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Year: 1870

a MOTHERS DEATH.--Few who have
lost their "irst and dearest friend" can
read the following with unmoistened
eyes:


Death comes an unsought guest to
every board, and at his special bid
ding some beloved one goes home to
his mysterious home.


Time and philosophy may teach
resignation unto hearts made desolate
By his coming; but they can never till
the vacancy therein, when she that was
our mother no longer casts halo
about our darkened heart.


A mothers place-so loved, so wor-
shipped-once empty must be forever
so. A breast once panged by
mothers death, no medicine can reach
with healing. 1aae


No mind, however sacred, no heart,
however hardened, can forget the
gentle being whose suferings begot
his life.


A mother is truly our guardian
spirit upon earth. Her goodness
shields and protects; she walks with
our infancy, our youth and mature
e-ever sheltering US with her
absorbing love,and expiating our many
sins with her blessed prayers. e-7i


And when our mother with all her
burden of love, her angelic influence,
her sanity care ceases her beauteous
life, how much we lose of home, of hap
piness, of heaven, no one can reckon;
for our mother was none but ours, and
we only can know how holy she
was-how sacred her memory must
always be.


But may we not borrow consolation
from the thought that our loss is
heavens gain ? that surely one angel
watches over us, erasing with grateful
tears the records of our sin, and making
easy our path to her with blessed and
blessing prayers .s5.
Year: 1870

Also. connected with our Real Estate office we
lave a general claim and patent agency under
te supervision Of the we'l-known Thomas Tay-
or, late OF the ordnance department, who is
both a scientific aud practical mechanic, and well
Urluaiutcd in the different government depart
mentS, especially in the War and Navy, Ord
Year: 1870

General de Decaen is one of the he
roes of the French war correspondents,
who think him worthy of higher post
even than that of commander of the
Third army corps, which he now holds.
He is famous for his kindness and
good fellowship toward his men, and
vet is of the strictestiu discipline Find
ing towards who threw awav their arms
and then reported them lost, in hope
of being sent to prison, where their
lives would be safe, he issued the fol
lowing order OF the day at st Avoid


Every soldier who loses his gun
shall be put in the advance guard with
out arms; and no new gun shall be
given him until he shall have captured
the complete outfit Of one ofthe enemy :
men.


He enforced it, too; and few more
Guns were lost.
Year: 1870

2 At nine o'clock in the forenoon on the day of any election aforesaid, the legal voters aforesaid shall proceed Co elect judges and inspector, who shall immediately give public notice of the hour of such day, and the place when and where they will open the polls, and they shall appoint two clerks, and shall receive canvass, and record the votes, and conduct the election as nearly as may be m conformity with the provisions of the chap ter aforesaid; and shall in like manner, cause to be delivered, within ten days after such election, to the county recorders of inc sev- eral counties in which such voters are legally entitled 10 vote(which name of county shall be either written or printed on each balot), q tally list which shall contain the names of each person voted for; and the office for which such person was voted for; and tally of the number of votes received by each shall be made opposite their respective names and the whole number of votes received by each per son shall be expressed in writing and figures at the bottom of each tally list aforesaid, which shall be certified 10 be correct by the board. and with the votes cast for such county shall be transmitted under seal as aforesaid.

 {. 3. The judges of election aforesaid shall have power to cause the arrest of any person who may interfere, or in any way prevent any person legally entitled to vote, from casting such vote, or who may in any way interrupt the proceedings of such meeting or who may commit any breach of the peace, and detain him in custody (but not depriving him of the right to vote if he be legal voter) until complaint can be made against him before the proper officer, and cause him to be tried for the offence. Except as herein specified, the elections aforesaid shall be conducted as re quired by chapter twenty four of the Civil | Code aforesaid.

 l 5. 4 This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

 Approved Nov. 2, 1ZC4.

 THE FRANCHISE LAW.

 The following is the law of Congress now in force:

 An Act to regulate the elective franchise in

 the Territories of the United States.

 Be t saactsd by tte SeHate aad House of Repre- ssEtatires of lle United States of America ia Congress AsseDi5led,

 That from and after the passage of this act , there shall be no denial of the elective fran

 chise in any of the Territories of the United

 States, now or hereafter to be organized, tC any citizen thereof, on account of race, coloi or previous condition of seryitude; and al acts or parts of acts, either of Congress oi , the Legislative Assemblies of said Territories inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby declared null and void.
Year: 1870

The medicines prepared by the New York Medical University
an institution composed of prominent


scientific physicians and duly Incorporated


ing to the that State working such astounding
results permanent Of diseases heretofore prOnOunc
ed ncnrabe that eventually supercCde all other
t treatment These medicines Patent preparations
but are productions of known scientific regulations
who of study and experiment, have brought for
their highly reliable remedies prepared strictly in accord
with the Laws af Medical Chemistry. They
the public in place of those health destroying preparations
which flood country each preparation
known 70 fail in complete of the disease for which is
intended family should keen constant supply of these
Scacious remedies hand. The afflicted suffering in any
whatever should by all send for the
hooks published by the University and forwarded free to
address, These works. of which there several besides
tanning Important Medical Information and Gnidc
health contain the testimony of hundreds who have been cured
of Consumption Cancers, Heart Disease Nervous Debility,
Para Deafness Rheumatism, Diseases o: the and Lar
Piles Female Weakness, Epepsy. Seminal Weakness and
other painful and OahSome diseases of which had


been abandoned hopeless by the attending physician Every
and child in the country should carefully read
these works. especially the entitled The University
Pocket Guide Health and the Private Medical Adviser


The demand the University preparations are increasing so
rapidly found to establish branch
offices all over the country The reader of this paper Will


apply all information JOS O. Harold who mas charge OF
the Piephia and has office at No. 1857 Chestnut
~ n y C,r,,r a, Seventeenth st, my25-3m
Year: 1870

Why do ye wall, o, winds? Why do you sigh,
seai
Is it remorse for the ships gone down, with this
pitiless shore on the lee?


Moan, moan, moan,


In the desolate night and alone


All, what is the tale


You fain would unvsil
In your wild wierd cries to me?
CLEAN of white on the shore it's not the white
of foam,
Nor wandering sea birds glimmering wing, for
at night no sea birds roam.


IT'S one o. the drowned-drowned


Ofthe hapless homeward bound.


Last night in the dark,


There pershed bark
On the bar; and twas bound for home.
A woman's cold, white corpse-a woman so
young and fair
See the cruel storm has entwined with weeds
the wealth of her weltering hair;
And the little, little hand
Lies lstless and limp on the sand.
They had bound her fast
To wreck of a mast
But the wild winds would not spare!
Look, how they bound and leap-cast themselves
far over the shore,
Striving to seize on their stranded prey, and car
ry it off once more
Or is it remorse or dread.
Or longing to bury its dead,
That makes the surge
On the ocean verge
! So necessarily howl and roar
Where do they list for her step? Where do they
look for her face?
Where are they wailing to see her once more in
the old familiar place?
Dead, dead, dead
In vain will their tears be shed,
For not one of them all,
Alas will fall
! On that bosom's marble grace
Why do you sigh, 0 sea Why do yoa wall, 0
! wind
| Why do you murmur, in mournful tone, like
things with a human mind?


Wall, wall, wall,


ATtiCulate ocean and gale.


For the loveliness rare,


So pallid and fair,
You slew in your fury blind
Let US bear her away to a grave in the church
yLrd's calm. green breast,
| Where the sound Of wind and waves in strife
may never her peace molest.


Though we cannot carve her name,


She will sumber all the same;


And wild rose bloom


Shall cover her tomb,
And She shall have perfect rest!


-BelgTarir.
Year: 1870

AFFECTION OF A HORsE.-When
the First Rhode Island battery went
to Washington, a pair Of French hor-
ses, which had worked together, were
sent with it. Owing to difference Of
color, they were separated and re-
matched. But after the change one
of them refused to eat, and pincd away
SO as to be unserviceable, and to all
appearances seemed sick unto death.
A member of the battery, familiar with
their history and with horses, express
ed the opinion that the separation
from his mate was the cause OF the
sickness, and at his suggestion he was
returned to his old place. With evil
dent pleasure at the change, he began
Immediately to improve in health,grew
fat as well as happy, and faithfully
with his loved mate, did his duty at
the battle Of Bull Run.
Year: 1870

Also. connected with our Real Estate Office we


have general claim and patent agency under
the supervision of the welI-known Thomas Tay-
lOr, late OF the ordnance department, who is
both a scientific aud practical mechanic, aud well
acquainted in the different government depart
mcnts, especially in the War and Navy, Ord
Year: 1870

in the profession. He knew where
the pistol was kept, but its box was
empty; and he exclaimed under his
breath


"That is boy all over. He goes
to Tinborough to dance and eat straw
berries, and he carries pistol, load
ed | dare say tc the muzzle. 1t is
ten to one he will shoot himself or
his sweetheart before the evening is
over"


As Mr.. Houghton fumbled over the
bureau his hand encountered a cover
ed flask. Even his unaccustomed
nose was able to recognize its con-
tents as whiskey; and his regret at
such a discovery in his sons room
was lost in the JOY with which he hail
ed 8timulant so greatly needed to
put his nerves in condition for the
events to come. Perhaps he forgot
how long it was since he had called
in such a reinforcement; perhaps his
hand shook; perhaps he thought the
occasion required large dose. He
took a hearty one; and when he was
downstairs again the difficulties in
the way of bagging the burglars van
ished from his mind. He was a young
man once more, and entered into the
romance of Bixby's plot, he said to
himself, as enthusiastically as Harry
would have done. He paced the room
with an elastic stride very different
from the nervous, wavering step with
which he had heard the news. Bixby
and himself, he thought, would be
enough to overpower any three bur
glars. Then his head was heavy, and
he felt drowsy. To be in proper con-
dition for the emergency, he reflected,
be needed all the sleep he could get.
The resolve was one to be executed
as promptly as formed; and a few
minutes later the cashier had locked
the door, fastened the lower windows,
and was Snugly in bed.


a gentle tinkIe of the door-bell
aroused him again before, as it seem
ed to hin, he had fairly closed his
eyes. The robbers at last" he
thought; and then he rebuked him
self for the absurdity of suppoSing
that burglar would announce his
coming by the door-bclI. 1T is Blk
by, Of course" he said to himself,
"come to own he was a fool and the
story all nonsense" But he paused
before be turned the key, and said in
his fercest tone, "Who is there p
at is only me, Foster" said the
sweet, familiar voice of his wife, with
out; and when he had admitted her
she told bin, in her quick way, that
after she had watched with the child
an hour or two, a professional nurse
who had been sent for a week before
had arrived Unexpectedly, aud that
sue uau oeeh g'au 10 give up her Vlg-
il and come home.


Foster Houghton rarely did any
thing without thinking twice about it
if not more; so it came about that
while he balanced in his mind the
/ pros and cons as to revealing to his wife
the secret which Bixby had eonfded
to him, and thus giving her a fright
in advance for what might prove tc
be false alarm after all, the tired la
dy went sound asleep; and thus the
scale was turned in favor of reticence
Perhaps the husbands continued
| drowsiness contributed to the resolve
also; for his eyelids still dropped Will
strange obstinacy. and an influence
more powerful than even the appre
hension Of danger transformed his ter
rors into dreams again.
Year: 1870

One, two, rang out from the belfry
on the breathless June night, already
heavy with the rising fog from the
river. Foster Houghton found him
self broad awake as he counted the
strokes; but even while he thorght
it was the clock that had disturbed
him, he felt a cold, hard ring of steel
against his temple, and saw through
the darkness a man by his bedside.


"Not one word, or you will never
utter another"


He noted the voice even in the
whlrl OF the moment, and knew that it
was strange to him. He turned to-
ward his wife, and saw that there was
q man by her side also, with revolver
aimed, felt, rather than saw, that she
lad walked when he did, and was
waiting sell-pOssessed, for whatever
was to come. As the darkness yield
ed to his eyes, he was aware of
third figure, standing at the window.


perfect quiet, remember, and we
will tell you what is to be done,' said
the same voice, cool, firm, with an ut
terance entirely distinct yet hardly
louder than a whisper. "You have
nothing to fear if you obey orders. A
knife is ready for the heart of each of
you if you disobey. The lady has
simply to lie still; as she will be
bound to the bed and her mouth stop
ped, that will be easy; and the gag
is very gentle, and will not hurt if she
does not resist. Mr. Houghton will


rise, put on his trousers, and go with


US to the bank, always in range of


this pistol and in reach cf this blade.


The keys are already in my pocket.


Number Three, will you scratch a


match that may help the gentleman


to his clothes"


The figure in the window stepped


noiselessly forward at the summons.


As the blue flame lighted the room


Foster Houghton observed that his
visitors were all masked with black
: silk, through which narrow slit per.
mitted vision. He noticed that their
feet were shod with listing, so thick


that step made no audible sound
upon the straw carpet. He noticed
that long, thin black cloaks covered
their forms to the ankles, so that nc
details of clothing could be noted tc
, identify them. And while he observ
) ed these things, not venturing to sti
until the threatening muzzle was with
r drawn from his face, he felt his hanc
r tightly clutched by the fingers of hi
9 wife beneath the coverlid.


: Years of familiar association ha,
i made him apt at interpreting hi
l. wife's thoughts and feelings, withou
e the aid of the spoken word. Eithe
e by some peculiar expression in th
J. grasp itself, or by that subtle magnet
y ism which we know exists anon
e the unknown forces, he felt that ther
t. was something more than the natura
; terror of the moment, more than th


courage OF a heart ever braver tha
t, his own, more than sympathy for hi
o own supposed dismay, in his wife
d snatch at his hand. More alarme,
y at the instant, by the shock thus gil
n en- him than by the more palpab
d danger, he turned his head toward
d his wife again, and in her eyes and
Year: 1870

TIE WINNEPEG REBELLIoN-Anner1,i 1,iou
Qaestion, &c--A special from st. Paul to the
Chicago Tribune says positive Information is
received from perfectly reliable authority that
the United States government has been notified
in a manner, and from source it will be bound
to take notice of, that Canada adherents in Red
River settlementand at Portage La Prairie have
melted the Sioux Indians to raid on Pembina
and ST: Joseph in retaliation as is claimed for
ame geo aad and eountenance given to the Red
nNer reOeinon by American citizens outside of
tne International line. information on which
this nouncatl0n was based came from a person
In the counsel of the Canadian Royernment and


inSthe secrets Of Governor McDouQal's adher-
ents in the settlement. In order that the gentle
man to whom it was given might prepare for his
own personal safety, he was assured that il not
before then, by the opening of the spring the
entire settle ment on the American side of the
boundary would be wiped out by these Sioux
maraudeF, who, for obvious reasons, are
opposed to the annexation of their present
secure refuge from punishment, and who have
been told that annexation to this country is the
object OF the movement. The government ID
asked to make inquiries on the subject and to
provide ample protection to American residents
at Pembina- A letter from Pembina, written
the day after Gov. McDOugall left, SAYS there
has been no disaffection among the patriots, nor
any idea OF giving mp the cause 1t is a fixed
fact that there will be no civil war in the Red
River settlement, a. the people are almost 4
unit in the purpose Of keeping Canada out, and
they will go In for annexation to the United
States before they will submit to Cauada's woke.
Year: 1870

latare.


The Legislature Of Maryland meets to-day for
its regular biennial session. The Legislature Is
entirely Democratic, and the Governor and all
the executive members Of the government are
of the same political family. 1t does not follow,
however, that the proceedings win be entirely
unanimous. The railroad question viii be .
bone for animated contention; there will be q
sharp contest in this connection over the cleo
tion of State Treasurer, who win be enabled
to give the casting vote in the Board of Public
Works. The Board consist of three members
Of these the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has
now one member, whose vote Is offset by that of
Governor Bowie, and the struggle Is now
between the Baltimore and Ohio railroad interest
and the Bowie and Potomac railroad interest TO
secure the third man on the Board. Quite likely
Mr.. Garrett will win, as he Is apt to do.


Then the question comes up Of the course to
be adopted by the Legislature in view of the
refusal Of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company to pay over to the State the amount
collected as q capitation tax on passengers over
the Washington branch Of that road. The State
government needs the money pretty badly, as
shown by Gov. Bowie's letter to Mr.. Garrett;
but the point will be raised by the Garrett men
in the Legislature that 1t will be unfair to bur
then the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad with this





failed in chartering the Baltimore and Potomac
road, to compel that road to pay tribute to the
State. The long and short Of it is, Mr.. Garrett
is not troubled by any legal scruples about coll
lecting and paying over this capitation tax.
But he is looking forward to competition with
the Baltimore and Potomac read in the way of
fares. He sees that in that competition he will
have to reduce the fare from Baltimore TO WASH
fngton, and he has no idea of entering into the
contest burthened with this capitation tax,
while the rival road has no such tax to paw
If the Maryland Legislature can contrive TO
bring the screws to bear upon the Baltimore
and Potomac road, and compel it to pay the
same tax, We shall doubtless find Mr.. Garrett
very willing to continue to pay the tax-quite
certainly until some passenger shall make a
case under the decision Of the Supreme Court,
and bring it to an issue. 1t is certainly not his
interest or disposition to quarrel with the State
OF Maryland, and his present apparently antag-
onistic position is, as we have pointed out, sim
ply because his road is taxed and the Baltimore
and Potomac road is not.
Year: 1870

The MIXED SCHOOL QUESTION IN THE FIRST
DIsrEICT.-Surprise has been expressed at the
course OF Trustee VashOn in continuing to give
tickets Of admission for colored pupils to the
white schools, after he has expressed the un-
quanhed opinion that under the present laws OF
Congress, colored children having the benefit of
their own school fund cannot legally avail them
selves Of the fund for the education of the white
children In the case OF the daughter of the
Rev. Sella Martin, Mr.. vashon defended his
action in giving a ticket Of admission
ON the ground that she was near enough
white to be reckoned as a white child.
and We learn that he justifies his course
IN giving the Carroll child ticket on the same
ground, 4. e., that she is white. He states that
he intends to follow this course, in reference to
similar cases, so long as he is member of the
Board of Trustees; that the question of color is
to be determined only by evidence of sight, and
that this view is sustained by the opinion of the
Corporation Attorney in the case of the Martin
child.


1t does not seem to us that the course of
MIR. Vashon is quite straightforward or ingen-
uous in this matter. He knows perfectly well
that the parents of these children do not claim
that they are white; MIR. Martin indeed dis
tinctly disclaimed the idea; and he knows per
fectly wel too, that the shade of color has MOTH
ing to do with the question-that every one of
these children, whether jet black or the bright
est mulatto, has been allotted ist full quota of
money for its education, in the colored school
1und, and cannot 60 to the white schools without
depriying some white child of the means of edu-
cation And to say that one colored child is white
enough to 60 to the white schools and another
Is not, is making distinction of color of the
most odious kind. The whole movement is
wrong, and those concerned in it should, if
they want mixed schools, set about the work of
getting legislation to merge the school funds, so
that it can be effected equitably and legiti-
mately.
Year: 1870

Marriage is a fair transaction on the
face of it.


But there is great many put up job.
in it.


1t is an old institution, older than the
pyramids, and is full of hieroglyphic.
that nobody can parse.


History don't tell who the pair was
who first put on the silken harness, and
promised to 90 together through thick
and thin, up hill and down, rain or shine
survive or perish, sink and swim, drown
or float.


There is a great moral gain in mar.
riage. II is the mortar that holds the
social bricks together


Marry young! it it my motto.


have tried, and know what | am
talking about


If any body asks you why you got
married (if it needs be,) tell him you
don't recollect.


Marriage is safe way to gamble-ii
you win, you win pile, and If you loose,
you don't lose anything, only the priv.
lege of living dismally alone, and soak.
ing your own feet.


No man can swear exactly where he
will fetch up when he touches calico.


repeat it, marry young!


There is but one good excuse for q
marriage late in life. and that is-a Sec
ond marriage.
Year: 1870

that God would forgive violation Of his
laws. Lincoln maintained that God
could not forgive; that punishment has
to follow the sin that Christianity was
wrong in teaching forgiveness that it
tended to make man sin in the hope that
God would excuse, and 80 forth. Lincoln
contended that the minister should teach
that God has affixed punishment for sin,
and that no repentance could bribe him to
remit it. In one sense Of the word, Mr..
Lincoln was Universalist, and in anoth-
er sense he was a Unitarian but he was
Theist, as we now understand that
word. He believed in God and in inn
mortality, as well as heaven-a place he
believed in no hell and no punishment in
the future world.