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Year: 1870

TIE NEW BANKs-PAYMENT OF PENsIoNs-REy-


ENUE DECISIONS.


WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 1870.
Altogether the capital of the banks authorized and
those which have applied TO organize does not amount
10 ssOoOOO There are still s4sO00OOO authorized TO be
taken up by new banks, pursuant to the recent law.


During the past month over s600oOoO has been paid on
OF pensions, and yet the public debt has been
decreased s900O,OOo


The Acting commissioner of Internal Revenue has
written a letter defining who liable to tax in leaf
tobacco which he says lhe firm is only liable to Pay
one special tax though purchases made In different
counties States. The liability TO pay special tax ~
dealer in leaf tobacco incurred not IN consequence Of
person having made purchases Of leaf tobacco but OF
having made sales either directly himself indirectly
through agents or commission houses. dealer who
has two or places where he sells leaf tobacco would
he liable pay special tax for each place whether he
made it business to sell leaf tobacco not, and
dealer who should employ an agent to purchase leaf
tobacco for him In different places could not cover the
transactions Of such agents by his own special tax re
CENT Such agents would be liable themselves 10 special
tax AS produce brokers.


In an order lust issued by the Secretary of War he calls
the attention OF Division and Department Commanders
10 the necessity combining the expenses attending tours
of nspecton to the smallest limit consistent with that
important duty Regular Inspectorsshoud only be sent
on tours when some absolute goodresult an reasonably
be expected their reports When they deem 1t Tor
the real interest the service personally to inspect any
portion OF their commands, they will hereafter order
that but one staf officer to accompany them.
Year: 1870

NEW York, JAMS.


The day opened with buoyant feeling
and further progress was made in the bull
campaign on the Stock Exchange and in
the Gold Room. Soon after the opening,
however, the Assistant Treasurer an.
nounced that in addition to the sales and
purchases heretofore noticed he would on
Monday receive bids for $1,070, 900 gold
coin and on Tuesday will receive offers Of
5-20s bonds to the amount Of the avails Of
the coin if sold. This turned the whole
course Of speculation and produced u
decline in gold and the stock market and
stiffened the prices Of Government bonds.
Year: 1870

Am / or am not to be free, like
the balance of my sex? Still, after
my wanderings, the fact comes back
to me, stares me full in the face. Like
Banquo's ghost, it will not down.
Like all facts, it is exceedingly stub
born. Disguise it as will, Wreathe
my chain with flowers as may, / am
still slave. Let me toll, ever so hard
from the first faint dawn of day till
the evening stars shine out, yet the
great mountain is never peIceptibly
diminished. l put aside the claims
of society. l ignore my tastes and
preferenceS-more easily / confess
than l ignore my half-blind eyes and
aching head-stitching on and on. L
resolutely shut my eyes to the bloom
ing beauties of spring, and resist the
strong temptation to go out into the
blessed country away from the dust
and confusion of the streets, still my
work-basket is crowded to overflow
ing. And why all this? Why toll
and stitch from morning till night,
and until the town-clock warns US of
the midnight hour, when A. SUMNER
is furnishing the Wheeler Il Wilson
Sewing Machine on terms so easy that
any family, no matter how poor, can
obtain a machine? Oh, if my dear
husband would only loan me fifteen or
twenty dollars to make the first pay
ment on a Wheeler & Wilson Ma
chine, / could more than pay him
back in one month. Besides doing
my own sewing, L could, with a ma
chine, make from one to two dollars
every day of nay life, and attend to
the Claims of society, too. A. SUMNER,
S56 second street, opposite Court
Square, the first to contribute SO large
leasing his machines with the privil-
ege of purchase, is still furnishing the
Wheeler & Wilson Machine on terms
to suit ali who desire sewing ma
chine.
Year: 1870

ROME, GAS August 10.-Last Thurs
day, negro chased young girl, near
Sugar. Valley, on the Selma, Rome
and Dalton railroad, as she was pass
ing from her neighbOr's house to her
own home. She made her escape from
the brute. Last Saturday evening she
was again passing from home to a
house, when the same ne
gro attacked her and shot her through
the LEFT breast, and struck her over the
head with the gun, and it is supposed
violated her person. The young lady
was net quite dead when she was
found, but no hope is entertained Of
her recovery. The negro made his
escape, and is still at large. The
country is being thoroughly searched
for the fiend, and il found, the slow
est and most tedious death should be
meted out to him. We could not
learn the name of either party.
Year: 1870

From the Hillsboro (M0) Democrat, August 2oI


One OF the most startling occurrences that has
taken place In this county for many days occurred
in the vicinity Of Rush Tower, ON the Misslssippi
some eighteen miles from Hillsboro last week. A
young lady from 81. Louis was visiting at the resi-
dence OF Mr.. w. D. Weaver, who, besides the re.
mainder OF his family, had two twin daughters
aged upwards OF fourteen years. On Thursday
evening, the 18th inst. quite gay company OF the
young iolks were assembled at Mr.. weaver's The
entertainment was kept up until after ten o'clock
when Miss Weaver now deceased, retired to bed
with MISS Conn., one of her visitors. At an early
hour In the morning the other Miss Weaver camc
up stairs to awaken the young ladies. Miss Conn
was asleep, Miss weaver stepped nearly TO the bed
side. when she stopped, turned and ran screaming
down STAIRS crying that her sister was dead, A
wild rush was made by the family below, and the
room soon contained oil the occupants Of the house.
Miss Conn awoke, and, jumping up, ran from the
room fright, Ignorant or the Of the excite
menr. The scene In the room has often been
equalled but never described. The young girl was
stone dead. She was lying upon her back, with her
hands crossed upon her breast, as II she had died
cold when they discovered her dead she could not
have been lleess for any great length OF time Pre-
parations were made for BURIAL but before the body
could be placed In the coffin the corpse began TO
swell, and great quantities OF blood poured from the
mouth nose and ears. 1t could not beHstanched
and with difficulty was kept from saturatnv every.
thing around the body. The features became dis.
tended, and the color OF the body black, the whole
change occurring within short time after the dis
covery. The young lady was buried on the 18Th
inst. No inquest was held, we believe Taken alto
gether we consider this very strange case. Disease
OF me heart Is the cause TO which Is attributed the
indulgence OF character to bring about such an
event was partaken OF by the young ladies' and It Is
probable that the calamity could not have been
avertcd by any change Of exercise beforehand. The
Weaver and family, and the amlable young lady Is
mourned by all who knew her.
Year: 1870

the nineteenth century. he hRd ne certainly
would have put by good portion OF his fortune Tor
the endowment OF a hospital In which 'lame dncksp
of the Drake family might end their modern days In
comparative ease and comfort.
Year: 1870

In compliance with the requirements of an
act of the Legislature Incorporating the Avondae Relief
Association the Treasurer OF the Fund submits the
public his first annual report The following is state
inent of the condition Of the Fund:
Year: 1870

Bishop Quinlan, OF Mobile, lectured
last week in Selma on the subject Of
the Council at the Vatican" and it
is safe to say that every one went
away pleased and satisfied with the
matter and manner of his address.
The Bishop is an agreeable and forci-
Bile speaker, quiet and dignifed, in
dulging in plain logic and historic
facts. without any attempt at flights
of oratory, yet eloquent in the sim
plicity and beauty Of his language.
He gave a. very succinct and interest
ing account Of the origin, object and
progress of the Council now IN session
at Rome, and its Importance, not only
to the Catholic, but to the entire
Christian world.
Year: 1870

The Philadelphia Press is response
bic tor the following; "The expansive
influence OF solar heat on the dome OF
the capitol at Washington is said to
be so considerable that ultimately the
building must be greatly damaged by
It. Experiments were lately made to
test the extent of this influence. The
dome, we need not say, is Of iron, a
substance which, as is well known,
expands more than stone. A long
plumb-line was fastened to the under
side Of the ceiling Of the rotunda, and
extended TO the stone pavement be-
low. The plummet described daily
an elliptical curve, of which the
longest diameter was from east to
west, and amounted in hot, sunny
DAYS to four or five inches"
Year: 1870

A correspondent of the New York
Standard says that Anna-she is the
worlds Anna noW-is at her quiet
home here in the West End, resting
beneath the grateful shade of her do
mestic vine and fig tree, this sUltry
weather, after her fruitful tillage of
the field OF Woman Suffrage in the
West. The career of this young lady,
anomalous as it may have been, illus
trates more fOreibly than any other
single circumstance the progress of her
sex to higher plane. 1t shows, be-
yOnd cavil, and in spite Ofsneers, that
the woman movement" has grown
from a noisy, repulsive theory 10 be
tangible, fascinating fact. The original
female refOrmers conceived long hair
and pantaloOns to be the first upward
step. They were clamorOus and un-
cOuth in all their ways. In the be-
ginning of her rOstrum experience


Anna DickinsOn's keen black eye
saw the error of these notions. She
went out into the world in simple,


modest, inexpensive Quaker habit,
alike free from frippery and eccen-
tricity. Success and fame, and cost
lier raiment to her, as the glorious
cause she had espoused advanced. But
fortune did not spoil her, and as the
Western chills rang with her invec-
tive, and the Western valleys were be-
dewed with her tears of sym
pathy fer the oppressed of her
sex, the world saw the rare
spectacle of a young woman show
cred with gold, and neither boarding
nor worshiping it, but rather treading
1t beneath her feet as dross, as she
reached upward to clutch the better
treasures of Justice, Equality and
Suffrage. And, as she drives along
the sea-beach in her own splendid
team, this summer, listening to the
breakers that thunder their applause
at her feet. as it were, and exciting
the envy Of less favored women by
her self-possessiOn, RdjUete, and hand
some attire, what ehnrl exists that
would not warm insensibly toward
this gifted being! q And wherever
even among the NJ Il frivolous of her
sex could one be found with so little
earnestness of nature as not to con-
fess, at such an inspiring turnout,
that the noble cause of Woman's en-
franchisement is progressing indeed?
Year: 1870

A Chinese Prince recently died in
California from want and neglect. His
name was Cling Po Lue Hong, and he
was once Grand Admiral in the CHI
nese navy. A difficulty with his
cousin, the Emperor, forced him to


fly the country, and he came to San
Francisco and entered into the busi-
ness Of importing Chinese labor. lie
was et one time possessed of iLameDse
wealth, and had one thousand dollars
on his person at the time of his death.
He is universally lamented by his
brother Johns, who state that he was
a scholar Of much repute In bis own
country, and the author Of " How to
Exterminate BarbariaEls and Mission
aries" etc.
Year: 1870

AFIasT CLASS CLOTHING HoUsE.-The corner
Of Main and 10th streets long ago became the
fashionable place Of resort for those In want OF
clothing Of good quality at reasonable prices.
The policy of the lanented Baldwin 8as 10 keep
a stock to satisfy the most fastidlous in quality,
style, and workmanship, to sell at LIVING prices,
and to have as salesmen only gentlemen, like him
self, with whom II was pleasure to deal. The
policy of WILLIAM IRA SMITH is the same. You
know you are in a LIVE establishment the moment
YOU cross the threshold, and If you don't go out
satisfied you are net likely togo ont at all. Under
the circumstances. no wonder the name OF SMITH,
THE KLoTHIER, is on every lip, and that when
anybody of the male sex lacks wearing apparel OF
any kind his steps are almost In nyourtarily turned
toward the corner of 10th and Main streets.
Year: 1870

PERMITTED TO REsIGN.-The evidence ad-
duced before the Board of Directors of the
Central Lunatic Asylum, on Tuesday, was
of such character as to leave no doubt OF
the guilt of Isaac Fl. Hunter, a colored
member of the body, of attempting to
The accused therefore promptly ten
dered his resignation, rather than have the
facts laid before Governor and be removed.
The other colored members of the Board
were much mortified at the evidence OF
Hunters rascality, and one OF them-Thos.
Campbell-eXpressed his regret in the pre-
sence of the directors that the experiment
of placing colored man in o position OF
trust had in this instance proved so unsuc.
cessful. Will Hunter be allowed to resign
his office as messenger Of the City Coun-
Year: 1870

FEAST ON OREGON HnL.-The ladies OF
the Oregon Hill Methodist Episcopal
Church will hold fair and feast at their
church next week, commencing on Tues
day evening. There Will be q fine display
of fancy articles and eatables, and small
entrance fee, returnable at the tables, will
be charged. The proceeds will be devoted
to repairs of the church property.
Year: 1870

THE NATIONAL BOARD OF TRADE
National Board of Trade will hold their
third annual meeting in Buffalo on the 7th
inst. The Richmond Corn Exchange has
discontinued its membership in that body.
The Richmond Chamber Of Commerce re-
mains member, but delegates have not yet
been appointed to represent it at Buffalo.
Year: 1870

RIVER IMpRovEMENT.-We are glad to
have it in our power to state that under the
auspices of the Committee of the Improve
mcnt of James River the channel across the
bar at Trent's reach has been dredsed.
The depth of water at ordinary high tide is
now fourteen feet.
Year: 1870

STATE TAxEs.-Allw who owe State taxes ft
the present year are notified by the Sheriff
that the time for paying them in his office is
extended until the 10th inst. A poll tax OF
81 is assessed on every male resident Of the
CITY
Year: 1870

BY WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.
How shall know thee in the sphere which


keeps


The disembodied irits Of the dead,
When all of thee that time could wither sleeps
And porishes among the dust we tresd2
For shall feel the sting Of ceaseless pain,
If there I meet thy gentle presence not;
Nor hear the voice love, nor read agnin
In thy serenest eyes the tender thought.
VIII not thy own meek heart demand me there :!
That heart whose fondest throbs to me were


given.
Ny name on earth was ever in thy prayer,
And wilt thou never utter it in heaven
In meadows famed by heavens life breathing


wind,


In the resplendence of that glorious sphere,
And larger movements Of the unfettered mind,
Wilt thou forget the love that Joined us here? !?
The love that lived through all the stormy


past


And meekly with my barsher nature bore,
And deeper grew, and tenderer to the last,
Shall it expire with life, and to no more7
A happier Lot than mine, aud larger light,
Await thee there for thou hast bowed thy


will
In cheerful homage to the rule of right,
And lowest all, and renderest good for i'll.
For me- the sordd cares in which dwell,
Shrink and consume my heart, as heat tho


scroll
And wrath has left its scar--tbat fire of hell
Has left its frightful scar upon my soul.
Yet though thou wear'st the glory of the sky,
Wilt thou not keep the same beloved name
The same fair thoughtful brow, and gentle eye.
Lovlier in heavens sweet climate, yet the


same?
Shalt thou not teach me, in that calmer home,
The wisdom that learned so i'll in this
The wisdom which is love-tll become
Thy fit companion in that land Of bliss.
Year: 1870

The only Railroad enterprise, di-
rectly affecting this partof our Coun-
ty, which can be said to have live
prospect now, is the Abba, Knox
vile and Des Moines. In plain and
simple truth, we can get that Road
if we will but do our reasonable part
toward it. But we can't get it and
never will get it by lying on our
backs and waiting for the cars to
come. What we have to do is to
prepare the road-bed. There is no
use in trying to dodge around this
fact, or in expecting anything better
to turn up. There are parties ready
to iron and operate the Road as soon
as we get it graded and bridged.
Whether any outside parties will
thus take the road bed and bridge it,
or tie it, or both, is not yet known.
Arrangements are not made yet, or
even definitely under Way. but they
will be in due season. Farmers
work takes the lead now, and other
things have to wait for it. But
meanwhile we may as well chew the
cud Of reflection over the fact that
we have to make road-bed if we
get a Railroad. This will require
the five per cent. tax in the Town
ships through which the line runs,
and also a considerable amount i'm
subscriptions. We think these Sub
scriptions may be made payable only
when the cars are running. The tax
part is made safe enough, by the
terms Of the law.


We don't propose to 60 to "arguips
Railroad" very much just now,
When the time comes fc: work we
shall roll up our sleeves and 20 in
with all our might. At present,
however, we would merely present
the subject ,or consideration. DO we
want Gailroad? Compare the st.
Louis and Chicago grain markets, for
one of the answers. The Farmers
alone of Marion County would make
money by building this Road, even
IL no other man ever lifted hand to
help. Think the matter over, friends;
and when the time comes Or action,
let US be ready. Shall we vote the
Tax, subscribe Stock, and have a
Railroad?
Year: 1870

which, onsaccour.t Of absence last
week we did not see In time for
mention earlier than now-seems to
intimate its preference for some 9TH
er man than Gov. Stone for Congress
from this District. It speaks Of the
"tall writing" done by editors friend
" to the Governor; and it somewhat
jeeringly refers to the phrase used by
the Sigourney Ne,rs, Of his "too con-
fiding and generous nature" intima.
ting, with some appearance Of an at
tempt at wit, that such a "nafnre"
should not be trusted at Washington!


Now, there may not be any partic-
ular occasion for saying anything in
reply to our neighbor the Record,


but nevertheless we feel like saying
just this: Gov. Stone IL n0t IA OBJ
scure or unknown individual. AS q
soldier, q jurist, statesman, a public
speaker, and for two terms Governor
of the State, he is known not only
throughout Iowa but In the entire
North. He is the most popular and
effective political speaker in the
State-and the same powers would
come in good play in the new field


for which he is named. Indeed, 1t
seems idle and silly to undertake to
tell the people of Iowa who Gov.
Stone is. TO boil it right down, he
will make a really solid, able and
efficient Congressman, and reflect
honor upon the District; and we en-
phatically want him there.


These are our sentiments, precise
ly. OF course Bro. Clark of the
Record, or any other man, has perfect
right to think differently or other
wise, just as he pleascs. But we
submit whether it is good taste to
say unwise and unnecessary things
with the risk of wanting to take
them back after the nomination.
The contest is all within the party,
and need not be a bitter or unfriendly
one. Let there be as much "tall
writing" done for any candidate as
anybody may feel like doing; but
why should there be any "running
down" process against anybody? We
are quite sure the Hon. candidates
themselves would deprecate an:
thing of the kind. There are pref
erenees, among friends; h|af let r,la =
save the grape-shot for the enemy.


Bro. Clark will allow us to rem ark
that we don't say this because we
fear that his article will hrrt Gov.
Stone any, or that unfrie ndly re-
marks against Bro. C's candidate
would hurt that candidate any. On
the contrary, hostile articles now
would tend rather TO help the men
against whom they arc aired. Our
object is to deprecate Unnecessary
warfare. Let US take the occasion to
say that for ourselves we shall de-
cline to engage in it, and to most
submit to other journals
in me District whether 1t might not
be altogether the better part of valor
to do the same.
Year: 1870

INFALLIBILITY-THE Pope WrTHDRAws
FROM THE DIsoUssIoN.-A cablo despatch
which we publish this morning has it that his
Holiness the Pope has declared that he will
hereafter decline to participate in the contro-
versy respecting the dogma of personal infalli-
bility. This may mean that the whole thing
is up-that the opposition is so strong that it
must be yielded to. Or it may mean that the
victory is so certain-that the Pope's friends
are 80 numerous and so pronounced-that
there is no need for the chief captain mingling
in the fray. 1t is difficult yet to say how it is.
Before we come to final conclusion we should
like to know what the Emperor Napoleon has
to say. 1t is our confident belief that if the
friends Of infallibilty push their purpose they
are strong enough in the Council to command
success. The personal infalibility of the Pope,
so far as the Council is concerned, is less
question Of strength than of wisdom. The
Council can decree infallibnity if it is deter
mined to do SO. But such a decree would to
dead certainty divide the Church. Which Of
the two would be better-the Church as it now
is, with fallible Pope, or the Church divided,
with fallible Pope, or no Pope at the end
Of one section and an infallible Pope at the
head of the other?
Year: 1870

PAY OF CIVIL AND ARMY OFrIoERs.-It is
now proposed by some great reformers to re-
organize the army by putting its distinguished
officers on reduced pay. The only reason
given is that some other officers do not get 90
much as certain army officers do. Certain
men have devoted their lives to tho study of
war as an art, and because they did SO they
were enabled to save the country from division
and ruin; and now we are asked to show the
nations gratitude by putting them on water
cruel. A great deal better way to get over the
discrepancy between the pay of civil and mill
tary officers is to increase the pay of the civil
officers. The General of the Army does not
get too much, but the Chief Justice of the
United States gets altogether too little. His
salary of six thousand year, in an age in
which lawyers get such sum as a fee in sim
gle case, is simply national disgrace.
Year: 1870

NAPOLEON AND HIS DYNAsTY.-The qnes-
ton of q liberal government in France, coupled
with its effects upon the Napoleonic dynasty,
has called forth some very suitable observa-
tions In the columns of the Opinion Natio7alo
of Paris. The observations are suitable
and opropos, because they carry out the
views that have frequently been suggested
in the columns Of the HERALD, thereby prov
ing the correctness of our Judgment. The
question is Justly termed one that not only
affects the Emperor, as being question Of
dynasty, but for the nation it is one of revo-
lution-neither more nor less. Personal gov
ernment is virtually dead, and France ignores
it for the future; and if the empire should
prove incompatible with liberty France would
not renounce liberty, but would ronounce the
empire. If the Emperor desires his power to
be lasting let him remove all fetters from gen.
eral liberty; let the liberal movement be
stimulated by his own influence, which is still
very powerful. Let him renounce all the little
tricks by which no person can be duped. In
one word, if he does not succeed in establish
ing a thorough liberal constitution there will
be but slender chance Of the duration Of his
power or that Of his dynasty.