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Year: 1870

There are people who have pre-
ternatural faculty for detecting evil
or the appearance of evil in every
mans character. They have q fatal
scent for carrion. Their memory is
like museum / once saw at med,
ical college, and illustrates all the
hideOus distortions, and monstrous
growths and revolving diseases by
which humanity can be troubled OF
afflicted. They think they have q
wonderful knowledge of human ma
ture. But it is blunder to mistake
the Newgate Calendar for bio
graphical dictionary.


A less offensive type of the same
tendency leads some people to find
apparent satisfaction in the discov-
cry and proclamation of the slight
est defects in the habits of good
men and the conduct of public in
stitutions. They cannot talk about
the benefits conferred by a great
hospital without lamenting some in
significant blot in its laws, and some
trifiing want of prudence in It's man
agement. Speak to them about a
man whose good works everybody
is admiring, and they cool your ar
dor by regretting that he is so rough
in his manner, or, so smooth-that
his temper is so hasty or that he is
SO fond of applause. They seem to
hold a brief, requiring them to prove
the impossibility of human perfec-
ton. They detect the slightest al
10y in the pure gold of human good
ness. That there are spots in the
sun is, with them, something more
than an observed fact-it takes rank
with priori and necessary truths.


There are people who, if they
hear an organ, find out at once
which are the poorest stops. If
they listen to q great speaker, they
remember nothing but some slip in
the construction of q sentence, the
consistency of metaphor, or the
evolutions of an argument. While
their friends are admiring the wealth
and beauty Of Il tree whose branches
are weighed down with fruit, they
have discovered a solitary bough,
lost in the golden aflluence, on
which nothing is hanging.


Poor Hozliff u-oc caroI,- +,o,l1ol
with them in his time. "Littleness,"
he said, sis their element, and they
give q character of meanness to
whatever they touch,-Good Words
Year: 1870

1t stole on its pinions of snow to
the bed of disease; and the suffer
er's frown became smile-the en-
blem of peace and endurance. II
went to the house of mourning-and
from the lips of sorrow there came
sweet and cheerful songs. 1t laid
its head on the arm of the poor,
which was stretched forth at the
command of unholy impulses, and
saved him from disgrace and ruin.
No hope, my good brother? Have it.
Reckon it on your side. Wrestle
with it, that it may not depart; it
may repay your pains. Life is hard
enough at best; but hope shall lead
you over its mountains and sustain
thee amid its pillows. Part with all
beside, but keep thy hope.
Year: 1870

A militia officer being told by a
phrenologist that he had the organ
of locality very large, innocently re
Piled, Every likely; ! was fifteen
years a colonel in the local militia


A man with n scolding wife says
ne has less fears of the jaws of death
than the jaws of life.
Year: 1870

The Macedonian Oil Company will forfeit
81 10000 for every one hundred remedies COM
bined that will give the people such assurances
of success, in curing any of the above diseases
as the Macedonian on, and that will furnish
such reliable certificates in the town where
IN and sold
Year: 1870

OAKwooD MEMORIAL DAY-This is the day
set apart by the ladies of Richmond for the
decoration of the ten thousand graves OF
the Confederate dead whose bones are in.
tered in Oakwood cemetery. We trust
that the ladies from every part of the city
will take part in the observance of the day,
and that no graves in Oakwood will be he.
elected. There is always crowd at Holly
wood on the 3Oth let us not forget Oak.
wood on the 10th.


Persons residing on Shockoe Hill can
take the city railway cars and ride to the
corner of Twenty-titth and Main streets,
and will then be within a few rods of the
starting point of the line of omnibusses
which will run all day from st. Johns
church to the cemetery. Let all who take
part in the ceremQnies remember to bring
such flowers as they may be able to procure
for the decoration Of the graves. The rem
devious for those who wish to join the pro
cession this morning will be, as usual, st
Johns church.
Year: 1870

"IGNoRANcE OF THE LAW EXCUSES NO
MAN.'-On and after the 18th Of May, as it
will be seen from Collector Burgess's notice
of /" Internal Revenue" every one caught
doing business without special license
will be subject to heavy penalties and i'm
prisonment. It is useless for any one to try
to escape the revenue laws. You should
report yourself and save yourself from the
penalties of the law. AS to the income tax,
the collector has been kind enough, on ac-
count ofthe great calamity to extend the time
to the Doth for payment. Every one now
doing business without license lays his
stock liable to seizure at any moment.
We give you the facts as we have them.
Year: 1870

1t had extended forty miles from the city, and
Was was destroying entire cabbage patches. In
Iooo, IL entered the United States in the
northern parts of Vermont and New Hamp-
shire. This spring, it invaded our State from
the east, and was seen at Albany for the first
time in the month of July. The following
month it had increased so rapidly that it had
already become our most abundant butterfly
and in riding out of the southern part of our
city, where there were many acres of cabbage
under cultivation, it was impossible to count
the butterflies as they were driven up from
the roadside. 1t will probably extend west
wardly the present year, at least as far as the
central part of the State.


IN tnese portions OF the State where it first
arrNeo, the cabbage crop has been nearly if
noC entlrely DESTROYED. So unparalleled il
the increase OF this insect from the three or
iour broods which occur during the year, that
in all probability no cabbages can be success
fully grown in this portion of the State the
coming year. The culture will have to
be abandoned unless we should be
favored with an attack upon the caterpillar
by one or more of our native parasites, which
may serve to bring it within the limits which
it occupies in the Eastern world. There it
has at least four parasites which prey upon it
and check its excessive increase, but unfortu-
nately they were not imported with it.


In view of this prospective abandonment of
tie culture OF cabbage, it would seem to be a
pity, if from any unfounded fear, any persons
should be deferred from enjoying it while they
have the privilege.-Altany Journal
Year: 1870

LECTURE AT CENTENARY CHURCH By REV.
DIR MussEY.-Tbc lecture on Tuesday night ut
Centenary church promises to be great treat TO
all who. attend. The known reputation oil ihis
eminent divine is sufficient guarantee OF 4 plea
SAINT and profitable evening to all who attend.
Year: 1870

THE TEMPERANCE PIC-N1c.-Thc picnic
of the Cold Water Army, OH the 22d i'll
slant, promises to be Il success. We learn
that enough tickets have already been sold
to insure against failure, and should The
weather prove favorable we have no doubt
that Il large and happy company Will ENJOY
the excursion, away from the heat and dust
Of the city.
Year: 1870

Now IS THE TINE TO CALL--Intending to re-
move In q few days to No. 1915 Main street, We
have marked down our Straw Goods to the very
lowest margin. Cur stock of Straw ventilators
and other summer wear Is still large and varied
and must be sold. MCVEIGH G MARSHALL.
Year: 1870

THE EXECUTIVE MANsIoN.-The condition
and appearance of the Governors mansion
has been such for considerable length of
time that it is to be wondered at why it has
not been put in proper repair and made to
appear worthy of its purposes. A step has
been taken in the Legislature towards
making the repairs, and on yesterday Gene
raj Ncwbery, Superintendent Of Public
Buildings, made a report on the condition
of The mansion. From this it appears that
the roof is very imperfect, and the basement
very damp, for want of proper drainage.
The Superintendent makes some very sensi-
bic suggestions as to improvements about
the grounds, so as to make them appear to
better advantage from the Square, such as
the removal OF the stables and out-buildings
from their present location to the eastern
side of the lot on Governor street. The
cost for the needed repairs is estimated at
S2.220, and it is to be hoped that the Legis-
lature will ut once proceed to make an ap-
preparation.
Year: 1870

The dangers which threaten the Emperor on
the MOselle are trivial in comparison with the
dangers that assail him from the Seine. III we
remember how close is the censorship over tele-
grams from Paris, how carefully every message
which tells of trouble for the Government or
peril to the dynasty is shorn and trimmed be-
fore it is permitted to pass out OF the En-
pire, we shall be better able to appreciate
the awful significance of few brief
sentences which reach us this morning
from the French capital. That the nation
would put forth extraordinary exertions in
order to repel a foreign invasion nobody
doubted. The defeat of the grand army has
reused a true patriotic rage, and Will put
hundreds of thousands of ardent men in the
field But with the martial ardOr of the hour
is reused deep-seated grief and disappoint-
ment at the failure of the leader who promised
a few weeks ago to carry the French eagles In
triumph to Berlin. France will fight, but she has
lost confidence in her commander. She clamors
for general armng of the people. She pushes
aside the incompetent ruler who has led her
into disaster, and demands that she shall have
the direction of her own destinies. She is per-
suaded that nothing but bad generalship can
defeat her armies, and she is burning with re-
sentiment at the cause of her disgrace.
The people, in fact, are fast getting
beyond the control of the Govern
ment, and although they answer with
alacrity the EmperOr's call to arms, they
demand at the same time that arms shall be
placed in the hands of the whole population,
and no longer Napoleon but the men of France
shall have the command of the country. Ma
pOleOn's attempt to pacify the tumult by sac
rifcing a general is not likely to be success
full. Whoever planned the campaign, the En-
peror and not Gen. LebGuf is responsible for
its adoption, and will ultimately bear the pen
atty of its failure.


We need hardly point out how fearfully
omlnous in this hour of disaster and excite
ment is the appointment of a National Com
mittee, with plenary powers to act IN all
things concerning the war. 1t makes little
difference who may be the original members
of this extraordinary body, for if they fail to
satisfy the people, the people will be sure to
have them changed. 1t makes little difference
how moderately they enter upon their func-
tions, for if affairs continue to go ill they will
be swept along by the torrent of popular
indignation. We do not believe the
Bonaparte dynasty will withstand another de-
feat; we question whether it has not already
received its death blow. The impending con-
flict at Metz threatens to involve not only the
issue of the German war, but the existence of
the Napoleonic empire, and the National Com
mittee, which begins its labOrs as the auxiliary
of threatened despotism, may find itself in
a few days the governing power of revolu-
tiOnary republic.
Year: 1870

DEVELOPMENTS OF THE NATHAN mo JEST


The Nathan inquest is rapidly clearing up
many of the misstatements regarding the
murder, which have been put forth without
authority or consideration. The physician
called in on the discovery of the murder care
fully compared the wounds with the burglars
instrument found in the hall, and unhestat-
ingly declared yesterday on his examination,
that each Of the four wounds was inflicted
with that weapon. Gen. Frank Blair swOre
positively that he saw the door of the house
open q few minutes before the alarm of mur


was given. This is a direct contradiction of
the testimony of Policeman Mangam, who
swore that it was closed. But as the policeman
tried tand found it closed at Al o'clock and Gen.


Blair did not observe it open until 81 o'clock OF
little earlier, the contradiction does not appear
to be important. 1t is possible and very
probable that the murderer left the house,
omitting to close the door behind him, at
some moment during this interval of an hour
Naturally he would seize the moment when
the officer was on distant part of his beat.
1t is an important part of Gen. Blair's testi-
mony that he saw one of the sons of Mr.. Nathan
at the window above, putting on his stockings
A lew minutes laIef Nc saw INC same
person at the front door giving the alarm.
His stockings at that moment were bloody
so much so indeed that Gen. Blair thought
them red pair. The testimony of the news
boy seems to establish clearly enough that the
paper picked up by the laboring man on the
steps of Mr.. Nathan's house was a bank check.
Finally, the testimony of DR.. Peckham, as to
the noise of the struggle heard by him, shows
that the struggle which ended in murder must
have been between two and three o'clock.


These are the principal and indeed the
only important developments made during
the inquest yesterday. Taken in connection
with previous statements they indicate that the
murder was committed two or three hours
before it was discovered; that the murderer
was burglar possessed of burglars instru-
ments, with one of which the murder was
done and that some hours after performing
the deed, and after deliberately rihing
the safe he passed into Twenty -third-st.
by the front door Of the mansion,
leaving it partly open, and the implement
with which he committed the deed lying in
the hall. There is nothing in the develop
ments thus far to point to the criminal, but
they establish that he was neither of the sons
of the murdered man whose names have been
mentioned in that terrible connection. Further
developments will. we doubt not. make this
Year: 1870

While NJ. de Lesseps is being feted and
caressed in England, his Council of Admins
tration in Egypt have found themselves under
the necessity of making an announcement
which may tend to cool the enthusiasm OF that
gentleman's hosts. The Council has issued a
notice that as the income of the Canal
has not been sufficient to allow OF
the payment of the coupons either OF
the shares in circulation or OF the
delegations" representing the 176,6O2 shares
taken by the Government of Egypt, such pay
ment is therefore adjourned" 1t is, OF
course, promised that the coupons in question
shall take precedence of all future distribution
of dividends, but the fact remains that the
Canal has not as yet earned minimum income.
Most people will be sorry to hear of this an
nOuncement, as it tends to destroy confidence
in an undertaking the completion of which,
even to its present state, reflects high credit
upon both its protector and engineers. Still,
it only proves the truth of the predictions
so freely made that, whatever the success Of
the Canal as an engineering scheme of unusual
boldness it would not be for many years a
paying speculation to its shareholders. There
is little hope of further support from the
French Government now that the Emperor has
engaged in the even more costly experiment
of war with Prussia.
Year: 1870

present there seems to be pause in this p0r
ton of the field, the most plausible explana-
ton of which is that MacMahon is held tight
in position whence he cannot retreat without
the danger of total rout, and where nevertheless
he has not the strength to fight. Thus the whole
right wing of the French army is neutralized,
while the Crown Prince, having the Rhine
valley entirely open in his rear can bring
over as many troops as he pleases from Baden
70 hold the passes of the mountains, to be-
Lacquer Strasbourg to reinforce the armies at
Saarbruck and Forbach and perhaps to keep
MacMahon in check while the Crown Prince
pushes on towards Metz StrasbOurg will prob
ably be evacuated and the only remaining
French troops in the Rhine Valley, namely,
Gen. Douay's Seventh Corps of Reserves at
Belfort, south of Strasbourg, will probably fall
back upon Nancy.


Thus it will be seen that the situation, which
looked grave enough on Sunday night, appears
still more critical in the light of the dispatches
of this morning. MacMahOn has not succeeded
in rejoining the main body OF the army !;
Nancy is not yet covered; and it Is doubt
full whether Napoleon can make any fur
ther stand on the line of the Moselle
He may even be t1ken in flank at Metz
| for while MacMahOn is in the noun
talns the flank on the Moselle is entirely
exposed, and in that case French defeat
would be utter and irremediable. The march
| of the Prussians to Paris would be across
many obstacles, to be sure, but none OF those
obstacles are formidable unless there is
strong army behind them and as for the for
tifications of the capital, we must take 1t INTO
consideration that if Prussian army should
penetrate as far as the Seine it would pr0ba-


bly, find Paris in the hands of revolutionary
committee and Napoleon fugitive. The SIT
uation is not so desperate that it may not be
retrieved. The extricaton of MacMahon from
his present isolated position, and success In


front of Metz, would place the combatants


once more on footing comparatively equal


and open a new and perhaps long campaign; I;


but as affairs now stand the future of the en-


pire is black with omens of danger.
Year: 1870

The Canadians claim that the Annexation
League of which we lately gave an account
never had much vitality, and another cores
pondent than the one who announced its birth
details on our second page its early demise.
Nevertheless, the Canadians agitate themselves
unnecessarily over their problems of Indepen-
dence and Annexation, and fancy the whole
world is absorbed in their solution. Our advice
to them is first of all to get out of their pres
ent position, where they are dependent when
in peace and prosperity. and independent of
England when in danger of attack. After
they have accomplished that it will be time
to ask us seriously to consider the question
of their annexation. If they don't hurry it,
they may possess their souls in perfect pa
tience, serenely confident that we wont.
There are scores of other things in which we
have at present far greater interest
Year: 1870

The telegraph has had little to do for the
past twenty-four hours except to record the
completeness of the Prussian victory AS we
said Yesterday. the French, occupying two
sides of a square, have been driven in on
both those sides their right and center have
been beaten and doubled up and their only
hope is in changing their line OF direction,
and falling back upon Paris and Nancy, while
Strasbourg is left to its fate. Three corps, at
Metz and ThiOnville, remain intact, and are
ready to offer determined resistance to the
advancing enemy. Portions of the corps of
De Failly and Frossard, saved from the wreck
of the center, are also available, and CanrObert
at Chalons can doubtless forward several di-
visions to the front. 1t must be remembered,
however, that FTossard has just suffered
severe defeat that De Failly sent no fewer
than five divisions of his corps to MacMahon
during the battle at Worth and Haguenau and
has never got them back again, and that Can
roberts reserve consists principally of an un-
disciplined Garde Mobile, from which Mac
Mahon has already drained away the best reg
iments. To oppose this remnant of the grand
French army of invasion King William has
his entire center under Won Steinmetz,
flushed with victory and hardly yet i'm
paired by battle, and his entire right
wing under Prince Frederick Charles, which
has not been under fire at all. If
a general engagement take place at Metz
during the next twenty -four ,hOurs-and it
seems very likely that an engagement will
take place-there can be little doubt of the
result. Napoleon will be beaten again, and
driven back to the line of the Meuse, which is
much weaker than the position he now holds
upon the MOsele.


Meanwhile what has become of MacMahonf 7
AT our latest advices on Sunday night he had
buried himself in the passes OF the Nosges,
and thence was Fastening westward, apparently
designing to unite if he could with the French
center ON the route beween Saarbruck
and Metz, or at worst to fall back
upon Nancy, and thence form a juno
ton with De Failly and Bazaine
along the line of the Moselle. 1t is now GER
tain that he has no point of support on the
Saar, for the whole of that line has been swept
by Won Steinmetz, and whether he can even
reach Nancy is extremely doubtful. The Crown
Prince is probably pushing him with all possible
vieor. and when he emerges from the western
oafeways of the Vosges he may find himself
face to face with a portion of the Prusslan
center, waiting to intercept him. For the
Year: 1870

The World, through its Richmond corre-
spondent, thus commends a candidate of its
party for Congress-:


In the With District the Conservatives have put
forward of real strength the person OF Gen. wm
Terry OF Abingdon. He is lawyer by profession, but
has also had editorial experience. His record
was brilliant He entered the Confederate service with
a company from Wythe, and became a member Of the
4th Virginia one Of the original regiments Of the Stone
wall Brigade. Rising rapidly he became Brigader-
General, and after stonewal Jacksons promotion
manded the fayOre brigade of that tnguished officer
until the close Of the Rebellion Gen. Terry is also
prominent Mason, having only recently retired from
the position OF Grand Master OF the Grand Lodge Of
Virginia His election by large majority may be
idently predicted"


Isn't this rather running the thing into
"the groundPn We wish no man disfranchised
nor prescribed because he was a Rebel; but
commencing a man for Congress expressly
because of his zeal and efficiency in the work
of destroying our Government and dividing
our country, is not that the drop too muchT'
Year: 1870

Why should a patient public be longer an
noyed with details of the alleged rascalities of
Congressman Roderick Random ButlerY If he
is guilty of half the charges made against
him he ought to be prosecuted. And is it
quite certain that the officials, State OF Ma
tional, who take no action toward indlcting
him, ought not to be impeachedf The failure
of Congress to punish him for one of his Of
fenses does not acquit lesser authorities from
their responsibility.
Year: 1870

The people anxiously await the 1st of 0cto-
Der, when the act of Congress abolishing GER
tain taxes on trade receipts goes into effect.
When the tax of one-eighth of one per cent
was levied upon passengers on street cars the
companies raised the fare from five to six
cents, on the ground that change could not be
made for the fraction For brief time
they sold tickets at or near the legal
rate; but they soon made arrangements
that effectually suppressed even that
concession, and thus robbed the people
of many thousands of dollars. All the charters
of city railroads, we believe, set the fare
below the Central Park at five cents, except
the Harlem and Fourth-ave. routes, which
have no reasonable limit. This latter line is
now charging eight cents for carrying people
through the dismal tunnel, and up Madison
ave. to the Park. Let the people look ont for
the day of the repeal of the tax on railroad
receipts; every extra cent taken after that day
ia an illegal charge.