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Year: 1872

IMPORTANT To ODD-FELLews-T Grand
Lodge of tic Independent Order of Odd-FcI-
lows of the United States passed an amend
ment to the constitution providing that when a
member is expelled from a lodge or encamp-
ment in one Jurisdiction, he cannot be admit
ted to a lodge or encamPmenI Of any other
jurisdiction without the consent Of the encanF-
meut from which he was expelled, but permit
ting the admission in another jurisdiction Of
member suspended CT dropped for pon-pay
ment Of dues
Year: 1872




The following piece of poetry viii, we think,
find an echo in the heart Of every mother who has
seen her darling pass to the further side of the
" crystal sea -


I have two little angels waiting for me
On the beautiful banks Of the crystal sea;
Notimpatiently wait my darlings there,
For smiles light up their brows 30 fair
And their little harps ring out so clear,
So soothinClv sweet TO faiths listening ear
And they live in the smiles OF the Saviour's love,
Who so early called my darlngs above.
have two little angel, waiting for me
On the beautiful banks Of the crystal sea
Forever free from sorrow and pain,
Spotless and pure from all earthly stain;
Never in erring paths To- rove
Eyermore, evermore walking in light,
These beautiful angels robed in white.
have two little angels waiting for me
On the beautiful banks OF the crystal sea;
When nv weary heart is throbbing with pain,
And fain would clasp my darlings again,
I'll look away from this earthly strand
To the beautiful fields OF the /" Better Land ;"
will think of the angels waiting there,
And offer to God thankful prayer.
have two little angels to welcome me
When too shall stand by the crystal sea-
When the Great Reiner His image may trace
In the heart He has won by His saving grace,
And in robes of Christ's own righteousness drest,
Nv soul shall seek the home of the blest,-
On the beautiful banks OF the crystal sea
Ny darlings, still waiting, shall welcome me.
Year: 1872

Lay it down as a foundation rule that you
will "be faithful in that which IS least" Pick
up tho loose nails, bits OF twine, clean wrapping
paper, and put them in their places. BE rea-
dy to throw in an odd half hour or hours time
when it will be On accommodation, and don't
seem to make merit Of it, DO it heartily
Though not word be said, be sure your en-
ployer will make no;e of It,. Make yourself
indispensable 10 him, and he will lose many Of
the opposite Kind before he will part with you.
Those young men who watch the time to see
the very second their working hour is up;
who leave, no matter what state the work may
be in at precisely the Instant; who are lavish
with their employers goodwill always be
the first to receive notice that times are duh,
and their services are no longer required.


WorkingmGR.
Year: 1872

Aniu:enious man in Philadelphia has found
a new use for an artificial leg. He worked in
a pipe factory and WAS in the habit Of filing
bis porcelain limb each day with a choice as
sortment Of meerschaums, which he disposed
Of on his own account When discovered he
had made about $500 by this illegitimat.
traffic. In this way he was walking of with
goodly share Of the profits Of the establish
rnept
Year: 1872

We are to have q Presidential election in
1872-sO much is inevitable. You may regret
OF deprecate this, yet the fact will remain.


An election implies competition. Once only
lin 1s20) has a President been chosen with
practical unanmity; he (AlonrOe) was a good
man. but not a strong one. We are not likely
to have another such election in the next cen
tury.


An election in earnest involves not only
rival candidates but clashing purposes. If II
party or clique were to propose Presidential
canvass on the platform of adherence to our
separation from Great Britain or to a repub-
lcan form of government, it would probably
find it difficult to make an issue on that prop
osition and find an antagonist ready and eager
for the fray.


Thus we regard the questions which, ten
years ago, shook our Union to its center.
Slavery and Secession were then tremendous
facts, which you might approve or condemn,
but could by no means ignore. You might be
for or against them; Indifferent to them you
could not nationally be. But, now that they
are dead beyond the hope of resurrection,
what use in debating their merits or fighting
over their lifeless remains'


"Shall the Blacks-nine-tent Of them just
L" freed by the sword-be at once endowed
"with all the rights and franchises of Amer
"ican citizens?' Barely six years ago, this
was the paramount question. No thoughtful
person denied that there was much TO be said
on either side. That those Blacks were in the
main grossly illiterate and ignorant, was un-
deniabe That they would be duped and
misled by crafty, selfish, unprincipled adven-
turers, was obvious. That they might be
corrupted by bribery or deluded by sham
sympathy, constituted a real and grave public
peril. Ii the country could have chosen to
educate them first then enfranchise them, it
would have taken that course. But iLs only
Year: 1872

We have not heard the last of the French
Arms scandal yet The thrifty officials of the
Ordnance Department seem to have made fine
business of the manufacture and sale Of arms
and cartridges just at the time when it was
clearly to our interest not to sell arms at all :;
and in pursuit Of a good bargain, they
disregarded the plain provisions of the
statutes, tho interests OF the nation, and
the advantage Of the service. We have
seen high officers of the amy transformed
into commercial iobbers, and the Government
armOrics practically made the workshops of
private firms, with whom the Ordnance Office
had a more OF less obscure connection. We
have seen arms dealers consulting with
generals and cOlOnels at the FrankfOrd
Arsenal about an evasion of the rile which
forbids the national factories to be used for


private work, and Il day or two later
We have found those factories ordered
TO increase production to their utmost
capacity, so that Remington might make
q profit out of the necessities of France We
have found at least one officer st0cklOlder
in the Remington Arms Company. We have
found ordnance officers acting as lightGmen
in New-York harbor 80 that Remington night
ship his purchases promptly and cheaply, and
an agent of the Bureau playing the pat of
shipping clerk on board the French steamer,
to check off the delivery of arms which the
Government was supposed to have sold in ig


nOrance of their destination. Ammunition is
manufactured for sale arms are sold before
they are finished; cartridges that are actmlly
needed in the service are not sold only be-
cause a prudent subordinate protests against
the order to dispose of them; and finally,
when Remington wants more arms, the hu(k-
sters in uniform telegraph from Washington
to the posts on the Indian frontier to send On
to NewYOrk, by fast freight, all their new
and scrviceable breech-loaders of the pattern
of 1865. And before those muskets arrive the,
are sold to Remingt0n's man Richardson.


Bad as this avidity to turn an honest or
dishonest penny may be, the contempt for law
shown by Gen. Dyer and his subOrdinates in
the manner of conducting their little opera
tions is q great deal worse. 1t seems that
there are two statutes authorizing sales of
arms. That of 1868 provides that old and
damaged or otherwise unsuitable arms and
stores in possession of the Government at the
date of the act, may be sold after thirty days
notice. This was intended to enable the Gov
crnment to get rid of the quantities of useless
material left Oh hand Gt the close OF tho war.
Year: 1872

and was not general permission to tho war
Department to 60 on selling forever. There
ia a law of 1925, moreover. which tho Judge
Adyocate-G General so recently as 1869 declared
to be still in force and that law provides that
all arms and stores thus sold must first have
been inspected and pronounced to be damaged
or unfit for the service. The Ordnance Dc
partment has not paid the slightest attention
to this law. In some cases there was certainly
no inspection, and we have no reason TO
believe that there was an inspection IN any
case. Some of the arms were sold before they
were made. Others were sold en- route from the
West. Cartridges were manufactured eX-
pressly for sale. When Major Benet telc-
graphed to the frontier posts he ordered them
to give up, not arms that were damaged or
"otherwise unfit for the public service" put
"all new and other serviccable brcech-loading
"muskets, model of 1866" And, to complete
the story there is satisfactory evidence that
some of these illegal and improper sales were
made at time when the President had for


hidden any sales at all. We are curious TO
see what opinion the Investigating Committee
will express on the subject.
Year: 1872

hacks that it is likely to command favor.
The Secretary naturally has his eye on the
fishing interests of his native New-England'
and while no proposes system Of bounties
based on that which has built up
those fisheries, he includes the cod and
mackerel catchers in the liberal provls-
ions of his bill. 1t must be acinowi-
edged that the coasting trade ana tno
fisheries form the only nursery OF the
American marine, and Mr.. Boutwell, Is WISE
in endeavoring to foster these interests
Whether he is wise in his special plan' how
ever is another question. SO far as the
bounty to builders is concerned, however, IL
is sure to encounter instant opposition from
the insane Free Traders, whom nothing short
of q drawback on ship-building will satisfy.
Something must be done for the commerce OIL
the country. Congress is inclined to strengthen
that of the Pacific by doubling the mail service
to China and Japan but it would do great
harm by admitting materials duty free or
entitled to debenture.
Year: 1872

Mr Gladstone has evaded any issue on the
Dublin University bill by declining to make
its fate in Parliament test question. That
it will be still an element in the Government
policy is, Of course, conceded, but by this eva
sion the Cabinet will escape the defeat which
seemed imminent.
Year: 1872

to adjourn before the Convention. MIR. Sher-
man Mortified tho Administration by remark
ing that the Revenue bills were of more con-
sequence than an early adjournment. This
must be rank heresy.
Year: 1872

One of the evils of special legislation is ex-
emplifed in the unpleasant trouble in the
management of the Soldiers Asylums, in which
Gen. Butler is largely concerned. The law,
which prohibited members of Congress from
accepting any of the Offices of the organiza-
ton, was altered to allow Gen. Butler to re-
tain his offices as President and Treasurer.
Now that disorder and disagreement have
arisen, the quarrel is to be taken into Con-
gress. Whether Gen. Butler be wrong or right
in bis management, he is certainly not night
in keeping his place both in the House and
in the National Asylum Association.
Year: 1872

The case of DR.. Houard came up in the
House of Representatives, yesterday, and the
Committee on Foreign Affairs reported
resolution calling on the President to de-
mand his immediate release and the restora-
ton of his confscated property. This action
of the Committee springs, doubtless, from the
best intentions. But they seem to for
get that, on the 9th of March, the Presi-
dent did make precisely this demand
upon the Spanish Government. 1t is true that
three days afterward the Secretary OF State
informed the Vice-President that we had no
right to make such demand, and things
move so curiously between the White House
and the Department that no one can tell just
what they intend to do about it. Perhaps,
after all, it is , as well that Congress shall
ascertain whether the Administration was
serious on the 9th or on the 18th of March.
1t is matter of some importance, not only
TO DR.. Houard, but to the United States and
Spain.
Year: 1872

Judge George G. Barnard violated dccency
and the dignity of his Court on Tuesday, by
an insulting and lying allusion to one of the
Court reporters of this journal. The reporter
treated the rufian Judge with the silent con-
tempt he richly deserved, as THE TRIBUNE
might also have mercifully done, but for the
injudicious publication, in newspaper when
Barnard generally employs to circulate his
falsehoods, of an exaggerated statement OF the
occurrence. 1t therefore becomes proper for
us to say that the young man thus grossly in
suited is recognized in his profession as
particularly modest. capable, Industrious and
honorable journalist, against whom no word OF
reproach or accusation from any responsible
source has ever reached us. AS to the Judge
who reflected upon his truthfulness, he has
been proved by scores of witnesses before
Committee of the State Legislature to know
nothing either of decency, truth, or honor.
Year: 1872

SATURDAY EVENING, Nov. 80.
The local money market presents no special
Developments, but remains about as stringent as
for the past month. Some Of the banks admit
they have accumulated little more surplus
money than they had 8 week ago; but they seem
disposed to fortify their positions rather than let
it out in an increase Of loans in the present un-
satisfactory condition Of affairs in the way Of
collections. The banks have been unusually e1-
panded for over month, and are now slowly re-
covering from q position that was, to say the
least, unsatisfactory. The process has been
painful one, and has helped to prevent the mar
ket becoming any easier, as it might have done,
to some slight extent, if they had measured
their loans by their collections. The
decided increase in the marketing OF hogs and
cattle now affords prospect that it will be the
means of considerable relief during the next
week or so, but at best it must be expected that
money will continue comparatively stringent un-
til after the close Of the year. In the open mar
ket we hear Of instances Of prime commercial
paper being offered yet at per cent per month
On co11aterals money is to be had for sixty days
at Is per cent.


New York exchange was weaker to-day, owing
to greater demand for currency, and sold be-
tween banks pretty freely at 60c per $1,000 pre-
MUM.


The movements Of currency to and from the
country are moderate, and about evenly bal
anced, 80 that there is no accumulation here.


The clearings of the Chicago banks for the
Year: 1872

OMAHA, March l5.-Transier matters
between the Union Pacific and Iowa
railroads seem to be at a dead stand
The Missouri river bridge is completed
but there seems to be a difference oil
opinion as to who shall do the crossing
over the bridge and whose passengers
aud freights are to be transferred.
Year: 1872

A CoRREsPoSDEET writing 10 the Chicago
Times from Washington, in brief letter,
shows how utterly helpless the United States
would be in case Of sudden outbreak be-
tween it and any of the great powers of the
world. Indeed, according to this correspon'
dent, who seems TO write knowingly, we are,
in the matter Of naval armament, o, the
mercy of poor Spain, which we have been
accustomed to look upon as crippled aud
powerless. Worse. still, the protective sys-
tenn has palalyzed ship building on this side
of the Atlantic, and in any great emergency
we could not in any reasonable length o.
time improVise navy, however well sup
piled with funds or willingly disposed. The
truth is we have been acting the part Of
children in constructing and managing our
navy, and have been boasting of a war pre-
stige that we had NOT 1t is high time tha.
thsre was an end to such folly, and that the
proper authorities were directing the sner-
gies Of the government to building snd
equipping navy worthy of a first calss
power, and capable of protecting our interest


in every quarter of the globe.
Year: 1872

The Jacob men all admit that they can.
no, elect their candidate without the solid
Radical vote Of the State. and yet they arc
continually claiming that he is the choice
of the large majority Of tho Democratic
party; aud he himself bases the candidacy
upon the assumption that majority Of the
Democracy desire his election. By their
scdulous cour,iug Of tho Radical vote,
their not daring to utter siuylc word in
favor of the new Constitution, or Of Hor.
ace Greeley for President; they are giving
the lie to tho Governors own declaration
concerning tho wishes Of the Democratic
party lfa minority Of the Democrats arc
in his fav"r, he won't need any Radical
votes Then why don't hc come out
squarely, honestly and boldly in favor Of
the Democratic phtfcrmy Why don't ho
declare himself in favor Of the new Con
stiu,iouy Why don't he pronounce
against Grau,? lic is carrying water on
both shoulders" because ho know that to
the Democrats who follow him tho entire
Radical vote must bo added in order to 49,
cure his election and tho defeat Of The
Democratic nominee.
Year: 1872

The hasty action OF the President, under the
advice Of Attorney General Williams, in zecog-
nizing pinchbnck as Governor Of Louisiana, is
illustrated in the fact, subsequently disclosed,
that Pinchback never was Lieutenant Governor
OF that State, and, consequently, could not suc-
ceed as Governor. He WAS member Of the
State Senate, and presiding officer Of that body !;
but bis term Is Senator expired On the 4th day
Of November, and his SUCCESSOR is now serving
Is member Of the State Senate. The Attorney
General, ignorant Of this fact, advised the Pres
ident to recognize Pinchbsok as Governor, as
cunning that he VAS Lieutenant Governor and
he actually te1egraphed to the Committee OF One
Hundred Citizens not to come to Washington to
explain the facts, because the President WAS
fixed in his purpose to recognize the Lieutenant
Governor as Governor, there being, in fact, no
Lieutenant Governor there.
Year: 1872

It is not likely that the interests Of the
Western Union Telegraph Company are in any
way concerned in the recent purchase Of
New York Tribune stock by A1r. William Orton.
No means could be devised SO certain to create
newspaper hostility against the Telegraph Com
pany, and public hostility as well, as for the
Company to dabble in newspaper property. On


the other hand, nothing would so quickly i'm
pair the market value OF the New York Tribune
as the belief that it had become Al
adjunct Of the Telegraph Company. 4
more unfortunate alliance could not be
devised. mr. Orton is q politician OF consider
able prominence in New York. Probably, the
interests Of the Western Union Telegraph Com
psny we're IS far as possible from his thoughts
when te handed his check to Mr. Sinclair. Il he
had given those interests any consideration in
Year: 1872

FORM.


Mr.. Thurlow Weed has made proclamation
against the reform Of the Civil Service system.
In olden times there we're followers OF the army,
who had the privilege, as soon as the battle Tas
over, to rob the dead and wounded When. in
the progress OF civilization, these gangs we're
disbanded and the practice prohibited, there
was probably just as vigorous protest as is
NOW made by A1r. Weed against a reform Of the
Civil Service. He insists that the Republican
party, by making reform Of the Civil Service
part Of it's platform, yielded to a bewi1dered
public sentiment which it should no longer re-
spect. He declares the reform to be utterly
impracticable, and says that an attempt to en-
force it will lead to abuses greater than those
which exist; that it proposes to establish
an odice-holding aristocracy; and he Illus
trates what he calls the fatuity Of the reform
by saying that Dean Richmond and Commodore
Vanderbilt could not pass an examination
needed for subordinate Office in the Custom
House. AL this is very childish, but very
much in keeping with Nr. Weeds lifelong
Uua141H6 u d N4SLl1UuLQ1 " tat10AaE6s IL AGdA
Richmond and Commodore Vanderbilt did not
possess education enough to enable them to
keep books, compute duties, receive and de-
liver goods, or to appraise merchandise, then
neither one Of them ought to have been ap-
pointed bookkeeper, revenue clerk, store
keeper, Or appraiser. Being unable to perform
the duties required Of them, they had no
more right to expect such an office
than they had to be made surgeons
in the army, surveyors Of public
lands, or professors Of theology. The ilustra-
tion serves only to show the injustice and in
propriety Of appointing men to Office who have
not the qualifications necessary to enable them
to perform the duties.


To say that q requirement that every man
hired by the public to perform official duties
shall be competent to perform the duties; that
he shall receive no compensation therefor save
the salary fixed BY Ian, and that 10 long az he
Year: 1872

The citizens Of New York seem to be divided
just now into two c1asses- -murderers and Grand
Jurors. That portion OF the community which
is not engaged In killing or getting killed has
the largest demands upon its attention in the
consideration Of the murders that come before
it, There is no time wasted upon the other
matters which assume an absorbing interest
among other people. Tha excitement incident
Year: 1872

There are other people than the Americans who
r=a complain OF being governed too much. 4 Lord
Chief Justice Of EDglandhas formally proclaimed
from Court of Queens Bench that the whole
object OF legislation seemed to be to embarrasa
the Court Of Queens Bench and complained
That his "whole time was taken up in constru-
Ing Acts of Parliament incapable OF any rational
n,~
Year: 1872

Service tends to make the President and Secre-
taries merely the appointment clerks Of Con-
gress, and they state as fact:


Thus 1t is not denied that the chief National appoint
nens in the several States now really made not By
the President and the Sonate but ut the pleasure Of the
Senators from the State in which the Office Is to be


filed. The President may have personal knowledge OF
the unness Of certain persons Whoso appointment is
sought but II Senators from the State in favor Of
those persona the President must yield bis knowledge
to their pleasure the Offices must remain untitled.
It ia impossible that the Legislature should
absorb the Executive function Of appointment and re-
main pure. One Of the wisest Of American political
writers remarked before the Constitution adopted,


When the Legislature Is corrupted, the people
done.


They declare that to say that patronage ia in
diBpensable to party organization is mere
palEiation of an evil practice and they meet
Mr. Weed with the following emphatic asser-
ticn:


II the money that man has paid during political
campaign and the time and effort that he has deve1
oped to tho SUCCESS Of principles and policy which he
must be supposed to approve, are to be considered
caims upon office, then they are the price Of the
Office and his relation to the Office and to the contest
Is vena which Is the precise evil Of the present prac
tice. For II Offices may be bartered for party
SERVICE 1t is not surprising that appointments should
be sold for money.


Against the remonstrance OF an office-broker
Of forty years. standing We submit this state
ment Of the deplorable condition Of the present
system, and it's corrupting effects upon the
whole country; and We submit to the great
body OF the people who are not offiee-aeekers,
whether the perpetuation Of this evil and this
widespread corruption is more desirable than to
place the Civil Service upon the basis Of hon-
esty, competency, responsibility, and pezpa-
ne nee.
Year: 1872

Each for himself must do his Masters work,
Or at his peril leave it all undone
Witness the fate of one who sought to BhrlS
The Sanctuary's service, yet would shun
The penalty. A man of earthly aims.
$50 runs the apologue,) whose pious spouse
Would oft remind him of the Church, claims
still answered thus, so thou and pay our


VOWS


For thee and me Now when at Peters gate
The twain together had arrived at last
He let tho woman in then to her mate
Shutting the door, "'rhou hast already passed
By prOry," said the Saint Just in the way
That thou on earth was wont to fast and


pray ~