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Year: 1870

in Boston, the North Amer1can Reoiep Up
out of New England. There has been nothing
until lately like the great quarterlies to which
we have referred to create stimulate and
direct II in other sections of the republic.


But New England cannot always maintain
'nat enviable ascendancy. Literary ability
and achievements must deyelop In other
sections with the progress of the country aud
the age. New York is destined to be, no
doubt, the centre Of literary growth for the
North, as Boston has been for the East.
Already we see tendency to this, and
starting point in the National Ouarteryy
Reoiea0, published in this city. Mr.. Edward
!. Sears established this few years aro. and
Is now the editor. He has shown remarkaha
ability, and has made bis review a worthy
rival OF the older quarterlies in New England
and Great Britain. There is ample talent In
this metropolis for work of this kind Of the
very highest order. Look, for instance, at
our daily and weekly journals. Though the
writing in them generally is not Of such
comprehensive or exhaustive character it is
marked by great vigor and good deal ol
originality. Our late war developed among
the correspondents class Of writer's that are
coming up for the future. Then there Is the
South, section Of the country which has
always had q number of original thinkers,
terse and foroible writer's and fine scholars.
Until within recent period that part Of the
republic furnished most of our great statesmen.
1t cannot be supposed that this intellectual
power is dead. 1t is only dormant, and will
surely revive with the new order of things
and as the South recovers from her late pros
trate condition. There is every reason to be.
lieve the mental activity of that fine Anglo
American people who live in the sunny South
will soon produce results in literature and art
as 1t formerly did in craftsmanship. The
abolition of slavery and the terrible ordeal the
Southerners have passed through must help to
bring about such state of things. We hava
entered upon new era in the life of the ma.
ton, as well rs in the history of the world.
and, if We mistake not, the North, South and
even the West will soon rise through the
quickening influence of the civilizing agents Of
this day to rival or overshadow New England
in literary and other intellectual achievements,
as well as in material progress.
Year: 1870

CHIvALRY is on the wane in the Old
Dominion. A member OF the Virginia Legis-
lature yesterday refused TO accept challenge
TO fight duel on the ground that the State
constitution disfranchised duellists. The gen.
neman's prudence in declining to make his
body target for another mans bullets is COM
mendable, but his high moral ground is ques-
tionable. Doubtless his hope of Office in the
future was greater than his regard for his own
reputation or his objections to the code of
honor
Year: 1870

METZ AND PARIs.-If General Trochu had
half the pluck of Marshal Bazaine he would not
let day pass without sortie in force upon
the Plussians. Is he preparing for grand
sortie or capitalization A few days now
will probably tell.
Year: 1870

TIE PARIS THEATRES are not only shut up,
but all their government allowances have
been abolished. The Grand Opera House is
changed into provision depot and the
Grand Hotel into q hospital. There never
MAS before such revolution as this in Paris.
Year: 1870

TWENTY YEARS of time and repairs it is
said, will hardly restore the surroundings Of
Paris for twenty miles to their beautiful con-
dition of one short month ago. Such are the
glories of war with all the modern improve
ments"
Year: 1870

Apropos of the visit of the Grand Duke
Alexis of Russia, the following well au-
thenticated anecdote is given:


The young man belongs to the Russian
navy, and year ago, when acting as
midshipman, the vessel to which he was
assigned was wrecked off the coast of
Denmark. The vessel, by the way, was
the Alexander Newski, frigate built in
New York. When it became certain
that the vessel could not be saved, the
admiral ordered the men to the life-boats,
and, wishing to insure the safety of the
royal midshipman, ordered him to take
command of the first boat The Grand
Duke was on duty at the time on deck,
and. understanding the admirars rea-
sons for giving the order, refused point
blank to obey it. My duty" he said,
is here, and / must be the last to leave
the ship" :" Do you know, sir," de-
manded the Admiral, that you are un-
der my command, and dare you refuse to
obey my orders?" II will obey" the
young man answered firmly, any orders
you may choose to give me except the
one to leave the ship, where it is my duty
to remain" As it was impossible to en-
force obedience under such circum-
stances, the Admiral was obliged to yield
the point, and the Emperor son was the
last to leave the ship.


As soon as landing was effected, and
preparations were made to encamp on
shore, the Admiral ordered the brave
young MILDLY to be placed under arrest
for disobedience Of orders. Having
done SO, he dispatched to the Emperor
an account of the whole affair. To this
the Emperor at once replied l ap-
prove your having put the midshipman
Alexis under arrest for disobedience, and
/ bless my boy for having disobeyed. "
The Grand Duke is described as being a
most remarkable handsome man. He is
twenty-five years old. The compliment of
his intended visit to the United States is
to be appreciated, when it is known that
it will be the first time the son of Rus
sian Emperor has visited a republic. He
will probably reach America as early in
1871 as possible, in order that he may
visit Congress while in session. He will
attend that body in full uniform, and be
presented by the Russian minister, also
in uniform, for the Grand Duke is to come
as the immediate representative of his
royal father, the Emperor. Mr. A. I.
Stewart, of New. York, has offered his
new house in Fifth avenue,
to be used by the Grand Duke during his
stay in New York, and the Emperor has
been notified of this politeness on the
part of the merchant prince, for he only
can decide whether or not the offer shall
be accepted.-Nete York World.
Year: 1870

From the Catholic Worlds Critique upon


Lothair.


While denouucing in the strongest
terms the baseness of the attempt to inn
pute fraud, chicanery, and political trick
cry, to the policy and plans of the church,
we have reason to thank the right hon
orable and learned author for the revela-
ton he has made of the secret societies.
He has had ample means of learning
and understanding their operations, and
his implied conclusion is that the two
great forces arrayed against each other
IN the modern world are the Roman
Catholic church and the secret societies,
Of whom Masonry is the mother. This
Is conclusion which we accept. 1t is
the everlasting antagonism between the
Church Of Christ and the Church Of the
Devil. We hope the glimpse thus af-
forded win cause some Of our clergy to
reconsider the lenient opinions they
sometimes express in regard to Masonry
and its off-shoots, aud TO recognize the
supernatural wisdom that has directed
tho unwayering opposition which the
Church has manifested toward these
works Of darkness
Year: 1870

The visit of Mr.. Thomas Carlyle to
this country is said to have particular
reference to private business affairs
rather than anything else. Sartor Re
sortus, as the story goes, made some
American investments two or three
years ago, which are turning out profit
ably, and it is to look after these that
he is now coming to New York. An
other report is that distinguished
clergyman of Brooklyn has rendered
him the hospitalities of his house during
his ataY
Year: 1870

There was an excited squirt of debate
in the House this afternoon, over the bill
to abolish the rank of admiral and vice
admiral in the navy, during which Gen.
Butler paid his respects to Admiral Por


ter and the latters letters which have
lately appeared in print 1t was brief,
but severe castigation, to which the
House and galleries gave their undivided
attention. He said among other things,
that he could not vote to continue man
in Office who did not know his own mind
and who one day Landed his own com.
mander and the next day abused him


Porter's letters he looked upon as an in
suit to the American people through the
President, and he proposed to inquire ::
Is this the man to be pat in the place of
the noble and sain,ed FarragutY lie
added that Porter's reference to ex. Sec
retary Welles showed that he abused the
Secretary out Of Office to keep in favor
with the Secretary who is N Office The
tenor Of the rest of the discussion was to
the effect that the navy should be placed
Year: 1870

Prussian schemes for the restoration
Of the French empire come from every
quarter Bismarck says this is the only
way the war can end; that Republican
France will fight forever; that the fall Of
Paris can produce no effects, and that his
course is to make terms with the empire
go home and leave the French to fight il
ont between themselves.
Year: 1870

A HEARTLEss and shocking case of in
humanity has just occurred in the town
ship of Windham. A man now upward
of eighty years of age, and who has re-
sided in that township for years, has fer
some time been dependent upon his chill
dren. He had lived with one of his
daughters, two or three of whom were
married, for time, and then would re-
main q short time with another daughter,
and so on. A couple of months or so ago
the old man had an alteration with
some of the members of the family, whom
we shall designate No. 1, and with whom
he then resided He left the residence OF
No. after the alteration, and supposing
that he he had gone to live with family
No. 2, few miles distant, No. 1 packed
up his clothes and took them to the house
of No. 2. No. 2, however, was apparent
ly determined that he would no longer be
bothered with the poor old man, and
would not allow the clothes to be left on
the premises, and No. therefore left
them in charge of a neighbor. Soon af


terward the old man arrived at No. 2's,
ard was told that his clothes were not
there, nor could they tell him where they
were. He then started for No. rs,
where he arrived so feeble that
he was unable to walk any further.
Daughter No. 1 then took him in
wagon to No. 2's. How long
he remained there we cannot say,
but finally daughter No. 8, who lived with
No. 2, got him in vehicle and took him
to within mile or two of No. rs, setting
him down upon the road, and telling him
to get to house near by. Instead of
going to the house, however, he wandered
into piece Of woods, and nothing more
was seen or heard of him for about seven
teen days, when he was found lying in
sensible in the woods. When found, SON.
in-law No. was apprised of the fact, but
he refused to allow his team to be taken
to convey him from the woods to the
house, and also refused to go for doctor /
Some neighbors acted the part of good
Samaritans, carried the old man to a
house, and dispatched messenger for a
medical man. Around where the old
man lay in the woods every twig and leaf
were eaten, and it was evident that these
had been his only means of subsistence
during the time he was in the woods. At
last accounts he was in very weak and
precarious condition.-Lomdo7a Ont, Free
Press, June II. tsf
Year: 1870

HALTs IN LIFE.-There are times when
our double-quick march to the tomb is
broken by halts. They may not be long
they may last only a few minutes, or
hours ;but they are full ofrcfreshment and
peace, and should be improved by giving
up ourselves to the reflection which we
can not indulge while the march goes on.
The Saturday night halts are the chief Of
these seasons Of reposc. Then, we break
ranks and go home on furlough till Mon
day morning and the Sunday with its
sacred calm and joy comes to refresh our
bodies, rest our minds, and unstring the
faculties so painfully distended by the
week. labor. There are other shorter
halts, too it may be at the breakfast ia
time, we linger over the morning meal to
ask and answer pleasant little questions;
it may be at mid day, at moment when
all have left the counting room, and we
find ourselves alone in the midst of a
strange and solemn silence it may be at
the close Of the day when we wander
slowly homeward, after the tolls of bust
ness, With the still twilight shadows clos
ing round US it may be at night before
slumber seals our eyeslids as we rest on
the pillow; it may be on a journey when
we find ourselves sitting alone in the
midst Of strangers at hotel, or in rail
way car. All these are hats in the march
of life we cease for the time, to feel the
goad of business or necessity urging us
onward, and yield ourselves up to the
repose of the moment. Our bodies rest,
orr minds become unstrung, the immi-
nence of some necessity to be met on the
moment vanishes, and we have time to
look at and think of things that have no
connection with our daily cares, but that
may be more important than all those
cares. These moments ofstilness should
not be regarded as irksome; they should
be given to reflection, for we think too
little amid the clash and clangor of the
struggle Of our daily vocation. Life, in
deed, demands action Of us, but we need
to reflect calmly at times, to know how
to act.
Year: 1870

These lines, written by Dickens, breathe
the spirit of the true teacher. There is beau
ty in every flower, and goodness in every
child. w DoLBEAR.
When the lessons and tasks are all ended,
And the school for the day is dismissed,
And the little ones gather around me
To bid me good night aud be kissed;
Oh the little white arms tha tencircle
NY neck in q tender embrace
Oh the smiles that are halos of Heaven,
Shedding sunshine of love on my face!
nd when they are gone, sit dreaming
Ofmy childhood too lovely to last,
OF love that my heart will remember


When j. wakes TO the pulse of the past,
Ere the world and its wickedness made me
partner Of sorrow and sin
When the glory of God was about me,
And the glory Of gladness within.
Oh nv heart grows weak rs a woman's,
And tn g fountains of feeling will flow,
W hen think of the path steep and story
Where the feet of the dear ones must go !:
Of the mountains of sin hanging DER them,
OF the tempest Of fate blowing Wild -
Oh there is nothing on earth half so holy
As the innocent heart OF a child.
They are idols of hearts and household;
They are angels of God in disguise;
His sunlight still sleeps in their tresses,





Oh those truents from home and from Heaven
ftThey make me more manly and mild
And know how Jesus can Hkeu


The kingdom of God to a child.
ask not life for the dear ones,


All radiant, as others have done
But life may have just enough shadow
To temper the glare of the sun;
l would pray God to guard them from evil,
But my prayer would bound back to my


self;


All a seraph may pray for a sinner,
But sinner must pray for himself.
The twig is so easily bended,


l have banished the rule and the rod;
l have taught them the goodness of knowl-


edge,


They have taught me the goodness Of God,
My heart is dungeon of darkness,


Where shut them from breaking rule;
My frown is sufficient correction


My love is the law of the school.
l shall leave the old house in tho autumn,
To traverse it's threshold no more
All how 1 shall sigh for the dear ones
That meet me each morn at the door
shall miss tn good nights and the kisses,
And the gush of their innocent glee-
The group on the green, and the flowers
That are brought every morning to me.
shall miss them at morn and at even
Their song in the school aud the street (;
shall miss the low hum of their voices,
And the tramp Of their delicate feet,
When the lessons and tasks are all ended,
And death says, school is dismissed !
May the little ones gather around me,
To bid me good night and be kissed


Charles Dickens.
Year: 1870

words from the ones they love,
but who hear every other word and
sentence instead. There are dy-
ing armies Of those who have
come together but never think; or
think it beneath their manhood, or
depreciating their womanhood, to
say; to whisper, to look; at proper
time, never too oft repeated, the
heart-sustaining words-'I love
you:' Tell those who read, that
this lamp Of words gives wondrous
sunlight to the soul, for these
words are born of God, and are
the heart-stamp without which
there is no happiness on earth. No
united rest, love and happiness
here, for without it none enter in
to the Home Over There without
this attribute of the beautiful In
finitude. Not that love which,
wastes on all. but which is fol
some one alone-as in the highei
life this united, educated, perfect.l
ed love, the two becoming one,
has but one real God to love, as
He gives Of Himself by absorbing
love TO those who are worthy
Eternal Happiness and a place in
that army of eternal workers,
whose field of labor for ages to
come will be the mind of man for
the cause Of humanity


It is within five minutes of mid
night. Those we have been talk
ing with are doubtless asleep, a.
rest, as are thousands and thou
sands Of the brave, earnest, care
ful loving, contented, home loving,
workingmen and women all over
the land. And 80, our hearts run
ming out in kindly sympathy to
all, and especially to all who thus
protect their manhood, and in
crease their love, we breathe a
prayer, and draw over them as thev
sleep the blanket of love, as the
strokes Of the great bell we hear
tell US this is the time to rest-an.
other Saturday Night - BRICK
PoMERoY.
Year: 1870

FREE TEADE.--The Free Traders
are profound philosophers and
shrewd managers. One hundred
boxes of wine properly distributed
in the stomachs of an invited au-
dience, to say nothing of the free
trade in brandy and hot punches,
is considered, as an investn ent
by the Free Trade treas ury, valu-
BILE. A hot punch, a brandy smash
and bottle of wine is a good pre-
paration for the seed of free trader.
This has been found in New York
to be the best and cheapest meth
cd to concentrate and drive home
to the commercial and business
men the great truths they advocate.
One of these grand dinners took
place in New York on Monday
last We regret that our solemn
neighbor, of the Gazette, was not
represented On that occasion, for,
while her capacity 20 hold is not
so great as some, yet she would
have brought no discredit upon
Western gastronomy. The great
burthen of this dinner was 10 show
that the wealth and prosperity of
the American people depended
upon the destruction Of all custom
houses, the abolition of all duties
and the raising of all money by di-
rect taxation upon the people.-Cin
Chronicle


In commenting upon this, the
Ntw York Herald sums up the
matter thus:


In order to have free trade,
therefore, while meeting the inter-
est on the debt and fifty millions
Of the principal instead Of redu-
cling our direct taxes we must have
them increased to the extent of one
hundred and thirty millions a year
which will simply be robbing Pc
ter to pay Paul. The only short
cut to free trade, in fact, is the
short cut Of repudiation, but as
this settlement Of the national debt
was not suggested at this Free
Trade dinner, and as it is not him
ted at by tie League, we shall
have plenty oftime say twenty five
or thirty years for this free trade
discussion and for the abolition of
all our custom houses. The best
that we can do meantime is to
tighten as far as possible. looking
to the gradual redemption or fun
ding OF the national debt, the bur-
den upon the masses of the people
which they now have to bear in
our external and internal or indi
rect and direct taxes. Down to the
late war all our national revenues,
except q few millions from the pub
lie lands were raised from the Gus
toms, or indirect taxes, and partly
because, as an invisible system Of
taxation, it was considered the
best. 1t has grown now to q
system of protection to home man
ufacturcs which in many things
invites assault and yet we can not
have free trade short ofthe REDEEM.
ption of the funding or rep udistion
of the national debt
Year: 1870

We have this week had the
pleasure of inspecting the working
Of the steam plow on the Walnut
Ridge plantation of General
Hampton, and for the benefit OF
our readers will attempt a descrip.
ton Of the machinery and manner
ofusing it. Two engines, identi.
cal in all respects, and of fourteen
horsepower, furnish the motive
power. They are able to move at
a speed of from six to seven miles
an hour over any ordinary road,
and Of dragging heavy loads. Con.
sequently, there is no difficulty in
getting them in position on the
field. Below the boiler Of each,
and between the front and rear
wheels, is a large drum or vertical
axis, on which Is wound a coil Of
four hundred yards of wire cable.
The engines, being stationed at a
convenient distance, not exceeding
four hundred yards apart, the
plow or other implement used,
with the cable Of each instrument
attached to 1t, is moved by the coil
being wound in one drum and
payed out by the other. On reach.
ing the end of the row, at signal
of the steam whistle, the winding
causes the engine to move forward
the proper distance; the action is
reversed, and the plow runs back
to the engine from which it started
and so backward and forward al
the rate of about five miles an
hour, tearing up the ground to any
depth desired, not exceeding
eighteen inches.


The turning plow consists Of O
number Of plows on a strong
wrought iron frame, pointed al
each end; In fact two triangles
Joined at the base, and their planei
Year: 1870

SELLING A SHARE IN THE FUTURE
LIFE.-Before a court in the Prov
idence of Pesth, Hungary, q suit
was pending, in which an aged
jew was to make q statement
under oath. He was ready to take
the oath, when another Jew arose
and protested against it:


"This man dare not take an
OATH"


"Why notT asked the Judge.


"There exists o Hebrew prayer
which contains the sentence, that
every Jew has a share In the life
to come 1t lie now about twenty
years ago, whilst / was present,
when the man who is now about to
take the oath sold his share in the
life to come guaranteed to him
in the prayer, to another Jew, a
Mr.. T., who paid him q certain
amount Of money for it. As he,
therefore, cannot count any longer
on a future existence, he has moth
ing to fear or hope for in the life
to come it must be Cerainly indif-
ferent to him whether TO swear to
q truth or a falsehOod."


The matter was examined into,
and, as the strange transaction
was found to have taken place In
reality, the court granted the pro-
test of the old man, and the party
who sold his Ashare IN the lie d
come" vas declared incapable Of
taking an oath.
Year: 1870

The DAVIS MANSION and other valuable
property belonging TO the city, not being
used or required tor municipal purposes,
Will be sold Mt auction on the 18th instant
and several subsequent days, by order of
the Finance Committee OF the City Coun-
Gil. The advertisement under our auction
head Is worthy the attention OF capitalists.
Year: 1870

The damages In Clarke county By the Re-
cent flood are estimated ut not less than
s200,O00. By measurement at Castleman's
ferry the river rose to the height of forty
feet from low water-mark. During the last
few days two or three dead bodies have
been found on the islands in the Potomac
river opposite this county, left there after
the subsidence of the recent freshet In that
stream. / hree bodies were thus picked up,
two whites and one black-the latter lodged
in a tree on Mason's Misunderstanding Ytr-