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Year: 1870

Henry Bessemer, the inventor of
the steel process, has discovered and
patented plan by which sea-siekness
may be avoided in the future. "By
the application of the principle upon
which a ships cOmpasses are suspend
ed, he provides n room which will be
perfectly free from herolling or pitch
ing motion OF the vessel. a working
model, which has already been con-
structed, shows the simplicity and
efficacy of the plan. The suspended
chamber in this model is hemisphere
cal III shape, and can be made with
glass roof"
Year: 1870

The planet Venus, which has latter
ly officiated as evening star, viii be
visible in the morning for the rest OF
the year. Jupiter is visible in the
evening, being about six hours east of
the sun. It will continue an evening
star till May !. Saturn viii begin to
be visible in the evening about Nav
l, and will then continue an evening
star for the rest of the year.
Year: 1870


The remarkable success which attended
our negotiation Of the Loans OF the CENTRAL
PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY and the WEST
ERE PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, and the
popularity and credit which these Loans
have maintained in the markets, both in
this country and Europe, have shown that
the First Mortgage Bonds OF wisely-located
and honorsbly-managed Railroads are
promptly recognized and readily taken as
the most suitable, safe. and advantageous
form OF investment, yielding a more liberal
income than can hereafter be derived from
Government Bonds, and available to take
their place.


Assured that. in the selection and negOtia-
tion of superior Railroad Loans, we are
meeting great public want, and rendering
a valuable service-both TO the holders of
Capital 2nd to those great National works Of
internal improvement whose intrinsic mer-
it and substantial character entiIle them to
the use of Capital and the confidence of in
vesiors-we now offer with special conf
dence and satisfaction the
Year: 1870

The true gentleman is Gods servant,
the worlds master, and his OWN man I;
virture is his business, study his recrea-
ton, contentment his rest, and happf-
ness his reward God is his father, the
Church is his mother, the saints his
brethren, all that need him his friends,
devotion his chaplain, chastity his cham
beriain, sobriety his butler, temperance
his cook, hospitality his housekeeper,
providence his steward, charity his treas
urer, piety his mistress of the house, and
discretion his porter, to let in or out. as
most mt. This is his whole family, made
up Of virtues, and he is the true master
Of the house. He is necessitated to take
the world on his way to Heaven, but he
walks through it as fast as he can, and
all his business by the way is to make
himself and others happy. Take him in
two words-a Man and Christian.
Year: 1870

The New York Sun calls the President
UTTER SILENCE GRANT" Trus. he
utterly silenced the rebellion, and he
will utterly silence the cavilers and NAL
contents by his successful admini.tFa-
ton of the Government in the interest OF
the people. We like this kind Of silence;
il is golden.
Year: 1870

Five hundred thousand pounds of
maple sugar are annually made in
Vermont. In 1860, according to the
census, this product, for that State,
was about ten million pounds, and
owing to the advance in price, and
consequent profit in carrying on the
business, the product has probably
doubled since that time.
Year: 1870

Shall Archbishop Hughes be Forgottene


To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-


noticed IN o circular lately Issued by Rev. Joseph
Shen, President Of St. Johns College, Fordham,
N. Y, call to the living graduates OF that instft


tion to be present on the 23d of June OF this year.
to help 10 celebrate In becoming manner the Silver
Jubilee or twenty-fh anniversary OF its existence
as college. This Is all proper and rights but does
1t occur to any mans mind at the present moment
who founded that beautiful seat OF learning near
New York city9 Who was it that twenty-five years
ago, when the Catholic Church was in its infancy
IN New York and throughout the country, and when
political and sectarlan persecution was raised
against 1t, whose manly and eloquent voice, like
st. Paus at Ephesus stood out for Catholic rights
the American constitution and Christian libertyr
1t was Bishop Hughes. OF New York. He found the
Catholic Church IN New York city and State COM
posed or q few struggling members, without Or
ganzation, without religious life, and he at once
infused his own life and activity In every part.
Churches began TO spring up on every Side;
his able and eloquent tongue and powerful
pen were continually at work in the cause
OF truth and justice. He became at once
the great Catholic leader In North America If there
was church TO be dedicated In Washington, Boston,
Charleston, Philadelphia, he was ready and would
surely be there and preach powerful ana fitting
sermon. But he was mortal, and all this labor and
jealous work In the Masters vineyard would wear
him out. Five years have rolled away since the
great Archbishop left this lower world, and among
the majority Of men he has passed out OF memory
There have been American Catholic bishops perhaps
more quiet and serene IN the walk OF Christ-more
sanity, more removed from secular associations
nearer TO the Divine Master In the eyes OF men euch
as Bishops Carol, OF Kentucky, and Boruga OF
who developed that Catholic enthusiasm that In i
lectua grasp, that unweared industry in season ana
out N season unto the end He united in one per.
on sne rugged earnestness Of D. Paul. the civil tact
Year: 1870

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD


Permit to inquire, through your extensively read
columns, whether 1t would not be more appropriate
for our Catholic citizens to erect monument In the
Park to that eminent prelate whose name Is house.
hold word at every Catholic hearthstone In the city.
the late Archbishop Hughes, rather than to Daniel
OConnell, who. although great and pure man, was
The memory Of the Archbishop Is, II Is true en-.
shrined in the hearts OF all true Catholics In the
diocese but some outward token or their venerat0n
would not, it seems to me, be amiss at this time.
Year: 1870

The Constitutional Convent iOn-WhOIesaIeP Pro.


positions for Amending the Constitution.


NASHVILLE, Jan. 13, 1870.


The constitutional Convention was to-day again en-.
crossed in the introduction and reading OF proposi
which were similar to those offered yesterday
Among those offered to-day were the following:-Io
prohibit the further ssueslof State banks; take up
the constitution and read It, article by article ana
adopt such amendments as are necessary; to reduce
the number OF circuit and cnancery dis
tricts; to organize o supreme court, consist
ing OF chief justice and four associate
justices; to punish members or secret political
societies; to elect judicial and county officers
as practicable after the ratification OF the constltu-
tion; TO submit c0lored suffrage to vote OF the
people aS an independent proposition; adopting the
system Of UtUd roce voting in elections limiting the
claims; providing that the public debt shall never
exceed five per centum OF the taxable wealth OF the
State, and until the debt Is reduced TO that point
the Legislature shall have no power to appropriate
binary expenses OF the government; cOnrerring the
power OF appointing Secretary OF State on the Gov
ernOr subject to ratification by the Senate.


section was adopted against the reception OF any
spectfuly OF any department Of the State or federal
government


This was suggested by reason OF q letter from q
member OF the convention OF 1866, speaking disre
spectfuly OF the governments OF the United States,
and which the Convention permitted to be read.


The Committee on the Bill Of Rights reported the
amendments declaring that elections shall be free
and equal; that no voter shall be deprived OF his
right OF suffrage except by proof OF law; against
test oatn prohibiting slavery or involuntary servi-
tude and the enactment OF laws recognizing pro-
perty in man.


The report was ordered to be printed.
Year: 1870

New YORK, Jan. l3, 1870.
To THE EDITOR or THE HERALD:-


The 1ndiscriminate rougnshod harangue OF the
HERALD this morning on everybody and everything
connected dealing in liquors suggests to me that
some caution and Judgment should be used; there
are great many very respectable and worthy mer-
chants you do Injustice to In your general alu-
sions. In the first place your paper is entirely IN
error both a. to the circumstance and subject gen.
orally. Your leader might not be too Inappropriate
Few years ago, under former law. Even then many
were exceptions to the sweeping rule you now make.
such articles tend to drive respectable firms out OF
the business and then see where your goose IL that
lays the golden egg Let your journalist learn
facts before he puts them in print Although
l am not interested In the subject OF Mr..
Baiey's matters OF last Tuesday yet 1t Is my
duty to vlndicate business am interested in
which your paper so unJustly abuses. I quite
sure Mr. Bailey will assure you that he il OF the belief
that per cent or the revenue Is collected
on spirits. Show me any other branch OF revenue
up to this mark. Your paper speaks Of seizures.
don't know OF single seizure OF any business
firm, or premises, or stock you refer to- should
know, certainly, az well as your journalist


RESPECTABLE LIQUOR MERCHANT.
Year: 1870

The PoPE's BULL.-The Papal Bull cen
sures Latte Sententag-whatever that means
which has been already described by cable
telegram in our columns as accommodating
everything and everybody" appears in its full
proportions horns and tail, in our columns to-
day. 1t is to be hoped that everything and
everybody, from the latest visible to the next
and as yet undiscovered comet downward, will
find themselves in their proper spheres, orbits
and places Of terrestrial habitation after it has
thus been given to the world. We anticipate
hopefully indeed in this respect, and do not
imagine that this bull will create half as
much sensation in New York as did the
mad bull which lately ran from Fifty ninth
street to the site of the new Post Office and
was there despatched, after accomplishing
very good service in waking up all the police
men in the city on heavy and drowsy wet
Sunday. New York still ahead, even in the
matter of live bulls.
Year: 1870

The subject of reorganizing and reducing
the army is likely to receive considerable atten-
ton from Congress during the session. General
Logan introduced bill in the House yester-
day which contains a number of good sug-
gestiOns. He proposes that the Offices Of
General and Lieutenant General shall continue
only as long as the present incumbents hold
them, that brevet rank shall be abolished and
the pay shall be fixed at q regular sum.
Brevets have been crying nuisance ever since
the war ended, as they were given away inds-
crlminately, and it has been of late common
thing to see q brevet brigadier general of
volunteers, who is entitled to wear the
uniform and be called by the title of his
brevet rank, commanding q company as
a captain of regulars. The proposed change
in the mode of paying officers is also good
suggestion. Heretofore the pay has been cut
up into little items, such as pay for subsist-
ence, for servants, for forage and the pay pro-
per, so that an officers salary is really diff
cult arithmetical problem to figure out. Each
officer is required to certify on honor to the
fact that he keeps so many servants and
horses, uses so much forage and has made out
his whole bill correctly-items which were not
always strictly matters Of truth, but to which
officers are compelled to certify or lose large
portion of their just salary. The item of sub
sistence alone, in some instances, is greater
than the pay proper. These matters all need
reforming, and to smooth over the muster out
of deserving officers General Logan proposes
to grant all mustered out under the bill one
years pay and allowances extra.
Year: 1870

A VIGOROUS FEMALE. old woman,
sentenced to the Cincinnati WorkhOuse as
a vagrant, mad been placed In charge of an
officer to be taken out of the city to that
institution. She contriyed to evade the
custody of the officer, but after taking two
or three glasses of, whisky, was again Sc
cured. The officer then undertook to take
her out in a wagon, and put her on the
seat, between himself and the driver. The
trio thus proceeded along Central av. OF
q sudden, the woman knocked the driver
out of the vehicle with one hand, and, turn
ing, upset the officer into the bottom of
tb : wagon with the other. Then, climbing
out of the wagon, she seated herself on the
back of the horse, gave a fierce yell,
striking the animal with her hands and
feet, so that he was frightened into extra
ordinary sped. The amused and astonish-
ed spectators on the avenue were only de-
prived of their enjoyment when, at length,
the officer succeeded in seizing the lines,
aud brought the horse to so sudden halt
that the rider went headforemost over the
animals ears. The driver, coming up, as
sisted the officer to pick up the woman,
and both the men recovered their eOmpla-
ceney on finding her much qclotsd by her
fall 1881 -.-.
Year: 1870

RAISING Nap OF VELVET. .-Our lady read
ers may, perhaps, thank US tor process
which is said to be successful in bringing
up again the nap of spotted or hattened
velvet. For this purpose a ehahng dish or
warming paz4- used, c0nCaln1ng q
quantity of well ignite1 live Goals, oven
which is to be placed sheet OF copper, thick
enough to have a certain degree OF solidity.
When the metal Is quite warms napkin
folded several times and immersed IN boiling
water, is to be placed upon 1t, the Goals In
the dish still continuing to increase the
temperature. The wrong side OF the velvet
is now to be laid upon the moist and smok-
ing cloth, and very soon thick, black vapor
Will be seen disengaged, and soft brush Is
then to be passed lightly back and forth
over the velvet, which Is to be removed
after a few minutes, and allowed to dry Hat
upon a table. When completely dry, it
will be found to. have become almost as
soft and regular as the new material.
Year: 1870

A LADY in Detroit, Michigan, was awak-
ened by d noise, a few nights since, and on
looking round the room saw the outline OF
a man in the mirror. She alarmed her hus-
band, who rushed into the yard, pistol In
hand, Just In time to see man In the act
of jumping over the fence, 1t was subse-
quently discovered that he had not been
in the house at all, but the moon shining
through the window at the point where he
stood, reflected his face in the mirror op-
posite the bed o, the lady. The story Is
strange one, and if it be not all ''moon-
shine. they furnish some food for ''reAec-
fiop %
Year: 1870

A CERTAIN genial, bald-headed gentle
man, while in Paris, went one day to the
Geological Garden. The weather was op-
pressive, and he lay down upon a bench.
Presently he went to sleep, but was soon
awakened by warmth about the head. An
infatuated ostrich had come along, and,


mistaking his bald head for an egg, settled
down with denomination to hatch it out.
Year: 1870

The last session Of the Forty first
Congress opened last Monday in the
presence of a large and somewhat br.l-
liant attendance of spectators, with more
than quorum in each house. The au.
gust body was at once organized, and
the President was accordingly notified
Of the fact. The people may now look
for political trickery, and an attempt tc
prevent the Forty second Congress con
vcnng next March. We will not b'
surprised at anything, but hope fo
the best.
Year: 1870

1t will only cost you dollar buy bottle OF EDWARD
WiLDERs CHILL Tonic which purely vegetable and will
not only any OF your family Of chs and Fever
Fever and Ague and every FORM type and variety Of Maar
or Paluda Fever or Affections but will entirely drive them
from the system which other chill medicine now made will
do Don't buy any of the Old worse than yauelss nos
rus but only EDWARD wILDgR's CHILL TOXIC "a acure
Is guaranteed In all cases.
Year: 1870

We trust our readers will not overlook the
new advertisement OF Messrs Jackson 81 Lock
wood, one Of the oldest firms in the city and
also one OF the most enterprising and reliable
They keep constantly on hand large stock of
hardware and stoves, and can supply anything
in their line of trade. Give them call, and ex-
anime prices
Year: 1870

We understand the La Sale Turnversin in.
tend giving Grand Masquerade Ball in short
time; and if it is anything like the one they
held last winter it will be grand success, and
we'll worth seeing.
Year: 1870

time than after eating any other kind Oi
food


a distinguished Judge of the United
District Court observed that, when he
took buckwheat cakes for breakfast, he
could sit on the bench a whole day with.
out being uncOmfOrtably hungry; if the
cakes were omitted, he felt Obliged to
take lunch about noon, Buckwheat
cakes are a universal favOrite at the
winter breakfast table, and scientific
investigation and analysis have shown
that they abound in the transforming
principal, hence nature takes away our
appetite for them in Summer.


During the Irish famine, when many
died of hunger, the poor were often
found spending their last shilling for tea
and tobacco and spirits. It has also
been observed in New York, by those
connected with charitable institutions,
that when money was paid to the poor,
they often laid out every cent in tea or
coffee instead of procuring the more
substantial food, such as meal, and
flour and potatoes. On being reprOved
for this apparent extravaganza and i'm
providence, the reply, in both cases, was
Identical; their own observation had
shown them that penny's worth of
tea, or tobacco, or liquor, would keep of
the sense of hunger longer than a pen
ny's worth of something else. Scientif-
ic men express the idea by saying,
Tea, like alcohol, retards the metam-
OTphOsis of the tissues in other words,
it gives to the flame of life, and thus
prevents it from consuming the fat and
flesh of the body.


If a person gets into the habit of TAX
ing q lunch between breakfast and din
neT, he very soon finds himself faint
about the regular luncheon; but let him
be so pressed with important engage
ments for several days in succession as
to take nothing between meals, it will
not be long before he can dispense with
his lunch altogether. These things
seem to show that, to a certain extent
eating often Is a mere matter of habit,
Whole tribes OfIndian hunters and trap
peTs have been known to eat but once
in twenty-fOur hours, and that at night,
DR.. Halls Tracts.
Year: 1870

! \ brooch worn by the Countess o.
Haas recently been the subject OF
conversation in an eminent company
| Of Polish nobility who are now exiles
in Paris. Encircled by twenty brill
iants upon a dark blue ground of lapis
laSuli, and protected by a glass i'm front.
may be seen-what: A protrait9 a


lock of hair? No, neither the one nor


the other, but only four bent pins


wrought together ia the form of a


star. The history Of this singular Orna-


ment is contained in the following COM


municatiOn:


The Count K was, some wears


ago, in his own country, suspected of be-


ing too much inclined to politics, was


consequently one night, without exam


inatiOn or further inquiry, torn from


the bosom Of his familN by police Of


flCers, conveyed TO a fortress in a distant


part of the country, and thrown into a
damp, dark dungeon. DAYS, weeks,
months passed away without his being


brOugh to trial The unhappy man
saw himself robbed or every succor. In
the stiffness of death and the darkness
Of the grave he felt not only his strength
falling him, but also his mind wander
ing. An unsPeakable anguish took
hold Of him. He, who feared not to ap-
pear before his judges, now trembled be-
fore himself Conscious of his danger,
he endeavOred to find something to re,
lieve himself from the double misery Of
idleness and loneliness, aud thus pre-
serve him from q terrible insanity.


-Four pins which had accidentally
happened to be in his coat, had escaped
the notice of the jailOr, Those were TO
be the means Of deliveranee to his spirit.
He threw the pinsupon the earth; which
alone was the floor Of his gloomy dun
geOn, and then employed himself in
seeking for them 10 the darkness
When, after q tiresOme search, he. sue
ceeded in finding them, he threw them
down anew; and so, again and again
and again. did he renew his voluntary
task, All the day long, sitting, lying or
he CROPPED about with his
hand until he had found the pins which
he had Intentionally scattered. This I.
fearful, yet beneficial recreation cOn-
Year: 1870

An old beau, formerly well known in
Washington City, was accustomed to
eat but one meal in twenty-four hours;
if after this, he had to go to party and
take a second dinner, he ate nothing at
all next day. He died at the age of sew
enty years,


A lady of culture, refinement, and un-
usual powers Of observation and COM
parisOn, became a widow. Reduced
from affiuence to poverty, with a large
family of small children dependent on
her manual labor for daily food, she
made a variety of experiments to ascer-
tain what articles could be purchased
for the least money, by keeping her
children longest from crying for some
thing to eat. She soon discovered that
when they ate buckwheNt cakes and
mOlassos, they were quiet fAr longer
Year: 1870

tie wear and tear. Such road might
be built by neighbOrhOOd corpora tiOns
anywhere. 1t would cheaper the cost
Of transportation to a market; it would
largely enhance the value of the lands
through which it passed; and, if proper
ly managed, would pay to the stock
holders from the very onset a handsome
profit on their investment. Why may
we not see the experiment tried here p
There are plenty of isolated interior To-
calities for which it should be just the
thing r. NelUs.
Year: 1870

Over the river, on the hill,


Lieth village white and still:
All around It the forest trees
Whisper aud sbiver in the breeze;
Over II sailing shadows 20
or soaring hawk and screaming crow;
And mountain crosses, low and sweet,
Grow in the midd OF every street
Over the river, under the hill,


Another village lieth still:


There I see in the cloudy night
Fires that CLEAN from the smithy's door,
Mists that curl on the river shore:
And in tie roads no grasses grow,
For the wheels that hasten to and fro.
IN that village on the hill
Never Is sound OF smithy or mill:
The houses are thatched with grass and flowers
Never a clock to toll the hours;
The marble doors are always shut;
You cOnnOt enter in hall or hut:
All the villagers lie asleep,
Never again to SOW OF reap,
Never in dreams TO mourn or or sigh:
Silent and idle and low they lie.
In the village, under the hill,
When the night is starry and still,
Many a weary soul in prayer
Looks to the other village there,
And, weeping and signing, longs to 90
Up to that home from this below
Longs to sleep in the forest wild,
Whittier have vanished wife and child.
And heareth, praying, this answer fall,
"Paticncel that village shall hold you all
Year: 1870

ever known, and will cure all diseases resulting from
bad blood Keep your blood pure keep you liver In
order; keep your digestive organs in sound, heatly
condition, by the Of these remedies. and no dis
ease will ever assai yOu. The best in the cOun-
Try recommend them. II years OF honest reputation
60 for anything you must try these preparations.
Year: 1870

Yesterday afternoon the habttu6s OF the faro banks
In Union street, New Haven, were greatly startled
and horriGed by seeing OF their number, In ap-
parent good health, die while sitting In chair,
without scarcely showing a sign OF his approaching
dissolution. The name OF the deceased Is Joel O.
Osborn. He belonged TO a most respectable family
In the city and served during the In the seventh
Connecticut with credit. For the last two years ne
has been n dealer In faro bank Yesterday after
noon he was sitting In the favo bank room opposite
the depot, when he died without struggle, OF heart
disease. His body was laid upon the iaro table and
viewed by Jury OF inquest who returned a verdict
IA accordance with the facts.