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Year: 1872

A dreadful rumor is abroad. It
originated with stan eminent French
chemist name not given. But
the unknown assures society that
many of the new evening silks are
covered with picrAte of lead; that
consequently they are liable to q
terrible explosion at any time, and
that gentlemen must take care lest
their partners in the dance sudden
rly blow up.
Year: 1872

ocI4ud4y udS D66u Gl1o great
maker of money corners Of Europe
for some time past, but she finds it
Necessary to begin the work of dis
bursement after New Years, and
that will inevitably have its effect
on the state of the London market.
The stringency which has for CON
siderable term been felt. in Eng
land, the Bank of England main
tanning its rates stitfiy at seven per
cent, is the direct result of the
Prusso-French war and its conse-
quent drains of money from France.
Germany has been locking up coin
all this time, until now she has al
most ninety millions of dollars on
hand, or win have by January. At
ter that time the payment of Prus-
sian war bonds begins, and the
amount viii Immediately seek new
channels of investment. England
will naturally be the first to become
sensible of the relief, which the re-
taxation of the rate of interest by
the Bank of England will instantly
declare. The case will make itself
at once felt in all the money mar
kets of Europe. The case in the
foreign money market will extend
itsef. to our own, and better times
may be counted on than borrowers
have encountered for the past two
months.


The German Government has as
good reason to be solicitous con-
corning the expectation of it's gold
to this country as it has concerning
the expectation of its citizens and
subjects. One inevitable brings
over the other. The bankers are
not the only ones who will have the
handling of this vast sum of money;
the people will bring over a con-
siderable portion of it with them.
Investors do not more naturally
turn their eyes to this Continent
than do emigrants; and the stream
of emigration has of late swollen to
such an irresistible tide that the
Government itself has found it nec-
essary to throw all possible obstruc-
tions in the way of it. American
securities are a favorite in Germany
as well as the American States. Al
ready large contracts for the form
er are negotiating through foreign
bankers, and more of our bonds
viii be exported to meet the reviv-


ing demand. It would be indefi-
nitely better for us if instead of
bonds we were to export produce
and manufactures, but that would
entirely contradict the policy of the
financial school in control of the


Government. It's fundamental fea-
ture is the expectation of indebted


ness in the form of promises, and


the suppression of produce exports
and the commerce which they would
surely sustain. But however this
may be, the prospects of an easy


foreign money market will be greet


ed with delight by business men in
! this country, since they include re-
Taxation at home as well as abroad
Year: 1872

Tell us something sweet to think o.,


Tell us someting sweet TO dream.
"Tell the very sweetest story


That you ever heard or read,
And you II see that we'll remember


Every single word you've said"
Then I told them Of q midnight


In the very long ago.


When the sky was full Of angels.


Aud from every shining row.
In voice of heavenly music,


Came loving message given.
For the sake of one swee: baby


That bad come one night from heaven.
Now please tell us just another.


Tell the saddest one you know"
And I told Of One who suffered.


As He wandered to and fro,
Doing good to oil around Him,


Without fear, OF sin or pride,
Blessing tbose who most i'll used Him,


For ehose sake 1t last He did.
s'Now, please, just ono more, dear M ther,


Tell us now the strapgest one."
80 l told them Of a journey


On mountain top begun.


Through the ssure, in a bo.ly.


just ~ here ON earth He trod.


Up through the shining ranks OF angels,


To the very throne OF God.


Four blue eyes and two sweet voices


Waited till my tale Was done,


Then they cried, "why, that was Jesus;


These three stories are but one."


We are glad bill has been in
troduced in Congress to correct the
absurd practice Of the Postoffice
Department in collecting double
rates of postage on partially unpaid
letters. Under the preseut rule if
one mistakes the amount Of postage
necessary and pays but portion of
it the letter is sent, but double the
amount left unpaid is collected at
the office of delivery. There is no
common sense or justice in this pro-
cedure, and as the law under which
the rule is made is at least vague
and ambiguous, it seems to us it
should have been interpreted liber-
ally until Congress could have had
an opportunity to define its mean
ing. The law introduced provides
also for the reduction of postage
on domestic mail matter of the first
class, including correspondence, to
two cents instead of three for each
half ounce or fraction. Both o1
these measures will commend pop.
ular approval Inter Ocean. ].
Year: 1872

The Reading Times of Tuesday says:


A meeting OF the stockholders Of the Bucks
County Railroad Company was held, yesterday
afternoon, at the office, No. 10 North Sixth
street. There was large attendance and the
utmost good feeling prevailed Work on the
new road between Birdsboro' and this city will
be commenced at once, and the contract for
building the remainder Of the road will be award
ed on the LIST Of April next.
Year: 1872

The Select Committee OF Congress to investi-
gate the Louisiana troubles will leave for New
Orleans to night.


Under the civil service regulations the female
clerks in the Treasury Department at Washing
ton arc hereafter TO receive such positions as
their deserts merit and take their chances OF
promotion with the men in the department
Year: 1872

This intended frightful phrase ha:
sunk into insignifcance, If not oblvi.
on; or rather the idea of ruin which
was formerly connected with it has
been dissipated by the slow accomplish
ment of facts. There were some who
really imagined we were being over
run by the Chinese who had found an
open entrance by the west gate to our
continent. They thought they had
discovered a dark cloud which portend-
ed violent storm by which all our
former labor system were to be over
turned, aud our laboring population
turned into beggars and robbers. The
storm has not come, nor does the cloud
appear to be advancing at all, and all
alarm from this cause has vanished
The pet phrase which took such a
strong hold of our excitable people
"We are ruined by Chinese cheap
labor, will have to be carefully ex
planned to the student of the future.
The heathenish name of "Koopmans-
chap, will also be riddle which will
puzzle school boys, and when solved
they will still wonder why the three
hundred thousand more did not come
with Father koopmanscaap; and alto-
gether what caused SO much fuss about
their coming, when there is still so
much unoceupied room, and so many
acres that want hands. The only
question will be why did they not
come?
Year: 1872

In contrast with the brilliant, able
and mastery speeches just made by
Mr.. Greeley in his tour through In
diana, Ohio and Pennsylvania, we give
some Of the addresses just delivered by
his distinguished opponent. The first
is in response to a serenade in Phila-
delphia on Thurday night:


"GENTLEMEN AND MERCHANTS OF
PHILADELPHIA You have heard
much better speeches to night than l
could make if I we're so inclined |
am very glad to see you, aud am pleased
to hear that you have been TO hear such
fne speeches, and how you have been
engaged to night"


Eloquent and inspiring as it is, the
following more elaborate address at the
State Fair of New Jersey is quite its
equal


LADIES AND GENTLEMEN I could
not but feel grateful for the reception
have received at the hands Of the
citizens of Newark aud of New Jersey
fo~day. ! had the pleasure of visiting
the State Fair near Elizabeth, where
saw little else but people was at
your Exposition to night, but saw little
Of what they had there 70 see. | hope
10 see to morrow what | went to night
10 see"
Year: 1872

The resolutions of the Colored Lib
eral National Convention at Louisville
will commend themselves to the cordial
appreciation of all intelligent aud pa
triotic citizens, black aud white. They
display an amount of wisdom, discre
ton and sound common sense which
would do credit to any deliberative
body. and cannot fail to attract public
attention everywhere, as we'll as be the
means OF doing great good. That the
action of the Convention and its plat
form of principles vii! carry heavy
colored vote to the Liberal ticket is alb
solutely certain but there is deeper
significance attached to them than any
thing Immediately connected with the
present presidential contest.


The colored population cannot be
blamed for feeling that they owe debt
of gratitude to the party under whose
administration they obtained emanci
patton and enfranchisement nor is it
surprising that the mass Of them should
favor those candidates which profess to
represent this party. Through the in
fuence of such willy tricksters as Doug
lass, they have been induced to shut
their eyes and 90 blindly to the Radi
cal standard, without stopping to ex
anime or inquire whether that standard
represented what it once did. Pro
verbally averse to following the advice
Of the whites. they can only be success
/ fully reached by those<Gj their own
color, aud that service has been happily
performed by the Louisville Conven


non Through this instrumentality
there Is now formed among the coored
people the nucleus of Liberal party,
aud i. is destined TO expand and grow
until the balance Of power is at least
ftrly divided The entering wedge
has been driven home. aud henceforth
Radical politicians will not be able to
marshal the African element like sheep
and drive them to the polls to DO their
bidding Thousands and tens of thou
sands Of colored men will study the
Louisville platform carefully, find in il
convincing arguments for the Liberal
cause, and give their sufFrages TO II
ace Greeley man who was their
friend when friends were few and friend
ship dangerous. Aud even if the bulk
Of the colored vote be east for Grant
in November. The seed is planted which
will bear good fruit hereafter. The
Colored National Convention has done
noble work, and those who inaugura-
ted it are entitled to the thanks of the
country.
Year: 1872

FRIDAY's Memphis Ledger says
"The bluff on the Mississippi around
Fort Pillow is still burning, the fire
being about ten feet above the water
aud extending some hundred yards on
a parallel with the surface. Some
people suppose their is volcano some
where in that neighborhood, while
others are of the opinion that vein
of natural gas underlies the whole sur
fare of the earth around the fort, and
that this was ignited by the intense
heat of the sun some weeks ago since
which time it has been burning. A
movement was on foot some years ago
to develope coal mine or oil we'll
in that reigou, but the project fell
through"
Year: 1872

In the last few year our farmers in
Western Kentucky have been paying a
good deal Of attention to the cultiva-
ton of cotton, and in some localities
as much as bale to the acre has been
picked and sold at tremuuerative prices.
This is a good average yield, though
we hope to see this product increased
by the proper measures aud improved
tillage. Three weeks since our cotton
in bloom presented an excellent pros
pect for good crop, but the recent
protracted drouth has caused the bolls
to fall off, and the impression prevails
that we will not have more than half
crop Of this important staple-May-
FIELD Democrat.
Year: 1872




The proprietor Of this celebrated medi-
cine justly claims for it superiority over
all remediese eTer offered 10 the public for
the safe, certain. speedy, and permant NJ
cure OF Ague aud Fever, or Chills and
Fever, whether Of short or long standing
He refers to the entire Western and south
western country 10 bear him testimony
to the truth OF the assertion, that IN no
case whatever will il fail 10 cure, II the
directions are strictly followed and car
ricd out. In a great many eases a single
dose has been sufficient for a cure. and
whole families have been cured by a single
bottle, with perfect restoration Of the
general health u is, however, prudent
and in every case more certain 70 cure, n
its use is continued in smaller doses for a
week or two after the disease has been
checked, more especially in difficult and
long standing cases. Usually, this medi-
cine will not require any aid 70 keep the
bowels in gAd order should the patient
however, require eathartic medicine
after having taken three or four doses Of
the Tonic. a single dose OF BULLS VEG
ETABLE FAMILY PILLS will be sufficient
Year: 1872

r ~ NA - ~ p -


On my return from the canvass of
the western part of the State, [ ind
your letter of the 22d, which, with this
communication, | give to the public.


! am panied to think that you have
imagined anything in my character civ
ing you the hope that, even under the
guise of an assumed confidential com
-muuication, you would be encouraged
TO propose 10 me the commission of a
political and inexcusable infamy. You
will remember that once when you
deemed your own honor assailed, you
called upon me as your trusted adviser
to aid you in vindicating it, and that
you then expressed to me the warmest
affection for the manner in which had
aided you. What | have done since
to forfeit your confidence and esteem is
painful but uuanswerable question to
me.


can not permit you, under the
mask of confidence. to offer me this
wanton insult and permit it to 80 un-
rebuked.


l do not agree with you in your
prognostications that Mr. Greeley will
be defeated, but were [ convinced be
yond doubt that such would be the
case l should, in redemption of my
pledge, made in every speech to the
people of Kentucky during this can
vass, and in vindication Of my own in-
tegrity, cast my vote for him 10 the
electoral college. Iu voting for Mr.
Greeley do not regard the man. but
l redeem the honorable pledge | have
given to the noble body Of gentlemen
who stand with me on the platform of
principles he comes before tho country
with-that shall be true and loyal to
them 10 victory or defeat


Both your life aud mine should have
taught you the lesson that honorable
men do not abandon principles because
disaster and opposition surround their
advocacy.


l have accepted the principles pro-
mulgated by the Cincinnati aud Bal-
timore Conventions as best for the in
terests Of the country, and with the
same devotion you have seen me mani
fest in the past in cause dear to us
both | shall stand there, even if among
the thousands now protesting them l
stand alone | am,


GEORGE B. HODGE,
Electoral Candidate of the Liberal
Year: 1872

New YORK, May 29-The Metropoli-
itan Record does not see the utility or
the sense even,of holding Philadelphia
Convention to renominate Grant. as the
whole thing is foregone conclusion -
The editor asks: "Why would it not be
just as well to let them meet in the Gus
tom Houses OF their respective States,
and each gathering of them sign man.
ifesto renominating the man toward
whom they felt so deep an obligation
A great deal of time and trouble could
be saved in this way, and the object of
the denomination be accomplished just
as well. We really do not see any good
whatever for calling these high.minded
patriots away from the Custom Houses
and Post Offices of the nation"
Year: 1872

Mr. Locke has somewhere made
distinction between mailman and
fool: A fool is he that from right priR-
ciples makes a wrong conclusion; bat .
madman is one who draws just INFER
ence from false principles. Thus tha
fool that cut off the fellows head that
lay asleep, and hid, and then waited to
see what he would say when he awaken
ed and missed his head piece, vas in
the right in the first thought that man
would be surprised to find such an al
teration in things since ho fell asleep
but he was little mistaken to imagine
he could awake at all after his head was
cut of --Tatler.
Year: 1872

~Hoao much could the cftce-hold-
er's faction be induced to pay to secure
the success Of Grant by the nomination
Of straight Democratic ticket?-N. Y.
Sun, Liberal.


All they have stolen from the people
during the past four years, with the ex,
pectation of doubling their stealings du-
ring the next four. t
Year: 1872

EgT The Pittsburgh Leader says of
the coming Democratic State Convention
in Pennsylvania: From what can be
gathered of Democratic sentiment, both
from personal observation and investi-
CATION here, and from our exchanges in
various parts of the State, it is pretty
safe to predict that the Reading Conven.
ton, while not declaring fatty for GREE
LEY, will give the Cincinnati platform an
iout.and out Endorsement, and that the
delegation chosen to go to Baltimore
will vote for GREELEY nearly solid on the
very first ballot. This much we think is
certain
Year: 1872

"Ah, ha! str-r-r-rategy, my boy y


said this resolute young man to him


self. "The tunnel-we are approach


ing the tunnel. l can do the deed in
the long tunnel just beyond Sunol; ="
and with heavy smile on his manly
features, he gracefully lifted his car
pet-bag from the floor, unlocked it,
and drew forth q snowy shirt with
! nice frilled bosom. Then from anoth-
er recess drew he little packet con-
tanning pair of handsome sleeve
buttons and set of studs, which were
quickly adjusted in their proper pla-
ces. Casting a careful glance from
the window, he saw the train was not
Tar from the tunnel where the meta
morphosis was to take place, and so
he turned his back upon the other
passengers and began to loosen sun
| dry buttons-in short, prepared to
shuck himself. Presently the event
tul moment came. The iron horse
plunged into the dark recesses of the
tunnel, and the car was shrouded in
lmpenetrable darkness. Presently a
ray OF light cleaned in fantastic
shapes along the wall of the tunnel,
and by its faint glimmer struggling
figure was discernible in the direction
OF the young mans seat. As the light
became stronger its gyrations grew
more frantic. Its great long arms,
encased in white, thrashed wildly
about as though in the agony of de-
spair, and finally. when with shrek
OF joy the engine dashed into the daz-
zling sunlight, it shrank into its seat
apparently crushed with modification
and chagrin.


The ladies screamed with terror and
hid their bushes at the unusual appa-
ritiOn. Strong men crushed their
handkerchiefs into their mouths and
nearly chol1ed with emotion. The
figure reclined motionless on the soft
cushion, until some one, with more
courage than the rest, advanced to
ascertain who and what it was. FL
nally, the terrible truth was revealed.
The white covering was lifted, and
from beneath appeared the features
of Cur young friend, clothed with car
nations richest hue. The mystery
was soon explained. He had gotten
the Cheviot off, but alas! in his hurry
and excitement he had forgotten to
undo the collar fastening of the ele-
CANT white frilled front. Horror! 1t
would not 90 over his head
Year: 1872

What is ment by union and fusion
seems to be difficult to understand on
the part of several journals of the
State.


These journals have, on every oc-
casion that could possibly occur, in
discussing the political questions OF
the day, placed in prominent position
the name of Gov. Warmoth as bug
bear to frighten and compel the hon
est and tax-ridden people of this State
to support their polictical views. They
have even gone so far as to proclaim
and denounce every one infamous
that dared utter word in kindness
or in palliation of the Governors po-
litical course. Now, we do not pro-
pose to deserve or merit the ccnsure
of these gentlemen of the press by
endorsing Gov. Warmoth or his acts,
but we do propose to join the move
ment of the new Liberal State party,
and if Gov. Warmoth sees fit to aid
us in preventing Grant and his office
holding minions from getting control
of the State, we shall thank him for
that assistance and If necessary, honor
him for his services.


That it is an actual necessity for a
usion of all parties opposed to the
nominations of the recent Radical Re-
publican Convention at Baton Rouge,
does not admit of question, and no
sane patriotic man in the State will
do otherwise than oppose, with all his
might, the election of such one
sided ticket. We were promised by
this same Radical party reform that
would satisfy all parties, but instead
of this we have the most purely Radi-
cal ticket that has as yet been placed
before the people. Now, can the pa
pers we have spoken of above still be
bound by old party ties? Will they
hesitate to join a movement that will
certainly lead to the redemption of
the Statee We hope not. The time
has come for you to act manfully, no
bly, and bravely. Cast aside your
petty notions of obsolete and dead
issues and let your eyes be opened to
to the undisputable fact that an at
tempt is being made to degrade and
oppress us worse than ever.


----<e @UWeos--
Year: 1872

The Peril of Changing Linen in the Cars.


A good story is told by the San
Francisco Chronicle of q young man
who came to that city the other day
on the overland train. He was pos
sessed OF q judicious spirit of economy
and "a pardonable share of vanity. The
judicious economy was made manifest
to the other occupants of the car by
the fact that the young man wore
plain clothing and u single Cheviot
shirt, all the way from Chicago; and
for the pardonable vanity-well, how
that became apparent is where the
joke comes in. He had only been to
the East on visit, and the girl he
left behind him had been notified in
advance of his approach, and, in COM
pany with few other friends, was to
meet him at Niles station. Visions
of rapture foated through his brain,
and, seating himself in Il secluded
corner of the car, he poured forth his
spirits gladness in gush of melody,
somewhat as thus:


"Home again, home again,


From foh-hoh-reign shore;


And oh I! it fills my so-o-oul with joy


TO me-he-eat my friends once more"


Suddenly he hushed his notes of joy
and reached for his carpet-bag. The
appalling idea flashed through his
mind that the shirt which had done
him such good service-which had
clung to him during the toilsome jour
ney across 1000 miles of mountain,
plain and lesert-was not exactly the
thing to appear in when one wished
to intensity all already good impress
sion. 1T certainly wouldn't be the
clean thing, he said to himself-it
wouldn't be justice to the shirt. So
he resolved to change it. But how !?
The car contained several lady pas
sengers, and they watched everything
that was going on around them with
an assiduity that did honor to the sex,