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Year: 1872

by AND BY."1There's music
enough in these words for the burden
OF a song. There's hope wrapped up
in them, an ar.iculate beat. OF the
human heart.


BY and by. We heard it as long
ago as we can remember, when we
made brief but perilous journey
from chair to table, and from table to
chair again.


We heard it the other day when
two parted that had been slowing in
their lives" one to California and the
other TO her lonely home.


Everybody says it somehow or
other. The little boy whispers it
when he dreams of exchanging the
little stGbbed boots for those ike a
man.


Tie man nnrners it. when In LIES
middle watch, when he sees his plans
half finished, and his hopes yet in the
bud, waving in the cold, late spring.


The old man says it, when he thinks
of the mortal for the immortal, to-day
for tomorrow


The weary watch for the morning,
and while away the dark with by
and by


Sometimes it sounds like song
sometimes there is sigh or a sob in
it. What wouldn't the world give to
find it in almanacs, set down some
where, no matter if in the dead of
December, to know that it would
surely GOMEZ But fairy-like as it is,
fitting like a starbeam over the dewy
shadow of years, nobody can spare it,
and we look upon the many times
words have beguiled us, the memor.
OF the silver by and by, as like the
sunrise of Ossian, pleasant but mourn
full TO the soul.n
Year: 1872

Under the authority Of Congress rules
have been established 10 regulate the ten-'
ure Of Office and the mode Of appointment.
II cannot be expected that any system Of
rules car be entirely effective and prove
perfect remedy for the existing evils un-
I'll they have been thorouhly tested by ac-
tual practice and amended according 10 the
requirements Of the service. During my
term Of Office it shall be my earnest en-
deavor to 50 apply the rules as to secure
the greatest possible reform in the civil
service Of the Government But it will re-
quire the direct action Of Congress TO ron.
der the enforcement Of the system bind
ing upon my successor, and hope that
the experience OF the past year, together
\ with appropriate legislation by Congress,
may reach satisfactory solution ii THE
question and secure To TO the public SER ucc7
for all time praciical method Of o.


ing faithful aud efficient officers AM
ployees Us. GRAN
Year: 1872

FEMALE DELIoAcY.-Above every
other feature that adorns the female
character, delicacy stands foremost
within the province of good taste.
Not the delicacy that is Perpetually
in quest of something to be ashamed
of, which makes merit of q blush,
and simpcrs at the false construction
its own ingenuity has put upon an in
nocent remark this spurious kind OF
delicacy is as far removed from good
taste as from good feeling and good
sense, but the high minded delicaey
which maintains It's pure and undevi-
ating walk alike among women as In
the society of men, which shrinks
from no necessary duty, and can speak
when required with seriousness and
kindness of things at which it would
be ashamed to smile or to blush.
Year: 1872

An exchange says: "a local news
paper is a travelling agent taking Its
weekly rounds to the families OF its
customers. No matter whether trade
is brisk or otherwise, no business man
can afford to take down his sign, or
withdraw the pleasing influence OF a
weekly chat with customers through
the newspapers. For business man
to stop advertising would be equal to
saying, " / have stopped business, and
ask no favors of the people"
Year: 1872

dHeduy uulSHSu. Ii Will dlSo pdsS
over more fertile country.


There is scheme now on foot for
building railroad direct from New
York, by the shortest possible route,
to Western Texas. There it will in
terseet the road to the Pacific that is
destined soon to be constructed, and
which will be patronized by all travel
ers in the winter season. The Chesa-
peake and Ohio road will be on exact
ly the right line also to catch some of
the trade and travel from the new
trans-continenta1 road. The next
Congress will be in the hands of the
South and West, and will provide for
the building of this new road. 1t is a
disgrace to Congress that it should
have allowed its prejudices against
the Southern people to influence it to
pass by the best route and build a
road over the worst. But Nature is
stronger than Congress. She has had
her revenge this winter. The rigors
of a Siberian climate have damaged
the reputation of the present road to
such an extent as that it would take
many snowless winters to restore pub
lie confidence in it. When weread of
train delayed for twenty eight days,
by drifting snow, we understand that
region must be a land of desolation in
the winter season. The Texas route
will be free from all objections grow
ing out of & severe climate. The
sooner a new road is built the better
for the country.
Year: 1872

The Usage Indians have hard
time of it in their efforts to live in
peace and quietness. The tribe had
a reservation in Kansas guaranteed
them in perpetuity by the Govern
ment; but it was overrun by squatters
who settled on it in defiance of treaty
stipulations that the Indians should
be protected in their rights. Finding
that they were to be crowded off their
own lands, the Indians, who had
many farms under cultivation, for the
sake of peace consented to move to a
reservation in the Indian Territory.
But they were hardly settled in their
new home before large number OF
the same squatters who had intruded
on their lands in Kansas sold out the
property they had acquired by tres
pass, and followed their former VIC
tins into the Indian Territory, where
they have endeavored to repeat theil
intrusions. In this attempt they are
likely to fail, as che Government has
issued peremptory order for the inn
mediate removal of the trespassers
aud put its execution in the hands OF
the military commander of the district
in which the reservation is situated
When it is considered that the Usage
were driven out of one reservation by
the same men whoar now seeking to
crowd them out of another, and they
are not only in the occupancy of theil
present possessions by virtue of al
act of Congress, but own their lands
by right of purchase, it will be seen
that there is not the least apology tc
be offered for the squatters who arr
trying to rob them. Their title to thei
lands is complete, and they ahoult
nave the same protection in thei
rights that is Afforded to the white


who own farms in tho States OF. Terri
tories:-N, Z. San.
Year: 1872

A Canadian editor announced that
he had "a keen rapier to prick all
fools and knaves." His contemporary
over the way said he hoped his friends
would take it from him, for he might
commit suicide.
Year: 1872

It is fashionable while eating your
dinner to hold book in one hand,
aud while mastication and deglutition
are in progress, to imbibe Inodicuna
of mental pabululn. Swallow that,
will youf
Year: 1872

In May, of this year, the population Of
.Alsace and Lorraine will have to decide
whether they will remain at their homes
and be Germanized or emigrate. In an
ticipation Of this, mingled with the love Of
France, and hate of the military system Of
Germany, the people are crossing the from
Ger in such numbers that whole villages
have been depopulated and many others
contain only old men, women and chill
sdren. Another result Of the Franco
PIussian war, and perhaps of much
greater significance, is that French ceases TO
be the language Of diplomacy. Bismarck
has given notice that he will hereafter use
German in his communications with foreign
powers. They think the change a very
natural one in England, "for during the
present century it has become the habitual
practice Of the English Foreign Office to
use English only in its dispatches" But for
about century and halfpreyiously French
had been almost the exclusive language
of diplomacy, partly on account of the
intrinsic merits of the language, and partly
on account of the preponderating influence
Of France. Again, the new order of things
must work practically for the best. Those
who write such dispatches can never write
them properly in any language but their
own. They know, or at least ought to
know, what words and phrases mean in
their native tongue, but they can never be
sure that they are fully embodying in Ian
guage what they wish to embody when
they speak foreign language. Of course,
this but adds to the humiliation of poor
France, but she must learn to bear patient
ly the punishment of defeat.
Year: 1872

Mr.. Hooper, from the Committee on
Coinage, reported bill revising the laws re-
lative to the Mints and necessity of some
coin, which raised the point whether the re-
port was authorized by the committee.
The question raised confusion, but Mr..
Hooper stated distinctly that he had been
authorized by the committee to report the
bill, which was made the special order for
the second Tuesday of March.
Year: 1872

a recent decision by the Court Of Appeals
OF New York settles two important ques-
lions Of law. A married woman brought
suit IN her own name against a railroad
company for lost baggage, consisting of
clothing and jewelry, and had obtained
judgment for $4,000. The case was taken
by the railroad to the Court of appeals,
which tribunal affirmed the judgment. In
regard to the point made by the defendants,
that the bulk of the property having been
received by plaintiff from her husband, be-
1onged to him, and the suit should there
fore have been brought by him, the Court
of Appeals held that though at common
law the wife's paraphernalia, during cover
ture, ordinarily belong to the husband, and
he cannot dispose of them, except by wills
the statutes have secured them to her even
as against creditors; in equity, the proper
ty given would be treated as the wife,
separate estate, and she would be
protected in its enjoyment and
possession even against the inter
ference Of her husband. This estate, if not
absolutely legal estate, is clothed with all
the incidents thereof, and she is therefore
the proper person to sue. But this question
depends upon the Code of New York, and
h therefore of less general interest than the
other point decided. The company set up
plea that the ticket on which the lady
was riding contained clause limiting their
responsibility for loss Of or damage to bag
gage to 500. The court held that the
words printed on the ticket do not embody
the contract between the parties. They
are mere notice, and a carrier cannot linn
it the liability by notice, but only by con-
tract. Plaintiffs attention was not called
TO these words when the ticket was pur-
chased by her, and even if she read them
when she entered on her journey, she was
not obliged to submit to a contract never
made, or leave the train. Hence the car
riers' common law liability remained I'M
changed.
Year: 1872




Public attention has been directed by
Gen. Hazen in a letter addressed to Mr..
Bergh, of New York, to the worse than
useless slaughter of buffalo on the great
plains Of the West, and his protest against
this practice is meeting with a pretty gen
eral response. If the buffalo were vicious
and dangerous animal there would be some
excuse for the fearful slaughter of the
herds which have not yet been found sus-
ceptible of cultivation. Col. Bracket, of
the cavalry force, follows the philanthropic
lead Of his senior officer (Gen. Hazen,) and
pFprotests with equal vehemence against the
slaughter of the innocents." He says in
bis letter to Mr.. Bergh:


81 have read with a great deal of interest
the letter Of Gen. Hazen to you respecting
the needless killing of buffaloes. What he
says is strictly true, and there is as much
honor and danger in killing a Texas steer as
there is in killing a buffalo. All the reports
about fine sport and good shooting are mere
CANNON; it would be equally as good sport
and equally as dangerous to ride into herd
of tame cattle and commence shooting in
discriminatory. The wholesale butchery of
bufaloes upon the plains is as needless as it
is cruel. Hundreds and hundreds Of them
have been killed in the most Tanton man
ner, or for their tongues alone. 1t is time
that something should be done for their
protection, and trast you will make an eff
fort TO have Congress interfere in their be-
half. 1t is an abuse of language to call the
killing of harmless and defenseless bulaloes
snOrf y
Year: 1872

The Senate committee will report favor
ably on the nomination Of Charles Hale for
Assistant Secretary Of State.


A railroad smash in Wisconsin yesterday
was caused by the conductor of a passenger
train forgetting his instructions!


A column about Mardi Gras in New Or
leans reaches Us at q very late hour.
Year: 1872




EITHER PERSONAL OR OFFICIAL INFLUENCE


THE CHARGES FALSE.


MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Aug. 30.-The Daily Nctrs
Of tomorrow will contain letter from ex-senator Doc
lite coniuting the allegations OF the Connatty af'
davt in which tho Senator is charged with ex-
acting money for his inhuedce while men,
ber OF the Senate Mr. Doolittle pronounces
every statement relating to the exercise OF
hrs personal or official Influence in obtaining permit
for Connatty false Mr.. Doote further says "a tele-
gram from Washington informs me that there were no
papers nor recommendations file from any one Tho
record shows that did not ask for a permit in
writing and the only way in which could have aided
him would have been by personal interview with
the President Of the Treasury which inter-
view never had The only papers ever drawn by me IN
relation to any matter were drawn in his
presence at his suggestion, and with his full consent
and approval upon the mutual understanding that sucn
papers we're simply private and confidential memoranda
TO be preserved for private by the parties them
selves cannot detail conversation which occurred
eight wears ago. know that there was not one word
said OF purpose entertained which. II known to the
whole world, would stain my honor as senator OF
au
Year: 1872

ENOUGH TO BRING THE DEAD 10 LIFE.
One day last week Chinaman named
All Och, who had been sick with typhoid
fever for two eeks past, suddenly to all
appearances, died. The company to
which he belonged sent q man to his
residence ON jackson street, and he on
his return received permit to make a
coffin for the dead man. He was to re-
ceive $35 for his trouble.


Some of the deceased mans friends,
however, not thinking he was really
dead, sent for a Chinese doctor. The
medical man soon came, and in accord
ance with the custom of his country,
heated an iron poker to a white heat and
burned the supposed dead man on the
forehead and eyebrows he also stabbed
him in various portions of his body
This had the effect of arousing the sick
man who had only been in traces.
F. Post.
Year: 1872

q Three soap manufacturers from
New York, Philadelphia and Cincinnati
were before the Ways and Means Com
mittee yesterday. urging repeal of the
duty on soda-ash. If the gentlemen
had read the Tribune carefully they
would have seen that any alteration OF
the tariff, save to repeal the duty on tea,
would injure the business of the country,
and they should be sufficiently patri-
otic to quietly submit to present evils
rather than fly to those they know not
of. The duty on soda-ash prevents
them from competing with English
makers in the markets of the West In
dies, Mexico and South America. But
to repeal the duty on soda-ash would be
destructive of the country's interests.
The gentlemen should cease to cast long
ing eyes southwark. Their plain duty,
as American manufacturers, is simply to
charge their domestic customers double
prices for their soap, and SO everybody
will be protected and. happy. But
all efforts to manufacture soda-ash in
this country, they say, have failed.
Here appears special beauty of the
protective principle. Necessity is the
mother of invention. Let our soap
makers be patient. In time some Amer
can citizen will discover a new material
for making soap, and we shall have the
whole thing in our own hands. If you
take off the duty and use English ma
terial there will be no necessity and
hence no invention.
Year: 1872

cannot be traversed without alarm. One
still existing in Shensi stretches four
hundred feet from mountain to noun
tain, over a chasm five hundred feet.
Most Of these flying bridges are SO wide
that four horsemen can ride on them
abreast, and balustrades are placed on
each side to protect travellers. It is by
no means improbable (as NJ. Panther
suggests) that as the missionaries to
China made known the fact more than a
century and half ago. the Chinese had
suspended bridges and that many of
them were made of iron. the hint may
have been taken from these for similar
constructions by European engineers
Scientific Press.
Year: 1872

Ii is purely vegetable concentration for keep
ing the Bowels in natural motion :nl cleansing
the system of all impurities, and a positive cure
for constipation. They restore the diseased Liver,
Stomach, and Kidneys, to a healthtul action,
while Mt the same time they brace and invigorate
the whole system.
Year: 1872

The Weather In This CITY Yesterday.


The following record win show the changes In
the temperature for the past twenty -four hours in
comparison with the corresponding day OF last
year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut's
Pharmacy, HERALD building
Year: 1872

The Commercial Of yestsrday misrepressnts us
in the following easy and evasive style:


"The continued call of the Ga:effe, therefore
for some precise proposition is only shrewdiy-
devised method Of calling away the public alton
tion from the vital issue, whether. in the law
making body of this State, all citizens shall be
equally represented"


That is the first time we ever heard an objection
raised to a proposition to define some "naethod'
by which great and difficult work was to he
accomplished.


1t may suit the Commercial to 60 into clam
orous fight for an entire change in our organic
law blindly; but it does not suit the Gasefte.-
We desire to know how this change is to be
effected, and what good is to arise from it when
accomplished. II it is to be done through the
legislature there will be ample time for discussion
and deliberation. If through Convention OF
delegates elected for the purpose. we may get all
to again. 1t may suit the Radicals to carry
the judiciary to the polls and give their sable
allies vote upon the choice Of those who are to
sit upon the Bench; or who shall be Magistrates,
Constables &c. The newly enfranchised had bet
ter tarry awhile at Jericho.
Year: 1872

Tho Republican has taken up the hatchet
against all Of the tax laws passed By the Legisla-
ture TO raise revenue. At least We infer this from
the remarks of the editor in the last issue OF that
paper. He demands the repeal of "the iniquit-
GUS tax on travel: the tax on business; the un-
wise and unjust tax on bonds and mortgages; the
tax on loan and building associations, and other
exactions of the most trying character to a por-
ton of our citizens. 1t really seems to have been
their purpose to lesislate against productive in
dustry and to drive pital and business from the
State-at least they could not more effectually
have done so had they tried ever so much. We
need a change. radical change, and it should be
speedily made If we to keep pace with the
progress and spirit manifested in adjoining
States"


That the rallying cry which the Radicals mean
to go into the election upon They demand a
Radical change. So they did in all the Southern
States. But alas, what change they produced.
1t has burdened the people with such debts as
never were born by the laborine masses any
where.


But where is the tax to be laid, if productive
industry" is to be exempted Surely it cannot
be got out of unproductlve industry. Suppose
there is radical change where will the tax rest
Will it be placed upon real estate and live stock
Ii so where will be the difference. II man is a
tenant he will have to pay the tax in the shape Of
rent Ii he owns his house he will have t. pay
it still We can escape from the payment
of the tax, and radical changes just the evils
that often affiict the people most; and should al.
ways he guarded against. 1t il far better ia
slightly amend-drop off such parts of laws az
are really Objectionable than to attempt to abol.
ish the whole system Of taxation which has been
carefully prepared at great labor and expense
Year: 1872

The GlRL OF THE PERIOD AT THE PIANO
The poet Of the Break)da Table gives this viv-
id description Of the manner in which girl OF
the period makes ready to play and plays her


grand piano at was Young woman, with as
many white muslin founces found her as the


plane, Saturn has rims, that did it. She gave
the music.stool twirl or two, and futfed down
on 10 il like whirl Of soap suds in hand ba-
sin. Then she pushed up her cults as ifsl'e was
going to fight for the Champions belt Then
she worked her wrists and hands. to Timber EN-,
| suppose, and spread out her fingers till they


locked as though they would pretty much cover
the key board, from the growling end 10 the


little squenky one. Then those two hands OF
hers made jump at the keys as if they were
couple Of tigers coming down on Aock Of
black and white sheep, aud the piano gave 9
great howl as if its tail had been trod on. Dead
stop-so still you could hear your hair growing.


Then another jump, and another how, as il
the piano had two tails and you trod on both OF
'em At once, and clatter and scramble and
string of jumps, up and down, back and forward,
one hand over the other, like stampede Of rata
and mice more than like anything call music'
Year: 1872

ANOTHER SPLIr.-It is hard to please Radical
ism. In the Fifth Ward, We he ar that the color
ed voters were made vote last year solid against
Col. Grimshaw for School Director, because he
was opposed TO mixing the whites and blacks in
our public schools. We should not wonder il
after while they will "spot" man because he
does not eat with his colored cook as they have
already done, no doubt in the South.
Year: 1872

There was a meeting of soldiers and
sailors at the Assembly Rooms last night
under the auspices Of the New York del.
egation to the Convention, held for the
purpose oil ratitying the nominations, Gen.
Burnside presiding. A resolution was
adopted providing for committee Of vet.
Grams in each State and territory to call a
mass ratification meeting.


The strike OF the strikers at the gas
works still continues. There are only
about forty men at work and the gas on
hand will suffice to light the city tonight
only. The strike is caused by the men
being charged with the price of the shov-
els used by them. The trustees adver.
tlsed this morning for five hundred men
but very few have applied. Four hun
dred men are engaged in the strike.
Year: 1872

gence sees the truth of all you said, with
out your help, while the ignorance of some
of our mountain regions could neither see
nor feel it with your help. For heavens
sake, the next time you make such spsech-
es, place education foremost among the
things we need in Tennessee, everywhere,
and not ignore it, altogether, as you did on
this OCCASION BUTLER.
Year: 1872

FREE TEA AND COFFEE.-The Demo-
Gratis who voted Monday in the House of
Representatives to repeal the duties on tea
and coffee are unfit to be the representa-
tives or the guides of the Democracy of
the United States. And if the Democracy
of the United States were to follow the
blind guidance of such blundering guides,
it would not deserve to receive the helm of
government at the hands of the people
next NOyember.-N y. World, Feb. %.