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Year: 1870

CHARGES AGAINST A ASENAToR.-Gravs
charges have been made against Sprague,


United States Senator from Rhode Island.
Jenckes, member of the present Con-


gress, and lately candidate for reelection,
accuses the Senator of crimes which, if
they can be proven, call for his instant
expulsion from Congress, and a servere
sentence bya legal tribunal The charges
preferred against Sprague are that he
! helped to supply the Confederates with
arms and munitions Of war at various times,
and that he was party to illicit traffic in
cotton during the Rebellion. His accuser
is man Of high character, and the accuse.
tions appear to be fortified by documentary
evidence that is certainly entitled to con-
sideration. Sprague has long been regard.
ed as kind of political autocrat in Rhole
Island, whose position and influence in the
State is due to his great wealth and family
connections rather than to intellectual
worth, or ability as legislator. We hope
a searching Investigation will be made into
this matter, and if the Senate has among
its members one vile enough to be guilty
of the charges preferred against sprague,
he will be ignominiously expelled and
punished as the meanest felon in the land
No consideration of party, official position,
or social standing should come in the way
of his just punishment.-[ Exchange
Year: 1870

When by Infinite pow'r this little world
Was launched upon the bonndless sea of space
To be the home of mortal man through life,
There was one law implanted in his soul,
Aud that unspoken, changeless mandate was,
Progression
Year: 1870

DID il for fun !" All, you wicked young siren,
To play with heart as a child with toy;
Did you find it rare sport to drive deeper the


iron fNlH
That entered the soul you had vowed to de-


stroy?
Did il for fun !" o the monstrous confession !
/ sicken to think of the ruinous deed;
For though there's no law to impeach the


transgression,


You have murdered heart that forever


must bleed.
did it for fun ~ For shame that a woman,
Whom nature has crowned with such graces


as thine,
Should train her rich gifts for q service inhu-
And spill the heart-blood other victims like


wine.
did it for fun!' Would to God hadheeded
The impulse that oft bade me fly from your


charms;
But had legions ofangels to rescue me pleaded.
I'd have flown from their call to the clasp Of


your arms.
Did it for fun!" O, skilled in all falseness.
Though slain by your arts, must weep for


you yet,
For the curses of men yet unhurt by your base


ness,


Shall wiring from your brow drops of guilt


poisoned sweat.
All, this pain in my breast makes me hate you


sometimes,
And my anger burns fierce and would rise in


flame
To whelm you beneath its unquenchable fires.
And blot out your errors, your life and your


name.
" Did II for funl" Great heaven, was it plea
To toy with the victim whose doom you had


sealed2
Did You laugh when you thought of the woe


without measure
That l must endure when my fate was re-


vealed?
Round my neck you have wreathed dimpled


arms snowy white,
All the while cooling low like some nest


brooding dove; LTu
You have sank on my breast with we'll


feigned delight.
While i swore you outshone the fair God


dess of Love.
And so, with your Establishments, kisses and


wiles, .-t
You have lured and bewitched me till lost


and undone,
sit mid the ashes and blight Of my hopes,
And hear but the echo, " did it for fun"
For fun 0 false charmer, not long will you sit
On the throne of your power with your serfs


kneeling round,
For men will reyile you and women despise,
Your pride shall be humbled, your forehead


uncrOwned.
o woman. in naught save the beauty which


wins


And brings naughty men at your feet to
We have parted for aye; but you II reap from


your sins
A harvest of bitter, unspeakable woe.
Year: 1870

The great novelist was fond of dogs,
and told many stories of their wit. Once,
he said, he desired an old pointer Of great
experience, a prodigious favorite, and
steady in the field as a rock, to accom-
pany his friend Daniel Terry, the actor,
then on visit to Abbotsford, and who,
for the nonce, voted himself short ex-
cursion. The dog wagged his tail in
pleased obedience, shook out his ears,
led the way with confident air, and be-
gan ranging about with the most scienti-
fic precision. Suddenly he pointed; up
sprung numerous covey. Terry, bent
on slaughter, fred both barrels at once,
aiming in the center of the enemy, and
missed. The dog turned around in utter
astonishment, wondering who could be
behind him, and looked Terry full in the
face, but after pause, shook himself
again and went to work as before A
second steady point, second fusilade,
and no effects. The dog then deliberate
ly wheeled about and trotted hume at
his leisure, leaving the discomftted yena-
tor to find for himself the remainder of
the day. Sir Walter was fond of repeat
ing the anecdote, and always declared
that it was literally true, while Terry
never said more in contradiction than
that 81 it was a good story"
Year: 1870

No more beautiful picture of true wo-
man has ever been drawn than Sir James
Mackentosh's description of his own wife.
Who can read it without having every
noble impulse within him stirred to its
profoundest depths2 Would that we had
many such women as Lady Mackentosh:


"She was woman who, by tender
management of my weaknesses, gradu-
ally corrected the most pernielous OF
them. She became prudent from atfec-
ton. Though of the most generous ma
ture, she taught economy by her love OF
me. During the most critical period OF
nv life. she relieved me from the cares
of my affairs, and preserved order In
them. She gently reclaimed me from
dissipation, she propped my weak and
irresolute nature, she urged my Incidence
to useful and creditable exertions, was
perpetually at hand to admonish my
heedlessness and improvidence. To her
owe whatever am, to her whatever l
shall be. In her solicitude for my inter-
est she never for a moment forgot my
character. Her feelings were warm and
impetuous, but she was placable, tender
and constant. Such was she whom !
lost, when a knowledge of her worth had
refined an ardent love to sincere friend
eb,v -
Year: 1870

Berlin Cor. San Francisco Bulletin.l


The conceit of Prussia is almost be-
yond conception. You see everywhere
the busts and portraits of the vain, weak
minded King and the bulldog face OF
Bismarck You hear everywhere the ex-
preston that Prussia is the greatest mil
itary power in the world-talk like that
of village school-boy bully, Who dares
knock this chip off my shoulder" But
you hear another talk, too-deep-toned,
indignant, resolute. They denounce the
conduct of Prussia as characterized by
every kind of fraud, treachery and vio-
lence. They say that it was the whole
of the old Confederacy which waged the
war to redeem the Germans in Schleswig-
Holstein from Denmark, but only to
bring them into the German Confedera-
ton as a constituent member of it. That
Prussia incorporated them into her king
dom, and when the Confederation waged
war upon them, which was successful
only because it was treacherously deter
mined upon and planned years before.
What had Hanover done that her
monarchy should be abolished and her
people annexed to Prussia? What had
the Free Republic of Frankfort done,
that her literal institutions should be
crushed out and made Prussian prov
ince2 Why could. not these States come
into the new Confederation as members
of it and not have their votes cast by
Prussia? Where is German freedom
now2 Brushed out by the iron heel of
Prussia. Where is the German Father
landG What is now the only fate of the
German Liberals? The only fate they
can look for in the future is to serve in
the Prussian army, pay taxes, and be
Prussians. There is no German unity
except the unity of the Prussian tyran-
nv. If you could hear aged Germany
speaking English as well as you do, talk
thus with streaming eyes and faltering
voices, perhaps you would doubt as to
whether Bismarck had yet erected ma
ton. The revolt is coming
Year: 1870

The Canadian Journal Of Commerce
says, it is not generally known, or does
not appear to be known, even by those
who where kids almost exclusively, that
the durability aud set Of these articles
depend very much upon how they are
put on the first time. Two pairs may
be taken FROM one box, of exactl; the
same cut and quality, and by giving
different treatment when first putting
the hand into them, one pair will be
made TO sit much better, and TO wear
double, on nearly that length of time
longer than the other. When purchas.
ing gloves, people are usually in too
much Of a hurry; they carelessly put
them on, and let them 20 in that way
then, thinking to do the work more
completely at another time. When
this is the case a person is sure to meet
with disappointment, for as the glove is
made to fit the hand the first time it is
worn SO it will fit ever after, and no
amount Of effort will make satisfactory
change. Never allow a stretcher 10 be
used, for the gloves will not be likely
to fit as well for it. All Of the expan
sion should be made by the hands if
the kids are SO small as to require the
aid Of u stretcher, they should not be
purchased, as they win prove too small
durability, comfort or beauty. When
selecting gloves, choose those with
fingers to correspond with your own in
length, take, time putthem on, working
in the fingers first, until ends meet ends,
then put in the thumb, and smooth them
down until they are made to fit nicely.
A glove that sits well will usually wear
well, at least, will wear bettor than one
of the same kind that does not fit well.
When the ends of the fingers do not
come down right, or when they are so
long as to form wrinkles upon the sides
OF the fingers, they will chafe out easily /;
whore the stretcher has to be used to
Isake the fingers large enough, the body
part will be SO small as to cramp the
hands SO that it cannot be shut without
bursting the seams of the kids. Some
recommend putting new kid gloves into
a damp cloth before they are put on,
and allowing them to remain until
moistened. With this treatment they
can be put on much easier than other
wise, and will fit very nicely until they
get dry, but on second wearing there
will be an unnatural harshness about
them, wrinkliog is spots, and they will
not sit SO perfectly as the first. have
tried the damping process, aud do not
approve Of it.
Year: 1870




been living in peace and prosperity,
with nothing to disturb the general
tranquility of the family circle since the
great war in the South. West, when
homes were left destitute, and mothers
and daughters iriendless and alone, de.
pendent upon the charity of defensive
gurillas to save them from all the hor,
rors of famine and death. But suddenly,
in this age Of wisdom and renown, and
as if it had never been solved before,
the question has arisen, Behold what
are the rights of woman ?" Not con.
tent with her beautiful and heavenly
mission Of ministering to the sick, COM
forting the afflicted, aiding the poor,
and "by her virtues aud graccs throwing
a charm around the hearthstone," they
are endeavoring to drive her out of this
useful sphere, in which she moves with
so much sweetness and generosity, and
to send her, frail and sensitive us is her
delicate and retiring nature, in the
ranks with degraded white aud ignorant
black citizens to the polls, and there to
make her join her soft persuasive voice,
eloquent and admirable in a drawing.
room, and soft and inspiring in an in.
fant's lullaby, but bearing no sympathy
with the coarse and vulgar threats and
Jeers of the motley crew assembled to
force from her her opinion and her
voice in the great destiny of the nation.
Who among us, ask, does not see the
absolute unftness and impropricty of
such a course of action A woman
myself, and proud of my sex, | would
protect her from such fearful cncoun.
ter, | would lift up my voice against
the abuses Of the times, and cry, Spare
her! Spare her F! Let her not be out.
ragged in this vile manner. Leave her
to the happy seclusion of her scot in
the valley she loves" and disturb not
her gentle dream of happiness by thus
hurting her into the chaldron of human
vice and misery. Let her dream on in
sweet innocency, unconscious of the
evil that is stirring loudly around her !;
let her Paradise continue. These are
the modest shrinking ones who prefer
the kindly rights of home to all others +:
but besides these, and to coznterbalance
them, are many of the opposite and
bolder caste who seem delighted with
their new public privileges, and are
making stump speeches all over the
country for the purpose of enforcing
them. All can say for them is, NAV
they remain in a glorious minority /;
they who have SO completely burst the
bounds OF womanhood, and who are so
nooiy aspiring to be men, Not content
simply with assuming the rights of men,
they also ape them in their dress and
personal appearance; aud often We sec
a petition from a deserted husband of
a woman's rights woman, as in the case
OF DIR. Mary Walkers, running thus:


Why Mary, send my trousers back.


And then go vote forevcr.'


How ridiculous ! Some very sensible
person has commenced verse of poetry
as follows:


Fiddle, faddle, what's the use,


You amt make her a man;


The Great Creator fashioned her.


On quite another plan"


Woman was made as a helpmate for
man. To comfort, cheer and console
Year: 1870

/ am painecl TO confess, says Don Piatt
that was in error when | asserted that
the father of the Administration intended
to retire from the cares of public life,
and getting into bed take soothing
syrups and hot brick to the small of his
paternal back. | was assured that after
due deliherati on in the Kitchen Cabinet
it was so de termined But Daddy g.
came on and vetoed the whole affair by
declaring that his name should not be
withdrawn. He hastened to the Senate,
and boned every member separately to
such an extent that to get clear OF him
he was confirmed in hurry.


The threatened invasion of the White
House, in case he gave up the Covington
postoffice, frightened one and all of the
household out of their remaining wit.
General Dent was especially alarmed,
and kept himself in a chronic state OF
indignation meeting. At the first recep-
ton held in the Executive Mansion after
the venerable muff arrived, he took his
place and received with healthy regu-
larity Miss g., lovely little girl, told
me that she was introduced to the father
of the Government, and TO her utter as
tonishment, the old gentleman seized her
in his arms and exclaiming, / must kiss
you, sis, gave birth to an explosion that
sounded like the popping of the largest
sized ale cork There was, of course, a
sensation, and the venerable buffer was
Immediately surrounded 10y surviving
friends and relatives. who begged him to
subside. t


By the by, this endearing expression
of sis seems to- be popular at the
White House You will remember that
the struggling Corbin-not virtuous, but
striving to be so-testifed to the fact
that Western ladies' in general, and Mrs.
Grant in particular, had a way of signing
themselves, Yours, in haste, Sis.
Now, why the Western ladies should be
in such haste, when so endearing, bothers
one. The explanation, therefore, lacks
philosophy. We are favored with the
fact, but lack the reason. Corbin, the
old striver after virtue, ought to be re-
called for further explanation.
Year: 1870

A writer in an English paper regrets
the yastness of scientific knowledge. 1t
imposes such burden ON those who as
pire to be extremely well informed that
the lazy beefeater sighs for the olden
DAYS when the range of information was
limited TO few languages, and little
mathematics, when science was unknown.
The only pleasant reflection the fello " has
is that perhaps this gigantic masonry OF
modem education will yet crumb le "a
earth. He has been told that the Gull
stream is an exploded humbug and he is
measurably consoled. This is quite ride
lous, of course, especially in an En- glish-
man, for were it not for said Gulf stream
his country would be worthless wa ste of
snow and ice. During the present sea
SON Europe has suffered from unusually
cold weather while the American winter
has been correspondingly mild. and all
scientific men tell US, because the Gulf
stream has flowed more for our benefit
than theirs this Extraordinarily
winds have prevailed. Whether any
permanent change is to be looked for or
not. science is silent. - Chicago EreniRg
I0urn0i
Year: 1870

The New York Sua say 1T is pos
sihle that the City of Boston has been run
down by some British mail steamer
whose captain furgSs 20 mention u on
his arrival In port. II might be well to
ask some Of the British captains if they
did not feel a slight jar at any time du-
ring the passage.
Year: 1870

they are not; those who exact honey
and those who find cold poison. For in
old age, as in youth, are to be found
beauty, use, grace and value, but in differ
ent aspects and on another platform al
together; and the folly is when this
difference is not allowed for, or when the
possibility of these graces is denied and
their utility ignored.
Year: 1870

Clerk of Second Circuit Court.


We are authorized to announce E. r. HAIR
RIS as an Independent candidate for the olice
of Clerk Of the Second Circuit Court, at the
ensuing March election. ~
Year: 1870

EAKrn-CLosErs.-The subject oi saw
ing tcrtiiizing material Is one that should
be always kept in mind 10y every person.
who has tu acre OF land to make better,
or, not having land, is sensible OF the
great agricultural need OF this generation.
Year: 1870

To our satisfaction, and no doub: to
the satisfaction ol the Democracy Of this
county, and all men who wish to be ably
aud fairly represented IN the next Cen
eral Assembly Of the State, the above
named gentleman has consented TO be q
candidate for representative, subject to
the nomination of the County Conven


.ion. No man in the county would rep
resent US with more dignity, ability ald
fidelity; and there is not man in the
county who stands higher in the est.ma-
ton Of the people than Col. HUT.
There can be but little doubt Of his nom,
nation. and his nomination vii! most
assuredly secure his election. We SIN
cerely w;sn his success, for we know him
to be one of the most substantial, and
inter'Sent gentlemen Of our county.
Year: 1870

Urimean War.


Kinglake, in his history of the Crimean war;
writes as follows of the French as military
people,


The French are 30 military q people that when a
great national sentiment is once aroused, the very
children ready TO seize their little muskets and
fa'l into columns OF companies but, in the mean
time, and until the mighty nation Is challenged, the
great bulk of the French peasantry are perhaps
more homely, more rustic, more un-
From these quiet millions OF people many tens of
thousands Of small sad, Misunderstanding young
and Immense energy-energy informed with the
traditions OF an ancient and ever warlike
OF turning these forlorn young captives into able
soldiers. All that instruction can achieve is care
fully done; but the enforced change from rural life
to the life of barracks and camps seems not to be
favorable to the animal spirits OF the men: for
although. when seen in masses or groups working
hard at their military duties, they always appear to
be brisk and almost merry their seeming animation
is the result OF smart orders-the animation OF a
horse when the rowels on either side are lightly
touching his nanks; and during the hours whilst
they are left to themselves the French soldiers OF
nresseS apd snrtless IL az canrse this want Of
lustiness in the French army is superbly masked
by all the resources OF military pomp and
all the outward signs which seem to show the pre-
sence OF vigor, despatch, and warke ardOr out the
material OF which the line regiments are composed
must always keep good deal OF its original nature,
and whoever glances at the rising steps OF French
officers successful in Africa will lind that they have
climbed 10 eminence, not by leading troops OF the
line but by obtaining, in the critical part of their
career, the command OF choice French regiments,
or. falling that the command OF troops OF foreign
race. These choice French regiments are not COM
posed OF materials at all like those which supply the
line. On the contrary they number in their ranks
many thousands OF bold, adventurous men, who take
service ia the army OF their own accord and 1t is In
these choice regiments that France sees the true
expression OF her warlike nature or all these choice
regiments the "Zouaves' are the most famous; and
each OF the three foremost divisions OF the French
army on the Alma had in IL a regiment-a regiment
with its two MISUNDERSTANDING 70 the corps
OF the Zouayes What the spearhead is TO the spear
that its Zouave regiment was to each OF these three
Year: 1870

The French and German Railway Systems


Brought into Use In the War-Superiority OF


the German Network.


The Army and Nary Journal of to-day has
the following interesting article on the two rail-
way systems which have been brought into such
active use by the exigencies of the present war:


Added TO the stories OF military reyerses come
others which tell OF faulty condition OF the French
transport service and c0mmissariat department. It
is diificult TO believe that the machine OF which
Marshal Mel was the inventor can be so badly
structed However that may be, II is certain that
the Germans possess certain advantages in the mat
ter OF railway transport which are not due either to
the admirable system which they nave matured, nor
10 the skill gained in two wars which were
models In this respect That part OF the German
railway system which has come into use in this war
is accustomed TO much heavier business than the
corresponding French roads. Great as Is the travel
upon the lines which extend from Paris TO Mar
selles, .sTaspuTg, and Luxembourg, they are by no
Year: 1870

means equal road for road TO the immense business
OF the railroads of the Rhine In certain seasons.
From Germany to France the Belgian route
is preferred TO the Luxembourg way From kng-
land to Switzerland the Rhine scenery offers attrac-
tions which the Marseilles road does not. Replace
each excur ,ionist on the Rhine any summers dag
by soldier; load the freight trains with horses,
provisions and forage, and an army would be trans
ported without disturbing the regular service OF the
road. The double service by land and WATER too,
is immensely advantageous Troops which transfer
themselves at points of junction can be sent by
water to the frontier through lines reserved for
the transport OF material The policy OF the Prus-
sian Government towards the other States OF the
Bund has, however not been very favorable TO the
preparation OF the South German railways for use in
war; One condition Of the union is that all railways
shall be under the direction OF the central govern


ment at Berlin and care has been taken to have all
the through routes lie in Prussian territory. ira


weller at Dresden sees Paris far to the west, and
degree and half to the south Of him; but TO reach
the capital Of France by the southern route, via
Hof and Mavence, will keep him three days on the
way. BY going north degree and half, via Hano-
yer and Cologne he can make the journey in thirty
hours The roads leading TO Belgium,
therefore, have the advantage OF pos
sessing the largest amount OF running
an immense business. STILL the management OF
all German roads is admirably systematic, though
tn trains run very slowly. Accounts from Europe
show that in time OF war the maxim slow and sure"
is not adhered to. The speed OF the trains is In
creased, and we are told OF accidents In consequence
Of the hurry, state OF things which, however sad
to the sufferers Is comforting to the Americans, as
with us is to be explained neither by climatic con-
siderations nor national temperament; but that II
we ran slower we might occasionally save one OF
the trainfuls OF lives we now throw away.