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Year: 1870

him how he was getting along, etc, sup.
posing that he had been admitted to
bail, and was taking morning walk
He asked Mr. Wilson to dismount, to
which the latter objected, remarking
that sickness in his family required
him to hasten back from market. Yer
ger then ordered him to diSmount, and
getting on the horse, rode off with all
p"ssibls speed.


AS soon as the sheriff was informed
of his flight, couriers We're dispactch in
all directions, aud armed guards were
employed during the day in searching
private residences under the belief that
he was yet within the city limits.
4 liberal reward will doubtless be Of
fered for his apprehension, and no effort
will be spared to obtain it.


Mr.. Yerger certainly could not have
been advised by any of his friends to
take step so exceedingly foolish. All
the probabilities wore that in few
weeks he would be admitted to bail un
til such time as be crime of which he
stands charged could be fairly and dis
passionately considered by a jury of his
co'utrymen. He now occupies the un-
diguied and unenviable attitude of
a fugitive from justice, with the chances
of arrest and re-incarceration greatly
against him.
Year: 1870

The following graphic passage is
from the description Of scene witnessed
by Mr.. Campbell! and his party. in the
north Of Norway, from a cliff 1000 feet
above the sea: he ocean stretched away in
silent vastness at our feet; the sound
of Its waves scarcely reached our airy
lookout; away in the north, the huge
old sun swung low along the horizon,
like the slow beat Of the pendulum in
the tall clock of our grandfather's par
lor corner. We all stood silent, looking
at our watches. When both hands
came together at twelve, midnight. the
full round orb hung triumphantly aboHe
the wave-a bridge of gold running due
north spanned the water between US
and him. There he shone in silent ma
jesty, which knew no setting. We invol-
unfairly took off our hats no word was
said. Combine, if you can, the most
brilliant sunrise and sunset you ever
saw, and it's beauties will pale before
the gorgeous coloring which now lit
up ocean, heaven, and mountain. In
halt an hour the sun had swung up per-
ceptibly On his beat, the colors changed
to those OF morning, fresh breeze rip
pied over the food one songster after
another piped up in the grove behind
us-we had slid into another day.
Year: 1870

1t is oAy of late years that Journal
ism has risen to the dignity of pro.
fession which requires as much social
standing. education and nPal worth,
combined with energy, to succeed in
as medicine, law or commerce. The
majority of the Neil now in it did not
take it up because they preferred it
Some who have failed as lawyers, miu.
listers and physicians, have been driven
to jo4nalism and =, achieved success
The fascination of the elife, with all
ie wear and tear, cannot be de,
MED There is an exhileration to the
mind in the constant changes of the kalai-
doscope made of the news of the world,
which keeps the mind constantly occu
pied with something novel. To have
the events of the day Passing, as i,
were, In panorama before the minds
eye is of itself absorbing.


We hear great deal about the sex.
hausting e61cts of tie life of a jour.
nalist on the mind and body" but it
may be doubted whether the life of a
physician or sailor is not equally as
hard yet men retain their health and
cheerfulness in both of these professions
The truth is that the reason SO many
Brilliant men of letters have been borne to
untimely graves is not that they were
worn out by their work but by their
habits The hours many of them keep
tempt them to dissipate. Once on that
road, theirdecent and ultimate ruin is
certain. But it cannot be gainsayed
that if journalists will lead regular
lives and cultivate habits of soberness
and cleanliness, they will i've and
last as long as other men Whiskey
ia the epitaph of half the literary mer
who hike sunk into early graves within
the past twenty years.-lLouisville
Courier Journal.
Year: 1870

There is nothing so abject as the wor-
ship of mere success, unless indeed it be
the worship of mere wealth. There is
nothing lnwer than to admire and f,,tter
man simply because he has got on, be-
cause he has carried his point, because
he has come to be talked about in the
way 10 which he wished to be talked
about, and to think scorn ofmhers whose
merits and efforts may have been equal
to his, or very likely much greater, but
whose merits and efforts have, from some
cause or other, not been so lucky as bis
in ginning the object at which they aim
ed. And if this is true with regard to
private men, it is equally true with re-
gard to governments and nations. The
politics of many people are regulated
wholly by physical bigness and physical
success. They admire the great state of
so many millions and many square miles.
they admire the king or the minister
who overthrows his enemies at home or
abroad, or the general who wins great
battle and Stays so many thousands on
the other side. The small state, the
unsuccessful government, the defeated
general, are all simply pooh poohed
Now to do all this absolutely without
any eye to anything but success, to have
no regard to the moral and other condi-
tions of the case is certainly, whe ther in
public Or private affairs, about as paltry
a way Of forming Judgment as can We'll
be thought of. Yet, after all, like most
popular errors, il is not wholly an error;
mean and irrational as such a way of
Judging is if it is made universal stan
dard, there is "a certain amount Of truth
in it at the bottom. Success is not ne
cessarily merit; failure is not necessa-
ally a fault; hut there are eases. both in
public and in private affairs; in which
we might almost say success is merito-
rious, and that failure is blamewarthy.
There certainly are cases in which not
only the wnrshippprs Of success, but
men who look at th ngs In very diffe,
rent way, will condemn an undertaking
if it fails, which they would certainly
have approved if it had succeeded
Saturday Review.
Year: 1870

BE PLEASANT AT HONE Many men for
get to leave their business at their place Of
business, and serve to make their homes
uncomfortable by gloomily musing over
their cares and troubles, when they should
be cheerful. 10 all such we commend the
following


And. above all, don't bring your busi-
ness home at night with you. Don't sit in
solitary misan,hropy, or snarl and poke the
fire. Your wife hasn't had chance to
talk to you all day. She has score Of
little cheering items to communicate but,
while You sit there looking so cold and re-
pellant. she has no courage to begin.


Your children are eager for a game OF
romps, but they are "siraid Of papa when
he looks as he does here to.nigh so they
congregate in halfawed manner in the
corners. until it is time to go to bed. No
pleasant chat, no merry laughter, no game
at romps, no music--nothing bat gloom
and constraint, because father has come
home in bad humor."


You ungrateful man you inhuman ice
berg to behave 30 in the bosom Of your
family to turn away from the pleasures
and privileges still left you, because you
can't have everything just as you want it.
Think OF the loving, clinging hearts that
your GOODNESS shadows-ot the bright faces
over which your flown has cast reflected
gloom. Are you not ashamed OF yourself!


Again, your burdens may be so heavy
that you cannot smile. But, Oh be kind.
Because your own soul is dark, don't pierce
another heart with q needless wound by
your coldness and sullenness. Because
there are some thorns in your way, don't
plant other thorns in the path Of another
with your own hand. If you cannot be
cheerful, be kind.
Year: 1870

object to a funeral being held on the Sabbath,
on the same grounds, for the services of both
are similar. He then speaks of the military
marching" Emusic playing" and ''bells ring
ing" all these things tempting the people
away from divine worship. Mr.. Bingham
labors under mistake, because he, as well as
the other clergymen, was given to understand
that there would be neither pageant or militia
ry display, and the time for holding the me-
mortal services was selected SO that it might
not interfere with the services of any church.
The experience of former like occasions has
shown that the fact of memorial day occurring
on week day has dcbarred at least four
fifths of the people from attending, and among
them many having relatives and friends inter-
red in the several cemeteries over whose
graves services were held on such occasions.
1t was the general desire that the Sabbath
should be selected for the occasion, and the
committee, after gaining the consent and ap-
probation of the city clergymen, with only one
exception, appointed Sunday the Goth inst,
as the day to observe the ceremonies.





to lower the public standard of morals and to
weaken the safeguard of every virtue, this is
no time to aggravate or perpetuate that mis-
chief by establishing such precedent" Now,
as every one knows, the memorial services
are purely religious services, inaugurated by
prayer and closed with prayer, and everything
about them suggests the love and mercy of
God towards man. Is it precedent! If so,
does the observance of such ceremonies clover
the standard of public morals? Does it
weaken the safeguard of every virtue? If
SO, why do they not in one place as well as in
another why not in church ornamented by
gliding and fine carving, and attended by form
and ceremony, as well as in the open air with
the breezes of heaven waiting the sweet per-
fume of opening buds, and the glad voices of
the birds warbling praises to their Maker, and
everything about giving one higher and holier
thoughts? If many attend who have nothing
else to do, surely it would be better than dling
away the Sabbath. In regard to the statement
that many will stay away who would gladly
attend on any other day than the Sabbath
will admit that there may be a few; if there
are many am sorry to hear it, because they
must be devoid of patriotism and reverence
for the braves who fell in our country's SER
vice, and having such feelings they would be
decidedly out of place at such service


The day appointed is not Sin violation of
the highest authority in the nation on the
question" He appoints the day for general
observance, but leaves it to the option of the
organization conducting the ceremonies
whether to observe that day or another more
suitable TO them.


In conclusion, | will state that have writ
ten this reply impelled by the same feelings
which feel sure were entertained.b by nearly
every one who read Mr.. Bingham's article.


am, yours truly, CITIZEN.
Year: 1870

LANCASTER, Penn., May IF.


The Philadelphia Express train going east
this morning, plunged into an emigrant train
going west, standing at Leaman Place SWITCH
connecting the two tracks, which had been
left open by the criminal neglect of the con-
ductor of some freight train which had passed
over the road during the night. The express
train which was going at sharp speed, was
thus led from its own track directly against
the locomotive of the emigrant train, The
only person killed was the brakeman of the
EXPIRE IS train, named Thomas Snoyn of
Philadelphia, who died at his post of duty
Two German emigrants were injured and sent
to Lancaster by special train. The baggage,
express and mail cars were piled across the
track, and all the inmates escaping by jump
ing from the cars.
Year: 1870

DEAR JOURNAL: read an article in your
paper this morning, written by Rev. DR..
Bingham, wherein some statements are made
to which feel impelled to reply, in order to
remove the wrong impressions which his
statements may possibly give.


He says that sit would seem mistake to
shock the community by selecting such time
(the Sabbath) for such services Now can
any one, who ever attended memorial SER
vice, say that there is anything about it which
in the least could violate the sanctty OF the
Sabbath, or be in any way inappropriate to
the day? If they can, think that they would
Year: 1870

A gentleman wrote to a friend in this city who
prides himself on laying out his garden syste-
matically, that he would like to furnish him
for trial an article of his invention to put upon
the feet of hens to prevent them from scatch-
ing. The individual claimed that with these
appliances the hens could be let loose upon
his garden without any fear of scratching.
The gentleman returned answer that he should
be happy to test the hen machine, but whether
his hens were s'barefoot or shod" they should
never perambulate his garden-he had too
great regard for the 'eternal fitness of things"
Year: 1870

A MOST unusual occurrence took
place in Paris few days ago. Some
young mother, desiring to keep her
conscience clear of infanticide, and yet
dispose of her child, bethought herself
of most pOetical method of throwing
her offspring OH the mercy Of the
world. Baby was tucked up In little
car and sent up In parachute for the
winds to carry. where they listed.
What goes up must come down, and
the miniature balloon with its precious
freight finally aliShted in the streets
of Paris, with its contents rs fresh, If
not as welcome, as the flowers of May,
The winds had been merciftll to the
infant, and label attached signitied
that 1t had been committed to the care
of Providence. The Empress is said
to have adopted the little waif and
placed it In one Of the charitable insti-
buttons Of Paris.
Year: 1870

The holocaust which ushered in Christmas
morning here is not to be forgotten, nor is
it TO be neglected. 1t is q lesson not alone
to the hotel-keepers of Richmond, but to
those everywhere to whom the public en-.
trust their lives and property. The disaster
of Christmas morning should be made the
subject Of an inquest, and all the facts con-
nected with the present system Of hotel


management should be made known. 1t is
something we owe to those seven men,


every one Of them in the prime Of life, who
fell out Of the black smoke cloud that sur
rounded and stifled them into the fiery
furnace beneath. 1t is something we owe
to that poor woman, the mother of children,
who, beyond the reach of aid, cried pite-
ously for help until wrapped in the devour-
ing flames. And it is something we owe to
those who are now alive--tor no traveller
knoweth the hour when the same calamity


may not overtake him. The sole cause OF the
fearful loss of life which took place was the
want Of sufficient Watchfulness. 1t is use
less to cover it up with smooth words. That


is the plain English of it-that is the fact.
And yet the ill-fated hotel was no eXcep-
ton to the hotels all over the country.


Indeed, so confident were the proprie.
tors in their provision for the safety of
their guests that they themselves, with their
families, occupied the very highest and
therefore most dangerous floor in the house.
Even with their intimate knowledge of
the building, their escape was very narrow.
What, then, were the chances for a stran-
ger? 1t is the custom in the hotels now to
have only clerk and one or two servants
on the lowest floor of the house-the Office
after midnight, and the four or five floors
above that are utterly deserted, except by
the sleeping and helpless guests, from chat
time until 6o'clock IN the morning. Should


the fire commence on the lowest floor, II


would be physically impossible to get to
15O rooms and awaken each occupant; and
should it commence on the floor above the
office las was the case at the SpotsWood),
the clerk himself would be Ignorant of it
till too late tor remedy.


We are glad to learn that a bill will be
introduced into the Legislature requiring
all hotel-keepers in the State to have q
watchman or watchmen, who shall visit
each floor in the building every ten or tif
| teen minutes during the night, see that all
| is safe. shut off escaping gas, &c; the fail
ure to do this to be punished by heaVy
fine. ...a..


To another blunder attention may be
called-the ordinance requiring the gas &c
| be turned off from building directly it l!
discovered to be OH fire. 1t is an ill.]udgeC
and cruel law. The stranger unacqualnteG
with the building, who is trying to reacl
the gas-lioht burning dimly i'll the dense


smoke. sees it suddenly turned out, ant
himself left to darkness and to death.


Let all these aids to death be taken ava.


by the Legislature and the Council.
Year: 1870

The best anthracite and bituminous CRATE and
stove coal and soft coke sold by the subscriber
as low as equal quality and quantity can be bought


nv cfce Is still headquarters for the best kindlng
and cooking wood. j. B. WATKINS, I'LL Main
and corner of 9th and Cary streets.
Year: 1870

THANKS to our young friends who so promptly
extinguished the fire at the LEE GALLERY. Tie
,m age has been as promptly repaired. and we are
again prepared to make those beautiful l1fe-llke
~,
Year: 1870

The First Branch of the Baltimore City
Council, on Tuesday of last week, took up
the ordinance authorizing the endorsement
by the city, of the bonds of the Kent Coun-
ty Railroad Company, and after spirited
discussion, amended it by striking out the
name of the Kent County Road, and insert
ing that of the Elkton g. Masseys Railroad,
by the decisive vote of to 6, and after fur
iher discussion, the consideration of the Or
dinance as amended was indefinitely post
poned.


In the course of the debate on the amend
ed ordinance, Mr.. Mullen, from the Goth
Ward, truly said; "the local trade OF Elk
'ton now goes to Philadelphia, and he was
"afraid that when the road proposed by Mr..
"Carter was completed, the trade would still
ego to Philadelphia. He did not think the
"city ought to endorse any of the Eastern
"Shore roads at this time"


This action is decisive for the present ses-
sion, at least, and disagreeable as it may
seem to the friends of the two roads, 1t is in
accordance with the plain dictates of business
common sense. The Baltimore City Council
evidently accepts the situation, and secs that
no railroad can be built that will surely bring
that city the Eastern Shore trade. BY water
communication her advantage is immense,
but every mile Of railroad built tends to
overcome that advantage, and it would be
mildly suicidal in her TO assist in their con-
struction.


This action, taken in connection with the
fact that the city has recently made munfi-
cent contributions in aid of the Valley Rail
road of Virginia, the Western Maryland, and
other roads, shows that Baltimore recognizes
the fact that her commercial opportunities
lie West and South, and does not intend to
iritter away time and money in vainly seek
ing to hold the Eastern Shore trade against
natural tendencies, especially when such
trade is comparatively small, when viewed
beside that which she seeks In the fields in
dicated.


Baltimore is not ungcnerous; she simply
concludes TO stop kicking against the pricks,
and when the Eastern Shore people shall do
likewise, they will have taken long stride
towards the natural and systematic devel-
opement of the whole Peninsula, as well as
their own section of it. Impractical schemes
for paper railroads will cease to attract en-
ergy and capital away from valuable enter
prises, and the people will grow in manliness
as they get accustomed to putting their own
shoulders to the wheels, instead of going Q
begging for outside aid. So, too, their atten-
ton being turned to their true system Of
railroad communications, toward Whining
ton and Philadelphia, the homogeneous
Peninsula will progress toward that unity in
State government, which it now has in facI
and by nature.
Year: 1870

The return of the Hon. A.G. Caltell to his
post in the Senate was signal for general
congratulations on all sides of the Chamber.
Few men have greater hold upon the re-
spect and esteem of his associates than the
ness has been source of deep regret.
Year: 1870

Here is a oil OF a spicy suggestion from
some snoDv nous source


"rhefe is mystery about this effect Of
the weather. on peiy. Sabbath heat
seems hotter: Sabbath cold colder, and
Sabbath rain wcier than that Of any OH.
er day. For he same measure Of heat
or cold or rain on a week day will no,
keep him from bis usual business. We
need Sabbath almanac. calculated lor
our churches, that wlll show by i's
weather scale when il will be safe for q
vigorous Christian 10 expose himself on
the Sabbath by going to tie house Of
Cod. Such an almanac would enable
rss,ors and superineDdenis Of Ssbb 'th
schools to know whom they may depend
on in church, Sabbath schools and pray
cr meeting. have recently been exam
ming microscopic views Of the different
snow fakes. hundred or so Of them. !
would suggest TO some Of our curious
ssvans an examination OF Sabbath snow,
to see II it mas a peculiarly sharp and in
furious crystal"
Year: 1870




RIcHEs.-The man with good firm
health is rich.
SO is The man with . clear conscience.
So is the parent Of vigorous. happy
children.


So is the editor Of a sooj paper. with 3
big subscription list.


SO is the clergy man whose coat The lit
lie children oi his parish pluck as be
passes them IN their Plsy.


So is iha, wife Who has the whole
heart Of good husband.


SO is The young man. sho, laying his
hand on his heart. can say. II have
treated every woman ever saw as
should wish my sister treated by other
men. .s
So is the little child who goes TO sleep
with kiss on lis lips, and for whose
waking a blessing waits. r.s-rsq
Year: 1870

Every Court should watch with jealousy every en-
croachment upon the rights OF seamen, because
they unprotected and need counsel; because
they are thoughtless and need indulgence; because
they are credulous and complying and are easily
overreached- They are considered as placed
under the dominion and influences of men who have
naturally acquired mastery over them; and as they
have little of the foresight and caution belonging to
persons trained in other pursuits Of life, the
most rigid scrutiny is Instituted into the terms Of
every contract" Seamen are sometimes tenacious
enough of their rights, but a rule they are ouly
too well known for their reckiessness and mproyi-
deuce, hence the for regarding them almost
in the light of :" Wards in Admiralty" But this
indulgence does not extend to employers. Even
with the men, evidence of previous agreement by
parole would not control subsequent written
agreement, reasonably and mutually assented 10.
Hence there may be cases in which employers would
be bound by stipulations, while the seamen may at
option avoid them, and clkim the benefit Of the
general law. Suppose Consular valuation in this
port of "a 90 per skin: On what grounds could the
owners ask to be relieved because they had failed
to explain the clause inserted by themselves and be
allowed to interpose a previous oral agreement
for less prices The owners, then, as well as the
men, would be LEFT 10 the general law allowing the
highest rates See Rice Spencer Haw., 5O4;
Comp. Penal Code, Ch H. Sect 81.


reach the same conclusion in every aspect Of the
case that the net cash proceeds value OF the cargo
at the port of San Francisco must fix the value Of the
lays. If the respondents desire, order may be
made for L. MeCuly, Master, to take evidence and
report thereon that is, upon the true cash value Of
the cargo and of the actual necessary expenditures
thereon, as for insurance, wharfage &C. the cath
inst. On the coming in of the Masters report, 1
will hear argument on the propriety of the charges
shown, and will fix the amount of the decree in the
libellaLts favor. If this reference is not desired,
the valuation of the Consul in San Francisco win be
assumed made according to the true prices there,
aud decree will be given accordingly.


The respondents proctor expressing desire that
decree be now made, and the reference postponed
for further stage in the proceedings if it should be
required, the decree is made accordingly that the
libelants recover the sum found valung the furs
at IS each which the Clerk may ascertain. The Sl4
paid each of the ibellants here are to be deducted
in making up the amount dne, inasmuch the
Consul in San Francisco had already allowed 81 for
working the ship back to port.


Appeal taken to the Court in Banco.