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Year: 1870




The National Board assembled yesterday to
discuss the report OF subcommittee OF the Executive
Committee. This report suggested the following articles
OF association:


ANY company the United Of for
member subscribing articles
association aud obligation.


The object. and purposes declared he fovs
To establish and maintain as Ear as practicable, system OF


ond establish and maintain Uniform rate Of compensation to
agents and brokers a.,
for the apprehension CONVICTION aud punishment Of criminals
engaged 10 this ueaious business.


Fourth effect for the protection OfOu
common interests promotion of prosperity


These articles were discussed aud adopted separately
The obligation attached to the resolution I'm which the
members pledged themselves that wherever local
board xsts, the agent there should become member
that IN all places where rates are in fOrce they (the
members would not accept risk at less than tariff rate
nor allow agents to do and this being done that tho
agency should be Withdrawn from them, was long and
earnestly discussed The disadvantages arising from
cutting under the National Board by outside companies
set forth In strong language and Boston agent
said that the sound companies OF that city were losing
their rstcass business through this very cause. The
obligation was finally adopted The following resolution
was then adopted:


oed That Representing National Board companies shall
allowed hold the not member
pane and Of majority oihe members Of the local board OF which sad
agent 10 a member -
company be expelled that shall fail TO out the
pledges entered into with the BOard and that when this
is done other companies shall withdraw their agency
from an agent who represents the expelled company
active enough warrant the rates should be made at
the lowest possible paying hgure so that any company
writing less will be unable TO profit by so dong IN
the matter OF dues it suggested that each company be-
suggestions and recommendations were finally, after
some discussion adopted
Year: 1870

A GENTLEMAN AND WIFE DESIRE TO ENGAGE
italy, with full and permanent Board In strictly private
family, where they will be the only boarders. Location
above Fourteenth street and between Third and Sixth
Address, with particulars box 6,o27 Post office.
Year: 1870

THE PARIS EMEUrE.-The arrest of Rochefort
was made the occasion Of an outbreak by the
Red Republicans Of Paris, as had been threat
ened- They have attempted the barricade busi-
ness, the usual preliminary to revolution in
france, but thus far their demonstration does
not seem TO amount to much. Napoleon saga
ciously avoids precipitating his soldiery upon
the people until the rioters make more headway,
or unless the shedding of blood Is commenced by
the mob. SO far it would seem that only the
police have been called into requis;tion, though
the hundred thousand soldiers and the myriad
parks of artillery are certainly all in readiness
when the emergency is serious enough to re-
quire their use. Quite evidently the outbreak
will be quelled, and the Government does wise
ly in allowing an Opportunity for the popular
feeling to vent itself without provoking collis-
sion
Year: 1870

GOvEENAEST FOR THE DISTRICT OF Co
IUxBiA.-The committee appointed by Judge
Fisher to prepare a plan of government for this
District, Of which Hon. \. q. Riddle is chair
man, Is composed of men of intelligence, all
Interested in promoting the welfare Of the
Rational capital, and will, we trust and believe,
present Plan for the government of this Dis
tr;et which will command the approval of very
great majority of our people. The views of the
Chairman, as we understand them, are to pre-
rare a plan giving to the entire District legis-
liiye assembly, which shall be clothed by Con-
gress with full power to legislate all rightful
subjects not inconsistent with the Constitution.
The legislative body thus organized to enact all
general Laws for tn District, thus relieving
Congress from the burdens of attempting 10
legislate for the local wants of 10000 people.
The proposed plan, We understand, does not
raise the question of interference with the mu-
inequalities of Washington and Georgetown; but
If these two corporations continue in existence
their authority over municipal matters will be
derived from the Legislature OF the District,
instead of from Congress. There is general
disposition on the part OF Congrs so far as our
knowi,dge extends, to grant to the people OF
the District the privilege of L" regulating their
domestic affairs in their own way, subject only
10 the Constitution"
Year: 1870

This year we have double Christ
mas. To-day is the religious festival,
when people return thanks for the great
miracle which brought redemption to all
mankind. This is the day when piety holds
Its meek levee in the churches and prisons
ascend to heaven amid the perfume and
smoke of incense in presence of magnif-
cent affairs. But tomorrow the world will
hold high carnival indoors and out of
doors. Frolic and fun and good nature
will light up every face-the downy cheek
Of the child and the furrowed features Of old
age. Tomorrow will indeed be the holiday
Christmas. Then turkeys will be sacrificed like
holocausts upon that household altar the dinner
table, and mirth and good cheer will abound
everywhere. Labor will abandon its Ixion
wheel for time. The money changers will
have vanished from the Wall street temple, and
public business in the courts and etiices Of gov
ernrnent will be suspended. Not even wa Sn,ce- n,ce-
seeker will be seen around the rooms of the
city magnates. The weather Is crisp and
pleasant-suggestiv of light hearts and happy
surroundings. We hope, therefore, that the
whole community will enjoy merry Christ
mas, and prepare-by extending their benevo-
lence to the poor-for the enjoyment of a
happy New Year.
Year: 1870

The Pope has been shorn of his temporal-
ties, the eternal City" has been appropriated
by the Italian government as the future capital
OF Italy, and King Victor Emmanuel is shortly
to make his ''grande entree" to signalize the
crowning of the edificc Of Italian Unity. The
Holy Father, we are assured, is in the posi-
tiOn of a prisoner in his own capital, and we
know that he emphatically dcnounces the
seizure OF his temporal domnions and all
concerned therein, and will make no compro-
mise involving the sacrifice oil the patrimony
OF st. Peter; and yet we doubt not that this
Christmas celebration in st. Peters will lack
nothing of the grandeur and f.rvent piety
usual in that great temple on this anniversary
OF the Saviour of mankind We dare say that
in Rome and in all other places throughout
the world the congregations Of the Catholic
Church will this time celebrate this day with
greater devotion than ever before, in view of
the extraordinary embarrassments and afllic-
tons that have fallen upon the venerable head
Of their Church In this view, then, we may
say, the Pope will find great consolation in his
present distress, and in this view we heartily
wish him "a merry Christmas and happy
New Year"
Year: 1870

The Little Children ON RandaI,. Island.


In these pleasant hours, when all hearts
are, or should be, full of kindly feeling, it is
indeed an astonishing thing to hear that the
School Trustees of the Twelfth ward have
been petitioning the Board of Education to re-
store to them the privilege Of 1ogging the poor
children on Randall's Island This is interpret
ing the ideas and associations Of the happy
home season of the year in new sense with a
vengeance. That these hapless little crea-
tures-the children OF misfortune and sorrow
from their birth-should be made exceptions
to the strict rule that rescues our three hun
dred thousand public school pupils of New
York from the degradation of the ferule and
the lash, is a most extraordinary pretension,
worthy only of darker times long gone by
and gone indeed, we trust, forever. OF
all the juvenile flock these waits and
estrays Of public charity, who have no other
friends or parents than the Corporation and
the State, should be treated with the tenderest
care and consideration. That they alone
are to be cuffed and buffeted by unkindred
hands is a monstrous conceit. What have the
Squeers and Gradgrinds of the Twelfth
been dreaming? Glad we are. to learn that
the true-hearted gentlemen Of the Board at
once refused to concur with any such assump-
ton, and we think that we know the excellent
citizens in the school control of the upper
districts well enough to be assured that they
would not for an instant tolerate any infringe
ment of the rules which the sense and human
ity of the New York public have imposed. Will
the reactionary Trustees please, on this Christ
mas Day and hereafter, to recall the rebuke of
the Saviour to those who chded the little
His protection and His love?
Year: 1870

ANNIE WATERS, young woman who
wasarrested and imprisoned some time
ago in Newark for alleged shoplifting,
has been released on one thousand dollars
bail, and is now said to be respectable young
lady Of Brooklyn, a music teacher by profess
sion. If this is true and she was not guilty of
shoplifting do not our laws or the laws of New
future instances of respectable and tenderly
raised young girls passing through the mad
dening ordeal of night in Jail?
Year: 1870

approved Of the system, but the Boards of
Aldermen did not see any light in the subject,
and 70 the proposition hung on, until now the
people Of Buffalo, by q vote Of twenty-one to
one in Common Council, have granted permits
sion to company to lay pipes in that city for
the supply of pure manufactured oxygen and
hydrogen, according to the patent OF Pro-
fessor Tassie, who was about carrying out this
plan in Paris when the war broke out. This
ia rather humiliating to us.
Year: 1870

BEATEN ON OXYGEN BY BUFFALo.--New
Yorkers ought to feel little ashamed to see
the provincial town of Buffalo getting ahead
of them in the matter of great scientific
Improvement We allude to the introduction


of pure oxygen in pipes through the city for
the purpose of increasing the light of gas in
the streets and houses and Of purifying that
article. A proposition to carry out this plan
in New York has been before the Common
Council for months and months. 1t has been
urged by DR.. Doremus and other eminent
Scientific uan who have tharnu0hly tested aud
Year: 1870

France.


A cable telegram from London states that
NJ. Gambetta has notified the Holy See, on
the part of the French people, of his desire
that France shall terminate the concordat
with the Sovereign Pontiff, SO that ''the entire
separation of the Church from the State may be
secured" This is very important movement
on the part Of the French government and in
complete accordance with the popular and
progressive sentiment of Europe. Napo-
leon undertook the work apparently, but
was afraid to complete it, Austria and Italy
have moved towards its realization. Eng
land has freed religion practically from the
control Of the executive, the crown leaving
the Church question almost entirely in the
hands of the Parliament. Queen Victoria
remains in the anomalous position Of head of
Church for the moment, us does the Car of
Russia; but it is to be hoped that within
very short period we shall behold the mind of
man universally liberated with respect to his
form Of prayer and place of worship, the clergy
reinstated on truly apostolic footing in the
matter of their pay and purses, and all man
kind worshipping the Star of Bethlehem, from
the manger to Calvary and from the cross to
the tomb after the resurrection, without favor
and ''without price" or charge. The French
peasants are really good Catholics. They do
not wish that their clergy shall be subservient
to the lay power.
Year: 1870

TOW OFTEN IS THE HOUSEHOLD
IL loaf buried with the household head, and
families that might have been comfortably
pl divided for, lett destitute by the want of
proper foresight in its deceased protector?
Year: 1870




A New York correspondent Of Radi.
cal paper writes:


went the other night to the Grand
Opera House with some Western friends,
who wished to entertain themselves with
the medley II may say the very poor
medley of performances thst have lately
been carried on there by LiDgerd and
Paul. One of the items Of the varied
programme of the evening was the sp-
pearance on the siege of q number Of
characteristic figures representing the
notable men of the dsy-such as Fisk,
Greeley, Grant, Lee. aud perhaps half q
dozen others. The figures walked TO the
foreground from behind curtain, ap.
pesring In succession, one at time.
Most of them excited but feeble interest
in the audience, aud called forth only o
little laughter. When the figure OF Grant
appeared, however, clad iD military cos
tune and smoking cigar, there we're
some sigma of waking up in the house.
and should say that about one fourth of
the audience applsuded and another
quarter bissed, while fully one half OF
the whole body took no part with either
side, but maintained their ordinary still
ness.


Immediately after the counterfeit pre-
sentiment Of Gen. Grant had disappeared,
the figure of Gen. Lee, grave, stately and
e-bearded, stood in the foreground;
and instantly the house rang with long
continued applause that seemed to com.
from the whole body of the spectators.
There we're doubtless persons present
who did not join 10 the acclamations /;
but certainly one would rarely see or
hear more vigorous demonstration in
any theater than was made on this occa.
sion upon the appearance of the Southern
rebel leader.


l do not attempt to account for this in
cident, or for such incidents, which ere
now, and always have been, frequent
enough in New York. But / was glad
that Gen. Butler and Senator Sumner
were not in the audience, for they would
doubtless have hastened back to Wash
ington. and concocted bill for putting
New York under military government.
Year: 1870

tlemen everywhere, for ii is the true test
and standard of thoroughly godliks
manhood.


For all our pride and vanity and con-
tentment, none Of us can pretend to be
perfect even as gentlemen. The very
best of ~ are often as coarse as the very
worst. Bat there is no drop Of human
blood that is not more precious than the
qualification of all our passions, after
they have been grstifed, and it may be
doubted whether life was ever sacri-
feed to rude words and angry impulses
that did not leave in the mind of the
survivor wish, which he would give the
world to realize, that he had been spsred
go great q calamity.
Year: 1870

From the Galaxy.l


While other noxious gases are usually
the product of combustion, aud their
origin therefore apparent, sulphureted
hydrogen obtains an entrance into out
houses in surreptitious and insidious
manner through the wsstepipes of sinks
and washbasins, the latter giving it access
to our bedrooms. There can be but little
doubt that the prolonged nausea fIom
which some persons suffer, and which
often terminates in confirmed dyspepsia,
is not unfrequently due to this cause, and
while the suffsrer and the physicians are
searching in vain for some means of re-
lief, and are experimenting with various
remedies, the true origin of the trouble is
unsuspected, and might be easily removed
by proper attention to the wastcpipe
traps. Tha test by which the presence
of this gas in the dir Of a room
may be detected is very simple.
1t may be performed by taking the
white, imprinted margin of q newspaper,
moiatening it with solution of sugar Of
lead, and suspending the prepared slip
of paper in the locality to be examined.
If the air contains sulphureted hydro
gen, the slips darken and finally become
black, the rapidity with which the change
occurs giving data for forming an esti-
mate of the amount of gas. The air OF
the APP rtment may, at the same time, be
compared with that of the streets by sus.
pending another slip of loaded paper
outside Of one of the Windows, in such
position that it may be in the shade at
ell tines.


The physiological effects of sulphureted
hydrogen vary with the degrees of con-
centrstion. II it is strong it acts like o
narcotic, and the person soon fsints, but
may be restored If removed at once into
the fresh air, and treated with stimulants
aud cold water douch. There is always
more or less nausea, even though the
gas may be very dilute. Its poisonous
effect is doubtless due, in all cases, to
its absorption by the blood, and subse-
sent action on the iron of the disks,
whereby the fluid loses its red color and
becomes black, the variation in the symp-
toms being dependent on the rapidly
with which these results are produced.
Year: 1870

believe me-" he continued ingenuOusly,
this has made me Grants friend forever,
let come Of 1t what will" In addition to
this severe repentance, the Admiral adds
modest abnegation. He does not care for
the place OF Admiral, would be even con-
tent to leave the Navy, thereby aiding his
own interests more than he can in the
NAVY.
Year: 1870

in Vermont, judging from the returns of
the late term of the Supreme Court of
Windham County, there is no need of
any letting down on the matter. There
were no less than twenty-one cases. See
TINES of March IL. This thing has
gone about far enough. Tam glad there
is beginning to be felt some healthy re-
action. Let the women of Vermont fol.
low the example of their sisters in Mas
sachusetts. and petition the legislature
to he let alone, and that this duty may
not be forced upon them for which they
are not fitted, aud for which they have
no taste.


The past winter in this State has been
a very open one. We have had very lit
tie sleighing Indeed. Almost the heavi-
est snowstorm eff the season is upon us
now. As | sit writing the snow is fall
ing and flying furiously. l cannot see
the houses across the street SO dense is
tne smoke OF snow.


March 15.-The rising of greenbacks
to near the level of gold causes some
stagnation in business in these western
towns. People are unwilling to venture.
Real estate is lower than twelve months
since, specie payments begin to be talked
of, and | have seen three silver half dol
lars paid over on change. The good old
days of ten years ago are upon US How
quickly they have sped, and yet what
history do they embrace


l regret that Bellows Falls should be
the victim of so many terrible fires. Is
there not cause undiscovered some
where? Is there not some secret foe lying
out of sight there, who is seeking ven
geance in that way ? 1t seems to me that
it would be well to watch little more
sharply. l expect next to hear that
Wentworth's block has been burned and
then they will have burned around the
square and perhaps will be contented.
Look out for it l am glad the people
/" arise and build" / think the new
block must be a fine one from the de-
scription given in the TIMES.


May Farr be successful in rebuilding,
and the time be mot far" off when he
will be going again under full headway.
Eastern Yankees when they fall, get up
again and brush off little of the loose
dirt and 60 ahead. Yours,


PYRRHUs.
Year: 1870

THE STEADY DRINKER.-Hall's Jour
nal of Health gives the following ac-
count of a man in New York, who new
er dined without his brandy and water,
nor went to bed without terrapin or
oyster supper, and who was never known
to be drunk: "Months before he died
he was a year in dying-he could eat
nothing without distress, and at death
the whole alimentary canal was mass
of disease; in the midst of his millions
he died of inanition. He had been q
steady drinker, daily drinker. for over
eight years"
Year: 1870

Nafions--Outline of the Scheme-1Ieeting


AZ Professor DOremus' Last Night.


private meeting, convened by circular, was held
at the house Of Professor Doremus, 70 Union place
last night for the purpose Of considering proposals
for the establishment In New York OF an Art and
science Museum, Of permanent character, for the
exhibition OF works OF science and art. A
number OF letters were received from prominent
gentlemen of the city approving OF the scheme, and
volunteering their practical aid In the development
OF the proposal.


1t was decided TO issue the proposal in printed
form, 80 rs to give the scheme wider publicity.
From the influential support that the scheme al
ready received there is no doubt OF Its ultimate
cess and that in New York Will very shortly be
formed the nucleus OF museum worthy OF the great
continent OF America


DR.. q. Naphegyt read paper embodyln2 the de-
tails OF this proposal, from which we select the fol-
lowing principal characterstlcs-


After obtaining charter OF Incorporation Is pro-
posed TO make solicitation, in the name OF the
society, TO all the resident and accredited foreign
Ministers at Washington so that through them each
OF the foreign governments may forward objects OF
interest Membership in the organization Of the
executive OF this museum Is to be obtained by de-
fined subscriptions in money and objects for exhi.
and pictorial atlas Of the American continent. For
the cultivated mind a source OF learning for the lay
man source OF pleasure. The chemist, the botan-
list, the mineralogst, the ge0ogist and the ornhol-
ogist are to find IN II q new field OF labor.


The proposals were received with consdera bic en-.
scheme would, in all probability, assume practical
shape, and would be submitted to the public with
great confidence OF establishing q museum equal in
It's nucleus to that OF many European countries.
Year: 1870

The Twentieth precinct police report that between
four and nve O'Clock last evening william Snowdep.
aged eight years, was run over by Car No. 81 Of the
Grand and Potysecond street line at the corner OF
Thirty.iourth street and Eighth avenue. The wheels
OF the car passed over his body and killed him al
most instantly. At the time the accident occurred
the child was In the company OF his mother, who had
Just e the car with two OF her little daughters on
saw him In the act OF getting or the
front platform while the car was In
motion, she says accelerated by the driver, who
pushed hlm on Captain Cafrrey's officers arrested
the driver, Francis Reilly, and locked him up TO
await lhe action OF the Coroner who was summoned.
IL IL more than probable that a suit Will be COM
menced against the company, should the driver
escape censure by O CorOner's Jury to-day.
Year: 1870

CRoPs.-Tne seasonable show
ers with which we have been
blessed within the last fortnight
have been the very thing for corn.
Itis at the right stage now to be
benefited by good rains. But we
regret to learn that some portions
of our county have not been SO
fortunate as this. We understand
that there are some plantations in
the county that have had no rain
for nearly two months. The cot.
ton crop is doing well at this time,
but too much rain now would
bring bad results, Altogether,
the crop, generally speaking, is
doing WE'LL Meadyille journal,
July 2Sth.
Year: 1870

WELcoME.-We take much pleas
ure in calling the attention of our
readers to the advertisement of
English Female Bitters, IN another
column.


This combination is regarded as
the Great Female Medicine OF the
age, and is highly recommended by
the Medical Profession, and all
who have tested it.


Our female community are tToub-
led with many complaints peculiar
to their sex, and now Is the time to
secure Bottle AMI be cured.


iy23-my.
Year: 1870

It was spy pardoned by Mr.. Lincoln who
gave the information which led to the hor-
riblo death of Col. Uric Dahlgren. But
the sympathetic nature which sometimes
erred through the weakness produced by
its own truth and intensity, was well un-
derstoOd and never condemned by those
who knew the man best. Here in Wash
ington II was not an affair Of hearsay; the
plying heart made itself felt, and its in
iluence was potent even when silent.
Here Mr.. Lincoln was truly mourned, not
simply rs a'martyr In just cause but as
q beloved friend. None who had. ever
came in contact with him could fail to be
convinced Of his integrity or remain un-
impressed by his gentle characteristics.
Many had been indebted to him for some
kindness, all had recognized his willing
ness to mitigate, so far as possible, the
horrors of war. The cry which went up
from the city on that sad 18th Of April was
for a man deeply and earnestly loved and
honored.