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Year: 1870

CYRUS w. FIELD is eager to connect California with Japan and China, by means of a submarine telegraph cable to cost fifteen or twenty million dollars. Wouldn't it be better to spend that amount of money in building another railroad between the Atlantic and Pacific.
Year: 1870

THE | s. Supreme Court has decided that un, der the provisions of the Act in relation to civil actions in the Courts of the United States no wit ness can be excluded because he Is party to or interested in case
Year: 1870

A dispatch of the 24th inst. from
Cincinnati says the joint committee of
the General Assemblies of the late Old
and New School Presbyterian churches
on the reconstruction of the Board OF
Church Extension was in session here
Yesterday and to-day. The object OF
the conference was toarrange the pre-
liminaries for consolidating the pecu-
mary aud other interests Of both
bodies in the work of church exten-
sion.


In regard to the organization of a
new Board of Church Erection, the
committee advised the organization
under the special charter enjoyed by
the New School Church, which viii
probably involve its location in New
York city. They recommend the
Board to consist Of twenty-one MEM
bers, six of the number from the
Northwest. The spirit of the deliber-
ations was earnest, practical, and In
dieative of forward movement by
the church. The General Assembly
will take final action on the recon-
mendations Of the Board next spring
Year: 1870

The bill to enforce the right Of citi-


zens of the United States TO votein the


several States, by virtue OF the XVIII


Amendment, which the Judiciary


Committee has under consideration,


declares that all cOlOred citizens shall


be entitled TO vote at all elections in


the State of their residence. subject


only TO the same conditions which
now are or may hereafter be required
to qualify white citizens to vote. In
case the constitution or law or any
State requires an assessment or pay
ment of tax as the qualification OF an
electOr, and the assessor or other
person shall refuse or Wlllfully
neglect to assess the person or property
of any qualified c0iorad cltlzen OF the


United States, and residing IN the


hundred, ward, or district Tor winch
said assessor or other officer shall have
been elected or appointed, he shall
for every such Ofiense forfeit the sum
of five hundred dollars to any person
who will sue for the same, and shall
for every such Otiense be guilty OF a
misdemeanor, and shall be fined not
less than five hundred dollars, ana be
imprisoned not less than one month.
The third and fourth sections punish
any official who shall neglect TO assess
the property OF COlOTed citizensso that
they cannot vote, or who shall Iall to
transcribe their names in the list
of persons who pay taxes, the
payment of which tax is by the
constitution or laws OF any State
a qualification of an election Of such
State: and the fifth section Furnishes
by fine and Imprisonment any oOilec-
tor of taxes who shall neglect wilfully
to receive or receipt for the taxes Of
colored people. The sixth section de-
cIares that if at any State, county,
township. hundred, or municipal cleo
ton, held by the authority of the law
of any State, or at any election for
electors of President Of the United
States, or for members of the House
of Representatives Of the United
States, any presiding OfficeISOr judge
of the election shall refuse to receive,
or shall advise or concur in reiu-
sing to receive, the vote of any
person on account of his race,
color, or previous condition Of servi-
tude, every such presiding officer or
Judge shall, for every such Ofiense, for
felt and pay the SUN of i've hundred
dollars to any person who will sue for
the same; and such presiding officer
or Judge shall, for every such ofense,
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanOr,
and shall be fined not less than two
hundred dollars, nor more than FIVE
hundred, and be imprisoned not less
than one month. The Circuit Courts
OF the United States are to have jUris-
diction of the suits for fOrfeitures inn
posed and causes of action created by
this act, and the Circuit and District
Courts of the United States have ju-
risdiction Of the misdemeanors crea-
ted by this act.
Year: 1870

A New York editor has been
shown very wonderful in
tention, termed an anti-rob-
Der stick" in the handle of which
is located a small galvanic battery. A
slight pressure causes the instant
throwing out Of a strong steel needle
at the other end, and penetrating the
hichwavman who comes in contact
with it. The galvanism of the ma
chine at once paralyzes him, and it
becomes an easy matter to capture or
get away from him. The editor afOre-
said saw the inventor experiment on
a dog. He touched the animal with
the needle, and instantly the dog be
came as stiff as a poker, being unable
to wag even his tail. The only Objec
ton 10 this invention seems to be thai
the robber could use 1t with just the
same effect as the honest man. ItS
utility, therefore, is questionable.
Year: 1870

A daughter of Josiah King, brother
of Ex-Governor King of Rhode Island,
now lies dead in Stonington, Conn.
vet such Is the remarkable preservat
ton of her features and complexion,
and such the retention of warmth in
fhe body. that the best medical men
are in doubt as TO whether the case is
one Of actual death or only tempo
rariIy suspended animation. All the
ordinary tests of life and death lead to
the inference that she is really dead,
while absence of the phenomena OF
death leads to a counter conclusion.
The case is considered one Of the most
remarkable on record. 1t will not
onlp start new discussions in the sci
entiic world, but it will bring into
importance the inventions for pro
tecting the buried against the dangers
of the grave or vault, where mamma
ton is in doubt.
Year: 1870

WASHINGTON. April 22-The Senate
Judiciary committee were engaged this
morning in the preparation of the bill
to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment,
and made such progress that it is ex-
pected comprehensive measure of that
nature will be reported next week.


The following nominations were sent
to the Senate to-day by the President
Benjamin J. Waters, to be Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court for New
Mexico; David Humphreys, Of Aha
bama, to be Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court for the District of Col
umbia
Year: 1870




The call of the Democratic State Ex-
ecutive Committee for State Conven-
ton to be held in Charleston on the Sth
of June, has met the hearty approval OF
every Democratic paper in the State.
This augurs well for the coming cam
paign. A united front and a systematic
and vigorous fight, and success is
certain. We have no doubt the Con
vention will be largely attended, a good
ticket be put in the field which will re-
ceive the harmonious support of all Op
posed to Proscriptive Radicalism We
have received letters from prominent
leaders in different parts of the State,
all tending to corroborate our own be-
life that Radicalsm in this State has
seen its best days. The future looks
bright Reason is beginning to assert
its sway. The scales are dropping from
the eyes of the fanatically blind.


The Writ county Democrat referring
to our prospects says:


The Democratic party is i'll the field.
Their doctrine is being studied and
adopted by the great masses Of the peo,
pie. They are going to open the fall
campaign as honest and upright men,
and true constitutional patriots Of oul
country, and will espouse their cause as
gentlemen and statesmen.


The Honorable Mr. FarnSworth can
continue the ball in motion, and reiter.
ate his Clarksburg speech throughout
the State, if he chooses. 1t will hurt no
body. Such sentiments coming from
such man will serve as splendid
Democratic electioneering document
We are ready to fight them on that line
all summer, and know that it will aflix
the seal of condemnation upon the Radi
cal Republican party. Their time is
about up.
Year: 1870

The next move they ought to make
should be to amend the Constitution by
inserting the following articles as Amend
ment XVI:


The negro is our God, and shall be
worshipped as such, Congress shall
have power to carry this provision
into effect hv appropriate Legislation"
Year: 1870

Mr.. Willard, of Vermont, offered in the House
on Thursday the following resolutions. which
were referred to the Committee of the Whole


ReS0ire3, That while the United States ara
owing debt off over 400, ,000, 900 and the peonls
are heavily burdened with taxation that IN
creases the price of every necessity of life. the
most rigid economy in all public expenditures is
a matter Of the first importance, and is impers-
lively demanded by every friend and upbolder
Of the nation, as well as by every per5on whose
labor, clothes, or bread are taxed TO furnish IN.
mohey disbursed by the general Government


Resoirsd further, That a reduction of taxa-
tion to the lowest possible point consistent with
the maintenance Of the public credit, and with
such a condition Of the Treasury as will make il
possible, at an early day in the future. to fund
the debt, in whole or in part, at reduced rate
OF Interest, Is insisted upon by every section of
the country, and should not be lost sight Of in
any action Congress may be called upon to take.


ResOiee I further, That any acquisition of
foreign territory by treaty, cession, or annexa-
tion by the United States for which consdera
tran in money or its equivalent in the assump
ton Of any debt or obligation Of the people of
such territory increases at once the expenditures
of the United States and entails prospective
annual increase Of the same, and is At war with
every measure Of economy now pressed upon the
attention Of Congress. It is a direct assault
upon the public credit and il not called for bv
eNigency of national affairs.
Year: 1870

Night levels all artificial distine-
tions. The beggar on his pallet Of
straw snores as sOundly as a king on
a bed of down. Night-kind, gem
tie, soothing, refreshing night-the
earthly paradise OF the slave; the
sweet oblivion Of the worn soul the
nurse Of romance, of devotion. How
the great, painting heart Of society
yearns for the return Of night and
rest. Sleep is Gods special gift to the
poor; for the great there is no time
fixed for repOse; quiet they have
none, and instead Of quietly waiting
the approach of events, they repine
and starve sleep, and ehide the tardy
hours, as il tomorrow were big with
the fate Of some great hereafter. The
torrent Of events goes roaring past,
keeping eager expectation tip-tOe, and
drives timid slumber away.
Year: 1870

Cattle tied in a stable, where they
cannot scratch or lick themselves,
need luxury Of a daily earding. It
should be steadily and gently done,
and beside a merciful measure, is an
economical one. 1t makes beef, by
keeping the skin soft, and loose, and
lively; it increases the flow Of milk,
by helping digestion, which is always
aided by a healthy skin, and it saves
food, because the better the digestion,
the more nutrition is extracted from
the food eaten. Add all this, that the
cattle always look better when thus
considerably treated and you have
an array of reasons for earding stock
that no keeper Of even a single COW,
as it seems to us can Withstand.
Year: 1870

BEAUTIFUL THOUGHT.-There is but
a breath of air and beat of the heart
between this world and the next.
And in the brief interval Of painful
and awful suspense, while we feel
that death is with US, that we are
pOwerless, and he all powerful, and
the last faint pulsatiOn here is but the
prelude Of endless life hereafter, we
feel in the midst of stunning calamity
about to befall US, that earth has no
eompensatiug good to the severity Of
our loss. But there is no grief with
ont some benefieient provisions to
soften its intensities. When the good
and the lovely die, the memory OF
their good deeds, like the moons on
tbe stormy sea, lights up our darkened
hearts. and lends to the surrounding
a beauty so sad, so sweet, that We
would not, if we could, dispel the
darkness that envirOns Us.
Year: 1870

The groundwork Of our manly char
acter is veraeity, or the habit of truth
fulness. That virtue lies at the fOun-
datiOn of every word said. How
common il is to hear parents say, 81 /
have faith in my child so long as
he speaks the truth. He may have
many faults, but I know he will not
deceive. 1 build on that confidence" ."
They are right. 1t is q lawful and
Just ground to build upon. So long
as the truth remains in the child there
is something to depend upon; but
when truth is gone, all is lost, unless
the child is speedily won back to YER
acity. Children, did you ever tell q
lie? If so, you are in imminent dan
ger. Return at once, little reader, and
enter the stronghold of truth, and
from it you may never depart again.
Year: 1870

Since Grant came into power, and
up to the 5th day of July, nearly one
hundred and forty millions Of the
public debt have been paid off, and l
have lust got a dispatch showing that
up to tonight the public debt will
have been reduced over one hundred
and forty-siX millions since General
Grant came into power, while during
the last sixteen months Of President
johnson being in power only eight
millions of reduction was made, or
little over; certainly less than nine
millions. At this rate the public debt
will be paid off in less than fifteen
wears. It is true you have all been
ground down by taxation; all perish
ing with it. You are all poor, badly
dressed and half starved, as you all
know; but we have paid of nearly a
hundred and forty millions Of this
debt since Grant came into power.


Here is another great result. Is it
not better to pay of the debt in this
way than to attempt to swindle the
creditors out of it by using irredeema-
bic paper for the whole amount? To
have them lose the debt and the peO-
pie lose the currency? And nobody
gain anything by it but the swindlers
and shavers? l say, in the presence
Of these great results, all Democratic
arguments fall to the ground, and
come to nothing.


And what has been done in these
sixteen months will be increased in
the next sixteen months. The ad-
ministratiOn is getting better month
after month, and will get better yesI
after year. The machinery is only
fairly in operation now.


THE TRUE LABOR PARTY OF THE
COUNTRY.


I said the Republican party is the
great labor party Of the country, anc
Year: 1870

Lord Amberly on the occasion of the
laying the corner stone of the Congrega-
tional school house at New Castle to-day,
made an address, in which he said it was
the duty of the government to supply the
means of education, but he could not ac-
cept any substitute for voluntary schools.
Year: 1870

Mrs. Marsh, the woman who cut the thrOats
OF her four children, In Baltimore last Thursday
to be entirely ignorant Of her terrible acts. She
sits quietly In her prison cell, imagining IL a in


hospital. reporter Of The baltimore American, descrb-
ing visit to her says: Great caution IL used In speak
ing her that the realities of her situation may be
brought to her mind ut once the effect would certainly
be 10 make a maniac Of her. When the slight cuts upon
her hand made the knife which she used spoken
Of she looked at them and remarked that she did not
know how they came there but that they troubled her
She added: when 1 was sick before, mother took
stairs, and they had to bring 10 the hospital" few
moments afterward she said suddenly: a" Father has
been to he promised to bring the children here
and wish he would do 1t; don't much about
the others, bnt want TO my baby" In to
questions about her past fe she spoke kindly of her
husband and father. She complained Of q pain
In the back Of her head, and said that she
had had 1t ever since she 10 the hospital
oaill. The conversation her part was
carried in low but perfectly distinct and
voice. much In the way that any person suffering from
low SPIRITS might speak The impression produced was
that she has underlined idea OF being In trouble which
she does not entirely comprehend understand Al


though perfectly and reasonable upon all other
fnts, remembering persons and connected with
her m the fact be doubted that she retains not


the fantest memory OF the horrible of Thursday
afternoon and her part In it, When speaking of former
efforts separate her children from her and place then,


In orphan asylum, her voice became quckened and
had earnest pathetic ring when rho said Oh Sir;
love my children" IL Is quite urobable that sha
Year: 1870

Docs.-A suggestion is made by the
Washington Chronicle, that dogs shall be
turned to National account. The census
shows that there are about six millions of
dogs in the United States. At a tax of
one dollar head, these dogs would yield
revenue of six million dollars; or, if
half of them proved ownsress, and were
killed off, three millions would remain.
But tie pecuniary benefit would not end
here. The report of the commissioners of
Agriculture puts down the loss to the
country. in sheep killed, at two million
dollars, and nearly million more injured.
This loss is equivalent to six millions
pounds of woo.. Farmers pronounce the
loss by dogs to he two per cent. on all the


money in the land invested in sheep
growing or grazing. This is tax which
they pay to the dogs of their thoughtless
neighbogs.
Year: 1870

If there were more with the spirit and habit
OF Harlan Page In our churches, not half SO
many ut our young men In our cities would go
to destruction. 9.- -aAaf


A young man entered church one evening,
and found no one present but the sexton. Pre-
sently plain man came in, spoke pleasantly to
the sexton, and then sat down by the stranger.
He gave him kind salutation, such as goes to
the heart OF young man alone in a strange
city, and then said very tenderly


Il trust you love the Saviour"


Oh, how these words thrilled through his
heart. He had been preached to ali his life at
arm s length This was the first time the word
had come home to him face to face After
some conversation, addresses were exchanged,
and the next day, MIR. Page called at his place
of working. and gave him little tract called,
''The way to be Saved" which he said he
thought he would like to read These efforts
were blessed to his salvation. s'But for Mr..
Page" he was wont TO say, II should probably
have sunk into miserable eternity


Christian employer, do you look after the
souls OF those young men who come into your
service If not, will the Lord hold you guilt
less? IF thou fail to warn the wicked, then
shall he die in his iniquity, but his blood will
require at thy hand.


The reluctance you feel in beginning prac-
tice so entirely now to you, the awkwardness
you may experience, will very quickly vanish
after one or two efforts. You will be surprised
to find how easy and pleasant it is thus to work
for Jesus. And the peace and real Joy it will
bring your pillow will far exceed the pleasure
you feel after the most prosperous day in bus-
ness.- ,SunQay School Times
Year: 1870

SOCIAL SCANDAL IN New YoRK.-A letter
from New York says The prurient prudes of
frst-cass society are eager for the beginning of
the suit for divorce soon to be commenced by
the daughter of Colonel Lasalle, of the Courier
des Etats Unis. 1t is expected to interest and
crafty scandal-huntng tastes beyond any SINH
lar case tried in New York for many years. The
plaintiff still young and almost as captivating
as at the time Of marriage, few years ago,
when she was one of the bellies of Gotham. The
ground of divorce is-marital Inconsistency. The
offense began, it is said, shortly after the we'd
ding, and was continued recklessy and in a
promiscuous sort of way. Before her marriage
the plaintiff was one Of the most popular and
beautiful young ladies in New York society,"
Her husband is naval officer and their we'd
ding was one of the chief fashionable events of
the day. The suit for divorce will be commenc-
ed in few weeks, and the social standing of
the plaintiff promises to give it an interest that
is not often attained by cases of this class.
Year: 1870

~ The circulation of the ssSPEcTAToR'
is about as great as the combined circula-
tion of both the other papers published in
this place, and has as many subscribers in
this county alone as are contained in the
whole list of either of the other papers.
Year: 1870

A week. 1t is but short time indeed, but
its events are host. To whom has the week
just closed brought joy? to whom sorrow? to
whom health to whom happiness? ~


What, all these changes in one ,oeek Yea,
and host more numerous than the sands of the
sea. Many who see the dawning of the pre-
sent week will be in another world ere it closes
many whom fortune smiled upon but week
ago, are groaning beneath the whitening frowns
of poverty many who were floating gently on
the bark of life 'er the unruffled sea of happi-
ness week ago, are now wrecks of ruin on the
shores OF attilctlon; many upon whom the sun
OF last Sabbath shone propitiously, have ere
this met with i'll fortune, and been turned up
on the world children of poverty, and many
whose expectations and hopes were beaming
forth bright and prosperous, are at its close the
sad and miserable beings of cruel disappoint-
ments -3


And such is the life Of man 1t is subject to
changes in week, a day; nay, even an hour.
The world Is still In ommotion-revolution
succeeding revolution-time spreading its pro-
gress, leaving behind traces of destruction and
even in small community many thrilling and
exciting circumstances might be summed up
and recorded at the close of each week. M


A nice young woman called upon a clergyman
one day, and told him that her husband was
unkind to her, that he passed nearly all of his
leisure hours away from home, and that, in
short, his conduct was rendering her miserable.
Il thought, sir, said she, ''as you are good
and wise man, perhaps you would advise me
what to do, that l might reclaim my husband. -
Your complaint is not an uncommon one, my
good woman said the pastor, land | think it
is within the reach of simple remedy. :" "Oh,
tell it to me, and will bless you," said the
poor man. The pastor took her hand kindly,
aud looking into her face, said, impressively:


Always meet your husband with smile. lg


Wealth is desirable for what it enables us
to do or enjoy but it is not desirable at the
cost OF honesty and honor and true manhood.
1t is not desirable when truth and virtue and
religion, when honorable usefulness and happi-
ness here, and eternal happiness hereafter must
be sacrificed .m


Let US not weary in welldoing; for in due
season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Year: 1870

The Assets will be invested in Virginia, and
help to build up our own interests in Virginia.
It commends itself for its safety, management
and organization, to every Virginian and other
Southerner in search Of safe Home
Year: 1870

Court of Quarter Sessions-Jtldge Parson.


The business of this court is now stacking OF
considerably as the week draws to a close.


John Griffin was found guilty OF stealing pocket
book containing S5 from German who was heavily
sleeping Off the potatons he had been indulging in
at a tavern on Columbia avenue. When arrested
Griffin returned 50 and said he had no more.


Two young men employed as day-workers In the
Rouse OF Refugee were tried for the larceny OF a
pair Of shoes. The only evidence against them was
that OF boy confined in the House, who said he
stole the shoes from the regular shop by agreement
with these young men, who were to take them out
and sell them to raise money for tobacco to chew
the ''galorious" Fourth. This fellows statement
being unsupported by any other witness, and being
denied positively by the defendants, the jury OF
course, rendered verdict of not guilty.


Court Of Quarter Sessions-Jtdge L,ldIo0.


The regular list of bail cases for to-day in this
court contained sixteen cases. none Of which are Of
any importance or interest.