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Year: 1870




Political life is a curious study. In
England the most dazzling prizes are
political. In the English novels politi-
cal success is represented as the greatest
triumph. However illustrious in rank a
man may be, however rich, the real
crown of his life is political distinction.
It is very much so in fact. Men of the
highest culture, of the utmost refinement
and delicacy of nature, enter the lists.
Parliament, to the young and accom-
plished English gentlemen of to-day, is
what the tournament and the field were
to his ancestor The Church, the army,
and political life are the three careers
open to gentleman. And of these
the highest in general estimation is un-
questionably the last. It is hardly less
so in France. The hero in the vaude-
vile, which is picture of contemporary
life, triumphs at last in receiving his
appointment as ambassador. Upon the
actual stage of life scholars, historians,
saUons, are politicians and statesmen
also. Guizot, Theirs, Lamartine, Arago,
do not disdain an active part in politics,
and are doubtless as proud of their po-
htical position as of their literary fame.


To cross the Atlantic to America is to
reverse the fact altogether. The Amer
lean gentleman upon his travels,
who remembers with more real pride
than any other incident of his tour the
fact that he was invited to dinner by the
Prime Minister in England, or by the
Foreign Minister in France, in his own
country wonders that any gentleman
can dabble in the dirty pool of politics
His charitable excuse for his neighbor
who interests himself in political af-
fairs is, that he is rather needy, and
would like respectable living as Minis
ter to Monaco, and SO pays the necessa-
ry price, by shutting his eyes and roll
ing little in the dirt. If you ask him
whether Mr.. Gladstone and ohm Bright,
Canning, Burke, and Lord Chatham, al
SO rolled In the dirt, he smiles, and
says that they manage things different
ly in England. If you ask him wheth
er, upon the whole, those men could
have employed their talents more use
fully, and would have done more wisely
for themselves and for civilization, if
they had left politics to inferior men, he
is astonished that man of your sense
should not be able to make distinctions.
If you ask him again whether he is of
opinion that government like ours
would be more honestly and economi
cally administered if it were left wholly
to blackguards, he shakes his head. If
you then press him to know whether
such government will take care of it
self if decent and honorable men decline
to take any interest in its management,
he bows politely, and wishes you good
morning.
Year: 1870

On the occasion of the organization of
the North Carolina House of Represen-
tatives, few days since, the presiding
officer gave expression to sentiments in
every way commendable. "We meet,
he said, "not to legislate for party or
clique, but for the people of the whole
state. Every man, white or black, rich
or poor, distinguished or humble, must
be made to feel and to know that he is
secure in the enjoyment of life, liberty
and property, and that he will be pro-
tected by the strong arm of the law in
all the rights now guaranteed to him by
the Constitution and the laws of the
land. All men, of every position in life,
must know that the law will be swift to
avenge his wrongs and speedy to punish
his crimes. There are two evils of leg
islation to be avoided, one is legislation
that is wrong per Sc; the other is too
much legislation"
Year: 1870

THE u. s. Senate is distinguishing
itself during the present session by
its indifference to measures in which
the people are greatly interested, and
the recklessness with which it votes
away public money. Last week it
put through the Northern Pacific
Railroad swindle and an appropria-
ton of half million dollars for the
commencement of new State Depart
ment. We are pleased to know that
Senators Morton and Pratt opposed
both of the appropriations.
Year: 1870

Governor STEVENSON, through the
medium of the IdtelEgencer, explains that
his big ku Klux scare was only intend
ed to arouse the people of the Kanawha
Valley to aid in enforcing the laws, and
not TO scatter abroad the impression
that a condition of anarchy prevailed
in that region. He did not have troops
sent there. Marshal SLACK is the man
to be held responsible for that enormity.
And then his organ volunteers the in
formation that it will be happy to pub
lish refutation of the indecent and
injurious statements it has put forth as
soon as the facts are furnished it.


1t would appear that the Governor
and his organ are getting ashamed OF
themselves and would gladly transfer
the responsibility for the mischief they
have wrought to other shoulders. 10
make their backdown less ridiculous,
they very mildly put forth additional
insinuations about the Ku.Klux rebel
lion and TIE connection of Democratic
leaders Herewith. Now against all OF
this, we set the Governors message OF
January 18th, which declares that "the
people of To State are better disposed or
more law-abiding than our own" This
is the exact truth, for the utterance OF
which the Governor is doubtless very
sorry, but the force of it cannot be
broken by the anonymous communica-
tions he has given to the public as
"facts."
Year: 1870

THE constituents Of BEN BUTLER arc
not pleased with his recent appoint.
ment of negro to a cadetship at West
Point over The heads Of white boys in
his district. BUTLER was actuated by
spite towards the Military Academy in
this appointment. He don't like West
Point graduates, because they sneered
of his Fort Fisher fiasco and his Dutch
Gan project.
Year: 1870

All who have real estate for sale or to Let,
and those desiring purchase rent suoh property,
will find IL to their interest to advertise in TIE TRIBUNE.
Is aggregate circulation exceeds that of any other


paper, and in addition to this advantage THE TRIBUNE
will be found not only In York and all It's cities and
villages but every state anc Territory throughout the
Union Tho advertisement should be as brief as will
allow OF the advantages claimed being made clear TO the
reader We would especially dwell the fact that the
subscribers for three editions OF THE TRIBUNE Daily


Semi Weekly and Weekly, comprise individuals In every
business profession consequently in each
are read by all classes THE TRIBUNE devotes especial
attention to reports Of sales Of real estate both in city
and country thus adding greatly to the value OF its col


umus as an advertising medium The charges for adyer-
Using are as follows DAILY TRIBUNE 26 cents per line
for each insertion WEEKLY TRIBUNE 81 per lne SEMI


WEEKLY TRIBUNE. cents per limo. About ten words OF
our wide columns aine Terms cash In advance
Year: 1870

It said that these represent at least $4,000 oO
Here, then, is source from which the American Colo
nizaton Society reasonably hope for continued aid In
the prosecution OF fs work And shaft being SUNK the
gangways driven and numerous chambers opened, and
my official duties not limited by any one state or
section OF the country, am unable TO see any good
why should not devote portion Of my labors in
the cause In working this mine especially as the pro
prietOrs desire do and there is no other


agency in the state labOring in behalf OF the Parent
society. JOHN ORCUTT Secretary Am Colo. Soc


No "a Bible House, N T. Cify, Aug l8. 1870.
Year: 1870

1t is a glorious privilege to be
Young man. If wisdom directs, there
is all the teaching of the past, all the
experience of fathers and teachers to
guide. A wise father points out the
wrecks he has made, and teaches his
boys to avoid the shoals and quick
sands on which he has made waste of
health, prospects or estate. The
buoyancy and elasticity of youth en-
able them to bear trouble better than
their elders; yet it is worth world
to young men TO be saved trouble, by
gathering wisdom from those who
have gone over the same ground, and
thus, in turn, becoming educators.


Your fast young man, what Is he
good for? To know the price of the
best champagne, and be judge of
cigars and whiskey; to be known as
a spendthrift and as the frequenter of
places of doubtful reputation; to boast
of sceptical female associations, and to
be in debt for board and washing; all
these accOmplishments-f TO know
how to stave off debtor is certainly
such-will SOW gray hairs, even if the
posseSsOr of the fine arts in rascalitY
ever lives to have gray hairs, which is
a very doubtful question. The young
man Of rectitude, OF high moral senti-
ment, who, knowing the right, dares
maintain it, is one of the finest sights
on earth. He becomes an educator
Fast young men cannot sneer him
down, cannot wipe him from the
social circle in the true sense of the
term; for his principles are immortal,
and his eTceksinr shall give him life
when the debduchees are tOttering in
the poor hOuse,-recipients of thealms
of a generous people.


Oh, how often have We seen dan
dies, fresh from the BARRIERS chair,
with airs of pretensiOn and the strut
of turkeys, who were redOlent with
the cant of the streets, and posted III
the sensational literature of the day,
walking by the side of some anato-
miZed figure in blue silk; and the
simpering, worth-nothing talk that
takes place would put young man of
solid sense out of cOnceit with the
false charms of life.


Young men, take warming; he wise,
take thought for the morrow; culti
vate ambition. Not 10 point to
have it diseased, but with healthy
manual exercise and clean thinking;
so shall you not only save your own
bodies and souls, but become a moral
force of public educatOrs.-E. King,
IN Beecher's Magazine.
Year: 1870




One of the most singular and Won
derful discoveries of the age was made
in the Currysville coal mines, few
DAYS ago. At a depth of one hundred
and eighty feet, while the miners
were cutting through slate stone,
they discovered the petrified body of
a serpent. We examined this petriti-
cation, and can say, with truth, that
it is the finest specimen we ever saw
Unfortunately it was broken into
three pieces, and piece from near the
center is missing-peThaps thrown
out in silver of stone. A limb bad
evidently fallen across the serpent,
about eight or ten inches from the
head, and mashed the part under
meath flat, and, strange to say, even
this thin part was formed into solid
stone, and was taken out perfect. The
wrinkles in the body of the serpent,
in its writhing as if 10 extricate itself
from the stick that fell across it, were
as perfect and natural, as the day the
affair took place The head is shaped
like that of an eel, and the tail, from
indications. must have been supplied
with q broad fin, or flat, fieshy sub
stance, as a propeller. The eyes and
mouth can be distinctly traced, while
the body is covered with small sunk
en- spots, similar to those on a hog
skin, though not so small or numer-
Gus. This specimen is five feet three
inches long, and near ten inches
around the largest part OF the body;
/ In addition to this most singular
curiosity, perfectimpressions Ofleaves,
limbs, brush and other samples OF
vegetation were taken out at this enOr-
NOUS depth. Among these was a
/ beautiful impression of what is famil-
iarlv called snake weed, or fern, which
grows in almost every valley through
out the Western country.


The most singular specimen is yet
to be described, and, in attempting to
communicate the fact to our readers,
we feel as though the history to our
earth is Just as much a mystery to the
present generation as it was to those
who inhabited it before the fiOOd-ihe
"half having not yet been told" The
sole of shoe. or sandal, was taken
out in a complete state of petrifactiOn.
The heel is almost perfect, and the
impression of something in the heel,
resembling taeks or nails, is plain and
distinct. This specimen is about eight
inches long and of the usual width.


When this discovery is seriously
considered, i'll connection with the
general formation of the earth for a
circumference of between seventy and
eighty miles around-there not being
a hill of any material height-not a
ravine of depth worthy of remark
not a cavern, and the Wabash the
largest stream within this scope, and
the earth almost level, and thiekly
and heavily timbered, what mind can
go down into the bowels of the earth
one hundred and eighty feet beneath
the firmly rooted, aged oaks Of the
forest. and solve the mysteries there
unfnlded9
Year: 1870

a pamphlet by Mr.. Proctor, a we'll
known astronomer, written to accom-
pany some recent stereOgrams of Mars,
calls attention anew to the very great
similarity between this planet and
our own earth in many points of its
extraordinary physical condition, and
mfers, as has been before suggested,
its entire adaptation TO the require
ments of living creatures such as those
that now people the earth. The polar
ice can readily be distinguished, ex-
tending its borders in the winter and
contracting in the summer. Anatmo-
sphere, carrying clouds, and mists
with definite qualities, is readily ap-
preciable and the Indications of rain
and snow are not wanting. How soon
it will be possible for US to determine
the nature of the inhabitants of the
planet-since we can scarcely believe
in their existenee-is yet a matter of
uncertainty; but it is TO be hoped that
the time is not far distant when We
may arrive at some definite conclusion
in regard to them.-HdTpeF'S MGQd-
cine for March.
Year: 1870

In our own history, Aaron Burr was
a keener thinker than George Wash
ington. He was a far more active
man; and, if he had been a moral
man. and had maintained normal re-
lations with. himself, with his fellow
men and with the laws of recititude,
he would have been an ADLER man.
Washington was man ofgoOd sense,
but he was a man Of singular equity,
Of great disinterestedness, and of pure
and upright intent. SagaciOus he
was, by the light which comes from
integrity. He endured having faith
to believe that right was right, that
right was safe, and that right in the
end would prevail. That which made
Washington the only great hero of our
revolutionary struggle was the light
of the moral element that was in him
not any intellectual genius which he
possessed; not any peculiar social en-
dowments; not any rare tact in adj
ministratiOn, nor any remarkable eX-
ecutive power. And if you look back
upon those names in our history that
have stood the test, you will find that
they were men who were fruitful in
the highest moral elements. And as
time goes on, those men who lack
these elements sink lower and lower
until they set below the horizon; and
those men who possess them rise
higher and higher, till they reach the
meridian, with undying splendor to
shine upon history and the world
Beccher.
Year: 1870

Who, looking backward nom his manhood's
prime,
S. IS not the spectre of his misspent timer


And through the shades
OF funeral cypress planted thick behind,
Hears no reproachful whisper on the wind


From his loved dead?
Who bears no trace OF passions evil force:
Who shuns thy sting, o terrible remerses-


Who does not cast


book,
AT times. a sad and half reluctant look,


Regretful of the past:
Alasi the evil which we fain would shun
We do, and leave the wished for good I'M
done:


Our strength to-day
II hut tO-morrows weakness, prone to fall:
Poor, blind, Improbable servant servants all


Are we alway.
Yet who. thus looking backward DER his
years,
Feels not his eyelids wet with grateful tears,


If he hath been
Permitted, weak and sinful as he was
To cheer and aid in some ennobling cause,


His fellow men?
II he hath hidden the outeast. or let in
A ray of sunshine TO the cell Of sin


If he hath lent
Strength TO the weak, and in the hour OF
need,
over the suffering, mindful Of his creed


or home. hath bent
He hath not lived in vain. And while he
gives
The praise to Him, in whom he moves and
lives,


With thankful heart;
He gazes backward, and with hope before,
knowing that from his works he neVermore


Can henceforth part.
Year: 1870

The only position of the body which
requires no muscular eXertiOn Is lying.
1t is the proper attitude of repOse, and
one inswhich feeble strength can be
longest preserved. We may sit in diff
ferent pOstures, but in every sitting
position the muscular organism is tax
ed more or less. TOsit easily the back
must be supported, for otherwise We
have the permanent contracting OF the
posterior muscle of the trunk, and are
soon fatigued, as We may easily learn
by trying to extract comfort from q
three-legged stool. When seated on a
chair, with the back supported, the
muscles are slow to contract, and eonse-
quently we are not liable to fatigue.
If we want to be comfOrtableins setting
rooms, we should use long chairs in
order that the back and head may be
supported. But if we are bored by
diSagresahIe callers, short back chairs
are the proper articles of furniture for
parIOr. For then we are assured that
we bore our friends. Cushioned chairs,


so arranged as to enable one to
adopt a recumbent position, must be
classed among the true luxuries of this
advanced age. Reclining in one OF
them we experience little fatigue, since
we keep the muscles from contraction,
while the soft yielding cushion per-
mits an equal distribution of pressure
upon all the different points of the
body corresponding to the base Of sup
pOrt.-TtnJ, Field and Farm.
Year: 1870

Mention has already been made of
the drawing of women as Grand Ju-
rOrs in Laramie City, Wyoming Ter
ritOry. a motion was made to quash
the panel, but the Judge maintained
the right of women to serve. The
jury were sworn, none asking to be
excused. Judge Howe, in delivering
his charge, said:
Ladies and Gentlemen ef The Grand jury:


It is a novelty to see, as we do to-
day, ladies summoned to serve as ju-
rors. The extension ofpOlitical rights
and franchises to woman is subject
that is agitating, the whole country.
/ have never taken an active part in
the discussions, but have long seen
that woman was victim to the vices,
crimes and immortality of man, with
no power to protect and defend her
self from these evils. have long felt
that such powers of protection should
be conferred on women and it has fall
en- to our lot here TO act as the pio-
neers in this movement, and to test
the question. The eyes of the world
are to-day fixed upon this jury of AL
bany county. There is not the slight
est impropriety in any lady occupy
ing the position, and l wish to assure
you that the fullest protection of the
Court shall be accorded to YOU. 1t
would be the most shameful scandal
that in our temples of justice and in
our courts of law, anything should be
permitted which the most sensitive
lady might not hear with prOpriety
and witness. And here let me add
that it will be a sorry day for any man
who shall so far forget the courtesTes
due and paid by every American gen.
tleman to every American lady, as to
even, by word or act, endeavOr to
deter you from the exercise of these
rights with which the laws have in
vested you.


I will conclude with the remark
that this is a question for you to de-
eide for yourselves. No man has any
right to interfere. 1t seems TO be
proper for woman to sit upon grand
juries, which will give them the best
possible opportunities to aid in sup
pressing the dens of infamy which
curse the country. 1 shall be glad of
your assistance in the accomplishment
of this object. 1 do not make these
remarks from any distrust of the gem
tlemen. On the contrary, / am eX-
ceedingly pleased and gratified with
the indications of intelligence. love of
law, and good order and gentlemanly
department which l see manifested
l will now listen to any reason which
any juror may make for being excused.
Year: 1870

There are many men who, both
from a salutary and pecuniary eOnsid-
Grafton, would be glad to give up the
use of tobacco. To all such we COM
mend the following, assuring them
that they will find it interesting, and
perhaps useful:


a society has been formed in Paris
to put a stop to the abuse of tobacco.
Laymen can become members of it on
payment of five francs, and church.
men by paying one franc. Whether
the difference in the admission fee in
dicates that the clergy will receive
less benefit from the protective of re-
stOrative influence OF the society, or
that they are greater sufferers from
the use of the weed, and, therefore,
special inducements are held out for
their reformation does not appear
4 French magazine says that for one
suffering from indulgence in tobacco,
it is sufficient to drink a cop of strong
coffee without milk; the coffee is said
to be an antldote to nicotine. The
government tasters in France, it is
said, who are obliged to smoke an in
ordinate number of cigars, when they
end THAR -naFvGs- -shR<Rn-a and their
taste impaired by the excess, take
strong coffee, and Immediately find
that their delieacy of discrimination
is restored, and they are able to go on
with their trials. The Turks would
seem To have found out this secret
long ago. They smoke and drink
coffee alternately save their nerves
and their taste, as the dangerous
properties of each, it is to be presumed,
cOunteract those of the other. A wri-
term LippeHcott's N0gdziRe SAYS that
there is another remedy for excessive
smOking-namely, the free use of
fruit. After smoking all the evening
he eats two or three apples, or as
many punches of grapes and finds
himselfin the morning none the worse
for his tobacco or his fruit. Still
another remedy, not so easy for the
habitual users of tobacco, but invaria-
bly, effectual if persistently followed
up, is to abstain from the use of the
weed entirely. Those who find them
selves suffering from its effects, had
better try this first.
Year: 1870

What man can write out clearly,
correctly, and briefly, without book or
reference of any kind, that he UNI
doubtedly knows, whatever else he
may be ignorant of. For knowledge
that falls short of that-knowledge
that is vague, haZy, indistinet, un-
eertain-I for one profess no respect at
all. And | believe there never was
time or country where the influences
of careful trimming were in that re-
spect more needed. Men live in haste,
write in haste-I was going to say,
think in haste, only that the word
thinking Is hardly applicable to that
large number who, for the most part,
purchase their daily allowance Of
thought ready made. You find ten
times more people now than ever be-
fore who can string words together
with facility, and with general idea
of their meaning, and are ready with
q theory of some kind about most
matters.-LOTd Stanley.
Year: 1870

feDruary lotht lesU-


The remarkable success which attended
our negotiation Of the Loans of the CESTRAL
PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY and the WEST
KRN 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 honorably-managed Railroads are
promptly recognized and readily taken as
the most suitable, safe. and advantageous
form Of investment. yielding more liberal
income than c. n hereafter be derived from
Government Bonds. and available TO take
their place.


Assured that. in the selection and nezOtis-
tion OF superior Railroad Loans, we are
meeting great public want. and rendering
q valuable service-both to the holders Of
Capital and to those great National works Of
internal Improvement whose intrinsic mer-
il and substantial character entiIle them 10
the use of Capital and the confidence OF in
vesiors-we now ofer with special conf
dence and satisfaction the
Year: 1870

There is a puzz.e well known to the
rising generation, which runs nearly
blind beggar who had brother; the
brother died, but the man who died
had no brother. What relation was
the beggar to the man who died?n
Here we are misled by taking it for
granted that the beggar must have
been a man, the clue being given that
the beggar was q girl, it becomes quite
plain that the beggar was a sister of
the man who died.