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Year: 1870

In sermon the other evening by
Henry Ward Beecher, after reviewing the
nature Of sin and its influences upon
mankind, he proceeded to say that the
people sent men mbued with crime to
represent them in the legislatures-men
who could be bought for money. They
lamented these things, but made no effort
to ameliorate them 1t was the same in
New York, in Pennsylvania, in New Jer-
sey, and in other States. One danger
was the money, and the greatest danger
was caused by large corporations, with
their boarded money, who went up and
bought the means TO enable them TO ef-
feet their desires. Money would ac-
complsh anything nowadays. These
ruffians could be bought with money or
ambition, and if they were not able to
crafty their desires, the State was taxed
for its own damnation. 1t was this pros
titution Of sense of right and justice
that they would have TO answerfor. Here
criminals, whose hands are stepped in
blood, were allowed TO walk the earth in
a few months free, and ready again to
deal death; and all this was accomplished
Dy the men whom they permitted to reign
over them.
Year: 1870

Lady Lopes the mother Of two mem
hers OF the British Parliament was
burned to death on the 10th ultimo at
her country seat AZ Prone, England.
Her muslin dress took FIRE while she was
alone in her room. The deceased was
seventy years old.
Year: 1870

WASHINGTON, March 8.-The Re-
construction Committee this morning
considered the question Of the power
of Congress to exercise authority in
Tennessee to remedy the alleged dan
gerous condition Of affairs there, but
adjourned without definite action.
congressman Maynard and Oneill
were before the Committee. giving in
formation with regard to affairs in the
State. Butler said he had no doubt
of the power of Congress to interfere
with the authorities of Massachusetts
should proper occasion arise.


The House Judiciary Committee
heard further argument in McGarra-
hans case by G. p. Shaw of New
York, who charged that grand perju-
ry and forgery had been freely en-
ployed to mislead the Supreme Court
and influence its decision against the
claim of McGarrahan.
Year: 1870

OTTAWA, March SIN Parliament
to-day, bill to incorporate the Detroit
River Transit Co., was introduced in
the interest of the Great Western
and Michigan Central Railroad Com
panies. The capital stock of the
company is S3,000.000. The company
is to be organized as soon as one mill
ion dollars are subscribed, and ten
per cent. paid up. The company will
have power to build either a bridge
over Detroit River, or construct q
tunnel.


It is stated that Sir John Young
Governor General, will proceed in
person to Red River, Immediately
after the close of the present session
of Parliament.
Year: 1870




THE Washington correspondence Of
the Cincinnati Gazette has the follow
ing with reference TO the recent
change in the Colleetorship of this
District:


The removal of Colonel Lewis as
Collector of Internal Revenue of the
First District of Indiana, does not In
any way involve his integrity. 1t was
for a violation of the law, which
seems to have been the practice un-
der his predecessor for the convent
ence of those who bad tax to pay,
but from which it is not known that
any loss has ever resulted. The De-
partment, however, determined to
break up the practice by the removal
OF Lewis.


There has been a good deal Of talk
about this change of fCollectors. The
change took us by surprise. and thus
far we have seen or read nothing in
the form of evidence upon which to
base an opinion as to its propriety OF
impropriety. Both the officer remoy.
ed and the official appointed are hon
orable high minded men, in our opin-
ion, and Republicans in whose
zeal and efficiency the members of the
party in this District have unlimited
confidence. We regret exceedingly
the circumstances which have the
appearance of placing them in antag'
onism, but frankly confess we do moi
know what those circumstances are.
Year: 1870

GoLLADAY, it strikes US, Is IN a
pickle. The Governor Of Kentucky
refuses to accept his resignation and
the House will not recognize him as a
member, having already stricken his
name from the roll. What the poor
fellow is to do we can't imagine, un-
less he persuades Gov. Stephenson to
reconsider his determination not to
accept his resignation.


The truth seems to bo that Cola
day, while he felt guilty, which in
duced his resignation, subsequently
aseertained that at was not proved, +"
and therefore hoped TO recall the
resignation by which the committee
was stopped in its Investigations. Gov.
Stephenson. it seems was also very
slow in making up his mind; in fact,
could not do so until Washington cor
respondents announced that the case
against Golladay was not sufficiently
made out to justify expulsion. Then
all at once it became evident that the
honor Of the Democratic party and
Kentucky was involved in Golladay
retaining his seat and defending his
integrity.
Year: 1870

The Archbishop Of Cincinnati!


John, Archbishop Purcell, of Gin
cinnati, is personally one Of the most
agreeable and persuasive men whom
the Papal Church counts among its
.dighitafies in the United States
Very few American eeclosiastics have
enjoyed a greater share of personal
popularity than has fallen to bis lot.
In private intercourse, his soul seems
Ito overflow with benevolence, and one
seeing him in this light would hardly
suspect the existence of the far differ
ent qualities displayed in his recent
speech in the Ecumenical Council. A
German C0temporary says of it that
"althOugh it was certainly not one Of
the most elegant in point of diction,
it certainly contained some Of the
most remarkable language ever ut.
tered in the Aula of the Vatican
Said he: 81 am an old man. l have
become griZzled in the vineyard of the
Lord. The little Latin that learned
in youth 1 have not had leisure to
practice and retain. There shall bee
however, no lack of truth undefled in
what Z have to say, though I may not
utter it in severely classical language.
Before all l must tell you that am q
Republican, therefore l do not believe
in "royality by the grace of God."-
Then looking over toward the Span
ish prelates, be added, 81 see a whole
nation running after a king without
succeeding in catching him. Kings
are ordained for the sake of the peO-
pie. The people are not created for
the sake of any king. And so it is
that the Pope is elected for the sake of
the church, and as certainly, the
church was not founded for the sake
of the Pope. The church, so to speak,
is a Republic, and the Pope is the re-
sponsble President, for the time be-
ing ; and if he attempt to make him-
self an absolute king, he commits Itsurp-
alton :" Imagine the effect on the rs
sembled Council Archbishop Purcell
looks, perhaps, less like a priest than
any other member of the Council


He may be seen almost any day
Ipromenading the Corso, in a round


hat, standing collar, and all the other
adjuncts belonging to the dress Of or
binary American citizens. - New
York Tribune.
Year: 1870

A lively correspondent of the Even
ing Mail, seeing an interesting little
girl riding with her parents in the same
railway car with himself, bursts into
the following irrepressible soliloquy,
Cannot many of Us mingle our tears
with his?


I reflected. In a few years. thought
I, that infant will be an ornament to
society. But had she not better odie d?
Very soon they will tie some dead
mans hair to the back of her head,
fasten her ribs with a corset, and hang
bird-cage around her lower limbs
Worse than that: when she arrives at
maturity she will be compelled to de
termine whether she is for protection
or free trade, to comprehend the mys
teries of the Coolie question, and to
understand the intricacies of pig iron,
and then to go to the polls and vote.
A las in the coming age had We not
better be without woman?
Year: 1870

Ny delicate lily
Blossom of fragrant snow,
Breathing on me from the garden
Pow does your beauty grow
Tell me what blessing the kind heavens give
How do you find it 50 sweet to live
zone loving smile of the sun,
Charms me out Of the mould,
One tender tear OF the rain
Makes my heart unfold.
Welcome whatever the kind heavens give,
And you shall find it as sweet to live"


LUCY LARCoM.
Year: 1870

Noah--We very humbly decline
your essay on the flood.


Your remarks might possibly lead
one more man to think as you do, and
we don't want our columns to be held
responsible for increasing the number
of fools.


The world has already got more
fools than there is need of.


There aiu't no doubt in my mind
but that the food was a perfect sue
cess, and | have thought that another
just such a one would pay well
in some sections Of the country
TJosh Billings.
Year: 1870

The changes in internal revenue
taxation made by recent legislation
will take effect on the first of October
and the new tariff rates on the first OF
January next. The stamp taxes, there
fore, and the old rates on tea and cof
fee are still in force. But, after Janu-
.ary next, the duty on tea will be if
teen cents a pound instead of twenty
FIVE; that on coffee three cents a
pound, in place of five; mOIasses five
cents per gallon instead of eight, dried
fruits from FIVE cents to two and a hall
cents per pound; and spicts will be
reduced in duty about fifty per cent.


The internal taxes which we shall
be wholly relieved from in October
next are as follows:
Year: 1870

In selling stock by live weight, it is
good plan to feed each one about three
pals of water, and what other stuff can be
got down 'em just before driving on the
scales. If the buyer has ever invested
much money on Change, he will know
what 'waiered stock means


In holding the plow, / always prefer to
hold it in the house, seated in a rocking
chair, with my family clustered around me.


In planting hay, always plant the long
est can find, as short hay bends per-
sons back too much in cutting it.


In the matter of wheat. always raise it
! by the barrel, at a mill not far away, as it
saves buying seed, blowing, sowing. Grad
ling and threshing. generally raise it on
a note.


In travelling through the country, / have
often noticed that farmers do not sufficient
| ly regard the health of their animals. My
barn is arranged ON a plan of my own. 1t
is open on all sides, SO that no creature
may have to stand out in storm because
| am asleep OF away. This also saves lum-
ber. All around the barn are benches on
which any animal can sit down when tired
of standing, or when waiting for some
thing or other to turn up. The sheriff says
my cattle always sell when my neighbors'
don't and he thinks it is all owing to my
economy, and do not doubt it.


In subsoiling piece of ground, l al
ways plant mortgage on it the WIN
ter previous. 1t raises the biggest kind of
a crop, especially when you let the inter-
est 60 behind. l hardly ever knew such
a sowing that didn't turn out full as well as
the holder expected.


In raising hogs think that many farm
altorat fnn sla oh fcr hai f,yrn in
er ests. Now suppose that | want to raise
a hog with the first club that comes handy.
but this has a tendency to make the animal
discouraged and dscontented.


| have my own ideas about training
horses. If | ever get hold of a horse in
clined to run away, l always borrow bug
gy of some of my neighbors, put him in it,
turn him into a lot, and let him run. He
generally gets sick of the fun by the time
the buggy is gone. but if he don't hitch
him to any of the wheels that may be left,
and keep him travelling. The owner OF
the buggy always expresses astonishment
at my system, but the evidence of its sue
cess is there before him, and he cannot dis
pute the pieces.


If ever get hold of kicking COW l
always let Mrs. Quad sit down first to milk,
and | take my station near by, to see what
foot the animal kicks with and how hard
she hits. My wife has remarkably clear
memory, and after coming to, she can gen.
orally give me any little particulars which
failed to note owing to distance. / then
get the COW into the stable, draw her up
r with windlass, until she is just evenly
balanced. Then get bag and fill it with
bricks, hang it within easy kicking dis
tance, and stand off for developments.
Every time she comes down she hits the
bricks, and when she goes up, / have
y another thing to apply to her in front,
and after she has gone through with this
oscillation two or three times, she never
kicks any worse, at least not until she
looks around for bricks.-M. quad, Detroit
Press.
Year: 1870

RULES FOR GROWING Old am
now an old man / have seen nearly a
century. Do you want to know how to
grow old slowly aud happily! Let me
tell you. Go to your food, to rest, and
to your occupation smiling Keepa good
nature and soft temper everywhere.
Never give way to anger. A violent
tempe. ofpassiou breaks down the coz
sutton more than typhus fever. Gull
tivatc a good memory, and to do this,
you must be communicative; repeat
what you read; talk about. DR.. john
sons great memory was owing to his
communicativcness. You, young men,
who are just leaving college, let me
advise you to choose profession in
which yen can exercise your talents the
best, and at the same time, be honest.
Year: 1870

Quite large mber of our German clti'
zens determined on celebrating the Prussian
victory, last night, and did so by forming
torch.light procession, some thirty in num-
Der, at Turner Hall, and marched to the
levee in front of Woltmsn's saloon, where
others were firing the cannon, and the boys
had kindled bonfire Biehl's band headed
the procession, and after forming in circle
on the evee, and after some excellent
music, table was brought out and DR.. P.
Gregg called upon for speech. The SUBJ
stance of his remarks were sympathy for
Prussia; condsmning his fellow Irish
countrvmen for their sympathy with France;
the hope for freedom and liberty to all the
nations of the world, excepting France +;
general rejoicing for Prussian success, and
cheering words for Germany. He was
greeted with cheers and music.


The editor of this paper was then called
out. He rejoiced to see them remembering
their Fssherlsnd and jubilant over the sue
cess of their kinsmAn and ellow-countrymen,
aud, while favoring neither side in their
struggle for the perpetuAtion of despotic
power and the extension of desposio terrific
~, claimed that it was the duty of this
government to main tain strict neutrality SO
far as possible, consistent with its duty as
as one of the nations of the world.


After the cheers and music that followed
the previous speaker asked those near to
call him out again to reply, which was done.
He then entered into discussion which
amounted to just nothing at all, and which
was out of place, uncalled for, and ssyoring
OF demagogism TO such An extent as to be
dissssteful to nearly al present and even
stopping to give expression to partisan
feeling that should have been avoided at
suoh time and place. We were called
upon to answer, which We did. that no false
Impression of our position might be inferred
from the remarks then made.


We can but look upon the attempt to drag
MP a discussion of such . nature and under
such circumstances, as an insult to
TO those who had assembled for such cele-





the proceedings, and did so only to repel the
personal insinustions made upon us at that
sime-made without any cause whatever, and
coming with very poor grace from one who,
at the beginning of our war, was frs. upon
on side and then turned with the popular
tide, and in this instance only sought the
discussion for popularity and partisan pur-
poses.


The next speaker following this disgrace
ful discussion was Mr.. P. G. Koch, who
spoke for some time, and made some very
telling points, and in a measure restored the
crowd to a good feeling. He WAS received
with well merited applause, after which the
procession reformed and marched back to
the hall, stopping on the way to listen to q
short speech from L. Nj. Haverstick & Co.,
editor of the Union..


On the whole, the affair was not hsrmo.
nious success, and dispIeased many Ger
mans who were present, and who do not
hesitate to express their condemnation
openly.
Year: 1870

The Grant Holden war on the people of
North Carolina brings to light one fact
sha. the third and highest degree of the Ku-
Klux is the Invisible Empire. The ranks of
this degree are enormously full, which ac
counts for the fact that moral eye has never
yet seen q real, live, genuine K. K.
Year: 1870

lE Clarks's friends now charge that
be was beaten BY the admission Of dele
gates frsudulently elected; and they COM
plain Of the rulings Of the President Of
the Convention. The President did rule
rather arbitrarily. in a manner that look
ed too much like the gag game; but it so
hsppens that the result would have been
the same, had he ruled in favor Of the
Clarke party. In majority Of the con
tested cases. the Anti Clarke men were
clearly in the right: but had every one Of
them been given to the Clarke contest.
ants. there wonld still have been On Anti
Clarke majority in the Convention.
Year: 1870

Two young ladies, very gracefully
dressed, were lately riding in bus.
One of them, whose features were moro
remarkable for an excessive promi-
nence of nose then anything else, ex-
bibited to the othc likeness of her.
self, which she said had just been TAX
en-, and they we're engaged in discuss.
ing its merits when an elderly lady got
into the bus. She was evidently one Of
those inquisitive yet good natured souls
who take n deal of innocent liberty in
the world without thinking any harm.
Alte. riding a short distance, she held
out her hand and said to the lady with
the picture.


"Please let me look at il"


Her modest request was met with an
indignant frown, aud the reply, as the
case was returned to the lsdy's pocket:


"It's none of your business"


The old lay settled in her seat very
conplacently, when the companion of
the one with the picture, asked:


"What do you wish to do with itH"


"Oh, nothing" replied the old lady;
al only wanted to see how successfully
the artist has put such a nose on so
small plate"s d.


The lady with likeness covered her
face with her veil, and dropped the
subject during the remainder of the
drive
Year: 1870




The press dispatches from Europe
to New York during the last four
weeks numbered 100000 words. New
York has been better posted on the
issue of the war each day, than Lon
don, Paris or Berlin. These dispatch
es have almost wholly been sent by a
single cable, full one-third of the
whole to a single daily paper, and
with marvellous rapidity and
accuracy. Familiar as we are with
the work of the telegraph, its has been
marvel to us. To hundreds of thou
sands of minds, the whole process is
and has been deep enigma. Here is
man sitting in a dark room at
Hearts Content. The ocean cable ter
inmates here. A fine wire attached
thereto is made to surround two small
cores of soft iron. AS the electric wave,
produced by few pieces of copper
and zinc at Valentia, passed through
the wire, these cores became magnetic
enough to move the slightest object.
A. looking glass, half an inch in diam
eter, is fixed on bar of iron one-tenth
Of an inch square and half an inch
long. On this tiny glass lamp is
made to glare so that its light is re-
fected on n tablet on the wall. The
language of the cable is denoted by
the shifting Of this reflected light from
side to sidc.-Letter by letter is thus
expressed in this fitting idoim in ut
ter silence on the wall. There is no
record made by the machine except as
the patient watcher calls out to a COM
rade the translated flashes rs they come,
and which he records. 1t seems like
a miracle of patience. There is some
thing of awe ereeps over US we see the
evidence of q human touch 5000 miles
away swaying that tide Of light.


BY such a delicate process as this,
and after being repeated from line to
line five times before its ultimate copy
is in New York, have the late great
battles been recorded in daily papers
with great particularly, and sent
throughout the Union. Nothing like
it has ever before been accomplished.
The enterprise of the New York Press
has eclipsed that of wealthiest and
ablest presses in Europe. 1t is charac-
teristic Of the nation to do its work
frankly and well.
Year: 1870

"There! blow in the breast, tear
ing in the body, n fall with loud cry
and terrible pain there l lay, one of
the victims Of the bloody day. My
first sensation was anger at the blow,
my second an expectation ofseeing my
self explode, for judging by the sound
of the ball | believed l had a grenade
in-my body; then came the pain, and
with it helplessness and falling Oh,
how frightiul are those first moments
Where was hit ? how was | wounded {?
could not stir, saw the battalion dis.
appear from sight, and myself alone on
the ground amid the fearful howling
and whistling of balls, which were in
| bcessantly striking the earth around me.
With difficulty l could turn my head
little, and saw behind me two soldiers
attending on third, who was lying on
the ground.


"Of what happened 1 can give no
account, except that l called for help
several times as we'll as I could, for the
pain and burning thirst had the upper
hand. At last both of them ran up to
me, and with joy | recognized the doc.
tor and hospital attendant of my COM
pany, Where are you wounded?' is
the FIRST question. l could only point.
My dress was quickly opened, and in
the middle Of the breast bloody
wound was found, which the doctor
hastily bound. The balls still con-
stantly whizzed round us one struck
the doctors helmet, and Immediately
| felt violent blow in the left arm.


"Another wound! With difficulty
was turned round, to look for the out
let of the bullet, but it was still in the
body, near the spine. AT last it was
cut out. IS the wounddangerousY !
asked. 4 hope not Pray tell me the
truth. Not rery dangerous, it is to be
hoped and as he emphasized very my
hopes melted They were going away.
The wound in the arm, doctor This,
fortunately, was looked for in vain the
ball had merely caused blue spot and
had sunk into the ground harmlessly.
I extended my hand to the doctor aud
thanked him, as also the attendants,
whom commissioned to send word to
my family.


"Carelessly it whizTed and howled
around me. The doctor had carefully
laid me on my cloak, with my helmet
firmly on my on my head, in order, in
some measure, to protect me from the
leaden hail. Thus lay alone with
my own thoughts, amid the most ter
rible fire, perhaps for an hour and a
half All my thoughts, as far as pain
and increasing weakness allowed, were
fixed on my family. Gradually got
accustomed to the danger which sur.
rounded me, and only when too much
sand from the striking bullets was
thrown on my body did | remember
my little enviable position. +
At last, after long, long waiting, the
sanitary detachment came to me. p
North German Gazette.
Year: 1870

A few days ago well-dressed lad,
of pleasing address, and bearing sur
face indications, at least, of honesty,
went to the residences of many Of our
prominent citizens, and in9uiring in
varibly for the lady of the house, in a
susceptible manner would tell how a
number of young men had earnestly
resolved on reforming-hsd forsaksn
Year: 1870

Out on the Pacific Railroad, the
other day, a Kickapoo Indian saw a
locomotive coming down the track to.
ward him at the rate Of forty miles an
hour. He thought it was an imported
breed of buffalo, AMI he was anxious to
secure it so as to take the prize at the
annual exhibition of the Kickapoo Ag.
ricultural Society. So he fastened one
end of Of his lasso to his waist belt, and
when the engine got near enough, he
threw the moose nicely over the smoke
stack. Perhaps it is not necessary,
but we may as well relate that the 10.
comotive did not stop. The engineer
and fireman witnessed the most sue
cessful attempt to do the flying ira
peze made by any kickapoo Indian
upon the plains since the first of last
January. There was an aboriginal fu-
neral at the next station, when the en-.
gine arrived. The grave was not large,
for they cnly buried a small piece Of
copper-colored meat tied to a string
aud inclosed in a sardine box.