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The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-02-03
MRS. GAINES.
Her Property i'm New Orleans.
Now M Mo-, n,.ya0ao R,lIIeffa

IRON he NeO orleans bWtetUb'
This interesting juridioal epic which has
been good deal longer than the siege OF Troy,
has been regarded by the citizens OF rev
Orleans as q romance. It has recently, however,
assumed the aspect OF q serious reality. Mrs.
Gaines having, with a degree of fidelity TO her
own reputation which does her nonor no., con,
before the city OF New Orleans and demands
surrender of certain property which the courts
AS she hes very formidable siege train in
certain DEGREES of the Supreme Court,
nished in the prospect OF success she has ouly
TO send In u flag and summons 10 see
our Com mon Council come IN P3dy @ 20 ascer Ger
has taken In a communication III which she
proposes-to save all interested parties from
expensive and tedious litigalton TO encourage
improvements; to increase the revenues of the
city, and to have the qualification OF being in.
stTumental in placing that desirable portion Of
the city, purchased by my father, In q condition
to become at an early day the seat OF wealth and
avenue ia to New w YORK; propose m to U execute
my deed in fee to the city OF New Orleans for
the whole tract, reserving square No. -, which
in aid of large sum already donated for 1t;
and square No. -, upon which wish 10 build
being s93O,39l less than could equity claim,
VIII
Fifty-one squares at the rate OF
those named, sold In lS37..... SS7556S
Interest on same 10 years Co,ooo
Interest on same l6 years ito
1869 at per cent ......."".. 56,676-l, ,654 1913
1850 39I
These proposals having been referred to q
committee, consisting OF the Finance Com
mittee OF each Board Of Aldermen, they made
report reciting the chain Of title TO the claimed
lands. Tney decline to give "any opinion upon
the legality of the claim" of Mrs. Gaines They
make the singular announcement that the
"other duties OF the City Attorney preclude1
him from giving his time and attention to the
study OF the claim" and case-of more than one
and half million Of fdolars-against his client.
the city, and publish the opinion OF attorneys of
known ability" WeREe compelled TO say that If
the City Attorney has business of more Import
ance than this he must be very fortunate
lawyer, and the city should hasten to secure
the services of one whose practice is not so
lucrative. The joint committee recommend
another special committee. the duty OF which
shall be to report the amount proper to be paid
Mrs. Gaines for her quit claim and warranty.
The value to be so awarded will depend upon
decision of the question whether the city is
responsible for the present value Of the pro.
perty claimed, or for the purchase money paid
the city and the interest thereon from the date
of the city sale. Chis question involves all the
difference between a little more than q quarter
of million and nearly two and q half millions
OF dollars.
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This Afternoons Quotations.

LONDON, Feb. 3-P. M-Unltei States 5.2Os,
quiet at 76{. Stocks steady. Erie, 264; Illinois
Central, 934; Western, AZ.
LIVERPOOL, Feb. 3-P. M.-Cotton active
middng uplands, l2t; middling Orleans, l2td. ;
The sales will reach 20, 600 bales.>
HAvRE, Feb. 3--P. Motion buoyant both
on the spot and ahost sales on the spot at 1876,
ahoat at 1887.
LIVERPOOL, Feb. 3-P. M.-Cotton-There has
been NO business doing in cotton to arrive to-
day, and sales were made at lad. for middlIng
uplands. Breadstuffs are generally irmer.
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Markets by Telegraph.

NEW YORK, Feb. 3-stocks steady. Chicago ana
Rock Island, 1870; Reading, 1885, Canton 90 6O1i
s2]4; Plttsburg and Fort Wayne. l2I; Michigan Gem
trsl, llsh; Michigan Southern. gi'{; New York
1852, 1855.
BALTIMORE. Feb. 4-Ootton nrme and mode -ately
sctive midoIing uplanos 291s cents. Wheat un-
sec oa.s unehsngsd a ID az 79%@95c % Rye UNCHANGED Is
sides l71s@Ol75ic clear DO, 1s1a0l83ic; shouiders
lb}a@l55lc. Hams, zoe. Lard stea1y Ut 21c
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SECOND EDITION
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
The Cattle Disease ia New York
European Market Quotations.
Singular Death or Cattle.

FIsHKILL, Feb. 3.-Much alarm is felt at Fish.
kill Plains, Dutchess county, among the
farmers over She sudden death of several cattle
belonging to Sylvester Haght. The animals
died IN great agony in six or eight hours after
the attack. A post TdOTIepl examination revealed
nothing, and the farmers are generally much
excited. 1t is feared that Haight will lose the
Whole.of his stock.
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against his stay, seemed TO increase his
uupopularity, and to make his can
d dature for the throne improbable. But sud
denly affairs have taken another turn. The
whole Provisional Government has declare In
his favor, and the Constituent Assembly Is sup
posed 10 be certain TO elect him.
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THE EUROPEAN MARKETS.
By Atlantic Gable.
This Mornings Quotations.

LONDON, Feb. "a. NJ Consols, 93l for
both money and account. U. s. 6.20s quiet
and steady at 76S. STOCKS steady. Erle, 25l;
Illinois Central, 93t; Great Western, 434.
LIVERPOOL, Feb. "a. M.--CoLton buoyaut;
middlng uplands, llsd.: middling Orleans, lad.
Sales OF probably $4,000 bales. Red Western
wheat, 9s. Cd Q9s. l0d. Tallow declining.
Others unchanged.
InNnnN Eeh a-P III -Tallnn declinirr
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Lincoln, the capital Of Nebraska, will
soon have railroad to the rest Of the world.
The Hub was creased last year with over
two millions and half pounds Of Vermont
butter.
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Fire at POughheepsie,

PoUGHKEEPsIE Feb. 3.-On Saturday night F.
w. Jennings dIstillery and adjoining buildings
near this city, were burned. Loss Sll, 900; fully
insured.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-08-26
The Age OF our Earth.

". j. SLATER, Myor

Among the astounding discoveries
Of MODERN sciences, is that ofimmense
periods that have passed in the grad
ual formation of the earth. So vast
were the cycles of time preceding even
the appearance Of man on the surface
Of our globe, that our period seems a.
yesterday, when compared with the
cpochs that have gone before it, Had
We only .hc evidence Of the deposit Of
rocks hcapcd upon each other in reg
ular strata hy The slow accumulation
Of materials they alone would convince
rs Of the long and slow maturing Of
Gods works on earth; but when we
add to these the successive population
Of whose lives this world has bccen
the thratcr, and whose remains are hid
den in the rocks into which the mud,
or sand, or soil Of whatever kind, on
which they live, and hardened in the
course Ortimc--Or the enormous chains
OF mountains whose uphcaval divided
these periods Of accommodations by great
changes---or changes of different ia
ture in the confgnration Of our globe,
as the sinking Of lands beneath the
ocean, or the gradual rising Of CONT
nents and islands above--or the slow
growth of coral reefs, those wonderful
sea walls, raised by the ocean achitects
whose own bodies furnish both build.
ing stones and the cement that binds
them together, and who have worked
so bnsily during the long centuries
that there are extensive countries,
mountain chains, islands and long lines
Of coast, consisting solely Of these re-
mans-or the countless forests that
have grown up, ilourished and decay
ed, to fill the fill the store houses of
coal to feed the fires of the human race
If we consider all these records Of
the past, the intellect fails to grasp q
chronology of which our experiences
furnish no data, and time that lies be
hind us seems rs much IN eternity to
our conceptions as the future that
stretches Indefinitely before us.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-08-26

A new kind of street pavement has
been devised, which it is said, promises
TO be an Improvement upon any OF
those now in use. 1t belongs to VIVA,
may be called the Asphaltum class. Ii
is composed Of substance called car
bo-Japanis and sand. The carbo-Jap-
anis is made from common coal tar by
the addition Of certain chemicals, and
forms very hard, solid and inodorous
cement, which is affected but little il
any by changes of temperature. 1t is
claimed also, that it can be laid with a
good foundation Of course gravel, car
DO and tar, for thirty cents per square
foot, and on sidewalks for twenty cents
thus making it cost about the same as
the Fisk pavement, while it Is at the
same time more durable. A compost
tion,. an improvement on that here cal
led carbo- JapanIs. has been used fol
some years in Sweden, whore il Is sain
to have given sausfsctiop.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-08-26

George ID. Prentice has been con
slant drinker for forty years. For ten
years pc has been drinker ofthe lig'
num.vitae order. Here is a temperance
lecture by him, worth score at least,
of the Good Tempar exortations and
Misrepresentation:
"There is a time when the pulse lies
low in the bosom and beats low in the
veins; when the spirits sleep the sleep
which, apparently knows no waking
sleeps in its house Of clay, and the win
dows are shut, and the doors hung
with the invisible Grape of melancholy
when we wish the golden sunshine.
pitchy darkness and wish to fancy
clouds where no clouds be. This is q
state of sickness when physic may be
thrown to the dogs, for we want none
of it. What shall raise the the spirit !
What shall make the heart beat music
again, and the pulse. through all the
myriad thronged halls in the house OF
life? What shall make the sun kiss the
eastern hills again for us, with all his
old awaking gladness, and the night
overflow with moonlight, love and glad
ness? Love itself is the greatest slim
ulant, the most intoxicating Of all. and
performs all these miracles, and is a
miracle itself, and is not at the drug
store, whatever they say. The coun-
tertcit is in the market, but the wiring
ed Sod is not money changer, we as
sure yon.
"Men have tried many things, but
still they ask for stimuant.
Men try To bury the floating dead
Of their own souls in the wine cup, but
the corpse arises We sec thcir faces
in the bubbles. The intoxication of
drink sets the world whirling again,
and the pulses to playing music, and
the thoughts gallopping but the first
clock runs down sooner. and an unnat-
ural stimulant onl y leaves the house it
filled With the widest revelry, more 81
lent, more sad more deserted.
"lEere is only stimulant that intox.
icates, duty. Duty puts a clear sky
sky over every man into which the
skylark-happiness always goes sing
ing
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-08-26
In Bankr,IDtcv

This is to give notice. that, on ,bo :,
day or August. 1869. a warrant in ilth
ruptcy was issued against Che cst,ta nank'
M. ingalls,, ofthc county of Frankiinn VI Il.
state of Tennessee, who has been adinaa AMI
a Bankrupt on his own petition: Thsaatssd
payment Of any debts and del;ycrv 10" "S Tie
property belonging to said Bant,U.ah
him. or for his use. and the transfer ns. 70
property by him are forbidden NV VI any
That II meeting of the Creditors % as
Bankrupt, to prove their debts, anG 1aIa
choose one or more assignees of his a,a 70
vii! be held at a Court Of Bankrupttssr.4 le
pc Se aolde N on the llth day OF Septemb,.,
Register in Bankruptcy, MnrYresasyh,tA s
before W. n. Doughty. Esq, Repisteso
=; Il. GLASCOCK
Us Marshal, Messeno.,
L, J.. DOuGHTY
augl9-2t Dep. U. S. Marsha,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-08-26

A good anccdotc is told Of g hous
painters son, who used the brusil very
dextorously, but had acquired the hab
il Of pn.tingi it on too thick. One day
his father, after having frequently SEQ.
ded him for his slavish dauhing, and
all to no purpose. gave him Il severe
Aagcllaton.
There YOU young rascal after
performing the painful dut, chow 60
you like that
Well, / don't know dad, whined
the boy in reply, but it seems to me
youput it on thicker than ! do.
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To the Citizens of Winchester
and Vicinity.

would respectfully announce that the
School at the Robert Donncll Institute will
opcn on Monday. the 9Th of september
under the supervision of the same corps OF
Teachers. and upon the terms heretofOr,
published. Those interested in the
education of their children are invited to
examine our terms, and compare them
with other Schools. We also invite all
who have daughters TO educate to examine
our claims to a liberal patronage. and II
found worthy. we would be thankful fOr
whatever patronage We may merit
Our record as Teachers is before the pub
lie. and We feel confident that generous
people will duly appreciate it.
We came not as foreigners, or IA adrentu-
rers. seeking to impose upon you, or coin
your money to send of to some distant To-
cality; but being identified with you in
birth, education and interest, we have
come among you to become a part of you,
to share your adversely and participate in
your prosperity. We came not To tear
down any OF your enterprises, but to add
to them. and all in building up the mate
rial interests of your entire community
and it is for you to say whether our mis-
sion is worthy or not. and to what extent
you will encourage our humble effort by
lending III a helping hand.
\. NJ BURNEY, Principal.
August 18th, 1860.
N. B.-The young ladies of this commli-
nifty who intend to enter next session, are
requested to meet me at the Institute on
Wednesday. LIST Of September, at sOclock
a. NJ, ON special business connected with
aug29-lt
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the value assessed upon their property.
Now, eight members of the Board as
sessed the value of the property.
They tried honestly to equalize the
value, They wanted to raise sl,5cO,
at least. They were allowed by their
charter to go to one PER Gem. The
questions were: "S!all we put proper
~ at its full cash value and make the
tax ioD,' or, ",hall we put property to
suit the wiaAeS Of lts owners and make
the tax twice as much. Weput the tax
at one.haT If qne per cent, and the
property at what eight judgments of
honest men thought to be its cash val
ne. In other towns--Fayettcville, for
instancc--the corporation tax is 0ne
per cent. The pol! tax is $3.50. Her
we put the poll at Sl.00. And we 0g
ured so as to raise 81 500 or 81 600
about one nan lhat Is really necessary.
Now, suppose mans lot is valued at
$4,000. His tax is $40, at one.half Of
one per cent. Suppose we value it at
$1,000 His tax is $50 at one per
cent. Now, where does he suffer?
Yet, herein lies the cause for grumb-
ling. We wanted to raise o certain
amount, and we assessed the property
at what we thought its cash value.
in anut shell, the periphery Of which
the dullest intellect may determine, the
question is: Shall we, or shall we not,
have q Corporation?
Yours truly,
W. j. SLATER, lH0yOr.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-08-26

A YOUNG MAN TAKES Two WEAK
NAP AwAKENs AND ASKS, SIS BREAK
FAST READY Y-We are informed that
a young man living in the lower part
OF this county was taken sick about
two vc,rs ago, and fell into deep
sleep, from which he only awoke about
two weeks since The first express
ion he made use of on coming to, was
is breakfast ready y just rs though
he had been asleep but one night. A
physician had been attending on him
all the time, and happened in just after
he awoke. On walking up to the bed,
he called the patient by name, remark
ing that "you must feel better, as your
checks have more color" to which lie
replied by asking, "Who are your
On being informed that lie was II phys
ician. who had been attendin. on him
for two years, he could
hardly believe his senses During his
sleep he was fed regularly with spoon
victuals, us though he was conscious.
He is now up enjoying good health,
and busily engaged III trying to get the
events Of the last two years posted up
in his mind, that he may unite them
with the past and present. He has Il
distinct recollection Of everything up to
the time Of his going to sleep. We have
heard no explanation OF this case of
Rip Van WinkleiSm. --ModiSon, Ind.
Courier.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-08-26
A Maiden's Psalm OF Life.

Tell US not in idle jingle "marriagc
is an empty dream for the girl is dead
that's single, and things are not what
they seem. Life js rear, life is earnest,
single blessedness a fb; "Man thou
ar, to man returnest," has BEEN spo
ken Of the rib. Not enjoyment and not
sorrow is our destined end or way, but
to act that each tomorrow finds rs
nearer lnarri,c day. Life is long and
youth is hnc!ing, and our hearts thou. h
light and gay, still like pleasant drums
are beating wedding marches all the
WY. III the worlds broad field Of bat
tie in the iiyouac of life, be no, Ike
dumb driven cattie-bc Il heroiue- ii
wife, Trust no future howe'er pleas
ant, 1T the dead past bury its dead :
act, act TO the living present! heart
wi5hip aud hope ahead. Lives Of mar
rcd folks remind Us we can live our
lives as well, and departing leave be,
hind us such examples as shall "tell. ;
Such examples that another, wasting
time i'll idle sport, forlorn unmarried
brother, seeing shall take heart and
court Let us then be up and doing
with 4 heart on triumph set; still con
irving, still pursuing, and each one .
husband get.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-08-26

The terms of Senators Yates of Ill
inois, Grimes OF Iowa. Ross of Kansas
McCreery of Kentucky, Fcssenden of
Main, Wilson Of Massachusetts, Nor
ton of Minnesota, Thayer of Nebras-
ka, Cragin of New Hampshire. Cattell
Of New Jersey, Anthony Of Rhode
Island, Fowler Of Tennessee, Williams
of Oregon and Howard of Michigan,
expire March 4th 1871. and most of
the elections for their successors will
take place next year. This gives great
Importance to the elections of next fall
Tor the State Legislatures.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-08-26

1t was a very pretty conccit of that
old lady who kissed the dead youth
for his mother Since then the act
has many imitators. The latest in
stance OF the kind was that of Il iasci
mating young lady in n ncighborng
city, who enjoyed the undivided allcc.
tons of n young clerk, who had recent
" lost his maternal relative. One even
ing the young couple were enjoying
pleasant tete-a-tetc in secluded nook
of the parIor. The old gentleman hap
pcncd, by the mcrest accident to step
in and take seat unobscrvcd by the
young people. Suddenly his attention
was arrested by one OF those prolong.
ed luxurious kisses, which only lovers
interchange. what noise is that y
the parent loudly exclaimed Silence
like death. 81 say Julia, what noise
was that 2" "S-i-r-sir." "What are
you doing. there "N,o-t-h-i-n-g, sil =
"Who are you kissing there?" Only
only William sir; his mother is dead,
YOU kDow--and-and ] thought il
wouldn't be wrong to kiss him for her.
you know sir" "llumph" and the
old gentleman took his leave, doubt
less thinking how fortunate the deceas
ed lady was TO be so aitectionately re.
membered.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-08-26

CLERICAL ANECDoTE.-Thp Rev
Samuel Clawson, Protestant Metho-
dist preacher of eccentric manners,
sometimes called the wild man. was
very popular IN Western Virginia
some twenty yea rs ago. He was cross
eyed and why made ard very dark
skinned for n white man. At times he
was surprisingly eloquent, always cx-
citable,, and occasionally extrayagant.
He once accompanied u brother min
lister Rev. Mr. r., prominent pastor
in a visit to Il colored church. Mr. X.
gave the rolored preacher the hint, and
ofcourse Clawson was invited to preach
He did so, and during the sermon set
the impulsive Africans to shouting all
over the house This, in turn set Claw
son to eXtravagant words and actions,
and he lcaped ont Of the pulpit like a
deer, and began to shake the hands oil
the colored brethren and mix in quite
happily. He wcpt for joy. Then pres
sing through the crowd he found broth
er X. and sitting down beside him, he
threw his arms around bis neck, and
with tears streaming down his checks,
he said:
brother H., almost wish l had
been born a niger. These folks have
more religion than we have.
well, WE'LL" said brother X. you
come so near it that you needn't cry
aboutit."
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-08-26

\ few days ago d lumber ofbutchcrs
were convcrsins on what they had
found in the stomachs of animals they
had killed. After narrating several
stories which only be accepted by the
creduOus an old farmer who was sitting
by declared that he had something to
beat anything that had yet been told,
The company asked for it, "WelI'
said tie farmer, ~ had one, and !
went ont into the yard with lantern
10 feed her, and Ilcft the lantern in the
yard and did not see after that NDtll
the next day, When we killed the COW
there was the lantern in her stomach
and the light still burning
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-08-26

OLD LEGEND---There IS beautiful
legend illustrating the blcssedness OF
performing our duty at whatever cost
to our own incinations. a beautiful
vision OF our Saviour had appeared to
a monk, aud in silent bliss he was ga,
ling upon it. The hour arrived at
which it was his duty to feed the poor
Of the convent. He fingered not in his
cell to enjoy the vision, bat left to per-
form his humble. When he returned
he found the blessed visioa still wait
ing for him, and utterinE these words.
"IIadst thou stayed m;lst have fed
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-08-26

Every one has seen in old books th'
round holes eaten into them by insects
They are produced by what is called
'he boring wood beetle. A case is re.
corded where a single insect passed
through twenty.seycn folio volumes
standing together on shelf, in such Il
manner that n cord could be passed
through the hole from the first to the
last, and The who lie twcnty'seven yo!
umes could be lifted at once,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-08-26

During the war au old woman wea'
into village shop to buy a half pound
Of candles. Being told the price, slit
found 1t more than she had been used
10, and asked the reason. The shop
man said It WAS because Of the war
ON WITCH the old woman exclaimed
"Deary me. sir, have they taken to
fighting by candle .lightT'
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-08-26

The man eating crocooIIc, oi lhdl'
are extremely savage. a curious cir
cumstancc occurrcI with rcgaId tc
one lately ~ CQ,tock. An elephant be
Longing to one Of the Rajahs went into
iank to drink, and in doing 50 PIT
his foot either on or close to croco
die, which ut once bit it very severely,
this so cnraged the elephant that he
trod about until he got his adversary
firmly beneath his feet in the mud,
when he trampled his life out. Still
however, his rage WAS unappcascd, he
refused to leave his post, and it was
forty. eight hours before he could be
enticed ont OF the tank, when the dead
body of the crocodile hoated to the sur
face.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-08-26

Tommy, my son, fetch stick o.
wood" "Ah! my dear MOTHER re
piled the youth, "the grammatical por
ton of your edUcatiQn has been sadly
neglected lon should haye said
Thomas, my son, transport from the
recumbent collection Of combuslible
material, npon the threshold Of this
cdiiice, Que Of the curtailed cXcrcsen-
Ccs Of n dclunct log"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-08-26

A negro child aged about five years,
living ON the farm of Mr. Edward Coles
in Albcrmalc county, Va, a few days
since got into the hog lot on the farm
and caught young pig by the tail
The old hogs attracted by the squeezing
Of the pig, attacked the child and liter,
ally tore it to pieces. One foot and
one arm were entirely eaten oil and the
body otherwise horribly muilatol.