'X'ei-iuM ol" lulllfiit Ion.
Tiib WArnnavRQ Ukfublica, Office in
Bayers' b.illdliiv, emit or this Court House, U ptib
llilied every Wi-diicxluy morning, nt S3 per
annum, m advasi e. or 81 SO If not puld Willi
lu tlieyenr. All atmrrlptlon account must
beaxllled annually. No paper will b lent
. out of the State, unless paid for in advance, and
all audi subscriptions will Invariably be discon
tinued at the expiration of the time for which
they are paid. '
I 'ominunlentinnsnn sulijcels of local or general
Interest are reswctfuly solli-lted. To ensure
intention ftivorHor this kind must Invariably i.
ai-compiiiiled by the immi'of th author, not for
publication, but ns xuurnnty against Imposition.
All letters pi'NiiliiIng to laislnessof thu olik-e
must be adtlressud to the Kdltor
(Original
Tor the ttF.l'UUML'AN.
AJT APPEAL.
To whom It may Confirm.
tupll of our Alinu Miitir,
Paer, Virgo, homo, pater;
Or whttteVr your ttwlnl station,
Uiton to thU brtuf narration.
The first lecul of Eln'.iten hundred,
(I'm told that KiR.it thryuir uu numbero!)
Wan li'irn, (f nklp tU r.;.i!o;?y,)
AtC'rm':M(l, MWm A-iilumy,
Wii') lu d 10 tltu at m ly h; t'Mix,
Wan mirrlo 1 un'o Mr. (Jrccno.
Hheprovel fiir'f l-iduHtrlotw wlfn,
An I led a hi iy prip;ron life;
in f.int, in UVitern I'tmn-tylvunl
Hhe Imnlly wiw surpKHHod hy any
UnTHnm :id djtihtf nt (jn-w arouml her,
And ni ifiv woru tho Mm tint bound hir,
Hut eu:liHhff(uve ap KdiTniliitu,
A fbrtun' th it ne'er Inrki diiruifon.
IIro th mi, sltr nnd oivh brother,
J a twit unto our e jm-nin in Hher
Tlw yj;iM of tlm s Unvn rolled aw:iy,
And tlion art Sixty lurir, and gray:
A thoimnd now ur thy dosiMmdunti,
And th.o w.imonen nntrh'd d ?p?u hint
II it now, enc'.i on h jiub piirpst bent,
They've s-iattoiv I o'er n eontlmmt !
And, Mile I with HMtlen Itfuun 1 motion,
A few hnvo dared the henvhiij ojea'n,
And stood upon the lilllsof Homo,
Or hived prehnnee wheremirnes foam,
" Anions t!ie lnlunls of the ..
AU own u thous mJ t.iatiks to thee! '
Tho merchant standing In thu mart;
The Hon ofm-li'iieo, and of urt,
With wisdom written on hW brow;
The n'fi'leulturutlMt at hi plow,
Killing with we ilth the teeming loam ;
Thu m 'i Iron lu her ijnlet home,
The teacher who by thee waft taught,
T!ie hero wIioho w.irm bloo I hax brought
The Union tint H ours to-diiy;
The many who have pussed away i
The minister, physician, hii'i(
And every trade nnd Hex and met
Now represent thee lu Uj.-'h ranks;
Kaeh owes tn thee tea thousand thanks !
Well done the foist deems k-xxI enough ;
Hot toasltn? I" wit Just tlu-Htutt
That h"lp- a fellow wlu n he's needy,
Or keepH his clothes fmni netting seedy ;
ThU In a dally proven lesson
Our M iter has a hik"1 dress on.
And ('tis conthUnt In!, kNIi-t, brother,)
Hhe wears It constant, for no other
Hasslie, who clothed falrfoims with knowledge
An I Meat her sons prepared to college,
And pave I their way to wealth and fame;
Hut Klmll we len roller thus? No! Hliame
0"d him whoshowH Inr itHude,
And whofor'tg lb' kind nnd oo 1.
17t deeds then, and not words, reply,
You'll be rewarded by and by.
It U the oi-iitMt (KMlre of the Trustee to paint
an 1 nth l-'i 'ive a pleasant exterior lln.Kli to
Oreene Aca demy and ns there Is no appropria
tion for the purpose, they appeal to theom r
oi'ty of Its fil-nds. Contrilnitiou-ishould bo sent
to Dr. .1. A. Oilbert, Treasurer of the Hoard,
Cftrmlcha.'U l'a.
From tilt New York "I.KIMl':lt."'
ii:'oi,M:T!tM or a in my i.ii i:.
11 v iion.vc'K(;i:i:i:i,i:Y.
Tlic Tribune.
On the 10th day of April. 1811 a
day of most unseasonable chill, and
lileet, and snow our city held her
p;reat funeral parade mid p:icatit in
honor of our lo.t pivsiilent, who had
died six days before. (Jen. Robert
15oo;ardus, the venerable Grand Mar
shal oftne parade, died not long After
ward of exposure to its inclemencies.
On that leaden morning I issued the
first numlier of The New York Trilmne.
It was a .small sheet, for it was to be
retailed for a cent, and not much of a
newspaper could be afforded for that
price, even in t!toc Fpcoie-paying
times. 1 had been incited to this en
terprise by several Whig friends, who
deemed a cheap daily, addressed more
especially to the laboring class, emi
nently nee.l-vl in our city, whero the
only two cheap journals then and still
existing The San and The Herald
were in decided, though unn vowed, and
therefore more effective, sympathy and
affiliation with the Democratic party.
Two or three had promised pecuiaryaid
if it should be needed; only one (Mr.
James Coggeshall, long since deceased)
ever made good that promise, by loan
ing mo $ 1,000 which was duly and grate
fully repaid, principal and interest. I
presume others would have helped nie
had I asked it ; but' I never did. Mr.
DudlcyS. Gregory, who had volunta
rily loaned me $ 1, 000 to sustain The
New Yorker in the very darkest hour
of my fortunes, in 1837, and w hom I
had but recently repaid, was among
inv most trusted' friends in tho outset
ol my new enterpise, also ; but I was
ablo to prosecute it without taxing
(I no longer needed to test) his gener
osity. '
My leading idea was the establish
ment of a journal removed alike from
servile p.irtisanshipon the one hand and
from gagged, mincing neutrality on
the other. Party spirit is so fierce and
intolerant in this country that the
Editor of a non-partisan sheet is re
strained from 6aying what he thinks
nnd let-Is on the most vital important
topics; wmic on tuu other Hand, a
Democratic, AVhig or Republican
journal in generally expected to praise
or blame, like or "dislike, eulogize or
condemn, in precise accordance with
the views and interest of its party. I
liclieve there was a happy medium be
tween these extremes a position
from which a journalist might openly
dnd heartily advocate the principles
and commend the measures of that par
ty to which his convictions allied him
yet dissent frankly from its course on a
iirticular questiou, and even denounce
its candidates if they were shoyn to be
deficient in capacity or (far wor.se) in
integrity. I felt that a journal thus
loyal to its guiding convictions, yet
ready to expose and condemn unwor
thy conduct or incidental error on the
E art of men attached to its party, must
ofur more effective, cveii party wise,
than though it might always be count
ed on to applaud or reprobate, bless or
JAS. E. SA YL'RS,
VOL. XI.
burse, as tin party's pitjndiccs or ini
modiiite interest might seem to pre
scribe. Ei; wiil ly Uy tlie Wliiri
who were r-.tthcr the loosely ougreguted
mainly untlioiplinotl opponents of a
great party tlnii, in the Stricter sense
a party themselves did I feel that
sueh a journal was consciously needetl,
and would be fairly sustained. I had
been a pretty constant and copious
contributor (generally unpaid) to near
ly every cheap Vliijj Journal that had
troni time to time, been started in our
city ; most of them to fall after a very
brief anil not particularly bright career;
lr.it one Thi Neir York Whig, which
w.is throughout most of its existence,
under thu dignified and concientious
.direction of Jacob R. Moore, formerly
of The Arte llampihire Journal hal
been contimied throuoh two or three
years. My familiarity with its histo
ry and inanajreiwMit jrave me confidence
that the rfcht sort ol a cheap W hiur
journal would bo enabled to live. I
had been ten years in New York, was
thirty years old, m lull health and viif
or, mill worth I presume, about 2,000
half of it in printiii' materials, The
JdJWsonian, and still more The Log
Cabin, had made nio lavorbly known
to many thousand ol.those who were
most likely to take such a paper as t
proposed to make The Tribune; while
HiOiU'M' 1 orker Had civen mo some
literary standing mid the reputation of
a usuiui and wen iniorined compiler
of election returns. In short, I was in
a better position to undertake tho es
tablishment ol a daily newspaper than
the great mass of those who try it and
fail, as most w ho make the venture do
and must. I presume the new jour
nals (in English) since started in this
city number not less than one hundred
whereof barely two The Timen ami
The II 'orhl can be fairly said to be still
living; and The H or' is a mausoleum
within ti.'J remains of The Eetniny
Star, The American and The Courier
awl Inquirer, lie iiiurned ; these hav
ing long ago swallowed sundry of their
predecessors. Yet several of those
which meantime lived their iit'Je hour
ami passed away, were conducted by
men of decided ability a:id r'po expe
rience nnd were backed by a pecuniary
'capital at least twenty times gnatcr
than the leartully ina dcqnate turn
whereon I star'cl The Tribune.
On the intellcti'.al side, my vcntjire
was not so rash ns it seemed. My
own fifteen years dovotion to newspa-per-nuikin;j',
in all its phases, was
worth fir more than will bo generally
supposed; and Nnd already secured
a first !,s-i t nit in Mr. Henry J. Ray
mond, who hnv n; for two years,
while in eollega at Rurlingtoii, Yt.,
been a valued contributor to the liter
ary side of The jVrit- Yorker had
hie 1 to tho city directly upon gradua
ting, late in 1810, and gladly accepted
my oiler to hire him nt 8 per week
until he c iu'.d do butter. I had not
much for him to do till The 'Tribune
was started: then 1 had enough; and
I never found another person, barely
of age and ju.-t from his studies, who
evinced so much and so versatile abil
ity in journalism as ho did. Abler
and stronger men I may have met ; a
cleverer, readier, more generally e!li
eiont journalist, I never saw. He re
mained with mo eight years, if my
memory serves, and is the only assist
ant with whom I over felt required to
remonstrate for doing more work than
any human brain and frame could be
expected to endure. His salary was
of course gradually increased from
time to time ; but his services were
more valuable in proportion to their
cost than those of any one else who
over worked on The Tribune.
Mr. George M. Snow, a friend of my
own age, who had had considerable
mercantileexpcrience, took cliargoof the
Finantinl and Wall-street department
(then far less important that it is now
is,) and retained it for more than twenty-two
years; becoming ultimately a
heavy stockholder in and a trustee of
tho concern ; resigning his trust only
when (in 18(53) he departed for Europe
in ill health; returning but to tlie two
years later. A large majoi i'.y of those
whoaided in preparing or in issuing the
first number l.aJ proccded or have
followed Mr. Sr.o.v to the Silent I n 1;
but tworcmaim, and arc now Foreman
and Engineer rcspcetivly in the t rutt
ing department both stockholders
and trustees. Others doubtless, sur
vive who were with us then, but have
long since drifted away to the West,
to the Pacific slope, or into some other
employment, and the places that once
knew them know them no more.
Twenty-six years witness many changes
especially in a city like ours, a position
like mine ; and I believe that the only
man wh was Editor of a New York
dailybelbic me, and who still remains
such, is Mr. James UorJua Bennett of
The Herald.
About live hiindre.l names pfguit-s.-ribcrs
had already bean obtainc l for
IVie Tribune mainly by my warm
personal and K)!itical friends, Noah
Cook and Janus Coggeshall before
its first issue, whereof 1 printed 5,000,
and nearly sucvccJed iu giving away
all of them that would not sell. I had
type, but no presses; and so had to
hire my press-work done by the
"token ;" my folding and mailjng must
have staggered me but for the circum
stance that I had few papers tc mail
and not very many to fold. The lack
of the present machinery of Railroads
and Expresses was a crave obstacle to
-I . . .. n . 1
me emanation oi my paper oucsitie oi
the city's .suburbs'; but I -think its'
paid-for issu?s were 2.000 nt the close
of the first week, and that they increas
FIRMNESS IN THE RIGHT AS GOD GIVES US TO SEE THE RIGHT. iTiieofo.
WAYAKSBIUG,
ed pretty steadily, nt tho rate of 500
per week, till they reached 10,000.
My current expenses for the first week
were about 852.3 : my receipts $92 :
and though the outgoes steadily, ine
vitably increased, tlie income increased
in a still larger ratio, till it nearly
balanced the firmer. But I wns not
made foru publisher; indeed, no man
was ever qualified at once to edit and
to publish a daily (taper such as it
must be to live in these times ; and it
was not until Mr. Thomas McEliath
. I rill i
wnom l nad uarclv Known as a
member of the publishing firm over
w-nose store I lirst set type in tins
city, but who was now a lawyer in
gootl standing and practice maile me
a voluntary and wholly unexpected
proller of partnership in my still strus-
gling but hopeful enterprise, that it
might be considered fairly on its feet.
He offered to invest 2,000 as an
equivalent to whatever I had in the
business, and to devote his time nnd
energies to its management, on the
basis of perfect equality in ownership
and in sharing the proceeds. This 1
very gladly accepted : and from that
hour my load was palpably lightened.
During tho ten years or over that 77ie
Tribune was issued by Greeley & Me
Elrath, my partner never once even
indicated that my anti-Slavery, anti
Hanging, Socialist, and other frequent
aberrations from the straight and nar
row path of Whig partisanship, were
injurious to our common interest,
though he must often have sorely felt
that they were so; and never, except
when 1 (ran ly) drew lrom the common
treasury more money than could well
be spared, in order to help some needy
friend whom he judged beyond help,
did he even look grieved at anything
I did. On the other hand, his busi
ness management of the' concern,
though never brilliant nor specially
energetic, was so safe and judicious
thu it gave me no trouble, and scarce
ly re i iiircd ol me a thought during
that long era of nil but unclouded
prosperity. The transition from my
tour preceding year of incessant pecu
niary anxiety il not absolute embar
rassment, was like escaping from the
lungeon and the rack t freedom and
sympathy. Henceforth, such rare pe
cuniary troubles us 1 encountered wire
the just penalties of my cw:i lolly in
endorsing notes for persons who, in the
nature of things, could not rationally
be expected to i nvtlicni. Butthtsc
penalties are not to be evaded by those
who, soon af'.cr entering responsible
life, "go into business," as the phrase
is, when it is inevitable tint they must
thereby be involved in debt. He
who starts on the I tbis of dependence
on ins own proper
to extend his bii-in
no faster thao his
niav fairly rcl'o-c
resources, resolved
's no further nnd
means will justify,
to lend what ho
needs in his own operations, or to en
dorse for others w hen iie asks no one
to endorse for him. But you cannot
ask favors, nnd then churlishly refuse
to grant any borrow, and then frown
upon whoever asks vou to lend seek
endorsements, but decline to give any ;
and so the idle, tho prodigal, the dis
solute, with tho thousands foredoomed
bv their own defects ol capacity, of
industry, or of management, to chronic
bankruptcy, live upon the earnings of
tho capable, thriity and provident.
I Setter wait live years to so into Imsi
. . " ...
ncss upon adequate means wiiicn are
properly your own, than to rush in
prematurely, trusting to loans, en
di moments, and the foiLiarance of
creditors, to help you through. I
have squandered much hard-carnal
monev in trying to help others who
were already past help, when I not
only might but should have save
most of it if I had never, needing help,
sought and received it. As it is, 1
trust that my general obligation h:is
hten Hilly discharged
The Tribune, as it first appeared, was
but the germ of what I sought to
niakt it. No journal sold ;Vr a cent
could ever be much more than a dry
summary of tho most important or the
most interesting occurrences of the day;
and such is not a newspaper, in the
higher sense of the term. ' We need
not kinw. not only what is done, but
what is purposed anil said, by those
who sway tho destinies ol states nnd
realms; and, to this end, the prompt
perusal of the manifestoes of monarchs,
presidents, ministers, legislators, etc.,
is indispensable. .No man is even
to"o:-ably informed in our dav who
Iocs not regularly "keep the run" ol
events and opinions, through tho daily
perusal of at least one good journal ;
and the rea'y card that "no one can
read" all that a great modern journal
contains, only proves the ignorance or
thoughtlessness of the ca viler. No
one person ise.tected to take such an
interest in the rise nnd fall of stocks,
tho markets for cotton, cattle," grain,
and goods, the proceedings of Europe
and the ever-shifting phases of Spanisli
Anioricnn anarchy, etc., -etc., as would
incite him to a daily perusal of the
entire contents of a metropolitan city
journal of the first rank. The idea is
rather to cmliody in a single sheet the
information daily required by all those
who aim to keep "(Misted" on all im
portant occurrences ; so that tho
lawyer, the merchant, tho banker, the
forwarder, tho economist, the author,
tho politician, etc., may find here
whatever' he needs to see, and be
spared the trouble of . looking else
where. A copy ol a-treat morning
journal now contains more matter than
any average l.mo volume, and its
tif1 iti. . in nrtztc till mora. u-iiln it lu
sold for a fortieth or fiftieth part of theglish coal mines,
6A., WtDAESDAV, DECEMBER IS, 1807.
volumes price. There is no other
miracle ol cheapness in comparison
with its cost which at all approaches
it. i lie fjcctno lelesrrapli lias iter-
eluded the multiplication of -journals
in the great cities, by enormously in
creasing the cost of publishing each of
them. 1 helrilntne, tor example, now
pays more than $100,000 per annum,
lor intellectual labor (reporting in
cluded) in nnd about its office, and
100,000 more for correspondence anil
telegraphing in other wortls, for col
leeting and transmitting news. And,
wiuie its income uas been largely in
creased from year to year, its expenses
nave ineviiaoiv been swelled even-
more rapidly ; so that, at the close of
18b(, in winch its receipts had been
over $900,000, its expenses had been
very nearly equal in amount, leaving
no profit beyond a fair rent for tho
premises it owned and occupied. And
yet its stockholders were satisfied that
they had done n gootl business that
tho increase in the patronage and value
of the establishment amounted to a
fair interest on their investment, nnd
might well be accepted in lieu of n
dividend. In the good time coming,
with cheaper paper and less exorbitant
charges of "cable dispatches" from the
Old World, they will doubtles renp
where they have faithfully sown. Yet
thev realize and accept the fitct that a
journal radically hostile to the gainful
arts whereby the cunning and power
ful few live sumptuously without use
ful labor, and ohen amass wealth, by
pandering to lawless sensuality and
popular vice, can never hope to enrich
its publishers so rapidly nor so vastly
as though it had a soft side lor Liquor
Traffic, and for oil kindred allurements
to carnal appetita and sensual indul
gence. lame is a vapor; popularity an
accident ; riches takes wings ; the only
earthly certainty is oblivion no man
can lorsec what a day may bring forth ;
and those who cheer to-day will often
curse to-morrow ; and yet I cherish
the hope that the journal I projected
and established will live and flourish
long after I shall have moldcrcd into
forgotten dust, being guided by alarger
wisdom, a more unerring sagacity to
discern the right, though not by a
more unfaltering readiness to embrace
and defend it at whatever personal
cost ; and that the stone which covers
mviishes may bear to future eves the
still intelligible inscription, "Founder
of 'J in: Nkw Yoi:k Teibuxe."
'
IT Aiinnii:.
Don't be afraid of a little fun at home,
good p 'opie I Uon t shut up your
house lest the sun should lade your
carpets, and your hearts, lest a hearty
laugh shako down sonic of the musty
old cobwebs there. If you want to
ruin your sons, let them think that nil
mirth and social enjoyment must be
left on tho threshold without, w hen
(hoy come homo at night. When once
a homo is regarded as only a place to
cat, drink and sleep in, the work is
begun that ends in gambling houses
and reckless degredation. Young
people must have fun and relaxation
somewhere; if they do not find it at
their hearthstones, it will be sought at
other and perhaps less profitable
places. Therefore let the grate burn
brightly at night, and make the home
stead delightful with nil those little
arts that parents so perfectly under
stand. Don't repress tho buoyant
spirit of your children. Half an
hour of merriment, round the lamp
and firelight of a home, blots out the
remembrance of many a care and an
noyance during tho day ; and the best
safeguard they cm take with them
into the world i.3 the unseen influence
of a bright littk domestic sanctum.
t'r.rtlcw l,i;cr Writer!.
According to the Postmaster General's
report, not less than a million letters
were mailed last year, without signa
tures, and misdirected, or so badly
directed that the address was totally
unintelligible. These were destroyed.
More than a million and a half others
I,G1 l.GSG were . restored to their
writers by the care of the dead-letter
oflicc. Thus it seems that at least
two and a half million of mistakes
were made, in nn operation which one
would think likely to enlist the suffi
cient care of the writer, the addressing
of a letter. These letters contained
nearly ?150,000 in money, bills of
exchange, deeds, checks, tc, to the
value of over 5,000,000, and over
-19,000 contained photographs, jewelry,
dec.
Good Advice If your coat is
comfortable wear it two or three months
longerno matter if the gloss is off.
If you have no wife, get one. If you
have one, bless God ; stay at home
with her, leave the bar-room-nnd
gambling table these are expensive
luxuries where mm? men beggar their
families an 1 blow outtheir own brains
in remorse. Be homst, frugal, plain :
strive to make others happy around
you, and if you are in debt'you will
soon get out. If your circumstances
are now embarrassing they will soon
become easy, no matter who may be
President or what mav be the nnrn nf
stock. J. L. lleney. ,
The Poat-oflit Denartmcnt is mid
to be experimenting on a new kiiuj of
uubuure eiamp witn a view to US intro
duction. . '
Two thousand men have- durinn
the past ten years, been killed in En-
Tr.e conundrum nnd epigram, says
uiu iL-v i urti toiiiHirrcKH, ure per
haps the most appropriate dishes in
which to serve up light wit. The
effect ii about the same in each. The
methods of tho two are different.
The conundrum states a proposition,
ana requires an answer without a
demonstration. The epigram argues
the question nnd reaches a logical eon
elusion. The epigram is slow. ' The
conundrum is quick. The hitter re
quires accuracy of statement, the for
mer consisting of argument. In fact,
the epigram is a labored conundrum.
Both depend generally upon a play
upon words. To illustrate: "Why is
there no hereafter for chickens ? Be
cause they have their necks twirled ill
this. Hero no one'is supposed to
question the conclusion. . If any one
should do so, reasoning mav be rotor
ed to, thus :
'Tis plain Hint clttckons Imvc no bapo
For a world of future blips,
Since fulo declares that they should hivo
Their next world (necks twl'led) In this.
This gives the exact 'difference be
tween two popular watering places :
Santtnj!,.aiHlNevvport--you've seen them,"
Siiid Charley, one mornluCi to Joe j
'Pray tell me tho dilTorence bet word them,
For bother my whig if.I know !"
Qi'.olh Joe, "Tis the easiest matter
At once to distinguish tho two
At tH 3 one you go Into the water,
At the oilier It goes Into you 1"
Mathcw Arnold throws out some
useful hints to poets, thus ;
What poets fuel not, when they take
A pleasure lu creating,
Tito world in in turn, will not take
Pleasure lu contemplating.
What have tho women to say to this:
Women were born, so futo declares,
To smooth our linen and our cares (
And 'lis lmtiut, for by my troth
Thu're very apt to rultli both.
The Boston Post gives publicity to
the following dialogue ubout the vexed
piestionof the weather :
' I think," said Is ibel, "Hie tearful sky
Is weeping sadly only bear it sigh.''
"Do not," g-iid Quilp, "coiiinilserato its
woes,
It does not weep It only blows Its snows."
It were not difficult nor altogether
unpleasant to solve such chess prob
lems ns this. (Two pieces on the
board ; John to move nnd mate in two
moves :)
gjJohn movis bis arm round Julia's neck
She moves one s piare and whispcrs
"Check."
lie, nothing daunted, moves right straight
His lips to hers, and calls out "Mate."
Coventry Pat more gives the follow
ing advice : '
So let no man, lu desperate mood,
Wed a dull girl becauso she's good.
To which one might add : ,
And let no woman, in her plight,
Wed a bd man because lie's bright.
The Boston Post thus embodies Bon
ner nnd his newly purchased horsf,
Dexter :
"Fifty thousand for Doxterl" a cavalier
cries,
"Excuse me let pcoplejbcllcve It who
can!"
"'Ti'Holhing surprising," a crony replies,
'For Bonner was always a Dexter-ous
man :"
A soldier in the hospital, who had
his left leg amputated, addrcssino tin
detached pnrty, thus turns the calami
ty to his advantage !
Strange paradox ; that In (height
Where I of thee was thus bereft,
I lost my left leg for "the right,"
And yet tlie right Is the oie that's left '.
nit; Fiiii.it i:nr.
Statement of Merretnry Ucmllneh.
WASnixcTOX, D20. 7. The fol
lowing is tho statement of tho public
debt.
Totnl hearing coin lntrct SI,SI0,T17:sni S)
Tntnl Imnrinit currimfy InNwHt ifi'j;ij,ltit) 21)
.Miilurol di-ot not preuutt-a for
lnnnient ll,ITS,WIn
Debt bearing no Inti-ri-nl lo,"i,il:lAi7 0.,
Tnlnl dVlit
Amount In TreiMury, coin..
Currency
i
Total
Debt lets eiwli lu Treasury..
..!l,,w,i..1"1 iii
.. lHO,!!-!,'!! O'l
li.lHI.m 11
,. SI.-H.ITH.fUI in
..l.',.ini,avii 5
It is worth notice, remarks the
"Tribune," that the incessant clamor
against Congress ns reckless, proscrip
tive, revolutionary, Ac, is bassd on
acts that Congress has never sanction
ed. Mr. Stevens makes a Confisca
tion speech, which not oncother Mem
ber of Congress has seconded ; yet the
country rings with denunciation of it'
as showing tho malignant animus of
"the lCadioals. ho with project after
project which Congress has listened to,
because it must, but refused to adopt.
We challenge History for another in
stance wherein- a triumphant Nation
has dealtso forbearinglv witha crushed
Rebellion as ours has clone.
The perseverance of the Union Pa
cific Railroad Company in the face of
many obstacles, lias earned the line to
a point nearly five hundred and twenty
miles west of. Omaha, beyond Chey
enne, to tho western base of the Rocky
mountains. On the 1st of July the
receipt of tho Union Pacific Road, then
in operation to Julesbnrg 377 miles,
amounted to $1,015,195,29, and its ex
penses te $658,880,54; leaving; the net
earnings $3oG,314,"5.SJrfj Guard. 1
A Chinese maxim says: "U'e re
quire lour things of woman, mat
virtue dwell in Tier heart ; that mod
esty play on her brow; that sweetness
HoW from her lips J tbat industry occu
py her band."
EDITOR AND PUJiLlSHEll.
m. 20.
BAKKItlKr LAW.
I wo hundred and twenty -six cases
m bankruptcy have bedn hied up to
Jjov. 19th in the Western U.S. Judi
cial District. In tho 21th Coneres-
sional District thirteen cases have been
filed, eight of which are in Washing
ton county, throo in Greene and two
in IJeavcr.
There is unnecessary delicacy and
hesitancy in sonic debtors in availing
themselves.of the wise benefits (in most
cases) of this law. It is a just and
proper law in the innin and should
nuve uccn piisscu years ago. e give
below answers to 'important questions
connected with tho law, from an ex
change i
II 7io may lake advantage of this law f
Any .person or firm who owes debts
to the amount of three hundred dollars
or upward, whether they be individual
or partnership debts or both, mill it
malies no difference what is the charac
ter of the indebtedness, whether it b.-
by bill, note, account, judgment, as
principal, or surety, or otherwise,
H7i( does the law demand of theap-
viieanx f
That ho shall surrender his proprty,
except such as is hereafter mentioned,
to his creditors, for a pro rata distribti
tinn among them.
What does the law permit the appli
cant to Keep j
First Household nnd kitchen fur-
nitur and necessaries to the amount of
W00.
Second Ilio wearing apparel ' of
himself and family.
Third Tho uniform, nrms and
equipments of nny person, who is, or
has been, a soldier in tho militia or the
service of tho United States.
Fourth If tho applicant i.s the
head ofn family, his homestead, to the
value of ftoOO! If ho has no hoins-
stead, then in lieu thereof, money or
other personal property to t lie value of
$:0().
If tho applicant has only s' much
properly as is above enumerated of
course ho has nothinz to irivo up to
his creditors.
Tho result of takintt tho benefit of
this law is a discharge from all indebt
edness. In eases where there is no
contest, it requires from sixty to nine
ty ctuys to protwe tins discharge.
This law went into operation on the
first day of June, 1807, and persons
who propose to avail themselves of its
advantage should do so as soon as pos
sible, as they cannot do i-o after one
year from its commencement, unless
they can pay fifty cents on the dollar
of their indebtedness, or get the con
sent ofji majority in number nnd val
ue of their cicditors. Washington
(Pa.) Heparin:
M E ARK XOl DF.VD.
That excellent paper, the Slate
Guard, recently started at Hnrrisburg,
has tho following : Some of our
Democratic eotemporaries are laboriii"
under an hallucination, lhcv have
seen nn apparition, and ure deluded
with the idea that victory to them,
like Hamlet's father's ghost, has come
within tho range of thoir vision for
the purpose of revealing some dread
ful secret, and the secret is that the
Republican party is dead. Mr.
Andrew Johnson is itnhu :d with the
same idea. IIo too, labors tinder an
hallucination. Ha has flattered him
self that the result of the lafo elections
killed the Republican party. But
the organs of Democracy, as well as
their tool, the President, are sadly
mistaken, for the reason that thero is
as much vitality, faith, principle and
patriotism i:i tfie Republican pirly op
when that organization stood out
boldly and a'oiio in the defence of tics
Government. There is no denyiiu:
tho fact that tho elements of Rep:ib i-
canisui are now worini' out the sal
vation of the South. Xor can there
be any escape from the truth that tlie
same party has fostered the mechani
cal enterprise and commercial energy
of the North. The late elections were
no indication of popular feeling on any
inestion at present at issue between
loyal men nnd traitors, so fir as their
cllects could interfere for or against
tho settlement of such issues. Xo
officer was elected in tlie Northern
States who will have any power in
the settlement of these questions, and
in many cases the men who felt most
solicitous on tho subject of reconstruc
tion were tho most indifferent as to
the result of the elections. But such
was not the case with our Democratic
opponents. They are hungry for po
litical tower. They wanted tome sort
of a show of victory, and stole a march
on our friends, which they now vaunt
as a triumph. Of course they are
welcome to their boasting, if that is all
they need to make them happy. But
we desire they do not mistake tna con
dition of tho Republican party. It is
a live organization. Free Govern
ment never had a purer rcprescnhitivc.
Justice was never more subserved by
any political organization. Treason
never had so invincible an opponent.
To tho contrary, it is life ami health
tVid prosperity. . Without it, liberty
would not today have an abiding
place in the United States. It saved
the Union, and is destined to purify
the executive branch of the Govern
ment i Hereafter, when great princi
pies are at stake, the Republican party
will win great political victories. This
is a tact which the Democracy should
not fail seriously to consider, as it may
save them a large amount of means, a -
great aeai ot luoor, ana incalculable!
mortification.
il'unuM oi Aclvortlalnar
nun .
JOB WORK.
A DVEKriSBMRNTu linerted at BV Mr MMm
for Hire insertion. nn1 SO cent per tiituim
lor raoJi additional Inm-rtion I ton llura of it Mf '
i-ount.-d uMiuare'. All tmnnK-nt advertiKiurnW .
to be- pnlrl for liimlvunre.
Ilcrji ! Nora-rs set tin!(r tha head of local
tii'M-n will iieclmrKt-d Invariably 10 -! Un
for each ltiurlloit.
A IiIh ml drum-lion rondo to paraoni advartt
luit by the qtiinl-r, hull-year or yi-ar. (SptH-lal
notUt-H i-lmiKt-U out-half more tbiia regular ad-
vi-rtlHi-iiH-ntM. ,
J on I'msrixoof overy kind In Plain and Fnu j
j i-uioin; iiriim-i'i i-., i lurtKM, lurun nuiipiiiin
shorten! notk-r.
of i-very vurii ly nnd Htyln, print'-! al tlx
rfpnt liitl'iv Tin. lt.-i.itMI it' A M fl.-.-li-c In. a '
lust lii-t ii n--lUl.-d.nnd ovurvlblna In the Print
lux llM eiui bo exfrutrd In tits most artlm.a
m-.Mimriuul at tlie lowutt ruti-a.
"m ' 1 - 1 - . - -'Li I .' LA
ANC.OTCH.1f A.N Oil MIlLAtXl.
"Well, . yoii may say what you ,
please," said Smith, "I, for mv part,
cannot believe that God would first
impose laws on nature, nnd then vio
late them. What would be the use of
mak ing them if they are to be so readily .
set aside?" . .
"I. tlinnn ken, sir,'1 eaid unclej
"what God mav do, or what he winna
do j but i cWt regard a miracle to be '
a violation o' the laws o' nature.
There's nac violation o' the laws o'
nature, or rather the laws o' God, that
I ken o', save the wicked actions o'
wicked men." '
"And what then," nskc-d Smith,
"do you make a miracle to be?"
"I regard it," taid uncle, "to be ,
merely such an 'interference wi' tho
established course o' things, as infalli
bly shows ns (he presence nnd the ac
tion o' a supernatural power. What
o'clock is it wi' vpu, sir, if you
please?" J
"It's half-past twelve, exactly
Greenwich time," replied Smith.
"Well, sir," said uncle, pulling a
huge old time-piece from his pocket,
"it's ono o'clock wi' me j I generally
keep my watch n bittie forrit. (A !
little forward.) But I may lute a "
special reason tho noo for setting my
xvaich by the railway and so, ye see,
I'm turning the hands o't around. '
Noo wad ye say that I have violated .
the laws p' a watch? True, I have
done violence to none o' its laws. My .
action is only the interference o a su
perior intelligence for a suitable end, '
but I have suspended nae laV, violat
ed line Jaw. Well, then, instead o'thb'
watch, say the universe ; instead o'
moving tho hands, say God acting
wholly o' himsel', nnd we line a' that I
contend for in a miracle j that is the '
unquestionable presence of nn Almighty
hand working tho Divine will. And .
if IIo sees fit ii work miracles, what
can hinder llun ! Ho has clone it
oftcner than once or twico already ; :
ana wim ciaur say that lie 11 not get
leave to do't again ?"
i
A FAin 1UT.
Senator "Zaek" Chandler, who is
not nlwjiys in the best of taste, perpe
trated a really capital joke the other
day, by the introJu ition of the follow
ing joint resolution :
WHEiiEAs, e r.r3 at poaee with
nil Sovereign Powers nnd State3:
And w'urcas, Hostilities have un
happily commenced between tho Gov
ernment of Great Britain and tho
King of Abyssinia ; '
An I wherca', We being at peace
with the Government of Grant Britain
and with tho Kimr of Ab-ssiiiim
therefore,
llesohed, That wo do now declare
oiirclclermin ition to maintain & strict '
and impartial neutrality in the contest
between the s.nd contending nart.es.
granting to the flag of each belligerent
me saiim rignts privileges and immu
nities, both upon land and water.
The above is a verbatim copy6fti
proclamation issued on the 14th 6T
May, lOGI, simply changing tho name"
of the "Uuitjd States" to "Great
Britain," and the "Confederate States"
to "Aby.-siidu." Mr. Chandler thinks
it only just and right that we should
observe tin same courtesy towards
Great B itui i that she did "toward us.
Thu resolution went over Under tho
rule.
Mopping apnpr.'
Some people thinks that their' sub
scription toa newspaper obligates the
editor to advocate their own peculiar
views on nil questions which ntfect the
public, forgetting that an editor should
ho wn independent thing, honest
(lirm-jh to give his opiuioas, and let
iet his readers judge of what they ore
worth. To thoe who are ready to
s n 1 w ivd, ".Stop my Paper," because
the editor expresses his honest opinion
formed aiter careful research nnd ma
ture deliberation, we command the fol
lowing little story :
A certain man hit his toe ajainst a
pebble and fell headlong to the ground,
fie was vexed, and, under the influ
ence of anger and self-sufficiency, he
kicked mother earth .right saucily.
With impcrturablc gravity, he looked
to sec tlio
earth
itrclf di.-solve and
com? to na-ighfi Hit t ie earth re
mained, and only his poor foot waa In
jured in the encounter.
This is the way of ma-.i. An anicle
in a newspaper 'o iches l i n ii i
weak spot, and straig! t vay he sends to
"S:op his paper!" With great self
complacency he looks to see the crash
when the o'yoct of his spleen slu.ll cease
to b?. Po r foo!, he has only hit hie
own tos against a world that does not
perceptibly feel the rhook,nnd infurce
tj a slight extent n no but himself.
The Cleveland Herald say 'that
the road by which Weston entered
that city looks as though an army had
passed over it. . "Buggies minus a
wheel or a shaft; pieces of harness, hate '
and caps are strewn along this road in
endless confusion. It is estimated
that the damage to buggies aloae will'
amount to $l000."
At Rev. Henry Ward BetohexV
church last Sun lay week, the rite of
baptlsfn was administered with water '
brought from the river Jordon, and
the wine Used at ths communion m
from Jerusalem. The water and Triaa
were presents from Captain Duncan, o
the Palestine expedition. t