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Year: 1870

The New York Hcrdyd, in a long article
discussing the new complications created
in Europe by the recent exposures in re-
gard to the secret treaty proposed by Ma
poleon to Bismarck, finds a solution not
very easy, and in conclusion of an able
leader says:


Look at the situation from what point Of
view we may, we can arrive at no other conclu-
sion than this that Eu- pc has been on the eve
OF no such crisis since he wars of the First Ma
poleon We not wonder that men given TO
the study of the Apocalypse should recognize m
the approaching conflict the battle Of Armaged-
,,aar which Inns been specially honored by the
proclamation of Papu 1nmllibility should wit
ness the downfall Of the Bonapartes, the eXtine-
ton of the Mahomedan power IN Europe, the
removal of the Pope from the chair OF 81, Peter
and the final destruction of the temporal power
Strange. certainly, but who shall say-impossi-
Year: 1870

each sort OF guns there are enough for
nearly a regiment The breech piece is
frequently made of ivory, and the whole
gun finished up regardless of expense,
showing that the maker thought he had
reached the ne pins ultra. Some of the
swords are eight feet long, and they are of
every conceivable shape. / think the
shape of their swords speaks more of peo-
pie than the size does. Some of them are
hook shaped, some bend back, others are
sharp only at the point, some are serpen-
tine and the pictures always have the lat
ter i'm the hands of demons.


go through Saxon switzerland to
Prague tomorrow. y.
Year: 1870

the work, the right of way through New Aexi" co, will doubtless be removed.

 Everything considered, the most prejHdiced can hardly fail to acknowledge that our pros poets are surprisingly bright at present. It would appear to us that the Territory is upon the very eve off great progressive movement which will have the effect of rendering t desirable home for thouEands 0f the industrious poor whO' s"antilyrecOmpsnt Id for their labor, throng the tenement houses of the Eastern cities, or perish of want in their streets and novels.
Year: 1870

not undertake sraegcs and tell you how masteryls tne
work Of Mcmahon drawing off the Crown Prince from
Chaons and gaining tme the great ally OF the French


for Paris and France Could the Crown Prince have got
10 the walls week ago think he might have ridden in
Now the material preparations for his possible coming
for the progressive completion OF which still have,
no matter what happens meantime, at least five more
full days, already and steadily becoming such
TO give pause TO his purpose OF advancing But since last
Friday when His Highness nearer Paris than he is
the moral conditions Of the defense OF the capital have
improved more than the material l have preten-
sons the gift OF vatcinaton IL the sententious
forms prediction is only for their convenience OF
phrase TO express persuasions that have not time and
space TO give detailed for holding France has
touched bottom. Paris is not only materially in aforward
state OF preparation TO stand siege, but Parisans are
worked up the fighting spirit Doubtless the Prussian
chiefs informed OF the change, and 80 will hesitate
attempting the siege. France is again represented by
Paris. "What the National Army, despite its heroism
has failed do the armed nation will succeed in doing"
Imperialism following the Emperor into obiyiOus
shade No party leader in the Interest OF his party
personal ambition dare let any other party or party
leader take precedence in patriotic resistance to the com
mon enemy.


The expulsion OF all Germans not OF Austrian nation
atty resembles, not only for its bitter cruelty but for It's
helpless economical reckessness, the Edct " Nantes
But this very craze about Prussian pcs the Jdcquere
in the provinces development OF which administration
6nds it now worth the while seriously try TO arres
and the yet insane suspicion OF the Proestants,
whatever old weakness OF French nature they reveal i'm
dicate the extent and depth OF excitement which
springs from the patriotic emotion. II they yivdly
call to memory the historic reader Of the
prone Ut offensive features Of the French character
displayed in the Old Revolution, they remind him by
very uxtaposion f they do not suggest the more init
mate relation Of the twO Of the grimmest, grandcs ea
lures OF the great nation in that, its greatest period


friend just I'm from Prussan camps-still under the
impressions received there OF the might In will and num-
bers Of the invading horde-tes that am all wrong
that the Prussans H to Paris Then they will ~
away fewer than they They not to dehle down
our Boulevards Qui ocra rrd Let the future tell who
is right and wrong of Nothing is so certain that
for this present the public spirit is wonderfully more
firm cheerful and determined TO resistance than 1t was
when last wrote. There is a feel Of it in the air.
Year: 1870

The Prairie Farmer thinks that the
reason farmers do not more generally
become wealthy is because they are over
cautious about entering into branch OF
farm operations that have lot been tried
and found safe. 1t says:


The old adsge, Nothing ventured,
nolhiog gained" is exemplified in the
livNN4f ninety-Dige ont of every hum
dred farmers. Many men select farm
ing ss an occupation for the reason the.
they are too cautious to embark in trade
or in any kind Of manufacture. They
think there is little chance of losing
anything in managing farm, and they
want to be on the safe side. A certain
degree of caution isa good thing; but it
10 quite as bad to have too much of it
a. too little. For every farmer who loses
by showing some enterprise in raising
new crops, sowing new varieties of seed,
or in branching out into some new line
of farming, there are n hundred who
keen themselves poor by always turn
ing round IN the same old rnss.
Year: 1870

In common with thousands of others
in the Southern States, have been a
reader of the Country Gentleman, and l
have frequently observed that we of the
extreme south less frequently find
articles therein adapted TO our section,
than we would if we were only further
north. 1t is with a view of making one
number worth all the years subscrip-
tion-and to many twenty times as
much-to those living in the sweet pota-
to region that / write this:


First, select only the very largest po-
tatoes for seed; on the same day Cor be-
fore weeld be best get a barrel, box or
tank of sSme sort that will hold water;
an it with corn cchs,. add liquid manure
water alone will do-until all the cobs
are covered; now keep il that way until
yeu are ready to plant, by which time
the col will be rotten, but yet holding
together. Wrap your potato set, plant
or vine around cob, once or so; then
bury it in your ridges, Loving an end OF
the vine out to grow. In this way you
w Ill make big Eaters and lets of 'em in
the hill, and that, toe, almost regardless
of soil. THEo. NOEL.
Year: 1870

Ina recent Issue the New York Tribune
inscleutly asked the people of Connect
icut, some of whom object to having
negro suffrage forced upon them, "Well,
what are you going to do about it''
To this question Hartford Republican
thus pointedly replies:


But in view of the fact that we are 20
have negro suffrage forced upon us, by
such means as VIC have seen used in
Georgia, aud some otEer States, l for
one say to the TriJune's taunt, mean
to rote this spring, and, if am not mis-
taken, my r0te shall be against those who
hare done this job. A REPUBLICAN.


HARTFORD, March g. 1870.


If we are not greatly mistaken, there
are hundreds of Republicans in this
State whose feelings are akin to those
of the writer of this note. A great Oh
lection with them is the manner in
which this "job" has been done. Had
the people of West Virginia, by fair
expression at the ballot-box, declared
in favor of negro suffrage, there would
have been general acquiescence from
both sides and TO dessTtions from the Re-
publican party. But everybody knows
that our people were never allowed a
chance to pass upon this question, and
that if they had been permitted to do
so, West Virginia's vote would never
have been recorded for the amendment.
Our Constitution having been altered
without the consent of the people, there
ia bound to be dissatisfaction and the
Republican party will suffer thereftom.
The manner of ratification, alone, will
cost that party two votes in this State
where the amendment will gain them
one
Year: 1870

Railroad smash Up in mOundsVilIO.


About half past seven O'Clock on Tues.
day evening last, the 29th inst, shock
ing railroad accident took place on the
Baltimore ana Ohio, within the cOrpo-
rate limits of MoundsvillC. Tho Fast
Line going East, to which the accident
happened, was going through the town
at a most rapid pace, withoutstOpping.
When passing the switch nea- the depot
it ran of the track fintO the embank.
ment alongside. The cause of the acci-
| dent was a misplaced switch-it not
being put back into its place, thus
running the train Off the track
completely. The locomotive, tender,
baggage car and one passenger car
had passed entirely OFF the main
track before the wheels of tho first
had ceased to revoive. The engineer,
upon perceiving that his locomotive
was upon the ground, Immediately re-
veIsed his engine and opened the valves,
and attempted to escape by jumping
from the disabled train, but was pre-
vented by the close contact with the
side of the hill. Luckily no could not
for he thus escaped horrible death.
The baggage car and tender were badly
damaged, the trucks of each being
twisted and brokou up badly. The loco
motive was No. 239, and was the same
one that was in the recent collision at
Burton.


1t was indeed q very narrow escape
from great loss Of life. The only per-
sen hurt was fireman, who was bruised
slightly by Jumps of coal falling upon
him. Several Of the lady passengers
were greatly frightened aud stunned by
tue sudden stop and uneven travelling.
The baggage master was badly handled
by the .jOlting of his car, and was fouGd
insensible, but not hurt. The loss to the
railroad company is pretty severe. a
telegraph dispatch was Immediately sont
to Wheeling for assistance, and new
locomotive with tender, &c, to take
the place of the injured part of the
train, soon appeared and took the un-
injured passenger cars Oh 10 their
place of destination, after n delay Of
about an hour and half. A regulator
also came down from Wheeling, with
Col. K. T. Devries, and a number of
workmen to place the broken cars and
locomotive again upon the track. They
were busily engaged all that night and
nearly all day Wednesday, before the
work was completed. While the men
were at work replacing the engine on
the track, one of them was accidentally
struck on the head with q pick and
severely hurt. The switch was seen by
the regular watchRan to De in its proper
place at o'clock, and for this reason he
is clear of blame. The displacement Of
the switch, it is supposed, was cansed
by some malicious person or persons,
by whom it Was -NoHRdscijie
National
Year: 1870

The remarkable success which attended on
negotiation ofthe Loans Of the CENTRAL PAcIu
RAILROAD COMPANY and the wksrERS PAcin
RAILROAD CosPASr, and the popularity an
credit which these Loans have rlaintAined
the markets, both In this country and Europt
have shown that the First Mortgage Bonds c
wisely located and honorably managed Railroad
arc promptly recognised and readily taken
the most suitable, safe, ard advantageous forr
Of Investment yielding moro liberal incom
than can hereafter be derived from Governmep
Bonds, and available TO take their place.


Assured that in the selection aud negotiatio
OF superior Railroad Loans, we are meeting
great public want, and rendering q valuabl
scrvicc-both to the holders OF Capital and
those great National works OF internal improv,
neAt whose intrinsic merit and substantis
character entito them to the use Of Capital an
the confidence OF investOrs-we now offer wit
special confidence and satisfaction tho
Year: 1870

A LOST ART REvIvED.-It is said that
the Roman ladies embrowned their
faded hair with a transparent fluid, but
the secret of such a composition was
unknown to any modern chemists until
Phalaa q .V~ared.. and produced his
vitalia, or Salvation for the Hair. Sold
by all druggists and fancy goods dea ers
Year: 1870

i A Cur OF REUNION CoFFEE.-The
Soldiers Reunion Committee have
been experimenting for several days
in making coffee by steam, and have
now got the thing to Perfection
They will make it in barrels by steam
and will make a barrel in twenty
minutes. BY the kindness cf Gen. L.
A. Grant, We last evening tasted a
cup made in the proposed way, and
we pronounce it good-just as good
as could be- made. The coffce item
is no small one, Iftbere are 10000
soldiers here (countinga pint to the
many it will take over 80 barrels Of
eoffce to the meal. A barrel ofcoffse
made by steam will keep hot at least
tour hours, and can be made at any
place in the city where steam is used
--all the preparation required being
the arranging Of pipes to convey the
steam into the barrels.


The meat for the soldiers will also
be cooked by steam. Eighty nice fat
three-year old steers have already
been bought, and tho committee as.
sure US that good steak will be IN
abundanee.-Registey.
Year: 1870

The G0thamite Purgatory-Another Days


Torture-The Thermometer and What Ie


Did.


Yesterday was another blisterer for poor Gotham.
ties. The sun rose at his appointed hour In not Z
whit better mood tnan on the preyI2ps day, and
from the moment he made his Appearance people.
began to fret and chafe. He has evidently got some
grudge against Us metropoltans, has this sun;
but the Of the thing is that nobody knows how
to proptiate the fiery monster. Even the man with
the big cannon with glass at both ends, who takes
up his stand every day in the Park to gaze the
heavens out Of countenance could not get at the
bottom OF Old Soils temper People who consider
themselves ''somen on weather predictions took
their Santa Cruz ''sours' coInplacently Tuesday
night, fully convinced that the redh0tness OF
the temperature would give up the ghost by to-day;
bus they found out to their cost and that OF their
friends, that "sours were just as necessary blood
coolers yesterday they had been the day before.
In the middle Of the day the heat was positively ex-
crucatlng, and II one Of Mr.. Hume's bad spirits
happened to be on his earthly holiday tour about
noon he must have felt quite at home on Broadway.
During the afternoon somebody who has influence
with the clerk Of the weather succeeded In soaring
up O good breeze, when the aweltering community
brealhed more freely The following Is the record
OF the day as compared with the corresponding day
Year: 1870

MERCHANTS POCKETS AND THE PUBLIC
HEALTH.-As an evidence of the extent some
of our merchants regard the public health
when their pecuniary interest is likely to be
affected the case of the bark Fyen clearly
shows. This vessel came direct from port
where the yellow fever is raging. Two of her
crew were attacked with the disease, and
when she arrived in this port she had no bill
of health to exhibit. Messrs. J. L. Phipps &
Co., ana Funk, Edge q Co., who claim, we
presume, to be respectable merchants in this
city, but with residences elsewhere, contend
that she should be allowed to come direct to
the city and discharge her cargo of coffee. 1t
might be little too severe to suppose for q
moment that any Of the above named mer-
chants were actuated by mercenary motives in
making their demand Chat tho Zen should be
relieved from quarantine duty, but there is 4
singular circumstance connected with 1t, and
that is that at present there is good market
Tor coffee and gold Is declining.
Year: 1870

Cuuu0a-Tno 1uuopouoeuco Aeit"sAU"s


The sudden appearance in Canada Of an
evidently strong independence party Is q fact
for which time was ripe. 1t portends not
remote change that will certainly be OF great
consequence to our neighbor, if not to us. So
far as is Immediately apparent, however, the
change will be mostly nominal. Canada was
really cut adrift by the imperial power some
time since; but this fact was scarcely observed
by her people. They were SO accustomed to
believe in their own importance and In the
wealth of the provinces that they had no room
in their minds for the notion that Great Britain
could possibly find her relationship with them
more burden than an advantage, and they
therefore refused to see in the establishment OF
the new Dominion the real significance of that
event. But now that England refuses to de-
fend Canada at the imperial expense; now that
she requires her to provide for her own pro-
tection-things that were implied in the estab-
lishment of the New Dominion-the people
over the border rub their eyes, and discover
that the mother country has abandoned them
and thrust them out on cold and heartless
world. The colonial policy of the present
British government, as given elsewhere in
despatch from Earl Granville, involves the
simple refusal of England to tax an empire to
sustain the police of the North American pro-
vinces. every civilized government it
holds, sis bound to protect the property with
in it's own limits"


In view Of the assumption of such an atti-
tude by the imperial government the Canadians
are startled from their propriety, and when
some Of the more logical of their number re-
feet that this merely means independence,
that word gives direction to the expression Of
all the sentiment of all the disgusted barnacles
They seem to fancy they can take out spite
against the four syllables that horrify their
loyalty that they can resent upon the word
their spleen for the nonchalance with which
they are whistled down the wind. But the
clearness and cogency with which the party Of
independence lays down its views, and the
evident excitement and trepidation into which
its appearance has thrown all the old colonial
place holders and government contractors and
similar Influential classes" tell alike that the
new idea touches the keynote Of the Canadian
future. At this moment the only attitude pos
sible for Canada is that of independence, and
then the only consequence of independence will
be annexation. For this last the other provinces
are ready now; with Nova Scotia in front
annexation is the inevitable future of all those
countries. Only as States in this Union can
their resources be developed or their people
be contented. This is obvious to the men
among them who see clearest, and these men,
with no hatred to British rule, but with COM
mendable love of country, are the foremost
men in the party of independence.
Year: 1870

The HORSE CAR TAx.-Congress, in deal
ing with the Tariff bill, should abolish the tax
of one-eighth per cent on every passenger
carried on city railroad cars. Why9 Be-
cause it would remove the excuse upon which
the railroad companies charge the passengers
one per cent, thus stealing seven eighths from
the public on the ground that they have to pay
tax to the government. This of course is a
swindle, as everybody knows. Remove the
.srs,.-. by abolishing the tax and the public
will not bss compelled to pay more tnAS ne M
original fare Of five cents on the street cars ;
and even at that price they pay TOO much for
Year: 1870

From every enterprise, whether resulting in
success or failure, some noticeable fact is
always evolved, important to the individual,
to the many or to both 80 after the thunder of
the cannons the crash of the anvils and the
surge of the grand tonal wave from thousands
of voices and instruments assisting at the late
grand musical jubilee, this fact stands forward
prominently, that Miss Clara Louisa Kellogg
was the unchallenged success and the crown
ing glory of the festival week. This young
songstress, born in our midst and educated at
home, with no foreign influence to win her
from loving allegiance to her native country,
has steadily worked her way to the highest
position in the operate art-a position which
she has maintained here against all opposition,
artists who flock to that city during the fash
ionable season.


The musical quidnuncs who settle facts in
art with wonderful precision long since
decided, beyond dispute, that only grand dra-
matte voices could ill buildings of the magni-
tude of the Music Hall and Coliseum, of
Boston, and the Rink, Of this city. 1t was
clear, then, that Miss Kellogg could not
be heard in that large building in Third
avenue, put up for various purposes. Those
who had cut their wisdom teeth said so, and so
it must be. But American pluck was equal at
least 10 the trial, and Miss Kellogg stood
before some thousands Of people and sent her
voice forth, without effort, just as it was formed
in her wonderful throat to search out the
farthest ends Of the building. Bright, clear
and pure, now flowing and throbbing now
brilliant and sobbing, taking its infections
from the changeful sentiments of the music,
it rose dominant and pervading over chorus
and orchestra, just as the song of the skylark
in midair seems to burst from every quarter of
the heavens, flooding space with boundless
wealth of the divinest melody. A result so
utterly unexpected, while it confounded the
knowing ones, proved that, in the purity of
production and not in immense volume, rests
the secret of the carrying power of the voice.


The brilliant reception given to Miss Kel-
logg and the elegant audiences which marked
the days Of her performance point her out as
the dominant attraction and as the one great
and legitimate success Of the great musical
jubilee. Miss Kellogg is the acknowledged
American representative Of Italian Opera,
asking no consideration for her birth, but
competing on a level with the best foreign
artists. For several years she has been the
salvation Of that mismanagcd and bankrupt
institution, and her good work has always been
done at a pecuniary sacrifice. She has now
assumed the leadership Of the concert room,
and will in the fall take her stand in the
highest class of classical music, which has
now no single interpreter in America. Miss
Kellogg will have then but one more duty to
pay to the American people-namely, to sing
in opera in their own language. She will then
be truly the representative American singer,
and fame and wealth will flow in upon her
whom the people will delight to honor.
Year: 1870

TIE WoRKINGMEN OF BOSTON have had
large meeting at fremont Temple to express
their indignation against the Introduction Of
Chinese labor. This is too bad for the Hub.
In such an enlightened city they ought to
know better than to oppose such an enlight-
ened measure. 1t is revival of the old Know
Nothing proscriptive policy, that we would
have first expected in some more ignorant
place
Year: 1870

: MONOPOLY IN CABLEs.--The movement
against monopoly in cable enterprises is good
in its general purpose in SO far as it applies to
the telegraph the general doctrines of free
trade and fair competition; but when line has
been constructed, as was the Cuba line, on
the faith of the government that it should have
certain rights exclusively for certain time, it
seems dishonest for the government to violate
The compact
Year: 1870

LADIES OF THE LAKE.-The latest right that
woman is disposed to seize is the right to
handle an oar. Three ladies of Pittsburg are
now practising to compete for prize at a
forthcoming regatta on the Monongahela river.
Some of the oarsmen have a notion that this is
calculated to bring rowing into disrepute-
little prejudice that they will get over.
Year: 1870

the accommodation they get. If the tax is
abolished we shall know how to deal with the
railroad companies. The people will have the
power in their own hands and they win know
how to use It,
Year: 1870

The attention Of Superintendent Jourdan is re-
spectfuly called to have few guardians OF the
peace look after the locality foot OF East Seventy
fourth street and neighborhood. Fights are OF
a,most riohnv occurrence ana drunken brawlinr
renders night hideous and unsafe. few descents
by q posse OF police would be Of service ia that
nelghborhood for by and 10y, as 1t now, the opinion
will be that the police force are afraid to show the


selves there after dark. Something ought TO bo
done for those who wish to live IN peace.