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Year: 1870

amendment cannot go into effect until the
November election in 1879; and, second,


that until then the new constitution is to
be interpreted exactly as If the minority
amendment had not been ratified, and then
all will be plain sailing. This is the wav
the Governor and State officers understand
It, and the way every member of the Con-
stitutonal Convention understood it. The
new principle will go into operation soon
enough. The great thing was to secure its
adoption, and that we think has been done.
Year: 1870

LOUD COMPLAINT is made by the liquor man
ufacturing and dealing interest over an order
recently issued by the Commissioner of Inter
nal Revenue requiring them to use, to the ex-
clusion of all others, particular form of coupon
book, upon which copyright is claimed, and for
which price is charged three times as large as
would be asked by other parties for the same
article. 1t is charged in New York that the
whole scheme is a job, involving nearly half
million Of dollars profit to those interested and
that it has been corruptly engineered. The
last clause of the charge is undoubtedly incOr-
rect and unjust. There may be some circum-
stances connected with the transaction which
require clearing up, and there appears to be
mo doubt that the price charged for the books
will afford an extraordinary margin of profit to
the lucky claimants of copyright and their
associates; but it Is quite certain that the Com
missioner will not knowingly sanction any rule
or order which involves favoritism in the sl ght-
est degree, or which really works oppressively or
unfair upon any class or interest. So far from
being open to such a charge, the probability is
that he will, upon an examination of the facts,
Gfthey are found to exist as alleged) promptly
revoke the Objectionable order, or at least take
measures to protect those affected by il from
extoTtion in the price of the article thus pre-
scribed for their use.
Year: 1870

GENERAL TATE's LETTER TO PRESIDENT
GRANT.-The following is a translation OF the
letter Of General Tate, the Haytien Minister, to
the President, declining the invitation to the
Diplomatic dinner tomorrow evening, the
original Of which is in French:


General and Madame Tate have the honor
to present their respectful compliments to his
Excellency the President and to Mrs. Grant,
and beg them to accept their sincere thanks fer
the invitation which they have received. While
they feel profoundly the honor which is thus
conferred upon them, and highly appreciate the
grandeur Of the motives which have caused
tEem to be invited to the table OF the first Mags-
trate of one OF the greatest Powers of the world,
the mOurnful condition in which they have Just
been placed by the late announcement this
morning of the execution, in Hayti, of the Chief
whose Government they here represent, Obliges
then to decline this generous invitation. They
viii always retain in their hearts a profound
and eternal recognition, which will be shared
by all the friends Of humanity,-all the de-
fenders of justice and equality among men,
towards this glorious Chieftain, standing alone
in history, who has not disdained to extend per-
sOnally his powerful hand to the most humble
TO tie poor prescribed, to aid them to rise in the
grand interest of humanity, OF brotherhood and
Of civilization"
Year: 1870

The negro government IN New Orleans
has succeeded in expending six millions of
dollars IN six months, while the receipts
were less than four millions. These sable
Legislators have proven themselves worthy q
place in the national Congress. AS Radical
congressman they would prove q success.
Year: 1870

The New York Sun, Radical, says the
action Of Grant in making his appoint
ments from those who have made him Presi
dent is "a public advertisement that the
administration was to be vensl, corrupt and
rotten from the start and at the core
Year: 1870

Public opinion is turning against Paul
Schoeppe, the young German doctor under
sentence of death for poisoning his wife in
Pennsylvania, all by reason of hard stories
of a desperate career, that came from
Hariin
Year: 1870

NEW YoRK, August II.


The steamboat Norwalk was rapidly
steaming from Coney Island to the city
with a thousand passengers on board
when she collided with sloop. The
shock was extremely violent, shaking
the steamer from stem to stern and caus-
ing a frightful panic among the passen-
gers. Several were knocked into the
water-among them children, who fell
from their mothers arms. II is sup
posed ut least s lives were lost, but
neither the names nor the number of
lost can be ascertained. A tug boat
came to the rescue, but picked up only 2
men. The Norwalk was found TO be
seriously damaged Her wheelhouse
was carried away, and large hole was
made in her side, through which the
water was pouring into the hold. The
tug boat took her in tow and reached
Atlantic Dock, Brooklyn, just in time to
discharge all the passengers before the
steamer went down.
Year: 1870

We were standing in the doorway
My little wife and +
The golden sun upon her hair


Fell down so silently,
A sm I'll white hand upon my arm,


What could ask for more
Than the kindly glance Of loving eyes
As she kissed me at the door?
/ know she loves with al her heart
The one who stands beside!
And the years have been So joyous


Since first I called her bride
We've had 50 much Of happiness


Since we met in years before,
But the happiest time Of al! was


When she kissed me at the door.


OF fame, or nEatchleSs power?
1t does not give the happiness


Of just one little hour
With one who luyes me as her life
She says she loves me more
And thought She did tais morning,
When she kissed me ut the door.
AT times it seems that all the world,
With all lis we 9TH OF gold.
Is very small ard poor indeed


Calngared with what I hold -
And whenth clULds hang grim and dark
| only think the more
Of lone" who waits my coming step
To kiss me at the door.
IF she lives till ages shall scatter
The frost upon her head,
] know she'll love me just the same
As the morning We were wed;
But # the Ange! call her


And she goes to Heaven before,
] shall know her when | meet her,


For she'll kiss me at the door.
Year: 1870

Not great while ago, an Irishman
was employed ia village where Was
we'll known to dig well, pro bono pab-
leo. The contract was made that he
was to be paid certain sum per foot,
and warrant free supply Of water
At it he went with will, and his daily
progress was intently watched by inter
ested parties. Early and late he delved
away faithfully, deep down in the earth
full of confidence in the speedy com
pletion of his labors, He had reached
the depth of about twenty-five feet and
soon expected to "strike water" Early
in the morning Pat returned to the
scene of his labors and horrible to tell
it had caved in and was nearly full
He gazed with rueful visage upon the
wreck, and thought Of the additional
labor the accident would cause him
After a moments reflection he gazed
earnestly around and saw no one STIR
ring, then quickly divesting himself of
his hat and coat he careful " deposited
them on the windlass, and speedily
made tracks fora neighboring eminence
that overlooked the village. Here, hid
among the underground, he quietly
ava, e the progress of events. A
the morning wore on the inhabitants
began to arouse and stir about Sew
eral were attracted to the WELL, think
ing that as Pats coat and hat hung
there, be was below, of course, at work
Soon the alarm was raised that the
well had cavcd in and that Pat was IN
it. A crowd collected and stood horri
fed at the fate Of poor Pat. A brict
consultation was held, and soon spades
aud other implements were brought to
| dig out the remains of the unfortunatc
man. To work they went with a will
when one set becomes wcaricd with the
UNUSUAL labor dozen ready hands
grasped the implements and dug lusti


ly. Pat quietly looked on from his re
| treat on the cminence, while the whole
village stood around the well, and
with breathlcss suspense the work 90
brayely on. As the dig2ers approach
ed the bottom the excitement Of the
| by ISLANDERS grew intense, and they col


lected as near as safety would admit,
gazing fearfully down into the well


With great care and precaution the dir;
was dug away, and when the bottom
was at length reached 20 Pat was dis
covered. The crowd, before 50 anxious.
| gradually relaxed into a broad grin,
which broke forth in uprorious merri>
ment when the ycritable Pat walked
up with smiling countenance and adj
dressed the crest-fallen diggers, who
now stood weary and soiled with their
labors. Through the kindly aid of his
fellow citizens Pat soon finished his
well. and it remains among the monu


ments Of his genius to this day
Year: 1870

TIE RETGaED CONDUCTOR Girls,
IF the Cincinnati Times relates of an
old conductor, promoted to train dis
patches as follows:


Habit was exceedingly strong with
the ex conductor As be sat in his Of
fee he would start every time he heard
a hell ring and yell, "all aboard. .
Then he would go about the office at
intervals and try 70 collect fare from
his assitants.. We dropped in casually
one afternoon and Billy wanted TO
know if we had pass. He couldn't
get accustomed to his new position. He
pined to be again on the road. One
day he begged the boys to put him
through collision, which they did to
his entire qualification, They tore his
clothes nearly off, BACKED his eyes,
broke a kerosene lamp over his head
and piled red bot stove on top of him
Billy was in IN ecstaoy Of delight, and
declared he hadn't enjoyed himself SO
much since he had bile
Year: 1870

TRIED TO MARRY HIS STEpMoTupp --So,na
one OF our State exchanges has origine ted the
following item, which is going the rounds !:
A young man returning from the army to
Sussex county found that his deceased father
had lett d. good looking young widow. After
living at home for some time he fell in love
with her, and the feeling being reciprocal they
concluded to get married. The community
was Mortified, and a number of the young
mans friends demonstrated with him so strong
ly that he finally abandoned his intention"
Year: 1870

A big wedding took place among the colored
people at Laurel last week. The bride was
named Marsh She was very popular among
the white people, 1t seems, and at the request
OF some Of them she was married in church
(colOred peoples, } in the evening. A protract-
ed meeting was going on at the white peoples
church at the time, but nearly all the congre-
CATION left 10 attend the wedding, andbroke up
the meeting. The happy couple (the groom
was from Salisbury started on wedding tour
the next day.
Year: 1870

VI. VI. .. ta . 81 y ".


THE late terrible floods at Harper's Ferry
developed much individual heroism. The
Rev. DIR. Dutton and family lived ina brick
house on Herr's Island On the Friday
night the foundation of his house began to
give way, and stepping out into the hall, he
was struck with q falling timber and fell
senseless to the floor Mrs. Dutton sig
nalledato the house Immediately opposite,
strong building, and from second story
rope was thrown to her. She tied this
around one of the servant girls, and she
was drawn yacros the street to the next
house through water fifteen feet deep. The
rope was returned, the other servant sent
over in the same manner, then the still uh-
conscious husband, and last the heroic wife
herself crossed the perilous flood after she
had seen all her household safely over.


James Shipe of Overton's Island, took
his wife, to whom he had but five months
been welded, on his back, and swan with
the flood, hoping to strike tree or some
other safe refuge After struggling for
five hundred yards he caught by the water
tank, on Halls Island, and at least ten
times heendeavored to get hold of it, but
the waves washed him away His wife en-
treated him to let her go and save himself.
"sYou are not prepared to die, my dear
husband, and / trust that [ am," were her
words. He next caught the branches of a
floating tree, on which he supported him
self for few minutes, and lifting up his
wifes head, which he had been unable to
keep above the water, he found that she
was dead
Year: 1870

THE Zanesfeld, Ohio, Times tells the fol-
lowing: "Ata recent wedding among the
first families this city, quite a sprightly
joke was perpetrated, but Just upon whom
the weight of fellis difficult to determine
While the party were sitting around the
supper table, and before the distribution of
the viands had begun, the bride turned her
plate over and drew from under it a slip of
paper which, upon reading, she discovered
to be check for five thousand dollars, paya-
BILE to her order. Flushed with Joy, Of course
she passed it to her husband, who hastily
cast his eyes over it, and in turn passed it to
a gentleman friend at hand, who likewise
perused it, but pretending ignorance of the
object of the gift, handed it to a clergyman
in attendance, who, without a word, began
to pocket it with that hilarious motion and
flush of countenance which indicated that
it was the best fee he had ever received for
officiating at wedding. The eyes of the
three were at once fixed upon him in sur
prise and CONSERVATION The BRIDE of
course, would not speak for five thousand
dollars, and the bridegroom was entirely to
happy to utter a word and even if he felt
like it, his relations were too recently
formed to assume control of his wife's prop
erty, and the friend who had got them into
the trouble too sensibly appreciated the joke
to say word, while the clergyman-well
he didn't think of anything but going.
straight off to the bank and drawing the
money. However, before he got the check
comfortably nestled in. his vest pocket,
the friend who had passed it to him is
sued his order in the following words:
Take that check out of your pocketr
which the clergyman promptly obeyed, and
all parties were at once relieved of suspense.
The joke, however, was duly appreciated,
and by none better than the clergyman
himself"
Year: 1870

WASHINGTON, October 16.


THE following curious incident has,
within a few days, come to the notice of the
War Department. A Quarternaster sta
toned in New Mexico had occasion to
draw a check on the Sub-Treasury to the
order of commissary officer, in payment
for certain articles. The latter paid it out
to beef contractor, who indorsed it to
creditor who came from Texas. The last
mentioned gentleman returned to his home,
and was captured and murdered by band
of Indians belonging to two different
tribes The Indians as is customary with
them divided their spoils between the
members of the Two tribes and separated,
going in different directions The check,
supposed by them to be Of value, was di-
vided with the rest of the plumber, and
each party carried half of it. In the
course of time scouting expedition fell
in with one of the bands of Indians and
accidentally obtained half of the check,
and finding it in good preservation took
care Of it, Another party Of scouts, one
or two hundred miles away, about the same
time, captured the other band of Indians
with their half check uniniured. The two
pieces were forwarded to the same army
headquarters, there pasted together and
have been forwarded from thence to the
War Department, where the adventurous
check now awaits an owner
Year: 1870




ONE peculiar instance of his mode will
give, and let it stand rather as pledge for
the rest of his system than an index to 1t.
1t was only the other day it came back to
me-. Like Jean Paul, he would utter the
name of God to child only at grand mo-
ments; but there was a great difference In
the moments the two men would have
chosen. Jean Paul would choose thun-
der-stOrm. for instance; the following will
show the kind of my uncle's choice One
Sunday evening he took me for longer
walk than usual. We had climbed a little
hill; I believe it was the first time | ever
had wide view of the earth. The horses
were all loose in the fields; the cattle We're
gathering their supper as the sun went
down; there was an indescribable hush IN
the air, as if Nature herself knew the
seventh day; there was no sound even OF
water for here the water crept slowly to
the far-off sea, and the slant sunlight shone
back from just one bend of a canal-like
river; the haystacks and ricks of the last
year cleaned golden in the farm yards;
great fields of wheat stoodup stately around
us, the glow in their yellow brought out
by the red poppies that sheltered in the
forest of their stems; the odor of the grass
and clover came in pulses; and the soft
blue sky was flecked with white clouds
tinged with pink which deepened until it
gathered into q flaming rose in the west,
where the sun was yelling out oceans of
liquid red. haa 4noa'a


Hooked up in my uncles face. 1t shone
in a calm glow, like an answering, rosy
moon. The eyes of my mind were opened:
saw that he felt something, and then felt
it too His soul, with the glory for an in
terpreter, kinded mine. He, in turn,
caught the sight Of my face, and his soul
broke forth in one word:


"Godl Willie; Gcd!'' was all he said;
and surely it was enough From George
Mac cDondJds Neao Story IN Sc'T6ners
M0nt7Jg for N00ene6er. 16
Year: 1870

A HARRIsBURG Sunday School Superin-
tendentf last spring distributed to each
member of the school four kernels of corn,
with the request that all plant the grains
given them, attend the growing stalks and
bring the product to the Sabbath School
on'a day IN autumn, to be designated some
time during the corn husking season. The
time was flxed one week ago, and yester-
day named as the day. The result was the
. bringing in of several bushels of the finest
e and largest specimen ears of corn raised in
this country this year; and a notification
that nearly all the balance of the corn
raised by the members would be forth
coming. by next Sabbath. The corn is to
be sold at an early day, and the proceeds
set apart for missionary purposes. One OF
the Beneficial effects of this corn enterprise
has been to practically instruct the members
! ofthe school in the pleasures and blessings OF
giving to charitable and religious objects
from means raised through their own per
sonal eXertions. s.y-Erchdnge.
Year: 1870

keys had to carry heavy burdens for many
miles over the mountains. Sometimes
they are SO packed with wood that you
cant zee much Of the poor animal but
his cars. The narrow path is very steep
and rocky, and if a misstep is made he
may tumble down the mountain and never
get up sgain. So be must travel day af.
ter day aud get only kicks and cuff, not
as much as turnip tops to eat


Billy looked sober us Miss Walker stop.
ped talking. md ssid he guessed no was
only in fun when he dreamed, and if she
was willing, he would much rather get
a lesson than to be q donkey and get
beaten.-Lyceum Banner.
Year: 1870

Thcir Structure md Natural HlstOry-Lecture


by Professor A. j. EbelI.


lecture was delivered last evening at the Cooper
Institute by Professor EDell on the above subject,
being OF the free course OF scientific lectures
under the auspices OF the Cooper Union. There
was large attendance The Professor commenced
by observing that the kingdom was made with refer.
ence to certain ends and designs, showing that
the great Creator had particular object
In view He then proceeded to describe
the structure OF the bird, dlla!ing chiefly
on It's Dony and muscular organism. The bony
structure was composed OF great amount OF
mineral material, and was one OF the best ex-
mechanism that could be found. He outlined
the chain OF vertebrg, showing the structure
from the head to the tall. The system was
composed with special reference to power,
strength and lighness with the least amount OF ma
teria. The arrangements Of the muscular system OF
the bird were most distinctly and clearly outlined
AdveTting to the organs OF sense he explained tnat
taste was wanting In the Bird as might be observed
from the manner in which 1t gobbled It's food down
Whole-and.he would ada That the people OF the
American nation were In great measure following
the example OF the bird in that respect on account
OF the extreme haste in which they bOlted their
food making but little OF their mouths In REFER
enCe to taste and masticatOn. The Of hearing
in the bird was less developed Than that OF
sight, which was the most powerful, while the
sense or touch was most largely developed In the
beak and foot. The bird had breathing system all
over the body. After alludnG to the Immense grind
power OF the gizZard the lecturer proceeded 10
refer to the development OF the egg, and subse-
quenty to the method OF motion IN various small IN
sccts, and particularly the means Of ocomotlon em.
plOyed by shes showing that the tail was the chief
OrGan while large numoer depended on their nns,
which acted as balancing power.


Tbelecturer was listened to with deep attention.
Year: 1870

habits about ladies' For instance, he allows th6m
TO 90 to the play and the circus in their loges 0ees
and TO drive about with the thinnest veil over the
face which, as the eyes are quite uncovered u easily
recognized through It, The people In general do
NOT At all like these changes, and as yet very Few
follow his example In allowing their wives TO 20 out
beyond the garden OF their hasem. and look with
lear upon this step towards emancipation.


TAKING LEAVE.


Az lonr O'Clock we thought It was time to give the
sRhal OF departure the aged Princess got up and
were all handed out again TO the door OF the gar.
uel, ilst as we had come In, all smiling and grim
ing 70 snow their delight and tapping one hard on
the shoulder AS great sign OF afrectlon.
Year: 1870

We meet with joyful hearts
Here where our fathers came;
We mingle here our songs of praise
TO God Jehovah's name.
The ancient walls they reared
The floor they trod of old
The sacred desk-all tell the tale
Those holy men then told,
OF Gods enduring love,
OF mercies ever new,
OF faithful life, and living faith
In Him whose word is true.
So lived, so taught, they then;
Their graves around us keep
A glorious record of their trust
While they are hushed in sleep.
Their scattered children come
Oh! God, to seek Thy face.
Here as they came, we come once more
Oh! grant Thy richest grace.
Give overcoming faith,


Give earnest, hearty love.
That we like them may live below,
With them may live above.
Year: 1870

We come, Almighty God,
With faith in Thy sure word
That Thou wilt hear
Thy children when they raise
A song of joyful praise


In holy fear.
We praise Thee for the love
Our fathers well did prove,


Long years ago.
They sleep around us now;
We in their places bow,


That love we show.
Thy love has brought us here,
Parted through all the year


We meet once more.
Once more we may rejoice
And with one mighty voice


Our praises pour.
Thy love has taken some
Of those we cherished home,


But still we bring
Praise for their peaceful death;
Their gently parting breath;


Thy love we sing.
Grant that we prove it still;
With loving-kindness fill


Our future lot.
Nor suffer US to stray
While upon earth we stay,


Thy love forgot.