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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1868-05-02

grasped in their last embrace, man
and wife, Ephraim and Mary Hoyt,
torn and mutilated, their forehcads
riven and furrowed with the traces of
the jagged rock-points, Alone,
striffened, and fast getting cold, with
| his calm, resolute face, is G. X.
Loomis, of Buffalo, his hair dripping
with the washing, sedgy waters, and
a dark streak under the eyes to tell
how he was swcpt'into the illimitable
space of night. Nothing but a cons
fused mass of torn timber, broken
bones and bleeding bodies; and, to
add to the horror of it, one of the
cars takes fire from the scattered
Goals of the stove, and six persons
Iammed in the scats-four women
and two men, are slowly reduced to
ashes and calcined bones. One man,
named Oliver, residing at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel in your city, has both
lees broken. lie is jammed under a
car fiat on his back, and while thus
undergoing unspeakable tortures, his
eyes are fastened on 4 woman along-
side of bim, who is also fastened by a
timber, whose head is broken to
fragments. The brave old man hears
her last expiring sob, and his arms
being free, he makes vain attempt
to free himself. For two long hours,
this old man, who is weak and sickly,
lies on the cold damp plateau Of
morass before he can be extricatcd.
In the meantime, the fifty or sixty
persons who have escaped in the five
foremost cars are out and endeavoring
to assist those buried in the ruin and
wreck of matter. The engine is re-
verscd, and the people on the cars do
their best to clear away the broken
and burning timbcrs. The gray mist
of the morning breaks slowly on the
river, and, after a time, the wounded,
the dying and the dead, with the ex.
ception of those burned to death, are
put on. the cars, which reach Port
Jervis at s o'clock in the morning,
: The entire town, men, women and
children, turn out toassist the suffer-
ing ones. The Delaware, Minncsink
and American Hotels are converted
uto temporary hopitals, twenty>foul
rooms in the first named house being
made to serve as hopital wards.
Eleven surgeons belonging to the
town, as well as from neighboriug
places, have been kept busy all day.
A great many Of those injured
slightly have gone home. About
sixty we're seriously Injured, and
many of them, it is believed, win die
WhenI left the Delaware House two
/, were speedily approaching dissolu'
ton.
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Onions and EpidemiCS.

In the spring of 1S49 1 was in
charge Of one hundred men on ship.
board, with the cholera among the
men. We had onions, Of which a
number Of the men ate freely. Those
who did so were soon attacked, and
nearly all died. AS soon as / made
this discovery, their use was forbidden.
After mature deliberation | came to
the conclusion that onions should
never be eaten during the prevalence
Of epidemics, for the reason that they
absorb the virus and communicate
the disease, and the proper use for
them is sliced and placed in a sick
room, and replaced with fresh ones
every few hours. tits we'll estab-
lished fact that onions will extract
the poison of snakes; this l person
ally know. Some kinds of mud viii
do the same. After maintaining the
foregoing opinion for eighteen years
I found the following we'll attcsted
Onions placed in the room wher'
there is small pox will blister and de
compose with great rapidity; no
only SO, but will prevent the sprea'
Of the disease. think, as a disin
fectant, they have no equal, whel
properly used but keep them out 0
the stomach. If need be, the forego
ing (Which I have greatly abbrevi
ated) can be attested on oath. lie
us have all the facts bearing upo
the subject, JOHN B. WOLF,
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A Lake Dried Up.

A few days ago the water from OF.
tawa lake, in Monroe county, Michi-
gan, all at once disappeared. The
COldwatcr Gdaette states that the Wa
ter had begun to subside for some
days, and the teamsters who carried
stone from the lake noticed thab the
holes at which they watered their
cattle we're crowded with FISH. They
increased in numbers, both large and
small, the former having their mouths
wide open, and so exhausted that the
people caught them with their hands.
The work of quarrying and hauling
stones was soon abandoned, and in
short time scores Of teams and hun
dreds of men might be seen on and
around the lake. The men with
handspikes, crowbars and axes, we're
busily engaged in cutting and raising
huge pieces of ice, and STOPPING down
and lifting the fish, some Of which
were dead, some alive, and some froE-
en- fast in the ice, for the water hays
ing departed from the lake by sOmo
subterranean passage, the vast sheet
of ice lay on the bottom. For three
days immense quantities Of fish were
carried away, principally pickersl aud
bass, while vast quantities of white
fish are left to rot on the ice aud in
the mud-for mud and ice is all that
is left Of Ottawa Lake. Numerous
pieces Of the ice are left standing on
edge, like so many grave stones. The
lake, or rather its bed, or graveyard,
presents novel scene. Some say the
water will return by the same source
by which it departed, bringing afresh
supply of fish with'it-for Lake Erie
is supposed to be It's headRaters.
Meantime the farmers in the vicinity
greatly feel the loss Of the departed
waters. About seven years ago this
lake departed in the same way, and
old men say it departs and returns Pc
riOaically.
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MY Wifc's Piano.

The deed is accomplished. My
wife got piano, and now farewell to
the Tranquil mind. 1t came on
dray. Six men carried it into the
parlOr, and grunted awfully. 1t weighs
a ton, shines like mirror, and has
carved Cupids climbing up its limbs.
Aud such lungs-whew My wife
has commenced to practice, and the
first time she touched the machine l
thought we were in the midst of a
thunder storm and the lightning had
struck the crockery chest. Cat, with
tail erect, took a bee-line for a par
ticular friend upon the back fence,
demolishing a six shilling pane of
glass. The baby awoke, aud the lit
tie fellow tried his best to beat the
instrument, but he couldn't do ii. 1t
beat him.
A teacher has been introduced into
the house. He says he is the last Of
Napoleon's grand army. He wears
huge moustaChe, looks at me fercely,
smells of garlic, and goes by the name
Of Count Run away ,never-come-back
again. He played an extract de opera
the other night. He ran his fingers
through his hair twice, then grinned,
then cooked his eyes at the ceiling,
like a monkey hunting flies, and then
came down one Of his fingers, and l
heard a delightful sound similar to
that produced by cock,roach dane
ing upon the tenor string Of fiddle
Down came another finger, aud ]
was reminded of the wind whistling
through a knot hole in a hen-coop
ne touched his thumb and | though
| was in an orchard listing to Tho
distant braying of a jaekass, Nov
he ran his fingers along the keys, ant
| thought of a boy rattling sticl
! upon store box or a picket feuce
All Of a sudden he stopped, and
| thought something had happened
5 Then came down both fists, aud Ol
! Lord snch noise was never hear,
. before. I thought q hurricane ha'
, struck the house and the walls wer
> caving in. 1 imagined l was in tn
5 cellar, and ton Of coal was fallin
: about my head. | thought the ma
d chine had bursted, when tho inferna
noise stopped, aud l heard my vii
e calculate. Exquisite !" What tn
s deuce is the matter2" ! inquiries
/ "Why, my dear, that is La Somnan
e bula." 3D. Somnambula r. though
is |, and the count rolled up his she
d of paper. He calls it music but f
II the life Of me / can not make it loo
s. like any thing else than a rail fen,
it with a lot of Juvenile niggers climI
= ing over,
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Apprenticeship to Journalism

The "e1itor and proprietor of a
daily newspaper in the North of
England is prepared to receive a
young gentleman for the purpose Of
educating him in all the branches of
newspaper work. lie will be instruct
ed in short hand paragraphing, etc.
He will Eave frequent opportunities
of writing leading articles, when he
shows sufficient ability. A premium
required" "
This is step in the right direction.
But instead Of putting a boy who
cyinces a talent for journalism in an
editorial room, We would make him
copy holder to proof. reader, filling
up his spare time by working at case.
School and collegiate education
furnish but small portion of the
requirements necessary to journalist.
A boy will learn more Of what q
newspaper should choose, say, and
avoid by the comments Of compost.
tors on the copy they receive, than he
could learn in any other way. For
the scholastic standard is not an
adequate test of the fitness of an
article or paragraph for publication.
And in cases requiring impartiality Oi
judgment, control of temper and tact
the scholastic mind would eyince
great shortcomings. journalism
should he trade ) mere book
education contains but a small portion
Of the requisites essential to those
who practise it. Special knowledge
can be acquired rapidly, readily and
thoroughly from various sources when
an emergency arises. But as there is
no school for soldier so good as the
army no practice so perfect as serv-
ing through a campaign; so there is
no school for journalist so thorough
as a printing office no practice SO
good as working in its details.-Nelo
York Commercial AducrtiScr.
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the title we have given it. Some
months ago, that supremely despica.
bic seoundrel, Underwood, to whose
level the bench has been brought
down, and not he elevated to it, tcsti-
fed before a Congressional committee
that, with full swing allowed him, he
could pick out o jury in Virginia,
safe to convict Jefferson Davis.
Would we be guessing wide of the
mark, if we suggested the possibility
of connection between the statute.
VIC are considering and Judge Under,
woods hint Of what he could DO, il
he had a fair chance? Let US see
how easily, under such a law, he
could carry out his little game. The
formation or expression Of an
opinion" it provides, "upon the
innocence of the accused, founded
upon public rumor, statements in
public journals, or the common his
tory Of the times, shall be no valid
objection to a juror; therefore the
judge may, if he chooses, retain on
the panel every man who has formed
or expressed an opinion against the
prisoner. But" the law goes on
to say, the court may, In its discre
ton, set aside any such juror" (that
is any juror having formed or ex-
pressed an opinion), therefore the
Judge may, at his pleasure, set aside
every man who has formed or ex-
pressed any opinion favorable to the
prisoner. To Oillustrate A. B., from
reading the newspapers,Or from public
rumor, or from common history
some of it is exceedingly common
has both formed and expressed the
opinion that Jefferson Davis is
traitor, aud deserves to suffer death !;
A. b., if Judge Underwood says so,
is perfectly competent to sit on Mr..
Davis trial. c. D., man of equal
intelligence and respectability, from
the same veracious sources, has formed
an equally decided opinion that MIR.
Davis, so far from being a criminal
and deserving of death, is high
toned, chivalrous gentleman, who
should now be representing his State
in the Senate of the United States I;
G, D., if Judge Underwood says the
word (and he would be mighty apt to
say iD, must "stand aside" Why,
the process of packing a jury under
this " enabling act, is as safe aud
simple as "heads, l win-tails, you
lose."
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AN OBSTINATE BRIDEGRoosN-
couple called on one Of our country
a few nights since to have
him perform the marriage ceremony.
All went smoothly until the clergy
man came to the passage where the
man repeats after him-"to have and
to hold from this day forward, for bet
ter, for worse, for richer for poorer,
in sickness and in health" "No,"
said the man, mot in sickness" The
clergyman repeated the words, but
the groom again refused to say them,
when tfe minister said he should not
proceed with the ceremony.
After moments eonfab between
the man and woman, they resumed
their places and the clergyman re-
commenced, but at the word sickness
the groom again backed out, aud res
fused positively to repeat 10, as be said
he would not saddle HIMSELF with any
such promise, alleging that "she might
be sick all the time" The clergys
man then dismissed the couple, who
departed, the bride earnestly entreat-
/ ing the man to say the werds, while
he avowed his intention Of seeking
another clergyman The bride must
have triumphed, as the next evening
the parties reappeared, and went
through the whole ceremoay proper
ly.-E Exchange.
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Gen. BeauregaTd ReG1tes a
SIandeT. 81.

We copy as follows from our CO.
temporary, the Bee:
We have received from Gen.
Beauregard the following letter, with
reference to the malignant misrepre-
sentation of his conduct, on the occa-
sion of visit to Arlington House,
the property of the wife Of Gen. r.
Il. Lee, made by the Washington
correspondent Of the Boston Common
,oeaHh, which We denounced on Tues
day last.
That journal will, We have no
doubt, contradict, at once, the state
ment of its correspondent
New ORLEANS, April %. 1868.
To the Editors Of y. o Bee
Gentlemcn-Allow me to thank
yol for having refuted, in your pa~
per of yesterday, the following SANDER
contained in the " Washington cor
respondence of the Boston Common
,0cdlth, to-wit:
I" BEAUREGARD AT ARLINGTON
Speaking OF the cenotaph erected to
the memory of the unknown braves,
we are reminded that the children of
Gen. Lee, as we'll as the notorious
Gen. Beauregard, recently visited
Arlington. The former declined, but
the latter boldly accepted the invita-.
ton to record his name in the book
-of visitors kept in the mansion. A
wounded soldier acts as janitor Of the
place. lie accompanied Beauregart
to the memorial vault, and pointed &c
him the touching words inscribed
thereon. Beauregard read them, anC
burst into loud laugh, scofhng at tn,
woe and suffering he had in par
caused. Senator Wade soon alter
! visited the grounds. The old servito
, told him the story with well expresse,
. indignation. Brave fellow |" ex
: claimed old Ben, crippled as yor
a are, why did you not strike him t
a the earth with your cane as he thu
t lieered at the sufferings Of our people
r The old soldier, as we listened to hin
!, Hooked as though he would ike t
n have the valiant General come again
: and with such high authority benin
: him we have no doubt he would pl
/ into execution at once the bluff Sem
II tors suggestion"
n This attack is only on a par vii
Q those from similar sources, whiC
'e have already been made upon me an
), other ex-Confederate Generals.
q. trust my friends will pardon me f
b noticing this new aspersion; my r
: marks are intended only for tn
A. numerous class Of my fellow.citizeI
s. who are unaGluainted with me.
A When in Washington, last 0ctob'
i | was invited by some friends to VII
|" Arlington House" which | b
4 never seen except at distance.
1t accepted the invitation, and VIII
~ there we were conducted by one
us the guardians Of the place to see I
Cemetery. We entered it with u
be silent reserve which is due to
nd abode Of the dead, and / leitit sho
les " afterwards With saddened he,
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at the thought that the graves Of 30
many of our brave CoRfedsrates
should be still uncarcd for by friends
OF foes. A true hearted soldier feels
the same respect for the grave pf .
gallant enemy as for that Of . bToths
er-in.aTms-and am yet 10 learn
that a single Federal grave has ever
been desecrated by a truo goafederate
soldier.
On returning to the Mansion, our
conductor disappeared for an instant,
and presently retarned with a hand
some bouquet, Of flowers gathered
from the flower garden Of Mrs. Lee /;
he asked me to accept it as q nemen-
to Of my visit, and in return to enter
my name in the visitors registry
book. We then shook hands and
parted, probably never 10 meet again.
If he be "a brave crippled soldier"
he is incapable of having been guilty
of the vile SANDER invented to injure
defeated and prescribed fel-
lOW-soldier.
remaiS, yours, very sincerely,
G. T. BEABREGAKB.
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For the Sentinel.
OFFERING TO OUR DEAD.
BY OLIVIA T. THOMAS.

Once more for thee life giving Spring,
We bless the gracious giver,
And wish, alas the lovely thing
Could lingsr here forever.
For oh our hearts rejoice to see
Earth with so much beauty spread;
These pure, and fitting gifts shall DO
Offerings to our early dead.
Wen bring the fairest buds that bloom,
Place the simple offering hOre
Upon our dsrling's narrow tomb,
hoisten'd with affections tear
We'll bring the hyacintb, and the rose,
DaHodil and daisy too,
ARd the lilacS clustering boughs
And some flowers of psler hue
The snow drop and the violet
With the star Of Bethlehem"-
Sweet, lovely emblems those-and yet,
Pale and lovely thou as them.
Wen bend fboye the sacred spot
And weep, time can never bring
Our darling lone Forget t,me.not'
To greet the glad, smiling spring,
And all il earths rare, cherished Aov'r
Were all blEhted e'cr to bloom,
'Twero not so mournful as for Ours,
Thus to mouller in the tomb
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THE TooFHAcHK.-"M My dear
friend, said II. / ran cure your
toothache in ten minutes" Howl
| inquired.
Do it in pity" Instantly"
Z" Instantly" said he, have you any
alum2p !" Yes" Bring it and some
common SALT They we're produced.
Ny friend pulverized them, mixed
them in equal quantities then wet
small piece Of cotton, causing the
mixed powder to adhere, and placed in
my hollow tooth. There, said he,
if that does not cure you will for
felt my head. You may tell this to
every one, and publish it everywhere.
The remedy is infallible." It was
as he predicted. On the introduction
Of the mixed alum and salt, expes
rienced a sensation Of GOODNESS and
with it cured the toothache.
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"What are you about, you BLACK
rascalP "Twice have you reused me
from my sound sleep to tell me that
breakfast is ready, aud now you've
awoke me by attempting to pull of
the bed clothes What the deuce Dc
you mean2 "Why massa, if you
isn't going to get up, | mus hab Dc
sheet anyhow, case dey're waiting fol
dc table clofr'
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Turkish Lunch.

| never want another one. The
cooking apparatus was in the little
room near the bazaar, and it was all
open to the street. The cook was
dirty, so was the table, and it had no
cloth on it. The fellow took a mass
Of sausage meat and coated it around
wire and laid it on a charcoal fire
to cock. When it was done he laid it
aside and a dog walked in and nipped
it. He smelt it first, and probably re,
cognized the remains of friend
The cook took it away from him and
laid it before us. Brown said: ~
pass; !" he plays euchre sometimes
and we all passed in turn. Then the
cook baked a broad, fat wheaton
cake, creased itwell with the sausage,
and started to bring it to us. 1t
dropped in the dirt, aud he picked it
up and polished it on the seat of his
trowsers, and laid it before us. Brown
said, Il pass" We all passed and
called a new deal. lie put some
eggs in frying pan, and stood PEN
sively prying slabs of meet from be-
tween his teeth with fork. Then
he used a fork to turn the eggs with
and brought them along. Brown
said, Il pass" We all followed suit
We did not know what to do, and 81
we ordered new ration of sausage
The cook got out his wire, apportion
ed proper amount of sausage, meat
spit on his hands and fell to work
This time, with one accord we al
passed out. We paid and left. Thi
is all | learned about Turkish lunches
a Turkish lunch is good, no doubt
but it has its weak points.
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New Orleans papers speak Of
numerous capitalists there from the
North, aud heavy speculative pur-
chases Of plantation lands at cheap
rates, without an intention of i'm
mediate cultivation.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1868-05-02

A woman who was enjoined TO try
the effect Of kindness on her husband,
and was told that II would heap Goals
Of fire on his head, replied that she
had tried billin water and it didn't
DO a bit Of good.
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w. GREEAHAW & SON.
Dealers In Hides and Leather

Keeps constantly on hand supply Of good
Sole, Upper, Calf, Kip and Harness Leather,
and pays highest prices for Hides in cash or
leather will also make or repair Harness and
Brides, at the "a tan yard, u0rth Of Brown
/ Son, f9S 3u
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

The New York money market has assumed
asteady feeling OF confidence, and no appre.
hension is felt as to the possibility of a return
OF an special activity in loans. The banks are
sending moderate amounts Of currency to the
South; but 1t the same time, are receiving
currency from Chicago. the rate Of exchange
on New York at that city being IS cents per hi
premium. The banks are very general asking
seven per cent. an all loans, but have to en-
ploy a portion Of their balances at a lower
figure. On the street the rate is generally six
per cent Discounts continue moderately
active at 7a9 per cent. for prime paper.