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Year: 1870

If you choose take up the Daily
Chicago Zrtbu,te Of the 9th inst, and
read tGaths" lettertrom Washington
or rather that portion of it, which
-pretendsto give leaffrom Alexander
Hamilton's correspondence; and hav-
ing done SO, say whether our strict


Tres from time to time upon this
garrulous cndaciouslo lobsceneand SEN
.sational newspaper gossipper have
been nnwortbily bestowed and fur
thermoro think if you please for q
moment, how such a besliming cor
respondent of both the living and the
far.off dead, is the pettes Washing
ton newsmonger of Deacon Bross'
paper a paper which was go much
the par ercellence Republican jour-
nal of the Northwest, as to be Obliged
to bolt its party nominees, because
they were corrupt. We would publish
what this pen scavenger has
unearthed, and not trouble the
reader to look it up, but actuated
by some regard for common decency,
il not for the ashes ofa distinguished
soldier and statesman, now sixty-five
years in his grave, we refrain
Should you read the letter, please
reflect upon this thought, whether or
not, this exhumer of old scandal
against the dead. of more than half
a century ago, is not some cross be-
tween the human and the hyena
species.


Let it be supposed that there is
any truth in the story, what use can
there be for its publication.


We would not advertize this cor
respondent, nor the paper for which
he writes, but we would like the peo-
pie to know what they may get
before purchasing such paper
Year: 1870

Those who take our view of the Sri-
frage question are freqently tauntcd
with making useless war on the negro


The real point OF the accusation is that
we do not choose to become the advo-
Gates of the political negro at the cost
Of mongrelizing the Democratic party
and its principles The political negro
needs no advocacy at our hands. 1t is
the white man that stands in pressing
reed OF defenders. The political negro
has champions enough in Grants bay
onets, and Congressional reconstruction
acts and fraudulent constitutional
amendments. lie is, politically, on top
and the white man is down Before
we are ready to champion negro
rights we should at least wait to
see our own color on an equal
ity with him, and q white man
considered in this Government as good
as a negro. 1t is the mission oi the
Democratic party, not only to establish
the equilibrium, but to assert the right
ful supremacy of the white race. We
are Of those who believe that charity
begins at home" and as Radicalism has
put the white man down and the negro
up we 90 in for letting the white man
up and leave the negro TO be taken care
of by his chosen Radical friends. Ii TO
defend the rights Of white men to at
least political equality in this country
is Ito make war on the negro, then
we are guilty, but no further We should
think that this is proposition Of fair
ness and justice that would commend
itself to every man with white skin,
whether he be American, English,
French German or Italian, and the
proposition is immeasurably strength
ened when we reflect that the Radical
party, which lives and moves and has
its being in the support it derives from
the negro, is destroying free and consti-
tutiOnal government in this country.
and impoverishing it with NAL admins
tration and plnndering taxation. And
this is a question that comes home to
every citizen who loves liberty and has
ANYTHING else to lose, and it Is question
that has to be weighed in the scale of
selfinterest and self.preservation.-.ho-
bile Register
Year: 1870

From several OF the Prussian provinces
there has gone up to Berlin q powerful appeal
for peace that must touch the tenderest sym
pathies OF Count Bismarck and King william.
II is the voice of destitute widowed mothers
in favor of themselves and their half-orphan
children. This petition against the further
prosecution of the war has been signed by
thirty-fve thousand seven hundred and fifty
three widows in Westphalia, Rhenish Prussia
and Hanoyer-widows whose husbands had
been slain In battle, leaving them with seventy
eight thousand seven hundred and sixty chill
dren in imminent peril of starvation In Ian
guage beautiful in its simplicity, terrible in
its truthfhlncss and melting in its pathos,
those sOrrowing and suffering German women
point out the sad industrial and social conse-
qucnces Of tha war and implore King William
to spare his people any further aggravation Of
them. Many OF the factories in which those
women might have hoped to procure employ
ment are closed; funds that under other cir
cumstances might have been applied to their
relief are used by the government for the pro-
secution of the war. Their condition could
hardly have been worse than it is at present
had the German armies been defeated aud the
Fatherland Invaded by the French aud now
the only hope they have against utter indi-
gence and death is in the speedy re-estabIish-
ment of peace.


We In this country can heartily sympathizs
with these stricken families of Germany as
well as with those of France. In our war Of
the rebellion there was hardly home through
out the country that did not feel The effects of
the ravages of war-hardly woman who
was not called upon 10 mourn the loss Of hus-
band, son, father, brother or dearest friend.
Already the loss Of life in France and Prussia
has been proportionately greater than it was
with us, while the destruction of property in
France has been far more extensive than it
was in the South. 1t will require perhaps a
quarter Of century for France to recover from
much OF the injury inflicted on her during the
summer Of this year, while some of the losses
she has sustained can never be restored. The
victories which the Prussians have achieved
have been dearly bought, for the destruction
Of human life has been greater on the Prussian
side than on the French. When Napoleon III.
declared war against his royal rival for
national supremacy the war spirit In Germany
rose to the highest point But now war songs
have given place to prayers for peace, and
throughout the Fatherland the supplications of
stricken widows and orphans, bereaved by the
loss Of loved ones and threatened with extrem-
est want, rise high above all the rumors and





that come across to us from England and the
Continent. The best thing for both France
and Prussia now is peace, and we sincerely
trust that this wall of the widows and their
prayers for peace will have the desired effect
Year: 1870

THE DANGER OF CHRISTIANS IN CHINA
1t will be seen from our telegraphic dispatches
to-day that the Christian population in
China-European and American-are in great
danger. 1t is said chat q day has been fixed
for general attack on all the Christians in
the empire. If China is able in this civilized
age to repeat the st. Bartholomew massacre
it will not be good for China but Great
Britain, Russia and the United States will not
be free from blame. 1t is evident that the
Chinese people are under some horrible
priestiy influence, and that if they are not
restrained they will do some terrible work
1t is high time that the three Powers just
mentioned were taking vigorous steps to pro-
tect life and civilization in China.
Year: 1870

COLLEGE JOURNALISM. .-In a number Of the
most prominent colleges in the United States
the publication Of local journals has become
an established fact. This is not bad idea, If
the character Of the articles that are allowed to
appear in the papers in question does not tend
too much toward the sophomorical style. BY
becoming familiar with writing for the press
many of our young college students may
eventually make practical journalists-a pro-
fession that is rapidly assuming front rank
in the higher walks Of science and general
usefulness TO mankind.
Year: 1870

II was pleasant and oonsoling episode in
the history Of Eugene's exile, that visit of tue
Prince and Princess of Wales to the romantic
old mansion at Chiselhurst on Wednesday to
pay their respects to the fallen Empress.
Stripped of her high rank, banished from tue
home where she ruled in most royal fashion
for so many years, this visit 10 her English
home by the heir to the throne OF England and
his princess must have been soothing to her
wearied and disturbed heart. The visit had
twofold significance, for it was not only an act
of private friendship, but visit of state, in
which the Queen, though not present, was
represented officially by her lord chamber
lain, and in kindly way by the Prince, who
was charged by his mother to renew the ex-
preston of her sincere sympathy with the
misfortunes of the Empress. The young
French Prince did the honors of the occasion,
and no doubt he stood the baptism of COM
pliments much better than he Gid his famous
baptism of fire at Weissenbourg 1t is meet and
proper that the ex-Empress should be thus
kindly noticed by the royal family of England.
Eugene was always good, lovable woman,
both in her private and her public sphere, who
earned for herself everywhere the respect of
the world. Even those who do not love the
imperial system which gave her throne and
crown do not refuse their sympathy to her
now that she has lost both.
Year: 1870

Washington is at this momen. nearer to the
Pacific coast than II was to Boston only quar-
ter OF century ago. The facilities for rapid
communication between the most distant parts
OF the country are being improved every day,
and we hope In short time to have occasion
TO announce that the modes Of transit between
increased at least twolold and with corre-
spending reduction in the rates Of fare.
Year: 1870

REMOVAL OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL Con-
yENT1oN.-The convention lately held in Gin
cinnati for the purpose Of encouraging the
movement for the removal Of the national capi-
tai from Washington to some point in the val
ley Of the Mississippi was stupid failure, as
1t deserved to be. 1t has taken more than
seventy years and the expenditure of hundreds
of millions Of treasure to erect the public
buildings now ornamenting the national capi-
tai, and the present generation, we are in
clined to think, is in no disposition to incur
an addition to our already enormous indebt-
cdness by such foolish undertaking as that
contemplated by the Cincinnati cQnvQcation.
Year: 1870

SECRETARY Cox took leave Of his Cabinet
colleagues yesterday, and will retire from bis
position in the Interior Department on Monday
Commissioner Delauo viii enter upon his
duties as Secretary OF he Interior on Tuesday
uext
Year: 1870

position He has the power, in assuming the
responsibility, to exalt himself and to make a
peace which will eud the sufferings and mill
tary disasters and spoiiations of France and
secure the republic
Year: 1870

NAPOLEON, il is said will probably be sent
to Eba. How history repeats itself in these
stirring times! One. even without very
vivid imagination, could readily imagine him
self living in the early years Of the centuryA
Year: 1870

the city papers makes serious charges against
the management Of Central Park. This is
merely the claptrap incident to an electioneer-
ing campaign, and should not be entertained
for moment by any class Of our citizens. IF
the charges alleged be true why not produce
the proofs, or cease altogether this silly
twaddling, that is only calculated to bring
into contempt its authors, and to belittle in
the minds of strangers one of the most beauti-
full places Of public resort and innocent rscrea-
ton In the world:
Year: 1870

a Row, Blot and Rumpus in the Democratic
Camp-The Party Sold Out to tina Labor Re-
formers by the State Comniittee-Sharp Let
ter from the Democratic Gubernatorial
Candidate and Scathing Eebuke
from Another Prominent Party


Leader = The Situation a


Viewed from the Labor


Reform Standpoint.
Year: 1870

We have seen it stated, in some paper, that white recruits have recently been assigned to the two negro cavalry regiments now in the service of the United States, and we take this occasion to assert that, unless the whites wanted to join said regiments, they have been meanly dealt with. Better muster out those two negro regiments, if their ranks cannot be filled by negroes, than to force white men to eat, drink, sleep, and do duty with members of race for whom nature has implanted in their bosoms irreyerence, if not detestation.
Year: 1870

THE FoPE's MovEMENTs.-The Italian
Government has addressed the following
circular to its diplomatic agents abroad:


Sir,-His eminence, Cardinal Antonelli,
has applied to several courts for informa-
tion as to whether the Pope would be free
TO leave Rome and go back to it at his own
pleasure. This application OF the Cardinal
Secretary Of state having been brought to
my knowledge by some members of the
diplomatic body, have immediately an
swercd that Italy naturally wishes his Iioli.
ness TO remain ut Rome, for nowhere else
would the Pontitf find himself surrounded
by greater respect and regard, and nowhere
else could he enjoy greater freedom in the
discharge OF his spiritual functions. If,
however, other ideas were to prevail in the
Council Of the Holy Father, the Kings
Government would certainly regret, but it
would also respect, The Popc's determines
Iion.


Most assurcdy the idea of exercising any
influence on the deliberations of his HUl-
ness has never crossed our minds. Such an
idea would be contrary to all our precedent>,
and to our welt-knoHn political programme.
The Pope can, therefore, abide in Rome or
reDair 20 Castel Gondolto, to Civita Fec-
CHA, OF elsewhere. He may quit Italy or
return. The only observation j took the
liberty TO add to my answer was that if his
Holiness made up his mind to leave Rome
it would be desirable that he should do so
in public and free manner; for, consider
ing The full liberty enjoyed by his Holiness.
there would he no reason why he should
expose himself to the Inconvenience and
fatigue OF secret journey. Whatever may
be the determination Of the Holy Father,
neither the Government nor the people
would ever fail to surround him with all the
honors and all the proofs Of respect which
are due to him,
Year: 1870

SKATING AT ST. ALBAN's HALL.-There is
no truth whatever in the report circulated
in the city of the closing Of this delightful
place of amusement. The proprietors are
building spacious rink on 9Th, between
Franklin and Grace streets, but until it is
finished there will be skating at St. AIban's,
as advertised in the daily papers and due
notice will be given of any change of place
and time.
Year: 1870

A SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE SoLD.-One OF
the successful candidates in the recent cam
paign won a hat on the result. A dislnter-
csted friend was to choose the hat, by the
agreement of both parties. The friend
went to hat store and purchased three
cent straw hat, and shortly afterwards a
bill came in for two dollar and i half hat.
The straw hat was returned, and three
cents on the amount charged for the other
hat paid, the chooser Of the hat having de-
cided that that was the sum to be paid for
it. There are two dollars and forty-seTen
cents due by the successful candidate,
which he is respectfully requested to walk
forward and settle.
Year: 1870

.HENRICo COUNTY CoUET-THE BUTCHERS
CAsE.-In this court on yesterday the case
against the butchers was called up. The
facts Of the case are about as follows The
defendants. some twenty-six in number,
are charged with violating the law every
time they leave the county to 60 in search
of stock to supply their customers. They
contend that they cannot get along without
adopting this expedient, and that the exi-
gencies of their trade will not permit their
waiting for cattle, &C., to be brought to
them. On the other hand, parties in the
interest Of the Commonwealth sayfthat the
butchers must get license to go into every
county to buy, and that unless they do so
they violate the law and are liable to fine,
and costs besides, in every instance.


On the meeting of the court yesterday
Judge Minor gave the following instruc-
tions to the jury:


off the jury shall believe from the evil
dencc that the defendant at different times
between the 10Th day Of April, 1867, and
the date of the finding of this presentment,
did buy in the county Of Henrico, or in any
part thereof even though such part should
be the place fixed by statute for the erec-
ton Of the public scales, and nowhere else,
cattle, or sheep, or hogs, not for his own
use or for the use Of his family, but to be
killed and sold for human food-whether
he bought the same from duly licensed cat
tie brokers, and from no one else, or not
and that the defendant had no license to
canvass said county under the provisions
of the act passed 10th April, 1867, then they
should find the defendant guilty under the
first count Of the presentment."
Under these Instructions the jury found
the defendant guilty, and assessed his fine
at $40.


This case was made test case, and OF
course the others had to abide this decision,
hut we learn that a compromise has been
proposed, which, if accepted, will stoI
all further proceedings in the case.
Year: 1870

All goods made by the subscriber are
Warranted to Fit the Form.
Prices reasonable. and l am bound to please
those who give nc their custom.


Shop On York street near tie Windiate
House l2-T-ly NN. LYNCH
Year: 1870

INDUsTRY.-Manm must have occupation,
or be miserable Toll is the price of sleep
and appetite-of health and enjoyment.
The very necessity that overcomes our
natural sloth is a blessing. The whole
world does not contain briar or thorne
which Divine mercy could have spared.
We are happier with the sterility, which
we can overcome by industry, than we
could have been with spontaneous
plenty aud unbounded profusion. The
body and the mind are improved by the
toll that tatigues them. The toll is a
thousand times rewarded by the pleasure
which it bestows. No wealth can purchase
them, no Incidence can taste them. They
flow only from the exertions which they
repay.
Year: 1870

Commend us to the girl of whom it is
sneeringly said, ''she works for living"
In her we are always sure of true woman
"a real lady. True, we are not prepared
to see mincing step, naughty lip, a
fashionable dress, or a splendid string of
nonsense about balls and young men, or
the new and the next party-no, no; but
we are prepared tohear the coming of a wo-
man; neat dress, mild brow, and t,
witness movements that would not disgrace
an angel.


You who are looking for wives and com
papions, turn from the fashionable, naughty
girls, and select one of those who work
for living, and never-our word for it
will you repent your choice. You want
substantial friend, and not help EAT-a
councillor, and not simpleton. You may
not be able to carry piano into your house,
but you can buy a sewing machine or
set of knitting needles If you cannot buy
ticket for the ball, you can visit some
afflicted ~neighbor


Be careful, then, when you look, for
companions and when you choose. We
know many foolish man who, instead of
selecting an industrious and prudent wo-
man for wife, took one from fashionable
stock, and is now lamenting his folly in
dust and ashes. He ran into the fire with
his eyes wide open, and who but himself
is to blame for it?


The time was when ladies visited and
took work with them This is the reason
why we had such excellent mothers. How
singular would gay woman look in a
fashionable circle darning her fathers
stocking! Would not her companions
laugh at her? And yet such woman
would be prize to somebody. Blessed is
the man who chooses for his wife one from
the despised girls '.who work for a living"
Year: 1870

A gentleman was chiding his son for
staying out late at night, or rather early
next morning, and said why, when
I was of your age my father would not
allow me to go out of the house after dark. !"
"Then you had deuce of father, you
had" sneered the young profigate; where
upon the father very rashly vociferated, 81
had confounded sight better one than
you, you young rascal"
Year: 1870

Are two Of the most common and yiruent disor
ders prevalent on this continent to these the 0int
ment is especially antagonistic, its modrs operond
is first to eradicate the venom and then compel the
Year: 1870

AND THEN?-The women who have found
themselves unfit for the places their mothers
filled with rather dubious success, have been
making great palaver for their endowment
with the franchise. They have had no open
opposition from their sisters-for those oppos
ed are not so open-but modest, unpreten-
tious women, whose virtues secure them
abundant protection, in the affection of hon
erable men. Now, however, that the broad
mouthed ranters attack Congress with their
plan for the Sixteenth Amendment, a quiet
remonstrance goes up, from some among the
best ladies in the land, who do not wish to be
drawn into the field Of politics in order TO
combat with the ballot the influence of the
bad of two sexes


The solemn truth is, where you find a
female advocate of female enfranchlsement
you find woman whose woman's heart. wo
mans charms, woman's magnetic loveliness.
are lacking-a beggared creature of God, un
qualified for the sphere which freak of Ma
ture but partially marked her for-and. not
fitted for woman's life, she seeks to be
something-do something well knowing
what.
Year: 1870

Projecting RooF's FROM FIRE.-A
wash composed of lime, salt and fine sand
or wood ashes, put on in the ordinary way
of whitewashing is said to render the roof
iifty-fold more safe against taking fire
from falling cinders or otherwise in case
of fire in the vicinity. 1t pays the ex-
pense hundred fold in its preserving
influence against the effects Of the weather;
the older and more weather beaten the
shingles, the more benefit derived Such
shingles, says the Fireman's Journal, are
generally more or less warped, rough or
cracked. The application of wash, by
wetting the upper surfaces restores them
to their original or first form, thereby
closing the spaces between the shingles,
and the lime and sand, by filling up the
cracks and pores in the shingle, itself,
prevent its warping for years, if not for
ever.
Year: 1870

The laws of China were made 1000
years ago, and have undergone but little
charge. One of them requires that all
persons must truthfully represent their
profession, and that generation after gen
Grafton they must not change or alter it.
Another exempts all literary and religious
institutions from taxation, and another
provides that the possessor Of land shall
cultivate it under pain of forfeiture
Year: 1870

n dressing WHICH
is at once agreeable,
healthy, and cffectual
for preserving the
hair. Faded or gray
hair IS soon restored
to its original color
aciM the gloss and
freshness Of youth.
Thin hair is thick-
Year: 1870

CHIyAMAN HANGS HIMsELF.-On
Wednesday VIM. McKeag found China
man suspended from limb of live Oak
tree growing on the hill side just above
the Spring near the Toll House. Coroner
Schuler, on being Dotifed of the circum-
stance, impanneled a jury and proceeded
to hold an inquest on the defunet heather
The Chinaman was found hanging by a
rope made fast to a limb which branched
out about nine feet aoove ground; his feet
and hands were tied in bungling manner
with baling rope, and near by lay his coat,
nat and boots. a short pine log was lean
ing against the tree in such position as to
indicate that it had been placed there by
the Chinaman in order to facilitate his
preparations for self-destruction No other
tracks were found in the vicinity except
those made by the deceased, and it was
evident to all that he had deliberately com.
mitted suicide. After due examination
and investigation the jury returned yer
diet to that effect. Nothing of any value
was found about the John and it is probable
that poverty impelled him to bid this world
and the Tax Collector adieu.
Year: 1870

GuBERNAToRIAL-In connection with
this office, we hear the name OF Newton
Booth mentioned as candidate on the
Republican tieket, and in our opinion there
is no man in the State of California who
would be as popular with the people. He
possesses all the qualifications that could
be asked in man for the position, and a
moral character that is above suspicion, and
we honestly believe that with such a man
at the head Of our ticket we can carry the
State by very large majority Jackson
Ledger.


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