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Year: 1870

By special telegram from Tours, France,
forwarded through the Atlantic cable yester-
day, we have news of the acquittal of Prince
Pierre Bonaparte Of the charge of the homicide
of Victor Noir. The case having been given in
charge to the jury they retired, and, after
delberation which occupied an hour, returned
verdict of not guilty on every point Of the
issue of traverse given them in charge. The
prosecuting officer OF the crown addressed the
jurymen, previous to their retirement, in
an eloquent and pointed appeal for a
verdict of guilty. The Prince was not dis
charged. The counsel for the partje cjoile
made demand for the sum of one hundred
thousand francs damages. The payment being
refused, he was retained in custody. Prince
Pierre was exceedingly indignant at this
treatment. Indeed we may say that he was
imprudently SO, for in giving expression to
his feeling he appeared to challenge the
ir-Rochefort radical party to renewal Of
hostilities by declaring that She was not
afraid Of menaces made against his life."


By special mail correspondence from
Paris we have an interesting report of a
second interview which the Prince accorded
to our representative Just previous to
the trial. The occasion was of quite an affect
ing character, as the wife and children Of the
prisoner were present during portion Of the
time. This special letter goes to show that
Prince Bonaparte, while he entertained the
most supreme contempt for the motives, action
and even character of his assailants, was ner-
vously sensitive in his estimate Of the opinion
which the American people would form of his
conduct and action when presented to them
through the columns of the independent press.
This feature of his character is peculiar.
1t marks him as true Bonaparte. The
illustrious soldier Napoleon the First when
at the very pinnacle of his fame and power,
became rufled in temper when he had occasion
to speak Of perfde Albion. He was equally
soothed, however, when he heard of any sym
pathy being extended to his cause by the
struggling patriots Of revolutionary America
Americans to-day abhor murder, but they
brook not deliberate and planned insult. So
it was with Prince Pierre Bonaparte. Ma
tional sympathetic characteristics strike deeper
and bind closer than do the mere interests of
politics or diplomacy. The first are from the
mind, invisible but eternal; the second accord
ing to circumstances, temporary and transi-
tory. Prince Pierre will be congratulated on
his vindcaton Of his name and honor.
Year: 1870

The ONEIDA INvEsTIGATIoN.-We publish
elsewhere this morning pretty full report o,
the proceedings Of the naval court Of inquiry
at Yokohama in relation to the cause of the
sinking of the Oneida. The decision of the
court casts the main blame of the collision
upon the officers of the Oneida themselves, and
does not very severely condemn Captain Eyre
for his inhumanity in running away from the
wreck. It is simply an attempted whitewash-
ing Of an infamous crime-a crime that will
rest as brand upon Captain Eyre till the day
of his death.
Year: 1870

RAW MATERIAL FOR THE UNITED STATES
SENATE.-The Boston Traveller says there
are five persons named for that United States
have to dispose Of next January, and ten for
that which the Massachusetts Legislature will
have to deal with at the same time. So far
as the latter is concerned Sumner is supposed
to have lease upon his seat, in which he was
confirmed and seated years ago by the unfor-
tunate Brooks assault And as for Henry
Wilson, if he returns not to the Senate,
whittier shall he go-''to where the wood
bine twineth 2"
Year: 1870

ment OF our shipping and for adding to the va
riety and increase of our products. General
Grant has taken statesmanlike view of the
matter and has begun right. Let US hope
Congress will sustain him In his policy.
Year: 1870

ONE MORE CHAETER.-In another column
we give the outline of a Charter that is to
be laid before the Legislature at an early
day, and that it is thought possible the
elements may combine on. We, however,
do not see this possibility. One of the cardi-
nal points in this new Charter is that the Board
of Aldermen is to be elected on a general
ticket. This is too good point to pass the
Legislature. This point was in the first Char
ter presented this session and was one of the
main points against it in the eyes
Of ethe boys" The boys have not changed
their minds on that point; for it is with
them matter of political life and death to
keep the election of Aldermen in the wards.
Is there any hope that the Tammany men can
carry this in defiance of the boys? 1t must be
remembered that here the republicans would
be on the side of the boys, as they also are
interested in preventing the democratic party
from giving us good government.
Year: 1870

ASoA
ganize his Cabinet SO as to have those around
him who would carry out his broad and COM
prehensive views.


Mr.. Sumner and some other Senators pre-
tend to oppose any acquisitions of territory in
the West Indies on the ground that we have
enough already and that the negro and foreign
populations there would not be desirable citi-
zens. This turning round on the negroes by
the Massachusetts Senator is curious fact. It
appears that he wants to have nothing to do
with the negro only when he can ride him as
a political hobby. Territorial acquisition has
always been opposed by a minded
class of politicians. 1t was SO with the
acquisition of Louisiana, Florida, Texas,
California, New Mexico and Arizo-
ma. IF the advice of this class Of
men had been needed the United States
would have been fenced in as small second
rate Power instead of being the magnificent
country 1t is now. As to the negro or foreign
populations of the countries we annex they
amount to drop in the bucket. We can both
control them as we please and make them use
| full to themselves and national interests. We
cannot arrest our destiny. The West Indies


must come to us. Just now, when our COM


merce and shipping interests are SO depressed


and we are anxiously looking for the means to
revive them, the development of our power and
| trade in the West Indies would be of the great
est advantage. 1t is there we should look for
| the extension of our commerce, for the employ
Year: 1870

The day of the general election in this
State is the Tuesday next after the first
Monday in November" which this year
falls on the 9Th of November. This time
was fixed by an amendment to the consti-
tuition adopted in the year 1855.
Year: 1870

most devoutly to be wished" awaits the
return of the Democratic party to power.
1t will yet be the pleasure and the pride
Of that party tocleanse the Augean stable
Of Radical corruption and misrule, and to
restore our government to its pristine pu-
rity, May the good genius of our Repub-
lie speed the day.
Year: 1870

GRAVEL AND CEMENT RoOFL;G-
George Crumbacker would inform the
public that he is still engaged in the
Gravel Roofing bushes, and that he is
prepared at any time TO put OIL Roofs,
either large or small, on the shortest
possible notice, guaranteeing his work
for term of years. He has now been
engaged in the business for seven years
past, and his work has Outlived a halt
dozen Other Patent Roofs. The demand
for his work is increasing from year to
year. He put on, during the past year,
1900 squares Of his Roofing in this city,
which has given satisfaction in every
respect. Address me through the Post
Office, or call at my brick yard, head OF
Lindsey street All orders will be At
tended to promptly.
Year: 1870

The Washington correspondent OF the
New York Post SAYS:


In conversation with your correspon'
dent last evening, previous to the passage
of the bill by the Senate, the President
said he hoped the Pomeroy amendment
would not be adopted he regarded it as
mischievous and likely to cause trouble
aid he added, with a good deal Of EN-,
phasis: 81 want reconstruction to end,
and the Pomeroy amendment only de,
laws"
Year: 1870

~ ME following story is told of the alb
the church of Scotland:


He married rather late in life, and the
marriage tour was on the continent. At
one of the halting places, Mrs. retired
to the hymenal bower in advance of her
lord, who sat for a time cogitating down
stairs. Presently he came to himself, and
summoning the waiter, requested to be
shown to his bedroom. He was, of course,
shown to the room to which his wife had
already retired. But he had forgotten all
about matrimony and what it involved,
and recoiling from the doorway in horror,
turned upon the waiter with angry up
braiding for showing him to bed room al
ready occupied by a woman One Sunday
morning he was dressing in his bedroom,
on chair in which lay tray containing
half dozen shirts, starched with fitting
clerical stiffness. He progressed leisurely
in his dressing till he came to attempt fast
ening his waist coat, when he found that
operation impossible. After many ineffect-
ual struggles, he called his wife to his aid,
who likewise found the waistcoat difficulty
insurmountable. She was at loss to ex-
plain the phenomenon, till she happened to
cast her eyes on the shirt tray. 1t was
empty. The minister, in his absence of
mind, had put on the whole half-dozen
shirts, one on top of another, and it is no
wonder that his waistcoat would not but.
ton. On another occasion he and his wife
were under invitation to dine at the man.
sion of the laird of the parish. The min
lister had been out for long days work,
visiting his parishioners, and when he came
home, little late, he found the mistress
already dressed and waiting. He at once
went up stairs to make his toilet with
strict injunctions from the good lady to be
quick. He was so slow, however, that she
got impatient, and went to see what was
the cause of the delay. Entering the bed
room, she found the worthy man placidly
enjoying his first sleep. Having undressed,
it seems that, in his absence of mind, he
had taken it for granted that the natural
sequel was to go to bed, and he lay totally
oblivious of the dinner party at the LANDS.
Year: 1870

it? 1t is utterly worthless to him, and
worth even less than that to anybody else,
and to steal it he must spend at least half
an hour Of time and labor, all for nothing !;
most of the modern watches have no chain
and consequently the accusation is now
very rare.


More injury is done to watches by wind
ing with an unsuitable key than is general
ly supposed. When not properly fitted, it
slips of, giving the whole train of wheel
work severe jar from recoil it's effect on
the watch is similar to that produced on
the wearer, when he sits down on seat
which is about four inches lower than he
expected. After few such shocks, in
winding, it will be found to slip back occa-
sionally; and unless timely repairs are
made, it will some day go down with a
crack, that will involve an expense of sever
al dollars to repair it as it should be. A
key, all brass, properly fitted, is the best a
key with soft steel pipe is the next best,
and hard steel key worst of all. The
soft key will not spoil your watch, for if
either gave way it will be the key, leaving
the square of the watch perfect. Harden
ed keys will not yield to wear, consequent
ly the watch must, and if the winding
square be spoiled, no poor workman can
replace it properly, and good one only at
considerable expense. Experience will prove
keys to be cheaper than winding squares
Year: 1870

A MAJORITY of people have an i'm
IA. preston that overwinding breaks the
handspring. That accident can never oc-
cur in such watches as are provided with
stop work." which allows only definite
number of turns to the spring; and it sell
dom occurs in those not SO provided because
the handspring hook, against which the
force comes when the spring is fully wound
is usually stronger than the teeth of the
main wheel, and consequently the strain
comes not, ON the other parts of the watch.


The cause of breakage is an unexplained
mystery no person yet has been able to
give reason satisfactory for it. A spring
that has been in use one year is no more
liable (as far as known) to break in ten
years than in ten minutes. 1t is a tolera-
bly, we'll established fact, however, that
more springs come into the shop broken
during certain known conditions of the at
mosphere than when other conditions pre-
vail. Whether the effect be produced by
electric, hydrometric, or some unknown at
mospheric quality has not been determined,
and probably will not be until some extend
ed and minute system of observations be
instituted. The complaint used often to be
made, when watches with fusee and chain
were more in use than now, that the rascal
ly matchmaker had stolen piece off the
chain while in his hands for repair This
opinion was entertained because sometimes
the careless matchmaker had left the stop
work SO as to lack one turn of allowing
the watch being completely wound up


which, of course, caused it to lack about
six hours of running its full time. No
matchmaker was ever SO silly, no matter
how dishonest he might be, as to steal a
piece of chain; what would he do with
Year: 1870

KT ISIS Henrietta Tupper of Wilmington
Nlwas maiden at the age of forty, be-
cause up to that time no man among all the
multitudes of men upon the face of the
earth had proposed to her. The reason
why she married Fisher one year later, was
that she regarded him as her forlorn hope
and, although he weighed two hundred and
fifty pounds, was poor, and had a face which
would have disgraced an old-fashioned
brass door-knocker, she accepted him as
her last and only chance. Fisher was a
flrst-rate sort of fellow, but he had bad
habit of walking in his sleep. Two or
three times his wife woke up in the night
just in time to seize him as he was crawling
out of the bed room window in the third
story. In the inmost recesses of her soul
Henrietta suspected that instead of being a
sleep walker, he was disgusted with her and
was trying to commit suicide. So she tried
all sorts of plans to get him to discontinue
his efforts. She induced him to make a
memorandum in his pocket-book and to
tie string around his finger, so as to re-
member not to climb out of the window
in his sleep, and she made him sign
pledge after pledge to reform in this respect
and yet night after night she woke up just
in time to perceive the profigate Fisher
jamming his two hundred and fifty pounds
through that window frame At last Mrs.
Fisher one night tied clothes-line to Fish
er's leg and fastened the other end tight
around her ankle, so that he would arouse
her if he got to prancing about. She was
determined to keep this man, if possible
after all the trouble she had to get him.


The Fishers went to bed that evening and
slumbered peacefully ON as usual. About
one o'clock Mrs. Fisher, while dreaming a
delicious dream, might have been observed
to shoot out of bed feet foremost with fright
full velocity, and to bring up all of sudden
with a jerk against the window-sill. The
next morning passers-by were attracted by
a very singular spectacle. Mr.. Fisher was
observed hanging halfway down the front
of the house by his right leg, while his trail
ing garment of the night Huttered to and
fro in the cool delicious breeze of the morn
ing. Ladders were brought, and, upon fol-
lowing the rope to the window, Mrs. Fisher
was seen lying upon the floor of her room
wi III one foot firmly embedded in the wall
and the other pressed against the window
sill. She was dead, and her face wore an
expression of surprise. Fisher also was
dead Her obituary in the papers contain
ed some touching lines upon woman's love,
with passing reference to the fact that in
their death they were not divided.
Year: 1870

We love your upright energetic men.
Pail them this way and the other and they
only bend, but they never break. Trip
them down, and in tricc they are on
their feet. Bury them in the mud and in
an hour they will be out and bright
They ale never yawniug away existence
or walking about The world rs ii they had
come into it with only half their soul {;
YOU cannot keep them down-you cannot
destroy them. But for these the world
would soon degenerate, they are the salt
OF the earth Who but they start any
noble project They build our cities
and rear our factories; they whiten the
ocean with their sails, and b!ackcn the
heavens with the smoke of their steam
vessels and furnace fires. they draw forth
treasures from the mine--they plow the
earth.
Year: 1870

We says thought-evs9 when this society,


. few yrs since, was at the lowest depths of


despairld impecuniosity-t it needed only


live IN at its head and proper start on


sound siness principles to make it as


thorough pecuniary as it has always been an


artistic ccess. The man and the opportu-


nifty camn the person of DR.. R. O. Doremus,


who was ected president Of the society, and
In the eargement of the orchestra and the
change oplace for the grand concerts. The
results tn season have exceeded the most
sanguine ,pectations and are matter of
astonishmd and delight to even the orchestra.
Crowded hises have been the rule without
single exc'tion, and the character and ear
nest attenth OF the audience are something
which one ails to meet with at any other
entertainmd. Last Friday at the rehearsal
the Academ Of Music contained probably one
thousand mfe people than ever were known
TO be asseIbled within its walls before, and
the concet last night was perfect jam.
Ladies AM gentlemen might be seen there
that noting could induce to visit any other
public entrtainment; and on each face there
was look unalloyed enjoyment and keen
artistic appreciation. Miss Kellogg and Miss
Aehlig were stars in the solo line whom it
would be perAps impossible to surpass in this
country, and he noble orchestra Of hundred
instruments en- brook no peer in the world.
We ire glad tat there is at last public taste
tor music awakened in this city, and that the
iabors of the Philharmonic Society have not
been without tuit. Let us hope that its
great festival inhonor of the centenary of the
King OF Ausic, Beethoven, may be grand
success IN veY sense of the word. 1t will
take place nest mmmer; and from the gene
raj programm. ,lready in contemplation we
have no doubttla it will surpass the Boston
Jubilee. The bciety has been and is the
guardian OF muse in the metropolis, and to
1t must we look for everything good in the
divine art
Year: 1870

First Controller Taylor has made direct
issue with Acting Attorney General Talbot
in relation to tie disposal of unexpended
balances of appropriations. Mr.. Talbot 5
opinion. III which he decides that the Law OF
Congress did not affect unexpended bal
;nces for snecitic appropriations was given
Yesterday, and to day Controller Taylor an
nounccs in "a letter to the Acting Secretary
of the Treasury that he will not regard the
opinion, but will constIue the law as apply
Ing TO balances for specific appropriations
as well as to those OF a general character
He says that the opinion of Mr. Talbot Is N
direct conflict with the plain and practical
provisions of the law. provisions so paln and
positive that the Controller permitting their
evasion would be grossly dcrelict in duty
that Mr.. Talbot assumes to act as Attorney
General without authority Of law, and that
under the provisions OF the act creating the
department of Justice Mr.. Talbot's opinion IS
void until approved by Attorney General
Akerman. which Will, he thinks, hardly be
done. as il reyerses his own opinion :ad-
dressed TO the Secretary OF War on the same
subject. As 10 grants can be paid unless
countersgned by the Controller, OF course
it would be useless 10 c0ntinIe any Work
and expect il TO be paid for ont OF the unex-
pended balances One effect Of the law
governing uneXpendcd balances as defined
by Attorney General Akerman is reported
by the engineer in charge Of the lighthouse
at st. Clair fats in Lake S.. Clair: 81 north
end cut the work had to be stopped at the
most advanta g6ouS time, while the amount
of the appropriation was ample to have car
ried Oh the work for some time. It is that
class Of appropriations that were specially
referred TO by the acting Attorney General
in his recent opinion. which he considers
Congress never intended to enbaTr5tss by
its enactment.
Year: 1870

To-day at the Park the lovers Of ol,r ma
tional game viii be treated to a display of
ball tossing such as Is rarely met with. The
famous Lone Star and Crescent Clubs will
play their return game. The first game re-
suited in victory Tor the Stars by the close
score of thirteen TO eight. and much interest
is falt TO know whether the White Stock
ings can clip the laurels of the champions.
The Baronne street cars pass within few
squares OF the park
Year: 1870

The first grand annual fancy dress and
calico bali Of Wadswortli Temple Of Honor,
No. s, was given at Odd Fellows Hall, last
Thursday night. 1t was. in every respect q
brilliant a5 well as a pleasant affair, and the
participants enjoyed themselves greatly.


The reception committee and foor man
ayers deserve a great deal Of credit for their
efforts to render everything agreeable. The
table, on the occasion. was bountifully sup
Piled by Madame Armand, and the music
was such that it attracted the attention and
admiration of people outside, who listened
to its sweet sounds after midnight, till they
were lulled to sweeter sleep. We hope to
have occasion soon to refer to the second of
these balls.
Year: 1870

When sewing machines were first in
vented, people were sceptical about their
practicab;iitv. AMI doubted whether they
would work well. Bat long since al doubts
have finished, and now the only question is
as TO which particular pattern Of sewing
machine is the most economical in price,
will do the most and best work, ana is the
least liable to get cut Of order. The palm
has been awarded freely to 5hc Weed"
machine which has no superior, and may
be found at the office and s,.Iesroon Nc. l91
Canal street See advertisement.
Year: 1870

What an everlasting set Of fools Wa have
met in our day. outside of the Democracy
even. can be realized when we say that it is
folly to kill a mosquito while he IS boring a
well in the point of the nose. just let him
alone, and as hc deposits poison when he
first inserts his bill. so. ifleft to enjoy his pull
his suction pipe will Withdraw the poison
when it is gently abstracted at the end of
the performance. This saves time, and dis
poses of the poison. A curious old gentle
man, who has been investig eating this sub
.ject for twenty years, borrowed the above
idea from an antiquated settler down at the
Balize. and now makes it public in the
f,r-f4med village of Chicago, where the
mosquitoes 60 to in the winter. i'll order 10
procure their divorces.