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Year: 1872

voice in behalf of thorough and impair
tial inquiry in order to find the real causes
of disorder in the South? The greatest
organ OF your party proclaims Governor
Scott himself forger Of more than six
millions of bonds. He is said to be inves-
ting large sums at Napoleon, Ohio, where
his home in reality is, and where he ex-
poets to retire when he is fully gorged
with plunder. He went to South Carroll
ma for pilage and .rapine, ard will soon re-
turn with his spoils. Your policy emana-
ting from here made him Governor. The
virtue and talent of the State were pro-
scribed by your laws Abiding to the
condition of South Carolina few weeks
since, one Of her citizens (Senator Sawyer)
in the other branch of Congress used the
following strong language:


1t is due to the circumstance that this
large number of men in the Southern
States were shut.out from the possibility
of holding State and Federal Offices that
we have had so many abuses in the local
government of those States 1t is due to
that circumstance that in the State which
| have the honor in part to represent on
this floor we have to-day State Govern
ment which is a disgrace to civilization.
It is due to those disabilities, and to those
disabilities only, that we hadsnot an am
pie field from which to select honest, ca
pable men for our local public offices, men
who would have made faithful officers,
and who would have \been in complete
harmony with the National 'Administra-
tion and the great Republican party on
questions of public policy. Instead of
that what do we see to-day?- A specta-
Gle alike disgraceful to the Republican
party, under whose banner and in whose
name gross abuses have been perpetrated,
and to.the'men who have thus stained its
honor and yet Senators desire us to con-
tinue system which has been fruitful of
such results"


This was spoken by.a leader of the Re-
publican party, and call upon those who
may regard my statements as overdrawn
to carefully consider and weigh his testi-
mony; He deliberately pronounces the
Republican State Government of South
Carolina "a disgrace to tocivilization y There
she stands, the result of your own handi-
work, bankrupt in money, ready to plunge
into the dismal gulf of Reputation, ruin
ed in credit, her bonds hawkedin the mar
kets for sale in vain at ten cents on the
dollar, her prosperity blighted at home
and abroad; without peace, happiness, or
hope; and all her liberties stolen as well
as her material substances. There she
stands, with her'skeleton frame and with
cred death's-head, admonishing all the
world of the loathsome consequences Of
government fashioned in. hate and fanati-
cism, and founded upon the ignorant and
the vicious classes of mankind. Her sins
may have been many and deep. and of the
color Of scarlet, yet they will become as
white as wool IN comparison with those
that have been .committed.against her in
the hour of her helplcssncsc and distress.
Year: 1872

"IIive for somethingp' Life is the di-
vinest of Heavens gifts to man, and
something divine should begot out of it.
Put upon the model of the divine, and
endowed with such God-ike capabilities
and powers how inappreciably grand are
life's possibilities in the way of achieve
ment for earth and heaven


In the order of Providence, life's min
.istgy is indeed lofty and sublime. Eve
ry man and every woman has his or her
particular assignment in the duties and
responsibilities of daily life. We are in
the world to make the world better; to
lift it up to higher SUBMITS of happi.
ness and progress; to make its hearts
and homes brighter aud happier, by de-
voting to our followers our best thoughts
and activities. It is the motto of every
true heart, and the genius of every no.
BILE life, that "no man liveth to himself"
lives chiefly for his own selfish good. By
a Law of our intellectual and moral bo-
ing, we promote our own happiness m
the exact proportion we contribute to the
enjoyment of others. Nothing worthy
oil The. name of happiness is possible in!
tie experience Of those who live only
for themselves, all oblivious of the well
fare of their fellows. That only is the
truo philosophy which recognizes and
works out the principle in daily action,
that
Year: 1872

But to improve ourselves, and serve


mankind"


But to live for something, involves the
necessity of an intelligent and definite
plan of action. More than splendid dream
ing, or even magnificent resolves, is nee.
essary to success in the objects and am
bitions of life. Men come to the best re-
suits in every department Of effort, only
as they thoughtfully plan, and earnestly
toll in given directions. Those who have
t, mRRe IF WpnRfk aGGnppbiE@edar ppbiE@dr Ii rfo w0r1
have always, in every age, and among
all people, done so by.employing. a we'll
defined purpose i'll earnest, living action.
The reason that thousands fail in their
work of life, is the want ola specific plan
in laying ont their energies; they work
hard for nothing, because their is no &C
tual result possible to their mode of ac-
ton. The means are not adjusted TO the
end; hence, failure is the inevitable re-
suit.


Live for something definite and prac-
teal. Take hold of things with method
and will and they must yield to you,
and become the ministers of your own
happiness and that of others. Nothing
within the realm of the possible can with
stand the man or woman who is intelli-
gently and deterlninedly bent OH sue
cess. A great action is always preceded
by great purpose. History and daily
life are full of examples to show us that
the measure Of human achievement has
always been proportioned to the amount
of human daring and doing. If not al
ways, yet at least often,
Year: 1872

For the REGISTER.


Nix. EDITOR Since the discussion of
the Presidential question, must be the
order of the day for awhile have deemed
it proper to offer few thoughts for the
consideration of yourself and others, aud
trust some one more competent than my
self will make the matter so clear that no
one can longer doubt as to his duty in
voting next November


President Grant has done well in many
things, perhaps as well as any man
could have done But how was it when
Thomas Murphey's conduct had been SO
thoroughly Investigated that he thought
best to resign; and the President sent
him that euogistc letter Of acceptance
How does it happen that the President
keeps his brother-in-law so long in Office,
in New Orleans, after so much official
corruption there has been shown?


BY what authority, or on what ground
Of moral right, are the Cabinet officcrs,at
salaries Of five or six thousand dollars
per year, employed two or three months
in eectioneerng for the reelection Of
President Grant, while the people must
pay these salaries, and pay for assistants
during said time? And since there is
no law to tax clerks in the different de-
partments, by what right do their superb
ors present claims Of So to SO, virtually
saying to the clerks, you must pay so
much for this campaign, or lose your
place. Is it right to tax the people in
the ways named three or four million
dollars, to re-elect man to the office of
President? For one, think not


Now few words as to the other can.
didate, MIR. Greeley probably stands as
high as an Editor OF newspaper, as any
man in the country. And in that posi-
tion he has probably received as much
honor as he can in any other position.
He has been charged with crooking about
some during the rebellion, which brings
to my mind an anecdote heard some
twenty-five years ago, and which was as
follows: A minister called on man
who was in the habit of telling large sto-
ries, to reprove him tor it, The man
says,-"I know | tell large stories, some-
times, but | will tell you one that IS a
fact, truth. sir. | went into the woods
one day and saw beech log, rolling and
tumbling, and taking on bitterly l ask
ed the log what allied it? And it spake
right out and said it was so crooked it
couldn't lay still That is fact truth
SIR"


Said the minister, you know that is
not true" Well, says the other, 81 will
tell you one that is true, fact truth,
sir. went into the woods one day in
the Spring, and saw two great black
snakes. They got fighting, and fit and
fit and fit, and then one got 'tothers tail
in his mouth, and 'tother got that ones
tail in his mouth, and both began to swal-
Ter, and they kept on swallerng, till both
were swallered up, and couldn't see any
thing Of either Of them; that's fact
truth sir" The minister then left


If anyone thinks Mr.. Greeley has been
so crooked while trying for different Off
ces, that he could not lay still, car they
blame him And if, after fighting the
modern Democrats so long and severely,
they wind off by swallowing each other
Who can say that each does not have a
hard dose? And who can think strange
it the invisible parties have the gripes
some? QUERIsr.


Cornwall, W., Sept. 1872
Year: 1872

A FALSE STATEMENT e CoNrRADIcTED.-
At reunion OF Grand Army Posts held
at Arlington, last Thursday, Col. Sibley,
Department Commander of Massachu-
setts, called the attention of members to
communication which recently appear
ed in Boston newspaper, purporting to
have been written by a member of the
Order, and asserting that the Grand Ar
my was a political organization. This
statement he pronounced false, and ven
tured the assertion that the writer of the
article was not member of the Grand
Army. He furthermore announced that
the organization was not political one,
and any Post taking part in politics would
forfeit its charter.
Year: 1872

1t is said that there is lack OF har-
mony between the Democratic and Liber-
al Committees in New York, growing out
of differences Of opinion in the matter of
the expenditure of the campaign funds
The Democrats insist that no more
STAMPS" shall be wasted on ex-Republi-
can dead beats. They see no possible
chance of getting their money back.
Year: 1872

A tradesman, who had failed in the
city of Bangor, wrote on his front door .
Payment suspended for thirty days"
A neighbor reading this said "You have
not dated the notice" "No," said he,
al do not intend to do so it would run
out if l did"
Year: 1872

A PRAoTIoAL JoKE.-Brick Pomeroy
perpetrated practical joke on Matt
Carpenter on his way to Louisville last
week. Brick and his crowd Of ten or
fifteen stopped at the Burnet House, in
Cincinnati, for breakfast. While there
he met Carpenter The hotel bill was
eight or niue dollars, and as he left the
hotel he told the clerk to charge it to
Matt. Carpenter, which was done Brick
then sent word to Carpenter that he had
been accused of travelling at Grants ex.
pense, and this was the first chance he
had of doing it. Carpenter, he said,
could draw on Washington for the money
Carpenter enjoyed the joke and paid the
bill, but said he didn't believe he would
ever get his money back
Year: 1872

Vashtugton Correspondence df tho Cincinnati


There is q remarkable dog belonging
to one Of the steam fire engine com
panies in this city. The engine house
10 on Capitol Hill, and the company is
noted for being one of the prompest,
quickest and most effective in the coun-
try. The members are sober, peacea-
BILE, and very attentive to their duties.
The engine is as clean and shiny as q
new watch, and q cleaner lot of horses
harnesses and general equipments were
never seen. The engine company is
also celebrated for their dog. He is OF
the Newfoundland breed, large and
heavy built. His coat is full and
shaggy and of q very dark brown.
The face of the dog is
amiable as Venus, his jaws are large
and powerful, and his teeth sharp and
long. Whenever an alarm of fire is
sounded the dog listens attentively for
q moment until the number of bells in
dicates the locality; he Iushes, bark
ing furiously, to the stable of the
horses, which is the basement of the
engine house, and by the time he gets
there the horses are out, and he takes
his position at their head and runs to
the engine. The fire has been lighted
in the meantime, and in less than three
minutes the engine is rushing through
the streets as if hell had
broken loose. What is wonderful
about the dog is, that the instant the
driver mounts his seat and takes the
reins in his hands the dog starts of at
fearful pace in the direction of the
fire, barking loudly and keeping time
with the bell of the engine, giving a
bark for every stroke of the bell. How
the dog knows where the fire is has
been for months a mystery 20 me. The
horses are close behind him, and seem
to follow him. He turns corners, avoids
the tracks of street cars, and leads the
way, indeed, to the scene of the fire.
Can it he possible that the dog knows
the system of alarms in this city7
Year: 1872

Among the brief items of news from
Japan by the last steamer was the
statement that the Mikado had had his
photograph taken, and that the picture
was selling for fifty cents copy. This
may seem an insignificant bit of intel
ligence, but it means a great deal in
Japan, where taking any drawing, linn
ming, sculpture, or other p, rtrait Of
the Son of Heaven had been punisha-
bic with death. For centuries untold
the Mikatlo, as divine being, has been
exempt from sitting for his portrait:
and when, few months ago, q cunning
German artist succeeded in getting =
negative of great public ceremonial
in which the Mikado figured, great
panic ensued the kingdom was turned
upside down, and no peace was had
until every copy of tho picture, and
the negative itself, in which the i'm
perial face was no larger than a'pin a
head, was destroyed. But now the
Mikado's photograph sells for fifty
cents. Exit, imperialism!
Year: 1872

Poor Lady Burdett Coutts! She has an
income of about two hundred thousand
pounds ster!in er annum, and iear she
finds it very inconvenient. l was told
that recently q certain bishop, with whom
s',e had been acquainted for many years,
applied to her for money to help build a
church: She had 80 much confidence in
the bishop that she signed blank check
and gave it to him. She had no doubt
that ho would fill it up with u much 10
two or perhaps three thousand pounds


The bishop filled it up vita thirty thousand,
and that was the last money. or the last
word that he ever got from Lady Burde.t-
Coutts.-M. d. Conway.
Year: 1872

The fundamental prerequisite in all
teaching is that tho teacher should
gain the confidence of the taught
Paradoxical as IL may seem, the surest
way to gain the confidence is to be al.
ways ready frankly and freely to ad.
nit ignorance whenever the teacher
is conscious that he does not know the
point in question. No more fatal
error can be committed than to pre-.
tend knowledge or to answer vaguely.
Any form of deceit once discovered by
the pupil at once breaks The tacit com
pact between the parties, and teaches
the pupil distrust--the very worst les.
son that can ever be taught, aN


Tho first thing in teaching, after
securing the confidence of the pupil, is
to get bis attention. The best way to
do this, perhaps, is 10 appeal as largo
ly as possible to the natural fondness
Of the human mind for novelty. Ere.
quent changes of the form in which
questions are put and answered, ideas
thrust artfully into the dry mechanism
of the special study, the illustration of
the skeleton outlines of trutb bv tho
presentation of picturesque examples
ireouept attempis 10 relieve. bv easy
natural talk the mere business of re
citation. constitute some of the modes
by which variety NAV be attained -
Even repetition. that absolutely essen.
tial feature of ali thorough instruction.
may be made interesting by tho ingcn.
uity with which the teacher NAV seek
to prevent il from becoming tedious
One of the easiest modes Of exciting
attention and awakening interest is TO
encourage the questions pertinent TO
the matter in hand. In no way. per.
haps, is the true knowledge which the
pupil has gained of the subject better
shown than by the questions he puts
and the manner in which be puts them.
No time, be sure, is lost in this bust.
ness of replying to earnest questions,
They may be answered in various
ways, in regard to which the teacher
must exercise his discretion.


Tho next great aim of the teacher
Year: 1872

Move with the multitude in the
common walks Of life, and you will
be unnoticed in the throng; but break
from Them, pursue . different path,
and every eye, perhaps with approval,
will bo turned towards you. '-miql. b.
Year: 1872

ILLUSTRATIVE OF MAN--The follow.
ing incident may not be considered


much in itself, and yet 1t is not only,
beyond q doubt, one of the many little
things which make up the sum total
Of the mans existence to whom it re.
fers, but immense in meanncss.


A poor woman went TO the wood
market TO buy load Of wood. The
owner Of the only load for sale asked
1915 for IL. She had but SO go, which
be took, whilc she went to hunt up
the fifteen cents wanting. She soon
returned with the money, but mean
time the wooden hearted wood dealer
had found four dollar customer, and
sold him the poor woman's load OF
wood-for IL was hers in both law and
fact-and gave her back her money.
She had not stick of wood in the
house and worked an entire week, at
washing, to buy a load. We almost
wish that wo were believers in ma.
terial hell, so that we could have the
satisfaction Of thinking that when that
animated flint died he would 90 where
they heat up with something more
warming than blue beech Girard
Cosm0poiite.
Year: 1872

BY TELEGRAPH.


THE LATEST FROM MEXICO
ACTION OF THE TEXANS
DISASTROUS STEAMBOAT EXPLOSION
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE
THE PASSIVE POLICY IN new YORK
SUCCESSFUL STRIKE
EXPLOSION OF A COAL-TUG
CONVICTION or o'coNoR
NATIONAL COLORED CONVENTION
FRESHET IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
Failure Under the EXhadti0n Treaty
Proceedings of Congress
Year: 1872

AS ROMANTIC AS A DIME NOVEL;
A Boston woman, who had long been
given up for dead by all who were dear to
her, lately appeared, "the ghost Of her
former SELF" to those who had thought
never to see her again. She told story of
strange and horrible suffering. More than
score Of years ago she had sailed, young
girl Of Is, with her missionary husband for
"India's coral strand" The vessel was
wrecked on the Arabian coast and all on
board perished save her husband and
herself. He was preserved only to fall a
victim to Arab cruelty and she to Arab
slavery. While her beauty lasted she was
the favorite wife of the most powerful
chief in the South Arabian desert, but
when that waned she fell from her "bad
cmincnce,o and was transferred to the
harem of an inferior sheik. And so she
lived, praying for death, but not daring to
die, till banded from one barbarian to an
other, she, Boston lady in whose veins
flowed the purest Puritan blood, found her.
self the wife of an Arabian water-carrier.
From his power an American ira Teler freed
her and provided her with the means to
reach home.
Year: 1872

IF you would be healthy, beware of the water,
Each person who drinks il is marked for the


slaughter; .as.
In milk, or in punches, some water is good,
(And it may be useful for cooking our food;
But water at present, is sure to Kerfiummix,
All persons who take it inside of their stomacl,s
All those who desire health without fail,
Should drink WIN EuKERs bottled PORTER Asp


ALE st 910 Main Street
Year: 1872




London, April 1.-THE case of O'Con-
or, the assailant of the Queen, came up
in the Old Bailey this morning. The
prisoner made an Intellectual attempt to
withdraw the plea of guilty to the charge
Of assaulting Her Majesty, with rnitiga-
ton on the ground of insanity.


A jury was empannelled to enquire in
to the mental condition of the prisoner.
The jury, after hearing all the evidence,
was satisfied with the sanity of the prisoner,
and brought in verdict of guilty.


O'Conor was then sentenced to be inn
prisoned for twelve months at hard labor
and to receive twenty lashes.


The French transatlantic Telegraph
company have concluded contract for the
laying of the fourth line of telegraphic
cable between Europe and America.
The prospecters of the American Attain
tic Telegraph Company arc proposing to
lay q cable from Milford Haven, on the
coast of Wales, to Rye Beach, N. H.,
direct,
Year: 1872

IL is always in order to complain that the
streets are dirtier now than ever before, and
the cry has become so common that contractors
have grown needless of it. Various circum-
stances, however warrant the cry in earnest
just now, and Mr.. Brown indeed appears hope
fully affected by it. The Health Board, on
Thursday, declared that the filth of the streets
invited epidemic; the Street Commissioners
declare the work of the contractor unfulhlled,
and talk of repudiating the contract. The fact
that the streets are uncommonly dirty is unde-
niable and very deplorable, but it seems to us
that the city authorities are not going to work
exactly in the proper way to remedy the evil.
Neither denunciation Of the contractor by this
Board nor reputation of the contract by that
will relieve us Of nuisance which, in a few
days more of hot weather, may become an
alarming danger.


Our municipal rulers, who appear to be in a
muddle on this question, may find remedy
for the trouble by rejecting on the manner
in which we have gotten into it. An un-
usually hard Winter, with much snow and
ice, left the streets in many localities almost
impossible. This was a natural cause, which,
to be sure prevailed in former years, but
there was remedy then which was missing
last Winter. Under the mysterious system of
Tammany rule it was held that the streets
could not be cleaned in Winter, and the con-
tract of Mr.. Brown, made with Tweed, re-
quires that the work be done only from April
to October. But under Tammany provision


was made j" for the removal OF ice and snow"
as it formed and FELL of course at additional
expense. One result of the disruption which


of necessity followed Reform was that no pro-
vision was made for this work. and Con-


tractor Brown, going to work on April 1, found
he had to remove all of Winters accumu-


lation of dirt which the sun had left.


Further confusion Of municipal affairs lett


Brown without inspection either by the Police


or Health Board, so that it is highly probable
he did not do his work as thoroughly as he might


have done it; and he was left also without pay
so that it is Just as probable as not that he
had neither means nor credit to continue the
little work he was doing. And here lies, after


all, the secret of the whole difficulty. No con-


tractor need be expected to do his work


thoroughly and promptly without being watched,
and cannot in reason he required 10 do IL with-


out being paid 1t is of less consequence really


what amount is paid for clean streets than


that we get them. Citizens would no more be-


grudge the money paid for keeping the streets


clean than they do for Identifying and main
tanning Central Park, if only The work were
thoroughly done. Street cleaning Is
Year: 1872

sanitary. not q financial measure, the cost Of
which ought not to be considered primarily
and it is one for the supervision of the
Health and Police Boards, nos' the considera-
ton of the Controller or Common Council or
a nOndescrpt Board Of Street Commissioners,
invented solely to manufacture offices. The
responsibility for the street cleaning has been
too long divided among great many officials,
and the inspection has never been az lax az
now. If we are to have clean streets, we must
pay well and be hard taskmasters.


As to the present emergency, the positively
dangerous condition of the streets demands
immediate action. Browns men are in revolt
for lack of pay, and any day the work the
contractor is doing may stop. The Street
Commissioners and their lawyers debate the
right to cancel the contract, which more than
ever ought to be rigidly enforced or at once
repudiated. What should be done at this time
is to take all such laborers from the Public
W0rks and Parks as can be spared, and put
them upon the streets. Legislate and adjudi-
cate with Brown when the danger is over. In
an emergency such as now presents itself, this
is what a strong Government having the gen
eral safety at heart would do without hesita-
tion or calculation of the nicer proprieties OF
the art