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Year: 1870




The eighth annual ball OF Company O. Fifty -lftn
regiment, was given at the New YORK Casino last
night. The attendance was very large ana the ball
was opened at about eleven O'Clock. After supper o
hollow square was formed ana Captain zuschlag
was treated to a surprise party. Corporal Scnrei-
aer addressing the Captain, told him that in the
presentation OF the sword tnat was then lying before
him be the Captain that 1t was not matter
OF custom but was the hearty wish OF the company
tnat some manifestation OF their affection should
be shown On tnat day ten years he had became
captain OF their company: IN the year 1888 he had
joined the company as private ana been promoted
az captain, IN the year 1852 he went TO the war
ana the regiment came back since that time the
captain had done great deal for the company and
also ne had done something for another company;
consequently all felt tnHt the Captain had great
Claims upon his fellow soldiers ana therefore
taey Iett Rla1 10 have so appropriate an
opportunity OF showing their regard for
nun. orderly Sergeant Merron presented
.he captain with collar IN suitable terns. Alter
captain Iuscha az had buckied ON his arraor lie


attempted To speak, but his feelings were more pow
eriG than his words and lie only bowed his snanks.
Ihesword winch was remarkably handsome one,
with the belt, was the WORK OF Baker Mchenv, aud
COST sb0nt 800. After the presentation dancing
was resumed and continued until lle early nlOrE.
Year: 1870

FEELING GRATEFUL FOR FAST FAVORS,
L and wishing a continuance Of your patronage .
would most respectfully inform their friends, and
the public generally. that they intend to keep a
full assortment Of every thing in the way Of
Year: 1870

We ass confident that the Goods manufactured
by us are equal in style and quality to any man
ufactursd In the State, and We take unusual
pleasure In presenting you an invitation to exam
Inc OUT stock before mskiag your purchases
Year: 1870

A SHORT time since we noticed the
fact that an iron master, of Roehes-
ter, New York, has stated to public
meeting of the citizens of Albany,
that pig iron could be made at the
latter place for $24 60 per ton. A
movement was Immediately started,
looking toward the erection of a blast
furnace. and we now have the news
that $4,000 have been subscribed,
more than enough to build the fur
mace and put it In working order. We
commend this fact to the Terre Haute
Erpress, which is in the laudable en-
terprise OF crippling its own State, by
the publication of such monstrously
ridiculous stories as that iron cannot
be manufactured in Indiana for less
than $50 to $32 per ton. There Is no
reason why iron can be made In Al
bany any cheaper than in Brazil or
indianapolis, and while $4,000 is
subscribed as an experiment in one
place, the effect of the Terre Haute
Express, if it has any effect at all. is
to keep capital from investing a dol
lar in a State where iron can be made
to better profit than in almost any
other in the Union.-IndtGnGpottS


Io1ty0OI
Year: 1870

THE validity of Indiana divorces is
on trial before the Supreme Court of
the United States. The parties were
married at Washington some years
ago. The wife obtained a divorce in
Indiana, after due publication, the
husband putting in an appearance.
The divorce thus obtained was held
void in the Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia, from which it
was taken on appeal to the United
States Supreme Court. 1t is given
out that the decision Of the District
Court will be reversed, and full force
and effect be given to Indiana di-
VOrces.
Year: 1870

in every instance where it should prove inef-
fectual: "Proyiding the symptom, attending
the sickness of the child or adult should
warrant the supposi,ion Of worms being the
cause" In all cases the Medicine to be given
IN STRICT ACCORDANCE WITH THE DIRECTIONS


We pledge ourselves to tie public, that
Year: 1870

The commissioners appointed under an act to
provide for the revision and compilation of the
laws of the State of California, have made an iu-
teresting report to the Legislature. The COM
mission has found a source of great difficulty in
the fact that almost every county in the State
appears to possess a somewhat separate system
of laws and presents little imperium in inpsrio
of its own. 1t has been endeavored, so far as
possible, to reconcile these discrepancies and to
adopt form of internal government applicable
TO each comfy in the State. The commission
hasalso adopted important amendments in the
act concerning crimes and punishments, the civil
practice act, the law respecting corporations and
the election law. Notifications of the State
constitution are proposed in the following par
tculars The omission of the terms recorders
courts and recorders, as applied to criminal
magistrates, from the belief that there is not q
single recorders court in the State aud that the
term is almost, if not entirely, obsolete a pro-
vision that where more Supreme judges
are disqualified the decision of majority of the
judges not disqualified to be valid as judgment,
and an equal division to operate as IN afiirmance
of the judgment; an appointment of the various
county assessors instead of their election by the
people; an amendment of the provision requir-
ing all property to be taxed, so as to exemp:
from taxation charitable institutions, &C.; q re-
peal of the grand jury system and abolition
thereof a provision giving to a verdict by three
fourths of petit jury the same effect YER
dict nv the entire inry The commits ssion also
suggest the passage of law providing for the
codifcation into written and systematic code
of the whole body of the law of this State by the
creation of civil, political and a criminal
code.
Year: 1870

The experiment in raising sorghum cane, so
far as it has been made in this State, has proved
success. 1t is said to have yielded two hund-
red and fifty gallons to the acre, and that where
ouy fifty acres we're cultivated in it last year
two hundred will be put to the raising of cane
the coming season.
Year: 1870

LsApISs fnanciers are of the opinion that pa
per money will soon take the place of gold on
this coast, and that twenty-five millions of cur
rency will be needed in the Pacific States and
Terrifories
Year: 1870

WOMAN SUFFRAGE PETITION The following is
the text of the petition which has been extern
svely circulated in San Francisco and other por-
tons of the State, asking for egislation on the
suffrage question: 1rt


To the Senate and Assembly, etc: The un-
dersigned residents of the State of California of
full lawful age, respectfully and earnestly pray
your honorable body to take such immediate
action for an amendment of section one, article
two Of the constitution of this State as shall Sc
cure to the women OF this commonwealth the
right of suffrage. And to this end your petit
TONERS will ever pray.
Year: 1870

man OF the name OF William Sharkey, wno some
years 20 was notorious character In the city, and
VINO wee several times arrested by detective Roach,
and who Is well known to the detectives or New
York. bur who subsequently acquired some political
fame was yesterday arrested upon warrant issued
by the District Attorney upon an Indictment which
was found against him and which charged him with
stealing wO gold certificates cheques or the value
OF $4,000 eacn, the property Of Martin Moss. He
was arrested by Captain Jourden. Judge Cox ad-
mitted him to ban on $4,000 The surety was Alder
man Henry Hughes OF Charlton street.


On the trial. which Will take place at the next Gen.
eral Sessions, II Is expected that Developments
showing great political Influence in the protection OF
banded thieves and receivers Will be shown.


Sharkey mas been living In great style and mag
nincence at the Metropolitan Hotel lately, and has
been considered to be one or the "fashonhDles' OF
the city, lie also, or was until quite recently IN
terested in o down town saloon and his partner
now holds an Important pubic position.
Year: 1870

Yesterday afternoon small boy was despatched
by William Lynch of No. 70 Mulberry street, de-
post $500 in the office OF the National Trust Com
pany corner OF Broadway and Worth street. The
boy placed the money on the desk OF the receiving
teller and when that ocal turned to take 1t up It
mad disappeared 1t is supposed that the money
was stolen BY man about thirty years OF age, who
stood near the desk, and also disappeared about the
same time.
Year: 1870

For nearly half a century this veteran
diplOmatist acted a prominent part il
the affairs of Europe. As the prime
minister or ambassador of the Directory
the consulate, the empire and the mon,
arehy of Louis Philippe, he negotiated
the important treaties which termina.
ted the boundaries and the fate of king
dOms, and formed plans which made
Napoleon an emperor, and the emperor
an exile. Such a mans view of an
eventful life of four score years furnishes
instructive lessons to men who are
wasting the energies of being, on pOlit-
ical ambition or worldly aggrandize-
ment. Just before his death a paper
was found on his table on which he had
written, by the light of lamp, such lines
as these:


Behold, eighty-thTee years passed
away. What care! What agitation
What anxiety! F! What i'll will! What
sad complications And all without re-
suits, except great fatigue Of mind and
body, and profound sentiment of dis
cOuragement with regard to the future,
and disgust with regard to the pastr'


Contrast with this the exclamation of
''Paul the aged, p as he was about closing
his earthly career: at have fought the
good fight; 1 have kept the faith; hence
forth there is laid up for me q crown of
which the Lord the right
eOus Judge shall give me at that day
A death bed is the triumphant chariot
of the useful Christian, however humble;
1t is the eXecutiOner's cart of the world
ly unbeliever, however exalted.
Year: 1870

An exciting scene took place in a ball


room during the past summer, some


where in New Jersey. Among the per.
sons present was young lady who haG
a great horror of snakes, and after dane.


ing awhile, she was greatly alarmed by
feeling a sensation, as though a serpent
had fixed itself beneath the folds of heI
dress. Grasping the head of the monster
tightly in her grasp, she screamed aloud
for assistance. A hasty consultation
among the calmest of the ladies was
held, when it was determined that DIR.
TinsOn, who was present, should be call
ed to their assistance. He was quickly
on the spot, and being a man of uncOm-
mon courage, he was not many moments
with the circle of weeping and half
fainting females, before he had caught
the tail of the snake, and wound it firm
ly around his hand, telling Miss NJ. that
she must let 60 the moment he jerked,
and to make act as instantaneous as
possible, he told her that he would pro-
nOUnce the words one, two, three, and
that at the moment he pronounced the
last word, she must let 90 her hold, and
that he doubted not he could withdraw
the snake before it would have time to
strike. All stock in breathless horror,
awaiting the act of life or death, and
the moment the words were pronounced
the DR.. ierked out the longest and most
diabOlical looking hustle that was ever
seen in New Jersey. The whole affair
was soon explained; the fastening of
the machine had become loose during
the dancing, and it had shifted its pos
ition in such a way that it dangled about,
and induced the belief that it was a
Doctor fell right down in his tracks, and
he did.
Year: 1870

One day the astronomer Mitchell was
engaged in making some observation on
the sun, and as it descended towards
the horizon, just as it was setting, there
came into the rays of the great telescope
the top Of hill seven miles away. On
the top Of that hill was a large number
Of apple trees, and in one Of them were
two boys stealing apples. One was get
ting the apples, and the other was watch
ing to make certain that nobody saw
them, feeling certain that they were un-
discovered. But there sat Prof Mitchell,
seven miles away, with the great eye of
his telescope directed fully upon them,
seeing every movement they made as
plainly as if he had been under the tree
with them.


So it is often with men. Because they
do not see the eye which watches with
a sleepless vigilance, they think they
are not seen. But the eye of God is up
on them and not an action can be con
cealed. If man can penetrate with
the searching eye which science con
stituted for his use, the wide realm
of the material heavens, shall not
He who sitteth upon the earth, which
He has made the resting place of His
feet?
Year: 1870

An amusing affair happened lately
between a coal dealer and a purchaser
The latter was very anxious to see that
the former did not cheat him, so he
(the purchaser) inspected the weighing
of the coal himself, and felt perfectly
satisfied that he had got his full allow
ance, without any desire on the part OF
the coal dealer to ''shave." However.
while the coal was weighing, the driver
of the team could not help laughing,
aware at the time that the purchaser
was particular about his full weight of
coal. The purchaser, noticing the
laughing Of the driver, asked him when
he received the coal, what it was all
about; so the driver told him. Why
said he, when your coal was weighing
you were standing on the scales, and
were weighed with it, Is it possible 1?
Why, I weigh nearly two hundred
pOundsp well, sir said the driver
you are sOId.' Yes was the reply,
and have bought myself, too
Year: 1870

When a business man has established
/ himself comfortably and advantageous
[ ly, and is ready to take part in the bat
[ ties of trade; when he has things IN such
/ a shape as to be able to do a good thing
for himself and his patrons when ne
has even acquired q good and substan-
tial business, There Is yeta step to take
the neglect of which may modify to q
considerable extent, his success. Ihls
step is to advertise his business judicl-
| Ously, literally, persistently.


There are many ways of advertising.
A man sells fine piece of goods at a
low price: the customer tells of it, and
that is an advertisement. A manufac-
tuTer sends out a fine and neatly work
ing Implement: his name is upon 1t,


and every days work it does is an ad-
vertiSement to him. This method
stands at the foundation of all success
ful advertising; for man must sell his
goods or do good work to permanently
succeed.


Another specie eff advertising may be
called the efence-daubing system. EnOT-
NOUS black letters, in all sorts of shock
ing and unnatural shapes, stare you in


the face as you ride along the highway.
These rude characters advise you to


go to Smiths or Trade at JOnes',' or


Take DR.. Jenkins Celebrated Pills 1t
is very much to be questioned whether
this kind of advertising results in any
great good to the man who employs it.
The impression made upOu the mind of
the observer is not a pleasant Onei for
he has a feeling that is inappropriate
and distastefnI to disfigUre the peoples
highway. Then the folks riding along
the road generally have some specific OBJ
ject of business or pleasure in view, and
have no time to take into consideration
the facts or fancies placed before them
in such a startling manner.


There is another disadvantage
with this system: there is no room on
fence boards or walls to paint the partic-
Ulars of an advertisement. This disad-
vantage is Obviated by printed hand
bills, which are also much neater and
handsOmer and the next step higher
from cOal-tar and brush. But these are
not calculated to make so much impress
ion on the reader, in that they are gen
orally read while he is in a standing pO-
sitiOn, and hence read hastily and inn
completely.


The very refinement of advertising,
and the most successful method, is OBJ
viously through the newspaper. There,
a man can have his business told in
plain language, and neatly printed, and
his name and announcement, instead of
hanging against the wall for storms to
beat against, or to be trampled in the
mire, will rest upon the sitting room
table, to be read by every member of the /
family.


When the days work is done, and the
lamps are lit, and the family gather
around the hearth; then it is that the
local paper is read, every word, adver-
tisements and all. Then it is that the
minds of those reading, are ready to re-
ceive, consider, and remember it all.
Then it is, that the fact is demonstrated
that fifty dollars year, spent in adver- /
tising in q good newspaper, is worth a
hundred spent in other methods.-HjIls- |
dale Standard.
Year: 1870

How often have seen a company oil
men, who were disposed to be riOtOus,
checked all at once into decency by the
accidental enterance of an amiable wO-
man; while her good sence and Obliging
department charmed them at least into
a temporary conviction, that there is
nothing so beautiful as female excel
lence, nothing so delightful as female
conversation. To form the manners O.
men, nothing contributes so much as the
caste of the woman they converse with
Those who are most associated with wO-
men Of virtue and understanding, will
be always found the most amfable char.
acters. Such society, beyond every.
thing else, rules off the prOtrusi0ns that
gave to many an ungraciOus roughness
it produces a polish more perfect and
more pleasing than that which is receiv-
ed from a general commerce with the
world. This last is often speciOus, but
commonly superficial; the other is the
result Of general feelings and a more
elegant humanity; the heart itself is
moulded, and habits Of undissembIed
courtesy are formed.
Year: 1870

We have nearly fifty thousand miles
of railroad in the United States. We
have sufficient roads laid down and in
operation to 60 around the world and
back again.-The cost of these roads and
equipment is 50, ,212, 200, 900, which is not
as much as the public debt. In four
foolish years we threw away more
money than it cost to build all our rail
roads. The building up enterprise OF
forty years, was more than nullified by
the tearing down process that ensued
from 1861 to 1865. How much better it
would have been spent in the equipment
Of another fifty thousand miles Of rail-
road, making one hundred thousand in
all, than to have thus been squandered
It was the formation and success of the
Republican party that caused the squan-
dering.
Year: 1870

MY FIRST STEP TO RUIN.-My frs
step to ruin exclaimed a wretched you'll


as he lay tossing from side to side on The
straw bed in one corner of hi.
prison house, "DIy first step to ruin
was going fishing on the Sabbath. ]
knew it was wrong, my master taught
me BETTER my Bible taught me better.
| didn't believe them, but / didn't think
it would come to this am undone. I
am undOne. am lost n7


Perhaps he said-'Itis not pleasant to
be cooped up in a church. What harm
is there in taking stroll into the woods ?
What harm i'm carryinga fishing tackle,
and sitting ON the bank to fish ?D What
harm? Why, the harm is that God is
disoheyCd who says, Remember the
Sabbath day TO keep it holy The mo-
ment q youth determines to have his
own way, choosing his own pleasure be-
fore Gods will, that moment he lets 90
his rudder, his compass, his chart
Nothing but Gods word can guide YOU
safely over the ocean of life. Give that
up, and you will get bewildered; YOU
are drifting; you viii be lost.
Year: 1870

TOUCH TI8IEs.-Tbese are the words
which meet one at every turn, and at
every counter Money is scarce, and
they who have it are 10th to part with it
to pay their debts. IF every one would
pay their claims as soon as presented.
different state Of things would be exDer-
fenced. A gTeenback might pass through
dozen hands a day and settle a dozen
claims, if all would act up TO the prinei-
pie inculcated. A London grocer once
made the experiment Of marking q GER
tain coin, paying it out, and keeping
count how often it came back. Al dozen
times in one day was the count. The
best remedy for hard times is to whistle
and keep up courage, practice encouOmy
pay debts promptly, and adapt y0ur eX-
penses to your income.
Year: 1870

The VICTIMS OF gHE FiRE.-The remains
of none of the victims Of the spotswood
Hotel fire have yet been recovered. The


weather yesterday was too inclement TO al


low work in the ruins. We may add thai
no more OF the missing persons have beer
heard from up to this writing.
Year: 1870

CITY TAxEs.-Collector Regnault gives
notice in another column that there will be
no extension of the time IN which to pay
taxes. All, therefore, who desire to
save the 10 per cent. had better call up and
settle before the 1st of January.
Year: 1870

The best anthracite and bituminous crate ant
stove coal and soft coke sold by the subscriber
as low as equal quality and quantity can be bought
My office Is still headquarters for the best kindine
and cooking wood. j. B. WATKINS, I'LL Maft
and corner of 9th and Cary streets.
Year: 1870

Inc 1hOAA6uf contains tne 1OllOWlng:-


"a letter written from the Vosges narrates
curious episode of the war waged against the
Germans by our Francs-tireurs. We have nu-
merous companies of Francs-tireurs hidden in
formidable force, as they only take the elite of
our sportsmen, and do not admit any but men
of tried experience. Our Francs-tireurs shoot
Prussians wholesale. talked to an emissary of
these guerillas of the Nosges, who told me, while
speaking of his companions in arms, you must
not fancy that they s1oot the Prussians in
discriminately-tbe look out for the
choice morsels.' The same emissary told me
that he had served as guide TO a traveller who
carried a carpet-bag, and gave himself out to be
in the spectacle trade. / observed to him that
1t was dangerous to travel that the country
was infested with Prussians. However, on his
assurance that a commercial traveller can pass
everywhere provided his papers are in order.
we proceeded. 1t was getting dark when he
asked where he. could remain in safety, SO as
not to be seen by the Prussians, who were
defling below along the valley led him to
path where we assembled a steep road There
my spectacle dealer installed himself opened
his carpet-bag, and pulled out something like
an instrument. 1t was a rifle in three pieces,
which were in an instant put together, and the
charge put in. l understood, and
remained silent The Prussians con,
tinued to pass, and l was astonished my
Franc-tireur did not fire, for he held his weapon
in position for firing. We continued to look
down, crouched behind a hedge when all of a
sudden i saw my companion start up at the
view OF nne norseman, whose helmet gllt-
tered in the light of the moon, and who appeared
to be their chief to judge by his escort. At this
moment my companion fired, and / saw the
official tumble over. We decamped, and the
pretended seller of spectacles, his gun on his
shoulder and his bag in his hand, said quietly
'Let us go on further, and try to find me another
good place saw him bring down several like
this and the Prussians must have been furious
not to be able to catch this devil of fellow,
who said sorrowfully to me, 1T is nevertheless
difficult to recognize them, for they do not carry
any such distinctive marks as our oficers.'"