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Year: 1870

Captain Ericsson announces in cOmmuni-
cation to The Army and Nary Journal that he
has perfected system of submarine attack by
which he can destroy the largest iron clad
ever built. The great problem has not been to
make torpedo, but to place it under ships
bottom. The resistance of the water is SO
great that explosive projectiles have always
proved failures when designed to strike below
the water line, and other means of attaching
the torpedo have been found too cumbrous and
uncertain to be available. Captain Ericsson is
confident that he has devised q prOjectile
which will answer the purpose. 1t is an
elongated shell, charged with 300 lbs of dy-
namite and shot from 15-inch gun at such
an elevation as to enter the water near the
hostile vessel and strike the hull anywhere
below the water line. 1t is fitted with per-
cussiOn cap which explOdes upon very slight
impact against the hull, so that the velocity
of the shell when it reaches its destination
need not be high. The gun is carried on
swift armored boat, protected by a turret.
Captain Ericsson intends to make formal offer
to test this invention. He is ready to fit out
ar ,his own cost and risk fast screT.yesse|
with two iiy,.inch guns and torpedoes, if some
body else will furnish the y-.:ctim: We trust
he may be accommodated. In the politest
manner he makes q specific challenge to the
British iron-clad Devastation to come out and
be sunk. AS this is one of the splendid first
class ships upon which Great Britain has re-
Gently lavished so much ingenuity and money,
it is possible the Lords of the Admiralty may
not be enthusiastic about accepting Captain
EricssOn's handsome offer. If the gallant in
ventOr could go to Cuba and get leave to try
his dynamite on the Spanish gun-boats, we
are sure the American people would watch the
result of his experiment with great interest
Year: 1870

The Philadelphia Inquirer assures US that
Justices Strong and Bradley are entirely i'm
partial in the Legal Tender cases. We arc
glad to believe it. 1t objects to our saying that
they transferred railroad stock in order to quail
ify themselves to sit impartialy in these cases,
holding that transfer would not have
been sufficient qualification, and stating
that the property was absolutely
alienated. We hasten 10 make tho
more explicit announcement. And now
will not The Inquirer agree with us that it
would have been better for the respect for tho
Supreme Court, which that journal and We
alike wish to preserve, if no question of possi-
BILE interest in any cases before it could ever
have been raised concerning any of its Judgesf
and if the appearance of these Judges had not
been made the signal for clamor for reopenng
these cases
Year: 1870

one of wisdom. The Government mas
abandoned the Red River expedition, ana
member of the Commons has gravely an,
nounced that a compromise has been efected
by rearranging the boundaries of the province
and giving it new name. We shall be greatly
surprised if it turns out that the compromise
means anything at all, particularly since the
boundary line has been changed once more
and Rie and his followers and their English enc
mics of the northern part of the province are
not to be under separate governments. Per
hans we shall be greatly disappointed also if the
compromise holds good. We by no means
admit the supposition, but certainly we have
a good example to follow in'sympathizing with
English rebels. At any rate, there is not likely
to be any blood shed, whether the English
come or not, and in that view of the case we
can still smile at the situation.
Year: 1870

The Manchester Courier believes that the true
remedy for political corruption in America il a
State Church. According to this eminent
thinker, the voluntary system so paralyzes a
preacher with fear of losing his salary, that he
dares not denounce public profigacy for fear
of offending some member of his congregation


And yet in Great Britain, where bribery at
the polls is more general than it is anywhere
else in the world, and where several members
of the present Parliament have been unseated
for corrupt election practices, there is a most
respectable and well-paid State Church, whose
priests may use all the strong language Of
rebuke they can master without fear of the
consequences. In this country clergymen arc
not in the habit of preaching pleasant plati-
tudes, and even under the voluntary system it
is generally found that he who scourges most
severely the political sins of the day is, in a
worldly point of view, the most successful. 1t
is mOurnful truth, which has not apparently
occurred to The Courier, that men will 90
wrong sometimes in spite Of strong preaching
even when the preacher is paid by the State
Year: 1870

His opinion about tho Central Park is not
shared by the public the citizens, almost
without exception, are well satisfied with the
work that has been done in our beautiful
pleasure ground and in the attempt to change
it now and adopt different system they will
sec nothing but scheme Of plunder.
Year: 1870

There are certain encouraging evidences that
the condition of American Commerce is slowly
but surely recovering. Applications for signal
letters for new merchant vessels pour into the
Bureau of Statistics, not less than sixty
five having been made during the first
five days of the present month. If this
activity is observable under the present dis
couragements, may we not reasonably hope for
quick revival of American Commerce under
the encouragements proposed in the pending
bill of the Committee on Navigation Interests I
We look forward hopefully to its early adop-
ton
Year: 1870

Senator Anthony deserves all praise for his
manly stand yesterday against the chronic
Eve did not say Chronicle waste of publishing
the laws as advertisements. This expenditure
is of no earthly use save to sustain party Or
gans, and the party organs that need to be
thus sustained are worse than worthless.
We shall watch for the Yeas and
Nays on this matter, and shall try
to make the constituents of every man who
votes to continue the waste understand that
it is bid at the public expense for the sup
port of starveling papers. Journals of stand
ing having in themselves the elements of life,
will, we are sure, unite with us in appealing
for the abolition of the costly nuisance.
Year: 1870

the meetings where his professional brethren
exchange experiences; of course they have MT,
for there is no reason; they have only shown
that in the estimation of q certain class OF
members of the Association cOlored man Is
almost as bad as homeopathist, and that IN
the estimation Of the public certain class OF
American physicians are very little better than
donkpys
Year: 1870

earth wall required throwing up without
there being any protection beyond that
Of the fascines and the trenchers had
TO lay their weapons beside them, our
cannon giving them no covering ! am
told that the usage of the besieged in
such cases is to FIRE briskly and to make
sallies; but now we learn that the be-
sieged neither fired nor made sally,
and our most difficult and efiicacious la
Dor is happily completed. We may be
said to have arrived at the fifth act OF
the drama, which is usually wont to be
very bloody, if only correctly played


out. When the glacis is crowned, and
the erection Of the preaching batteries
is completed then will the fortress have
to surrender, and that may in all proba-
bility occur in the course Of few days.
Year: 1870

A stalwart soldier from Pomerania,
who almost tainted at his arrival in Ber-
lin, from the terrible heat in the crowded
cars, was tenderly cared for by one Of
the ladies Of the sanitary committee.
She pressed large bottle Of eau de Co
logue into his hand, and then hastened
to procure him some refreshment. Fancy
her astonishment when she returned, to
find the patient standing hale and hear
~. who handed her the bottle, which he
had drained to the last drop, with the
remark that the drink had refreshed
him wonderfully.
Year: 1870

From the Pail Mall gazette.


The truth is we have nc foreign policy,
and in this respect we stand almost II
not entirely alone among sli the nations
on earth. A great nation with a small
policy soon ceases to be great, and ma
ton with no policy ceases practically to
be a nation al all England may become
CrGsus among nations by sacrificing
everything to rigid economy, but she will
find she has only bartered her name for
money, and that the latter gives her no
power without the former In the Eu-
rope of the future there must be in the
course Of very few years oGpsidera-
Bile readjustment of the balance Of power.
If we wish TO have any voice in the ques-
tions which will either arise or await So
lution-aud some Of these, snoh rs the
Eastern question. as it is called, ape OF
vital importance to our interests-we
shonld, at all events, retain such posi-
ton rs will enable us 10 secure ourselves
against the consequences of the ambition
Of other nations who have higher aims
than those of the countinR-honse. Rich
and respectable we certainly are, but
powerful we certainly are not, either for
ofiense or defense.
Year: 1870

THE MAGAZINE MARKET BANK.-We learn
from good authority that the amount Of
stock necessary for organization being now
nearly taken, meeting of the stockholders
will be called sometime this week for that
purpose, and that due notice will be given
through the newspapers when the day is
fixed. Judging from the list Of subscribers
shown us, we can not doubt but that this
new bank will commence business under
the most favorable auspices. The location
chosen for it 1.-THE immediate neighborhood
OF the Magazine Ma1ket) is one of the best
in the city, as the amount of business done
in that vicinity is very large in all The diff
ferent branches, and is constantly increas-
ing, and there being no bank within mile,
one seems to be absolutely necessary.
Year: 1870

RANGES AND BRoILERs.-Not is SO con-
ducive to health as good cooking. For il
matters little how wholesome the viands
may be; if they are prepsred badly, they are
the uext thing to poison to the stomach,
and are almost always disagreeable to the
taste. We have known many industrious
and intelligent keepers of boarding houses
come to ruin, absolutely because they did
not pay sufficient attention to the prepara-
tion of the food upon which they fed their
guests. To do good cooking for a large
establishment requires range and a broiler.
Those for sale by Messrs. liable & Dalton, at
No. lis Poydras street, are the bes. We have
SEEN Go look at them.
Year: 1870

One of the strong motives for hurrying
through the Texas bill was understood to
be a belief that the Senators from that State
are in favor of ratifying the San Domingo
treaty. Il is thought General Ames and the
new Senators from Georgia hold the same
position.
Year: 1870

TEE TINES" COOKING STovE.-It is gen.
orally acknowledged that it is pretty h ard
thing for even the most active to keep apace
with the times, so rapidly are changes made
tions by which the things which were con-
sidered necessities yesterday are dispens ed
with, and forced out of public view. This
is as visible in the matter of cooking stoves
as any thing else as is proven by the Times


Cooking Stove sold by Messrs. Fable & Dali
ton, No. lis Poydras street. This valuable
invention eclipses anything yet introduced:
and is as near perfection as we can imagine
Year: 1870

A good story is told of Judge NJ
presiding in one of the Supreme Court
districts i'm Western New York:


An action was brought in his court
for one thousand dollars for damages
for assault and battery. The facts
were that the defendant, while walk
ing i'm the street with his wife on his
arm, was rudely Accessibility the plain
tiff, whom he had in some way of
Tended, and was called, in loud and
insulting terms, an opprobrious epi-
thet. On being thus addressed, the
defendant left his wife and lEOcked
down the plaintiff, who thereupOn
brought this action. The judge SYM
pathized very strongly with the de
fendant, but, as the case was closely
tried by the plaintiffs attOrney,She
knew that if there was a peg given
the latter whereupOn To hang an eX-
ceptiOn to his charge, the clever law
yer would get a new trial. So, when
the violence to the law had been duly
expatiated upon, in the summing up
the Judge arose and charged the jury
as follows:


Gentlemen Ofthe jury, if the plain
tiff had met Inc walking along the
street with my wife on my arm, and
had called me what it is not denied
that he called the defendant, / should
have knocked him down, just as the
defendant did. But, gentlemen Of the
jury, that is not the law. You may
take the ease, gentlemen"


The jury gave the plaintiff six cents
damages without leaving their seats.
Year: 1870

We learn from the Forest City In
dependent that, on the 23d ult., Dep
uty SheriffWOlf of Holt county arrest
ed and locked up man named Wake,
who was indicted on the charge of
adultery at thelast sitting of the grand
Jury in that county. 1t appears that
an old man married young girl for
his second wife. Old man and young
wife didn't live in perfect bliss. Their
ways were not always smooth. Old
man was in partnership with young
Wake in the peaceful pursuits of
farming. The young man being pos
sessed of enterprise, and Of a disposi-
ton for trading, proposed to buy the
whole outfit. A bargain was struck,
and an inventory of the property was
taken. Among numerous other arti-
cles the old mans wife was invOiced
to the enterprising purchaser for five
dollars. Everything seemed satisfae-
tory, until the grand jury interfered
with the matter, and the officer of the
law lodged the young farmer in Jail, to
await his trial at the next sitting of
the court. We Opine that some Curl
Gus things will come to light on that
trial. Perhaps the young man was
swindled by an older head, and paid
too much for his purchase. We hear
the property wife has been arrested
and sent up for trial also. Old man
has got his money and laughs. .-N.
Joseph No Herald.
Year: 1870

was a Jolly old Pedagogue, long ago,
Tall and slender, and sallOw and dry;
His form was bent and his gait was slow,
His long thin hair was as white as snow,


Rut a wonderful twinkle shOne in hIs eye'
Aud he sang every night as he went 10 bed,


'Let us be happy down here below;
The living should live though the dead De


dad" ss


Said the Jolly pedagogue, long ago.
He taught his scholars the rule ofthree,


Writing and reading and history too;
He took the little ones up on his knee,
For kind Old heart in his breast had he,


Aad the wants OfIhe littIest child he knew.
"LeaTn when you're young" ne often said;


"There's much 70 enjoy down here below !:
Life for the living and rest for the dead"


Said the jolly old pedagOgue, long ago.
With the stupidest boy he was kind and cool


Speaking only in gentlest tones;
The:rod was hardly known in his school
Whipping, TO him was barbarOus rule,


And too hard work for his poor old bones;
Beside, it was painful, he sometimes said.


"We must make life pleasant here below,
The living need charity more than the dead,


Said the jolly old pedagogue, long ago.
.


he lived ia the house By the hawthorn lane,
[. With the roses and voodbine over the door;
His room was quiet, an5 neat and plain,
Bat aspirit OF comfort there held reign,


And made him forget he was old and poor;
81 need so little ;" he often said,


"And my friends and relatives here below
Won't litIgste when I'm dead"


Said the jolly old pedagogue, long ago.
Then the jolly old pedagogue's wrinkled face
Melted all over in sunshiny smiles;
He stirred his glass with an old school grace;
ChuckIed and slipped, and prattled apace,


Till the house grew merry from cellar to


tiles, ~
AI'm pretty old man, he gently said;
II have fingered long time here below;
But my heart is fresh If my youth is dead,'
Said the jolly old pedagogGe, long ago.
He smoked his pipe in the balmy air


Every night when the sun went down,
While the soft wind played in his silvery hair
Leaving its tenderest kisses there


On the jolly pedagOgue's Jolly old crown;
And feeling the kisses he smiled and said


~''Twas glorious wcrld down here below;
Why wait for happiness till we are deadT"
Said the jolly old pedagogue, long ago.
He sat at his door one midsummer night,
After the sun had sunk In the west,
And the lingering beams OF golden light
Made his kindly old face look warm and


bright,


While the Odorous night had whispered


rest


Gently, gently, he bowed his head; u q
There were angels waiting for him, know;
he was sure OF his happiness, living or dead,
ThisjoIlys old pedasosne. long ago.
Year: 1870

Touching and irresistible was that
invitation of the rustic maiden to her
swain: "Come over and see me, we
have a new lamp at our house, that
we can turn down, down, down, un-
til there isn't scarcely bit of light in
the room.n
Year: 1870

This structure, which is expected to be
finished within ten years or so, is progressing
very well under water at the Brooklyn side.
1t appears that the workmen in the monster
caisson have as yet found no obstruction to the
excavation, the materials being chiefly clay,
sand and gravel, with little rock, which is
broken before being hoisted. In matters of
ventilation, too, the caisson seems to work
well, abundant air being constantly sup
piled by six steam pumps to feed the one hum
dred and seventy-five men who are working
at depth of twenty-five feet below high
high water mark. So far this portion Of the
enterprise has successful look, and promises
that the Brooklyn pier may be completed
within two years.


1t is said that the pier on this side is to be
commenced at the foot of Roosevelt street
very soon. The sooner the better. This
bridge is a gigantic work, of such magnitude
that some people predict that 1t will never be
completed; but they are little too skeptical.
A bridge connecting the two cities is an abso-
Lutte necessity to both, and will enhance the
prosperity of each beyond calculation. 1,
may take ten years, or even twenty years, to
complete it; but it certainly will be built.
Meantime we hope the work will be pushed or
vigorously
Year: 1870

THE MORTALITY OF THE CITY.-The NOR
tality statistics Of the past week are not very
encouraging. Owing, no doubt, tc the intense
heat, and its deadly effect upon children
especially, there was an increase Of deaths in
the city over the victims of the preceding week
The total number Of deaths up to Saturday was
ZIG. In the same period there were only 2S6
birtbs-not much more than one-third the
number of persons born to those who died.
This seems to be slow increase compared
with the decay, and suggests the question,
what should we do for population if it were
not for immigrati0n2
Year: 1870

The state of affairs in Mexico looks as
stormy and as unsatisfactory as ever. No
Improvement is noticeable. Revolutions are
numerous. Discomfort prevails throughout
the length and breadth Of the land. The old
spirit of defiance to the laws and the estab-
lished authority in the republic may be
perceived on all sides. On the northern
frontier on the Texan border affairs look
exceedingly threatening, and the tone of the
Mexican press is such as is well calculated to
infame the Mexican mind against the American
people One might imagine that the Mexicans
had enough to occupy their attention with their
own domestic difficulties without endeavoring
who sincerely desire the welfare of Mexico.
Yet such is not the case. 1t appears that the
Mexicans desire to aggravate their troubles
rather than allay them. Even in the city of
Mexico storm appears almost inevitable.
General Negrete, who was recently arrested,
confined and condemned to death, has innu-
merable friends. These sympathizers are
doing all in their power to save the life of the
ex-Secretary of War, but SO far without any
satisfactory results. Juarez and his Cabinet
believe that the sparing of Negrete's life at the
demand of the people would be an exhibition
of weakness, and hence the refusal on the part
of the Executive to pardon the condemned
soldier. This opposition to the expressed
wishes of large body Of the Mexican people
is calculated to increase the troubles which
now perplex, annoy and almost paralyze the
government. Dark and threatening as affairs
look now, the prospect for the future leaves
not hope that an Improvement may be even
expected.
Year: 1870

King William of Prussia has brought a new
element into the war. The world had sup


posed that the stakes of victory were to be


the extension of French dominion to the Rhine,
or the absorption into the North German Con-
federation of the provinces Of Alsace and
Lorraine But the bluff old Prussian King is
not content with merely fighting for material
advantage. He brings into the contest the ele-
ment of antique knight errantry. AS the COM
batants in the ancient tournament made the
beauty of their ladies fair the gage Of battle,
SO on the results of this stupendous war the
Prussian monarch places the decision of the
question as to which nation can best lay claim
to the title of ''head of civilization" Hear
the challenge of the royal combatant to all
the world --''Frenchmen in Germany need
not be uneasy. They shall, in common with
all mankind, be convinced that Germany moves
at the head of civilization" If the French
champion succumbs will any other dare to take
up the gauntlet? Hardly. And thus the old
monarch will wear the triple honors of King
of Prussia President of the North German
Confederation and leader of civilization. After
this let no old Caspar venture to tell his aaxen
haired grandchildren when speaking of this
war that "what they killed each other for he
could not well make out" King William has
made the matter clear.