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Year: 1870

Sweet music is child of heaven.
But gates could not confine her there:
And though no wings to her were given
She watts herself upon the air
Tween earth and skies, yet holds her place
Where cherubs harp and seraphs sing:
The plowman's cot she deigns to grace
As well as palace of the king.
Within that world where music reignS
What is it with her can compare:
Before the Throne her brightest strains
Are cast, to burn and sparkle there:
Her robe is harmony of sound,
Her crown the richest gems of song,
The highest angel ne'er hath found
\ garb more powerful and strong.
The breath of music is a balm
Which penetrates the inmost soul,
And bids the troubled heart be calm,
And sweetens oft the bitter bowl.
The beast is docile meath her charms,
The savage often feels her power,
She calls the peaceful man to arms,
And soothes him in his dying hour.
Thenlet me drink that breath divine.
And let the robe of music float
Around this restless soul of mine,
Without one grim, discordant note;
1t matters not if soft or wild
The strain, if harmony complete,
My spirit longs for Heavens child,
To kneel and listen at her feet


Boston Folio.
Year: 1870

For information write to any one of the par
ties, and they will cheerfully answer you. We
give you name and residence, together with
disease cured. Go and see them and
be convinced that a Medicine can be offered
without being proved to be a humbug.
Year: 1870

Numerous petitions are being circulated in
Pennsylvania this wnterfor the passage OF law leav-
ing the matter Of licensing the selling OF liquor to the
vote OF the people OF each election district The follow
Ing is a copy OF one Of them:


The undersigned citizens OF - respectfully represent
that over millions OF dollars annually spent by tue
people OF Pennsylvania for intoxicating drinks; that
over 10000 citizens OF Pennsylvania annually die the
drnnkards death: that Intoxicating drink is the direct
nearly all the crime poverty and social disorder
throughout the State.


That large majority Of the clearinghouse keepers
throughout the State do not pretend 10 keep or
tayers the Of strangers and travel
ers" and cannot be justified by any plea OF necessity.
That these drinking houses the schools Of vice and
crime, and lead many thousands OF young men TO
drunkenness crime and death These startling facts,
we respectfully contend, demand tho immediate and
earnest attention OF the Legislature and the passage OF
an act under the provisions Of which the evils referred
may be removed at least brought within the reach
OF the people.


We therefore earnestly pray for the passage OF
era law, to enable the qualified voters OF any ward,
borough township within the State to determine, by
ballot, whether drinking houses may or may not be
licensed within such districts, under existing law and
IN all districts voting agant such license, 10 prohibit the
sale of such drinks except for medicinal or mechanical
purposes under severe penalty BY the passage or such
act this question Will at once be removed from the
of partisan politics, and placed in the hands OF the
people themselves.
Year: 1870

The manner in which the general
State expenditures have kept within
reasonable bounds affords matter of con-
graduation to every citizen, while the
rapid and continued swellings of the
amounts levied for municipal purposes
is significant and alarming. Beginning
with nearly a million and half of dol
lars in 1868, it increases at the average
rate of nearly three-fourths Of a million
yearly, until in 1870 it reaches the enOr-
nous total of almost FIVE and half mill
lions of dollars. In most of the levies for
other purposes there is, as will be seen.
an occasional diminution from one year
to another succeeding, but in municipal
taxation the burden grows continually
heavier, until in the present year, it has
become too grievous to be borne. By
nearly a million Of dollars do the city
and village Ievies exceed those of the
State, including the entire amount raised
by the latter for the education of the
people. The method by which the
heavy drain upon the resources Of our
people is to be diminished, or at least
kept from further growth, presents to
our State Legislators one Of the most inn
portant problems that can come before
them, and is worthy the careful consid-
Grafton of the best intellect Ohio can
furnish Cincinnati GaEekfe.
Year: 1870

gregate vote cast at the state election
last year, a change of less than twenty
FIVE thousand votes, drawn from the Re
publican party, would have secured the
election Of the Democratic candidate
for governor; and it was from the Re
publican party alone, at the late trial Of
strength, that there was any hope of
gaining recruits for the new party. The
triumph of Democracy, thus secured,
would have made a jubilee in every
dram-shop in the land, as well as have
exerted a baleful influence upon the pol
tics Of the nation generally. Its signal
defeat, therefore, is to be hailed as in
behalf of liberty. temperance, and re-
form.


A teetotaler for more than forty years,
and desirous of seeing the sale Of all in
tOxicating liquors prohibited for drink
ing purposes, am nevertheless opposed
to seeking this end by the formation of
a distinct political party, whether in
Massachusetts or elsewhere, believing it
viii retard rather than advance the
cause so dear to all true friends of tenn
peranCe.
Year: 1870

Rev. DR.. Samuel T. Spear thinks they
ought, and adduces the following among
many cogent reasons


The ordinary plea for swearing men
is that of 61acticaL Attllky. We are told
that it increases the certainty that wit
nesses will speak the truth, and that pub
lie officers will faithfully perform their
duties and hence that, as a means to
this end, it is both allowable and proper.
This is a question of fact; and the fact
IS that we have for the result, in multi
tudes of cases, perjured witnesses, and
in a much larger number Of cases per
iured officers of law. As preventive
of falsehood the civil oath is a failure
and it may well be doubted whether it
has ever added any considerable in
fluence in favor of truth. If one has no
fear of God before his eyes, swearing
him that he will speak the truth or dis
charge his official duties is not likely to
increase the certainty that he will do so.
The oath is not a process of reformation,
but an appeal to moral sentiments al
ready existing; and, if these sentiments
are not present, then the oath has no
power to secure the utterance Of truth.
If on the other hand, one be man of
habitual veracity, he will speak the truth,
and discharge his official duties, whether
sworn or not. Either then the oath IS
useless, and for this reason it may well
be omitted or it is unnecessary, and for
this reason we should come to the same
conclusion. Those who need to be
sworn in order to make them truthful
will not be made so thereby and those
who are already truthful do not need to
be sworn. Sworn witnesses or sworn
officers are not regarded as any more
credible or reliable than those who sim
ply affirm, but decline on conscientious
grounds to take an oath.


For these reasons we think that it
would be better for the State to dispense
with the oath altogether, and require
witnesses or officers of law simply to af-
firm, making false testimony a penal Of
fense and official unfaithfulness a ground
of impeachment. This is enough for
the state, without attempting to admin
ister a religious rite. Let it punish false
testimony as a crime against the State,
and impeach unfaithful officers and It
will WELD the only motive which it can
successfully WELD in favor of truth. This
we regard as legitimate and proper. It
is Just the sanction of truth which falls
within the province of the State. The
fact that the State permits persons to af-
firm without being sworn is virtual ad-
mission that they need not be sworn at
all. The exceptional case provided for
had better be the general rule. Society
would not, in our Judgment, lose any
thing by suspending a usage which
answers no good end, and to which
there are certainly very serious objec-
tions.
Year: 1870

preacher and hearer, when all IS over
and nobody IS hurt-who doesnOt rec
ognize in this description the style of re-
buke most common from the average
pulpit Occasionally, indeed, the mat
ter IS managed differently. There viii
be a kind of implicit understanding be
tween the pastor and his flock, that the
pastor shall enjoy the privilege of clear
ing his skirts once IN a while by what
both parties pleasantly agree to call a
"scOlding sermon. The pastor then
uses great plaiuness of speech If you
are a stranger, you are amazed at the
equanimity of the audience under such
singing reproofs. Nobody winces, but
a merry wink belize of mutual intelli
gence IS tipped across from deacon to
deacon and from brother TO brother. AT
the close Of the service the pastor beams
his sunniest on his brethren at the hand
shaking, and very likely a little brisk
raillery IS exchanged between pastor and
people about the sermon. The congre-
CATION 90 home talking with somewhat
unusual animation. Did you feel hit
to-day p asks one. mot ], - IS the
answer al heard for Brother Jones. -


The pastor viii feel better now for a
while, says another. "Oh, yes, it does
him good to free his mind. And sure
enough. the following Sunday the pulpit
weather is all bland May. The pastor
is not going to be a one-idea preacher.
He has presented that side of the sub
ject, and now he viii proceed to present
the other. Accordingly, his next ser
mon VIII with great precision neutraIize
the sermon just preached. There is no
fighting it out on one line-and the re-
buke is rightly taken by those whom it
concerns. if there are any such, in the
PicI1wiczian instead of the apostolic
sense. We repeat It with emphasis, that
when sin IS once snugly intrenched in
the practice of a majority, or even a de-
cent minority, of a respectable Christian
congregation, it IS thenceforth in general
safe from pulpit rebuke. The pulpit is
dumb in the face of 1t or the pulpit, if
not dumb. Chokes and mumbles its
speech.
Year: 1870

An accident occurred on the Morris and
Essex Railroad last night. careless switchman fixed q
switch for coal train to pass and forgot to replace t
for the passenger tran and the $40 p Bloomfield
train from New-York neared East Newark, the engine
was thrown from the track, and was followed by one
passenger before the train could be stopped Beside


good and shaking up, no harm was done to the
passengers officers Of the train When the Of the
accident reached Newark extra train dispatched
10 take off the passengers, but up to late hour last
night the trick obstructed, and three trains from
MOrristown, Bloomfield and Orange waiting on the
track in rear OF the DISTRACTIONS and the passengers
evinced considerable impatience, as well as many who
were waiting for the trains at the Newark depot.
Year: 1870

this view. As being In three stages Of de.
velopment Tho shore reefs are formed
first as fringe of coral around the coa.st
of an island; by further subsidence each
becomes in time a barrier reef, by tho In
sects constantly building at the top Of 1t:


The Pacific coral Is doubtless as beautiful
as that of the Mediterranean; but being
more remote from inhabited countries, u
has not 50 much chance Of being worked"
Year: 1870

PHILADELPHIA, May 30. = The
Presbyterian Assembly report that
the Committee on Report of Band
Publication had received from DR..
McCosh the report of tho Standing
Committee on Foreign Missions,
taken from the docket, and coEsid-
cred item by item.


The resolutions in the report were
adopted as recommended, but the
discussion occupied the entire morn
ing.


An amendment was offered to the
Item concerning Indian work, which
was fully discussed. The amendment
was to formally approve the action oil
President Grant and the officers OF
the Government, in pursuing a peace
full policy towards the IndiaL9.


This was not agreed to, on the
ground that politics should have no
place in the Church.


Speeches were made by Commits
sioners from the Indian Country and
others. The item was finally adopted
as reported, and the amendment
tabled.


The special order of the day. the
reception of the report of the joint
| Committee or Home Missions, was
finally postponed until the afternoon
on account of the absence of the
Chairman of the Committee on Dec
oration.
Year: 1870

Fult twice q hundred men
W1th twice fifty tOwld again
Did We marshal on the plain


30 me sowl the sight was f1nel
lil fright in martial sheen,
q hure a sign was never seen
like the Wearfn' of the Green


on the Border Line.
Year: 1870

the brain and the heart with the ''tcn thous-
and strings that run through the strange tab.
ernacc that man nhabits. No one can afford
to labor constantly. However great the pres
ent pecuniary reward. they will lose in the
long run. man may pile up money by
years of incessant and unceasing toll but if lie
does it at the expense of health and precious
life, he is a poor economist indeed. No mat


ter what the labor may bc-whether t at which
requires the strong right arm and solid, mus
cular form, or that which brings all the func-
tions Of tie mind into activity the hours of rest
should come as blessed and refre shing re-
lief. They will serve as a nursery OF strength,
a reservoir for future eXertion. So we say to
the merchant, send forth your pte clerks
from behind the counters into the green fields,
up among the mountains and beside the sound
ing sea; to the student, enjoy your vacation
season, not in fresh study, but in the free use
of Gods pure air and sunshine; to The farm,
cr. the mechanic the profes sional man and
all who labor, drop the implements Of indus
try for a season each year and educate your
selves in the school Of rest and recreation.
Year: 1870




We insert with pleasure the following from
a Gardiner correspondent, commendatory of
the late Col. Buell.


''Col. Buell. was u man of strict moral
character, with a liberal religious belief
which governed and influenced his life in his
intercourse with others. If he required rigid
obeyance of orders from his subordinates, he
subjected his own life to the control of prin-
ciples of acknowledged authority and became
a servant to them.


1t is well known that he was subjected to
slanderous reports while in command at the
Augusta Arsenal because he would not allow
of interference in his rules of discipline by
certain clergyman of an intolerant church,
which redounded to the credit of Col. b, and
the shame of his sanderer. BY those who
personally and intimately knew Col. Buell. he
was endearcd TO them by his integrity, up
rightness and moral worth-his suavity of
manner and gentlemanly intercourse with all.
To the few by whom he was thus known h
memory is dear and his sad end lamcnted,
and their deep sympathies are extended to his
amiablc wife and children. H."
Year: 1870

The hungry printers and the lank editors
will 60 up to their annual festival to-day.
Politics and religion will be ignored, the most
friendly and cordial feeling will prevail, and
for one day at least the famished souls will be
made fat. Death has invaded the ranks of
there is much of mercy to be remembered
and sufficient cause for thanksgiving and re-
joicng. We trust that this annual meeting
will result in something more than good
time" that rates for job and book work and
advertising may be fixed, and each member Of
the fraternity solemnly determine to abide by
them.
Year: 1870

Another chimney is being put in the Baptist
church in this city. The furnaces are so far
south end, that the draft is not sufficient to
warm the audience room of the church, and
it has become necessary to build chimney in
the north end. t5+&
Year: 1870

Everything requires rest. "All work and
no play makes Jack a duh boy" The hands
that always toll will fall prematurely and help
lessly at the side; the eye that is constantly
strained at its tasks will become heavy and
dim; the body that is bent beneath its heavy
burden, without relaxation and rest, will be-
come dcformed, lose its strength and elastici-
tv, and fall before its time into the grave where
there is no work or device. Respite from
labor is demanded by every nerve and muscle
in the human frame, every fibre that connects
Year: 1870

During the recent visit of the Board of
Managers of the National Asylum to Togus
they had an interview with delegation from
Gardineras to the proposed railnoad from Gar
diner to Togus. We have not yet learned Of
their decision in the premises.
Year: 1870

the other boy. The boya held the


woman's hands across the keel of the


boat. At the forepart Of the boat was
a seaman. Immediately asterward


/ had hold, and was Just at nv


wife's side, reaching to take hold OF


her, when the boat turned over again.


We were then all four thrnwn to-
geiher, my wife and the boys keeping
fast hold of each other. told them
to hold fast, and was behind them,
swimming and pushing them in be-
fore me. Not more than one minute
from this, the boat either turned again
or fell off the sea upon me, giving me
fearful blow, which dislocated some
of my ribs. Very shortly after my
feet touched ground between the seas.
/ then shifted my position, got before
them, dragging them In as the sea came.
and holding against the drawback
The seaman does nothing but save
himself, though the captain catches
him by the waistband of his trousers.
and holds on till he has TO loosen his
grasp to secure his wife. Then he sees
a tail figure, perfectly naked, passing
along the beach. 1t must, he thinks,
be a native; to his surprise il Is the
mate. "Then," his wife, dead or
alive, being on shore, I" / thought for
the first time about my childreE."
They are lost, suppose, says the
mate" 1t was too true; they were
lost. "The last we knew of them
was our poor boy singing the lines,
Teach me to live, that may dread
the grave as little as nay bed, his last
words; and the ehild crying for water
when the boat turned over''-a most
pathetic end-drowned at the shore
after six hundred miles in an open
boat
Year: 1870

SAN FRANCISCO, July 3O.-The case
of Van Valkenberg, the manager OF
the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph
Company, charged with attempting to
steal the Eastern Associated Press dis
patches which were being received
over the wires Of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, came up for ex-
animation to-day. Van Valkenburg
waived examination, and was held in
ten theqeand dollars bonds to appear
before faesGrand Jury.


The Sacramento onion comments
ON the case as follows: We wish to
call public attention to a fact in con-
neetioR with this new and curious
telegraphic opposition. 1t is that
nearly every newspaper supplied by
it with dispatches is the servile friend
OF the Central Pacific Railroad Com
pany, who own the telegraph linz, and
who are deeply interested In getting
up q newspaper combination on this
coast which will help them to oppress
the public without scruples Of con-
science themselves. These railroad
managers have had the rare ssgaelty
to secure set of newspaper and tele-
graphic working tools who honor the
base cause to which they are sold.
Year: 1870

CINCINNATI, July 3I.-A young
German, who registered at the Burnet
House, 81. Pand, Bremen" took
chl0roform Saturday night In his
room, but was discovered and taken
to the hospital in time to save his life.
He left letter saying he could not
find work and was determined to kill
himself, and had concealed his real
Year: 1870

GgT HONE People who rent for
ten years pay out sufficient money to
buy an excellent home of their own.
Get lot if you live in city or town,
and as soou as possible put thereon a
hodse TO live in. No matter If it is
small or only wing Of prospective
house--it is better than paying rent.
Thousands might be rich that are poor
if they had Ppt their means into home
Of their ON.
Year: 1870

Senator Thurman does not wish Ia
be considered on the list Of Democratio
aspirants for the Presidential nominal
tion, and be has signi6ed to the editor
Of the organ Of the Young Democracy
in New York that the keeping Of his
name before the public is perfectly dis.
tasteful to him.
Year: 1870

Of marriage had given birth TO Of the highly repre-
hcnsbe and depoiabe theories embraced under the de
nomination Of WOman's Rights. He objected ia Toto To
the idea that woman Amazona sort OF undeyeoped


an-whOse rights to be provided and stipulated
for In the marriage bond He repreBended the extreme
notions concerning indiyidualisn, which misguided
philosophy was insting into the minds OF the present
generation. Never there little need OF such no
tons The seeds sown OF such philosophy bring forth
fruitful crop OF the singing nettles OF immortality IL
had come TO be the with many that IL passed as
complete Justification Of any act that 1t accorded
with their own sweet will-t0 such an extent had
selfasserriOn taken the form OF lawlossness. This
pernicious doctrine peryaded the material phiios0-
ply now so potent for evil with many: It
was time that this truth insisted that individual
sovereignty not the only force that should govern hui
man life but must be subordinated TO a Christian
women toward each other As for such words as free
love-" "passional attraction" and "afnities," he
blushed with shame to them in Christian church
The Son OF God had announced the only reason ior
which the marriage relation could be dissolved The at
tcmpts to modify the law Of divorce have sprung from the
false notion that marriage Is civil contract Henry NlIl
that al Buebeard entaied immense mschies on soc
ETY. by the judgments which he caused to be pronounced
by the civil and ecclesiastical courts in his various at
tempts to dissolve the marriage bond. Centuries have
not eradicated the effects Of his vllanies The begin
Greater than he that reth city Is he that rueth
his own heart How much had been done by perverted
genius to corrupt the Imagination! Music painting
sculpture, poetry and fiction had turned myriad forms
OF taste and beauty against virtue and true happiness
The noble faculty OF the imagination should be educated
under the direction OF Christian morality and be taught
to dwell on the joys OF Heaven
Year: 1870

"A street ngnu took pace yesterday ai'cihooh
in Bergenst., Newark between the Irish and German
Inhabitants OF the district Men and women partici
pated and il the police had not promptly interfered,
serious riot would doubtless have followed During the
fight Henry Prosse severely wounded In the head
by which thrown by some OF the rioters The
Of the fight could not be positively ascertained hut
doubtless ~ private dispute between the
rival natiOnalitics-Irish and German-between which
there l. general feud in the lower portions OF the town,
the rival races agreeing only their hatred Of colored
Year: 1870

GEoLoeIcAL.-In deep cut of the La
moille Valley Railroad as it crosses the
lands of Mr.. J. Cummings, of Highgate,
there is found large quantity of clam
shslls. They are found about seven feet
below the surface upon range of ledge
of the lime stone formation. The hill
upon which they are found is somewhat
higher than the surrounding land. From
an examination of the small stones laying
on the ledge they have the appearance of
being much worn by the actionsof the
water. This circumstance, with the nat
ural features .of the surrounding land,
shows conclusively that this part of the
country was once submerged by large
body of water.
Year: 1870

The receipts of the exhibition have
been much larger than for many years.
but we are not sufficiently advised of the
amonnt to give detailed statement. This
will be published hereafter by the Board
of Trustees.


The twenty-ffth annual exhibition of
the Rutland County Agricultural Society
has been successful and has been in its
main features credit to the County of
Rutland. -.-...
Year: 1870

Napoleon, Prim, and Serrano are said
TO have ac1uiesced in the abdication of
Isabella on condition that no prince of the
House of Orleans should succeed to the
throne of Spain. The Spanish people be-
gin to suspect that all this backing and
filling on the part Of their leaders means
the Prince Of Asturias for king, and the
Madrid press yesterday was protesting a
gainst the possible restoration of the Bour-
bon dynasty in the person of lsabcllas
son.