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Year: 1872




The third and most serious stage in the i'm
portant Judiciary reformation going on in this
State was reached yesterday, at Albany, after
| long and dsheartening delay. 1t was begun
nearly year ago by the public press with
| only the clear and immediate purpose OF cor
Iecting by indignant exposure the glarlng
| abuses of the systems of Referees and ke-
ceivers which, introduced into practice by
| Barnard and Cardozo, had become fiagrant
| under the Ring. Success in that effort I'M
pelled a few score honest members OF the bar,
half in shame at the degradation OF their pro-
fesson, half in Indignation at the demorallza-
ton and ruin of all legal practice, to accuse
the two Judges most closely identified with
the outrages, of corruption and malfeasance.
Subsequently Judges McCunn and Curtis, at
first held less criminal, were involved in Ike
charges, and finally no less than five OF these
were put upon their defense before Commit
tees of the Assembly. One confessed Judg-
ment by hasty resignation; three OF the others
were yesterday arTagned before the Senate,
sitting as a Court; and ono awaits trlal next
week.


The indignation which first demanded and
then forced reform did not hesitate over
means to secure it, and much acrimOny and
bitterness marked the first steps taken. We
are glad to see evidences that the Senate ap-
nroaches the actual trial in mOIe serious and
not less determined though possibly less In
dignant mood, and that the trials which we
believe are to secure us, no matter how they
may result, welcome publication of the
Bench, are to be conducted with the dignity
belonging to the body and the dispasslonate-
ness due to the grave occasion. We are con-
fident the legal proof to be submitted Is ample
to secure the conviction of all the accused; II
it is not, afier the late ample inquiry, they
ought to escape, and if resort is had to
passion OF political influence we hope they
will escape. Already the Senate has displayed
its impartiality by deciding in favor of the
people the important point that proof OF cor
rupt acts committed in former terms
may be submitted in evidence to
sustain the present impeachmeDts, and
the prosecution is at liberty to review the
whole judicial career of each judge accused.
This decision, though made in the case of
Judge Prindle only, is precedent applicable
to the cases of McCunn, Curtis, and Barnard.
This is an important point gained and out
weighs in value TO the refOrmers the adverse
action taken yesterday, which requires the
counsel for the people to reproduce in evil
dence the facts presented to the Assembly
Committee. Some delay may be occasioned
by this requirement, but with the power to
compel attendance of the unwilling wit
nesses who testified before the Judiciary
Committee, there need be no occasion for
doubling, and little difficulty, we should think,
in making out a stronger case than ever. But,
at any rate, let the testimony be strengthened
by all fair and legal means, for in this final
trial of these ihpeachments there can be no
true and honest dependence save in the
strength of the proof submitted.
Year: 1872

Tomorrow assemblies in Library Hall, New
ark, Convention which if wisely conducted
will largely shape the future of politics in
New-Jersey. We trust the Liberal Republi-
cans of that State, who have thus far demanded
far less public consideration than their num-
bers and character warranted, may be present
in such force and act with such wisdom as
will bring New-Jersey fairly into line with
her sisters who have already declared in sufi
cient numbers for the Cincinnati movement
to assure its success.
Year: 1872

Another side of the question is presented in
the report of the meeting of employers to
discuss "the strike" held last night. Ger
tainly, very little wisdom has been shown by
some of the STRIKERS" and it is apparently
hard TO reconcile the action of the men Of one
of the cooperating firms with even common
sense.
Year: 1872

Touching things are always happening to exiles.
At Woolwich, in England, the other day. two
Frenchmen were charged with exhibiting bear in
the streets to the danger of the public There was
evidence that the animal had not only alarmed
many of the inhabitants, but had frightened several
horses. The magistrate was in a quandary. If
commit these men to prison." said he. "what am
to do with the bearp The only way out of the dii-
Guilty. it was suggested to place the creature in
charge of the usher; but against this the usher en-
tered a strong caveat The prisoners, who
could not understand one word of English,
stated through an interpreter that they
were natives of Brittany, and were travelling to
Chiselhurst to see the Emperor, after which they
meant to return to France and take ship for America
Promising TO make the best of their way out OF the
country, they were discharged. The Imperial exile
has not so many friends left that he can afford to
miss the sight and the sympathy of these poor bear
leaders, but the bear himself an exile and in chains
would have excited most forcibly the sympathes of
the ex-Imperia household. sthe depOsed monarch
looked at the bear and the bear at the depOsed
monarch, each might have sympathized with the
other, and both have lamented their hard fate in
unison. Yet would not the Bonaparte bosom have
felt some little touch Of envy since the bear was
actually going back to Francef
Year: 1872

"The Successful Failure at Philadelphia is the
title of a ten-page tract just issued from the office
of The Golden Age which is well adapted for cam
paign document and contains in small space
thorough review of the failure which the American
peopIe are asked to indorse and renew.
Year: 1872

Mr. Lewis i. Allen has written to a Buffalo paper
to say that having subscribed to The TRIBUNE four
months ago. he thinks nOE he ought to have his
money back because he is in favor of Gen. Grant
and THE TRIBUNE is not. He laments that IIIE
TRIBUNE did not print this financial policy OF MS
He saws he does not care for the money. and 1t Is
noticeable fact that this kind of person never
does; but ne wants to- know. "in order to
govern bis future newspaper conduct" We thought
we had already made this matter 80 clear that way
faring man, though he be an Allen, could not err
therein. When a man subscribes for The TRIBUNE
he gets good deal more than the worth OF his money
in fresh, trustworthy, and impartial news, and IN
decent and conscientious discussion OF public mat
ters He does not gain the slightest control over
the editorial columns He does not acquire the
right 10 be consulted in regard to the course
credit TO our ministry. 1t Is not pleasant
of the paper If ever we call upon Mr. Allen for
any assistance in that way it will be on account of
his shining qualities of head and heart and not on
account Of his subscription. There is no way IN
which this mpenitent soul escape the benehcent
ministratons of the great moral engine, until the
numbers be has paid for have been sent to him. Then
he can proceed to govern his future newspaper con-
duct" in his own way We trust he Will not
renew his subscription. He does not DO
to think q man can have read The TRIBUNE
so long and remain 80 blandy absurd and ignorant.
Let him subscribe for Grants Own" 1t is better
suited to the caliber OF his mind. 1t needs sub
scribers is grateful for them and proudly reckons
every new one a fresh "death-blow to The TRIB-
UHE" 1t Is "reliable' 1t knows its owner, and
brays one unvarying note around its masters crib
Year: 1872

The trouble which is reported to be brewing
between Brazil and the Argentine COntedera-
rieu has undoubtedly grown out of the joint
settlement of the Paraguayan account Brazil,
as the more influential of the allies in the late
war assumed an independent attitude in clos
ing up this unfortunate business, which the
Jealous Argentine Republicans very much re-
sented. II is now reported that boundary
question has come up to disturb friendly rela-
ions, and that Brazil has assumed threatening
attitude toward her neighbOr.
Year: 1872

The most preposterOus of the late devices
wherewith, one after another, the schemes
for the defeat of the Cincinnati nominees
aflict the public ear, is one for some sort OF
a, patent electoral ticket which should be
antl-Grant, but for Greeley or for somebody
Else, as the voter should elect. We do not propose
20 waste words with it. The contest lies between
Grant and Greeley. Whoever is not for the
One either is for the other, or proposes to
throw away his vote. The people are taking
matters into their own hands, and are in no
temper for trifiing
Year: 1872

The patriot says: The heavy rains on the
nothern border Of the State last week raised the
North Branch sufficient to bring out nearly III
the lumber which had been waiting for flood
from that section Of the lumber district. The
stock Of all kinds on hand is much below the
average Of the past years at this season Of the
year, yet 1t is sufficient to supply the trade for
months and the lumberman are constantly ra-
ceiving supplies by canal and railroad"
Year: 1872

The Republican Headquarters.


There was no news whatever at the Grant head
quarters yesterday Mr.. Chandler having virtually
shut mp shop until the returns come in. There re-
mains nothing to do or to be done but lay ON oars
and await the result OF the ball0ting.
Year: 1872

BRIGHT PRosPEors-AT APPoINTED-suRvEY


TO BE MADE NEXT WEEK.


The Workingmen's Cooperative Building and
Land Association of Delaware have recently re-
ceived much encouragement in their enterprise,
and are daily adding to the list the names Of
members who are firm and solid men, willing to
aid the Association to the extent Of their ability
Joshua Maris, Esq, has been selected as the
Attorney for the Association, and no better selec-
ton could have been made.


The lands OF the Association will be surveyed
early next week, and AZ soon after as possible a
plot Of the proposed town will be had.


The next meeting will be held on next Tuesday
evening, at their rooms 404 Market street, to
which an invitation ID extended to all who are in
any way interested in the work Of the Company.
Year: 1872

One Of the complaints Of Reading is Of bad
water


David Henry was struck by a locomotive on
the Reading Road recently, and was seriously If
not fatally injured. Henry attempted to COM
nit suicide several months ago by cutting his
throat, and from his actions on the track it il
thought he wished TO meet death.
Year: 1872

In nine cases out ten no mans life Will
be a success if he does not bear burdens
of childhood. If the fondness or the van
ity in father or mother have kept him
from hard labor if another always helped
him out Of the end of the row :; if, instead
of taking his turn at pitching of. he moved
away all the time-in short, if what was
light always fell to him and whatwas
heavy about the same work to some one
else; if he has been permitted to shirk till
Sinking has become habit-unless
miracle is wrought, his life will be fail
ure. and the blame will not be half so
much his as that of weak, foolish parents.


On the other part. if boy has been
brought up to do his part, never allowed
to shirk any legitimate responsibility, or to
dodge work, whether or not it made his
his heart ache or his hands blaok-until
bearing heavy burdens becomes matter
of pride. the parents, as they hid him
goodbye, may dismiss their fears. His
life will not be business failure. The
elements of success are his, and at some
time and in some way the world viii re-
cognize his capacity. Take another point.
Money is the object of the worlds pursuit.
1t gives bread and clothing:and homes and
comfort. The world has not Judged
wholly unwisely when it has made the
position a man occupies to hinge compar-
atively more or less in his ability to earn
money, and on the am punt of his posses
Year: 1872

Now there are two courses, either of
which you can take. One is to say: 81
am not living or dressing SO well as my
companions, and must have fine clothes
and better fare" The other is to say
with stern manliness: 81 have come
here to make my way; and honesty and
simplicity require that should not live
any higher than / myself can earn the
means of living. / will be no mans pau.
per or beneficiary 1 will make what /
take /; and what I make and take shall
support me-" The dicipline which you
get from this latter course of self-denial
is better than going to college. Many a
man cradled i'll learning gets no dicipline !;
but young man, who, having been rear
ed and trained in self-indulgence, leaves
his fathers and comes to the city and
says. Il will be beholden to no man; /
can afford to live as plain as any man,
both in regard to diet and clothes. if it
is necessary to my manhood. l will not
have anything which cannot fairly earn
[ will not have anything which l cannot
fairly earn myself" Such young man
gets discipline which is worth univer-
oACJ OouOaeiOu. LJ ioi ming tuuo Pun PooS
and adhearing to it, he is educating him
selfin the very elements of manhood. He
is making man of himself.


Do you think men think less of you
because you dress plainly? Do you think
your chances in life are less because you
feel ashamed to show man where your
room is, and where you sleep? Why,
many man has slept in barn who was
better than many others who sleptin man.
sions and palaces. A man ought not to be
ashamed to say:"I am poor and cannot
do SO and So" 1t is the curse of America,
since there are no orders of nobility here,
men are ashamed to admit they are poor.
The young man defends himself, and says:
Il am not so poor as you take me to be-"
Even sensible people yield to the temp
tation of the devil, and are ashamed to
acknowledge that they work.-Plymo.tlt
Pulpit. -
Year: 1872

1t is for you, young ladies, who have


come out of the nursery and short dresses


and who are now no longer little girls,


that l would hold friendly talk with


this morning. You have been budding


dainty all these years. You have un-


folded gracefully in the sunlight of home,


and are now blossoming in society. You


are dear, sweet, fragrant flowers, too. il
you are only sweet clear through. If your
| fragrant loveliness is something saved up


for company, aud not worn every day at
home, then you are only sweet on the sur
face. If you wear your smiles and bright
looks at soirees ard receptions, and lay
them off when you come home, why it
shows that they are only part of your
finery, and not signs of beauty within.
If you keep them on, it shows that they
are genuine, and will stand wear.


Now listen to one who loves you and
has your good at heart. and who also has
some sympathy for the little brothers and
sisters, and for the tired mother who
watched and tended you. She has borne
and had patience with your childish follies,
and led back your childish feet when they
starved. You have pricked her heart
with little briers till it bled. many a
time. You can now pierce it with grown
up thorns. Will you do it? You can
create murky atmosphere of storm,
when she is striving wearily for sunshine
and peace. You can drive your broth
ers to seek diversion away from home
anywhere-so they can move or speak
with nobody to scowl and fret, while she
is striving, with her painting mothers
heart, to hold them to her. The older
sister should be pillar of strength at
the mothers side, instead of welding an
influence that must be constantly parried
and counteracted.


While many noble sisters have borne
their brothers up against mighty tides of
temptation, and helped them to plant foot
upon the firm rock, others, and not few,
have goaded them on and on, into temp
tation, into the swallowing sea The
have not meant it. At glimpse of such
consequences, they would have been ap-
palled and frightened ; but they have done
it nevertheless. They have made home
such seethiEg strife, that no rest was
found for the sole of the foot; and when
the ark failed, what else could one ex-
pect of boy, than that he should take
to the waters outside? When he is drawn
into the vortex, and his drowning cry goes
up, will not other boys sisters hear and
heed the warning? Will they not try to
make the family circle bond strong and
loving enough to hold them in it! Will
they not try to make the beautiful sweet
ness they know so well how to assume,
real thing, that has not to be assumed nor
pat off? .e,-N.


lAword to you, dear girls, for your flu
ture. Such daughter and sister as you
are, such wife you will make and what
sort of a dowry of heart and temper do
you choose to carry into your husbands
home? Wrath, bitterness, storms, or gen.
tlepess, sweetness and calm sunshine?
The man you marry win find you out, no
matter how sweetly you smile upon him
now. With your lovers you may seem
one thing, and be another, but with your
husband you will surely seem what you
are.-Our Ffreside Fricna-
Year: 1872

mined the moral fabric. God only knows
to what extent the love of dress, the cost
OF dress, the waste of time, the arts of
winning admiration have weakened the
moral nature, and brought the innocent
to life of sin. And why must woman
and not man be thus enslaved by fashion !?
Has nature made her less beautiful that
chemistry and mechanism must supply an
artificial lovelincss? If man can be in
dependent of imperious fashion, why not
woman? If man may dress simply by
the laws of taste and comfort, why not
woman? If man need not chase the but
terfy of fashion, nor be bound to a vam-
pire that sucks his very life-blood. why
must woman? If a man may spend more
time ever text books and standard litera-
ture than over fashionplates and fantastic
patterns, why not woman? If life is too
precious for man 10 fritter away in the
mere seeking of admiration, why not too
precious to be wasted by woman? Nay,
if young ladies would give themselves to
mental Improvements, and to the accumu-
lation of solid, practical knowledge, they
would be more admired and would better
insure their real happiness. a mind CIV
en- to the love and pursuit of fashion be-
comes too tickle to be made happy either
by affluence or affection. The young
man who marries such a butterfly of
maiden will soon find that silks and cos
metics are not the real foundation Of con-
nubial bliss Then let Christian parents
be wise and prudent in bringing up their
daughters, Let them be brought up, not
to be the slaves of fashion, but to the
mistress of neatness and good taste, and
to acquire that mental independence and
culture which insures graces that the i'm
perious hand of fashion never gave to
body or soul.
Year: 1872

SIMPLICITY OF CHARATRER There is
nothing more beautiful in the young than
simplicity of character. 1t IS honest;
frank and attractive. How different is
affection. The simple minded are always
natural. They are, at the same time.
original. AS for originality. if they ever
had it, they have crushed it out, and
buried it from sight, utterly. BE your
self, then, young friend. To attempt to
be anybody else. is worse than folly. 1t
is an impossibility to attain it. 1t is
contemplate to try it. But suppose you
could succeed in initiating the greatest
man that ever figured in history, would it
make you any better? BY no means.
You would always suffer in comparison
with the Initiated one, and be thought of
only as a shadow of substance, the echo
of real sound, the counterfeit of pure
coin. Let the fabric of your character,
though ever so humble, be at least real.
Year: 1872

Hope has the power of soaring with a


strong and unstriving pinion from all that


is dark and drear, into the radiant Amos


phere Of poetry. 1t takes us into world
of dreams, and causes the heart to wonder
amongst visions. 1t diverts the thoughts
from the real to the ideal, and leads us
amongst the picture-gleams of fancy to
linger in the fairy realms of art. 1t has
tens us into a visionary world, that we
may have dreams of glory, power, and
fame. 1t unfolds dazzling scroll, and
shows us engraven on it an immortal
name. Its holy task is to exhibit to us,
and we are treading along harsh path,
a time of dizzy joys, and change into
bright entertainments the stern realities of
actual life. Nor do the strength of its
dreams, the nobleness of its desires, and
the beauty of its thoughts, cease to actuate
and influence our hearts even when life
grows pale and wanes fast, when we turn
our thoughts from earth to heaven, On the
couch of sickness and weakness, aud when
the faint voice and fainter pulse speak in
warning whispers of time to die. 1t
boldly walks along with us, prompting
the spirit never to repine, from the cradle
to the grave.


We all hope. IN every one of US that
passion finds an object to feed upon. We
all form some beau ideal-we all sketch
some fancy portrait, which we fondly
cherish, and hope to find the fair original.
When hope first sheds its influence upon
the heart, all ones rowing thoughts are
concentrated upon one object. A vacuum
within is filed, of which we have never
before known the extent Needless in
difference to success in life fnrsakes one.
A new stimulus succeeds; the mind re-
wolves splendid success. All the alluring
avenues of fame spread open before US.
We burn to achieve some arduous enter
prise which shall be worthy of the mind
of man.


But strong as is the spell of hope to in
cite and inspire us, equally strong is it to
elude and to deceive us. The fraud is
sweet, but bitter pain and keen despair
await to torment us upon our awaking
and finding its chain broken and lying
around US in glittering fragments. The
heart that trusts the syren smile of hope
drinks the most copious draught of pleas
ure while its grasps it soul-sought treasure
but when the mystic CLEAN departs, the
heart sinks coldlv, and too often breaks
am DIST the worlds unkindness.
Year: 1872

OF all towards the moral coward is the
most contemplate. Henry Ward Beecher
says: II don't blame a man when he sees
a squad of cavalry coming down upon him
if he takes to the woods pretty lively, but
a man who makes his resolution in calm
moments, good, true and noble resolution
and when in company does not have the
courage to avow them, is not excusable.
There be many who will not lie deliber-
ately, but they will equivocate. There's
many man that having done certain
things, is ashamed to admit it. he hides it.
Now. though the telling of the truth is
sometimes bitter, there is no gold so valu-
able as that mans reputation who can't
lie when brought to trial" True, Mr..
Beecher. true; but how little Of this
genuine moral courage after all is found
in the world. George Washington, it is
said, could not tell lie, but with that
single exception, and we have only
Georges word or it, We do not remember
to have seen on record anywhere an ac-
count of man, who could not, if he
would, do it occasionally.
Year: 1872

Labor, honest labor, is mighty and
beautiful. Activity is the ruling element
Of life, and its highest relish. Luxuries
and conquests are the results of labor;
and we can imagine nothing without it.
The noblest man on earth is he who puts
hands eheerfully to honest labor. Labor
is q business, an ordinance of God. su-
spend labor, and where is the glory and
pomp of the earth-the fruit, fields and
palaces, and the fashionings of matter for
which men strive and war? Let the labor
scorner look to himself, and learn what
are the trophies. From the crown of his
head to the sole of his foot. unless he is
Carib, naked as the beast, ne issthe
debtor and slave of soil. The labor which
he scorns has tricked him into the stature
and appearance of a man. Where gets
he his garmenting and equipage? let labor
answer. Labor-which makes music In
the mine and furrow and the forge.