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Year: 1870

A brute in Connecticut recently
thrashed his wife. She bore the indig-
nifty with becoming meekness, but upon
the assault being repeated a few days
later, the ire of the golden-haired dame
was so reused that she struck out for
herself" soundly pommelled the brute,
and turned him out of doors.
Year: 1870

Mr.. John Il. Hoffman, in his Annual Mes
sage, warned the Legislature against the tend
ency of the times to special legislation. He
stated that he had last Winter vetoed several
bills because of their special character and
strongly intimated that he ought to have
vetoed many more on the same ground-and
herein the public fully agrees with him. In de-
fance of his excellent precepts and his lean per-
formance. no less than nine hundred and tioenty
acts became laws at the last session, which is at
least eight hundred too many. Most of them
were designed TO effect some end of purely
personal interest at the expense Of the general
public. What is called private bill will have
cost the State at least 800 by the time it has
been duly perfected; whereas, it is seldom
worth ten cents TO any but its special pro-
moters, and is often a positive injury and
wrong to the community. Every Constitution
is framed with intent to diminish special legis-
lation but avarice and selfshness manage to
circumvent the People, and special legislation
still hourishes in immortal youth, Governors
Messages to the contrary Notwithstanding


We have a Metropolitan Police system wisely
framed and in the main, faithfully executed.
1t superseded the least efficient, most useless
Police in Christendom by one which has few
equals. Formerly, our Policemen were the
mere Janizaries of the dominant party; since
1861, they have been the ministers of the law.
The essence of the Metropolitan system is
permanence in position based on independence
of politics. Our Police, from Commissioners
down to the doorkeepers of station-houses, are
citizens, and vote as citizens with which
ever party, for whichever candidates, they
severally prefer; but they are bound to know
no party in the performance of their official
duty. To put this beyond contingency, the
Commissioners, who appoint and displacc all
below them, are forbidden to be candidates
for Office; if nominated, they must decline; if
voted for, the votes cast for them are abso-
lutely void. Such is the law; such it ought TO
be. A Commissioner or Chief of Police using
his official power to elect himself to some high
Office is just what the system was instituted to
prevent.


Yet ut our last State election Mr. Henry
Year: 1870

of all modern civilization. The report of
the Massachusetts, Commissioners is at least
step in the right direction, iDasmuch
as it intelligently and fearlessly discusses
great questions. How the railroads will like it
remains to be seen. AS a rule, they by no
means encourage debate on these subjects they
revel in ignorance and encourage q great re-
spect for vested rights, which, indeed, were
never vested il them. The Massachusetts, Com
missioners have only entered on their work, and
it may well be questioned whether they fully
appreciate its magnitude They begin with
confidence and an evident desire honestly and
fearlessly TO ascertain the truth. How far Will
they be able to carry on their discussion
Commissions enough and to spare have else
where and heretofore been created to consider
these questions, and with very unsatisfactory
results; where they have not been silent, they
have been abolished. This newest experiment
in the old line deserves to be watched with
interest. A few more reports like the present
will throw q great deal of light into places
now dark it yet, however, remains to be seen
how much light the people of Massachusetts,
are prepared to receive, as well as how much
the corporations of that State are disposed TO
pn1urp
Year: 1870

The unprovoked murder of Mr.. Townsend,
while trying to prevent intrusion upon his
property-a father stabbed through the heart
in presence of his young chlGren-is crime
that ought to meet with immediate punishment.
The failure to discover the murderer of Mr..
Rogers, and the score of failures to bring
to punishment other assassins, have given a
feeling of impunity to the dangerous classes,
and the bloody record of the city since
the opening of the year is terrible
to contemplate. The laws ostcnsibly for
the protection of honest people too
often protect criminals, and it has come to be
dangerous to attempt to check the career of
any rufiian whose drunken impulse is to use
the knife and pistol. If few of these crimi-
nails could be made to suffer the extreme PEN
atty of their acts before the burial of their
victims, We might hope to awe their fellows
into something like regard for their necks, if
not for the laws of the State. This latest
offender should be the earliest example.
Year: 1870

We ask the people throughout the country
TO watch the action of the Senate during the
present week on the bill for the repeal of the
Franking Privilege which has recently passed
the House, and we trust that the press of the
entire country will assist the people in making
this watch effectual. 1t is distinctly understood
in Washington that the action of the House was
a mere blind; that many members
voted for the repeal in the confident hope that
Senator'S having longer lease of power, and
standing less in awe of their constituents,
would smother the bill or amend it to death.
We ask for fair, square vote upon it, and we
promise our readers that they shall then know
who kills the bill, if it be killed.
Year: 1870

The protest of residents of the Fifth-ave.
against the tar pavement that so seriously
damages the health and comfort of the people,
ought to have immediate attention. 1t is adj
dressed to the Board of Health, on the pre-
sumption, we suppose, that the Common Coun-
Gil. who created the nuisance, would not be In
a hurry to remedy it. But the Board OF Health
may not have power; they can move only
on the ground of urgent danger to the
people. Furthermore, their days may be
brief; theirs is one of the Commissions
that the Democrats have promised to
repeal. Probably the quickest method OF get
ting rid of the tar would be to send
down to the City Hall an offer to pay as
much for taking it up as the Ring got for
putting it down, adding thereto the necessary
cost of labor. This, of course, is not an
honest way of doing business but it is about
the only way that is likely to succeed in the
City Councils, as they are at present
Year: 1870

The Address of the Convention held last Fall
at st. Louis in favor of the removal of the
Federal Metropolis to some point in the Valley
of the Mississippi, appears originally in our
columns to-day. 1t does credit to the ability
of Mr.. L. U. Reavis, the energetic and deter
mined Secretary of that Committee and actu-
ary of the Removal agitation.


That the location of the Capital on the POto-
mac was blunder, which even the great name
of Washington cannot hide, we have long felt.
That location is neither the head not the heart
of our country. We believe the Capital will
be removed. but not very soon. The West is
gaining population and wealth more rapidly
than ever before. and the States beyond the
Mississippi will Lave at least thrice the relative
strength after the Census of 1880 that they
have in the present Congress. They can afford
to wait. Meantime the agitation will prevent
the piling up OF costly marble and granite in
Washington, to be abandoned while still new
so we trust it may be persisted in and intensi-
fed. The Republics investment at Washing
ton City is quite as large as prudence will
Justify.
Year: 1870

Our news from various tropical quarters under
the head of Annexation, serves to swell the
general truth that, if our Government aims to
plant an enduring and growing policy in the
West Indies, it must be with an earnest desire
to ascertain and respect, and even protect, the
wishes of the people of that region The fdende
of st. Thomas well says that it is clear to
everybody, except the people of Hayti
and San Domingo, that Annexation would
be the best fortune which could fall to
their island; and whether their opposition
is obstinacy or patriotism, this fact
still remains. What shall we dO9 Anything
but force the question, anything but play the
smuggler or the pirate. Once for all, let us
adopt standard policy for the West Indies,
with able, sensible. cautious men for its sDokes-
men. We have too long suffered our best
interests to be represented at odds and ends,
and questions which require delicate handling
have been roughly tossed about We have
been represented 10y pitchforks rather than by
pens.
Year: 1870

The Providence Journal. noticing our discus
sion with Mr.. Edward Harris, says:


'Mr Harris will no doubt say to himself, as he pom
doris the article in The TRIBUNE All this is perhaps very
fne but 1t is not what / wrote my letter about He
wanted to know why he and all other OF coal
should be compelled to buy that article at such enormous
prices He also wanted to know why. as a woolen man
ufacrer he should be compelled TO pay for the fine
wool which he uses twice much rs he would pay II
there were no protection the article The question hs
asks s What OF Protection is this THE TRIBUNE
does this question, but another aud very
different one"


If Mr.. Harris had been misled by the Free
Trade journals into supposing that the present
Tariff was framed for his especial benefit or
that of his class, we think The TRIBUNE has
aided to undeceive him. We favor Protection
not to a single class or interest, but to our
entire National Industry. 1t is that "sort OF
Protection" which we aimed to elucidate in oar
structures on Mr.. Harris's letter.
Year: 1870

Another Courthouse is rather too much.
The enormous swindle in the building of tho
yet unfinished structure in the Park, ought to
make rs shy of Courthouse jobs. Yet our
economical Democratic Legislature propose to
build another Court House in the Twelfth
Ward. With proper appreciation OF the
experience in the City Hall Park, no liml'
tation is named for the expense OF this new
building. This Is a very proper precaution
against grumblers if the conspirators had pro-
posed to build for three millions, some unrea-
sonable taxpayers might have been disposed
to complain when the expenditure rose above
six millions,
Year: 1870

Striking the railroads is just now the popular
thing in the New-Iork Legislature. No one
will complain of movement to bring the fare
down to five cents on all city lines below
Eighty-sixth in fact it ought not to be more
for any point on the island. But how WIZ
the roads take the SUGGESTION How much
will it cost to buy off these strikersf Twenty
per cent is large figure, and it is not IN
human nature to give up such profit without
struggle. If ever the proposed reduction
comes to vote, we shall take pleasure IN re'
colding the Yeas and Nays.
Year: 1870

every instance, in the assurance that nothing
else is so polite as absolute justice. When this
Committee shall have reported, and its action
shall have been passed upon by the constituent
body, we shall regard the General Committee
thus constituted rs the official organ oil the
Republicans of this City, and count all who con-
test its authority dsturbers and factioDists.
There must be one General Committee here, and
the Republicans of the State and country will
recognize no other.
Year: 1870

murder killing crime-that is all Somebody
will have to reyolutionze the successful revo-
luton, aud then we shall have bedlam again
with fireworks and liberty, to be succeeded
perhaps by another national gouging in the
name of progress. We are prepared TO hear
that the Haytians are fanatically opposed TO
annexation, and SO shall we be, if the wild
beast of liberty in those regions is not tanned
Perhaps we had better wait until they finish
their shooting.
Year: 1870

mission, we have spoken i'll indeed. We pay
all honor to the excellence of George Peabody
May he be held in green remembrance for what
he was. 1t is only when praises are sung TO
him for what he was not, that we withhold
our voice. For such a tribute cannot profit
him. and to confuse the truth il to harm man
4. IL
Year: 1870

arrested before going to a political
meeting, where five thousand persons
were assembled. 1t was not neces-
sary that this meeting should have
been thus disturbed and the people
who werefparticipating In it aroused to
violence. The act of the Govern
ment was provocation to the dis
turbances which took place.


A member Of the ministry xplained
that the authorities had RETAINED
from arresting Rochefort at the
Chambers to avoid the scandal to
which his arrest at such place would
give rise. He asserted that the
friends of Rochefort were prepared
to make the demonstration which
they had made. and upon this fact the
ministry would rest the responsibility
of what had taken place, and the
country would judge between the
ministry and the rioters. He said
there need be no unnecessary uneasi-
ness for the people, as the government
was animated by the best sentiments
towards them.


The Minister of the Interior fol-
lowed with the assertion that the
friends of Rochefort had determined
upon demonstration. Rochefort has
been arrested. At the Chambers, NJ.
Olivier praised the conduct of the
police in dealing with disorders. He
said they bad acted with prudence and
humanity.
Year: 1870

The colored citizens of Indianapo-
lis have called mass meeting at one
of their churches in that city to take
steps for becoming celebration in
honor of the ratification of the Fif-
teenth Amendment. One of the
papers asserts that there are not less
than eight hundred colored voters
in Marion County alone If so, they
hold the balance Of power, and will
prove an important element in the
next election.
Year: 1870

Men, in their inmost souls, feel more than
women can, the change which must come over
the world, when the publicity they know and
feel IN their own lot. comes to turn the whole
race out Of doors. They themselves live now
in the reverence, admiration and love they feel
for the delicate, the private, the domestic ma
ture of woman. They foresee the shrine where
they worship profaned; they feel the bosoms
where they are warmed growing hard and cold
They see the ''homes" where alone their pub
lie cares are soothed and made tolerable, con
verted into disprivaced parts of the great ho-
tel life. They hear already the sweet harmony
OF different voices dying away in a monotonous
union They feel the romance, the poetry, the
sentiment of life oozlng out under the blows
aimed at the chief hoop which binds the slaves
of society together; and they know that wo-
man without their consent is about to discrown
herself queen of her own home, in order to
usurp barren sceptre in the kingdom Of pub
lie life 1t is idle to warn, to prophesy, to
complain. The fruits of the tree of the knowl-
edge Of good and evil are fair to the woman S
eye, as of old and the tempter is no less a
serpent but though we shall still go doubtless
hand in hand with the modern Eve, when she
expels herself from the garden of God s own
planting we know better than she the charm
Of the Paradise which we shall lose together,
and the coldness and emptiness Of all that lies
outside! 1t is only some divine interposition
that can avert the mad determination that does
not mind running man, in rashly protesting a.
gainst the fiat which made humanity male and
female
Year: 1870

In recent issue of the Independent, the Rev


Dewitt Talamage. Of Brooklyn, has the fol


lowing utterances ON the subject of Smell =


Il have good Christian friend who, if hi
sat IN the front pew in the church, and work
Ingman should enter the door at the other end
would smell him instantly. NV friend is mo-
to blame for the sensitiveness of his nose, any
more than you would fog pointer for being
ke keener on the scent than stupid watchdog.
The fact is, if you had all the churches free, BY
reason OF the mixing up of the common people
with the uncommon, you would keep one-half oil
Chrlstendom sick at their stomach. IF you are
going to kill the church with bad SMELLS | will
have nothing to do with this work of evangeliza-
| ton -


Mark Twain says: We have reason to be-
lieve that there will be laboring men in heaven
and Terradel Fuegans, and Arabs, and few
Indians, and possibly even some Spaniards and
Portuguese.


All things are possible with God We shall
have all sorts of people in heaven but alas in
getting them we shall lose the society of DR..
Iallamage. Which is to say, we shall lose the
company of one who could give. more '.tone'
to celestial society than any other contribution
Brooklyn could furnish M


And what would eternal happiness be with
out the loctor? Bssful, unquestionably-w
Nno" 'Hoe wOii ououSu-Dut WOuIQ IL De OlS-
ttngue, would it be recherche without him? St.
Matthew without stockings or sandals st.
Jerome bareheaded, and with coarse brown
blanket robe dragging the ground; st Sebastian,
with scarcely any raiment at a-all these we
shoul see, and we should enjoy seeing them !;
but would we not miss spike-tailed coat and
kids, and turn away respectfully, and say to
parties from the Orient, ''These are well
enough, but you ought to see Tallamage of
Brooklyn y g


| fear me that in the better world we shall
not even have DIR. Tallamages good Christian
friend. F" For, if he was sitting under the glory
of the Throne, and the keeper of the keys ad-
mitted a Benjamin Franklin or other laboring
man. that FRIEND with his fine natural pow
ers infinitely augmented by emancipation from
hampering flesh. would detect him with single
sniff, and Immediately take bis hat and ask to
be excused.


If the subject OF these remarks had been
chosen among the original twelve apostles he
would not have associated with the best, because
he could not have stood the fshy smell ofsome of
his comrades who came from around the Sea of
Galilee. He would have resigned his commits
sion with some such remark as he makes in the
extract quoted above Master, if thou art
going to kill the church with bad smells, will
have nothing to do with this work of evangelical
tlon. He is disciple, and makes that remark
to the Master, the only difference is, that he
makes 1t In the nineteenth instead of the first
century.


Now, can it be possible that In handful of
centuries the Christian character has fallen
away from an imposing heroism that scorned
even the stake, the cross and the ak, to poor
little effeminacy that withers and willis under
an unsavory smell?
Year: 1870

Only believe, and not only will the gates
OF the celestial city open to receive US, but even
here we shall rest III the shadow of a great
love.


But dangers stand thick on every hand, sug-
gests Falntheart; how can We help being anx
ious Only believe; the Lord is a shield to
them that put their trust in him.


Silver-tongued temptation may assal U.S.
He is able to succor them that are tempted
What it proverty be our lot?-The Lord
knoWeth the poor.


w hat if riches, and we are eucumbered with
many cares? Give to the poor, and thou shalt
have treasure in heaven.
We may be homeless. Our Lord had not
where to lay his head.


Friendless. There is a friend that sticketh
closer than a brother


Afflicted. He bindeth up the broken-heart
ed.


Unjustly accused The Almighty shall be


The night cometh. He that keepeth thee will
not slumber.


Accidents may befall us. The Lord will pre-
serve thy going out and thy coming in.


Pain and sickness. The Lord will make all
thy bed in thy sickness


The infrmites of age They shall bring forth
fruit In old age.


There are heavy burdens to be borne, per-
chance incessant daily toll. There remaineth
rest.


Wearsome nights may be appointed to us.
He giveth songs in the night,


Death will surely come. 1t knocketh alike
at the lordly palace and the lowly cottage 1t
is we'll with the righteous. Death is swallowed
up in victory.


To the believer every providence is but an
other stroke of the chisel upon the marble rock,
shaping it for its position in the heavenly tenn
ple.-American Messenger.
Year: 1870

When is the time for prayer?
With the first beams that light the morning sky,
Ere for the tolls of day thou dost prepare,


Lift up thy thoughts on high;
Commend thy loved ones to His watchful care


Morn is the time for prayer!


And in the noontide hour
If worn by toll or by sad cares opprest,
Then unto God thy spirits sorrow pour,


And he will give thee rest;
Thy voice shall reach thrO' the fields of air;


Noon is the time for prayerl


When the bright sun has set
Whilst yet ewes glowing colors deck the skies
When with the loved, at home, thou'st met,


Then let thy prayer arise
For those who in thy joys and sorrows share


Eve is the time for prayer!


And when the stars come forth
When to the trusting heart sweet hopes are given,
And the deep stiffness of the hour gives birth


To pure bright dreams of heaven
kneel to thy God ask strength, lfe's ills to bear
Night is the time for prayer


When is time for prayer?
In every hour while life is spared thee
In crowds or solitude-in joy or care


Thy thoughts should heavenward fee;
AT home-at morn and eve-wth loved ones there
Bend thou the knee in prayerl
Year: 1870

''Symphonius insect scarce-embodied sprite
Who though thy life is mai ked by bitter stings
Yet tun st in glee thy harp of thousand strings,
How hard it is the world cen one poor bite
Should grudge thee, as thou sound'st thy tiny


gong,


And in thy best titilatory mood
Askest Of each his proper 1.-THE of blood
As meet return for thy mellifuous song
Live and let live in vain we mortals preach
While thee we hunt with ever murderous eye,
And still more cruel, by vile network try
10 place our tempting vintage 'yond thy reach,
For though thy orgies fret the drowsy night,
To sing and sap thou hast poets right
Year: 1870


One dreamy summer evening,


With Nellie by my side,
Our boat adown the river


Was drifting with the tide
Tie waters parted softly


From the languid moving prov,
And rippled into wavelets


Bright as curls on Nellie's brow.
The sky was bright and truthful
In its promise to the morn,
And had spread bed ofazure
For the eve-star to be born
The clouds were flushing crimson
With the love-thoughts they had run,
And the dreams of passion stolen
From the slowly setting sum-
The air was soft and balmy,
And the fairy-fngered breeze
Drop'd zephyrs cool upon our brows
From out the willow trees.
The swans were floating softly
On the rivers quivering breast,
Like white winged ships of ocean
When they furl their sails to rest.
The lilies mid the rushes


Were playing hide and seek
But they bent their heads in homage
10 the rose on Nellie's cheek.
And the murmur of the water
AS into my ear it STOLE
Made gentle, dreamy rhythm,
10 the love-song in my soul.
Oh! I loved this fair young maiden!
And tho worshipped from afar--
Since the days of early boyhood
She had been my guiding star.
Was it the hour so dreary,
The beauty of the scene,
The fragrant breath of lilies,
=, Or the waters silver sheen
That gave me word and measure
For the song / longed to sing
little song, but tender


All about wedding ring?
[ know not, and care not
This. and only this, [ know; =
She did not scorn the singer,
Nor the song he sang so low.
Oh twas sweet to watch the roses
To the lilies giving chase,
Till they bloomed with loves own triumph
On her bashful, blushing face.
And twas sweet to watch the maiden,
Seeking vainly there to hide
Her boson's tender heavings
AS we drifted with the tide
And twas sweet to see fair Nellie
Feigning anger, feigning pride,
AS her hand by mine was captured
While we drifted with the tide.
In vain with maiden coyness,
Did she seek to pout a ohide---
a kiss by me- was stolen


While thus drifting with the tide
And now, with love and joyousness,
And Nellie by my side
Our boat adown Life's River
Is drifting with the tide.