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Year: 1870

Until we heard OF the interment OF his remains wa
were not aware tha< Paul de Cassagnac the flre-
eater OF French journalists, was dead Poor fellow
He was captured with his Emperor ana the French
army at Sedan and sent to prison, where he died.
probably from pure modification. lie was the son
OF Granier de Cassagnac, the famous Journalist BY q
creole lady and was less than thirty years OF are
when he died. From his father ne inherited tnat ar
dent devotion to the Bonaparte dynasty which MADE
his name known throughout Europe. No sooner had
he LETT college, where he had received brilliant
education, than he engaged in Journalism. His
writings were bitter aud audacious. but
witty and forcible. To attack those who
assaed Napoleon or the dynasty was
his constant duty he never defended himself
save with the sword, and. consequently, It was
not surprising that Paul de Cassagnac had always .
duel on hand His encounters were numerous and
were principally with editors. Among those whom
ne fought was Gustave Flourcns. Altogether MS
shotn master with the sword, he was ut least
sufr1cently expert with weapons to influence his
adversaries into making their Wills before meeting
MIN. Nevertheless, we doubt II he ever killed any
person. or course man of SUCK q character could


not M TO many snen ne was regarded
was looked upon by the opposition as a bully ana
cutthroat These cpithets were once applied TO
him by democratic speaker, TO whom De Cassagnac
sent the following reply


"surrounded by some hundre knaves ana fools,


NJ Ducasse, you have insulted at a distance from
our horsewnp, gi:ng yourself the easy appearance
OF a Still easier courage. Now, tell you you are the
| towards OF demagoguism-the men who demand
heads bee luse the executtoner would help you and
who dare not ask for hearts you yourselves
would have TO put holes in them You, citizen Dn-


casse, who always talk OF saving The republic, have
now q fine opportunity OF showing your rare In
rrepdty. Never Will You have had before your pale
and quvering face more dIsdainiul adveTsary.h
This was r0rcible enough, and TO the point. What
came OF the challenge we do not know but IL Is very


likely that there was no duel or late years the men
whom he attacked refused to resent his Insults fjrst
because their extreme violence bunted their stings
and made meeting unnecessary and next because,
OF the reckless character OF the nsulter As " well
Known Paul de CassnRnac was editor OF the Paris
Idys--the ultra impeiiast paper. He was great
favorite at the court Of the Tneres but TO do him
justice, he was no svcophant When Prince Pierre
shot Victor Nor, DE Cassagnac denounced him with
extreme bitterness ut will not DO for princes TO
shootjournasts," he said and although he probably
entertained the bltterest nnimosity towards Nor he
mercilcssly assalled the man who shot MIN. There
were many fine traits OF character In De Cassagnac
He was generous, nonle-hearted, and In all things
save In the question Of the dynasty, magnanimous
The world will be as well or without him. DOUBTLESS
and France better off, perhaps, but still his virtues
such they were, deserve to be held In kindly re.
membrance.
Year: 1870

Before Judges Mcneil. McCBnn, and Spencer
Joseph s Priest agt The Hudson Rirer RGiirOdd-Tis
Is appeal from judgment given in favor OF the PLAIN
tin. ON the 18TH Of September 1866 MI Priest ana LIS


little son started from the interior OF Vermont 20 come
this city. Arriving at Troy he inquired Of conductor
which train went tO NewIOrk and the right train was
indicated, the conductor informing him that II would
leave immediately. The plaintiff, supposing he would
not have time 90 purchase ticket ran directly 10 the
train stepped upon the platform, and attempted To enter
a passenger 4 brakeman stopped him, however
with request his tick and then told him 10 se on
the platform Mr Priest refused saying he had no time
get ticket, and would pay his fare the conductor
put Mr. Priest Of the but being unable called the
conductor. Both then endeavOred 10 remove Mr. Priest
without success. and finally the conductor allowed nm
time 20 get his icket, which he did and atteTward
brought action for 5000 damages against the Com
pany. He 5000 from which verdict the Com
pany appealed, claiming that the Court below
should have dismissed the complaint since the case
contract with the Company at the time, not having
purchased his ticket and become thereby passenger
The Company had right 10 eject him, using such force
only as was Necessary TO effect that object III more yO


ence used then the Company not 10 blame, the
liability revertng TO the emplOve employees who used
such force The Company also claim that the action
barred bv the statute OF Imitation not having been com
meuced within two yers after the Of action arose


The respondent and plaintiff claims that the question
be determined in the is not whether the eDp0ye
was authorized violence hut whether, in the
of his employment, he had acted violently toward
the plaintiff, in which the defendants were clearly
liable the act whether they had instructed their
servant TO use force not; the action not for
assault and battery but for violation Of duty which the
without injury from the acts Of its employees. Decision
reserved
Year: 1870

Tho Nemaha Baso Ball Club seems To have
won both noteriety and fame I'm their recent
game i'm this place, and from the way the
challenges come IN, they will be put 10 their
metal to hold their laurals-of their ability
todo which we, however. entertain not q
doubt. Next Tuesday the Daily Nine, Of
Peru, will be here to play them o Match
Game and next Thursday tho Banner Club.
of st. Deroin, win be here. and play our
Club for the Champion BAH and Bat taken
by the former at our last County Fair. Our
Club now has tOierably good GROUNDS to play
on. and should not fall 10 practice so as to be
In as good trim as possible. Practice makes
Perfect"
Year: 1870

Ever run Hotel or Restaurant in this city
with more uniform good name and patron
age than Geo. Daugherty ; and the reason
is patent TO oil who have ever put up or taken
a meal with him. He takes no "flts and
starts" docsent get a good meal one day. to
.'tole up" boarders, and then sink back to
half fare; but his is q sttsdy, even gate.
What his table is one day 1t is the next,
that is the best the market affords; always
dished up by his better half and Mrs. San
ders, In a style to tempt the greatest epicnre.
Year: 1870

No Rec ossa niemd is SO good for a Hotel or
Restaurant as that of boarder. Geo.
Daugherty, of the Restaurant just above the
Bank, refers all who may wish day board or
a square meal, to those who have or do eat
with him
Year: 1870

The Storm last Friday night was the
heaviest of the season, accompanied by as
loud and continuous laundering as we ever
heard. The actual rain fall in this vicinity
must have been about eight inches, as 1t fill
ed bucket which was standing out clear
from any drain, and was empty when the
rain began to fall.
Year: 1870

Joseph shutz-to keep up with the de-
mand made upon him-has employed the
services Of a first-class jeweler and engraver
and has a splendid stock of Jewelry on
hand. lie is now prepared to do all kinds of
work in his line-especially engraving. Give
him q call.
Year: 1870

Especially if combined with choice sup
ply of good articles, and a desire to sell as low
as possible. This is the case at Rich and
Gilmore's Red Store. We speak only to the
few who do not deal there. as most people
know the above by actual demonstration.
Year: 1870

WASHINGTON, December 1.-Con-
siderable surprise is expressed here
at the election of Ex-Governor
Vance, to the Uoited States Senate,
by the Legislature of North Carolina,
to succeed Senator Abbott. A care
ful examination of the acts of the
Thirty Ninth and Fortieth Con
crosses, and of the first session of the
Forty Second, sho@ that his political
disabilities for participating in the
rebellion, have never been removed, /,
aud it is the general opinion that
Congress will certainly refuse to re.
lieve him now. aud his admission TO
the Senate is therefore regarded here
by the Republican Senator's as very
doubtful. 1t is supposed that the
friends of Ex-Governor Vance will
urge that he was opposed to secession
until the State of North Carolina
went out of the Union, and that
during the war he was elected Gov
ernor by the people of that State
on platform opposed to the Confed-
crate administration. His opponents
claim, however, that these facts will
have little influence on Congress,
since they also remember that as
Governor Of North Carolina he was
as bitter rebel as any man in the
South,
Year: 1870

We find in an exchange the following
rules for those desiring to make them>
selves agreeable in printing Office. We
have few friends or patrons to whom the
subtle irony will apply, but publish it for
the benefit of our less fortunate contem-
poraries:


"If the editor is writing or proof read
ing, take seat along side Of him and tell
how you started in business, about your
dogs, your horses, your wife and baby, or
if you can remember your boyhood sports.
Should the editor manifest disposition to
be inattentive to your story, stick to it
and 90 through with it. Should one of
the compositors or devil step in and ask
for copy, whether the proof is read OF if
done, you should 6y all means ask what
the article is about and insist on seeing it.
OF course the editor will read the article
for you, and profit by your opinion as to
its fitness to 60 into the columns of the
paper.


After entertaining the editor, step in to
the composing room and ask each one of
the hands as many questions as to the
cases, letters, &C., as may be agreeable to
yourself Then begin to whistle. All
printers are fond of whistling. GIVE
them at least three or four jigs. Then
sing Milwaukee and Ham Fat Man.
Before leaving the Office you should take
hold of the hand press, give it pull and
let it fly back, just to see now it works.
Don't forget to squirt tobacco juice on the
devils feet, or to examine everything in
the shape of matter on the stone, even if
you knock some of it into pi; that will
only put the patience of the printers to
fair test. On leaving the Office be sure to
promise another visit at an early day, and
our word for it, you will be held in "fond
rememhrancen for a long time"
Year: 1870

Taking 1t Literally.


The following anecdote was related by
the captain of British regiment:
"When in India with my regiment, we
were, at one time, quartered at place
where there was missionary station,
Some of the officers las was frequently 4


CASEY having much leisure, and being y
disposed, gave lay assistance to the clergy
man in his endeavors to instruct the ma.
tive population. Upon one occasion at
tended a special service which had been
appointed to precede the celebration of
the Lords Supper, of which three advanc-
ed proselytes desired to partake. Upon
this occasion the missionary preached
short sermon upon faith, the foundation
of Christianity, taking his text from Ro.
mans w., 3-'AbrahaW believed God, and
it was counted unto him for righteous
ness.' He treated the subject in plain
way, suitable to the capacity of his hear.
ers, and expounded the narrative of Gene
sis xxi. A native Hindoo had been OBJ
served at the service, who, although he
had not previously attended the instruction
of the missionary, was extremely attentive
to the sermon. On the evening Of the
same day and brother officer rode some
six or seven miles toward native village,
whence most of the converts came.
Nearing it our attention was attracted to q
crowd of natives, in the midst of which q
large pile of wood was blazing; and the
monotonous tum.tum of the Indian drum
and low moaning wall were audible. But
few words are necessary to describe the
difficulty of teaching Christianity to a
race Of ignorant people whose minds are
SO governed by external impressions, and
who are SO matter-of-fact in practice and
still fewer words to describe the horror we
felt when we found that the strange and
attentive native had returned home and
literally carried out the command given to
Abraham He had slaughtered his son,
and was now offering him to the big God
as a sacrifice I" E
Year: 1870

There is nothing which adds so
much to young mans success i'll
life-neXt to honesty of purpOse-as
the practice OF good manners. A pO-
lite man will show his good breeding
wherever he goes; on the sidewalks,
i'm the buggy, rs well as in your par
Tor. If you meet man who refuses
to give you half the road, or to turn
out on the sidewalk, you may class
him as q man with no sense of justice
i'm his soul. When we speak of polite
men, we do not wish to be understood
as referring to one who bows low and
takes off his hat to ladies and men of
position, and turns away from the
poor man, but we mean the honest
face-the man who always carries "a
smile on his cOuntenance, and who
never turns his face away from the
poor; we mean the man who has a
kind salutatiOn when he meets you i'm
the morning and a pleasant "GOOd
night" in the evening; a man whose
face is the index of his heart, which
is always bound to succeed, such a
one will always find friends. Young
men be epOlite.
Year: 1870

How few appreciate the true value
of time. A man may lose n fortune,
and another may be made, bat time
once lost is gone forever. How care
fully then, ought we to measure and
improve the little moments "a they
pass. The wise Creator has given man
sufficient time to do all that is required
Of him, but not q mOJleRt To tCdste.
Our time may not be called our own.
We are placed in the world to work
out certain results, and If we idle away
the precious hours we are little better
than a thief. Then let us he up and
doing, and when we come 10 the brink
of the dark river, we can look back
with pleasure upon a well spent and
useful life, and shall hear the welcome
voice prOclaiming, "Well done thou
good and faithful servant-enter thou
into the iOy Of thy Lord"
Year: 1870

COnauer YOur frOables.-A great
many men, whatever may have been
their experience in life, are aecustOm-
ed to complain of the usage they have
received in the world. They fill the
ears OF those who have the misfor-
tune to be their friends with lamen-
tations respecting their troubles. But
there is no man who Is not born into
a world OF trouble and no man has
ever attained to anything like the
full stature of manhood, who has not
been ground, rs it were, to powder by
the hardships which he has eneOun-
tered i'm life. This is a world in
which men are made, not by velvet,
but by stone and iron handling. There
fore do not grumble, but conquer your
troubles,
Year: 1870

PaetS.-There are six sort of persons
at whose hands you need not expect
kindness. The sOrdid and narrow
minded think of nobody that Of
their noble selves; the busy have not
time to think of you; the OvergrOwn
rich man j. above minding any one
who needs his assistance; and the
poor and unhappy have neither spir-
il nor ability; the good natured fool,
however willing, j. not capable Of
serving yOu.
Year: 1870

franchisement to the bitter end, they could
not reasonably expect to get many negro votes
Just now and, should they gain even fifty
Whites by keeping up a war of prescription
against the Blacks, this may be the best that
they can do, and may possibly enable them to
hold the State.


But there are States where the Blacks are
majority of the voters, or very near 1t; ana
the Delaware policy will here be ruinous.
South Carolina, Mississippi, and even Loulsi-
ana, can only be carried for White Mans
party by driving the Blacks from the polls,
or compelling them to vote for their own
degradation. Kentucky may be carried on the
Dred Scott platform; but not all Its Congress
districts; Maryland can scarcely be contested
with safety on that basis; while Virginia, North
Carolina. and Georgia, are all Republican
States if their entire Black vote is given over
without contest by their Sham Democracy.
Concede the franchise to the Blacks, as was so
freely done in Virginia last year, ana
Democratic triumph in each is quite attain
able; compel them all to vote Republican, ana
they insure q Republican triumph. Hence, our
Senator NJ. Norton, The Chicago Times, ana
good many more such, insist that resistance to
Black Enfranchisement is played Out-that
their party must respect accomplished facts
and henceforth practice on the Dutchmans
sensible rule-"All are fish that come to my
/" net"


We respectfully suggest that Mr. Belmont
shall call together his Democratic National
Committee and have it lay down the law OF
the case If the Pope being infallible, needs
the moral support of a Council to place the
fact beyond dispute, tie Democratic party
needs an authoritative statement of what is
it's position on the Question of the Day. We
hope soon to hear that the call is out.


"Let us have Peace" in the perturbed bosom
of Sham Democracy.
Year: 1870

An account, which we publish elsewhere, Of
the present strike in the Schuylkill coal region
offers an explanation, interesting to every
housekeeper, of how the price of coal is kept
up by unreasonable and injudicious strikes of
the miners. Powerful combinations of Labor
Unions in the Pennsylvania mines control the
supply of coal for Ncw-YOrk and the Eastern
cities in a most arbitrary and unjust manner.
The strikes are of course costly, but that does
not concern operators or miners, for in the
end it is the consumers who pay the expenses.
Strikes, in reducing the supply, increase the
price of coal, thus saving the proprietors from
loss. The wages of the miners depend on the
price of coal; hence the scarcer the article, and
the higher the price, the better the wages. 1t
is difficult to determine what remedy exists
for this state of affairs.
Year: 1870

Mr.. Garrett Davis has taken the hint at last
and is silent But then the hint, to be sure,
was as broad as that accepted by the we'll
bred dog in the play, who walked down stairs
on observing preparations making to throw
him out at the window. My Uncle Toby, it is
recorded, could not have been forever blind
to the ogling of the pretty Widow Wadman.
Patient people felt that the Kentucky Senator
must eventually hear some of the many hints
that while his speech was by no means pure
silver, his silence, if it could by chance be
tested, would be esteemed unalloyed gold.
Yesterday the climax of hints was reached, and
the inveterate orator succumbed on finding
himself without an audience. A cruel Senate,
after voting night session for his accommo-
dation, failed to attend and but eight fellow
Senators appeared in their places. Whereupon
Garrett Indignantly refused to speak, and
moved to adjourn. He has his ample reward
in the thanks of a grateful public.
Year: 1870

At last Congress hears the demand of the
people for the abolition of the income tax;
and numerous bills and resolutions have been
prepared or are in preparation by various
members. Mr.. Payne is first in the field but
as his bill is simply to reduce, not to abolish
the tax, it will not be satisfactory Mr.. Butler
furnishes in advance the text of a resolution
which he is to introduce directing the Ways
and Means Committee to prepare bill abol-
ishng the income tax and substituting for
it another only less oppressive and offensive.
Mr.. Negley of Pennsylvania has ready for
submission to the House to-day still another
resolution, with clearer ring to it, and just such
a one as the people demand. 1t amends the
revenue laws SO as to remove all tax what
ever on incomes, and we hope he will press it,
as he promises, to an immediate vote. The
people want the yeas and nays on just such a
resolution.
Year: 1870

Canadian Government to prove that invasion
has been seriously intended by any sane--we
might venture to say, even insane-body of men.
We challenge Sirs Young and Macdonald to show
that the necessity professed exists for the sus-
pension of the Habeas Corpus act with respect
to the Fenians. What, then, must the people OF
Canada say when it shall be demonstrated that
their government, without accomplishing any
thing, has made them ridiculous, not only among
themselves, bat even to the malicious Fenians.
Sir John Macdonald may conceive that his
countrymen need a stimulant; but they GER
tainly do not need the stimulant OF alarm
without a cause or an object.
Year: 1870

After an exciting debate, the House-or the
fraction of it present, for more than 100 mem
bers avoided the issue-reduced the tariff on
pig-iron from 50 to So per tun. The pending
bill had fixed it at s.. Other propositions
were submitted as compromises, but none of
them were received with favor, and finally the
vote was taken Gn Committee of the Whole)
with the result mentioned. We cannot but
consider the decision of the Committee an
unwise one, and are curious to see how the
vote will stand when it comes up in the House,
with an opportunity to bring members to the
test of the Yeas and Nays. 1t is not the first
time very ill-considered action has been taken
in Committee of the Whole, from which, under
the fire of the Yeas and Nays, members were
glad to retreat.
Year: 1870

Are we to infer that Senator Drake of Mis-
souri, is nothing if not sanguinary7 He evil
dently wishes the Army to become the chief
executive agency of the Government. In the
Senate yesterday he introduced an amendment
to the Constitution authorizing the President
to send troops into any State on the slightest
provocation, without waiting the reQuisition OF
State authorities; and subsequently, in a
speech of much bitterness and little argument
advocated his previous amendment to the
Georgia bill, quartering troops on the people
of that State. We are disposed to fear that
all this is spleen, not wisdom. OF course both
amendments Will die the death of neglect at
the hands of reasonable and thinking men.
Year: 1870

"Floors to let" is a sign that may now be
seen in many parts Of the City to an extent
never before known, and upon houses which
landlords would never at any previous time
have rented in that way. We think that an
unusual number Of small families in the mid
die classes have determined to try to get
along hereafter with the half of house, or
with a single floor. The rates of rent are
beyond what they can meet with anything
like ease, even though there should be, or may
have been,'a slight decrease in the demands of
landlords. The real difficulty in the way of
an indefinite extension of the system of
families occupying single floors, is in the fact
that but few of our NewYork houses were
constructed for that purpose, or are adapted
to it. There is the basement and there are the
first, second, and third stories-all planned on
the idea of the whole house being occupied by
a single family. But it is surprising, after all,
how, with little ingenious fixing" the single
floors even of such houses may be adapted for
the use of small families.
Year: 1870

We do not choose to do more now than call
tbe attention of the country to the very
singular statement concerning two Judges of
the Supreme Court of the United States
contained in our Washington dispatches this
morning Mr.. Justice Strong, it appears, Is a
heavy stockholder in one of the railroads
largely interested in the Legal Tender case
to be reheard before the Supreme Court on
next Wednesday; but he proposes, before that
day, to transfer his stock, in order to attempt
to qualify himself for the duties of an impair
tial Judge. Mr.. Justice Bradley has already
effected such transfer of his interest in the
Camden and Amboy Railroad
Year: 1870

limited at in connection with the Georgia Dill
1t is intimated that powerful loDDy mas
sought to influence legislation on this subject
1t ought to be exposed and the oiendihg
parties severely punished. Some strange III
fuence has certainly been at work TO oeiay
the decision in regard to the admission oil tiie
State, and we hope to see it exposed Al the
same time we sincerely trust there is to DE no
further delay of the final vote III order 10
await the report of the Committee as to the
bribery intimated.