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Year: 1872

There comes unto ns all feeling Of
loneliness n shadow like the nigh.
comes across tho threshold, unbidden,
and sits 40 unwclcomo guest at onr
sides, and repeats sad stories Of tho
past, which we had hoped were lost
and forgotten, which lifts the curtain
of tho future and paints gloom and
sorrow on the honrs yet 10 come. The
heart strings swept by unclean hands,
give out a song linked with grieis and
cares, and the sunlight fees from ils
echoes, and leaves US in u trance. Like
Schiller's Rpbbcr, we realize that tho
world is still grand, and yet like hin,
We feel that we arc miserable in all
the outstretclied sublmiiy Of creation.
We feel then our unworthiness. and
VIC strive in vain TO bc men and wo.
men in the likeness and less, until wo
fall so far below the angels that wo
lose sight of them, and fail 10 catch, rs
we have often dono before, the very
rustic of their plumage. The songs
We had heard in other days come back,
and the faces we loved spring up and
smile upon us but all before US, thpso
around us, look blank aud We feel
alone in the grandest work Of tho
Master Whence the cause OF this
night upon the soul, we know not, buL
IL comes TO all of us at some time
Thank God, for it makes the sunlight
more blessed when it does comes II
makes the flowers bloom with q beauty
we knew not of before it strikes the
chord with gcntler touch, and gives
music as VIC dream of in our sleep,
when we dream Of Heaven.
Year: 1872

system again. II is at least tho duty
of those who boast Of u noble ancestry,
to fcrvently resolve never TO give up
tho hope until VIC have made at least
as many graves in n struggle for free.
dom rs onr political enemies did in
their attempt TO overthrow it. The
result of such struggle cannot be
doubtful. Wc will triumph in the
end. Ours is not tho task to recon
struct, but TO restore the Union. To
reconstruct is not 10 restore. Recon.
struction is destruction of the Union.
As attempted by Congress it is not
only destructive, but Africanization
of American society.


Tho failure of the Southern States
to resume the exercise of their mere
external or delegated powers has in
no degree legally effected their organic
character as free and independent
States. In legal view o. the case,
Congress is simply making ,cdr upon
these States. But they have only 10
be patient, and manfully true 10 them.
selves and the great charter of liberty,
refuse reconstruction such rs Congress
offers them, and the time is not far
distant when those who are now tor.
turing them will be at their mercy
Whenever they are caught within the
jurisdiction of their State laws, the
just punishment Virginia mctcd out to
the Ossawottomc thief and murderer,
"Old John Brown" may some day be
the fate of these assassins of Liberty.
Let tho American people yirtuously
ann hcroicaly resolve to defend and
pcrpctuate the liberties bcqucathcd to
them by our iorofathers, and the time
of delivcrancc from the grasp Of their
common enemy, tho negro, party will
soon be at hand. "JFdh and hope"
Year: 1872

OSTRICH FARMS The raising OF the
ostrich in tame state for its feathers is
now carried on extensively in Africa The
birds are kept in Enclosures, and fed on
lucerne, with which the inclosure is planted
Every eight months they are plucked some
extracting the quill at once, and others
cutting the quill little ab,ve its insertion
and then removing the roots coupe OF
months later. The latter method is said 10
give better results with less injury TO the
bird The yield is about fifty dollars per
annum for each bird


In breeding it is found to be best to allow
one female to each male. though in the
Wild state five females are offen attached
to single male. There ale usually two
broods in year, and the male and female
set tu the eggs by turns, the male generally
taking the largest share of this duty. The
female takes chief charge of the br od " hen
it is hatched. The young are reared on
chopped lucerne, aid as they get older a
little grain is given to them they also re-
quire abundance of water, and a liberia
supply Of pulverized quartz and small bones.
" hen grown. no food suits then, better than
chopped lucerne or trefoil, with an coca.
siupal supply of cabbage, fruit, and grain
-ScrlbDer's for De
Year: 1872




One of the best features in the new
Constitution is that giving parties the
right Of fair trial. Under the present
Constitution a malignant creditor may
choose his arbiter and srraign debtor
before bitter personal enemy for any
sum not exceeding one hundred dollars,
and he has no chance. Under the new
Constitution, If there be any personal
antipatby, or any doubt as to the Judg-
meut Of the Justice before whom the
case is brought, either party may re-
move the case to the County Court, by
simple notice. This is an improvement
on the Pennsylvauis Code. There
either party may appeal from the deci-
sion Of Justice, after trial, while this
mode saves the expense Of such trial.
-Cyu
Year: 1872

Ir is currently reported on the streets
that the Chairman Of the "Rule or
Ruin Clique" of Ohio county, has in
his pocket, JACOBS official withdrawal
from the canvass as a candidate for
Governor. 1t is further understood
that a meeting Of that Clique's Com
mittee was held last night to consider
what they would do with it; and that
it was resolved to hold it for the present
and continue JACOB on the track for the
benefit Of the Radical county ticket and
to the detriment of the canvass for the
new Constitution. ---.-~-T =


This will not be denied by any
responsible party. IL
Year: 1872




In looking over the hn.ekerdocker for
March, 1857, PIP. 295-1, find where a
couple Of literary men differed as to
who was the author of the somewhat
famous two lines Of poetry:
"Immodest words admit OF no defence,
For want Of decency is want of sense"
Nearly all the world yet supposes
that they were written by Pope. But
this is not the case. They were written
by the Earl of Roscommon. in his
Essay on Translated Verse" One Of
the gentlemen bet that the lines were
by Pope. This caused him to CLEAN all
the couplets from Pope which would
rhyme with defence or. sense, and he
selected forty couplets, which he gives
in this number OF the Knicksrboeker. j
give his last couplet as there pub
lisbed:


"HoRACE [GRRKLIYl still charms with
graceful negligence


And without method talks us into sense


T
Year: 1872

If any of the readers of either
elition OF the Mte!ligencer are silly
enough TO believe that papers story tc
the effect that caucus of leading Dem
ocrats was recently held in this city Al
which it was agreed that CAMDEN
could not be elected, aud therefore they
would try to defeat the Constitution,
they are welcome to do so. We will
not insult the intelligence of those who
read the REGISTER by any other
reference 10 it.
Year: 1872

If the GREELEY Republicans assist
the GRANTEES to carry the State
for their candidate in August, do the
GREELEy people expect the GRANT
folks to help them carry the State for
their candidate in November. Scarcely.
Year: 1872

q LIBERAL Republicans cannot act with
one party for State purposes and an
other for national. They cannot aid
GRANT in carrying this State in August
sni expect to carry it over GRANT in
November.
Year: 1872

WEST EIRGINlANS who desire to as.
sist their brethren in Pennsylvania in
Smashing the corrupt and thieving
kCAMERoN-GRANr ring in that State in
October, can only do it by smashing the
BoREMAS.GRANT ring in this State in
August.
Year: 1872

When Mayor Simms entered his office, few
weeks ago, he svinced determination to rigid
ly enforce the law. against all offenders. He has
somewhat abated the great amount Of drunken
ness in the city by the severity of his fines, and
this has had good effect in the prevention OF
other offenses. Public sentiment has upheld
him in this faithful discharge, Of his duty and
will endorse continuance Of such ''policy."


The question now is Will Mayor Simms pre-
serve his reputation for discharging his duty /:
or will he sacrifice it at the dictate of partisan
policy The alternative is before him now. He
is aware that Republican procession was dis
turbed in this city on last Saturday night, and
that this disturbance led to a street fight. He il
further aware who the originator of this disturb
ance was, the evidence being furnished by his
own sworn officers Of the peace, who have fur
nished the necessary proof for conviction If thu
Mayor will but issue the warrant for the arres
of the offender. He has twice turned away thost
who have applied to him for " Mussey SMITH
arrest with the remark that he had not had time tC
think the matter over This delay is unaccounta
bic. What necessity is there for thinking Owe
the issue of a warrant for street brawler, an
meeting dsturber, when complaint is made OF th
offender?


The Mayor is now at the parting of two ways
If he encourages rufianism by screening the
leader Of gang of peace-breakers, for politica
advantage, his usefulness will soon be destroyed
Let him reflect that the manly course is tn
beat
Year: 1872

Not one werd Of proof does the Gazette pro
duce to support its false charge that 'one Of the
chief aims" of the Republican party is to put
colored men into offices now occupied by white
men, especially in the lower counties" But is
not the Gazette pledged, with its party, to regard
colored men as eligible to office, equally with all
others Does it repudiate the Baltimore pl at
form ? Here is the first plank of that platfor N


1--WE recognize the equality Of all men before
the law, and hold that it is the duty OF the Gov
ernment in its dealings with the people, to mete
| out equal and exact justice to ALL OF whatever
nativity, race, color, persuasion religious or
political"


This is Democratic doctrine. The National
Democratic Convention adopted this resolution
Does the Gazette deny it
Year: 1872

The Gazette "wednesday says of the Com
MERcIAL that: "But a day or two since, it was
demanding that negroes should be placed in
'the jury box from all the counties" This is
utterly untrue. We have made no such demand
or suggestion though the Baltimore Democrat
&c platform would justify the Gazette in doing So
Does the Gazette adhere to that declaration OF
p incples2
Year: 1872

The exposed condition Of all the towns and
cities on the Delaware below the Quarantine
which Philadelphia maintains near Chester is
illustrated in arecent occurrence at Stonington,
Conn. The schooner Cro,on Point came into the
harbor, when she was found to have some Of her
crew sick with yellow fever, which had broken
out, on the voyage. Why may this not happen,
at any time, at Wilmington or Chester?
Year: 1872

4
With the buckler and sword into battle


Imovsd, was matchless and strong;
1 stood in the rush and the rattle
| Of shot, and the spirit of song
Was upon me, and youthful and splendid
My armor flashed far in the sun
As I sang of my land. 1t is ended,
And all has been done--and undone.
descend with my dead in the trenches,
Tonight bend down on the plain
In the dark, and a memory vrenches


The soul. / turn up to the rain
The cold and the beautiful faces
Aye faces forbidden for years.
Turned up to my face with the traces
OF blood to the white rain - tears.
Count backward the years on your fingers
While forward rides yonder white moon,
Till the soul turns aside. and it fingers.
BY grave that was born of a June
By the grave of soul, where the grasses
Are as tangled as witch-woyen hair,





And where footprints are not and where pas


Ses


Not anything known anywhere.
By grave without tombstone or token,


At tomb where not fern-leaf or fir,
Root or branch was once bended or broken


To bestow there the body of her;
For it lives, and the soul perished only,


And alone in that land with these hands
Did lay the dead soul, and all lonely


Does it lie to this day in the sands.
Lo! a wild little maiden with tressos


Of gold on the wind of the hills;
Aye, wise little maiden that guesses


Some good in the cruelest ills;
And babe, with his baby fists doubled


And thrust to my beard and within,
As he laughs like fountain half-troubled,


When my fingers chuck under his chin.
Should the dead not decay when the culture


Of fields be resumed in the May?
Lo! the days are dark-winged as the vulture,


Let them swoop, then, and bear them away;
BY the walks let me cherish red flowers,


By the wall teach one tendril to rum.
Lest 1 wake and watch all the hours


shall ever see under the sun.
It is well, maybeso, to bear losses,


And to bend and bow down to the rod.
If the scarlet red bars and the crosses


Be but rounds up the ladder to God.
But this mooking of men! All! that enters


The marrow; this bowling Of hell
In return for my song-love that centers,


Vast land, upon thee, is not well.
And I go, thanking God in my going


That an ocean flows stormy ard deep;
And yet gentler to me is its flowing


Than the storms that forbid me to sleep;
And l go, thanking God with hands lifted,


Thata land lies 5eyond. where the free
And the giant of heart and the gifted


OF soul have a home in the sea.
November 10, Ship Oceanic"
Year: 1872

Proposed New style Of School


Books.


A paper out West wants modern i'm
provements worked into school reading
books, and offers the following as sam
Piles that would be up to the spirit of the
age:


"Here is a man. He is fireman; he
belongs to No. 10. II you are good
boy, you will some day be an angel, like
that fireman. They sometimes get their
heads broken.


"Do you see that small boy? He is
good boy, and supports his mother by
selling newspapers. His father don't
have to work any more now.


"Here is the picture of a young Wild
ow. See how sad she looks: Her hts
band could not pay her dry goods BILL,
and so-he died. Do you think she will
get another man1 She will try hard.


"Here is the face of reporter. See
how joyful he looks. He has just heard
that man has cut his own throat, and
he is going for the item. Should you
like to be a reporter, and get licked on
dark nights, and see dead personss and
climb up four pair of stairs p
wA young lady has written song
| in which she asks: "How can tell him
love him no more2" There are scve-
raj ways in which the information may
be impaired For instancc,if the young
lady lives in Philadelphia, ,and the young
man whom she doesn't love any more
resides in New York, she might tele-
graph him, charges to he collected; or if
is not in dreadful hurry for him t }
hear the sad words, she might leave it
until she visits New York; or she could
W. ite; or she might employ her BIZ
brother to go tell him; or ii both live
in the same city, she might call around
after tea, and bribe his sister to tell
him; or but there are so many ways,
that doubtless some of them have occur
red 10 her ere this.-Norristow Her.
aM
Year: 1872

STOCKS DULL AND STRONG.


Very title was doing in stocks, but the tone Of
the market was strong particularly In the last half
hour of business, when there was that sudden ad-
vance in prices remarked as occurring 30 often on
the eve Of holiday. The explanation is that the
"shorts' are apt to close their contracts as o
means to happy mind during the holi-
day. Hence as Pacific Mail has been
tho more prominent target recently OF
the arrows OF the spectators for decline 1t
was most sensitive TO the operation Of this influence,
and dumped" to TAN. The improvement else
where was most conspicuous in Southwest and
western Union, but otherwise hardly exceeded
range of one quarter per cent. Erie was excep-
tionally weak Its domestic instability following the
renewal OF litigation, and the decrease Of trannc
receipts being aggravated by decline Of about
per cent In London. In accordance with the
orders Of the Governing Committee business was
suspended at two O'Clock, at which hour the Stock
Exchange was closed. The following table shows
the highest and lowest prices Of the principal stocks
during the day -
Year: 1872

FINANCIAL and COMMERCIAL.
The Eve Of the Glorious Fourth


a Half Holiday.
Early Adjournment Of the Gold, Stock
and Government Boards.
THE TREASURY SALE OF GOLD
Money Easy and Un-


changed.
The Stock Market Quiet


and Strong.
ERIE EXCEPTIONALLY WEAK AND LOWER.
A FURRY and Sudden Advance In


Pacific Mail.
Year: 1872

From the N, Y. World.


The Mormons do not appeal to the po-
etlcal sensibilities of most of u.s. But,
after all, that may be as much our fault
as theirs. Goethe declared manufac.
turing village to he the most poetical
sight he saw in Switzerland, and Goethe s
sensibilties were not duller, but only
keener than those of other men. If we
had not seen or heard by constant and
authentic report of the actual, concrete
and intensely prosaic Mormon, chewing
tobacco and defying Lindley Murray,
the history of Mormonism would seem
to us as strange and romantic as in real


ty it is. And no matter how familiar
we may be with the Mormon we must be
Impressed with the strangeness Of a Nor
mon mission to Jerusalem. That a
serious effort should be made, as
it appears that serious effort is making
for the planting in the most eastern
East OF the newest mushrooms of the
West is as amazing as, to the adventure
and the audAcity OF the men who have
made it, it ia an honorable thing. 1t is
to the birthplace Of the old religion,
which still holds the allegiance Of all
Europe, though il is no longer honored
in the country of its birth, that the evan
gelists Of Utah propose to introduce the
new. Moses and Joe Smith are an as
tonishing pair Of pendants. Whether
the progress of railways and the influx
of emigrants have admopished the Nor
mona under Young, as the outraged virtue
of Illinois notified very abruptly the Nor
mons under Smith, that they can have
no contin2.ng city, or whether the
mission is mission simply and not what
its members would call prospect
ing tour we cannot certainly know But
it would be unwise to predict the failure
Of it in sither case. The practice of DO
lygamy certainly would not repel the
modern Egyptian. And IL would be
difficult to disabuse the modern Egyp.
tian of the notion which he has unques.
tionably derived from the performances
Of the Hoodlum Butler, as the official
representative Of his country, that poly,
gamy is the prevailing practice Of Amer
lea. Aside from this, the average Nor
mon is at least as well adapted to affili-
ate with Egyptians as the average Meth
odisl or Baptist OF Presbyterian. The
writer Of the Book of Mormon, whatever
else lie was, was thoroughly imbued with
the sentiments aRd the diction Of the
Old Testament, and the readers
Of that book win be pilgrims 10
the same shrines as the newcomers Of
plymouth Church who did that famous
pilgrimage to Palestine three or four
years ago, and they will visit them, we
should say, with very nearly the same
preparation TO appreciate them. If they
conclude 10 set up their tWioe,snuhbed
Ebeneser in Egypt or in Palestine there
is little to prevent them. The crusading
spirit has gone as obsolete among Mo-
hammedans as among Christians, and
the shrewd and thrifty Mormons will be
at least as welcome as any class OF their
countrymen, though they may, more
than any other class Of their country
men, affict mankind With 9 sense Of gro
tesque iuoongruity between themselves
and their environment. and exempliiYsl
more fully than it has ever before beeTI
exempli6ed, the spirit of Thackerays
famous couplet


Esse her Stop her


..rs Any passengers for Joppa!
Year: 1872

The celebration at the institutions, public and
charitable, in the city partook largely OF a
carnai nature, and the plenitude OF good eating
was. to say the least, astonishing. The frendless
the homeless the crippled, the halt, the blInd the
sick, the imprisoned-all seemed to have been pro-
vidcd with good cheer, and, as will be seen by the
following accounts, the number ofhearts made glad
by the kind hand OF benevolence certainly very
great and if thanks were not rendered for the
blessings OF the year they might well be for the
of VOC
Year: 1872

There was no celebration whatever on Governors
Island. Many persons went down to the barge
ONCE to cross over and the evening drill but it
was announced that none would take place. The
only inhabitants OF the island at present consist
OF the Permanent company, commanded by Major
Blunt. The dinner yesterday tor the soldiers con-
sisted OF roast beef which is the usual dinner on
thursdays. The only manner in which IL may be
said that the day was observed was that passes
were granted to the men not on duty to visit the
CITY.
Year: 1872

If any one wanted to see happy, pretty children,
he ought to have gone to the Sheltering Arms,
l31st street ana Tenth avenue. Some OF the little
ones lad received presents, which made them com
pletely happy. All looked clean, neat cheerful.
They sang before sitting down to dinner and some
knelt down and said the Lords Prayer. One, a
little girl but year ana half old, was one of the
first ones to knee TO fold her hands and pray to
the Lord. Many OF the children In the Sneltering
Arms have respectable, educated parents, who
have been reduced to poverty. Some OF these came
yesterday to see their dear little boys or girls and to
hug them 10 their hearts, The institution takes
care OF all children whose parents have been re-
duced to extreme poverty. 1t is a home for many
q little child which otherwise would have to suffer
from want Of food and clothing. There was an at
mosphere OF cleanliness and chccrfnlness about the
Uay.
Year: 1872

Ladies' Union Aid Society OF the Method


ist Episcopal Church.


The institution Of this society, located on Forty
second street, near Eighth avenue, and designed
for the benefit Of the aged aud inHrm members OF
the church Of both sexes, was the scene or pleas
ant reunion among the inmates yesterday. Owing
to the berality OF the charitable in the persuasion
an immense supply OF the eatables appropriate to
a THANKSGIVING dinner had been sent in, and at one
O'Clock the Inmates, eighty-six In number, all
Old men and women, sat down to repast which
contained all the elements suitable to the occasion.
There were no unusual exercises during the day,
save as the dinner was the old people arose to
their feet and sang "Praise God from whom all
blessings n0w.n
Year: 1872

The Protestant Half Orphan Asylum Is one of
the many worthy charities with which our city
abounds. Yesterday was genera! holiday in this
institution, and everything was done in the power
OF the managers to insure the amusement OF the
little ones in their charge. In the morning the
children all went to DR.. Deems, where, after hearing
very sensible address, suitable to their years. they
were brought back to the institution. At halfpast
one they sat down to their Thanksgiving dinner
where everything Of suitable quality or food was
provided A number OF visitors were present, and
1t really an interesting sight to watch tie 202
happy little faces that sat around the festive board
Turkeys geese mince pies, &C., all disappeared like
magic, each OF the orphans appearing to be gifted
with an excellent appetite. Mrs. Hudson the ma
tron, watched over her charge with motherly care
and prevented any extraordinary eXcesseS on the
part OF the youthful gormandlzers. They were
given the evening to themselves and the merry
ring of their childish laughter gave ample evidence
OF the Iun they were having in innocent amusc-
ment.