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Year: 1870

POLITICS IN INDIANA.-The Indiana Demo-
cratic State Convention met in Indianapolis
yesterday and nominated candidates for State
Offices. During the balloting the Convention
cheered the New York Legislature for its
remuneration of the fifteenth amendment
Year: 1870


LITTLE Willie stood under apple tree old
The fruit was all shining with crimson and gold,
Hanging temptingly low; how he longed for
Though he knew if he took one it wouldn't be


right.
Said he, 'I don't see why my father should say,
Don't touch the old apple tree, Willie, to-day
shouldn't have thought, now they're hanging so
When asked for just one he would answer me


NO


''He would never find out II took but Just one,
And they do look so good, shining out in the sun ;
There are hundreds and hundreds, and he would
So paitry little red apple as this"
He stretched forth his hand, but a low, mourning


strain '


Came wandering dreamily over his brain;
In his bosom q beautiful harp had long laid,
That the angel Of conscience quite frequently


played:
And he sang, ''Little Willie beware, oh beware
Your father is gone, but your Maker is there:
How Fad you uld feel If you heard the Lord
This dear little boy stole an apple to-dayr"
Then Willie turned round and as still as a mouse
Crept slowly and carefully into the house;
In his own little chamber he knelt down to prsy
That the Lord would forgive him, and please not
Little willie almost stole an apple to day"
Year: 1870

We witnessed battle the other day 30
singular in its nature as to deserve men
ton On one of our principal streets,
robin had built its nest in a tree. In the
nest were three or four eggs, which tempt
ed the appetite of squirrel who chanced
to spy them. he madea raid on the nest.
and was just about preparing for sump-
tuous feast, when the proprietor OF the
invaded domicil arrived. SEEING what
was going ON, the robin made dive at the
squirrel, inhicting wound with bis beak-
Then ensued one Of the most lively scrim-
images ever Witnessed. Up and down the
tree, with the rapidity of lightning, ran
the squirrel, the robin In hot pursuit.
From one limb and branch to another,
they both darted, both chattering and
chirping in utmost excitement. The robin
would fly off rod or SO, and then dart,
like an arrow from bow, for the squirrel,
inflicting telling wounds. 1t was soon ev-
ident that the squirrel was getting
the worst of it, and he thought 80 too, for
he finally forsook the tree for
the ground, and beat hasty retreat. He
didn't allow much grass to grow under
his feet as he made tracks for safe quarters.
The robin, apparently satisfied with hay-
ing driven her antagonist from the field,
did not give further pursuit, but returned
to her nest in very frustrated state. Her
victory was signal, and she is doubtless
now rejecting over it with self-satished
quanimity.-G GeneOa IN. - Courier.
Year: 1870

The Week In Congress-A Darby at One
End and White Man at the Other One
Squeezed In and the Other Squelched
Ouf-Ihe Cadetship Investigation
The Alaska Purchase and the Per-


kins Claim A Speck Of War


with the Russian Bear.
Year: 1870

xuo NOW N"WsS NicuTs


According to our reports from Albany of
The doings up there yesterday in reference to
the new Charter (the Frear billy we may look
for its passage and its approval by the Cover
nor before the close Of this day. 1t is to be
made the special order to-day in the Sen
ate after the reading Of the journal, and it
must come up without amendment from the
committee on the subject. Nor does it appear
that any amendments are expected that will
materially change the bill as it stands.
On the contrary, there seems to be
general understanding between demo-
ocrats and republicans in favor of the bill as
it is, coupled, however, with an understand
ing in the Senate that the Charter shall be
accompanied by bill for the better regulation
Of our elections.


It appears also to be generally understood
that if this new Charter shall prove in its
practical operation unsatisfactory and un-
popular, the next Legislature will have the
power to change it, and that meantime, in the
elections for the next Legislature, the people
will have an opportunity to pronounce their
judgment npon it. Let the bill, therefore, be
passed, and let it be tried. It is good bill
for beginning and great advance in the
right direction.
Year: 1870

THE VIRGINIA TROUBLES. An effort is
being made by Mr.. Porter, Congressional
;squatter from Virginia, to have some national
Legislation made for that State by the Recon-
struction Committee on account of the Mayor
atty troubles in Richmond. We hope Con-
gress will be very chary Of going into any
such business. The republican party has
secured the fifteenth amendment and brought
all the States back into the Union very sue
cessfully on the reconstruction platform, and
they now have other work to do. They have
squeezed all the juice they need out of recon-
struction, and there is nothing left of it but
the bitter. They can hope to get no more
good out Of it, and they must leave Virginia
and Tennessee alone, as, ere this, they have
found they should have left Georgia alone.
Year: 1870

ANOTHER SPANISH CAMPAIGN IN CUBA.-A
new campaign has been commenced by the
Spaniards against the insurgents in the Central
Department. Generals Goyeneche and Val
maseda are to play prominent parts in the
paign will be short one, as the sickly season
which will soon set in will naturally tend to
put stop to operations in the field. It is the
last chance, therefore, for blow before the
warm weather comes on, and the Spaniards are
evidently determined to avail themselves of the
opportunity.
Year: 1870

His HOLINESS THE Pope wishes to promul-
gate schema at Easter (Schemd No. y, and
another schema (Scaemc No. p, just after the
Easter holiday. Should Pic Mono adhere to
this plan and carry it out coincident with the
Lenten fasts and the good living of Easter
week the doctors may look out for an immense
amount Of dyspepsia among the bishops. Light
bitters will be in order all round the globe
after the Council breaks up.
Year: 1870

LOUIS NAPoLEoN's MEMoRY.-Napoleon
Ill, has an extraordinary memory for
names, figures, faces and miscellaneous
facts. A German professor. who was
called to Paris in connection with the pub
lication OF the ''Vie de Caesar, relates that
it was Napoleon's invariable habit On hav-
ing communicated to him name or a num-
Der, or any brief fact which he wished to
remember, to write it down in & note book
kept exclusively for that purpose, and
which always lay upon his desk. After
writing down the memore dunn, he would
tear the leaf out OF the book, read it over
once attentively, and then tear the leaf up.
And he told the professor that after I'M
pressing fact on his mind bv this process.
he never forgot it. The key to this extra
ordinary faculty of memory doubtless lies
in the fact, that during his long years OF
Imprisonment, in early life, he did not
dare to carry important memoranda about
him. He was obliged to rely on his mem
ory; but that he did not at first trust 1t
altogether, is seen by the fact that, through
the force of habit, he is still obliged to
make sure of O fact by writing it down,
and so fixing it in his mind, instead OF
trusting entirely to the sense of hearing to
act upon his memory.
Year: 1870

POSTMASTER GENERAL CREsswELL has at
length decided that publishers nay send,
as miscellaneous printed matter, copies OF
their publications and posters in the same
package, at the uniform rate of four ounces
for two cents. This decision is in conform
ity with common sense and the spirit of the
postal law. The enforcement of contrary
rule hitherto has subjected the publishing
business to great annoyance and much
needless expense,
Year: 1870

All the wonders in the skies
Careless glances cannot pass,
But how blind are many eyes
To the wonder in the grassl
Every tiny blade see
Is q miracle to me,
And the fairy blossoms show
More than l can ever know.
o the joy that flowers give
o the perfume on the air
o the life that moses live,
Making earth so very fairi
Lovely lights and colors gay,
Tints and shadows-what are they?
Grace that dies beneath touch,
O how little, and how much
Kiss them with delightful lips:
Love them while your heart is true
Let no Ineaner joy eclipse
That which they can bring to you =?
Sweet the pleasure they impart,
Taken to a happy heart,
And if future sorrows sting,
Sweet the comfort they may bring


Good Words.
Year: 1870

The money market was steady at four to five per
cent on stocks and three to four on governments.
Commercial paper was without important change
and current at six per cent for prime double names
Foreign excha nge dull alter the steamer sailed,
but closed firm at l09S 1o94 for prime bankers
sixty days sterling and BIOS 1lo14 or sight bills.


GOLD STEADY AND HEAVY.


the gola market mark was heavy, with all the sales at
l1$E and l1SX The declining tendency Of the pre-
MUM is due to the expected feaTy payment Of coin
interest by the government within the interval to
July l. and to the large increase in the cotton re-
celpts, which are over seven hundred thousand
bales in excess Of the receipts mp to this time last
year. The exports OF cotton so far are nearly SIX
hundred thousand bales greater than last year. The
oonrsn of the market l. shown In The table,
Year: 1870

The following extracts OF letter written to two
G ntlemen OF Brooklyn, by Senator Reves, Of Mssis-
sipp In relation to his sister Eliza will be found in
tere ting


WASHINGTON. d. G., May %, 1870.


You are aware Of the friendly relations existing
between myself aud my sister Eliza, Of my offer,
years ago, to take her to my home as acknoWe lged
by herself and OF her refusal to leave New York at
tnat time.


You are aware of the ltlnerant life which, as
minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church,
must necessarily have led: that after my sister was
reduced to positive poverty. through breaking her
leg, she did not communicate information of her mis-
heard Of her being inmate Of the Colored
Home. All OF this, which you do not know
OF your own kno9ledge, you heard her acknow-
ledge on the occasion OF your accompanying Ill
my visit to her at the Home. You will remember
that on that occasion she expressed no present ae
sire to quit the Home, as being unable to bear the
removal and regretted only that she had not ac-
cepted my offer at the time 1t was made when able
TO have taken advantage Of IL.


The superintendent or physician, i know not
which thaying mslad the letter, with whom have
been in corrcc .andence will inform you that have
communicated VIA hin as regards the arrange.
ments viii make in the event q her death. In
consequence OF an agack upon me by New York
paper am compelled "a ask your attention TO this
matter. Go u nv sister aud instruct her,
so far as her poor shattered lnteSt VIII permit her
TO comprehend as 10 the efforts beng made 10 ruin
me In public estimation by the sunepltious use OF
her maine; tell her on no account must sne touch
single cent OF their money, for IL Is intended TO be
my blood money and win turn to ashes in her use.



tfy the eptrustiDg her with money, except very small
sums at o time She told me that the people about
were very kind to her and that she had every thing
supervision over her, in conjunction with Rev. Mr..
Reay, to whom have already spoken on the sub
ject. II she really requires any money-that is tQ
say II small sums from time to time would add to her
conifort-let the superintendent inform me and
Will remit to him.


With an invalid wife and family, other circum
stances known only TO myself and distance Of 400
to 600 miles to travel before reaching my home,
cannot possibly think OF taking her there even was
she able to bear the removal, which she is not, and
nowhere else could she be so we'll cared for as where
she IS at present. BY promptly attending to this
matter you Will not only oblge myself, but will be
owe so much, for 1t is that party which is being
attacked through me- The urgency Of business In
sequent opportunity for visiting you: Very truly
yours, II. X. RENELS
Year: 1870

The gold market was weak, and under steady sales
OF gold on the part of those who gradually aban-
doDng the bull side Of the room the price fell to
ll31a, Which is the lowest figure for gold since April
last The steamer to-day took less than s350000,
and it will be remembered that although last weeks
shipment was expected to reach two Millions 1t was
only about million. The complications in Europe
are likely to lead to higher prices for and heavy
export Of all kinds Of breadstufrs this summer and
hence gold Will have powerful rival as an article OF
export settle the balance OF trade. It is said by
the bulls' that the new Funding bill, should 1t be-
come q law, will make a natural "corner''
in gold by authorizing the Sub.Treasures TO
pay interest on deposits. They forget that as
fast as the Secretary OF the Treasury pays for bonds
with the borrowed gold the latter will be sold in the
open market by the previous owner Of the bonds,
and that in this way the gold will flow into the
Treasury and out Of it with steady descent IN the
premium all the time, each transaction necessarily
depressing the premium for the reason that the debt
Is being steadily diminished The course OF the
at chnxyp I'M fha toilo
Year: 1870

Wtliam Muir et al as. AJied K0rnle.--The
libellants, VINO claim to be the sole owners OF tbs
British brig Brusk, brought this action to obtain pos
session of the vessel from defendant who claimed to
hold the vessel master and resisted the right OF
the libelants to remove him. The defendant alleged
that he had claim against the vessel for wages and
advances as master thereof for which, by the law OF
England, he had lien upon the brig and the freight


Judge Benedict In his decision made the following
decree:-


II the ibeants deposit in the registry Of the court the
amount Of the inward freight by them collected less only the
usual inward charges, including unloading and crews wages
such reight 10 remain subject to the order of the court
security for which defendant against
the owners OF the vessel said freight in action 10 be
brought within twenty days in he be advised the
court will entertain jurisdiction and decree be entered
favor Of the beanis without costs such freight be
go deposited within foyeght hours after the notice OF this
determination decree will be entered dsuissng the ibel
Year: 1870

Site with a Great Many Advantagcs.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD


In selecting site for the proposed Crystal Palace
the wants and conveniences OF the business commu
nifty and the country merchants should be taken into
consideration, among other things. With that view
IN sight think the Washington Parade Ground or
Park the most suitable and desirable position in the
city Tor the purpose. 1t ls In the midst Of our lead
ing hotels, midway between the business and dwell
ny portions OF our city, convenient to the various
ana stages. 1t is also at the beginning OF our lead
ing avenue tFlith avenue) and within 800 yards Of
our principal business street broadway.
I, FRANCIS 9,
Year: 1870

LINGERING DEATH-We learn from Cattaraugus
county papers that young man named Marcus Iol-
Ter was fatally injured IN Leon on the goth ult, while
telling tree. He cut down tree thirteen inches in
diameter, from which in Its fall limb was loosened
ground In a partially sensible condition directly
where the body Of the tree was about to fall. He lay
between two stumps, his left side, the tree falling
across his left above the elbow his left leg near
the knee and the right foot and ankle. His right
arm only could be moved, and with II he made ihe
most violent exerons to dig his left arm free and
probably would have succeeded but for the roots Of
the stuInps between which he lay BY his struggles
his right arm was fearully dls1gnred, being swollen
and almost black at the time he was discovered. He
was not discovered until he had lain in that c0ndi-
ton seven hours. He died on the 23d.-ROcteSte1
chronicle, June Z,
Year: 1870

l don't like to say given, either, for it
seems to me more like lending on interest,
or laying up in store for ourselves. "Honor
the Lord with thy substance and with the
first fruits of all thine increase; So shall thy
barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses
shall burst out with new wine" Our Mas
ter is not hard master except to those who
know His will and do it Dot. He only re-
quires to be hOnOred by the offer of the first
fruits, 1.-THE of what we possess, and pays
us back manifold for all we give. l heard
not long ago an incident which suggested
these thoughts, and which felt others oug int
to know; it was given me by the gentleman
himself. 1t seems that he lived for some
years after making profession of religion,
in part of the country where there was no
influence of his own denomination, and very
little of any other: consequently, the duty
of lending to the Lord had never been i'm
pressed upon him.


He told me that in all those years, though
he worked hard and economical in every
possible way, yet he made nothing Not only


saw that the little property he had


ads rapidly slipping away,


anew not whittier. He felt that some
thing must be wrong: he removed to another
place, and still matters grew no better
There came time, one of the years of the
war, when his home lay in the border be-
tween the two contending armies, and it
seemed as if every thing he made was to be
swallowed up or destroyed by one or the
other. At length his crops were reduced to
one field Of corn, and even that he feared
was doomed to destruction, as rumor had
reached him of the approach of the enemy.
As he stood looking at it gloomily, he made
a solemn VOW, that half Of what he made on
that field, be 1t much or little, should be given
to the poor. The corn grew, matured, was
gathered, uninjured by man or beast; bet
ter crop he assured me he had never gath
cred from any field in his life, though many
times with his weak faith he had thought it
impossible to save it. He kept his VOW faith
fully, and by the remainder his family were
kept from want. He dates from that time
change in his affairs, and says that he has
ever since found that he proSpers in exact
proportion as he gives to his church, and the
causes it sustains.


And 1 would like to ask, not only of
Christians, but also of those unconyerted
Year: 1870

Nothing is more pleasant to contemplate
than serene, ripe old age, resting on the
veteran like the Indian Summer that smiles
on the departing year. On the other hand,
nothing is sadder to contemplate than him
whose body lives after the mind is gone out;
like the beautiful tree, once the pride of the
forest or of the lawn, which has died at the
top, and stands mere wreck of what it once
was in its glory.


The venerable Adams and Jefferson re-
tanned the full clearness, if not the perennial
vigor of their intellect to the day Of their
death-tht one over eighty, the other ninety
years of age. Others of equal mental endow-
ments have lost their judgment in more than
childishness of mind, having lived for years
like lighthouses without the lamp.
Year: 1870

sA things work together for good to them that
loveGod."


O, the comfort breathed in this beautiful
promisel. Fear not storm-tossed pilgrim
though the tempests roar and the pillows
beat, thy God is only working all things for
thy good. In the days that are gone have
we not felt forsaken of God, cast down and
oppressed? Yes; those were dark days,
when the sorrow storm burst in all its fury,
shattering the green boughs of h5;e, and
dimming every sunny ray in the sky of life ;
how the desponding thoughts welled up, and
in the language of Job, We exclaimed, go,
that l were as in months past, when His
candle shined upon my headl" "How has
He turned my harp to mourning, and my
organ into the voice of them that weep "
God had withdrawn His face, and covered
Himself with cloud that my prayer could
not pass through" Thus did we think in
the darkened past, when the storm king
reigned; but nOw, in the light cleaning
from the trail of affliction's fire, may we
look back through the mists of years and
see that Jesus was in the storm working to-
gether all things for our good" Now, we
gratefully kiss the rod that smote us, ex-
claiming, "Father, it was best Thou leadest
US by way that we knew not, through the
winding wilderness-through the peltng
storm, but, it was the right way; we see it
all SO plainly now!" Poor, despairing,
murmuring worms that we are Why can
not we always "trust and not be afraid ,"
knowing that our Father shaving loved His
own, will love them to the end" "The
drought may consume us by day, and the
frost wither by night but the path invisi
bic to mortal sight, is ever open to the eye
Omnipotent; He sees the hidden abyss COW
cred over with the green sward, and fair, in.
viting flowers, so tempting to our short
sighted vision, and if left to ourselves, blind
ly would we wander on to destruction. We
see not the "devouring lion in the way, the
adder in the path but He whose watchful
eye is ever over us, working all things for
our good, in His own good time and way,
turns our wandering feet aside from the
hidden danger. 1t may be through dark,
unseen path, but we will come out safely in
the end, the light seeming all the brighter
after emerging from the shadow and the
thicket


But do we really love, with undivided
hearts, that kind and watchful God, who
leads us SO safely along The life.path? Let
us, as Christians, pray more earnestly for
the guidance of the Holy Spirit, working
in us to will and to do" inspiring zeal,
love and faith, as bright in adversity's storm
as in the smiling sun of prosperity.


When, by our Fathers mercy, we cross
the trolling river" and knock at the golden
gate, awaiting the starry crown and the
blood-washed robe; when we gaze back, with
undimmed vision through all our journey
past, from the cradle to the grave, then will
we behold, in the Light eternal, how wisely
a God of love has "worked together all
things for our goodl" "What He does we
know not now, but we shall know hereaf-
ter"


"Deep in uafathomless mines,


With never failing SKILL


He treasures up His bright designs,


And works His sovereign will"


NJ. L. A.
Year: 1870

The ART OF BEING MIsERABLE.-Kings.
ley says: "If you wish to be miserable, you
must think about yourself; about what you
want, what you like, what respect people
ought to pay you, what people ought to think
of you; and then to you nothing will be
pure. You will spoil everything you touch;
you will make sin and misery for yourself
out of everything God sends you; you will
be as wretched as you choose
Year: 1870

worldly men who have been accustomed from
year to year, from motives best known to
themselves, to contribute regularly to the
causes of religion, do they ever miss what
they give for the privilege of having the
Gospel preached in their midst, or the strag
Cling notes they cast into the basket that
others may enjoy the same?
Year: 1870

hund. ID fifty; again, when the people
were not so sparsely settled, the number was
variously estimated from twelve to fifteen
hundred.


We met representatives from different por.
tions of that destitute land, coming to us with
one united voice." Send US missionaries.


We were afforded the great pleasure of
seeing many come into the sacred enclosure
of the Church of Cod backsliders reclaimed,
and many earnestly and with deep conviction
of sin, inquiring the way to Zion.


Now, the entire force of the Presbyterian
ministry in the vast extent of territory, en-
bracing in the aggregate something more
than twenty thousand Choctaws and Chicka-
saws, numbers only two active ordained min.
listers and one licentate, while multitudes
are calling for the gospel. Can it not be
truly said here, "The harvest is great, but
the laborers are few?p


Such is the condition of the mission; and
the very circumstances call loudly for help.
Such are the earnest solicitations of the church.
es and people, approximately and imploringly
calling to us, as sheep without shepherd
And, from the best information we could