, pointing
to the white prison flashing In the
afternoon sun, over the CLASSY river,
'.you would be as happy as am.
am too happy to talk, in fact; and
haven't been much used to talking
lately, either" He told me bis brief
story. He had been q head book
keeper in large dry goods establish
loved his business, but the luxuries
Of the city restaurants more; began
TO alter his figures and pocket the
proceeds, until he was suspected, ac-
oused, arrested, found guilty and
punished. He had never been In
the shower-bath, or worn the yoke,
or been in the dungeon. He had
served out his time without COM
plaint against him for any infraction
Year: 1869

Mark Twain writes an open letter to
Commodore Vanderbilt in Packard S
Monthly for March, in which, after re-
viewing the many silly anecdotes and
funkeyish sketches of the brilliant but
penurious old capitalist, he gives him this
advice, gratis;


'All L wish to urge upon you now is,
that you crush out your native instincts
and go and do something aoorthy of praise
go and do something you need not blush
to see in print-do something that may
rouse one solitary good impulse in the
breast of your horde of worshipers
prove one solitary good example to the
thousands of young men who emulate
your energy and your industry: shine as
one solitary grain of pure gold upon the
heaped rubbish of your life. Do this, I
beseech you. else through your example
we shall shortly have in our midst five
hundred Vanderbilts, which God forbid.
Go. now please go, and do opc worthy
act Go, boldly, grandly, molly and giUt
four dollars to some great public charity
1t will break your heart. no doubt, but nc
matter, you have but little while to live
and it is better to die suddenly and nobly
than live century longer the same Van.
derbilt you are now. DO this, and | de-
clare L viii praise you too.
Year: 1869

If you wish to be successful In life one
of the first and most essential things to
be learned is punctuality. The business
man who fails to meet his engagements
promptly, soon loses the confidence and
respect of others, ruins his credit and
soon finds himself adrift on the sea OF
bankruptcy. The woman who in her
household, fails to be on time, who gets
up late in the day, who permits all her
work TO lag and instead of being always a
little ahead, is always little behind,
frequently keeping her husband, whose
minutes are dollars, waiting for his meals
until his stock of patience. no matter
how large, is all exhausted, will find a
life of unrest, disquietude and unhappi-
ness. The young man just starting in
life with nothing but his strong hands
aud active brain to rely upon for his live
lihood must "be on hand, if not little
before the appointed time, surely not one
second too late. For that business man
who has made his fortune by promptly
attending to every duty will not long re
tain an assistant who cannot al,cdys be
relied upon to carry forward his work in
its accustomed channels. And you, my
interesting young woman, looking for AT
alliance with some well-to-do masculine,
you think perhaps that it is unimportan1
for you to be ready when called for. A
sad mistake! A young man worth having
will not be caught by one who eYerlast
ingly keeps him waiting. He is too sharp
for that. When you know it not, he is
watching to see if you are punetual il
your every day career, and if you are ha-
bitually behind with your duties, rest as.
sured your engaging manners or your
pretty face will not save you.


So it goes, with every class you car
name. Punctuality is but another name
for success, and TOO late'' is written all
over every failure in the country.
Year: 1869

ABOUT A GovERNoR.-The Neenah
Times comes out thus squarely for Gov
ernor. We think it is little early yet.
but A. NJ. Thompson is an excellent man
and we will do well if he should serve us:
eve are glad to see that the Whitewater
Register has sounded the tocsin for pop
ular rally for popular and honest man
fo, our next Governor. We heartily en-
dorse the Register remarks which follow.
We have known Mr. A. NJ. Thompson
for twelve years, and can vouch tor him
as a man of the soundest integrity and
best of morals, one of the few men of
whom it can be said she is without fear
and without reproach." We have had
him in our minds eye as candidate for
the Gubernatorial chair, and it affords us
pleasure to endorse so able and worthy a
man for the position. Brethren of the
Wisconsin press! Mr.. Thompson is one
of the men We have been proud to claim
as member of the fraternity. Let US
take a unanimous stand for his nomina-
tion to the highest Office in the gift of
our people, but one which we know of no
man more fit or better qualified to FILL


That noble old hero, Gen. T. S. Allen,
has thousands of friends who would like
to vote tor him for Governor. but we have
been told he declines being candidate.
Year: 1869

A special dispatch to the Chicago Post
says delegation of Pennsylyanians visited
Grant, yesterday evening to ask him If he
would recommend them to draw up a
memorial requesting him to appoint Mr..
Moorhead of Pennsylvania. to place in
his cabinet, which should be signed by
all the delegation. Gen. Grant read the
papers, and said on the whole they had
better not; and suggested that most of
the members had already signed request
for another man. Some of them had
signed several. If all these memorials
should become known some Of those who
had put their names to them, might feel
themselves put in ridiculous position
Grant said Il think President should
be allowed to choose his Cabinet without
interference from any one. They are his
confidential advisers, and he must know
whom he wishes to call to him in that
capacity. For other positions under the
Government he is liable to welcome sug-
gestions, for there are great many of
them, and he cannot be expected, In
every case to know who are the fitted
men, but, in selecting his Cabinet, he
may properly act without suggestions
from any source. One thing he would
say; Those whom he selected would all
be men who were loyal to the Union dur
ing the war. and who gave strong and
faithful support to the platform and tick
ct on which he was elected. They
might not prove to be the best men in
practice, but that he should soon discover
and changes at any time. In case there
was difficulty about that, the men he had
selected would not remain in the Cabinet
he thought, if it was not agreeable. He
had originally intended to write, about a
week ago letter to each gentleman
whom he had fixed upon for Cabinet
position, asking him to serve; but he
was glad he had not done so, and now
he would keep the whole matter to him
self until the appointments were sent to
the Senate That saved much trouble
to him and to the gentlemen he
meant to call around him, but he had
already made up his mind. He could
send in the whole cabinet at that moment
Still he might, at any time. change his
mind, and so long as names were known
to him alone he could do so without
offense to any one. His incauticus ut
terance to the Pennsylvanians, the other
day, had already given him and them
much needless trouble. Some people
seemed to take it for granted that he had
designated Mr.. Geo. H. Stuart for a
place. He had not said anything of the
kind, and did not mean to to any one,
whether he had or not; but as the peo-
pie had spoken against him he wished to
say to the Pennsylvania gentleman that
Mr.. Stuart was loyal man during the
war, and an honorable man. That did
not imply, however, that Grant would
or would not appoint him" The
delegation then withdrew.
Year: 1869

President johnson last week vetoed
the bill of an increase of the tariff duty
on imported copper-a measure that was
calculated to protect or encourage tie
mining and manufacture of American
copper. Congress Immediately took up
the bill and passed it over the veto by an
overwhelming majority. As we haye
always contendcd for protective tariff of
course We are happy. That's we contend
for tariff until cur manufacturers shall
obtain foothold which will enable them
to successfully compete with foreign
manufacturers and then we will cry Free
Trade with the loudest but that time
has not come yet.
Year: 1869

The Greatest Farce Of the Age.
,0The following article which we find in
valued exchange is not one whit too
severe in regard to the discharge of Davis:


On Thursday, the 18th inst, noue
prosequa was entered by the United
States District Attorney, in the indict-
ments found against jeff Davis, john G.
Breckinridge, and about thirty or forty
others and the bail bonds were dis
charged, and Davis the traitor, permit
ted to run at large, never to be called
upon to answer for the crime Of treason.


The result Of these proceedings against
this rebel chief must strike every loyal
citizen of the country with profound dis
gust. Just look at the picture. Here is
the author Of one Of the most gigantic
schemes of treason the world ever saw.
He is captured, but never tried. Thou
sands died to crush the rebellion, he Incl
ted, yet he is permitted to go free and
enjoy all the immunities Of the brave sol
dier and the loyal citizen. He deies the
government to punish. Can it be that
our government is SO corrupt that it has
neither the will nor the power to punish
for the highest crime known to the law (;
odu IL DC Cudt luC SOfCi
this as a precedent for all similar cases
that may occur hereafter? We blush with
shame when we think that the mightiest
nation of the earth has government
that is too rotten and imbecile to assert
its power and execute It's laws Is it not
mortifying to every true American citizen
thus to see the law Knocked, and the pow
er and virtue of the government subver-
ted? A poor unfortunate wretch on
Broadwad who is caught taking lUaf of
bread with which to keep soul and body
together, is hurried off before an inexor-
able court, tried, convicted of theft, and
thrown into prison. But the murderer
of hundreds of thousands of lives, the
author of untold misery, the traitor to his
government, is refused trial, and that
government to corrupt to punish


Thank God this state of things viii
last but few days longer With the 4th
of March, 1869, will pass away the abom-
Unable administration of Andrew John
son.
Year: 1869

WASHINGTON, March 1.-The follow
ing account is given of visit of Senator
Stewart to Gen. Grant. Senator Stewart
said he came to know how Gen Grant
stood on the Constitutional amendment
giving universal suffrage North and
South. General Grant replied that he
understood the amendment, and hoped
the States would ratify it. He believed
that the Republican party were bound to
see this conclusion realized. This state
ment he desired all the gentlemen present
to understand was not for their private
information alone, but for the whole
country to hear. Senator Wilson, on
learning this announcement, put his hat


on and went off In great humor, saying
at least he was satisfied with Gen. Grant.
Year: 1869

Several years ago, when Mr. Butter
worth was Superintendent of the Assay
Office in New York city, his opinion was
asked as to the integrity of distinguish
ed politicians. g He is good Democrat, .
said Butterworth, but he is not safe
man to handle bullion