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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-11-01
COACHnEN AND GARDENERS.

WANTED-A SITUATION AS CoACHMAN AND
w groom, by single young man understands his BUSH
ness thoroughly table III requ ed; has two
years good city references from last employers win be found
Office.
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WANTED-A SITUATION BY A RESPECTABLE
W single man, groom and coachman; competent 70
take charge Of horses harness and carriages also
ana farming good poughman, seed fencer ana
dransr aud mixer having served lew in each OF
tnose POSITIONS give good reference Address n D. o.
herald once
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-02-07

upon fresh tokens Of the gay life which
buszed and glittered there until the terri.
bic eruption bcfell. But quite lately the
scaOatori from Naples have brought to
light an item Of this buried people which
Il singular even among all these singular
memorials. 1t is an urn or vase Of bronze
of the ordinary classical shape, with two
handles.
The VESSEL was covered with thick
csust of oxidyzed metal and scorie when
this was Clipped away cover was seen
fitting tightly to the mouth, soldered
down by the same composite crust. On
opening the vase, quantity of pure, soft,
ADD pellucid water was found, sweet to
the state, and unalterei in quality. This
water could not have percolated through
the metal sides or top Of the urn; more
over, no reservoirs of filtered rain are found
in the Pompeian ruins. The dry volcan-
ic soil and the nature of the vessel makes
that theory impossible The water was
surely drawn for some Campanian house.
hold on the day of the awful visitation;
and if SO, it is as it was, the drinking watei
of the dead, tasted by the living eighteen
centuries after that vessel of bronze was
filed.
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III Singular Community.

Four miles from Oneida, New York, q
class calling themselves Christian Perfec.
tionists, twelve years ago organized COM
munity. 1t numbers about $50; rs are
under IA years of age Property and
persons are held in common. No one of
himself owns any thing. They commence
ed poor, now they are rich. The location
is the most beautiful in the land. 1t en-
braces 600 acres in the choice Oneida
Valley. The ground is finely laid out
The principal residences are brick, three
stories high. Besides the central man
sion there are i've large buildings. One
is used for general dining hall, and 9th.
ers for canning fruit, and various indus
tries. They have invented much valua.
BILE machinery. All eat in one large hall,
at many tables. They provide neither tea
nor coffee, and seldom meat. Vegetables,
fruits, milk, butter, cheese, cakes, pud-
diugs, and pies are abundant. They have
a fine library and take the newspapers.
Their religious faith is peculiar. They
claim to be successors Of the Apostles, to
whom was promised the speedy second ad-
vent of Christ. They say that Christ did
reappear after the destruction of Jerusa-
lem, when there was a Judgment in the
spiritual world, and the final kingdom in
the Heavens began. They believe that
they are in direct communication with
Christ and the Resurrected Church In the
angelic world. These things they say is
in a literal, not fgurative sense.
The marriage relation in this community
is wholly unknown. Instead, there is
complex marriage. Each man is the hus-
band Of every woman-each woman the
wife of every man. Husband a., wife
have no meaning. There are NJ Nd ing
ceremonies, for there are no weddings
Nor are young persons mates. A young
man must mate with woman older and
more experienced than he; young wo-
man with man older and more expert
enced than she. Love attachments for
individuals are contrary to their princi-
Piles. Only twenty-four children have
been born iu ten years. The women wear
Boomers and short hair, and enjoy equal
privileges with the men.
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From the London Telegraph.
I'll J0T' Of Water Eighteen Hun.
dred Years Old.

Digging, as they constantly do, in the
great volcanic grave Of the cities buried
near Mount Vesuvius, the Italian work.
men have just struck upon a remarkable
/ object. Such an event, of course, is no
novelty at Pompei and Herculaneum !;
and indeed, of all the odd things which
might be expected to turn up in the streets
and houses Of ancient towns suddenly
overwhelmed by lava, the major part has
a. eAdy come to hand. Everybody knows
what curious and interesting articles have
been discoverei-the skeleton, the uten-
sils, the coins, implements, armor, pot.
terry, and so on. The Roman soldier
found at his post, from which the 6ery
shower could not drive him the miser
with his money-bag, killed as he painful
ly fed; aud that most pathetic impress in
the lava ofa mother claspiug the child
tor which she diei-nothing left of all
her great love but its record on the mol
ten pumlce and the little pile of mingled
bones; everybody has heard Of these relics.
And to say nothing of the museums that
are stocked with objects of archaeology
from the buried cites-the statues, the
pictures, the inscriptions, the architectu-
raj remains, and what not-endless SOU
venirs have also been found OF the daily
life of that Campauian people, who were
caught in the great spasm of nature, and
wrapped, along with their habitations, in
d winding sheet of burning ashes and Ii
quid rock. On the streets themselves
paved with volcanic blocks FROM still older
eruptions-are yet seen the deep ruts worn
by the wheels of chariots and wains. The
refuse of the day marks the kennel; the
ke are in some Of the front wckets on
the walls there are jocose or ribald iuscrip.
tions scratched by the Pompeian gansins;
and you enter dwelling after dwelling, to
hod the contents exactly as the terrified
owners left them-the household gods
in their place; the lamp, the paiere,
onphore ready for use the tricliaians
arranged for the feast which was never
eaten.
Nay, seekers have found the caka of
bread half consumed, the bakers oven
with the batch half ready, the oil flask
half emptied and the mason's chisel flung
down by the side Of the half flushed acan-
thus leaf, upon which is plainly shown
the very last mark of the tool, when the
workman saw the mountain belch forth
its fire, and felt the earth shake, and
fled for life. Thus it is nothing new in
these cities OF the dead to come perpetually
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I'll BedOlEtal Bride.

had the honor Of "assisting" this
morning, at the marriage of Bedouin
lady. Stroling little way into the
desert, about 8 O'clock, | saw three Be-
douin encampments, and from the most
distant there issued camel, on whose
back was huge bower, formed of plain
branches and covered with red cloth. As
the camel approached, the women left the
nearest encampments and raised shrill
cries in welcome to the bride, the men
firing muskets in close proximity, which
would have proved most alarming to most
European young ladies'. The cradle was
lined with Arab carpets, on which reciued
a girl dressed i'll the height of Arabian
fashion, large silver rings on her legs, sill.
yer ornaments on her breast and turban,
and over all huge stri ped rug of native
manufacture. The lovely Fatima-for
such learned was her acknowledgement to
glance at me as raised my hat in salu.
tation of the bride; but she appeared to
take far greater pleasure in the Bedouiu
followers, who fired about her bower as if
it had been French fortress. Presently
thereslssued from the gate of Laghouale
train of Arab women, dancing, cIapping
their hands and making shril cries as like
as human voices possibly could be to the
whinny of mare. Then the camel was
stopped, the bride alighted, embracing
few of the women, joined the procession,
and, followed by the camel, all proceeded
to the mud hut in which Fatima was to
share for evermore the love of an Arab
with two other ladies'. But en- route the
Bedouins chased about the procession at
full gallop, firing their guns while at top
speed; and when the bridal party had
passed into the mud mansion, they follow
ed, and could hear the teu de joie re-
peated. May Fatima be happy Her
price was not high, as she only cost her
lord sixty francs, and there are some
young ladies of the desert who cost two
hundred fraucs.-L!te IN an Oasis.
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Grant has been since Shiloh, b G
courts criticism. The office holders are
now after him like the pilot fish after a
shark Grant at the head of the army
was safe, but Grant for President is
the most gigantic sell ever put off on an
intelligent people. Laughter, Oh and
dissent Whenever | M ct him, ha, g
the inclination to say, General, I have
only CT five minutes time, tell us all
you know Laughter The dress cir
Gle may be fooled with this head shaking
bus ness, under the progerb that "young
people should be seen and not beard .
hut the pit remembers another prrverb
that "graVity is mysterious carriage of
the body to cover up the defects of the
MUD Laughter and applause.] The
man who was generation planning a
side walk from his pigeon; house at Galena
to the railway depot, will never be Presi
dent of the UDited States. Loud laugh
ter Bennett only praises him to kill
him, as he did Mcclellan, and when he
became Secretary of War to 5elp John
son slide Stanton over his back into the
ditch laughter the cork was out the
bottle, and OUT came the politician aim
ing at the White House. Judge SaDcho
Panza, at Barcelona, sagely remarked
that the higher the witness climbs, the
more he shows s-statesmausbip.-
Loud laughter. Grants name is ia
NOUS on account of his wonderful facility
for nacadamizing the road from Wash
ington to Richmond, with the skulls of
American citizens [sensation, and for his
daily dispatches to Stanton, "Send down
twenty thousand more men to staff
another graveyard y [Sensation.1 So
cially, | like the General, but 1 cannot
vote for Washburne.
Pat PICKED ont the the owl, being some
thing of a phrenologist, when selecting
parrot, on account of the size of his head.
"Wil he talk p said Pat, "Like book.
Put him in dark room and feed him on
meat" Some weeks after the bird fan.
cier met the Irishman. "Does he talk,
Pat p "The divil bit of it but IRE.
mcmbering his large eyes and intelligent
shake of the hNad) he keeps up divil of
a thinking Loud laug liter
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The Mystery Of Punctuation.

An old compositor tells this aueodote
in New England paper:
We remember, number of years ago,
when we were at work in a book office
near Boston, the copy was received for a
scientific work. The copy was manu-
script, with every letter we'll formed, ev-
cry capital letter in its proper place, every
word distinct, aud punctuated. 1t was
plain as reprint, and called by the COM
posltors the best manuscript copy they
had seen. The copy was given out to the
compositors few pages at time, who set
it up aud punctuated it as they had been
in the habit of doing, each as he thought
the sonse required. The proofreader read
the proofs, marked few changes in the
punctuation, as he did in most of the
proofs. and the matter was corrected
Another proof was taken and corrected,
and, when thirty or forty pages were ready
they were sent to the author for his in-
speotion. In few days the proofs came
back, with the punctuation marked freely.
At was corrected, of course, and the COM
positors then got orders to "follow copy
in punctuation" They did so, and anoth.
or lot was forwarded to the author, pune.
tuated exactly according to the copy. In
due time these proofs came back, and with
the punctuation marked more than before,
if that were possible. This irritated the
proof-re der somewhat, and be sent the
scientific author not very polite note,
saying: 'If can't punctuate this work
to suit You, aud you can't punctuate it to
suit yourself, what are you going to do 7"
ln reply, the author said he wasn't aware
no had been correcting the Office punctua-
ton, but If the proof-reader would see to
the punctuation he would be greatly
obliged, as it was something he knew no.
thing about. After that there was no
more trouble about punctuation 90 that
work,
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Witch killing In .af,.ic0.

In The Missionary Herald for January
we find the following picture of African
superstition as given in letter from Mr.
BUSHNELL Of the Gaboon Mission
saw much of the people, and my
heart was saddcnc by the exhibitions OF
heather depravity aud superstitions, aud
the evidence that they are rapidly wasting
away under Satau's cruel reign. The
BakeEes and ShekaLies seem entirely
given up to belief in wtchcraft, and to the
saoguinary work of judging aud killing
those wh) are suspected of being guilty.
During the time missionaries were located
at Nengenenge they were able to hold this
terrible superstition in check to some ex-
tent ; aud not few poor victims were
rescued through their Influence. But
now, with none to modest or make them
afraid, they carry on the work Of destruc-
lion with savage greediuess and feudsh
cruelty lu about every case Of death,
one at least, aad often two or three poor
victims are cruelty sacrificed.
AS | passed along in my boat, | fire.
t,
places where the bamboo had recently
been burned, and upon inquiry was told
that there the fires of superstition had
been kindled to burn witches. In one
place wife bad been burned for her hus-
band, who had fallen in battle with the
Pangwes. In another, two persons had
been burned for an old chief who had
killed himself with rum-drinking. Ia
this way the remnant of these two tribes,
left by the slave trade, are destroying
each other, and will soon be numbered
With the departed, or absorbed by the
more numerous and powerful Pangwe
tribe, who, though oannibals, are not
wtch-killers. They sometimes purchase
and eat condemned Bakoic witches, but
never kill their own people for the imagi.
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gNGtiGal.
THE FAREWELL.
BY L. YEATEs REESE.

Fare thee well the word is spoken,
Lips have breathed the last adieu.
Hearts have bled DER pleasures oxen,
Pure as friendship ever knew
Fare thee well may absence find thee
Still the same as now thou art
Treasured thoughts of those behind the
Dwell forever near thy heart.
Looks lit up with hope may meet thee.
In some far and stranger land
Welcome smiles of pleasure greet thee,
Eyes of love and voices bland;
But when brightly pass before thee
All the joys of fashions train,
Memory's magic charms steal DER thee,
Bear thee to thy home again
Hearts drink agony tomorrow
Whence to-day their solace springs,
Chequered scenes of light and sorrow
Mark the course of human things;
Soon, alas the fairest roses
Lie disrobed of all their bloom,
And life's pageantry discloses
But pathway to the tomb.
Spirit sentinels protect thee
Till thy final hour may come,
Faith unwavering then direct thee
10 thine amaranthine home
There with songs of joy and gladness,
Friends may walk the pearly shore,
And the parting word of sadness
Stir the depths of grief no more.
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ADVERTISING A SUCCESS IN Bust
NEss.-The New York Tribune has the
following upon the value of advertising,
and every practical business man will con-
firm what it says of the present state of
business prudence and economy, of
course, are the two great lessons to be
learned; but there are many people ready
to buy, even 10 the most depressed sea-
sons. Find them out; show them your
wares; persuade them to buy of you ra
Their than another. When buyers are re-
luctant, sellers must be active, 1t is ne-
Their cheap nor sensible to sit still behind
your counter and wait for the hustle of
trade TO revive. When business is dull
that is the very time to advertise. In the
first place, that is when you most need to
advertise; and in the second, that is when
people devote most time to reading-the
newspaper consequently is most generally
seen. A few dollars thus invested will do
more to revive sluggish business than
anything else in the world"
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EXECUTORS NOTICE.

THIS is TO GIVE NOTICE, That the sub
4 criber has obtained from the Register of
Wills of Hartford county, Nd, Letters Testament
tary on the personal estate of
JAMES AMOS,
late of Hartford county, decd. All persons hav-
ing claims against said deceased are hereby noti-
he'd to exhibit the same, with the legal vouchers
thereof on or before the
2sM day Of January, 1869,
or they may otherwise by law be excluded from
all benefit of said estate.
All persons indebted to said estate are request
ed to make immediate payment.
Given under my hand and seal this 2sth day
ofJanuary 1868.
ABRAHAM RUTLEDGE,
jan 81 Administrator.
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TIME Bill filed in this case states that
l. William Anderson, late of Batim re
county, deceased, died seized in fee of
tract of land, situated in Hartford county.
called "Barnett's United Fields,'' con-
tanning one hundred and sixteen acres,
more or less, which is described in IA
deed from William Boon and vie to said
deceased, duly executed AND recorded
That said deceased, by his last will, d.
rected said land to be sold after the dealt
OF Elizabeth Tracy, who then occupied
the same, but is since dead, the proceeds
to be divided among his heirs-at-law, and
appointed said Benjamin +. Anderson his
executor, who has neglected and refuses
to sell said land. That complainant and
the other children of said testator and the
children Of his deceased son Joshua, who
are named in said bill, are his only heirs
at-law.
The Bill further states that Mary J.
Meads, Caroline Lutho, VIM. Renshaw,
John Renshaw, Jas. Renshaw, Mary
Hale, Sarah j, Rigdon and others claim to
have some interest in said land, which
complainant denies, and AYERS that it will
he for the interest of all the parties enti-
tied to have said lands sold and the pro-
ceeds divided under decree of said
Court, and prays for decree for sale
of said land and partition of the proceeds.
And it appearing that two subpenas
against the said defendants, Mary j.
Meads, Caroline Lutho, VIM Renshaw.
j . h n Renshaw, J mes Renshaw,
Mary II al and Sarah j. Rigdon
have been returned non est. 1t is order
ed this 29th day Of November, 1867, that
the complainant, by publication of this
order in some newspaper printed and
published in Hartford county, once in each
of four successive weeks, three months
before the 10Th day of May next, give no.
;ice to the said defendants of the sub
stance and object of said Bill, and warn
them to appear in this Court, in person or
by attorney, on or before the said 10th
day of May next, to show cause, if any
they have, why decree should not be
passed as prayed, otherwise the allegations
of the Bill may be taken pro confesso
against them.
A. w. BATEMAN.
True copy, Test,
A. LlNGAN JARRETT, Clerk.
janl7
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nary crime of witchcraf. They quietly
look upon this destruction among the
other tribes with satisfac ion, SEEING that
soon they will occupy the places on the
river which are being vacated, anl aomc
IL direct contact with Commerce On tho
coast, with no Intervening f,c;ors to rob
them of their profits.
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EXECUTRIX'S NOTICE.

ENEUUIKIA'S NOTICE.
THIS is TO GIVE NOTICE, That the sub
scriber has obtained from the Register of
Wills of Hartford county, Md, Letters Testament
tary on the pesonal estate of
WASHINGTON NJ. SLADE,
late of Hartford county, decd. All persons hav-
ing claims against said deceased al hereby noti-
fed TO exhibit the same, with the legal vouchers
thereof on or before the
10th day Of January 1869,
or they may otherwise by law be excluded from
all benefit of said estate s.
All persons indebted to said estate are request
ed to make Immediate payment.
Given under my hand and seal this goth day
of January, 1868.
MARTHA SLADE
Jan-3l Executrix.
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Miatella Z nMs.
TIE Great negro and Grant
Questions SOtUed by a Phi
FnsHsnHpn.
E0SOD&pr.

That eccentric speaker who makes such
telling licks at the absurdities of the day,
George Francis Train, turned up last week
in Boston, and gave the denzens of the
hub blast of his trumpet His illustra
ton # the negro and Grant questions are
inimlable. When he appeared upon the
stage he had one of the new Christmas
toys, representing negro dancing
which, when he wished to make
some points, showing how the negro &C.
cupcd all our Legislation, he would touch
The boar and Sambo would jump, while
the audience would roar with aughter.-
1t was some minutes before they saw what
was inteoded, but when they caught the
spirit OF ii their applause and laughter
were absolutely deafeuing every time Mr..
Train touched the magic board
The report of his speech contains the
following:
THE DANCING OF THE NEGRO.
Here Mr.. Train set the mig to dancing
Where is Wilson? Another dance
Where is Banks, Hooper, Ames, Oaks
and Boutwell, ? The mig dances fercely
amid shouts of laughter. Why was not
Patrick Dcnahoe elected? Because the
black Republican crowd went solid against
hun. That's So More dancing. l.
Why is Boston to day, the Salem of New
York The mig jumps Why are your
wharves deserted-no ships, no steamers,
10 Canarders? [Sambo becomes wild with
jumping, aud the audience as wild with
laughter Why is the Hoosac Tunnel
the greatest bore of the day-too late to
stop the deserted appearance of this city ?
THE mig hard at it Why is the con.
solidation of your roads no use t, you in
getting back the Western trade TMr
Train makes the mig dance new jig, and
the audience were convulsed with laugh
ter Why is your Tote of So, 500 900 to
the Hartford aud Erie road all futile 81 far
as restoring Boston TO her former 81 ry
[Another isl Why are the negroes
pouring into a climate not adapted to
them, crowding you out of the field p
More daucing] Why is the Diamond
line OF packets withdrawn, and Enoch
Train, its founder, forgotten by the virgin
residents of Boston IA new jig from
Sambo.] Why are there no emigraut
ships coming here ? [Sambo jumps with
delight Why is Fanueil Hall illumina-
ted tonight by the solid and stoii men
of Boston ? Here the mig becomes al.
most unmanageable.] Why won't your
newspapers report this meeting, one of the
most important ever held in Boston p
The nig's feet move like magic
Here Mr.. Train read an editorial from
the Boston Post, and Mr.. Cunard's letter,
withdrawing the English steamers to New
York. This is your last hope, poor old
Boston, weak-Aueed, hypocritical Boston.
lea ships gone India ships gone Sa-
vannah, Mobile, Charleston and New Or
leans business gone. Why is this p
The mig is jubilaut with new dance
Branch house for everything in Now
York your young men all going away
Why is this Another dance and roars
of laughter
He did not resist the temptation to
pay Lis respects to Gen. Grant The
picture of Ulysses by Train is master
piece and crowds much art on a small CAN
vass
TRAIN ON GRANT,
The moment a mau goes into Tratninq
Laughter, for the White House, as