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Year: 1870

Southern Methodist Conference at Memphis.


MEMPHIS, May 20 1870.
This is the seventeenth day of the General Con.
ference Of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Bishop
D0ggoJt, President.


The Committee on Sunday Schools made an elabo-
rate report, providing for General Secretary OF
Sunday schools, To be elected by the General Con.
ference, and secretaries each annual conference
who snail report TO the General Secretary in order
TO inauguate more efficient and uniform system
After lengthy discussion the report was adopted
The Committee on Missions reported in favor OF a
consolidation OF the foreign and domestic boards
into board. to be composed or bishops and dele
ga to each conference. This portion Of the report
was adopted and the remainder laid over for order
day.


Tie veto power OF the bishops was discussed until
the hour or adjournment.
Year: 1870

The Pioneer Lightning Express Between the
Atlantic and Pacifc-The Fastest Train and
the Finest Cars ON the Continental


First Class Hotel and Daily News


paper Establishment ON Wheels.
Year: 1870

GOAL AND WOOD.-On account of the
~ hard times have determined to reduce the


price OF ANTHRACITE COAL to 81. is. and


and CLOVER HILL COAL cheap. Terms cash.
Nineteenth and Cary and Seventh and Grace
streets.


NH CTARTES PACE
Year: 1870

in high spirits to Swillen- Brlllen.


Then there comes an autumn, when


his friends don't know what TO do with


him and the new doctor, who saws


that SlOshenbad is all humbug. and
Swillen- Brillen is rank poison, orders
him Immediately, as an infallibie rem.
edy, to repair to Muckenstadt, whittier
the groaning patient, still hopeful about
himself, is conveyed in all haste, and
where, greatly to the relief Of himself
and his friends, he dies in about week.


And yet no one can cay that he has


not had better time of it abroad than
he would have had if he had stayed st


home; and certainly no one can affirm
that the constant hope of getting well
may not have kept him alive longer, as
it certainly did materially contribute to
his happiness as long as he lived. -


Weread the other day an account Of
a gentleman who suffered for years from
swelling il his leg, caused by the
kick of a horse. He underwent the
"dry earth" treatment (by which it
must not be understood that he vent
under the dry earth, a las got buried,
which is, after all, the great remedy
he applied earth to his legs, that is all.
"The treatment" we are informed,
"was continued for three weeks, at the
end of which time the wound was quite
healed" We are no scofers-we fully
believe it; for such cheap cures are Of
daily occurrence, especially amongst the
poor, who cannot afford more expen.
sive and luxurious treatment. No one


who has not observed the curative pro.
cess going on can form any idea of the
results TO be achieved by peppermint
and water A spider wrapped up in
butter is almost omnipotent with poor
children, and the most obstinate of adult
diseases have been known to yield at
last to incessant doses of '.iulip." "-.rs


Now the moral of all this is, that the
power Of the human will, and the force
of Imagination, once realized by the pa
tient himself as well as the doctor, the
patient is Immediately in possession of
the most powerful means of cure. It
is not only in self delusion, it is also in
self.knowIedge that his strength will
lie. Let him inteligently expect tho
best results from change of air, change
OF scene, and change of diet, without
ignoring the fact that these changes
act principally upon the body by re-
tresbing the mind, and inspiring the
imagination with new and agreeable
sentiments. But lastly, we have no
right to affirm, in the face Of repeated
and constant experience, that certain
waters have not certain curative prop
critics, or that certain medicines are not
in themselves highly eficacious, al
though for that very reason their pow.
ers have been absurdly overrated.
Year: 1870

A large sheet was started at this pe-
riod OF bis life, in which all the impor-
tant speeches of Parliament were to be
reported verbatim for future reference.
Dickens was engaged on this gigantic
journal Mr.. Stanley had spoken at
great length on the condition of Ire
land. 1t was very long and eloquent
speech, occupying many hours in the
delivery. Eight reporters were sent in
to do the work. Each one was reduir-
ed to report three quarters OF an hour,
then to retire, write out his portion, and
to be succeeded by the next Young
Dickens was detailed to lead off with the
first part. 1t also fell to his lot, when
the time came round, to report the
closing portions of the speech. On
Saturday the whole was given 10 the
press, and Dickens ran down to the
country for Sundays rest. Sunday
morning had scarcely dawned, when his
father who was a man of immense en-
ergy, made his appearance in bis sons
sleepingroom. Mr.. Stanley was so
dissatisfied with what he found in print,
except the beginning and ending of his
speech Gust what Dickens had report
ed), that he sent Immediately to the
office and obtained the sheets of these
parts Of the report. He there found the
name OF the reporter, which, according
to custom, was written on the ulargin.
Then he requested that the young man
bearing the name of Dickens should be
immediatel y sent for. Dickens's faith
er, all aglow with the prospect of prob
able promotion in the office, went inn
mediately to his sons stopping place
in the country and brought him back TO
London. In telling the story, Dickens
said: Il remember perfectly to this
day the aspect of the room was shown
into, and the two gentlemen in it, Mr..
Stanley and his father. Both gentle
men were extremely courteous to me,
but | noted their evident surprise at
the appearance of so young a man.
While we spoke together, | had tken
a seat extended to me in the middle of
the room. Mr.. Stanley told me he
wished to 60 over the whole speech
and have it written out by me- aud if |
were ready he would begin now.
Where would | like to sit7 told him
| was very we'll where l was, and we
could begin Immediately. He tried to
induce me to sit at desk, but at that
time in the House of Commons there
was nothing but ones knees to write
upon, and had formed the habit of
doing my work in that way. Without
further pause he began and went rap
idly on, hour after hour to the end, of.
ten becoming very much excited and
frequently bringing down his hand
with great violence upon the desk near
where he stood" - From ATLANTIC
MONTHLY for august.
Year: 1870

Any amount and every class Of Insurance required
can be placed at this Office in the best Companies,
and at low rates at any agency in the country.


Expiration Notices Promptly Given.
Year: 1870

Imagine the CONSERVATION of many q
prospective guest at not knowing wheth-
er fifteen years meant wood or tin or
glass, and the utter wretchedness on dis
covering at the festal hour that he or she
had invested in precisely the wrong ma
terial!


However, time will do away with the
Year: 1870

"a Pennsylvania bachelor
thus gets after lovely women: "I
impeach her in the name of the
great whale of the ocean, whose
bones are torn assunder to enable
her to keep straight. / impeach
her in the name of the. peacock.
whose strut without his permission
she has .stealthtully and without
honor assumed. I impeach her
in the name of the horse, whose
tail she has perverted from it's use
to the making of wavy tresses to
decorate the back of the head and
neck. L impeach her in the name
OF the kangaroo, whose beautiful
figure she, in taking upon herself
the Grecian bend, has brought
into i'll favor and disrepute.'
Year: 1870

Did you ever awake in the night in
great terror over some dream Some
fearful danger was just before you, and
you cried out in fear, Mother, MOtherl
Though there was nothing near to hurt
you, yet your terror was just as real as
though a lion was in the room.


Now, the imaginary terrors of a man IN
delirium which drinking causes may
seem very funny to lOokers-on, who
know there IS no danger; but they are
terrible beyond all thought to those who
experience them.


A man living in New Haven Connect
cut, drank so deeply that his reason was
for a time OverthrOwn. When his par
oxysms came on, he fancied that he saw
before him men preparing to fay him
alive. Slowly they began their dreadful
work, cutting his flesh with keen little
saws, then tearing off his skin in strings,
and hanging it upon wires before his
eyes. He would Shrek and cry out in
as terrible agony as if they were really
doing 1t. Then he would imagine that
his heart was a cage of wild beasts, who
were tearing, growing, and fighting with
each other. He would beg his COmpan-
ions to tear them out, and when, TO graf
ify him, they would pretend to do so,
a feeling Of deathly fainness would come
over him. Then he would think those
about him were throwing sharp hooks at
him, trying to fasten them in his flesh
He would wrestle and fight for hours
with his unseen foes, until the sweat
poured from him in streams.


Did he not pay dear for his cups ?-
Was the little pleasure he got out Of
them worth all that agony
Year: 1870

~ l.


We do not remember to have heard
of a more interesting episode in the life
of any artist since the days of the great
Jenny Lind, than that of Miss Kellogg
at the Utica Asylum, on the occasion Of
her concert in that city few days. since.
The circumstance speaks volumes for
the kindness of heart and genuine hui
manity of this great artist.


Not content, as some of the genius E11-
rzha6Ae would have been, to dole out a
few notes to better classes of patients
that could be assembled for the purpose,
she asked the Doctor to be allowed to
penetrate to the interior and sing for the
most disturbed.


Accompanied by two of the faculty,
their ladies and the matron, and armed
only with her light guitar" she started,
like an ancient troubadour, on her novel
Journey Arrived in one of the depart
ments devoted to the most noisy, destruc-
tive and disturbed of this unfortunate
class, she was not long in making her
power felt. A few notes from her Won
derful voice were sufficient to call order
out of the widest confusion and still the
troubled waters of the soul in moment
all was hushed. and except the voice of
the Cantatrice, the hall was silent as the
house of death.


After the first song they gathered
about her like children, wondering, ap-
parently, what angel from heaven had
dropped down so suddenly and unex-
pectedly among them. They examined
her minutely, and literally from the
crown of her head to the sole of her
foot, for one desired to see and exam
inc the pretty little boot with which she
beat time to her music" This was al
lowed with most inimitable grace; and
not only this, but every article of dress
and jewelry about her person she suffer-
ed to be freely Overhauled and examined
minutely by these poor crazy ladies. She
was turned about from side to side like a
merchants lay figure, much to her
amusement, apparently, and little to her
annoyance.


But the most trying ordeal was vet to
come. Several in the exuberance OF
their delight came forward and desired
to kiss her themselves not with fear,
but genuine emotion, she not only re-
ceived the greeting, but returned it in
kind in each instance. Such is Clara
Louisa Kellogg, such someof the charac--
teristics of her genius such the power OF
music and kindness over the disturbed
mind,
Year: 1870

Wendell Phillips, in an address in the
Music Hall in Boston, once said, 81
know soldier in the army ofthe Potomac
who was picked up in the streets of
Philadelphia one year ago a complete
wreck and confirmed inebriate, but who
was, by the love of Sister of Charity of
a Boston home, placed once more on his
feet. He was at Balls Bluff, and three
times with unloaded musllet charged up-
on the enemy. He was one of the six
who heroically defended and brought
away the body Of the fallen leader OF
that bloody fight The captain Of the
company to which he belonged died in
his arms, receiving the last words OF
consolation from his lips.


"He was afterward conspicuous IN the
conflict, until the orders were given Tor
each one to seek his own safety. Ke--
moving some of his apparel he plunged
into the inhospitable river, and after great
exertion landed on the opposite bank,
seven miles below the encampment.
Nearly exhausted, half clad, half starved,
he finally reached the camp. The cap
tain of the next company 70 which he
belonged kindly said to him; pouring
out a glass of wine, Let me give you
this you will perish without it. i thank
you, sir, said the soldier, but / would
sooner face all the cannon of the enemy
than that glass Of wine"
Year: 1870

Ralph Waldo Emerson, in his new
volume5 entitled Society and Solitude" &"
thus strongly expresses himself: 81 hate
this shallow Americanism which hopes
to get rich by credit, get knowledge by
raps on midnight tables, to learn the
economy of the mind by phrenology, or
skill without study, or mastery without
apprenticeship, or the sale Of goods
through pretending that they sell, or
power through making believe you are
powerful, OF through a packed jury or
caucus, bribery and repeating votes,
or wealth by fraud They think they
have got it, but they have got something
else--a crime which calls for another
crime, and another devil behind that :;
these are steps to suicide, infamy and
the harming Of mankind. We counten-
anee each other in this life of show, puff
ing, advertisement, and manufacture Of
public opinion and excellence is lost
sight of in the hunger for sudden perform
anCe and praise.
Year: 1870

The dome of the Capitol at Washing
ton Is one of the largest in the world, be-
ing I37 feet in diameter at ITS pase ana
zoe feet high. The architect, Mr.. Wal
Ter. naturally thought so large a mass of
iron would be affected by the suns rays,
SO that the expansion would be unequal,
according as the sun shone on one or
the other side. To ascertain the extent
of the expansion, he extended a wire
within the dome from the top to the bot
tom and connected with it by delicate
mechanism a pencil, which would draw
on a paper the line Of movement. He
expected quite a regular curve as the
opposite sides Of the dome were affected
by the daily passage Of the sun. But he
found that It is not the sun, but the wind
that has most effect. The -AVie5JcaG


journal Of Science contains a copy OF
the figure drawn one windy day. show
ing all the changes and lulls Of the
storm, and making a very curious ana
complicated figure.
Year: 1870

A correspondent of the Sunday Com
0zeyrtaf does for one plank of the Demo-
cratic platform pretty effectually. The
platform speaks of the same spirit
which swept the alien and sedition laws
from our statute books as still in exist
ence in the evergreen Democratic party.
The Commercial correspondent shows
that. in point of fact, the alien and Sc
dition laws have never been swept from
the statute book by any spirit whatever
the alien law having expired by limita-
ton, and the sedition law remaining in
full force and effect upon our statute
book even unto this day,
Year: 1870

w Z have had sur banner on the
outer wall, with PRICES 50 LOW that
no firm in the State OF Ohio undertook to
meet us. We have driven our foe to the
wall, and occupy the field without fear.


We have siIeneed all men who years ago
assumed some power OF competition. They
are now willing to confess confdentIalIy
that there is no use trying to meet or beat
Us in prices, because we are game on a
Clothing "set-to.' Their only hope is in the
ignorance OF their customers. who will not
look around to see the difference in our
prices and theirs, which amounts to at least
Year: 1870


Say TO the King: viii not come, his
That am not, and that never yet have
Say to the King L wiz not stand again,
A beauteous lie, among his prineely men.
"say to the King; Cold pomp and regal
state,


And gi}ttering servitude, but mock my
Say to the King I am his slave-my life
Made all Rsplendtd irony for wife
yet, say to the King; Twere sweet 10
\ sackcloth gown, and kneeI before him
there
..Unsandaled. mean. amid the rieh-robed
throng.
Braving is wonder when passed along.
so he would raise me, with one true
pure Kiss
This were. my wifehood and my queen
hood this -
Year: 1870

Where the entire public, each according
to his own exigencies. has right to the use
of the highway, in the absence Of any
special regulation by law the right of each
is equal; but as two or more cannot occupy
the same place at the same time, with their
persons, their horses, carriages and teams,
or other things necessary TO this use, each
is bound to reasonable exercise of his
absolute right in subordnation to a like
reasonable use of all others, and not to in
cumber it over larger space, or for long
er time, to the df niger Of any other, than is
reasonably necessary to the beneficial enjoy
ment of his own right. Each may use it to
his own best advantage, but with a Just re-
gard to the like right of others. Persons
in light carriages, for the conveyance OF
persons only, have occasion and Of course
a right, when not expressly limited by law.
to travel at high rate of speed so that they
do not endanger others. But all foot pas
ser gers, including aged persons women
and children, have an equal right to cross
the street, and all drivers OF teams are
bound to respect their right. and regulate
their own speed and movements. in such
manner as not to violate the rights Of such
passengers.-C Chief Justice Shan.
Year: 1870

While up the river few days ago, SAYS
the Mississippi Democrat, We heard rich
one OIL some poor fellow whose name has
escaped us. He was padding to Iicks-
burg in q dug out, and had been informed
Of certain locality called Kicks Bend,
which is eighteen miles around, and in one
place about hundred yards across. He
was advised to land at the narrow point.
and drag his craft over, but he passed the
spot, going down without observing it. and
padded on eighteen miles around, till he
struck it on the other side. Landing at
once, he dragged his boat across, and went
gliding along down with a light heart till
be came within a few PAGES of the same
spot where be had dragged across before.
Thinking it was new cut off, he went
ashore and tugged his canoe over again.
When he got back to the river second
time, he sauntered around little to stretch
himself, and soon discovered an old news.
paper, out of which he had taken his break
fast that morning. 1t was now about sun
down, and as he had padded thirty-six
miles without any fattering progress. he
scuttled his dug-out with Ratchet, built
camp, and waited till next day for steam
boat.
Year: 1870

of an academy, and would there have edu.
Gated generations of wives and mothers, had
not lawyer submitted his heart to her
charms end government. A good teacher
was lost, but a good wife was won. For she
had much heart, keen insight into human
nature, dexterity in touching the springs Ct
action, and enough sympathy to desire to
make all around her happy. She certainly
made her husband happy, and it was with
regret that he died, leaving her his family
and his property, which for village was
not inconsiderable.


lie lef; some benefactions to the neigh
borhood, but nothing halt so valuable as
his wife. She grieved much for his death,
both naturally and from sense of duty. II
was like the loss Of a well-governed prov.
ince. She had governed so wisely that he
did not know it, neither did she until she
felt the absence of her affectionate subject.
Before, she had ruled the town through her
husband. At his death, the town was like
to have had an anarchy. Nobody knew
what allied them all. Something seemed
gone. 1t was only benevolent in her to re-
store to the air that vital principle which
the village SO much missed. She enccur.
aged all who came to her for counsel. To
the young, with an appearance of rigor, she
yet gave such genial counsel as fixed her
influence over them. People love to have
their own way on high moral grounds. She
instilled economic advice so wisely that the
people thought that they were only telling
her what they meant to do. Every one
thought her the wisest person in the village,
except himself. She never assumed author.
ity. She knew that influence was better
than authority. 1t was her right to have
influence, for she had superior intelligence,
singular knowledge of men, tact 10 govern
ing. Her fault, if she had one, was that
she dearly loved to govern. 1t pleased her
to hear men repeating her suggestions as
their own; to see her plans executed in the
village church, in the charitable circles, in
the schools, and even in local politics. 1t
is true that her sphere was small, but moral
qualities despise physical magnitudes.


The philosopher is not measured by the
size of the room in which he writes. She
did whatever there was to be done quietly,
gracefully, hiddenly. She controlled men
and women. She guided their feelings and
strongly affected their opinions. Was she
not queen? Are there not good many
others in this republic? We know at least
half dozen different shades Of queens. On
the whole, republican queens have not
proved so mischievous as some of our rulers
OF the opposite sex.-H. ". Beecher.
Year: 1870

viii be made under the supervision of three
Sworn Com mission ere gentlemen of well-known
integrity and high standing. After deducting
the expences of the entertainment the balance
of the money will be appropriated to the objects
for which tho Associsti n was formed. viz: the
introduction of European Labor into the south-
EN- States.


The reputation and character of the Incorpor
ators of this Association, coupled with e,erv
safe GU rd that the law of the land can throw
around it. is guarantee that the distribution
will be Honestly and Fairly mi ade, and that every
protection will be given holders of Tickets in
any part of the country.


In order to give the rich and poor, an oppor-
tunity at this
Year: 1870

Below is given the complete census OF
all the counties of this state, according to
the official returns, and also that OF 1860.
for the purpose of comparison. The follow
ing table, showing the population of the
state at the end of each decade of the pres
ent century, will be found to be interesting
aud suggestive
Year: 1870




Mr.. EDITOR Dear Sir-Thinking that a
few unvarnished remarks from a New jersey
farmer, sojourning in your pleasant town, would
not be inappropriate to your valuable paper, I
make the following. During my travels through
the State [ have seen great diversity of soil,
but have seen none better adapted to Agricu-
ture than the lands in and around Staunton,
and [ think when Virginia becomes reinstated
to her former position in the Union. which [
hope will not be long, and the leeches let go
their hold on the State, there will be such an
influx Of immigrants into the State as will ''as-
tonish the natives,'' and [ presume it is owing
to an erroneous idea that is prevalent in some
sections Of the country, that stranger from
the North would not be treated very civil,
among the people of your state that has kept
many from settling in the State. But so far
as my observations extend know it is not the
case have been treated with the utmost
kindness and cIvility by the people of this
Grand Old State. During my stay here have
visited the different State Institutions, and
have found them presided over be efficient and
gentlemanly officers.


Dear Sir, hoping that Virginia may soon he
restored to her forme" greatness, and the Di-
vine Ruler of the Universe will so guide and
direct the Representatives Of the State that
they will govern with fairness and equanimity.
that it will become the greatest State in the
Union, which [ believe it is destined to be, |
remain, Yours truly.


A JERSEY FARMER