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Year: 1872

A Herald correspondent has had an
interview with the Khediye of Egypt,
during which the latter said:


To speak frankly, we have very
painful affair here. You know Consul
General Buffers career in Egypt Let
me tell you something about its close.
| had in my service an American officer,
a Colonel Allen. He was about to leave
Egypt because of the poor health of his
wife. In my service he had been dis
tinguished and faithful, and had been
recommended to me for decoration. |
gave the order to transmit to him the
mark OF esteem. Colonel Butler sent
word to me that il decorated Colonel
Allen he would become my personal and
political enemy. Not liking scandals,
| sent word to Butler to withdraw his
message, which he did. Instead of acting
in this way as Consul General he should
have thanked me when | decorated an
American Then he threatened General
Stone. / caused General Stone to in
form the Washington Cabinet immedi-
ately Of what was taking place, because l
knew from experience that Consul-Gene-
rails do not always report the truth to their
governments. The result was handsome.
Butler was called to account by his gov
ernment Enraged he wrote three let
ters-ohe to me, one to Nufar Pacha,
one to Sheriff Pacha-demanding when
General Stone was appointed Minister
of Foreign Affairs. l demanded their
immediate withdrawal; they were with
drawn. In fact, have been the Ameri-
can Consul here. Finally the affair
eliminated in the proclamation in which
Butler, through his tool, published Stone
as a coward, etc. General Stone is not
only capable and thorough as the Chief
of staff of the Egyptian army, but he is
capable to be Chief of Staff Of any army
in the world. He is not only gentle
man and learned gentleman and
soldier, but he is an honorable gentle
man and an honorable soldier


The Khedive spoke in high terms of
General Starring. His Higbness had
seen our American Minister at Constan-
tinople, and he described him as most
charming person, charging me to bear
His Highuess compliments to Mr..
Boxer upon my arrival at Constant
nople. ,-rt -rr r..-.. .f..
Year: 1872

INOR SAIE-ONE or THE BEST STEAM BOOK AND
job Printing Offices in New York doing rst class
cash must be disposed Of the proprie tor
account OF sickness unable to attend to it, Will he so4
great bargain and terms to responsible
ties. Address PRINTER Herald Office.
Year: 1872

4 CoLoRApo man, few days since,
turned out his two horses, tied together
with a rope around the neck of each.
The next day one OF them came home,
dragging the head of the other. The
last heard of the owner lie was wan
dering over the prairie, saying he
supposed the d-d animal was dead
somewhere" That i Just like some
men. They always jump at conc!u-
slons without waiting for evidence.
Year: 1872

A, VERY STRICT JUDGE.-Old Otsego
county boasts a Justice of the Peace
who flashes out in the annals of local
fame as arraigning himself for delin-
quency. The Justice of the Peace re-
ferred to-no matter about his name or
where he belongs-possesses the excel
lent attributes of integrity, ability and
worth, but on one occasion he fofgot
his magisterial integrity. He let down
in a weak moment the judicial bars
which should hedge him in, and roamed
into the fields of Bacchus. In short,
on a recent occasion he imbibed too
much strong drink, and in consequence
awoke with realized sense of that fact
the next morning. Now here was
pretty go. A Justice of the Peace had
been on a bender, or part of one. A
man who was appointed to swing the
fail of justice over the heads of poor
unfortunate fellows, wandering over in
to the wrong pasture himself. But there
it was. He felt reminded of it in the
occasional throbs of headache. But
what was to be done! The more he
viewed it the more he became disguised.
He made up his mind. He would attend
to his case. He would vindicate the
outraged law. So, at the usual hour, he
entered his office. He formally opened
court, and then he called his own name
as defendent in suit in which "the
people" charged him with an offence
against the law, went oyer the circum-
stances in detail SO far as he could re-
member them, read ''the statute in such
cases made and provided" and then
asked 1.-The prisoner what he had to
say" In the role of prisoner he
pleaded guilty to the offence, said it was
a shame for man of his years and po-
sition, but hoped 1.-THE court would not
be too severe on him, as he was deter
mined to reform.


1.-THE prisoner will stand up" said
the stern old justice. " am very sorry
that you have been brought into this
Court on charge which so seriously
affects your good name and standing in
society; you have set a. bad example,
and if you go on at this rate you will
bring sorrow and disgrace on yourself
and family. I sentence you to pay q
fine of $40 and costs, or to thirty days
imprisonment in the County Jail.
The prisoner said he would prefer
to pay the fine, and then the Court
closed.
Year: 1872

against them, the party died and
was buried. The old Free-soil par
ty, born of the question of slavery in
our national territories, had its day,
and it was day of great usefulness. 1t
was sort of political John the Baptist,
clearing the way for the mightier organ
lzation which followed; but when it was
done it was translated into the Republi-
can party, which it first committed to
the essential articles of its faith. The
know-Nothing party had its day, and
dark day it was, and, thank the Lord,
short day; and then it also died. The
Republican party had its birth in the Or
ganized attempt to withstand the further
aggression of the slave power; but as
slavery now sleeps in its bloody shroud,
the mission of the party is ended, and
Its time to die has come. How can
man live when the breath has gone out
OF his body How can party survive
when the work which gave it life has
been accomplished and irrevocably set
tied?


My friends, the Republican party is a
spent political force. 1t is an organized
epitaph. 1t is to-day as dead as the
bones of the prophet Ezekiel, and its is
snes as perfectly gone as those of the
Mexican war. And the trouble with the
followers of Gen. Grant is that they are
today standing in the ruts of the past, or
moving along in the same old party
grooves, through the mere force of par
ty traditions and the memory of past
conflicts. while the supporters of Horace
Greeley have the sagacity to perceive
the real situation, and the courage to
take their stand on the broad level of in
dependent and untrammelled political
action.


Gentlemen, am not right in these
views? Is it reasonable to preserve and
garnish the scaffolding around an edifce
after it had been finished? If Christian
ity were established throughout the
earth, would the organization and ma
chinery of our religious denominations
be any longer needed? The champions
of Gen. Grant seem to forget that po-
litical party is not an end, but means;
that it is simply the instrument through
which some desirable purpose is sought
to be accomplished. I respectfully COM
mend to them the views of Gerrit Smith,
now their idol, as he. expressed himself
in 1869. Here is what he then said:
"a very lamentable evil is the educa-
ton of the people into the belief that a
permanent political party is great
good, and therefore that such party as
the Republican or Democratic ought not
to be broken up. But permanent po-
litical party, with the constant tendency
of every such party to deterioration, is
heavy curse; for it plants with great,
and too frequently with invincible pow
er, in the way of all progress, and clings
for irs own existence to the wrongs with
which it is identified. No other but
temporary political parties are justifiable
no other but such as occasion calls
| for"
Year: 1872

man, that OIL the completion of the
Northern Pacific road to the Missouri,
the business will be. done over this road
not merely to all points on the river
above but also to points several hrn-
dred miles below"
Year: 1872

In 1855, aninfant of six years had
his right loot crushed and mangled
while playing with other children on
a turn table belonging to the Sioux
CITY and Pacific rrilway, in the town
of Blair. 4 suit was brought by his
next friend, in the Circuit Court Of
the United States ut Omaha, for
damages. The jury, on the first tri-
al, disagree J; hut n second trial re-
suited, on the JJh inst, in verdict
for the plaintiff for $500. The
ground Of the action was, that it was
the duty OF tle defendant to keep
the turn table securely locked or as
tened 50 as to prevent it from bang
turned or played with by children,
or TO keep the sune guarded SO as to
prevent injuries such as befell the
plaintiff. 1t appeared on the first
trial that the turn table was con-
strurtcl and lett as all railways con-
struct and leave their turn tables
Judge Dillon instructed the jury that
/ ilthc company did not know, and had
no reason to suppose, that children
would to the turn table to play, or
had no reason to suppose ti,at if they
resorted there they would likely be
to get injured thereby, then a ver-
dict could not be found against the
| defendant. But, ii the defendant
did know, OF had good reason to be-
lieye, under the circumstances the
children of the place would resort to
the table to play, and if they would or
might be injured, then, if the defend
ant took no means to keep the chill
dren away, and no means to prevent
! the aecldent, defendant would be
guilty of negligence, and would be
answerable for damages caused to
children by such negligence. The
finding of the jury as above stated,
was that the company We're guilty Of
neglect, of want of due and proper
care in the construction Of machine
ry of a dangerous character, and SO
leaving it exposed that, as reasona-
ble men, the officers OF the road
ought to have seen that such acc.-
dents would occur.
Year: 1872

A great deal more attention should
be paid to the study OF physo' ogy
by both men and women. If we had
less Latin and Greek in the schools
and more physiology, the world
would be better off. 1t is impossi.
BILE that the masses of men can be
healthy, and so moral and successful,
without some knowledge Of their
structure aud of its laws, which they
must obey or suffer. How can a
Young woman be called educated,
who is ignorant of physiology, of her
duties as a mother, of the divine art
Of nursing? How many men know
anything of the relations of the waste
and supply in the nervous economy;
Why, not one man in hundred
knows even what the stomach is
made for, and the other ninety nine
are constantly transgressing the
rules they have learned. We may
take the old parable of the apple in
the garden as an apt illustration
of the way mems stomacb'
make havoc with their moral sense
Not one man in hundred knows OF
suspects that God made the air to be
breathed. Every part Of his houst
may be reeking with miOsma, th'
cellar full of all evil, the partitions
clotted with dormant mischief, auC
he never dreams OF it, but goes OF
milling down his windows and list
ing his doors. If we could only SCI
the air we have once breathed over
Even the architects of our public halii
and churches have the cludest idea o
ventilation.
Year: 1872

Parents run the risk OF losing the
love OF their children who put aside
their trivial questions as OF no con con
sequence. An Interrogation rolnt
symbolzes the life Of childhood. -
"Whys" and whats" mo the Keys
with which we unlock the treasury
of the world, The boys number
less questions often seem trivial, bnt
the wis st parent will never turn
them of unans8ered, if he can an
swcr it. 1t his rich opportunity OF
teaching. He is met halfway, and H
there is all difference between truth
ON an eager mind aud an uninteres-
tel one. The little fellow helping
YOU to your work, and pelting you
with endless questions, may learn as
much in u half hour, as in n week
when his body is u prisoner IN
school-room and his thoughts are
out of doors, Exchange.
Year: 1872

ltmay sound ungraciou8 to some
cars, but it is none the less true,
that the moncy-test is the best cri-
tenon Of n mans religion, Some
times, indeed, we may find It man
who is willing to contribute liberal
ly TO cause for which he is unwil-
ling to make any other slcudce. --
We sometimes perhaps frequently
find men who seem to think that
If they will only pay handsomely in
to the treasury of the Church, they
need not trouble themselves about
living according to her requirements.
But while we ConccIc that there are
cases like these, we will contend for
the general rule, that the best pay
ers arc the best Christians OF course
there are in every Church very good
members whose means are limited,
and OF whom much could not be eX-
pcctcd. Butt they be earnest and zeal
Gus, they will prove it by their li3-
erality, even though they be poor;
for it is the manner, rather than the
amount, which indicates the spirit,
Every one who has had any expe,i-
ence in business, knows that there
are men who pay largely who do not
deserve to be called paymastcrs.
They pay only when they cannot
help it, and then with such show
of reluctance that it is evident they
| bad much rather no. do 50. So there
are men who contribute to the
Church largely who are not cIassi-
fled as LIBERAL giyors. They show too
plainly tha other motives than the
cause Of Crist urge them to yield Of
their substance. Sometimes the
ocf1iers who have this business i'll
charge to make collections, have to
operate on the baspr feeling of their
nature in order to get rom them the
amounts which Their means warrant
them to give.


Now, man who has a genuine
zeal for the wclfre and prosperity
of his Church, will need no stimula-
ting to induce hun TO give pecunla-
nv aid toward building her mp. II
the Lord has blessed him with an
abundance, he is willing OF that to
lend to Him, instead of seeking to
| avoid calls on his purse, he is ever
looking out to see where his money
may be profitably invested for the
Masters service. If he be poor
there is still no tagging. The mite
| that me is able to contribute, is paid
in with prompmess and pleasures
He does not wait to be asked, noi
exposes dtacous to the unpleasant
duty of asking him for his quota
time and again. He knows That sucf
delinquency void make them fee
as unpleasantly as it would him, and
though pride is not his ruIrg mo
tive, he does have too murl
pride to wait to be pushed into do


ing his duty. o.,


The man who gives to his Churcl
as largely as his means will allow
will, is a general thing, ENJOY hi


Church privileges. He will feel tina
it is his Chur, h; that he has an in


terest in all that she has and is


His pastor aud his brethren will al
be dcarer to bin when he feels tina
he and they are all engaged in on


common work, and thai he has and
ed its furtherance as far as his abil
ity will allow - Index and Baptist
Year: 1872

THE CLOCK OF SANS SoUcI.-It is
related of Frederick the Great, of
Prussia. that going through the re-.
ception-room of his palace at Sans
Souci, he encountered workman
who busted himself to get on top of
q ladder to take down a clock from
the wall, but owing to the smooth
ness Of tho marble floor the ladder
could not be kept firm.


"What art thou doing there, mon
amir" inquired the King. Il am a
Matchmaker answered the work
man, "and l have received orders
from the superintendent of the pal
ACC to repair this clock l have been
trying TO take il down, but cannot
succeed, as the ladder does not stand
firm"


"Ascend tho ladder" replied
the King, "and l viii hold it while
You are at work. This done, the
workman departed with the clock.
On the following morning, the king
was informed the clock in tho recep-
tion-room was stolen. No sooner
had his Majesty heard this, when he
found to his chagrin, that instead,
as he believed, Of assisting a watch
maker, he bad been made the dupe
ofa thief The king at once Issued
an order, saying "Let him run, |
was an accomplice to the theft. p
CkFisfiaH UHi0n.
Year: 1872

After the course purscd by Trum.


bull, Sumner and Schnrz in tho Sen.


ate, and the stand taken by the two


Tribuncs and other leading Rcpub-


!ican papers, no other evidence is


required to convince observing


minds that tho Republican party is
| absolutely and inevitably split into


two distinct portions that can new


er be reunited. War has been de-


clared, and the conflict between the


two wings will be violent and un-


compromising. On one side will be


ranged tho purity, character and


ability of the party fighting for


principle, while arraycd against


This little army of intrepid spirits


will be found tho legions of corrup-


tion under Grant, struggling to re.


tain their grasp upon thespoils and


fighting forSpecuniary gain.


Men avetsken and-are- taking
sides against each other, never more
to vote the same ticket. 1t is not
in the power of men to heal the di-
visions in the party, nor will
truce even be sought or granted.
Such men US Trumbull and Schurz
can no more unite a political party
with Morton, Chandler and Conk-
ling than fire can mingle with wa
ter, except it is for day or timo,
to secure together some great OBJ
ject, they could not gain separately.
But the moment that special work
is gained they separate naturally
until they become as far apart as
the poles. There is no bond of
sympathy between these men. They
work naturally in opposite direc-
tions.


And thus it will bc at The Phila-
delphia Convention. Both parties
cannot triumph. Grant must tri-
umph, and the Trumbull and Schurz
wing of the party be defeated. The
struggle will not be, and cannot be
to heal divisions, but will be one of
life or death. And no one at all
conversant with the state of things
in the party can doubt one moment
that Grant will triumph. His un-
resources and his unscru
pulous character will give him vic
tory though the opposition to him
was tenfold increased


And when that time comes, can
such men as we have named longer
remain in that party? Can they
be whipped in by the party lash T?
Never. They are too independent,
and have gone too far to retreat,
and when once they raise the stand
ard of revolt thousands and ten
thousands-all who prize honesty
above dishonesty, and love truth
more than party-will follow them.


The may think to-day that they
will not unite with the Democratic
oarty, but how can they help ii
when the two are positively y one in
'Mpathy and principle? Preju-
lice is easily dissip ated when par.
les arc forced by principle and the
owe of truth to work together.
Names are nothing when great in
erests are at stake. There are
many Republicans who have said
lard things about Democrats, who {
will yet feel proud to stand should
II to shoulder with them in the bat
le that is soon to come off, and that
will settle forever the question
whether Republican Government
) possible. QUincy Herald.
Year: 1872

An ArPRoPRIATE PRAYER.-At the
opening OF the Supreme Court At
Pennington, Tuesday week, Camp Meet
ing John Allen made the opening prayer
in a characteristic vein. Tho following
is an extract: Lord, help US to pray Tor
the lawyers. Thou knowest they have
abundant need for prayer. They too
often try TO make good case out OF a
bal one, and bad case out OF good
one. D. Lord help them to be honest.
And help thou the witnesses. Thou
knowest, o Lord. that some times they
stretch The truth and keep back what
ought TO be made known. Help them U
Lold, TO tell the truth and nothing bui
the Truth" A very sensible prayer and
let sIl the people say. Amen.
Year: 1872

An Illinois youth has been wearing
q fine plated bosom shirt, which opened
on the back, "hind.side before" for more
than year. He said he thought they
had laid out good deal Of work on the
back.
Year: 1872

This morning we publish the report OF
the explosion of the boiler of the Red river
and st. Louis packet with sixty five passen.
gers, only four or five of whom, it is stated,
are saved. The officers of tine boat are all
reported killed. No names are given, and
we have no means of knowing whether
there were any Red river passengers among
them. The catastrophe occurred about
twenty miles above Cairo.


We have, also, in the Associated Press
dispatches 81 brief report of the explosion of
tugboat boiler at New York, with the ad-
ditional information that several were
killed. some wounded, and others missing.


At ha!fpast one o'clock this morning We
have third dispatch reporting boiler ex
plOsions-this time few miles from Boston,
on the Boston and Albany railroad, where
a locomotive boiler exploded yesterday
morning, two of the victims having since
died, and one badly injured.


At this hour in the morning we have no
time to comment ON these and other steam
boat disasters, which occasionally assume
an epidemic form, sometimes in boiler ex-
plosions, sometimes in fires, and sometimes
in sinking. Only this and nothing more
we know, that in the midst of life we are in
Year: 1872

The cornerstone Of the new chapel now
being erected on Bienville street, between
Marais and Villere streets, for the use of the
old Soule chapel, Methodist Episcopal
Church, was laid yesterday afternoon at
two o'clock with the usual solemnities and
ceremonies.


A large number of colored societies were
present in uniform, several Sabbath schools,
pastors Of the several colOred churches in
this city, and an immense throng Of people.
The occasion was one that will be long re-
membered
Year: 1872

ptession of violent and trersonable organ
izations in certain lately rcbcllious re-
gions, and for the protection of the ballot
box and therefore they are entitled to the
thanks of the nation,


Thifteenth-We dcnounce reputation
of the public debt in any form or disguise.
as q national crime. We witness with
PRIDE the reduction of the principal of the
debt and OF the rates of interest upon the
balance, and confidently expect that our
excellent national currency will be per-
iected by the speedy resumption of specie
payment.


Fourteenth-The Republican partv is
mindful of its obligations to the loyal wo-
meu OF America for their noble devotion
10 the cause of freedom. Their admission
to wider fields of usefulness is received
with satisfaction; and the honest demands
of any class of citizens for additional
rights should he treated with respectful
consideration.


Fltteenth-We heartily approve the ac-
ton of Congress in extending amnesty to
those lately in rebellion, and rejoice in the
growth of peace and fraternal feeling
throughout the land.


Sixtcenth-The Republican party pro-
pose to respect the rights reserved by the
people to themselves as carefully as the
powers delegated by them to the States
and to the Federal governments. 1t dis
approves of the resort to unconstitutional
laws Tor the purpose of removing evils by
interference with rights not surrendered
by the people to either the state or Ma
tional governments.


Seventeenth--It is the duty of the Gem
eral Government to adopt such measures as
will tend to encourage American COM
merce and ship building.


Eighteenth-We believe that the modest
patriotism, the earnest purpose, the sound
Judgment, the practical wisdom, the in
iN~ flap gfrtn
services of Ulysses S. Grant have COM
mended him to the heart of the American
people and with him at our head we start
to-day on the new march to victory.