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Year: 1870

fORD, CATHERINE, WALKER, LAKE,


COX, OLIVE, & WILSON STREETS,
and are all valuable; and upon one is


New Frame Dwelling,


very nicely located and worth S., 900,


large number of these lots are worth $500
each; many more worth $500 each, while
but few are worth less than the price asked.


Every one subscribing will be guaranteed a
lot. This is no lottery scheme but places it
within the reach of every one who desires by
small amounts, to secure homestead


These lots are laid out upon wide Streets and
are all within short distance of the Rail Road
Depot and within the town, and are offered upon
the following terms;


All Lots valued at


ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DOLLARS EACH
and will be sold by subscription. At signing
the subscription payment of


THIRTY DOLLARS


will be dHe ppan each Lot subscribed for.
As soon as the numbers are all taken, the Lots
will be drawn for, and the number drawn by
the purchaser will be considered his lot


In addition to the first cash payment, the pur-
'chaser will execute FOUR NOTES at One. Two
Three, and Four Years, for Thirty-Seven and A.
half Dollars each, with interest from date, and
upon the payment of the last note clear Deed
will be given for the lot. All deeds and stamps
to be at the expense of the purchasers


Books gre now opened and rapidly being filled
at the office Of
Year: 1870

The curious effects of party feeling
are shown in the present state of poll


ties in France. The Emperor Napoleon


has proposed to greatly extend the pop
ular liberty now enjoyed by the people.
His amendments to the constitution are


to be voted upon early in May. They


are such as the opposition have long con-


tended for and arraigned the Imperial


Government for not adopting. But when


he proposes them, that makes all the diff


ference in the world. The radicals and


the enemies Of this dynasty will abstain


from voting. This is the resolution to


which they have come. This shows that


their regard for popular liberty is alto


gether secondary to their own personal


political interests. They are for liberty


if the Emperor is not for it; but if he
lis for liberty, they are either against it or


are neutral. This Napoleon has doubt
less fOreseen from the beginning. He


has counted upon party blindness and
infatuatiOn to oppose his liberal meas
urcs, and has not counted in vain. He


must gain largely by this state Of affairs,
and the opposition seriously lose. If
they had ordinary political sense, and
had not been blinded by prejudices to
their own interests, they would have
favored the reforms proposed by the
Emperor, and swelled the majority by
which they will be adopted. Hereafter
they will be considered ultras, and will
have little or no influence. The Emper-
or has cut them out in the bid for liberal
Influence.
Year: 1870

II. $. Mershon, writing i'm the Scicp-
tifc ADlericdR, says the cause assigned
in the textbooks for the phenomenon
commonly called thunder is neither
satisfactory nor correct. In substance
IL is this The electricity in passing
afromone cloud to another, or TO the
earth, makes vacuum along its course.
and what we call thunder is the result
of the subsequent collision of the divi-
died atmosphere.


this is perhaps true, If we accept il
asaa statement of result, but think it
affords a partial explanation only. My
theory in regard To this phenomenon
is this: The electricity, in passing from
one cloud to another, or to the earth
decomposcs the water i'm the cloud
into its component gases, and the great
heat of the electricity ignites and eX-
plodcs these gases, and reforms them
into water.


IL something like this does not occur
If an explosion does not take place
Il cannot understand why the mere
passage of electricity, either through
the cloud or the opsn air, should not
he quite as noiseless rs the passage OF
any solid body would be throug either
OF both of these media.


The violence of the explosion de-
pends on the volums of electricity set
free and the amount of water decom-
posed, or, if II volume of electricity
pass through II perfectly dry medium,
there could be no decomposition of wa
ayter, and consequently no detonation.
I. Aud may not the fact that we can
ece electricity at all depend upon the
combustion Of gasscs evolved in the
decomposition of water in the atmos-
pherc?
Year: 1870

WBbelieve that Mr.. johnson will
not disregard the voice of the Greene
vile Convention, if he should be its
nominee for Congress. There is no
man who more fully recognizes the
truth, that public men are public
property, and to disobey the popular
will would be at variance with his
whole life. We believe Sullivan com-
ty will be almost unanimous in his fa-
ver.aud his nomination would result
in the unity of the party and his tri.
umphant election. If the people can
be heard the result is not doubtful.
Year: 1870

KIRK has surrendered his prisoners
and they have been set at liberty.
Thus has ended a painful and iniqui-
tous farce, Its aim was dcspotism
and its end has been the promotion of
liberty. a brave people who were
white could not shut their eyes to the
fact'that the further triumph of Hol-
den and his party must be doom of
civil law. The State has gone Demo-
cratic. Five out of seven Congress
men, and Legislature favorable to
ard capable of the impeachment OF
Holden. This may be said to be the
work of Kirk, and with that result
the whole country is being rapidly pla-
ccd in sympathy.
Year: 1870

There's gaping rent in the curtain,
That longs for needle and thread,
There's garment that ought to be finished,
And book that wants to be read,
There's letters that ought to be answered,
There are clothes to fold away,
AM know these tasks are wanting,
And oIsht to be done to-day.
But how can mend the curtain,
w lie watching this silvery cloud;
And how can I finish the garment,
When the robin calls so loud
And the whispering trees are telling
Such stories above my head,
That I can but lie and listen,


And the book is all unread.
If try to write the letter,


am sure one half the words
VIII be in the curious language


OF my ohattsring friends, the birds.
The llacs bloom in the sunshine,
The roses nod and smile,
And the clothes that ought to be folded
And ironed must wait awhile.
lie in the chestnut shadows,


And gaze at the summer sky,
Bidding the cares and troubles


And trials OF life pass by.
The beautiful chestnut-blossoms


Are falling about my feet,
And the dreamy air is laden,


With their odors rare and sweet
The honey-bees hum in the clover,
The grasses rise and fall,
The robin stops and listens,
As he hears the brown thrush call
A2d the birds sing TO ne softly,
The butterfly fits away
OH what could be sweeter than living
This beautiful summer dayl
Year: 1870

We call attention to the announcement
Of this gentloman in another column. He
aspires to position on the Supreme bench,
Col. Turney is man Of fuo legal attain
ments and of unequiyocal position in poli-
tics. lie was one of the first to take arms
for the Southern Confederacy in the late
struggle, and when the war was over, was
one Of the first to return to his allcgianco
to the government. He is now, as he al
ways has been, an ardent Democrat
KnOruile Chronicle.
Year: 1870


[The following contribution was crowded out
last wcek.-ED.l
There's different grades Of men, You know,
The honest and the knaye,
The rich, the poor, the high, the low
The coward and the brave. F
Some change like the wcather-cock
That turns with every hrcezCi
Unlike the grey old granite rock


Firm in heat or winters freeze.
You see some standing on the fence
May fall on either side,
The popular current moves them thence,
They float upon its tide.
III give rule to try their grit,


With accurate precision,
By which 10 know the counterfeit


And make the grand division.
Show me the company You keep,


And will tell yOn then, rI
As water will its level seek


So will each class of men.
Birds of feather flock together


An adagC old and true
And this will always tell You whether
\ mans for me or you.
Year: 1870

Conservatism is gaining groundin Blount
county. The correspondent from that
county of the Athens Post, some days
ago, in speaking of the arrangements for
the celebration of the 4th, closes with the
following noble sentiment. "God send it
may be made the general surrcnder-day of
all political prejudice and hatred p' God
send us few more such newspaper cor
respondents.
Year: 1870

Snow my little boys and girls" said a
teacher. 81 want you to be very quiet
so quiet that you can hear pin drop"
In minute all was silent, when a little
boy shrieked, "Let her drop"
Year: 1870

Nc valid reason can be assigned for paying
woman less than a man for the same work.
We are glad to find, therefore, that the new
act OF Congress equalizing the wages Of clerks
OF either sex, Of the same grade, is to be
promptly recognized in the Treasury Depart


ment We wish there were any hope that the
same justice could be extended to the large and
most useful class of schOolteachers. BY what
equity man is paid $1,000 per anuum for
keeping school, while woman only receives
$1,000 Tor precisely the same service, we have
never been able to discover. The same remark
will apply to the case of those ladies who act
as saleswomen, book keepers, &c. Whatever
may be our views upon other points, We are
perfectly sure that Equality of Work and
Equality OF Wages should be inseparable
Year: 1870

Like the first flake of snow
On some clOud-reachiug hill,
While the valley below


is blooming still,
Though the silvery sheen


Mid the raven locks play,
Still the heart may be green
While the temples are gray.
Like the leaves that we first
In their faded dress see,
With the green intcrSpersed
OF the still fruitful tree;
Though we. gray hairs among
The dark tresSes behold,
Yet the heart may be young,
When the head has grown old.
Like the first starry CLEANS
On the brow OF the night,
While the Western sky beams
With its warm, mellow light;
Though the ringlets may show
Here and there white thread,
Yet the heart may still glow


Underneath a gray head.
Though the frost of long years
The lite currents unfold,
Though the thin form appears
As impassIve and cold
As the long, frozen night


At the pole, still the head
Never vet was so white


That tho heart was quite dead.
Year: 1870

While the French Emperor was doing all in
his power to iniurc and humiliate the United
States during the great war of the Rebellion.
there were two hundred thousand German born
citizens lighting under the flag Of the Union,
and offering their lives for the liberties Of
America These two facts, in themselves 70
far To explain the sympathies of the American
people with Germany in the present war.
Year: 1870

The laws of lnliana, backed up by a deci-
sion OF the Supreme Court, place all who par
tlclpate in the species of gambling usually car
ried on at church and charity fairs on the same
footing as other lottery gamblers. They are all
liable to heavy penalties -fnes and imprison
mCnt.
Year: 1870

A cotemporary says: eve have before us
a letter from young hero near the Colorado
line who writes to his father tell you it is
tough to come in worn out with the hard work
of breaking prairie, and have to go to making
must go Fast and get cook that doesn't t
wear trousers Here : a chance for the
girls
Year: 1870




In view of possible complications in Europe.
money for the invasion of Ireland It is csti-
mated that two millions Of dollars have been
raised during the last four years by the Fenian
party and the only results from it all have
been the two unfortunate expeditions against
the Canadians. 1t would be very hard thing
to take a ship-load of Fenian fighting men
from America to Ileland even though England
were engaged in continental war. Her naval
ships, built of iron and propelled by steam.
swarm in the Atlantic, and the coasts, of Ire
land would be guarded by very formidable
naval feet. If the Fenian leaders will an
nounce their plan of campaign beforehand, as
they have always done Oh previous occasions,
their followers will be able to form some Judge


ment about the feasibility of the schemes for
which they are now anxious to raise money.
Year: 1870

1t will be remembered by the most of gray
haired readers that prices OF farm produce
were very low from 1925 to 1880. There was
little money in the country, and that was main
ly kept out of general circulation. The follow
ing statement of the prices of stock and pro
duce as well as the rates of wages, is believed
to be below rather than above the general aver
age.


In the spring of each of these years, good
working oxen, from four to six years old, were
sold fiOm forty-fve to fifty-five dollars pair,
If they were older, forty dollars was considered
large price. The same cattle would have
sold in the spring of 1869 for 5000 to $3.50 a
pair


At the same time, cows of the best quality
were worth about eighteen dollars, while ordi
nary animals brought from twelve to sixteen,
taking them together, the native COWS then
were quite as good as the same grade of cows
now. In the fall the same quality were sold
for eight and ten dollars. In 1869, these COWS
would have sold in the spring for sixty and
seventy dollars and in the fall for at least fifty
nearly i've times as much now as then.


Good ox-beef sold in all the fall of 1929 for
three dollars and twenty five cents a hundred,
dressed, and common cow or small steer beet
for two and half and three dollars. The
same animals now would have sold respectively
tor fourteen dollars.


Calves in the spring, in these years, could
be bought for two and two and half dollars a
head, and at the height of the season veal sold
at two cents pound for the fore, and three for
| the hind quarters. Calf skins were then but
six cents a pound.


Lambs that would weigh, alive, fifty pounds,
and from that up to seventy, were sold by the
season for one dollar head


Butter, the very best, went to families for a
New kngland shilling pound, and in June,
when feed was flush. it brought ten to twelve
cents. Cheese, in 1880, sold for five cents a
pound pork, at the same figures and eggs
not far from ten cents dozen.


Potatoes sold at twelve and half cents a
bushel; cOrn at fifty cents oats, not over
twenty five cents cider at the mill, about fifty
cents barrel and good winterapples at TWEEN.
ty-hve cts a bushel.


On the other hand, good help was hired foi
six, seven and eight doors month and board
men would do quarter more work thar
| those who ask and get $22 and $25 and board
now. The day began then at SUNRISE and last
ed till sundown, and generally the COWS were
MIXED before sunrise at that


Good women to do house work could then be
hired Tor fifty cents a week-girls that woulC
IN one day do as much as at least three wish tc
do now, beside being trlisty and honest Lady
school teachers. well educated, taught during
the Summer for the same price, and men teach
erS III the Winter at from five 10 six dollars q
month for beginners, and from eight to twelve
dollars thereafter, and not unfrcquently they
had from seventy five to eighty scholars each,
and in addition to instruction given in the va
rious branches then taught, they not unfre
quenty ruled the home made wrting-books
and always made the goosc-quill pens, beSid,
setting the copies, that numbered sometimes
fifty each day.-UctM and Hmc
Year: 1870

TOW OFTEN Is THE HOUSEHOLD


Ii loaf buried with the household head, and
families that might have been comfortably
N divided for, lett destitute by the want OF a
propor foresight in its deceased protector?
Year: 1870

The City Bank Statement this afternoon had no effect
upon the money market, as money offered az per
cent and not taken. The statement shows analysis
that the banks have lost in their reserve against


reduction Of s. 279 in their liabilities and that they
hold in what is termed lawful money, only l9s
above the legal requirement. The following is a com
pason Of the averages of the past and preceding week
Year: 1870

The increase n the proportion Of the
OF the road has been partly owing to the diminished
There was In operation including branches belong
ing to the Company at the date OF last years report
477. miles OF road To this has been added 1864 miles.
Year: 1870

ment with the Cabinet OF Florence we nave taken
up our position again on the basis OF the con-
vention Of the 10Th Of September. and solu-
ton Of the question has been accomplished to
our common satisfaction and without raising
any difficulty. Thus neither at London nor at st.
Petersburg, nor at Madrid nor at Florence has Bis
marck succeeded in carrying ont his programme.
The sympathies OF Denmark tor continue to be as
warm as they were before the war Our fleet Is be-
fore the port OF Kiel and great events will take
place on that coast Austria and Italy are filing
up their armies


Unquestonably negotiations for peace cannot for
an instant be entertained at moment when the war
has only just commenced. and when the national
feeling declares itself with admirable energy. An
idea OF weakness cannot visit the heart OF single
Frenchman. SO our relations with foreign Powers
are what they should be. The new Minister of
Foreign Affairs will find the ground well prepared
FOR him to pursue the work commenced by his pre-
decessor.
Year: 1870

Deputy asked the Count whether he wished to
DC a Minister OF the Tuleries or OF the Chambers,


Paiikao replied that he had the utmost confidence
IN the patriotism OF the Chambers ana would be
guided by them; but he deemed the formation OF
committee OF defence Incompatible with the regular
duties of the government


Deputy Gambetta made an able speech I'm favor Of
the proposition OF M. Favre bat on a vote being
taken only fifty sixty deputies voted for tho
motion and II was lost
Year: 1870

Secretary Robeson and General Van AIeu
Guests Of the Prcsidcnt-Thnt Rawiins
Fund Calsmuy--Tho Last Lingering Visitors.


LONG BRANCH. Sept. 20, 1870.
Secretary Robson arrived on the early morning
tram and was met at the depot by the President.
who took HIM at once to his cottage He Will re-
main as the Presidents guest through tomorrow.
In the course OF the forenoon the President gave
him long drive through the surrounding country,
Mrs. Grant and Mrs. Judge Pierrepont accompany
Ing them Among the last arrivals Is General van
Allen. He dined to-day with the President and re-
turned to New York this evening.


THE OLD CALuMNY.


In a stray number OF u two-penny New YORK paper
OF yesterday happening to reach here to-day see
revival Of the old calumny regarding the President
and his subscription To the Rawl1ns fund, whcn u
again reiterated as having been paid by FISK and
Could Having denied the truth OF TINS statement
repeatedly on the most reliable authority IL Is un-
necessary to repeat rhe denial. This much VIII,
however, add TO the original statement, and wnlcn
comes from the most authentic source that instead
OF paying $1,000 To this fund President Grant
actually paid s., 2,500a fact, on very slight examna-
ton, capable Of the most convincing proof one
thing Is certain that these caumnies do no injury
to the President, and neither do they disturb him.


THE ONLY HOTEL


HOvlan9B Lotel Is the only first class house OF all
the summer hotels now remaining open. large
numbef Of the guests are made up OF families VINO
main till It's close on the 1st OF next month. This
IS the pleasantest month or the season TO be here
and all find 1t so who stay Most OF the transient
kNests are those coming to see the Presluent
Among those arriving to-day and going TO see HIM
were Henry c. Bowen and A. J. Perry, of New YORK,
Year: 1870

TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD


Permit me- through the medium Of your world
renowned paper, to inform the Metropolitan Gas
Company that their consumers up town are suffer.
ing from the small supply OF gas. Three burners
do not give as much light one did TWO months
ago. SUFFERING CONSUMER.
Year: 1870

The Department OF Public Parks announce that If
the weather be fine, there viii be music by the
Central Park Band In Washington square this even
ing from hali-past four 10 hafpast six O'Clock.
Year: 1870

THE CHEYENNE INDIANS demand peace.
They want to trade with the whites, and a
delegation Is at Fort Fetterman to present
their requests. These Cheyennes have been
the most powerful and malignant among our
red enemies, but their unscrupulousness in
war is equalled by their impudence and auda-
city in demanding peace. They would
slaughter a dozen white families with infinite
zest tomorrow If they were loaded down
With presents IN token ofpeaOs to-day.
Year: 1870

GREELEY AND MoRRIssEY.-It is given out
that there was a confidential consultation at an
uptown restaurant the other evening between
Greeley and Morrissey, the Puritan and the
faro banker, which is exciting considerable
speculation as to the drift of the conference.
Some think it involved proposition to sell out
the young democracy to the republicans, and
others that it was move to sell out the repub-
icans to the jackknives. But whatever the
object or the upshot Of this extraordinary
meeting, it signifed only that everything is
6sh that comes into the net OF the politician.
Year: 1870

What Our Navy Should Do In the East


indies.


We are about to send q new naval comman-
der to the East Indies, with well-appointed
feet of several ships. This officer is well
chosen, and brings to his duties rare ability.
When he assumes command of the squadron
we shall confidently expect to hear he has
orders from the administration to mark his
assumption of command by some acts which
shall rebound to our credit as nation and
make US additionally proud Of our navy.


1t is true China and Japan are open to our
commerce. We draw from both extensively,
and also find q market for our goods but there
are other new countries to be opened up, and
we confidently expect Rear Admiral Rodgers
will be charged with this and the complete
suppression Of piracies in the East. Up to
this time our ships, rs well as those Of
other nations, are attacked by pirates in
Chinese seas, within days sail Of Hong
Kong and Macao, crews murdered and ves-
sells destroyed. This, too, while the civilized
nations Of the world sustain squadrons for
their suppression. 1t would seem that it viii
yet prove in the East Indies to be the duty Of
the United States Navy to suppress piracy, as
il did ia 1Sl2-l5 in the Mediterranean, by
destroying the last fo0thOld it held in Africa,
under the very nose of the great Powers,
France and England. In our Tripolitan war
the United States first assumed its place as a
G~,i al md To mt
by one well-directed blow by our gallant navy.
We owe also to our navy the opening of CON-
merce with Japan, as we viii, ii is hoped, owe to
it the suppression Of piracy in the East Indies
and with the thought Of this work yet nndone
in the East comes the question Of new coun-
tries not yet opened to the civilized world.
We allude to C0rea. There lies a splendid
country, teeming with life and industry, with
precious ores and staples, and this day the
world knows less Of Corea, her King and people,
than we ever did of Japan. It is q kingdom
larger than France or Spain, and yet we only
know its people to be disposed to kill every
person and rob every ship that falls a prey by
wreck upon its coast Here, then, lies the
opportunity for our navy--suppress piraciea
on these seas, open up this new country and
thus combine double purpose. We trust our
feet will he ordered 10 visit Corea and treat
with its King. Our position as a FIRST class
nation calls for this. Our commerce will then
be protected and our channels to trade opened,
and again, for the hundredth time, the navy
will prove it's inestimable value to the country


Here, then, is chance for our East India
squadron, under its able commander. 1t
would be no little glory for it TO thus end
piracy in its last stronghold and open up tt
the world this last semi-civilized empire
which is now sealed book. This should be
done, and we hope our feet will go to Corea
with the sword to suppress piracy, drawn in
the right hand, and let the left hand hold the
olive branch. We can, without much claim te
wisdom, predict which will be accepted.