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Year: 1869

WWhy do Summer Roses Fade ~


Towards the close of the summer season the at
tendance of visitors at the Park seoms rather
to increase than diminish The few glorious days OF
clear blue sky and warm sunlight tempered BY cool.
vigorous breezea remaining to US in the failing OF
summer are fully and gladly aveleu oI " eve'J-
body with the least posi- Bile leisure time on nand


Yesterday In the early afternoon the walks sna
drives OF the Park were peOpleu from euu W onu "
what should seem as happy multtude As evSi gos
together. The dresses OF the women were piiuian.,
and fsuitess apparel. Standing by the Filth avenue
entrance OF the Park the spectator iet as tnougn ne
could nger for hours watching the ceaseess ana
VARYING roll OF vehicles pouring from the avenue INTO
the Park. Many carriages were fre'gnteo Win a.
much of beauty and splendid dress as mSns 90 seen
the Initiated eye 1t was easy to observe that no
small number In the thrOnG belonged to the
class of shOddy-a class that s every year becoming
more and more vulgarly prominent on the avenue
and in the Park. And yet perhaps, there Is no need
ior Initiation long acquaintance TO detect In the
occupants of those magnificent shoddy vehicles the
absence OF that refinement OF which blood and edu-
cation are the basis. Year after year the character
of the eauipages to the PARK underWoes q change
which ali the time Is showing more beautiful and
versatile turn Of artistic taste among the carriage
manufactures.


the drive 10 the Park was crowded to excess yes
terday. The Mall was thronged with promenaders,
and the nelQnborhood OF the music stand where
DodwOrths band filed the air with the inspirations
OF Meyerbeer and Auber was one grand mass OF
decor0us and delighted humanity. the gOndolas
and barges on the lake were occupied throughout
the day, and IN every nook and shady by,
path the pictures OF rustic amours amid rural
| scenery, which Claude Menotte OF all men knew SO
! well how to draw, were reproduced In endless
variety.
Year: 1869

City PoIitics-The Work OF the Past Week.


The political element has been greatly
stirred during the past week. Republicans
and democrats have entered into the contest
with renewed and with something like the old
vigor and earnestness. There are however,
republicans before they can act unitedly
against their hereditary opponents. In the
democratic ranks there are the usual splits,
but the seceders from Tammany were never
more insignificant than they are at present.
Within the Tammany camp there is some
danger more threatening than any that lies
outside An old feud has broken out
between a few influential supporters Of
the Tammany ring, and unless this is
healed in time and in manner satisfactory
to the contestants there may occur a very
serious disruption of the party.


We give in another column, under the head
of City Politics, the usual RESUME of the
progress Of the campaign. From this it will
be seen that there are several candidates for
the coming vacancy on the bench of the
Supreme Court. In the Senatorial contest
very warm fight is anticipated-not between
republicans and democrats, but between the
Tammany candidates themse Ives. 1t is q pity
that when such as these fall out the usual
result in such cases does not follow-that the
honest citizens might receive benefit thereby.
The number of candidates for Assemblymen
and for Aldermen and Assistant Aldermen is
almost unprecedented; but an enumeration of
them and their claims must be held over for
another article,
Year: 1869




Test Oath.


Whatever doubt may have been enter
tanned of Attorney General Hoar's opinion
upon the question raised as to the status OF
the Virginia Legislature as legislative body
is at last set at rest. The opinion in ertenso
printed in another column does not legally
recognize the Legislature as endowed with its
proper functions until after certain conditions
are complied with, the principal of which is
the actual taking of the ''test" or iron-clad
oath, the whole bone of contention in the
ISSUE The Attorney General says in sub
stance that the Legislature may come to-
gether, organize and act upon the fifteenth
amendment to the constitution, but that until
Congress shall have approved the con-
stitution and the action under it, and shall
have restored the State to its proper place in
the Union, &C., ''the Legislature is not enti-
tied to and could not without violation of law
be allowed to transact any business, pass any
act or resolve or undertake to assume any
other function of Legislature if the test oath
has not been required of its members; and
that no officer elected under the new consti-
tuition can enter upon the duties of his office
without taking the oath while the military
government continues" What is the conclu-
sion from this? That the Legislature of
Virginia, as at present formed, must, as con-
dition precedent to it's becoming Legislature,
do the things and conform to the requirements
set forth. The only thing seemingly within
its power to do without taking the test oath Is
TO convene and pass upon the amendment,
submit the constitution, and, after all this,
should even Congress approve of their
measures, then take the oath. This is most
roundabout way of coming to a most lame and
impotent conclusion. Why not insist on the
test oath at once, draw up the constitution
according to order, and permit the Old
Dominion to file into line and take its old
time-honored place among the States of the
Union
Year: 1869

make will amount to anything like an absolute
surrender of authority, or prevent his reas-
suming the reins of strong government should
the interests of the nation, the exigences OF
State or his personal safety require it.


1t is all well enough to make the experiment
of more liberal institutions. IF success it
will give quietus to the spirit of opposition
springing up in France and tend to accommo-
date the nation to the peaceful succession Of
his son, Napoleon w.. if a failure, what better
system could be resorted to in order to pre-
vent anarchy and confusion arising from the
aspirations of rival factions than that which,
inaugurated in 1852 and continued to this time,
has given to the country tranquility, devel-
opment of education and increased wealth, }"
and under which France, to use the words of
the Senatorial Committee, ''has passed from
the dictatorship to complete liberty?" While
public opinion in France has more than
once called for q diminution of executive
power when considered necessary for the
interests of the nation, it has quite as often
demanded its augmentation when it became
evident that this power was tutelary and
remedial, and so again an unfortunate abuse
of privileges and liberties obtained from the
Executive may necessitate return to strong
government as the safest means of guaranteeing
those Essential conditions Of power which
protects order and society"


We look forward with much interest to the
assembling of the legislative body in October,
and while expressing sympathy for liberal
ideas and institutions in progressive France
we are constrained to hope that Napoleon s
efforts towards reform, If sincere, as we are
now led to believe, will be generously appre-
ciated by the people, the zeal of the opppoition
be moderated and the bitterness of contending
factions appeased in an earnest cooperation
to advance good government.
Year: 1869

The latest piece Of bigotry is the fulmina-
ton of Cardinal Cullen in regard to Irish
schools. No doubt there are from religious
point of view, some exceptions to be taken to
the government schools in Ireland. Education
should be free from sectarianism as we'll as
free in other respects, and the tendency just
now of what is called 'justice to Ireland" Is
toward that result. Disestablishment of the
government Church in Ireland must eventually
free all schools supported by taxation from
church influence and leave the priest and the
schoolmaster to their several separate spheres
In the meanwhile, however, it is a revival Of q
medieval atrocity-an abuse OF his position
and piece of outrageous ecclesiastical terror
ism-for Cardinal to use the holy sacraments
of his Church as weapon against political
institution. If this dignitary believes that the
sacraments are necessary to happiness here
after by what power can he give or withhold
them for any other reasons than such as relate
to sin and repentance? Must a people be
made to believe that it is sin as bad as any
in the Decalogue to send their children to a
school not managed as a Cardinal wishes !?
Ireland will not be free till she witnesses some
other disestablishment beside that of the Irish
Church,
Year: 1869

The DAILY HERALD Will be sent TO subscribers
for one dollar month.


The postage being only thirty-fve cents
quarter country subscribers by this arrangement
can receive tie HERAi.p at the same price 1t is
furnished III the city.
Year: 1869

NOT So GREAT DEMOCRATIC VICTORY
AFTER ALL-Later reports from the election
in California show that the democrats have not
gained so glorious victory after all. They
have been defeated In San Francisco by the
independents, who have not only succeeded inf
electing their Mayor, but also number o
supervisors, effectually breaking up the rotten
old democratic ring. Eastward the star Of
such movement might take Its way with
great benefit to the community at large and
taxpayers in particular.
Year: 1869

THE OLD STORY.-For the last dozen years
or so we have been told, from one source or
another, that steamship line between this
country and Italy was about to be established.
Just now we have the old story repeated by
cable telegram that a line of steamers is about
to be started between Naples and New York.
How is it going to pay? There is no passen-
ger traffic between the two countries, and we
hardly think that the freight prices on marble
and fruit would pay steamship line.
Year: 1869

The British press continues to be very much
exercised about the supply Of cotton. Every
day or two there are leading articles and any
amount of correspondence on the subject, and
there is hardly any conceivable plan for in
creasing the production of the raw material
that is not discussed. The insufficient supply
is termed a calamity and is said to be owing
to an increase of the consuming power at
time when the raw material is decreasing.
writer in the London Times takes very SEN
sible view of the matter when he argues that
the true way to increase the production OF
cotton is for the manufacturerers and capital
lists of England to cooperate with the grower.
That is, we suppose, to employ their capital in
connection with the labor of the planters in
order to stimulate larger growth. This
writer remarks, too, that it would be folly for


the American planters to grow Eve millions of


bales at double the expense of land and labor
when the same profit can be realized from
half that amount But where are the English


manufacturers and capitalists to use their


money in cooperation with the growers!


India and other countries have been tried, and


a vast amount of capital has been sunk in the


experiment. There is, however, one place in
the world where raising cotton is not an un-
certain experiment, and where planting never,
| fails to be successful and profitable. In our
| Southern States there is vast area Of cotton
lands yet uncultivated. If there were capital


and labor enough ten millions of bales or more
could be raised This is the country, then,


for the British to invest in if they would get


an ample supply of cotton and handsome
return for their capital.
Year: 1869

Now that Jenners great labor has made
smallpox comparatively rare disease, and
comparatively trivial one when it occurs, it is
strange to hear men questioning whether the
world is after all any the better for vaccina-
ton. There are men who doubt everything as
a matter of course even in medicine. There
are physicians who are fond of displaying
little left-handed logic by minute argument,
mainly aimed to show that they know rather
more on every subject than all other physicians
together, and these have originated the idea
that vaccination is worthless No one, how
ever, who can reason plainly and straightfor-
wardly on q body Of facts will question that
vaccination is as complete protection from
smallpox as is smallpox itself. Persons some
times have the smallpox after vaccination
but some persons also have the smallpox for
a second time. Yet popular knowledge Is
right in setting down the disease in the num-
ber of those that occur but once in the life
time, for that il the rule and the other the ex-
ception. So they are right who are not moved
from their faith in vaccination by some excep-
tional cases. Undoubtedly the great benefits
of vaccination 60 in company with some
dangers. What boon so great is not purchased
at some such price? Vaccine virus taken from
system in which there is some blood disease
may communicate that disease as we'll as the
vaccine disease. But this must only lead to
the greater care on the part of physicians.
Doubtless also there are constitutional
idiosyncracies that render the vaccine disease
as bad in some systems as smallpox itself.
There are persons to whom an egg is a
poison. Vaccination has banished to the
hovel and the tenement house disease that


within . century had its victims in every


home, and that is great deal. Wisely used,


It might erase the disease altogether from the
number of human ills. Is there no value In
such discovery
Year: 1869

PROBABLY CoMMENcED.-The bark
Atnsy arrived on Saturday night last at
Portland, part of her cargo being rails
for the East Side Railroad. 1t was
thought track-laying would commelice at
East Portland on Thursday, and the
probability therefore is that quite a
"stretch'' of the road will be in readiness
for the cars by the time this item is read
by our readers. 1t was expected that a
large crowd would be in attendance to
witness the placing of the first rail and
the driving of the first spike, inaugural
ing the eraudest enterprise ever under
taken in Oregon.
Year: 1869

THE FIRST INSTALLMENT-A New
York special of the 22d says that over
one hundred passengers start to-day on
the weekly through train for San Fran
cisco. The Panama Railroad Company
and the Pacific Mail Company have com
pleted arrangements for reducing the
rates of freight, to compete with Cape
Horn and the Overland Railway The
charges were to be reduced fourth or
one-half the present figures.
Year: 1869

Many years ago. invalid physician visiting
Island Of St crx for their health experienced and witnessed surprising and
beneficial effects the Rum there produced Of the nvHa who @
seeking health and inquiry and investigation obtained full history
medicinal Es delighted and surprised and after his recovery
which soon occurred A'a' possible procure the sole right manufacture
n the United States


The result his abors glorious for himself and suffering humanity
celebrated PLANTATION sTERS thus made known the world PLAN
TAToN sTTERs being article Of merit founded principles and
relying wholly the vegetable world for It's medicinal effects worked rapid evu
ton history medicine and became household word all the civilized
sabass TlssoZ taNsmsn health and the demand for
the PLANTATION sTERS far exceeded the abilities Of the pcp supply


Notwithstanding the large importation Of st. ox Rum made expressly for the
pounding these s the quantity inadequate therefore became
that arrangements extensive scale abroad should made and agent
dispatched St Thomas for that purpose he fortunate securing and
leasing several plantations the largest and most productive estates the
Island Houses stills and presses erected If BY magic which utterly aston
isd the natives The services experienced and natives the island
cured and the pps the PLANTATION BTTEES in position
supply their laboratory with all the perfectly st. cz Rum needed manas-
turing HvIzoaAToR represents
the natives crushing the and otherwise preparing for the stills and


As ane Fever and Agu Intermittent and xauus Feve Dyspepsia and


other kindred diseases the PLANTATION sTTEas unsurpassed the
history the world Over ave million bottles disposed annually They
adapted old and young male and female They agreeable TASTE and always
produce an immediate beneficial result
Year: 1869

TSe sun goes up and the suu goes down,


And the day and the night are the same a.


one


The wear grows green and the year grows brown,


And what is it ALL when all is done?
Grains of sombre or shining sand,
Slidipg into or out of the hand.
And men go down in ships to the seas,


And hundred ship are the same as one;
And backward and forward blows the breeze,


And what is it all, when all is done?
A tide with never a shore in sight,
Setting steadily on to the night.
The fisherman droppeth bis net in the stream.
And hundred streams are the same as-onei
And a maiden dreameth her love-lit dream,


And what is II all, when all is done?
The net of the fisher the burden breaks,
And after dreaming the dreamer awakes.
Year: 1869

A RATHERsensationa story reaches us from
New York to the effect that Miss Carrie
Roberts, a beautiful blonde of twenty, ran
away last week with her fathers coachman,
one Patrick O'Connor. They were at once
married, but the next morning the young
lady returned home and said that she welded
only for fun. Proceedings for divorce are
to be instituted, but as the only grounds are
social inequality, it is difficult to understand
how the result desired, by one, at least, can be
obtained.
Year: 1869

A printer in the Columbus Sun Office aud
young companion, with more nerve than
discretion, have recently been seeking to
eclipse the William Tell romance. At a
distance of forty yards one of them held a
target not four inches above head, and al
lowed bis companion to shoot at it with Q
PO'ter's rife. The ball very nearly centred
the bulls eve.
Year: 1869

The fact that fowls will eagerly devour
gravel and small pieces of shells aud bones,
Is known to every one. There can be no
doubt also that is done in obedience to some
demand Of nature, and that it is essential to
the health and productiveuess, and perhaps
the life. of the fowl.
Year: 1869


The penalty is borne, the ransom paid
For all thy sins full satisfaction made
Strive not thyself TO do what Christ has done;
Claim the free gift, and make the joy thy own,
No more by pangs OF guiIt and fear distressed,


Rest, sweetly rest.


Rest, weary heart
From al thy silent griefs and secret pain,
Thy profitIess regrets and longing vain;
Wisdom and love have ordered all the past,
And shall be blessedness and bright at last,
Cast of the cares that have so longoppressed,


Rest. sweelly rest


Rest, weary head,
Lie down 20 sIumber IN the peaceful tomb
Light from above has broken through its gloo
Here, ia the place where once the Savior lay,
Where he shall meet thee on a future day,
Like tired child upon its mothers breast,


Rest, sTeetly rest!


Rest, sWeetly rest
In the green pastures Of the Heavenly shore,
Where sin and sorrow can approach no more.
With all the tiOek By the Good Shepherd fed,
Beside the streams of life eternalIed,
Forever with thy God and Savior bleSt,


Rest sweetly rest.
Year: 1869

Fanny Fern thus goes for the ducks
ofpretty men whom school girls die
for:


"But your conventional handsome
men of the barber's window, wax
figure head pattern; with a pet lock
in the middle Of his forehead, an ap-
ple-sized head, and a raspberry mus
tache with six hair. in it, paint pot on
his cheek, and little dot of a"goatee'
on his chin, with pretty, blinking
little studs in his shirt-boson; and u
little necktie that looks as if he
would faint were it tumbled, I'd as
lief look at a poodle. always feel a
desire to nip it up with a pair of su.
gar-tougs, drop it gently into bowl
of cream, and strew pink rose leaves
over the little remains.
Year: 1869

When luckless printers stoop TO credit,
And find too late the men won't pay
What charms eau sOothe the seribes VIII


edit


What art can wash the doubt aWSyf
The only art their case can better.
To wiring the money when tits due,
TO give repentance 70 the debtor,
And wiring his poeksts-is to sue.
Year: 1869

AS the New York express on tine New York and
New Haven Railroad, due here shortly after noon
yesterday was passing Port Chester crossing at full
speed the engineer observed horse and wagon
near the track when suddenly to his horror The horse
was observed 10 become frightened by the cars and
despite the exertons Of the occupant OF the vehicle
could not bo controlled. The engineer whistled
for brakes down three times. but before the speed
OF the train could be sackened the inuriated horse
rushed across the track with the vehicle still atacned
TO him. In q twlnkling the locomotive reached The
spot striking the horse and wagon as he same time,
hurng the animal to the west side, manglng him In
q horrible manner. The occupant was caught upon
the iron platform In front OF the engine, and
the wagon was smashed to iindefs. When the tran
stopped the passengers rushed TO the 'front.' end OF
the locomotive, aud there upon the iron platform lay
tie driver Of the horse, doubled up, While cots aud
pools Of plooi bespatiered the engine. Upon turn
ing the poor man over horrible cut six or eight
inches in length was visible the back Of his nead


the skull was crushed In, both arms and nearly all
tie ribs broken The remains were placed In the
baggage car and taken TO Rye, where 1t was ascer.
tanned that the deceased was William Smith. we'll


odo citizen OF that place, about sixty years Of age.
lie leaves q wife and daughter. An Inquest was
held the jury returning q verdict In accordance
with the facts. Mr.. smith was universally known
and respected BY the citizens Of Rye and vIclniul
Year: 1869

correspondent wants the Governor 70 proclaim
a state holiday, 10 enable the many working men
and women OF the city to get . little fresh air,
which they cannot now DO, being unable to leave
their business during week days. The correspondent
fails to point to any existing law empowering the
Governor to issue such proclamation or oolislng
people to comply with 1t.
Year: 1869

Sidewalk Sweeping on broadway.


"Reader" desires the Street Commissioner to I'd.
wise the business men on Broadway to direct their
employees to sprinkle the sidewalks before sweeping
In the morning, as it is very dsagreeabe, in WALK
ing down early In the morning, to have the dust
swept into ones face.
Year: 1869

correspondent suggests, - the best and most
feasible way to relieve Broadway to continue Pearl
street from where It intersects Chatham IN q north.
westerly direction to Broadway, which latter it
would touch In the netghborhOOd OF Grand street.
This would be the nearest way to all the East river
ferries and improve all that miserable section OF
the city breaking up entirely the Five Points.
Year: 1869

A correspondent well pleased with the course Of
the HERALD on the question OF cheap coal, wants
President Grant to call extra session Of Congress
at once to repeal all duties coal. This will cost
the government something, he says but II will cost
the poor much more they are to pay the nigh price
for coal which Is IN prospect for next winter.
Year: 1869

The following beautiful passage is from
Henry's Commentary on the Bible:


Adam was the first formed, then Eve,
and she was made from man, and for the
man, all of which are urged as reason
able for humility, modesty, silence and
the subjection and reverence which wives
owe to their husbands. Yet man being
made last Of the creation is. the best and
most excellent of all. Ewes being made
after Adam, and out of him, puts an
honor upon that sex as the glory of the
man. If man is the head, she is the
crown; a crown to her husband, the
crown to the visible creation. The man
was dust refined, but the woman was dust
doubly refined, one further removed from
the earth. Woman was made OF a RIB
out of the side Of Adam; not made out
of bis head to top him, nor out OF his feet
to be trampled upon by him, but out OF
his side to be equal with him-upder his
arm to be protected, and near his heart
TO be loved.