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nCTOBIA C. W00DHUX1 & TENÎÏTE C. CLAFLIN EDITORS A N D PRO PRIETO RS.

CONTENT« OF T i l l * M 1 I B B 1 Î .

PKG I. rXGB.The Ri^hi of Women to Exercise FinaDcial and Com m ercial...........G

the EectiTe Franchise............... 1 Frank C laj. or Human N ature inFemale*jt the Footfieht»: An- a N nuhell (Poetrr>................ 7

other Groop of Non-Voters---- 3 The G reatIm peacher Im peached;Children, their Rights, Privileges The Infamous Lobby Plunder-

ind Re’ationi to Society; The ers..................................................... 8T. S. Gorernment as a Gold E nter an Agent of Jay Cooke &Miner............ 4 Co.; Hatch vs. V anderbilt.......... 9

Duinth: Mazzini on the Fran- The Zouave's Hying Prayer rhioe for Women; ila ria Mitch- (Poetry); The Chiba o f New•II; How Woman make* the Y ork................................................10M*a.............. 5 Mr. Tweed and his D iam ond.........11

la there room in Angel Land? The Hum an H eart (Poetry);ipoetry); The Root of the Mat- Movements of Lady Lecturers ; terror the Bible in the Role of Life aud Death (Poetry), etc., the old Mythologies.................. 6 e tc ........ 12

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80D 18 THE FATHER OF THEM ALL

THE RIGHT OF WOMEN TO EXERCISE THE ELEC TIVE FRANCHISE

U ND ER T H E FO U R T EE N TH A RTICLE OF T H E CONSTITUTION.

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Mr. Riddle spoke as follows :Mr. Chairman (Senator Nye)—I have always thought that

the questions involved in this movement could he the more effectively presented by lad ies; and I have never appeared in their public discussion unless by special request and for some special purpose.

I have been asked to bring to your notice as well as I may, this evening, the argum ent so forcibly referred to by the ac­complished young lady (Miss Kate Stanton) who has just taken her seat, to w i t :

T hat the women of these United States are full and com­plete citizens—citizens as fully, broadly and deeply as it is possible for men to be, though not perm itted to exercise the elective franchise.

As I arise I find between myself and this proposition two or three questions, about which I am disposed to tax your patience for a moment, though there is nothing new to be said.

In the outset, let me say th a t it is conceded by all tha t the right ot' self-government, in America at any rate, is a natural right. You may select, w ith care or a t random, any one of the forty or fifty American Constitutions, that have been prepared w ith more or less pains and promulgated with solemnity, and you will find there is not one tha t has as­sumed to create aud confer this right of self-government. B ut they all declare, expressly or impliedly, tha t the right to govern is inherent in the people.

Now, if these ladies are a portion of the people, this right resides in them. There is no new right to be conferred up­on them. They are simply to go into the new exercise of an' old franchise; for if the right of self-government is a natural

right, then does it pertain to every human being alike. Such is the recognized theory of every American Constitution, and such is its practice.

Take a step further and you find that starting w ith a recognition of this pre-existing right of government, Consti­tution makers have simply provided the means and machin­ery by which this right of government may work itself out. The only means placed in the hands of the individual citizen by which he may accomplish his portion of this great task is the ballot, or the riva voce vote.

If this right of self-government is a natural right, and if it can be exercised alone by the ballot, then is the right to the ballot a natural right, and he who stands up against this everlasting right of nature, had better look to it and take himself out of the way. As this is a political question I may venture a single word’to politicians. W e of the masculine gender, are all of us, more or less politicians; and of all the timid things in the world the professed politician (a member of Congress excepted) is the most timid. (Laughter.) H e is afraid ot his soul, as if he had one, or one large enough to occasion apprehension. (Laughter.) I have this tiling to say to them, tha t when any great idea or great tru th finds itself at large in this lower world, and is obliged to get itself incorporated into the working processes ot a government, if it does not find a political party ready, willing and w orthy to receive it, it forthw ith makes for itself a new party. (Applause.) And as it does not create new human beings to form a partv of, it must necessarily gather them from the old parties. Ju s t as the distinguished Senator (Senator Nye) will recollect the present Republican party was formed, and against which the two old fossil par­ties united, as they always do.

Now, this new great idea, if rejected, will disintegrate these old parties; take that which is fit, proper and deserving for its own great mission, leaving the residiuum to unite, and crumble ana pulverize together under the feet of the new.

The right of self-government, as I have said, is a na tu ra l right pertaining to ad alike, and is to be exeicised by the ballot. And the right to tha t is therefore a natural right, as is the right to wear clothes. Decency and comfort require th a t clothes should be w o rn ; but they are artificial wholly. Ju s t so is the right to vote natural right, though the vote, or the mode of voting at least, is an artificial means. This logic cannot be cavilled with or gainsayed.

Now, the young man and the young woman outside of po­litical considerations, in every other point of view, stand before the law on an equality, and w hat one may do, so may tlie other, each may govern him or herself. B ut not so politically; when the youth reaches the age of twenty-one the ballot comes to his hands by due course of law, protect­ing his natural right, he having grown to i t W hy do you give him the ballot, pray, or perm it him to take it for him­self? Simply because it is the means by which he governs and protects himself. Nobody would start, I suppose, the terribly heterodox idea that it is r o t necessary for the young man to govern himself with. I t w ould bo one of those un-

s SVoodhnll S: (f’laflin’s VffMfl F r * . U . 1 S 7 1 .

h w l - o f atrocities that o*>!»*ly «r»-dtl h a w the hat prnm ttlgn 'c in the pres'*MC>* of n; t».'uli*:<* »• i»1-H - i-« m illed to tlic ri^h*. for the purpose <‘t g-jvvnni:.; hims. If.

X>bodv was bom to cor* ra xry)***dy cl«* : m an or w om an. Jt ¡a onlv Itri;in»t to yo.htic i .soeviati.-n« pe-’oh K cotno so unit* -I, tli at n n a n in. » rUer to g*'\r-r.: I’ m-». It i- obliged to oOVtrn others, th a t wo got the rig*u to gov irn others at ill.

I t p i m i o u t o f o u r * [ f T t t o c o r r r n o u r o - l e i - v A n a n c s s e n i i . i l n e c c s s , t v w r , i r v . -1-1 1 I t o l y v i T i i " t l i i ' i i a m i t o n o g o v e r n e d h y t l i e i i i . T h i s i s > u r u " ! v w a r r a n t t o r t h e g o v e r n - m e n t o f o t h e r s .

Xo,v. I pm v to know w hv a young mui h*n. when alio a p p r o ic h s the sun- -p-. nviv not h tv ■ m oor le I to her 11 • sam e protection >f h'-r n it'i. il ri^lit th a t is decor led to the youth , an I lor the s me purpose.

In the name of rill iohii inltivwl. and of all m tnhood . I l*eg to know w Itv this m iy not he so ? In tin- name ot my own daughters \y!hw \ \h i-p * rtd words haunt t lie eh withers i f lit a soul, asking to ktiaw why. if it is n o--»sary t u- iln-ir bro ther to t \ereis-* this right, ii U not ne, esetrv lor them ? X"b<><U need to nrgue to a f h o r th <t his daugh ters are not the equals of his sons. I w ill m v.* - toh ra te lieuri g it -ai .. that my sou is horn to em pire and sovereignly, while his s sters are born to he hi Men nw iy ami ynr !e<l up in s nil" so liian tit serf place, ns tltt ir prot er spin re. (Applause ) I do not propose to raise tin.I id irate mv tlsligh t' rs to keep them cooped up with their feet lied until *oni'' m is iiline p u r­veyor comes along w ith Ids m arket haski t to deteiiitine w hether (closing w ords lost unti l the laughter am i a p ­plause).

O.i ! ye opponents o f the righ ts o f wom an w hy not be co n ­sistent ? I f as von s .y she It is not the eapu ' hy to -choose or e.xrrei-e tlie elective franchise, why not chouse tor Iter in every th ing , ami impose upon her tin* husband of your choice? Don’t tin t r present Iter? You concede that tin* young wont in lets abundance o fra p a c ity to eUocse iter lord nn l m aster to whom she s all lie delivered, mid y e t she is ne t tit to vote for a constable. (L aughter.)

Be consistent, you who oppose us in this m ovem ent, find sny she shall net "have a n y th in g to do witlt the selection ot her liushan I. I f she is com peten t a t an early age, in the vo rtex and w hirlpool o f life, to select h im to whom first, last, and a lw ays she shall belong, m ay she n o t once in four years have the privilege o f vo ting tor P resid en t w ithou t any g rea t haz ird ? T h in k of it. Oil ! this terrib le old ques­tion ! \Yo have been m in ing and tlri 'lin g in the e a r th ’s crust, and we have go t finally to the last question , or, ra ther, i t lias m ade its wav to the surface. T nis question of w om an’s s Mirage and w om an’s l ight at last com es tip for final a rg u ­m en t, am i it will w ork ils w ay a long u n til it is definitely determ ined . Indeed , I believe it is a lready settled .

To return to tin so constjtutions, from which I mean not to w ander again. I said lo you that these constitutions of the various American States have recognized as older Ilian them selves the right of governm ent. They have furnished the means, which were also older than themselves, the exercise o f the elective franchise. They have not attem pted to create and confer any right to govern. They simply regulate it; and they* are framed upon this idea, that all people are equally entitled to govern themselves, women anti men, ami would all govern themselves if sonic were not excluded by the terms and provisions of these, their constitutions. Take tip tlie whole thirty-five that can be found in the edition ol 1861, itntl every one--of them says, that the elective franchise shall be exercised by the male white citizens. We have got rid o f the ’’ white.” W e have tinnl.y given color to the Con­stitution. (Laughter.) And, in getting rid of that “ white,” we go t rid o f more than was probably intended a t the time. Gootl does get itself done by accident sometimes, I t bus to when bail men do it. (Laughter and app lause)

Why* is th is te rm ‘‘ m ale” used in the co n stitu tio n s , p ra y ? I t w as no t by acciden t. F o rty o r titty o f them w ould n o t use it, ex cep t by* design. I t w as because every m orta l m an k new w hen tin k e rin g up a c o n stitu tio n th a t if ho dill n o t pu t rmde in, fcmalei w ould vo te. (A p p la u se ) T h ey had the righ t, and there had to be a co n stitu tio n a l b a rrie r e rec ted to p rev en t th e ir exerc ise o f it.

N ow, the thing w hich wc have to do is either to strike out th is term ‘‘ male,” which, 1 trust, ladies (tu rn ing to the ladies on the platlorm), is no t particularly odious anyw here else, except in the Constitution.

Mrs. Davis and o thers—N ot at all.Mr. Kiddle—I do not know, bu t 1 suspect th a t Miss Susan

A nthony would go a little beyond that. (Laughter.)I re p ea t, th a t w(m t we have to do is e ith e r to g e t rid of

th is w ord “ m ale ,” o r to con v in ce C ongress, th e c o u rts mid th e re s t o f the w orld th a t it is a lread y g o th n rid of, w hich , I th in k , is easier. I f it rem a in s it. can he p u t o u t in a very su m m ary wily. I t m akes no tlill'erenco in how m any c o n sti­tu tio n s it is found, no r in how m any carefu lly considered s ta tu e s i t 1ms been in co rp o ra ted , lo r a s ing le p rov ision m th e C o n stitu tio n ol th e U nited S ta les is o f th a t po ­ten cy Ih u t in stan tan eo u sly all c o n stitu tio n s m id all s ta tu te s a re clarified o f th e ex clusive “ m ale” p r in ­cip le , an d th a t w ith o u t o th e r ch an g e o r appeal. A m i th is b rin g s m e to th e im m ed ia te q u estio n to he d iscussed , th e X IV . A m en d m en t ot th e C o n s titu tio n , w hich s tan d s as th e 1-llh a rtic le . A m i y o u w ill u n d e rs tan d th a t w h en th e peop le o r the leg is la tu re sp eak hy co n stitu tio n o r law , am i use o rd in a ry language, th a t th ey m oan w lm t they sa y , a n d nobody can g e t up mid say th ey do n o t m ean th a t, o r th a t they m ean so m e th in g else. T n c rc is nobody that c an he heard for a m o m en t to a rg u e n g iiiin l the p la in , obv ious, d ec lared , w e ll-ascerta in ed m ean in g o f w ords. A m i w hen such w ords are used, it is (lie end ot a rg u m e n t am i ol c o n stru c tio n . T h e g re a t o b jec t to be ach ieve ), so fa r as w orn tl a re co n cern ed , is to b rin g them in to the possession o f (lie l ig h ts nl c itizen sh ip . " A p erso n ” is one tiling , and n a tu ra lly , “ a c itizen ” is so m e th in g a l ittle m ore, l ie o r sh e , is tile c rea tu re ol u po litica l com p ict, h a v in g th e rig h ts , the p riv ileg es , th e Irancliises o f th a t p a r tic u la r po litica l a sso c ia ­tio n , w u tilever they are. A very ingen ious, am i, a t the sam e tim e, a very m m o rio n s w rite r, recen tly , in o v e rh au lin g these l in g l i 'h w o rd s —am i it is a p re tty good tiling m y h o n ­o rab le friends flo a t th e tw o H ouses ol C ongress a re n o t to be rel'errud to— b u t it is a good tilin g for the f i s t ol us w ho use w ords h mi--1i ties care lessly , to see how M r. ( I ra n i W h ile say s sum ■ o f Litvin shou ld lie u s"d , an d w hat l in y rea lly tin in an. O .i p tge 100 o f Itis re ce n t w o rk on " W ords am i th e ir Uses,” w a icn so far as 1 know lias receive I th e h ig h es t co m ­m en d a tio n ol thu c r it ic s —til sp eak in g ol litis term “ c itizen ," und li iw it is used , o r m ille r how it is m isused , lie sa y s :

" C a t /- m is used hy som e n ew sp ip i-r Willeys w h o w h a t so 'in * love ail all c l tlio .i ol llic F re n c h u s 'g o til cdoy. a in Hi • F u s t It.*pu .tiv. F o r i ii ih tm v , ‘ U -u A is a well k n o w n c itU u d .' ‘ S ev e ra l c iiu u u s c a rr ied th e sull'ercr,’ etc. T h e

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T l i i l i s iv ! i i t t i i , y a r e . T . i . y , • n « . T ’ a t i s . “ p e r ­s o n s “ i r e ‘ c ' t :r i i - . w l ■■ ti i i , ' , . n . p n r a l p - r - s, d o m e d m i - o i , p i r m . - a t e i l w i t l i . - : . *. I b y a n d p i t i n ' " mo f . i u z t t s ' d p . T i l - t u r n I . u s e d i n t h e M I s i - i n w l m It M r\ \ i d t e u s e s i t . I t i s n o n e w m e a n i n g ; in* n e w u s e o l I b eW o r d .

. N ' \ v . t u r n t o ) Y t l i s t e r ' s t i n d - r i d g e d . w h e r e c i t i f - n i s dr*I fin ed : ** ( . 'i t i r n — a p e ts o , , .“ [ in tin- U n i te d S t u b s ! - f o r lie I inse r ts in b ra c k e t s th e e x p re s s iv e *■ U . S to in d ic a te " d ia l j lie m e a n s ,— * n a l iv-< >r 11 i tn r d ig -d . w h o It is t h e p r iv i le g e ol ' v o t in g fo r p u b lic o tlie e rs . n m l w h o is q u a lif ie d to till o l l le ts

in t i i e g d l o t d ie p -op li* .“W o r c e s te r s a y s of " eitir.- It” :—“ An inhab itan t o f a lie

public who e n jo v s die r ig h t s o f a eitiz-tt or Ire. m ot, and who It *s a right t*i vote for public olDi'crg, as a c iliz -n of the U nit' d Slat- s.“

T u rn to Bouvicr’s I.aw D icthm arv, in orthodox sheep, and see what In* sues a e ih z -n is: ** ( 'itiz -n , one who, under die

j C onstitution mid laws ol d ie United S ta tes lias a right to ! volt* for represent tlivi s in C ongress ami o th er public otllccs,

amt who is qualified to fill o lllc .s in die gift o f the people."—-lilt t*d., vol. l ,p . 0:11.

All know n au th o rity concurs itt establish ing th is ns d ie sole p roper signification u| tin* word citizen ; and in litis sense anti in no o ther, is to used in d ie F o u rteen th A m endm ent.

I know that lIn* term is som etim es u se d —is once used, perhaps, in tli-C o n s titu tio n —to cot respnnd som ew lint w ith d ie term “ ittlialiit tn t," as thus : “ C itizens o f difierent S tates m ay sue each o th er in tlu* co litis ol the U nited S tates,“ etc. B ut it was not necessary to shake the foundations of this g rea t K -publie to form al tte and get adopted th is new A m endm ent, lor the purpose of s ta tin g th a t lilt* people who w ete horn mid a lw ays had lived in d ie U nited S ta les m ight ! e in h ab itan ts ol diem . But it was necessary to say so, th a t cav illers m ig h t lie estopped Iron» denying th a t they are citizens. »

B u t to re cu r to th e fu rther clause o f th is X IV . A m en d ­m ent. L et us see, now , really w lm t th e m akers and p ro m u l­g a to rs o f it b id mean.

“ N o S ta te sha ll m ake o r enforce any law ”—n eith e r m ake any new law , n o r enforce any that had a lready been m ade—“ w hich shall abridge d ie priv ileges o r im m unities o f citizens o f the U n ited S ta les.” Is th ere ativ d o u b t now as to wlmt “ c itizen” m eans? He, o r she, o r both , a re persons in pos­session, am i liltvo liy express d eclara tio n all the privileges and tlie im m unities o f cit.i7.ens.

W hen I sta ted th is before the Ju d ic ia ry C om m ittee th is m o rn in g , a d istingu ished H oprcsenlalive from Illino is, am i a very able law yer, stopped m e and sa id ; " Mr. Hiildle, babies w ould be c itizens acco rd ing to th a t, and w ould have the priv ilege o f go ing s tra ig h t to the ballo t-box the first th in g ,” (L augh ter.)

P e rh ap s so ; hut I could no t see it then , nml cannot, seo it now . A ll pow er is in h eren t in the people, an d ¡1 is perfectly co m p eten t for th is “ nil p ow er” to d eclare a t w h a t age ami u n d e r wlm t c ircu m stan ces the citizen shall vo le ; so th a t the ru le app lies un ifo rm ly and exelm lt s none. O ne-lm lf ol the peop le w ere ex cluded , an d th is a rtic le rem oves th a t ex c lu ­sion—nml Hint is nil.

A pply the g en tlem an 's idea to o th e r prov isions of d ie C on­s ti tu t io n ; lor in stan ce , to t h i s : “ T h e r ig h t o f d ie people to keep and hear a rm s sha ll not. bo in fringed .” W ould he con­tend th a t therefo re every new -born baby m ig h t a t once g rasp a m nskt t ? T h is m igh t he C o n stitu tional, bu t it w ould p u l Hie in fan try on a w artfo o tin g before the com m issaria t con id he m obilized, I fear. (L au g h te r nml applause.)

W omen tire not only citizens, hut, the A m endm ent further says, th a t no S tate shall pass any law or enforce any law winch shall abridge die privileges ami hnnn.nlties of this citizenship. The prieUe-uen—not a part of litem. W hat do wo mean when we say the pririlegc* f F o r instance, when we say “ the ladies,” do we not. mean them all? “ The Sen­a to rs;’’ we mean them till. Wo do not merely mean the Senator from N evada (Mr. Nye), how ever he may have the right to he spoken ol first. (L aughter ami applause.) These terms, “ privileges am"! im m unities,” arc not, now used for the first time in the American Constitution. They lira old ac­quaintances of ours. They luvu dotio service tv great while. They occur in this same Constitution, as will lie seen by l'c (erring to the second section ol A rliclc IV., on page I!8 of Paschal's adm irably annotated Constitution of tho United Slates;

" Citizens of each State shall ho entitled to nil tho p riv ­ileges and Iinnuinlties of citizens in the several States."

P rec isely , ns tlie XLV. A m en d m en t has It, 1ml, ns Ju d g e B rad ley recen tly sa id ,.w ith n m uch m ore en la rg ed m ean ing in tlie la tte r , 'l'liey w ere old itelore the C o n stitu tio n , a ir w ere in co rp o ra ted in to it from the .lilt a rtic le o f the Old Con federa tion , w hich prov ided , “ that th e l’rce in h ab itan ts o f each o f the S ta te s shall h.* e n titled to nil the p riv ileges an d im ­m u n ities o f the fl ee c itizen s o f the several S la tes .”

I f you w ould see a co m m en t upon these term s, rend th e forty,-second num ber o f tho l ’Wernlint, o r a tum ifiod am i d ilu ted ed ition o f it, in S to ry on the C o n stitu tio n , w h ich , like som e o th e r o f Itis hooks, co n ta in s som e rem ark s ol h is ow n, mid arc n o t a lw ay s flic la s t tilings In tin in.

F o r th e ' benefit o f the Ju d ic ia ry C om m ittee , n iado up , ns you k now , o f som e ol the alilest law yers am i best m en ol tlie c o u n try , 1 p ro cu red a ju d ic ia l defin ition o f these term s, “ p r iv ­ileges "mid im m uiiilit s,” a lth o u g h Mr. A tto rn ey B ales said, none exists, and my friend Ju d g e P asch a l, a m ore learned ill 111, rep ea ted it.

I referred them to the ease of Corfield r». Coryell, tourth volume of the so-called “ W ashington C ircuit C ourt Reports," page 1)71, w here these term s came up, away hack in tho old linn*.

Busltrod W ashington, I lie favorite nephew of our W ashing­ton, made the ilccl-don, ladies. lie was the W ashington who got all of Inc brains of tin* limilly outside ol ils g reat t hief; ami ho pu t them to a most adm irable use. l ie Was one ot the Judges o f the 8 ipromc Court of tlie United Slates, and lie judicially th fined the inclining of these " privileges mid Im­munities'," nml said liny included such pr'mciph s as arc I'umla- mviiLul tu their nature. A nd umuitg them , ho says, U the

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A v ity . y o u y e t tl , tm-tt o f tlu* l e l - r -m,I ot r - 1. ,w -r H o u se , \v lio .or- ia n i t l ta r " it ti th a t .)■ v--i *n an d n iti, - an- o ti ir ill o r hy K* n l , v o n an* in " o ’d i e - t to ic -* r t to \Y< li­s te r (n o t D o th ! ) a n d W o i.- i sti r, n o r to ( i i a u t W h in -, tie r w e n to B ouviers Law Diclkm aiy. You m iy overt tile them all if you wall.

Bui you must go back to tho-o' sometime« forgotten deci­sions, which rest in tin* leaves o f ttie-i* dustv votunns, to these witnesses of tlie law , who declare tli.it tin s , cypres, sums, ” privileg- a, and im m uttilies,'' include tlie eieelive fta-eltise. And the whole people ol these l lined State« have solemnly declared ’’ that all persons are etti. -its, and no S tate shall m ake or eittoree any taw to abridge tin- privi­leges und im m unities ot tlie citizens.’’ It stteli authority and such reasoning w ere p rcscitu d to a court on the trial of any o ther ease in tin* wide w orld, save M at o f wom en a n t tin ir rights, an advocate would bo stopped hy the court la foie tu* bail gone hull’ tlie lengtli 1 have in this argum ent. Tin* court would say th a t tlu-y would In m* tritiii tin* o ther side, (L iu g iter!) B at th is tiling of opposition to worn in 's rights thu s mil rest in Intelligence so th a t it can be grasped in argu­m ent. It lias no intellectual foundation anyw here. No logic supports it. No reason or argum ent susta ins It. It tests upon no foundation of the hum an tiiidcrM unding ; lienee, it cannot be com batted ; tor, as Mr. Mills says, tin* worse it is beaten m argum ent the stro n g er it is tonified in pr.jinllcc.Men seem to think that inasmuch as litis tiling lias always been, somehow or other, in «onto way or other, there was somewhere, at some time, some reason lor it, which could lie shown now if somebody could only think ol it or find it ; Imt, of course, nobody ever did and nobody ever will. There never was tiny. (L tu liter.)

One consideration alonu is absolutely conclusive) of litis argument, ami from it escape is impossible. “ Persons horn or naturalized in the United States and subject to tlu* juris­diction thereof,” were already in tlie lull ami complete en­joym ent of every privilege and im m unity known to our political system, except tlie elective franchise ami its correla­tive, tho right to hold olllcc. Tin* only dilfercnce between tlie naturalized and unnaturalized individual is this right uf voting.

1 \trtty our opponents to tell us, then, xvlint is conferred liy this first section of this wonderful arlii le, if il lie not these rights? N othing else remained that it could confer, und tills view alone silences cavil even.

If Ijtis section docs not confer or guarantee tho exorcise of tlie elective Irnnchise, then at infinite pains have we mined among Hie foundations of our marvelous structure, and have deposited tlu-ro as one of litem an litter slmm, full of the emptiness of nothing. Let hint escape litis who may.

If there can still remain a question ot doubt about this, I beg the attention of tho doublers to tin* further words of the Constitution, to he found in tlie XV. Amendment. Ami here I tun m et w ith the ap t inquiry : “ Why, Mr. Kiddle, il women are a pari o f all, ‘ persons,’ colored men are also a part of tlie same all,” persons ;’ and if women are made cit­izens ttnd clothed w ith Lite im munities and privileges of cit­izenship hy tlie X IV . A m endm ent, so were colored men. Why, m en, was it necessary to enact tlie XV. Amendment? This lact is fatal to your argum ent.” Well, there was no necessity for it. I t was a stupid piocq of business, very stupid, ami when wo recover tlie lost art of blushing, some faces will color when tha t XV. A m endm ent is recalled. But it docB us this good service, it. settles the construction of this XIV. A m endm ent, as wo contend lot it, beyond all cavil.

Now, the general impression is, tlmt. iho 'X V . Amendment confers tlie elective Iranchiso upon tho colored limn. If il does not, then our opposers m ust give it tip, tor colored men rightfully vole. Wlmt dues this uriicle say? Tlm t the elec­tive franchise is conferred upon persons of African descent, or those who have sullered tnm i a previous condition ot ser­v itude? N ot n word of it. I t does say :

” The righ t of citizens”—not Hie l ight of persons ol Alri- can descent—“ tlie right o f citizens ol tlie United States to vole, shall not he dented." Tlm t is wlmt il sayb—“ shall not be denied or abridged hy tho U nited B lairs or’hy the several Bltiica.” Tlmt, doe.-, not ctm lcr sull'rage; it rivogiii:c* a right already conferred, and says th a t it shall not he denied or abridged. A gentlem an of tlie com m ittee this morning look Hie ground tlmt this A m endm ent gran ted Hie franchise be­cause it declares th a t tlie t igh t to it Hindi not lie denied 1 This is in d i e d th a t When a thing cannot he denied, the lack ot power to deny it creates it. (Laughter.) 1 conless 1 eould not see it. (Laughter.) 1 have thought ol it since, and 1 do nut see it now.

“ Shall no t ho denied or abridged." How can you abridge a thing th a t docs no t exist ? Ami would Hie gciilleinitn also contend tlm t a lack W pow er to cut. oil’ a tiling not in exist­ence also creates the tiling?

T his fillcciilh article then trea ts tho righ t o f tlie citizen to vote as already existing, nml it specifies desses, as poisons of color, of certain race, ami uf previous servitude, as especially having the righ t to vole.

W here, when, and how did they get it ? W as il ’*y virtue of the Fourteenth A m endm ent ? Il so, il wits heciutsu they were a p a r t of Hie " all persons" named in it, of whom women are also a much larger and much more iniporltiiil pint. Bo, past cavil, if Ihu A frican received this Iram ltise hy tlie iuurlcenlh article then did women also receive tl, ami "more ahum lanlly ? I f you go back to the sinriiiig-poini of Amir» iean p ililtcs, ami say tlm t tlu* light is inherent in the colored mull, then hy tlie law of nature il is iu licieul in woman. I tlo not care wltieli of these tomiuhm you adopt. Not til nil. In either event il is recognized as existing in a eitiz, *u of the United Blules. B ut nty learned and subtle tricml Irom Illi­nois buhl to me to day ; “ W hy, don’t you see, Mr. Kiddie, that they have llin ild l the frandtise in H uh F illcciilh unicmlmciit, so tlm t il situll not he denied in tlie case o f pirsoiiH of color, and of u certain race, ami jii'evioua condition ol servitude, and rlous lliu t no t perm it the S tates to deny il 'in other cases ?’’

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ot i».»s iiiree Co.uuiiiotts it confers exp rv -s p o w er u p o n Con- jttss :o lerisiate, w hile th e 14th A m en d m en t do > uol B a t there a jus: one little th in ^ fu r th e r th a t I d ro p fo r th e hen- pecied to pick at. T h ere a re th ree classes \vh( se r i^ h t to »cte shiil not be denied acco rd ing to th e lo th a m en d m en t— persons of color, persons on accoun t o f race, am i p ersons w ho have saiered from prev ious con d itio n o f serv itude .

Now, ladies, w hat is rea lly th e legal s ta tu s o f m arriag e , so t»r »s the condition ol th e wife is co n ce rn ed ?

Miss Susan A nthony.— O ne o f se rv itu d e , an d o f th e hardes t kin.!, and ju s t for board an d clo thes, a t th a t , too. (L a u g h te r and applause.)

Mr. Kiddle.—A nd th ey freq u en tly h av e to m ak e a n d pav for their clothes, and board them selves (renew ed lau g h te r) —and not only them selves, b u t b oard a lso th e lo rd and m as­ter, who calls him self th e h ead o f th e fa m ily ; frequen tly , however, being only one end o f it, an d th a t som etim es no t the head. (Renewed lau g h te r.) B u t th a t is n o t all o f i t I t b nut cant; it is no t p o p u la r ph raseo logy , b u t it is th e la n ­guage of the law . T h e co n d ition o f th e m arried w om an is that of servitude. T he law calls h e r h u sb an d “ b aro n ,” and she is simply a w om an—“ fem e.” T he lav. g ives h e r to the man, not the m an to h er. n o r the tw o m u tu a lly to each o ther. They become one, and th a t one is th e h u sb an d —such as he it Her name is b lo tted ou t from th e liv ing , o r a t best is up pended to that o f the husband . She belongs to h e r m a s te r ; all that she has belongs to him . A ll th a t she ea rn s is his, b e­cause she is his. I f she does a n y th in g th a t b inds h im . it is simply as his servant. I f she m akes a co n tra c t th a t is b ind ­ing even upon herself, i t is because he consen ts to it. She does not own an y th in g ; she does no t o w n th e ch ild ren th a t »reborn to her. (S.-nsation.) T h e hu sb an d exc lu s ive ly co n ­trols them while liv ing , an d by h is w ill he m ay , and often does, bequeath to som ebody else th e custody an d ca re of them after his death.

And the law w hich w e m en m » k e enfo rces a l l th is to -day .I trust tha t most o f u s a re a great, d ea l b e t te r th a n th o ]»w. If the wife o f a m an shou ld suffer b y an a c c id e n t on a railroad, and su it should be b ro u g h t to recover a g a in s t th e company for in jury to h e r person , th e s u i t b ro u g h t b y th e husbaud would be upon th e g ro u n d th a t h is w ife w as h is servant and he bad lu s t h e r serv ice . I f he d id n o t, ho could not recover.

Miss Stanton—Issn c h th e law in th e case o f a d a u g h te r? Mr Riddle—So ta r as th a t is concerned , w nere th e d a u g h ­

ter is a minor, it is th e sam e as th e case o f a son a m ino r, but the wile is a lw ays th e s e rv a n t o f th e h u s b a n d ; she n ev e r graduates away from h im ; she nev er becom es o f age or ar- nves at the years of d isc re tion . (Sotio voce.) I t su e had, she never would h ave en te red in to th a t co n d itio n . Miss Anthony would say th e law p rouounces th e s ta te o f m a t r i­mony to be a condition o f se rv itu d e lo r th e w ife , in ex p ress terms.

N ow,ihen,how do“s th e XV. A m en d m en t ap p ly to h e r? Here is the previous cond ition o f s e rv i 'u d e p rov id ed for; sod this XV. A m eudm ent in i ts effect w as b u t to en torc^ tb e i lV ., in favor o f persons held in a p rev io u s , au d , ot course, a continuing conu ition o f se rv itu d e . D oes th is really abrogate th e se rv itu d e of th e w ife , a n d in v o k e iu h e r favor the action of C ongress?

My distinguished b ro th i r, B u tle r , w itt in g ly sa id th is morning, th a t the clause re la tiv e lo ih e previous cond ition of servitude, app lied only to w idow s. (L a u g h te r .)

But, ladies and gentlem eD , aside from b ad iu ag e , for tho subject is too grave and too solem n, i t com es b ack to th is thing. The C onstitu tion o f th e U u ited S ta te s solem nly d e ­clares tha t eveiy person born o r n a tu ra liz e d in th e U u ited States, and w ith in its ju r isd ic tio n , a re c itizen s ; and th a t no State shall pass, or enforce a la w 1 0 ab ro g a te th e p riv ileg es

' aud immunities o f c itizenship . W o do n o t need an y XVI. Ameudment. W e need only in te llig e n t, firm , decisive, and deciding—reasonably b rav e courts, a n d to h ave a qu estio n made and brought to th e ir ad ju d ica tio n . I propose to offer Mrs.Grilling and tw o or th ree o th e r lad ies to r reg is tra tio n , two or three m ouths hence, w hen th e tim e comes, lioro. (Applause.) I f they are n o t reg istered , I propose to try th e strength of the Suprem e C o u rt o f th e D is tr ic t o f C olum bia, ctmposed ol five in te llig en t gentlem eD , an d know n n o t to be conservatives on some questions, w h a tev e r they w ill prove to benu this, aud see w h eth er th ey w ill issue a m anda­mus. If tin y won t, I w ill ta k e th e case to th e Suprem o Court of the Uuited S ta tes, aud one o f th e p resen t judges ol that Court, who is no t pre-em inently iu favor o f w h a t Is called woman rights, receu tly passed upon th is X IV Auioud meat. < «

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o t .* new icT el..’ ion. A rd t iis gun ie lif is g re a t from n o 1 .•ff r. t o f m m . h ;* g r ¡t iu i ’f t is A ltie le is on o f til's-.- g re a t p r in c ip le - th a t com e, .M<s -iah d k e , to ann o u n ce th em selv es. I t needed no fo re ru u n e r, a-ul i t w o rk - it* ow i m irac le s in i t s ow n goiMl tim e, and " ill eo u v err a ll t > i ts owi- ,-w.iv, a n d to i»s ow n pu rpo -es. A nd 1 t ru s t th a t e re long we sh a ll h e a r from th a t com m il tee o f th e iiou.-e upon t l i .s .p u s t io i ', a u d th a t w e sha ll g e t eu- U g b te ie d a m ! in te ll ig e n t ili-eu ssiou ol i t in th o H ouse o f tn e A m erican R.-pres* n ta tiv e s .

H ere th e a rg u m e n t elese». h u t su ffe r a w ord fu r th e r . I t is sa id t b i t w om an doe- n o t w a n t th e suffYage. W ho says th a t she does uot w a n t it I M m sa y - so am i uobodv else. M an u sks th e q u es tio n , am i an sw ers i t h im self. I k uow it o lte u com e- from teum le lip s , h u t i t is m a n ’s an sw er. And w h a t u n d e r th e son do th e -e m en m ean by p a ra d in g these u n h ap p y fem ales th ro u g h th e land I D on’t th e y k u o w that, th e y u ie u u sc s in g th e m ? P a rd o n th a t te rm , u u sex ; to me it is th e e q u iv a le n t o f p u b lic u n ro b in g , a n d a w om an can no m ore do th e one th a n th e o th e r. B u t th in k o f these m a le w re tch es w ho. w ith th e i r th e o iy , th u s ru th le s s ly seize th ese h e lp le -s in n o cen ts , an il p a ra d e th em , ca llow , p iu- e a th e re d h u t com bed , from th e ir d e -e e ra te d shells , to er>w nd c lu c k on th e p u b lic p la tfo rm . I u se th o la n g u a g e o u r

o p p o n en ts ap p ly to you in sp e a k in g o f 'b e se p u p p e ts o f th e irs . I t is uo t m ine. C an ’t th e se poor th in g s ccm iprehoud th a t.'» h e ir th u s com ing foriwiml in th is b razen w ay is iu itse ll u su r re n d e r o f th e posifiou , and th a t to s ta u d iu tho ace of th e p u b lic , to in s tru c t »heir lo id s, is as tln g ra n t an

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I d en y th a t w om en h av e d ec la red t h a t th e y d o n 't w a n t he h a 'lo t . They have m v tr been asked w h e th e r th e y w a n t it.

W h en w e w aut. a response from m en lio.v do w e p ropound th e q u es tio n 1 W o su b m it i t fo rm ally to he v o ted u ( o > by th e b a llo t. T h is i- th e w ay \ve p ropouud a po litica l qncs- ion to m en. H ow do th e y an sw er i t l T hey an sw er i t by

th e i r so lem n v o tes a t th o ba llo t. P ro p o u n d th is qu estio n , a n d in th is so lem n w ay to tlie w om eu o f th o U u ited S ta te s P a ss a law to t h a t effect and titk e a v o te , o r e lse fo rev e r

to p —close u p n il g ab b le on th is su b je c t th a t w om en do n o t w a n t i t . Offer h e r th e chance by w hich sh e can sp eak ind see w h e th e r slio w au ts i t o r u o t, am i le t lie r v o te “ Yes ” o r “ N o.” T hen from th a t we w ill ta k e a n o th e r s ta r t . B u t do n ’t re fu se to l i t h e r u usw er, and assum e to a n sw e r to r her, a n d say y o u re p re se n t h e r. Y'nu b a re ly succeed in m is­re p re se n tin g m en a t y o u r b e s t, le t a lone th is a tro c io u s

w ad d le a b o u t re p re se n tin g w om en. L e t lier vo te , an d then we cau te l l w h e th e r you h ave a r ig h t t > re p re se n t her or no t.

W e m en h a v e m ade th e in s ti tu t io n s for m en, and for m en a lo n e ; n e v e r co n su lted w om an. W e Itavo said she w as uobodv . an d n o w h e re , or, i f she w as iV uud an y w h e re she w as o u t o f lie r sphere ( la u g h te r ) , and m u s t go b ack to n o ­w here im m ed ia te ly , an d to nobody. W e h av e g ra v e ly a s ­sum ed th a t we un d ers to o d h e r n a tu re a n d c h a ra c te r b u tte r th a n sh e d id herse lf.

I t is one o f tho w ondrous e lem en ts o f th e sexes th a t th ey sh a ll p e rp e tu a lly re v e a l them selves to each o th e r , a n d n e ith e r sha ll ev e r fu lly com prehend tho o ther.

L o t w om an sp eak lo r hersoll. G ive h e r a e h a n c e to speak as m an speaks, by p rec i-e ly th e sam e lan g u ag e , and iu th e sam e m an n e r , a n d th en re v e re n tly in c lin e y o u r beads, aud lis ten to w h a t sho s a .s .

I h av e sa id 1 h is g re a t question is u p for flnnl a rg u m en t. M.V m ission w as sim ply to presen t to you th is d ry h u t ve iy in te re s t in g question o f h e r lig h ts , u n d e r th e X IV . A m end­ment.. To m y n u n d . tho a rg u m en t is perfectly in v in c ib e.I t n ev e r can be m et, a n d n ev er w ill be, a i.d i t w ill, u l t i ­m a te ly , w ork o u t its ow n ond.

T h a n k in g yon for th e k in d n ess w ith w h ich you liavo lis ten ed to mo, 1 leav e th is m a tte r i7ith you.

A P P E N D I X .A R TIC LE X IV .

S e c t io n 1. A ll persons born o r n a tu ra liz ed iu th o U n ited S ta te s , a n d su b je c t to th e ju r isd ic tio n Ihere if, aro citizens of th e U n ited S ra te s an d of tho S ta tu w here in th e y reside. No S a te sha ll m ake or enforce any law w hich sha ll ab ridge th e p iiv ileg es or in in u in itio r o f th e c itizens of tho UuHeil S ta te s ; n o r sh a ll any St.uto dep rive au y person ot life, lib e rty , or p roperty , w ithout, duo process o f law , nor deny o (iii.v person w ith in its ju r isd ic tio n tho equal p ro tec tio n

o f th o law s. (A iuouduieut to C o n stitu tio n , XIV. S la t, u t Largo, p. J4G.)

a r t i c l e x v .S ectio n 1. Tho tig h t o f c itizens o f tho U nited S ta te s to

vote shall no t be denied or abridged by th o U nited S ta les o r by any S la to on accoun t o f ruoe, coL>r, o r p rev ious cond i­tion o f serv itude .

Se c t io n , a. T he C ongress sha ll have pow er to enforce th is A ilic lo by ap p ro p ria te legislation . ;XV. S ta t p. 340.)

Ml— A da .Tone«, w ho is rep resen ted os an ac tre ss o f dec id ed _ . i m erit, 1ms b .v ii » la v in g in R o ch este r, X. V. in a new d ra m a ,* trv'fu * i>* . , , r , „

;.s o f th e en titled , W iuchtsU T , o r th e £*py ol M ieunncloan.T h e P ix lev S i-to r- h av e r c tu r n c l from V ic to ria , an d a t

las t acco u n ts w ere am u s in g tho c itizen s o f P o rtla n d , O regon .Id a L eslie 's th ea tric a l tro u p e h ave Iv 'eu p e rfo rm in g in th e

N o rth e rn and W este rn p a r ts o f th is S ta te .M '-s D a rg a n , Miss G loverv NL— C iiallai«, Miss E m m a C o ­

line, Miss F rank!- M 'Leim m i. M rs. E . A. E b erle .M rs . li . M ad- den , Miss L. M adden , and th e T yson S isters , a re engaged a t th e H o u sto n (T exas) T h e a tre , w h ich op en ed on the 10th iusk

M rs. W . «T. F lo ren ce Ills been p lay in g a t tho T rim b le p o w er o f -e lf e n u n c ia tio n | O pera H ouse in A lbany .

Miss M innie W ell’s tro u p e o f m in stre ls w ere iu N e w a rk , X . J . , la s’, w eek.

M rs. D rew , Miss P rice , Mrs. D ev en p o rt an d M iss G lover, arc th e p ro m i len t lad y p erfo rm ers iu P h ilad e lp h ia .

T h e W o rre ll S isters a re d o in g a good business in th e S o u th .

T h e F o x and B la ir fem ale m instre ls , ns th ey a re te rm ed , o f w hich M iss A n n ie D esm ond, M iss A u n io B lake a n d M in Sadie R ogers form a d is tin g u ish ed p a r t , aro g iv in g con ce rts in th e W est.

M rs. S co tt S iddons gave a re ad in g in A lbany , on th e 24th inst., to a la rg e aud ience , am o n g w hich w as Gov. J o h n T . H offm an, an d o th e r d is tin g u ish ed citizens.

M rs. S. W . Aside}’ is a t th e A cad em y o f .Music in A lbany . C a rrie M oore, w ho w on a n u m b e r o f p rizes fo r superio r

sk a tin g , has jo in ed a fem ale m instre l troupe.M iss A dela ide P h illip s u n d o h e r ap p e a ra n c e in N ew O r­

leans on the ltit li inst-.

A bu rlesq u e “ R ich a rd I I I . ” w as p layed a t th e S t. C harles lliea tre in N ew O rleans on tho 13th, in w h ich M iss E liza W ea th e rb y su s ta in ed th e d ia m e te r o f tho E a r l of R ich ­m ond, and M iss L izzie K elsey pe rso n a ted th e D uke o f B uck ingham . M iss I le a th c o te w as c a s t lo r C a te rby , an d M iss J e n n ie C ook, Miss C lo lh ilde an d M iss J e n n ie W h ea t, leigh also took p a r 's .■ M adam e A n n a B ishop S chu ltz , so w id e ly k n o w n as a co n ­c e rt singer, is now n ea rly six ty , h u t h e r voieo is as steady an d full as ever. She m ade h e r debut in L ondon in 1885, and since th e n she lias su n g in ev ery im p o rta n t c ity o f th e g lobe from St. P e te rsb u rg to Sau F ran c isco , no s in g e r h av ­ing trav e led so ex tensively .

A d a T esm ans, w ith h e r fem ale m instre ls , a rc do ing a good business in th e w estern p a r t ot th is S tate .

Nil’s. Im ogone B row n’s com p lim en ta ry co n ce rt benefit took place in C hicago on th e 18th inst. I t w as -veil a tten d ed , an l th e s ing ing is rep re sen ted as be ing superb . M is. Ja m e s W h itu ey took part.

Mrs. E m ily S haw F o rm an liu9 been g iv ing d ram atic read ­ings in som e o f the cities o f M assachusetts.

M iss Jo s ie B oo th has been c h a rm in g th e c itizens o f Spring - field, 111., in “ E as t L y n n e .”

M rs. S tew art, M iss F a n n y T rice and M iss Je n n ie M andc- v ille are p lay in g in V irg in ia C ity , N evada T errito ry .

T h e h ea lth o f Miss C h arlo tte S. C ushm an is now good. Sho has engaged room s a t N ew p o rt.

M iss L ouise H aw th o rn e , for m an y y ea rs a res iden t of B rooklyn, and w ho w ill he rem em bered as an nctres o f rep u te a t M r-. F . B. C onw ay 's T h ea tre , is ach iev ing g rea t success a t th e H o liday S tree t T h ea tre , B altim ore, w here, d u rin g th is season, she has heeu occupy ing the position of “ lead ing lady .”

M 'lie. M orlncelu is the p rin c ip a l a ttra c tio n a t th e leading th ea tre in Sail F rancisco .

M iss C lara B. N orris , form erly o f th e F ifth Avemio T hea tre , in th is city , lias a d ram atic com pany , w hich gave a perform ance a t tho O pera H ouse iu N ew ark , N . J ., las t week.

Mrs. M elissa R rcs’an , th e new actress a t the Globe T hea tre in Chicago, is h igh ly spoken o f by the critics o f tlin fc tly .

Miss A lice D u n n in g (L ingard) in C incinnati.Mrs. O ston is p lay ing in T itusv ille , Pa.

Mrs. II. 15. Ilew os is lcc tu rlu g in th is S ta te on and P resen t.”

O ur ru s t

Miss M innie C. Swivyze, Professor o f E locu tion , n t V assnr College, w ill »boitly appear upon the vo»truui.J\vitli n lecture en title d “ W omen o f all Ages.” Tho discourse 1- not. a plea for w om an’s r ig h ts in th e o rd inary use of tho term , but. an eudoavor to show , from h istorienl records, that, w henever eircum -tauees have ad m itted or required , woman lies proved herse lf fully equal to (he mao In every sphere In w hich the tw o sexes have been brought, in to fa ir com petition . Mini

Amiricaa In g lv ln g ’i t th e ir imf/iimatui'i understood [ Sways« is said to bo »oung uud preposiessiDg.

A N O T H E R G R O U P O P N O N V O T E R S .

A School T eaciif.k o o ino to F a r m in g .—M is* Jenn .'e T ag g art, form erly a (earlie r n( L iiporte, l a d . , lias pofsr-torl lie ise lf of a cluim o f public land In W estern K an sas, aud is liv in g there .

C anihdatk foii Ptatk L irrahian o r I noiava — M i« L au ra lieam received n fhittei iog vote fm- S ta te L ib rarian in the D em ocratic caucus nt lod 'unnpolis.

AssiSTANT-LmR A aiA \. — M ils G a n n , d a l ig h te r o f l>i. G n n n > 'a t e e d ito r ot th e Sun F r a n c «cn l i i u t . h a s l«ean appoint«*! A ssIs ta iit.L ilirn rh in o f th e M erca n tile in th a t o ily .

Sh e know s now to k e ep a H utki — Mrs W hite, form erly o f A tlanta! has th in g « of the U lebe liotwl a t Itruasw u-k. O a

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4 IftodtUmU & (fttaflin’isi _______ f k * . n , m i .CHILDREN, THEIR RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES AND

RELATION TO SOCIETT.

N o . t i i i .I t w ill no t be seriously questioned th a t children a t b irth

are already possessed of th e germ s -which shall develop as they increase in age, bu t w hich cannot, except by the most persisten t efforts, u n d e rs ta n d in g ^ directed, be radically changed. The trite saying th a t “ he w as a born thief, m ur­derer o r fool,” is accepted and g en era l^ ' believed, h u t it does no t seem to be realized of w hat m om ent it is o r o f w hat com ­prehensiveness. I f it apply to the thief, the m urderer and the idiot, it equally applies to all m odifications o f these traits up to being entirely good, so th a t every living person was born w hat he is, in fundam ental trn its o f ch aracter, w hich in expression, are o f course modified according to the su rro u n d ­ing influences w hich prom ote its grow th.

B u t we m ust pass from an te-nata l life to th a t w hich h as so generally been considered th e beginning o f it, and here a searching exam ination develops little m ore to be approved th an found previously. C ertain it is, how ever, th a t there is a lim ited tim e in w hich the m other’s care n a tu ra lly belongs to the child. Some have a ttem pted to m ake it appear th a t the child should no t con tinue dependent upon th e m other for nourish- m e n ; it is a sufficient answ er to th is th a t n a tu re has provided th a t it should he so dependent, and excep t objectionable u p ­on special g rounds it should so be. H ow little scientific or acquired know ledge there is regard ing the early care o f chil­d ren their im m ense death-rate c learly show s. I t seem s one o f the m ost sorrow ful th ings o f life to see the m erest babes drop off by the thousand, as they do, for th e very tru e reason

. th a t the m others do no t know ho w to rea r them . T h is is the on ly reason for th e ir g re a t m orta lity , and th ere are very m an y reasons w h y som e definite action should b e . takcn^ to s to p th is disgraceful fact.

If w ives will becom e m others w ith o u t th e know ledge re ­quisite to fit them to perform th e ir du ties to th e ir ch ild ren , then they should them selves be p u t u n d e r th e care of some com peten t au th o rity , so th a t the life th ey have been in s tru ­m ental in organ izing m ay n o t be uselessly th ro w n away. E v ery child p ro perly conceived and bo rn shou ld live to be reared. T h e ir should be a less p ro p o rtio n a te m o rta lity am ong them th an am ong adults, because they are not^necess- arilv sub ject to so m any contingencies and exigencies w hich

p recip ita te fatal conscquenc s as ad u lts are. E v ery th in g w hich is requ ired to insure th e life of a h ea lth y b o rn child is p ro p er care, n a tu ra l d ie t end ju d ic io u s exercise, and no w o­m an is fit to becom e a m o th e r unless she k n o w w h a t all these are. I f these are no t reasonable conclusions th en none can be deduced from th e prem ises, b u t on th e c o n tra ry , it m u st be concluded th a t it is ju s t an d r ig h t th a t ch ild ren should be left to com e in to n a tu ra l ex is tence by c h an c e ; th a t no p rim ary considera tions sho u ld be en te rta in ed reg ard in g th e ir p roduction . B u t the tim e does com e, in w h ich th e ir dem ands are taken up , in w hich it is acknow ledged th a t they have r ig h ts w hich m ust be respec ted , an d pow ers an d in h er­en t capacities w hich m ust be cared for and d irected . W hen do these dem ands arise ? A t w h a t p a rticu la r age do these com e to be o f significance ? T h ere can be b u t one an sw er to th is, and th a t is in d irec t opposition to, and re fu ta tio n of, all p resen t practice—a t th e very m o m en t of the beg inn ing of existence.

W e arc a rg u in g , are p lead ing , a re u rg in g th e r ig h ts of c h ild ren —those r ig h ts w hich sha ll m ake every ch ild , m ale and female, honorable and useful m em bers o f s o c ie ty ; w hen they shall be considered as ind iv idual d e te rm in in g p a r ts of it. W h eth er in acq u irin g th is r ig h t all o ld form s, a ll p resen t custom s, all supposed in terests a re found to be s tan d in g in the w ay, m atte rs not, th e question is and m u st bo recognized to be, W h at is for the best in te res ts o f ch ild ren , no t m erely ns ch ild ren , b u t p rin cip ally as th e basis of fu tu re society f Scarcely an jr of the p ractices o f ed u cation , o f fam ily du ties, o r o f society ’s rig h ts in reg ard to ch ild ren , nre w o rth y of an y th in g bu t th e severest co n d em n atio n . T h ey do n o t have th e ir in h eren t rig h ts at. all in view . T h ey c o n su lt the affec­tions to the exclusion o f all reason and com m on sense. T hey forget th a t the h u m an is m ore th an an nffectional being, th a t he has o th e r th an fam ily d u ties to fulfill, and th a t ho be­longs to hum an ity , w h ich is u tte rly ignored by a ll p resen t practices.

L e t the fa th e r and m o th e r o f ev ery fam ily ask th em se lv es : A re we fully capablo o f so rearing o u r ch ild ren th a t no o th er m eans could m ake th em b e tte r c itizen s and b e tte r m en nnd w om en ? A nd how m any could conscien tiously give you an affirm ative an sw er? T no fact th a t ch ild ren are bora and g ro w n to bo c itizens, and n o t to rem a in ch ild ren o f the paren ts sim ply , is overlooked.-

I t is a m a tte r w orthy of th e m ost serious nnd im ni d inte consideration w h e th er th e fu tu re good of ch ild ren and so­ciety shall be sacrificed fo the m ere nffectional re la tions of p a ren ts and ch ild ren . N o sensib le person can look a round am o n g h is o r he r c irc le ot A cquaintances and n o t becom e convinced th a t in certa in etises c h ild ren w ould be b e tte r off w ere they en tire ly w ith d raw n Irom th e care o f th e ir paren ts.

W o are aw aie th a t this, if in ten d ed for an y considerable and com prehensive app lication , w ould be regarded as a start- ling assertion . M any tru e th in g s w hen first, announced s ta r tle tho w orld , w hich th o u g h t differently so long. F o r ourselves we m ake the d istinc t asseveration flint we are th o r­oughly convinced th a t fully o n e-h alf th e w hole n u m b er ol ch ild ren now liv ing betw een th e ages of ten and fifteen w ould h a w been In a superio r cond ition , physically , m en ­

tally and m orally, to w h a t they are had they been early en­trusted to the care o f the p n p e r k ind of industrial in stitu ­tions. I t is useless to a ttem pt to ignore the fact th a t hom e influences are not alw ays the m ost beneficial to children. I t is a w ell-know n fact th a t these influences are absolutely det­rim ental in m any instances. I f this is so, to even th e ex ten t th a t ever)' one w ho will give it a m om ent’s consideration m ust acknow ledge it to be, does it no t dem and atten tion .

W e hold it to be an absolute and a fundam ental rig h t th a t every child, female and male, has, th a t w hen th ey are re ­ceived into society, as determ ining powers, they shall be pos­sessed o f the required capacity and experience to take care o f them selves, and to perform w hatever m ay be required of them . W e also lay i t dow n as an absolute t ru th —and no one w ill question it—th a t those w ho nre best prepared to ful­fill all the duties w hich can by any possibility devolve upon them ns m em bers o f society, are the best citizens, and give unansw erable evidence o f having been the recipients o f the best m eans of g row th and education.

T o m ake th e best citizens o f children, then , is the object of education, and in w h a tev er w ay th is can be best a ttained, th a t is the one w hich should be p u rsued , even if it be to the com plete abrogation of th e p re sen t supposed rig h ts of pa ­ren ts to contro l them . I t is b e tte r th a t pa ren ts should be able to look w ith p ride upon th e ir ch ild ren grow n in to m a ­tu rity as useful citizens by th e assistance of th e S ta te , having been unab le to m ake them th u s them selves, than to consult the p resen t sen tim ents o f the h eart, by hav ing them co n stan t­ly u n d e r th e ir care and by so doing allow them to g ro w in to m atu rity in form aud grace , y e t lack ing th e necessary ele­m ents developed in p ractice to m ake them acceptable to, or desirable by, society. One o f these w ould be th e resu lt of the ex istence o f w isdom o f affection, gu ided by re a so n ; the o th er th a t o f selfishness, in w hich th e good o f the child w ould be su n k in the m ere p ro m p tin g s o f affection, regardless o f consequences. N o reasonable person can question w hich of the tw o is th e b e tte r for a ll concerned, for ch ild ren , for p a ­ren ts and for society.

T h e w eigh t o f o u r p roposition th a t society is itself responsi­b le to ch ild ren for th e condition in w hich th ey are adm itted to it as con stitu en t m em bers o f itself m ust begin to be a p ­p a ren t ; for, so fa r as th ey are concerned, up to th a t tim e they are no t responsib le. T h is being self-evident, is i t n o t also self-evident th a t th ey can n o t w ith any consideration of ju s ­tice be held to acco u n t for that, w hich is th e leg itim ate con­sequences of, an d w h ich is positively de term ined by, th a t condition ?

We tru s t th e tim e is n ear w hen th e r ig h ts and priv ileges o f ch ild ren w ill be d u ly nccorded nnd g u a ran teed to them by society, nnd w hen th e ir tru e re la tions to society w ill be scientifically an alyzed a n d understood , and p ro p e rly en ­forced.

THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AS A GOLD MINER.

T h e a la rm in g tendency to c en tra liza tio n o f pow er in th e h ands o f the N a tio n a l G overnm en t lias ju s t found novel expression in a rem ark ab le p lan presen ted to the H ouse o f R epresen tatives for file estab lishm en t o f a national bureau for m in ing th e p recious m etals. T h is schem e for- m onopoly am i public p lu n d er is in th e shape of a b ill intriV duced by Mr. Jo h n so n , o f C alifornia, on th e 4th o f Jan u a ry and it m ost certa in ly m erits an overw h elm in g defeat.

I t is p roposed to o rgan ize a B u reau o f M ining, as it is cnlled, un d er th e T reasu ry D ep artm en t, I ts objects nre to be th e subsid iz ing o f m ines o f the precious m etals in am oun ts not exceed ing $¿.’■0,000 to any one m ine, to the ex te n t of tw enty-live m illions of dollars a y e a r ; th e d irection o f the m anagem en t nnd w o rk in g o f such m ines by the G overn­m ent ; anil the sh a rin g a po rtion of th e ir net proceeds d u rin g the period of such subsidy and governm ent d irection . In sh o rt, the U n ited S la tes G o vern in ' nt, if th is bill shou ld pass, will go in to the m in ing bus ness on shares.

T h e proposed B ureau is to be u n d e r th e con tro l o f an of­ficer, w ho is to receive a sa la ry o f ten th o u san d do lla rs a year, nnd be k n o w n as the C hief o f th e M ining B ureau. S ub o rd in a te to him w ill lie five chiefs o f d iv ision , a t salaries of seven tho u san d five h u n d red do lla rs each, w ith deputies a t five thousand , c le rks at tw o thou san d , and m essengers nt one th o u san d d o lla rs each. T hese officers c o n stitu te th e e x ­ecutive co rps nnd w ill be sta tio n ed a t W ash ing ton . T he field corps w ill consist o f a tto rn ey s , inspectors and su p er­visors in th e several m in ing S ta tes, nt sa laries ot five th o u ­sand d o lla rs each, assisted by associates, w ho are to receive h a lf th a t sum p e r annum .

W e believe th a t such a schem e as th is is d irec tly opposed to th e tru e m ining in te res ts o f th e c o u n try , an<1 m u st be so

■ regarded by those w ho have those in te rests really at heart. W e can n o t perceive w hy th e F ed era l G overnm en t should go in to the m in ing business, o r lend its capital to those a lready engaged in it, any m ore th an it should go in to tu rn ip ra ising, o r m ake loans o f m oney to parties occupied in th a t valuable and p roductive p u rsu it, i t lias enough m ere business to care lo r ns it is, in the 1’ost-ntllce ; and m any sta tesm en have doubted and still do u b t th e w isdom o f llie policy w hich places the le tte r-carry in g traffic in th e hands o f governm ents. In E ng lan d th e m anagem ent ol 111« telegraph has late ly been Joined w ith th a t o f the Post-office, bu t the resu lts arc such as to d iscourage those in th is c o u n try w ho advocate the estab­lishm ent o f a na tional postal telegraph system .

O ne o f th e m ost curious features o f ib is bill is th a t re fe r­rin g to th e so-called Division o f L aw . T h is is to do the legal w ork o f the B ureau o f M ining. T h e chiet is to exninine and rep o rt upon th e lilies to m ines subm itted to bun . to give Ills opin ion upon all questions of law affecting the B ureau, and to d irec t all its p roceedings in law ami equ ity , i l ls subordinates* w ho are denom inated a tto rneys o f th e M ining B ureau, a re to rep resen t him In the cv itn in iiia tlo n ot titles and the p rep ara tio n ami tria l ol causes. T h e language ol the section Indieal« s that llie fe are to be bo th F ed era l aud S ta te a tto rn ey s o f th e Bureau. Should th is bill pass, it will afford fine opportun ities for office to law yers w ho have mad> • a sp ec ia lty ol m in ing law . In cases w here llie present,

Federal a tto rneys arc appointed, it will secure them the ad­dition of five thousand dollars a vear to their salaries. This will be p leasan t to th e m ; bu t will i t be p leasant to the public ? I f th e bill passes, these new salaries will all come ou t o f the pockets o f the people. Are they w illing to pay the price for the sake o f increasing the num ber of office­holders nnd en rich ing those persons who are fortunate enough to be m ine-ow ners ?

I t is m uch easier to build u p a m onopoly than to destroy one. T he p resen t requests for G overnm ent aid from all sources are in the na ture o f supplications ra ther than o ther­wise. G ran t th e m ; establish subsidy after su b sid y ; give moneyed aid to nil w ho ask it ; and soon enough these sup­plications will lie changed in to dem ands ns o f righ t, and “ W ill you ?” w ill be changed in to “ Y ou m u s t!”—A. Y . S u n .

[T he lo llow ing article , in answ er to the above, having been rejected by the S u n , we publish as a m atte r o f justice. Did all schem es w hich the G overnm ent is asked to foster promise as w ell as th is one, we should have less cause to com plain of them .]

“ * * * Y ou have positively fallen in to several errors o f fact in y o u r leader o f Sa tu rday on the contem plated Fed­eral bureau for co-operating in th e m in ing of the precious . m etals, and w ill doubtless be gratified to hav e them cor­rected. * * *”

Y o u r f i r s t e rro r re la tes to the n a tu re and ex ten t o f the p e ­c u n i a r y aid w hich the F ed eral T reasu ry , u n d e r the bill now before Congress, p roposes to give gold and silver m ines. By referring to section 20 of th a t docum ent it w ill be observed th a t the G overnm ent is to issue only $.10,000,000 of its bonds, all told, and th is to c r e a te w h a t is term ed the M ining F u n d and th a t it is to issue n o m o r e in th e lu tu re . F u r th e r exam ­ination w ill disclose th a t, w hile the G overnm ent assum es the responsib ility o f p ay in g these bonds, th e m ines subsidized a c tu a l ly do it. H ence in tru th nnd in fact

(a ) T h e T reasu ry of th e U n ited S ta tes does no t pay one ot the bonds ou t of the rece ip ts from duties o r taxes in any shape—indeed, d raw s n o t a d o lla r “ from th e pockets of the people.”

(4), T h e gold nnd silver m ines com ing w ith in the se- selection of th e B ureau an d receiv ing its co-operation d o p a y

these bonds.T h e issue of $.10,000,000 in bonds— tb e len d in g ot its credit

to th is ex ten t—is th e h e ig h t and d ep th , th e w hole o f Federal liab ility and responsib ility , p ecu n iarily , in th e prem ises.

"With these bonds th e M ining F u n d is c rea ted , b u t not per­petuated . T h e $10,000,000 so fo rm ing it m ay be d raw n from it by the end o f th e second y ear’s o p e ra tio n s of th e B ureau, and, if no t rep len ished , it w ould becom e ex h uus'ed .

T o replenish aud p e rp e tu a te th is M ining F u n d in assigned volum e, is to be th e office o f th e m ines, besides pay in g the bonds a t m aturity’. T o do so, $21,000,000 o r m ore of the an­nual proceeds o f those subsid ized a re c o n trib u ted to it. This annual con trib u tio n , enforced an d co llected bv the Secretary of th e T reasu ry , co n stitu tes th e an n u al subsidy to th e mines. See section 19 of th e b ill for th e sou rces o f th is revenue.

Y o u r s e c o n d e rro r re la tes to th e n a tu re and e x te n t o f the s u b s id ie s . B y reference to section is*, aforesaid , th e grade of m ines, w hich th e B ureau is p e rm itte d to touch , excludes at once every one n o t ra n k in g as first-class in c h a ra c te r and m agnitude. By tu rn in g to section 19 it w ill be noticed :

(nj T h a t th e M in ing F u n d fu rn ishes nev er less th an one- liall nnd nev er m ore th a n th ree -fo u rth s o f th e w ork ing cap­ital req u ited to p u t a m ine in a co n d itio n to pay d iv idends— th e am ount so fu rn ished n ev er being less than $21,000, never m ore th an $250,000.

(fi) T h a t th is am o u n t, to g e th e r w ith th a t supplied bv the p ro p rie to r, is ex p ended on th e in au g u ra tio n o f o|iera- tions, and n o t hoarded for u n p ro d u c tiv e o r o th e r use there­after.

(rj® T h a t said fund docs not give f u r t h e r a id —does not add a do llar to its first c o n trib u tio n to th e m ine.

T h e ex tension o f o p e ra tio n s a t th e m in e m ust lie m ade by draft* upon its ow n p ro ceed s—not u p o n th e M ining F u n d .

T h e $21,000,(Ki0. w hich m ay bo a n n u a lly d ra w n from llie M ining F u n d for subsid ies and so fo rth , a re expcndfiA ,not on m ines w hich have received aid, b u t on m in es w hich have not —those w hich th e B ureau has last se lec ted an d contracted w ith , as set forth in Sec. 19 o f tb e bill.

Y o u r t h i r d e rro r re la te s to th e rev en u es w h ich the M ining B ureau c rea tes and th e ob jects o f its in stitu tio n .

O l the $21,000,000 a n n u a lly a p p ro p ria te d , lu llv $23,000,000 are to be in th e form o f subsid ies to th e m ines. T h e c o n tri­bu tio n s so m ade “ to b rin g th em in to b earing ." w ill average less th an $115,000 a piece, an d hence m ay lie d is tn b n led am ong q u ite tw o h u n d red m ines. T hose tw o h u n d re d mines constitu te th e y early increase to llie n u m b er w ith w hich The B ureau co-operates u n til it a tta in s its m ax im u m —a period of about ten years. In a decade th e G o v ern m en t finds itarlT w ork ing , in con ju n c tio n w ith th e ir o w n rrs , tw o th o u san d first class m in is , and sh arin g in th e ir profits.

U nder S e c ^ S a lorcsaid , th e B u reau is re s tra in ed from subsid izing any m ine th a t does not y ie ld a net p ro fit o f $10 per ton o f ore. H ence it is safe to estim ate th e average ise*», Irom all k inds, at c e rta in ly $12.1 if not $11. p , r 2.000 p o u n d s of vein p roducts.

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rúe M -¡leg ILur.*-, is, in the light o f its ow n fte ts, dis- k " r- ! to U.- a m ost hem ticent one, and incapacitated “ for monopoly and public p lunder.” I t proposes to itself the otablishm .nt u f a n ir.stitution free from partisan contro l and ofEc-I'U in. , rn¡ .-tcnce, w hich, for the first tim e in the history of our country, shall accom plish th ree im portan t ptioiic objects, viz. :

1. Meet its own expenses, w ithou t draft upon the T reas­ury of the Unileu States—in o ther words, run itself.

3. Defray, in ten years, those of the Federal G overnm ent also (interest on the national debt inclusive)—in o ther terms, relieve us ot burdensom e taxation.

3. Enable the valuable mines o f the precious m etals opened throughout our borders, no t only to pou r out their treasures, but to help Olliers not now opened, and o f like grade, to be brought into a productive sta te also.

In the realization o f these objects the gold and silver min ing interests o f the U nion are conserved and prom oted, while „ the pockets of the pa op le” are g ta tefu lly saved lrom the hands of the Federal taxgatherers.

D U L U T H .

The Effects of a Storm on the Northern Pa­cific Railroad Terminus.

POOR SA FETY F U R PR O C T O R K N O T T ’S “ B U F F A L O STO C K Y A R D .”

H O W T O S P E N D M O N E Y Q U I C K L Y .

We have a special telegram from "W ashington, ju s t as we goto press, stating th a t the officers o f the U nited States E n ­gineers in that city have received papers g iv ing details of the damage inflicted on D u lu th by a recen t gale o f only ten hours duration, and w hich w as o f a very o rd inary character.

The foolishness w hich a ttem pts to m ake a harbo r and rail­road terminus of a open roadstead, exposed to the full sweep of wind and sea from a stre tch "of lour hundred miles, has

'been punished this tim e to the tune o f abou t tw enty thousand dollars damages. W hat the pecun ia ry loss w ould have been had the place been settled, o r the “ w orks ” in any o ther than the most incipient stage of construction , i t is im possible to esti­mate, but it can be safely' left to im agination.

We are told tha t th e rip -rap w ork alongside of the b reak­water was torn up and portions th row n th irty feet in the air and completely over the top, p a rt o f the breakw ater washed in and the rest twisted and a m ingled mass o f ice and debris piled over the road track—the elevator in jured , and, from the fact of the engine being o u t o f line, it is ju d g ed the foundations are shaken loose. T he gale subsided very sud­denly ; but residents in i he vicinity th ink th a t had it been one of the heavy northeast gales, lasting, as they usually do, three days, the Piegan Ind ians w ould have been unable to distinguish a vestige of the “ tow n s i te ” w hich P rocto r K no tt and elaborate maps have joined to m ake famous.

The waves are represented as being about tw enty feet high, rolling directly in on the breakw ater. As the force of such a billow is proportionate to its heigh t and velocity, and is exerted downward as well as outw ard, the nonsense of making a protection (?) of rip-rap w ork, which, a t a depth cf even twenty feet, would be torn up and throw n into the air, is rather apparent; but the economy of spending thousands of dollars in such a simply w asted w ork is no t so evident. To make a harbor protection a t righ t angles to such a sea would need, in rip-rapping, stones o f tons in w eight singly, and even they would be m o v d and washed about from their foundations, while many thousands o f dollars, w hich would have built a railroad to some o ther and better terminus, would have to he lavishly expended in construction of, after the best is done, very im ported “ protections.”

H o p e f o r t h e I I e k a l d .—T he old, lazy Herald is open­ing its eyes to fucts twul reality. I t begins to see the situation, and referring to the vote in the House of R epresentatives on the woman's suffrage question, in the D istrict o f Columbia, it admonishes the women to take courage, us “ ten ycurs ago negro emancipation could no t possibly liuvc show n such u full band as that." We expect soon to learn th a t some of the other uutediluvian editors have received their second sight.

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M l P . ar F r ie n d : Can you .b ubt sic* Can you doubt how eagerly I w atch front ;»fir aril how heartily 1 bli ss tIt «.Hurts of the brave, earnest British women w ho are striving for the ext» usion of the suffrage to their sex ? Is not the idea ol the equality ot utau and woman s.u m l to every logical and fearless m an w ho strives for the equality o f any class or section of m ankind? Is your question less" sacred than t hat of the abolition of slavery in A merica, o r ot serfdom else­where ? O ught it uol to be even more sacred to us, in rever­ence for our m others, and if we rem em ber that the most im ­portant period o f hum an life— the first—is entrusted to w om an? A re not all questions of equality m ere Imselei rebellion, unless they derive their legi'iiimcy from an nil em ­bracing religious principle— the oneness of the hum an family —the soul o f y o u r country 's religion !

H ave the men w ho deny the righteousness o f your claims adjured th a t religion or forgotten the holy w ords o f Jesus or ot P au l?

“ N either pray I for these men alone, but for them also whicli shall believe on me through tlieir w ord."

“ T h a t they all may be o n e : as thou. F a ther, a rt in me, and I in thee, tha t thev also may be one in us.”—John , xvi., 2 0 ,2 1 .

" F o r ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. “ T here is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor

free, there is neither male nor female, lor ye ure all one in C hrist Jesus.”—Epis. G alatians, iv ., 2G, 28.

Do they tell you these w ords apply to heaven ? Ask them pray to that God His will he done on earth as it is in heaven ! Yes, we areall children of God, free and equal in H im , and it is high time—eighteen centuries and a half since these w ords w ere spoken, and w hile new religious tru th s are daw ning on the horizon—th a t they should be practically understood and applied to life and to society. Yrou believe in one G cd—the F ather. C onsequently in one law for H is hum an family. W heresoever G od’s baptism —the stam p of hum anity—is upon a created being, we find the hum an cliar- cteristics o f free will (the source o f responsibilil v), o f edu- ca tuh ility and capacity of indefinite progress. These facul­ties denote the same general duties and rights, and furnish a leading principle to govern legislation. N o question such as yours ought ever to be solved w ithout asking how far does the proposi d solution m in ister to the m oral education of society. T he sense o f self-dignity, the deep conviction that each of us lias a task to fulfill on earth , for ou r own im prove­m ent and th a t of ou r fellow creatures, is the first step in all education. W e are bound to s ta rt by teaching all w hom we seek to educate the w ords you quo ted : Y^ou are a hum an being. N o th ing th a t concerns m ankind is alien to you. I f you crush in m an his innate sense of self-respect, you decree the H elot. I t you sanction m oral inequality to any ex ten t you either create rebellion, w ith all its evils o r indifference, hypocrisy and corruption. I f you punish the accom plice, leaving the sinner untouched, you destroy, by arousing the sense ofiDjustice, every beneficial resu lt o f puuislim ent. I f you assume ’he righ t to legislate for any one class, w ithout allow ing th a t class voice o r share in the work, you destroy the sacredness o f law and aw aken hatred or con tem pt in the heart of the excluded class. In these sim ple obvious p rin ­ciples lies the ju s tice of your claims,

In the m oral principles I have stated you will conquer. Y our case is a religious one. D o no t narrow it dow n to w hat is called a rig h t or an interest. L et duty be your ground, both in p ro tecting your unhappy sisters and in u rg ing y o u r political claims. You are children ot God as we are. Y ou have the sam e task to perform on this ea rth—the progressive discovery and progressive fulfillm ent o f H is law. Yrou cannot renounce th a t God who appointed it, and gave to you as to us faculties and pow ers for its accom plishm ent Yrou cannot fulfill it w ithout liberty, w hich is the source of responsibility. Y ou cannot fulfill it w ithout equality— which is liberty for each and all

Y ou r claim to the suffrage is identical w ith th a t of the w orkingm en. L ike them you seek to bring a new elem ent of progress to the comm on w ork ; you feel th a t you. too, have a som ething to say, not m erely indirectly, but legally and of­ficially, w ith regard to the g rea t problem s which stir and to r­ture the souls of m ankind. T here lies your real ground lor being heard—there you r strength . K eep to tha t ground resolutely, and do no t allow any expediency, unconscious selfishness or tragm entary view of the struggle, to allure you from it. T here is a holy crusade going on in the world for justice, freedom and tru th against lies and tyranny. You, loo, are a battalion in th a t crusade; feel this, and ac t accord­ingly. Sym pathize w ith all who suffer, and you will meet sym pathy ; help, and you will be helped. T he sole founda­tion of righ t is d u ty fulfilled, and if the em ancipation of the w orkingm an is a t hand, it is because lie has show n himself, during the last halt century, ready for self-sacrifice in the no ble causes requiring the devotedness o l'th e true and brave.

I am, dear friend, JosK ru A Ia z z i .n l

tioa.«, she was soon ab le to m ake nccurato observations for hersell w ithou t professional assistauee.

On Oot. 1, 1847, w hile engaged in m ak ing observations by herseif, she discovered a teleseopio com et, w hich was subsc- queu tly seen by F a th e r P n Vico, a t Rome, and by o ther em inent astionom ers. F or th is sho w as mtido th e rec ip ien t o f a gold m edal from tho King o f D enm ark , as a tokon of his regnid ami esteoin, and h is app rec ia tio n o f her pro­fessional ab ility .

A lter com m unicating tho elem ents o f th is eoinot to th e Sm ithsoniau In s titu te , sho w as em ployed in observations connected w ith the U. S. Coast Survey, and ass sted in com­p iling tile N autical A lm anac of tlio G overnm ent.

Miss M itchell w as chosen a m em ber o f tho Amorieun Association for th e A dvancem ent o f Science on the nom ina­tion o f Professor Agassiz. Sho w as t he first woman adm it­ted a m em ber o f tljo A m erican Academy of A rts and Sci­ences. Soon a f te r tlio com pletion o f V.issar College, a t Ponghkeopsie-on-the-llndson, sho was called to the cha r o f astronom y, and w as consequently m ade d irec to r o f tlio excellen t observato ry of th a t noble in s titu tio n . T h is po­sition she occupies a t th e p resen t tim e.

H er venerable and Iiighly-esteom ed fa th e r w as h e r com ­panion hero m ost of th e tim e till Ids d ea th , w hich occurred d u rin g th e lu s t year, cheerfu lly a ss is ting her iu t'-o ir cho­sen profession, as she had so often a id td him in th e years long past.

We m et them at tlio College in th e w in te r of I860, th a n k ­ful as alw ays to g ree t a w om an w ho lias the courage to row aga in s t tho c u rren t o f pub lic sen tim en t an d succeed in w inn ing the piizo of g lorious succe.-s in h e r avocation.

I t is a m a tte r o f e a rn es t co n g ra tu la tio n th a t th e re are now m any liv in g illu s tra tio n s—and th ey are rap id ly in ­creasing in num bers—of the fac t th a t w om an can and will qualify h erse lf for positions o f tru s t and re sp o n sib ility and fill th em sa tisfac to rily , too, n o tw ith s tan d in g all th a t iu basely sa id to the con trary .

HOW WOMAN MAKES THE MAN

MARIA MITCHELL.

PROFESSOR OF VASSAR COLLEGE— H ER TR IU .M rtlS .

ASTRONOMICAL

A correspondent of tlio New Bedford (Mass ) Standard commences a com plim entary notice of th e nbove lady by | saying th a t th e w ise and oft-repeated proverb which stunds a t tlie head o f th is artic le , w as never more clearly dem on­stra ted th an in the recen t action of an em ineut college in New York, in conferring upon M aria M itchell tlio honorary degree of Ph. D.

Miss M itchell is o f a m odest and re tir in g disposition, lint firm in her purpose, and possesses those rare qualifications which go to m ake a tru e wouiau and thorough scholar Sho was born iu N an tucket, Aug. 1, 1C18, and is by b irth and education u mem ber of tho Society ol Friends. W hen b u t eleven yenrs o f age sho onteioil her fa ther's school as pupil and ass istan t teacher, und thus early in life Hcquircil a fondness for astronom y lrom her father, who was deeply in terested in and m uch devoted to the study and practice ol th is sublim e science. By her continued co-opeint ion w ith him in the uso of* Instrum ents and in m atliem atioal calcula-

A "Western paper'g row s eulogistic o f Mrs. G eneral Logan, and declares th a t if the G eneral is elected to the U nited States Senate from Illinois, he w ill owe his success m ore fully to his wife than to any o ther person. She is w ork ing for him n igh t and day, all in th a t line of life w hich a lady may' pursue w ith perfect p ropriety . H er parlors are open to the friends o f her husband, and the legislator who enters the portal is very sure no t to escape until he has been m ade the friend of Airs. Logan, if no t of her husband. She is an eloquent con tro ­versialist, a sagacious observer, and a quick-w itted w om an. She can listen witli the sam e ease th a t she can talk , and her guest is never apprehensive th a t lie w ill be the victim of an aw kw ard silence. G overnor Oglesby is G eneral Logan’s g reatest opponent, bu t th e public sees a t a glance th a t Airs. Logan is an ally th a t the G overnor apprehends.

T h is brings us to the general co n sid era tio n " o f women in public life. Airs. S tephen A. D ouglas w as the life of her husband, saving him from the dissipations into w hich lie'was being seduced, and keeping his head cool and level in m o­m ents w hen lie was likely' to fall in to e rro r through a too im petuous desire to declare himself. In the h istory o f ou r own S tale w ho docs no t rem em ber the popularity o f the family o f Senator Slidell, and how his fortunes were assisted by 'th e gilts o f Airs Slidell, no t only in N ew O rleans hut a t the national capital. O ne o f the m ost rem arkable instances ol female electioneering,how ever,occur red in California when Gwin and B roderick w ere contending for the Senatorship. And in this instance B roderick confessed to a defeat a t the hands of beauty. Air. Gwin opened parlors at the principal hotel at Sacram ento, und Airs. Gwin presided. The beauty and talent o f the S tate w ere concen tra ted a t the receptions, tw enty-seven young ladies lend ing tlieir a ttractions to in ­fluence the R epresentatives. T he L egislature w h s invited to partake of the hospitalities o f the Gwin reception, and as lie was then United S tates Senator, and was slill expected to lie, it m ay well be supposed th a t the brilliant coyrt established by Airs. Gwin was no t neglected. A nd the wife and family o f Dr. Gwin knew how to keep open house They had w it, good sense, refinem ent, beauty , w ealth, name and jaisition.1 hey em barked all these qualities in the contest, and used their eloquence to such advantage that Broderick had to re­tire. I t was a b rillian t w inter in Sacram ento, and one that California will never see the like o f again ; for the conte st between Gwin and Broderick was the beginning o f tha t elivision o f politics in California when tlie tree »oile rs first cut loose from tlie neive>ciit<-9 o f slavery. It involved the issue o f N ortli nnel South nt once, and the Soutli lost the held.—A#ir Orltans lUpublican, Jan. 1 A.

N o t t o n E xvoNDKnKD a t . — The old women o f tLc o ld Journal o f ('ommcrrr, including g randm other Stone, are- <p- posed to woman suffrage. They are to o a n i ie nl the ens ile* to appreciate i:, and hence they grow l like ttitcht-s ole r holy water.

F a c t s f o r t h e L a m e s — I ea-i in form a n y one i r . i r r osleel o f hum lreil* ol W h o 1er A W ils n .Ms« lour » o f iW'->< y i’iirs w ear, th a t to-rlav »re- in I« tie r » o l k mg • • m. .e,. i q l m one e n tire ly new . I have often d riv en one .a ft., »: * , .1ol e leven liiliiilriel s tu e ll i» a m in u te 1 l o , ' , rr¡ . :rr,1 L ., • * n

ille-re III k im iao l S.-w ing M achine*, on,! 1 li.,»r lo m d yA ..i* to we-ar. Ih’IIiT th an any otbrrm. \ \ ift, n „ e i p r f r » tin S< » in g M achine« ol d ifferen t Lino». i , i r- :.*» , 1. v - r mo*t and tlie srvwrost test lor du rab ih ly a n . . i .

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The Soot of ths Matter, or tlio Bible in tlie Role of the Old Mythologies

11V c . XI. I*.

No. V ili .—( Cnnclud'd )

Tli<- lonr-nti'biwenty elder» wont on Ihcir way rsjoleh.g, Cnging Holy. I.oly, holy Lof'1 God Aimlfhly, lor In llmliluy tli<; Lord -wiili hi» min, t»o*l gt' /it und »Hong »word, pun- bind k-vlutlian, Hie pb-icitig » rp.-nl— i:vi n li.vlulliun, Unit cruokod ». rpi-nt, tli*; drngoti In lln; m u, while the diiiiiNel ol Uio morning wmm «ung in Mint Maine old utrain, will, variation» ot the terpent. “ In that day »Ing ye unto her, a vineyard ot red wine." the «nine roMy-eheeked virgin whom the Lord kf»«ed Iron) one end ol’ heaven to the o iler The Lord kept the vineyard night and day, and trod the virgin In the wlne-pre»», ua per Jeretnluh. Hite took root in Jacob, and blo«aomud and budded in i»rncl, and filled the face of the World with fruit, aa per luuiali. Tins Lord watered her every moment to the xneiiMiire of the longer or eLorter time« and »eoaonn with the early and the latter rain, and with the dew Unit corcutcd hemalh ip the land of Jouph. Four ange-U liehl the four corner» o f the earth, and whatever there wu» of glowing fruit, whatever o f bea»t, bird, or creejiing thing, or of man—all were fed and watered from the hcMom of the “ great woman," quickened with life by all i»roel and the Hun. Her »licet wu» let down from heaven in atj luflnire variety of way», »bowing how tlie Lord’» cut. lie on a thou»aml hill» would he riugeitieaked, »peekled ami gray, in the lulinitc variation of the mode. iCven the vety elect muy »otuetime» find it dlfiieult to keep »lep to Hie eurioiuly involved mu»ie of the tnlieie»; hot by the,, ‘‘faculty of A blue," any number of men, women and cbil- dreu, be»l'le» much cuttle, may «mine out, o f Kgypt wilii liur- H6H» on their hack*, even though (,'oicnto cannot »eo liow eo large a ho»t of God could find gi ub on the damnable rock o t H lnni.

Muller, in tracking the hor»e In Han»krit, hml» him in the Veda retaining the old trace» io id» rail leal power, in the •eu»e of quick running, vehement. Till» very word 1» up- pile I to the Huu, no that in »nine pu»»uge* it »land» a» file name of the Hun, while in other» it i» u»ed a» u «iitiNluutive meaning home or rider. Ho in l«rucJ he lode upon thel.euvetm by id» name Jah, and by hht name Je»huriin, In- kicked in ezcellency on the »ky.‘ Any equivalent name might he given under heaven whereby we mii»t b« »aved. The very hoi»e on which rode the Aocieut of 1 Say» In hi» <ompound of whit»;, led, black and pule, wu» the fuinoii» A u / iy whereof the Chtruldm were made, not excluding any other metal in the perfect work i hut the Lord dwelt between the Cherubim.

We will buck the chariot of X»racl and lioiaemen thereof, cr the new cart and milch kino which currli d tbetropu»#- cfleilog to the GoiJ of l«ruel, or Huu at Jletlmhemcth, ugaiimt any team Muller or Cox muy bi’iug. The lior»e« of tlie fax- tlier Ka«t, in tlicii loud neighing, preluding the conquering Fun, rney have alb ighted 'J'vhu and Jlohu, (loy und Mayoy. h t Chao» and old Night, anil the rumbling of their cliurmi VbeeU may have »otindtei above the cataract of the Gunge» l>ut no liui» did the ebarlo « of i'huraoh drug heavily when «lie Ixnd took off their wheel», imr le«* the »milling o t the 1nrMi when Johovuli triumph.«), and Id» pimple were flee, and the I'riiice of llie air ami of night, on the black home, W u» put hert tlu nrrnbut. Kur h»» than Judea'» cow» wex* * i o m oo i»i*ei’» eoaat, n o the way to l lc .h th e m c iI t , whore «1 ey might find fre*b lielda and pu»tuic» now by the ark of *fc.d. Gr If, like the borne ami hi» rider, they were tbiowa

fi to th è ».-a Xr*>m l i i ' l a » » i ,f ili*, f illi, o r »<-.1 lo iii , .. n v r li tlier.* IC ey lu lu h l p .* » Il l im a li Itm ml> »1 o t th o il|,if« f. lu i.d , lu lg h l ilo .I .iw o lo gr.-i n paa* n i.;» , 01 h e l e i hy t h è e t i l i w a l . r».

tu r . p rev e ll t .111 Ve o r i l r . i l im lle | | . |i ;c < II, th i . p e l -oli o f 111,, d r a m u « |o uk » u c o n t l u u to h t» ,u tr . ff h e » p e u k » io III,, OMO n o l ( it ili, lo. !I.U»l Ile «Ititi, Ol u . l i l I w o o ld lo. ( «no t 'e fv i'. l lo Npt-.lU III ( ile e u lltlll i i t- lo 'ie a . t f Ilio o im - 'f ’h o a llo , n o io n u n ii a ln i ». u» t Ite II vi o 4 e i t tii in e » o f I li. un e li-ni » I Ito u o g e l i , » p liU » u io l l o t n I i o i a o l l l . im io g I lio , ua w . M tia g o d a u n ii g.MÌ*li-»ai», Ilo- ./ m i - / itiii'./ii un • • J Ilo . » lim e, w c u h l h u v n ufi fila e o i r e 4|M iiidi-ii.-o» oli . . u l t i ut, iti h e u v i-o . 'i'Éii-o.- w o n h l lo- itp lly at-L foi I li In th è c o i ig r c g n l tn i i o l ’ Ilio f .o id , o r Iti i lo ' ( im i t i lo tiiya li-i ¡e», h o t o n ly Ilo- l id l i t i l . - d a n d »no li ua fiuti lo oii i i g n lu i ly o rd u l i to d w o n h l Un .w Im w lo i.- .o l tf i .- ir l i l le » i h-.rr lo m u n a h in » In ( lo . a lti . ». N o m v i- lc tio ii» tu I lo - io n i In l l l t i l t 'i l w o n . p.-i in i I to I. 'I n noe II Ini 11 i i t l l u n i - a ld o l i te lo g n lu i r u te w u» . . l ' i l o r n f l .■ i.>I » o i i i i y m o l Ilo . m u » il .im o u tiln lo .re»y . r iu t 'h w o ro th o t l d o v - » u u .l l’o h h o l’» w lio w o u l.l r i u n i i i ip »mio- o l io r u u y , l in i In - in g lu i i g l i t liy t 'o . m u li n f (ititi - '.h o Im ld th è U<*V» o f I lo . I . lo g d o in o l Ife .'iv e li, W .o . lo th h . I lo io . w lo iin I lo . d iv in i » d id n o i n -u l | fo r tlo - rn w u» bui. h l t h . . lo iro-e lo l >l-.o lo l i t e w o m la , ni ffeo f im o i lo. w i ni li In i n n o . , a n d tu o»<'up.i t h è In Un tim i, l im i , ol li a l i l i firn u n i h r iu ih lm u - , W ll ld i i I lio r im i no il o lir lo , ni A lp in i a n d O im -g u w u» ( i n i , u n d r n i in d n lo in l, w u» ( lo : H e v ii , w i 'h d o g u io l M n g o g , e o io p a a n ln g I lo . e u -iip o f t h è » n in i» , in Ilo ; » u n i o l I lio It m ig lil . »< > m r u l l o i d lf l ie n l l , In id e i ly ■ ep u ru li. » a ln i» fi u n k lu m -r» , o r » h .-o j, f m io g o n i» , Hio-li f id o p im i t i m i» d o Ilio I w a iii d iv id o , u io l m o li m u y c o m e o p no th è o l l n i '» » Id e i Imi, lo t h è m y n l.le d n n m i li, w u» fio . i i d lh i l e d a m i n o n l o l t l u t e d w h o w e ro th è e h l id i e n o X h e iiv e n ■noi o f lo-ll.

May» Mi. Cox, “ T h e J’oi»hin inyl.hology i» eld'-fly ri-muiU. alilo l’or Ih» inorai limi » p 'rifin ii uo-unlog w ldeh II engrufl» oii pluiiae» or logood» w ldeh Inni ro leienoe o rlg ln u lly only to phy«leul o r m alerfitl o li|'-el» ," C o rliiin ly , mol »o n f m n r h III Ihe Idhlh’ul l’olo, and of Ht. Jo h n '» roveh.fim i III p n ille iiln r. Il wa» Ilio anelenl v/ay of <lod'» W ord, a n d , un I,he Ninne old »quale ol’God, Frem ila».)nry l 'i le ijn e t» lo d ay . Hi, .John noi only look Ilio m yallc m io ol l'i-r.-tla fui Ilio ino miro ot hi» viabili, Imi, ho ah-.o »uw Imw lilnt o lir Cord wa», « p lilln a lly o r »ym holiealfy, crucili« '! io F g y p t am i ili o lh c r lo n i» , Jean» C lnU l, a» th o m yallc mime of th o Hon, ilio Hivlom - of ilio World in eo .i|im elio ii w itli Ilio iodyer»;il Hplrll,, wa» Ilio Hoo o f m an, o r m an ch lld boni o f l.ho wom un In paiu to he delivereil ; and who cvci »polle in HI» nume, wa» a» orni w ilii film o r 111» augel, o r in in I al o r lo do ilio W ord. A» per W llkfnaon'» “ A nelim i Fgypf.luii»,“ fin; •' l'onl.1 IT," o r hlgho*i. order o f prleat», li n i th è Litio o f “ Huni," an d ou joyed f.lm pi 1 vllege» of th è litio , h e ni wu» a lutine o f ( .b e a n o , andwhen th è laraclitiN h wum uii'» »011 hl i 'p h e m e d Mie nnu .c, fo t Ilio fio rd), i t wu» U nni o r M*AI, th è Uno, w ho wu» libi»* phcuicd.

FIBTANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

I 5 A N K 1 N G A N i x C U K H L N C Y ,

'!'<) 'I 1X1-, Lditoxi» (|g Wooi/Ill.-X.X, & i.’l.AX'X.IXl'» Wx-.I'.KI.V ;We can accept xio Mieol'y which doe» not burmonl/.e with

fircta, nor cun we eonald/.-r any queatjon »etll'-d uniil It 1» yet- tied ligh t, »0 that our leaching» ami our practice cun corn-»- pond.

Among the unaettled qucHllon», we find that relating to cu r­rency, and we might he t' lupted to leave ft »till iim-a-ltlcd alter »0 mueli dl»cu»»lon and Ihe expx<-»»lon of aueli divi rae oplmomi, hut for tlie belief tha t there imi»l lieu iru ih lu ieg u rd to thi» ull-lmporliiiit Hixliji el, mid th a t It 1» po»»lble, by <ih- aerving the law» wldeh govern individual» and corporation» when they net in freedom Irom the feller» Impoacd by Igno runt, im pertinent legialuflon, to »»ccrfafu whul it really 1*.

We are to re member Ural, Hint all properly or wealth muat lie in one ol two vlalhle lorm». It 1» e ither real <-»t-iPr, or fixed property, eotivlallng of all thoae thing» which are u»cd 11» inalrumeut» or iiii-aua for producing tlie othi r, which con»l«U of in -r 'handly.c, wldcfi we create for the purpoaea o f »ale or conaumptlon.

It will, we truat, he apparen t tha t tin re 1» no value or rcti| wculfli hi the <Jee(|», morfguge», »hare» ol »Uiek mid bond» wldeli repre»ent and »how the owiu-raldp of our real eniaii» und tha t all the«e might h- 1114L1.111ly dc»lroycd w ithout dimiiiUhlng our fixed capital a »ingle dollar.

Kqmilly line 1« it that the I1.1n k 1.0 ie», check», drafl», hunk credil», hill» o f exchange, etc., w ldeh icprc-nent and act un title» to all the incrchufidl»« we prodiicx: and eonmime or ex ­change, could he detlroyi-d and w ithdraw n Irom circulation, ami the am ount o f ou r convertible weultii, or cupilul, remuiii the Name,

11 1», o f courM), riecek»»ry tha t In m aking lran»f< r* o f either kind of propel ty llii.-ie »houlil he »omc mem.» olh< r than 11

delivery of the p rcp iily ilaidf. In cute of re id eiiUiU', all per «*m» know wliaf 1« to lie done, while In H-gnri! to mereiimutlke or per»onnl property, vciy few ap|K-ur lo under«t»nd tha t the paper u»ed, w hatever may lie lla form or mime, 1» all eturenry wldeh, a* Mr. W chticr once »»hi, “con»i»l» of »11 lbo»e llimg» with wldeh we effect ou r commercial Iranauction»."

Hunk note» are no more currency than check», draft» or oilier paper drawn ugiilnil »>d<* of im rcl.iindbe, nor lire they,

Att any other form of currency, lo lie eoiikhb-reil a» money, or po»»i-»»cd o f uny value In thcmiudvi», hut only a» rcprcM Ul»- Ive of other thing» at real money prices

Let u» luppoae that tlie volume of hank note currency 1«

IWt-tl, n» »<'l i . . . n f o h i Ki. lt ! . .» w n . i h l u d v l a c , a l »0 m m i y d n l l a i a I er eu/iit.i, « m i i l . . ’ a m n . m l n i p i o p i - . l y l o h o >-xi h a n g e i f »»I,. » ' -qm -i .l lY U d n i i h l e d . T l . o e|fi ., .( . i v n l l l d h o l o e a . u o h . e o n - V . . 1I11 .C.' I n I l . n a o d e n u l l l g I n o » e I l io u t i l i » h i i n u k t l i g U n i r p r iy i . i . - . i . » , I I . n . . g l . I i i . n . t y n .11 ri m i . I» g i - i i e r . i l l y w l l l p ' i > . ivo l i m i III» u t . m i . n i n i f i l i c i » I n h e i l i . i w n o p n o w n . l l ' l o n t In. d l m l l d a l . e . t , . t in i Miai II w n . l l ' l n n l y h e I .ec t -»nti iy t n o » e ton ti - l i i d l v i d o . i l n i e t t i p n i . i l e ' l e i l .» <0 t i m i . » , p i t < | t . ly a» l l n y ' In10 l i o g l . i i . i l , w l e l e t i c r e I» e n . c - l i i . i l l y i o n i e ( l e m m i e i h n . i a . m d m l l l c i i i » n | i l ' i l h i l » n f I le i» ' - III . n e , h e i - m ia c t l c - y d n l . n t l ' .c nw■ ..negl. Miei I- In )»».le »muli onte» a» we dn.

Tic- ti.-i.iiai r n f o l i r r u m i n o l i w o a l i h l e i» r e p e n t i d l y lu-ru e n m p e l h - t l I n t t a e e l c - e k » In p l i c - e n f i i u n k u n t e » , o n t h . ' iio».) le- I c d u n t a m p i e f.md» mi i l . - p n a l l , b u i » i m p l y hee.niM', m n l e r n o i »11 u n g e | e g l » l a l I n n , t l c - i i- m e l i n i » 0 Uh b u i t i n t e » I n h a le n i

It I» im i thè .m im m i ni Ilio no e.illed cu iren cy w ldeh deu-r m ite » noi aliility In pay m ir delil», and il. I» qulm lime timi tliere w.i» a prnpi-r n icle ra lm id icg n f Ibi» q.ieatim i, and Inw» ei.ic li-.l m ure in aeen r‘l.iic e witli Mie coni lumi »eu«e v 1 < : yv a of buttine;-» meu mcl prueilenl l,.u.ln-r», L ei 11» bave »mie- li gi», hillmi w ldeh »ledi limito a m m n p o ly o f h u .k ln g , o r tic- i»»ici n f imi. a m i hnpnM ilbillly, leaving Mie fb-ld open lo all who cali en tnply wllli re.mmiuble 1 ond lllon» , »0 flint Mie nutnher ...ci Ine..lini, nf l.mik», Ihe m om m i nf i-.ipltid, lede» lai.c-d, l'ale n f Intere»! p.il'l o r r<ee|yed and all o llie r m a li'r» of■ letali »hall le- Irli, to icIJ.ihI tld-maelv !», a» lld-y wf11, *al|*f.g:- lo rlly lo all parile» , |f we Imi pu l th è h ituker a» m ir «geni In Ua.iiiig thè Mole» u n d e r «uDIelent ohligutim i In »re ilei», tln-y m e en n vertih le lido f.m d» eqnnl to »perle al. Ile- U rge coni- m ereiai e.-nlre», lo w m d w ldeh llc-y iilw ayaflow for redemp- 1I011 .nel wl.eii) lln-y a re nc ia t valu .ih le lo Ihe hohh-r,

Lei Mie hmdo r d<-po»lt wllli Ihe prop< r 'd l b c r a »nllleb-nt mommi of p rodurli ve »ec.dille», Iti uddlMoo lo mcl noi »»pari of hi» working eupitid, lo Inaure lld» re»iilt, mcl ubo puy un eqiilt.ihle propnrllon of Mie prolit 011 Mie eire.ll.illon luto Mie In ua.iry, and no more tinUerlng of thè eurrem y quealion will he nereaaury.

«X.il- people create troni day to day more Ihali '.Iti p< r '-ent, of «Il Mie eurrcney requir.-d in their truna.tcìion», und Mcy only uak Miai tee ollier 5 per cent-, whulcver lu vnrylng am o.m t muy he, »hall he of *u<’/ii a »pialily lim i bulli lld-y and Mie G ovrrnm rn t iqu'iit» eun Inbe Mie noi'-» lu phd-e nf gold, perm ltllng all we nnw Imve or muy produce Id-realter, lotto ubroud mid pay olir dehla and »top Inlereat,

We dn lini need gold a» cijrreney, and bave no hu»lne»« lo (ine It for Mmt purp'uie, lin i, a» a produci n f htbur, Imving » O 'iiktaut and wnrld-wlde puiclm alng power, we em nol «t preaent ilo beller Mimi to ree/,gn)y.o fi »» mir »landard and ugree tim i olir pup.-r promlae» »hall purehuM. und pay upon thè »urne Ut iii» a» tld- gobi wmild.

Il i» my ivmfhlexit heljef, afu-r a long and Intim ale a/-'|ti»lnt- mi(g: witli a very kimple, eipiltuhle, < If.-elual *y»tem of h»nk- noi«! redem p llon ‘-»tiihllafd-d In Uoal/m m any y< ur» »luce, timi lt I» priuiticahlc to orgurif/.r In thi» coun try , If noi llirooghout Mie wliole comud-rchil world, Glilmi and J.ipun Includici, ari Intcniallom il or unlveiaul ay»tem, w ldeh «hall not oiilyrenb-r apede m.iiem-»»ary ili m ir trui.a.d tim.» g '-uerally, htit enahl*11» lo accure thè lattile of li.ink ti'de» w ldeh aliali he con vrrUbl»!011 (lemund, a l pur, itilo fumi» eipml to gold hi power »1 Mi» em.d.imi trude-centre o f Ihe glohe, mi lim i all churge» for ex- eldidge, domeslle o r lorelgn, »hall crune.

'I he p r' fit ori thè circolili Imi o f Mie righ i klnd of Imiik-no'.« eniri'-ney I» m ore llmti equnl to thè tvwl o f all thè i-xehang« we need, pre»uppo».ing, o f «d)nr»e, our r'-turn lo *|d eie p»f- meni» and Mie a-lopllon of Mie lunch nmulcd Ixilerxc.tional colnage, Id-re tildi elacwld'fc.

Lei 11» agitato thi» qiiCNllon and h"pe for boxi' fl' bil r»»ult« for all lld! world, D. W.

Hi:n*IA AMI) AMl-.ci«.'A^-Tld-i<i 1» a 1 exy prevolect «nd naturai he«ltutbiu iti udm itliiig amoug thè pos^thilitb» lh»t tIdeateli peate jiikt uow thè lio^tlllly o f Ameilea to l'og- laidi, l'or 0111 own ¡1:1 1 1, we Imve »a.d little or uothlng ou t l . i l id-a>l—contonliug ooim-Iv'-» witli polnlIng »ut tl.at th» k Meni.un glie vallee io -li tc t .il ut tlie l«-gioollig o f tlie w»r, aldi limn iahed eviti »lld e, I» v c iy l.ko 111« Ameileaii glirv. alice, ardi tliut uny l.ivoruhln oppoituiilty litighi combine Me ni. Il muy hu a« well to polii., ont tliut thè file wld-ie- witli Iboy miglit ea»ily he ItiM-d, 1» kh.'lleil alxeady. 'Ibe ti. illuni lofl.i'ti'-'i »V'-r Alid iieau politi'» |» known tv he very poloni. The o.JtbreuU ol tlie war bel weeli Krelire ».,<] J'rmikiu w.i» liaihd w ilii vini eli Minala» in hy tliut p»rt «f thè [lopcluUoll of lite l.'uited Milite-wlllell wli-hl» tld» luflueoce. it -lent even>», If ili.-y trave) In a c -i talli .lln-eilon, in»7 en- daog. r or erohunu** ili--M.-nnun anic«Mee in Fiam-e Tlie emlmiiuakuiout, «liould It coinè lo to v|ierati"n ut all. will hem.ilnly wrmight hy th» burnì o f Kiigluod, working agelnel a p'»»lhlo a'ruligemeiit hetwix-u Itotela and l'raeeia far their own ad vati fugo and fri Kr.glaiid'e barin In thut eoa» ( a n d of «olirà» »* ar» only i-iriiahlcriiig Xhe eoiilliifeuri.» ».( acln»l w»r), I» 1‘. not llk -ly , le a not »11 bui certa1 n, Miai lidi Herman li llneuen in Am eilea woalil ha IneleriMy arreyad In «uppoit of a inov<-ment boati 1« tu Fuglaud I Herman eenlimeiit, equnlly wllh Auierieuii aautlinenf, wuuid he et oneu Inflniid-iX, uml hy tlie »ama egeney t ih» G ninan and thè Amoibau gnavaiioe wonhl li» unite.L 'i hi» bo*llll«7 - i n wldeh 111» filali ideineul w u c l d j v i u — m igbt « e li b » more n ig .o t III a 11 tini Auierieau H ovenitueut cuuhl wltlaelaud ; Il wuul'l o m u i l n l y ho |a/weiful eumigh Ut glv» t h u t Govero- meni a pre'ena» whteh m igbt cover any »pparrnl ebebM- iioe» lu aetxlng upou su opportunity fui th» i»)«ratloa. »r rev-mgu, which th» wboLo eotuitry loi.g» far.—/ ’»Xf Muli U u e tU .

fEB. 11. 1 8 7 1 .

[Far WoodhoU A ClaJin'» Weekly.]

FRASK CLAY;o * .

HUMAN NATURE IN A NL'TkHKU -

b t jo s n r A BOBA.

(coXTOtCXD.lTke passeegera »re hurrying to the train

At Jersey City depot, and » throng Are standing on the platform . who woo'd f»ln

The b a t farewell, the laat fond look prolong ; Although they b iriy dread the parting pain *,

And as tile Lell toll- oat the llnal gong They kirn, »hake hand*, into the train retreat.Then throngh the windows still each o ther g re e t

A lady and her eon stood near the care.She sighed and grieved to leave her darling boy.

Regretting so much haste in dear papa's Depriving her of Frank, her greatest Joy—

Such parting on one's feelings always jars,Ard mixes human bliss with sad alloy—

The cars move as she bids her lust good-bys.And wipes the welling tear-drop from her eye.

This yonth, Frank Clay, was born In N«W York city. And caused a great to do in Fourteenth street,

J s s t like mamma, so sweetly, sweetly pretty ,Her very counterpart, from head to feet.

His praise was snug in mauy a nursery d itty In notes more notable aud loud, than sw e e t;

Was kissed aud hugged by every servant maid,A feat sometimes in after years repaid.

The neighbors called to give congratulation.As in such cases they are apt to do,

Welcome or net, on any such occasion.And then they run the lamily history through.

Each tells a, secret after due persuasion ;But hopes you'll not disclose who told to you *

This little tit bit of tho latest scandal ;Which only gives it a much longer handle.

“ A man’s honee is his castle,” people say,A proverb with the which I don’t agree ;

It may have been so in the olden day ;But haven birth, a death now, and yoa'll see

That at snch time you cau 't keep folks away,Unless u downright boor you choose to be,

In which case you get mild expostulation From friends—from strangers, silen t indignation.

Yoang Frank had been to school, and now was sent To Yale to get a polished education ;

Because in future years his father meant That he should jo in the councils of the nation.

But don't suppose that it was his in ten t For Frank to till gratuitously th a t station,

As oue of our most learned lights and scholars,Per annum he must get five thousand dollars.

At length there came the farewell evening party ;By Frank's own hand were invitations s e n t ;

At llt>t he was quite jub ilan t a t heart, he Was on great fume and college honors b e n t ;

But ere the time arrived for him to start, he Seemed to regret and somewhat to repent

His willingness to leave his home and friends,Then by iong letters vowed to make amends.

Frank gazed from out the cars and saw the city Recede from view, and felt exceeding sad.

His breast was filled with love, his soul with pity For loving Mu', who felt his loss so bad ;

And then, with genuine Anglo Saxon grit, he Made inward vows to make her proud and glad,

By study and unceasing application,To gain a finished, classic education.

He then bethought him of hia mother’s letter.And warmly kissed it ere he broke the seal.

Which act relieved him and he felt much better,But cun't repress the welling tears which steal

Into hia swimming eyes, although still yet a Sense of enthusiasm makes him feel

Proud, deeply proud, that m other loves him so.He reads her letter, here i t is balow :

Mt D a b l ik o B oy—To-day you leave our haarth

To enter on the first of life's realities ;Your mother's voice that sang to you from birth,

No more can warn you of lile’s baubled vanities ; The arms which held you in their fond embrace.

The prayers which you repeated ufter me,The lips that oft have kissed your childish facs,

And taught you how the Lord would have you be, All, all ura present in your m other's heart,

Which bleeds to think we m ust be rent apart 1 Mylovcly Frank, my prccloua, darling child,

I give you to the world In hope, and fear ;O he not by the lures of men beguiled,

Hold all your mother's precepts ever dear ;And when tho tempter cotneB to lure you on,Think of your mother thou, my darling son,And let the thoughts of her give strength to you, And shield you ull the great temptation through. While you kneel down beside your little bed,In evening prayer to bow your aching head,O think your mother Btlll Is by your side And clasps you to her heart In joy and pride;Think o[ the hours you've sut upon my lup When first you learned your chubby hands to clap; And when your ruby lips first tried to talk And to my open arms you strove to walk,When lit your Munnpa's faintest, earliest beck.You clusped your loving urine around her neck. Come back to mo, my child, ns good and purs As you now leave mo ; and, dear sou, bo sure To read your little Bible every day,Nor ouce neglect your evening prayer to say.

^oodhn lt & C la n in ’s Sech in . i

The felling tears are burning on b tf cheek.Ills fcsad bei ween Lis trembling bancs rwdiuea,

A raptnrvu- burst o f love fic trie- to -;vak .* Then sinking back t i e d o e iu g tear which blinds

His vision, ftli> upon the open sh ee t;And deep emotion round his heart entwines.

'M il broken sobs be pledged an curneet tow To love Mamina eternally as now.

And then fait q u its ashamed, and tim idly He tam ed to see if o thers had observed

H is weakness. Not that he cared, no, ro t he ;He knew that If they did so, he deserved

The greatest praise aud purest sympathy For being by such cause so much uunerved.

'T is strange that shame incessantly Is stealing W ithin one 's tnind a t showing depth of feeling.

B at there his grief ebbed siowly, and a t last In vain he snuggled to leU iu it. 11s

Could scarcely help admire the views that passed, l ie m ight not gel another clinuce to sea

Such lovely scenes ; so, banishing the past.Though cluichiug still his g r id to some degroe.

On rural sceues he riveted his mind.Forgetting home aud ail he 'd left behind.

'T is often thus this evanescent clay.In spite ol filial ties aud moral duties,

Lots present pleas.ires sweep the pust away,A m artyr to the lures of newest beauties,

'T is thus, in spite of all uo wish or say.Disguise it as wo tu <y, the simple tru th is.

The deepest griefs and best resolves we treasure, Cannot w ithstand the fierce onslaught of pleasure.

W hen some old maiden aunt has gone o rest, Bcqueuthiug us a thousand, say, a year.

One can’t he’.p thinking p 'raps 'livas lor the best, Although wu do our utmost to appear

To mourn her loss, und enter wilh greut zest Into her praise ; and, standing ut tile bier.

W e try tu make our torpid feelings rouse t^ud Declare she was a lady uf u thousand.

We turn our thoughts upon our present state,And what tin aw ful thing it is tu die,

How death will sieze alike the small und great,Qaze on the nearest tombstones, and then sight,

A t length resign our hardened minds to fate ;We can 't bo sad, ’tis quite in vain to try, .

The very moss th a t clothes the crum bling log Seems but to say, ‘’You are a lucky dog.”

Thus arc m ankind when taken as a body,Such is the world regarded as u whole,

From birth to shroud, from cradle to the sod, ho Enacts an hatdened, grasping, eelfitli role;

And serving mammon better than his God, he Ignores the future and pursues the goul

Of human bliss, us typified in gold,For which his body, soul and m ind is sold.

Well, coming back to M aster Frank, ho found T hat gazing on the woods und fields grew dull,

Quite tired of watching tlieth spin round und round, He turned to look about the car, 'twus lu l l ;

T hen sturlcd as his ear caught the sound Of an angelic voice, which broke the lull

By Buying iu a sym pathetic tone, ’“ I wonder if he’s traveling ajouo.”

Ha felt a t once the word referred to him,Aud yet ashamed to look around to see

Perhaps a "p u rien t,” cruel, slcru and grim,Guarding the form he pictured there, to be,

Or au old maid inquisitive and prim ;Then, overcome by curiosity

He turned—entranced he gave a euddeu start And felt u burning current ut his heart.

A little girl reclined in the nex t seat,Her glowing face so majestic and sweet,

Her soft blue eyes and earnest look portrayed A heavenly soul in human form arrayed.

If tru th , and love, and purity uro giveu,He felt she was their messenger from heaven

She bent upon him such a kindly glance.H is heart, lato bowed In grief, begun to dance.

Beside her sat her aunt, a lovely beiDg,Bo sympathetic was her heavenly face.

T hat one could not help lustnntly agreeing She was a very paragon of grace.

A gentle, lovely woman is worth seeing,Although, 'tis true, they’re sadly out of place ;

For all the stern realities of life,There's nothing like an unromuntlc wife.

Your pardon, ladles, think not that I sneer ; ‘A woman iu her beauteous, gently form,

Is quite a shrine ut which man may revere ;Au ornament that never should be worn.

Their innocenco Is out o f place, I fear,W ith man of every noble feeling shorn ;

Who first thinks hur a most angelic crcuttiro,Aud straightway plots remorselessly to cheat her.

Frank gazed so steadfast, iu his youthful joy,I t made her feel uslramud. Why, blues me, buy,Are you entranced. Infatuated, or IIuvo you ne'er seen u pretty child before ?Why, don 't yon know It’s sudly out of place And rude to Btarc a stranger In tho face t Come, sir, now turn your huud the other way.W hat do you think the passengers will say f

You can 't I Upon my word that's very cool—The poor excuse of overy vnlgur fool;And yet It very frequently is true,As many uu one lias found as well as yon.Love plays queer pranks with young as well as old,As records of the law-courts oit unfold ;Where loungers aft'tlm es while away au hour.The ecanduls uud developments duvour.

Some men had turned tho scat In front of Frank And boisterously played ut curcU, aud drank,Aud now used ungry words In high dispute.Because some statement oue had dared refute ;

One threatened violence with an angry mein,Another tried to Interpose between The two disputants, when a sudden shock W as fell by all—tbe car began to rock.

Three sharp shrill w histles, click, click, go tho brakasi From side to sido tho swaying car vibrates,The passengers nil s ta rt up w Ills a la rm ,.F illed with a fearful awe of dreaded harm ;A frightful leap, and then n violent crash.U pturns tho care, aud with a plunging dash Down the em bsukm ent seo tho engine pitch,Tho cars hurled lioadlong in a shallow dltchi

A loud explosion and a piercing scream,A shower of splinters and a rush of steam j Tho hinderm ost car alone is on tho track ;The first, a shattered mass, lies on its hack Quite burled 'neath the second and the third *One momeut silence, then loud wails are heard i Those in tho lilndcrmost car, of course, escape,Aud Btralghtway they the loudest wailings make.

Then rushing down the om bankm ent they began To act w ithout the lenet concerted plan,One gentleman was tugging m ight and main To vvror.ch n dl-placed panel out, In vain.Ono wrung his hands, ami then began to chide The others for not helping tlioeo instdo Tho shivered car, yet Was so agitated l ie only hludered those whom ha berated.

Ono burly fellow rushing to a fence Pulled ou t a post, and calling to the rest

To lend a hand so tliut ho m ight commence At least to trv to do Ills •' level best ”

To extricate tho victims, end sn*pcneo By knowing all the worst, anti with rough Zest

n o shouted. *• Get to work and don’t stand there |This is the time for work, and no t despair.”

W ithout ono word of question they obeyed ;“ W e'll make th is pot-t n battering-ram ," lie said,

And poising it they crashed it 'ga inst the top Of the crushed car. and yet. it yielded not.A nervous lady said, ** Stop ! stop I suppose You kill some injured person with your blows !”The leader roughly answered “ h’pose ivc d o n 't I I t Can't be helped ; but there I hope we w ont.”

And once again the buttering-ram descended—A gaping opening in the roof extended—The splintered hoards are prized from out their place,And thus expose to view a pallid face,A .bride's, who, traveling on her wedding tonr,Had little thought of death so sw ift and sure.Her body lies upon the deivoy sod,

• Her soul is in the presence of her God.

And by her side the bridegroom now is lain.Is lie too dead ? He'll never smile again.A gray haired man is extricated n e x t—He seems bewildered, step Tied, perplexed ;He looks with agitation, fright, alarm,And agony upon his broken arm,And tries to fee! i t with his o ther hand,Then to tters to the earth, too week to stand.

In one-half hour the victims were exhumed.Those in the other cars were still entom bed ;’Tivas but a mangled, huddled luneral pyre,W hen suddenly arose the cry of *• fire.”And scarce had died the echo of the cry Ere one bright glare illumined all the s k y ;And crackling hoards with licking flames suffice To turn the slaughter to a sacrifice.

And sickening fumes of burning flesh and blood,Made strong men faint and tremble as they stood And saw the fire-fiend all their powers defy,

, G ra t in g in dense volume to the sky ;Ami rough men bowed their heads, and shedding tears, Prayed as they had not prayed before for y ea rs ;The sturdy leader who so oft reviled,Sank to the earth and sobbed ju s t like a child.

The storm-clouds gather in dishevelled mass,And frown in anger as they swiftly pass ;Gusts of cold wind arc bending the tree tops Now here, now there a threatening rain-spot drops;The moon is circled with a yellow haze ;Aud lights tire ghastly scene in fitful rays ;W ith maddened rush tho clouds now densely form;Then o 'er the d istan t m ountain sweeps the storm.

The laden clouds are lowering to the earth,Licking the hills and vales with savago m irth ;Iu quick succession vivid lightnings fl ish.Then instantaneous comes the thunder's crash.The bleating sheep all huddled 'neath the shield The branches of u spreading oak tree yield ;Now blinding sheets of tempest riven rain Descend iu fury o’er the placid plain.

From crag to crag the mountain streamlet leaps Toward tho swelling river swillly sweeps ;Tho rustle btidge is rudely swept asido.I t 's rough-hewn timbers whirling in the tide ;The streaming deluge pitilessly pours And strips the flowers to tlicir very cores.Tho fleld-mouso,,hoiiKlces, seeks u place of r e s t ;Her young lie droivucd withiu their flooded nest. *

Tho gaunt reeds Bhudder ns their tall heads naro ,And shield the Insects from a watery grave ;Tho lady-bird creeps In tho opening bud To liido herself groin lightning gust and flood;Tho wary weasel to the forest hiesAnd tells its fear In weakly plaintive cries;All iiuiinatod nature hides its head In agony, humility und dread.

| T O H E C O N T IN U E D .]

P ostmistresses.—F ro m th e records in tho Post-office De­p a rtm en t iu W eshiug ton , we learn th a t tlte te are ab o u t tw o hundred postm istresses iu th e U nited S ta tu s—all honest and true. T ue first case o f ileliUculiou au ioug them is yet to be peveloped.

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THE GREAT IMPEACHER IMPEACHED.

The Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee in the A rt of Prestidigitation.

A S u d d e n C o n v e r t to th e D o c tr in e o f “ S ta te R ig h ts .”

T H E C O N STITU TIO N A L DUTY O F CONGRESS TO G U A RA N TEE A R EPU B LIC A N FORM O F GOV­

ERN M EN T U TTERLY IGNORED.

From th e m eagre telegram s o f th e Ju d ic ia ry Com­m ittee’s m ajority report upon th e “ M’oodhull m em orial,” we g a ther sufficient to know th a t “ th e p o in t ” is shirked, and th a t the a ttem p t w ill be m ade in th e House to shu t off all debate upon the question under th e process known to the “ strateg ists.” W e tru st, how ever, th a t no such “ c h o k in g ” o f the m atte r w ill be allowed. I f th e case is so clear, w hy not le t it be tho rough ly shown. B u t we as­sum e to say th a t th e opponents o f th is m easure are afraid o f discussion. T hey know they are weak. To have the m atter b rough t ou t in its tru e lig h t by free and full d is­cussion, is to im peach th e g rea t im peacher o f th e m ost palpable inconsistencies. How i t occurs th a t the negroes becam e acknow ledged citizens and conse­quently voters, and th a t w om en becam e ac­know ledged citizens and no t voters, th rough these Am endm ents, Mr. B ingham does no t condescend to inform us, a lthough he says the X IV . A m endm ent does no t change or m odify th e relations o f citizens o f th e States and nation as they existed under th e orig inal C onstitu ­tion. I f th is A m endm ent does no t change these relations, w hat was i t enacted for, and w hy d id th e R epublican party bend all its energies to accom plish th is legislation ? A nd how does i t occur th a t th e relations of th e negro are changed ? T he fact o f th e case is, Mr. B ingham has en­deavored to shield him self beh ind th is report from being rid icu led as th e au th o r o f w hat has m ade citizens o f all persons— a position he w ill be proud to occupy 'w ith in the nex t decade. In th e a ttem pt, however, he has displayed th e m ost rem arkable feat o f “ presto, change !” i t has ever been our good fo rtune to w itness, and we have no doub t th a t the D em ocratic p a rty w ill congratu late itself upon the accession to its ranks o f so able a defender o f S tate rig h ts as th e C hairm an o f th e H ouse Ju d ic ia ry Committee.

B u t th e po in t has been dodged , and, as th e World ju s tly rem arks, “ T h a t women shou ld have the logic and men only th e usage o f a d isp u ted p o in t to plead for them ­selves is a th in g unprecedented in the h istory of the sexes. N evertheless th e Ju d ic ia ry Com m ittee reporting upon th e m em orial o f V ictoria C. W oodhull exh ib its such a p h e ­nomenon. T hey (the Com m ittee) do no t pay th e mem orial­is t even the cold tr ib u te o f con troverting her argum ents.” B u t unfortunately for Mr. B ingham h is rep o rt adm its too m uch. He »ays there can be no d o u b t th a t women are citizens under the XIV. A m endm ent. How, then , can the S tates, under any circum stances, be allowed by th e satne A m endm ent to ab ridge th e ir privileges and im m unities, am ong w hich all au thorities place th e r ig h t to vote. V erily , consistency is a jew el w hich has departed from the m ajority o f th e H ouse Ju d ic ia ry C om m ittee; b u t, i f we

a : - - -.n M M of i-imrru--r , » . 7, - j ... 7..r ll itirlf. where, thjnk heaven.

M _ i »- 1 ‘ .! 3 .* . »re not Dewi-i-irilv supreme I .t ¡s. ■.-. f-ri-- t .1 oi i-sjic w t.i.h this report b

-a.- . i-.ua. “ As put-h, o;.-!i -n crease* constitution-,sr. ; i- ix. in liie several States, U is not to be ; that whenever in anv ststc the jwople are ofi-p.moe that »a i, a f.-rta i> , i uissible it will be made.’’ Wi T i ask Mr Hin^hain to vast oi»e tut people of the 'tstc of New York in oppi _i.it v to test thia question now We mean j ist what he sav», " the people," and not that

rtiv*n ,-i “ eu* who now slide the voice the other lonw n If a e understand the merits of thi> brilliant effort of Mr. Bingham, it i> simply self-stultifying from begin­ning to end, weak and contradictory in all its argument, and entirely without the support of either law or logic, having only the support o f custom and practice. Of this, how­ever, we shall be better able to judge when we shall have seen it complete. In our next issue we shall pay our respects to it more thoroughly, unless, indeed, belore that shall be, it shall have received the attention it merits from the friends and advocates in the House of a Republican form of government, which Mr. Bingham would not have Congress guarantee to every State, as in duty and by oath it is bound to do.

V e venture to offset the opinion o f the great judicial authority o f the present Congress by the opinion of Mr. Madison, who said, “ Some States m ight regulate the elections on the principle o f equality, and others m ight regulate them otherwise. Should the people of any State by any means be deprived of the righ t of suffrage, it was deemed proper th a t it should be rem edied by the General Government.” W ho is authority , Jam es Madison or JohnA. B ingham ?

I f one-half o f the citizens o f th e States are deprived of the “ righ t o f suffrage,” are the ir elections regulated upon the “ principle o f equality 1 ” W ill Mr. Bingham , or some adm irer o f his peculiar logic, please inform us ?

THE INFAMOUS LOBBY PLUNDERERS’ ATTEMPT ON CONGRESS.

The two most infamous lobby jobs ever attem pted on the Congress of the U nited States, which would, if successful, take over $200,000,000 from the Treasury, and destroy all the mercantile interests, as well as deprive the workingm en of most of t i e r field of labor and opportunity of support, have been ably exposed in the following analysis o f their frauds, the effect of w hich will be tha t the scheming adventurers named as corporators, backed up by pseudo bankers of mush­room grow th, will go home empty-handed, and we hope their hands may not oe so soiled as to prevent their making in future some honest efforts to use them :

E X PL A N A T IO N O F SE N A T E B IL L No. 1,206.THE “ AMERICAN MAIL AND OCEAN TRANSPORTATION

COMPANY.”

A BiU to aid in the Construction o f Twenty or more First-class Iron Steamboats, together with Ship Yards, Machine Shops etc., etc.Se c . 1. Provides for creating a close corporation by an act

of Congress, which shall place the entire trans-A tlantic com­merce of the U nited States under the control finally o i f i v e people. I f Congress has the power to g ran t charters for cor­porations anywhere but in the Territories, is it proper or prudent at this time to come in direct conflict w ith the time-honored usage of States, in creating such institutions ? Is it proper or prudent, a t any time, to create such a giant monopoly as this purposes to be ?

Much exasperation already exists in the minds of the w ork­ing people against monopolies; and the sure result, if this feeling is fomented by such “ acts” as this, is a political revolu­tion similar to tha t which w as headed by the cry of “ Down w ith monopolies,” “D own w ith the aristocrats; “ supplement­ed possibly w ith another cry of “ D own w ith scheming plun­derers of the people’s money.”

Se c . 2. G ran ts the com pany th e r ig h t to p u rchase and ' m ain tain w harves, docks . and w arehouses in any foreign p o rt o r po rts w here th e ir steam ers shall m ake a term inus.

This is a power w hich Congress cannot grant. I t is legis­lating for privileges in foreign countries—is opposed to both monarchical and constitutional rights—to all treaty stipula­tions, and w ould be construed an insult to maritime powers.

Se c . 3. The la tter part gives the “ power to do all acts and things whatsoever necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this act.” I t does not signify w hether “ the acts and things” are proper or improper, legal or illegal. I t is an un­limited power to do as the monopolists choose—a power which Congress does no t itself possess, for it is limited by Constitutional law.

Secs. 4, 5 and 6. T hese sections p rov ide th a t w hen twenty thousand dollars are pa id in the corporators shall p ractically condense them selves in to five ind iv iduals, and they are to elect from them selves a p residen t, a secre tary an d a treasu rer, w ho are to have possession o f all th e p ro p erty , to “ act as in­spectors o f elections ” (and to ge t, if th ey can, th e $20,000,000

from the United StatesV This is the old trick Jof the Eric Railroad Company of concentrating all power and properly in few hands, holding the books and papers secret, and pre­venting an v o ther than their own election, oner in three y e a n , as there is no provision for securing a change. To the people no more odious monopoly could be created, and none more dangerous 1.» the country, not i ven the "Erie" with its offensive odor o f fraud.

S e c . S. Provides, first, that there shall he twenty steam ! ships built by this company, aggregating 71,000 tons. For

these this Governm ent is to guarantee $20,000,000 of bonds, at 6 per cent, and pay the interest for thirty years.

If these vessels are properly and economically constructed, they cannot exceed in cost for the whole number and tonnage $10,750,000, but it is proposed to expend $1,000,000 for a build­ing vard.rolling mills, etc. This would make the total expendi­ture $11,750,000 ; but the parties propose to pay this million, leaving a net profit, o r “ pocketing,” to the parties ot $0,250,000 This is probably the most distinct record ol open plunder yet attempted on Congress. Not satisfied with this, in the second part of the section, it is provided, that “ there shall be paid to the company, in casli, on all material grown or manufac­tured in the United States used in construction of said ships an amount equal to the duties on similar articles of foreign importation.” The amount ot material here contemplated will cover a return of duties to about $10 per ton. Tins adds about $1,13C,000 more to the profits, or “ pockets,” of the parties.

The provision is unconstitutional, as it is expressly pro­vided in the 1st article, sec. 7, “ that no preference shall he given by any regulation of commerce or revenue to the ports of one State over those of another.” And Congress cannot grant this except by repealing all duties upon iron, cordage, sails, paints and many other articles required in ship-build- ing.

Sec . 9. G rants a m onopoly for th ir ty years of all the A m er­ica n tr a n s -A t la n t ic co m m erce to a close corporation, which, in the tricky arrangem en t o f sections 4, 5 and 6, can be concen­tra ted ¡Dto five individuals, w ho are to pay up collectively only $20,000, and who, if they had th e business talent for such a schem e, w ould have it in their pow er to ruin every m erchant in th e country .

Sec . 10. Fixes the services this company is to perform in each and every year, namely, to carry the United States mails, Government specie and bullion, “ currency and ex­change,” and officers of the diplomatic corps. Five thousand dollars would more than pay all charges on Government bul­lion and specie. “ Currency” is not likely to be carried for the United States, and its hills o f exchange are caried in the m. ils. An average of $400 per year would pay for all the diplomatic corps, but this those gentlemen pay themselves. The whole of this is then “ hum bug.” As for the mails, they can be carried, if on a contract o f this length, at a sum not exceeding that which the Government receives for postages. I f the Postmaster-General is authorized by law to receive bids for this service for fifteen years by American companies, he will find no difficulty in getting responsible merchants to unite and form such companies as will carry the mails prom ptly a t a rate not exceeding the postal receipts. This section also provides that the ships of this company shall be free from ali port charges for th irty years. This would re­peal all laws relative to port charges, or would itself be a nullity, as it comes under giving a preference to one port over another, which is forbidden by art. 1, sec. 7, of the Con­stitution, and is in direct opposition to many of our commer­cial treaties.

Se c . 12. Provides tha t in case o f war, these vessels shall only he used for same pu rposes as naval vessels. They would not be fit for fighting vessels, and this clause as it stands, prevents their use as transports, at least upon the terms named.

S ecs. 14 and 15. Provide for an issue of $20,000,000 of bonds on w'hich the Government is to pay absolutely for thirty years the interest in gold, w ithout any return what­ever therefor, save the am ount before named for mail service.

Tlius it is seen that the Government give these scheming parties the following:

1st. The ships, value.................................................... $10,750,0002d. A return for duties................................................. 1,136,0003d. A profit or pccketed money................................... 9,250,000

$21,136,000And the interest of six per cent, for thirty years on $20,-000,000.

Now w hat does this interest amount to? W e will show: The United States is and will be a borrower of money for the whole of this period. The Government pays inter­est as a boirower upon every cent expended, no matter how, while it remains a debtor. Therefore the interest paid upon these bonds must and will compound itself. It is well known tha t the ratio of compounding doubles the amount nearly every ten years. Is any one aware of tha enormous plunder from the Government which this bill covers when the principal and compound interest is added together, as practically they m dst be ? I f not, then it will be well to pause upon the figures.

The interest, w ith interest thereon for eachsuccessive year as paid, amounts in th irtyyears to ....................................................................$101,451,613

The ships, return duties and "pocketed” money 21,136,000

A gratuity of the enormous sum of...................... $122,587,613

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(ITER AN AfiENT OF JAY COOKE k CO.

Bombastes Furioso Altogether Outdone.

THMATS TO E X T IN G U IS H MOO I) H U LL i C LA F- L l.V S W E E KL Y .

THE REASON W HY.

The Northern Pacific Railroad and Special Legislation—The Boston “ Post" on

Clarence H. Clark’s Steam Pro­ject—"What a Member of

Congress thinks of Duluth.

We hare received a Terr rem arkable visit from a man got at all remarkable in himself, b u t who has trea ted us to some remarkable language, and to th rea ts w hich show that he is at least a close studen t o f th a t class o f literature which has a salient specimen in the “ Pope’s Bull against the Comet”

The cause of this visit, and o f the “ tem pest in a tea ­kettle" which our visitor so industriously labored to ex­cite, was, and we use his own acknow ledgm ents entirely in so stating, an article published in our jou rna l o f th e 14th of January last, headed, “ Xew Pacific R ailroads— A W ord ot Advice to Southern Investers.” O ur bellicose friend, who claims to be, and we believe is, a traveling agen t for the banking house o f Jay Cooke «& Co., b u t w ho ta lked and acted as if he owned Mr. Cooke and carried him about with him in his coat-tail pocket, insisted th a t th is artic le— i very general one and on very correct and sound p rinci­ples, by the way— was only a te rrib le onslaugh t on w hat the London Cosmopolitan calls th e “ N orthern Pacific R ail­road blowers.” Fortified w ith th is assum ption— w hich he strangely enough established to h is satisfaction by p u ttin g the principles contended for in the article in m ental ju x ta ­position with w hat he him self knew of his own p rivate affairs—he proceeded to inform us concerning th e au th o r­ship, in which he testified to his own veracity and correct­ness of information by im pu ting i t to various parties, not, it seems, believing i t possible th a t “ women ” could have written such a simple sta tem ent o f generally received business principles. A fter in tim ating th a t, la te r on, he would have “ a bird to p ick ” w ith these parties, w hoever they may he, “ Bombastes ” w ound up his harangue by tho assurance that he would unite Jay Cooke & Co. and C lark, Dodge & Co. in the undertak ing o f “ crush ing o u t ” (wo quote hi9 expression) the women w ho had only w ritten in general terms of self-evident t r u th s !

If in our article we have unw itting ly ja r re d upon m at tern relating to the insecure investm ent o f Southern funds, which may be secretly carried on by N orthern bankers, we can but say tha t the justice and p roprie ty o f the article then stands self-vindicated. A nd he can be b u t a fool who parades to tho public eye tho fact th a t a tru th fu l principle has, in its abstract statem ent only, rendered him an injury. As well m igh t a robber appeal for sym pathy and support against the decency or rig h t o f the com m and, “Thou shalt not s te a l! ”

So much for tho com plain t m ade about th e article. Now, as to the threats m ade to us by th is m outhpiece, selt- constituted or not, o f Jay Cooke & Co., or o f C lark, Dodge & Co., we adm it th a t we are “ women,” b u t we do not, therefore, adm it th a t we are e ither defenceless or are willing to sit down submissively under w anton insults and abuse. We have inquired concerning th e h istory of this man. We find by h is record th a t he has been engaged in many enterprises, w hich have been ju s t so m any dis­asters. From “ convenient m an ” in one b an k ru p t b an k ­ing house, he has gravitated on, by duo ordor o f progres-

—"O. UBUrr the force. : • _:.-..»t»ncv* or tho inherent genius" f the carrion crow order, to the c-ime position in another lin k in g and ir a ’i this history of miscarriages. o f ill

r>c«.iv,d in c\oca!cd attem pts *nd of the consequent «mailed on innocent sufferer«, in all the story, com­

mencing w ith a little country »tore in Maryland, and run­ning th rough M ethodist carep» and W ashington or New York brok«- »' ofSe -». down to the insanity o f build ing railr -aJ- in V irginia w ithout capital we have failed en­tirely to see justification either for the invectives he has showered upou our w arning or upon ourselves. But he sp«-aks in the name of Jay Cooke A Co., and refers to ' sAsfmet o>.>" given by th a t firm to him , which our

article of January 14 has rendered it d itlicult to execute I Well, if Jay Cooke «V Co. have not given sueli instruc­tions as bv hi» language are to be inferred, they bad better rid them selves at once o f a mau who so m isrepre­sents them, and. if they have given such instructions, they will yet learn bv experience the folly of playing confidence in one o f so little discretion as to thus com prom ise his principals, and not only to do tha t, bu t. by intim ation, to declare th a t Jay Cooke A Co. assume, for their own pu r­pose«, to override organic and ethical restraint», and, by brow -beating or otherw ise, to muzzle the press !! A man or a set o f uicn. w ho can actually hold, not to say parade, such sentim ents, m ust be shallow er th an the smallest tlatbead papoose th a t ever had his head flattened in boards on th e not even com pletely surveyed line o f the embryo Xorthekn P acific Railkoad, w hich o u r friend claims to have been the m ark a t w hich our article was aim ed !

Jay Cooke »t Co., and C lark, Dodge & Co. in a vonsoirary together to suppress us, because they are afraid, o f an exposure of the N orthern Pacific Bond scheme 1 T his is th e a ttitu d e w hich th e ir w orthy, self-reported agen t places them in ! W e m ig h t possibly believe even his sta tem ent concerning tho first-nam ed house; we would w ant a li tt le b e tte r assurance concerning the last, and as to e ither or b o th ot them , if they are to be consid­ered by the character o f tho enterprises they are engaged in, wo can tell them th a t, instead o f Q uixotic crusades against women, who have m et the ir enm ity from pub lish ­ing general tru th s , they had b e tte r tu rn th e ir a tten tion where they will have all they can do, and more too, perhaps, to defend them selves from d irec t assaults m ade on them by no contem ptib le assailants and in no less priv ileged a place th an tho floor o f the H ouse of R epresentatives in W ashington. T he Messrs. “ C lark” and Mr. Jay Cooke have been th e forem ost in appeals to Congress for cats of special legislation. They arc the orig inators and repu ted owners o f the concern fam iliarly know n as th e “ Jay Cooke Life Insurance Com pany,” b u t whose chartered nam e is the “ N ational,” and concerning th e legality— th e consti­tu tio n a lity —o f w hose incorporation by Congress, grave doubts are expressed. They, or some of them , are in te r­ested in the tw o notorious steam ship “ jo b s” now pending in Congress, in one o f w hich—the A m erican Ocean 'Mail and T ransporta tion Com pany (a “ jo b ” of the blackest k ind beyond parallel in legislative annals, and w hich the press o f the w hole country', w ith o u t party d istinction , has jo ined in denouncing— appears th e name o f Mr. ClarenceII. C lark (the president, we believe, ot th e “ Ja y Cooke Life Insurance Com pany). They arc the reputed parties to the N orthern Pacific railroad, deriv ing the ac t of incor­poration from Congress, and notv endeavoring by the stile o f bonds to ob tain means to b u ild th a t road o f tw o th o u ­sand miles in leng th , entirely unsubsidiz.cd except in land grants, only legal and b ind ing pro rata w ith road con­struction . They are th e pseudo owners o f the tow n-site of D ulu th .

Now le t us see w hat is said by Mr. J u d d , in th e House o f R epresentatives, o f th is sort o f legislation generally :

“ I f we assume in Congress to pass laws of this kind wo destroy the fundamental laws of the various States restraining the creation of corporations of this k ind ; we interfere with all the corporations now in existence, and we place the cor­porations tha t wo create beyond the control and authority of the Slate in which they do business. * * * A corpora­tion such nstwenty' years ago nobody would have dreamed of asking Congress to create.”

A nd by Mr. W ood :“ Besides the inexpediency and im propriety of this kind ot

legislation, I doubt the Constitutional power of Congress to create institutions of this character. * * * If there is any design * * * to enable individuals to avoid their responsibilities to tho States in which the companies propose to operate and transact business, that is an additional reason why these bills should not pass. S tate governments are to be supported and have their Constitutional rights.”

The W ashington Republican says, in speaking of Proctt r K no tt’s speech in tho House o f R epresentatives on the 27th Jan u ary :

“ All the members crowded around the speaker to listen to his sublime burlesque of the future greatness and glory of Duluth. W ith mock gravity lie painted the glories of the sandy pine lands, anil the absolute necessity ot constructing tho road to the St. Croix River, and pictured tho fearlltl con­sequences likely to arise should the hill (nil. W e would have all the horrors o f secession and the reconstruction measures upon us again. * * * Duluth was to lie the great beefmarket, as declared by the maps, which showed that the Plo-

iran Indians would start with a drove of bulTdoes, stop over niirlit with tlu ir friends the Creeks, and the next morning the hutlaloi s would l«' in the stock-yards of Duluth! Duluth ««,.» »o exactly in the centre of the earth that the sky came down around it on nil sides.”

The Bo-ton 1’ost very recently had a severe a ttack on Mr. Clarence H. C lark 's m onstrosity, tho American Mail and Ocean Transportation Company, calling it a m onster which had outdone nil subsid izing schemes in asking for extensive powers and unlim ited privileges, and a g igan tic »ea going, sh ip-bu ild ing monopoly, w hich bad more money in it (m eaning more ot the people’s money) than all the o ther projects before Congress pu t together.

These are a tew •' modern instances” w hich th e agent o f Jay Cooke «V Co. and his th reatened conspiracy to “cru sh” us w ould do well to th ink over. H ereafter we will furnish them w ith subjects for fu ture consideration, com ing from h ig lierau tlio rity even than we have already quoted , and we »bull soon make a financial exh ib it w hich will enlighten over- trusting depositors and investors, if they en tertn in the least doubt of the w isdom and tim ely natu re o f th e nrticle which this “ agen t” so directly appropriates as a p ictu re of his principals, and seems to consider as the forerunner, in their case, o f th a t U nited S tates Bank cataclysm , w hich catastrophe— produced by over-speculation in cotton bills and railrot.ds on paper, lobby schemes ffi Congress, and tho inexperienced, in jud icious m anagem ent observed in all shoddy or m ushroom concerns, in fact, in all creatures of yesterday, since the tim e o f Cicero—b ro u g h t ru in to a l­most every household in every ham let in Pennsylvania, and even disgrace to file S tate cred it. T ru ly a nice a g e n t! a discreet, tru stw orthy , cautious bank se rvan t! J u s t the m au to m ake hyperbolical flourishes o f th e perm anent nature o f investm ents in N orthern Pacific R ailroad b o n d s!“ Perm anent,” according to th e best lexicographers, means “ lasting, not to be clialigcd,” and such certain ly w ould be the real character o f any investm ents m ade in these bonds, if the absu rd ities of th is “ agen t” have any tru th fu l m ean­ing or sense a t all. W as it, perhaps, th is agent, or one ot his kin, xvho caused th e dam ag ing publication recently m ade in daily papers, th a t a certain banking-house o f New Y'ork, P h ilade lph ia and W ashington received from the G overnm ent in A ugust, 18G2, $200,000 dollars o f p u b ­lic money and only re tu rned i t seven years afterw ard , w ithout in terest ? H eaven preserve us from friends o r serv ­ants xvlio th u s p ro tec t our c r e d i t !

“ Dam vitont stu lti v itia , in eontraria currunt ”--------------♦ --------------

* HATCH vs. VAN DERBILT.

I t g 'vcs us peculiar ¡^ratification to w itness the beginning of the resu lts which tiro to flow from tho exposures of th a t special k ind of railroad m anagem ent, known as successful, which we began in No. 18 of th is jou rnal, nud w hich will end wlieu the inside m anipulations of the last railroad in the country has been giveu to the public.

People, the ¡patronizing public, have looked w ouderingly upon the incom prehensible mass o f figures which are regulnrly ofiered them by railw ay companies, w ithout eveu a conjectTiro of the enormous extortions they were subm it­ting to, th a t they m ight be swelled to such m agnitude.

In Mr. H atch’s circular, No. 3, he asks some pertinen t questions which i t may, or m ay not, please tho Commodore to have answered. I t does not require any explanation , however, th a t th e public may comprehend th a t it is au- uttally paying immense dividends, upon paper infi ll ions, to the stockholders of th e companies in question. I t may be affirmed that the righ t to do th is is given by law, and th a t, if wrong, the people m ust look to th e ir represen tatives to rectify the ir previous errors. That there is a crying evil in m ilioad m anagem ent which fastens upou the vitals nf the producing people of the country there is no doubt. Nor is there doubt th a t the tim e is approaching w herein Dot only,ns Mr H atch says, “ That is not a corresponding increase of scrip capital, b u t a corresponding reduction of fre igh t charges th a t they, whom the roads are built to servo, have a righ t to expect,” and th a t tho people will have.

T iif. Poxvf.u of W oman xyiikn Siik W ill .—A corres­pondent ol the Denton (Texas) Mtmifor says a handsom e, dashing woman rode into a village in that region, a few day» ago, and, alighting from her horse, xvent rapidly to a d rin k ­ing saloon, xvhere a num ber o f sovereigns were having a “ high time.” She singled out the finest looking man in the croxvd, and, xvalking up to him, seized him by the arm and ordered him to put doxvn the glass xvhich he was about to drain. He dashed doxvn the glass and rushed nxvsy ; tin.- lady folloxx'cd, and finally cornered l.im in the hilliard-nvnn. She told him, in a firm, determined voice, that the place he xvas in and the course lie xx as pursuing would not ansxver for her husband ; that he xvas w asting her property, and that she would no longer consent to be disgraced and im poverished by him. $hc demanded his pistol. He rclnsed She tool» it from him, cocked it nnd presented it at him. and told him h r must leave or die. He concluded to leave. She marched him out as a prisoner of xvar to xvhere his horse xvas hitched, ordered him to m ount, and in a tew m inutes the tw o were leaving town, the xvlfe riding in the rear o f her captured lord, xx'ith his six-shooter in her hand.

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1 0 ^ToaäbnU & tflaflm's WwMfi[F or WoodbtiH A Claflin’« W wkJy.]

TH E ZOUAVE'S DYING PRAYER.

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And mn»t I die and learc my country*« cause. W hile foe« pollnt« her soil, usurp her law «;Oh pran t m e life, £ rea t God, that I may wield My feeble arm my native land to shield :

Behold my home, my father*« home, in flames : 'Behold, our flocks bu t «well the foem an's fa in s. Look down In mercy as onr children fly To seek for safety ‘neath the open sky.

H ere where my childhood's feet in freedom trod. A rc strew n my lifele«s bro thers on the sod ;And here brave men, my coun try 's hope, her t ru s t By overwhelming foes lie shattered, crushed ;A nd now their legions search my country o 'er, Down every valley see the ir horsem en poor.O u r wives, our children laden w ith abuse.T h e ir substance serv ing the deepoilcr’e use.

O h native h ills and vales whose scenes I leave. M ake every aephyr w afting o 'e r thee breaths A cry for freedom from the ty ran t's yoke.T h a t every foreign fe tte r sball be broke ;Call daily w ith your voices to the brave ;Y ield u o t thy harvests to the servile slave ;Mid death , oh God, I call on thee aloud,F ree thou my country from the conqueror’s shroud.

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THE CLUBS OF NEW YOEK

NKW YORK TIIK CITY OF CLUBS— OLD KNICKERBOCKER AND NEW MODERN SOCIETY— THE OLD NABOBS OF THE CITY— GROWTH OF WEALTH AND FASHION— CODFISHES • A N p GENUINES— FENNIMORE CO OrER AND n iS GOOSE— BEN­NETT AND TH E HERALD— HORACE GREELEY AND THE “ NEW YORKER” — OLD PARK TITEATRE— HAMBLIN’S OUT­RAGE UPON “ JAMES GORDON"— SWEENEY’S RESTAU­RANT— SANDY WELSH’S SPORTING CELLAR— EDGAR ALLAN POE AND TH E CONYIVIAI.ISTS— SIMPLE MANNERS— T n E PE O PL E HATE FLUNKEYISM— P E L T A LIVERY SERVANT ON BROADWAY'— THEATRICAL ETIQUETTE— TROLLOPE.! TROL- J,OPE !— CHANGE IN SOCIETY— FASHIONABLE FLUNKEYISM AND L IF E — THE RISE OF CLUB SYSTEM— NAMES OF CH IEF CLUBS— TH E “ CENTURY ” NEXT YVEEK— W ILLIAM CULLEN BKYANT.

New Y ork is the city o f clubs, and contains m ore o f these communal associations w ithin its borders than all the rest of our great cities pu t together. They are the natural results of its character and civilization, as the metropolis o f the Union, although they are som ewhat o f a late grow th.

W e remember well enough when there was no such batch- elor’s luxury as a club in all N ew York. In those days people were plain and simple in their m anners, industrious in their pursuits and rich w ithout vanity or ostentation. They had comfortable and hospitable homes, w here dw elt real m others of families and fathers of the same, in an atm os­phere of peace and love. T he palace apologies for homes, which are the characteristics of the m odern social culture, were altogether unknow n, and nobody ever thought of such a thing as converting themselves into the lay-figures o f the m odern fashionable household. I f there were less then than now of w hat is called refinement, there was m ore health and perhaps more uprightness and honesty o f purpose. The solid burghers, descendants o f the old Knickerbockers, w ere con ten t w ith their own homes and proud of their families, and did not care to gad about m uch ; and the attend ing of balls, masques or routs every n igh t Yvould hav e ' been to them a monstrous violation of the sanctities and privacies ol the family. T hey liked jo llity and fun and m errim ent a t proper times, nevertheless, as well as the rest o f us, but they did not tu rn society into a perpetual carnival in order to par­take of these or any o ther of the pleasures and rejoicings of life. They were neighbors entertain ing neighbors in good hum or and sincere friendliness—no t show-people who, tu rned their houses into public exhibitons and their families and lriends into the dramatis persona of endless b rilliant performances. The hearth-stone was sacred to the house­hold gods, and to the jo lly people their friends and neighbors as we said, w hom they loved. T he dance, the song and the cenerous festival were their delight—bu t a m ighty heartiness pervaded each and all of these entertainm ents—and m en and women conversed together bravely and w ith the m anners of well-bred Christians, and could never have been persuaded to affect the grimaces of the professional dancing m aster in their social intercourse.

B ut the times have changed since those happy-go-lucky days, and so has N ew Y ork society. Some of the old families of 1836, and aforetime, are still w ith us, and take rank as our genuine aristocraty by v irtue o f their patrio tism and goodness, b u t these are as drops of rain into the sea, compared w ith the vast and surging elem ents w hich consti­tute the modern N ew York. W e are a more m ixed people, perhaps, than any o ther city in the world can boast of. New Y ork is the centre both o f fashionable and comm ercial life in the U nited States. We have millionaires, old and new, among u i by the sco re ; and the la tte r exceed the form er by the largest kind of figures, especially since the w ar, during w hich so m any base hearts took advantage of the necessities

_ of the hour, and made them selves enorm ously rich by trad ­ing upon the nation’s agony in its m ighty struggle to r ex­istence. These are the pnrvenues w ho now ape their betters, and do their best to compete w ith them in splendor of living and fashionable display.

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we suppose, some eighty or one hundred thousand persons. These constitute the Upper Tcndom, and are divided and sub-divided into endless coteries, each of which claims lo be the conservator of fashion, manners and refinement. The professions are recognized as the only outside elements which are worthy of being adm itted into the adytum of their sacred circles—and there are exceptions even here. I t is not all the litterateurs that are called, and very few artists are chosen. These people are regarded on the whole ns a sort o f Bohe­mians at the best, and it, by virtue of some rem arkable per­formance—w hether literary or artistic, any member of cither of these two classes should, by chance, he invited to their houses, they would certainly have a fit of the chills and slmkis tor days beforehand, lest the loafers should appear among their splendid toilettes with a threadbare coat o f once un im ­peachable black upon their sorry shoulders. They are well »ware, however, that mnugre his toggery, an accredited limn of genius is sure to give eclat to their entertainm ents, and they take a most selfish pride in showing]the taw ny manes of their famous lions; but as for adm itting them upon term s of equal­ity, there is no such thing in their book. I t is after p a tron ­izing them that they are, as Paddy says, such ns arc willing to be patronized. Assuredly, no thought of doing them honor, how distinguished soever they may bo in their voca­tions, ever entered into the vain heads of this Exclusive Noodledom.

I t is pleasant to think, however, in this connection, tha t they nre not all alike in their pride, ignorance and preten­sion. Some there be who are great believers in men o f let ters and in painters, and desire to have it know n tha t they arc addicted to hero worship. These are the salt th a t savors tlio dish and keeps it clean and sweet, as if stuck about w ith sprigs of lavender and rosemary, like the w inding-¡licet Sir Thom as O verbury’s milk-maid, who died in spring, du r­ing the May-moon of flowers.

N or did we allude, in w hat was said above, to the true ladies and gentlem en of N ew Y ork society, bu t to tha t fashionable p art thereof w hich is vulgarly , though very appropriately, called “ codfish”—people whom we all know to be the counterfeit presentm ent o f the genuine society— shams and snobs, whose m oney, it is true, is as good as any body else’s, and who have p len ty of it, bu t w ho lack the education and culture w hich can alone m ake them “ respect ab le” as m oney-owners, o r render even their presence tolerable, except w ith those w ho are of the ir ow n class and

kidney.”W e are a proud folk, and pride ourselves upon the fact

th a t there w ere D utchm en on M anhattan before w e wen hatched." W e are only w alking eggs, how ever, after all

and in spite o f our bragging, if we did b u t know it. B u t w don’t. W e believe 1hat we have long ago come out of our shells and taken full possession of the new life and its a t mospheres, w hich are the n a tu ra l heritage of every born chicken. M eanwhile, how ever, all hough the original D utch men aforesaid have gone over to the “ g rea t m ajo rity ,” the descendants o f those ancient K nickerbockers have ensconsed themselves upon the top o f the social tree, and hope to re m ain there in perpetuity , like the im m ortal gods upon th e ir O lympian cloud-lands. A ncestry ranks h igher e \c n than w ealth w ith N ew Y orkers, and these tw o com bined give their possessors precedence over all o thers in fashionable life. T here is no w iping ou t a m an’s forbears, although strange to say, there is no one am ong us all w ho does no t come o f an ancestry equal to th a t of the oldest in the w orld for, as we rem em ber, and as old T ufelsdrock s a id : “ A ll our ancestors w ere in N oah’s A rk .” N evertheless, it is really som ething to have had a g randfa ther w ho could easily recol lect his grandfather, and to know th a t one comes s tra ig h t dow n along the centuries, in to the p resen t tim e, th rough their respectable loins. O ut o f th e one hundred thousand of w ould-be fashionables in this city, it w ould be curious to inquire how m any of them could tell for certain w here their fathers w ere bo rn—nay, w here they them selves w ere born or w hether by any chance, good or bad, they w ere born a t a l l ; o r w hether, perhaps, like th a t m uch-th ink ing and sorely perplexed “ T opsy,” one o f Mrs. S tow e’s children , and the black sheep o f h e r fam ily, they don’t very often, w hilst m editating upon th is g rea t subject, “ ’spect they grow ed

I t doesn’t m atte r m uch certa in ly , bu t w here p re ten tious people crow a good deal about th e ir m iddens, one is sadly tem pted to p u t them to the ir testam ent respecting the geo g raphy of th e same.

A fter all, how ever, w hat’s the odds, as Sam W eller says so long as you’re happy? M oney hides a m ultitude defects, as tim e covers th e vu lgarity o f the basest parentage. T he proudest nobles of E ng land arc descended from Scandi navean sea-pirates—sea-kings they christen them , in their pride of b irth—and it’s all the same, w ith a difference !' w ho divide the honor w ith the rabble of W illinm the C onqueror’ artny th a t w hipped H arold a t the battle o f H astings. T here m ust be new families, also, as well as old ones, o r the w orld w ould g e t on badly for population.

B ut it is very pitiful to see the stra its w hich so m any these codfishes are pu t to, th a t they m ay have the sublim e satisfaction of “ com ing the respectable dodge,” and driving their horse and buggy, w hich was the definition o f “ re spectability” rendered to the cou rt by the learned counsellor w ho defended T hurtell, the m urderer o f Mr. W eare. “ W hat do you m ean, b ro ther Bum fuz,” said the judge, “ by the prisoner a t the bar being a ‘ respectable’ m an ?" “ W hy, m y L ord," quotha, “ he drove his horse and g ig !”

I t is a life o r death struggle w ith th e m ajority o f our

fashionable upstarts to keep their heads above water, which a great consolation to us poor plebeians and bard-working

men, w ho have a sim ilar struggle for our daily bread in the general scram ble for existence.

But the solid men a t tho top of tho tree rornain, and wo for one are heartily thankful for the fact. There are old Com­modore V anderbilt, W. B. Astor, Daniel Drew, 1’eter Cooper,

eorge I.aw, A. T. Stew art, and the rest—a very consider­able num ber. I t is true tha t all these gentlemen nre above

xtv years of ago—and, as for dear old Deter Cooper, one of tod's truest noblem en—he is nenrly eighty. And they have

nil set their exam plo to m ankind ; tha t is to say, to the m ankind—which includes wom nnkim l—of New York so-cioty.

AVc like to th ink of theso solid old nabobs'They nro ns pry rum ids to soap-bubbles compnredwith the flush, m eretricious people who flutterround about in their vicinity , find, like tho Dull frog

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in the fable, blow them selves out to the full stretch of their e longatab le” bides and try to look ns big ns tho“ oxes.'’

T here is not one of these big men w ho does not represent all m anner o f sterling qualities, such ns go to make a grent nation. Ail those m illions a t the back of them—does any­body th ink Hint they go t there b y ch n n co ; or thnt some good fairy b rought the money-fangs in their hands and mndc litem a p resent thereof, ns Mr. T w eed’s friends, on Christmns Day last, made him the recipient of th a t w ondrous old India" diam ond w hich cost them eighteen thousand dollars? If so, tis all a m istake. T hose millions stand for so much body,

sweat and brain-labor; so m uch forethought, prudence,per­severance, industry and we no t how ninny of the higher vir­tues ns well as th e lower. O ne of the m ost strongly marked of these g rand old history-m akers, w lto, regarded from the true p o in t o f vision, ns the original sole rem aining masonic builders o f N ew Y ork society— invested, in our minds at least, w ith a s o r to f H om eric g ran d eu rs—is tha t indomitahlei self-shrouded C m tnodore V anderb ilt, w ho stands alone in bis sphere, the „-nvy of little m inds and the gi jantie scoffer of the im potent malice of his enemies. W ith in the compass of his intellectual genius lie has sufficiently proved his power; while his vast com m ercial resources, his perseverance, per­sistence and 1 lie endless ingenuities o f his w it in furtherance of those speculations and m ighty projects in the interests of civilization, w hich have identified him w ith the history of the times, have placed him , unaided, upon the very summit of com m ercial sovereignty and enterprise.

So th a t they m ay be said to rep resen t the old society in the days, and before them , w hen B ennett started the Herald, and th is p resen t w rite r, then a m ere boy in his teens, used to sit w ith h im in his sanctum and hike his tasks from his hand. H e w as then the b rillian t, and now the g reat, journalist—the greatest upon th is c o n tin e n t!

So sim ple w ere the m anners o f the society w e speak ol that F enn im ore C ooper w as n o t asham ed to w alk Broadwny pavem ent—such a b roken and jag g ed and gappy Broadwny ns it th en w as—w ith a goqd deal bigger goose than himself dang ling in h is rig h t hand , w hich lie had bought probably a t W ash ing ton m arket. T h e m etropo lis was then being m ade, and B ennett w as n o t y e t a k ing, norU Iornce Greeley on the road to E ng land as M inister o f the United States. T he Tribune had no e x is te n c e ; and good old Horace—ns old then to all appearance as he is now — was publishing the New Yorker, and used to rush in and ou t o f the office in an old w h ite ha t, o f th e b road-hrinnned stove-pipe breed, dressed in a lig h t b row n coat, w hich reached to his heels, w ith a bundle o f books u n d e r h is arm s and a bundle of new spapers in h is han d s, and a rap id shuffling to his gait- T he A stor H ouse w as the ch ie f hotel, and here it was that jou rnalists often m et th e ir friends and held “ peripatetic con­fabulations” w ith them in th e hall, philosophically smoking th e ir cigars. “ N ib lo’s,” if w e rem em ber rightly, was the only o th e r p lace o f reso rt o f any note for good dinners and convivial m eetings. Sw eeny had ju s t opened his restaurant in A nn stree t ; and w here the m agnificent building of the Herald now stands, then 218 B roadw ay, the New York World, a lite ra ry w eekly jo u rn a l, w as o rig inally started by a B oston gen tlem an nam ed C hurch , and edited by a strong friend of th is paper. U n d er th e office w as the sporting cellar “ J u s t R ound the C orner,” called Sandy W elsh’s Cel­la r ,” w here all so rts o f good th ings could be had as usual for m oney, and w hen specie pay m en ts w ere suspended, for “ Sandy W elsh ’s scrip ,” w hich rep resen ted m oney, and was sold a t so m an y pieces for th e p ap e r dollar.

T h is w as a reso rt for the lite ra ry as w ell as for the sport­ing fra te rn ity o f th a t day, and here w e have supped and punched w ith E d g ar A llan Poe, G eorge P . Morris (then Colonel M orris and E d ito r o f the Mirror), in conjunction w ith his friend W illis, w ho had even then acquired a brilliant repu tation bo th ns a proso w rite r and as a p o e t ; W. Price the litte ra teu r, F isher, M r. G reeley, associate editor on the N ew Y orker, and J . A dapis L ocke, o f M oon H oax notoriety B u t ns for society—fashionable society—there was nothing o f the so rt in existence. A ll th e elem ents thereof were gathering them selves together, it is true, Irom all the ends of tho earth ; b u t tho best people m et chiefly a t tho church, or the theatre, o r th e concert-room , and th e m anners of the people w ere A m erican m anners, and th e ir thoughts were all patrio tic. T hey hated E ng land ju s t then , because of Madam T rollope and her naugh ty book ; and a t public places, *f any one behaved rudely,—a t the thea tre , for instance,—if any one sa l in the boxes w ith h is h a t on, o r sa t betw een acts ou the balcony w ith his back tow ards th e opposite boxes, or ate

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ii. (wrann ” to voir, w ithou t illiil Inrl inn n f I’nlnr, n r rn rr, i.rr’T. anil nlflrin, nn M re W nmlhiill ulllrma mnl Im» proved by on« of lli«' moat nrgm im iihillvr, Iiijrlml, mnl Ntulranmnllko .{.jrtlini ill» Hull tlm hlnlory nl Iiiiimiiii llln i ly m u ll lliulm , l(H lli« XIV. mnl XV. A iiii-n« I iii>.|i t h In I In' ( 'mutlHiil Inn ai-tnilly Ktuirunlrr Hi«' rig h t In «■ v«• ry vvniimn ua wi ll un every imu In Hki tJn ltn l Hliii«'«. T im hie aril mi l hoiiu lllu l i uiihc ofahollllon, ».i>rii»iiliiiniil«*«| 111 'liiHl liy nu r m arty r I‘I'l-Mfcl<-nI, wm, Inijri'd, u Hiilillnm <«vont in llm mumla nl iiin iik liiil; Iml lh« «liiilUlnii of llm »luvrry n f lia lf llm liiiiiniii rimn In HiIh cnunfry—III*' wonmii linlf'nf ll 1« Hiirrly ml Hiilillnm iih t Ini I.; for from ll, llkr llm I 'ln r i iu li niii llx llrry iimIich, will Mpru>f( up n r.Ki'n«Tiii< <l w«rl«l.

Ill« iimy In tru rr, nl.i-p liy Hli’p, l.1irnup«li f in* «Irrcriclr-M, |m w NVnr Vork »nrlrfy him In rnnm ill. Iiml. m c n rn ip t. Mxrinmlvr pro*p«'rlly mnl llm viml rlrlmn fn im liilrn lly im«pilrr«l iliirln^ Ilia wur iiro ut llm linttoin n f It nil. VVi'iiliIi, nlnw ly im ni inulBti'illiy tlm nnllim ry pi,nrr»mrH o f imliiHtry, cniihl im vrr hare ljr«iii|jlit with It llm fTi^lilfi11 i ' iii'hiim n f HrriilliiiiMimHH and afn, which Imvo rriiHi'li'HHly fnllnwi'«l IIiIh III frnl.trri wcaltli. Nhiiii'nIh Iihh lii'i'ii liltin' llm pimimHHnrH nl It Irnni llm beginning. I t In lint, mnl ll r i in n o t rnnm tn, Knnd. II. Ih iio I, •{Mint lor wlmt Kiimrmin rn lU tlm “ IIiIii^ h n f u iiniri,” lin t tn mlnlatiir tn tlm Inwiml liiiiiniii piihh.oiih, v im lly mnl pinhi. And an It will | iitIhIi w llli Hm owiii rn. I.lvlnp; iih wn «In -n •artolconnectlnj( link hi lw ri.n llm nhl Now V ork Hoclnty and tlir now -wr rm iiin t lull in lm Htrnrik liy llm conlniH t which they prifHcnt. A t tlm tlnm wn liuvn Imon H pruklny nl, the ponplo w rm hotmHt, pliiln ptpcitklugg, |iln ln ( |rn l ln u ~ rn publican» nil, to tlm buck hone, itllln iiixh , tuny lm, n o t In llm pollllcnl arimn of tlm w nnl. T lm y iihhnrnil tlm nhl Mnropniin arlalocrncy «» nnmh im nhl l)r . N ouli, o f tlm H h rr , d id , w ho bad two croclmtu pnrtlcn lu rly ^oo«l in IiIh Im m l: nnn wim that the Inithum worn tlm “ lont trllm ti" ol D rim l; mnl llm other that Hri((lmnl wim u d nmniil mnl ought, to Im whipped liy IJimlo Hum mnl Id» huh«», no w flint tlm y worn grown up mid big enough to do It.

Mo uU New Vork hilled iirlu locm tlc wnyn mnl Im lilu , im tending buck ngulii to m om irehy. Wo huw iin Knglliili gen- tlcinnii1»»ervunt, In livery , pelted w ith Htoneu end honied on Ilroudwny until ho hud to run for IiIh Ido. T lm llvory, In tlm opinion of theno liruvo N ew Y ork hoy», wim llm w hile •lave'» Ijiwlge mid they de»plNed llm w enrer o f It. f fn r ell- hen» wore con ten t to Im Anm rleuim , of plu ln , »linplo iiitin- ner» nnd hulilt», mnl w ould no t lo le ru lo l.heMO d e g ru d lu g em>- kmn of their nneenlor», lim y being u free people , m nl each man a »overelgri In Ida own rigid,, ' T h e re w ere no Aninrl- can» in tliotn day», th erefo re , w ho hud dure«! In n u m n t a liveried Amerlemi eouehinun In fro n t o f IiIh eu rrlu g e and tw o liveried Anierlean lluukloH liehlm l ll, to .la n d thorn upon a hoard and hold on by tlm tuimellnd Htrapn, read y a t an y m o ­ment to dlam ount and opi'ii tlm earringo d o o r for th e ir " inim- ter" or "mUtr«'»»." N ay, tlm»o v ery nam e», “ m auler and "ml»tr«»»|" were letter» p a te n t «if tlm H iiperlorlly ol'orm e lt l*«n over nnother and tlm »ymliolH o f »om eliody’» »erv ltude. They implied a w hile »lave ela«» In HiIm free Itep u lillc and ought to ho hlolted from tlm ICugllMh lan g u ag e im iinoiI and »poken liy Amerlemm, Hueh wim tlm o p in io n o f N ew Ynrk- eri In llm day» when tlm llr»t, g re a t A um rleau d a lly Jo u rn a l w m »tnrteil In till* oily and c o u n try , w hen grey-hem led old Hlui|i»on wa» le»ien o f llm I 'a rk T h e a tro , w hen lla m ld ln , o f the Ikiwery, broke Into llm olllcn ol .l inm» (lo rd o n lien iie ll, Willi a gang of runU n», and n e arly N lrangled Idm , heeuimn he had pul’IUhed an alleged lllml agu lim l him and Id» then

* Alludlug Pi Mr*. Trullop»'» Imnk, It liu» liean wrlttnu la a »utlra of kiDg »go:

" Ju.l Ilk« in iireMn with a aipilrt at play,Ilia .link» a puililln, Alla, inarka out her prey,»qulru fur lli llu Ollh, Umii hiHtdluiig ruua away."

«iti fra |¡ = = jilí- salí.* it.• «| I«* «I *rli<| I li«*ni k r i m

Vr'»*ir: | | tt | ) n « v v r ) |» i « ii » 111 x •* un** •!niH*‘t At'i'¡ A f .‘l.-lx t l i d l i • filli»* ms r ' l i l e a p i r t l i . l li;>- t l i r n l l l

.*'■1 i.. U t V «II,i*, t l i r l lA i : II.»* » • m ir ti li ■» t »«1 . - »ili« r r p n l . l : , «n utili v irim i» , »11*1

•» t n r j l r t i l i til*. V e , y l i le I.l m u p .i l l( i , .tl *ii<l im iíu l «a ia 'e i ir ,- . w e t u v e A 'l.)ple«l lo t l i r lu*t m ,,i r !y SVn l l iv n l 'r . .» > . V «v t i y lí I' » le e r t h e i l - lltiv e t i a v e l l .o l lu i m u i « rid i', l l l r . l ImiE in f i a l i . . ' , » lili i. ,tv e l i r r m n e I ' | «. 11 ■ | ■ In lili «OH ’í i e n i r n , i'T mii lo I he l iv e n .- i l ItiinW t«.«. A to l lio vv f.il I lir I r*.iieli rri.irut« lo*v r limi-- u» j. h : i| ■ttv u ll kiiovv v c iy Widl \ t r : in H ii(e 1 lie l 'D 'i i i 'h Ili e ve! y l :ii mu, m w n «I til h m t u t e th e n i m il ti th .- l ' r n i liiii» ., ., ti ii i i i ir o n ilv Miiiidi.il u n ii In ile h . r r p l til* III, lililí «o I t it i l lo .-i 1 y lu id IV lini o l lo d l h r n l l l i r i l l «■lile» n u il v ln e y i i td » u n d t . i i in « , t im i It w o n ld l ie n li» o i« l lo iin ik « I d o » o f t l o ' mi n o y loua< .r, u> I r im t o u tw i i id ly . Hn w ld le w e m u t i l i n e I lie r r e n r l i |ir ,ie 1 lee i u t o n r In lilen , In o n t r e iu l ln n u n d In o n r « e in t lie .ir tv , n t l l l i: l l i i |{ ln g to I Ile Ile n ii11- lu i lio d ilo iia In d ii 'H i, »e t liy l iv iie li r o n r le / . i i i» , u n d pr«i- n n n n i 'ln n I h e ñ í y o n il, » r , l o ile i e n e y '» n n lie , » lile n» I e i lin lly w i l l i l i te l 'ru n n in n » . A nd w l ie ie m , fo r e v iu n p le , lin t SI l i l i» w u r lie g .io n ll t lm n in n ili u n d « liin e ln g n i o n r fn » li lo n a ld n p a r i l e » w un l ' r e in d i in n a ln m u i d m ie ln n , w n l in v e e h a n g n d t i le |i rn p rm ii i i in lu m i l ' i e n r l i to r n m i i la i i , n u il n o w une lu i l h ' i i g lint. I 'i iiied itn ninni«: In iiin k n Min fn«d o l o n r d u n e e iN ( I n g le w ll l i d e l l g h t m u i riipM ii'e . I'Ii In I» im I t n lm o lil lio. N m n a lW iiy» , m u i /ir J m i t l II. I» f .in h io tiu ld n M in i l.o r n n Min e h au g i'N ou t.lio g m ii i i t o f n iU lo r h i n n an«l o f fiilH iduuifl.

VVo Im v n n o w i in iv e i l al. M ieli a h lg l i » l.a tn o f n lv ll l / .a l .in n n u il r> 'lli im iie n t t.liu t, w l l l i Iio iiu iII i 'HH w ea ll.li nt, o n r co n i in a l i l i , w n b a v e n o w lnli l i l ig r a l l l l e d . H n ln u il ld lln im n» n u il •'«pilpiignH , l.lm idm lennl, w iu i '» a n d v ia n d a , Min ru in iil. Jn w o l» ,( lio numi, nimlly dri'KHe», Min mimi, m p e iu lv n pini u rn a , unii I lio iiiohI. " «iiperli liludiiigN tu o n r linnlia," aro Min nouiiuiin «In 3 mui» o f nvnry pi.|»on of mnmia and IiihIiIoii. A frlg h ffn l llnnntloiiHiinn» lu n iiIhh Inonnlal.nd lia lilin o aim illpox or a rng ln g fnvnr, Wo llvn In finii, «deuinnt, an d , wlinl. I» inorn, wn llkn il. vaal.ly na »ninnihlrig l Imi. I» vnry goml for t.lm»oul

Tlii'an arn fluí eniifnaaiiiim o f w liaf la en Und «‘ fnHlilonalile «oninl.y," in eiiul.iaillNfiimflon i,o Min gnnolm i nnnlnl.y ol' tlm u p p e r I,milioni. T linin la a vnil, o lllnrnnen linfwnnn Míoval lon i »nel,Ion» infn wlileli I,lio fa»lil«iniililn wm Id la «llvldi'il, All arn no t e ip ta lly o x tra v a g a n f , valli, fnollali, o r lin iuoral. T hnrn arn p lnu ty «if good pimplo nvnry w hnrn i Imi, In mimi niiHim Mm Niiddnu ae.«| nial flou o f fori,non n penad a mieli no 1 in morii I g lam o u r ovnr Mmnyna Miaf II, eon'ii|il,a am i polimii» Mm wlioln linni l,.

T lm inlufoi'Minn o f ovnn l.lin lumi, »oelnfv to-ilay i» Miai, lo fam llle», tlm g irla a ro ndueufnd in Niieli e x trav iig an en Mmy woulil ilio o f / in n i l i i f Mmy conili mil, iu»l,iinMy iiaflnl'y l.linlr waut.» a» niioii a» tliey arine. Tlm y will b av e fluì he»l o f nvor,vflilng, am i m oney lieynnil Ilio e.omil.liig Mieli',nf llm m o tlm y aro no ti re, ly o n t o f Mm leae .h o f o rd lm iry youug m eii, an d , Im lned, tlm y iiavo lienn fra in ed to re.gard a ipinenly añ illem n iit and a rlelily a jip o ln led e»falill»lim iinf a» tlm on ly com llflon» o f m airiiign . ’TI» Irm i Miai, o n r y o u u g ilion loan n o fld u g and galli miieli liy le a v ln 0 tlm»o «lalnfy lioUlied ilow er» to lio jil noli orí liy Home v u lg a r rleli li and w ldeh w ill lin n o ufen f w lfli Mieli' heaul.y an d cure n o fld u g for firn Hplrlfiiiil a rom a. Kur l.lieae y o u u g m eu can noi. a llu n i to k eep a w iim au m urely lo Inoli a f, and to »perni M ieli'lim óm e lo e x frav iig au ee . H enee th o ilg h b o n i, 11, muy he, In firn vnry ch e le» wlmi'o timan fa ir g irl» Umiliali, und imeiiiifoiiu'd to a ll tlm re lh iem en f am i liix in leu o f Ilio, tlmy il il n i n o t iiiim y onn o f Miexe pennileaa beunflea, how nver ione,li lu e lln ed tlm y u ilg lif lio to d o no, leal, alie aliiiuld lirliig tlm m hotli to pnverfy . T lm y p re fe r , fhnreforn , to num iln lu ielieior»; and liav iu g enm igli lo Itenp Miemaelve», If muy lio, lo cuan and ulHueuco, providoil tlm y aro enrnfiil, geni r. «illy, o f Miele e x p n n illtiire — tlm y Ju lo a e lid í and »elfln dnw n fu r tuo offen lo »Ingle hloHHoilnimii for lile.

T h ero are prnluilily abolii, a h iiu d red e lnba o f varim i* liluiln, orilnr* nnd degrim» lo Mil» c ity , l in t Mu m n if filinoli» liix iirlou» and w oalfhy aro Mío (!<i|iftii’,y (,'lub, Mili Dual. KlffoonMi » tro o fi Now York (Jluli, No il, oo in n r o f T w e n ty lll'al, Ntroof and l«’ll't.li uvoiiim i lliilon l.e itgne (du i), eo rn er of Madl»on avellilo and T w ou |,y .» lx lli nl.iool, | Un Imi (Unii, eo rner o f 'l 'w onfy lli’Hf »freíd, and 1'Tft.h n v e n u e j T ra v e le ra ' (d o lí ‘¿ ¿ 2 l''lli,li livellile j l 'lr le e tle (d illi, c ó rn e r ol d 'w iiu ty-* lx th Ntl’e e t litui K lflli a v e llilo ; ( 'II.y (d illi, di Ka»t H ovontoeiilli al riief | lliil'inuu lo (/dolí, Ji' iii fy-ioeoiid »I ree l, n e a r l 'lflli iiv e in ie ; A I Intuii n In U luli, IH Un»t H lx teenfli a li eoi, ; Am ari enti .Jockey U lu li; O lym pto (d illi, IH U nion p la n i ; Now York Vmdif U luli a f llo liokoti.

d'Iirao uro Ilio eholooNl, o f n u r idilli», Ilio limai, exe lu a lv e Ilio mimi, e lo g u id , loflm 'd limi luxurio ii» . ddmy o ie n p y pillili liti muimloiiN, tlm leni, o f w hloh vario» frinii n ino t/i fw o n ly -tw o tlioUNiiiid d o lie ra u yoar, im eord lng to •nm n n u lh o rltlea , unii In n tlm i» frinii olghl, to tw m ity Mioiihiiii dolliir», unii tlm liilfliitum fon i» Irom fllfy lo min hum lrn il am i 11 f Ly dolliir», wliil»), t Im um iliai due» aro ab o lii (ho «urne lllgiirn», o r »ay frolli llfiy to a liiu id red dolilir» a your

T h e m em lier» vnry frolli dilli lo Hill), a lth o u g h Min m a jo rity o f Ihoni ai o m ere ly h o n o iii ' V ninni Imi tt *o fa r li» ul teiidiiim o gon*. T liey pay th n lr due» Ini Ilio honor o f lio long lug to a r lu li Bini tlio rn I» un and of tin i Lio hntwm in Ih rm » n d ll. Ori* lilaek Siali III ten vntnim lini ound ld u to fur m oiulinrahlp '

«II, a g .-n v iu l oiiM Inu «d eui li «dilli, u n ii I lo .ii lo Ululili pi.o in .l lo k poi I m i la ili t lm Im u liii» n imi n i Min v iiilo n n p i , , l e i

a i u u t w k o li in ti y l.n r i | i i i . ' i o i l » d li v M unì,XV • » l ia l l b»,[ l i , n e l l w i'i ik w l l l i Min « ’e n i u y t d i l l i , nn l in i

. .b le v l a n d , p iT h » p v l Min m im i d ln M iiir .iiIn lii tl o f Mn in a l l I nnd u n i rimi » k i i r l i w l l l be M ia i o l Mie p i i 'n ld e i i l , W i l l i a m ( 'u l la i i l l r j n u l .

MR TW EED AND 1111 DIAMOND.

Mr T w eed, of *' l.i'id iliiline“ noliirlel^^ urlio lina lieen im m orla llri'd i n tinaie Intli-r dav» by Mie aeivllily of lite Mini, I»Il IIUIU of very lem arlialde (orinile ami iiblllly. Ile be;oin ||!n a» a lrnde»imin, and Iri' .I Ida liiiml In niany depili lim nla ol lm»lm »• , Inlliiig In all of tlii-m, nud g vlny bolli lo bla Irlcml» and Ida ereditili», Mie iiiiweleoiiie Idea Miai lie wna n limi unirli ly lurom peli'iil peiiion, limi lini lo Ile Irli ilei| w1111 Ibe imm iigeim nt i"lllu-f of III* n u li, o r ol ollu r ponplea' uiom y.

Ili» linai l'allure wlilcli tlirew bini, un u b ilion i liope, Itilo pollile oei'iirreil wlu u Ini wna engugeil ||i Mie nmnilliii liiie ol lioiineliold filII11llIre ; ao tlu it lila pl'evloim i iliieidlon wna uot Ilio beni lilml ol «IIm« Ipllue for Me poalfion wlileli In- uow

('rupie», limi tlm iiiugiilllrriil curccr limi, bea belbio libo et we bave lor bini uot «ino word of coudem nallon , I.ike

li 11 11 « I r«« 10 ol ollm r iiu u engageil In tlm vnrloila pii mi il 1 n of Ilio, he (dmneeil In llm ISr»t Inai alme upou Mm, w roug pnraiill ; ami llm Neme»l» lim i rii leu over m iiiolane nlbilra iidiiioulidm«) bini by a long »«rie» of mlalbrliine» lo " «'olili, o lii o f limi,," ami Iry lo «llMeover wlml, Ilio Irne Imnl, of Ida grulli» mlcliL Im, and Imvlng Inumi ouf tlm l'aet to dcvol.c ldm:.i’lf l'idi lilnlly tu »«ime oei iipnllon In aei oriliiime wHIi il.

I*’<<r1.11nilt<■ 1 y for blm lui Inoli tlm Idnl. ao kliully, If alno no inurcil<:MHly glven lo Inni, and ju m p rd ut oime loto polll.lea.I lere , In Mie lium lile l’iipiic.lly o f a word polli,ieliui, lu: bcgiui IIihI o f all to feci bla nw n pow er, and lo limi limi Im bruì »triic.U a t laiit iipon fluì Irne regimi o f bla Incilily . Afnr'd.lum, lui wa» «ini, o f pine.«!. Timi, wooden Illudile»» wim noi, »nlli'd In Mie »turi Inai,re ol hi» i11l e 11«•«■ f. Itili, Imre, mul uow , lui Imd fmind hi» 101 Iio rado , and frinii limi, lim e lo llm preaenl Miele Im» lieen lor hi tn " n o »neh word u» full';' nor w II I

lllicr womb'ii «dmll’H ami Ialite» or womlen lieiul» Ite hi» miiHlei'M any m ore.

T h e irliim ph ol I.IiIn ex lrao n llim ry nmn frinii llm m oum nl tim i lui fonnd o uf w lm l lui o iig lit In «lo lui» lieen m ore llkn flint ol‘»ome royid progni»» in Ih«' olden day» of llm l'jigllnh inoim reby 111 mi o f a Im n k n ip t fu in I fu in urnimg« r, «'ompelled10 gel. hi» llviug by pollile», l'or lui Im» oulalrippeil all lil» onl.em porarle» lu nklll, In d a rln g , In Mehemlug, and in Mm

Im ughty (loiupii'Hf ol hi» lnl«d|e«d. over uu-u ami m oney, Ile ride» fluì h igh Iuiimc and weiir» a c low n. Ile umile mul m ira and nwn» Mie locai Ingiallitim i and all Ila ludonglnga mul appurlenani'.e», II com m on rc p o rl, limi, l i to any, Im im e con-

irn ln g bini. Idilli! pm iplc wlio cnvy blm limi cm uuil under »land how he, wllli Ida m ileeedeub«, clm riu le r mul lilalory, ■iiillil po»»lbly do H indi grimi, tlilng», »et It all d o m i l o luek and «dmiiee, trlek am i Irmul ; Imi. Iliere are no aiudi lldu,"» a»I itela and ch an ce, wlml.cvcr nmy lie lui ri y «ubi iilunil. llm o l lu r two. 'l'IiIh nm n m ie» hecmiac lui I» Miei hlid’of bla p a rty , m ie» by Ili» wlì, ami w IniIo iii, mul by llm « xen ia«' o f mi luexoralile and li'ou wlll. 11«'Im» iimpilred in mi iueri illb lv a llo ri tin i« mi ImumijHii fortini«., and coiiiila bla m oimy by llu- inIIIItili. W lm l lut will do wll.h IL rcniniim lo lie m . ii "IXa l'iiay to foni II aw ay , am i e ipm lly a» « nay lo ilo evll ivilli II, limi in tini lim m iw hlln Mirre a re g rn i l abiiae» In III«' Hlale wlibdi cry aloiul for rediea» mul knock al. Mr. T w eed '» door

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ts lustre and beauty tliatit would have been difficult to have recognized it for the stone which his agent had bought in India. From that time to this it has passed through a succession of adventures as magical and startling as any thing to be found in the “ Arabian Nights’ ” entertainments. It was bought bv a Russian nobleman, who, being sent to Siberia for scratching his knee at church because it itched—the privilege ot scratching being, as we had always thought, one of the highest accorded to men bv civilization—carried the diamond w.tli him, and, like a good fairy, it subsequently pro­cured his freedom, by sacrificing itselt for its owner's sake. Then a French Marquiss bought it aud wore it at court, sending all the women wild about its beauty ¡uid value Then it turned up at the Baden-Baden gambling table, where a great lady lost it over the turn-up of a card—aud served her right. Again it appeared iii France, and then it traveled to England, and was bought w ithin the last twenty-five years by one of the richest baronets in that country, who wore it in a ring on the forefinger of the left hand. Once more it crossed the channel to Paris, and was bought by a rake for a very rakish court beauty, who wore it in a braeclet upon her naked whito arm at a time >vheu it was the fashion for women to go nearly naked—that is, naked to the waist, ns in Charles II. days in England. I t was owned b y a French family—perhaps the same to w hich the nude lady aforesaid belonged— at the beginntpg of the present war, when it once more changed hands and passed into those of a great London diamond house, and from thence to Messr. Smith & Hedges who sold it to Mr. Tweed’s admirers for $1S,000, and now Mr. Tweed owns it.

So ring the changes of time and circum­stance, jewels and men! I t is .ot exquisite, almost unimaginable beauty and brilliancy, and is of the very finest w ater and of the richest quality and purity. No such stone has ever been seen before in this -country, and we hope Mr. Tweed may live as long and be as pure as his diamond.

[For W oodhull A Claflin's W eekly.]T H E HUMAN HEART.

O, the hum an h e a r t !W ho knows th a t m ystic part

Of o a r being.I ts revealing« all untold.In e tern ity w ill unfold

T o o a r seeing.

N ot in th is tem ple frail,W n«re the heart-string» wail

To deepest sorrow.N ot w here the bleak w inds blow.A nd angels come and go.

G iving hope of the morrow,Mias D e b o r a h £ . Cr o w e ll .

M O V E H E ^ T S O F L A D T L E C T U R E R S .

Mrs. N ellie T. J . Brigham —no relation to Brigham Young—delivered tw o lectures in Troy, N. Y., ou the 22d oi January .

M aria M itchell, th e astronom er, will soon make her bow before the public as a lecturer upon that science.

Miss Edgarton lectured on " T he Coming W oman " in La Crosse, W it., on the 19th of Jauuary , to a full audience.

Mrs. Sarah F . L ippincott (Grace Greenwood) lectured in R utland, Yt., ou the 20tb Jauuary .

Mrs. Mary A. Liverm ore and Susan B. Anthony lectured last week in Kausas City, Mo. In all parts o f M issouri lady lecturers are preferred to men.

Rev. Mrs. Pbivbe A. Hannaford will deliver a lecture on “ W omen Sold ier«" in N augatuck, Conn., on the 16th February.

M iss Em m a C. Barber, of Oswego, N. Y., has ju s t s tarted on a talk ing tou r agaiust wom an’s suffrage aud fashionable ladies. She says the tru e position of women is in the kitchen. Miss Em ma has. thus far, however, failed to discover the difference between precept and practice.

Celia Logan, s iste r o f Olive, i t is rum ored, will soon come ou t us a lecturer.

Mrs. S tantou lectured in Davenport, Iowa, on the 30th Jauuary .

Mrs. S te tson is lectu ring abou t the “ The Man of F o rc e /’

M iss M innie C. Sw ayne delivered an historical lec­tu re in W eber's room s, in th is city , on the 20th of Jau u a ry .

Miss Mary Nolan, an accomplished Irish lady, once possessed of large w ealth , but now compelled to sup­p o rt herself by her own exertions, has been lecturing jo New Orleaus on poetry.

A Lockport iN. Y.) journal has the following com­plim entary reference to M atilda F le tcher: Her lec­tu re was no m um m ery of words tlirowu con­fusedly together w ithou t sense o r meaning, but her ever)* u tterance was sent w hirling righ t aud left, h ittin g whom ever i t willed, s team ing hot irora the lips o f a fearless defender of tru th and right. Pure aud lofty in character, her sentim ents evidently were the expressions o f a noble woman. Easy and grace­ful in movement, becom iug aud even prepossessiug in appearance, she won the en thusiastic idrairatlon of her audience. She was neatly b u t not extravagautly a ttired , and her m odest, unassum ing deportm ent aided greatly in the geueral success o f the lecture. In s tyle o f delivery, M atilda F le tcher resem bles Anna E. D ickinson, frilly equalling her in w it and sarcasm.She showed grea t fam iliarity w ith the arts and wileso f politicians, the “ rings and w ire-pulling" of dema­gogues, aud the artifice em ployed m bribery by lob­byists.

a roo ilm n & ffilaflin’s W tcH g.(For Woodhull A Clafliu'a Weekly.]

LIFE AND DEATH.

B Y A N N 5 . T H O M P S O N .

Life in all it* solemn grandeur.All its mystery round us lies ;

Dea*h. the shadow oi life, never Higher than the earth can rise.

All along lire's path the fallen Victims of his arrows lie :

While we tight life's mimy battles.Swift his darts around us fly.

Life in all its mystic openings.All its closings none can know ;

While we look we grow bewildered.As the changes come and go.

Life eternal round ns lingers.In the shadowy forms of earth ;

It is only the immortal Can to mortal things give birth.

Man is small in God's creatiou.But a speck upon tim e's sho re :

Yet his spirit ever longeth For the bright forevermore.

We are living in God’s mystery.Which we cannot comprehend ;

For man seeth no beginning.And he cannot see an end.

Death is but a shade where mortal Into the .immortal grow s;

Where the mystery of the eternal God will to our eyes disclose.

W hen the earth receives our bodies, Nourishes and gives them re s t ;

W hile the stream of life flows to them. As they lie upon her breast.

As the seeds bring forth a harvest.So the dead again will come

W ith their golden sheaves where angels W ait to sing their harvest home.

W oman ' s S u f fr a g e Movem ent in Sou th Caro­l in a .—A m eeting of ladies and gentlemen friendly to ‘• th e cause of W om en" was held on January, the ISth. a t Columbia.

Among the numerous assemblage were Lt.-Govern- or Ransier, Speaker Moses. Secretary of State Car- dozo, Hon. W. J . W hipperand several other members of the General Assembly.

Miss Lottie Rollins was called to the chair and Speaker Moses was requested to act as secretary. A fter the reading of the call, relative to a convention, issued a short tim e ago and published in the newspa­pers. Mr. W hipper was called upou to address the meeting. He requested to be excised from making any remarks until some of the "g ia n t m inds," cramped for so long a time, had expressed themselves upon the subject nearest their hearts. Mr. Ransier was called o n ' next, and said that although he had not studied the subjeet under discussion, yet he was in favor of that broad principle of Republicanism which knew neither sex, race or color.

The Chairman, Miss Rollin, next arose and addressed the assemblage. She said it had been so universally the custom to trea t the idea of *' womau's suffrage " with ridicule and m erriment, that it becomes neces­sary, in subm itting the subject for earnest delibera­tion. tha t we assure the gentlemen present that our claim is m ade honestly and seriously. " We ask suf­frage no t as a favor, not as a privilege, b u t as a right based on the gronud that we are human beings, and as such entitled to all human rights. W hile we con­cede that womau's ennobling influence should be con­fined chiefly to their homes and society, we claim that public opinion has had a tendency to lim it woman's sphere to too small a circle, and until woman has the right of representation, this will last, and her rights will be held by an insecure tenure."

Mr. T, J . Mackey was then called upon, and made a lengthy aud forcible argum ent in favor of the move­m ent. He was followed by Miss Hosley, who made a few brief rem arks upon the subject.

General Moses, hv request, uext took the floor and delivered a neat and impressive speech in favor of the cause. He thought that woman's introduction upon the political platform would benefit as much iu a moral point of view, and that they had a right to as­s ist in m aking the laws that govern them as well as the sterner sex.

N othing m arks the character of a man more dis­tinctly than his dress. I t is not necessary that a per­son should have a two hundred dollar suit of clothes to be well dressed. Dressing does not consist so much of the m aterial worn as i t does in the style of its make up. Few people are adapted to conduct a Rea^y-Madc G euts' Clothing Emporium. It is a diffi- cult task to have clothing to suit and to fit all custom­ers. But if there is one who more (ban any other has overcome oil these difficulties it is Randolph, at his C lothiug Emporium, corner of Great Jones street and Broadway. He not ouly sells to everybody, but ha fits everybody to whom he sells. If you want to be " fitted ’' instead of " so ld ,” go to Randolph's. If you want to be sold instoad of fitted go to some one who will force bad fits upon you if ho can 't fit you well.

“ W il l a r d ' s , " a t W ashington, is still the favorite resort of all who v isit the capital. If a stranger is in the city ho can always be found by goiug to “ Wil­lard’s ." The immeuse popularity this bote) has gained may be traced directly to its talented and obliging proprietors, Messrs. Sykes, Chadwick A Gardiner. Though the two la tter ¿gentlemen have now retired from the mauagemeut, Xlr. Sykes is a host w ithin himself, in more senses than one, and fully sustains the very enviable reputation of this far- famed hotel, than which noue iu the world is more widely known.

The Society o f Progressive Spiritualists hold regu­lar Sundav sessions, moruiug and evening, a i Apollo Hall, iu 2e|h street, near Broadway. The following ta len t is eugaged for the current season: MissLixzie Doten, Professor Win. D suio and N. Fiauk White.

W b take special pleasure in calling the attention of all our readers who ueod dental service to Dr. Koonx, at No. 1 Groat Joues street. New York, who is both judicious aud scientific in all department» o f dentis­try. Ills rooms are fitted tastefully and elegantly, aud being constantly filled with the afi/« of the city, testifies that his practice is successful. He adminis­ters the n itrous oxide ga» w ith perfect success in all case«.

Everybody wanting anyth ing in the line of "d re ss ­ing for the feet," are referred to the advertisem ent of Porter A Bliss, in auother column.

F o r Photographs go to H ecker's in 14th street, between Broadway and U niversity place. See adver­tisem ent in nex t number.

A R ed 11ot D emocrat ox Woman ' s Su ffra g e .— lion . Daniel F . M iller, of K eokuk, a leadiug Demo­cratic politic ian of Iowa, delivered a lecture ou \ \ O m ­a n 's Suffrage, a t F ort Madison, iu th a t S tate , on the 17th January , from which we take the following:

Woman servitude has been lately relieved of many of its most odious leatmvs. A woman can now re- taiu her property after marriage, whcieas lor.uerly her husband might couirol hen-nailcl* jiersoiiul, aud cujoy duriug liie the rents and profits of her laud. She is still, uowever, denied the right to vote. Now, what is a vole ? Webster says it is " .ho expression of wish, desire, will, preference or choice, i i i w hich ihe person voting ha» au mu-rest in commou with others, either iu electing a man to office or in passiug laws, rules, regu uiious and the like. '

Have women no " w ish /’ no " in terest/’ in tho laws ami in the character of Ihe office-holdi rs in this coun­try > Have tne wife and mother no concern iu the le­gal restraint of drunkenness?—the tolling widow and ihe weary seamstress in onr system of taxation i it the poor Women, who tlud it so hard to clothe them­selves aud their children, had the right to vote, taxa­tion would rest upon pioperty. aud not upon labor, and the tariff would be abolished.

In these duys, especially when women are trustees for nearly all the property iu the country, they have a peculiar luterest in the right to vole ou its taxation. I t is really humiliating t.o our sex lhat there are so many nicu who, finding themselves incompetent to manage their estates, have been obliged to put them under the protection of their wives.

The morals ol worn a furnish another argument for female suffrage. I see my friend. Jimmy Biair, here. Jimmy, how many wojicu are there iu the peniten­tiary i

Mr. Blair—"N one."" l i e says none. Well, friend Jimmy, how many

men are there i"Mr. Blair—Two hundred and n in e ty /’" Look ut that, you male ganders ! Two hundred

and ninety ! I never kuew a peuileutiary bird who wasn't opposed to female suffrage." [Laughter.]

But it is said womeu w ill mert drunken men at tbe poils. Well, it is b e tu r that they should meet them there, where they can be takeu oil' by a constable, thau a t home, when they are defenceless aud alone. Woman's influence is needed to purity the ballot. Nothing less than an angel cau stir this political pool.

W iit it was a F a il u r e .—Some of tho’ old-rut journals are rejo;cing over tue comparative failure of the woman's rights convention in Boston, w itaoui al­luding to the cause. Nature couspiied against them. On the day the convention was to be held the, snow was two feel deep iu the country, the railroad trains were blocked up, aud the thermometer was fiftceu degrees below zero. Add to this that the president of it was sick, and we would ask. uuder like uufortui- tous circumstances, what convention would not have been a failure ?

Of all things in which parents should take iutercst none is of so great importance as that of education lu selecting schools sufficient deliberation is seldom had. The w hole future of a child's life may be dark­ened by a fulse step iu early year*. There are coin paratively few people who are fitted for having charge of the young. I t requires the most exquisite tact, the most comprehensive grasp ol characteristics, as well as an almost infiuite adaptation to circumstances. The instincts of childhood are always pure and true. They should never be stunted and bleared by au un­reasonable curbing. They should simply he directed so as to avoid the quicksands aud shoals which cer­tain predispositions might drift them toward. True education is not so much the stuffiug process as it is ibe weeding or eliminating process, by which the whole mental streugin may be exerted in producing a mind capable of the highest aud noblest purposes o i life. Most of our boarding schools teach those things which relate too palpably to the external, and are therefore to be deprecated. There are, however, some whose principals have the true idea of education. Among them may be mentioned the Sch<*ol for Young Ladies, at No. 15 East Twenty-fourth street, uuder the charge of Mesdames Millard & Carrier, whose advertisement appears in another column.

E. H ow ard A Co., No. 13 Maiden Laue, New York make the best Stem-Wiudiug Watch iu the country Ask for it a t all the dealers. 'Every watch guaranteed

T he N ett W o r l d —A weekly newspaper devoted to temperance, universal suffrage aud the emancipa­tion of woman. Edited by Mrs, Paulina W right Da­vis and Miss Kate Stauton. Published in quarto-form by L. A. Carpenter, Providence, R. I. I t will be the object of this paper to treat all subjects o f vital in ter­est to the Americau people with lairness aud inde­pendence ; aud while its columns are open to the discussion of those great questions to which it is de­voted, the editors reserve to themselves the right to be judged only by their editorials. Terms invariably in advance.One copy to one address.................... $2 00 per annumTell copies “ .................... Jl 50Twenty " “ .................... 30 00

A liberal discount made to lodges aud societies.

H ilman A T horn have ju s t opened a first-class dining-saloon at 9$ Cedar street, a few steps west of Broadway. They supply, by their arraugemeut of private dining-rooms, a ueed, long felt iu that vicinity. Gentlemen who have private busiuess to arrange can atteud to it there while discussing their lunches and diuuers. I t is also a most desirable acquisition to the accommodation of ladies who must dine down town, and who have an aversion to public dining-rooms. Everything is served up iu splendid style aud at about one-half the price of many other places. They also keep u choice selection of wiues, liquors and cigars. Geueral entrance as above. Private entrance next door below 9S.

There have been many attem pts made to combine the usefulness of a sofa aud a bed in one article of household furniture, but i t may be said they have been total failures, and it had come to be thought that nothing could be invented which would present tbe elegauce of a first class parlor sofa and also pos­sess all the convenience and comfort of the best bed. All the difficulties, however, have a t last beeu over­come in the combined Sofa Bed, manufactured by W m. S. H u m p h r e y * . 634 Broadway, who prescuts the public with an article of furniture which no critic could detect was anything more than a sofa when closed, and which no one would ever suppose could be converted iuto a sofa when iu its bed form, and yet the couversiou is made instantaneously. It is the dtsid tru fu tn long sought but never before attained.

Beebe, tiib H atter.—No part of a gentleman’ dress is more indicative of character thau his hat aud his linen. Beebe is an a rtis t iu these matters, giving not only the choicest styles, but the most durable quality. For hats aud shirt» try him.

M adame B allings, Importer. 771) Broadway, is pre­pared to show some elegant novelties in Carriage and Walking Costumes, iu a variety of colors. Saeques, Lingerie, etc.

F emale Mora lity in Tup W e st .—There Is not a female prisoner iu the Kausas Penitentiary. This speaks well for the sex, hut the story is not complete. I t is said that the reforms iou among the " border ruffians“ is almost entirely due to female influence, aud that had it not been for the puritanical carpet­baggers who have squatted ou the Indian reserves the statu te books of Kama* would have to-day recog- niaed female suffrage.

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F e b . 11, 1871.

I I E N R Y T . I I E L M B O L D ’S T E m i » L E O F P H A R J I A C T .

„ T h r mipniflcTOt Torople of rh»rm«CT o f H T ilemhotd. Mi* Broadway, 1«, biwond question ik, finest and most attractive cstaolUhment o f its kind <*New \ ork. It is one of those pl.-tecs which anv*t the eyes of the passer-by, Riid compel him to mod tut examine it. almost agaiust his wifi. Not that t>. termjliy it is marked by any striking archit«cinr»i beauty, nut that there is a certain nameless fascic*. ttou about it, the combined result of an exetfinu taste in tho arrangement ol the various artirfo posed for sale iu the window s, and a dellghttul ho inony of color.

The first floor has been most tastefully fitted aa- being used as the largest and finest Detail Drug De- partment in tho World. Tho upper portion i* for Wholesale Business, while down iu thebasemeit aud cellar is the Laboratory for the manufacture of his celebrated Fluid Extract Buchu. Fluid Errvt Sarsaparillu, Rose Wash, Cata\vt>a Grape Juice PiiU, and. in fact, a general chemical laboratory for pr*. paring the various articles used in the retailhusinfH, such as Toilet Waters, Cologt.es, Hair Touica, Po­mades, Tooth Powders. Washes, cte.

There is no Drug Store in the world more bcantifal and luxuiously furnished than this valuable acquit), tion to our Broadway aitrnc|jonf*.

The blaze of light from the windows, charged with the brilliant colors of the liquid in the Urge elota, adds vastly to the attraction of the scene by nigtiu aud Illuminates the adjacent walls und counter* with a surprising brilliuuce of crimson, purple, green tad amber.

To look at It. it seems incredible: and more especi­ally so when It is examined iu detail. The will», extending over half the retail hall, are adorned til along the ceiling to the two first Corinthian colamu with a series of moulded arches ou each side, and eighteen magnificent and costly plate mirrors fro« f floor to ceiling, aud extending the entire length of store. These rest upon an elaborate moulding, np. ported by elegant Corinthian pillars with ornatnmul 1 capitals overlaid with gold, aud the roof also is richly painted and fretted with gold. The shelves a* divided into a number of ranges, each of which ii backed bv French mirrors. Then come the counter«, composed of solid marble throughout, the topsltb* supported by richly carved brackets starred with gold, and having two square compartments on the side faces, each one of which bears the inscription "11. T. 11."

Indeed, throughout the establishment there is t harmony of form, color and disposition. A lavish hand has been at work in all the departments, utd this marble palace is nue more proof of the swift witherv whereof money is capable.

Connected * ith the establishment is a reception room, which is intended lor the comfort of those obliged to wait while the prescriptions they desire to purchase are being prepared. Thi' is somethir? which has beeu a desideratum and which Dr. Bela- bold has supplied. The room is furnished with costly lounges, sofas and velvet carpet. Taking this estab­lishment altogether, it deserves to rank as one of the maguiftcencA ol our city.T H E G R A N D R E C E P T IO N ROOM AND LADIES* B0CD0O.fitted up in the handsomest style possible for the accommodation of ladies, in the ceotre of which stands one of the most elaborate and superb of sod* fountains, twelve and a half feet from point to point, octagoual shape, and is a combination of the choices; spirituous of marble. Pyrenees, Grevot. Victoria Red, Vermont and Lisbon stone. The fountaiu i* eor- mouhied by a magnificeut Chinese pagoda, frescos! iu the highest style of art. by oue of our most emi­nent artists. The room is furnished in truly orienui splendor with costly sofas, chairs, lounges, etc. The walls are decorated with pouraitsof some of our most eminent phvsiciaus, and are of extra Roman richness.

The result of advertising is truly remarkable. Duriug the year ending December, 1S7Q, over three mil>ion bottles of Bochu were packed and shipped to various portions of this Continent, and the amount expended in advertising was a little over two hun­dred and fifty thousand dollars, exclusive of posters, alruauacs, show-cards, etc. A one or a ten thoastnd- doll&r order to some newspaper is nothing extraordi­nary for him, providing the paper is of sufflciect importance. On one occasion he offered the sum of $5.000 for a page in the "N ew York Herald.” Tbe offer was accepted, but afterward* declined, i* account of press o f matter, notwithstanding it waa double the usual advertising rates.

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RAILWAY 20 YEA

^ k j a t r s t morts rjriT C0ÏPAXÏ 01 pyÿlud interest a EKIUKTERLW;

M adame B allings. Importer. 779 Broadway, his i rich aud elegaut assortment of Bonnets and Bound lis ts , the most exquisite novelties imported; ail tw new colors.

Sound on t h e Goose.—Miss Bell Finlayson, who is engrossing clerk of the Missouri State Senate, is a hardshell Democrat- I t is said that she played no in­considerate part in securing the election of Frank Blair to the United States Senate.

We invite attention to the advertisement in another column of the Elizubethton and Paducah Railrwd F irst Mortgage Bonds. W e understand, trom ihe houses offering them Tor sale, which houses are of the highest financial standing, that the road is ba;*d o» the soundest foundation, and, from their representa­tions, we think this security worthy of the consider*- tiou of capitalists.

F or S ha m e .—I t is reported that a number o. women have formed a Joint-Stock Company ii Omaha, Nebraska, aud opened a faro-bank gambling house. Shame on them. We should seek to emulate the virtues of mau, not his vices.

THE BALTIMORE & OHIO R R.Is an Air-Line Route from Baltimore and Washing!»» to Cincinnati, aud is the ouly line running Pullm®’» Pal«,ce Day aud Sleeping Cars through from Washisf ton and Baltimore to Cincinnati without change.

Louisville iu 29*£ hours.Passengers by the Baltimore and Ohio Railro*dh*w

choice of routes, either via Columbus or Parketshar?-From Cincinnati, take the Louisville aud Cincinnati

Short Liue Railroad.Avoid all dangerous ferry transfers by crossing th*

great Ohio River Suspension Bridge, and reach Uwu*- ville hours in advance of all other liues. Save maaj miles iu goiug to Nashville, Memphis, ChattawNCX Atlanta. Savannah, Mobile and New Orleaus

The only liue ruuuiug four daily trains from Cit- cinnati to'Louisville.

silver Palace Sleeping Coaches at night, and spte** did Smoking Cars, with revolving arm chairs, ou daj trains

Rem ember! lower fare by no other route.To secure the advantages offered by this erttl

through route of QuickTime, Short Distance amiLa* Fare, ask for tickets, and be sure they read, via Louis­ville aud Cincinnati Short Line R. R.

Get your tickets—No. S7 Washington street, Boston: No. 229 Broadway, office New Jersey R. K., l'<ot «* Corllandt street. New York; Contiueutal Hotel, Chestnut street, 44 South Filth street, ami at the depe* corner Broad and Prime streets, Philadelphia: S. B corner Baltimore aud Calvert streets, or at Cttaxk*» Station, Baltimore; 4$5 Peniisvlvauia avenue. Wash­ington, D. C .; aud a; all the principal railroad Office iu the Bast.

SAM. GILL,General Mi pi,, Louisville, Ky.

HKNRY Sl'KFKS,Gen. Ticket Agent, LouisviUa Ej • SIDNhY B. JONES,

Gen, Pass. Agent, LouisviU«, Ej.

« r i î lV H Y T .

r ‘'71i.ncc" t Tornplc ' h. f-J| MrojiiJwny, J» f1 m o n at trac tive *L , 18 OI,u o f tho*«. ? , r W ¿ V ‘,.*• >"**»er.by. and coii S » î . ' i ! N t » I '. ulniiiat ag a in s t tL l|l2 1uS >

n . M n.mr,k« l hï any " * l |> ? V . . \itllini Ibero I» a r,|<ià' Y >■ V ,it II, the comblncd^î.11 > ¡í¿ A lie arranecment ot | S £ > S - l e lu the wiudo«”* ^ . ^

Fkb. 11. 18<1.^oodhnll & (tlaflm’s ^ccMg. W .

floor ha» beenI an ihe laraeat and a., il the World. The i , ! 1 Iro 'l i , ' C ‘ale IliiBincBB. while df,I"T a .*1! i1*" ' la the Laboratory f “r‘, *«iited F lu id Extract L ' 1! ' 'a, lioee W arh, Cauw ,“U|» . > l : i S S t. a general chemical I« Xvarlona article« n»,.,n, J «|.^<d iet Water«, I“ ;111 Powder«. Wa»hw «; 1,>1«UJ I &10 llru tr Store in thew, * V v«ly furmVhed than th i. d Si.„ " V droadway attraction» * T»liu?; k . 1 o f lljrht from the w|„a„ ^ u cco lors o f the liqnid »» 0

to the attraction of t(!.,b' Cl'N> ten the adjacent wall, ,„•«»»?! ¿ S brilliance of c r l n u o n , ^ § C

dt, it seems incredible- It is examined In N

ic r h a lf the retail hall U)|- l v 'V Hug to the two flrat &,»,'> «?* £ l i o f moulded arches rnifleent and co-t|yp| i ug, and extending the ^

rest upon an elahor,o “ ltht if* (O gaut Corinthian p illa rT j'lr'«LcV7' ud 'v llh gold, and fretted w ith gold a number of raugc. L ; » ¡¡¿ V och m irror«. Then ¿Sj** o fT * *, ¡olid marble th ro n g '“ ' r ich ly carved b r a c K u ^ S S

mg two square coinM„ J h r h / ’« . h one of wnich bear, the '*«,*'*ughout the cstablisbn, rm, color und diipodo™1 Us*. at work in all the f t ' i . *

intira

L O A D E R S ' b a n k

OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.OtdiXUED rXDEft STATE CHARTER.!

“ Continental L ife" Bnlldlng,

il NASSAU STREET, N E W YORK.

,-xrrrAi.......................................................... *m}0lOw rpetni inermae U)....................................... ■■•'0 0

BOARS o r DIR* CTO R# :rilU lM M. TH*EED, SHEPHERD F. KNAPP.A T HUIARTH. EDGAR F. BKOW’N.

W. CROWELL. ARCHIBALD M. BU SS. DORR RUSSELL.

r , ;$ |hn>r eexotiates LOANS, n u k c i COLLEC- *£$$. advance# on SECURITIES, and receive»ieposits.jttOQsu of Banker». Manufacturers and Merchants

fittrvorive ipeciaJ attention.jj>" FIVE PER CENT. INTEREST paid on

f fgBITVT BALANCES, and liberal facilities offered ti nor CCSTOMERS.

DORR RUSSELL, President.A. F W iLLira r t ii , V ic e -P re s id e n t .

EM etM owii & Paducah RailroadOF KENTUCKY.

First Mortgage 8 per cent. Bonds.

A NEW YORK

G O L D L O .

This road, connecting the Im portan t po in ts of Louis ville aud P a d tm b . is J83 m iles loin; and passes th rough a rich ag rlcu lto ra i and m ineral section o f the S ta te o f K en tucky , the traffic of w hich, it Is believed w ill be abundan tly rem unerative.^ F lf t j - n in e m iles o f the road are already com pleted and in successful opera tion , and w ork on o th e r sec Clous is rap id ly p rogressing .

T h e stock subitcriptlons (of w hich th e c ity o f Louis­ville subscribed f l.OtO.Ot O) am o u n t to $*,095,000.

T o lay the ra ils aud com pletely equ ip the en tire road

T H R E E M ILLIO N DO LLARSof F ira t Mortgage convertible bond» bare been au thorlzed. bearlug » fine cent. Intereat payable aeuil annually at the Bank of Am erica, In the elty of New Yo rk , on the Orel of March aud f lr .t of September. They are now offered by the uudcrelgi.ed at 87 Jh aud accrued Interest.

NORTON', SL A U G H T E R A CO ,41 Hroud Street.

WM A L E X A N D E R SM ITH A CO.,40 Wall Street.

H A L L G A R T E N * CO.,28 Ilroatl Street.

V. Ailace ie one more prodr’ " '0 ' >f money ie capable of h iith the eetabliehtnent I **i intended lor the comt,* '» e . w h ile the p r e e m p t io n d u g prepared. Th l, a desideratum and wh V ««*,,,*

id. The room ie f u r n iS 1' b B-l’ ud velvet carpet. TakirU. , !*owi ther, it deservee to rani a ?o u rc ity .

E P T IO S B O O * AND u „ ■*- handsomest style po,.,'»,*0'’* » o f ladies, In the ¿ ¿ ' n

e m 06t elaborate and tn Z l* »ho ; and a ha lf feet from w S f * % and is a combination i r ,k . Ft*,

rble, Pyrenees, Greyo, ^ ielton etone The fo 'tm ^ fe t agnifleeut Chinese pasod. d ' * tyle of art. by one of ¿ n T l ^ ie room is furnished in trai, ^ it ly sofas, chairs, lounge, L9*** id w ith portraitsof somea tZ Ifc us, and are of extra KonunS**«

advertising is trnlr ending December, i io ^ * * ! * Bochu were packed and tkil!*"' o f th is Cum intm , and y i £ !!» e rtis ing was a little over t * ? ? isand dollars, exciueire of A f * irds, etc. A one or a tea t h S S ne newspaper is n o t h in ? Z r ond ing the paper I , 0] one occasion he offered IheT . « in the "N e w York Herald.« r. ed, but afterwards decimal, i f matter, noiwithstaaduifii',dvertising rates.

tos. Importer. 77S Broad»,. assortment of Bonnet« and ju is ite novelties imported ■ an 2

loosE.—Miss Bell Fiala™*. A of the Slissonri State Senate, a i .. It is said that she played M»i securing the election of States Senate.

on to the advertisement ii ante atbethton and Padoczb Enraf nda. W e understand, from ne a for sale, which honees are of ht nding, that the read ie hated i it io n , and, from their reprav» security worthy- of the coosdoa

is reported that a umber if i ted a Joint-Stock Compuy a ud opened a faro-Dank gus'dik , lem . We should seek to rxm« j not h is vices.

MORE & OHIO ¿ i; from Baltimore and Wtf-fcg*

ihe ooly JmenHiDÎDçPfiÜ^ I p iiiç Car«* throagb iron»• Cincinnati wichoat ckio - j

Baltim ore and Ohio Riilrowi^J j1e r via Colombo* or Iuke theLouwvüleandCífic*^

ie fe rry transfer* by .fpen*ion Bridge, and r a d u « o f a ll other Jiuea ****** aahvirie , Memphiti, riobile and New OrieaW lin g four daily uaiw

• F IR S T M O R TG A G E$£V£>' PER CENT. GOLD BONDS

or TDZ

MOaXTICELLO & PORT JERVIS

RAILWAY COMPANY,20 YEARS TO RUN, .

sevtd by# llm mortgage on the road to the U N IO N TETiT COMPANY O F N EW Y O R K C 7 T Y . where phiripaJ and interest are payable In gold. IN T E R BiT QCARTERLY—January , A p ril, J u ly and Oc ¡sber.Tbe rosd is bonded at $20,000 per m ile , and is bnilt

is the MOST S U B S T A N T IA L M A N N ER . Connect* kooattlloand Port Je rv is ; has a L O C A L T R A D E ifcTkED, which w ill net sofficient to pay tbe In- 'trait oq the bonded debt, the expenee of operating tk wsd, and LEAD 'S A L A R G E S U R P L U S to be applied to a sinking fond.

It passes con tignoos to a large number o f V A L U A BLE BLUE-STONE Q U A R R IE S , and runs through ad aetr some 15,000 acres of heavy timbered land, ALL Of WHICH, when marketed, w ill come over Aii road, so that ita local trade is M O K E T H A N EtTTICIilNT to meet a ll demands. Besides these unruees. the time is not remote when th is w ill fro a link in a T R U N K R O A D from Ogdenebnrg to skiidtr.

Tfcs radersigned offer the rem ainder o f the bonds ttF?sad interest in currency, w ith p riv ilege o f ad- rating price withoat notice ; and we recommend tka as desirable for permanent investm ent, having THS FULLEST C O N FID EN C E that they are F IR S T - CUS8 SEC U RITIES

DAYIDSOX k JONES,B a n k e r s ,

61 W A LL ST R E E T ,Ctralars famished on application.

JOHN J. CISCO & SON,

BANKERS,So. 59 W all S tre e t, X e w Y o rk .

KENDRICK k COMPANY,

B I i O K E I i SIN GOVERNM ENT SECURITIES, AND

ALL CLASSES O F RAILROAD BONDS AND STOCKS.

TO W N , C IT Y A N D . C O U N T Y BO N D S of tbe Northern and Northwestern States lurgely dealt in . Orders prom ptly executed and inform ation g iven , personally, by letter or by the w ires . No. 9 New street. P . O. Bo x No. 2,910, New Y o rk .

C. J. 0 8B 0K N . ADÜIHOK CAMMACK.

OSBORN k CAMMACK,

B A N K E I i S ,No. U BROAD ST R E E T .

S T O C K S , S T A T E B O N D S , G O LD A N D F K D E K A L S E C U R IT IE S , bought and sold on Com m ission,

P LH O T O G R A P H I C S T U D I O

CARL HECKER & CO.,

46 EAST F O U R T E E N T H STR EET,

U nio n Square, N k w Y o b k .

CARL H EC K ER .

f i/c f if 'M s j:

MIDLAND BONDSIN D EN O M IN A T IO N S O F

$ 1 0 0 , $ 5 0 0 a n d $ 1 ,0 0 0 .

These favorite S E V E N P E R C E N T . BO N D S are secured by a F ir s t Mortgage on the great M idland Railroad of New Y o rk , and their issue is s tr ic t ly lim ited to $20,000 per m ile ol finished road, coating about $40,COO per m ils . E n t ire length of road, 345 m iles , o f which 220 have been completed, and much progress made In grading the rem ainder.

R E S O U R C E S O F T H E C O M P A N Y .F u ll paid stock subscription«, about.................. $b,50J,000Subscrip tions to convertib le bonds...................... 000,000Mortgage bonds, $20,000 per m ile , on 315

m ile s ....................................................................................... 6.900,000

J IA I t V E Y F lb l t . A . h . I IA T C U .

O FFIC E OF

FISK & HATCH.B A N K,E R S ,

AMD

D E A L E R » IN G O V E R N M E N T S E C U R IT IE S ,

No. 5 N am au it b e x t , N. Y.,

O p p o t i t e U. 8 . 8 u b - T r e a » u r y .

W e receive the account* of Bank», Bank­er«, Corporation» and other», »ubject to check a t night, and allow intere»t on balances.

W e make »pedal arrangements for interest on deposits of specific sums for fixed periods.

W e m ake collection» on all points in the United States and Canada, and issue Certifi­cates of Deposit available in all parts of the Union.

W e buy and sell, at current rates, all classes of Government Securities, and the Bonds of the Central Pacific Railroad C om pany; also, Gold and Silver Coin and Gold Coupons.

W e buy and »ell, a t the Stock Exchange,

T o ta l .............. •........................................................ i 14,(too,000Eq u a l to $40.000 per m ile .Th e road ia b u ilt in the moat thorough m anner, and

at tbe loweat attainab le cost for cash .T h e libera l subscrip tions to the Convertib le Bonds miscellaneous Stocks and Bonds, on coronois-

B. C. KURTZ k CO.,

O f f i c e , 85 W A LL ST R E E T ,

fro* 3»

ring Coaches at nigbt till revolving arm chain- <•

fare by no other rente. ^ vau 'ages offered by tin» -to, ck T im e, Short D irtM « * » ^ a n d be sure they read,Short Line R. K- «^0 . fo. FT Washington sheet O re Neww Y ork ; Continental Bib F ifth street, and at t*me streets, PHiladrlpW* ),

iiM Vnu'pyivauii Coileetioos made on all parts ol the U n ited S ta te sa ll the principal rail«“ tadCusdu.

SAM. GILL, _ e r .l Dtit't-. Lonirrine. *•

IIKNRY 1>I t f£ £ - i ih ,i i I. T ick e t A ^ n t to S j i 1 m

SIDN EY B. «• I ii F aa* Agent, Loth» M g S. I Kicbakosox.

o f the Company, added to it« o th e r resources, give tbe m oat encouraging assurance of the early com pletion of the road. T he portion already finished, as w ill be seen by the following le tte r from tbe P res id en t o f the Company, is doing a profitable local b u s in ess :

* N e w Y o r k , Dec. 2, 1870.Messrs. G e o r g e Op d t k e & Co., New Y ork :

G e n t l e m e n —Y our favor o f the 1st In s t., a sk in g for a s ta tem en t o f la s t roon th ’a earn ings o f tb e N ew Y ork and Oswego M idland R ailroad, is a t hand. I have n o t y e t received a rep o rt o f th e earn ings for N ovem ber.

T h e earn ings for th e m o n th o f O ctober, from all sources, were $43,709 17, equal to $524 510 04 per a n ­num on th e 147 m iles o f road, v iz . : M ain lin e from S idney to Oswego. 125 m ile s ; N ew B erlin B ranch, 22 m iles.

T h e road com m enced to tran sp o rt coal from Sidney under a co n trac t w ith the D elaw are and H udson c an a l C om pany in the la tte r p a rt o f N ovem ber. T h e best inform ed on tbe sub jec t e stim ate th e q u a n tity to be tran sp o rted tb e first year a t n o t lees th an 250.000 tons, w hile som e estim ate the q u a n tity a t 300,000 tons- T h is w ill y ie ld an incom e o f from $375,000 to $450,0C0 rqm coal a lone on th a t p a r t o f th e road.

T ak in g th e low est o f these e stim ates , i t g ives for th e 147 m iles a to ta l an n u al earn ing o f $809,510 04. T he to ta l o pe ra ting expenses will n o t exceed fifty p e r cen t., w hich leaves tbe n e t annual earn ings $449,755 02, w hich is $214,555 02 in excess o f In te re s t o f th e bonds i ts a e d thereon .

I should add th a t th e earn ings from passengers and freigh t a re s tead ily increasing , and th a t, to o , w ith o u t any th rough business to New Y ork. Y is tru ly ,

1). C. L IT T L E JO H N , P res id en t

N . Y. and O. M idland R ailroad Co.

T h e very favorable e x h ib it p resen ted in th e forego­ing le tte r show« th a t th is road , w hen fin ished , w ith its uneqcaled advantages fo r bo th local and th ro u g h b u s i­ness. m u s t prove to be one o f th e m ost profitable rail road enterprise* ia th e U nited S ta te s , an d th a t ita T i n t M ortgage B ends c o n stitu te one o f th e safes t and m ost in v itin g ra ilro ad cecurities ever offered to in ­vesto rs.

F o r sale, o r exchanged for G overnm ent an d o th e r c a r rs n t secu rities , by

G E O R G E O P D Y K E & CO .,

2 5 H a w a i i S t r a e t

sion, for cash.Communications and inquiries by mail or

telegraph, will receive careful attention.F IS K & H A TC H .

BA N K IN G HOUSEO F

KOUNTZE BROTHERS,

N E W YORK,

52 W ALL ST R E E T .

F o u r per een t. in te re s t allow ed on all deposits. Collection» m ade everyw here.O rders for Gold. G overnm ent and o th e r secu rities

executed .

8 Per Cent. Interest

First Mortgage Bonds !

ST . .JO SE PH A N D D E N V E R CITY R A ILR O A D COM PANY.

P rin c ip a l an d In terer t P ayab le in Gold.

1 0 5 M ILES CO M PLETED »ud 1» op«r»tiOD, lb«

earn ings on w h ich a re in excess o f in te re s t on th e

to ta l issue. G rad ing finished, and ONLY 6 M ILES

O F T R A C K A R E TO BE LAID TO CO M PLETE

T H E ROAD.

M ortgage a t tbe ra le o f $13.5Cd per mile.

P rice $7)6 and aecroed In te re s t

W e m ahesita ting iy recom m end them , a ad w ill fu r ­

n ish m aps an d pam phle ts a p o a apD llcatiea .

W . P . C O N V E R S E 4c C O .,54 P IN K S T R E E T .

T A .V X E R 4c C O .,II WALL STREET

14 fltroodhnll & tf-laflin's WrtklB- F rr . l l , 1 8 7 1 .

BA N K IN G H O USEOF

H E N R Y C L E W S & Co., No. 32 W a ll S treet.

Interne allowed oe all dally balance# oi U r a « ] or Gold.

Prrann# depo#iti«f with a# can check at #ifhl la the eame manner a# with Nation«! Banka.

Certificate# of Depoeit leaned, payable on demand or at Axed date, bearing’ intereet at current rata, an available in all parta of the United State«.

Advance# made to onr dealer# at all time#, on ap proved collateral*, at market rate# of Internet.

We bay, *ell and exchange all Uaaee of Government Bonds at current market prices; sl^> Coin and Coupons, and execute orders for the purchase and sale of gold, and all Am class securities, on com­mission.

Gold Banking Accoants may be opened with us upon the same conditions as Currency Accounts.

Railroad, State, City and other Corporate Loan negotiated.

Collections made everywhere in the United States, Canada and Europe.

Dividends and Coupons collected.

FRENCH ANO ENGLISH INSTITUTE.

TEAK Tl.

BOASTING A DAY SCHOOLr o e

YOUNG LADIES.h e . U East Mth Street, aear Madieea Park.

KKW YORK.

a g e n t s w a n t e d cAUSTOGA COGNAC.EVERYWHERE.

PmuctraL*—-HADAME MALLARD A 5 D MADAME CARRIER.

Madams Carrier, w ith w h o a she has aaeoeiated her­self after a co-operation e f six yeara. Is a niece o f the late Sir David Brewster. From her early training and

thorough education, received in Scotland, together with several years' experience in tuition, she is in every respect qualified to take charge o f the English Department of the Institute.

The Principals hope, by devotion to the mental, moral and physical training o f their pupils, to secure their improvement and the encouraging approbation

parents and guardians.For particulars, send for Circular.

MAXWELL & CO.,

Bankers and Brokers,No. 11 BROAD ST R E E T ,

New T ore.

ROYAL HAVANA LOTTERY.

$330,000 IN GOLDD RA W N E V E R Y 17 D A T S.

HOMEN S C R A N C E C O M P A N Y

O F N E W Y O R K .

OTTICI, No. 133 BROADWAY.

L A R G E P R O F I T S ,

To sell a lit t le arrisi«, endorsed by every lady aalng

It keeps the needle from perforating th e finger

and thum b w hile sew in g w ith it . I t w ill sew one-

third faster.

Sam ple and cirealar m ailed tree, pn receip t o f S5

cents ; or call and exam in e at

777 B R O A D W A Y ,

N A T IO N A L F IN G E R -G U A R D C O M P A N Y .

S Y P H E R k C O .,

(Baasssaors to D. Mar'ay,)

N o. 557 B R O A D W A Y , N E W Y O R K ,

D u la n 1m

M O D E R N A N D A N T 1 Q E *

T h t. par* Brandy baa now an eatabllthed rspats talion, and la very desirable to ail wbo uaa a aiima- laut medicinally or otherw ise.

Analyse# mad* by the distinguished Chemists, i G. Pohle, M. D., and Professor 8 . Dana Hayes, Buts Assayer, M assachusetts, prove th a t i t la a purely grape product, containing no other qualities.

For Bale In quantities to su it the demand.

California "Wines andPine Domestic Cigars,

S. BRANNAN & CO.,6 0 B B O A D S T R E E T ,

NEW YORK.

Cash Capi tal ............................................... $5,500,MO 00

Asseta................................................................. 4,578,008 02

Liabilities..................................................... 19»,648 71

Furniture, B ro n zes,1C H IN A , A R T IC L E S OE V E R T U .

Established 1K 8.

Starnata, ta t, M a ta .H U D N U r S

‘Rheumatic RemedyIS W ARRAN TED TO CURE.

MICHAEL SCHAEENER,

Prizes cashed and inlormation furnished. Order* solicited and promptly filled.

The highest rates paid for Doubloons and all kind» of Gold and Silver and Government Secnritiaa.

T A Y LO R & CO., B a n k er«,

No. 16 Wall Street.

Th e u n d e r s ig n e d b e g t o i n -Iform their friends that they have openad a

Branch office at

No. 365 Broadway, cor. Pranklm Street,connected by telegraph with their principal office,

No. 46 EXCHANGE PLACE,and solicit orderB for Foreign Exchange, Gold, Gov- emment Securities and Slocks, which will he prompt­ly attended to.

C IIA S . U N G E R &. C O .January 3,1871.

E. D. SPEAR, M, D.,Office, 113 Washington St.,

B O S T O N , M A SS.

divi slid of FIVE per cent., payable on demand,

free from Government tax, was declared by the Board

of Directors this day.

J . H . W A S H B U R N , S ecre ta ry .

1811 E T f YEAR’S G U TS. 1811

JA M E S McCREERY & CO..BROADWAY AND ELEVENTH STREET,

T O ! O F F E R

| a freah assortment of theBEST AMERICAN DELAINES,

i T 12% C E N T S ,

CUT IN DRESS LENGTHS, and to facilitate tales.WILL BE DISPLAYED ON SEPARATE COUNT­

ERS IN THE CENTRE OF THE STOKE,AN IMMENSE ASSORTMENT

T h is great standard m edicine haa been need in thou­sands of cases w ith o u t a failure. T he most painful

. and d istressing cases y ield a t once to it* magical in-BEEF, VEAL, MUTTON, LAMB, FORK, | flUence.

T h is is n o t a quack m edicine ; on th e contrary ttia a strictly scientific rem edy, prepared by a practical

581 Third Avenue 1 ck*nii8t, ap<* "was for m any years in use in the practiceI of one of our m ost successful physicians, since i t -

Between 38th and 36th Streets, | ceaeed.L e t all who are afflicted w ith these painful diseases

reso rt a t once to th is rem edy. W hy should you suffer when re lief is a t han d ? A nd rem em ber that a cure is

HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, BOARDING HOUSES, 1 guaran teed in a ll cases.SHIPS E tc SUPPLIED 1 Certificates of rem arkab le cares to he seen at the

head q u arte rs of th is m edicine.M arketing sent free of charge to any p a rt af tha city

m a i .* a i s

E tc., E tc .,

H E W Y O R K .

H U M A N & T H O R N ,

DINING ROOMS,'98 Cedar Street,

The medical record of Dr. E. D. SPEAR, a t a suc­cessful physician in the treatment of chronic diseases, is without a parallel. Many are suffered to die who might he saved. Dr. Spear makes a direct appeal to the substantial, intelligent and cultivated citizena of onr country, and asks that his claims as a physician of extraordinary powers may be investigated. Ii you are heyond human aid Dr. Spear will not deceive yon.

FRENCH AND ENGLISH PLAIN AND CHENE DRESS GOODS,

Trom 20 Cent* per Yard upward.Great Reduction in

SCOTCH AND ALL-WOOL PLAIDS,From 37% Cents.

TINE EMPRESS CLOTHS,Is all Shads», at 50 Cents.

FRENCH MERINOS, a t 75 Cents.

IRISH AND FRENCH POPLINS, SATIN DU CHENE, ENGLISH SERGES, EPING-

LINES, &c., &c„At aqnally Attractive Prices.BEST AMERICAN PRINTS,

New Styles, from 7 to 12% Cents.

NEW Y O RK .

HUDNUT’S PHARMACY,2 18 Broadway,

Herald._BuUa.ing.I»rice , $2 p er b o ttle .

T H E

United Statesiea Company

26, 28, & 30 VBSEY STREET,

Astor H ouse Block,

S upply fam ilies w ith absolutely PURE

TEA S- A E D C O F F E E S , a t LOWEST

M A R K E T P R IC E S .

l f- y^ l “VL ° ^ ^ nn Sr f J le Vr" “ ve you: 10 Forming the Cheapest and Most A ttractive Stock ofhis office and consult him. If you cannot visit, eon-1 _ _ , . . ,suit him by letter, with stamp. 1 Dress Good* to be found in the City.

Dr, Spear can be consulted at his office, 713 TYash-1 -w- » , 1 T-O t it it j u v c. n r , lnirton street. Boston, or by letter, with stamp, free of I B A-JVLKo filCLM hiliitt 1 <55 C U ., charge, upon all diseases. Those who have failed to 1 a r he cured by other physicians are respectfully invited I BROADW AY AND ELEVENTH STREET,to call on Ur. Spear. ' 1------------------------------------------------------------ . . l w i l l o rn mTVTEIV JE R S E Y R A IL R O A D —F R O M 1 100 Piacas of I t FOOT OF CORTLANDT ST.—For Wast P h ils-1 RICH STRIPED SILKS,delphia, at 8:J0 und 9:30 A. M., 12:30. 5». 7*, 9:20* P. 1 a, *-u. v . r d Value .< ni vuM., 12 night. For Philadelphia via Camden. 7 A.M .. 1 At «7% Cent* per Yard—Value a t *1 75.1 and 4 P. M. For Baltimore and Washington and I A Full Line ofthe \Ve“t. via Baltimore, 8:30 A. M., 12:30 and 9:20* 1 VERY RICH PLAIN SILKS, DARK CLOTHP. M. For tiie south and southwest, 8:30 A. M.. 9:20* | n r ,. n War . M. Silver Palucc cars are attached to the 9:90 P. I c u u m s ,M. train dally, and run through to Lynchburg without I A t 14.change. For the Wcet. via Pennsylvania Railroad— 1 i«Q Placat of 2:3" A. M.. und’,7»,P. M.' SllverAPalace car* ar# a t - 1tacheil to the 9:31 A M.. anil run through from New l 44-INCH BLACK GROS GRAIN BILKS, York to Pittsburgh, Cincinnati. St. Louis and C hi-1 cago without change. Sliver Palace car« are attached I to the 7* P. M„ dailv, and run through to Plttabargh, l A Fnl, L ina of Cincinnati. Louisville. St. Louis ana Chicago without

The undersigned would respectfully inform

their friends and the public generally th a t they have opened first-class

DINING ROOMS,P arce ls of five p ounds an d upward, de-

at the above num ber, w hich they are confl- \ ..\ \ livered F R E E to any p a r t of th e city.

dent will m eet the requirem ents of the public.

MEALS SEB.VED AT ALL H0TJB.S.

Connected w ith the establishm ent is a B A R I

Btocked w ith the best of

Jim , m x m m x i \ z . ]

The public are invited to call.

C o u n try orders, accom panied by check on

N ew Y o rk , p ro m p tly a tten d ed to.

BOOTS & SHOES.

At g l 95 und g l *7%.

change. 1 leketa lor sale at toot of Cortlaudt gt., aod I Troadwav. ('Daily . 1

F. W. JACKSON, Gan. Sagt.

change.Dodd's Express, DM Broadway.

November 1 .1879,

cOl.UY WHINGERS 1 Best and Chaapaat 1 OM POSED of indealructibla materials I DM PACT, simule, duraliie, efficient \ OMPAUK H with any other machine!

MS ■roadway, N. Y,u a r a n a u witn any o O U 1V BROS. * COa

VERY HEAVY GROB GRAIN 8TLK8,At g t 00.

RICH «OURD CROIZAT BLACK GROS GRAINS, 1 At g9 50, g2f75 und gS 00.

I An immsaaa Rodaction In Rich Fancy Silks. RICH SILKS AND SATIN*,

In a li Shades,

I11L M A N Í & . T H O R Ü ,

«« C e*ar S tree t,

NBW YORK.

i ^ . M . S X U i A K , * . F . T H C R K .

PO R TER & BU SS.L A D L E S ', G E N T S ’ A N D MISSES'

BOOTS & SHOES,No. 1,255 Broadway,

C orn er o f X U trty -flra t s tre e t, S e w Y ork ,

* (Opposite Grand H otel and Cliftord Honaa.)

BOYS’ S S D YOUTHS’

B O O T S A N D SHOES« B P I C t A L T Y i

Fit. 11, 1S71. UtoodlmU & e ia f liu ’s W rrklv. 15

Imerican PatentSponge Co.; “ H o s s i s s . E s q . W . R H o r t o n , E s q .

T n a n r t r .

MANUFACTURES OF

Elastic Sponge Goods,E L A ST IC S F O N G x J

Mattresses, P il low s.AND

Church, Chair, Car and Carriage Cushions.

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E L A ST IC S P O N G E1 SUBSTITUTE FOR CURLED H A IF,

For all Upholstery Purposes.CHEAPER than Feathers or Hair, and

FAR SUPERIOR

It is the Healthiest, Lightest, Softest, most Eistie, most Durable and BEST Material bom for

HIKE® PILLOWS, CUSHIONS, Sc.

ELASTIC S P O N G EMikes the most LUXURIOUS and DUR­ABLE BEDS, MATTRESSES, PILLOW S ind CUSHIONS of any material known.

ELASTIC S P O N G EDoes not PACK and become MATTED like

Curled Hair.

ELASTIC S P O N G EisREPELLANT TO, and PROOF against, BUGS and INSECTS.

ELASTIC S P O N G EIs the VERT BEST ARTICLE ever dis­covered tor STEAMBOAT and RAIL CAR UPHOLSTERT. •

ELASTIC SP O N G EIs absolutely UNRIVALED for SOFA SEATS and BACKS, and for ALL U P­HOLSTERING PURPOSES.

E L A S T IC S P O N G E

Is the HEALTHIEST, SW EETEST, PUREST, MOST ELASTIC, MOST DUR­ABLE, and BEST MATERIAL IN USE lor BEDS, CUSHIONS, &c.

A'E.VD FOR C IR C U L A R S A N D

P R IC E L IS T S .

SPECIAL CONTRACTS MADE

w i t h

Churches, Hotels, Steamboats, &c,

W. V. D. Ford, Agent,52*1 B R O A D W A Y ,

OPTOSITE S T . N IC H O L A S H O T E L ,

A SAFE,CERTAIN

AMDSpsody Cur»

FOR

t G i i v S S a l | f e à a g i a I N™ ! S aNERVOUSDISEASES.

lb Efforts are Magical.

A n U N F A IL IN G R E M E D Y fo r N e c r a l o ia F act- o ften e io c t iu i ; a p e rfe c t cu r* in a « in g le day .

No fo rm o f N e rv o u s fa ils to y ie ld to it* woii-ait-riuA p o w er. E ven in th e -»evvrvHt cases o f C h ro n ic N e u ra lg ia .a f f e c tin g th e e n tire sv s tem . i ts us* f o r a

d ay sa flo rd * th e m o s t a s to n ish in g re lie f, an d ra re ly fail«* fi> p ro d u c e a co m p le te a n d p e rm a n e n t cu re . I t co n ta in * no m a te ria U in th e s l ig h te s t d e c re e in ju r i- on«. I t ha« th e u n q u a lified ap p ro v a l o f th e b e s t phy* ■ Joans. T h .u iv tn d s i« ev ery p a r t o f th e c o u n try grat'e- fu lly a ck n o w led g e its p o w er to so o th th e to r tu re d n e rv es. an d re s to r in g th e fa ilin g s tre n g th .

S en t by m a il o u re c e ip t o f p ric e a n d p o s tap e .O n e P ack ag e . - - $1 00 P o s ta g e 6 cent* .S ix P ack ag e« . - - $5 00 “ *27

I t is so ld b y a ll d e a le rs in d ru g s a n d m e d ic in e s .T U R N E i t Ä C O ., P ro p rie to r* .

WO T re m o o t s t . , B o s to n , M ass.

REC O M M EN D ED BY PUYS1CIAN8.

BEST SALVE IN USE.S o ld b y a ll u n im - te ie hi io t i t u s .

JO H N F. HENRY,Sole P ro p r ie to r , N o . 8 C o llege P lace ,

N E W Y O R K .

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STOCK EXCHANGE

BILLIARD ROOMS.Seven first-clast Phelan Talle t.

6 9 & 71 B R O A D W A Y ,(N early o p p o s ite W all S t.)

O pen from 7 A . M. to 7 P . M ., e x c lu siv e ly fo r tk a S to ck an d G old B o ard s a n d B an k e rs .

The F inest Qualities o f Im ported Wines, Brandies and Cigars.

Wholesale Store—71 BROADWAY.______________ S Q M GAULT.

PIANOS I PIANOS!CABINET ORGANS AND MELODEON8,

A T M E R R E L U S[L ate C um m ings],

Piano Waierooms, No. 8 Union Square.A la rg e s to ck , in c lu d in g P ia n o s o f th e b e s t M akers,

fo r sa le cheap f o r cash, o r to re n t . M oney p a id fo r re n t a p p lie d to p u rch ase . R ep a ir in g d in e w ell and p ro m p tly . C all a n d ex am in e b e fo re d ec id in g e lse ­w here .

M . M. M E R R E L L , la te C um m ings,No. 8 U n ion S q u are .

Abraham B iningerof the late Firm of

A. BIN1NGER & CO.,

COMMISSION MERCHANT.W I N E S ,

LIQUORS* &C.,N o. 39 Broad Street,

N EW YORK. N E W Y O R K .

DANIEL SANFORD,I m p o r t . r a n d W h o le sa le D e a le r Is

WINES A LIQUORS.No. 47 MCRltAY STREET.

N ew Y o rk .

R A I L R O A D "IR O N ,FO R SALE BY

S. w . IlOPKINS k CO.,71 BROADW AY.

T H E

Central Railroad Co.,OF IOW A.

H av e b u i l t a n d e q u ip p e d 180 m ile s o f th e new ro ad th ro u g h th e r ic h e s t p o r tio n o f Io w a , th u s o p e n in g th e f irs t th ro u g h ro u te aero*» th e S ta te fro m N o r th to S o u th . P a r l ie s d e s ir in g to in v e s t In

F IR S T M O R T G A G E 7 P E R C E N T . G O L D B O N D S ,

u p o n a fin ish ed ra ilro a d , is su e d a t th e ra te o f o n ly $16,000 to th e m ile , a u d o ffered a t 90 a n d a c c ra e d In ­te re s t In c u rre n c y , a re In v ite d to s e n d to th is office a n d o b ta in p a m p h le t, w i th fu ll p a r tic u la rs .

P a r tie s e x c h a n g in g G o v e rn m e n ts fo r th e s e B o n d s w ill rece iv e s h o u t o n e - th ird m o re in te r e s t u p o n th e in v e s tm e n t.

AV. B. SilA TTU C K , Treasurer,82 P in e S tr e e t , N e w Y o rk .

P ROGNOSTIC ASTRONOMY:A S T R O -P H R E N O L O G Y ,

as p ra c tic e d b y D r. L. D . a n d S irs. S. D. B O U G H T O N , 491 B ro o m e s tre e t , N ew Y o rk C ity .

T o k n o w by s iu n s , to ju d g e th e tu rn s o f fa te .Is g re a te r th a n to fill th e s e a ts o f S ta te ;T h e ru l in g s ta r s ab o v e , b y s e c re t law s.D e te rm in e F o r tu n e in h e r sec o n d cause .T h e s e a re a h o o k w h e re in w e a ll m ay read .A nd a ll sh o u ld k n o w w h o w o u ld in life su cceed .W h a t c o rre s p o n d e n t s ic n s in m an d is p la y H is f u tu r e a c tio n s— p a in t h is d e v io u s w a y :—T h u s , in th e h e av en s , h is fu tu re fa te to le a rn .T h e p re s e n t, p a s t a n d fu tu re to d is ce rn ,C o rre c t h ie s te p s , im p ro v e th e h o u rs o f life ,A nd , s h u n n in g e rro r , liv e d e v o id o f s tr ife .

A ny five q u e s tio n s in le t te r , e n c lo s in g tw o d o lla rs , p ro m p tly a t te n d e d to . T e rm s o f c o n s u l ta t io n fro ra $1 to $5, a cc o rd in g to im p o r ta n c e . N a t iv i t ie s w r i t te n from $5 u p w a rd . P h re n o lo g ic a l e x a m in a tio n » , v e rb a l $ 1 ; w ith c h a r t , $2.

MISS SIBIE O'HARA,Ladies’ Hair Dresser

AMD

J. R. T E R R Y ' ,IM PO R TER , M A N U FA C TU R ER AND

D EA LER IN

HATS & FURS,19 UNION SQUARE,

N E W Y O R K .

BEEBE k COMPANY,H A T T E R S ,

AN D

M E N ’S F U R N I S H I N G G O O D S ,M A N U F A C T U R E R « O F F I N I S H IR T S ,

No- 160 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.

TO THE LADIES !M A D A M E M O O R E 'S P r e p a r a t i o n fo r th a C o m ­

p le x io n a re re lia b le a n d c o n ta in n o p o iso n .

A Q U A B E A U T A re m o v e s F r e c k le s , T a n a n d M o th P a tc h e s ,

C A R B O L I C W A S H c le a n s e s th e s k in o f s ru p t lo n s o f a l l k in d s . 7S c a n 's e ac h . H e r

N E U R A L G I A C U R E

CHILDREN'S HAIR CUTTER,(L a te w ith J . H a n n e y , o f B a ltim o re .)

N o . 1302 F S T R E E T , 2d d o o r fro m T h i r te e n th , W xsH iN eTO N , D . C.

B ra id s , C n rls a n d F a s h io n a b le H a ir W o rk fo r L a d ie s cc n s ta n t ly o n h a n d .

Mrs. J. B. Paige’sN E W M E T H O D F O R T H E P IA N O F O R T E ,

R ec e n tly p u b lis h e d b y O liv e r D its o n & C o ., i s th e b e s t b o o k o f th e k in d in m a rk e t , i t b e in g a

k e y to a ll s im ila r p u b lic a tio n » .M rs. P a ig e w ill g iv e le sso n s to p u p ils , a n d fit T e a c h ­

e rs in a re m a rk a b ly s h o r t sp ace o f t im e .F o r c irc u la rs , a d d re ss M rs. J . B . P A IG E , w ith s tam p ,

14 C h au n cey S tr e e t , o r a t O liv e r D its o n & C o .’s, 277 W a s h in g to n S tre e t , B o sto n , M ass ., o r T h o s . C. L o m ­b a rd , a t office o f W o o d h u ll, C laflin & C o., 44 B ro a d S tre e t, N ew Y o rk .

M r s . J. E . H o ld e n ’s

MAGASIN DE M ODES,6 39 S IX T H A V E N U E ,

N ear Thirty-seventh street. N ew York. L A D IE S ’ A N D C H IL D R E N 'S U N D E R G A R M E N T S ,

Glove«, H o s ie ry , E m h ro id e rie s , F e a th e rs , F lo w e rs B o n n e ts , R ib b o n s , J e t S e ts , e tc .

D R E S S M A K IN G A N D W A L K IN G SLUTS.

GUNERIUS GABRIELSON, F L O R I S T ,

821 BROADWAY,CORNER ON T W E L F T H S T R E E T ,

S E W Y O R K .

s w Choice Flowers always on Hand.

'“THE BEST IS THËlËËÂPËSrr

B eing c o n itru c te d w ith re g a rd to sc ien tific accu racy , a re u sed in a ll te s ts o f s k in by th e b e s t p la y e rs in th e co u n try , an d in all first-class c lu b s an d h o te l? . I l lu s ­tra te d ca ta lo g u e o f e v e ry th in g re la tin g to b illia rd s s e n t by m ail.

P H E L A N & C O L L E N P E R738 BROADWAY, New Yqrk City.

THE LAW OF M A R R I A G E ,AN

EXHAUSTIVE ARGUMENT AGAINST MARRIAGE LEGISLATION.

By C . S. J A M E S ,A k tb o r o f “ M anual o f T ran scen d en ta l P h ilo so p h y .”

F e r Sale by th e A u tho r, p o e t p a id , fo r 24c. A ddreea

L s l l l i i n n u , M o t

n e e d s h u t to b e t r i e d to b e a p p re c ia te d . $1 p e r b o tt le . S e n t p ro m p tly o n r e c e ip t o f p r ic e . S ix th ro o m , 683 B ro a d w ay , N ew Y o rk .

J A M E S D A L Y ,WHOLESALE A ID RETAIL DEALER IV

COAL:Best Lehigh, Locust M ountain, Red Ash,

Ac., Ac.Also WOOD, in the Stick, o r Sawed and

Split.43 W e st 30th Street, N . Y .

(O p p o s ite W o o d 's M u seu m .)

Y a r d , 5 2 0 a n d 5 2 2 W s s t 2 D t S t r e e t .C argoes a n d p a r t C arg o es o f C oal o r W ood a t th e

lo w e s t W h o le sa le P r ic e s . O rd e rs by m a il so lic ited .

CCENTRAL RAILROAD OF NEW JE E -J s cy .—P a s se n g e r a n d F r e ig h t D e p o t in N ew Y o rk ,

fo o t o f L ib e r ty s t r e e t ; c o n n e c ts a t H a m p to n J u n c t io n w ith th e D e law are , L a c k a w a n n a a n d W es te rn R a ilro ad , an d a t E a s to n w ith th e L e h ig h V alley R a ilro a d a n d i ts co n n ec tio n s , fo rm in g a d ir e c t !\n e to P i t t s b u r g h an d th e W e s t w ith o u t c h an g e o f c ars .

A L L E N T O W N L IN E T O T H E W E S T .S ix ty m ile s a n d th re e h o u rs sav ed b y th is l in e to C h i­

cago, C in c in n a ti , S t. L o u is , e tc ., w ith b u t o n e c h an g e o f cars.

S ilv e r P a la c e c a rs th ro u g h fro m N ew Y o rk to C h i­cago.

S P R IN G A R R A N G E M E N T .C o m m en cin g M ay 10, 1870—L e av e N ew Y o rk a s fo l­

low s :5:30 a . m .—F o r P la in fie ld .6:00 a . m .—F o r E a s to n , B e th leh e m , M auch C h u n k ,

W illia m sp o rt, W ilk e sb a rre , M ah an o y C ity , T u k h a n - no ck , T o w an d a , W av erly , e tc .

7:30 a . m .—F o r E a s to n .12 m .—F o rF le m in g to n , E a s to n , A llen to w n , M auch

C h u n k , W ilk e sb a rre , R ea d in g , C olum bia , L an caste r, E p h ra ta , L itiz , P o ttsv ille , S c ra n to n , H a rrisb u rg , etc .

2 r . m .—F o r E a s to n , A lle n to w n , e tc .8:30 p . m .—F o r E a s to n , A lle n to w n ,/M a u c h C h u n k , t

au d B elv idere .4:30 p. m .—F o r S o m erv ille a n d F le m in g to n .5:15 p. m .—F o r S o m erv ille .6 p. m .—F o r E a s to n .7 r . m .—F o r S om erv ille .7:45 p. m .—F o r E asto n .9 p . m .—F o r P la iu fle ld .12 p . m . — F o r P la in fie ld on S u n d ay s O D ly .T ra in s leave fo r E liz a b e th a t 5:30, 6:00, 6:30, 7:30, 8:30,

9.00, 9:20, 10:30,11:40 a . m .. 12:00 m ., 1:00, 2:00, 2:15, 3:14, 3:30, 4:00, 4:30, 4:45, 5:15, 5:45, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00. 7:45, 9:00. 10:45, 12:00 p. m .

F O R T I IE W E S T .9 a . m .—W e s t e r n E x p r e s s , d a ily (ex cep t S u n d ay s)

—F o r E a s to n , A llen to w n , H a rr is b u rg a n a th e W est, w ith o u t ch an g e o f cars to C in c in n a ti o r C hicago , and b u t one ch an g e to S t. L ou is. C o n n ec ts a t H a rr is b u rg fo r E r ie a n d tn e O*! R eg ions. Com nects a t S om erv ille fo r F le m in g to n . C o n u ec ts a t J u n c t io n fo r S tro u d s ­bu rg , W a te r G ap, S c ran to n , e tc . C o n n ec ts a t P h il lip s - b u rg fo r M auch C h u n k . W ilk e sb a rre , etc.

5:00 r . m .—Cin c in n a t i E x p r e s s , d a ily , fo r E a s to n , B eth lehem , A llen to w n , R ead iu g , H a rr isb u rg , P itta -. . . . - § je • ~b u rg h , C hicago a n d C in c in n a ti. S le e p i» g c a rs ”io P i t t s ­b u rgh an d C hicago.l* .C onuecu a t J u n c t ic an d AV. R. R. fo r S c ran to n .

J u n c t io n w ith D ., L.

S leep in g C ars th ro u g h fro m J e re e y C ity to P i t t s ­b u rg h every eveu ing .

T ick e ts fo r th e W est can b e o b ta in e d a t th e offleo o f th e C en tra l R ailro ad o f N ew J e rse v . fo o t o f L ih e rtv s tre e t . N. Y . : a t No. 1 A s to r H o a e e ; N os. iM . 271, M t B roadw ay, a t N o . 10 • re e o w ic h s tre e t , a n d a t th e p r in ­c ipa l h o te ls .

H . P . B a j u b w w ,K. X. X 1 C U I , l i M d i h s «

, • « . P o m . Aj o m .4 o L

1 f t ___________

Rufas Hatch’s Circular No. 3.

FRAUDS IN RAILROAD MANAGEMENT.CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD.

Questions for Commodoro VanderOilt to Auswor.T he w aterings in this grout concern hnvo been equally ex­

cessive, though o f n different character from those described in the previous circulars. A direct one, however, of $0,030,- 500 was m ade at the tim e o f its consolidation with the Galena and Chicago, the holders o f stock in the la tter being allowed tw o shares for one previously held, “ to equalize v a lu es"—a phrase g reatly in vogue w ith the self constituted tax-ga ther­ers who now control and levy their con tributions upon all o u r g rea t avenues o f trade. T he na tura l and equitable mode w ould have been to equalize d o w n instead o f u p , as th e shares of the .N orthw estern, a t that time, were com paratively w orth ­less, w hile those o f the G alena and Chicago com m anded only p u r . Hut a S 'j in r c consolidation w ould have loit no plunder, th e solo inducem ent thereto, in the hands of the parties m a­n ip u la tin g it.

The great waterings in this road have been effected through leases of other lines. The most im portant of these was that o f the road from the Mississippi to tho Missouri ltivor, through Iowa, a distance of 1158 miles, and owned by two corporations —the Chicago, Iow a and Nebraska owning tho link of 81 miles from the Mississippi llivor to Cedar H-tpiils; and the Cedar Rapids and Missouri River Company owning that from Cedar Rapids to the Missouri, a distance of 272 miles. This line had a land-grant of 1,122,109 acres. A party of shrewd operators got hold ot this line, and s t themselves a t work to get this magnificent domain into their own hands, and, at the mime time, get rid o f the road that had to he built to secure it. This interesting problem was solved in tho following m anner: Tho managers o f tho Chicago and N orthw estern agreed to take a lease of the two roads, without the land, paying 47 J per cent, o f the gross earnings (afterw ard reduced to 37J per cent, o f tho Chicago, Iow a and N ebraska Road, and $1,750 per mile upon tho Cedar Rapids and Missouri River Road, up to the 1st of January , 1871, and thereafter at tho following r a te : To pay $700 per mile of the $1,500 per mile first earned, 33] per cent, of the $3,000 next earned, and 30 per cent, upon all earnings in excess o f $4,300 per mile. The rental of tho first-named road tlio past year was $557,450, tho proportion ot gross earnings paid being 424 per cent., the reduction from 474 to 374 per cent, taking effect for six months of tho fiscal year only. A t the same rate o f gross earnings, the rental (374 per cent.) the present year will bo $402,270, the gross earnings of the past year being $1,312,710. Tho gross earn-

„ ings of the Cedar Rapids and Missouri R iver Rond, for the past year, were $3,100,470. The total for both lines were $3,419,180. The earnings per mile o f tho Cedar Rapids and Missouri R iver Road, the past year, w ere $7,744. A t this ra te , tlie rental for the present year will bo $2,348 per mile, o r a gross sum of $038,050. The total rental of the two lines, consequently, will be $1,130,920. The capital of this rental, a t 7 per cent., is $10,157,375. T his transaction is know n as the Blair & Ames grab. ,

N ow, the cost ol this line to the parties holding the same could no t have exceeded $20,000 per mile, or, a gross sum of $7,000,000. Tho rails were laid, and bridges built—this is i^bout all. T here were no equipm ents, and no accom moda­tions for business, except those supplied by the lessees. The rails laid on the grea ter portion of it w ere only 45 pounds to the yard, and had to bo replaced soon after tho lessees had come into possession o f it. T he profit paid to the parties constructing it, consequently, was $9,097,375. The cost of this road to tho lessees--tha t is, the capitalized rental—is $45,771 per mile. It would require $20,090 an expenditure of per mile in addition upon it, in construction and cquipintmt, since they cam e into pbssession of it, to bring the road to i,„ present condition. T h is sum brings tip the cost to $05,771 per mile, o r up to a total of $23,115,103. T he interest on thissiiin a t H per cent, is $1,018,001.

T he capital account for the leased roads, as slated by the respective com panies, am ounts to $20,340,500—that of the Chicago, Iow a and N ebraska living $4,720,300- -m ade up of $3,910,300 of Stock, and $810,000 o i B o n d i; th a t o f the Cedar Rapids and Missouri River living $15,020,000, and made up of $8,000,000 of Slock, in d $7,030,000 of Bonds.

^VoodlinU k (flaflin’s Serbio. Fun. 1 1 , 1871.

Tin* lam i g ra n i u» th e Io w a ime» w a* 1,4‘J9,109 acro». O l 1 t*» re m a in so. 1 hey cost th e ir ow ner» n o th in g ; on the other I th is q u a n t i ty , c e r tifica te* for t .200.000 s e re s h a d bee n issu ed O ielr o w n e rs m ade vast sum s by th e eonstru rtkm of tho

, r*s< « « i ». . roatU hv w h ich th e tarnt» w ert' acqu ired . T h ey coinwnurntlvmori* th a n a v e a r ago. T ln ^ e lam ia, at th o low v a lu a tio n o l . , llw%m .in (w .1 . * . , 1 , ** c a n h o h l th e m lu i u u \\ re n in e th e e x tra v a g an t j>rlce demanded$ 7 p e r ne re , a re w o rth $8,101,000. T he v a lu e o f th e se la u d s , |o r W h e n so ld , th e y s re to be pa id for by the labora d d e d to lite u n q m -lio n ed p ro fit fro m »tie c o n s tru e t lo n o f <(f p ,,. p io n e e r , an d n o t by th e cap ita l o f th e rich.the road, make a total of $17,097,273. This sum measures the profits that one party made out of the ufiair lu the course of a very few years.

Another example, of the same kind, was flint, of the W inona and St pjirty got hold the land, and the lands, to the

sanie Rimi, wns l’e te rs KaUroad, ot Minnesota. A

of this line, bulli thè road, look tlien turiteli over thè road, without

t'hicHgu and N orthw estern, al about$33,000 per mile, or nearly twice its cost. The road lmd no connection w hatever with the Chicago and Northwestern.It did not, in fact, come within one hundred miles of any portion of the road o f the latter Company. A lease might Just as well have linen taken of a road upon the Pacific coast, The W inona and St. Peter's Road ran through an unsettled country, and could not, for years, he expected to pay a re m unenitive return on its cost. In addition to tho rental paid, the Northw estern had to complete and equip it, carrying the cost of the line to this fo in p ativ up, probably, to $10,000 per mile. The land g ran t to tho W inona and St. Peter's Com­pany was 1,410,000 acres. Ot this vast g rant, 342,370 acres had been continued to it on the first day ot Ju ly , 1800. The value of the lauds acquired equals $2,390,033. Assum ing the profits o f construction to have been $15,000 per mile for 120 miles, the aggregate was $1,890,000. T he total profit, both from lands and construction, was $4,280,032. T his affair Is know n ns the B arney grab.

Another example in kind was that of the Peninsula Rail­road of Michigan ; a land grant road, entitled to 343,880 acres, of which 218,880 acres had been certified to tho Company oil tho first day of July, 1809, This road was built and consoli­dated with tho Northwestern, without the hinds, at a “rate ol $10,000. Tho length of this roml is 73 miles. Us cost to its projectors was about $20,000 per m'do. Tho profit on con struction was about $1,400,000. The value of its land grant, at $7 per acre, was $1,532,100. Tho profits of tho trnnsac tion, consequently, were $2,992,100. Tho Periinsula Road had no connection whatever with the Northwestern, nor did it come within fifty miles of any portion of tho lino oi the latter. This is known as the Ogden & Tilden grab.

The total amount of lands alroady ceded to tho three Compa­nies whose rends are leased to the Northwestern amounted, on tho first day ot .1 uly, 1809, to 1,703,250 acres. Their value at $7 per acre, is $12,328,792. Largo additions are to he made to tho present cessions. Tho profits arising from the construction of the road could not hivvo been less than $12, 447,375, Tito profits, so f ir, to outsiders, on tho three lines, have been $21,770,103. The inside profits have been $8,840, 050, to w it: tlie waterings in favor of the Galena and Chicago of $0,030,500 at tho time of tho consolidation, and $2,810,110 o f scrip dividends paid in 1808. Tho total profits have been$33,010,777, as shown in the following tabular statement ;

Kund*.Chicfiyo ami N o rth w estern ...

Witterliu:»...........$8,810,510

i ...........

Profits of Construc­

tion.

Profits of hand

Grants.

riilcR-iO low nam l Nebraska. Cedar ltnplds and M isso u ri. .W lnoim ami St. P e te rs ............P en in su la .....................................

$0,007,3751,800.0001,400,000

$8,400.000 2,300,<139 1,631,100

$8,8-10,510 $12,4-17,375 $12,398,709

What, was the motive tha t induced the Chicago and N orth­western Company to make contracts so destructive to its own interests, and without gaining any advantage from the land grants to leased lines? The leases were the product oi gross corruption and folly, it. hardly m atters now which. Sulfiee it to say, it was a gross perversion of a most sacred trust, for which perversion Uto public arc paying bitterly. They, paying on the roads a t double cost, have derived no advantage w hatever from the grants so munificently made. These grants should in all cases have been made tho basis of the securities issued by each Company. The proceeds of their sale should have retired lítese securities, reducing in an equal degreo the cost of tho roads, w ith a corresponding reduction in tlie charges for transportation. By the time the lands were sold, the reduction in the amount of tho securities issued wottl I have equalled such proceeds, or the sum of $12,242,- 792. The annual interest on this sum is $850,995. This sum would have been Uto amiimi gain to tho commerce of the country, had these lands been applied, tut they should have been, to the construction of the roads.

Another course m ight have been tnkon—that adopted in thu case of the Illinois Central. T hat Company was required to pay 7 per cent of its gross earnings aniutally into the State treasury, its the price of the transfer of the land grant to the Company. This pereenlage yields the State some $(100,000 iinnimlly. A great evil necessarily results from severing land g ran ts Irom the railroad to which they arc made. If retained by the owners o f the road, the latter have every motive to encourage tiieir occupation, us tito means of creating a trafile. They would offer the lands at low rates, and on long credits, and give every facility and Indulgence possible to the set,p T S .

These lauds arc now wholly held Irish fashion- -by absen­tees or speculators, greatly to the Injury of tho railroads and the inlet eats o f tho people, who demand cheap lands and speedy settlement. But, front the ex travagant prices naked, these laud grants arc still vast wastes, and are likely for year*

The total amount of the capital and debt of the two Turn, panics, on the first day of June, 1804. when the ennanlliUlion went into etVcet, wns $30 ,311 ,000 . The length of line then la operation was 009 miles. Its eosl per ndlo was $30,098. 'l’lu, eapital ueconnl of the Company on the first day ot June, 1870, the date of the last annual report, wns 31,108,591. 'flic capl tnlir.cd rental of the leased roads w h s $1(1,137,373. The lot»! capital account of the Company, consequently, was $07,203,- 900. The present length of line owned and leased by tho Company Is 1,130 miles. The cost per mile Is $38,200. Tin increase of the caplin! account, In six years, has been $30,731,.000, or at the rate of $0,125,327 annually. The Increase ot mileage has been 307 miles. The cost per mile has increased from $50,098 to $38,200.

T he above statem ent docs not include the AVInona and St Peter's Rond, whose 7 per cent, bunds nro guaranteed tiy tin, Chicago and Northwestern, nor the several lines which the Company are ttmv building, such as the Tmnpelenu, whoso bonds pity 10 per cent. In terest; tl^c Iowa Midland, whoso 8 per cent, bonds have recently been p H v a t e t y negotiated; anil tho lino from Madison to La Crosse.

[Tho directors of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, as in tho Erie, nro electod tor one, two |iml throo years. It Is duo to sumo of tho present hoard to state that they were not parties to those original land-grant swindles,]

Tho examples that have been oltod In this and tho previous circulars show how universal have boon tho corruptions in tint management, of our railroads. Those ull result in an exces­sive cost of the works, and fall, in tlui end, wholly upon tho people. Upon such costs, dividends mid interest nro sought to bo paid by excessive rates of charges. The people, conse­quently, suffer just in ratio as those preying upon them grow rich.

Since writing tho above circular, I have been favored with a communication, signed by Samuel Barton, and addressed to “ Tho Holders of tho Capital Stock and C o n s o l i d a t i o n Corllll- cates of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad,"Mr. Barton is a near relative of Commodore Vanderbilt, and unquestionably spends by authority. By him I um clmrged with wilful falsification, Iron» pecuniary motives. I disclaim, utterly, having any interest whatever, directly or indirectly, in New York Central stock or scrip; nor have I had for it long timo. Mr. Barton's role is that ot the lawyer who said “ lie had no evidence to offer in defence, but should proceed to abuse tho plaintiff to the host of his ability.” 1 stated that of all the waterings, not. a dollar went into the road. This is denied. Commodore Vanderbilt might as well have denied tho issue of tho certificates themselves. Tho pttblie ltnvo a right to ask you how much money you paid for tho millions of certificates issued to yourself. If you paid nothing, did tho recipients of your bounty, and who were in your se­cret, pay anything V If nothing wits paid, then these certill- cales were a Stock Dividend, and, such being the case, ltaya you paid tho live per cent. Government tax on them? Is anything received on these certificates by way of dividends? If so, how much, and who pays ? By what authority did you and your board, summoned by your warrant to a midnight session, place a perpetual mortgage oi $44,428,330 upon tho commerce of tho country, w ithout the equivalent to the pub­lic, of a dollar? All this wtts done, Commodore, at your be­hest,.

In your defence, you cite your iiianagemcnt of the Ilnrlcnt, another most oppress ire monopoly. 1 did not refer to it, reserv­ing it for another circular. But as von lmve brought it in, will you answer a lew questions here? Did you not, while a trustee, issue to yoursolt a large amount of its bonds at fifty per cent, on the dollar? Have you not, since assuming con­trol of this property, advanced tho tariff on milk Irotn a half to one-ond-o-hnlf cents per quart—a three hundred percent, additional tariff on otto item alone? Is this the way you ltavo stamped your individuality,economy and genius upon tho Harlem Rond?

Mr. Vanderbilt has had charge of the New Y,ork Central Road for tlireo years. According to Mr. Barton, and the sworn statem ent of tho officers of the road iu 1807, ho lms, in that lime, added only three locomotives to the number in uso prior to '07. In a future circular, I jtroposo to show tho exact valuo of the 'im provem ents lie has made on this lino since obtaining control of it, and the amount of additional stock ho lias issued and received the money lor.

Mr. Barton insists upon Mr. Vanderbilt's wonderful abiliti-s as a railroad man. No one denies this. Bill with his unfold millions before he had anything to do with the Xew York Central, would it not lmve been more graceful and meritorious in hint to have turned his transcendent abilities to the mluetion of llte cost of transportation, and to alleviate the burdens that now press so heavily upon the commerce of the country and upon labor? T hat the stockhoblers have no cause to complain of Mr. Vanderbilt’s management is too evident to have needed tint proof Mr. Barton deduces, hut it is tho mul nottheir servants, who should reap the benefits resulting (rout such good management. They create the trade of these great highways, and as that trade increases, it is not a cvrre*!*'udi»j increase of scrip capital, but a eorrss/smi.’ing mluction infreylu charges, that they whom thu roads are built and mu to terra have a right to expect.