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Year: 1870

The vigorous manner in which the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Com
pany haye gone to work on the western
end Of their great road has stimulated
the public spirit all along the line ofthc
work from the Ohio TO the White Sui
phur. The coal companies are looking
about to make preparations for working
their rich coal mines by the time the
road is finished 4 large part Of the
coal basin on the kanawha river will be
penetrated by the road the present year
One or two OF the larges companies,
whose mines have been hardly opened,
have already approached the Cheapeake
and Ohio Company upon the subject OF
terms Of transportation Of coal TO this
city. 1t is this sort OF heavy freight
that will force the company to continue
their line from Clifton Forge along the
river rja Lynchburg to this city. The
hills OF Bath are an insuperable barrier
to its transportation at reasonable rates
by the present route though Augusta


Property ofall kinds along the line
has advanced IN value, but particularly
coal lands. Those which were sold fl:
teen years since at from fifty cents to two
dollars per acre, now run high up in the
tens-some having, it is reported, gone
up to fifty dollars per acre. In few
years they will lie up in the hundreds


These cfTct= u appear in due time
all along line from the Ohio to Rich
mond. IT,, people Of this city shoLIt
be admonished daily however, that til,
great benefits Of this national highwa
cannot be completely secured by then
unless they are prepared to receive them
James river must be deepened, an,
every accommodation TO trade that cal
possibly be given hereshould be prompt
iy arranged and in readiness as near a


may be for the period when they will Ia


eded.-RichmOad Dispatek
Year: 1870

Count Bismarck IS to visit an Eng
lsh watering place. for the benefit OF
his health. His chief trouble is said
to arise from the fact that heretofore he
has not partaken sufficiently Of water.
Year: 1870

AN exchange says that au Illinois
undertaken sent the following enter
tainiug note to sick man: "Deay
SIR Having positive proof that
you are rapidly approaching death 4
gate. have therefore thought 10 moi
imi rudent to call your attention tn
the inciosed advertisement of my
abundant stock of ready made collins
and desire To make the suggestion
that you signify to your friends n
wish for the purchase of your burial
outfit at my establishment.


That is about equal to the under
taker who advised his customers to
purchase collins while the prices
were down, and adding that they
were good things to have in the
house in ease of emergency.
Year: 1870

MANURE WELL AND PLow DfEp.--
Owing to the low price OF wheat,
with no immediate prospect of rise,
we are Of the opinion that there will
be large breadth OF corn planted
the coming spring.


All those farmers who are I'm the
habit OF manuriDg their corn ground
do not require to be told of the very
marked increase, which always fol-
lows the application Of manure to-
corn ground


The free application Of manure, In
connection with deep plowing, will
add at least one-third to the yield on
the bsst soil IN the west.- KcNeI
Sk1S.
Year: 1870

THE Cedar Falls Gazette comes to
us under date of February 25th with
a creditable resume of the business
OF that city. From IL we CLEAN that
Cedar Falls has not lost the prestige
which long marked her as one of the
most enterprising towns i'm Northern
Iowa-Oie Of the many bright little
cities which In our State take the
place of grand concentrated mono
poly, to the advantage of our Com.
monwealth rs we insist.-- Montana
iytQudnra.
Year: 1870

Among the important sermons preached in
this city yesterday and reported in the HERALD
to-day special prominence is due to that of DR..
Burchard. The occasion was one of moro
than ordinary interest. 1t was his thirty-Hrst
anniversary. For thirty years the Doctor has
labored with acceptance and success among
the same people. The text on the occasion
was suitable: "Wherefore take you to re-
cord this day that am free from the blood Of
all men. For have not shamed to declare
unto you the whole counsel of God" The
sermon was worthy Of the text--a sound old
Calvinistic lecture. It smacks of genuine
orthodoxy The Doctor recounts his labors
with q good deal of elf-complacency. But
we are willing to believe he has good reason
for so doing. Thirty years Of faithful teach
ing, combined with the onerous duties Of the
pastoratc, must have been productive of good,
and that DR.. Burchard has been able to re-
main at the head of the same congregation for
that heightened period is to be regarded as
proof of the excellency of the man. OF
course the Doctor has to regret that he has
labored in vain, like so many others before
him; but the record, on the whole, is such that
we cannot help expressing the regret that 80
few men of his stamp are to be found in
the modern pulpit. But few of our
younger divines are ambitious to remain
SO long with one people. The love Of money
in the case of many Of them is stronger than
the love Of souls. It is the congregation that
pays them the biggest sum, not the congrega-
ton that loves them most, which commands
their services. DR.. Burchard tells us he has
added to the Church during his ministry some
two thousand eight hundred MEMBERS and
that he has during the same period oficiated
at some two thousand Eve hundred funerals.
Let us hope that the Doctor may be spared to
add to the Church many thousands moro Of
such as shall be saved, and that the time may
not be near when any brother shall have to
pronounce over his remains those words Of
kindness which he has so often and so affec-
tionately spoken over the remains of his friends.
It is agreeable to be brought into contact with
a Christian minister who can say with the
Apostle Paul, II have fought good fight"
Or such we cannot have too many. Anniver-
sary sermons are sometimes empty words.
We are willing to regard this as an excep-
ton.
Year: 1870

ssstsrraasaa nrsadwsy-wAs Ow.s Ess


What an astonishing subterraneAn puzzle
Broadway will be one Of these days II all the
''grsnd enterprises" that are promised or
threatened shall be completed. There are just
three underground railway schemes. With the
Arcade Railway, the latest and greatest mon
strosity proposed, the public Is familiar. II
proposes to plough up Broadway and scoop It
out to sufficient depth to run railway train
just beneath the surface, and then make q new
surface which will never be In order, 30 that
the public will bo indefinitely deprived Of the
use Of the street. There Is also what is called
the Central Underground Railway, the law
authorizing which was passed last year, and
Is not now repealed or set aside nor the rights
accruing under i IN any way provided for by
the new law for the Arcade Railway. Yet the
bills are clearly inconsistent, and there must
inevitably be collision of claims, for great
part Of the line OF the Central Underground
Railway runs beneath Broadway. The con-
tracts for the construction Of the Central I'M
derground Railway are made, and the
Arcade Railway cannot, we suppose, very
easily oust its predecessor of the right
given by law. Can the State, under the con-
stitution of the United States, pass law to
impair the obligation Of these contracts? A
third gift Of the subterranean regions Of
Broadway was to the Pneumatic Tube Com
pany; and, though the law under which this
company operates has been repealed, we
doubt II that can properly be the end Of the
enterprise. 1t cannot. certainly, without great
injustice, for !he company has evidently spent
q great deal of money on the faith of the law
incorporating 1t, and there is something funda-
mentally wrong in the organization Of govern
ment if the State can thus render worthless
all the property Of that company without any
good reason Of public necessity. Here, then,
are three subterranean operations under
Broadway, and then, before all, there is tho
public right in the sewers, Croton water pipes
and gas pipes, both for the length of Broad
way and crossing 1t at every cross street.
With all this under Broadway something or
somebody must suffer, and this, Of course, win
be tho people.
Year: 1870

RURAL RUM.--In Jersey just now there is q
difficulty about drinking their own lightning.
In the pretty village of Passaic, place of new
growth, but already centre Of first class
population, there were two licensed rum deal
ers, but there were in fact thirty-two rum
shops. The decent people concluded the
superfuous lightning taps must be stopped,
and stopped them; whereupon the customers of
the thirty-two are indignant and wage civil
war. Several persons have been badly beaten.
and the row may proceed till gallows stops
the way.
Year: 1870

Nor HIGH ENoUeH. Wendell Phillips wants
ten millions of dollars to countercheck the
NEW YORK HERALD. That bid is not high
enough by a long shot; and evidence of that
fact is furnished by Wendell himself, who,
putting words into the mouth Of merchant,
when speaking Of the HERALD, utters the fol-
lowing 1.-THE best news on stocks l can get is
here the keenest insight can get into politics
ishere; the most instructive sagacity and judg-
ment of American life is here" What would
a paliry sum of ten millions amount to towards
enabling newspaper to reach this lofty and
unapproachable position? A mere drop in the
bucket Besides, what do hundreds Of millions
amount to in conducting great newspaper
unless the cash is allied to enterprise and
brains
Year: 1870

ANOTHER RADICAL PRop GoNE. con-
servative character of the United States
Supreme Court Is sustained by decision
delivered by Chief Justice Chase on Satur-
day--a decision so manifestly just and equi-
table that the only surprise is that its prin-
ciple was ever questioned The Court held
that loaning money to the Confederate gov
ernment, when such loan was extorted by
fear, was not an act giving aid and comfort
to the enemy. This decision relieves many
of the best Southern Unionists from the penal
ties which radical legislation sought to impose
upon them.
Year: 1870

Nor SATISFIED. seems, after alA that
Jersey has got soul above railroads. Public
sentiment over the river Is not satisfied with
the exoneration Of the conductor who caused
the death Of q passenger by cjecting him from
car, and the end Of the case is not yet,
because even In Jersey there are more passeu-
gers than there are railroad Companies or coa-
ductor.4
Year: 1870

The Secretary of tho Treasury is indefati-
gable, according to the Washington CORES
pondents, in his efforts to get the Funding bill
passed through Congress. He has lowered
his tone little, however, andis more pleading
than heretofore. The Funding bill, as 1t went
from the Senate, is complicated, an incongru-
GUS and impracticable measure; yet Mr.. Bout
well reiterates his opinion that he can success
fully negotiate loan covering the debt, or the
greater portion of it, at low rate Of interest


Very well letMr. Boutwell, try. Let Congress
pass simple resolution authorizing the Sec
retary Of the Treasury to try what he can do
and to report the result for future action. Or
let him be authorized specifically to convert
the six per cent securities Of short date to four
or five per cent ones Of long date at par, if he
can find the parties or capitalists to do that
without cost to the Treasury or country.
There needs no complicated Funding bill for
that. We should know, then, how far Mr.,
Boutwell's opinion and ability can be relied on.
We recommend some member Of Congress to
propose such simple joint resolution as q
substitute for the Funding bill, and, if passed,
to wait the result before there he any further
attempt at doctoring the national finances.
Year: 1870

'.Boy Brown" ON THE HERALD. Accord
iug to report in the Troy Daily Times,
William Wells Brown (who made his escape
from slavedom in dry goods box) asserted in
recent lecture that he chad great faith In
the NEW YORK HERALD-in its deviltry !;
that he would stick by the old HERALD, and
whatever might come he never should lose
faith in H." That is sort Of devil-may care
way of expressing appreciation but taking him
altogether, Box Brown is one Of the most
sensible mon Of his race. lie well earned his
freedom by his courage and daring, and not by
any proclamation .. arteenth amendment pro-
caas
Year: 1870

TAKING THEN AS THEY CoNE.-Justice Dow
ling had some faro bankers before him the
other day, who were arrested in the First ward
for their depredations on the purses Of the
canal boatmen. Their counsel was the in
cvitable Mr.. Howe, who finds no rascsliiy so
smell az 10 be beneath his notice. Mr. Howe,
with characteristic impudence, wanted to know
why the Judge did not try some Of the Broad
way faro men instead of the First warders.
The Judge told him he would try just then the
cases that were in court, and as for any others
be would take them as they came, and did not
care s'if there were Congressman in the
number"
Year: 1870

ALLEGED DEFALCATION-PAYROL SPECULA-


TORS IN GRIEF.


The story relating to the fast living, extor-
ton, and subsequent defalcation of Custom House
clerk resolves itself into the following: Frederick
Ogden chief clerk Of the Auditors Division, and Of
s. g. Ogden the Auditor for considerable time past has
been engaged in the purchase Of of the attaches
Of the CustOmHouse and the advancement Of money 20
Custom House Inspectors and nformers upon seizures,
many Of which dsaowed by the Government.
This money, which had been given to young ogden
by certain friends and number OF payroll
brokers in the CustOm-House, had been retained
and spent to extent by Ogden, and the result
that when his principals to him for money he
unable to pay them, which led To the trouble that
acts him For the transaction OF this money business
Ogden had an Office outside of the CustomHouse which
resored TO by those who wished TO borrow money,
but they frequently to the Auditors Office when
House business. Frederick Ogden at his office
Saturday according TO the statement OF his father but
because he IN at his home Long Island
fellow clerk with Mr.. Ogden declares that he was
in the habit of coming to the Office regularly until within
the past three weeks when he got into pecunary difficult


ties, and very much worried by the frequent visits
OF pay roll brokers who wanted money, when he would
put his hat go out and not return for several days
His father declares that although he may have lived ex
travagantly he not indebted 10 the Government,
and had not fled from the country but would assume his
usual duties during the pleasure Of the Collector


call Mr.. Grinnell, the eX-COector elected the
information that Ogden had retained money advanced To
accession the Custom House he sent for Mr. Frederick
Ogden and informed him that he had heard OF his Og-
dens transactions, and that they must be stopped. O
den's reply general denial; and at subsequent In
terview Of similar nature the result was the same Mr.
Grinnell declaring he able to find any no
willing charge himself with being Ogdens victim.


Mr. Terwiiger the private secretary OF the Collector,
declared il the intention OF the latter o investigate
the circumstances at early date, and at interview
yesterday morning had said 80 To Mr. Ogden, sr Both
Collector Murphy and Collector Grnne positive
that Mr. Frederick Ogden IL not indebted To the Govern
ment although is extremely probable that he will have
To leave the Custom House.


Ogdeu'S obtain
ing in the manner he had and then swearing OF
fcally that he not a recipient OF any money lex
elusive of his salary for services performed in the Gus
tomiOuse. He has been sixteen years In the Custom
House, and regarded most efficient clerk. Be
yond the transaction recorded he was looked upon
moral with pleasant domestic relations, having
q wife and several children. Those who know him de
clare that report previously published is slander OF
the grossest kind and claim that what he did is done
continually under the dome Of the Custom House.
Year: 1870

that from the best information Tabe upon subject sr Par
rel has no just claim against the city KABpLKcH Mayor


The veto was ordered on file. The Mayor also sent in
communication in relation 10 the very large increase in
the amount Of money laid out for lighting the streets
Tho amount expended in 1890 was 10000; in 1865.
sfs2OO; increase in five years. rs per cent The amount
expended up tn July l. 1870 is s2 OOO and with an in
crease at the ordinary rates. the whole for tle
year will reach nearly sGOO O0an increase five years
OF more than Per cent Although the sum OF s50lO
has been ased for fs purpose for the year the
Mayor says large deficiency will have TO be provided
for unless change made In the mode OF lighting
the streets


The members OF the Board each served with
copy OF q mandamus granted By the Supreme Court on
the application OF the Pratt Manufacturing Company 10
compel them 20 take the steps for the opening
Of PTattst., in the Eastern District.
Year: 1870

There is fresh trouble in the ranks of
the N. Y. Democracy. Some of the
leaders have come to the conclusion
that it is extremely desirable to take
the advice we have more than once Civ
en- them, and get rid of the reproach
which the government of this City has
long been to the whole party. 1t is
not too much to say that the fragrant
corruption and proAigacy exhibited in
New York have made the Democratic
party by-word all the world over. It
has injured it almost irreparably in the
eyes of the great body of the Ameri-
can people. Nothing can be more nat
ural than for thoughtful persons to say.
"We can judge what a Democratic
rule would lead us to from the condi-
tion of New York. The Democrats are
the masters of that city, and see what
they have made of it. There is no mys-
terry with regard to the fruit which
comes from that tree. We have only
to look to New York city to see it in
perfection" The city is, in fact, a
standing warning to the nation against
permitting itself to fall into the hands
OF the Democrats. The example makes
a greater impression upon the public
mind than all the argument or invec-
tive of political adyersaries.-N 2.
Tribune.
Year: 1870

E New York has a horse that
recently performed a curious freak.
He walked out of the stable and
pushing open the door of his owner 9
house, began quickly to ascend the


stairs. The first story reached, some


twelve steps, his horseship quietly


oazed out of the windows and con-


tinued his ascent to the second story.
There again he paused to take breath,
and soon arrived at the landing OF
the third story, where, after resting
awhile, he began to descend, having
managed to turn around on the mar
row landing. Going down, however,
was more difficult than going up, and
his fore feet slipping he went
through the sash of the second story
window, thrusting his head -snd
shoulders out and presenting very
contented appearance. At this juno
ture an alarm was raised. A colored
man was so frightened at the apparl-
ton that he made the best OF his
way through another second story
window and fell to the ground. The
police having been sent for, they
succeeded in extricating the horse
from the window, but had terrific
time after tsking him into custody in
getting him down the two flight OF
stairs.
Year: 1870

E The Philadelphia Ledger scouts
the idea which some timid persons
have come to entertain, that the coun-
try is on tie eve of bankruptcy in
trade. 1t says: 'Trade. for the last
half year has not shown that hustle
which we have sometimes witnessed,
and many articles of produce are GER
tainly lower. But inquiry among in
diyiduals has left the impression on our
mind that the markets have been mod
erately active in nearly all commercial
departments, and that the aggregate
amount of business in the channels of
legitimate trade is now probably as
large as usual at this stage of the sea-
son, but there is much less speculative
animation, and prices of most descrip-
tions of merchandise show a decline
from the earlier rates"
Year: 1870

DRINKING HEALTHs.-A correspond
ent in speaking of the absurd custom
of drinking healths, says, with good
deal Of force:


"How in the name of common sense
and reason, do show an affection and
regard for my friend by pouring into
my own stomach that which oppresses
and distresses nature, and which nature
does not want? Or what sense is there
in my drinking his health while 1 am
destroying my own? Drinking his
health! Why the very words are silly
upon the face of them, if man will
but stop to consider their meaning
How can 1 possibly drink another
mans health? 1 may wish his health,
or 1 may pray for his health; but that
has no rational connection with my
drinking. 1 might as well dance his
health, or whistle his health, for any
real connection between the means and
the end"
Year: 1870

w A farmer of Medina county,
the other day, killed eleven full grown
skunks at one time, and it was not q
good day for skunks either. They
were all in hollow log, and he belted
them on the head as fast as they ran
out. The skins netted him several
dollars. He don't say what become of
the perfumery.
Year: 1870

A singular financial transaction Oe-
Cured in one of the dock offices a day
or two since. By some means or 9TH
er it happened that the Office boy owed
one of the clerks three cents, the clerk
owed the cashier two cents, and the
cashier owed the office boy two cents.
One day last week the office boy hav-
ing a cent in his pocket concluded to
diminish his debt, and therefore han
ded the nickel over to the clerk, who,
in turn, paid half of his debt by Civ
ing the coin to the cashier. The lat
ter handed the cent back to the office
boy, remarking, "Now I only owe
you one cent" The Office boy again
passed the cent to the CLERK, who pass
ed it to the cashier, who passed it back
to the office boy, and the latter indi-
vidual squared all accounts by paying
it to the clerk, thereby diseharging
his entire debt. Thus it may be seen
how great a benefit may be derived
from a single cent if only expended
judiciously.-Bu6dLo Express.
Year: 1870

! Reading is to the mind what ex-


ercise is to the body, as by one health
is preserved and invigorated by the


other, virtue, which is the health OF
the mind, is kept alive, cherished and
confirmed. There are, however, in
some communities more or less egotis-
tieal, fastidious, critical grumblers


who are never satisfied with any,


thing that is done unless done by


themselves. Nothing is spoken cor


rectly, and nothing is written as it
should be. They never read a paper


but to discover the faults it may in
their opinion contain. The true mer-
it of an article is the least of their con-
sideration. They can pass over many
fine and correct sentiments without
the least regard; but whatever they
think obscure or impertinent, they
are sure to afford no quarter. Many
good ideas and correct sentiments can
not atone for few imperfections with
them they must have perfect piece
or none. But,


whoever thinks q faultless piece to see,
Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall


be-"


Such persons as the above ought not
to read at all; they are not proper
judges of what they do read. For
every man of sense and candor, who
reads in order to reap the benefit of
reading, will give merit its due wher-
ever he finds it, and will be cautious
how he condemns. Where we meet
with many good ideas and correct SEN
timents in piece, we should not be
offended with a few faults, which
might have escaped the writer through
inadvertence, or which the weakness
of human nature could not well pro-
vide against. Sometimes, too, what
Is even clear in an article, may seem
to us obscure, for want of reading it
with sufficient attention.


As L lay down my pen with this
article, as correspondent, l would re-
spectfully suggest that some of our
1Cise critics try their lofty intellect
and towering genius as a township
and give us something
free of all imperfectiOns. I retire to
the shade, and the field is now clear.


Greene, June, 1870. ID. r. B.