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Year: 1871

The vast and melancholy multitude
of those who though members in
what is called "gOOd standinU of evan
gelical churches, are doing next to
nothing for the cause of Christ, and
are therefore harming il, presents 4
curious variety of moral and spiritual
phenomena. Many of them find in
their heal Is a chronic and many-sid-
ed disinclinati0n for duties which God
has placed within their reach. Others
seem perpetually to fall victims to the
pride which fOrbids their undertaking
work in which they are not likely to
shine. Besides these, not to speak of
the large class who are Enthusiastically,
il not cOnfessedly, cold and indiffer-
ent, because absorbed in, and over
whelmed by the things of this world,
there is enough for q dozen armies
who are, if We may take their own
word for it, entirely ready and willing
to display an untold degree Of zeal
and energy, ''if they only knew what
to dO.D


1t is not that they are divided in
mind by the pressing urgency appar-
emily distinct and opposite calls to
duty, or that the breath and luxuri-
ance of the harvest puzzles them as
to the proper place for their own par
ticUlaT reapiDg. but that, spiritually,
they are actually ''Out-Of-wOrk," and
don't know where or how to find it
They forget Christian labor is the most
wonderful self-prOpagating thing on
the face of the earth; and loving that
thing which may seem least-if they
would but bind that one sheafand lay
it by, tall grain enough will soon stand
before them ripe and ready for the
reaping.-EE. and ChrOH.
Year: 1871

Alone with thee, my God alone with thee
Thus wouIdst thou have It still-thus let Z
be.
There Is a secret chamber IN each mind,


Which none can find
But he who made it-none beside can know


It's Joy OF woe.
on may 7 enter it, oppressed by care.


And find thee there:
So full Of watchfuI love. thou knowest th'
why


OF every sigh.
Then al thy righteous dealings shall I see,
Alone with thee. my God: alone with thee
The joys Of earth ARE like a summers day.


Fadingaway;
But In the twilight we may better trace


Thy wondrous grace,
The homes Of earth are emptied Oft by death


With chilling breath:
The loved departed guest may ope no more


The weIl-known door:
stH in that chamber seaI'd thoult dwell


with me
And I with thee. my God! alone with thee
The worlds false voice would hid me enter
not


That hallow'd spot:
And earthly thoughts would follow on my
track


To hold me back.
Or seel- % break the sacred peaca within


with this worlds din.
But, by thy graces. III cast them al aside,


Whatc'er betidn.
And never let that cell deserted be.
Where may dwell alone, my God, with
thee.
The war may rage! keep thou the citadel,


And all IS well.
And when learn the fullnesS OF thy love


With thee above
When every heart oppressed by hidden grief


Shall gain relief
WheI- every weary soul shall ind It's rest


Amidst the blest-
Then all my heart, from sin and sorrow free,
Shall bc,a temple meet, Eny God, for thee!
Year: 1871

I compare the troubles which we
have to undergo, in the course Of a
year, to q bundle of faggOts, far too
large for Us to carry. But God does
not require US to carry the whole at
once. He mercifully unties the bun
die and gives US first one stick. This
we might easily manage, if we could
have only the burden appointed for Us
each day; but we choose to increase our
trouble By carrying Yesterdays stick
over again to-day, and adding to-mor-
rows burden to our load before We are
required 10 bear it.-J0h1 Merton.
Year: 1871

y The symptoms "l Liver
Complaint are uncasiness
and pain in the side. Some
times the pain is in the
shoulder, and is mistaken


for rheumatism. The stom-
ach is effected with loss OF
appetite and sickness, bowels
in general costive, some
atimes alternating with lax
d with pain, and dull, heavy
sensation, considerable loss
Of memory, accompanied


with painfulsensation Of hav-
ing left undonc something
which ought to have been


done. Often complaining or
weakness, debility and low
spirits. Sometimes many OF


j L
Year: 1871

1t affords me much pleasure to bear te=timo-
ny rs to the efficacy of your Crystal Discovery.
Some years since, while in India, suffered from
a severe fever peculiar to the country. On my
recovering patch of hair on the left side Of my
head became perfectly white, without at all nj
fecting the remainder To remove this unsightly
appearance, had recourse to various prepara-
tons, both in Europe and in this country; but
hair black Now, With your Crystal Discovery,
l can get the desired shsde-the natural color OF
my hair being dark brown. consider your
Discovery the best preparation | know Of.
Year: 1871

| Levee stock, so buoyant in anticipation
of the time when the buying in contract


should be consummated, fell yesterday to
50, and even this figure seemed too high


for purchases. The truth is, the wish of


holders to unload" is too great. No sales


that could be authenticated are reported,


those who wished to buy thinking this


figure extravagant and Offering IS rs,


which two figures show the ruling of the
| stock.


Waterworks stock was offered yesterday


at fifty cents, where on the previous day
it threatened to reach one dollar. There


were no sales even at this figure, some


underlined cause being at work to let it


down. No boasting could get it up


to an improved valuation.
Why bacon should be suddenly in
such active demand seems unaccountable,
though the movement, if traced to its


source, would prove to have reasonable
cause. The activity in the inquiry, to-
gether with the advance in price, to which
allusion was here made on its inception, is
on the increase and does not abate one lot.
Pork shares the sensation, and is firm at
the advanced rate of s14 25, though buy
ers seemed to think this rate too steep to
authorize purchases.


Flour still shows itself dull, though a
trifie more movement was shown yester-
day than for some time. There is abun9-
ance of stock on hand; the high grades
are plentiful, but the peculiar demand
for these has gone down into an even
tenor.


We hear it reported on the street that
perfect mania is in New York, on the part
of bank managers, to convert their fve-
twenties into the new five per cents, the
Offices of the leading bond dealers being
crowded with applications of this kind.
Here we have noticed no such movement,
things in this direction seeming to have
received a quietus. Bonds and such
things are not mentioned on the street,
though transactions where they are
bought and sold take place in responsible
banking firms, who keep posted on the
recent operations Of the syndicate.


The longer distance news travels the
more exaggerated are the reports; hence
it is not surprising the New York cotton
interest has a lugubrious outlook on the
cotton crop-our intelligence of worms
in the country, heavy rains and other
causes of cotton destruction being mag
nifed enormously. In the same ratio, by
the time the news reaches England it will
be reported that we won't have any crop
at all, since it is openly asserted in New
York the crop will be short seventy-fve
per cent. These reports are all to the in
terest of factors, as the sscotton factions"
multiply very fast in the face of these un-
favorable reports. Hence we see yester-
Year: 1871

to the city, even after they were extended.
The Mayor and the Administrator Of
Finance have been the most strenuous
advocates of the ordinance, and yet they
but short time since, On grounds of
economy, opposed great public improve
ment; one that, if effectually carried out,
will not only give US perfect system of
drainage, but viii give us protection
against overfows, and reclaim the swamp
lands in the rear of the city. This great
public improvement, wherein the health
and permanent prosperity of the city SO
much depends, and which, it is supposed,
can be made to pay for itself, through the
blessings it viii secure and the increased
value of taxable property, has been
steadily. opposed by the Mayor on the
grounds of economy, and now We find
him the advocate of measure that, if
carried out, will do deep and lastingin-
jury to the credit of the city. Mayor
Flanders is just as determined to have his
way in this Waterworks business as he
was in the drainage business. He has
already notified the Council that he in
tends to veto the resolution resembling
the Waterworks ordinance, and unless the
opponents of the measure can defeat his
veto, the city will be saddled with an
other heavy debt.
Year: 1871

4
pose. So there were three halls, either


of which is more suitable for convention
than the courtroom; either of which the


committee knew they could have, and all
which they refused to accept, without
sufficient or satisfactory reasons.
Ithas been complained that persons were
excluded from the building. This is only
true so far as regards roughs and rowdles
who were hanging around the building to


no good purpose.


We have the evidence Of our own senses
to the fact that merchants on Custom
house business were denied entrance.


The officers of the government whose


duties are in the Customhouse were


barred from entering. And even the
deputy naval officer appealed in vain to
Mr.. Packard's doorkeepers to let gen.


tleman pass in, even though he assured


them it was a case of urgent official busi-
ness. The truth of the matter is, all the
roughest looking men we saw in or out OF
the Customhouse that day were inside the
building, duly labeled, deputy U. S.
Marshal"


No business man was interfered with or
inconvenienced in the slightest degree, as a


proof Of which it is only necessary to men


ton that the receipts of the day were larger


than for a week previously, and for the


same day during the past two years.


This statement is the subject for laugh


ter. When it can be made to appear that


crowd of two or three hundred men,


hanging around on both sides of the closed


doors of business house, does not inter-
fere with or cause Inconvenience to busi-
ness man, then We may eoncede the point.
Such crowd would be a nuisance and
source of danger to man carrying gold
to the cashier, even if they were not in
structed to prevent his ingress without q
ticket. To obtain the ticket, too, he
would have to apply on the side window
of the money order Office in the burning
sun, where stood another crowd, or chase
up Postmaster Lowell, who was running
around miscellaneously with great pack
age of tickets in his hands We should
call such treatment somewhat trying to
the patience of man in a hurry.


-"The receipts of the day were larger than
for week previously" etc.


The reported receipts were larger, no
doubt. 1t is said, and we have no doubt
with entire truth, that large portion of
the receipts for week previously had
been held back for the very purpose of
swelling those of the ninth. Thus an
ofense against the law was committed
in stupid attempt to perpetrate po-
lical fraud.


And finally. We have the authority of
chief of Police Badger for saying that he
never made the assertions attributed to
him, in regard to forcing an entrance into
he building with the police, followed up
oy thugs and rowdies.


The delegates of the party who were
riendly to Warmoth, were in such ma
ority that they would have had no diff
'ulty in controlling the convention under |
rules, if the malcontents |
lad let them enter the courtroom.
Year: 1871

Utah Territory is now shipping three
thousand tons of ore and six hundred tons
of bullion per month. The former is usu-
ally worth from one hundred and fifty to
two hundred dollars per ton, of which per-
haps one-half is profit.
Year: 1871

Chief of Police Savage, of Boston, is put
ting into effect an old law, which provides
that any man arraigned for simple drunken.
ness, may be discharged on condition that
he discloses the name of the person who
sold him liquor, and the place where it was
ATTAINED
Year: 1871

A drove of three hundred buffalo, one day
last week, while fleeing from an approach
ing train on the Kansas Pacific road, ran
wildly through the village Of Fossil Greek.
The inhabitants brought out their guns and
pistols, and made it red hot for them.
Year: 1871

The jackson railroad train due last night
at ten o'clock was three quarters of an hour
behind time, in consequence ofan accident to
the engine on the Mississippi Central road,
by which the connecting train was de-
tanned
Year: 1871

We acknowledge the receipt from the
managers of the Orleans Dramatic Relief
Association of tickets to the fourth sub
scription performance, to take place this
evening at the st. Charles Theatre.
Year: 1871

Of your Company's make is far superior to
any that we have used Its simplicity,
small effort required to operate, and the great
strength and elasticity Of its seam, are qualities
we have never found equaled in any other. Since
the introduction of your Sewing Machine into our
Asylum, it has always been the favorite with our
children, and often source of much contention
among them, as to who should have the privilege
of its use.


During the past two years We have had five Of
your Sewing Machines in constant use, and large
quantities of work Of every description for fami-
lies has been done on them. We have never had
any complaint from those for whom the work has
been done, but, on the contrary, much praise for
the beauty and perfection of the machine stitching


We most earnestly hope that you will accept our
proposition to exchange, and favor US by sending
your machines at the earliest opportunity.


DIRECTREss ST. ELIZABETH ORPHAN ASYLUM


au23 3m 1t ID
Year: 1871

SUSPENSION OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
The Governor yesterday suspended Mr..


George E. Bovee from duty as Secretary
OF State, and appointed General F. j. Her


ron to actad interim. The reasons for this


action will be found given at length on


the first page of this mornings paper, and
| appear to Us to be more than sufficient
1t appears that Mr.. Bovee, not content


with the rather humble duties conferred


upon him by the constitution and law,


has attempted to assume executive func-
tions to the extent of making laws in the
interest of a ring of spectators, with


whom he is said to be on the most init
mate terms. And we can not conceive of a
more high-handed act of usurpation and
official malfeasance than his recent attempt
to foist on the community the bill known
as the Crescent City Waterworks bill, un-
der the pretense that it is law The
original copy of this bill is still in the
hands of the Governor. The transcript
which the Secretary sent to the REpUB-
L1cAN Office for publication, and attested
as true copy of the original, is merely
copy of duplicate, or the semblance of
one which he has industriously manufac-
tured from the records of the minute
clerks. It is, no doubt, substantially like
the original, but it is not copy of it; was
not made from it, and has never been
compared with it. Of course, it is in no
sense law Of the State, and the Secre-
tarys great ofense consists in his officially
certifying it to be what it is not


The constitution makes it the duty of
the Governor to see that the laws are faith
fully executed. And in the discharge of
this duty he has no other recourse, when
he finds subordinate officers faithless to
the trust reposed in them, than to suspend
them, appoint others to attend to their
duties, and report his action to the Legis-
lature. And such is the course that will
be taken in Mr.. Bovee's case. They in
itiatory steps have already been taken,
and will be followed up.
Year: 1871

The favorite design for the back of the
new issue of gold coin notes, consists of
grouping together, in very artistic man
ner, of all the gold coins of the United
States, in such manner as to show both
sides of every coin.
Year: 1871

ROASTS AND SIEA Mn OYSTERS.


HEATS FLAT IRONS.


IT Is SIMPLE AND NEAT,l
occupies but small space upon kitchen or din
ingroom table: il is always ready for use, requir
ing only match for kindling, and may be instant
ly extingushed, when no longer required, thus
saving the expense of a constant fire.


THE HEAT CAN BE REGULATED
with the greatest nicely and is not subject to those
variations to which other fires are liabe This
will be appreciated by the laundress or the lady
Who does her own preserving.


THE STOVE OPERATES
without the least smoke or unpleasant eodor, and
makes neither dust nor dirt to soil the furniture
nor ashes TO be carried out. by its use threequar
ters of the labor and expense of cooking are
saved, the cost of the fuel being ONE CENT AN
HOUR.


FAMILIES OF ANY SIZE MAY DO


THEIR ENTIRE COOKING
with this stove, it being simply necessary to in
crease the number of lamps to correspond with the
increase in the quantity and variety to be cooked.
FOR STUDENTS OR OTHERS KEEPING


BACHELORS HALL,
or for any who desire to effect economy in the
il is invaluable, the great saving in
fuel which effects soon deirays its whole cost.
SEAMSTRESSES AND DRESSMAKERS WILL


FIND IT A GREAT CONVENIENCE,
as it enables them to heat fiat at small eN:
pense, the perfect regularity and constancy OF its
heat making it particularly efficient for this pur-
pose.



AS A SUMMER COOKING STOVE 1T Is IrN-


EQUALED,
as it does not heat the house, and may even be
placed ont of doors if required. FOR THIS SEA-
son 1T is INVALUABLE.
Year: 1871

An acute arithmelician has fig
ured out by double rule of three,
or upwards, that, while there are
a couple of millions of people in
the United State who are denied
the privilege Of reading their BIZ
bles by lack of education, there
are exactly ten times as many who
might read them, but don't for
lack of inclination This. to use
a not altogether original phrase,
is very sad.
Year: 1871

A drummer passed through
Holly Springs recently, Propo-
sing to sell to the merchants Of
that place fine syrup at seventy
five cents per gallOn-ffty cents
cheaper than the same syrup
apparently could be bought in
New Orleans. The merchants
gave him a trial. The syrup
came, and was in appearance OF
the finest make. The mer-
chants could not see how they
could sell so cheap, and went to
work to test it, when it proved
to be composed of sulphuric ae-
id and starch.
Year: 1871

Queer way they have of doing
things out in Kansas! An item
of news from that State reads as
follows: "a hotel in Chetopa is
temporarily closed on account of
little difficulty betwe n The cook
and the proprietor, which was set
tied by pistol. The proprietor
is in his grave and the cook is 10
jail"
Year: 1871

The editor of New Orleans Journal,
commenting upon Henry Ward Beech
er's new theory that the chestnut warm
would doubtless make choice ar &cle
of diet, inasmuch as it eats nothing
but the richest and cleanest food, re
marks:


Mr.. Beecher is only worm himself,
" a poor worm of the DUST" and the
doctrine of dog eat dog is too entirely
unnatural and repulsive to be enter
tanned for a moment.


How that editor must hate pork.
Year: 1871

A call has been issued by the seQe-
tary of the National Republican Elk
ecutive Committee for meetings oi
that body, to be held at Washington
on the eleventh of January next. The
object of the meeting will be to decide
when and where the next Republican
Presidential Convention shall be held.
1t is thought a majority of the mem
bers favor New York city.
Year: 1871

A contemplate rumor was circua
lated, from an equally contemplate
soure, to the effect that Governor
Warmoth obtruded himself unlimited
upon the Congressional Committee
which inspected the levees below the
city q few days ago. The truth is
Year: 1871

The New York Tribune says 1T
Will cost you a bushel of wheat TO
send another bushel TO New York
market was the observation lately
made to a Minnesota cOlonist. I'VE
do not propose TO send our wheat TO
New York" was the confident reply ;
'EWe arc putting up mills to grind
our wheat for home consumption. "
In that sentence we hear the keynote
Of American progress.
Year: 1871

They bade me cast the thing away.
They pointed to my hands, all bleeding ,
They listened not to all my pleading;


The thing meant could not say
/ knew that should rule the day


II once cast that thing away.
grasped It firm, and bore the pain;
The Lhorny husks stripped and scattered;
If / could reach its heart, what mattered
II other men saw not my gain


Or, even If should be slain


IkneH the risk; 1 chose the pain.
Oh had cast that thing away,
1 had not found what most cherish,
A faith without which should perish
The faith which, like q kernel, lay


Hid in the huskS which, on that day,


Ny instinct would not throw away
Year: 1871

N. c. Harrington has sold his ranch to
L. Gregory, and we understand that the
former will remove to Big Valley and set
tie near the county line. Harrington is an
enterprisng man and will make racket
up in Big Valley.
Year: 1871

A young and rather gOOd-lOOking couple
entered Courthouse yesterday attred IN their
best Addressing Capt RyOn OF the Superior Court the
man said he search OF divorce The Captain di-
rected him to the Superior Court General Term room,
where Judge Spencer holding Special Ter1n and the
next moment the young pair stood In the august
presence the Court. Said the young gentleman, hat
and gloves in hand "Your Honor, we want divorce.
We not satisfied with each other and tEink we would
be happier apart" Judge Spencer asked the young
woman # she was Of the same opinion, and she replied
in the affirmative The Judge then Informed them that
their application not based on sufficient legal grounds
q Justify him granting their strange request and they
must continue 10 struggle together until sufficient
TO make their desire rational one. Thus
dismissed. the couple departed, smiling at the many
amused faces around tAen
Year: 1871

A British soldier writes from Herbert
Hospital Shooters Hl a comrade as follows giving
his experience outwitng the doctors; Previous to
going to hospital tongue with chalk ready for
the word your tongue then. when the doctor
is going 10 feel your pulse be sure to knock your eDo"
against the wall and II will beat 10 any number IN
minute; then II YOU wish to persevere 10 be invaided


be the lookout for friend TO bring you b OF raw
buOcks liver every morning, IN order 10 sp blood IOf
tho doctor; of course have little bit Of the liver In your


mouth under your tongue Icsb ready lOr hln WHOM hc
Year: 1871

fHorV was no specie export by to-day's stcamcr


The rates for money have been mainly throughout the
day TO per cent though contrary the usual course
OF the market for weeks past the prices sened up in
stead OF falling on after bank hours and money
sharp per cent on satisfactory coaterals Tho supply
seems to be abundant at this rate Commercial paper
unchanged. The bond market has been dun and gen
orally steady In tone, closing steady basis li
aII1i for 1SsTs Subscriptions the new loan were
about 100000 Fisk Hatch report at D. m as follows:
Year: 1871

TERRITORIAL HUMoR--A UsED-UP lNJuN.
The territorial editors are queer fellows,
and are at times fesrfully addicted to the
practice of drawing the long bow. The fol-
lowing comes from Colorado, and we have a
lurking suspicion that it is an enormous lie:


Not long ago, out on the line ofthe Union
Pacific Railroad, noble savage of the Kick
apoo persuasion, was loaiing around with an
eve to possible scalps, when he perceived in
the distance locomotive coming down the
track toward him at l 80 gait. The abort
ginc had never witnessed anything of the
kind before, ami in his simplicity imagined it
to be new description of buffalo. lie ac-
cordingly made several preparations for its
capture hoping to take the first prize at the
approaching annual exhibition of the kicka-
poo Agricultural Society. 70 make sure
thing he fastened one end of the laso around
his body, and when the engine got near
enough, tossed the moose over the smoke
stack. The iron horse did not stop, however,
but the engineer witnessed a most striking
and original performance of the flying trapez,
never before attempted by any other lnjun.
There was an aboriginal funeral the next day
and the person who dug the grave made a
lucrative job of it. The only remains pre-
sented for interment consisted of small
piece of fcopper-colored meat tied to small
piece of string and enclosed in a sardine
box.