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Year: 1871

New YORK, April Cit was tele-
graphed from Washington last night, on
well informed authority, that the labors
of the Joint High Commission will be
finished in fortnight from the present
time, and that a treaty which will be
the basis of settlement Of all points Of
difference between the two countries,
will be ready to submit to the Senate at
that time. 1t is not improbable that
the Senate will be in session two weeks
hence, and that the treaty will be con-
sidered before adjournment. General
Schenck lately expressed the opinion
that the work OF the Commission will
be finished in time for him to sail for
England before the first Of May.


San Domingo In the Senate-The Gag


Rule.


A Washington correspondent tele-
graphs: When the San Domingo
message and report were submitted to
the Senate yesterday, there was a dis
position on the part of the Sumner and
Schurz party to have it printed and
laid on the table without debate. Mr..
Sumner says he never saw so bold an
attempt to cut off debate in the Senate
since 1852, when he insisted upon
discussing the slavery question. 1t was
finally agreed to allow one speech on
each side, but there will be a struggle
on the part of Sumner and his friends
to have regular discussion upon the
message and report.
Year: 1871

COLUMBUS, April 6.-In the House
yesterday, the resolution indorsing
Grants San Domingo policy was taken
up and a substitute adopted BY a party
vote, declaring that in regard to the ex.
tension OF our borders and the acquisi.
ton of territory, as well as every other
measure of public concern, We indorse
as sound political wisdom the principles
embodied in the declaration of Presi.
dent Grant, that no policy should be
enforced against the will OF the people.
Year: 1871


Let us cherish memory for pleasant things,
And let all the others go; s
It is never by giving ''tit for tat"


That we touch the heart of foe.
It is not by dwelling on fancied wrongs
That we feel their sting. grow less;
And malice, once entering etheart, is sure
To crush out all tenderness.
Forgive, forget though the wrong be great,
And your heart be stricken sore;
For thinking of trouble makesit worse,
And its pain is all the more
Do kind things to your neighbors, cen
Though they do not so to you.
Though they be wrong, unjust, unkind,
Keep your own heart ever true.
The heart is garden, our thoughts the flowers
That spring into fruitful life. -.
Have care that, in sowing, there fall no seed
From the weed of cruel strife.
o. loving words are not hard to say


If the heart be loving, too;
And the kinder the thopghts you give to others
The kinder their thoughts to you.
Year: 1871

TIE New DEPARTURES Down SouTH.-Here is
what A. H. Stephens says in the Atlantic San,
denouncing the fourteenth and fifteenth amend
ments and the "new Departure"


Nor are We in assailiug them, engaged in any
such ridiculous adventure as Don Quixote in his
charge upon the wind-mills, unless the people
of these State ripe for despotism. Nor are
engaged in any such fantastic political com.
edy as that of calling upon the people to repeal
the unconstitutional Reconstruction Acts, or any
thing founded upon them. Unconstitutional
acts, and everything that rests upon them, are
not laws They are nothing but nulletes,


The Mobile Register talks in the same strain:


We received by the last mail letter from one
of the most enlightened public men in the city of
New York, from which we make the following
extract:


NEw YoRK. July 90 1871.


convinced that the departure is going to defeat the
Democratic party II it should be adopted by nominating
convention. Indeed feeling of some who were
for il month ago But the great cheat whole thing
isat oas connected BY those giren up all idea If
the restoration o the country anything Ike its old Casit.
ttono basis is mt totM such temporary derice
get roteS out ii is policy they ong to abide by There
broad grin the whole Republican face at the lepar
ture and there well may be- for it has done to demor
aze and divide the Democratic party, than anything that
has occurred since the close of the could almost
anything for the sake of but convinced that
feat follows inevitably the heels the departure


The Hdticised passage in this extract touches
point upon Whch our suspicious have long since
been aroused to-wit: That there are men call
ing themselves Democrats, who favor the ''de-
parure" because they in favor of a perpetu-
alton of the fraudulent amendments. We can put
finger on some of the leading (so-caled) Dem
ocratic papers of the North, that have long since
shown that they were republicanized so far
the doctrines of the XIVth and XVIII Amend
ments were concerned. We discovered this be-
fore the " departure" was concocted. These
me- ara tho nuthnPe of ~ nd
they have set it before the Democracy on the
plausible plea that its adoption was necessary to
success while yet, in their hearts, it was the
permanent SUCCESS of'the amendments that they
were after. 1t remains to be seen, when the De-
mocra"y of the whole country is assembled in
convention, whether it will have the force and
wisdom necessary 10 nip this conspiracy against
its integrity and its triumph in the bud. We be-
lieve it will, for there is yet a whole year within
which to untangle it.
Year: 1871

NEWTON BoorH, in his speech at Chico, stated
that under no circumstances would he accept
the position of United States Senator as long as
his official term of Governor was in existence
This takes the wind out of another Democratic
sail FakLej0 Recorder
Year: 1871

The undersigned, late principal business man
ager of the very successful Mercantile Library
Gift Concert at San Francisco, California, has
been appointed agent and manager of the Gift
Concert in aid of the Public Library of Ken.
tucky.


The drawing will take place in public and
every thing will be done to satisfy buyers of tick
cts that their interests will be as well protected
as if they personally superintended the entire
affair
Year: 1871

AN EXCITING SCENE.-A dispatch daj
ed Raleigh, North Carolina, Feb. 1G.
says:


The intense interest in the impeach
mont of Governor Holden reached its
acme to-day. At one time there was a
scene of excitement in the court, that for
a while looked as though it would result
in personal encounter, il not a general
melee. Governor Holden occupied his
usual seat among his counsel, when Mr.
Josiah Turner, Jr., editor Of the Sentinel,
was placed on the stand-a witness for
the managers. The fifth article Of i'm
parchment charges Holden with the lille
gal arrest, by Kinks troops, Turner. in
the county Of Orange, which had not
been declared in state of insurrection,
and the response Of Holden charges Tur
ner with melting riot, assassination and
bloodshed Both arc bitter partisan
editors. During the examination the
following questions were put to turner
by counsel:


Counsel-Have you read the allegation
contained in the respondents snswer
concerning you? ..


Turner have.


Counsel state whether the said allega.
tions are true or false.


Turner--False M malice and hate
could make them.


This was pronounced in clear, calm
and determined manner, and amid q
death like stiffness in the crowded cham.
ber Holden arose pale and nervous, as
If to say something, but was unable to
do SO from excitement, and he sat down.
The entire audience and the court shared
the excitement, particularly the negroes
in the galleries, who looked daggcrs at
Turner. Counsel for Helden then, in
cross examination, asked:


NIt. Turner, are your feelings towards
Governor Holden kindly or unkindly?


Turner-My feelings towards him are
those Of any good man towards any bad
men.


Counsel insisted on 4 direct reply,
and Turner repeated what he had said be-
fore, but tho Chief Justice ruling that a
direct answer must be given, Turner
said his feelinge towards him were en-
gendered by heated political contest,
and were unkind.


Upon this Governor Holden again
rose, livid with rage and excitement and
demanded of the Chief Justice that he
should be preteted from insult. Turner
stood within six feet of the Governor,
and the latter stopped to pick up his cane
after his appeal to the Chief Justice.
which everybody believed to be the pre-
liminary movement to an attack on Tur-
ner


For moment there was feeling as
il a scene Of bloodshcd was about to
ensue. But the Governor at once turn
ed, took his hat, left his seat and walked
down the main aisle anil out Of the
chamber.


Senator Edwards rose and stated that
the respondent had no right to a voice
on the floor except through counsel, and
the Chief Justice ruled accordingly. This
ended the scene.
Year: 1871

EY- An old bachelor editor thus, In
his spite, comments on recent moon'
light incident: ave left our sanctum
at midnight, last night, and on our way
home we saw young lady and gentle
man holding gate on its hinges They
were evidently indignant at being out SO
late. and VIC saw them bite each other
several times.
Year: 1871

The news of the conclusion of peace
occasioncd immense excitement in this
city. The streets are crowded, the houses
decorated with flags and festoons, and
there are thousands Of people in front of
the palace. There will be general il
Elimination tonight.
Year: 1871

Mr.. c. w. Fay, of the Trenton, n.
]. Sentinel, is after Greeley's agricul-
turGl laurels. Here is a sample of
what he knows about it: The proper
time to pull hemp is any Friday that
a good judge may select. Castor oil
beans succeed best in the bowels of
the earth. They will soon work their
way out. The best preparation for
hops is a toad or two in each hill.
They will make the vines fairly lump.
The usual time to put in rye is early
in the morning. Some husbandmen,
especially those in the city, continue
to put il in at intervals of half an hour
until bedtime. This practice is only
allowable In case of q dry season. In
reaping wheat never take it by the
beard, it is found to go against the
grain. Buckwheat is not healthy
food. 1t is apt to cake IN the stOm-
ach. Corn in the ear is apt to affect
the hearing. If eaten Green it will
make the voice husky. When dealt
out as army TatiOns the kernel should
always be served first, and then the
men privately. Never plant your pO-
tatOes early. 1t IS the early potato
tudJ SSts liiS worm. IL Is up Dill
work with them after that. To be
certain Of the right kind of squashes,
compare them with your head. In
adopting this rule l first mistoOk
pumpkins for squashes, but by con-
tinued comparison, soon learned to
detect the difference. But for some
new beginners it requires great eau
tiOn.. In making cider out of apples I
found it took a pretty tight squeeze,
notwithstanding my long connection
with the press. Never drink cider
made from crab apples. 1t is pretty
sure to ego back on you" If you
would lay in a supply of old wine be
sure to make it out of elder berries.
Year: 1871

A merchant going home drunk, stag
gered against a telegraph pole.


''Beg your pardon" said he, 81 hOpt
no Offense. It's rather dark, and tht
street is narrow you see."


In few moments he came in con
tact with another PUle.


"COuldT't help it, sir" and he. lift
ing mis- hat; 81 never saw such crooked
lanes as we have here in this city"


Again he ran foul OF a pole, this time
with such force that it sent him
backward to t he ground.


"LoOk here, neighbOr, you need moi
push a fellow down because he hap
pened to touch you; the road is as
much mine as yours, and l have a;
much right to be here as you have
you old stick-in-the-mud."


He picked himself up, and made an
other effort to reach his home, but he
soon came plump against another
pole.


81 shan't make any more apollo.
gies," said he "if you get into the
middle of the street and stand in my
way, that's your lookout, and not
mine"


Proceeding on his journey again
and becoming angry and dizzy, he
seemed to be entangled in an ineXtric-
able labyrinth of telegraph poles
which led him to make a general
speech:


"Gentlemen, you are not doing the
fair thing. You do not give a man a
chance. You run from one side of the
street to the other, right in my way


Just then he met friend, and tax
ing him by the hand, he said:


"There is a procession going along
the street and every man is drunk;
they have been running against me
all the way from the club. l knocked
one of the fellows down, and one Oi
the fellows knocked me down, and
then lot of them got around me, and
I believe they would have kicked me
within an inch of my life if you had
not come to the rescue. Let US get
out of this street before the procession
comes back, for they are all drunk"
Year: 1871

As we passed along one of our busy
streets a few days ago, we heard
words that shocked us, the more sc
when we recognized the speaker.


During the terrible epidemic of 1867
we were called into the abOdes of the
rich and poor, to point the dying tC
Christ for comfort, as best we could
the sad hearts of the bereaved. One
night we stood by the bedside of q
sick child, and heard the physician
tell the parents that his skill could
not save their ''little one" The
heart ON the strong man bowed un-
der the weight of that sorrow, and re-
membering the God of his pious faith
er, he sank on his knees and begged
the preacher to pray God to spare his
child. The black vOmit was staining
the lips of the little one when that
group k nelt around the bed, but the
child was spared. We meet him
sometimes with his sprightly step and
bright eye, and always think of that
midnight prayer.


Is this an extraordinary case? We
doubt not that every one of our read.
ers can recall, from memory, similar
cases. Every preacher can tell a SIM
liar story. We need not go abroad
Possibly you or 1 never uttered the
Language of profanity, but where are
the vows we have laid on the altar in
some hour when we needed the helI
of God and they came in answer to
prayers !-TeIHs Christidn AdCOcdte.
Year: 1871

The Troy Press, says: A few days
ago at North Adams, the State Con-
stable seized a jar of rum and arrested
the party in whose possession it was
found, for selling intoxicating liquors.
The examination before the District
Judge came on, when the State Con-
stable was sworn, and testified that he
had seized the liquor and made de-
tailed statement of the facts. Hon.
Shepherd Thayer, the attorney for
the prisoner, asked him if ne knew it
was liquor. He replied, eyes, it was
rum" He was then asked how he
knew it was rum, and replied that he
had drank some Of it. The prisoner,
who was a woman, was then called as
a witness in her own behalf, when the
following questions and answers were
put and received:


@. Did you have any liquor in your
house when the State Constable called
there?


A. Yes; / had some in jar.


q. How long had you had it?


A. About six months.


@. Did you have it for sale?


A. Oh, no; l don't sell liquor


@. What did you keep this rum
for?


A. kept it to wash the baby.


Q. Had you ever washed the baby
in this rum?


a. Oh yes, often. used to turn
some out in a dish, wash the baby in
it, then turn it back into the jar
again.


Q. Do you mean to say that this
was the same liquor of watch the
State Constable drank?


A. The UeTy same.


There was much laughter in the
Court, and the State Constable de-
clared he would seize no more liquor
that was kept in a jar. He is about
the only man in North Adams that
will take offense if you ask him TO
take drink2
Year: 1871

Many are on their death-beds before
they think right of life. They are 60
ing out of the world while they begin
to know wherefor they came in it.
We come into it for this great busi-
ness-tO save cur souls in the faith
and obedience of God; but when we
have time to do it, we forget that bu-
siness, and then begin to think Of it
when the time appointed is gone. We
spend much time in doing nothing,
and more in doing evil, but little OF
none in that great matter wherefoT
are we born. The soul must be in per-
pIexitv at the door of death, that
seeth the day.sPent and the assigned
business not begun. A traveller that
sees the selling sun, when he IS enter
ing on his journey must be aghast;
the evening of the day and the morn
ing of the task do not well agree to-
gether. All the time that remaineth
is too short for lamenting the loss OF
by-gOne time
Year: 1871

A machine is now on exhibition in
London, England with which q writ
er, using q pen in the usual manner,
can at the same time, produce a du-
plie1te so small as to be invisible to
the naked eye, yet so distinct that q
microscope will reveal every line and
dot. A most useful application of the
apparatus will be for the prevention
Of forgery, as private marks can be
made, on notes and securities, legible
under microscope power, but which
no imitatOr could see or even suspect
the presence of. The inventor, Mr..
Peters, states that the entile contents
of the Bible can, with the help Of this
machine, be written twenty-five times
in the space of a square inch.
Year: 1871

My House is Situated on Miami
Avenue Detroit Michigan 1t is a 2
Storey frame building with a pointed
roof and Chimneys and front Door
in the front and a side door at the Side
a Back door at the Back and Cellar
beneath and Up Stairs Above There
is fence at the back And one on !
side And on the Other side a mans
House Forms the fence and the house
And Fence is painted a Kind Of a
Stone Collar-DetrOit Post.
Year: 1871

WELL SAlp.-Our Democratic
brethren have q sorry time accounting
for the overwhelming defeat Of their
party in California and Maine. Th.
Bourbons charge the disaster to the
account Of the New Departure, and
they re,ort hy throwing the blame on
the indiscre-t ranting Of Toolnbs and
Stephens The Louisville Courier
Journol. however, has the honesty to
tell the whole truth. and here it is


If the California election has any
Significance in connection with the
New Departure" ii is simply an in
diration Of determination Oh the part
Of the majority Of the people Of this
ronntry that they will not only re
uurs recognition Of the last thre.
Amendments to the Constitution az
de tucto laws, but that, so long ae
there is any question about their Va
lidity, thsv will not permit the con-
troll Of public affairs to pass from the
party which is pledged to their per
mancnt maintenance 1t has never
been claimed that the Democracy can
win simply on the point raised by
what is called the New Departure, but


it Is evident that the Democracy can
never win at all until all questions
as to the validity of he Amendments
is dropped ont Of view. The fiat Of
the people has gone forth that the
Amendments are u valid part Of the
fundamental law. and so long as there


is any issue between Democrats on
that question. the Democracy are
doomed to defeat. When the validity
of the amendments j. no longer II
question. other ISSUES, even now pend
ing. will present themselves on which
the country will be more equally
divided. The California election, in
stead Of sounding the death-knell of
the New Departure, is onl y an assn-
rance that until the question of tn"
validity of the Amendments is forever
laid aside, the Democratic party must
stand by and see the party now in
power rivct them upon the organic
law of the country.
Year: 1871

IEASANT SLEEP AND HEALTH
Let parents make every possible eff
fort to have their children go to slceT
in pleasant humor. Never scoll or
give lectures, or in any way wound a
chlld's feelings as it goes to bed. Let
all Danish business and worldly care
at ocd-tlmc; and let sleep come to a
mind at peace with God and all the
world.
Year: 1871

WITHOUT AN EkENY.-~lIeoven
help the man who imagincs he can
dodge enemies by trying to please
everybody. If such All individual
ever succeeded, We should be glad of
it-not that one should be going
through tho world trying to find
beams to knock and thnmp his head
against, disputing every mani sopinion,
fighting and elbowing, and crowding
all who differ from HIN. That, again,
is another extreme Other people
have their opinIons-ro have yon ;
don't fall into the error Of surprising
they will respect YOU more for turn
ing your coat every day to match the
color of theirs. Wear your own colors
in spite of wind and weather, storm
and .unshine. Its costs the varcila-
ting and irrcsolute ten times the
trouble to wind and shuttle and twist
that it does honest, manly indepen-
dencc to stand its ground.
Year: 1871

THE FIRST FRosT.-rhcre was q sliobt
frost in and about this city on Thursday
night, but did little damage. Passengers
from Siaunton liist evening report white
frost in that locality. The tobacco in the
Piedmont region is said to have been dam
aged. West of Staunton the weather is rep
resented as being very cold.
Year: 1871

Almost any one knows that the
quality of soil may in great measure
be determined by the timber which
grows upon it, but of the exact nature
indicated by the primitive trees peo-
pie are not SO well posted, Mr.. ]. B.
Smith, of Patmos, Ohio, writes to the
New York Farmers Club of this mat
ter and says that white oak land is
poor; that red oak and soft maple
also indicates poor land; that shell
bark mostly grows in cold, wet land I;
that fiat beach and sugar lands are
good for summer crops and grass, but
not Cor wheat; that rolling beach and
sugar lands where large poplar and
black walnut abound are fine grazing
lands, and produce, when new, large
crops of all kinds of grain, except
where it is winter killed; that large
white oaks and chesnut growing to-
gether, and black oak and hickory
indicates loose subsoil and that
land where the water soon sinks in
to the subsoil are much the most val
liable for grain that soil that will
raise large crops of all kinds of
grain and then clover and timothy,
and after they run out will come in
with green grass and white clover, is
the best.
Year: 1871

"Just about the close Of that long
hard winter" said the Sunday-school
superintendent, "as 1 was vending
toward my duties one brilliant Sab
bath morning, glanced down toward
the levee, and there lay the City of
Hartford mo mistake about it, there
she was, putting and painting, after
her long pilgrimage through the ice.
A glad sight? Well, Ishould say so
And then came a pang, right away,
because I should have to instruct
empty benches, sure; the youngsters
would all be off welcoming the first
steamboat of the season. You can
imagine how surprised I was when I
opened the door and saw half the
benches full! My gratitude was free,
large, and sincere. I resolved that
they should not find me unapprecia-
ative. I said:


"'Boys, you cannot think how
proud it makes me to see you here, nor
what renewed assurance it gives me
Of your affection. 1 confess that 1
said to myself, as I came along and
saw that the City Of Hartford was
in


"i No but is she, thoughr


"And, as quick as any flash of light
ming, I stood in the presence of empty
benches! I had brought them the
news myself"
Year: 1871

A gentleman advertised for boy to
assist him in his office, and nearly
fifty applicants presented themselves
to him. Out of the whole number he
in short time selected one, and dis
missed the rest.


az should like to know" said a
friend, "on what ground you selected
that boy, who had not a single recon-
mondation."


"You are Mistaken said the gen.
tleman, "he had great many. He
wiped his feet when he came in, and
closed the door after him, showing
that he was careful. He gave up his
seat instantly to that lame old man,
showing that he was kind and
thoughtful. He took offhis cap when
he came in, and answered my ques-
tons promptlyland respectfully, show
ing he was, polite and gentlemanly.
He picked up the book which I had
purposely laid upon the floor, and re-
placed it on the table while all the
rest stepped over it or, showed it aside;
and he waited quietly for his turn, in
stead of pushing and crowding show
ing that he was honest and orderly.
When I talked with him, noticed
that his clothes were carefully brush
ed, his hair in nice order, and his
teeth as white as milk; and when
he wrote his name. noticed that his
finger nails were clean, instead of be-
ing tipped with jet, like that hand
some little fellows in the blue jacket.
Don't you call those things letters Of
recommendation I do, and 1 would
give more for what 1 can tell about a
boy by using my eyes ten minutes,
than all the fine letters he can bring
me.-L4ttLe Corporal.