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Year: 1870




A certain class of Democrats,
small in number but respecta-
bic on account of their associa.
tions, are throwing themselves
down on the ground in the
depths of despair and exclaim-
ing : 'It is of no use to fight
against negro sufrage-it is
an accomplished fact"


Now let US examine and see
whether they are justifable in
thus giving way because Of the
temporary advantage gained by
the negro party.


AT one time during the Rev
olution, Lord North proclaimed
to Parliament that the rebel
lion in America was suppress
ed-that the authority Of King
George was re,established--tha
the subjugation of tie ''rebels"
was an accomplished Fact" "


The tyrants over Switzerland
thought that every vestige of
Freedom had been crushed out
of the land, and there were only
three men left who were not
subjugated. But these three
were brave and determined, and
kneeling among the wild crags
Of the mountains, they swore
an earnest oath never to cease
their efforts until their country
was free and they overturned
another, accomplished Fact. -
The Jews thought that when
they cruciied the Master that
his religion would die with him,
but the evidences are too over
whelming to even enumerate,
which demonstrate that Chris
tianity reversed can Accom-
plished Fact"


accomplished Facts" occur
every day,


1t is a fact that error tri-
umphs often over truth.


But "Truth crushed will rise
again"


So will this accomplished
Fact" Of negro suffrage and ne
gro equality be swept away
even by the slow but sure logic
of events which N ature impels
in her defence.


The unnatural force equaliza-
ton of the races cannot stand
the pressure of the laws which
govern everything.


The white man is the evan
gelist of civilization.


The negro is the black and
dismal concomitant of barbar-
ism.


Progress is the word.


Fight against progress and
civilization, and you fight
against God and Nature.


Prate not then about Gao
complished Facts" to those who
know what they are talking
about.


God is on our side.


When he accomplishes facts,
then will we accept the situa-
tion."
Year: 1870

A Coon JOKE ON EDIroRs Soon after
Chief Justice Chase then a whig) assumed
the gubernational chair in Ohio, be issued
his proclamation appointing Thanksgiving
day. To make sure of being orthodox the
governor composed his proclamation almost
exclusively of passages from the bible, which
he did not designate IS quotations, presum-
ing tha, everyone would recognize them,
and admire the fitness os the words as we'll
lis taste in their selection. The proclama.
ton meeting the eyes of a democratic editor,
be pounced at once upon is-declared that
he had read it before-couldnt say exactly
where-but he would take his oath that it
was downright plagiarism from beginning to
end. That would have been pretty fair
joke but the next day the whig editor came
out valiantly in defence Of the governor,
pronounced the charge false and ibelous
and challenged any man living to prod luce
one single line of the proclamation that
ever had appeared in print before
Year: 1870

God has not chosen to hatter our Curl
ooity by any Of bis revelations What he re-
yeas to man is the end assigned him, aud the
means Of attaining that end. Doctrine and
morals constitute an essential part of these
means.


1T is not so hard as people suppose to be
faithful to ones engagements. The engage
ment which is to be kept keeps you in its
turn. 1t cuts hesitation to the quick, and
protects the will with all the power of pro-
mulgated decree.


Immortality If man had it not, his
soul would miss not merely the future, but
the past for these two are correlativc With
out God and ourselves, the past would be no.
where. Nothingness would be behind and
before us, and memory as vain as hope,
Year: 1870

The homes Of America will not become
what they should be until a true idea of liit
shall become more widely implanted The
worship Of a dollar docs more to degrade
American homes than anything. than all
things else The chief end of life is to gather
gold and that gold is counted lost which
hangs picture upon the wall, which pur-
chases flowers for the garden, which buys a
toy or book for the eager hand Of child
hood. Is this the whole of human life 4?
Then It Is mean, meagrc, and most unde.
slrabe thing. A child will 90 forth from O
stall, glad to find free air and wider pasture.
The influence Of such home upon him in
after life, will be just none at all, or moth
ing good.


Thousands are rushing from homes like
these every year. They crowd into cities.
They crowd into villages. They swarm into
all places where life is clothed with higher
significance; and the old shell Of home is de-
serted by every bird as soon as il eau ny.
Ancestral homedeads and patrimonial acres
have no sacrcdness and when the father and
mother die, the strangers money and the
strangers presence obiterate associations that
should be among the most sacred of all things.


| would have you build up for yourselves
and your children, a home that will never be
lightly parted with-a home which will be
to all whose lives have been associated with
it, the most interesting, precious spot on
earth. ! would have that home the abode of
dignity, beauty, grace, love, genial fellowship,
and happy associations Out from such a
homo | would have good influences flow into
neighborhoods. In such home | would see
ambition taking root, and receiving all gem
erous culture. And then would see you,
young husbands, and young wives happy,
DO not deprive yourselves Of such influences
as will come through m institution like this.
No money can pay you for a deprivation.
No circumstances but those of utter poverty
can Justify you in denying these influences to
your children.
Year: 1870

A merchant prince" of this city--a
portly six -footer" of great manly
beauty, who never dined without his
brandy and water, nor went to bed with
out terrapin or oyster supper, died Of
chronic diarrhea, a common end of those
who are never intoxicated and never out
of liquor. Halls Journal of Health
gives the following account of his death /:


Months before be died-he was a year
in dying-he could eat nothing without
distress, and at death the whole slimen-
tary canal was mass of disease; in the
midst of his millions he died of insnition.
That is not the half, reader He had
been steady drinker, daily drinker,
for twenty-eight years. Scrofula had
been eating up one daughter for fifteen
years; another is in the mad house; the
third and fourth we're Of funesrthly beauty;
there was q kind of grandeur in their
beauty; but they blighted, and paled and
faded-into heaven, we trust-in their
sweet teens; another is tottering on the
verge of the grave, and only one is left
with all the senses, and each of them is
as weak as water.


The same periodical instances another
case that should supplement the one just
given:


A gentleman of thirty-6ve was sitting
in q choir with no specially critical
symptoms present; still he was known
to be dssipated man. He arose, ran
fifty feet and fell down and died. The
whole covering of the brain was thicken-
ed its cavities were filled with fluid
that did not belong to it, enough to kill
half dozen with apoplexy; great por-
tion of one lung was ia state of gam
creme, and nearly all the other was hard
ened and useless; blood and yellow mat
ter plastered the inner covering of the
lungs, while angry patches of destruc-
tive Inflammation were scattered all
along the alimentary canal. Why, there
was enough of death in that one man to
have killed forty. The doctor who talks
about guzzling liquor every day being
healthy" is a perfect disgrace to the
medical profession, and ought to be
turned out to break stone for the term Of
his natural life, and at shilling day,
and find himself.
Year: 1870

Man Killed by n SINGULAR Discharge of a


The Pittsburg Commercial of Monday even
ing says:-


On Saturday Mr.. Robert Thompson, of the
firm of Thompson 81 Miller, residing at No. 159
South avenue, received telegraph message
from ST. Louis, containing the sad intelligence
that his son, Walter had been accidentally shot,
and that death resulted in q few moments. He
Immediately telegraphed back to have the body
sent on, and it is expected that the remains will
be here to-day. The circumstances of the sad
affair are as fOllows-


The deceased was employed as a watchman
on the steamboat Deer Lodge, which, at the
time of the accident was at the wharf, near the
foot of Barton street. st. Louis. 1t appears that
the captain of the steamer borrowed thirteen
rifles from the officer in charge of the arsenal
some time ago, as the boat was going to the
mountains, and it was considered possible that
it might be attacked by the Indians.


A day or two ago he was notified to return
the guns to the arsenal, and instructed Thomp-
son to place them in O box in baggage wagon,
on the bank, and take them home. Before the
rifles were carried off the boat the caps were re-
moved from the nipples, and the men were in
them were placed in the wagon without acci-
dent, and the driver, together with the captain
of the boat, returned on board for the bayonets
as Thompson was placing the last musket in the
box. An instant after report was heard, and
turning around they saw Thompson stagger
from the wagon to the gang plank, and at the
same time tear open his coat and vest. The
captain, fearing he would fall In the river,
shouted to him to keep off the plank. He
stopped, and sinking to his knees, fell back
ward When they reached him life was extinct.


1t was found that the undermost gun had ex-
ploded, throwing the charge, consisting of a
bullet and four buckshot, through the two-inch
plank of which the box was made. 1t then struck
the unfortunate man in the right breast, passing
through the lungs, coming out beneath the
shoulder blade, and the ball was found i'm
bedded in log at the river bank to the depth
of four inches. An inquest was held over the
remains, when verdict of accidental death wa:
returned.


The deceased was in his nineteenth year, anG
was an esteemed and worthy young man. Hit
death will cast a gloom not only on his family
put among mis- relations and large circle o.
be inferred TO. morrow morning at 81 o'clock
from the residence of his parents, No. Is!
South avenue.
Year: 1870

Ing Bill ETC.


WASHINGTON, Nov. est is stated that the
Presidents message and Secretary Robeson's
report will be in full accord on the subject of
the repeal or modification of our existing navi-
cation laws, and that they will persistently
urge upon Congress to give our commercial
marine the full benefit of the present complica-
tions in Europe. There is reason to believe
that the Presidents message will also take
stronger ground than has been common of late
in favor of protection to American industry,
and that the recent efforts of the so-called
revenue reformers will receive small encourage
ment therefrOm.


Senator occupying leading position on
the Finance Committee, and one who voted for
the original bill, said to-day that he had grave
doubts about the working of the Funding law in
its present shape, and that he should not be sur
prised If it was made the subject of early legis-
lation by Congress. He does not think that
the four per cent. certificates can be taken in
the present condition of the money market nor
does he think there is any immediate prospect
of improvement. He would be in favor of
amending the law SO as to make the rate of in
terest on all the bonds four and half and
five per cent. 1t is said the Secretary of the
Treasury will not oppose a limited amendment


1t is learned that early In the session of Con-
gress q prominent Western Senator will intro
duce a bill allowing import duties, and all taxes
arising from customs, to be paid in United States
currency, instead of gold as at present re-
quired.


1t is positively asserted that the San Domingo
treaty will be somewhat modified and sent into
the Senate again this winter.
Year: 1870

When the cry was heard in Europe OF the
abundance of gold in America, the poor of all
nations started up, careless of home and coun-
try, to partake in the sudden riches whereas
monds in Brazil or the Cape of Good Hope have
excited but little emotion. Our latest advfces
from Chilli bring US continued aud excited
accounts of the discoveries of rich mines of sill
yer. The independents of the 11th of October
says-"More news has been received from the
Molacca, recently discovered mine of the Ro-
silia another little more to the north Crowds
of people have gone from Chanarclla, each one
to prospect for himself 1t was further reported
that at Algarobba, south of Chanarcila, vast
deposits of silver and copper had been found
deposited in the form of streets. In view of all
this it is recommended that the government
should appoint officers to regulate the supply
of water and prevent disorders. Two days
after, continues this paper a correspondent
wrote, Good news great news! Caracoles
beaten!'"


In effect the mines found lately in Bolivia
have found rival in the Sapos, about ten or
twelve leagues more to the south. Two miners
who had been out prospecting arrived with
specimens of new mine discovered by them,
which gave two thousand marcos the box or
cdjon, which from virgin Cordilleras need not
cause wonder or unbelief, and might well give
rise to second Chanarcilla. In q vein worked
by Jacinto Torres two hundred and fifty pounds
of the ore gave forty-eight marcos of silver. In
consequence of all this there are some five hun
dred persons on the spot, some looking on,
some prospecting. There is great enthusiasm,
and feeling of rivalry to beat the lately dis
covered rich mines in Bolivia. Impatient en-
thusiasts are recommended patience, and told
that, furnished with this virtue and aided by
saliva, an ant might be able to swallow an ele-
phant. This practical proverb is recommended
10 dissatisfied workmen and mechanics who
wish to abandon the certain for chance specu-
lations.


Various fortunate spectators had returned in
the steamer. The locality is good and abundant
room for all. This worst of it is that food is
not easily obtained and only at high prices.
Water is bad in quality and produces peculiar
disease by which the sufferers are afflicted
with sort of fungus tumors under the skin
called claUos or warts, which extend rapidly and
are accompanied by the most atrocious pains
throughout the body. Like the ancients who
placed dragons, serpents, and other SUPER
natural beings to guard the treasures of the
earth from those who sought to get suddenly
rich, we have natural obstacles to overcome If
we wish to obtain the silver from the mines of
Caracoles. However, instead of envying with
our arms crossed the luck of our Gillian and
Bolivian friends, have we not also the spurs and
Cordilleras belonging to the same great Andean
system of mountains? We know where the
mines of Cana are and what they produced. To
partake of the riches of the kingdom of nature,
we must do as we are told how to do to enter
the kingdom of heaven, "Seek and you shall
find"
Year: 1870

not think they have a right to object to the pre-
sence of foreign officer, acting under a dead
statute hunting them as if they were wild
beasts, without warrant of law, and without
even the color of authority? These acts are
declared to be done in the name of the State,
and under the direction of the "Oyster Police
Commissioners"


1t will appear to your Excelency, in a review
of the law, that Commander Davidson has been
betrayed into course that is decidedly arbi..
trary, nor is 1t possible to construe the acts OF
our last Legislature as to cover even the appear
ance of his feet in our midst.


With great respect, l am truly yours,


r. X. VANDIvER.
Year: 1870

As the song ceased he came IN, and
Ethel met him at the door, holding out
both her hands. sA


80, DIR. Hopey' she said, 81 am so
clad YOU have come, for / have so
much to ask you about!'


They sat down with the old couple
in the cleaning, and Ethel unfolded all
her plan. Had itsbeen a far more EU-
tnpian vision than it WAS still the shin
7 ing.-eyes and young ringing voice
would have held her hearers as by a
compelling spell. Clear in the eye OF
her fancy shone the fair home that she
Year: 1870

THAT REMARKABLE TEXAN SHIRT.-Edl-
tors have first-ratc time in Texas. The la
dies of town out there have given to the ed
itor of the paper an embroidered shirt which
contains pictorial history OF Texas, including
the war with Mexico, and the meeting OF the
first legislature and also pictures of the fruits
and cereals of the State, all worked In red
worsted. The editor never wore shirt IN his
life, and he thought that was banner tor the
temperance procession which was to come OFT
the next week. So he made little speech OF
thanks, in which he said he would fling 1t out
forever to the breezes Of heaven, that they
might kiss its folds, and that until his hand
palsied it should never be trailed in the dust
never!" The ladies didn't understand him,
and when he talked about It's trailing, they
blushed, and said that they were sorry they
made it too long. But a committee man took
the editor aside and explained the shirt to him
in a whisper, and the next day he appeared at
the Office with that shirt mounted over his
coat and wrote four columns of explanation
for his paper. The shirt is much admired by
the BOYS of the town, and whenever the editor
goes out for a walk they follow him by regl-
nments, studying the history of Texas and the
fine arts on the back of it.
Year: 1870

PoKING THE WRONG MAN AT the thea
tire, one night, John Phoenix thought he saw an
acquaintance sitting few seats in front of
him, and asked gentleman. sitting between
them to poke him with his cane. When he
turned around John discovered his mistake.
Fixing his attention on the play, and affecting
Indifference of the affair." he left the man to set
tie the disturbance, and he, being wholly with
out an excuse, there was, OF course ludrl-
cous and embarrassing scene, during all of
which Phoenix was profoundly interested in
the play. At last the man asked. Indignantly:
"Did you not tell me to poke that man with
my stick 2" "Yes !" "And what did you want 70
II wanted to see whether you would poke him
or nOtr'
Year: 1870

THE Louisville Courier has this singular
"personal y: A little boy, six years old, writ
inc from Washington to his grandfather IN this
city, SAYS: ma took me to the Presidents to
see Spotted Tail. He is nasty, dirty man.
In the middle of the levee, when Gen. Grant
was talking to him and all the ladies were look.
ing at him, he unbuttoned his pantaloons and
famed his belly with his shirt tail !" That was
certainly indelicate in Spotted Tail
Year: 1870

We take the following table of statistics
from the Missouri Republican of July 18th,
which will give an idea Of the comparative
strength of the French and Prussian armies
The French army in active service is classified
Year: 1870

The Albany Argus is authority for the
following statement


"The good citizens of Schenectady have
been alarmed greatly by singular affair
which took place there few days ago.
AS cat story it goes ahead of anything
of the kind we have heard. The father
of family, just before retiring late at
night, heard groans in the room occupied
by his daughter, a girl twelve years of
age. Upon going to the room he found
cat on the breast of his child, with its
four legs around the child's neck, and its
mouth to the child's mouth. 1t was with
some difficulty that the cat was removed;
The child had evidently been asleep, and
when found was so much exhausted by
her breath having been obstructed, that
she had not strength enough to force the
cat away. We have heard OF cats causing
the death of infants in shis way, but never
before heard of such an incident in con-
nection with girl twelve years of age.
The hcts were reported by the father
himself. The girl has since been troubled
in breathing"
Year: 1870

This occurred about 10 o'clock, and the
mother, deemiDg it some foolish threat,
went on with her work. Eleven o'clock
came, and the boy not returning, his
grandmother went in search of him, and
found him in the wagon house, with a
strap about his neck, showing that he had
committed suicide. He had fastened the
strap to his neck, and then tied it to an
ox-chain hanging from a beam, and
climbed up on q partition and threw him
self off, thus accomplishing his purpose.
Year: 1870

sentinel who fled in hot haste to the guard
house, and turned ont the guard. stating
that one Of the delirious patients had es'
capped from his room, and was knocking
about among the coilins in the dead house.
Lanterns were procured and search
among tho collins commenced. They soon
satisfied themselves that 10 person was
in the dead house, and were upon the
point Of leaving, making n great deal OF
sport at the expense of The poor soldier,
who they supposed had been frightened
ut his own dream. When Moffett seeing n
glimmer of light, and hearing voices,
again commenced pounding and calling
to them. They again resumed their
sea, ch. and soon found the coffin from
which the noise issued and having opened
it restored the poor boy again 10 his bed
and the care of his nurse BY ski 'ul trea
ment he finally recovered, and four years
ago. he was clerk in tho Pension Office
at Washington.
Year: 1870

The following strange incident was CON-
municatcd to your correspondent by the
prcson himself. for whose vcracity | can
vouch with the utmost confidence, having
been fellow clerk with him ror two years
in one Of the departments at Washington.
His name was Benjamin +. Moffett Il
young man aged abou! eighteen nj the
time of his supposed death. He was 4
private in one of the Indiana Regiments
during the war ofthe rebellion, was Sc
vcrcly wounded in his side at the battle OF
Fort Donnelson and taken TO the hospital
at St Louis. while there, before his
wounds had entirely healed. he was taken
with the small pox and sent t) the pest
house on Bloody Island. The hospital
was crowded, and the pestlcnce was fear.
Acknowledgment and mortal. The deaths
were so rapid, and the bodies accumulated
so fast in The dead house, that many re-
mancd there soRc days previous to bur
ial, and TO this circumstance the young
man owes his life.


He had been sick twenty days, much Of
the time delirious, when the change oc-
cured which the physician pronounced
death. He WAS placed IN coffin and
conveyed to the dead house, where twen-
lv. other bodies were waiting inter
mcnt. There he remained two days and
nights. his time for burial having been
appointed for the third day. Happily for
him, during the night or early morning of
the appointed day he came to his senses,
and as his returning reason beganto dawn
upon him he felt as if wakening from
deep sleep. He had been in the habit
during his sickness of holding consulta-
ton throu oh n small hole in the wooden
partition of his bunk, with his next neigh.
bcr on the other side Of the partition.
Upon waking, he accordingly turned on
his side TO address his friend and was as
tonished not to find the aperture through
which he had received his communications.
and on feeling about him soon compre-
hended his situation Yet he did not
once dream that he had died and was a.
bout TO be buried in the earth, but sup
posed that he had been placed in this box
to be transported to his friends, and that
this singular mode of transportation was
adopted, to keep him from spreading the
contagion during the journey. This
tn, ught was evidence that his mind was
still little muddy.


He lay some time pondering upon this
idea, and very uncomfortable in his close
quarters. when he heard some ono whist
ling near by. This was the sentry sta
toned at the dead house, probably whist
ling to keep his courage up. Benny ac-
cordingly began to pound on his coffin and
call for assistance. the noise alarmed the
Year: 1870

A Quaker maiden of Indiana. who
had reached the age OF sixty. accepted n
matrimonial offer from man who belong
ed to the Presbyterian Church, and began
to prepare for the wedding. As usual a
delegation of friends waited on her, and
demonstrated with her for marrying out
of meeting. The bride elect heard tho
visitors patiently and said: Look here!
I've been waiting sixty years for the
meeting TO marry me, and if the meeting
don't want me to marry out OF it. why
don't the meeting bring along its boys"
The delegation departed in silence.