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Year: 1871

These were the three vital objec.
tions to the treaty. Mr.. Sumner en-.
larged, indeed, upon the prolonga-
ton of the war, the destruction OF
our commerce, the expense of the
blockade, as prodigious items, the
amount Of which might be computed
at the Navy Department; and he
said that it would be for wise states.
manship to determine how this fear
ful accumulation should be removed
out OF eight. These were what were
called at tho time consequential
damages. This is always liability,
IN our judgment, not to be discharg-
ed in money, but in some other way.
The Reverdy johnson treaty was re-
jected by the Senate, as it had al
ready been by the country; and now
the Treaty of Washington has been
negotiated amidst universal congrat-
ulation, and the Sen te gladly rati-
fed what the country had warmly
approved. Honorable concessions
have been made upon both sides.
Yet 1t will be seen that the substan-
tlal points for which Mr.. Sumner
contended have been gained. Very
possibly not so much has been OBJ
tanned in his own direction as he
might desire. But those who think
him factious and selfish in his hostil-
ity to the administration should GER
tainly remark tina: although he Of
tered an amendment to the treaty to
avoid the very objection which has
since been raised in regard to the IN
depreciation of rule of Law, get he
forbore to press it to the possible
disadvantage of the settlement In
opening the way to amendments;
and so III no manner did he with
stand the signal triumph Of the ad.
ministration.


The Treaty of Washington speaks
the word Of regret, treats the claims
question as national, and lays down
rules Of international law tor the fu-
ture, thus satisfying the cardinal con-
ditions Of proper treaty as Mr..
Sumner had stated them. He doubt
less wishes that there might have
been provision, for instance, for the
safety of private property at sea.
Nor is il at all improbable that, in
view ot such a concession, the mere
money question, whether of amounts
computed at the Navy Department
or elsewhere, would seem to him
comparatively unimportant. But it
the Commissioners had been guided
by his speech as by a chart laying
down the currents and soundings Of
American sentiment, they could
hardly have steered more sagacious.
ly; and certainly it may be asked
with great force whether the United
States would probably have obtained
settlement so satisfactory except
for the powerful presentation Of
their case made by Mr.. Sumner
which was so cordially and generally
sustained by the American people
1t showed our English friends exact
ly the depth and the character and
the reason OF our feeling; and in this
as in SO many other famous instances
the bold way was the best way.
Year: 1871




l heard last night Of the grand review
In Washingtsn's chiefest avenue
Two hundred thousand men in blue


think they said was the number
Till seemed to hear their tramping feet
The bugle's blast and the drum squick beat
The clatter of hosfs in the stony street,
The cheers OF the people who came to greet
And the thousand details that to repeat
Would only my verse cucumber
Till fell in reverie sad and sweet,
4 And then to o ftful slumber.
When, 10 /! in a vision seemed to stand,
In lonely Capital. On each hand
Far stretched the portico, dim and grand
It's columns ranged like martial band
Of sheeied spectres, whom some command
Hath called to the last reviewing
And the streets Of the city were white ant
bare,


No football echoed along the square,
But out Of the misty midnight air
I heard in the distance a trumpet blare.
And the wandering nights winds seemed K
bear
The spund Of far tattooing
Then held my breath in fear and dread,
For into The squars with brazen tread
There rsde figure, whose stately head
OerlDked the review that morning.
1t never bowed from its firm set seat
When The living columns passed at his feet,
Yet now rode stately up the street


To thephaatoms bugle warning!
Till it reached the Capitol square and


Wheeled,
And in he moonlight stood re 3ealed
A we'll -lnewa form that in state aud field
Had I'D our patriot sires.
Whose flee was turned to the sleeping camp
Afar Though the rivers fog and damp
That showed no flicker nor waning lamp,


Nor Wasted bivouac fires
And saw o phan tom army come,
With ntver souni Of fife and drum,
But KEEP time to a throbbing hum


or Willing and lamentasi n!
The maityred heroes of Melvern Hill,
OF Gett! and Charlottesville;
The mei whose wasted figures fill


The patriot graves Of the nation.
And thsre came the nameless dead, the men
Who psished in fever, swamp and fen,
The slowly starved Of the prison pen!


Aud marching beside the others,
Came thc dusky martyrs of Pillows fight,
With limbs enfranchised and bearing


bright;
l thousht-perhaps twas the pale moon.


light


They locked as white as their brothers.
Aud SO, all night, marched the nation 8


dead.


With never a banner above them spread,
Nor badge, nor motto brandished!
No mark-save the bare uncovered head


OF the silent bronze reviewer
With never an arch save the vaulted sky,
With never a flower save those that lie
On the distant gravss-for love could buy
No gift that was purer or tIuer.
So all the night long swept the strange ar


ray,


So all night long till the morning gray
| watched for one that had passed away,


With reyerent awe and wonder
Till a blue cap waved in the length'ning


line,


AID knew that one who was kin of mine
Had come and l spake-and, 10 that sign
Awakened me from my slumber.
Year: 1871

AFFAIIi~ IN SANIPSON-A letter from
friend at Clinton informs us that all is
now quiet i'll Sampson county. There have
been but four men arrested, and our cor
respondent does not think ii probable that
there will be any others. OF the troops
stationed there 30 have left, but there is
some talk Of the arrival of a cavalry squad
ron OF 20 men. If there are any other ar
rests, it will probably De Of such as will give
bonds for their appearance. The object of
the raid on the county is very likely for fine
purpose Of getting up material for the pur-
pose Of influencing Congress to extend the
power Of suspending the writ Of haJcus
c0rpus-a scheme fully worthy, in every
respect, Of the dominant party.
Year: 1871

y CORRESPONDENT III Sampson county
informs lis that the Agricultural Z air held
there last week, was in every way a grand
success There was Il large exhibition and
the Fair proved more profitable than any
ever held i'll Sampson county The Society
will not on y DC enabled to pay for lis pre-
miums and cancel its debt, but will have a
fair surplus left for next year Floral Hall
was crowded with beautiful ladies and
beautiful things, and the stock exhibition is
said to have been the largest known in the
State, this year. Two porller5 weighed 700
lbs. each, and mammoth 10 yoke OK
team was as attractive as the Road Steamer.
Year: 1871

1 have been through the cabinet,


And, searching, found there,
Apart from other relics set,


A lock Of chestnut hair.
A letter with a crimson seal,


A letter with black:
| wished could not think or feel,


For then old times back.
Oh, chestnut curl, so bright and warm!


You waved above brow
Undimmed by care, unscathed by storm


Methinks see it now.
And yet the gold threads GlaneinS through


Your fold so glossy fair,
l know should be Of sable hue


To match the stain they bear.
Oh, letter with the seal of red!


You have some witching lore,
Sweet as was ever sung or said


In fairy days Of yore.
Oh, letter with the seal of black!


Your spell has thawed my brain,
The pent up tears come gnshing back


Like heavy, binding rain.
And now in either hand hold


These relics OF the past,
Yearning for once warm lips now cold,
And joys that might not last.
read the false sweet legend on


The lying seal of read;
Then strike my heart, as strikes a stone,
These three words-"Ho is dead"
Year: 1871

Most young men consider it a
great misfortune to be poor, or not
to have capital enough to establish
themselves at their outset in life, in
a good comfortable business. This
is a mistaken notion. So far from
poverty being a misfortune to them,
If we may judge from what we every
day behold, it is really a blessing /;
the chance is more than ten to one
against him who starts with a for
tune.
Year: 1871

The Courier de San francisco of
the 18th, has q thrilling article, en-
titled as above, in which it is stated
that Mrs. Turner, while visiting in
the neighborhood of Russian river
last week, encountered an enormous
panther in the middle of the road,
the animal coming directly toward
her. Mrs. Turner stopped on seeing
the beast, but the panther continu-
ing to advance, she fed, raising her
voice to a pitch that would have
done honor to a prima donna of the
grand opera. Happily for the lady,
her cries were heard by some butch
ers, who went to her assistance.
The panther seeing an extra force in
the field, went up tree, but soon
came down by an application of gun
powder. The animal, by measure
ment, proves to be the largest of the
kind ever killed in the country.
Year: 1871

LovE.-Never be ashamed of ever
having loved any one. If perchance
you have hated, then blush for it,
but not for love. 1t does not matter
at all whether the person on whom
your affections fixed themselves re-
ciprocated the sentiment. Where
there is no shame in loving, in itself,
the fact of having given love with
out reward can bring none with it.
You have only bestowed a gift more
priceless than any jewel can be upon
one who did not thank you. Since
there is sorrow to ones self in it, it
is best to struggle with the heart,
and keep it until it is asked for; but
if it goes irrevocaoly forth, despite
all effort, no need to feel like guilty
thing, and long to hide from your
very self. Providence gave you
that great love, and 1 believe that
somehow it will mingle with the
life of the one it hovers over, and
shed a perfume and lend sweetness
to it, though it has never been
spoken.


Many a woman's life has shriveled
away under the weight of disap-
pointed love, merely because her
shame in it was so great. The false
sentiment that teaches her to scOrn a
natural feeling has worn her beauty
away, robbed her of all hope in the
presence of the future. l think it
would be better if even a woman
dared to say, al loved him, but he
did not love me-" with the same
sweet sadness with which, when
years have glided, she can utter the
words, "I loved him, and he died"
Year: 1871

RooT THEM OUT.--From my win
dow l have many times watched,
with intense interest, the untiring
efforts of a gardner, to rid his gar
den of little vine, which, if per-
mittcd to grow, choked out all the
good sown there. From time to
time he used many means, but to no
effect, until he commenced to root
them out upon their first appear
ance.


Just so it is with our hearts; we
receive good impressions, and in
tears resolve to be made better by
them, but we are defeated and driV-
en- back with our own sword, for the
little sins we have almost unconsci-
ously allowed to remain there,
spring up and choke out all the good,
leaving naught but fear and self
distrust, and in our confusion we
often resort to many means where
by we may overcome, but TO no pur-
pose.


OH how wise it would be 10 learn
a lesson from the judicious garden
er, remembering that the only safe
way to rid ourselves of besetting
sins, is to root them out from our
hearts, for to retain is but to cher
ish, and che who would be wise,
must be wise for himself"
Year: 1871

"TOo RELIGIoUs."-Too relig-
ious, in the proper sense of the word,
we cannot be. We cannot have the
religious sentiments and principles
too strong, or too deeply fixed, if
only they have right object. We
cannot love God too warmly, or
honor Him too highly, or strive to
serve Him too earnestly, or trust
Him too implicitly; because il is our
duty to love Him "With all our
hearts, and all our soul, and all our
mind, and all our strength"


But too, religious, in another sense,
we may, and are very apt to be; that
is, we are very apt to make for our
selves too many objects of religious
feeling.


Now Almighty God has revealed
Himself as the proper object of re-
ligion-as the one only Power on
whom we are to feel ourselves con-
tinually dependent for all things,
and the one only Being whose favor
we are continually to seek. And
lest we should complain that an In
finite Being is an object too remote
and incomprehensible for our minds
to dwell upon, He has manifested
Himself in His Son, the man Jesus
Christ, whose history and character
are largely described to us in the
Gospels; so that to love, fear, honor
and serve Jesus Christ, is to love,
fear, honor, and serve Almighty
God, Jesus Christ being "one with
the Father" and call the fulness of
the Godhead" dwelling in Him.
archbishop WhdteIy.
Year: 1871

Anger is the most impotent pas
sion that accompanies the mind of
man. 1t effects nothing it goes
about, and hurts the man who is
possessed by it more than any
against whom it is directed.
Year: 1871

The hremen OF Newark are taking active measures
looking to the erection at an early day OF hand
some monument, at a.c0st Of between twenty and
thirty thousand dollars, over the graves in Fair
mount Cemetery Of their deceased comrades Thd
plan most seriously considered similar to that Of
Patrick Henry In front Of the State House In Rich.
mOnO.
Year: 1871

The PATAGONIANs AND THEIR INFANTS.
Their superstition makes them regard
as divinities all phenomenal children, prin-
cipally such as are born with large num-
Der Of fingers or toes than is natural.
According to their belief, such child is
a presage Of great happiness for their
f ,mily. As to those that are altogether
detormed-such cases are very rare-or
whose constitution does not appear to ft
them for the kind of life they would have
to lead, they make away with them. either
by breaking their limbs or smothering
them they then abandon them, without
burial, to the wild dogs and birds of prey.
If the innocent little creature is considered
worthy to live, it becomes from that ia
slant the object of the entire love of its
parents, who, if necessary, will submit to
the greatest privations to satisfy its least
wants or exactions They place their
newborn on a small ladder, which serves


it instead of a cradle The upper portion
of Its little body rests on the cross-pieces
or rounds ranged close together, and cover
ed with sheep-skin, while the lower part is
inclosed in sort of hollow formed by
other cross-pieces below the uprights.
The child is held in this position by soft
chords wound above the skins which serve
it instead of linen.-T2ree Years Of .Slar-
eTg among the PatdqOaianS.
Year: 1871

The GOVERNMENT AND THE INDIANs.-At a
recent meeting Of the American Missionary
Association in Hartford, Secretary Delano, of
the II terror Department, m tde a long and eO-
auent address. After showing that the Gov
ernmcnt had always been liberal in It's dona-
tions to the Indians, who We're swindled by
agents, 50 that they had become literally
hostile to the Government, he proceeded to
explain the new policy which was adopted
by General Grant, who sounded the keynote
in his inauguration message when ne said:


The Government, as a power, has never
neglected its duty - these people its treaties
have been liberal, but maladministration has
balaed its intention. When this administra-
tion went into power the hostility of the
Indians had eliminated, and that hostility
was based upon the manner in which they
had been treated This hostility, further
more, was general, and felt among all tribes
of Indians The idea Of slaughtering and
externinating the red men had become gene
raj, and the argument was based upon the
supposition that that was the only way out
of the difficulty. The whole difficulty was
because the agents were not selected because
thev were honest and capable. They were
appointed because they were applied for the
position. and many of them bought their
places, not to make money out Of their salary
Of 81 800 a year, but out Of the steallngs.
1t was a disgrace to the nation to which we
belong Bat, thank God that shame is in
process Of determination. Looking out to
see a way out Of the embaTrassments, the
President Of the United States in his IN
augural address said, 81 | viii favor any
policy IN regard to the Indians that Will tend
= civilize them, and that should be written
IN words Of gold. He recognized that civili-
zation was the grand engine to reconcile and
better the Indians.
Year: 1871

\ Lesson FOR WoULD-BE SUICIDES =
There is a gentleman of middle age,


who might be summoned as witness for
a walk of half block, who assures US that
there is never any sense in self-destruction.
He declares that when he was a very
young man he was madly in love. His
love was returned and there was every
prospect of happy result. Of q sudden,
Year: 1871

A young man who had seen the Fourth
of July was discovered by his mother on
the fifth, sitting on the wood in the yard,
trying to pull off his boots. His mother
held up her hands in horror at the sight.
while he. endeavOring to stand erect, ex-
claimed, I'm not drunk, mother, but a
sicker child you never had
Year: 1871

! Perhaps 1t was not much for him, out


of the opulence of his gifts, to bestOw n


small share upon me, hut to me it was


life. it was affiuenoe. The formless Wis
Ions that had always haunted me were


embodied in him-he gave me the key


to all mysteries. ! had always been r


strange, dreamy child knew I was


dreamy, and my mother said was


strange-and now I know why had


been so. I had far-reachings after


knowledge, dim intimations of the beau


ty which dwells in art, and now that my


mind had been thought into com-


muniOn with his, learned that / was


indeed horn for higher, nOhler things
than to herd with pessantsi my peers


were elsewhere my life must be else
where. It was not with any flush of
pride that I first realized this. Vain
glorying comes from successful cOmpeti-


tion with our rivals, and when I first
felt that had been created for higher
sphere than that to which the accident
of birth had confined me, eXulted in
1t no more than the bird does in his won
drOusg ift Of song. How could fail to
love him who ha,l unvailed to me this
new world? Remember how dependent
sickness is-think how chivalrOus and
tender, how noble and good inc showed
himself to me! As day after day the
music of his voice was poured into my
ear, as his eye rested upon me with fer
vent love, as every latent force in my
nature allied itself to him, what wonder
was it that I, proud, passionate, and
eager for sympathy and affection, grew
to love him as only such souls GAN love.


All my life long there had been an I'M
satisfied void in my heart; it had sought
clamorously to be filed, it had peopIed
the solitude Of the forest with visionary
shapes whose spirits could respond to
me. Now here was the reality of my
widest dreams, and with what bliss and
peace did it fill my whole soul? It
flooded me like light, it bathed me in
almost celestial glory. Life was no
longer the barren waste it seemed to me
in many moods. 1t was like garden,
in whose midst is a fountain, whose pRP-
ennial waters nurture fragrant flowers,
and the music of whose falling is per
petual melody. How I rejoiccd in my
beauty now, for it gave him pleasure-it
was one Of the things which lept me a
charm in his eyes, and ] loved it for his
sake.


I liked to heaT his voiee in its praise
when he Wanted the rich smoOthness Of
my raven braids, when ne looked adj
miringly into the eyes that always look
ed back with love to him, aud said how
wondrously deep and soft lpfy WeTer
loved and reioiced in my charms fur his
sake,


In those sweet lay- ur oar Intercourse
forgot that wa q poor peasant girl,
and he the son ola gentleman a. proud
as any in the lund Was not his peer,
Were not my gift. equal tn his. We're
Year: 1871

SUICIDE OF NOTORIOUS CRIaINAL.-James
Bloomer one or the most desperate and noted
roughs i'll Ulster county, N Y, committed suicide at
the little village OF Accord on Saturday. He had
been on an extensive drunk Tor several weeks, and
on Friday evening left ROndout for a tramp up the
canal. Passing through Rosendale on Saturday he
stole horse and wagon. lie was pursued, and
when near Alligesvile the horse he driving ran
away, throwing him out. He went on TO Accord on
foot and soon after arrested at that place. While
In the hands OF the constable he asked permission to
drink giass Of cider, which was handed to him,


when he emptied the contents OF ylal therein ana
quickly drank 1t down. In about fvo minutes he
died. when II was found that the vial had contained
laudanuin. Blo6nier was bounty jumper during
the war; and a horse thief, hghwayman and desper-
ate character generally since lie returned from
Sing Sing about year ago, where he served out a
sentence for highway robbery.
Year: 1871

NAPoLEoN's return to France is not
very probable, if he sdheres to the de-
termination recently expressed at vii.
helmshohe. He is reported by a New
York Herald correspondent to have
said:


lit would be quite WE'LL" he said, 'if
it were publicly understood that never
intend to remouDt the throne on the
strength of military pronubciamento
By the aid of the soldiery just as little as
by that of Prussia. l am the sole sov
ereign who govern next by the grace OF
God by the will of the people, and shall
never be unfaithfui to the origin oi
either. The whole people which has
four times approved of my election mus
recall me by its deliberate votes, else
shall never return to France. The army
possesses no more right to place me Oh
the throne than had the lawyers or loaf
ers to push me from it. The French
people whose sovereign / am has the sole
decision"
Year: 1871

The recent discoveries of silver in
Utah are attracting the attention of cap
italists, and within a few months impor
taut progress has, been made in the work
of developing the metallic riches of that
Territory.


The Salt Lake valley is bordered on
the east and west by ranges of noun
tains that promise to yield immense
quantities of argentiferous ores Indeed
it is impossible as yet 10 place limit to
their probable productive capacity ). but
there is good reason to suppose that sil
yer veins run through their entire
extent.
Year: 1871

The Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Press furnishes the follow
ing items


From time to time fabulous stories
have been afoat in Washington concern
ing the secrets of the United States
Treasury vaults 1t has been whispered
by several snowy locked clerks who have
been noted for centuries for strictest We
racity, that hidden away in the dust and
darkness of certain vault might be
found jewels that would vie with or pos
-sibly eclipse those found in the diamond
cave by "Sinbad the Sailor" Nine locks
are concealed in the solid door, and each
more desperate and secret than the other.
Three men only 10 the country under
stand this wonderful combination, but as
it is an established fact that no one ever
dies or resigns in the Treasury, there
need be no fear of a national calamity
United States Treasurer Spinner, Assist
ant Treasurer futile, and Cashier Wy
man are the men designated for the aw-
ful duty.
Year: 1871

THE LOUISVILLE CoMMERcIAL-Ve
call attention to the advertisement of tie
Louisville Commercial in this issue.
The Commercial is one of the best daily
papers published in this country, and
though decided Republican journal, is
one of the ablest and most courteous IF
that kind, and as q newspaper unexcelled.
Year: 1871

YOUNG Lee Brush and Julius Will
cox were hunting in the woods, near
Murray, during Christmas week, when
the latter accidentally discharged his
gun, shooting young Brush in the cheek
The wound vas rot fatal.
Year: 1871

The Governor states that in different
parts of the State, armed bands of dis
guised men, operating for the most part
at night, and creating considerable dis
turbance and damages, have from time
to time, sprung up, and that the power OF
the Executive is not sufficient for the
prompt suppression of the same, and he
therefore recommends more stringent
legislation in this regard, and in this con
nection suggests the absolute necessity
of thorough organization of the Mill
tin