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Year: 1870

The times are calling for men. Real
men. Not the diamond ringed kind, nor
the delicately moustacbed young gen
tlemen," who are proud of their white
hands and beautifully tapered fingers,
but those who look upon life as a real
thing, who feel that there is a higher des-
tiny for them than to appear in frivolous
circles as well dressed coxcombs, and
who live so that when they leave this
world their loss is felt Such men are
needed. Business men need them-so-
ciety needs them, and the whole country
is loudly calling for them.


The majority of boys now rapidly en-
tering upon manhood, have been educa-
ted with wrong ideas of life, and soon
this will be demonstrated by the Difficult,
ty in getting, for all kinds of business,
employees who can be depended upon
trusted. Not the employees who work
so as to secure money to lavish on fash
ion and dissipation and failing to com
mand by their inferior services, sutfi-
cient amount to crafty their extravagant
desires. enter upon course Of dishones
ty which leads to rnin-but the young
man who works because he prefers it to
idleness-who looks forward to future
life with a prudent care and feels that
he owes duty to the age in which he
lives-who wants the world to be bet
ter on account of his having lived in it,
and desires to fulfill the purpose for
which God placed him here. That is
the kind of man who Is wanted. To such
there are always positions open. They
will have no difficulty in obtaining them
anywhere. Their character will secure
them, and once obtained, their evident
worth will keep them.


Young man, endeavor to form such a
character, and the best way to do it, is
to have in all things for your guide,
Him who through the lips of David said
-"Show thyself a man. Only try
this, and your success in life is as GER
tain as though already attained-Eeery-
Jo8y's J0arnai.
Year: 1870

Over the river they beckon to me,


Loved ones who've crossed to the further


side;


The gleam of their snowy robes l see,


But their voices are lost in the dashing tide.
There's one with ringlets Of snowy gold,
And eyes the reflection Of Heavens own


blue;


lie crossed in the twilight gray aud cold,
And the pale mist hid him from mortal


view.


We saw not the angels who met him there,
The gates Of the city we could not see.
Over the river-over the river 4-'-+"
Ny brother stands waiting to welcome me.
Over the river the boatman pale


Carried another, the household pet:
Her brown curls waved in the gentle gale
Darling Minnie! see her yet. ....
She crossed on her bosom her dimpled hands
And fearlsssly entered the phantom barque
We felt it glide from the silver sands,
And all our sunshine grew strangely dark.



Where all the ransomed and angels be;
Over the river-the mystic river ..
My childhood's idol is waiting for me.
For none ret arm from those quiet shores.
Who cross with the boatman cold and pale,
We hear the dip of the golden oars,
And catch a CLEAN of the snowy sail:
And 10 they have passed from our yearning


hearts,


Who cross the stream. and arc gone for aye.
We may not sunder fhe veil apart,


That opens to our visions the gates Of day
We only know that their barques no more
May sail with us over lifes stormy sea;
Yet somewhere, know, on the unseen shore,
They watch, and beckon, and wait for me.
And sit and think when the sunsets gold
Is flushing river and hill and shore,
shall one day stand by the water cold,
And list for the sound of the boatman's 8 oar !;
| shall watch for q gleam of the tapping sail,
l shall hear the boat as it gains the strand.
l shall pass from sight with the boatman pale
To the better shore of the spirit land
| shall know the loved ones who have gone


before;


And joyfuly sweet will the meeting be,
When over the river-,he peaceful river
The angel of death shall carry me.
Year: 1870

And the said defendants further show
and aver that, by resolution Of the said
Council, made on the 18th day of March.
1870, the place of holding the Mayors
court Of said city was and is fixed ut the
City Hall of said city, and can be lawfully
held only at that place and that the said
H. K. Ellyson, as Mayor aforesaid, has
thepceforward hitherto held said court at
said City Hall that the Chief Of Police and
captains of police who exercise any author
ity as such in said city, are the appointees
of said. Council, and recognize and obey
the said II. X. Ellyson as Mayor aforesaid
and none other; that there is no place OF
which the Mayor can lawfully hold his
court other than that so designated by the
Council, and which is in the quiet and un-
disturbed possession and use of the said
Mayor Ellyson; and that there ere no
chiefs or captains of police who can law
fully act Sc such other than those ap-
pointed by said Council, and these oil re-
cognize and obey said II. &. Ellyson and
him alone as Mayor of said city.


And the said defendants say they are in
formed, advised, and believe, and they
therefore assert, that the said George Cha
hoon is not in law or in fact the Mayor of
the city of Richmond; that the council
men so appointed as aforesaid constitute
the lawful, and are the sole, councilmen of
said city, and that the said H. K. Ellyson
is the true and only Mayor of said city, in
law and in fact; and that the title to the
Mayoralty of said city, if contested between
said Ellyson and said Chahoon, is not cogni-
fable or triablc in the said Circuit Court of
the United States, or in any other court,
upon bill in equity. Wherefore, the said
defendants respectfully submit and insist
that the motion for the injunction be de-
MED and rejected.
Year: 1870

The OATES TRoUpE-PosTPoHEAENT.-
Our readers will learn with regret that Mrs.
Oates, with her combination, will not be
able to appear tonight on account OF the
non-arriyal of scenery and some other ne
cessary attendants for the success OF their
entertainments They will certainly appear
tomorrow night, when they will doubtless
be greeted by fine house.
Year: 1870

JACK WRESS SURRESDERs.-Yesterday
afternoon OF about o'clock Jack Wrenn
appeared at the station-house and stated
that upon hearing there was a warrant
out for him he desired to give himself mp.
He says that he can prove his innocence OF
the charge against him.
Year: 1870

POLICEMAN KNOCKED DowN.-Last eve
ming policeman Williams, while engaged in
lighting a lamp on Byrd Island, was
knocked down with brickbat thrown BY q
negro who was On the opposite side of the
street. lie was 50 stunned that the assail-
ant escaped before he could pursue him.
Year: 1870

The following record viii show the changes IN the
temperature OF the weather for the past twenty
hours In comparison with the corresponding day OF
last year, Indicated by the thermometer at Hud-
nuts pharmacy. HERALD Building, Broadway, cor.
Year: 1870

AN extraordinary incident has just oc.
Cured at Lerida, Spain. The banker,
Jose Nunez, had two strong rooms, one
in ordinary use. and the other which
was only had recourse to when any
heavy payments in gold had to be made.
Originally two keys were provided for
the latter, hut some time ago one OF
them was lost. A few days back nee
essity arose to visit this reserved safe,
and to the intense establishment of the
cashier he found key in the lock. He
Immediately informed his employer,
and the two together opened the door,
when they found inside the corpse OF
man who had formerly been employ
ed in the hank. lie had probably stol-
en- the key, and visited the depository
with the intention of robbery, but the
door had accidentally closed, and rs il
fastened with spring he had died mis-
erably in the midst of the wealth he
hal desired to appropriate,
Year: 1870

Every one who fakes a newspaper,
which he in the least degree appreci-
ates, will often regret to see any one
number thrown aside for waste paper
which contains some Interesting and
important articles. A good way to
preserve these Is by the Use of a scrap
book. One who has never been aecus-
toned thus to preserve short articles,
can hardly estimate the pleasure it af-
fOrds to sit down aud turn over the
pleasant and familiar pages. Here a
choice piece. of poetry meets the eye,
which you remember you were so glad
to see in the paper, but which you
would long since have lost had it not
been for your scrap book. There is a
witty anecdote-it does you good to
laugh over 1t yet, though for the TWEEN
tieth time. Next is a valuable recipe
you had almost forgotten, and which
you have found just in time to save
much perplexity. There is a sweet little
story, the memory of which has cheer
ed and encouraged you many a time
when almost ready to despair under
the pressure Of life's cares and trials.
Indeed you can hardly take up sin
gle paper without perusing it. Just
glance over the sheet before you, and
see how many valuable items it con-
tains that would be of service to you
a hundred times in life. A choice
thought is far more precious than a bit
of gIittering gold. Hoard with care
the precious gems, and see at the end
of the year what rich treasure you
have accumulated.
Year: 1870

1t is easy to be nobody, and we will
tell you how to doit. Go to the drink
ing saloon to spend your leisure time.
You need not drink muchnow just a
little beer, or some other drink. In the
meantime play dOminoes, checkers, or
something else TO kill the time, so that
you will be sure not to read any useful
book. IF you read, let it be the dime
novels of the day. Thus go on, keep
ing your stomach full, and your head
empty, and yourself playing time-kill-
ing games, and in few years you'll
be nobody, unlesT, [as is quite likely,
you should turn out drunkard or a
professional gambler, either of which
lis worse than a nobody. ..a ..a
Year: 1870

A correspondent says of-the new Swed-
ish inhabitants Of Maine; GAIL the peO-
pie Of fifteen years of age are church
members. It is the custom in Sweden, as
soon as child reaches the age of fifteen,
for the parsOn to go to the house to see If
the child can read and write. If he can,
he is at once admitted to the sacrament 5
Until he has acquired the requisite educa-
ton. Virtually all the people are thus
church members. Whether this system is
the best for the promotion Of vital godli-
ness or not, gives some ground for argu-
who are here display great deal Of prac-
tical piety in their lives"
Year: 1870

There is a man in Buffalo who has
registered a vow never to make a "hu-
name society Of himself again. He
took off his coat and leaped into the
canal to save a lady from drowning,
when piekpocket stole $40 from his
coat and the rescued one got mad be-
cause he pulled her chignon of in get
ting her out.
Year: 1870

A New Albany man told his wife
he was going to commit suicide, and
laid down on the railroad track, wait
Ing for the train. AS his wife didn't
pull him of, and as the train was COM
ing on uncOmfOrtably near, he got up
himself, went to the wUOd-hOu5e and
sawed some wood.
Year: 1870

A now loom was exhibited few days
since at Providence, and was operated by
the inventor in the presence of large
number of manufacturers and business
men, and produced cloth of the best quah-
~ at the enormous rate Of nearly thOus-
and yards a day.
Year: 1870

There Is no medicine equal TO HOOhand's German
Bitter or Tonic in cases of Debility. They impar


tone and vigOr to the whole system. strengthen The
appetite cause an enjoyment OF the food enable the
stomach to digest it, purify the blood, give good,
Year: 1870

due l9 bearing interest per per pbe On the
ls' DAYS OF January and July the Bank Of America Sesiork


The line Of this Road extends from Henderson the Ohio River 10 the
State line Of Tennessee passing through coal seds Of Western Ken
tucy and forming important connections with Chicago Nashville the
South and BaS SItyhe miles completed at cost Of t2eobD
raised almost entirely from stock subscriptions leaving only hthre
miles to be buf Of which tSenhree mites a and under
contract The Grt and only of all the property and franchises
Of the Company for One Million Dollars payable above The
cee Of the sale will be applied by Edgar Thomson Of Phl'
depha the Trustee Of the Company finish the Sork for which
with the other acommsnd the amply sufficient The
earnings the Road quite large and by the middle Of June
the coal 6e will be reached which will increase them materially There


reasonable doubt that the extensive local traffic Of thus Road added
b important connections will make sbuniany mnneave the
stockholders 900 of this Loan have already been negotiated 'od
the remainder will be sold for the present 81 and accrued interest
which rate ey constitute safe ami desirable Investment


Further parcnlars viii be furnshed on sppheaton
Year: 1870

Several changes are contemplated In the stations
OF naval officers the most important OF which Is the
transfer Of Rear Admiral Melancthon Smith from
the command Of the Washington Navy Yard 10 the
command OF the New York Navy Yard, IL the place
OF Rear Admiral GodOn, and the assignment OF
OF the washington Navy Yard. Admiral G0dOn
will be assigned to duty as Port Admiral atNew
York, in the place OF Admiral Stringham who ~
retired Oilcer, and cannot be upon active duty
under the recent order from the Secretary.
Year: 1870

A CURIOUS THEoRY.- The idea of the "Thermometric Gateway to the Polen has recently been advanced by Captain Silas Bent, of the American Navy, as the result of thirty years study and exploration. Setting aside technical language, the idea seems to be that there is a permanent and nayigable ocean passage which will shorten the distance from New York to San Francisco by sixty days. and from Liverpool to Japan by more than hundred days. According to this theory, the two great currents of ocean, the Gulf Stream of the Atlantic, and its colleague of the Pa. cific, the Kuro-Siwo, both rivers in the ocean, hastening northward with their heated wa. ters from the equatorial belt of fire. push their way through the polar ice to their con fuence at the pole, making thither a naviga- Die water highway. Capt Bent supports his theory by facts, and insists that the Gulf Stream and the Kuro-Swo are the prime and only cause of the open sea about the pole. with its temperature, as repeated expeditions have discovered, so much above that due to the latitude; that the only practicable avenue by which ships can reach that open sea. and thence to the pole, is by following the warm waters of these streams into that sea and that to find and follow these streams, the wa. ter thermometer is the only guide.
Year: 1870

How to GROW RrcH.-The only way by which capital can increase is by saving. This is the way the poor become affiuent, and the wealthy wealthier If you spend as much as you get you will never become richer than you are. It is not what man gets, but what he saves, that constitutes bis wealth The man who goes on spending all he gets, and expects that by some lucky hit he shall be raised to wealth, will most likely sink in- to poverty, for in case of adverse fortune he has no resource; whereas by economy he may lay by stock that may serve as provision ir case of diversity.
Year: 1870

It has been often asserted that the Indian race owe their constant decrease to the pres ence, intercourse, and unprincipled conduct of the white race. We deny it. The whites have leen twice the friends to them that rhey have been and are to each other. Fire watet' and diseases derived from the whites have undoubtedly been the active agents in sweeping away many of them; so have the actions of unprnciped white people. But, notwithstanding, we believe that the care and protection afforded many of the Indian tribes by our Government, has saved them from destruction by protecting them against each other. The dispatch in Sundays Call, giving an account of q recent fight between the Sioux and the Crows, is tolerable fair specimen of what the Indians are toward each other. Had the far-seeing, wise and states manlike views of the great Tecumseh been adopted and acted upon by the red men of | North America, a very different condition of | the Indians, as of the whites, might have existed now. He tried to unite them all as one people, that they might live in harmony with each other, and so present a solid front to the advancing hosts of civilization. Had his advice been followed, although it might not have prevented the eventual disappear

 ance of his race, it certainly would have re

 tarded their aRnihilation, and some States

 now of our Union, would most probably still have been wildernesses for the roaming red man. But nothing could or can make the

 tribes live together in harmony, and so, much of their destruction is the work of their own

 hands. Even the British press, not generally

 given to overpraise anything Amercam has

 been forced to commend the generous policy

 of our Government toward these wild chil-

 dren of the wilderness. They are their own

 worst enetnies, and the white race has been

 more friendly toward them than they have

 been toward themselyes.-S. r. CdH
Year: 1870

WHY OPPosED.-The telegraph news from Cuba is to the effect that the Revolutionists are opposed to annexation to the United States. The owners of plantations unques- tionaby are opposed to any policy which will interfere with labor as at present organized. Annexation of the island to the United States would break down old arrangements.
Year: 1870

WHAT makes mamma cry" asked lit
tie Eddy, as he came in from play one day
after the battle of Gettysburg.


There has been dreadful battle, my
dear, and l ain anxious about papa" said
his mother.


A little while after that, Eddy brought
some clean white paper for his mother 10
make him kite. 1t being finished, his
mother saw him, with his spelling book
and led-pencil, writing on his kite


After dinner, in rushed Eddy, with
shining eyes and glowing cheeks, sx-
claiming


al sent it, mammal | sent it,'


"What my dear? What have you sent |?
and where?"


"Why, mamma, l wrote on my kite,
Won't God please take good care Of papa,
and send him back TO mamma and Eddy ,
and then l sent up my kite; and when it
got very high, / cut the string and L
guess God has got it by this time"


All, little Eddy God is very near TO
every one of US, and our messages need
not be written on paper, or sent up above
the clouds, in order that he may get them.
He knows our thoughts before We speak
them. Let US try to make them good and
pure.-Ihe Nursery.
Year: 1870

looked upon as an heiress. But, since the
altered state of circumstances, Jerry has
spoken out, and they have got themselves
engaged to one another, but ca mot marry
lust vet, for want Of means. Now, if you
leave all the money to Fanny, Jerry's
spirit will be up in arms again, and no one
can say what will follow; but you leave
it between them, and it will make things
right" =


al will l will But would it be
honest to depart from the terms of the
the -"


"The burnt will9 Bah how can you
talk of honesty and the burnt will in the


same breath. Do as | bid yOu and if you
do not, so much the worse. But l can't
stay, I'm going fast here the voice be-
came very faint. "Fm evaporating, Tom,
or I'd stay with great deal of pleasure.
Good bye, and mind you do as l bid you.
Good bye, for the present"


And so the voice died away.


Tom Soper never knew how he got
home; but the servant who opened the
door to him always declared that he got
home in wet bundle, in the bottom of
the gig, perfectly insensible, and in that
state he was put to bed, and a doctor sent
for and in the morning, more ominous
than the dreaded tick of any death watch,
came lawyer; and Tom Soper made his
will, and such reparation as lay in his
power for the wrong he had done


In less than fortnight that will had to
be read, and people declared that it was
the most incomprehensible will that was
ever penned; for, as to Miss Champion, it
was known that Tom SOper had had what
~%DI a1v ion for Bnr
Jerry Simpson, who was then up in Lon
don, being turned into an architect, was
no more than speaking acquaintance !;
and there was not penny bestowed in
charity. The trustees of the schools, the
guardians who had to keep the pump in
repair, the board of the literary institu
ton, and, in a word, every one connected
with any of the local charities, declared
fatty that the five hundred pounds had
evidently been intended as a charitable
trust fund, and even went so far as to
quarrel among themselves as to its distri-
button; but the clergyman happening to
differ from them in toto, kept the money
for his own use and benefit and so the
literary and scientific institution, which it
had been in contemplation to call "The
SOper Lyceum of Science" came to
speedy end for want of funds, and the
building stands desolate and untenanted-
(there is talk OF turning it into lunatic
asylum, but the Black Lion has petitioned
against it)-even unto the present day-a
melancholy monument of the vanity of
human wishes.


Every one said it was the most incom-
prehensible will ever penned and so one
half of Cogswell asked, "What induced
him to do it," and the other half an
swered, "Heaven knows" But the
above may be taken as true statement of
the matter, though how the facts came to
be known-whether they were divulged
by Mr.. Soper himself or whether the
ghost of the last will and testament paid
a second visit to earth and told the story
must remain profound secret. All
that it is necessary to say is, Jerry Simp-
son and Fanny Champion were married,
and lived happily ever afterwards a
Week.
Year: 1870

All this took very nearly two hours
And then George began to wonder what
had become of his wife.


1t was very rare indeed for him to be
left so long alone. So he thought he
would go and see what she was about. On
each landing he called out Emma"


No answer.


But, when standing listening on the first
floor, he thought he heard sob in the
basement.


Down he went.
Year: 1870

From the Fayetteville Democrat, we
learn that the South Pacific Railroad
Company are beginning to wake up to
the interests OF connection by rail with
the Valley of the Arkansas river The


Democrat says


Judge Walker returned from Boston
on Thursday evening We have had no
opportunity of conversing with him at
leugth on the subject of his mission, but
learned enough to know that the South
Pacific Railroad Company propose at
once to begin the survey of the road and
build it from Peirce City to Fort Smith
Our people will in a few days be called
upon to subscribe stock either under the
charter of the ArYansas Western Rail
way Company, or another to be gotten
up, as the matter is SO arranged that II
we fail to get control of that charter
new organization will be formed But
the assurances were from the gentlemen
controlling that charter when Judge
Walker left Philadelphia that it would be
transferred to the South Pacific Railroad
Company, The South Pacific Company
propose to take half the stock required
for the building of the road.


Judge Walker comes back buoyant and
elated at the prospect of our having rail
road connection with the outside world
at an early day. He will devote bis time
and energies towards the consumation
of this all important matter The peo-
pie should feel under lasting obligations
to Judge w. for the service already per
formed by him, and we doubt not will
second his noble efforts with hearty
good will. We learn that the proposition
to take stock will be presented in such
shape that there can be no ohiecting and
that every one will take some,
Year: 1870

The Congressional Committee on Re-
trcnchn,pqt have been Investigating for
some time past the way inswhicll the CON
tracts for carrying the mails have been
given out, with view Of reducing the
amount now required for this branch Of
the service. They have found irrcgulari-
ties whiththey think can be remedied by
making alt contracts competitive, brcpk-
ing up the system Of extending contHcts
already lot, and will so report to Congress.
A month or SO ago we gave Mr.. CREss-
WE'LL some very good advice in this mat
ter, without charge; and though he did
not seem TO appreciate it, We are very
glad to find tho committee moving in the
direction indicated. This begins to look
like intelligent cconOmy-a saving ut the
brnc,