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Year: 1870

There is a man in New Jersey who H.
provoked. He is absent minded. A few
nights since he went out to drive home,
his COW. Arriving at the pasture ground
he found that the cow was gone, but the
bell which should have been around her
neck was found lying upon the ground.
He placed it in his pocket and forgot alE
about it. Every now and then it would
give a smothered jingle, and he would
think it was his cow and would start off
in fresh direction. He followed that
bell, as he thought, until twelve o'clock;
at night, and walkeditwcnty miles. When
he reached home the COW had been there
FIVE or six hours, and hia wife had gone
to town to advertise for him. Perhaps
he wasn't mad when be found that bell in
his pocket His wife says she has heard
Mr.. Greeley, Henry Ward Beecher, The
odOre Tilton, and all the eminent profan :
lists, but her husband swore them all into
hopeless infetiority.
Year: 1870

A fascinating youth of Louisville was
recently very badly sold by the matron of
the Kentucky State Prison, in whose
daughter he seemed to evince very strong
interest, while travelling in a railroad car.
Thinking that the Irritation had continued
long enough, she suddenly changed her
seat to the side of the young man, and
whispered in his ear, "Sir, you are total
stranger to me, but l think it to be my
duty to warn you of impending evil.
That young lady is just out of the State
Prison" A passenger got off at the next
station.
Year: 1870

A citizen of Lyons, New York, recent
ly stopped at the house of friend to get
a drink of water. No one responding to
his rap upon the door, he raised the win
dow, intending to enter and help himself.
Just as be introduced his head the sash
fell, and being unable to raise it he found
himself prisoner. The owner of the
premises hearing noise, and thinking
only of burglars and murder, fled toward
the yard, but in his fight fell into hogs
head of water, which his fright had oaus-
ed him to forget. Number one, hearing
the splash and divining its cause, began to
laugh immoderately, notwithstanding his
unpleasant position, and thus attracted
the attention of a passing friend, by whose
exertions both parties were released from
their ludicrous situations.
Year: 1870

We omitted to notice last week the re.
ceipt at this oficO from our young friend
Cuba Mayes ofa singularly-shaped pair of
sweet potatoes. The main one weighed
about four pounds, while around it and
into it had grown another weighing about
two pounds. Their loving embrace was
only disturbed when it was found that six
pounds of sweet potato in that shape
couldn't De conveniently cooked.
Year: 1870

An exchange let's fly the following:
"Pulverizcd alum and common salt put
on a piece of cotton and chucked into
hollow tooth will shut off its aching so
quick you will want to hug us for telling
you; but you can't unless you have GER
tificate of good moral character, are
married woman, and over twenty-five"
Year: 1870

a Philadelphia paper calls this item
sIander: "Some women are very strong
and can do as much work as man. In
Philadelphia there are several strong
minded women who got living by shop
lifting, and it is said they can lift as much
as man."
Year: 1870

A widower of New Haven, who hap
pened to marry a second time without
consulting the wishes of his daughter, on
attempting to introduce his bride into the
family mansion, few nights since, was
set upon bp sticks and stones and compel
led to fly for his life.
Year: 1870

Fanny Fern comes to the defence of old
maids in this style "Tho fact is, the
Modern Old Maid is as good as the
Modern Young Maid, and a great deal
better, to those who have outgrown bread
and butter. She has sense as we'll as
freshness, and conversation and repartee
as we'll as dimple1 and curves"
Year: 1870

OF children's blocks easily toppled over And II you
say that even men noticed for their Christian pro-
fession sometimes fall The answer ID still the same
find in the third place class Of men whose
lives are heavy with good Influences. They are
to be found In every church and In all professions
that their lives are honorable and moral. They are
constant proof OF the value OF faith. would say
TO q young man just entering ON his career III thls
city II yon hope 10 succeed IN any hgh sense, you
must believe In certain things with all your might
In God and His providence In duty, IN the ultimate
victory OF the right and the true. THIS belief VIII
fortify and strengthen you under the most trying
circumstances Get rid OF


HALF BELIEF AND OF MAKE BELIEF


and build the foundations OF your character on eter-
nal principles Now this Is not so mucn disDeiicv-
ing age as II Ii ali unbelieyinR age People are NOT
80 much rreligious as they are unreigous. we are
suffering reaction from the oden Tune when re-
ligion was covered with gloom twenty-five years
ago. boys, we were compelled to attend ihe three
ter even by not going at all. There was then r.
gidity and severity In religious matters which has
changed in too many OF us into


N STRONG PREJUDICE AGAINST ALL RELIGION.
We learned The Scriptures by r0te, and we hnd IL
diIcult now learn them by heart. This Is one OF
were too rged we are too lax. There Is golden
mean Of true aud elevatng iaith. There II belief
which every ought 70 have and IS bound to get,
which will enable you 10 bear all the ills OF life with
calm, trusting fortltude and to resist all tempta
ti0ns with perfect success. ScepticlSm is only
another word for weakness, and an unwayering
conviction IL the synonym Tor strength Young
the Sermon on the Mount, with fervor and energy,
and then you will be armed and equipped Tor tue
battle IN which 80 many are slain and 30 many
are taken prisoners 4HF H.t~lstX 4
Year: 1870

The Necessity of Believing ith All Ones
Might-Sermon by the Rev. DIR. Hepworth.
The usual crowd assem- bed at tnlssnandsome and
fashionable place Of worship yesterday, and all
were, usual well repaid for their trouble in at
tending. The reverend pastor, ever eloquent. gives
moral lecture in gsod common sense style, and, Of
course commands the strict attention Of mis- hearers


THE SERMON


yesterday was founded on the text taken from John
xiii, 36-"Whie ye have light, believe in the light,
that ye may be the children Of light" lie said-It
is very curious that while there is so much light In
the world SO many men are satisfied to walk in the
shadow. The Scriptures are the simple record OF
the sayings and Goings Of the ideal They tell
us now we may reach that high place Of moral
excellence which is oneness with God.
always think OF Jesus as one sitting
on the Judean hilltop and teaching The
world, not SO much new theory as the true science
Of holy living You will notice, however, that He
always speaks Of faith as the hidden power OF the
SOUL 1t Is as though He said, In order to 90 some
thing,


YOU MUST BELIEVE SOMETHING.


And how true II Is that strcng convictions on re-
while the lack of strong convictions makes him an
the criminal statistics Of our community, and from
them can illustrate my thought lind, In the
first place, what Is called the dangerous Glass; whose
business seems to be to



They are the drcgs OF the social cup. Now, when
seek for the reason Of their deprav1ty discover
that their human nature IL not essentially different
from yours or mine. There IL some ,good and sum-
cIent cause for their present condition. II by some
miracle could stir their religious consciousness,
rouse their torpid coysqian0es to activity and give
them oulokening faith In heaven and rigAt they
would be as ashamed Of their bad courses as Adam
was of mis- nakedness missionary once said TO
me, "The positively bad men OF the community
have no faith IN anything or anybody. They are
simply an incarnatsd doubt.n nnd next class OF
persons who start In life with


FAIR INTENTIONS AND HONEST PURPOSES,
but who are TOO weak to resist any great tempta-
tion. How many young men have come to New
York within the last twenty years expecting 10 WIN
both fortune ana q good name, but who have failed
to keep to the standard they have made for them
selves and fallen into bad ways and at last into utter
ruin The heart aches when 1t thinks Of these fair
souls marred by Sin and OF the broken hearts OF
those far away whose hopes are all dashed with
tears. DO you say the temptation was mighty True,
but the power Of temptation consists IN the weak
ness Of soul II a man thoroughly believes
In holy things he 10 apt 70 live q holy
life. II mans faith Is the result OF hearsay only
he will find that the force Of his passions is miRhtier
than his moral power Of resistance. In almost
every case IN which = man has fallen ind either
that hia


EARLY EDUCATION HAS BEEN NEGLECTED
Ax eao thai bis faith y aR unreal thing ukaAhouaa
Year: 1870

Sermon by Father McNoirny-"Whe Art


The services at st. Patrick's Cathedral yesterday
morning were OF the usually solemn and impressive
character, Father McGlian acting as celebrant.
The sermon was preached BY Father McNelrny, from
John l., 22-"Who art thoufn


Very few mon placed In the position in which
John found himself would not have improved
the opportunity thus Afforded for selfaggrandize-
ment. The Pharisees came 70 him with full know
ledge Of the power he possessed, and in order to
extract from MIN, II possible the origin
and intent OF his mission they were
prepared with fattery ana human ideas OF
greatness TO secure reply for those by whom they
were sent. He might have replied that his mission
was part of grand scheme and that the role he
was enacting was most important feature In that
scheme; but he simply replied, 9" am NOT the Christ
nor Elias nor that prophet OF whom you speak"
Plying their art stu more closely, and being reluc-
ing attained the object they sought. they
wanted TO know. II ne were nobody, why he
se.sed no legitimate title to such authority. 1t
was here that the eloquent quotation from Isaiah
was employed Il am the voice OF one crying in the
wilderness TO make straight The way OF the Lord y
and this for humility and genuine feeling. could not
be surpassed But the Evangelist had observed


THE CHARACTER OF TIE PHARisEEs,
and knew that TO defeat them on their own ground
was The only eIectual mode OF silenclng them
They were pompous, pretentious, enyious sect OF
men, who were anxious, if possible. to subJugate
the Evangelist as they had done other mel. They
affected not to be satisfied with rhe answers he mad
gwen them and IL was not until he had said that lie
who was to come had come, and was really In their
midst, "whose shoe latchet he was unworthy to un-
l0ose,n that they seemed contented. His simple,
unassuming manner, the accuracy OF his Scrptural
quotation and the earnestness evinced ia his mode
or address seemed 10 act effectraly as preventa-
tive against the practice OF their subtle and art
Cial reasonings.


There was In this said Father McNerny, great
lesson Tor US Of humility and sefsacrfce 1t would
be well FOR every one to ask himself who am II
Men should be Just TO themselves. Frai, miserable
and subject to thousand trials, and cloGded with
darkness and doubt, man frequently found himself
nuttering between hope and despair To be happy
a man must be vrtnous. There was nothing III the
possession OF worldly goods 10 make man proud.
True happiness consisted In assuring ourselves OF
the favor Of God, as members Of Christ aud His
Church and looking forward to our heirship in
the kingdom OF Heaven. Man must give UP his re-
behous attitude 10 God. must be living and not
lifcless member OF Christ and honor instead oil dis
honoring the name OF the Most High


The reverend gentleman concluded with an earnest
eXhortatiOn practise virtue and charity cnarity
especially, as 1t was one OF the attributes OF God.
Year: 1870

A WIFE's PRAYER.-A wife's
prayer, nearly as beautiful as the
prayer of Naomi, is expressed In these
words:


"Lord! bless and preserve that dear
person whom thou hast chosen to be
my husband let his life he long and
blessed, comfortable and holy; and
let me also become a great blessing
and n comfort unto him, sharer In
all his sorrows, meet helper i'm all
his accidents and changes in the
world; make me amiable forever in
his eyes, and forever dear TO him. =
Unite his heart to me In the dearest
love and holiness, and mine to him
in all sweetness, charity and compla-
isance. Keep me from all ungentle-
ness, and unreasonableness of passion
and humor, and make humble and
obedient, useful and observant, that
we may delight In each other accor-
ding to Thy blessed word, and both
of us may rejoice In Thee, having
our portion In the love and service
of God forever. Amen.
Year: 1870

want to VOTE" but TO go into business.


In the Superior Court by far the larger number OF per
sops were admitted TO vote the person in charge OF
the record there refused to allow the names TO be
counted saving first that there record OF the
names OF those admitted citizenship since the ls ns
and then, taking down and exhibiting the record OF
name. sad that il the reporter permitted to over
the record TO count the Names he could get the names OF
the witnesses, and that would not do - .


In the Coroners office the Naturalization Committee,
an institution OF Tammany, were busy facilitating per
sons 10 become citizens in the Superior Court About the
usual number Of runners employed, bnd the!
seemed TO be about as active as in former years.
Year: 1870

s& Washington dispatches say that the
reduction Of the national debt the present
month will not he more than So 600, 900,
because there has been a falling off in the
receipts from internal revenue and customs.
Whatever may be the system of taxation
the treasury receipts will be affected by the
general condition Of business in the country.
Should low prices and striugpncy in the
money market prevail. for the ensuing year,
the receipts from customs would probably
fall to point which would shame the eS,i.
mates of Secretary Boutwell, and Commis-
sioncr Wells.


Should taxation be continued at the
present rates, and low prices and hard times
extend all over the county, with occasion
al instances of detauItiug collectors and
revenue officers, how could Grant's admin
istration. as regards financial management,
stand twelve months hence?


lie would not be accountable for the
laws bringing such results, any more than
he ls for those which have given US an
increased revenue from whisky and tobacco
during the current fiscal year, but his ad-
mirerS would not buzz as loudly as they DO
now. Our secretary OF the treasury would
diminish. The probabilities are that he
will be small man in enc year from this
date.
Year: 1870

The Homer Itiad, BIackburn's paper,
says:


If the very liberal and generous policy
which Governor WarmOth seems determiD ed
upon trying towards the opposition in this
State, does not at once bring about condi-
tion Of law, and order, and good feeling.
we think he should at once and in good
earnest "try Whas virtue there is in stones"
We are and have ever been in favor of the
most compromising and humane policy
toward political adyersaries-and particu.
lariy have We been in favor OF such policy in
the South since the war; but enough OF q
good thing is enough, and when kindness
fails entirely Of ali becoming reciprOcatiOn,
then some other remedy should be resorted
to. We have no doubt but Governor
Warmoth views the matter in this light.
We must have peace, and law and order by
and through some means. This rioting,
mobocracy and bloodshed must cease. But,
as we have stated in another article, we do
not think that the hanging Of poor negro
would be a good beginnings in this way. We
are opposed to hanging any one, under any
circumstances. But if this numbering and
sassipation for opinions sake be not
otherwise speedily stopped, force should be
met with force. Evi-doers should be bat
tied into quietude and civilty, and Grim
inals should be arrested, tried, and if con-
viCted should be sent to the Penitentiary for
term commensurate with their crimes;
and thus be compelled to behave themselves,
and contribute inside of prison walls some
thing for the support of decent society, if
they will not as treemen do go outside, of
their own sense of right and honor.


Such are our views of propriety III the
premises. If We are wroEg we will stand
corrected.
Year: 1870

The jackson Pilot reports the following:


few days ago. while Colonel B. B.
Emory, collector OF interna. revenue for the
Third District, was leaving his Office, in
CCrinth, Mississippi, q rutfian, who pretends
to practice Law. met him in the building,
armedwith the traditional double barrelled
shot gun, and revolver hung around
him. Never having had any difficulty
with him, the Colonel had no idea his atten-
ton was directed toward him. When but
a few feet from him, however, fine gentle
man raised the gun in range of his person.
Quick as lightning Colonel Emory sprang
upon the coward, Gisarmed him Of gun and
pistol (Which he attempted to draw when he
lost his gun). He then turned 10 q friend of
the conquered brave" and advised him to
take him away. or he would of necessity
deprive the community of so valuable q citl-
zen. Our latest information is to the effect
that the hero imbibed some additional cour-
age and WAS hunting the Colonel to ''shoot
him on sight" Colonel Emory is as brave
as he is quick in action and slow to anger,
and should they meet we fear there will be
mourning for an estineable citizen.
Year: 1870




From the courier-Journal, It'll


Information was received at the Office
of the Chic of Police, last night, of n
mysterious murder, which had been com
mitted in the eastern portion Of this
county, on Wednesday night. Yester-
day morning, a farmer, living on the
Baskerville road, one mile south of Mid
dletown, while out hunting, had occa-
sion to pass through secluded portion
of wood, and there found the body of
man who had been foully murdered.
Upon examination it was found that the
man had been shot in the back part Of
the head, the ball passing out through
the cheek near the nose. The pistol had
been placed very close to his head, as
the hair around the spot where the bullet
entered had been burned off. The
pants, vest and boots of the man had
been removed, and the body was entirely
naked, except shirt The coat,
covered with blood, was lying
near by. From the blood and
marks in the ground it was evident
that the body had been hauled and
dragged about some distance in pulling
off the boots About II yards distant
from the body was the pocket-book Of
the murdered man, which had been rified
of its contents. The man was an entire
stranger to all in the neighborhood. A
letter stating that the bearer was man
of good character was found in the coat,
and also written directions to reach the
farm of Mr.. Ten Brock, near Middle
town. Later in the day the body was
recognized as that ola man who had got
off the Cincinnati train at Anchorage
or Hobbs Station at 80 o'clock We'd
nesday night. He stated to Mr.. Cox,
the station agent, that he had been EN-
ployed by Mr.. Ten Brock, and, when
told that Mr.. Ten Brock S place was
several miles distant, asked permission
to stay all night. Mr. Cox was unable
to accommodate him, but told him that
he could get lodging in Middletown, two
miles distant.


The man left his trunk, which was
marked |. I. Alvey, Aurora, Indiana, at
the depot, and left for Middletown. 1t
seems that he passed through the town
or was decoyed from the town into the
lonely spot where his body was found,
and murdered and robbed. Not the
slightest clue to the perpetrators Of the
horrible deed has as yet been discovered.


This is the second mysterious murder
which has been committed in this locality
within the past year. Last winter the
body of an itinerant clock mender and
peddler, named Harkey was found
within few yards OF the spot where the
Year: 1870

The following touching sooue recently
occurred in Partisan court of justice:


A poor pale wan seamtress was arranged
for theft. She appeared at the bar with a
boy eleven er twelve months old in her arms,
her child. She went to get some work one
day, and stole three coins OF 1Of each. The
money was missed soon after she left her
employer, and a servant was sent to her to
claim it. The servant found her about to
quit the rooms with the three gold coins in
her hand. She said to the servant, 81 was
going to carry them back to you" Never
theless she was carried to the Commissioner
of Police, and be ordered her to be sent be-
fore the police court for trial.


She was too poor to engage a lawyer, and
when asked by the Judge what she had to
say for herself, she answered: The day
/ went to my employers | carried my child
with me. 1t was in my arms as it is now
| was not paying attention to it. There
were several other gold coins on the man
tle-piece, and unknown to me it stretched
out its little hands and seized the three
pieces, which did not observe until / got
home | at once put on my bennett, and
was going back to my employer to return
them when | was arrested. This is the
solemn truth, as [ hope for Heavens mer-
cy."


The court could not believe the story.
They upbraided the mother for her inpu-
dence in endeavoring to palm of such a
manifest lie for the truth. They beseught
her, for her own sake, to retract so absurd
a tale, for it could be of no effect, but
oblige the court to sentence her to a much
severer punishment than they were disposed
to infict upon one SO young evidently steep
ed so deep in poverty.


These appeals had no effect except in
strengthening the poor mother pertinscious
adherence to her original story. As this
firmness was sustained by that look of in
nocence which the most sdrot criminal car
never counterfeit, the court were at some
loss to discover what decision Justice de-
manded. To relieve their embarrassment,
one of the Judges pro- osed to renew the
scene described by the mother. The golC
coins were placed on the clerks table Th'
mother was requested to assume the position
in which she said she stood at her employ
er's house. There was then a breathing
in the court. The baby soon discoverot
the bright coin. eyed it for a nome {
smiled, and then stretched forth it's tin,
bands and clutched them in its fingers witt
a r-iser's eagerness. The mother was &C
Quilted.
Year: 1870

BOARD OF supERv1soRs-A special
meeting of the Board OrasupE7io7F Of
this county, will be held in their room at
the Court House, this morning, at ten
o'clock. Persons having business to bring
before the Board should be promptly on
hand.
Year: 1870




The news comes to us from Havana, by way
of Key West, that the insurgents are not only
active, but in many respects successful in sheir
late campaigns against the Spaniards. TIE
neighborhood Of Santiago de Cuba is alive
with Cuban raiding partiesso much SO, In
fact, that the government troops are compelled
TO assume the defensive and call for more men
70 sustain them. 1t Is questionable whether
the relief asked for can be sent to their aid.
1t is stated that the Spaniards have been
beaten in several engagements recently. OF
one thing, however, we may rest assured, and
that is that affairs are not as favorable to tho
Spanish cause to-day as they were two months
since. The situation in and around Santiago
do Cuba is of such nature as to require the
immediate presence of the Captain General.
If he but accompishes as much there as no
did at Nuevitas he may as well stay whore
he is. The planters still keep up the agitation
against the abolition of slavery and refuse to
obey the emancipation laws. This also is q
serious source OF concern to those who desire
the continuance Of Spanish rule in the island.
That the house is divided is evident, and it is
plain that the Spaniards have more foes than
one to fight.
Year: 1870

AS BAD AS MURDER Some of our mer-
sum as fifty cents, but generally the price is
higher-high enough sometimes to invest the
crime with certain financial dignity of
character. The murderer who kills for good
round sum Is morally as good man, 1t would
appear, as any member of the anti-gambling
society. The members of this society went
around killing young men metaphorically by
running their characters, and the motive was q
little sum of money they received as "detec-
tives' fees." For this little sum they would
utterly destroy the chances in life Of the most
innocent young man.