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Year: 1870

TRANCE AND THE UNITED SIdIES'


The Presidents Message has been read ana
dgested in France, yet we see no proof that
any action has been taken by her Government
in accordance Herewith. We have had abund-
ance of plausible talk az to what the Company
will agree to do, and as to how the Govern
ment will forbear to exercise It's power To
scrutinize the messages sent by Cable, &c,
&c. 4; but this is not to the point. What our
Government requires is that any Company trhieh
our Government may sec ttito authorize to lay
q Cable from, this country to France shat ENJOY
the same privileges there as any Company
authorized by France TO lay Cable to h's
country may ENJOY here. This requirement is so
simple that sophistry canno. pervert 1t, and
so plainly just that misrepresentation cannot
weaken its forco. Our Government demands
that France shall treat the United States as
nCr equn, auu clio might Tatasvnta Or
the Society Islands. Will she do it, or will she
nOt7 If she will, why not say so at once, and
end all doubt or controversy If not, that end
of her Cable which touches our coast will have
to come up. There is no sense i'll proionging
the present uncertainty. VIII France treat
this country as her equal in this matter Of
Ocean Telegraphs9 Yes or NO9
Year: 1870

ing tho inhabitants Of the different civl dis.
tricts and departments Of the island and by
these tables the whole population last year is
shown to have been 1,37O0OO-of which no less
than 10000 were whites, and but 10000
blacks, while of the latter less than two-thirds
we're slaves. We do Mt suppose that those
who are opposed to Cuban independence from
fear of the ruin of the island, will be willing
TO admit that there is any danger of country
into barbarism
Year: 1870

There is one point which should not be for


gotten by those who argue that, if the Cubans
gain their independence, the island will fall
into anarchy, us San Domingo has done. In
San Domingo. the whites have always formed
but very small proportion of tho population
but In Cuba largo majority Of the populs-
ton are whites. The last yearly issue of the
Havana Almanac" contains tables eaumerat-
Year: 1870

The cheering news comes to us from Wash
augtOn that Congress is likely to come at once
TO business, and that the Session promises to be
ono of the busiest ever held. The beginning
Las been rather more industrious than is usual,
md we shall be heartily glad to find the prom
Year: 1870

of the community will overbear the bad, or, at
least, that the chance that it will not Is no
greater than must be encountered under any
other form of government. To say that the
evi-minded must be excluded from power is to
cOncedo that tho republic is bunder or o
fraud.


Sometime 'or other, the whole People must
be enfranchised If this be not conceded by
the Republican party, it will assuredly be car
ried over that party. If there be risk in con-
cession, there is certain ruin in denial.


Admit that those you would exclude will
soon be enfranohised, it is the simplest die
tate of good sense and good policy that you


"go not. like the galley at night,


scourged to his dungeon"


but act promptly, cheerfully, cOurageously,
magnanimously. TO say that ex-Rebels may
vote but must not vote for such rs them
selves-that they may vote, but must first pro-
fess to repent of what you well know they do
not repent of-.that they may vote. but not
till you have heaped degradation upon humilia-
tion-who does not realize that this is ito say
the least) monstrously impoliticf The Yankee
who described his neighbor as having win
"ning ways to make people hate him. must
have lived in q school district where Buffers
abounded.


Again we entreat the Republicans in Congress
to act promptly, generously, wisely. 1t was
wrong to have suffered q day to pass aftor the
Virginia delegation presented itself without
admitting them. Every exaction now made OF
them will tend to evil, and that only. Every
days hesitation is an injury and a loss. Any
requirement that the Legislature shall be
purged of those fairly elected will be an exhi-
btion of bad faith, and tend to invalidate Vlr-
ginias ratification of the XVIII Amendment.
We pray that Virginia be admitted without
further exactions, and before the close of this
week
Year: 1870

and L ever after practiced it on such
occasions; and, from my frequent sue
cesses, can heartilyo lecmmend it
The present little sacrifice of your
vanity Will afterwards be amply re-
paid III remains awhile uncertain
tn whom the merit belongs, some one
more vain than yourself may be en-.
couraged to claim it, and then even
envy will be disposed to do you jus
tice, by plucixing those assumed feath-
ers, and restoring them to their right
owner.


Notwithstanding his good manage
ment, more than year elapsed be-
fore the money was collected and the
first parcel of books sent for. When
the, books arrived 1.-The solid octavos
and huge folios of the olden time
one of the subscribers was appointed
to take care of them, and to be in at
tenda nee at a certain hour once q
week to give them out The library
was highly successful from the start.
Donations of books were frequently
made. Governor Penn sent over from
England several valuable works
Libraries on the same plan were soon
formed i'll other places, to the mani
fest advantage OF the people.


Reading" says Franklin, became
fashionable; and onr people, having
no public amusements to divert their
attention from study, tecame better
acquainted with books; and in a few
years were observed by strangers !, to
be better instructed and more intelli-l
gent than people of the same rank
generally are in other countries


This library continued to flourish
as long as Franklin lived; and during
the very last year of his life, the
large brick building was erected for
it near the State House which; still
stands. The library then contained
six thousand volumes. 1t now num-
bers nearly one hundred thousand,
and fund is forming for the erec-
lion of an edifice still more extensive,
elegant and coinmodieus, The great
utility of the library however, was in
demonstrating the fact that such an
institution as self-sustaining circula-
ting library could exist. A few years
after, the Society Library of New
York, which is still feurishiug, was
established ON precisely the same
principle; and.there is now scarcely
a large town in the civilized world
which does not contain one.


The beauty of the principle Is, that
it works just as well in a village IL
brary of five hundred volumes, rs it
does in such great establishments as
the public libraries of New York
and Boston. There is no need to
wait for some rich man to give a
large sum of money, or for town to
vote an annual appropriation Hold
a meeting form society; invite
gifts of books; invite subscriptions of
money; elect librarian; open the
library, and permit all to share
its benefits for small annual chal ge
two dollars, three dollars, five dol
lars, as may be thought best. BY a
good course of lectures, few hund- !
red dollars can be raised every winter
with which the library can be enrich
ed with some glorious boxes of books
all at once. In few years, town
will be surprised to find itself able to
erect building for the library and
reatling-room. and to employ one Of
its Intelligent young ladies' rs n per-
mancnt librarian.
Year: 1870

Paris at the time of Napoleon's great
/, political stratagem, there was certain
Countess Montijo and her daughter,
! who had created sensation and
drawn the attention of the Emperor


Napoleon toward themselves by their
extravagant style of living, as well
as the beauty of the daughter. Ma


poleon had drawn these women to his
new court, and had indulged in every
kind of gallantry toward the daugf-
ter, who, however. had quickly given.


him to understand that, despite her
,,c0quetry, she was just as careful of


her honor as he was of his, and would.


yield in no way to his passions unless
he allowed her the legitimate place at
his side.
When now the proposed match
with the Princess Wasa turned out


10 be failure, Eugenie contrived to
secure an invitation to Compeigne,
and there, in the freer intercourse


with Napoleon, and with the aid Of a
brilliant toilet. in which violet wreaths
amid her blonde hair had an especial.


ly strong effect, she succeeded through
the magic of her personal appearance
and her splendid conversational pow
ers, in SO alluring hlm that he, still
sensitive over the result of his former
plans, and with the. firm determine
tion of meeting the crowned Princes
of Europe as parvenue, suddenly offer.
ed her his hand, and, to the nnirer-
sal astonishment, not alone of France,
but of all Europe, raised to the pos :.
tion OF Empress a woman of doubtful
descent and equally doubtful past


Since then that woman has shared
his throne with him for eighteen years,
and has apparently contributed very


much to its splendor; but if Napole-
on now look bark over this period,
anil calls himself to account for the
influences which since then have been
brought to bear upon him from tho
side of his wife, and By means of her
have been made effective, he can
scarcely do otherwise than to curse.
the hour in which he entered into this
alliance.
Year: 1870

fear that the President will renew his
proposition of last session, and if it becomes
question propitiating the revenue reform
movement, or so much oft as has proved a
disturbing influence over western Republi-
cans, you may be quite sure that it is the nav
lgatlon laws at which the rally will be made.
The action of Gen. Schenck, Senator Cband-
Ter and others prove this. So it is well to sur
vey the field fully, and prepare like prudent
men. SprcTATnp
Year: 1870

There was once an awful little girl
who lad way of saying lawful"
to every thing. She lived in an awful
house. in an awful street, in an awful
village, which was an awful distance
from any other awful place. She
went to an awful school. where she
had an awful teacher, who gave her
awful lessons out of awful books
Every day Sue was so awful hungry
that she eat an awful amount of food, +,
so that she looked awful healthy
Her hat was awful small and her feet
were awful large. She went to an
awful church and her minister was
an awful preacher. When she took
an awful walk she climbed awful hills
and when she got awful tired she eat
down under an awful tree to rest her
self. In summer she found the wealth
erawfulhot, and in winter, awful cold,
When it didn't rain there was an aw-
full drought, and when the awful
drought was over there was awful
rain. So that this awful girl was all
the time in an awful state, and if she
don't get over saying lawful" about
everything. am afraid she will come
to an awful end.-Ex.
Year: 1870

The New York World has been figur-
ingIup the cost of an occasional drink,
and says: mo- if-1u


"0nce in while a pensive man may
be heard to say, al wish had all the
money back that have spent for drinks
for the past ten years" No man in
twenty, who retrospectively gazing, gives
utterance to that wish, has in bis mind
any approximating estimate Of the amount
of which person Of even moderate bibu-
Ious prcpensities may spend upon drinks
in the space of ten years. Leaving
Wines and expensive liquors out of the
question, let us see what plain cock
tailist, Or modest imbiber of old rye is
likely to disbuse on his favorite refresh
ments in the course Of a year.


Take a very moderate man for sam
PIE. Assume that he drinks every day
one glass of ale at ten cents. and four
glasses of Whisky at fifteen cents. That
amounts to seventy cents a day, which
makes four dollars and ninety cents
week Multiply by four and you have
$1,000 month which comes TO S225,2O
a year. Thus, if the man who lad gone
on at this rate fdr fen years had all his
liquor money back, his pocket would BE-
inflated to the tune of two thousand three
hundred and iifty-two dollars. This is
only small beer calculation; but think
of those who spend five times this sum on
liquors, and remember that their name is
legion
Year: 1870

A New York commercial authority


shows that while Congress has been


busily engaged in legislating shipbuild-


ing and shipowning out Of existence,
through the mistaken idea that such a


policy was beneftting the manufactur-
ing interests of the country, the Cana
dams have built up a steam marine
OF which they have good reason 70 be
proud. The writer says:


"In point OF numbers and tonnage
the ROYAL Canadian Steamship Line Of
Montreal, owned by Messrs. Allen, is
the largest fleet controlled by any one
company in the world, not excepting
the Messrs. Cunard. This company
has grown to greatness in proportion as
American shipping interests have de
clined The line now has a weekly
mail of frstclass steamers to Liverpool,
besides a freight line to Glasgow and
Liverpool. Montreal is their point of
departure, and from this port other lines
are established with Liverpool and
London, besides an experimental line of
steamers to the Mediterranean. Works
are now in progress for the opening Of
the harbor of Bic, in the Lower st.
lawrence, which will give the steam
ers two months more Of navigation
each year than they now enjoy, owing
to the early closing OF the river and the
length Of the winter season; and rail-
Ways are building to accommodate the
trade at this point, which
will bring the most populous districts
Of Canada into direct communication
with the new port
Year: 1870

mona transmitted to us by tradition. In this
manner any astronomical observations or phe-
pomona can, with the aid Of the diagrams. be
ifeadily established, and tho exact date of their


occurrence be minutcly ascertained-an i'm
portant advantage this for chronology
should future observation and discus
sion prove this system to be the
true one. BY tracing back on the diagrams
the route that the earth has pursued up to the
present day we arc led successfully through
all the great traditional phenomena; tho last
oeiuge suffered by the earth is seen to arrive
In lis proper place by the natural succession
OF events and the manner, time and cause Of
its occurrence are made manifest thereon.
Moreover, Joshua's stopping the sun, the
biblical account of which has puzzled 80
many theologians and provoked so much ridi-
cule on tho part of scientific men, is shown by
the same process to have really seemed to
occur and to have been phenomenon resulting
from simple, natural and comprehensive
cause Two Of the diagrams, illustrating the
seasons Of the year, whether they represent
truly or not the mecha anism of the planetary
bodies, are remarkably simple and ingenious.
In fine, the whole work is condensed in the
following sentence, with which it concludes -
Zone single substance, spread throughout the
universe, is lis origin, its law and its preserva-
tion."


Systems Of astronomy are simply theories
for the Interpretation of observed facts, and we
f1.n os&a -c n
Trastour's system, on the ground that it
accounts for the whole range of observed
phenomena better than any other system does
Year: 1870

land specuiators) Kansas would have been
made . slave. State, and the hardy men and
noble women who were sent into that Territory
under its auspices would have remained in the
cities Of tho North to delve out comparatively
short and miserable existence The Aid Soci-
city sought out the bsss unemployed people for
settling up new country, and offered them
inducements to leave ON uncertainty for cer-
tainty. The great benefit received by the
emigrants who went in 1856 from New
England, New York and Pennsylvania into
kanass Territory-which then embraced Ne
braska-and settled is best shown by their pre-
sent record. They are the most wealthy, most
active, and most worthy people in that popu-
lous, growing and now rich country, consist
ing of two States-Kansas and Nebraska. In
all the branches Of industry, science and art, in
morals, literature and religion in these States
the emigrants Of 1856 are the prominent
leaders.


There is no field of usefulness where so much.
Immediate good could be done as the one to
which we refer. To organize such a move
mont In season for the spring the work should
be begun at once. n will take some time to
correspond with suitable persons in the West
ern States and Territories to ascertain exactly
where to forward those who desire to 60, and
the early spring is the time to start. Who will
set the ball In motion? Lot the wealthy young
ladies of this great metropolis begin, and the
capitalists will respond 70 their calls.
Year: 1870

Notice Is given In the official gazette that ap-
plcation will be made to Parliament next session
for an act or incorporation for company to build
a railway from Ottawa to Fort Garry, RED River, and
thence to the confines of British Columbia; also for
the construction Of branch thereof from Fort Garry
with power also to build steamers and other yea
sells and navigate the river Saskatchewan and its
branches and the rivers and lakes traversed by the
railway; also that the money credit OF the Dominion
be extended in aid OF such company by granting
mortgages the wild lands OF the Crown along the
route In proportion az tho work proceeds. The
name OF the company viii be "Tho Canadian Pacific
Railway ana Navigation Company Application
Will also be made for authority to narrow the gauge
OF the branches Of the Great western Railway.
Year: 1870

that 1t may bark at evening time to its
furry fellow-citizens. God has made
us for greater and better things than
these. He never gave us his glorious
image that we might thus dcbase it
He never gave lis talents TO be thus
buried in the ground. He has sent us
into the world on mission of labor,
but we do not accomplish that mission
by laboring for the qualification of our
own selfish desires by dressing and
pampering our ladies and starving our
souls. The idea that mans life con-
sists in the abundance of his possess
sions, has already taken too strong
hold upon us. He who will stop and
watch the busy, thronging masses of
humanity of every trade and profess
sion as they hurry and crowd through
each days toll will not fail to sec that
self interest is the handspring of all
their actions the master-wheel that
moves all lifu's machiner,


Men OF science labor to investigate
the mysteries of nature to lay Atlantic
cables, to join oceans by Pacific Rail-
road and seas by Suez Canal, and all
for money and reputation. Men of
commerce hold meetings 10 rejoice that
India miy how pour he. opic wealth
at their feet, that China's teemifig mil.
lions are coming are ready to be chem
and obedient servants. Men of polf-
tics commit perjury, lie, deceive the
people, receive bribes, and all to pro-
mote their own interest and satiate a
thirst for gold Men of literature drive
their pens for dollars and blight or
bless as interest dictates. Men Of agri-
culture rejoice over plows, reapers
and threshers and all because there
with they may mitigate the primeval
curse and smooth the road to wealth.
Thus self-interest Is the engine that
moves the worlds machinery. ..


To the student, not mixing i'm this.
hurrying multitude. and who from his
task may riise his head an see how
every man Is seeking his own way, and
cares for naught but gold, who may
see young and old join in this race for
siches with varying success, who may
see Wall Street plots and gold panics
rend ruin into thousand homes and
score of men TO the lunatic asylum /;
who may see the higher claims of duty
ignored and man living, as If it were
all of life to live-to him how forcibly,
how urgently, comes that call to no.
bier labor-'Son go work to-day in my
vineyard" o let us heed il. Let us
go into the worlds busy multitudes
with the idea that to labor for the per-
fectiOn OF our moral and intellectual
natures Is the ultimate end of existence
and the highest privilege of a rational
creature. Let us labor for the good of
ourselves and our race. Let us spend
our toll and sweat 10 till ImanuePs
lands. Let us leave the world better
than we found it. Let us of good
deeds and words well spoken build
bowers wherein memory shall delight
to sit down and muse as she travels
back across life's journey. Let us plant
flowers along the way whose fragrance
shall cheer those who come after us.
Let us not live objectless and aimless--


Lives Of gr-at all remind us


We can make our lives tnbliuo


Apd departing leave bshind US


fnotprnts on tho sands Of time,


Let es, then, bs up and doing


With hfart for any fate,


SIN aehisvipg, still pursuing


Learn to labor and TO wait.
Year: 1870

PRESIDENT GRANT will leave Long Branch on
Tuesday next for Cambridge, where he will
place his son jesse at school to prepare for col
lege. He will go thence to Concord, Mass,
where Miss Nellie is to attend school, and will
return to long Branch on Friday next, and ar
rive here ON Saturday. the Ist of Octoher
Year: 1870

Wilson, the murderer of Warden Will
lard OF the Connecticut State Prison,
has written letter to Jailor Fem, of
up his attempt to starve himself to death
He saws


of YOU would make an estimate of
your probable income for the past year,
you must not include fee for the hang
ing of James Wilson for that is some
thing YOU will never get. Not that it
would be q pleasure to cheat Won ont of
anticipated profits. but there are those
who would consider it feast TO see nv
neck broken-but that is n sight no NOR
tai man will eyer see. They dare not
put me to death without a trial and if
was fairly tried and condemned. would
never allow any one the satisfaction of
seeing me hanged. The Constitution of
Connecticut says | must he tried by an
impartial Jury.


my jurv stated under oath that they
were not impartial hence the verdict
and the sentence based upon II is null
and void But the ruling Of the Judge
refusing to allow me to show the provo
cation which caused the alleged murder
rendered both the verdict and the SEN
tence clearly illegal Ny long fast was
not bl oxen because was hunprv-I had
passed that place-but because ] had got
new idea, and such n one rs would
never have been born of full stomach.
When man has tasted nine davs, the
grossnesS of his natural condition be-
comes worked off. his brain either then
gets fuddled, or he sees things with n
spiritual clearness beyond the ken of sen.
sual mortals.


"When man is in full blood and
health. with his mind occupied by vari-
ous thoughts such as daily occur. he has
n restricted vision. One thing may
crowd another particularly if he is in
trouble, so that his ideas will get con
fused, and the object he seeks to attain
cannot successfully be attained. But you
| take a man who has resolved to starve
himself to death and goes for nine days
without food, till his body grows weak
and he has passed the point of pain
nearly tranquil and self-satisfed condi
| tion-then his intellect becomes clearer
he sees as he never saw before, MS mer
see who draw near to the grave he has
n vision which none can have who mr.,
pressed by the burdens of the flesh. Al
] got into this state-a state of calm re-
pose-my mind was frightened, aud il
was then that an idea had not befor,
conceived suddenly flashed into being
and ] determined not to die.