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Year: 1870

THE CASE OF AMEs.-The Senate Judiciary
Committee have reported against admitting
General Ames to the Senate, on the plea that
he was in the army at the time of his election
and was not a citizen Of the State. There may
lection, for instance the fact Of a bad precedent
being set for other commanding officers in the
future reconstrnctions Of elected States; but
Ames himself is certainly as good citizen of
the State he represents as Whittemore, Rice,
Reyels and other more decided rpet-baggers
are Of the States they represent.
Year: 1870

THE Snow or THIRTY WHITES Mr.. Snow,
member Of Assembly, said Tile had served
the democratic party for thirty years. He
proposed to serve it to-day. He did not pro-
pose to engage in any special legislation for
New York. Here we find committee report
ing bills piecemeal. He would not support
business Of that sort. Let them bring in a
general bill and he would vote for it." With
these words the stanch old democrat voted
against the Charter Of the silk stocking coali-
ton. Good words these on the part Of Snow,
aud a good indication that the rural democratic
head is much nearer level than some wise men
thought.
Year: 1870

THE NEUTRALITY RESOLUTIONS The House
committee has finally agreed to report in favor
of maintaining strict neutrality between Spain
and Cuba. This partial recognition comes
tardily and late. Its effect will be merely to
give Cuba some Of the advantages which we
have aIl along extended TO Spaiu.
Year: 1870

How ARoUT THAT KNIFE III little Moses.
who made war to the knife on Tammany a
little while ago, happens to have that knife
with him now he may amuse himself cutting
the burushes. But i've must be careful Of his
precious little fingers.
Year: 1870

The HEIGHT OF C00L AuDACrrY is exempli-
fed in the attempt Of the circular letter writer's
who carry on swindling operations through the
Post Office to have Postmaster Jones removed
from his position in the New York Post Office.
They accuse him Of being upright enough to
stop their swindles, having an idea that honest
men are unfit for office. But they have dis
covered that the Post Office Department has
not enough honest men to spare Jones, and so
they have overreached themselves.
Year: 1870

In OUT-HERoDs HERop.--T'he way in which
the municipal babies were slaughtered up at
Albany yesterday would quite put to blush the
poor cruelty Of the ancient prosecutor. Where
is little Moses3 It s to be hoped he is safely
hidden in the bulrushes under the Manhattan
dome. :
Year: 1870

THE BRooKLyN NAVY YARD.--t now ap-
pears that the House committee intend to re-
commend the sale of the Brooklyn Navy Yard
without making an arrangement for building
another one. Is the metropolis of the country,
then, to be left without the protection of navy
yard in case of war?
Year: 1870

A Solution or the City Transit Probsem-


The inadequacy Of means Of communication
in the metropolis between the homes and
business houses of the greater part Of The
community has been long keenly felt, and
various suggestions have been made to supply
the want. The Underground Railway, similar
to that of London, has received a good deal Of
attention but single glance at the geological
formation of this island will satisfy any one AZ
to the utter impracticability OF such an under
taking. 1t is easy to tunnel the vast clay
deposit on which London 10 built, but to
operate successfully on the ridge Of primitive
rock which supports the palatal structures OF
New York without danger to life and property
is quite another thing. Surface roads have
been already tried and found wanting In
every respect, as any one can testiIy
who has suffered from the disagreeable
and offensive overcrowding Of the street cars.
There appears to be one feasible and salts
factory solution Of the great transit problem
the Girdle Railway, which affords the most
rapid means Of communication from one
end of the city to the other and interferes
with neither property nor other means Of
locomotion. II is designed to have the track
elevated at a proper height above the bulk
head line skirting both rivers, 30 that 1t will
not Interfere with the necessary buildings
used for shipping, ferry OF commercial par-
poses. The plan also provides for eight tracks.
so that cars can constantly move in both direc-
tions. It is apparently satisfactory solution
of the transit problem, and far more feasible
than the absurd project of tunnelling through
the solid bed of rock beneath us, to the i'm
minent danger of life and property.


The Arcade Railway, designed to run be-
meath Broadway, and which makes such a


pretty appearance on paper, is another Of
these hairbrained schemes. We doubt very


much if the property owners on that thorough
fare would feel satisfied at having their places
of business undermined by any such arrange
ment. A pneumatic railway has been tried


successfully in Europe, and there is little doubt


of its entire practicability in this country. Il
might prove more efficient and feasible sub
| stitute for means Of communication with
Brooklyn than such an uncertain, costly affair
| as q bridge. The idea is one that other cities


should not lose sight of, as it might be put In a


more practical shape to their advantage than
| in our rocky soil. The Girdle Elevated Rail-


way Company comprises among its members
| such men as Messrs. Homer A. Nelson, Robert
| Colgate, Charles Butler and E. L. Viele, and
manifests desire to carry the undertaking
through to o successful termination. Whatever
| the results of the work may be it is certain


that the citizens of the metropolis must fall
| back upon some other means Of solving the


transit problem than undermining our thorough
| fares and business palaces.
Year: 1870

The Appeal has been publishing &


number of articles on the subject Of the
Southern Pacific Railroad-sOme editO


rial and some selected or communica


ted. 1t published, and then reviewed
with force and truth, an article from
the Cincinnati Railroad Record, which
insisted upon having the Southern
Road put under control of Southern
men, such as Davis, Lee or Hamp-
| TONI The Appeal very pertinently
asks if this i3 not mere trick to defeat
any Southern Road? OF course, we
would be glad if Congress should be.
come willing to give our most promi.
nent men the building and manage
ment Of this Southern Road, but have
we any reason to believe this will be
done? and if we cannot get it built by
Southern men, would it not be well tC
have it built, as the Appeal says, "by
New York or Boston, London or Paris?''
The Appeal pays high and deserved
compliment to the "Stantons" who are
building the Alabama and ChattanOo-
ga road, and says: "Let railroad men
like the Messrs. Stanton, build the Pa
cific Road, and it will be well, cheaply
and speedily comp&ted." But the Ap-
pCctA OUJCCtS W 1JO DCAuS AlSOO q HtAI
of q continuous line from San Diego
through New Orleans and ChattanOo-
go to Boston, and owned by this ring
of Boston capitalists" A writer in the
Appeal takes issue with that paper up
on the proposition that the Boston
capitalists intend to get OOntrol of the
whole line from San Diego to Boston,
and insists that this is an impOssibility
under Existing circI Instances, and that
the great object ofdChe Boston capital
lists is to build or assist in building this
road in order that they may connect
with it. He also agrees in the opinion
with the Appeal that the StantOns will
and can build this road more speedily
and better than any other company. 1t
is a matter Of great interest to Memphis
to have the road built from San Diego
to some central point in Texas, and if
the StantOns can build it sooner and
better than any company and do not
intend to use it to the prejudice of our
city, we would be glad to see them do
it, and the sooner the better.


Some of the remarks Of the Appeal in
reply to the Railroad Record are of pc
culiar significance and well worthy of
attentiRl. Since the Appeal is an able
and consistent advocate of the Demo-
cratic party, we hope our Northern cOn~
UempOFarleS VIII echo the sentiment OF
the Appeal, when it says 1--WE are
not Of those who would be governed in
this matter by any sectional prejudice. -
The fact that a leading paper in the
South advocates the building of this
road, even if it has to be done by a
Northern company, shows the liberal
feeling among our people upon all
questions where our material interests
are involved, and should be1et a feel
ing of equal liberality among Northern
peO&e and in Congress towItds our
section. So far as we are concerned, it
is a ptter of very little interest to us
by what company the road is built, so
that the agreement made at the Com
merciaI Convention in this city is car
ried out in good faith, and this we he
lieve will be done by whatever cOmpa-
ny may build it, because it will be =
the interest of the company t0-oNs0.-
LdnjcT'S Real Estate Bulletin.
Year: 1870

God bless the little feet that now can never


90 astray,
For the little shoes are empty, in my closet


laid away;
sometimes take one in my hand. forgetting
It is a little half-worn shoe, not large enough
And oil at once feel a sense of bitter loss
As sharp as when, two years ago, it cut my


heart in twain.
o, little feet, that weary not, watt for them
For am dIifting on the tide, and they have


reached the shore;
And while the binding tear-drOps wet those


little shoes so old,
try TO think my darling's feet are tTeading


streets of gold;
And then I lay them down again, and al
God bless the little feet that now so surely


cannot stray.
And when thus am standing, almost seem


to see
The little form beside me, just as it used to
The Little face uplifted with its soft and ten
All me! might have known that look was


born of Paradise.
I reach my arms. out fOndly, but they clasp
For there's nothing of my darling but the


shoes he used to wear.
Oh! the bitterness of parting cannot be done
Until meet my darling where his feet can


never stray;
But with him safely landed upon the river
Be patient, heart! while waiting to see the
For the little feet in the golden street can


never go asttay.
Year: 1870

The records of the French War Office
show that during the first half of the
eighteenth century, ending five years
after the day OF FOntenOy, four hundred
and fifty thousand Irishmen died in the
French service, and that during the last
half OF the century one hundred and fif-
ty thousand Irishmen fell in battle under
the banners of France.
Year: 1870

We learn from the New Iberia Times that
work has been almost entirely suspended al
the mine on Avery's salt island in conse-
ouence of a strike among the miners, who
refuse to extend their days work from
seven and half to eight hours, at four dol
lars day. An effort will be made to have
the mining done by the ton.
Year: 1870

impartial tribunal, each claimant would
be required to prove his case; on the
other hand, Spain would be at liberty to
Traverse every material fact, and thun
complete equity would be done
Year: 1870

WATER PROoF Boor SoLEs. If hot tar is ap-
piled to boot soles it will make them water proof
Let it be hot as the leather will bear without in
jury, applied with swab. The operation may
be repeated two or three times during the win
ter. if necessary. 1t makes the surface Of the
leather quite hard. so ths; it wears longer, as
well as keeps the water out II is good plan
to provide boots for winter during summer, and
prepare the soles By tsrring, as they will then
become, before they are wanted to wear, almost
as firm as horn, and will wear twice as long as
those unprepared
Year: 1870

A Man Gets Into n Fight and "Walks on ON


His Ear"


The roughs Of New York have peculiar ways their
wonders TO perform, and never make any bones
about who gets 'chawed up' in any frolic In which
they t to engage for the sake Of the fun OF the
thing. People who are familiar with the feats Of
1sty strength which this delectable portion OF our
disorderly community exhibit every once in while
when their pockets are flush and their dander above
par thanks to bad whskey and brutal instincts,
Russell, who thinks he lives at No. el7 seventh
avenue got into pleasant little squabble time
skeddy, the '' SIacksnith." Haggerty is an I'M I'M
portaticn from Philadelphia, and enjoys q
and which Sa pubic s PsSs PscSrds know sooa %
character nothing whasever. Reddy had some bad
lager alb ard when he disagreed with Mr.. Hag-
gerty and gos badly mauled, and ever since that
time aggerty has been struttng about to see whose
coat tail he could tread upon. Last Thursday night
he and gang Of his went up town and got fun OF
places. An individual named Edwin r.. Chandler,
OF 4o1 West Thrty-seventh street, was Of the gentle
manly party Everything went smoothly with the
gentlemen until they reached the Of Twenty
seventh street and Sixth avenue, when the topic OF
conversaf on turned on the Fenian raid. A full pc
rlcd was put TO II by row between Chandler ana
Haggerty. The latter won the first knockdown.
cer so1y troys to get to his feet but M


himself upon his victim, aud, amid the
cheers of his gang, actually bit OF one OF
cooy g,t up and spat the thing into the gutter. The
police then came upon the scene and arrested the
TWO bulics, who were taken to the station house
and locked up. They were arraigned before Justice
Cox yesterday, but neither had any charge to make
against the other, SO they were discharged. While
IN the court room Chandler drew forth his ear from
his pocket and handed It around TO be looked at by
the other prisoners. He seemed to be quite proud
OF being able to throw the ear about without send
ing his head after It, and declared that he intenued
to have 1t well preserved, and then have a diamond
set In IT, which he would wear as breastpn.


u would have been q good thing for the city II
potn Haggerty and Chandler had made meal Of
each others ears and then swallowed each others
heads by way OF relish.
Year: 1870

EXAMINE Your TEAPoTs.-A caution
has lately been largely copied in the
domestic columns of newspapers to the
effect that cracked dishes, after being
long used for holding gravies and fat of
any kind, become rancid and unwhole-
some. And later comes another, with
good medical authority to back it, against
using tin vessels, more especially tea
pots, which have become rusted or black
ened inside The acid contained in the
tea combines with the exposed portions
of the vessel, and forms chemical
compound, not unlike ink. 1t corrodes
and darkens the teeth. and cannot be
inoffensive to the stomach. l have seen
the discoloration Of both natural and
artificial teeth prove SO obstinate, from
this cause, as to require several scourings
with soap and ashes with stiff brush, to
remove it.


When housekeepers hear any of the
family remarking, This tea tastes like
ink |" it is time to examine-possible
throw away-the teapot


The most palatable or wholesome tea
is made by STEPPING in a bright tin or
porcelain cup. then pouring intoa freshly
scalded earthen teaport. Thus treated,
it will never acquire the astringent
quality so deleterious to the teeth and to
health.-Ohio Farmer.
Year: 1870

Dairy salt must be of the best, per-
fectly white, odorless, and if dissolved
in cold water no froth or scum will arise.
Onondaga salt ranks the highest, We
have used it with perfect success for sew
eral years. The salt must be pounded
in mortar, and large tablespoonful is
enough for a pound-perhaps too much
for all tastes. More than half the but
ter sent to market is made too salt. The
flavor of the butter is injured by it. AT
ter the salt is worked in, more butter
milk will flow; so turn the dasher and
press it out. Then have the butter bowl
paddle and stamp well scalded; put bits
Of ice into the bowl to cool it have a
dish Of hot and cold water by your side
to put yourpaddle ana stamp into. Take
the butter from the churn with the pad
die, scraping the sides of it clean, and
work it with paddle or fingers. A but
ter paddle made with FIVE fingers, curved
like salad fork, would be better than q
smooth fiat surface like those now used.
Such paddle would force the butter
through in thin sheets, and press out all
the milk. work the butter thoroughly
the first day, saltit, and make into cakes
what is needed for the table. Stamped
butter is more attractive than a plain
piece, and the corrugated butter stamps
now use do make such tempting little
pats Shells, diamonds, tiny rolls, etc.
can be manufactured by their aid and
placed on the butter plates now so much
used, they cannot fail to tempt the palate
OF the most iastidious.
Year: 1870

TAE ARCHBISHOP OF CINCINNANI.--
John, Arch5ishop Purcell of Cincin-
natl, is personally one of the most agree
able and persuasive men whom the Pa
pal Church counts among its dignitaries
in the United States. Very few Amer
ican eccleesiastics have enjoyed greater
share of personal popularity than has
fallen to his lot. In private in tercourse
his soul seems to overflow with benevo-
lence, and one seeing him in this light
would hardly suspect the existence OF
the far different qualities displayed in his
recent speech in the Ecumenical Coun-
Gil. A German contemporary says of it
that, although it was certainly not one
of the most elegant in point of diction,
it certainly contained some of the most
remarkable language ever uttered in the
Aula of the Vatican" Said he /: |
am an old man. have become grizzled
in the vineyard of the Lord. The little
Latin that learned in my youth | have
not had leisure to practice and retain.
There shall be, however, no lack of truth
undefiled in what l have to say, though
l may not utter it in severely classical
language. Before all. l must tell you
that am Republican, therefore, | do
not believe in he royalty by the grace
of God Then looking over toward
the Spanish prelates, he added, al see a
whole nation running after king with
out succeeding in catching him. Kings
ale ordained for the sake of the people.
The people are not created for the sake
of any king. And so it is that the
Pope is elected for the sake of the Church
and as certainly, the Church was not
founded for the sake of the Pope. The
Church, so to speak, is republic, and
the Pope is its responsible President, for
the time being and if he attempt to
make himself an absolute king, he COM
mits usurpation F" Imagine the effect
on the assembled Council Archbishop
Purcell looks, perhaps less like priest
than any other member of the Council.
He may be seen almost any day prone
nading the Corso, 10 a round hat, stand
ing collar, and all the other adjuntcs be-
longing TO the dress of an ordinary
American citizen.
Year: 1870

ABOUT one hundred miles to the south
east of Hamilton is high plateau of
land containing an extensive deposit of
marine shells and the fossil remains of n
large variety of extinct species of fish.
But the curiosity which most challenges
the interest and investigation of antigua
ries is the petrified form of was evident
ly once an immense sea monster. 1t
lies on the high plateau in position Civ
ing rise to the theory that its locale was
once a great shoal, and that this ante
diluvian leviathan foundered and perish
ed on the surface as the water receded.


The petrifaction is perfect, and is esti-
mated to weigh about ten tons. 1t pre-
sents dual appearance-tbe head and
body that ofa humpback whale, and the
extremities extend into feelers and an
tenna like the polypus or devil fish, with
the exception that they were evidently
during life lined with hard and bony
substance. The eyes are set in each side
of the head, which is fat and oblong,
and are twenty-four inches apart. The
mouth is armed with triple rows of teeth
which are sharp in front, but underneath
and we'll into the jaw they turn into
grinders, capped by solid osseous for
nation, running back from the widest
portion of the head. In this respect it
resembles the celebrated marsh COW of
Central America, amphibious in habit
gramnivorous on land and carnivorous
In water.


The length of this singular relic of an
unknown race has not yet been deter
mined; but as the body blends into the
tail, it tapers down to so small size
that, making due allowance, its entire
weight would not be far from that stated
This inland county abounds In curious
fossile of a marine character. We have
seen specimens of crustacea found III our
immediate vicinity which puzzled scien-
fists and antiquaries. There is a preg-
nant field in this region for savans, such
as Agassiz, who have made the piscal
kingdom, both of this and past ages, a
study of love.


There is some talk among the parties
who discovered the remains of the stran-
ded monster described, of making an eff



fort to remove them to the railroad. We
see that Barnum has been buying one of
the Calaveras big trees. If he will turn
his attention hitherward he can procure
one of the most astounding curiosities of
the day. We doubt whether it can be
removed in bulk, and if an accident
should happen in the attempt, its value
would be greatly lessened, and its use
fulness as study would be materially
impaired


We would suggest the consideration of
the plan so successfully carried out in
removal of the Cardiff giant. A plaster
of Paris mould could be taken first of
the perfect form, then the shape of the
entire anatomy would be preserved in
case the effort to remove the whole should
prove failure. But in case of break
age, and the impossibility of saving the
curiosity without mutilation, it might be
reduced to powder, removedin detail and
remodeled in New York, where it would
doubtless be placed on exhibition and
become an interesting aid in science in
determining many antediluvian specula-
tions now requiring investigation and
proof
Year: 1870

ENGAGEMENTS CLAssIFIED.-The two
commonost methods of classifying en-
gagements are first, by the degree to
which they are sanctioned and secondly
by their duration. Thus, engagements,
when classified according to their sane
tion, are divided into two principal sorts
the authorized or regular, which have
received the approval of parents, guar
dians, and the other legitimate authori-
ties; and the authorized, or irregular,
which have no such sanction. So, again
these irregular engagements naturally
subdivide themselves in the forbidden,
which, having been announced to the
proper authorities and discountenanced
by them, are, nevertheless, cherished in
the imaginative souls of poetical Edwins
and Angelinas as things which have n
real and substantive existence, though
the world ignores them-and the clan
destine, which are not brought to light
at all. An engagement of the clandes-
tine type hardly ever lasts long in that
phase. As the life of a young girl is
much more domestic than that of
young man, the burden of concealment
presses much more heavily upon her
than upon her lover. On this account,
and also because of the great tenderness
of girls conscience, the almost invaria-
BILE end of clandestine engagement is,
that after lasting few weeks, it is an
nounced by the girl to sister or mother
and passes either into the regular or for
hidden phrase. Most fortunately for the
authority OF parents, there are few girls
who would not rather run the risk of
sacrificing lover, than keep such a Sc
cret six weeks with absolute integrity
Any one who has noticed the amazing
rapidity with which the news of an en-
gagement spreads among the host of fe-
male friends, relations and acquaintan-
ces, who feel how keen pleasure must
be taken by them in circulating such a
tit-bit of gossip, and conversely, what a
severe deprivation it would be to them
not to be permitted to announce it. Pa
rents sometimes, from reasons of morti-
fed pride or mental indecision, desire
that the news of an engagement, though
sanctioned, should be confined to as few
persons as possible. But this is always
found to be an untenable position. The
eagerness of each last recipient of the
secret to communicate it to a specially
privileged friend soon puts an end to the
parents fond hope of limited liability
to congratulation, and convinces them
that an engagement, like libel, cannot
be published for private circulation only.
1t is in fact, one of those confidential
communications, which are sometimes
called shouting secrets.