l'fl M A f*. Wlilr.l, )iì% the Muoriti' r<l'n tioU;1, Cornwall, rid Jone« (ice, New American w.'W York ew York líeraUl ! Florence, «U ; T. B, :w York li. Noah, C'/mmer- thè rcp- WEEKLY. an Afford « palatial PROGRESS Î KUŒE THOUGHT! UNTRAM M ELED LIVES! A winter c of the he wines BREAKING THE W AY FOB FUTURE GENERATIONS. he good ‘Ned, the PRICE TEN CENTS. •■on And VOL 2.—So. 5. WIIOLK .\n. 81. NEW YORK, DECEM BER 17, 1870. amoant >e devel- VICTORIA C. W00DHULL & TENUTE C. CLAELTN, TRIUMPH OF PEACE. no one supporting by bis officiAl vote and influence this ivivAnts EDITORS AXD PROPRIETORS. “ jo b " will be held to have cleAn hAnds. I f the Government wishes a Government telegrAphic system there Î3 no reason BY MILS. CORA L. V. DANIELS (NOW TAPPEN). CONTENTS OF T ill* M VIHEU. why it should be so unblusliingly swindled in getting it. , wAs, of PAWE. PAOE 44 Let as have peAce!” God rends In twain Does any sane mAn suppose that Hie wire over 53,000 miles tnentAry Triumph« of Peace (poetry i: T':.e The Finance Question : The TAr­ The shackled thundercloud with fire, of route, say 105,IKK) miles o f wire, will" the necessary poles We»rem U<ii>n Telegmph Co. 1 iff; Thougbfa on Marriage by And Aw across the crested mAin oobtless The Famine iu Jiwedempo^tryi; Lei'M ng r i i i o k e r - ........................ 7 With trumpet-breath of stormy ire; and the “ paraphernalia" of some 3,500 stations, mAny of The Rout of the Matter, or tiie Our Pet; The OAlrAges of Cor The forest breAks beneath the blAst. o f the Rthle In the Role of the Old porutions ........................... 8 The freighted ships find dread releAse; them of the smAllest class, can, by Any possibility, be worth Je Doc- lf>cbolo'^ies; SpintoAllsiii Ami More of the West Shore Hudson Then on the stonu-clond. over. oast. the enorrnou» m m of forty rnilliort» o f dollar», or even the third HAteri«li«(i)....................... 2 River Rallruad CompAny; Real The eun-god bends the how of peace. e cAndi* Mr Samtier’« lecture: Mi"* Ed- Estate and InsurAnce............... 9 of it? garton’s Lecture: Industrial Northwestern MutuAl Life Ins. “ Let ns hAt e peace I” The fierce cyclone It wAs Schools.... .............................. 3 Co. of Mil Yankee. Wi*.; Con- Sweeps round And o*er the Eden isles; W bAt the “ Western Union” is intrinsicAlly worth cAn be The Arab scents the hot simoom. Con-tiim lonAl EquAlity.............. 4 irr »■*; The Cape Cod Canal; perhaps judged of by its general shareholders. Its cApitAl is rains to Southern FnA 1«: L^-so< A la Po- WilliAm M. Tweed................... 11 The irreen oasis hides its smiles; llth'al PiuAnderfng: Taxes in FinAncial And CommerciAl; The fairest islands ravaged srAnd, $40,000,000. A ll last summer the owners o f shares only wAs the The sea-girt shore, with slow decrease. Brooklyn ; Free Tr *de and Pro­ Libor And CApitAl; The Cup asked lor them ationt 33 per cent., which is vAlueing the whole all very tection.................................... 5 of Circe (poetry), etc................ II Is lost iu ever-burning sand— Some Under-currents of Modern WAr (poetn); The RewArd of Then once again the earth hAs " peace.” property of the CompAny at only $13,200.000, And most cer- >At give History................................. 6 Merit; Miscellaneous..............1C ” Let »’g have peace 1” The pent-up fires tA nly the shAres were nol eage) ly nought, even at that figure, by his Slumbering within the earth's lair breast Consume, like fierce and wild decree, for the concern is known to hAve been very heAvily TO When prii-oned in the heart coinprvst. ] The earthquake opes itsyAwniog inaw, ‘ wAtered.” the peculiAr powers o f “ alisorbt ion ” it lias Al­ Colonel NEWSMEN AND POSTMASTERS VolcAnic fir< s find swill re eAse; wAys exhibited do not exist without being obliged to take up And then, responsive to HeAven's law, , Alder- THROUGHOUT The earth And ocean are at "peAce.” A very considerAble Amount of moisture to provide for the VArden “ Let ns have peace !” When nations wAil inside” Arrangements on each successive occasion of And tyrants wield the fearful elAive; “•AmAlgAmAting” witli other companies, occasions which, ■d, with mu uuiiuu ummuj uuuuuu uuu uuiuyu. When minions mock in despot's mail, And unresisting toils the slave. since its inception in 1851, hAve been frequent, for, not in­ >pe thAt Winged Justice springs with sword o f flame, cluding the “‘ opportunities ” presented by Government con­ sr grow On account o f the very extrAordinAry and wid spread di Strikes dow n the despot's foul increase, And, wAging war iu Freedom's name. tracts or the opening of new lines, about a doz n rivAl com­ mand which hAs sprung up for T h e W e e k l y since the ex­ O'er kings dethroned she heralds peace. panies hAve been merged into it; and now a “ ri:-g” o f ” Let U9 have peace I’ When foul misrule* posure o f the frauds and villAinies which are practiced upon Usurps the place of calm-hrowrd righ t; speculators hAve been formed, under whose purchases the :a v e the people by iniquitous corporAtions hAving no souls, was When knaves and sycophants cAn school Toot of Their souls to blackness, falsehouod'e Dight; mArket price o f this purely “ f a n c y ” 6tock lias AdvAnced commenced, which demand is evidenced by the dAily receipt Then retribution's trumpet-call perhaps 10 per cent., and whose purpose is to sell out this rcet At AwAkes the wronged to find surcease Leave of numerous letters— too numerous for us to Answer indi­ Of misery in the Moody pall, winter, to the Government, the entire CompAny, at such A md 5:15 Or respite from their woes in peace. stupendous, unheArd-of profit, that if there was Any honesty •rAwing viduAlly— from All parts of the country, we now offer the I. trAin ** Let us hAve peace I” Yes, when the bond O f groAning millions pleads no more; or pAtriotism in the founders o f the little “ N ew York and lie with following liberal c a s h t e r m s to All who are disposed to ugh to When into Freedom's gAping wound Mississippi VAlley Printing TelegrAph CompAny,” whose en­ uccom- WAr's dread <ibaiions cease to ponr; AvAil themselves o f them: When shameless murder, outrAged law, tire cApitAl stock wAs $360/00, they must be heArtily iuflAlo; For one new subscriber At $4 00. 25 per cent. And nameless tortures all shall cease ashamed, wherever they are, At such An Attempt on the pArt And the When Justice reigns without A flaw. Buffalo “ five new subscribers at $4 00............30 “ O'er All the land—then give us peace. o f the present owners (on m argin?) o f their direct descend, daily At “ 10 “ $4 00.......... 35 “ Let us have peace !*’ When link by link ant, the “ Western Union TelegrAph CompAny.” 4:30 P. “ 20 " $4 00........ 40 Tbegoldeu chain of love is wrought; 5 P. M.) When » rrors one by one shAll sink Let us suppose, for the sake o f Argument, thAt the sbares i’wenty- “ 50 “ $4 00.......... 45 Beneath the sun-bright wAves of thought; were ActuAlly worth 33 per cent. Anybody could have bought , 8:30 k. Nor kings nor heroes then shall reign, “ 100 or more “ $4 00............50 “ From our dear land to classic Greece, them at that. N ow , why should the United States, for the Twenty* Our ruler cometh to remain. benefit of A few lobbyists or speculAtors, lose— ActuAlly throw I f An agent, hAving forwArded one subscriber, retAining his The queen of heaven, whose name is P eaces ! A.vAy— twenty-six million eight hundred thousand dollars, by i 4:30 P. 25 per cent., shall subsequently obtain four more subscribers, 5 P. M). pAying $40,000,000 for w'*At its own owners only asked $13,- ty-third he will be entitled to receive 30 per cent, upon the whole 200,000 for. I f the Government does not consumate this in ­ 30 P. M. number, and so on up to 100, hAving obtAined which number THE WESTEBH DHI08 TELEGRAPH COMPART. famous purpose, it is known besides thAt the stock w ill fAll d street he will be entitled to the full 50 per cent, upon the amount 4:45, 5:15 of the said 100 subscribers. A H E W W A Y TO UNLOAD STOCKS. heAvily—much below its lAte quotAtion of 33 per Gent One I At 6:45, o f the reasons to be AdvAnced by the “ rin g” As An induce­ A ll funds should be remitted either by Post Office orders, ity-third ment for the purchase is thAt so mAny new offices w ill be 15, *5:15. or, when amounting to fifty dollArs and upwArd, by express, at A GigAntic Lobby Job. depot, 9 creAted for the “ AdministrAtion ” to fill—in the 7,000 em­ our expense. ployés o f the CompAny— which w ill ensure so mAny totes. r, from The pAtience with which the Government At WAshington 15, +8:15, This journAl will AlwAys treAt upon All those subjects which N ow, for very decency’s sake, we trust such An iuducement dv , & r are o f hAve borne the AssAults on its purse mAde by the “ lobby,” As this w ill never be Allowed to come before An insulted JOA.M.; VITAL INTEREST and Ihe success which hAs Attended some of these AssAults— iys only, country, no mAtter from whAt source.