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Year: 1870

PERFECTLY OUTRAGEoUs.-The gentlemen
recently appointed to- examine into the quail
fications of candidates for admission to the bar
decided against several Of the would-be law
yers, and they justify their cruelty on the
ground that gentlemen who are to be admitted
to practice law should have satisfactory
knowledge in that science. This is startling.
viii they only tell us how we can have such a
rule put into permanent operation in regard to
law students, and also how rule Of similar
force can be extended to the medical schools
Year: 1870

Congress Yssterday-,rrs. Liucoin's Pension


Defeated.


In the Senate yesterday the bill to grant
Mrs. Lincoln pension was reported, with
recommendation that 1t be indefinitely post
poned. It would have been far better In this
case never to have touched the subject. A
Senate that virtually rejects SO obviously
proper measure as this, and wastes the time
and money OF the country In debating for
hours proposition to remain In useless ses-
sion until July, simply advertises its own
inability to serve the uses Of Congress. The
Usage Land bill was discussed and laid over,
and then the Franking Privilege up
as special order-was served the same way.


In the House the debate on the Civil Service
bill was continued. Mr.. Jenckes made an
able argument in favor of it, and he was
weakly seconded by one or two others, but
there was too much Of the old leaven among
the members-who clearly saw what patronage
was about to slip from their hands-and the
bill was recommitted, or virtually killed. The
Northern Pacific Railroad bill, which grants
nearly three million acres of land for the con-
struction of the road, was discussed and laid
over till Monday. 1t appears on the face Of it
to be an immense combination job between the
I incorporators and the protectionists, clause
of the bill providing specially that only Amerl-
can rails shall be used in the construction, and
another permitting the bonds to be sold
whether the road is built or not The post
ponement Of the bill was effected only by the
! most determined llibustering on the part OF
the minority.
Year: 1870

THE RED RIVER ExpEDITIoN.-We publish
in another column an interesting account Of
the British expedition now organizing in Mon
treal to march against Rel and the insurgents
in Winnipeg Our correspondent intimates
that supplies for the expedition may even now
be passing unnotiaed through Ste Marie Canal,
a fact that our government should look TO at
once.
Year: 1870

ANOTHER CASE OF JERSEY JUSTICE. One
more scoundrel has found that killing is an
expensive pastime in Jersey State. Nixon,
who has just been sentenced to twenty years
in State Prison for causing the death of an
associate in drunken fight, would have gone
free from trial for the same offence in this
city, where drunkards' fights seem to be looked
upon with special favor by juries.
Year: 1870

A startling cry to be heard by COM
Portable citizens or daintily dressed danes
in some thronged thoroughfare at the hour Of
high noon, and not a pleasant lullaby at any
time. The note of alarm, however, has rung
out already in the neighborhood, and our good
people who must have Towser for fami ly
inmate may as well keep an eye to the look of
his mouth and the style of his gait in these
days of sudden heats and chills. Oflate years,
whether through pampering and lazy indul-
gence, or owing to some organic change indi-
eating that its time has come to pass away, the
canine race has been peculiarly afflicted with
rabies, and this frightful disease is not by any
means of one variety alone, but Of many.
Among the most insidious and treacherous of
its forms is the mute madness, which Is
specially marked by the halfopen mouth.
copious drooling, constant shuddering and
the singular silence or muteness of the animal.
The muscles of the neck and head are rigid,
the swallowing process is impeded, and the
voice, when heard, is changed, as in the
ordinary form. The animal does not manifest
any fierce disposition to bite, but will do so
with horrible effect when disturbed. Death
intervenes in from two to six days. We
mention this unusual form Of the mania
because, within year, 1t has attracted great
attention by its frequency in France, Germany
and England, and, although silent dog is
better than q barking one, mad dog is an
uncanny neighbor, be he mute or noisy.
Year: 1870

Now FOR STAMPEDE.-There will be
presently tremendous run on the ticket
Offices where passage is taken for England.
The law to give the suffrage to women will go
through Parliament, and half the strong minded
damses will hasten away to the land in which
they can really have all their rights. Alas
for the future quiet of John Bull.
Year: 1870

The OLD FoGIEs OF THE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE met yesterday and amended their
bylaws to suit the present century. They
scraped up quite lively time over the various
propositions, some of the young bloods of the
concern taking advantage of the unparliamen-
tary rulings to make fun enough to frighten
the rest of the Chamber out of its propriety.
Year: 1870

Coon FOR FIFTY YEAEs.-In the bill for
the Arcade Railway the company is given
authority to occupy Broadway five years for
tho construction of its line There will,
apparently,be ten extensions of this time for,
counting by the time the company's own
engineers allot for given distance, twill take
them fifty years to finish the labor,
Year: 1870

A Coop Work TO BE PROMPTLY Put
THnoueH. We learn that the new Park Com
missioners have decided to prosecute the
improvements on the Grand Boulevard on the
west side. That is all right. 1t should have
hsap done before.
Year: 1870

A POLICE CAsE.-A ''roundsman' on the
police, whose duty it was to visit the different
beats to see that the patrolmen were at their
places, found two not where they should be,
but at dancing hall. He reported the fact,
as his duty required; but one of the delin-
quents is the brother Of an Assemblyman, and
this dignitary has publicly threatened that the
policeman shall lose his place for reporting the
shortcomings of his brother. Shall the whole
discipline and efficiency of the Police Depart
ment be set aside in favor Of an Assembly
mans brother? The police used to be
managed that way here. Can it be managed
so now?
Year: 1870

MUTUAL vs. LAWMAKERS OF TROY.


Yesterday the Mutuals and the lawmakers
Of Troy played very close game The struggle between
the latter and the Atlanucs, the previous day. led
great many people 20 suppose that they would beat the
Euuals well but the latter proved too much for tine
HaymakeT, although they had the advantage OF three
IN the seventh inning through very bad decision
OF the umpire There pretty good share of uufup
on both sides, s the general play good and worth
Ube al In il ne
Year: 1870

that she must prepare herself for
some sorrowful news on reaching
the city. She retired to herstate-
room, and there remained in a
state of distressing grief and an
xiety until the steamer, reached
the city. On the arrival at the


wharf, almost the first person who
boarded the steamer was young
Jones, the survivor Of the awful
tragedy at Harrisonburg. He
rushed into his mothers room, and
was first to communicate the ter
rible truth to his mother. We
shall not attempt to describe the
scene which followed. Kind friends
took charge of the afflicted lady.
After remaining here but a few
days, she left TO return to Ger
many with her family and devote
the remainder of herlife to the ed
ucation Of her children. May time
assuage the great sorrows Of sdis
afflicted lady, and may her re-
naming days, though ever sorrow
ful, be undisturbed by further
griefs and Affections.
Year: 1870

About the middle of a warm
pleasant day at any time after
drones appear, blow a little smoke
into the entrance of a hive. to- alarm
it's inmates wait few minutes,
and then remove it a rod or two
from the stand, turn 1t, Upside
down, and put over it an empty
hive Of the same size;- close sir
holes between the two by filing
them with leaves, grass or paper,
so that no bees can escape; then
take two light sticks and drum
with them on the lower hive,
without cessation, for fifteen or
twenty minutes. The bees, alarm
ed at the noise, and confused by
the change Of place and confine-
mont, 60 rapidly up into the upper
hive, where they will be found
hanging1ike a swarm, the queen
almost Invariably with them.
The swarm in the upper hive
may now be taken and carefully
carried to the place where the
old hive stood, and the bees
will go to work in it, and prosper
precisely as we'll as any natural
swarm. The hive from which
they have boon driven must be
placed few yards away from the
old location, or too many Of the
bees will 60 to it. It will seem to
be almost depopulated, but in
reality contains enough old bees,
and many young ones Matching
every hour, so that it will soon bs
populous again. The queen has
been taken with the new swarm.
but the bees will rear another
from tho eggs left by her.


If the season is good one, tho
old colony will be almest sure tor
throw off another swarm Just two
weeks after this has been done,
and you will thus haveyo three
colonies ; ifit is not a good season
you will not want TO do more than
divide them. your bees were iu
q moveable-comb hive, you could
make two from the one you have
much more easilyAbut the way
we have described is safe and sure.
We are not of those who think
that anything is gained by rapid
increase, and believe the instances
where three, four or FIVE natural is,
sues come from one colony with
out injuring it, are very rare:


[Bce-Keeper's Journal
Year: 1870

BENEVOLENT ORDER OF RED
MEN.-A friend Of ours, says an
exchange, who took a trip to CAL
ifornia, said that he was not afraid
Of the Indians, because ne be-
longcd to the Benevolent Order
of Red Men, and knew all the
passwords and winks, and the fig
urative language and things, and
no savage was going to touch him,
initiated and fixed up in regalia as
he was. He hadn't gone more
than hundred miles from Omaha
before a band of Indians came at
him and acooped him up. lie
took the chief aside and whispered
tpe password in his ear and gave
him the grip twcnty-six times on
both hands, and made some obser-
vations about "ffth moons" and
"happy hunting grounds" The
chief replied in a fraternal manner
by tomahawking him and jobbing
his butcher knife into his vitals.
Our friend remarked that these
ceremonies were not observed in
his lodge; but the chief wanted to
show him all the pecularitics of
the Western system, so be scalped
him and chopped off his nose, and
was about to build a bonfire on
his stomach, when some soldiers
arrived and rescued him. lie is
now the bald-headedest Red Man
this side of the Pacific ocean, and
you never saw person so DISCUS
ted with secret societies and In
dian poetry. He is going to sue
his lodge for passing a counterfeit
grip on him, and for damage done
by loss of his hair.
Year: 1870

his hands and his clothes told
US so. The week went and he
came. Not late, as if he hated to
come home, but early, as if his
heart was there. Little Bobby
was proud Of him. He knew his
papa would come. And with a
warm, earnest kiss. Little Bobby
was happy. The father was hap
py, or his looks licd-and they did
not.


* x x x


Now, we have been thinking till
the hands on the watch-facc before
US point to midnight. What q
good world this would be if every
home had a gate where swung
and waited q little one, M0wlng
that now papa would come with a
kiss, q smile, and q good heart.
If at every home, by a window,
were seated some loving woman
and loving wife, waiting, not dread
ing the approach Of her husband,
knowing he would be there on
time, quick, firm in his step, prompt
in his manhood, and sober, like
one who is monarch Of himself,
and therefore over all. And all
men might be so-can be so if
they will. And then what q glo-
rious world in which to live!


And we have been thinking, and
must write it before we quit work,
of the thousands of little Toys and
girls who might swing for hours
and hours on gates, Of the women
who may watch at windows for
hours, wondering when will come
-hov wlU come-the one who is at
heart real good: but who lacks the
nerve to be the man he ought to
be, can be, should be, and would
be, if he would only pause othink,
and see if there was not a better
way to happiness than he was in.
And we have been thinking Of the
poor widows whose husbands can
never more to them come, no mat
ter how long they watch at win
dows-of tho men whose wives
are gone, never more to return
Of the orphans who have no one
to come home now and catch them
to their arms and love them. And
we have been wondering if any
man who reads this will be brave
enough to 50 to his home a little
earlier each night, and try to be a
real good, earnest man, who will
be proud Of himself and Of his
manhood of whom his home ones
will be so proud as he is so de-
serving. We know some will, apd
some will think they will, but when
comes the hour, they will forget
as we all do; and instead of making
glad the hearts Of those who would
be so glad to have them come
home, perhaps not with presents,
but like men, sober, kind, loving;
will wait just a little longer, till
thus their life becomes a failure.


God bless all who love their
"loved ones," aud who do not keep
them waiting, and all those who
suffer at heart from the absence Of
those they dearly love, and for
whom they wait and watch, and
watch and wait hours upon, hours:
till all Of joy, of hope, of heart: of
life, Of love, has gone, as has this
Saturday Night.
Year: 1870

In a speech in Richmond, a
night or two ago; Ex-Governor
Henry a.. Wise asserted that the
war being over and he having
made an honorable capitulatlon,
he would, rather than permit his
forcfnger and thumb to touch the
pen to sign the test oath, have
had his right hand cut from the
wrist joint and nailed to post to
point the way to o gibbet.
Year: 1870

moved their disabled from the
field, leaving the heroic Kate mas
ter Of the situation, The causal-
ties sustained in this engagement
amount to the death Of Mrs. De-
Armand, with the probability that
the elder Miss Davenport will also
die, and the crippling for life of
four others Of the Davenport fam
lily. Kate Jackson was less injured
than any one engaged in the fight,
and was able to carry her dead
sister home after the battle closed.
Year: 1870

Read now proposed to be tied again. A por-
tion of the committee had left, but he was tied
by Mr.. Davis, well-known citizen. who had
assisted in securing him 80 ehectually in the
earlier part of the evening.


Mr. Davis, when called upon by the audience
TO say If he was securely tied, said he was tied
as effectualyas he could be under the conditions
prescribed by Read, which were that his wrists
should be tied together, and not singly The
lights were put out, and this time Read sue
ceeded In stringing the rings on his arms, also
the chair, etc.


There were now cries for Gains to be tied.
He said that he had been experimenting that
day with the ropes and being unused to the
business of drawing his hands through the knots
he had lacerated them good deal, and would
rather prefer not to be tied unless the audience
insisted.


This statement seemed to he held by the ad
herents of Read in the hall as something OF
back-down on the part of Gaines, and they
called out, insinuating that he was AFRAID TO be
tied.


Mr.. Gaines then said that as the audience
seemed to wish it he would consent to be tied.


Mr.. Davis then tied Gaines in the same man
ner in which he had tied Read, and the eXamin-
ers declared that he was tied quite as securely.
The lights were then put out, and almost i'm
mediately Gaines called out for them to be relit,
and wonderful to behold, the rings, chair, etc,
were strung upon his arms The applause was
tremendous and was increased when Mr.. Gaines
proceeded TO illustrate with what facility the
hands could be drawn through the Read knot
and replaced. and how readily the other tricks
were performed when the hands were thus re-
leased


Following upon this young man named John
L. Sicken illustrated how the standing trick was
done; the right hand Of the spiritual magl-
cian' being unclasped and withdrawn, while by
pressing the left hand heavily upon the arm of
the person opposite, the latter was humbugged
into the belief that the two hands remained
clasped. With the right hand thus disengaged,
the magician could readily handle the musi-
cal instruments, etc, and place them upon his
head or elsewhere.


A vote of thanks was given to the gentlemen
who had exposed the fraud, and the audience
quietly dispersed, seeming to feel that the sue
cess of the exposure served to repay them for
the money they had paid for admission.


Read had disappeared some time before the
adjournment, and will probably not undertake
to exhibit again in Washington. He is q coarse,
illiterate man, and is said to have been brake
man on Northern railroad, previous to going
into the spiritual magic business Quite a num-
Der of believers in ''Spiritualism" were present
last night Some of them expressed their dis
gust not only with Read, but with all the
quackery of physical manifestations" while
others held that Gaines really performed the
exploit through being finer medium than
Read HIMSELF SO that he could do in the light
what Read could do only in the dark. Nive la
humbug
Year: 1870

SERIOUS IF NOT FATAL ACCIDENT.-About
noon Yesterday colored man named Al
bert Claiborne met with serious if not IA
tai accident. He was ascending ladder
leaning against the rear wall of the Broad
street engine-house, which has been under
going repairs, when he was (as is supposed)
seized with fit and fell suddenly from near


the top to the bottom of the ladder. He
first fell upon Mr.. George r. Jennings,
driver of the hook and ladder truck, his
head badly mashed and his arms broken.
doing well. The colored man was taken
home, almost in dying condition, it was
thought, but was living at last accounts.
He is said to have been subject to fits, and
on one occasion falling into the fire was
badly burned.
Year: 1870

From the tenor of telegrsms received from Eu-
rope the people OF the United States fiud It qnie
Difficult sc times to determine to their own sats-
faction which account is really true.


Now, what we wish to show is the advantages
the people Of this city and State enjoy I'm d fr-r-
ent respect. If they are in need Of DRY GOODS,
and, after reading all the adver tisements with the
prices enumerated IN the Dispatch, should they
have the least doubt which place is the cheapest
and nost advantageous to buy it, they have but to
call at LEVY BROTHERS, ask to gee their goods,
and they viii at once be convinced that the Cid
Southern Dry Goods Store Is the place to make
their purchases.
Year: 1870

PILoTAGE.-Some days ago Mr.. Baldwin,
the Vice-Consul of Brazil, laid before the
Chamber of Commerce a statement show.
ing that large quantities of flour were being
shipped from this city Uia the lower Poto-
mac route for Baltimore for shipment thence
to Rio, instead of its being sent by vessels
to that destination direct from this port. and
that this fact was owing to the pilot and
other charges, the former particularly being


so heavy that captains OF vessels refuse to
come here.


II will be recoIlected that accompanying
the statement made by Mr. Baldwin to the
Chamber of Commerce was 4 letter from
Palmer, Hartsook & Co., OF this city, on the
same subject, and also letter from the


master of the brig Premier, then in port,
complaining bitterly of the enormous charge


made upon his vessel.
| The whole subject was placed by the
| Chamber of Commerce in the hands of its
Committee on Outward Trade, of which L,
w. McCance is chairman, and we have
heard several inquiries made as to what that
committee has done on the subject.


there is no doubt but it is OF much i'm.
portance to our city that every inducement
Should be held out to vessels to come here
Every vessel that comes leaves some money,
and that now more than ever is destderd'
t,,m. 1t is stated that when a vessel comes
ND james river in tow Of a tug she has tc
pay pilotage to a pilot on board her in the
| full amount. although the pilot Of the tug
| as the actual guide. e--..
Year: 1870

CONSERVATIVE MASS MEETING IN Hen
R1Co.-The Conservatives Of Henrico will
hold a meeting at the courthouse on the
first Monday in September next for the
purpose Of re6rganizing for the fall cleo
lions, and taking such action in regard to
nominations for county officers and for q
representative IN the next Congress as said
meeting may think proper.
Year: 1870

The Presidents message on the
Cuban question, We refrain from pub
fishing until we get it complete. The
message was a great surprise to the
House. His unexpected return and
the announcement of his views pro-
duced some CONSERVATION among
the opponents of the administration,
who had been hoping that General
Banks belligerency resolutions might
be carried at the end of the debate
fndau
Year: 1870

THE New York World is agitating
itself in the most lively manner over
" MIR. Grants grammar" the Presi-
dent having, in his special message.
used the phrase, a nation with
which the United States IS at peace" !"
The hypercritical World insists that
he ought to use the plural verb are"
ms tead of " is" Now we respectfully
submit that this is not a question of
gra mmar, but a question of politics,
and that it was settled by the war.
Before the rebellion it might have
been proper to say the United
States are Confederaey of Sovereign
States" but now we say the United
States is a nation" The very thing
that Lee surrendered at Appomattox
was the plural form of the verb.-Chi-
cdQO Post.
Year: 1870

can save TIL the win snbmiEs to Gods wil 1t IN glad
news for 1t shows how deep Goo Is interested In U.s.
God loved the world that he gave his only begot-
ten son die for us. This Is the grace we need; t
Ii the love We crave. me heart responds
He dwelt at LENGTH and with the cogency OF ire
slstiblc argument, on this point and then proceeded
to consider the liberty which the Gospel brings to
men and 10 all people. There was no human mas
ter In religion. "Judge ye not your own selves
what Is truth !" Christ allows no human authority
over conscience. No priest or prelate or king has
q right over conscience. Some nations are seeing
this truth OF God The demand Is, separate religion
the State and commit IL To the people. Why II
Christ had come under authority OF the Sanhedrlm
He could have spoken no glad tldlnQs. To-day,
then, we VIII join In The anthem OF Heaven:-"GlOry
to God IN the highest; on earth peace. and Cots
good Will to men, In return for these Gospel
tdlngs ne urged that they should devote life anew
TO the service OF Him who though rich yet for our
sakes became poor that we, through His poverty,
might be rich" Rich In faith and hope; rich In this
abounding grace OF God. Ours the duty 10 make
this Gospel glad tldings 10 oil people.


The sermon, OF which the above Is only very
meagre abstract was listened to with the most
earnest attention. The exercises closed with prayer.
singing the DoXology and benedction. Scattered
about In The pews were printed announcements OF
course OF scientific lectures sCrea.iOn,n by the
PASTOR on the Friday evenings OF next month"; at tho
church. ripe and rare scholar, having few equals
III this country, there be doubt or the highly


interesting character OF these ana OF large
attendance