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Year: 1870

The first day of the year 1870 did not bring
with ii the bright sunshine which has made
Washington so pleasant for the last four or five
days, bat, although the sky was clouded, the
temperature was mild, and the streets clear
alike OF mud and dust, making pedestrianism
not only possible, but delightful. As cOnse-
quence the receptions were crowded, from the
grand levee at the Executive Mansion down to
the "Open houses" Of our fellow -citizens Smith,
Jones, and Brown.
Year: 1870

About half-past two O'Clock yesterday conductor
on the West Hoboken horse cars, named Ferdinand
Schucttlcr, was caught between two Of the cars at
switch and was crushed that his recovery Is very
doubtful. lie was standing ON the fr0nt platform OF
one car and In trying to Jump one passing n the
opposite direction was caught between them. His
LETT arm was broken, his right arm badly crushed,
his head nu tlaeu by the glass In the windows and
his Internal INJURIES are pro30unced very estfous
Year: 1870

now complete in every department of the
trade Our Goods viii be found most
elegant and superb, unexeeIled and un-
riyalled 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 speciA
view to flrst-class retail trade.
Year: 1870

The London Daily Ne'OS of the 2Sth ultimo
contains long and interesting defense of the
course of the Empress Eugenie which appears
to be authoritative. 1t claims that her residence
at Chiselhurst is not resort of intriguers, and
the visits of the imperialists to her are not en-
couTaged. The communication concludes with
the following singular recital:-


at is proper to add that family intrigues
succeed no better with the Empress than those
which are hatched from beyond the Rhine.
What is known of the two interviews between
the Empress and her cousin, Prince Napoleon,
serves to show her tirmness and her just appre-
citation of men as well az of circumstances. 1t
is we'll known, indeed, that the Emperor's cou-
sin has never been in any great odor of sanctity
at the TuileIies, and that the Empress personally
has taken little pains to conceal her proposes
sions against one whom she has always cons-
dered the Emperor's enemy. The political temper
ament of Prince Napoleon and his philosophical
and moral opinions were, it is true, but little in
accordance with those of the Empress, and the
sad events of which France has been the victim
did not in any sway tend to reconcile views
or feelings between which there had been no
possible point OF contact. Be that as it may,
and not to push an inquiry into psychological
peculiaritles, it is certain that the second and
last visit of Prince Napoleon at Chiselhurst
ended in an explosion. The Prince may pro-
test as much as he likes, that will not alter the
facts.


During this last visit Prince Napoleon with
his usual impulsiyeness, allowed himself to ex.
press somewhat harshly his opinions touching
The Inherent ministries OF the last month OF
the Empire, and he went so far as to call one of
them u ministry of idiots (cretiaS). Now, the
sentiment of gratitude is very strong with the
Empress, and she made reply to her illustrious
cousin of which the following sentences convey
the substance, if not The precise words:-1
know not Monseigneur, said the Empress, what
you mean by ministry of idiots, but what do
know is that down TO the last moment the
Emperor was served by devoted and faithful
friends. For the last eighteen years you have
opposed the empire. You and those about YOU
have never ceased to undermine IL; and to-day,
when the Emperor is fallen, you pursue him
still. Had you been at Paris on the 4th Septem-
Der you might have been able to give us good
advice, but you were absent, as you have so
often happened to be, at the moment of danger;
of course to your great regret, as / do not
doubt Upon this Prince Napoleon tarried no
longer. He took up his hat and left the room. ="
Year: 1870

The new Admiral of the Navy is now engaged
in the preparation of history of the American
ments. Admiral Porter will make the work
thorough and complete, giving the most minute
details, and following the navy and its improve
ments through all its stages. The report will be
incorporated in the annual report to Congress
ty the Secretary of the Navy, and win be printed
as q public document.
Year: 1870

The experiments in broom
corn, as far as we can learn, have
not been satisfactory, owing to
too much wet weather during the
season for harvesting the crop;
and withal the experimenters
have been disappointed in the
price they expected to obtain.
which is now too low to justify
its production where sugar cane,
and even cotton pays so much
better.


The low price of the raw ma
terial has driven two or three par
ties, in self defence, to become
manufacturers; and brooms equal
to the best brought here from
Yankee land are now being made
near Franklin, New 1baria and
St. Martinsville. This is . move
in the right direction, and we
wish all its success.-Pkanters'
Banners.
Year: 1870

determined to burn coal, and the
consequence is that coal barges
are met at almost every landing
on the river.


The plantation hands work. as
a general thing, in a very satisfac-
tory manner, Notwithstanding the
numerous meetings gotten up by
Radical conyassers, who are
working up the next election.
Sambo cares little nowadays for
political honors; he begins to un-
derstand that a field hand can
never be anything but apoor and
ignorant legislator, and having
turned seriously to work, leaves
politics aside, to take up the sho-
vel and the hoe.


The country, in one word,
looks prosperous, and if no unto.
ward event comes to change the
aspect of affairs, there will be a
prosperous year recorded in the
agricultural annals of the State
Of Observation-Disclosures.
Year: 1870

SICKNESS is often the want Of
will, or rather the result of that
want. Men end women in whom
the will-power is strong, resist
disease, and fight against it when
attacked. Courage and a deter
mined purpose will of,times pre-
vent the approach Of illness. The
mind. the imagination, is won-
derfully powerful to effect the
body.
Year: 1870

The BIarsnrd Rooi Well as the Dome
Done For.


The Court House Commissioners did not meet
yesterday owing to the absence of Senator Norton.
The question OF the roof is still the botheratlon Of
the commissioners and they are aeciding and unde-
Gliding their ways ana plans about ft almost every
time they see one another. The dome idea is killed,
but the Mansarl ro0l they find now will be an I'M
Possibility Tor the reason that the roof on both
wings has been already completed, at great cost In
such solid manner that 1t would be rather an ex-
travagaut idea to put headn OF the French pat
tern on the building. The architect promises TO
erect, in lieu OF the DOME an ornament OF an ele-
giant character, not quite so COSTLY Which Will be a
ntLing adluiet to The present roof.
Year: 1870

M. Volt is demonstrating-bys some ex>
periment-that warm blooded animal, a
bird ut least may live after it's brain has
been removed. He skillfully removes,
with hook and scalpel, the cerebral hemis-
pheres from the skull of pigeon. When
the operation is concluded, the poor bird
hides its head under its wing, and remains
motionless with closed eyes, in this atti-
tude. which it resumes whenever it is
disturbed, in order to receive nourishment
and seems to be overcome with profound
slumber. This condition lasts a few weeks,
after which the victim of the singular
mutilation leaves its somnolent condition,
opens its eyes, and even attempts to fly. 1t
avoids obstacles, shuns the hand that
would seize it, and appears to enjoy in
full force the faculties Of hearing and
seeing.


Thenceforth the pigeons without brains
cannot be distinguished from those with
brains, except by their entire forgetful-
ness of the means of securing nourish-
ment. They would die of hunger in a
heap of grain it is necessary to intro
duce food into their beak and stomach by
the aid of small rod. They COO boldly,
come and go, and seem thereafter to be
strangers to every sentiment of fear
When once they commence walking, they
continue the impetus following the same
path around the same table, ana contihu-
ally taking refuge in the same corner.
Year: 1870

FRANKLIN PIERcE.-A few weeks be.
fore his Inauguration, President Pierce
lost his only son. His inaugural address
began with this singularly beautiful and
pathetic sentence:


''My countrymen-It is q relief to feel
that no heart but my owa can know the
personal regret and bitter sorrow over
which have been born to position SO
suitable fer others rather than desirable
for myself"


II would seem that good fortune in one
direction is always purchased dearly by
sorrow in another. Let those who pray
for more worldly prosperity beware lest it
be given them at the expense of something
which millions can never restore.
Year: 1870

LOVES LABOR WoN.-A young man Of
this city, recently arrived here, who was
in love bat too poor to wed the object Of
his affections, being unable to get. any
work at his trade and having no ready
cash, resorted to the employment Of a
scavenger to raise the wherewith to con-
summate his plans. Ineongruous as the
idea seems he thinks the end justified the
means, as he is now happily married and
has steady and more desirable situation.
There is an exhibition of earnest love and
genuine romance in this action that is
hardly surpassed by the story of Jacob and
Rachel. If young men generally. of the
present day, had more of the same spirit
Of independence and determination they
would be much better off and none the
less respected. Nuscatine Journal,
Year: 1870

Valkenburg withdraw and count the mon
ey from Shelly's hands. There was $l7,-
100 Of it, but where it came from never
knew, nor what it was for. General But
Ter never reported the testimony he took
on investigation, and therefore l don't
know positively what facts were brought
out. The investigation was about -
square as anything of the kind usually , is.
Butler knew how matters stood. He
didn't care pin for the acquittal or for
what Johnson's friends had done. Grimes
and Fessen6en voted from conscientious
motives. don't believe the President
had any conferences with Senators about
voting, and it would have been contrary
to his nature to have done SO. The Presi-
dent always felt conscientious about his
integrity, and was willing to submit his
record to the test of trial. He never
apprehended the danger he was in, and if
he had, he would have done nothing to
avert it.


Gen. Butler, in the course oe his inter-
view with the Sun reporter, said that the
story recently published about his con-
nection with the impeachment matter is .
tissue Of falsehoods. He says:


l was fully aware of the pledges which
johnson gave to Fessenden, Grimes and
Trumbull as to his good behaviour on his
acquittal, ard that on these conditions he
agreed to vote against the impeachment
articles but did not know that they had
advised the use of money to bring about
an actual. l felt satisfied that Henderson
had received money for HE vote, but had
not proof sufficient to bring it home
to him. If done at all, the thing must,
of course, have taken place As secretly as
possible. There is no truth in the story
that had interviews with Wendell about
this business, and I never offered him
money. know nothing about the bet of
fifty thousand dollars, though heard Of
it, and believed it was mere rumor.
Year: 1870

"Gentlemen Of the jury" said West
ern lawyer. IL don't mean to insinuate
that this man is a covetous person, but
will bet you FIVE to one that if you bait a
steel trap with a new three cent piece, and
place it within six inches Of his mouth,
you would catch his soul. l wouldn't fo1
moment insinuate that he would steal,
but, may it please the court and gentlemen
Of the jury, wouldn't trust him in q
room with red-hot millstones, and the
angel Gabriel to watch 'em."
Year: 1870

Soak some blotting paper in strong
solution of saltpetre; dry it, take piece
about the size Of you~hand, and on going
to bed light it, and lay it on plate in
your bedroom. BY so doing, persons af-
llicted with the asthma will fnd that they
can sleep almost as well as when in
health,
Year: 1870

A citizen of Harrisburg, Pa, has invent
ed new signal light for locomotives.
The light is SO arranged or placed as to il
illuminate the smoke and vapor as it
emerges from the smoke stack, thus form
ing spiral column of light, visible for
miles, and it will doubtedly prove a
complete safety light, and where used and
adopted will prevent all collisions occur
ring during the night time.
Year: 1870

We have found that hogs lard is the
best thing to mix in with dough to give
hens, to make them lay. Que cut Of this
tut AZ large as walnut, will set hen to
lay Immediately after she has been broken
up from setting, and by feeding them with
the fat occasionally, the hens continue to
lay through the winter.
Year: 1870

A lady whose deceased husband had not
enjoyed a continuous flow offelicity during
life, was asked at seance one night if she
would like communication from his spirit.


~ believe not" she said I; If he's got no
more spirit in tho other world than he had
in this, it's not worth bothering about"
Year: 1870

A little Sabbath school scholar said she
couldn't help laughing to think how aston
ished Geliah must have been when the
stone from David's sling hit him, as she
didn't believe that such thing ever enter.
ed his head before.
Year: 1870

A Connecticut editor is going into the
interviewing business to some purpose.
lie gives notice as follows: eve shall
interview q number Of our-sitizens this
week on the subject Of finance
Year: 1870

The other afternoon, in Buffalo, an ex-
cited individual with we'll known carpet
bag in one hand, an umbrella in the 9th.
er, and shawl hanging over his arm,
accosted one of the street gamins at the
corner Of Main and Exchange with the
question: "Say, bub which's the quick
est way for me to so to the Erie railroad
depot?"


run u was the laconic response.
Year: 1870

A Detroit girl, who wears beaver and
carries cane, tried to kiss hotel waiter
the other day, The insulted youth COM
planned to the landlord, who informed the
offender that she must respect the men
about the house or leave.
Year: 1870

AT this season of the year, all our far.
mers are preparing to salt their hams and
bacon, so we propose to give them a re-
cipe whereby sailing and smoking can be
done in one simple and short process.
Many of our housewives are forced to de-
pend upon their neighbors for convenien-
ces to smoke with. Those of us who own
smoke houses know how difficult it is to
smoke just right. By this process all
trouble is avoided. Take a large-sized
butter firkin, cask, or barrel, according to
the quantity of meat you desire to smoke.
Place it over fire of corncobs with the
corn on. Meat smoked in this way is
higher Favored, the corn seeming to pro-
duce better taste than cobs, or wood, or
green walnuts. Let the tub smoke from
FIVE to six hours. To one hundred pounds
of meat, take eight pousds of salt, two
pounds of coarse brown sugar Tor three
pints of molasses), and two ounces of salt
petre. Rub little fine salt into the bams
"uu ohooiueis, tieH put tut meat lntO Tie
smoked tub, cover it with cold water, turn
in the salt, sugar and saltpetre, cover
closely, and set in cool place where it
will not freeze. If scum rises on the
brine, turn it of, scald and add little
more salt. If desired to keep through the
summer, in the early spring smoke the tub
three hours longer, put back the meat and
turn on the brine when cold.


In month after picking, the hams will
be ready for use. They can be kept in the
brine all summer, and if ham is cut, re-
turn it to the tub for future use.


Beef and tongues can be kept in the
same manner, and there is no danger from
insects. In six or seven weeks the beef is
picked and smoked enough to dry. This
is the surest and most expeditions way Of
sailing and smoking pork and beef, and if
once tried will always be adopted.-Hearth
and Home.
Year: 1870



 The N !. Herald accounts for the late fall in the price of gold in the following spicy manner:

 ''The immediate precipitating cause in this instance is the rema rkabe exhibit of the Blu reau of Statistics at Washington, showing that during the first half of the present fiscal year our exports have been within two million dollars of our imports. leaving the inference that as we have shipped many millions of goVernment bonds and railway securities to foreign countries the balance of trade is in our favor and Europe largely our debtor. Ever since the war our imports greatly exceeded our exports, and the balance has been made up by shipping specie and American securities. It turns out, how ever, that we have been producing so indus- taiously in the interim of peace that, despite our extravagant importations, we are able to pay our foreign debt in kind. Hence the Eu> ropean demand for our fve-twenties and rail- way securities is placing us on the creditor side of the account and giving us an importation of foreign capital which only goes to still further develop our resources and enable us one

 these days to extinguish the national debt all l together
Year: 1870

correspondent of the San Diego Union writes from San Francisco:

 Analogy is bafled and prophecy silenced for the present, regarding the season in which to expect these dreaded phenomena On Tburs- day, February l7th about qurrter past l2, m., San Francisco was startled to such an extent that her hair stood on end' and her teeth chattered iu her head, Of course yoy have all been duly terrified by descriptions of our latest visitation in that form Many writers, know, possess very vivid powers of description, but defy sny one to give anything like an adequate picture of the effect of an earthquake upon class of fifty or sixty children assem- bied in the third story of brick school-house. The sudden, unaccountable tremor seems to bring with 1t a rush of terrifying thoughts of danger and death Some seem to lose all power of action, others seem incapable of doing anything, but increase the confusion by screams ing and crying, while some with white and error stricken facCs. cling wildly to their teach er as if she could stay the tumult. The great danger in ordinary cases is that in rushing down the tbree flights of stairs some of the children would inevitably be killed or seriously injured But no one was hurt. and the ex- citement has ceen completely swallowed up ln the great event that mad slast week memorable
Year: 1870

JOINT RESOLUTION to sell or exchange the

 site of the custem.house in the city of Nash-

 vile, Tennessee, that . more suitable location

 may be obtained.

 Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Amer ica in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized, in his discretion; to sell at public auction. to the highest and best bidder therefor, the present site for custom-house in the city of Nashville, Tennessee, or to exchange the same for new and more eligible site, as directed in the fol = lowing section.

 SEC. ?. And be it further resolved, That out of the proceeds of the said sale or by such ex- change, the Secretary of the Treasury is au- thOrized and directed to purchase or procure a new and more eligible site for custom-hOuse in the said city of Nashville: Provided, that the cost of the new site shall in no event ex- ceed the amount of the proceeds from the sale or exchange of the present site

 Approved, February A, 1870.
Year: 1870

AN ACT to admit the State of Mississippi to repre-

 sentation in the Congress of the United

 States.

 Whereas the people of Mississippi have fram ed and adopted constitution of State gov- ernment which is republican; and whereas the legislature of Mississippi elected under said constitution has ratified the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the Constitution of the United States; and whereas the perfor- nance of these several acts in good faith is condition precedent to the representation of the State in Congress: Therefore,

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Amer ica in Congress assembled, That the said State of Mississippi is entitled to representation in the Congress of the United States ProUidsd That before any member of the legislature of said State shall take or resume his seat, or any officer of said State shall enter upon the duties of the office, he shall take and subscribe, and file in the office of the secretary of state of NJ is sissippi, for permanent preservation, an oath Or affirmation in the form following -

 -, do sOlemnly swear (or afirrn) that have never taken an oath as member ofCon- gress, or as an officer of the United States, or as member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, and aferward engaged in insurrecticn or rebellion against the same, or given aid or com fort to the enemies thereof, so help me Good :" or under the pains and penalties of perjury. (ag the case may be;) or such person shall in like manner take. subscribe, aud file the foilew- Ing oath or affirmation: q, do
Year: 1870

Below we give extracts from the periodical
which we mentioned in our last issue. As it
would be impossible to explain the stand taken
by this new publication, otherwise, we will COM
mence by giving copy of the utle-page;


THE WHANGDOODLE.
Year: 1870

CHEERFUL PEoPLE.-God bless the cheerful
people-man, woman or child, old or young, IL
literate or educated, handsome or homey.
Over and above every other social trait stands
cheerfulness. What sun is to nature-what
God is to the stricken heart which knows how
to lean upon Him-are cheerful persons in the
house and by the wayside They go unobtru-
sively, unconsciously, about their silent mission
Frightening up society around them with the
happiness beaming from their faces. We love to
sit near them we love the expression of their
eye, the tone of their voice. Little children
find them out, oh so quickly, amid the densest
compressed lip, glide near, and lay a confding
little hand on their knee, lift their clear young
eyes to those loving faces.
Year: 1870

FISH AND MEAT.-It has been said that fish
food is adapted to thinkers, because, having
more phosphorous, it is peculiarly adapted to
feed the brain it is not as nutritious as poultry
or beef but it is quite as heathful:


1t is not wise to eat by rules made in the
chemical laboratory, or In the study of the phil
osopher, Almighty wisdom has placed the pre-
seryation and development of the species as he
has that of the sex, beyond human ken, and has
implanted within us certain uncomfortable In
stincts, which prompt us to live and move, and
sustain our beings with a greater wisdom than
could be hoped from mortal agencies, compre-
hended in the single dctation, " Eat what you
feel like"-that is, partake in moderation OF
what is most palatable to you but it, in rare
cases it is found that what you are most fond OF
is followed by disagreeable results gracefully
yield to nature, avoid it for while at least, and
you will find that what does not agree with you
to-day, may be actually beneficial next month or
next year.-HaA's Journal Of Health.
Year: 1870

IT is said that bill to abolish the Patent Of
flee will be urged upon Congress by persons who
say that the patent laws do not materially bene-
fit inventors or the people, and the privileges
conferred by the present regulations are taken
advantage Of by class of persons who are not
entitled to be considered as inventors This of
fee has, it is alleged, become too complicated to
be beneficial, and must either be abolished or its
jurisdiction materially changed.