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Year: 1870

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:--


Have we navy or are Secretary Robeson and his
ADVISER, Admiral Porter, asleep and ignorant Of a
Tact known to all Cuba:


Our letters from Havana tell US that the monitor
Saugus the only United States man-of-war ut that
port Is disabled vessel her officers and crew worn
out and deblitated by ten moEths' service in Cuban
waters rendering them more ut for an hospital than
fer n fight am tired or these Spanish tauns, and
wish 70 know If we have navy or only pretence
for one that broken down ship with two-thirds OF
crew Of sick men is kept at such an important
point in times those now prevailing IN Cuba?
Congress, TO save dollars. Is spending the nation
the homely Old adage, 'ave at the spiggot and let
NY at the bung.n But that seems to be the rule in
Washington. Let us have at least one efficient man
of.war aJdiavana, or let us have courage to do as
BENJAMIN Broodbrim advises acknowledge our
poverty and abolish the navy"


BARNARD BARNACiE.
Year: 1870

The gold market was strong at the opening, In
swer TO further advance in the rates of exchange;
but upon tie discovery that the street transactions
in sterling were an eigath to quarter per cent be-
low the nominal market there free sales, under
which the price OF gold fell or from 1863 to l14A.
The transactions were again heavy and the decline
brought in buyers again, under which there was
rally 10 1l5I, the advance being stimulated by the
renewed report from Washington that the Banking
Committee would introduce no measure Likely 10
produce contraction. The Assistant Treasurer dis


bursel 100000 on account OF the May interest,
making total OF 81 900 900 far. The course OF tie
Year: 1870

The rates in the gold loan market were irregular,
ranging as high as per cent and down to u per
cent for carrying, with exceptional TRANSACTIONS at
fat for borrowing. The operations OF the Gold En-
change Bauk were as follOWs--
Year: 1870

The New York Sul, whose editor, Mr..
Dana, is one OF the sharpest eyed,
shrowdest calculators ever graduated by
The Radical party, says the Mobile Regis
GER, has been casting the political horo-
scope OF that party, now that the triumph
of the 10Th amendment may be tnkcn for
granted, and the negro taken out Of poll
tics He sees in this very fact the seeds
of the disease that will kill the iuiquity,
and gives his reasons as follows:


1t is out Of the final termination Of the
slavery contest that the main peril of the
Republican party arises. AT the last
Presidential election moro than half a
million Of men voted for Gen. Grant sole
ly because they wanted to see the pend
ing plan Of Reconstruction carried through
When this is accomplished they will feel
no special attachment to him or his par
ty. They are independent citizens, who
never support party merely for the good
it has done. 1t is to these satisfied Ne
pubicans that the party may be indebted
for its early defeat, and even its ultimate
dissolution.


Then there are the doct,inarics of the
party, who differ with its present policy
on the taiitr, the currency, the construc-
ton Of the Constitution, and the gradual
absorption into Congress of an unwar-
ranted share Of the powers ofthc govern
ment The cord which has bound all
these classes to the party is broken Fol
lowing close behind them comes the long
procession Of disqualified Republicans,
some Of whom are disgusted with the adj
minstration, because of its nepotism, its
favoriteism, the unworthy character OF
many Of its agents, and its disregard OF
the claims to consideration of distinguish
ed members of the party; while Others
are indignant at its failure to redeem its
pledges OF economy, and because of its
lawning at the footstool of the British
throne, and its base desertion CT the cause
Of free government on this continent.
Though the bond which has united these
classes to the party is not yet severed, il
is seriously weakened, and may snap at
the first severe strain.
Year: 1870

If we knew the woe and heartache,


Waiting for us down the road,
If our lips could taste the wormwood,
If our backs could feel the load,
Would we waste the day in Wishing
For a time that neer can be;
Would we wait in such impatience
For our ships to come from sea.
If we knew the baby fingers


Pressed against the window pane,
Would be could and stiff tomorrow
Never trouble us sgain--
Would the bright eyes of our darling
Catch the frown upon our brow;
Would the print of rosy fingers


Vex us then as thcy do now9
All, these little ice-S 81 HngAts


How they point on memories back
To the hasty words and actions


Strewn along our backward track
How these little hands remind us,


As in snowy grace they lie,
Not to scatter thorns-but roses
VI oui icdpiHS " anu Dy
Strange we never prize the music


Till the sweet-voiced bird has flown;
Straign that we should slight the vlolets
Till the lovely flowers are gone;
Strange that summer skies and sunshine
Never seem one-haf so fair
As when Winters snowy pinIons


Shake their white down in the air.
Lips from which the seal of silence
None but God can roll away,
Never blosomed in such beauty


As adorns the mouth to-day;
And sweet words that freight our memory
With their beautiful perfume,
Come to us in sweeter accents


Through the portals of the tomb.
Let us gather up the sunbeams
Lying all around our path;
Let us keep the wheat and roses,
Casting out the thorns and chaff;
Let us find our sweetest comfort
In the blessings Of to-day,
With a patient hand removing


All the brars from our way.
Year: 1870

Being detained somewhat late the other
night, / accepted an invitation from a
friend to pass the night in his brown
stone mansion, near Fifth avenue. Be
fore going to bed, was entertained with
the probable programme of the night
The entire row of houses opposite had
been entered night or two before and
completely sacked was informed that
the entrance to this house. if entered at
all, would be by the lower door or
through one of the windows of the room
that | was to occupy. Should an en-
trance be made into my room | was
cautioned to lie perfectly still and to
scarcely breathe, as that was the only
chance of life. The burglars enter with
velvet tread, and they do not add mur
der to robbery, if they can avoid it. Ny
host told me that frequently he had been
impressed that somebody was in the
room. Remaining in terror till the
sweat dropped from him, and unable
longer to contain himself, he would
spring from his bed, light his gas, and
risk being shot rather than endure longer
the agony of suspense. Two or three
times during some nights the whole
family would be aroused, every room il
Illuminated, the private watchman called
in, and the house searched from cellar to
attic. The preparation for the night was
the letting loose of huge bulldog,
whose ferocity required him to be con-
fined in the cellar during the daytime
He was very expert in opening doors,
which he kept banging all night. Be
tween the dog and burglars there was


little chance of sleep He knew there
was a stranger in the house and paid
special attention to every door. As he
could open other doors, ] supposed he
could open mine. / had some doubt
about his ability to discriminate between
a visitor and burglar. Iexpected every
minute to see this vigilant watchman
enter my room and pay his respects to
me. Frequently during the night, the
alarm sounded from different bedrooms.
One young member who had the night
mare produced genuine panic. Such
is life in gay New York among the up
per ten. Some employ private watch
man for themselves alone, and some
members keep watch and ward while
others sleep. Each house has its skele
ton. The skeleton in the Murray Hi
Houses. is clothed in flesh and blood,
and armed with skeleton keys, reyolvers
and bowie knives -Burleigh, in Boston
Jourudf
Year: 1870

usually are, seldom descend with the
plummet-like promptness of men. Gull
ture seems to make ledges for them, and
they lodge, instead Of plungng over the
precipice down to the dizzy depths below.
They change their friends as they do
their gowns for those wear out even
quicker than these But they laugh and
they are gay, go clad in purple and seem
to float on the top wave of life. At the
theater and the opera, at the picture
galleries and the Academy balls, they
queen it grandly, and many of their sex
who know them not envy them the gilded
shell in which they masquerade. They
all have history different from the one
they tell, and sadder far. If they wrote
autobiographies, the simple truth would
be more eloquent than any rhetoric.


If they could be set right, could once
get their feet on the firm rock of prin-
ciple, all might be well; but they seem
incapable somehow; their will is too
weak, their love Of variety and excite


ment too great Thy often turn 10
white memories and fairer futures, and
stretch out their pale hands But the
voice that drove Ahasuerus seems to say,
March, march," and they go on and
on, until the long grass of the church
yard muffies their weary footsteps forever.
Year: 1870




Mr.. Burlingame's delivery was cx-
ceedingly effective. He spoke with
the unerring correctness of one WHO
had thoroughly studied his part, and
vet with the absolute freshness and
apparent spontaneity Of man. who
had sprung to his feet with the album
dant fulness of the subject and the
uncomfortable impulse of the occa-
sion. And he had the remarkable
gift Of retaining this freshness and
spontaneity, no matter how frequent
ly he repeated the speech. And the
precision Of his repetition was
among the noteworthy features OF
his oratory. In what is termed a
speech, it is difficult for the
best filed mind and the readiest
tongue to make more than one really
effort. The issues to be
discussed on successive days, pend
ing one election, are so entirely iden.
tical as to admit Of but slight varia-
ton IN the mode of their presenta-
ton by the same speaker. The
prince of ali campaign orators, Tom
Cozwin of Ohio, was in the habit Of
saying that "a man who should NJ
tempt fresh speech on every stump
would never have any speech worth
listening to-" While, therefore, it is.
to be expected that general simi-
larity will Of necessity pervade the
speeches Of any man who attempts
to discuss the issues Of political
it was peculiar to Mr..
Burlingame to deliver day after day
the same speech exactly, verbatim ct
Ateratim ct p1nctuatin. And he was
wise in SO doing. Any attempt to
change the thread Of his argument
Or to vary the ksicitous illustrations
of his rhetoric would have deranged
the entire framework Of that which
he SO fitly compacted and joined to-
yether. He always kept in mind
hat lie had a different audience ever
y day, and that no matter how hack.
neyed the speech became to himself,
It was fresh and new to each succeed.
ing crowd of hearers. But, in fact,
the speech did not become hackney
ell to himself, tor the moment he
faced sympathetic audience he par
took of their temper, grew elated
with their interest, and forgot in the
intensity Of to-day's magnetism that
ne was repeating the sayings Of yes
terday.- From the Atlantic Month
ly for November.
Year: 1870

father them. The skirts of Che densoc-
racy are clear. Ifthere is any good
in the amendment, for Gods sake let
the negro have it.


We rejoice that the democratic
party Of Iowa hes placed Itself right
upon those dead d decayed ISSUES.
From this time forward, we have
something to hope tor. We don't
expect any democratic Gabriel to
Immediately summon the democratic
burying grounds TO yield up their
politically desd, but We do expect a
slew and gradual resurrection OF all
the noble victims who bit the dust
fighting for the constitution a. the
Fathers framed it.-fClinton Age.
Year: 1870

". u. &. constantly In the New York and
Philadelphia markets, enables him to procure all
new and desirable goods at the lowest rates, and
as he buys direct from the importer in large lots,
it is to his advantage to sell cheap, that goods
may be turned out fast thus keeping the stock
new and lively all the time.


All are invited to call, feeling assured that
they will not be disappointed either in assort-
ment or prices.
Year: 1870

How many misunderstanding arise
| from the loose way in which business
matters are talked over, and then
when each party puts his own con-
struction on the conversation, the
matter is dismissed by each with the
words sail right, "all right" Ere
quently it turns out all wrong and be-
comes aquestion for lawyers and the
courts.


More than halfthe litigation of the
country would be saved if people
would put down their agreements in
writing. Each word in our language
has its own peculiar meaning,
and memory may by the change
of a single word, or even by the
change of its position in a SEN
tence, Convey an entirely different
idea from that intended. When once
reduced to writing, ideas are fixed,
inelastic.


We once saw an excited captain
rush into the presence of his colonel
with grievous complaints against a
brother officer. "StopI Stop captain :"
said the colonel, 'put your complaint
in writing, and 1 will give it atten-
ton"


The captain went to work vigorous
ly writing his complaint. In little
while he stopped and commenced
laughing. The whole affair looked
so ridieulOusly small when written
out that he was laughing at his own
folly in giving it any attention.
Year: 1870

| MARK TWAIN has succeeded in
editing the agricultural department
I of monthly magazine to the infinite
satisfaction of farmers and those who
love farming. Here is his --latest
effort.


"Turnips should never be pulled
it Injuries them. 1t is much better to
send boy up and let him shake the
| tree.


1.-THE guano is fine bird, but great
care is necessary in rearing it. 1t
should not be imported earlier than
June nor later than September. In
the winter it should bekept in a warm
place, where it can hatch out its
young.


at is evident that we are to have a
backward season for grain. Therefore
it will be well for the farmer to begin
setting out his eorn-stalks and plant
ing his buekwheat cakes in July in
stead of August.


Concerning the pumpkin: This
berry is a favorite with the natives of
the interior of England, who prefer it
to the gooseberry for the making of
fruit cakes, and who likewise give it
the preference over the raspberry for
feeding cows, as being more filling and
fully as satisfying. The pumpkin is
the only esculent Of the orange family
that will thrive in the north, except
the gourd and one or two varieties of
the squash. But the custom of plant
ing it in the front yard with the
shrubbery is fast going out Of vogue,
for it is now generally conceded that
the pumpkin as a shade tree is
failure ~
Year: 1870

The Lima Gazette says: ga lady
in one of our churches rested her head
on the back of the pew in front, as all
devout people do in time of prayer,
but in the pew before her, sat a young
man who neither bowed his head or
kneeled. A beautiful plume nodded
and danced upon the head of the fair
one behind him, occasionally touch
ing the neck of the youth, who evil
IDENTIFY considered it a fly or some
troublesome insect. For a time he
bore the unpleasant sensation without
murmur, but at last patience ceased
to bea virtue, and from the flash of his
eagle eye one could plainly see that
the hour of that fly had come. In
stead of saying, 'Shoo, Fly, don't
bodder me-" cautiously his hand
moved toward the supposed offending
insect; then followed a frantic clutch
and a spring behind him. Imagine
the horror of the youth to find in his
hand the nobby hat of the fair one,
which he had torn violently from her
head, sadly disarranging the contour
of the braid and chignOns. The lady
was indignant, of course, and the
youth could have been purchased at
an immense sacrifice about that time.
Explanations and apologies followed,
the disorganized was put in order as
soon as possible, and the devotional
exercises were resumed.
Year: 1870

In view of the green and purple
tints brought out by the use Of hair
dye, one would think people crazy to
use it, but we believe the most zeal
Gus opponents of practice will be sur
prised on hearing that seven per cent.
of the lunatics in Charenton Asylum,
France, are victims to the use of dye.
A French paper afiirms this to be the
case, and we are not prepared to refute
its assertions. Our authority adds:


Foulness of breath is one of the par
tieular signs of insanity caused by
lead or litharge poison. Collie, and
driveling Stiffness, and finally total
loss of memory are among other symp-
toms. The Director of Charenton
says: that il he were a judge, he
would attach very little importance
to the evidence of any man or woman
in the habit of using hair dye.
Year: 1870

The COngregdtiOHdList strongly adj


vocates "Out-dOor Preaching -


Outdoor preaching and other kin


dred services are popular, and, when


wisely conducted, we believe they are


profitable. We do not mean that


numbers have been actually convert
ed, or have been induced to become
regular attendants on sanctuary wor-
ship: it is enough that numbers have
been made to hear the gospel, who
otherwise would never have heard it.
Wherever there is n community who
do not ordinarily attend the Sabbath
services, there outdoor exercises
should be undertaken. The time for
the services should be within the re-
gion of six o'clock p. NJ, when other
meetings need not be interfered with,
and when advantage may be taken of
that subdued and quiet feeling which
somehow steals over everybody with
the setting of the sun and the ap-
proach of twilight. The place should
be one retired from noisy thorough
fares, yet not out of the way: one, if
possible, where natural advantages
may conspire to promote the comfort
of the multitude, and the convenience
of those who address them. The choir
ought to be there to sing, not once,
but often-not stately hymns, of SOL
emn tune, but airs and words that are
in the Sunday-schOol. The
sermon or address should be familiar,
matter -of-fact, like the conversation
of a man with his friend. If only
some gospel truth is the sum and sub
stance of it, it will answer the end.
But 1t must be 6rief. The whole exer-
else should not exceed forty minutes,
and it would be better to keep within
thirty. To a simple service like this,
how quickly flock the people, in what
numbers, and what varieties; and,
through a summer, it might
exert an influence that could not be
Year: 1870

The snow was so deep in Cheshire
county, New Hampshire, last winter
that it was difficult for persons meet
ing with teams to pass. An eccentric
citizen, we'll known in that county,
and havinga defect in his speech, was
coming to the village with a horse and
sleigh, and being about to meet a
stranger with a team, exclaimed,
Turn out turn out my fathers
deadI" Upon which the stranger,
with much difficulty, turned out and
gave him the entire road. After he
had got fairly by, the stranger turned
and inquired of him when his father
died; to which the grief-harrowed
citizen responded ''about fifteen years
agoT
Year: 1870

Doctor Josiah Campbell, who lived
for many years on the Western Re
serve, in Ohio, was a skillful physi-
clan, but withal one Of the most ec-
centric and absent-minded persons in
the world, except Margaret, his wife,
and she was fully his equal. One
summer morning the doctor was
caught out in a tremendous shower,
which drenched him to the skin. 1t
soon cleared off, however, and Doctor
Josh rode into his own ward. where
he took the dripping saddle from his
horse, and let him go adrift into the
pasture. The saddle he placed on a
stout log of wood which was elevated
some four feet from the ground on two
posts, where the doctor had begun to
build a platform to dry peaches on.


After having got his saddle fixed so
1t would dry, he took the bride, and
putting the bits over the end of the
log, he stretched out the reins, and
hitching them to the horn of the sad
die, went in to change his clothes
and get breakfast. Josiah Jr. and
MargareeJr. were away from home on
visit, and so the two seniors sat
down to the morning meal. When
they were about half through, Jim
Atwood, a farmer, living about eight
miles distant, came in, telling the
doctor he wished he would 90 over to
his house, as he reekoned hemight be
wanted there, and then went off to
the village in a hurry, after some
necessary "fixens."


When the doctor finished his break
fast, he took his saddle-bags, and out
he went into the yard, where he de-
Hberately mounted his saddle and set
out, in imagination, for Jim AtwoOd's.


For a long time he rode on in
silence, with his eyes intently fixed on
Buchan's Practice, which lay open
on the saddle before him. At length
he began to feel the effects of the fierce
rays of a midday sun, and looking up
from his book he discovered a comfort
able-Iooking house close by him,
upon which he sang out Justify for a
drink of water.


Aunt Margaret, who had been for
the last two hours very busy in the
garden, made her appearance with a
pitcher of milk, and after the thirsty
stranger had taken long draught,
they entered into an animated eonVer-
1eseAOAf bAC 0OClO1 Ad0AACA1u6 OuI AnlO
rapturous praises of the scenery about
the place, the neatness of the building,
the fine orchard of peach and apple
trees; and the lady who caught
glimpse of the saddle-bags, made a
great many inquiries about the health
of the neighborhood, etc. .--.


The doctor finally took his leave of
the lady, assuring her that he would
call on his return and have some
further conversation with her, as she
reminded him so much of his wife,
who, he was sure, would be very hap
py to make her acquaintance.


The lady turned to enter the house.
and the doctor had just gathered up
the reins, when Jim Atwood dashed
up to the gate with his horse in a
lather of foam.


''What on earth are you doing,
doetor?" yelled Jim; "get off that log
and come along"


The doctor was greatly astonished
at first, but after a few minutes
it got through his hair that he
had been all the morning riding
beech log in his own door-yard.
Year: 1870

A few days since little ragged ur-
chin was sent by a tradesman TO col
leet q bill. He began in the usual
way, but becoming more and more
importunate, at length the gentle
mans patience becoming exhausted,
be said to him: You need not dun
me 50 sharply: am not going 70 run
away IT don't suppose you. are. =
said the boy, scratching his head,
"but my master is, and be wants the
Year: 1870

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