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Year: 1870




the East.


The ancient land of Iran-once so celebrated
through the exploits of her chivalric warriors.
then almost buried out Of sight in the dust and
ruin OF Oriental conquest-is again stirring
with active life. Her FIVE hundred thou
sand square miles of territory. her ten
million inhabitants, her rich and varied
products, among the most beautiful that
are garnered in the storehouse of the East,
and the treasures of her poetic and historical
literature, have always made the Persian
realm important and interesting. The electric
touch of modern enterprise has now impaired
a fresh impulse to her national progress.
The present Shah is an enlightened ruler,
who has encouraged the development Of his
country's resources by outside as well as by
domestic hands, and who seems to have the
good of his subjects at heart. He Is at pre-
sent making the grand tour of his
dominions to inspect the condition of
it's mulberry culture and sugar and
silk production, which have hitherto been
among their chief sources of wealth. One
main object of his journey is a personal view
of the province of Ghilan, which he has never
before visited. He is attended by retinue of
six thousand persons-military and civilians
embracing many grand dignitaries of his empire
With them he has already given ecIGt to his
visit to Enzeli, whittier he went to establish
by his royal presence the firman
whereby he has opened that port to
the Russian steamers plying on the Caspian
Sea. There he was greeted by the Russian
General, Kulabalin, Governor of Baku, who
also gave him the compliment of general
salute from all the Muscovite war steamers
and trading vessels in the harbor. In this
incident we hail symptom of that good un-
derstandng between the Czar and the Shah
which is TO open such immense commercial
advantages to both Russian and Persian
commerce The boundary line upon the
north of the province of Asterabad has
been satisfactorily arranged. Europe has,
by this sensible unanimity Of two enIight-
ened sovereigns, been brought, by way of the
! fine highways of the Caucasus, the railroads Of
| Southern Russia and the steam navigation on
| the rivers Don and Volga and the Caspian and
| Azof Seas, into direct and regular commune
| cation with Central Asia. Persia will be
directly benefited, and by this new light
dawning in the East the melodious language
Of Saadi and Hafiz will be inspired with words
of higher import to humanity than those
which, in the earlier and more primitive days
| of the Persian empire, sang the praises of the
| Shiraz vintage and the roses Of Gulistan.
Year: 1870




LATELY there has been a partial rcac.
tion in Government securities in New
York from the extreme rates current ono
week ago. The rapid advance brought
out a good many sellers, who preferred to
realize nther than incur tho risks Of the
market, and this was the chief cause Of
the reaction. During tho past two days,
However, thcro has been u stronger mar
kct, and tho growing ease in tho money
market and Tie rapid accumulation Of
capital In New York will likely lead to a
further advance. Yesterday there was a
slight advance on n portion Of the llstand
they closed firm,
Year: 1870

A DoCToR's BILL.-In the Assembly there
is presented bill ''to protect citizens of the
State against empiricism is to say,
against quackery. 1t requires that every per-
son who pretends to practise medicine shall
have studied it and been graduated from q
medical school. This would be a good law
for the people, and nothing can be more alb
surd than the present state Of the law on this
subject. AS it is, any person may practise,
and if he kills he may be prosecuted. Nobody
can inform himself in all cases whether the
physician he calls has diploma, and this fact
opens the door to the ignorant pretender.
And if he destroys life or health the only
remedy is expensive litigation, which for the
people is no remedy at all. Stringent penal
ties should be placed upon these impostors.
Year: 1870

BURT ON ERrE.-Some Of the just opposition
to The law that practically confscates the
property Of holders Of Erie shares has been
disarmed by the statement that law similar
in principle is in operation in England. Mr..
Burt gave the other day complete answer to
this defence of the iniquitous law. In England
they have law Of the same character, but
with it they have great many provisions for
the protection of shareholders from the abuses
of that law. Here we are without provisions
for the protection of shareholders. Share
holders have no protection against the mis-
conduct of directors but the power to remove
them and elect others, and this power the
obnoxious law takes away.
Year: 1870

CALEB N. TAYLOR, radical, who contests
the seat of John Reading, democrat, Of Penn
sylvania, in the House, was declared entitled
to it by the Committee on Elections yesterday.
We do not propose to discuss the correctness
of the decision of the committee, but to call
attention to the fact that all or nearly all these
contested election cases are decided in favor
of the party that has majority on the COM
mittee. There is no use taking evidence,
searching election statistics and sending for
persons and papers at the expense Of the pub
lie if it is the intention from the first to count
in the man who belongs to the party. The
committee lays itself liable by the uniformity
of its decisions to be classed with the fraudu-
lent election capvassers In Brooklyn.
Year: 1870

How TO KILL WEST PoIET.-Mr. Butler,
of Massachusetts, did, it appears, really nomi-
nate nigger for the military school, but
with his usual acute discrimination he nomi-
mated one who was ineligible. Somebody,
however, will now nominate another; and a
ngger cadet is a foregone conclusion of the
radical mind. This will pretty efiectually
drive the right sort Of boys away from West
Point, and leave there only snivelling hypo-
critics, willing to make believe that they are as
fond Of Sambo as of anybody else. That is
to say, this will be the effect unless the boys,
as boys are apt to, shall decide to settle this
matter for themselves on the first darky that
comes. West Point indeed, will be very
hot place for the pioneer niger, and we pro-
phesy that he will resign.
Year: 1870

The Senate yesterday took up the bill Of the
Judiciary Committee for the readmission Of
Texas, and passed it with unusual promptness.
1t contains the same conditions that were inn
posed in the case of Virginia and Mississippi,
but as it admits the State we are prone to
accept it without grumbling, especially as with
the admission of Texas the long line Of recon-
struction which at one time seemed likely to
stretch out till the crack of doom comes to an
end. The whole of the seeded States will
then be once more in unison with the rest Of
the Union, and the ulcers of rebellion will be
at least skinned and filmed, If not entirely
cured. 1t will be the fault only of the radicals
in Congress, who wish to territorialize Tonnes
see and Georgia, if the Union is again marred
and disfgured by the anomaly of subject
State in free confederacy of States.


AS soon as the Texas bill passes the House.
which it will do most likely, without any delay
or amendments, the President has signifed his
intention of promulgating the State ratidca-
tions of the fifteenth amendment and issuing his
proclamation declaring it part and parcel Of
the constitution. It is also to be hoped that he
will issue q general amnesty proclamation re-
enfranchising all the ex-rebels, and we believe
that such is his purpose.


Here, then, is the end of reconstruction.
Never had unrighteous rebellion so hard q
struggle and so disastrous an ending. The
States that went out of the Union ten years
ago with the blare of trumpets and the
thunder of cannon have been drifting
back one by one, admitted with niggardly
reluctance by the powers that declared
they could never go out, and all that has been
gained by their rebellion is the overthrow Of
the institution they cherished; the political
demolition Of their influential leaders; the
long and tedious trials of reconstruction; the


incubus Of carpet-hagism, and the presence OF
,he colorsd man in the Senate. Surely the


erring sisters have received punishmel!
enonSn 1 to onar. -tse that they will never Mhsl


again. As they are safely back In the ;""


once more, without a single one missing, let


us bid them hearty welcome, forget their sins,
| remember only their sorrows, and start our
| fully restored Union of States on its new
career Of grandeur and power.
Year: 1870

It is now said that even Liberia proposes to
annex herself to our Union. This is too much.
1t looks like piece of sarcasm on the part of
Liberia. We have got Alaska, so far the only
one of all that offered, and it is to be hoped
that we shall get st. Domingo. Canada, Winni-
peg, Nova Scotia and British Columbia have
been coquetting with annexation, modestly
saying mo" when they mean "yes, and we
would not object to annex them any more than
Brigham Young would object to annexing as
many more new and fresh young wives, only
we cannot take up our valuable time in court
ing them. But the wall of Honduras for her
rights in the Union has not been listened to, and
ST. Thomas, which is one Of the best offers we
had, has been even rudely rejected. Under these
circumstances we think that Liberia intends q
joke when she proposes to annex herself to us.
We sent over nearly all the people she has,
and we hope they are doing very well. They
have been killing the savages in their neigh
borhood with an energy that certainly BODIES
well for her ability to take care of herself. She
has there Senate and House all to herself,
which she can fill up with colored members;
and she certainly could not expect to do
that for at least some years if she
were annexed to the United States.
Besides it is convenient for us to have such
places as Liberia and Hayti on which to palm
off colored ministers and consuls. This thing
of annexation is not intended for these far
away and useless little patches of land. The
United States is young and lusty enough to
choose fair and pleasant companions, such as
the Canadian provinces and the West Indian
islands. She has had one dreary piece Of
frigidity tackled on to her and she will be more
careful hereafter Of the company she keeps.
st. Domingo will serve as the black diamond
In her coronet, and she will dispense with
Liberia. That swarthy republic can remain
proud and independent and as an Offset for re-
jecting her addresses, if she likes, we will send
her another large quota Of citizens, provided
they will go.
Year: 1870

THE CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE LIFE OF
NAPOLEON. and all those who watch
the affairs of France have been manifesting
some impatience at the delay in bringing the
facts of the recent conspiracy before the public
A cable despatch Of yesterday has it that
orders for the arrest Of Mazzini, Pyatt, Louis
Blanc, all of whom are out of the country,
have been issued. To most people this will
look like lame affair. To our minds it is
convincing that the conspiracy was feeble and
really not worth speaking about. 1t is just
possible, however, that the Emperor and his
Minister'S knowing their strength, do not wish
to make much Of the affair, and that therefore
they have concealed facts.
Year: 1870

The Success Of tho Postal Telegraph System


In Europe.


According to the official statements Of the
French and English telegraphic admnistra-
tions the new system has proved success far
exceeding the most sanguine expectations Of
its orignators and promoters. An enormous
increase of traffic has resulted from the latest
reduction Of the tariff In France the increase
has been forty mine per cent in the number OF
messages and two per cent in the receipts
since the reduction. The advices from the
British Post Office have also been Of the most
satisfactory character, and all demonstrate the
perfect success of the postal telegraph system.
The telegraph has now attained an importance
second to none as means of communication,
and should be under government control as
much as the mails. It should form part and
parcel Of the Post Office Department, and not
be controlled by any private monopoly. In this
country, on account of the latter nuisance,
it is still an expensive luxury, subject to the
caprices and whims of the minded
and arrogant corporation which claims
entire control over it. A large proper
ton of the business community is there
by debarred from its use, and one of the
grandest inventions of the age is rendered
comparatively useless as swift and sure
means of transacting business. Under the
control Of private and to some extent ire
sponsible corporation the telegraph can never
fulfil its destiny as a civilizer and apostle OF
progress. There are numerous instances in
which the mail has proved more speedy and
secure means of transacting business, and
very often important telegraphic messages
have never been delivered to the parties to
whom they were addressed. 1t is high time
that Congress should pay a little attention to
the universal wishes Of the people in this
respect, and place the management Of the tele-
graph under the Post Qficcss Department, where
it naturally belongs. The experiment has
been tried with the most unbounded success,
and there is no reason now to ns~-,tale ior
moment in repeating it in this country. The
advices from France and England on this SUBJ
ject prove the fallacy Of the only argument in
favor Of the present monopoly-that the postal
telegraph system would be hazardous and
uncertain experiment. We hope that Con-
gress will turn its attention to this matter at
the earliest opportunity.
Year: 1870

NATURAL AND NATIONAL entertain
ment by the exhibition of bull fighting has
been going on for some time past in one of the
public halls in London. The manager i'm
ported Spanish bulls for the occasion. They
have been described as miserable animals,
small in size and almost spiritless. They have
been quite large enough to excite thu nativist
ire Of John Bull proper, however, for we are
told by the cable that the original Bull made
serious riot in the place yesterday. John
maintains his insular dignity and position.
Year: 1870

How GENERAL GEANT CAN BECOME THE
WIsEsT OF MEN.-Presdent Grant is reported to
have said that the work OF reconstruction might
be advantageously applied to his Cabinet in
The course Of this year An Eastern paper
observes upon this report :-''He's wise man,
and he'd show himself wiser man were he to
carry out the idea, and the wisest of men were
be to make an entirely new Cabinet" Many
pther people are Of the same way Of thinking.
THAT was not bad joke the other day when q
Fekknown naval officer received an order
8igned by the Secretary of the Navy, and ex-
claimed, ''Who the blazes is George M. Robe
lonl
Year: 1870

THE Knoxville Wig calls for q first class
daily paper in that village. The experiment is
worth trying; but it will require little more
than Parson Brownlows influence, we opine,
to make it pay. There are several very fine
weekly papers published in Tennessee, and
the Memphis and Nashville daiIies are not dis
would be feature for East Tennessee at this
time
Year: 1870

Four MEN WERE KILLED at a coal mine in
Schuylkll county, Pa, yesterday, by the
breaking of the rope while they were descend
ing the shaft. The rope must have been en-
tirely worn out before the weight of four men
would break it, and the affair seems to have
been the result of criminal neglect that de.
serves investigation. Colliery accidents are
becoming feartully numerous in the mining
regions, and stern legislation against tho
avarice Of the mine owners has become
necessary.
Year: 1870




The sudden death of General Thomas from
apoplexy at San Francisco is announced in
to-day's news, and this announcement makes
nation of mourners for Of all the soldiers of
our war there was none whose qualities had
80 touchingly taken hold Of the popular heart.
Thomas will justly be regarded by the future
as one of the grandest figures In our national
history. He was o man Of heroic mould in
every lineament of his character. As sol
der he certainly had no superior in the great
that 60 to make up the perfect soldier he had
no equal. His ability was very great. He
had as keen perception as any man Of the
points of campaign or battle; could move
the pieces in the great game of strategy with
untaltering knowledge at once OF the neces-
sites and the possibilities Of military opera
tions; but he was a man In whom the percep-
tive and reflective faculties were at just
balance, and every act that might affect the
success of the cause was weighed by Judg-
ment as deliberate as it was finally correct.
He therefore never had, through any fault OF
his own, to retrace his steps in any military
operation; and if it had been thus with every
one of our commanders. the economy of force
would have spared us the vast waste OF life,
money and effort that at last 80 nearly pros
trated u.s. But this sort of greatness does not
tell upon the popular mind at once. and never
wins for its possessor that immediate blaze of
fame-the praise of the brilliancy Of his
achievements. General Thomas was very
successful He first broke the rebel line in
1862. At Chickamauga he not only saved the
army, but he stayed the onward movement
that but for him would have swept from us all
that had been gained by the terrible fighting
through which Rosecrans had finally reached
Chattanooga. At Nashville he was right
They who were impatient at his so-caled
''delay" were merely blunderers. He was
crushing Hood with the same economy Of
force that it always seemed with him
matter of conscience to use. The
the destruction of Hood. His further
advance was a desperate piece of show.
Thomas knew this; knew that he could tram
pie Hood under his feet at any hour; knew
that Hood could not get past him nor get away
from him, and knew that he could finish him
more and more cheaply every day he waited.
So he waited, like confident man that knew
himself and knew his enemy, although sort
of ''on to Richmond" panic in Washington was
hurrying him to strike. The proposition in
this connection to replace him with a man like
Logan can never be remembered save as an
insult to the old hero's memory. Thomas
fame is dear to the hearts of the American
people, as he was one of our great soldiers,
and as he was simple-minded, unselfsh and
incorruptibly pure patriot. His story is one
that will enrich the annals of the nation with
noble example, and the study Of which will
make men better.
Year: 1870

A NATIONAL BANK DELEGATION in Wash
mgton have informed the Committee of Ways
md Means that if they received lower interest
pm their bonds they would lose money, as they
fun we silpDose
Year: 1870

CONCORD, February 1O.--The polit-
icaI contest in this State was warm.
The Democratic party viii not put
any speakers in the field, but will al
low all so disposed to go over to the
Labor Reform party.


a new secret organization called the
Labor League, has been formed, and
there are rumOr5 that it is to Offset
the Labor Reform movement.
Year: 1870

Bricks or pavement of any kind are the
worst of all materials for the floor; they
retain moisture whether atmospheric or
arising from insufficient drainage; and
thus the temperature Is kept low whers
warmth Is most essential. and diseases too
olten follow. especially rheumatic attacks
of the feet and legs. The flooring of u
poultry house should he Of dry gravel,
and quite loose to the depth OF two or
three inchcs--nothing can then alhere to
IL; and II Is not necessary nor right tn
sweep the door Of poultry house. a
broom NAV he drawn lightly over the sur
face, and everything offensive to the smell
removed; but If turned with n spade
twice or thrice week. the earth dcodor-
izes the dung and becomes u good fertili.
ger In the course Of n few months, and
ought then To be rcmoved.-Cdnddidn
I6nitry CArOaicle.
Year: 1870

OvERTAXING CHILDREN IN ScHooL.-At the re-
cent meeting of the Wisconsin State medical So
ciety paper was read by Dr. Waterhouse, of
Portage City, on the subject OF debility in chill
dren, especially with reference to the evils of
overtaXing children in our schools. We copy
the following:


In our common schools of the present day
everywhere, but more especially in our cities
and the larger villages, where the best teachers
sought and generally obtained-eyery in
ducement, every incentive that can be devised
and brought to bear to stimulate and encourage
study is faithfully and persistently applied. The
consequences are that many of our brightest
children, of from six to ten years Of age are per-
forming more study, more mental labor, than
most of the business men, or more than their
teachers. | am aware that many children are
sluggish in temperament, and will bear and seem
to require more urging to get them to learn
yet with many of this class, it is their rapid
growth that takes away their energy, and even
ability to study, and consequently you must fail
to get them TO learn much until they cease to
grow so rapidly or, if you succeed in getting
study out of them, you induce dHemid. What
else can you expect? You cannot get more from
the blood than there is IN it; and since the
blood must supply the nourishment to the brain
and the body and all its organs, for their grow tn
besides repairing the waste of all their exertions
it follows that whenever you tax that fluid be-
yond its income, disease is the result.
Year: 1870


encd, falling hair checked, and bald
ness often, though not always, cured
by its use. Nothing can restore the
hair where the 1olliclc5 are destroyed,
or the glands atrophicd and decayed.
But such as remain can lie saved for
usefulness by this application. Instead
of fouling the hair with a pasty scdi-
ment, it will keep it clean and vigorous.
Its occasional use will prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling off, and
consequently prevent badness. Free
from those delcterious substances which
make some preparations dangerous and
injurious to the hair, the Vigor can
only benefit but not harm it. Ii wanted
merely for