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Year: 1868

in g La Somnambula there is not a
trace Of this consciousness. and herein
the peculiar charm Of this exquisite
work consists for, to be perfectly beau
tiful, such statue must be perfectly
pure.


To have successfully accomplished
these two points stamps the artist with
the unmistakable mark of originality,
and originality is genius. To have gained
the first point may indeed have required
only plastic hand in aid of thorough
knowledge Of perfect anatomy But to
have conceived a condition Of mind in
which no trace Of consciousness of mud
ity could exist, or by possibility in
dieate itself in any movement or express
sion, and then create what no ehasre wo-
man standing in normal state Of mind
as model before an artist could ever
represent, IS such conclusive proof of
originality Of genius as we have seldom
seen.


Canova introduced into Italy the
graceful sehool-he was, among the
moderDs, its father TIL Pradier, France
had no scul lptor who produced the beau
tiful, the sentimental England received
it from the hands Of Westmacott while
the great Dane, Thorwaldsen, modelled
probably the best nude female statue in
existence. The S0mnambula is an
indication of the beginning of the grace
ful, the sentimental and the chaste school
in our own country. Mr.. Macdonald,
after two years of assiduous labor, has
finished this work in clay it will at
once be put in plaster, and ere long, we
hope, in marble.
Year: 1868

Carry the radiance Of your soul in
your face. Let the world have the ben.
eft Of it. Let your eheerfulness be felt
for good wherever you are, and let your
smiles be scattered like sunbeams, on
the just as well as on the unjust Such
a disposition will yield you a rich re-
ward, for its happy effects will come
home to you and brighten your moments
of thought.


Cheerfulness makes the mind clear.
gives tone to the thought, adds grace
and beauty to the comtenance. Joubert
says, When you give, give with JOY and
smiling"


Smiles are little things, cheap articles
to be fraught with so many blessings
to the giver and the receiver, pleasant
little ripples to watch as we stand on the
shore Of every day life. They are our
higher better natures responses to the
emotions of the soul.


Let the children have the benefit Of
them those little ones who need the
sunshine of the heart to educate them
and would find level for their buoyant
natures in the cheerful, loving faces Of
those who lead them.


Let them not be kept from the middle
aged, who need the encouragement they
bring.


Give your smiles also to the aged
They come to them ike the quiet rain
of summer, making fresh and verdant
the long, weary path Of life They look
for them from you who are rejoicing in
the fulness of fife.


Be gentle and indulgent to all. Love
the true, the beautiful, the Just, the
holy.
Year: 1868

FoR the benefit Of those who are COM
pelIed to use hard water we would
recommend the following remedy for
making soft water Mix 8 spoonful of
qsickline With haif pail Of water, and
PNF into q barrel Of hard water stir
well, and when settled the water will be
clesf snd soft,
Year: 1868

Mayor Hoffman has vetoed the resolution of
the Common Council increasing the salaries of
their clerks and other officers and gives as his
reason for dong so that those employees are
already paid as much as they deserve, and that
we ought to practice economy. This is all very
well but why did not Mr.. Hoffman assign the
still better reason that the increase COuid be
contrary TO Idwl If he will turn to the Tax
Levy of 1857, he will find that a clause in that
act fOrbds the Common Council thereafter to
raise any salaries. He cannot expect that the
Common Council will pay regard to cOnsidera-
tiOns of economy; yet when ho has an objec-
ton that they cannot override he does not
urge it. This veto, we fear, was not meant TO
be effective, but only to save appearances
Year: 1868

We beg the prompt attention of our readers
to the appeal published in another column in
behalf of the sufferers from the recent earth
quakes in South America. The first accounts,
so far from exaggerating the horrors of the
calamity, failed to represent their full extent,
and every mail brings a more distressing mar
rative than the one which preceded it, We trust
that, among the hundreds of cities which will
contribute to relieve the sufferers, New FORK
will be preGminent both for her promptness and
her IheralitY.
Year: 1868

The issues of the canvass were the subject of
a mastery speech at the Brooklyn Academy of
Music last evening by Henry Ward Beecher
We give a full report of the speech, especially
reported for The TRIBUNE. 1t will be fine
reading for our friends in Pennsylvania. We
particularly commend the analysis of the char
acters of Gen. Grant and Gov. Seymour. Mr.
Beecher never touches any subject with his
great genius without illuminating it, This
speech will rank among the best of the cam
paign.
Year: 1868

of the institutions established by other States.
The claim Oh the part of some leading iegis-


lators and men of culture, both in this country
and in Europe that the advance in civilization,
as a result of progress in the mechanic arts,
affecting many industries and pursuits, demands
n new system of education, is acknowledged,
and fair experiment is to be made. Some
thee hundred young men of good natural abll-
ties most of whom have acquired a thirst for
knowledge in the common schools of the State,
have entered this University, hoping to be
educated in whatever is valuable in the litera-
ture of our own language and of foreign lands,
and whatever is valuable in the natural sciences,
to which something is added day by day. That
there will be many difficulties is certain, even
if no experiments were to be tried and should
the events of the first few years dlsappoint IN
some degree the expectations of friends, we
may predict, from the amplitude of means, from
the zeal and scholarship and ability of the pro-
fessors, who are mostly young men, to do much
work, as well as from the experience OF the
founder and of the Board of Trustees, that a
reform in education will be sensibly advanced.
Year: 1868

Elsewhere may be found the most COM
plete exhibit yet made of the result in
Connecticut. The returns are affectionately
and tenderly commended to the Democrats
who have bet their money on the first
statements of The World. There are not many
of that sort, hOwever-they have had their
fingers burnt too often before, by being guilty
of the folly of believing The World.
Year: 1868

After the revolution comes the reconstruc-
ton. The Spanish Junta begins with
brave words for civil and religious lib
erty, with bill for the gradual abolition OF
Slavery in the colonies, with recall for the ex-
lies and reform in the customs Such are the
new voices which come to us now from the
land of the Inquisition. Their echoes cannot
fail to cross the Pyrenees.
Year: 1868

The riotous Rebel demonstrations at Camilla
and elsewhere III Gen. Meades Department
have drawn from that officer a moderate but
bold and manly order which we print else
where. He exhorts to peace, and gives notice
that officers under his command will not stand
ON mere technicalties in preserving it.
Year: 1868

The Inauguration of the Cornell University,


of which we print an account this morning, is
An event of no common Importance, whatever
the final success may be, inasmuch as the wis.
dom of the Agricultural College bill, donating
many millions of acres OF public land Tor the
advancement of practical education, Is here to
be tested sooner and with more fortunate
CONCURRENCE Of means and efforts than N Any
Year: 1868

Shall the bloodshcd of Camilla spread and
make permanent the existing desolation or
shall restored order and assured government
bring revival of industry and general prosper
tyP Shall we have war or peacei Remember.
Camilla will hear the answer your ballots give
next Tuesday as distinctly as Philadelphia or
Year: 1868

Persons having real estate for sale or to let'
and those desrous Of purchasing or renting such pro
pery will find It to their interest to advertise III IHE
TRIBUNE It's aggregate circulation exceeds that OF any
other newspaper and addition to this advantage The
TRIBUNE will be found only in NewYork and all us
cities and villages, but every State and Territory
within the Union The advertisement should be made as
brief as will allow Of the advantage offered being clear
to the reader We would especially dwell on the TACT
that the subscribers for the three editions OF The IRB
IJNE Semi weekly and Weekly. comprise individuals in
every profession or business consequently advertise
ments in each disseminate among all classes THE
TRIBUNE devOtes especial attention to the reports OF real
estate both in the city and in part Of the state
thus adding greatly the value of its columns an ad
vertlsing medium The charges for advertising are as
follows: DAILY TRIBUNE, 25 cents per line for single
insertion WEEKLY TRIBUNE, 81 10 per Inei SEMI
WEEKLY TRIBUNE. 25 cents per line.
Year: 1868

SINGULAR SCENE. AS the Panama steamer
was about to sail this morning, carriage drove
down to the landing and young couple got
mt of it. The female of the party was very
handsome and the man not bad looking. They
had evidently made every necessary arrange
mept for departure and large Saratoga trunk
containing the young woman'S worldly goods
was carried on board by the porterS. The cou-
ME then followed, and were seen lettering In
the saloon apparently impatient to SAIL Her
face was beaming with bushes and smiles, but
he was observed to be quite anxious about
something.


When the first signal for those not passen-
gers to 60 ashore was sounded, he suddenly re-
Collected that he had promised to see some one
on the wharf, and telling the young lady he
would Immediately return, he rushed off the
steamer and concealed himself In the crowd.
He wanted the cables cast off, he wished to see
the gang. plank hauled in, and to hear the sig
nal gun of that departing steamer, but he had
no desire to avail himself of the benefits OF his
own ticket to New York. Again the warning
gong was sounded, and as he had not yet re-
appeared the young woman In the saloon be-
came alarmed. Why did he not return? She
FASTENED to the side of the steamer and des-
cried the young man making quick time away
from the landing. The entire truth flashed on
her mind. She was to have been seLt away.
He did not intend to go. She was betrayed
and deserted The plank was unloosened and
about to be taken away, when the deserted
damsel sped down it like an arrow, and burly
porters struggled in her wake under the load
of her Saratoga box. She made the wharf,
sprang into hack, the trunk was taken up,and
10 an instant she was in hot pursuit of the false
one. The chase was exciting, and the crowd
watched it as long as they could with intense
interest 1t has not been ascertaiue1 whether
she caught him or whether the pursuit is still
going on. At all events, the steamship COM
pany has the price oftwo through tickets with
out the expense Of carrying the passengers. 1t
is stated that the man who attempted to play
this trick on the fair one is well known in this
city, and is q married man. She was not his
wife. San Francisco BuHetin.
Year: 1868

CAUSES OF SUDDEN ATU-Very few of
the sudden deaths which are said to arise from
disease of the heart do really arise from that
cause. To ascertain the real origin of sudden
deaths an experiment has been tried in Europe
and reported to a scientific congress at Stras
burg. Sixty-six cases of sudden death were
made the subject of thorough post-mortem
examination; 10 these cases only two were
found who had died from disease of the heart.
Nine out of sixty-six had died from apo
plexy, while there were forty-six cases of cen
gestiOn of the lungs-that is, the lungs were
50 full of blood that they could not work, not
having room enough for a sufficient quantity
Of air to support life. The causes that
produce congestion of the lungs are cold feet
tight clothing, costive bowels sitting still until
chilled after being warmed with labor or rap
id walk, going too sud- Senly from a close room
into the air, especially alter speaking, and sud-
den, depressing news operating on the blood.
These causes of sudden death being known, an
evidence of them may serve to lengthen many
valuable lives, which would otherwise be lost
under the verdict of heart complaint. That
disease is supposed to be inevitable and incur
able hence many may not take the pains they
Would TO avoid sudden death, if they knew it
lay in their power.
Year: 1868

reflect that sound mind and body are The llost
necessary requisites to promote connubial hap
piness. Indeed, without these the journey
through life becomes weary pilgrimage; the
prospe ct hourly darkens to the view, the mind
becomes shadowed with despair and filled with
the melancholy reflection that the happiness q
another becomes blighted with your own.
Year: 1868

The Western Christian AdrOcdte Gays
Not long since we met clerical gentle
man of another denomination, who was
returning from a tour of observation in
the Western Territories. Among the
multitude of remarks that he made,
there was one fresh and singular that
we wish to put on record. He stated
that the greatest enemy Brigham Young
had to contend with was that class OF
sensational novels which has been desig-
mated "yellow covered" literature
These novels, in which the staple of the
story is a handsome young lover, pro.
fuse in glowing protestations of eternal
love and devotedness for the lady of his
love and her alone, who perils his life
to rescue her frsm those who oppose
their love, have taken strong hold on
the imagination Of the female portion
of Mormondom, especially the young
and unWedded ones. The books are
secretly circulated, and the poison has
spread throughout the whole comnu'
nifty of Utah. The elders of the church
have hurled their anathemas against
this pernicious literature, but youth and
trade contend successfully with bigotry
and elderly care, and good trade is
carried on in the prohibited article
Our friend thinks that, as soon as the
railroad reaches Salt Lake, the fecilities
it will offer to runaway lovers, will
make Cheyenne a good place for minis,
tcrs' perquisites, that marriage fees will
be frequent. Outside of any specula
tion in it, we rejoice in any plan which
tends to the destruction of the hated
social system which hides itself in th'
wilds of Utah.
Year: 1868

Mr.. l. affronted his wife, who, to
punish him, resolved to act dumb when
ever he was present, and so well did she
maintain her resolution, that nearly a
week passed away during which not
word did she utter in his presence. She
performed her household duties as usu.
al, but speak she would not. He tried
to coax her out of her whim, but IN
vain. At last he tried the following
plan to overcome her resolution, by
working on her curiosity-the most I'M
governable of female propensities. he
turning one evening from his employ
ment, his lady sat there as usual, mute
He Immediately commenced vigorous
search throughout the room. The closet
was examined, the bedroom drawers
boxes, shelves; everything that could
be thought of was overhauled. bis
wife was struck with astonishment at
his unaccountable behaviour; and as
he proceeded in his search, she became
nervously anxious to find oat what he
was looking for. What could it be !
She looked in his face, to CLEAN, if pos,
sible, from his expression, the object Of
his search; but no 60, he was sober as 8
Judge. He lifted the edge of the carpet
locked under the table cover and finally
approached her chair, looked under it,
and even went so far as to brush hel
dress partially aside, as if what he
sought might be there. She could stand
it no longer. She burst out-"Bob
what are you looking for 7" He smiled
and answered." Your tongue, and
have found it ~
Year: 1868

There is one mode of reaching the
popular heart that will have its effect
in every community; that is the silent
reflection of the people; every house
hold can see the changed condition OF
our once happy country. The New
York Erpress has well said that every
where, on every side, in every home
and at every hearth-stOne is q Demo-
cratic argument-such as


"The double price of tea; the triple
price of sugar, the double price of cloth
ing; the velocity and volume with
which property in almest every part of
the country is running from the poor to
the rich in consequence of the lnequall-
ty and injustice of taxation; the de-
struction of our foreign commercial ma
rine; the Punishment of all gold and
silver as coin, and the universality of
paper; the downfall of the Constitution
every where; the substitution of con-
solidated for Federal form of Govern.
ment; the overthrow of the right Of trial
by Jury, of the habeGs corpusI among ten
mi llions of our people; the snjugation
of eight millions of white men in the
South to three or four millions OF ne
grJes; tho reign of carpet-baggers IN
Congress (generally runaways from the
North), assuming to represent the
whites and negroes in the South"


All these are Democratic arguments
every mans mouth, and are present
more or less everywhere, in every house,
cottage and cabin.-Pittsburgh Post.
Year: 1868

A correspondent of the Chicago Re
publican, describing the Berkwait lead
mine in Wisconsin, says:


Thirteen beautiful stalactites de.
pend trem the low roof, varying in
length from eighteen inches to five feet
and in diameter, at the base, from three
inches to seven inches. Their prepor.
tions are symmetrical, tapering gradu.
ally down to point that will barely
sustain o drop of water, as it pauses
there second, trembling, before drop.
ping to give place to another. Under
the drip of each stalactite is a cone, the
several bearing the same relation to
each ether that the stalactites above do,
and containing, severally, perhaps one
fifth as much body as the latter. Both
are in an important state of rock forma.
ton, and may be shaved down with q
knife in granular limy particles, little
the bases of each, however, and below,
at their point of attachment, the lime
stone is very perfect and hard, in a sec
tion three feet wide extending across
the cave.


"In what manner the separation is
made between tho various deposits, or
when the necessary change took pl ace,
is more than am able to determine, yet
true it is that at one time these stalact-
ties were deeply grooved from the base
downward, as they are suspended to-
ward the point or apex, and now those
grooves are filed to the surface with
pure lead ore, glittering and beautiful.
Connected with these deposits and OK
tending over considerable surface of
tho roof is an incrustation two and one
half to three inches thick. On the
cones below and the floor, however,
there is very little mineral. The entire
surface of the wall is bathed continu-
ally by slow oozing of water from the
crevices surrounding. 1t is indeed a
more beautiful and interesting demon
stration than any professor,of chemistry
or natural philosophy could hope to
Year: 1868

A person in dry carpeted room, by
rapidly running back and forth several
times, and slipping the feet upon the
carpet, can light the gas by simply
touching the finger to the burner as it
is turned on.
Year: 1868

No FUSDs.-Jurors and others complain that
Marshal Huntington went off without paving
their claims. The first report was that the Mar
shal had funds, but when the time came to settle,
be reported "short." Jurors receive but So a
day 10 greenbacks for their services, barely
enough to pay expenses, and then when they
have to wait for their money it is not strange
that they grumble. The Marshal must endeavor
to do better in future.
Year: 1868

IMPROVING. - During the present term
of the District Court we have noticed mar
ifest improvement in the conduct of the
members of the bar. The habit of bullying
and badgering witnesses has been measure
ably abandoned, and altogether the proceed
ings have been characterized by decorum and
good order.
Year: 1868

The DISTRICT COURT is still in session,
and as q consequence we are unable to give
a full list of the cases heard and decided.
Next week We will give the full list Thus
far large amount of business has been dis
patched, but nothing of special importance.
Year: 1868

SPooN THIEF BUTLER has been nomina.
ted to again represent the Salem District in
Congress. The respectable republicans Of
the District are running R. H Dana, Jr., in
opposition to the cock eyed seoundrel If
there is any sense of decency left in Massa,
ehusetts, it is to be hoped that its influence
will be exerted to secure the defeat of Butler
The fact that such man is allowed to retain
seat in Congress, and associate with gentle,
men, is sad comment upon the degeneracy
of the times.
Year: 1868

DRAWN OFF.-The opposition steamship line
between New York and San Francisco has been
drawn off, and as consequence fares have gone
up to the old rates. This advance in price will
operate as an effectual embargo upon travel.
Year: 1868

PROMOTED The Washington Chronicle
notices the arrival in that city of General
Mills, of the Helena Post, and Major Ken>
yon, of the Deer Lodge Independent When
these gentlemen left home, the first was
Captain Mills, and the latter plain Frank
Kenyon, and a clever fellow at that. We
congratulate our editorial friends on their
promotion, and trust that on their return
they will not be too proud to recognize their
untitled brethren of the quill.
Year: 1868




CIVIL SERvICE.-Mr. Jenckes, of Rhode
Island, has introduced in the House of Rep.
resentatives bill which establishes a new
department of the Government, to be called
the Department of the Civil Service, of which
the Vice President shall be the head. Admits
tance to any position in any branch of the
Civil Service shall be gained only as the
result of competitive examination before a
board Of examiners appointed by the Presi>
dent, by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate. Moral and intellectual fitness
shall, in all cases, be necessary for promotion,
and will, sooner or later, insure it. Thus, we
shall have, if adopted, system of civil SER
vice in no degree less honorable than the
service of arms, and one upon which young
men of energy and ambition may enter, as
upon life-work of high honor and useful
ness, with full assurance that their energy
will find an ample field for exercise, and their
ambition, if rightly directed, be fully re-
warded.
Year: 1868

LEEcH RIvER.-Mr. Phillip Lamey cal
led upon us yesterday morning to show a
sample of handsome coarse c,'l Re and his
partner have lStciy obtained at Lecch River.
1t appears they are working at the upper
eud OF the ground, where the original good
pay gave out, and have been for some time
tracing the lead into the side bank, some
sixty feet from the creek. They consider
they have struck the old lead, and that it
will take them six months to wash their
ground out. The gold obtsined is of a
remarkably fine quality, in pieces from two
bits to 81 so. On working the present
ground, Lamey & Co., intend introducing
more water for hydraulicing next season on
ground in which they appear to have great
confidence. We hope in few weeks to re.
ceive news from Leech River worth chronicl
ing Victoria Colonist.
Year: 1868

The POISONED CHALICE. We notice
that great complaint is being made at the
removal of teachers from the Portland pub.
lie schools, and it is intimated that the
change was made for partisan purposes In
all this we have a repetition of the old story
of the return of the poisoned chalce. The
radicals when in power in Portland steadily
excluded the democrats from positions in the
schools, as indeed from all other posts of
honor or profit. A turn 10 the wheel has
brought the democrats into power and now
they are paying off the radicals in their own
coin. "What's sauce for the goose is sauce
for the gander"
Year: 1868

RESPECT FOR THE SoLDlERs.-A gallant
soldier who had gone all through the war
for the Union, and came out of the contest
minus an arm, was recently nominated by
the President to the position of Collector of
Internal Revenue for the district of New
Albany, Indiana, and rejected by the Senate.
The old soldiers offence was that of being a
democrat