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Year: 1870

The RIGHT SrUFF.-A brave Virginia
boy was appointed cadet at West Point.
He passed an admirable examination, and
was ordered to be admitted. According
to law, the test oath was to be taken, but
when offered his Virginia blood revolted.
He said that he was child during the
war, and only IL years Of age at its close,
but that he could not swear that he felt
no sympathy in cause in which all his
kindred had been engaged. The case has
excited great interest at the Point, and
strong efforts are being made to let him
in without taking the oath. Even the
New York Tribune has the courage and
the independence to say of this case


"Wc sincerely trust the young Virginian
who is debarred from admission to the
Military Academy because he declines to
swear that he had no sympathy in the re-
bellion in which his family heartily enlist
ed, will not be any longer prescribed.
The test oath which boys are called upon
to take before admission to the national
schools, is disgrace to our statute books.
The more oath-taking the more lying
there will be, and the more We prescribe
children for the rebellion Of their parents
the more that rebellion will be respected.
The administration of tho test oath to q
boy who was only twelve years old when
the war closed, and who is still minor,
is an absurdity which ought to secure the
repeal of the statute
Year: 1870

Anthony Trollope says: II do not
comprehend the reason for the existence
of so many women although l suppose
Providence had some wise end in view in
giving to every man at least eight or ten
women to choose from when he 10 about
to select wife,"
Year: 1870

We publish to-day very interesting account
OF the regions from which come the costly
furs which supply our market and decorate
the beautiful forms of our ladies. The rough
story of the trappers life, the dangers and
hardships involved in proc uring the skins of
those thousands Of tiny animals like the mar
ten, for instance dozen of which is required
to make one muff, is well told. The hunter,
too, must follow the moose, the elk, the musk
OK, the bear, the wolf, the otter, the ermine
and the black fox for the skins of all these
animals enter into the fur trade. Some Of
them command large prices, and, as we know,
to clothe lady in the most expensive suit of
these articles makes hole in q respectable
fortune. Our fur trade has been very dull
this winter, owing to the pleasant temperature,
and the fur merchants are complaining sadly.
Tn fact, there has been up to this time no
retail trade at all in furs. But the present
cold snap will probably brighten the prospect
for the fur dealers. The history which we
give to-day Of the Hudson Bay. Company and
the whole fur-producing country Of the North
west will be read with interest, coming as it
does from our correspondent, who writes in
the midst Of the snow and the haunts Of the
wild animals and the lodges of the trappers
who supply our market with this indispensa-
BILE article.
Year: 1870

THE COURT House COMMISSIONERS, it ap-
pears, are in doubt as to whether they top off
the new, or now rather the old, Court House
building with Mansard roof or the dome as
originally designed. We hope that there is
good taste enough among the commissioners
not to barbarize this splendid public structure
of vast proportions by crowning it with a
French roof If the Court House is ever to be
completed at all let it be with dome in keep
ing with the rest of the architecture.
Year: 1870

The reports from the sugar cane districts OF
Florida continue TO be very favorable. The Live
Oak Herald calculates that sugar can be produced
this year at ten cents per pound, and syrup al
entylye cents per gallon, ana that the profit will be
much greater than could be realized from short and
long cotton ~ seventeen and thuLY.three cents per
pQunGe
Year: 1870

his glass and went aft The English brig
could now be plainly made out standing
directly for them, and ere long the splash.
ing of her bows could be heard. The
sloop's main-sheet was eased off to a good
full, her helm was lashed in such man
ner that she could not broach to, and then
our four Yankee fishermen hauled their
boat up under the larboard quarter, and
let themselves into it. The painter was
quickly cast off, and as they had not got
far beyond the point, it was quite an easy
matter to reach the shore, where they ar
rived safely and unobserved by the Eng
lishman, who at that moment went plough
ing past in hot pursuit.


Away flew the deserted sloop, and on
went the doughty Englishman. In few
moments bright gleam shot forth from
the briggs bows, and heavy report boom
ed over the waters and a twenty -four
round shot went after the fugitive. An
other and another followed in quick sue
cession, until at length, at the end of half
an hour, her firing ceased, and, with a
hearty good wish for the success of the
chase, Perkins and his companions started
back for the town.


As soon as Captain Varney saw the
coast clear he cast his moorings and made
sail to the southwark and eastward, and
by the time that the man-of-war brig ceas-
ed firing he had left the water of Massa-
chusetts Bay behind him, and was once
more in the field of his glory.


At midnight the wind hauled round to
the eastward, and on the next morning,
just as the gray dawn melted away into
broad daylight, the good people of Glou-
cester were somewhat surprised at seeing
the English brig standing off toward Bos-
ton harbor. On the same day the old sloop
was cast ashore on Cape Ann, completely
riddled by the Englishman's balls, and as
old Perkins caught the first glimpse at her
martyred condition, he was heard to ex-
claim:


"Wall, there's one sloop gone that wasn't
worth her anchorage; but I've got two
good ones in the harbor, an blast me if |
don't let 'em both 60, if they'll only do as
good service as that one did"


One more incident, and we have done.
In three weeks from the night ON which
the successful ruse was played upon the
English brig in Gloucester harbor, Cap
tain Sam. Varney carried into Salem an
English transport brig, loaded with am
munition and provisions, which had been
destined for the British troops in Boston,
but which eventually reached the camp of
GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON.
Year: 1870

SAVING HIMsELF.-A party Of young
men were telling what they would do Il
they were shipwrecked far out upon the
sea, and left buffeting with the waves
without plank to sustain them. Each
one of them gave his opinion, excepting
Paddy Murphy, who finally held forth a.
follows bad cess to ye for cowardly
set of spalpecns Ye'd all be afther sa-
vim yourselves, an not thryin' to save
one anither Why, it's Paddy Murphy
that would swim to shore an save himself:
an thin come back and thry to save all
the rest of yees"
Year: 1870

TIE WONDERFUL SILVER SPRING IN
FLoRIDA.-The Key West Dispatch says
this grand and natural curiosity bursts
forth in the midst of the most fertile coun-
ty in the State 1t bubbles up in basin
near 100 feet deep, and about an acre in
extent, and sending from it stream 60 to
100 feet wide, and extending six or eight
miles to the Ocklawaha river. In the
spring itself, fifty boats may lie at anchor
quite fleet. The spring thus forms a
natural inland port, to which three steam
ers now run regularly from the St. Johns,
making close connections with the ocean
steamers at Palatka.


The clearness Of the water is truly won-
derful 1t seems even more transparent
than air; you see on the bottom, eighty
feet below the bottom of your boat, the
exact form of the smallest pebble, the out
line and color of the leaf that has sunk
and all the prismatic colors of the rainbow
are reflected. Large fish swim in it, ev-
cry scale visible and every movement dis
tinctly seen. If you 60 over the spring
in boat you will see the assures in the
rocks, from which the river pours upward
like an inverted cataract
Year: 1870

A midshipman once asked a priest to
tell him the difference between q priest
and Jackass. The priest gave IL up.
Zone wears cross on his back, and the
other on his breast" said the MILDLY.
Now" said the priest, "tell me the diff
ference between midshipman and jack
ass" The midshipman gave it up. and
asked the priest what it was. The priest
said he did not know of any.
Year: 1870

Il meant to have told you of that hole.
said gentleman to his friend who was
walking with him in his garden and STUN
bled into pit full! of water. "No mat
ter" said the friend, blowing the water
and mud from his mouth, "Pve found u.
Year: 1870

N1uniclDnl EtecttOu.


MEMPHIS, Tenn, May 2s.-Tho entire Demo-
cratic judicial ticket was elected yesterday by
majorities rang ing from 200 to 400.


Southern Presbyterian General Assembly.


LOUISVILLE, May 2S.-In the Presbyterian
Assembly yesterday the Judicial Committee
made majority and minority report on the
overture from Montgomery, Alabama. The
majority report favors the appointment of a
committee of conference, with instruction that
the difficulties which lie in their way of cordial
correspondence between the two bodies must be
distinctly met and removed. One of the resolu-
tions of the majority report says that they must
purge themselves of error in regard to political
utterances, deliberately pronounced year after
year, and which in our, opinion was sad
betrayal Of the cause and kingdom of our COM
mon Lord and Head, nor can we by official cor
respondence consent to blunt the edge of this our
testimony concerning the nature and mission of
the Church as purely spiritual body among
men.


After some debate the majority report was
adopted
Year: 1870

There is a slight improvement in the demand
for money to-day, but it is below the average
usual on the last day of the week. and the banks
are offering large balances at per cent.
on Government cOllaterals and occasionally
on good railroad stocks or bonds, but the bulk
of the latter species of loan is done at AZ per
cent. Discounts show no material improvement
owing to the scarcity of paper. Business men
seem contented with allowing trade to drag its
slow length along, and we doubt if loans without
interest or discount would impart much vitality
to the market at any rate lenders show no dis
position to relax present rates, ,preferring rather
to keep their funds idle.


Both gold and Government bonds are dull and
for gold this morning was l145S and 1145S, clos
Year: 1870

OF the tonnage Of the Northern Lake pors by States
and customs DISTRICTS distinguishing the sail and
steam; transportation on the New York canals
from 1886 to 1863 voluminous, elaborate and highly


interesting statistics OF the tonnage Of the American
and foreign vessels engaged in the foreign trade Of
the United States for twenty years; and mscella-
neous collection OF consular reports and commercial
information of great value and interest to the legs-
lator and to the business community.
Year: 1870

a new look is dawning on the face
of Mother Earth. She seemsin these
spring days to be listeningtO to the birds
and, through the seer brown vail from


which the snow has melted, to be
breaking into a smile of Joy for heI
own returning life, and of welcome to
them. And there are other sounds
that she hears as her face grows bright
er. The swollen bnJOks are rejoicing
on their way, and growing clearer as
they run to their own sweet music
The south winds, which remind us OF
all the bygone summers, the scenes,
the friends, and the very thoughts
that they enshrine. are touching the
trees above, while the sap begins to
stir them from below, ana the buds
are cropping for sunshine. The vO'ce
OfGOd is in the garden as truly as of
old. But now we should not run from
Him, but to Him. Why should We
fear like Adam when Christ has
taught us to say "Our Father ?'' Has
our religion had its winter? Have we
grown formal, sapless, cold and dead?
Do we lack in sympathy, patience,
hope, faith and charity? Have We
the name without the thing, the form
without the substance, the dead pro-
fessiOn without the living Christ p
Let Natures revival make us long to
have our souls revived with a new
budding and blOssoming of all the
Christian graces. May we have spring
in our homes. May God see us yearn-
ing and growing upward; and may
the smallest flowers and blades of do
mestic virtue and affection-cOvered
although they have heen with the dust
and the frost OF selfishness and indif-
ference-make the household fragrant
and beauteous under the smiling of
God!
Year: 1870

wer to the inquiry "WhO is my neigh


bOr?" The ordinary sense in which


they understood the term neighbOr


was when they spoke of a person liv-
/ ing hear them; but there was another


and deeper meaning, and the parable
had reference to them as spiritual be-
/ ings. The poor Samaritan was Jour
| neying from Jerusalem to Jericho, and
/ fell among thieves, and a Levite and


priest passed by without rendering the
man any assistance.


THE PARABLE HAD SPIRITUAL
SENSE.


I 1t was intended to typify their spir-
| itual life on earth. They all Journey
/ ed from Jerusalem to Jericho to reach
the country that was always in their
/ thoughts, and the dangers of the road
| thus typitied and the acts of the Levite
/ and priest are just what take place in
the history of almost all of them
Z Their Jerusalem was their spiritual
I abode; its streets are those thoughts


of God and love through which we
pass, and its houses were the houses
of their various affections. But there
was some difficulty in building this
/ jerusalem; there was a lot of rubbish
to clear away; men would cling to
their old doctrines. The doctrine


might be clear i'm their own minds,
but it was difficult to take them and
impress them upon Others. When a
Christian set out on his heavenly


journey he travels in a spiritual sense
from Jerusalem to Jericho. In that


way he would be beset by many new
doctrines and dOgmas, which would


worry and harass him and finally


wound him. Many priests and Levites


went by them just as they did in the


parable, and rendered them no assist
ance because they did not belong to
their faction, and were


OUTSIDE THE WALLS
of their sect. Many persons impress
ed with new truths repaired to their
Levites and priests for comfort in
time of spiritual distress, but received
no aid, and they were left half dead.
This is more so in the Catholic Church
because the priest would tell them If
they accepted new doctrines they
would be damned, and they certainly
would be if the priest had the power.
When persons painted for more light
and craved for more truths and left
the peeuliarsect to which they former
ly belonged they were looked upon
with scorn, and their fellow travellers
and Levites passed by on the other
side and rendered them no aid. This
parable taught them that they must be
kind, gentle and patient in all their
acts of life. When they discovered
their spiritual nakedness they should
endeavor to elothe them and take care
of them and see them again on their
journey from Jerusalem to Jericho
on the path to heavenly happiness and
bliss.
Year: 1870

necessary teams to transport the sup
plies of the volunteers. But ut that
time the Sioux were on the war
path in full force, and it was ut
terly impossible to make up compa-
ny strong enough to insure its safety.
So nothing was done last year save
the futile attempt of party Of hurdy-
gurdy proprietOrs in Helena, Monta-
ma. That party got no nearer the
Big Horn Mountains than the upper
crossing OF the Yellow Stone, on the
old Southern trail.


ENCOURAGEMENT.


With the appointment Of General
Campbell to the GovernOrship of Wyo.
ming came feeling Of security to the
miners Of Sveetwater, which they
never before felt. Immediately on
taking the oath Of Of1ce, Governor
Campbell visited Sweetwster, and In
his interviews with the miners he as
sured them that all the force Of the
Territorial Government should be
used TO prevent Indian depredations,
and that all of the vast auriferOus re-
gion of Wyoming should be thorough
~ prOspected during the coming year
Having confidence in his promises,
numbers of hardy mountafneers, as
early as last December, commenced
inaugurating movements looking to q
thorough exploration of the Big Horn
range By general consent, Colonel
Luke Murrin, of Cheyenne. was as
signed to the leadership. Every ar
rangement was perfected as long ago
as the lst of March, and the prospect
ors only awaited the opening of mild
weather to start.


A SERIOUS OBSTACLE.


Just then appeared a notice from
the military officers commanding the
Department of Wyoming that the
object Of the expedition was to invade
an Indian reservation. allotted TO
tribes with which the Government
was at peace. Messengers were dis
patched to Washington to explain to
to the War Department that the
band Of Sioux who inhabited the
Big Horn region were, always had
been, hostile to the whites, and that
Government was under no moral obli-
CATION to protect the band. But Sec
retary Cox, of the Interior Depart
ment, was firm in his denial Of the
right of the expedition to trench on
the lands of the Big Horn Sioux.


IGNORANCE BROUGHT TO GRIEF.


About three weeks ago Colonel Tay-
lor, editor OF the Omaha Republican,
and one of the Government COmmis-
sioners spI ointed to aid General Sher-
man in making treaty with all the
hostile tribes, visited Washington,
and in company with Representative
Fafe, of Nebraska, had an interview
with Secretary Cox. 1t only took
them q short time to convince Seere-
tary Cox that the treaty which he had
on file, and which gave the Northern
Sioux a reservation of the Big Horn
region, was no treaty at all; for it ex-
pressly stipulated that the treaty
should not be binding on the Govern
ment until formally ratified by the
Congress of the United States. That
ratification never was had, and so the
Big Horn region is no reservation.


In conclusion, the expedition will
start from Cheyenne about the 10th Of
May. 1t will be one of the events OF
the age, and your correspondent will
accompany it in the capacity of his
Photographer. PHOCIOE.
Year: 1870

Col. D. who was a passenger on the
Central Branch of the Pacific Rail-
road, short time since, on atrain run
by Conductor Felsey, was disturbed
in his nap by the whistling and tOOt-
ing of the engine to drive cattle off the
track. Suffering the annoyance some
time, and the whistle blew again, he
rubbed his eyes and exclaimed: "The
devilish train has caught up to the
cattle again"
Year: 1870

A NOVEL REMEDY FOR SWEARING.
"A California paper, commenting
upon the great temptations to the sin
of profanity in that country, says:
An intelligent lady of our aequaint-
anee, whose little boy was beginning
hisstrange talk, anxious to explain TO
her child the horror Of profanity, hit
upon the novel process of washing out
his mouth with sosp-suds whenever
he swore. It was an effectual cure
The boy understood his mothers sense
of the corruption of an oath. and the
taste of suds, which together produced
the desired result"
Year: 1870

An Eastern clergyman, who called
upon a lady to condOle with her upon
the supposed loss of her husband
while out in his boat at sea, was told
by her that Benjamin dearly loved
his Bible; and if he was called to
leave he was prepared to go, for he
was good man." Here long silence
ensued. Finally, drying her tears.
the wife said in low and earnest tone.
"a Well. if he did go, it must have
been the same gust that slowed the
barn" The missing man subsequent
lY rntnrned
Year: 1870

We knew q minister who was gen.
orally able TO keep his congregation
wide awake, but who, on one occasion
it was sultry summer day-observ-
ed numbers of them asleep. He re-
solved to nip the evil practice in the
bud. So taking a good survey OF the
scene before and around him, he ex-
claimed, al saw an advertisement last
week for five hundred sleepers for
railroad. / think could supply at
least fifty, and recommend them sS
good aud sound" 1t is perhaps need
less to add that the sspply instantly
vanished.
Year: 1870

The most expensively handsome
Methodist Church in the city. and
withal the most pleasant cheerful and
comfortably appointed place within,
is that one in Fourth Street. near
Washington Square, of which the
Rev. A. H. Wyatt is at present the
pastor. His sermon yesterday mOrn-
ing was an eloquent appeal in behalf
Year: 1870

A smart old Western lady in Ne
braska, being called into court as wit
ness, grew impatient at thequestions
put to her, and told the Judge that
she would quit the stand, for he was
'raly one of the most inquisitive old
gentlemen she had ever seen."
Year: 1870

His text was Luke viii, IL" Were
there not ten eleansed; but where are
the nine? He remarked that of all
the miracles performed by Christ nine
teen were acts of healing and
three were raising of the dead to life.
The Saviour might have chosen any
one disease as type of sin: but both
He and His apostles have signaled
out the leprosy as the truest and best
type of moral corruption. This dis
ease, though terrible in its effect, was
not contagious. 1t broke out upon
men singly, and while they lived and
walked about among their fellows
they were as men dead, of whom the
flesh was more than half consumed
while they still lived. The limbs
frequently fell from the trunk, and
they were shut Off from all intercourse
with mankind, and if they walked
the streets Of Jerusalem they did so
with clothes rent and dirt on their
heads, and their constant cry was
" Unclean unclean ~ They were
socially Ostracised, and the same pen
alties were imposed upon those who
touched leprous person as for touch
ing corpse.
Year: 1870

but trial was not temptation, and the
difference was that temptation was an
excessive strain; it was the point
where the moral force gave way and
man tOppled over; it was that point
at which man lost his self-control.
There were two theories regarding
temptation and the means employed
in overcoming it. One was exposure.
The advocates of that theory reasoned
that exposure gave experience, and
temptations that seem formidable
faded into insignifieance. Yet, were
all the wretches who pursued that
course to give their testimony upon
the sub. .ect they would declare with
one voice that it was a failure. The
other theory was that of avoidance,
which was almost an impOssibility,
and unattended with the desired re-
suit. What, then, was to he done be-
tween them? The proper method
was
Year: 1870




in disobedience death. But only one
of the ten returned to give glory TO
God, and he did so with as loud q
voice as he had before asked for mercy.
These lepers are but types of classes
Ofchristians-the grateful and the un-
grateful. Nine out of every ten OF
the members of the Church are silent
when Jesus name is mentioned.
When they sought for mercy and sal
vatiOn they cried loud enough to be
heard afar off; but having obtained it
they sit still in the church while God is
asking, Where are the nine? They
are not found to give glory or peace to
God. Their church relationship is
delightful, but if the love of Christ
burned as brightly now in their hearts
as il did originally the church would
be more than a pleasant place. Their
voices would be heard in praises and
their hands would be engaged in la
bOrs of love toward God. Too many
Christians are merely guide posts;
they stand still and point, but they
do nothing and say nothing. This


STAND STILL CHRISTIANITY Is THE


BANE OF THE CHURCH.


/ pass through this church during
the week the altar and the organ are
here the pews are as comfortable, the
light CLEANS through the stained
windows as cheerily as to-day. but
the wOrshippers are gone. So it is
with the music and the altars of
many a Christian heart. Growing
i'm his earnest protest against
this stiffness he cried out, " Ring all
the bells of prayer in the soul, call
back the wOrshippers and let every
heart and voice be filed with prayer
and praise to-day" The worst sinners
make the best Christians, |
but too often do those who have been |
brought up within the sanctuary
never utter word of praise after |
they have entered the church and /
their names are enrolled on its records |
He did not council bOisterous devO- /
ton, but if it comes from the heart he /
would prefer the noisiest demOnstra-
lion to his dumb silence againgt which !
be utterly protested. Thanksgiving,
said Matthew Henry, is good but
better. Neithershould
De divorced from the other, but both
should go hand in hand with each
,ther, for God has Joined them.