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Year: 1870

IHE ACTRESS AND THE SAILOR.-"When
| was poor girl" said the Duchess of st. AL
bans, working very hard for my 3os. week,
| went down to LiverI ool during the holidays,
where was always kindly received. l was to
perform In drama, and in my character rep
resented poor friendless orphan girl, reduc-
ed to the most wretched poverty A heartless
tradesman prOsecutes the sad heroine for u
heavy debt, and insists upon putting her into
prison, unless some one will be bail for her.
The girl replies, Then have no hope; have
not friend in the world what! will no one
be bail for you to save you from PRISON." asks
the stern creditor. have told you I've not
friend on earth, was my reply. But Just as I
was uttering the words, I saw sailor in the
upper gallery springing over the railing, letting
himself from one tier to another until he bound
ed clear over the orchestra and footlights, and
placing himself beside me in moment resolute-
ly, yes you shall have one friend, at least, nv
poor young woman,' said he, with the greatest
expression in his honest sun-burnt counten-
ance; 4 will 60 bail for you any moment. AS
for you, turning to the actor, if you don't bear
hand and shift your moorings, you lubber, it
will be worse for you when l come athwart
your bows Every creature in the house rose
the uproar was perfectly indescribable; and
amidst the universal din stood the unconscious
cause it, sheltering the poor young woman
and breathing defiance against my mimic per-
secntor. He was only persuaded to relnauish
her care of me by the managers pretending to
arrive to rescue me, with prOfusion of bank
notes."
Year: 1870

ROUGH ON THEM-A recent number of the
New York World states that President Grant


told Senator the other day, that there was


not Radical, either of the carpet-bag or seal
awag or any other species qualified to be placed
on the Supreme Bench, and that everybody
else there who was qualified by education and
ability for such position was disqualified in
other respects for such an appointment The


World adds, "This is the worst cut carpet
baggism has yet received, and coming as it
does from the head of the nation, may be taken
as a sufficient reason why he adheres to the
Northern States IN selecting appointments for
the Southern vacancies on the Supreme Bench
with such pertinacity. It seems more proba
BILE now that Judge Strong and Judge Bradley
will be confirmed.
Year: 1870

William Cullen Bryant spoke at the Burns


Festival in New York recently. He was


greeted with enthusiastic cheering and said


/ hardly know what right, save as derive
! it from the courtesy of the President the


master of the feast-I have to respond to a


toast in honor of the great Scottish poet, when


there may perhaps be at the table some native


OF Scotland, who is himself of the gentle craft
some professor Of the gale science, as it was


called by the troubad0rs, the poets of the mid


die ages. My share Of Scottish blood is, if you
will indulge poor verso maker in little ego
|tism--exceedingly small. Some hundred and
hfty years since there came from Scotland to
this country young man named Keith, edu-
Gated at Marechai College, Aberdeen, who for
more than twenty years was pastor of q New
England church, dying at a good old age and
leaving many descendants. Him / claim as
ancestor of my family; but this is slender
foundation OIL which to build title to be heard
IN response to toast in honor of the prince
of Scottish poets 1t is much as if the keeper
of an apple.stall in the street should think,
with capital of $40 saved by his vocation, to
set up as an importer of cargoes of fruit from
the West Indies. Mr.. President and my
friends, you will cheerfuy excuse me, am
sure, from entering into any formal eulogy of
the poet in honor Of whose memory we hold
this high festival. can think of nothing in
praise which have not already said in public
on like occasion; and will not weary this
company of intelligent critics and accomplished
ladies by repeating it. did not come here
with pot of white paint in one hand and
brush in the other, thinking to improve the
whiteness of the lily by covering it with paint
l have tried to do it before; and l could not
perceive that the fower--the queen of the
field, more respondent in its native beauty
than Solomon in all his glory was the least
degree whittier for it, Let me only dwell upon
this fact-a marked one in the history of our
life nature-that it was Burns who made the
Scottish dialect classical wherever our Ian.
guage is known.
Year: 1870

A Modern Baron Trenck In Lancaster, Pa.


The Lancaster LpteUigencer of last evening
says


entering the residence of Mrs. Rogers, in Duke
street. and, in conjunction with Harry Hines,
tying and robbing her of a large amount of
money and bonds, escaped from our County
Prison on Saturday night or early on Sunday
morning. lie Barren was confined in iron-clad
cell No. S. on the second floor, being the same
cell from which Hamilton, the outlaw, escaped
some time ago. 1t will be remembered
that Hamilton escaped through the window
by cutting away several inches of the
boiler iron with which it was lined, and
chiseling off portion OF the granite sill, thus
making an opening large enough to admit of
the passage of his body. The cell had been
very imperfectly repaired by screwing an addi-
tional plate of boiler iron over the one that had
been cut away by Hamilton, the heads of the
screws being three eghths of an inch square,
and standing in bold relief above the surface of
the boiler iron. LIE Barrens mode of escape
was easily determined 1t was to remove the
plate of boiler iron andsaw OFF one OF the pointed
iron spikes that prevented egress through
the window. The necessary tools, small saw
and wrench, were doubtless furnished him by
an accompiice, and his task was soon COM
pleted. He then made rope of his bed-cloth-
ing attached one end of il to one of the pointed
spikes in the window-sill, and swung himself to
the ground Harry Hines occupies the cell i'm
mediately beneath lie Barren's, and it is said as
the latter descended his rope he stopped at
Hines window and bid him goodbye. He was
now in the prison yard, but had yet to scale the
stone WALL which is sixteen or eighteen
feet high. He was evidently not long
in finding appliances to effect this OBJ
fourteen or sixteen feet in length, and about six
inches wide, which had been laid down in the
Jail yard for the purpose of carrying off the
Waste wafer from the wash house. a better
Year: 1870

USIrED STATES SENATOR. We do not
wish to mix in the newspaper election Of
United States Senator, further thsn to ex-
press an opinion now and then. But We
do think that the effort to make Judge
Lowe . candidate is impolitic. The peo
pie have elected him to Congress. and
want bin there during his whole term.
They do not desire to 60 into snother
election before hs term eommences. sud
have the same bitter fight over sgain.
We have no donbt he is satisfied with
his place, and bis friends ought to be-
That Judge Love is 8 good, honest. and
capable man. no person believes more
heartily than ouBeIr; bat there are other
good men in the State. and these favors
may as well be divided around.
Year: 1870

ago We all met, the whole six of US, at
dinner again, and not one OF us had bro
ken that pledge which we made in the
hotel at Rio. We had all stuck to the
sea, and were then commanders of good
ships. .-Good Words.
Year: 1870

One of our popular preachers says :
| have great hope of wicked man :
slender hope of mean one. A wicked
man may be converted and become a
preemiEent saint. A mean man ought
to be converted six or seven times, one
right after the other, 20 give him fair
start and put him on an equality with a
bold wicked man.
Year: 1870

An old farmer said to one of sons -
" Boys, don't you ever speEelate, or wait
for suthin to turn up. You might jest
as well go an sit down on stone in the
middle of medde-, with pail atwixt
your legs, an wait for a COW to back up
to you t. be milked
Year: 1870

Henry Ward Beecher preached
recently on Late hours and the I'm
fruitful Works of Darkness


III you want to make the ruin oil
a child sure give him liberty after
dark You rannot do anything near.
cr TO insure his damnation than TO
Jet him have liberty. to 60 whore lie
will without restraint. Alter dark
he will be sure to get into comma
nication with people that will under
mine all his good qualities. do
not like TO speak to parents about
their children. The child cannot,
will no. lie, when his tongue is like
bonded bow; he will not drink. when
there is not 4 saloon within mile OF
his fathers house where he is MT as
we'll known as one OF its own decant
crs; he never does iniquitous things,
when he is recking in filth. Nine


teen out Of every twenty allowed
perfect freedom at night will be
wounded by it. There is nothing
more important than for child to
be q. home at night, or, If lie is
abroad, you should be with him. Il
he is to see any sights or take any
pleasure, there is nothing that he
should see that you should not sec
with him. 1t is not merely that the
child should be broken down, but
there are thoughts that never ought
to find passage INTO mans brain.
As an eel, il he wriggle across your
carpet, will leave his slime which no
brushing can ever ettace, SO there
are thoughts that never can be got
rid of, once permitted to enter; and
there areindividuals going round with
obscene books and pictures under
the lappcls ol their coats that will


leave ideas in the mind Of your child
that will never be efflced There
are men here who have heard a sala.
cious song, and they never will for,
ge. it. They will regret having
heard it to the end of their lives. |
DO not believe in a child's seeing life,
as it Is called. with its damnable lust
and wickedness, to have all his i'm


a.ination set fire with the flames OF
he'll. Nobody goes through this fire
but they are burned, burned, burned;
and they cant get rid OF the sears.
Year: 1870

ATTACHMENTS TO NEwspApERs.-


The strong attachment of subscrIb-
ers to well conducted newspaper,
as given in the following paragraph
from the New York Journal OF Com
merce, is fully confirmed by veteran
publishers. Our experience in pub


lsting bears witness TO its truthful
ness. "Stop your paper" words OF
dread to new beginners i'll the busi-
ness, lose their force after paper
has been established for a term OF
years. So long as Il paper pursars a
just, honorable, and julicions course,
meeting the wants of its customers
in all or most respects, the ties OF
friendship between the Subscribers
and the paper are rs hard to break
hy any outside third party as the
links which bind old friends in bust
ness or social lite. Occasional de
fects and errors, if such there be, in
a newspaper, are overlooked by those
who have become attached to 1t
through its daily perusal for years.
They may sometimes become dissat-
lsfed with it on account OF some
tting which may have slippel into
its columns, aud may stop taking IL;
bat the absence of the familiar sheet
at their house OF Office Tor few days
becomes an insupportable dcpriva
tion, and they hasten to take it again,
and possibly apologize for having
stopped it. This we believe to be a
common experience in the history OF
all established newspapers. No
friendship on earth is more constant
than that contracted by the reader,
for journal which makes an honest
and earnest effort to merit his con-
tlnued support.
Year: 1870

The HarrisOu-v vreeiand Breach Of Promise


Case Again-A New Trial Commenced.


The case OF Mary Harrison vs. George vreeland.
again before the public. 1t viii be remembered that
Mrs. Harrison, who is widow beyond the meridian
of existence, brought suit against the old man OF
eighTy-two for breach OF promise Of marriage.
and as he was very wealthy, she claimed heavy
damages for her blghted affections. The spicy de-
velopments OF that remarkable trial are not yet for
gotten. The jury rendered verdict for the psinnr
with greatly reduced damages. Defendant appealed
on the ground OF excessive damages, and o new
trial was ordered. The Court OF Errors took the
ground that 1t was absurd to suppose tnat
woman OF her years could suffer sncn damage IN
q rich man and SO old As to render the suppostion
OF an earnest, bona tide courtship, with Intent TO
marry, highly Improbable.


The new trial commenced yesterday In the HUDSON
behalf Of the plaintiff opened the case, stating
In substance that the plaintiff is q widow,
VINO 10 engaged partly as teacher and
partly as forewoman In a factory In New York city;
that she resides In Greenvle, where defendant also
lives; tnat some years ago an intimacy sprung up
between plaintln and defendant which resulted In
promise OF marriage; that the engagement was
postponed at the instance OF defendant: that new
Till at last plaintn became convinced that defend-
ant would not fuifl his solemn promises TO her, and
she accordingly brought the suit


The gay L0thdrio was in court, an attentive
listener, but apparently quite ut ease a. to the
result. The Judgment OF the Court OF Errors makes
1t certain thas the jury Will not again venture the
award or heavy damages. Mrs. Harrison WAS at
tired In plain suit OF black ana took seat beside
her counsel. There was comparatively little interest
manifested In the case Dy the persons in and around
the court. The trial Will continue two or three days.
Year: 1870

CHICAGO, March 13.-At half past
II O'Clock last night the roof OF the
east wing of our courthouse followed
the example of the west wing, and
fell in with a tremendous crash. The
disaster was precipitated by the weight
of snow upon the edifice. No one was
injured. The loss is probably from
ten to twenty thousand dollars on
each wing.


There is much public excitement
and indignation over the occurrence.
The press several months ago alleged
that the buildings were unsafe, but
the allegation was pOohoOed by the
officials, and no attempts to strengthen
the structures were made. A COM
mittee OF architects has been ap-
pointed by the city authorities to in
Vestigate the disaster. The storm
continued through last night, and
was by far the severest of the season.
To-day, however, the weather has
been quite pleasant.
Year: 1870

house among the crowd that / had
never seen before-at least did not
remember ever having seen them.
They did not notice me as passed
out, as there were so many persons
passing TO and fro, though some Of
them, think, were looking for me
fhnp
Year: 1870

Congress ha, enacted to call in one hundred
millions of greenback currency, to be replaced
to business wants by an equal amount OF national
banknote currency, eighty millions of which is
to be given to the East


For he greenbacks called in, United States
bonds are to be put out They will be exempt
from taxation. bearing interest, which must
come from the people, for the benefit OF national
banks which will purchase them


So the people must pay interest on one hun
dred million dollars more bonds than they now
are cursed with And this at q rate equal to ten
per cent in currency-say nothing of furnishing
hiding place for just this amount OF money
which ought 10 be taxed. This is ten millions
more money wrung from the workers 10 support
the idlcrs!


The national banks will receive interest on
their bonds deposited as basis for their bank
notes-pl oft at that end.


They will loan this money to men in business
for ten per cent more on colaterals taken be-
low their value-pro6t at that end.


Double profits and no taxation


And this is Republican retrenchment and re-
form TtfA


ms 10 INV WY AscpuoiSt OoHSleoS
tects the people


Robbing them every day to enrich the sons Of
rich men. l.t


Taxing labor to support those exempt from
taxation. Making workingmep support idlcrs
who pay not a penny Of tax!


And again - 6 Government has hundred mil
lions Of gold in the treasury earning nothing
kept there for The 5ondholders to draw out TO
purchase more bonds with to make taxation
still heavier.


And all this to benefit Eastern speculators-
bondholders.


Eastern capitalists buy Western Congressman
to vote with Republican party. The energy or
the nation is in the West, yet that section OF the
land is robbed to support the snobs, shodytes,
Spectators and bondholders, who are worth
nothing to the country.


The West felt this terrible inequality of taxa
tion before. The young men OF the land are
there working 10 be robbed by the Government.


The brave pioneers in the mines and forests of
the Territories and Pacific States went there to
work-to labor-to earn money-to open the
country-to extend enterprise and push forward
to great achievements. They are the pride, the
boast, the strength, the salvation of our land.
/. They raise grain-they dig gold to pay bond.
holders, and to be worn as jewelry by the mis-.
tresses of Eastern lords of idleness- they peril
their lives-l live beyond the threshold OF comfort;
they beat down the wilderness and earn money
only TO be robbed thereof by the most corrupt,
infamous, dishonest, treacherous, despotic. de-
stroying, pcople-robbipg, power-usurping GOV
ernment the world ever saw. ..


No other people in the world would ever sub
m it to such robberies. And why our people do
is more than we can tell.-.N. Y. Democrat.
Year: 1870

Notwithstanding the finest crops OF
wheat and corn We're made this year that
run in the memory of man, bread is high
almost as high as it was when the crops
proved failure--while meat is on top Of
the house about 25 cents mouthful In
view ofthese extraordinary prices forthc
necessaries Of life we shall be forced to adj
vance the price Of this paper next year un-
less Provisions, Groceries and Dry Goods
in this market "roostu lower.
Year: 1870

ITALIAN OGEkA-INO DEBtlS.


The "Ballo in MascheTa was announced last
nct for the debut in the part Of Amelia of Mrs Imogen
Brown a lady who has already become favOraby known
in NewYork by her performance in sundry semipublic
concerts As IL turned out were also favored with
th debut OF new tenor Sgnor Le Franc being too i'll to
appear Both were successful Mrs. Brown has sweet
voice and delicate style and though she is hardly equal
the demands of the passionate scenes OF the
opera in the gcnter pa she sang always well ana
sometimes charIuiHgly. Although she had not been
allowed single fun rehearsal and was obliged, more
over, accept tenor with whom she had never sung
note very little enbaIras perceptiDle in her
manner and her action better than that Of many
veterans The new tenor is SgnOr FIlppe, who
came here about three months ago from Brazil and
has ever since been trying in vain to be heard We have
no doubt will be heard often, for he has made his
mark He is not accomplished artist but his voice is
of uniformly sweet and pleasant quality and in the up
Der egster he produces excellent fOrissmO effects
which hardly ever fail 10 bring down the house. Miss
BicCuloch tie Pagc-a character in which she is
always good and the other parts were acceptaby rem
dered by Madame Frida dc Gebele Perii Fos5at, and
Garti The orchestra as usual, coarse


The last evening performance Of the season VIII take
place tonight, but there will be supplementary matinee
on Saturday.
Year: 1870

The facility with which numbers of
respectable women are duped into mat
rimony by raseally adventures is mar
velOus. An agreeable exterior, a knack
of small talk and a little dexterity in
the art Of tlatery, seems to be all that is
necessary to produce an unprincipled
scOundrel an unlimited number of
wives. The other day a man was ar-
rested for tigamy in q Western eity, at
the suit Of his sixth spouse and it was
stated that he had netted by his half
dozen connubial speculation the neat
little sum of twelve thousand dollars.
Of course, one feels sorry for the victims,
but if women Of respecability VIII wed
unknown vagabonds after so short ac-
quaintance, people of common prudence
cannot help mingling a little contempt
with their cOmmiseratiOn. In q mat
ter of such vital Importance to her hap
piness as marriage, a woman ought at
least 10 exercise as much Judgment and
discretion as in purchasing a dress pat-
tern; and yet had any one Of the six
wives referred to looked half as closely
into the antecedents of her suitOr as we
viii warrant she did into the quality
and style Of her wedding furbelOws, she
had been saved the modification Of
her anomalous position and the loss of
her cash. Beware, We impulsive maid-
ems and widows, Of larCenOus lovers
whose tender prOteStGtions are prompt
ed not by Cupid, but cupidity.-B BGlti-
more Sun.
Year: 1870

Money is a good thing, especially in
these hard times, but there is something
a thousand fold more valuable. 1t is
charaeter-the consciousness of a pure
and honorable life. This it should be
mans first aim to preserve at any cost.
In times of commercial distress, while
some are proved and fou 4 wanting,
others come forth tried as by f 2. Here
and there one comes out of furnace
far more of q man than be re. Amid
the wreck of his fortune he stands eret
"a noble specimen of true manhood.
We have occasionally witnessed an eX-
ample of courage in such a crisis, of
moral intrepidity, that deserved all hon
or. Let il be the aim of every business
man, above all things else, to keep his
purity unstained. This is the best pos
sessioR-this is a capital which can new
er be taken from him-this is the rich
est inheritance which he can leave to
his children,
Year: 1870

ABOUT LOVE AND DMATRINONY.-NeV
er be afraid of becoming on old, fair
reader. An old maid is for more honor
able than a heartless wife, and single
bIessedness' is greatly superior in point
of happiness to welded life without love.
Fall not in love, dear girls-beware,'
says the song. But don't be guided by
the song on this question. On the con-
trary, be assured that it is a good thing
to fall in love, if the lovod object be 3
worthy one. To fall in love with an
honorable man is as proper as it is for
an honorable man to fall In love with q
virtuOus and amiable woman; and what
could be a more gratifying spectacle
than q sight so pure, so approaching in
its devotion to the celestial? No, fall
in love as soon as you like, provided
it be with a suitable person., Fall in
love and then marry; but never marry
unless YOU do love. That's the great
point. Never marry for house or q
'husband.' Never degrade yourself by
becoming a party to such an alliance.
Never sell yourself body and soul, on
terms so contemplate. Love rehReS all
things; it ennobles all conditions
With love, the marriage rite is truly q
sacrament. Without it, the ceremony
is q base fIaud, and the act is human
desecratiOn. Marry for love or not at
all. Be an old maid if fortune throws
not in your way the man of your heart;
and, though the witless may sneer, and
the Jester may laugh, you still have
your reward in an approving conscience
and comparatively peaceful life.
Year: 1870

IT NEVER PAYS.
1t never pays to fret and growl
When fortune seems our foe
The better bred will push ahead
And strike the Drawer blow.


For luck is work.


And those who shirk
Should not lament their doom,


But yield the play,


And clear the way
That better men have room.
1t never pays to wreck the health
In drudging after gain,
And he is sold Who thinks that gold
Is cheapest bought with pain.


An humble lot,


A cosy cot.
Have tempted even kings,


For station high,


That wealth will buy,
Not oft contentlnent brings,
1t never pays blunt refrain
Well worthy Of II song,
For age and youth must learn this truth,
That nothing pays that's wrong.


The good and pure


Alone are sure
To bring prolonged success,


While what is right


In Heavens sight
Is always sure to bless.