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Year: 1869

THE SONGsOE THEEANV1L.


BY N. @. SHEPHERD.
Within the village snnithy


Right merrily 1 ring,
And under the stroke of the hammer
A tuneful song sing.
Red glows the wide-mouthed furnace,
The heaving bellows roar
You can hear their huge lungs painting
Outside the open door. 500
The smith is starlwart and mighty
He lifts his sledge on high, aa-
Then let it fall on the iron,
And the sparks all round him fly.
With a ready voice answer,
: And cheer him with my song: -
sing to him while he labors-
sing to him..all day long.
His arm is brawny ard powerful,
Its strength full well / know;
He strikes with an earnest purpose,
And heavily falls his blow.
The children stand in the doorway,
For they love to see Kim swing


,
His sledge across his Shoulders,
While cheerily Esing.
My voice goes out to the village;
You can hear it far away.
ASH cheer the smith in his labor
Through.all the live-long day.
With every blow from his hammer
An answering note sound,
That over again is repeated


Wherever an echo S found.
Oh, ye who are sorely smitten


By the iron hand of fate,
Abide your time in patience,


Ye have not long to wait.
oh, young man, eager and hopeful.
Oh, young man, valiant and strong,
When the blows fall fast and thickest
Make answer with a songl
Year: 1869

THE ruling passion was recently
exhibited in a remarkable manner,
on the occasion of a funeral An
old lady had lost her husband, and
on the day of the funeral her neigh.
bors were somewhat tardy in ap-
pearing at the solemnities. "Nab.
by" said she, 'shand me my knit
ting; I might as well he taking a
few stitches while the gathering is
taking place." ef.3 q.
Year: 1869

Mr.. Oakley Hall has consented TO assign pub
lie reasons for his refusal to execute the lease
of the Twenty -third-street Railroad franchise
and put the stipulated $15OOOO into the City
treasury. Here they are:


Bond in the sum OF $4,000 was demanded from him
i,diUddV, the amount OF his said bid which ne f
dirday declined 10 give. certificate signed by every
privilege and right OF his said bid upon payment OF said
(the Chamberlain being present, WAS rendered him.
bond and payment he Individually refused TO give and
make Said certificate is filed aud marked.


He claimed by counsel 10 have really made the bid for
the sO-called Twentythirdst. Railroad Company and
counsel exhibited assignment Of his bid made after
rendered, on behalf OF said company S5O0OO in currency,
and offered bond in behalf Of said socalled company
signed by George Law and John Kerr but the Commits
soner refused and declined TO recognize any bidder but
the individual one Sidney A. YeOmans) who, Individually,
on the day Of SALE signed memorandum OF bid and stated
that ne bid for himself or any tender except IN his
individual behalf or any bond, except for the perform
Tore aer some discussion, on motion OF the Mayor
0nded by the Chairman OF the Finance Committee OF
Board ] of assistant Ass, m a Aldermen II was unanimously


ssSagss tAs 3D. the s,@atio9 Of The co@mone
isETs o. & 1Rd that the sserets forthwith ne upon


Chairman Sinking Fund Commissioner sata


We venture to say that His Honor could
make more plausible plea than the above in
defense of a pickpOcket who was caught with
a stolen watch in his fist. The franchise was
sold by Oakley for. r.S150,0OO, according to law
mere was the buyer; here were those for whom
ne bought; here was the cash: why not take
tl What odds to the City that the real
buyer was an organization known as the
IWenty'thlrd-st. Railroad Company Does the
law prescribe that an individual must take the
franchisef Suppose the property sold was one
of our Old foul, rat-ravaged markets, and
Year: 1869

Earl Spencer, like tho loyal Lord Lieutenant
of Ireland that he is, determined TO keep the
last birthday of Queen Victoria rs the birth
day of such q good woman and royal lady
ought to be kept, especially in Ireland, which
has such good reasons for thinking her good
and royal The land is poor, Earl Spencer
thought, the people wrctched ground down by
taxes familiar with famine, fed full of oppres-
sion in nearly every form, loathing their rulers,
fleeing by thousands TO land of equal rights
from their own land where they have no rights
to anything but wTongs-how can the good
Earl Spencer but testify to the tender SYM
Dathy of Victoria mother of all her people,


Queen of Great Britain and Irelandi


Earl Spencer has a bright idea born of prac-
teal craftsmanship, and the famous good sense
Of the ideal Englishman. The Irish people
need help and sympathy, and this is the way
they get them. The Viceregal Lodge is illu-
minated, the drawing-room is fitted up as a
Chapter-room, a throne is placed in it for
Earl Spencer, and table in the middle
covered with blue cloth and with the Star
of the Most IllustIious Order of St.
Patrick embroidered upon it. The object
of all this splendOr is the Evestiture of Lord
NdlJblOlJ uuu i4olh OOolOlu as hHlHHbS VI llilb
famous order, and Sir Bernard Burke, Ulster
" King-at-Arms, is bound to conduct the cere-
"mOnial with n scrupulOus attention to every
minute detail of courtly form and etiquette,
" for which the Irish prince of heraldry is dis
" tnguished." And if We may believe The
Times, he carried out his purpose. There was
u banquet first of all Which wanted nothing to
its perfection but the gastronOmic presence of
an American Minister, the lack Of whose we'll
known speech was but tamely atOned for by
Sir Bernard Burke's grandiloquence. Perhaps,
however, he ate better than he spoke.
But the banquet was merely preliminary,
and Sir Burke was soon in the midst
of a scene where nature made him to shine.
The guests rose from the table and went to
the drawing-room, where the Countess Spencer
and brilliant assemblage of ladies' who had
been holding a sort of Soross with their tea
pots while the men were making for port,
awaited the Ceremonial Of Investiture, the tea
things having been cleared away. IN. B.-This
statement about the tea-things is made on our
own authority, but we suppose we are justified
in taking it for granted that though the Irish
people were starving round the YicereGal Lodge
Year: 1869

Once more, it is intimated, are we to have a
British Prince among us-the Prince to whom
is the name of Arthur. He is coming over to
take look at Canada, and to permit Canada
to take look at him. We mention thus early
that he may possibly visit New York, in order
that Aldermen of an inquiring turn of mind
may begin to calculate how much they can
make out of the steam boating, the barouche-
driving, the dinner-giving, and all the other
delights Gncluding, perhaps, a balD which the
presence of any illustrious stranger in this city
is always likely to occasion. Receptions" are
popular at the City Hall for obvious reasons.
If the King of the Cannibal Islands should
come here with a lot of man-meat in travel
ing ice-chest for his private table, probably he
would be asked by the Aldermen TO dinner
and, without question, he would have pro-
cession. We mean no disrespect to Prince
Arthur or any other Christian Prince by the
allusion-but that is the fact.
Year: 1869

Col. Hoagland, Special Agent of the Revenue
Department, was assaulted last Wednesday, in
Cincinnati, by three enraged tObaccOnists, whose
factories he had seized. AS general rule, we
think that justice should be tempered by mercy;
but no mercy should be shown to those who,
to the crime of defrauding the Government,
add the crime of murderousy assailng its faith
full officers. If the facts are as stated, the Gov
ernment should make an awful example of
these Cincinnati tobaccOnists. Otherwise, if
the officers of the Internal Revenue are to
pursue their work in bodily fear, we might as
well shut up the Treasury. The tendency of
the average taxpayer is to pay as little as
possible. Covert fraud have heretofore sufiiced
to cheat the Treasury out of many millions;
hut if the assessed mean to resort to knocking
down Treasury Agents. pretty stringent meas
uTes will be necessary.
Year: 1869

Our Washington dispatches announce the dis
coyery of stupendous whisky frauds in Balti-
more, in which all the Revenue officers, whose
duty it was to protect the Government, seem
to be involved. 1t is to be hoped that the
Government will not stop at the mere forfeit
ure of this enormous whisky mandatory,
and the dismissal of the unfaithful
and dishonest officials; but that all the guilty
parties will be criminally prosecuted to the ut
most extent of the statute. Fraudulent distil.
lers who have been permitted for any con-
siderable time to ply their nefarious traffic
can afford to have their establishments for
feited and still roll in luxury upon
their il-gotten gains but send a few of these
gentry to the State Prison and you strike ter
ror to the whole tribe. The same is true Of
corrupt officials. We have faith in the dispo-
sition and determination of Commissioner
Delano to purify the Revenue service, if he
shall find it possible to do so.
Year: 1869

We print in another column the letter of an
enthusiastic correspondent with regard to the
new Mineral Springs at Middletown, VT, of
whose healing efficacy such marvellous testimo-
uials are given. Our faith in perfectly pure
water, mountain air, and daily drives over
winding roads, through pleasant alterations of
forest and tillage, is so strong that we can
confidently recommend Middletown as a water
ing-place to those who prefer quiet to daily
gayety and nightly dissipation, even though
her Mineral Springs were unknown; but these
must add to her attractions and largely in
increase the number of her visitors.
Year: 1869

We record with pleasure even the attempt
TO maintain legislative industry and senatorial
Steadiness. While in Boston, last Wednesday,
the guns were going off and the colOrs were
flying, and Gen. Grant was arriving, and the
chorus was shouting, and the bells were ring
ing, and the people were rushing, and the
militia were deplOying, the Senate of Massa-
Ghusetts made desperate effort to take up
"the bill concerning the examination of wit
~nesses" Then the President visited the State
House, and the Senate took recess to shake
bands. Then it got together again, as q Senate.
and took up, with mild resignation, once more
Year: 1869

Mr.. Senator Casserly has been making an
elaborate speech in San Francisco against
allowing Chinese to work in this country. We
sincerely trust that those who have migrated
hither from the Old World, and been freely
admitted to every right and privilege of citi-
Eenship, will not combine to exclude those who
do not want to vote, asking only to be allowed
90 work
Year: 1869

Our reports show that two of the alleged
members of the Cuban Junta are either dead
or not to be found. Nevertheless, 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 government in the island is to be set
down dead, or merely non est inCentuS?
Year: 1869

Jobn Smith had bid it off, and, when he came
20 take title. he was found to have been act
ing for an incipient organization, VINO haq ce,
termined to tear down the old shell anu pui,u
on its site the finest market in America-wouid
the Mayor have refused to take the cash ana
make title to that company If not what
figure does he cut in this Railroad business.


We are confident that he has not given his
real reason, and that, by one juggle or another
the City is bound to lose the greater part OF
the $4,000 and that the Mayor knows who is
to make it.
Year: 1869

At an informal meeting of the NJ. 8. A. B.
B. Players, held May 18th, the gentlemen rep
resentng the Eon, Androscoggin, Athletic and
Bowdoln clubs feeling that the Silver Ball
had not accomplished the object for which it
was created, but had hurt rather than helped
the base ball interest in the State, recommend
ed that the ball be played for in Tournament,
to be held in Brunswick, July 9th and 9th, the
club winning the ball to hold undisputed pos
session of the same, and the Secretary of the
Association was instructed to write each club
In the association for their approval Of this fin
ai disposition of the ball. And in order to set
Tie the disputed question as to which club was
emitted to the championship of last season,
she secretary was instructed to get the opin-
ion OF each club in the association as to the
championship of 1868. The Secretary accord
ingly wrote to nine of the ten clubs, and has
received answers as follows: The Athletic
Cushnoc, Crescent and Eon clubs regard the
Eon club as still champions The Androscog-
gin and Bowdoin clubs consider the Andros-
coggin club as entitled to the ball. The Nor
way boys not voting on the question, and the
Pine Tree and Ursa Major clubs not having
been heard from All of the above clubs heard
Il


from voted to wind up all matches for the
championship and silver ball at Tournament
to be held July 9th and 9th, but are equally d.
vided as to holding it in Portland or Bruins
wick. Since the meeting on May 18th, the
Secretary of the Association has seen the City
Committee on the 4th of July celebration, and
they have authorized him to say that cash
prize of not less than seventy-five dollars will
be given to the second club in the Tournament
provided it is played in Portland. The Secre
tary is in hopes to be able to offer third prize
In cash also. This will, without doubt, decide
the clubs to play in Portland. II the club
will please consider this an official notice o
the vote of the association, and if those club
voting to play in Brunswick will please inform
the Secretary of any change in their vote, h
will be obliged to them and announce the de
cision as soon as received. The Secretary will
consider it favor if the clubs entering for thu
Tournament will inform him of the fact a
once. ANDREW GEyER,
| Gaoro+arv ,,rn fop,
Year: 1869

Ill BREEDNG.-A most noticeable example
of ill-breeding was witnessed at Evergreen
Cemetery Saturday afternoon. A party Of
three or four young women and young men
collected just behind the speakers stand, and
all through the exercises kept up constant
tittering and talking in loud tone of voice SO
as to materially disturb not only the speakers
but also the large concourse of spectators who
were desirous of listening to the services. 1t
is bad enough for people to be disturbed at con-
certs and lectures by these chattsring pests
but it does seem as if they might exhibit some
sso,o of reverence over the graves OF the dead
even if they do not feel IL in their hearts.
Year: 1869

A VERY large number of people were at
tracted to Evergreen Cemetery yesterday by
the beautiful wreaths and by the desire to see
the decorated graves of the soldiers. Hun
dreds wandered among the shaded paths of the
eautiful silent city," which was never more


attractive than it is now. Extra cars were put
on and came and went loaded with passengers.
Year: 1869

The ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF WHIsKEy


The New York Times is disposed to regard
the advance in the price of whiskey as an indi-
cation of a more vigorous enforcement of the
revenue law by the new appointees of that
branch of the service than his hitherto pre-
vailed. At the ruling price for that article
distillers can afford to pay every cent of the
tax, and still make handsome profit; SO that
the staple excuse of low prices in extenuation
oftraud-never, of course. any justification or
palliation for an evasion of law-no longer ex-
lists -
Year: 1869

WE understand that $1,000 is to be spent in
improving Deering Hail. 1t needs it bad
en- 1ugh, and ten times that sum could be spent
to advantage. Nevertheless, let us be thank
full for what good this sum may achieve and
trust it will be followed by more.
Year: 1869

an Englishman and belonging to the barque
Brunswick, got into row i'll drinking saloon
on Fore street, on Saturday night According
to his story. he went into this groggery along
with man who was an old chum OF his when
they both belonged to the 18th Maine Regi-
ment to get drink While there his friend
and another man got into fight, and he step.
ped in to part them when the strange man
pitched into him, got him down and chewed
his nose badly. He got away into the street
when the police took him up to the station
house and went for the other parties, but they
had left. All three concerned, as near as car
be ascertained were pretty drunk
Year: 1869

"OuR NEW WEST. The new book With the
above title which we noticed several days
ago, is now ready for delivery to the subscri-
bers. We hope the lady who is canvassinc
this field will have the success which the ex.
cellence of the work deserves.
Year: 1869

expectations excited the host of the Bryant's
Pond House and all the hangers-on, of what
the next days fishing should achieve. The
wind continued till sunset. We lay awhile in
a sheltered place on the east shore and got an
Insignificant nibble or two from some con-
temptible perch, but that was all.


The next morning was lovely. The scow
glided away at the least propulsion of the pad


dies. The steep mountain side fairly glittered
ia the morning light and tho poplars seemed
to have turned to FURNISHED silver We found
our place noiselessly under the mountain. The
anchor slipped to the bottom as if through
soap, and our lines trailed along the smooth
water. Not favorable condition 6f sky or
wind or water or hour were wanting, only
1 the trout had not recovered from the fright of
the day before. We sat and held our rods
across our knees, then rested them over the
gunwales of the scow, moved them up and
down, flung them well out into the lake, and
trailed them into the black holes about the
rocks No trouts, no bites. We only heard the


lap lap of the water against the boats bottom,


the rustling of a careful yellow-bird among the
dry brakes on the shore, the h0oting OF an


unseen loon, the clear outcry to his cattle OF


farmer ploughing on tie north side of the lake,


and about once an hour the screaming, throb-
blng and laundering of a locomotive with a
freight train up or down the rail way. Still


let it be added to the glory of the Husband


man that he caught little perch


The afternoon train of that day took us home,


fishless but satisfied, having found health and
pleasure in the mild spring air, and fixed in


the memory forever sweet picture of lovely


lake embosomed among green hills and smiled
upon by blue skies, and charmed with the lone
| ly cries of water fowls and the stirring refrain


of the song sparrow. Nothing could daunt the


courage or hopefulness of the Husbandman


whom we left on the ground still piscat ORALLY
inclined. The travellers ON the Grand Trunk


for many days to come, casting their eyes west


ward from the Bryants Pond station, may dis


cover venerable figure crowned in the rescu-


ed white hat and robed in buffalo coat, sit


ting majestically in the bows of a flat boat, an


chored under the shadow of the mountain "a


gentleman of the old school, waiting for that


old school of trout he caught six years ago te
! come again to his hook. T.
Year: 1869

WHrsRY CREEK, July 18th, 1869.


Editor Courier -Strolling up this Greek
a short while since was much struck with
the contrast as TO what it now is and what it
was few years ago Above Renner's every
thing appears to have gone to the 'Demnition
Bow Vows. and what few live there are
going also On the head of this creek there
is large extent of comparatively unex-
plored country where / have no doubt gold
Ia paying quantities exists. On the head Of
Spring Creek and its tributaries there is a
large scope of country, large enough to give
claim to o-every idle man in the county and
some to spare; and l believe all of it will
pay better than scratching around old dig
gings that have been worked to DEATH
Water is abundant and good, so branch out
miners, prospect and recuperate in the
mountains. On Mad Mule Messrs Bang
hart Hall are driving two tunnels on their
quartz claim, and judging from specimens
exhibited | have no hesitation in saving
they have found the place where that heavy
gold was manufactured. They deserve well,
IT pluck and enterprise count for anything
They have large mortar, and the ingenious
manner in which it is fixed render it equal
to small mill. They frequently find seams
of rock that will pay big to crush and it is
reported that they have taken out as high as
5000 to the pan.


On Clear Greek above here miners are
doing well. shedd is piping off West Point
and making one half an ounce per day.
Canada's claim is reported as paying about
Sc; Harrison, Smith & Co., have each a
long line of creek aumed, and are doing
well. The Celestials are also pitching in
and making as they say. six bittee one
day" | never heard Chinaman say his
claim paid much more. &.
Year: 1869

It's my heart, my heart


TO be out in the sun and sing;
TO sing and shout in the fields about,
In the balm and the blossoming.
Sing loud. o bird in the tree!
o Bird sing loud in the sky;
And honey bees blackcn the clover beds
There arc none of you as glad rs I.
Tho leaves laugh low in tic wind,
Laugh low with the wind at play;
And the odorous call Of the flowers all
Enticcs my soul away.
For o but the world is fair, is fair,
And O but the world is sweet
! will out in the gold of the blossoming


mold


And sit at the Masters feet.
And the love my heart would speak
l will fold in the lilly's rim
That the lips Of the blossom, more pure and


meek,


May offer il up to Him.
Then sing in tho hcdgcrow green, o thrush
o skylark, sing in the bluc
Sing loud, sing clear that the King may


hear,


And my soul shall sing with you.
Year: 1869

The ARCH MISUNDERSTANDING the
many who went out Of office with AM
drew Johnson, and retired to private
life, there is one whose disappearance
from the public stage will not excite n
regret in the breast of any human being
but himself. He has rcigned long and
wlckedly from tho beginning TO the
CLOSE. Ho shone like Luc,fer through.
out his career endowed with tho same
great genrns for mischief; with arch
subtlety, and mind without sonl, like
Lucifer, he has fallen mover to rise gain.
Far back in the past we find him stirr-
ing shrewdly the embers o. sectional
strife. Twas his to invent The diabol-
cal doctrine Of the irreprcssiblc conflict, .
and his was the master hand that guild
ed in all it's stages, and down through
sea OF blood to its final and fixed in
augnration rs a principle Of the Govern.
ment. He gloated over tho dreadful
strife with soulless satisfaction, and at
no period Of the carnage among his
conntrymen did he discover the first
evidence Of feeling or regret.


Pile up the dead in betaccmbs to the
skies was his ever ready answer to
appeals for peace. Down with the
Constitution, and open be the prison
doors to all who refuse 10 worship at the
same bloody shrine.


Such, in brief is William H. Seward,
the crattiest, meanest, most sonlless ard
trcacherous OF his race. He has cursed
his country through whole generation ;
and it will curse and execrate him till
"the last syllable Of recorded time"
Year: 1869

PRosPEcTs FOR SUGAR.-The Baton
Rouge (La.) Advocate says "Steady
and quietly is the advance of small
farmers into tho cultivation of cane.


La few years the country between
the Amite and Mississippi rivers will
produce. an aggregate of thousands of
hogsheads, all the result os the enter.
prise and industry of the small farm
ers on small tracts Of land. Scatter
cd around at intervals, at the present
time are places with twenty, thirty
and forty acres of cane planted. =
These will yield an average of from
twenty to sixty hogsheads of sugar
next fall, and bring great profit to the
oultivators. The true policy of every
farmer, on the high lands or low lands
is to "get in" some portion of his
land in sugar cane. If not grown to
be manufactured into sugar and mo-
lasses, the product always bears high
prices, and tho cane is fine food for
stock. In another year there should
not bo one open cultivatable place in
East Louisiana upon which a moro
or less quantity Of cane is not grow
ing"
Year: 1869

A Washington telegram of the 23d says
" The Secretary Of the Treasury will soon
order IN investigation into the charges
against General Butterfeid, in connection
with the gold panic, in such manner as