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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-13
POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE.
Politics i'm onnecticut-,A Glance nj tlc Fu-
tare.
Prom The Hartford Courant republican erganl,


taEe.
Prom the Hartford Courant republican erganl,
Dec 81
After considerable canyasslng the Democratic
State Committee has decided to enter the spring cam.
palgn early, and call is issued for STATE cOnveu-
lion, to nominate candidates for state officers, TO he
held In his city on Tuesday, January H. Gsgerner
Epgsn IS re to be rencminated. II is boldly
announced that he wants TO be. There an un.
cenainty abou lie candidate for Lieutenant Cover
nor MIR. Hotchkiss, now holding the ONCE. has SAID
that he should not allow his name to be
Ssea Dat mere ere sxs general desire flor for
he will accept. Senator Woodward, OF Norwalk,
would like the place next to running for Congress liz
the Fourth district, Though now chat he has dis
covered nat Mr. Barnuln Is anxious to run again,
he says he desires TO go back TO tile Senate--lf ne
can In this district, where the Hon. James DIX on
was run two years ago and dsleated, the party has
q representative man IN Mr.. Eaton; but, somehow,
he is always ignored except when feeble minority
Uf the Legislature compliments him with o nolnBa-
ton for United States Senator. Mayor Chapman
would not experience any mental agony We're he 20
be called on TO suffer defeat Tor his party,s sake.
Ihen there are Elisha johnson, Alvin r. hyde and
dozen TIVE more wiling soas, who VIII con-
Second district the New Haven managers
hope TO csmprcmlsc matters by present
ing the name OF Charles r.. Ingersoll. Unfortn-
nateiy Mr. John Kendrick, OF waterbury, mas carpet
baggca the two counties pretty extensively during
tue past three months, and wlil be heard nom IN
the convention. IL will make but niue difference
whe Is nominated b. the democrats IN the Third dis
'lct; but it may maze great deal oil dinereace 10
eXPostmaster Cleveland II any other man THAN hitn-
ser ~ driven to the slaugher He has been prepar
ihs lor Inc contest Tor several months at NJ Guet
Iapefs recently That he made liberal distribution
OF snitkeas on THANKSGIVING Day in portions oil
W'uhail county may not haVc discovered IN Tue
az. one o. tie distinguished gentleman's poitlcaI
[ar. Cleveland atnrms that he IL not candidate
E,, nghAID.
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Leaving the balance to be collected J. $500, oao

John Mclntee youth OF seventeen years. died
yesterday in the Centre street hospital Deceased
was employed In the mandatory or William Wake,
No. Reade street, and on the "a Instant WINE
shlitlng belt, was caught In the machinery and his
body much cut ana bruised Coroner Keenan, was
notified. Deceased livea at 429 East Fourteenth
street.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-13
CANADIAN RECIPROCITY.
What Congress Might DO by Way Of Rctri.
button icr Canadian Meanness.
tM tne Detroit Post administration G
ceniber 10.

From tne Delrcit Post administration organ De-
cenber 10.
suppose The United states government should lrp-
pose heavy special lax upon Canadian vessels
passing through The ~. Clair Flats Canal, while our
own vessels pass through free OK all tax Suppose
the United STATES government should entirely pro-
hlbit Canadian vessels from passing through tue ST.
Mary's snip canal on any terms, so that canadian
vessels could not enter Lake Superior az an Would
not such proceedings help the Canadian brain 10
understand more clearly the question OF navigation
ol The 81. Lawrence and the fishery question The
CANADIAN journals commenting the Presidents
complaints that The provincial laws unfrienaly
cody declare that the Wcland Canal ana
the canal around The rapids oil the 81. Lawrence
river are theirs, entirely tneirs; hence the presden,
has no right 10 complain II teoy impose upliiendly
restrictions upon their use by United States vessels
or even II tney iorbld United states vessels TO us,
them altogether Their coasts and ports are theirs
also; hence the President has no right TO complaia
81 unlrenuly SPECIAL taxes and productions placed
upon uuted states isning vessels, or even II they
altogether ior1id tinted states fishing vessels to
cnet or iiade IN then ports. Very well; 50 the ST.
mary ? sup Canal is wholly ours; ana We nave tie
same rlgAt 10 exclude Canadian shipping altogether
from Lake Superior. The 81. Clair F,9,s Canal IS
wholly ours ana we have tbs same right 10 forbid
oanaulan vessels RON using it, We may dissolve at
any moment any bargain concerpmn these canals
winch has heretofore existed kH 3t}71
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but 10 be hoped that the public WI never again
be tempered with. fhe whole matter seems 70 be Q,
question Of competition for had the Boonton branch
not been established perhaps the right OF way through
the tunnel might never have been 80 seriously dis.
puted. The Boonton branch carries coal; 80 Goes
the Erie road. The B0olton branch conveys pas
sengers from Paterson: 30 does the Erie road Both
sides claim 70 be In the right Time may lel which
Is In the wrong.
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the regular December calendar, special term. The
order was made returnable on the 21tn inst, when
the show VIII again be opened 70 the public.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-13
CITY AND COUNTY TAXES FOR 1870.

The following are the amounts OF taxes for 1870
upon the real ana personal estates OF this city and
county, by wards
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-09-28
said his once loved darling would
H. ,o,,t,-;,

said his once loved darling would
die carly"
The lips were white now with
rage, the blue eyes all afame with
fire, the little willow form drawn
up to its fullest height. Charley
never saw her looking so indig-
nant.
"You rake-monstcr! Why,
Brigham Young would be ashamed
to DO as You have done y
Another dive was made to the
pocket, and letter after letter
brought out, until a dozen strewed
the hoor-aIl Of them from differ
ent ladies, all evincing the tender
est love for Charley. Unable to
cope with the storm Of indigna-
ton, he made q hasty exit from
the room, and, leaving the house,
left his wife to herself to medi-
tate upon divorce or suicide at
leisure. A few moments after,
however, the servant Of Charley
s. appeared with Mr.. G-s
overcoat, and respectfully solicited
the return Of his masters.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-09-28

A SOUTHERN SAMSON .-Therc IS
q man living in Calhoun County,
Miss, who is supposed to be, the
strongest man in the State, if not
in the entire South. He is thirty
five years of,age, and weighs two
hundred and twenty-five pounds
He has been known TO carry three.
bars ofrallroad iron, when it tales
from three to FIVE ordinary men 10
carry one. He can take; q easle
containing forty gallons of whisRey
or water (the former is preferred,
we presume } and raise it from. the
ground and drink out of the bang
hole with as much easo rs others
could out ofa common pitcher;;and
he has frequently taken a barreI
Of -four under each arm, and,: baE
ancing a sack Of salt on His head,
carried them for several hundred
yards with apparently but little
effort. He offers to- bet that hw
can lift 1900 pounds. ..>
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voidably left to his fate. Not a
dozen rods from where the old
man pcrishcd the wagon halted
by the roadside. TO go further
was impossible. TO remain seem
ed like tempting death; but still
there was hope. The children
and the old woman were placed
under the wagon, and an attempt
was made to shut out the flames
by hanging up sheets and blankets.
The horse, which was one the far
mer's wife had been in the habit
Of driving, seemed to understand
the situation, and stood perfectly
still, though the fires burned the
hair from his body, and the roar
ing of the wind and the flames
was enough to strike terror into
the heart of the boldest. The
faithful animal turned his head
now and then, as though to see
if the party were safe, but never
moved an inch. Had he ran or
even gone few yards farther on
nine lives moro would have been
added to the death-roll. The chill
dren escaped with but slight in
jarics from the fact that they were
dressed in woolen clothing. They
suffered neither moan nor cry"
save that the youngest, a four
year old girl, would sometimes
say, as the sparks fill upon her,
"l'm burning up" The old lady
was badly burned from having On
a cotton dress, and her recovery
is considered doubtful. The party
remained some six hours in this
painful position, when, daylight
appearing and the fire having
somewhat subsidized, they were en-
ablcd to reach place Of shelter.
1t was learned later that the mo-
theirs house had been burned be-
fore the daughter left her own
house.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-09-28

DISCOVERIES OF PoTAsII n NJ
vADA.-The commissioner of the
General Land Office has received
samples of potash salts from Me-
vada, where extensive deposits
have been discovered. This, is.-
por:ant new source Of our M7ne.
raj wealth not only furnishes now
the very purest potash, but the
lyes resulting theretrom have also
become available for bromine. Tho
sources Of bromine,; hitherto, have
been the mother Ives. resultn 8 from
the evaporation Of the sea wafer in
Southern France, the kelp or 7areo
Of Lower Bretagne and England,
a9d the water Of the Dead Sea.
Since the discovery Of tie potash
deposits in Stassfart, all these
sources have been n86.available,
while in Stassfart, and in Nevada,
it has become Of daily growing i'm
portance.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-09-28
No less is the sun the source of

No less is the sun the source oi
all the mechanical power which is
known upon the earth. The fail,
ing food Of Niagara is but the re.
coil Of the spring which is bent
in evaporation from the sea and
earth. All force which is derived
from the fall Of water, is thus
traceable to the sun, which lifted
it in the form Of cloud and vapor.
The energies Of fire and steam,
are only other forms Of the force
inherent in the solar rays, origi-
nally exercised in the organization
Of the vegetable matter which
serves as fuel. Immediately pro-
duced By oxidation and the heat
which it evolves, they find their
ultimate source, as we'll as their
precise equivalent, in the deoxidiz-
ing influence Of the solar rays
The forces Of the human body are
ted by consumption OF similar ma
tcrials, and may therefore be traced
to the same source.
Every planet that surrounds
with its orbit the great centre of
our system, is equally dependent
upon his influence. Held in their
courses by his attraction, and en-
circling him in ceascless revolu-
ton, they draw from the parent
orb the strength and beauty which
clothes their lesser spheres. What
wonder, that in vague acknowl-
edgmcnt Of his influence, heathen
have acknowledged the sun as
their God, and worshiped at his
shrine. How natural that Chris
tian nations should find in his life
giving power, fitting emblem Of
the glory and bcnefcence Of the
great Father of the Universe, by
whom all suns and systems, arc,
and were created.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-09-28
CHOLERA ApPRoAcH1NG.-T

CHOLERA APPROACHING. The
awful news Of the approach OF
cholera reminds US of an old in
sidious and unconquerable enemy.
In Havana it is spreading with
trightful rapidity. There were
tifty-three deaths in one day and
eighty on another. The victims
are taken from all classes-from
the aristocracy and the chain
gang-cqually. In the shipping
in the harbor it's ravages have
been very great, and letters dread
lest the epidemic mako such head
way as to fill the city with mourn
ing, and to take the population off
in countless numbers. In France
we hear Of the cholera among the
German troops. In South eastern
Russia it is rapidly extending
The Journal de st. Petersburg, of
the 18th inst, announces twenty
three cases and ten deaths from
the epidemic at Rostow, and nine
cases and fonr deaths st Kertch.
The appearance of the disease is
also announced at Odessa. in a
communication dated the 4th inst.
The latest news from Taganrog
states that from the 25th Of June
to the 18Th Of July, us cases of
the malady occurred in that town,
se7enty-6ve Of which ended fa-
tally,
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-09-28

If there is any valid excuse for
the commission of crime, it is that
which a woman has for killing the
man-not who has seduced her,
but who, failing to gain her love,
persistently blackens her reputa-
tion and makes her life asiserabie:
The Gilroy California; Advocate
tells of a tragedy which recently
occurred near Gilroy, andin which
Prudence Page, nee McNamec; en-
ticed Beckwith Kelly to a viii
low copse and there shot him
dead. The reason of this was'that
Kelly once wished to marry her, but
was, rejected; and she married q
Mr.. Stout. Kelly lied basely about
her, and did ali in bis power to en-
TRANCE ner husbands affections.
but could not. Mr.. Stout died,
and Kelly renewed his suit, bus
was again rejected, the lady mar
rying u Mr.. Page. Kelly kept up
his outrageous course Of SANDER
ing her, and finally caused a seps-
ration between her and her Iual
band. Tbereupon, Mrs. Page re-
turned from San Francisco-whith-
or kelly's lies bad followed her,;
and where she had lived with Mr..
Page-found the man, and as said.
took him to lonely place and shos
him.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-09-28
The IsRAEL1TE PRAYER Book

The lsraciites are revising their
Prayer Book. At the late Jewish
Synod, held st Leipsic. the fol-
lowing was resolved: "No bitter
or harsh expression shall be con.
tained in any Of the prayers un-
der revision Or to he newly CON-
posed the contents shall embrace
all human beings of the universe,
and nothing shall be said therein
with regard to the chosen people
which might in the least offend
our brethren Of another creed.
On the other hand, the new pray
era, or those under revision, shall
lay stress upon the religious mis-
sion Of Israel, the providential
guidance in its progressive devel,
opment, a future universal know
ledge of the Almighty's commands,
a love Of peace and justice and hu.
manity."
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-09-28
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.

MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE
On Friday afternoon, a man named
Geo. W. Bennett, forseveral months
past working on the Charlotte,
Columbia and Augusta Railroad
BRIDGE mysteriously disappeared.
from Augusta, leaving his wife, to.
whom he had been married only
FIVE or six months, in an entire
destitute condition at the old
Eagle and Phoenix Hotel building,
in that city, where they had been
residing. The circumstances at,
tending his disappearance have
been reported to US as follows:
For some time past, his wifers
mother residing IN Newberry Dis.
triet, South Carolina, has been
treating, through Bennett, with
Colonel T. E. Beuhler, Real Es-
tate Agent, for the purchase Of
a place near this city. She remit
ted by express $3.50 with which to
close the trade. Bennett >obtained
the money from the Express Office.
and left his room between 4 and 5
O'Clock Friday afternoon, ostensi-
bly, to purchase the property de-
sired by Mrs. Morgan. His pro-
tracted absencefor the entire night
and yesterday excited the most
intense anxiety in the mind Of bis
wife, who is left penniless and in
a pitiable condition, she. thinking
thatperhaps be had been fotIiy dealt
with. ALI exertions however,
failed to discover his wheresberts
iu the city. 1t is now thought
that he left the city at 6 O'Clock
p. M, of Friday, on the Charlotte;
Columbia and Augusta Railroad,
with full purpose Of abandoning
his wife and pocketing the money
of her mother. Some papers dis
covered among his effects justify
the inference that be is from
Bridgeport, Connecticut.
columbia Guardian.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-09-28

SIGNS IN THE EAsT.-For many
years the Maine election has been
looked upon as sort Of political
barometer. Occurring early in
the fall, its result has generally
indicated the extent Of the changes
in public sentiment which have
been going on during the previous
eight months Of the year. The
Sudden revolution in its vote in
1886 toreShadowed the conquest
of the Northern States by radical
ism. Maine has steadily adhered
20 the radical party until this year.
1t has always been good for from
10000 to $4,000 radical majority.
Grant had $4,000. The reduction
Of the majority now to less than
5000 shows that the party Of IA
naticism and intolerance is On its
last legs. 1t toreShadows the
conquest Of the whole country by
the Democrcy in October and No.
VEN tC-.-Ne::; I|1~h -N'cw.:.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-09-28

An American lady in Paris, am
bitNHs Of notoriety, IS said to at
tract attention by appearing at
the Grand Opera without jewels
or flowers, her only ornament be-
ing a live snake coiled around her
wrist. The snake is constantly
climbing up and down her arm
or nesting in her hand, enjoying
her fan and words Of endearment,
Every opera glass is fixed on her
and the snake.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-09-28
From the New York World.l
A Thousand Years Ago.

1t is certainly one of the great
est curiosities in history that ex-
actly one thousand years ago, in
the year Of our Lord SO, the peo-
pie Of France and Germany fought
under their kings upon the same
soil, that Of Lorraine, for very
nearly the same reasons, and with
the same result. This happened
as follows: The empire Of Charlie
magnc and that of his son who
succeeded him: Ludwig l., called
the Pious, was divided by his three
sons: the grand-sous Of Charlie
magne, in 843, at the congress of
Vcrdun, between themselves in
such n manner that Lothairc re-
ccivcd, besides the title Of emperor,
Italy and what was then called
Middle Franconia, a strip Of land
running from the North Sea to the
Mediterranean, and their joining
Upper Italy, broad strip of land
containing modern Holland, Bel
Sium, the Lorraine, the Alsace,
and all thatpart OF Southern France
lying between Rhonc and Saone
and the Alps on the cast. Ludwig
received Eastern Franconia, which
was from that time called Gcrma-
MIA, Or Germany, and from which
he, as Gerniany's first king, was
called Ludwig the German.
Carl, who was called the Bald,
from his bald head, received West
ern Franconia, from that time
called Franconia, or France. Lo-
thaire died in s55, and again sub
divided his empire amongst his
three sons. To the oldest, Lud-
wig, he gave Italy and the crown
and the title Of emperor to the
second, Lothaire, the southern
part Of his dominion, comprising q
part Of modern Holland, Belgium,
and the province called up to this
day Lorraine or Lotharingen, the
Alsace, and all the land extending
down to the Saone. TO the young
est, Carl, he gave all the land south
Of the Saone to the Mediterranean,
under the title Of Kingdom of
Provence.
In 869 Lotbaire died without
heirs, after he had previously be-
come possessed also Of his brother
Carl's Kingdom of Provence, and
it was then that Carl the Bald.
Hing of Franco, stepped forward
tc take sole possession Of his nc
phew's kingdom, comprising all
the eastern part of modern France,
and extending from the Mcuse TO
the Rhine, and from the Rhone to
thu Alps, and from the North Sea
way down to the Mediterranean.
He was completely successful, for
his nephew Ludwig, the Emperor
in Italy, and his brother Ludwig,
the King of Germany, had both
their hands too full to claim their
share of the rich inheritance.
But year later, in SO, just one
thousand years ago, suddenly a
large and well-appointed German
army crossed the Rhine, broke
into France, and defeated Carl the
Bald and his armies at once, and
SO completely that he was CON-
PEELED to sign a treaty Of peace in
the same year (S7O,) by which he
ceded to his brother Ludwig, the
German, all the eastern part Of
those lands which he had appro-
priated from his nephew, and com
prising the modern provinces of
Alsace, Eastern Lorraine, and the
territories around the cities Of
Trier, or Treve, Cologne, Mas
tricht, and Utrecht, down to the
mouth Of the River Rhine.
The first grand fight for the
Rhine provinces on the part Of
France, and the Alsace and Lor-
rainc or that Of Germany, which
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-09-28
Spurgeon to Bismarck and
NAPOLEON.

Spurgcon, the famous London
preacher, has written q letter ad-
dressed to Napoleon, Emperor of
the French, and William, King of
Prussia. We quote q portion
Did either of you ever think of
what war means ? Did you ever
sec a mans head smashed. or his
bowels ripped open? Why, if
! YOU are made of flesh and blood,
the sight Of one poor wounded
man, with the blood oozing out Of
him, Will make you feel sick. |
don't like to drown a kitten; /
can't bear even to see a rat die, or
any other animal in pain. But Il
man where's your hearts if you
can think Of broken legs, splinter
ed bones, heads smashed in, brains
blowcd out, bowels torn, hearts
gushing with gore, bitches full Of
blood, and heaps Of limbs and car
casses Of mangled men?
DO you say my language is dis
gushing? How much more dis
gusting must the things them
selves be! And you make them !!
How would you like to get man
into your palace garden and run
a carving knife into his bowels, or
cut his throat! If You did that,
you would deserve to be hanged
but it would not be half so bad as
killing tens Of thousands, and you
know very well that this is just
what you are going to do. DO
you fancy that your drums and
flies, and feathers and tincrics and
pomp, make wholesale murder one
whit the less abominable in the
sight of God? Do not deceive
yourselves ; YOU are no better than
the cut.throats whom your own
laws condemn.
Better? why, you are worse,
for your murders are so many.
Think, pray you, for your poor
people will have to think, wheth-
cr you do so or no. Is there so
little want in the world that you
must 90 trampling on the harvest
with your horses and men? ? Is
there so little sorrow that you
must make widows by the thous-
and? Is death so old and feeble
that you must hunt his game for
him, as jackaIs do for the lion p
Do you imagine that God made
men for you to play with? Are
they only meant for toys for you
to break? O Kings, ploughman
tells you that their souls are as
precious in Gods sight as yours,
they suffer as much pain when
bullets pierce them as ever you
can do; they have homes, and
mothers, and sisters, and their
deaths will be as much wcpt over
as yours, perhaps more.
How can you sit down to eat
when you have caused war? Does
not the blood rise in your throat
and choke you? Or are you only
devils with crowns on? Creatures
who were never suckled at wo-
mans breast, and therefore have
no human feeling? 1t will be
hard for YOU TO think Of the blood
you have shed when you lie dy-
ing. and harder still to bear the
heavy hand Of God when he shall
cast all murdcrcrs into hell
Whichever it is Of you that has
been the cause Of this wicked war,
| say you smell of blood you
ought to be moro hated than the
common hangman, and, instead Of
being called His Majesty" you
ought to be hooted as q demon.
SIGNS IN THE EAsT.-For many
NT.,o ol.,.t;~,, t,. l1o,>