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Year: 1870

veins, and the blsod of atenement in the
Mosaic sacrifcisl worship is only the
symbol of the human blood that needs
slonement. Only pagsnism recognizes
the priest IS the representative of God,
and the suffering animal as the represen-
tstive of the sinner. Do you think
Israel needs to descend into the grave IN
bring up the skeletons of the past2 If
that were so Israel would not live any
longer. Not in the grave does it seek
its treasures; on the contrary, all that is
dead it consigns to the past, but its doc
trines, laws and institutions, which have
become the property of the whole civil
ized world, it will embrace with all it's
heart, soul and life, to be truly nation
of priests.
Year: 1870

We have had glowing accounts lately
of the admirable qualities rf the Chinese
as house servants, but there seems to be
al diverse side to the picture. The New
York Mail prints the following extract OF
t. letter from q lady who recently went to
San Francisco, in which this matter is
treated:


l must tell you about the Cinnamon.
They are very numerous, very industrious
and very avaricious. They will leave you
at any moment if they are offered twen-
ty.fve cents more than you are giving
them; no matter what you are doing
whether you are sick or have q house full
of compeny, it is all tie same to them.
NV sister had splendid servant; he was
a frstrate cook, and perfectly neat.
Some one offered him more wages and
off be went She demonstrated with him,
but it was no use. Me- get you one bet
ter good boy as me" he said, and that
was all he would do.


Another lady had one that she would
not part with at any price, as be under
stood housekeeping thoroughly. All at
once, while a child was i'll, he said he
must 90 home to China, but he brought
another man 80. etter as me-" he
sailed last Wednesds y, and on Tuesday
night the family was robbed of all the
silver. They think it was arranged be-
tween him and the lew boy, but cannot
prove it.


Some of the China men are very apt to
learn; show them nee and they do not
require second telling, but great
many are very stupid and dirty. Ser.
wants are worse here than in New York,
and that is entirely unnecessary. Every
body complains of servants, and change
from white TO Chi nese, and from Chinese
to white again, without bettering them
selves.
Year: 1870

How the School Children nre Exposed-Ap.


plicutIon to Have Public School Closed on


Account Of COntagiO0.


When the improvements were made at the Morris
and Essex Railroad depot, in Hoboken, two years
ago, the building known as the Hoboken House was
removed to the corner of Grand and Newark
str eets. The first floor was then set apart
for pupils in connection with Publ G School
No 8, while the upper floor was rented out to seve.
raj families. These tenants seem 60 have dispensed
with the use of ash barrels, ana garbage and dirt OF
every kind was dumped outside the building. IT can
be easily understood that the decomposition OF AMI.
NAL and vegetable matter under a hot sun produced
very serious results IN ITSELF But In addition to this
the eflluyia arising from the extensive swamp
known as the Meadows rendered r, the 10
ease known as chils and fever Is quite
prevalent, and several OF the school children nave
been stricken down with measles. Dr. Elder sent
communication to the Board OF Education, calling
their attention to the matter and asking to have the
school closed for eight days. The Police Commis-
soners have been also notified, In order that they
may issue the necessary instructions 10 the police to
have all nusances aDated promptly. Mayor KIM
la ordered the place to be thoroughly cleansed and
Year: 1870

The Income Tax-Amendments in Con-


gress-A Word to Republican Members.


In the course of the proceedings in the
House of Representatives ON the Internal Tax
bill an amendment was agreed to reducing the
income tax from five to three per cent; also an
amendment increasing the exemption on in
comes from one thousand to two thousand dol
lars, and an amendment prohibiting the publ
cation of income returns, which is but con-
tinuation of the late existing law or order on
the subject. These amendments are some
thing, and will afford q very considerable
relief to people of small incomes within the
range of the law but Congress could pass no
act giving more general satisfaction to the
people than an act simply announcing that the
tax on incomes is hereby and out-and-out dis
continued and abolished.


The receipts Of the Treasury beyond it's
expenditures, under General Grants practical
rctrenchments and reforms, are are now now ssuAi-
ciently large to justify the absolute abolition
ofthis income tax. 1t appears, however, to have
some friends among even the democratic mem
bers of Congress from the West, and the only
reason we can give for this is that this income
tax presses lightly upon the West compared
with its pressure upon the East where the
proportion Of people living upon incomes
from salaries legacies, bonds, stocks, &C.,
is much larger than in the West. But still,
East and West, this income tax is the most
offensive to the people all the forms of taxa
ton to which they are or can be subjected,
because of its extremely offensive demands Of
an inquisitorial character concerning the tax
payers business affairs. Should this internal
tax bill, therefore. with these halfway amend
ments on the income tax, 60 from the House
to the Senate, it is to be hoped that the Senate
will go the other half of the way in abolishing
this tax entirely. The republican party,
which has to shoulder the defence Of all these
taxes, will have pretty hard battle to fight in
the approaching elections for the next Con-
gress unless it does something meantime in
the way of relief for which the people will feel
grateful, and we repeat that in this matter
nothing would give such general and CRATE
full feeling of relief as the complete discontinue
ance of this offensive and demo.alzing income
Ia
Year: 1870

for republican freedom to the vast CONNER
cial, national and material interests we have in
the independence and annexation of Cuba,
81 well as to the policy which our destiny
clearly points out in the present crisis in that
island, to show that we ought to give all the
aid possible to the insurgent patriots; but oil
this is apparent to every right-thinking and
patriotic American.


The able report of General Banks, which is
highly creditable to his head and heart, cannot
fail to have a great influence upon Congress
and the people as well as abroad. 1t will
cnlighten and convince European nations as to
the feeling and position of this country on the
Cuban question. 1t will inspire the Cuban
patriots to renewed exertions. 1t will 60 far
to convince Spain that she must part with
Cuba. 1t may lead to change in General
Grants Cabinet; for how can Secretary Fish
presume to hold Office with such damaging
record against his un-American and weak
policy in this matter? Both the American
people and foreign nations will look with deep
interest upon the action Of Congress when the
report Of General Banks from the Committee
on Foreign Affairs is reported.
Year: 1870

THE EXODUS FROM lRELAND.-Twenty-o one


Thousand emigrants at Liverpool from Ireland,
bound for the United States, is, for the month
of May, good figure. At this rate the
Fenians here will soon be strong enough to
make the capture of the Canadas holiday
excursion but if they all leave the ''old sod"
will not ''the Saxon go in and settle it, and
what then ? This ia a very interesting ques-
ton
Year: 1870

ANOTHER INTERNATIONAL YACHT RACE
That appointed for the 18th instant, between
the New York yachts On hand and those OF the
Thames Club, from Dover to Boulogne and
back-a little affair, but no doubt it will be
very interesting.
Year: 1870

ANOTHER FINANCIAL PANAoEA.-The agent
of the Free Banking Association of this city
was before the Committee on Banking and
Currency yesterday with proposition to fund
the public debt, stimulate industry, protect
labor against capital and to establish uni
form gold and paper currency. All these
objects the Free Banking Association think
can be accomplished by adopting their views,
but the Banking and Currency Committee ap-
pear to be oblivious of the fact, and accord
ingly gave the bill the go-by.
Year: 1870

AMENDMENTs TO THE TARIFF LAws.-As
there is no possibility of passing any new
tariff bill this session General Schenck will
to-day introduce into the House, as an amend
ment to the bill reducing taxation, PROPOSE
ton materially reducing the duties on imports.
The amendment comprises sub stantially the
tariff bill as agreed upon by the House in Com
mttee of the Whole with an extended free
list, including drugs, chemicals and articles
not produced in this country, or which do not
enter into competition with American indus
try. The duties on tea, coffee, sugar and
other articles Of prime necessity are greatly
reduced, as are also those on iron and iron
manufactures, steel and other goods of general
CONSUMPTION.
Year: 1870




and has better prospect than ever. No
other facts are needed to show that the Cubans
are entitled, according to the practice and
law of nations to recognition as a belligerent
power.


But there are other considerations which
should have weight with Congress and the
administration at Washington. The war, as
conducted by the Spaniards, is brutal in the
extreme. Their conduct of it ought to place
them in the position of barbarians and outside
the pale of civilization We need not recapitulate
the monstrous atrocities of the Spanish author
tiles and volunteers. They are stated in the
report and are well known through the press.
If nothing else could induce our government
to interfere these should for we, as one of
the great nations of the world, should defend
the rights of humanity and principles of civili-
cation. Then, our own citizens in Cuba have
been outraged and massacred by the Spaniards
with impunity. The representatives of the
American government even have been COM
under q foreign flag. Our weak and timid
Secretary of State was compelled to admit in
despatch to Mr.. Sickles at Madrid, dated
June 30. 1869, that ''the Spanish authorities
in Cuba are impotent for the protection of the
lives of our citizens" Never was great
nation so humiliated before by the weakness,
incapacity and indecision Of the government
as ours has been. We might advert to the
sympathy of the people Of this country for the
Year: 1870

Our CoNGREssMAN.-Writn from New Orleans to
his paper Blackburn thus speaks of matters and things


Political bitterness is not so intense here now as
few weeks ago. Leading men of both parties con-
santly freely comforting together-some for the com
good of the land, and others, doubtless for the
special consummation of some individual enterprise
of class legislation. There is much of this juggling
going on-much than the unsophisticated honest
have any idea of. Nor is it confined to State
legislation it is in Congress. 1t is we'll understood
at Washington that no great enterprise, involving
heavy appropriations be consummated, and no fat
Office obtained, without the payment of heavy sums
in other words, and in plain English, without bribery.
And yet Congress gets up special committees to inves-
tigate cadet frauds 1t is big cry little WOOL
and is designed than anything else, to hide the
infamy of those who stealing the whole sheep
wool, hide and all. Ny name is wrung into this mat
ter-for what purpose heaven only knows unless it is
to punish annoy for refusing to belong to any of
their rings of thieyery and plunder. What did was
accommodate the departments at the suggestion of
their clerks or agents, to facilitate the formation of
the full classes at West Point and Annapolis, and
welknown to be open and legitimate-or, if anything
to the contrary, then meany and hypocriticaly de-
signed by those who dared not let their designs be
known to me.


That sounds honest but Jasper is chicken not to
know that the receipt of that $l4oo was somewhat
irregular to say the least of it. In his card he puts
it that this money was paid in behalf of those for
whom appointments had already been secured, but
who had not accepted" If there was any doubt in
his mind to the proprety of this thing it seems to
that those aforesaid should be entitled to the
benefit of the doubt. Have they yet received that
" benefit" in actual cash? "The boys" "-it is said,
they are his own sons-shoud call on the paternal
or at least an equal division of the spoils.
Year: 1870

We have in town a colored man, Lem Gardner by
name, who is eminently sound on the Southern ques-
ton. Lem keeps restaurant Market street in the
rear of the Metropolitan Exchange. The other day,
night, couple of fastdious gentlemen went in and
took seat and ordered their meals. Immediately
thereafter, however, their eyes rested upon horrd
spectacle-no less than photograph of one Gen. r.
E. Lee, somewhat known to fame in these Southern
wids The gentlemen became rate and demanded
that the offensive object be removed or they would
move themselves straightway from that place. Lem
told them that he was Southern man; free as
they were and that that picture should there remain
long there was life in his body Whereupon the
Arabs took their hats and quietly stole away.
Year: 1870

The BLACK RIVER TRAGEDY.-The rumor is current
that young Jones' who escaped from the house the
night bis father and brother killed at Harrison
burg made his way down to New Orleans, and is at
present in city. At the time the attack made
upon the house, and when it discovered thatit
useless to make any defense, he left his father and
brother and went up into the second story. From
thence he passed out of one of the windows and by
clinging to the projecting bricks of the chimney,
aged to conceal himself in its shadow until after the
search was over and the attacking party had left.


As soon as he could get down with safety, be pro-
cured progue and padded along down the river. He
finally, it is said, taken board of steamboat,
and it being suspected that some of the attacking party
on board he concealed by the officers in the
hold of the boat until she reached this city


Colonel Jones and his sons it appears, expect
ing attack but did not expect it to before the
examination took place.


This is corroborated by the letter which Colonel
Jones wrote to Governor Warmoth, asking for assis
tance from the military, in which he joined by
Sheriff Baord, both seeming to anticipate trouble at
the examination.


When the attacking party announced themselves
from without Colonel Jones seemed to take in the sit
uation in minute, and remarked: There they are."
Besides the ladies in the house, there were present
Elijah B. Cotton and Sheriff Baord. Before the door
was broken in the younger Jonses, it is said proposed
to their father to make fight but he replied that
useless AS the door gave way the parties at
tacking ordered all the females and innocent parties
out of the house, and Colonel Jones throwing sheet
counterpane around him, passed with the rest
and had reached the front gate before he discover
ed and shot down.


The elder of the two sons passed out at the back
door, and had reached opening in the picket fence
in the rear, through which he passing, when he
was discovered and shot down.


Mr. Cotton, it is said, expected that, the excite
ment great he might be shot also but as soon
it discovered who he he assured that no
harm would come to him.


The panic in Catahoua is great that the people ara
unwilling to express opinion pro in the mat.
ter of the killing. fPicayune, 9th.
Year: 1870

Contains no more acknowledged powerful and effect
i've medicines than those of the vegetable kingdom.
At the time it is fact beyond dispute that such
medicines leave in the human system bad effects.
Therefore, it should be mans study to avoid all med
cines that in form contain the least part of any of
the many mercural and arsenical preparations.
Year: 1870

Go to J B. Lewis if you want splendid pair of Shoes
He can fit you nicely, everybody knows;
Offering all an even chance, his prices very low,
Remember, friends to No. o, Texas street, be sure


and go.


Cheap for cash is his motto to call twill do no harm,
His goods fresh and new and will fit you to charm
Always ready, always willing to do the best he can,
Remember he deals honestly with every honest man,
Defying competition, he is to take the lead,
Boors SHoEs and HATS cheap for all who stand in need
Year: 1870

There are brighter skies than these l know


Lands where no shadows lie
Fields where immortal flowers bloom


And founts that are never dry;
Where are domes where the stars are never dim


Where the moon forever gleams
And the music bright of the radiant hills
Sweeps DER the crystal streams:
For often L have caught in the time of sleep.
A gorgeous glimpse of the hidden deep


Away in the land of dreams =
When night lets down her pail of mist


On slender cords of air
And the purple shadows of dying day
Are teeming everywhere
While unseen fairies chant a Law


In the lilly's silver cells;
And the solemn voice the harmless winds
Breaks up the dreary fells; ~
know by the cry of my soul within,
There's a place where they shut the gates of sin.


And the God of glory dwells.
The wall of wind, the rivers voice --
The arch of western HILL
The beauty spread on the living earth
=. In slumbrous twilight stills -
The yearnings of each human heart.


For holier, better cline
A higher life than this mortal course. Ea ..
Bearing the seal divine! -
An sure there must be a beautiful land
" here the white-robed millions ransomed stand


Chanting their songs sublime . III
Year: 1870

y TUT tIlo OptCtatOr.


FRIEND ssBrRTiE :"-Iiaving noticed your
letter dated March the 22nd, in the Spectator,
concerning little village sprlnglng up, known
course CO ss, feel Interested, re have Looked through
the colnmns of that paper to hear something
more from YOU. but sorry to say [ have seen
nothing more since the publication Of your
worthy letter We do not pretend to say that
YOU did not do the city Of Needmore justice,
but as il has been some time since we heard
from you, and time brings about many changes,
we are glad to say such is the case with Need
more. 9a


Needmore still stands in the same place, but
if YOU have not had occasion to pass through
since the date of your letter, you would be filled
with wonder and amazement, and would Ger
Year: 1870

* The circulation of the SPECTATOR
is about as great as the combined circula-
tion of both the other papers published in
this place, and has as many subscribers in
this county alone as are contained in the
whole list of either of the other papers.
Year: 1870

General Howard is nervous concerning the
revelations made about his philanthropic work
in the South. Before the investigation is over
he will doubtless find that, whether in acts of
charity or acts Of Mammon. it is good policy not
to let the right hand know what is done by the
left.
Year: 1870

From the London Times.I


This present war has been prolific
in illustrations of the value of Free
masonry in dangerous emergencies,
and the anecdotes are endless of the
lives saved by its means. Among the
cart-loads of wounded of both sides
which arrived from Sedan were two
men whose consideration for each
other was so marked as to occasion
inquiry. They wore the Prussian and
the French uniform, respectively, and
though neither could understand a
word OF the others language, they
shared their rations, and seemed to be
interchanging signals of amity all day
long. Their story was a very simple
one. The PrussIan, who was an Off
GER, and a man of thirty-five or So,
with a stern, grave face, end a heavy
oveT-hanging mOuStache, had met a
Frenchman, who was at least a dozen
years his junior, on the battle field, the
latter being supported by a couple of
comrades.


Twice did the wave of the conflict
bring these men i'll contact, and on
the last occasion the Prussian, who
was himself badly wounded i'll the
chest, pressed the young Frenchman
hard, and had indeed his sword up
lifted to administer the coup de grace.
when the latter, who was faint from
the loss of blood, made haSty sign
to his victor, which caused the latter
to stay his hand. Farley was impos-
sible, both from the exigencies of
language and the turmoil of battle and
beside, both men lost cOnciousness
and fell at each others side. 1t turn
ed out that the young Frenchman
had been made a Freemason a few
months before the outbreak of the
war, and that he had instinctively
made the sign by means of which
members of the fraternity are taught
to ask their brethren for help. The
Prussian was an old Mason, who
recognized iC instantly, and who as
instinctively paused, and before there
was time for consideration, both men
tainted away. When consciousness
was restored, they found themselves
side by side, and with the dead and
dying round them.


By a strange coincidence, their
wounds were such that each could
give the other some slight relief, and
the late enemies employed their weary
hours, in which they lay disabled and
untended, in rendering little kind
nesses to each other, and in thus ce-
menting the friendehip which had be-
gun so strangely. When help came,
they petitioned to be permitted to
keep together, telling their story with
considerable effusiveness to the doc
tor, who, after sCme time, came to
them on the field. This gentleman
who was not a military surgeon, but
a member of the blessed society which
dates from Geneva, raised his hands
in pleased astonishment at the tale he
heard, and at once showed himself to
be q FreemasOn too; so that three
brethren of the mystic tie were to be
seen wondering over the strange
chance which had thrown them to-
getheT.
Year: 1870


BY THE AUTHOR OF "JoHN HALIFAX, GEN


TLEMAN."
Only Iisten-lfsten and wait


For the slow, firm step down the gravel
To hear the click, click of his hand at the


and lsei every heartbeat through care
An! love is sweet when life is young,
And life and love are both SO long!
Only to watch him about the room,


Lighting it up with his quiet smile,


And bring heaven nearer me for a while
A little While-since love is young,
And life is beautiful as long.
Only to love him nothing more;


Never q thought of his loving me.
Proud OF him. glad IN him. though he pore


My heart to shiPwreck in this smooth
Loves faith sees only grief, not wrong,
And life IS daring when It's young
An, mel what matter? The world goes


And bliss and bale are but outside things;
I never can lose what in him found.


Though love be sorrow with half grown
And ifiove5 5fies when we are young,
Why, life is still not lOng-nOt long.
And Heaven is kind to the faithful heart;


And if we are patient, and brave and
Our fruits Win last, though our flowers de-


SOME day when I sleep with folded palm,
No longer fair, no longer young,
Life may not seem so bitter long.
3
The tears dried up in her shining eyes;


Her parted lips took a sanity peace;
His shadow across the doorway lies.


viii her doubts gather, darken or cease
When hearts are pure, and bold. and strong,
True love as life itself is long.
Year: 1870

At recent meeting at Plymouth
Church, Brooklyn, the Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher said -


We must look rather by faith than
by sight the outlook throughout all
Europe at tie present time is any
thing but encouraging. He ASKED his
hearers for one moment to look at the
condition Of the Christian world. All
Europe is in a state of revolution, as
TO Christian faith and doctrine; and
look at Asia and Africa In Europe
the struggle now is in regard to riff
ualism. The educated men are alive
to the events the present. The ten
dency there is towards infidelity.
Skepticism on all sides is prevailing.
Out of this, be said, there is to como
something Which sooner or later will
astonish the whole civilized world.
1t might come suddenly like an ex-
plosiOn, or it perhaps would be work
ed out by slower degrees; but come
it would. He believed a great revo-
luton was about to take place in the
Christian world. The work which
las been accomplished in three hun
dred years and its results are to be
put to the test. He had no doubt,
however, but that the Lord would
bring His Church out in its purity i'll
the end.