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Year: 1870


The gold market was irregular but in the main
weak. The opening sales were at 1131S, from which
there was decline to 49, At this juncture there
was a renewed demand for cash gid, ana as the
borrowing rate advanced to y per cent to Monday
some OF the shorts began to cover and the price
rose to llS%. From this point It again fell or on
the news OF the rise In hve-twenties In London
while late in the day cash gold was easier and in
some Instances holders paid consideration TO have
it carried The course OF the market is shown In
tabi
Year: 1870

draw the name OF Colonel Painter as democratic
candidate for Congress In the Twenty-nrst district.


VIRGINIA.


A Virginia correspondent says there win be re-
division Of the Congressional districts OF the State
made early In the fall session OF the Legislature, 1t
Is found impractcable to do so sooner. Many men,
bers desire to have the benet Of the census which
IL now being taken, and advance sheets OF which
can probably be had by the middle OF October-in
time to make an accurate rearrangement Of the dis
trlcts.
Year: 1870

An APPEAL TO WoMASHOOD THROUGHOUT THE


WORLD.


Again, in the sight of the Christian world,
have the skill and power great nations exhausted
themselves mutual murder. Again have the sacred
questions of international justice been committed to the
fatal mediation Of military weapons. In this day Of pro-
gress this century OF light, the emulation OF rulers
has been allowed barter the dear interests of domestic
life for the bloody exchanges of the battlefield Thus
men have done, thus men Will do.


But woman need no longer be made party TO proceed
ngs which Ill the globe with grief and horror Despite
the assumptions OF physical force the mother has
and commanding word TO say TO the who their
life to her suffering That word should now be spoken
and answered to ss never before.


Arise then Christian women throughout the land !!
Arise all women who have hearts whether baptized in
water or in tears Say firmly: We will not have great
questions decided by irrelevant agencies. Our husbands
shall not come to U.s. reekng With carnage for caresse
and applause Our sons shall be taken from US to
unlearn an that we can teach them OF charity mercy
and patience We, women OF one country, viii be too
tender those OF another country 10 allow our sons 10
be trained to njure theirs From the bosom or the de
vast,ted earth voice goes up with ours" 1t says
"Disarm disarm The sword OF murder Is not the scale
OF Justice Blood does not wipe ont dishOnOr nor vio-
lence yndcate possession. AS have often forsaken
the field and the anvil the OF war; let women
now leave all that be left at home for great and
earnest day Of council Let them first meet as women,
to bewal and commemorate the dead. Let them there
soemnly take counsel with each other 70 the means
and measures whereby the great human family may live
in peace man the brother OF each bearing after
his own kind the ma ge and superscrpton not OF Cesar
but OF God


In the name OF womanhOod and humanity, earnestly
ask that a general Congress OF women without limta
tion Of country may be called and held at some point
deemed proper and convenient. 70 promote the general
alliance Of nations the amicabe arbtrament OF Difficult
ties the great and enduring interests OF peace.


Sept. H. 1870. JULIA WARD HOWE.
Year: 1870

The Secretary of the Navy has ordered the
United states steamer Courier, now at the Brooklyn
Hayy-Yard he held in readiness 10 proceed to Ports
mouth to convey the body Of Admiral Farragut to TINS
city, whenever the day for the public funeral shall be
determined by the munc pal authorities and the several
military and patriotic societies having the matter In
charge.
Year: 1870

be possible, that the war is not made upon
them, and that peace is desired between these
tive great nations, living in the very centre of
Europe Unless this be done Prussia may suffer
terribly YET Notwithstanding her successes !;
for II the revolutionary elements Of France
should take control of affairs, and the nation
be aroused to its very depths, there will be
such an avalanche OF fury as may make Europe
tremble. Indeed, the Prussan monarchy, as
well as other monarchies, may be overturned.
Every hour is pregnant with important events.
Dreadful as the present crisis is, we are not
without hope that in the end the people will
become more enlightened and get their rights
that, in fact, they will cease to be food for the
powder OF ambitious rulers.
Year: 1870

Up to the time we write the news from the
seat of war is rather unnteresting concerning
decisive events. Since Saturday there does
not appear to have been any fighting. Pre-
parations for a great battle go vigorously on
on both sides. Between now and Sunday we
expect to hear Of great fight, which may
determine the immediate future and put an
end, for the present, 20 the struggle.


The new Ministry which has succeeded to
that of Olivier seems to inspire confidence. II
is a purely Napoleonic Ministry. There are
some who crow loudly over this, as if it were a
vote Of confidence in the empire. Those per-
sons forget that no other Ministry was possible
in the circumstances. Every person in power
in France, from the Prime Minister down to
the humblest Official is Bonapartist. This is
a last vigorous effort II will be all right if
Napoleon can win battle before Monday.
But if he does not win battle before Monday
the Count Paikao will be counted ont as
ignominiously as was Olivier. The mob in
Paris, the rising in Marseilles, the proclama-
ton Of the republic at Toulouse, are ominons
signs and they are not good for Napoleon.
Year: 1870

STORM SIGNALS. s.--The HERALD has often
insisted on the Importance and the prac-
tcability Of organizing a system for
observing storms and reporting them by
telegraph and by signal for the benefit
of commerce. 1t is therefore gratifying to
learn that under the authority of the Secre-
tary of War the Chief Signal Officer of the
army is empowered to enlist several competent
persons, to be appointed as commissioned
officers in the army, whose duty it shall be to
make such observations and to transmit them
by telegraph and signal at various points on
the northern lakes and along the seaboard.
Not only vast amount of treasure but many
lives will be saved by the successful carrying
out OF this system. Moreover, the work OF
these new officers, while il is thus of great
practical as well as great scientific value, will
leave them leisure for reading and study. 1t
will also be literally remunerated, and appli-
cations for the limited number Of appointments
to be made may be addressed to the Chief
Signal Officer of the army, at Washington,
District of Columbia.
Year: 1870

TIE FENIANs IN MOTION. 1t appears that
the war in Europe has inspired the Fenians
of this city with renewed zeal and activity in
the cause of Ireland's liberation, and that they
are holding more than their usual weekly
number Of meetings for purposes of military
organization. Holding fast to the idea that
''England's difficulty will be relands oppor-
tunity," they are expecting that English
neutrality will come to an end as this war
goes on, and that in this event there will be
fine opportunity for waking up the Canadians
once more, by way Of flank movement
upon Ireland. We are sorry for the poor
Canadians, for it may be that their period of
rest from the Fenians will be short.
Year: 1870

THE FIRST DECISIVE RESULT OF THE WAR
The complete evacuation of Rome by the
French troops, after protective occupation Of
the Holy City against the reds for over seven
teen years. Considering, too, how obnoxious
this occupation of Rome has been to the French
republicans and to the Italians, and consider
Ing the fact that this evacuation means the
delivery of Rome to Italy and the abandonment
Of the Holy Father to his own resources
The event is of the highest Importance
not only in relation to Rome Italy, the Pope
and Mother Church, but in reference to the
general reconstruction Of the map of Europe
at the end Of this gigantic war. As to the
dogma Of Papal infallibility, we see already
that, touching the political destiny even Of the
States of the Church, it is nothing more than
''the Popes bull against the comet, and that
the Ecumenical Council, to the outside world,
is already among the things of the past.
Year: 1870

II only remains now for the Coroner's fury
to render verdict in the Nathan murder case
Of death by violence at the hands of some
person or persons unknown. There seems to
be no remaining person of all those in the
house to suspect. William Kelly, who is
undoubtedly the most suspicious character
known to be connected with the case SO far,


stood cross-examination yesterday which
disclosed the facts that he was great lubberly
lout, who has been living off his mother for
four or five years had enlisted under false
name in Massachusetts,, when he might as well
have enlisted in New York, except, perhaps,


that the bounty was less; is atpresent drawing
pension of eight dollars a mouth under his
false name, and is rather uncertain kind Of
character generally. The cross examination
naturally made him nervous and contradic


tory, and at some points even drove him to
dispntatiousness. In fact it was sharp and
rigid enough to disconcert a cooler and
shrewder witness than Kelly, for the cross
examiner of the occasion seemed more inclined
to trip him into some contradiction or to
tangle him up in the threads of his story
than to extract plain, nnvarnished story
from him. But although all this was done
and it was clearly shown that William Kelly
was rather worthless, and was disposed to
lead the life Of hummer, perhaps on occa-
sions being unconscientious enough to ''beat"
countryman, or to impose on his mother, or
to keep the change when he went on errands,
1t was by no means clearly shown that William
Kelly could ever have planned contrived or
carried out the murder of Mr.. Nathan Much
yet remains behind, .however. There is no
certainty what evidence day may bring
forth, and such rigid, persistent questioning as
was instituted yesterday may possibly dis


close something of great importance to-day.
Year: 1870

CRowDING THE SEAsoN.-Overcoats are
already at a premium in Montana. AT Helena,
the freezing point, and small quantity of
snow fell during the afternoon. A very good
beginning for new country, but by no means
a cheering prospect for the inhabitants.
Year: 1870

Our Special Correspondence from the Sent


Of War.


The special war letters from Europe which
appear in our columns to-day are of unusual
interest and Importance. The commune
cations completely sustain the reputation
of our enterprise, in first reporting
the initiation and progress of the grand
military and constitutional struggle which is
being waged between France on tho one side
and Prussia on the other. The narrative
comes in continued and connected sequence
of the letter from our special writer
in Paris, which was published in
the HERALD on the ed of July,
in which we intimated to the American public
the facts of Prim's offer of the Spanish crown
to the Prince of Hohenzollern, emitting it
''squally for war;" Of our special letter from
Paris headed son the eve of war;"
and of succeeding letters from Madrid,
Berlin and Paris, wherein were re-
ported the sounding of the war tocsin, the
tanning of the flame, ''the marshalling in arms
and battles magniflcently stern array"





day the vast military consolidation of
France at Metz and Nancy, and the
general military expansion and esprit
of Prussia. The fortress of Metz is
gigantic combination, the result of engineer
ing skill and military foresight. The power of
Prussia is an undying sentiment of the heart
for freedom, citizen right and Fatherland.
This living, sentient principle is met by
stone walls, cannon and grapeshot, but
by these only, so that it is quite
easy to see which will prevail in
the end. The one being " of earth and earthly"
is certainly likely to crumble; the other being
indesructible is eternal This view of the
situation is made apparent by the very Ian
guage and tone of our special writers at the
front. France is painted in grim, powerful
isolation, while we almost behold, in our
Frankfort letter, Germany ''marching along"
musical for the fray, self-reiant, independent
and in order.
Year: 1870

THE GOLD SPECULATION. auriferous
see-saw took an upward tilt yesterday on the
strength of an expected rally Of Napoleon's
army and prolonged war in Europe. So it
goes. Were it not for the fluctuations the
spectators would make no money.
Year: 1870

PROBABLY the fastest railway travelling ON
record occurred recently, on the Pennsylva-
MIA Railroad between Rola and York. A
heavy car of lumber got away with two
men in charge, on the down grade of so feet
to the mile. With elch succeeding mile the
speed of the flying car became more terrific,
and as it passed the tank five miles west of
the starting point, the velocity was more
than hundred miles an hour. Fortunately
an up grade arrested the car about six miles
west of Rolla, and the car was switched off
at York just in time to prevent a crash with
the freight train east, which, being behind
time, had not passed that point.
Year: 1870

We are indebted to 4. r. Steinmitz, Esq, q,
of this city, for the particulars Of case is
real life, which in all elements of she marvel
lous, is fully equal to the most extravagant
propuction of the story writers, and furnishes
another substantiation of the truism, that
''truth is stranger than fiction" A young
lady about twenty years of age-Margaret
Anderson, by name-came to this city about
a year ago; she came with a company of
relatives and friends from Denmark, and
lived here until about the first of July last.
The male members of the family found en-
ployment on the line of the Union Pacific
railroad, and found it convenient to remove
their domicile nearer to the place of their
work; consequently, a part of the family
moved out to Big Spring Station, on the Pa
cific road, and among those who went was
Margaret Here everything went on pleas
antly till about the 1st of September, when
Margaret was taken sick, and after a severe
illness of about two weeks, she babe her
friends goodbye, and her spirit took its
flight to that bourne whence no traveller re-
turns. AT least SO the situation presented
itself to her sorrowing friends, and to all
human appearances, nobody was ever more
really dead, and no case more hopelessly
past all surgery. The same day that she
died, the friends at Big Springs wrote to the
relatives in this city, giving particulars of
her sickness and DEATH On the second day
after she had apparently breathed her last,
a rude coffin was provided, and the friends
concluded that the remains should be tenn
porarily inferred upon the prairie until such
time as would be more convenient to take
them to permanent resting place


Big Springs is simply watering station
on the Pacific Railroad there is no settle
ment at that place, and nobody lives there
but those employed by the company, conse-
quently the last sad rites had to be perform
ed by the members of her own family, and
her body was laid to rest by the hands of
sonowng friends But just as the coffin
had been lowered to its place, and few
shovelsful of earth thrown into the grave, an
approaching train called the burial party to
duty at the station. After an absence of an
hour, the men returned to the grave, and as
they were about to resume work with their
shovels, they heard a noise in the partially
buried coffin, giving evidence of kicking and
pounding, and other conduct very unbecom-
ing well-bred corpse, and, as may be sup
posed, after recovering from their fright, they
lost no time in uncovering and opening the
coffin, to see what had disturbed the dead
womans rest. The remainder of the story
may be better imagined than described
Suffice it to say that Margaret's friends and
relatives in this city, who had mourned her
as dead, have just received a letter written
by her own hand, very emphatically denying
that she had dispensed with her mortal coil,
and saying that she will be here in the course
of few days.-Counca BluG (lo,ca) Nom
pariel, October I'd.
Year: 1870

AT meeting of the Newark Good Temp
lars they had can of ice water which some
wag had filed half full of whisky. The
whole party drank it and got cunning"
and went home wondering what made the
sidewalk so uneven. One old soaker, re-
Gently reformed, attends the meetings regu-
larly now, and sits right next to the water
cooler, but regrets that the joker don't keep
on experimenting with the water.
Year: 1870

A NEGRO boy has been arrested in New
York and confined in the cold, cold cell of a
Jail for trying to kill baby by pounding it
on the head with bottle. The baby had
made up faces at the ngger, which no baby
has right to do since the Fifteenth Com
mandment became the law of the land.
Year: 1870

but sprouted. Its foundation but peeps
above the soil. A normal school is good
respectable thing, but as source of revenue
for town, it is double discounted by mob
by college filled with the sons of old Two
Per Cent Minute. The Normal School
Student is nice young man. He will hire
a room at 81 so per week; live on mush
and milk; send his clothes home to be wash
ed; buy ten dollar suits at cheap clothing
store; never smoke cigar, and never drink
glass Of soda-and brandy-in the morn
ing. He will be aemure, quiet and respect
able. A credit to the institution, a Joy to
the community, and victim to Brown's S
Grammar, and the chain cable series of ge-
ographies, readers and writing books. He
will leave in your city about two hundred
and fifty dollars per annum expenses.


WHAT WOULD BE BETTER,


That is better for San Jose than a blank
prize in the M. L. Lottery But the Y ale
and Hazard stripe of students; the boys that
smash things; that keep horse-Aesh in action
and buggy wheels going; that are always
being complained of before the town author
tiles, and paying damages for maltreated
cows driven up, forced up by collegiate hy-
draulic pressure, to the fourth story of the
college building, and there in the morning
lowing mournfuly from out the upper win
dows, with the sign "Milk for sale, pendant
from their horns; the students so apt to con-
tract their first love with the native girls,
and get into all sorts of financial and social
scrapes in consequence. They are the sort
to prosper business in any town or city


PRENTICE MULFoRD.
Year: 1870

AN enterprsing prohibitionist in Massa-
chusetts has been feeding his COW on juniper
berries, in the hope that she would give gin
and milk. He is son of the man who
taught his hens to lay scrambled eggs by
stirring them up on the nest with pole.
Year: 1870

DoN PIArr SPEAKs.-We clip the follow
ing extracts from letter addressed by Don
Piatt, celebrated Ohio Republican,. to the
Ohio State Journal, the Radical organ in
Ohio


''The late Secretary of the Treasury, the
Hon Salmon p. Chase, informed the coun-
try that in our hour of distress and peril he
was forced to purchase the bankers Of tle
United States. And, in order to get these
capitalists interested in the Government that
protected them, he had to make most ex-
traordinary terms-l will not say that they
treated the Republic like gang of Shylocks
but they were so treated by the eminent
fnancier who was then at the head of the
Treasury, and they accepted the terms and
the character. 1t is no eXaggeration to say,
that for the purpose of enrching and sustain
ing these money changers we pay more than
our National Government costs us. ANY
attempt to amend, revise, or repeal these
terms-considered a war necessity and tenn
porary-is met by the violent opposition of
eighty national bankers on the floor of the
House, and enough in the Senate to give the
leeches a majority.


All the corporations, firms and persons in
terested in the iron business are openly Or
ganized into am association, and pay into
common treasury a fund that may he called
a corruption fund, for it is used to influence
legislation. Its filthy agents, when not mem
bers, reside in Washington, and are support
ed handsomely in their corrupt business.


''Ihe same may be said Of the salt mon
opoly. Indeed, the same may be said of
every interest that has money enough to use
and is corrupt enough to useit.


Generally your member of Congress has
his family, through whom his vote is pur-
chased. Sometimes organizations exist
wherein ten, twenty Or thirty votes are rep
resented by one agent, who sells out by di-
rection of the caucus the entire pen full


''We have corrupt Congress, stupid
Executive, and the only arm of the Govern
ment that remains pure is the Supreme Court,
and that a President has sought to pack with
creatures Of his own, and the Senate strives
to destroy.


81 say, then, in all sobeness, that if we
are to accept the Republic as it now stands,
self Government is a failure. And, to the
philosophical student it would appear as if
these were the net results of our boasted in
stitutions. 1t may be there is a saving pow
er yet held by the people, and that when the
worst comes to the worst, this will be brought
to bear upon the money-changers in the tenn
pie, and drive them out"
Year: 1870

GERS came up with the man he was lying on his
pack on the ground, and although one Of them
hs1 thrust him through with his lance in such 3
way that 1t took two men to withd raw it, he had
strength enough to discharge bis piece and kill
one OF the Lancers, and after TIE lieutenant had
shot him through the breast wi, his pistol, he
once more discharged his gun, and it required
three more shots 70 kill hun.
Year: 1870

The Portsmouth Chr0aicle tells Of . towns-
man who got up lately at midnight, last week,
sa dishabille, to drive out from his enclosure a
troublesome COW. On hs way back he maie a
short cut across the cemetery, and in the road
By the fence he encountered young couple,
seated on a rock. in mutual embrace, 'discours-
ing their sweet nothings' The loving pair.
frightened at the appearance Of the msusud the
garment, hastily " got up and GOT the female
making ne hest time on the homestretch. They
have lost relish for evening walks, so the story
Year: 1870

THERE IS NOTHING equal to cheerful
and even mirthful conversation, for restoring
the tone of mind and body. when both have
been overdone. Some great and good men,
on whom very heavy tolls and cares have
been laid, manifest constitutional tender
ness to relax into mirth when their work is
over. Narrow minds denounce the incon-
gruity large hearts own Gods goodness in
the fact, and rejoice in the wise provision
made for prolonging useful lives. Mirth,
after exhaustive toll, is one of natures in
stinctive efforts to heal the part which has
been bruised.
Year: 1870

A SNAIL Potato BUSINESS. The Mayor
OF Philadelphia has vetoed bill passed by the
Common Council inviting the Seventh regi-
ment of New York to visit the Quaker City,
and one branch Of the Council has unanimously
endorsed the veto. The invitation is. there
fore, smothered. This is q mean piece Of bust
ness at best. We do not, however, suppose it
will hurt our noble boys Of the Seventh very
much. But they may probably remember the
next time they are called upon to protect the
soil of Pennsylvania from an invading foe that
blood is thicker than water, although the
Pennsylvania ''peasantry" did demand of New
York soldiers almost pershing from thirst ten
cents glass for the latter on the occasion re-
ferred to, and that little civility at the hands
OF the authorities Of Philadelphia wonld have
been only cheap way Of reciprocaiing a favo
extended TO them in an hour of peril. Shame
on such q small potato business
Year: 1870

by the Treasury Department against thirty ex-
collectors of internal revenue for a gross
amount of nearly three million dollars Much
Of this it is said, is for uncollected taxes, the
lists of which the collectors in question have
turned over to their successors in Office. This
will make q precedent that the officials must
either collect the taxes or pay them themselves.
We hope that this peculiar operation Of the law
will be specially brought to the notice Of all
applicants for these positions. 1t may induce
some Of them to prefer other places.