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Year: 1870

The following neat and beautiful reply
was made by the late Daniel O'Cofnell in
response to toast given in compliment to
his wife, who was the object of his long
and affectionate attachment. 1t was Civ
en- at a political meeting. The English
language could furnish nothing more
touchingly tender and graceful:


"There are some topics of SO sacred and
sweet nature that they may be compre-
hended by those who are happy, but they
cannot possibly be described by any hu-
man being. All that / shall do is to
thank you in the name of her who was the
disiferested choice of my early youth
who'w the ever cheerful companion of
my manly years, and who is the sweetest
solace of that 'sere and yellow leaf age
to which have arrived In her name I
thank you, and this you may readily be-
lieye, for experience, think. will show to
us all that man cannot battle and strug-
gle with malignant enemies unless his nest
at home is warm and comfortable-unless
the honey of human life is commended by
a hand that he loves
Year: 1870

Should you be talking to thin, elder
ly, unmarried lady, you need not describe
the party alluded to as " "scraggy old
maid. s


If you require person to become Sc
curity for you, don't ask the man who
promised he would do anything for you
when he knew you didn't want anything
done


If you happen to know any author.
don't own it !; one half the world won't be-
lieve you. and the other half won't think
much of it if they do.


Don't say you never take suppers, ex-
cepting where you know they never give
any.


If you don't know what everybody else
knows you had better hold your tongue
and if you know something that every
body else knows, you had better hold your
tongue too. @


If you happen to say something in So
ciety which causes painful sensation, you
had better 60 out to walk for FIVE min
utes.


If you intend to do good thing don't
change your mind and if you possess a SIS
note don't change that
Year: 1870

Since the story has been told of how
Judge Breckenridge married girl whom
he saw jump over rail fence with pail
on her head, the girls in Orange county
New York. are said to spend their time
in watching the road land whenever they
see a carriage approaching with man in
it, they seize thoir pals and go for fence
Year: 1870

There was ''snow-balling riot" on the
Liverpool Exchange the other day. The
police subdued the mercantile rioters and
fined them from one dollar to ten, accord
ing to their social position" y
Year: 1870

now complete in every department of the
trade. Our Goods will be found most
elegant and superb, unexceTed and un-
rivaIled in excellence, embracing Foreign
and Domestic Fabrics of the choicest and
test designs, being mostly handmade
and warranted in every instance to give
entire satisfaction. We earnestly invite
the attention of all who desire good goods
which are manufactured with q speciA
view to first-class retail trade.
Year: 1870

More About the Peach Prospect-IndIcatIOns


Continue Favorable.


This is the season of danger for the first crop,
and of course all interested watch every indica-
ton of success or failure with eager interest.
We have heard rumors of failure here and there,
but the only well authenticated unfavorable in
formation we have received was the statement
we published concerning the destruction of
some early varieties in Somerset county.


With this exception, all the trustworthy in
formation we have received is of the most en-
couraging character.


Prominent fruit-growers from about Middle
town were in the city this morning, and report
all well and the prospect never better


We have just been shown private letter from
fruit-grower of Moorton, in Kent county
dated April 49, from which we make the follow
ing eXtract-


'The fruit prospect was never better. The
blossoms are strong and healthy and every tree
loaded, and not injured as yet l am acquainted
with the whole breadth of the State between
Smyrna and Camden, and the prospects, the same
through the whole of it, AS to apples the pros
pect Is just as good also for pears and cherries.
Strawberry vines look very fine. Should the
weather continue warm the yield will be heavy
am planting out ten acres blackberry vines
are being extensively planted this spring. OF
peach trees set think do not exaggerate when
l say that one-tbird as many acres are added
this year as there were set altogether before
1862 have set go acres, near Kenton, and
sold every tree had and could sell any number
more"


This sounds cheerful, and indicates that our
farmers have faith in peach-growing.- Whining
ton Commercial.
Year: 1870

Assn nfetida and Actors-A. HOrrId Plot to StIAe


Rising Sienius-The jealousy of Thesplans.


The extraordinary odor in the witches caldron
at the first representation of the bnrlesque of
Macbeth in the Olympic says the New York
Sun to-day, has been accounted for. Some time
ago young Bostonian actor of talent obtained
q position in the corps of the Olympic, where
his abilities gained for him favorable recognition
on every side, with one exception. This re-
suited from a bitter feeling of envy which a
rival Thespian felt for the successful stranger
who was cutting him out of his best parts.


1t happened that the stage manager of the
Olympic died, and young Boston was promoted
to the position, which he was well qualified to
fill from his executive ability and real know
ledge of stage matters From that moment the
jealousy of the rival, which had smouldered un-
noticed, burt into flaming hatred. Openly and
secretly the man maligned the successful actor
He sneered at him to his face, he abused him
behind his back, he tried to make a party
against him among the members OF the COM
pany This he was partly able to do among the
humber members of the troupe, as he keeps a
liquor saloon in a basement near the theatre,
and was profuse in gratuitous drinks. And our
informant tells us that he Is shrewdly suspected
of bribing some super to pitch in the assafetlda
as soon as his rival who filed the role OF the
first witch, had begun his Incarnation. This
gentleman, who is a downtown business man,
engaged in the manufacture of Worcestershire
and Reading sauces, at once recognized the
smell Of assafetida, which is largely used in the
fabrication of his sauces.


AS soon as the play was out he sought the
Year: 1870

Boston Boy, who is his intimate friend, and
asked him where in thunder the stencil came
from. Then, with tears in his eyes, the young
actor told him the terms on which he stood with
his rival, and that he feared the man was deter
mined to ruin him. His friend told him to
cheer up, and he would let little sunlight on
the case.


Dan Symons, we are informed, is hard at
work unravelliDg the mystery. He is 10th to
to accident. But he is resolved to support more
fully his stage manager, whom he respects for
his talents and his integrity, and will undoubt-
edly discharge any member of the company who
may have conspired against him.
Year: 1870

GREAT SALT LAKE CITY, April 22.-It is
stated that the Mormons north of here are buying
all the arms and ammunition they can obtain,
the ostensible object being for protection against
the Indians, but the Indians have never been
hostile to the MOrmons,
Year: 1870

TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD


In an article headed the 'Custom House Ring In
Grief" In Thursdays HERALD am made 70 figure
more conspicuOusy than truth Will warrant, ana
withoutquestionlng your perfect right to comment
and crtcise on any that before the courts,
think your own sense OF justice would prevent your
columns being used as the medium Of private malice
both against me ana those who have been my
of1clal associates for over two years. In re-
gard to change Of name, private family matters
led me to do So the dc tails OF which would not In
the public, ana by reference to the "Laws Of
New York." eghty-ninth session. page 2, 49, second
volume, you Will perceive that the change OF name
was duly ana legally made by the State Legislature,
taking effect from April, 1866, over three years be-
fore ] made application or was appointed an In
spectOr OF Customs ! was removed m July, 1869,
on political grounds, and reinstated three weeks
afterward, the Collector having been misled in my
case, no Alderman or City Official acting or being
interested either in my original appointment or in
my reinstatement. The personal animus Is Too ap-
parent In the slur on my religion and In
the combination with "a certain class OF
JewS' deIrauding the government In cOnuec.
ton with q so.called ring, and while do not
feel called upon to take up the defence OF my CO.
religionists claim that their record, either in the
Custom House or general commerce, Will compare
1avOrably with that OF any other Sect Touching the
accusation now being investigated In the United
States Court, am content tnat the result shall be
q sufficient exoneraton, merely requesting that the
press Will torbear TO mould the public judgment


CHARLES l.. LAWRENCE.
Year: 1870

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD


have read with great interest your series OF arti.
Cles on the Congressional management Of our navy,
and sincerely hope you may be able to arrest some
Of the destructive influences at work. Every one
who knows anything Of the matter 10 aware that the
navy which carried US through the civil war is not
that which would sustain the United States against
any great naval Power. 1t did its duty admirably.
More than that, the rebellion could not have been
suppressed without IT,; but Its work is now done,
and nearly the whole Of that navy has disappeared
from the "RegIster." We cannot be said now to
have ships that adequate to the necessities OF the
country. No doubt the coasts and harbors could be
defended against all corners; but such negative
policy would little become this great nation OF
80 ooo 600 OF live people as It would sus their tenn
per. They will expect, when the occasion arrives,
that the arm OF the republic shall everywhere vim
dlcate ITS rights over the broad ocean. Now, when
we have not the first ship OF such navy-when our
for the work are so pitiabe that there Is not


single establishment n IN the country public or PR
Naval COMMITTEES been employed III the discharge OF
this momentous duty 10 the Unionf What mea-
sures have they proposed authorizing, nay, direct
Ing, the Navy Department to enter upon the her.
cuean task, the real business OF naval reconstruc
tIon2 Is this TO be met by bills reducing the
numper of officers, adjusting their rank and
elevatng subordinate stan 10 the rank
and position which the country only accords to the
line or Its own purposes and not for personal graft
fcation? And yet have We not been dosed 60 sar-
felt with these pdltry questions as II their solution
was to furnish navy, and our ships might meet the
world in arms provided the health and pockets OF
the personnel were cared for by rank rather tnan by
merit?


What protest have we heard in the House against
the beggary and llJudged reduction OF estimates
for the navy that has to come against the de-
struction OF our navy yards, especially that OF New
York; Where Is the patriotic voice raised In rebuke
OF this neglect Of our INTERESTS And OF the whole
press OF the land there IS but one that apprehends
the evil and points out the proper action. To be
sure though solitary, yet II ls power Tor II Is the
HERALD.


SO Iar the personnel OF the navy is concerned it
needs no reconstruction. Such eternal tinkerng Is
death to all permanence. But ships are needed and
the means to build them-hat is, iron-clads OF the
first cass-and you are told, too, that the mechan
ism OF the Navy Department needs repair. board
Of admiralty s wanted to replace the present loose
bundle OF sticks the bureaus. Let us pray, then,
that this disgusting squabbe about rank absolute
and rank assimiated shall be dropped and the true
question OF the navy taken up. As Tor removing the
Navy Yard from the great commercial centre you
might as well take the willow from the water that
gives 1t lie and verdure.


TOPGALLANT RATINGS.
Year: 1870

my dear, I'm quite undecided" he said,
"What course. in the case would be pro-


per and fair
To follow the traction that GO into bed,
Or stay with the part that is piled in the


chair"
Year: 1870

One of the chief sins Of our time Il
hurry it is helter-skelter, and the devi
take the hindmost. Uff we go, all toe
swift at starting and we neither run SC
fast. nor SO far as we would have done
had we taken it cannily at first. This
is true of boy as well as OF blood
colt. Not only are boys and colts made
to do the work and the running Of full
grown men and horses. but they are
hurried out of themselves and their nor,
and pushed into the middle Of next week,
where nobody is wanting them. and be-
yond which they frequently never get.


The main duty Of those who care for
the young is to secure their wholesome,
their entire growth; for health is just
the development Of the whole nature in
its due sequences and proportions first
the blade then the ear; then, and not
till then, the full corn in the ear. Thus
should we, as DR.. Temple wisely says
I" not forget wisdom in teaching knowl-
edge DR.. jain Brolon, of Edinburg.
in Spare Hours.
Year: 1870

There is much that may be done


While the glittring life-sands run:
II ye be but earnest-minded,


II ye 20 not weakly blinded


BY gay Fashions heartless folly,
Or selfish melancholy


BY a momentary pleasure.


Or love OF ease and leisure
Lured not BY the worlds false beauty
From the narrow path of duty
Much there is that may be done
BY an ezrnest-lrinded one.
There Is much that must be done
Ere the victor crown be won
In the fierce and deadly strife,
On the battlefield Of Lie,


Should a soldier kiss the ground.
Thou mayst stanch the bleeding wound,
Stay the tott'ring falt ring step.
Cool the parched and fcvered lip,
Give him back the priceless boon
OF a lifetime, TO atone.


Much there is that may done
BY brave, true-hearted one
There is much that may be done
BY gentle, loving one !
Hers sweet Mercys prayer to breathe,
Hers the manly brow to wreathe
With fadeless garlands from above, [love
GemHed with the dew Of Heavens own
To soothe the cnre-worn, troubled breast
To guard the weary pilgrims rest
To close the eye Of age and youth
To whisper OF celestial truth.
Much, oh. much may cen be done
BY gentle, loving one!
Year: 1870

EcoNoNy is Due TO OUR EMPLOYERS
+" Waste not. want not" is good old
proverb. I" He that is faithful in little
is faithful also in much" A person who
takes no care Of the materials commit
ted to his hands by his employer, will
never duly husband his own property
Economy and wsstefulness are habits
that will influence us in all things both
when we are engaged about our own sub
stance or that Of another. To waste an-
others goods is the same as to rob him.
The loss in both cases Is equal, and the
principles whence they spring very much
alike. The man who takes care Of his
employers goods is sure TO look after
his own, and thus is on the road to pros
perity.
Year: 1870

"LEr HIM When you've lost a
lover, let him go. Never try to stay his
departure, nor to get him back. Love
that can serve you so. was nerer worth
the having 1t was an insult and an
imposture from the first. Be thankful
to be rid Of it at least. No doubt It's a
hard asd bitter thing to suffer as you
must from wounded confidence and al
lection but it is not half 30 hard and
bitter to suffer because you have lost
that man, as il would be TO endure the
hacing Of him. As soon as you can
gam your o,on consent TO give him up
entirely. and to look his meaRness fairly
in tie face. you will be free and happy
again, which you never could be had you
become his wife.
Year: 1870

BIZ In Whatever you Try
to do in life. try with all your heart to
do it well whatever you devote your.
self to. devote yourself TO it completely
in great aims and small. be thoroughly
in earnest Never believe it possible
that any natural or improved ability
can claim immunity from the compan-
ionship Of the steady. plair, hsrd wolk-
ing qualities, and hope to gain in the
end. There is no such thing as fulfll


ment on this earth. Some happy talent
and some fortunate opportunity may
form the two sides Of the ladders on
which some men mount, but the rounds
Of that ladder must be made Of stuff to
stand wear and tear and there is no
substitute for thorough going. ardent
AID sincere earnestness. Never put
one hand to anything on which You can
not II row your whole self ; never affect
d preciStion Of your work, whatever il
is these you will End to be gold y rules.
Year: 1870

A ToAsT TO WoMA ~ Daniel o. Con
mel thus responded to q toast given 10
compliment 10 his wife. Nothing can
be more touching and graceful


"There are some topics OF 90 sacred
and sweet nature that they may be
comprehended by those who are happy.
but they cannot possibly be described
by any human being. All that | shall
do is to thank you in the name Of her
who was the disinterpsted choice OF my
early youth who was the ever cheerful
companion Of my manly years, snd who is
the sweetest solace OF that sere and
yellow leaf, age, to which have arrived,
In her name thank you and this you
may readily believe, for experience, ]
think win show to US all that man can
not battle and struggle with mans ma
lignant enemies unless his nest at home
is warm and comfortable unless The
honey Of human life is commended By
hand that he loves"
Year: 1870

A Useful HINT FOR Cold WEATHER.
The reason room takes SO long to be
warmed after fire has been kindlod is
that the air goes up in steady column
from the mouth Of the register, sides Of
tho stove or front Of tho CRATE, to the
ceiling Of the room, and from thence be-
gins to distribute itself downward, which
of course is a slow process. 10 expedite
this take palm leaf fan, shawl, large
towel, or something similar, fan violent.
ly or swing the shawl vigorously, thus
compelling the upper and lower strata Of
air to unto, the hot upper to mix with
the cold lower. In this way tho upper
portion, where the thermometer would
indicate eighty, and the lower where it
would stand at forty, will be compelled
to mix, and one would be surprised to
witness how much sooner the apartment
becomes comfortable.
Year: 1870

Es~ A surgeon OF the British army in
China is reported to have discovered an
encctual remedy for small pox. The
treatment is as follows: When tho pre-
monitory fever is at its height, and just
before the eruption appears, the chest Of
the patient Is rubbed with croton oil and
tartar cmotic ointment. This application,
It is asserted, causes the whole eruption
to appear ON the chest, to the relief Of the
rest of the body 1t also secures full
and complete eruption. and prevents the
disease from attacking the internal or
gans. it
Year: 1870

FAMILY CoURrEsIEs.- the family,
the law of pleasing ought to be extended
from the highest to the lowest. You are
bound to please your children and your
children are bound to please each other,
and you arc bound to please your ser
wants il you expect them to please you.
Some men arc pleasant in the household
and no where else We all know such
men. They are good fathers and kind
husbands. you had seen them in their
own home, you would have thought they
were almost aqnels but If you had seen
them in the strdlI, IN their stores, or in
the counting. house, or any where else
outside OF their own houses, you would
have thought them almost savages. But
the opposite is apt to DO tho case with
others. When among strangers or neigh
bors they endeavor to act with propriety,
but when they get home, they say to
themselves, T" have played a part long
enough, and now am going to be natu-
ral." So they sit down and are ugly and
snappish, and blunt and disagreeablc.
They lay aside those little courtesics,
that make the toughest floor smooth,
that make the hardest thing like the vel
vet, and that makes life pleasant. They
expond all their politensss in places
where it will be prolltablc-where 1t will
bring silver and gold.
Year: 1870

During this Session the Legislature passed
an Act requiring the Treasurer of this coun.
ty to apportion certain unapportioned money
derived from taxes and apply it to the
payment of General Fund Warrants. After
its passage, on representations made by the
delegation the Governor vetoed the bill and
was sustained. Another Act was introduced
in the Senate about the time of the veto and
passed this body, requiring that money to be
applied to the payment of Current Expense
Warrants. When it was transmitted to the
Assembly, parties interested in the old Gen
eral Fund Warrants, made opposition and
there it has remained until Monday last when
1t came mp and was passed. This settles the
question as to what shall be done with some
three or four thousand dollars that has been
lying in the treasury for several months.
Year: 1870

AN ACT to protect the rights of married wo'


men in certain cases.


The people of the State of California; repre-


sentea in Senate and assembly, do enact as


tollows.


Section /. The earnings of the wife shalf
not be liable for the debts OF the husband.
Sec. ,. The earnings and accnmulations
of the wife and of her minor children hvlng
with or being in Ter custody while the wife is
living separate and apart from her husband,
shall he the separate property of the wife.
Sec 3. The wife while living separate
and anart from her husband. shall have the
sole and exclusive control of her separate pro-.
perty. and may sue anG be sued, without
Joining or being Joined with her husband, AID
may avail herself Of and be Subjected to all
legal process in all actions concerning her
real estate.


Sec. /. The wife while living separate
and spart from her husband may sne, ana
| by her deed, without joining whh her hus-
band, convey her real estate as hereinafter
provided First Before such sale and con-
vevance she shall cause to he recorded in the
Office Of the Recorder of the county where the
estate 10 be sold is situated the declaration,
drly verified and acknowledged before an officer
authorized by law to take acknowledgements
of deeds, containing a description of sach real
estate. the name of ner husband, her own
place of residence and that she is married
woman living separate and apart from her
husband. Second-Upon filing in the Ccnn-'
ty Court of the proper county her pet-
ton, duly verified, containing n sGbstan-
,al copy of such record, and showing
that she is still living separate and ePart
| from her husband and intends to sell any
part or the whole of such real estate, de-
scribing the same, such Court, or the Judge
thereof shall appoint day for the hearing OF
the matter not less than thirty days from the
date of the filing of such petition, and may d.
rect such notice of such hearing to be given
| by publication in some newspaper or other
wise, as to such Court or Judge may seem
proper. the same not to be more than three
weeks; and upon such hearing, if it appear
that the foregoing provisions have been COM
piled with. the Court shall, if it 80 appear in
proof, adjudge "that such perscn is mar
ried woman, living separate and apart from
her husband, and is authorized to sell and
convey any or oil Of her real estate in such
petition described" which Judgment shall
be final and conclusive of the matters con-
tanned therein.


Sec. 5. All Acts and parts of Acts, 40 far
as they conflict with the provisions OF this
Act are hereby repealed.


Sec. 6. This Act shall take effect imme-
diately.


Approved by the Governor March 9th,.
! 1870.
Year: 1870

FEMALE SurrRAGE.-Miss Amy Field de.
livered an address at Sacramento, in the As.
sembly Hall, on Friday evening in opposi.
tion to Female Suffrage. She opposes limo.
vations being made by the ladies in the poll
tical management of affairs. We think she
is on the right side but it remains to be seen
If she will not have her views of right and
wrong set aside by another amendment to the
Constitution of the United States.