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Year: 1869

Tho Opening Of tho British Parliament-
The Queens Speech.


Yesterday afternoon the British Parliament
was formally opened. The Queen was not
present The speech was accordingly read by
royal commission, that is by the Lord Chan
cellor There is nothing to indicate that the
affair was other than tame and uninterestng
It was certainly the duty Of her Majesty to be
present on this occasion, unless her reasons for
absence were good, even irresistible. If the
royal fgurehead is to continue to be conspicu-
ons for its absence from all State demonstra-
tions there is reason to fear that the people
I'm begin to regard the whole thing called
royalty as at once very expensive and very
unnecessary. Such persistent retirement on
the part of the Queen can have no good effect
on the dynasty.


The royal address, as we have 1t, does not
reveal much. The merits or dement's of the
speech must, however, be credited to Mr..
Gladstone, and not to the Queen. We should
certainly have had more ringing address had
the seals of Office beenin the hands ofDisraeli.
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relations of Great Britain with foreign Powers
are on an excellent footing. The Paris Con-
ference has happily prevented war in the
East. 1t is expected that the negotiations
with the United States win place the friend
ship which ought ever to exist between that
country and Great Britain on firm and
durable basis. We very much doubt
whether there is good reason for any
such expectation. It is not our fault if
the British people are misled by the honeyed
words Of Reverdy Johnson. They have
not now long to wait to be undeceived. The
New Zealand troubles, we are told, are
deplored, but everything will be done to pre-
vent the recurrence of such unhappy events.
Economy, coupled with efficiency, is to be a
characteristic of the new administration.
Ireland comes in for special attention. The
continued suppression Of the habeas corpus is
considered unnecessary, and the attention Of
Parliament is directed to the arrangements
about to be submitted to it for the final and
satisfactory adjustment of ecclesiastical affairs
in that portion of the empire The wisdom of
Parliament, it is hoped, will ''efface the memory
of past contentious and cherish the sympathies
of an afectionate people," We shall see
Parliament has certainly enough work on
hand, and it promises to be lively.
Year: 1869

HAPPY STATE or AFFArRs.-The radical or
gan is satisfied with what Grant has said on
the niger question. He did not say anything
about the nigger in his recent letter, but once
upon time he said amen to the Chicago plat
form. SO for once the niger worshippers are
DISPOSED not to be exacting
Year: 1869

In PrcKLE.-The radical eyes "see no
difficulty in the Tenure of Office bill" because
the Senate will not insist upon the power it
gives to that body as against Grant 1t will not
insist but it will not repeal the law. 1t will
not use the rod, but it will keep it ia pickle
Year: 1869

A seaside correspondent writes: The
scene upon the beach strikes me with as
keen sense of jolly righteousness and
happy ridiculousness as when l first be-
held it. What awkward animals we
humans are when we venture out of our
natural element into the element of the
fish. The change of manner which the
loveliest of her sex undergoes as she
tumbles into the surf is q study for q
philosopher. She has an air of dignity
in spite of her bifurcated garments as
she walks down to the waters edge /;
there is something of genteel exclusive.
ness in her mien, in spite of her naked
white feet, which mincingly 70 uncov-
cred across the sands; an air of keep q
respectful distance, please, am a society
lady" hangs about her, in spite of her
coarse straw hat tied over her ears with
red rag. And presently she is in the
surf; big wave sends her sprswling
quadrupedly; she scrsmbles to her feet
half choked with the salt water which
has rushed into eyes, ears and nose,
clutches franticslly at anybody who may
be within reach, and grins familiarly to
the whole assembly.
Year: 1869

at this purle effort Of desperate enemy,
himself at the portals Of the foreign office
and blandly inquired of Lord Clarendon
why he had been despoled of his English
secretary. 1t turned out that the noble
minister knew nothing of the act, and that
it had been done by influence on some
of the under secretaries; so the matter
was set right at once, and thus the in
trigue ended. Once in London the saga
cious Burlingame thought he might as
we'll strengthen his armor against new
attacks; so be went the rounds of the
leading members of Parliament and tried
bis hand at thoroughly indoctrinating
them on his view Of the true English
interest in China.~ His success was fully
equal to the soundness of his opinions,
and the ability with which they were
presented, to say nothing of that seduc.
tion of manner that has been the secret
at least of half the triumphs Mr.. Bur-
lingame has won. One of the most i'm
portant converts-we might almost say
victims-on this occasion was the re-
doubtable John Bright, now the right
honorable. No more the "plain Master
Walter" of former days. 1t was great
object to secure the hearty adhesion Of
the President Of the Board of Trade, and
all the more when that official was the
able and resolute tribune who holds the
ministry in his hand. Nothing could
have been more fortunate than the cordial
Endorsement of the Chinese mission by
Mr.. Bright, and it seems that he gave the
strongest assurances of hissupport when
the occasion might call for it. So the
Chinese Minister has returned from his
unofficial visit to London covered with


lsurels; but he is not content to go to
sleep upon them, for, hearing that Count
Bismarck was going in the country for
some weeks, he left Paris yesterday for
Berlin.


Mr.. Burlingame goes there privately
and without his mission. His only pur-
pose is to have little preliminary chat
with the ruling spirit of North Germany,
and to arrange with him the most oppor-
tune moment when to present himself in
due form at court whose Importance
has vastly grown since the days of the
fighting Fritz Soon after his return to
Paris, Mr.. Buringame will strike his
tents and move off with the mission
toward the north of Europe. He will pass
the end of the summer and autumn in
visits to Denmark and Sweden, thence,
crossing the Baltic, enter the dominions
of the Gear.


l will wind up my budget Of travelling
news by simply adding that Mr.. Wash-
burne has just left US for Hamburg, where
he has gone in quest of the mineral
waters, which, it is to be hoped, will in-
fuse new vigor into constitution little
damaged by the wear and tear of life in
Washington. Mr.. Wssbburne has become
very popular in a very short time-no
small achievement after succeeding to
man so much liked and respected as
General Dix. So far, our new minister
has had very easy time, with the excep-
lion of the bother that that fiery French
Democrat, Cluseret, gave him. How.
ever, that ended very well for Cluseret,
for, when he declared he had no money
10 travel with, the French government
very courteously presented him with
ticket by one of the French
steamers
Year: 1869

Seated one day at the organ,


Twas weary and ill at ease,
And my fingers wandered idly


Over the noisy keys.
know not what was playing.
Or what was dreaming then;
But I struck one chord of music
Like the sound Of q great Amen.
II flooded the crimson twilight
Like the close of an angels psalm.
And it lay on my fevered spirit


With touch of infinite calm.
II Itouieted pain and sorrow.


Like love overcoming strife;
IT seemed the harmonious echo
From eur discordant life.
It linked all perplexed meanings
Int one perfect peace.
And trembied away into silence.
As if it were 10th to cease.
1 have sought, but seek it vainly,
That one lost chord divine,
That came from the soul Of the organ.
And entered into mine.
1t may be that Deaths bright angel
Will speak in that chord again;
It may be that only in heaven
I thall hear that grand Amenl
Year: 1869

A lawyer in a certain city in Connect.
cut, not remarkable for bis cleanliness OF
person, appeared at q party awhile ago
with a rose in his bnttonhole. Where
do you suppose it came from said he
TO a brother lawyer who was admiriug 1t
The latter looked up and down the entire
length Of the questiouer. and With great
deIiberation responded, why, | suppose
il grew there"
Year: 1869

In regard TO the first among other things he said that In
the working out Of great Inventions 1t only nature
expressing hersef and helping the very obsta
cles that she herself nterposes The workshop with its
ringing anvil It's forge, the place where ships made
tnat carry commerce around tho world, great
place. but how much greater was the workshop Of the
mind; wherein % was formed the plans that moved the
Wofd WIN hlghef and nobler hopes for humanity The


inventions OF time were great from the fact that they
represent certain conditions of human intelligence Yet
PACK ana behnd these human agencies a divine mind
was Working The speaker next proceeded to show that
lheeeual l9ccs were Of good to the world just far
as was used Tor the good OF all mankind and coming
the thrd ana last division OF the subject the moral
I9rceS spoke e4qenty upon the beauty Of the blending
Oh Dulh the intellectual and moral forces Of their
sstes power The speaker WINS listened TO with Intense
interest ana frequently interrupted with applause.
Year: 1869

MADRID March "a 1882


To-day the commission appointed early In the ses
sion now more than forty days duration, will bring
the result OF their labors In the form OF project
for tie new constitution The main features are
pretty well known outside, although the In
strument has not yet been published. In the re-
liglous question the majority brings forward
tcie declaring complete liberty Of state and Church
An amendment, signed by that consistent and emi-
nent liberal, Don Sebstano Olozaga, and members
OF the Union LIBERAL declares the Roman
Catholic to be the religion OF the State
admits religious liberation; only whenever people OF
other faiths worship there shall be exhibited no signs
contrary to the Catholic faith. This is a wonderful
advancement in religious freedom, and yet Oiozaga
is regarded by few as leader Of the revolution
The veto power OF the monarch or chief OF State IL
TO be limited The legislative branch OF the govern
ment IL TO consist Of senate and Chamber OF
Deputies. The senators elected for twelve years
by the provincial Legislatures, each province
being entitled TO two Senate re- The Senator's are 10
be divided into four classes each going ont eyery
three years. The Deputies are TO be elected for
three years by popular vote There are chapters on
the right OF association and reunion and the liberty
OF the press. which are tolerably LIBERAL IL ~ said
The article relating to Cuba In not TO be discussed
until the arrival OF the Cuban Deputies, which IL re.
garded az an indefinite postponement The constitu-
ton contains l27 articles. and Is based to a great
extent on the famous Cadlz constitution, the best
one one spain ever enjoyed. II being Holy Week, the
Cortes Will probably adjourn to-day for the eight days.
and on reassembling, viii proceed TO the discussion
Of the constitutional discussion that win probably
last for a long perod-because everybody must
make speech on every article and there viii be
no end 10 It. IL Is proposed TO discuss and adopt
first the article designating the form Of government
which Will be the monarchIcal, and then an effort
Will be made TO elect king at once. This Will be
resisted by the republicans bus IL Is probable that
Will be carried through notwithstanding. No doubt
the hot sun Of August will pour down on this msera
Bile city before the Cortes has half finished Its work.
Year: 1869

mixed up with other NATTER about 1t being bloody
murder; that they were Ia heaven ana he was xing
70 nell; that he wanted to be hung, &c lie said ne
oM not know what no was doing wnen he Killed
them and that he was sorry he had done IT, &c. Tho
srictest watoh Is kept over him. ana, when we last
VISITED the jail. workmen were engaged IN liking u
place IN one Of the corridors of the Jai by which he
could be iashed down during the night TO prevent
his doing hlmse.f DAMAGE
Year: 1869

Upon General Grants accession to the
Presidency, great number of those who
had supported his election, with some who
had not, sought office at his hands, or ex-
pected him to bestow it unasked. He was
unable to crafty their aspirations. Most
Of those whom he found in Office claimed
that they gave him their votes some OF
these he saw 6t to retain while the laws
of which be is the servant required HIM to
reduce materially the cost of the public
service and the number employed in it.


Our great Civil War had rendered nee
essary large increase of minor function
aries the settlement of Claims to Pensions,
ETC., had excused the retention Of hundreds
in place up to the close of Mr.. Johnson's
term but now law and justice alike de-
manded that they be dismissed, to the r
own very general disgust Their lamen-
tations, mingled with the howls of the dis
appointed, made up doleiul dissonance,
whereof the only meaning deducible runs
thus General Grant is found wanting
his " Administration is a fai'ure.'


"Failure2 how in what Have we not
peace and plenty in the land Is not cur
flag displayed and respected on every sea F?
What foreign foe moests or threatens us ?
Who fears insurrection at home, or inva-
sion from abroad In which of our thirty
six States are the masses wanting work,
discontinued, suffering?


Considerour Financial condition Nearly
every State and municipality paying off
debts incurred in raising men for the War,
while the National Debt has been reduced
nearly Thirty Millions in the four months
that General Grant has had his hand on
the helm The Public Expenditure is
falling off on every side, while the Revenue
is up to high-water mark. Even Indian
Wars, if unavoidable, must be considerably,
reduced in cost by the facilities for moving
troops and stores afforded by our two Pacific
Railroads.


Yes: Gen. Grant has failed to crafty
some eager aspirations, and has thereby in
Cured some intese batreds. These do not
and will not fail and his Administration
will prove at least equally vital We shall
hear lamentation after lamentation over his
failure, from those whose wish is father to.
the thought; but the AMERICAN PEoPLE|
let them pass unheeded. Their strong
arms bore him triumphantly through the
War and into the White House, and they
still uphold and sustain him. They never
failed, and never will N T. TriBGne,
.June 80.
Year: 1869

When female is in trouble or afflicted with dis
ease, as weakness of the back and limbs pain in
the head, dimness of sight, loss of muscular power
papisation Of the heart, irritabity nervousness.
extreme urinary difficulties, arrangement of digest
i've functions, general debility, vaginitis all dis
eases OF the womb, hyseria serility and all other
diseases peculiar to females, she should go or write
at once to the celebrated female doctor, W. K Do
herty, at his Medical Institute, and consult him
about her troubles and disease. The Doctor is
ehcctng more cures than any other physician in
the State Of California Let no false delicacy pre-
vent you, but apply Immediately and save yourself
from painful suffering and premature DEATH The
Doctors offices are arranged that he can be con
suited without fear of observation
Year: 1869

FALSE CALvEs.-The Sunday Mercu-
curry says.


Regular false calves are manufactured
and sold in extensive demand the said
false calves being composed Of lambs and
other wool, woven into the material of mer-
ino leggings, just like pair of masculine
drawers sometimes bran is used. and in
all cases the imitation is very artistic and
perfect. In merrie England good false
calves can be procured for about thirty
shilllngs-one pound and a half-and in
New York good article can be procured
for from seven to eight dollars, warranted
to look in all respects like natural limb
and oftentimes much better At one the
atre In this city, twenty-three pairs of false
calves are used, in another about twenty
seven, and in another, eighteen.
Year: 1869

Success rides on every hour Grapple
it, and you may win but, without a Crap
pie, it will never go with you Work is
the weapon of honor. and he who lacks the
weapon will never triumph
Year: 1869

BUTTER.-There are six car loads of but
ter on the way from Chicago to California.
Heretofore this article came by the Tsthmus,
but it comes by that route no more. Cal
ifornia ought to raise her own butter, but
she never has, and perhaps will not
for the next twenty years. We have plenty
ofland for this business, and it is profitable;
but there are not enough people in it.
Year: 1869

Are two Of the most common and yiruent disor
ders prevalent this continent to these the Oint
ment is especially antagonistic its modus opcrand
is irst to eradicate the venom and then compel the
cure
Year: 1869

The true secret of SHERMAN's sue
oessful march to Atlanta and the cap
ture of that important point. has
never been fully understood It oc-
CURED in this wise: He had the locals
of the JOURNAL and Courier at the
front, advancing upon the enemy.
while we, for hundred days, care
fully guarded their communications
and forwarded their supplies. Such
a combination of fiery and impetuous
Valor, with COOL cautious prudence,
was too much for the enemy, and
they incontinently skedaddled.


1t iswith peculiar regret that We
observe a disposition on the part Of
these impetuous young warriors to
turn their batteries against each
other. Fortunately. however, in their
last campaign, as in the other, they
seem to have escaped without aay
scratches, fully demonstrating the
correctness Of the old adage that
Fortune faVors the brave" But they
ought not, We venture to suggest. to
tempt the old Dame too strongly.
She may desert them in some hour of
extremity, when they most need her
SaFvfcez
Year: 1869

command, but is erected slowly-the
result of what is said, and felt, and done,
from day to day. This is the difficult
part of our religion. To do, now and
then, great thing; to give large sum
of money for the Church; to take a lead
ing part in some important movement;
to perform any act that men are disposed
to praise, is not hard for those who have
the ability thus to make themselves
prominent. But to be consistent, grow
ing, everyday Christian is by no means
easy, and many man who is quoted
widely as a noble exhibition of piety,
would show private and social history
that would be libel on religion-not
because he resolves to neglect his minor
duties but because he finds it so difficult
to do them. None should forget that the
Lords words are true respecting all of
us; "He that is faithful in that which
is least, is faithful also in much" 1t is
not the warp of life which constitutes its
substance, but the filling, the woof, and
each one should be certain that this is of
real worth.-Occident.
Year: 1869

BUSINESS FOR CHRIsT.-Many years
ago, happening to be in South Wales, I
made the acquaintance of Welsh gen.
tleman. He was then landed proprie-
tor, living in his own mansion. He had
been, before, carrying on an extensive
business in large town. By the death
of relative, he had Unexpectedly come
into possession of this property. After
considering whether he should retire from
business, he made up his mind he should
still continue to carry it on, though not
for himself, but for Christ. I could not
help being struck with the gleesomeness
of holy mind which lighted up his
countenance when he said: 81 never
knew before what real happiness was
Formerly I wrought as a master to earn
livelihood for myself, but now l am car
rying on the same work as diligently as
if for myself, and even more SO; but it
is now for Christ, and every half-penny
of profits is handed over to the treasury
of the Lord, and l feel that the smile of
Saviour rests upon me. 1 think that is
an example worthy of being inflated
DR.. Duff.
Year: 1869

desire to bow myself before the will
and wisdom of Co.; but 1 find that,
without hold of Christ, there is no hold
of God at all. l fear that / have not
adverted enough to the reception of the
gospel as the great initiatory step of our
return to God. Let us work as We may
before this, we may widen our distance,
but certainly not shorten it; and not till
the tidings of great joy be simply taken
in-not till credit is given to the plain
word of the testimony-not till we be-
lieve the Word-not till we are persuaded
by the promises, and so embrace them
are we translated into the vantage-ground
of reconciliation with God; and this en-
trance into peace is also the entrance
into holiness. DR.. Chalmers.
Year: 1869

Nothing will more surprise us at the
last day than the long catalogue of those
acts that have passed from our memory.
We shall then learn, what we ought to
bear in mind from day to day, that life
is made up for the most part of little
things. 1t is not that one does few
things that attract the notice of other
men, but that in his everyday life he does
his duty, which make known his charac-
ter. A man does not show his love for
his wife by a splendid present once a
year, and marked attention when in COM
pany, and running for physician when
she is sick, but by all the little acts of
courtesy and kindness that may cheer
their daily intercourse. You visit pic
ture gallery, and at first a few features
of the various paintings attract your no.
tice. But as you study then, carefully,
you find it was not the bold dash of the
brush, that made here mountain and
there rock, which created the beauty
of the landscape, but the thousand touch
es of the pencil, that have clothed the
whole scene and made it true to nature.
1t is not the main outlines which form
the charm of the potrait, but the delicate
lines and shadows which distinguish the
face.


You 60 to concert room and listen to
grand piece of music. 1t is not the
high note of the trumpet, nor the bass
of the trombone, or the emphatic strains
of any instrument, that hold you en-
trapced, but the blending of multitude
of tones; the sublime harmony of the
high and the low, by the falling in of all
the parts, themselves subordinate, yet
making together all that you admire.


So there is no life of prominent parts
alone. Life is the flling,up between
these. Yet how few conduct themselves
as if this were true. The way through
which God will lead us, if we submit to
His guidance, is one which we must
pass step by step. Every moment has
its duty, every day its bearing on our
life. Air castles rise before us in full
form and beauty, in moment, but real
castles must be built, as stone after
stone is laid in its place-the product
of labor and expense for years. The
Christian character is no air castle; it
does not attain perfection at the Wills
Year: 1869

I WANT forgiveness of one sin, and
strength against it; but God wants to do
more for me, and will forgive and deliver
rue from none, till [ make further search
into myself, and bring my sins before
Him all together.
Year: 1869

GoD NEVER PARDoNs ONE SIN, but He
pardons all; and we dishonor Him more
by not trusting in Him for complete
forgiveness than We did by SHINING against
Him. Christ took up all our sins and
bore them in His own body on the cross; /;
and God cannot punish ta0ice, or demand
second satisfaction to His Justice
Nothing can pacify an offended conscience
but that which satisfied an offended God; !;
and well may that which satisfied an
offended God pacify an offended con-
science.
Year: 1869

Should death be standing at the gate,


Then would keep my vow;


But, Lord, whatever be my fate,


Oh let me serve thee now!


These lines breathe the true spirit of
humble, fervent piety, and We cannot
doubt that the writer of them, was pre-
pared for the great change that awaits
us all. We hope too that Charlotte
Bronte did not always continue in sad
and depressed frame of mind, and that
she at last was able to go down into the
Valley of the shadow of Death, which
she dreaded so much, with composure and
with strong and lively confidence in the
promises of God.