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Year: 1870

BEAUTIFUL TuouGHT-There is but
n breath of air and beat of the heart
between this world and the next. And


In the brief interval of a painful and
awful suspense, while we feel that death


is, with US, that we are powerless, and
the all powerful, and the last faint pull
sation here is but the prelude of end>
less life hereafter, we feel in the midst
of stunning calamity about to befall us,
that earth has no compensating good to
the severity of our loss But there is
no grief without some bene6ccnt pro.
visions to soften its intcusiiies. When
the good an the lovely die, and the
memory Of their good deeds, like the
moon beams on the stormy sea lights up
our darkened hearts, and lends enchant-
mcnt to the surroundings, beauty so
sad, SO sweet, that we would not, if we
could, dispel the darkness that envi-
rons it.
Year: 1870

AN AFFECTING INcIDENr.-Yester-
day morning, as "little barefoot Was
passing down Franklin street, accompa-
MED by harmless and not pretty little
shaggy dog, one of the dog catcherS
threw his net oSerthe latter, when his
little mistress screamed and wrung her
hands as if her heart would breaK.-
Throwing herself upon the net she
begged him piteously to take her ana
let her little dog loose-that she was
poor, and he was her only play mate
Her manner and frantic appeals attrac-
ted some gentlemen, who paid fifteen
shillings and had her dog released to
her, We need hardly add that she
took him in, hor arms and ran for home
as fast asher little bare feet would car
ry ber. .-~Rir1ntond Wig,
Year: 1870

A RETRIEVER Doc SroRr.-A Scotch
paper tells the following story about re-
tricvcr-a sporting dog employed to fetch
game-and store robbery: About two
months ago the sum of f46 in bank notes
was stolen from warehouse in St. George
Square, Glasgow. BY man employed on
the premises. The thief had concealed
himself in the warehouse before the clos
ing hour, and after every person had left
he broke open several desks, distracted
the cash, the greater portion of which he
concealed under stone in field in the
northern district.


II so happened that when the thief was
in the act Of concealing the notes, retire.
yer dog, belonging to young man resi-
ding in New City Road was amusing it.
self near the spot, and after the money
had been hidden the dog appears to have
uncovered the parcel Of notes and carried
the cash home. 1t is alleged that the ow.
ner Of the dog was present when the ami
NAL entered with the cash in his mouth,
and that the mother of the young man OBJ
served that the parcel was composed oi
bank notes. The latter denies that his
dog ever brought parcel Of notes to the
house.


II is somewhat remarkable also tha,
when the thief Of the cash was spprehend.
ed he admitted the charge, aud told the
detectives that he had concealed portion
of the money in park; the officers took
him to the park. and he pointed out ths
spot where he had concealed the notes
The retriever dog was there. and il wal
with difficulty that the officers could com
plete their search, in consequence Of tht
dog barking and jumping round them
The money. i, was discovered, had beer
carried of. The young man and his moth
er have been apprehended, pending an in
yestigation into his somewhat strange case
Year: 1870

TUE ALPINE VILLAGE-A little Alpine vii
lage nestled down at the foot of huge noun
tain of rock and snow, and there its nha bitantS
lived on securely with no thought Of danger.
BY and by it was rumored that there was
great fssure in the rock which Overhung them.
Engineers were sent up to examine it, and found
that it was gradually widening The people Of
the Vi lage were warned Of the fact, and urged
to remove.


But they would not believe they we're in any
danger. The rock had always looked fearful
to strangers; but they were used to it. No
danger OF its coming down in their day In
vain were subscriptions started to aid them to
remove. They did not teel any nsed for alarm


Last July the terrible crash came. 1t was
in the dead of night, | think and quite IA
number Of persons were buried beneath it and
scores Of poor families who escaped with their
lives were left homeless and penniless. 1t was
supposed that the unusual heat so melted the
ice that the earth which thus far had held the
rock in its grasp was washe away. How sad
that they had not taken warning before


Yet we see people just az blind to their own
interests about Us every day. Fast young men
usually have more than one friend to warn
them of their danger. But do they believe
them, and change their course? Not often
They see Others destroyed by wine and wicked
ness, but never believe the same rock Of ruiz
hangs over their heads.


Every glass makes the chasm wider anC
wider; and when all the senses are luded t.
quit security, the dreadful crash comes; au(
they awake in lost eternity


Shun such fearful peril aud reach out
hand to help any one who is exposed to danger
| Oh awaken them to see it, as you would i
the houses were burning above their heads
/ There is u power in earnest words which come
! from the soul and they may arouse one TO he
before it is too lAtc-Ecchange
Year: 1870

An Atlantic City correspondent Of the Phil
adelphia Public Record says that last Satur-
day night warm land breeze set in. The at.
tentlon OF people was attracted to humming
sound like the drawing Of bow over the brass
string Of a double-bass viol, some distance
away. What is that?" exclaimed visitor
" Can that be rumbliDg thundcr?' No
marm, said an old stager, the mosquitoes
are coming" And sure enough they did come.
Countless myraids of them were waited along
by the power Of land breeze. They were SO
thick, indeed, that it was difficult for a person
to breathe without drawing the insects iato his
nostrls. Everything was resorted to to prevent
these " pests from inserting their bills. Every
person had handkerchief or vail tied over
his or her head, thus forming an impromptu
masquerade not little amusing. The sea
breeze on Sunday drove the mosquitoes away
as fast as they had come, and the people
Ureathed treer. 1t is only once in great while
that such an invasion from the swamps occurs.
The like Of this may not take place again until
late next season.
Year: 1870

CONCEITED PEOPLE.-Minerva threw away
the flute, when she found that it puffcd pher
cheeks but if we cast away the flute now
days, it is that we may take u larger instru-
ment of putting, by becoming our own trum-
peters. Empty minds arc the most prone to
soar above their proper sphere, like paper
kites, which are kept aloft by their own light
ness while those that are better stored are
prone to humility like heavily laden vessels, of
which we sec the less the more richly and deep
ly they are treighted The corn bends t>elt
downwards when its ears are filled, but when
the heads of the cOnceited are filled with self
aduation, they only lit them up higher. Per-
haps it is benevolent provision of Providence
that we should possess in fancy these good
qualities which are held from us in reality for
if we did not occasionally think well OF our
selves we should be more apt to think i'll of
Others 1t must be confessed that the concet-
ed and the vain have light and pleasant duty
to perform, since they have but one to please,
and in that object they seldom fail. Self-love,
moreover, is the only love not liable to the
pangs of jealousy. Pity thAta quick percep-
tiOn Of our own deserts generally blinds us to
the meits of others that we should see more
than all the world in the former instance, and
less in the latter In one respect, concerted
people show degree of diScernment for which
they deserve credlt-they soon become tired o
their own company.
Year: 1870

There is many a rose in the road of life
live would but stop to take it;
And many tone from the better land,
If the querulOus heart would make it.
To the sunny so ul that is full of hope
And whose beautiful trust ne'er failetb.
The grass is green and the flowers are bright.
Though the winter storm prevalleth.
Better to hope, though clouds hang low,
Aud to keep the eye still lifted.
For the sweet blue sky will still peep throuph
When the OminOus clouds are rifted
There never a night without day,
Or an evening without morning;
And the darkest hOur-so the proverb goes
Is the hour before the dawning.
There is many a gem in the path OF lie,
Which we pass in our idle pleasure,
That is richer far than the jeweled crown
Or the mlsers boarded treasure
1t may be the love of little child,


Or mothers prayer to heaven,
Or only beggar'S grateful thanks


For cup OF water given.
Better to weave the web of life


bright and golden filing;
Aud do Gods work with ready heart


And hands that prompt and willing,
Than to snap the delicate minute threads
OF our curious lives assunder,
And then blame heaven for the tangled ends
And sit and greve and wonder.
Year: 1870

A seaside correspondent says that some four
weeks ago, as an omnibus dashed up to one of
the Long Branch hotels, lady's hat blew un-
der the wheels and was crushed Her display
Of good nature over the accident so struck an
English lord that he sought an introduction,
and they were shortly engaged to be married.
1t Is now stated that not bus now drives up
to Long Branch hotel but that the ground is
SO covered with hats that the driver cant got
down until small boy shovels them into a
haud-cart,
Year: 1870

MAKE NO MAN FEEL HIS INFERIoRITY. =
Nothing is more insulting than to take pains
to make a man feel a mortifying inferoritv in
knowledge, rank, fortune, etc. In the first, it
is both ill bred and i'll natured and in the two
power Good breeding and good nature in
cines US rather to raise people up to our
selves than to mortify and depress them. Be
sides it is making ourselves so many friends,
instead of SO many enemies. A constant effort
to please is a most necessary ingredient to the
art of pleasing; it flatters the self love of those
to whom it is shown; it engages and captvates
more than things Of much greater importance.
Every man is, in some measure, obliged to dis
charge the social duties; but these intentions
are voluntary acts, the free will offerings OF
good breeding and good nature they are re
ceived, remembered and returned as such.
Women, in particular, have right to them
and any omission in that respect is downright
i'll breeding.
Year: 1870

ALL's LOST BUT HoNoR-It is clear to all
that the French army has succumbed only to
inevitable necessity. 1t has fought with the
same courage and tenacity that have given it
immortal glory on a thousand fields; but the
imbecility and apparently the treason of gen
erals have wasted that valor and the perfect
handling of the German troops, as well as their
overwhelming numbers, left no opportunity
for the battle to be won, as battles have been
won in many wars, by headong courage and
blind chance,
Year: 1870

A Boston gentleman who could not waltz,
offered young lady one hundred dollars if she
would let him hug her as much as the man
did who had just waltzed with her. 1t was
good offer and showed that money was no OBJ
iect to him, but they put him out of the house
in so striking a way that his eye was quite
black
Year: 1870

Bridget, in reply to a remark of her mistress,
who said that she had put too much garlic in
the omeIets, replied that she did so that lt
would not taste so strongly OF the eggs, which
Mere bad.
Year: 1870

"You know" ssys Harper for March,
''the individual who Is always dilatory In
making the responses! He 10 usually to he
found in every Episcopal parish, much to
tho annoyance of the quiet, orderly people
who unfortunately are compelled TO cit near
him. A man of this sort was one of the
most regular (such always are rcgular) at.
tendants at St. -, Philadelphia; and %
'worritting' had bis drawling habit become
that several Of the parisionen called upon
the rector and requested him to interview
the laggard, and request him to make the
responses in unison with the rest Of the
brethren. You see, my dear SIR said the
rector, 1t is easy enough to be prompt IL
you will but fix your mind upon it. If you
begin the General Confession promptly you
will easily end with the others. Then,
again, If at the Creed you commence: i
believe etc., promptly, why. at the proper
time, you will be able to descend into hell
with the rest of the congregation Now,
my dear cir, pray be little more prompt,
and do this r
Year: 1870

Seventeen thousand and ninety-elght volumes are
at present on the shelves Of the Jersey State
Library at Trenton, N. j., and new additions are
be ng daily made, with the view OF keeping pace
with the progressive development OF science an !
furnishing the patrons OF intellectual enjoyment
with all available sources OF information. The gen.
eral library has been very extensl ely patronized
during the past year. the number Of books loaned
per IiOlth being nearly four hundred In the
departments Of law and chancery the collection OF
volumes Is as full ana complete as Can be found in
any similar library through0ut tie country; but the
number Of m scel aneous works Is below the usual
average, and entrsy insuficl ut tor the increasing
demand for that class OF literature
Year: 1870

Herald Steam Marine News Fleet.
The following named yachts which capable Of board
ing inward bound outside of SANDY Hook south
Of the Highlands, compose steam marine news
fleet


Screw propeller yacht HERALD.


Screw propeller yacht JAMES.
Screw propeller yacht JEANETTE.


The marine news ONCE At Whitehall slip where all COM
municatons from and consgnees to the Of
vessels will be received and forwarded free OF charge
Year: 1870

Ships Cargo Damaged by v1trlOI.
The new ship Austria arrived here from
Boston on the twenty-fOurth Of September,
and, though it was not reported at the time


of her arrival, it appears that on the pas
sage out heavy sea struck the ship, and
of ninety-eight carboys of vitriol on deck,
all but one were broken.


The captain of the ship was badly burned
by the vitriol, from his knees down, and is
still suffering severely from the effects OF
the disaster.


The vitriol was consigned to Mr.. Water
man, the soda manufacturer, of this
city. Under the decks the ship had large
and valuable cargo of assorted merchandise,
and an examination of the cargo disclOses
the fact that it has been damaged to the
estimated amount of sixty thousand dol
lars, the vitriol having penetrated through
the decks.


A large quantity of fish between decks is
in a horrible condition, and, of course,
ruined. We do not learn that the hull of
the Austria sustained much damage, bnt
her spare rigging is spoiled. Negotiations
have been progressing between the con-
signees and the underwriters, and it is
understood that the latter do not consider
that they insured against vitriol as one OF
the ordinary dangers of the sea, and they
will, therefore, decline to pay the losses.
The ship and cargo are now in charge of the
Port Warden.
Year: 1870

Young Mr.. Kidder, son Of old man Kid
der Of New York, who is now in Paris, tele-
graphs to his pa that the terrible stories
manufactured by Bismarck about the dis
sensions and troubles in Paris are false and
unreliable Kidder has got three letters too
many at the end of his name, and the mis-
fortune is that he considers. the general run
of mankind as only SO many kids. All the
reported troubles of which he writes were
telegraphed directly from the city of Paris,
and Bismarck had no more to do with man
ufacturing them than he had with getting
up young Kidder himself. But MIR. Bis
marck proposes to create some trouble III
Paris before he has done with it, and if old
Kidders youthful heir don't get out Of that
village, he will find occasion to write to his
pa different story from what he now re-
ports. Bismarck is too busy setting up sol
diers around Paris to be bOthering his head
about the soldiers that are inside of the
place Kidder's three months provisions
are getting shorter every day, and when he
sees his cheese and crackers cut down to
such minimum that they would hardly do
to bait rat trap. he will not write so hope
fully as he does to-day.
Year: 1870

The Saturday evening and Sunday morn
ing excursions on the Jackson Railroad are
still continued. and those who wish to
breathe little country air, and recreate
themselves with the prospect of country
scenery, by taking ticket for the five
o'clock train on Saturday evening, or the
seven o'clock train on Sunday morning, can
have their days enjoyment, and return
either before daylight. or at eleven o'clock
on Monday morning fully in time for the
ensuing weeks business. Although sum-
mer is considered the more proper excur-
sion season, yet the present time OF year is
the more enjoyable. on account OF the alb
sence of heat. Those who try it say that
the country scenery of autumn is more
preferable in this climate than at any other
Year: 1870

We understand there was remarkable
Democratic meeting held in the Tenth
Ward on Thursday night. Judge Cotton
was the chief orator of the occasion. 1t is
said he was delivered of three speeches, or
it may be nearer to the real facts in the case
to say one speech three times. He first gave
it to them in English, then he essayed Ger
man, and finally translated it into French.
Here is man for the Democracy to be
proud of, because he has it in his power to
mislead all the nationalities of which New
Orleans is made up. 1t is good thing to
have Democratic ideas widely disseminated,
for we have observed that where the party
and its practices are best known, there the
Republican successes are the best assured.
We hope the accomplished linguist will con-
tinue his efforts until the Republican ma
jority in the Fourth District is Increased
beyond possibility of defeat in November.
Year: 1870

Hora.Io Seymour and Chinese Immisra-


tl0n.


All thoughtful and patriotic Americans must
agree with the views which Governor Sey-
mour presented in his letter to mass meeting
of workngmen at Rochester, on the 4th inst,
as to the immediate and prospective import
ance Of the question of Chinese immigra-
ton to the United States, the danger of open
ing the hoodgates and pouring in upon us the
worst classes of overcrowded China, and the
fact that interest, justice and humanity COM
bine to make it the great end of craftsmanship
to give comfort and plenty to each home and
to take care that labor should be well paid.
We are all opposed to the introduction
of coolie labor and to the revival of
involuntary servitude In any form. But
a recent decree of the Chinese govern
ment has positively forbidden the expectation
Of coolie labor, and our consuls in Chinese
ports have been instructed by our own govern
ment to see to 1t that this decree shall not be
violated by any contractors from America.
Henceforth only voluntary Chinese immigra-
ton to this country will be possible. The
dangers Of an inundation Of barbarism have
Year: 1870

classes. 1t may be urged, In palliatIon, that
the demonstration of Sunday was got up by
the roughs, the thieves, the burglars and
mere mob Of such elements of society. But
unfortunately this is not strictly so. These
classes, perhaps, comprised the bulk Of the
crowd, because their sympatnies brought them
there, and they were naturally conspicuous to
every eye; but we find that men holding promi-
nent positions-yea, even in the department to
which the children Of the people look for edu-
cation-were noted as participants in the
procession. This is the serious feature in the
business.


All such public displays are indecorous.
They should not be tolerated. If there be a
remnant of common sense left in the politicians
who got them up they must see how little the
apotheosis of murderer can serve their turn.
But this is not the question. Not only is the
delicacy of the community affronted by these
exhibitions, but the law which metes out
justice to the criminal is openly condemned.
If such displays are repeated we shall be
compelled TO ask the Legislature to frame the
penal code in cases of capital punishment so
as to embrace the rule prevailing in England,
that the body of the condemned muir
derer shall be buried within the precincts Of
the prison where he expiates his crime
Year: 1870

The colored men Of this State, up to the pre-
sent time debarred from taking part in many,
nearly all, Of the various occupations, mechani-
cal and scientific, are now called upon to
unite in the coming State Labor Convention,
which will be held on the Oath inst. at
Saratoga. The invitation is not confined to
colored men exclusively, but is extended to all
classes of workingmen irrespective of color.


However, the Convention is intended to
appeal directly to the newly enfranchised


The Importance Of this movement is evident,
and no doubt 1t will be largely attended. As
yet the different labor organizations have
taken no steps towards a recognition
of the rights of the colored man to a
participation in the mechanical arts Whether
the present occasion will be taken advantage
of to send representatives to the Convention
remains to be seen. Among the many matters
which will come up before the Convention
possibly the Chinese labor question will find Q
place. 1t will be interesting to know how the
colored men feel on this subject-one that Ii
destined at no very distant period to exercise
an influence on many classes of labor through.
out the country. From the prominence which
the Chinese question has already obtained
there may be disposition on the part Of the
white workingmen to act in harmony with
their colored fellow citizens. The time is not
far distant. and few days will tell the tale.
Year: 1870

BY THE EUROPEAN MAIL we received
most interesting budget of special correspond
ence from the field at the seat Of war, The
exhibit appears in our columns this morning.
One of our special writer's dates at the head
quarters of Marshal MacMahon's command, Civ
ing very complete detail Of the French force
which was then moving on the Rhine. The
effect which was produced in Rome by the
first receipt Of the war news is described.
The Prussian operation of exploding the via
duct, mentioned by the cable kilograms, is
reported in very animated style. Our special
letters from London are of an interesting and
important character
Year: 1870

Public Funerals to Crimina,s-Au Evil


We have witnessed from time to time in
this city grand ovations, rendered in conspicu-
GUS funeral obsequies, to those whom society
generally regards as unworthy of much public
note, because they have been violators of the
law, and, happily indeed for the peace and
well being Of the community, have had their
course of crime brought to close as the laws
victims. 1t is matter Of regret to see any
portion of the public doing honor to individ-
uals Of this class, convicted and executed
murderers; but at the same time it is con-
soling to know that the respectability, the
good sense and the obedience to law which
form the strength Of our metropolitan society
utterly abhors and holds apart from such
funeral of the unfortunate Real, who, what
ever may have been his faults In life, Chris
tian charity should have given him peace on
the scaffold-peace in his dreary way to the
last resting place Of mortality ity-peace at least
In his dying moments and in the Gnal march to
the grave-peace from the paltry trickeries Of
politics that in this case shamed the usually
solemn scenes of the death and the burial.


Nothing could have been in worse taste than
the outdoor exhibition at Reals obsequies.
If 1t meant anything beyond bid for few
votes at the next election, and the motive to
excite political animosity to people in respon-
sible positions, 1t meant that the law should
be deded by glorifying the lawless it
meant that the country should see
how justice can bo insulted in this
great city by doing honor to its victims.
We need not touch the details of this display.
If all that is told Of them as occurring at the
grave be true they are too revolving for refe-
renee. The spirit Of the thing is apparent,
and it must be-and no doubt 1t is-sternly
condemned by every decent man in the COM
, munity as an evil example to TIA lawless