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Year: 1875

Laws contrary to the spirit of the State fol
which they are made lack very essential ele
ment and when made without the consent o.
the people, without their concurrence, OF
without their participation by their lawfully
chosen representatives, they are void and oi
no binding effect. Officers who shelter
themselves under the forms of laws which are
revolving to the people and which have
never had their assent are in the highest
degree criminal, and if their aggressions and
plunder can not be punished in their own
tribunals they are fit subjects for popular de-
nunciation. When such men provoke
forcible resistance they and they alone are
responsible for all the trouble that may re-
suit A tyrant is the worst Of culprits, the
worst of law-breakers, because he violates the
great fundamental law of liberty.


The school laws by which this city is op-
pressed were made without the consent of the
people, contrary to their well known wishes
by pretended legislature which had no
right in the premises, and those pretended
laws are executed by men who do not in any
respect represent the masses of our citizens.
The taking away from our city government the
control of public schools and the power to
assess, in the name Of the people, the tax
which should be paid for schools, was direct
and tyrannical violation of the rights of our
city which nothing can excuse or justify, and
which nothing could have rendered possible
here except the paramount military force of
the Federal Government under which these
and other abuses have been perpetrated.


In all our future dealings with the usurpa-
tion in all its branches we must bear in con-
slant memory that it is not our own work and
does not challenge our respect or confidence
By all the rules of Republican legislation, b
all the maxims of political right. by all the
Inherent instincts on which political liberty
is based, the school system in this city is
tyrannical fraud, and the city school tax a
swindle and robbery.


We ia the city of New Orleans are almost
exclusively concerned in this matter, and yet
we, the people of the city, can have no voice
or influence in the control of the schools for
which we ply


There are limits to patience, and times
when the suggestions of prudence are little |
less than cowardice. A people may slumber
on their rights SO long as to offer premium |
on usurpation. |
Year: 1875

A strange case of mistaken identity was before
the Exeter (England) magistrates the other day
woman named Knight was charged with break
ing pane Of glass. The chief constable said
the accused had been convicted of felony in 1867
he called an inspector to corroborate this, who
said he himself took the charge, and he had
known the woman from child. She protested
her innocence, but the lice insisted that she
was the person mentioned in the police book
produced. It. was, however, afterward found
that the police were mistaken, and the chief con-
stable apo ogized to the woman, and the magis-
trate accepted his explanation
Year: 1875

The Marshall Messenger regrettully remarks
"One by one the o d pioneers of our comfy pass
away Eut the Norristown Herald thinks this
is not so sad as if they were to pass away two by
two or three by three.
Year: 1875

He could not help being absent
from the meeting, but his heart was
there. His feet would have carried
him down to the chapel two hours be-
fore, only duty forbade. AS soon,
however, as he had concluded his
business, off the old gentleman
walked, saying to himself: "I'm
afraid 1 shall be too late, l shall at
least see how they have got on. The
Lord grant q blessing on the meeting
and the work in haHdW


1t was Father Sewell, an Israelite
indeed, the very image of Old Honest
in Bunyan's Pilgrim. There had
been meeting to raise money for
home mission work, and the collec-
ton had just been made when the old
gentleman entered, and the deacon
had brought all the plates into the
table-pew. The pastor no sooner
caught sight of his aged friend than
he said:


"Our friend Mr.. Sewell, will, I am
sure, close the meeting by offering
prayer for Gods blessing on the pro-
ceedings of this evening"


Father Sewell stood up but he did
not pray. He did not shut his eyes;
but, on the contrary, seemed looking
for something. He did not clasp his
hands, but put them into his pockets,
and fumbled there with much perse-
verence.


III am afraid" said the pastor 'that
my brother did not understand me.
Erjoud SaWnI1 T did NOT aak Won fO
give, but to pray"


GAY, ay," said the straightforward,
bluff speaker, "but l could not pray
till had given. 1t would be hypoc-
risy to ask a blessing on that which I
did not think worth giving to-"


There was not bit of ostentation in
the old man; it was his honest heart
pouring out it's true feelings; and odd
as his behavior seemed, his conduct
preached the whole congregation such
a sermon as they will not soon forget.
Prayer unattended by effort is before
the Lord as when the church saith,
''Be we warned and be we filled' to a
hungry man. 1t is mockery and no
more. Clasp in supplication hands
that have been free in offering. Let
none of us appear before the Lord
empty. To be allowed to give to the
eternal God is an honor so great that
none but british worldlings will de-
cline it. If we are liberal in serving
the Lords cause with cur substance,
we may expect him to grant the
prayers in which we ask him to es-
tablish the work of our hands upon
us.-Spurgeon.
Year: 1875

And let us not now lose sight of this
broad and unabrogated principle. I
might say, incapable of being abro-
gated so long as men shall receive
earthly gifts from God. OF all that
they have His tithe must be rendered
to Him, or in so far and in so much He
is forgotten: of the skill and of the
treasure, of the strength and Of the
mind, of the time and of the toll, Of
fering must be made reverently; and
if there be any difference between the
Leviticai and the Christian offering,
it is that the latter may be so much
wider in its range, as it is less typical
in its meaning, as it is thankful in
stead of sacriligical. There can be no
excuse accepted because the Deity does
no visibly dwell in His temple; if He
is invisible it is only through our fail
ing faith; nor any excuse because
other calls are more immediate or more
sacred; this ought to be done and not
the other left undone. e.-R,tskin.
Year: 1875

Will the next generation see such suf.
fering, such misery and woe occasioned
by the Rum Fiend, as we see dailv and
hourly in every village and city in our
otherwise happy land to-day? Vague
questions these; yet il We do our duty
paus;ng not in our onward course to in
dufge in idto dreams Of the future-thev
can be easily answered. The answer viii
come floating back on the once desolate
wastes Of earth, bearing the glad tidines
that they know no such demon as King
Alcohol; while tae student will dwell with
wonder upon the history of this ruin and
desolation Of the nineteenth century, as he
reads the dark and daring deeds, the
shocking murders, the awful crimes, and
the disease and poverty that shall most
certainly fill up its yet unwritten pages.
and be handed down as mighty warning
to those who will soon take our places
upon the stage of existence, to live and
labor upon this selfsame earth where
we are now trying to aid in conquerinr
and cutting off forever this horrid de.
mon.


No, We cannot think it . ill always be
so. For that All-seeing Eye, which has
singled out and called men in all ages If
the world to be the bearers of good news
and glad tidings to the benighted children
ofearth, is still raising up true and will
ing hearts to help us fight our battles:
and so rapidly has this work gone on that
on every hill and in every valley NAV be
heard their full, deep-toned voices rally
ing the hosts Of earth for the impending
struggle. while He who lets no sparrow
fall without His knowledge, is looking on
with approving smiles, and thus hasten
ing the day when the banner of Faith,
Hope and Charity shall float triumphant
ly over the now saddened spots of earth,
bringing again peace and goodwill to
men.


Then, friends, if we are to hand down
to posterity land freed forever from the
curse of alcoholic poisons, we cannot
awake too soon to the magnitude and i'm
portance of our work, and we should 90
zealonsly and earnestly on in the good
cause, none thinking that they can do
nothing or be discouraged at the slow
ness of their progress. Yet We know there
are few desponding ones who will say,
IL can do no good; no one will listen to
what say These we would point to
the starry dome of heaven, aud bid them
note the myriads of flashing gems, each
in its place, shedding its light upon the
slumbering earth, one of which could do
but little good alone, but by coming out
and uniting its feeble rays with the rest
helps wonderfully in lighting up the dark
ened world.--Temperance Blessing.
Year: 1875

Sergeant. will you permit me to see
what drunken women you have arrested
tonight :" asked neatly dressed, stout,
intelligent looking young girl of Sergeant
Meakin of Mulberry street police. The
request, although contrary to police rules,
was granted, and the young woman went
down into the cells. Coming back in a
few minutes she showed the names of two
prisoners whom she said she would assist
in their troubles.


Sergeant, as you seem astonished at
my visit" said Annie Kennedy, 81 will
tell you it's purpose. Three weeks ago I
took the first glass Of wine l ever took in
my life, at friend house. While going
home felt it's effects and came to this
station, told you of my mishap, and you
allowed me to sit in your back room.
While there I saw miserable women
dragged in. Since then I have gone
night after night to the different stations
in this city in the hopes of being able to
reclaim or assist poor women. You will
find my name in your own blotter. have
determined to devote my life to assisting
to reform poor women


There was not a dry eye in the police
station as Annie Kennedy, bowing to her
hearers, quietly went out.-N.Y Sun
Year: 1875

-. You hear persons, II they are fond ol


port wine as we'll as religious exhortation,


talk about the ..good creatures of Provi-
dence." Whenever my friends tell me
that, adopt tae Socratic method and
ask, "What do you mean by the good
creatures Of Providence!'' I find that
he is not very ready with a definition:
''Oh, you know what mean; they say.


Isay, II don't know what you mean.
What do you mean by good creature of
Providence % "Well, you know man
Will have no answer, because arsenic is a
gift Of God just as much as potato, and
in fact, there is no bottom to the argu-
ment. You cannot say that arsenic is not
a gift Of God, or strychnine, or even the
rattlesnake. In fact, the argument that
these are gifts Of God would lead us no
where at all. But the curious thing is,
that these things are rot the gifts of God
any more than barrel of powder. If
rum grew in bottles on trees that would
be no reason why we should drink it if it
were not good for US. It is suggestive
fact, too, that rum does not grow in bot
tie as milk in cocoanut, that you never
find alcohol in the animal, mineral, or
vegetable kingdom. It is always the work
of art, never the production Of nature
Year: 1875

Ou .tuIce tliueS, tuc urSC Time nat on the
ground, as obuld not get my feet out of
the stirups, but afterwards rode without
such assistance, and when the saddle
turned, merely stepped off, l finally
managed to balance myself very we'll.
just before the boat started, we had
quite an exhibition on shore. All the
children Of the town were gathered on
the bank clamoring for hacksheesh, and
as we were perfectly safe now, we threw
them few coppcrs occasionally, to see
them scramble. I should judge that
there were thirty of them in all, and five
or six were stripped naked to get any
thing that fell in the water. The opera.
tion of undressing did not take very long.
as they only pulled off loose shirt:
Every time coin was thrown, some of
them would be knocked over, and some
times into the water. ltwas sight only
to be seen in Egypt.


Saturday night we stopped at Asi-ot,
The town where I had been week be-
fore. We went out to the tombs in the
hills behind the town, but saw nothing OF
consequence, except human bones lying
scattered about, and the remains OF a
mummy on the ground outside. took
some Of the cloth with which it was wrap.
ped, as specimen. There is very fine
view from the hill in clear weather, but
there was SO much sand in the air that we
could see very little. I'VE went through
the bazars, and then back to the boat.
The sand was extremely troublesome, as
it would get into our eyes in spite Of all
we could do, and everything felt gritty
for some time afterwards
Year: 1875

Under our present lnlqultlous postal
law, which we think was passed by
Congress to cripple and destroy the
newspapers of the country, and thus
prevent discussion Of the evil deeds
of the thieves at Washington, we are
required to prepay the ASr1-MoSoro'
LIST sent to each of our subscribers IN
this city at the rate of two cents for
each pounds, or twenty cents per
wear. We cannot afford to pay this
sum. which on our ST. Paul list will
amount to a considerable sum. and W.
trust that our St. Paul subscribers vii
call at once and pay that aE-ount, o1
send us word to leave their paper a
the counter Of the St. Paul Dispatch
where they can call and get it without
extra charge.
Year: 1875

Nearly ali men IecOSulZe tuc eAiSSChOe
of personal, supervising intelligence in
nature, to which, in all ages, has been
affixed the name and attributes Of God.
And nearly all are agreed that in the
solemn events of life it is wise and
proper to look up from our tasks to that
Author whose purposes we are carry
ing out. And hence the custom Of
prayer at the opening Of legislative
labor.


But the question comes, should that
prayer be made rs the voluntary heart
Offering of picus and religious men who
have devoted their lives to the spiritual
welfare of their fellow men; or should It
be made by some semi-religious. semi
political character, who fights, pleads,
button -holes and pulls wires to secure
. party caucus-nomination; and who,
when he prayes, prays like the darkey
who said grace with one eye directed
up to God and the other bent upon che
pot where the savory mess Of beef and
cabbage we're stewing; BY man. IN
short. whose mouth Is full Of sanctity
and piety; bat whose heart is fixed on
the daily Ave dollar greenback which is
to repay him for standing for five min
utcs Is mediator between God and man


Ohio, New Jersey, Connecticut. Wis
consin, and other States have dropped
the latter system and adopted the
former. Why should not Minnesota !
Year: 1875

UrNHE TELEGRAM QUOTATIONS.
THE CABLE REPORTS


OF THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE
IN THE NOON EDITION or THE


EVENING TELEGRAM
CAN BE FOUND ON ALL


THE NEWS STANDS
AND IN FRONT OF THE


STOCK EXCHANGE, BROAD STREET,
OR SERVED BY CARRIER TO ANY
ADDRESS DOWN TOWN AT IL O'CLOCK.
LEAVE DIRECTIONS AT THE OFFICE
OF THE EVENING TELEGRAM,


NO ANN STREET


(HERALD BUILDING.
Year: 1875

''TnE TELEGRAM QUOTATIONS.
THE CABLE REPORTS


OF THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE
IN THE NOON EDITION or THE


EVENING TELEGRAM
CAN BE FOUND ON ALL


THE NEWS STANDS
AND IN FRONT OF THE


STOCK EXCHANGE BROAD STREET,
OR SERVED BY CARRIER TO ANY
ADDRESS DOWN TOWN At y O'CLOCK.
LEAVE DIRECTIONS AT THR OFFICE
OF TIE EVENING TELEGRAM


NO ANN STREET


uIERAI.p RuuhINGl.
Year: 1875

OF Queen Victoria the present vol
umes have but little to say, though
that little is pleasant. The account the
author gives of the young queens first


meeting with her council, a few hours
after her uncle King Williams death,
canuOt fail to make upon the reader, as
it did upon her people, q most favorable
impression a. =


June 2lst.-The king died at twenty
minutes after two yesterday morning,
aud the young queen met the council at
keDsiDgtOn palace at eleven. Never
was anything ike the first impression
she produced, or the chorus of praise
and admiration which is raised about
her manner and behavior, and certainly
not without Justice. The queen entered
the council chamber, accompanied by
her tNo uncles, who advanced to meet
her. Sue bowed to the lords, took her
seat, 8nd then read her speech in
clear, distinct and audible voice, ard
without any appearance of fear or en-
.barrassment She was quite plainly
dressed and IN mourning. After she
had read her speech and taken and
signed the oath for the security of the
church of Scotland, the priYy council
lors were sworn, the two royal dukes
first, by themselves and as these two
O!d men, her uneles, knelt before her,
swearing allegiance and kissing her
hand, L saw her blush up to the eyes,
as If she felt the contrast between their
civil and their natural relations aud
this was the only sign of emotion which
she eviDced. Her manner to them was
very graceful and engs ging; she kissed
them both, and rose from her chair and
moved toward the duke of Sussex, who
was farthest from her, and too iufrm TO
reach her.
Year: 1875

The new steam fire engine had q
rigid test yesterday, and stood it well.
OF course croakers had their say, and
some went so far as to give their opin-
ion that it was humbug; but when
the stream was sent forty feet above
the flagstaff of the Pico House all
doubt was set at rest. Messrs. Huber,
Workman, Teed, Lichtenberger and
other members of the city government
were gratified and the people present
endorsed the action of the Council in
the purchase.
Year: 1875

There is a story told that in the old
Ell times ArtaXerxes and another great
king were engaged in furious fight.
In the middle of the battle II sudden
eclipse happened; and such was the
horror of all the warriors that they
made peace there and then. ., if an
eclipse Of trouble should induce you
to ground arms and seek to be recon-
ciled to God! Sinner, you are fighting
against God, lifting the arm of your
rebellion against him. Happy shall
you be If that trouble which is now
fallen upon you should lead you to
throw down the weapons of your re-
bellion and fly to the arms of God.
SpTgeOu.
Year: 1875

Where is an Australian missile, called
the boomerang, which is thrown so as
to describe singular curves, and fall at
last at the feet of the thrower. Sin Is
kind of boomerang, which goes off
into space curiously, but turns again
upon its author,and with tenfold force
strikes the guilty soul that launched
II
Year: 1875




The Opposition in the First Congressional
District of Virginia, including the Sener
Independents, are frightfully stirred up"
by some of our correspondence from that
section. 1t will he much the best policy
TO keep cool, gentlemen "You lie, vii
liam, and you know it, does not disprove
anything even when quoted from Horace
Greeley. 1t is not worth while to lose your
temper. 1t only adds to the belief that the
charges contained in our correspondence
are true. And We have only to await the
canvass of next fall to find them all bra
zenly acknowledged by yourselves.


The State of Virginia is in a most deplor-
able condition financially. Ii is thoroughly
bankrupt and just upon the verge of repu-
diation. This condition has been brought
about by the management or rather the
mismanagementO of the Sham Conservatives.
Their whole policy has been simply to op-
pose Republicanism-to allow nothing TO
be done by others in accordance with the
design and theory of the trainers of the
new Constitution which would vindicate
the wisdom Of its trainers, and to do moth
ing themselves which did not tend to the
old ante 6ellum method of State govern
ment. The result has been such a stagna-
ton of labor as has utterly depleted the tax
paying capacity of the land owners. There
fore it is that we assert that the State is in
dividually and collectively on its last fnan-
cial legs.


Ifthe landowners of the State had praC-
tically accepted the situation at the close OF
the war by treating all comers cordially
and Offering such encouragement to skilled
labor, both agricultural and mechanical, as
would have invited a constant increase of
it, the State might have now been upon
the high road to prosperity. If the large
landed estates had been cut up by their
owners ten years ago and offered to small
farmers at fair prices, and the water
powers and mineral resources placed
in fair way for development by offering
interests in them for sale at nominal rates
as inducements to capitalists from abroad,
things might now have worn a very differ
ent aspect. But, as we have said, the land
owners would not consent to have anything
done for the prosperity of Virginia unless
1t could he done in their own old-fashioned
way. They were and are utterly incapa-
bic of rehabilitating their system Of labor
from that OF cOmpulsiOn to one of freedom
to be compensated according to its merits
The ex-slave is exceedingly initiative.
This transition could only be accomplished
nv example. It required the leaven of
skilled, intelligent, free white labor to
transform that of ex slaves into a produc-
tive and creative form and quantity which
would leave a surplus of accumulated
wealth. The negroes are dOcile and imita-
tive TO degree. Hence, when they be-
came free they required, for example, free
white laborers, and the more skilled the
better. They could find few such exam
ples in nstiye Virginians because the
wealthy whites, as rule, disdained to
labor, and never having been accustomed
Year: 1875

The Young New York editor, sitting in his
lofty tower, sending forth an endless stream of
rhetorical rubbish from an altitude which
evidently affects what little brains he pos
sesses, has more than once invited the rascals
o. Newspaper Row" to MAKE an att AK on IL e
editor Of this paper, which he seems disin6 ined
to undertake himself. We are quite content if
the crew from which he graduated shall take
his hint. We happen to know them and him.
And we hereby promise, in case these gentry
shall endeavor to perform the job so plainly
cut out for them, to do our best to keep them
from freezing while the scrimmage lasts.
Year: 1875

THE Ohio Republican nominations are
everywhere received with favor. Even
the captious Detective press has, for a won
der, failed to find serious fault with them.
The Democrats will no doubt renominate
Fog Horn Allen, and as the people of the
State are fully aroused to the importance of
the campaign, there is every reason to be-
lieve that the State will be reclaimed to the
control of the Repablican party.
Year: 1875

THE announcement is made that Mont
gomery Blair is opposed to the nomination
of Gov. Allen, of Ohio, as the Democratic
candidate for President, This ought to
settle the matter; but we are afraid it will
Year: 1875

COUNTY COLLECTOR GIBSON MEETS WITH


DANGEROUS CUSTOMER IN HIS PUR-


SUIT OF TAX.


Yesterday, County Collector Thos. ID.
Gibson, called on John Cook, who keeps
a meat store near the corner of Lord and
Spruce streets, for the purpose Of COL
Letting the tax on the property of which
Cook is tenant, Cook peremptorily de-
clined to pay the tax, and Mr.. Gibson
read him the law. Cook then threaten
ed Gibson's personal safety with meat
cleaver, and told him if he intended to
come again for that tax he might as well
get measured for his coffin.


The result of this little unpleasant
ness was a writ before Esquire Frazer,
when Cook was held to bail, in the sum
OF 5000 to answer for his ofense at the
next term Of Court. He gave bail and
was discharged


The law in relation to the collection of
taxes says that the tenant of property
is responsible for the taxes when the
owner is minor or cannot be found by
the collector. But the tax paid by such
tenant shall be credited to the amount
OF rent which he pays to the owners.
Year: 1875

THE CITY HALL IMPROVEMENTS The
plans and specifications for the i'm
provement of the City Hall are now
open in the office of the Clerk of
Council. The bids for the performance
OF the work will be opened in Council
on Thursday night, June Sd.