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The New York herald., 1870-01-02
EDWIN NJ. STANTON.
A Southern Obituary.
From the Memph,s Tenn.

From the Memphis (renn.) Avalancne.l
lam has shues es 81 sYns this 80 r 9ns as
kicked the bucket. There was great rejoicing in
Pandemonium yesterday. Since that cventiul day
when Adam and Eve manufactured clothes out or
1g-leaves, there has been many large gatherings
hell and on earth. But the cava!cade tnat turned
ton who died yesterday, was in oil PROBABILITY tue
largest thai ever PAID tribute 10 c0ngenia spirit.
stevens had been awarded the premium for being
the biggest sinner u oil purgatory, ana lie Is 10
doubt now jealous OF stanton, VINO he knows will
put IN 1or the medal, with good prospect or wln-
ming It. That mawkish sentlmenta!ity which would
throw the mantle OF oblivion over the mis-
deeds OF dead rascals cannot be observed in
cnronicng the death OF Edwin NJ. stanton
enjoyment. The tyranny Of I1berius was
forgotten IN his cnornit!es. He rcveed for several
but wnen he offended heaven ana earth by hanging
an innocent woman like dog, God vislteo HIM Mitn
this atroclous deed stanton's physical system com.
menced decaying and breaking up ana without o
sngle tie earth destitute or al belief the CHRIS.
tan religion. lie ded, and little soul, stepped IN
sn went 10 the devll. In nature he was rcvengeful
and malignant, and so stubborn IN opinion that he
rarely changed his views rennquisned purpose.
He was as remorseess and cruel IN disposition us
Cananche Indian and Joyousiv and wllnout q s1ud-
der would have turned tne Southern peop Q over 10
massacre and their homes to deSoiatlOn. He
was serene, not from philosophy, but from
temperament and torpor lie belonged eminently
To the ANIMALS known as cOld.blOods. No Impulses
stirred the feeble and sluggish currents of his
moral or mental nature. 70 cali him brute would
be libel upon the dog. Or humanity he was desIi-
ture. lie was ncrve, he was cowardly. The man
Ler Of his death shows tie finger OF retribuion. lie
hungered for blood for position that would enable
him 70 bedevll a deicnceless people. President as
mean ana Malignant az himself appointed him
United states Supreme Court Judge. THIS power
caused the nend TO burst into wild. denlonlac
laughs. But that God who would not permit the
builders to occupy the impous tower on the PLAINS
OF shinar smote the unctous scoundrel so tnat he
died. Nearly all the cOnsprator5 against the life OF
Mrs. Surratt have been b0ted from the world they
diSgraced. COnOyer was sent to the Penitentary
Holt still lives bnt still prays for DEATH Stanton
has gone aud Holt Will soon follow. for not more
tainy Is he burned who puts ms hand In the flames
than Is he punished WAC commits moral wrong.
The wicked mans "sins will find him OUT" 1t Is
not an agreeable duty to inscrbe the true character
OF an infamous public man on his tomb but 1t Is an
Imperative duty. Speak nothing but the truth OF
dead. Stanton, the infamous Is drinking molten
ron trading IN p,rotechncs ana brolling in q
heated furnace and the people rejoice.
The New York herald., 1870-01-02

@ % ne y :s :sssS sS
fss ss g: ] T s' q:
s:as .s
With convent g Sister: q Charity sasnea While e. uS y:
a:rry and ssS me As:ssos
other ted Lower Fort Garry, which twenty miles further
down the river helped give additional pcturosaaeness to
Governor Ramsey was satisfied that wheat, barley,
rye, oats and escuent roots were cultivated al sue.
cessully Is In Minnesota; that Indian corn was pre-
to stock raising and that the interior districts even
to latitude sixty degrees. near the Rocky Noun.
guage on the latter point 10 rs folows:--
But without casting than passing glance ON the as
rcu.ursl capacity Of Peace rvsr come
G i.
EGsy With so .' and ss ohe1
1ss into Lake Winnlrss and we may note the si more
The winter home IN It's wooded valleys Of The buffalo
.ns q s:s' G s ssr 70 ss.s %
ing successfully nearly every cereal. hardly excepting corn
temperate zone irther @ south From what have q
Land y tina. section and from what leaned 10
~ extraordinary fertility also
sss' ss o. at. ss. sa % sss Sssi nssS = a.
night b. m .n 5Sscon e portions :" 81.
% xntchewan territory ye has mineral coal N
the denssst character.
The foregoing extracts are flom an address OF
Governor Ramsey before the Minnesota AUricu
tural Society The date Of his trip to SelkirK was
1851. The italics occur III the original publication
The Selkirk people curing the subsequent period
or eighteen years have extended their settlements
west OF Fort Garry, more than nfty miles along the
valley OF the Assiniboin, and nave sent numerous
colonists to the vicinity OF Fort Edmonton, on the
North Saskatchewan, 1000 miles distant. In this
new settlements, four degrees north OF Fort Garry,
The writer has authentic Information from Mr.
Christie, In command OF the Hudson Bay COnDany's
post OF Edmonton. that large quantities OF wheat
and other grains, besides herds OF cattle are pro-
duced for the supply OF the trading posts still
further north
All these facts have become very familiar to the
Canadian pubic, and have induced a strong desire
to obtain possession OF country SO desirable us
field OF English and Canadian cOonization-the
Great West OF the Dominion. The purpose Of this
communication is not to crticse the wisdom OF the
measures TO that end, or TO comment on the events
at Pem0na. which have interrupted The progress OF
The Canadian representatives but to caution'the
American public not 10 accept obsolete or preju-
diced conclusions in r,iuer 20 the value or Central
British America. The country whose destiny Is now
az issue bias resources ample TO constitute four states
equal to Minnesota. J.W T.
The New York herald., 1870-01-02

THE PROBABLE ERROR IN THE SUNS DISTANCE
In order to give idea Of the extraordinary interest
tnat Is attached TO the next transit we give the
suits OF the Two last Ill regard To the suns distance
ID Fergusons Astronomy, written ABOUT the middle
Of the last century, the eart's distance from the
s given as ~, ,OoOuj0 miles, The transit OF 1893 gave
result OF O000 900 miles. The result OBJ
tanned by the transit OF 1859. We are not now de-
pendent alone upon the transit OF Venus. The base
line system has been applied 10 Mars, and even the
velocity OF light has been made TO bear the prob
lem. The result OF modern investigation shows an
error OF 1000 900 miles, This might appear to be q
great fauit In astronomical calcuatlOn5; but even
this error In the SUMS angular diameter il 1t be
error, Is no greater than the breadth of human
hair seen at the distance OF 125 feet Moreover,
MI Stone OF the Greenwich Observ atOry, has dis
covered mistake in the calculations OF the transit
OF 1869 which brln1s the snn'a distance down
to 9l 900 900 miles. For his research gold medal
has been awarded TO HIM by the Royal biographical
be anticipated ana observed In every inhabited
quarter OF the globe, with an Intensity OF interest
which no natural phenomenon has ever excited.
Distant stations have already been chosen the most
accurate instruments are being constructed; ar.
rangements for the outfit of expeditions have been
comnenced IT Is nearly time for those designed for
the Antarctic regions to commence their long
journey. Tue English astronomers have selected
their stations and have petiti0ned Parliament tor a
vigorously at work; tue German "Bunds'' are
xealousiy IN the field, and the other European
societies will contribute their share 10 the greet
object. The wonderful agencies OF the spectroscope
ana photograph as indicators Of time will be
brought into requistiOn, and tour years remain TO
perfect the arrangements which are being made for
the purpose.-IlOVidence Journal
The New York herald., 1870-01-02
4 LEAP FJ3 DEATH
Miraculous Escape Of n Would.Be Suicide nj
the Massachusetts state Prison.
From the Boston Journal, Dec. 2o.l

From the Boston Journal, Dec. %.
A poor fellow named Thomas COyne sentenced to
the State Prison for life, to whose heart hope has
been for SIX years Stranger, attempted to end his
earthly existence Tuesday morning by making
desperate plunge head foremost, from the fourth
corridor In the south wing to the solid granite pave
menL, nearly 1oriy feet below. Miraculous as 1t
seems, he was IN no way injured, and literally es-
capped without brulse. small wooden stool
happened to stand on the spot where he tell, and his
body, turning In the descent W as precptated upon
it, crushing It TO spllnter3 The stool saved his llfe
for IL nc had alien upon the stone floor every bone
IN Ills body muse nave been shattered. lie was
taken up in on Unconscious condition and carried 70
the hospital, where ne soon revived and In short
Time commenced to walk about only complaining
Of slight laneness in his legs. The prisoners were
marching out IN division at the tlme--about seven
In the morning. Coyno attempted to excuse himself
by saying that he slipped or the edge OF the corri-
dor nut this ls absolute lmpossibty as there are
horizontal iron guards every two ieet on the outer
edge OF the corrdor from the floor 10 ceiling He has
been very down-spritcd for some days ana took this
desperate method TO nd himself OF ais despair. He Is
an freshman by birth and has always borne a good
character In the prison. lie sailor, and the crime
for which he received lite sentence was the murder
OF q man with whom he had some trouble and whom
he followed here IRON New York for this purpose.
lie is thirtyfOur years OF aga and has u It completed
the sixth year cf his term Having not q friend In
the world and with future almost blank 1t Is no
wonder tnat he cared nothing for life.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-10-18
Enemies an Advantage.

The greatest ,r''end 20 Il joulna'';s st is
On enemy, although this is not true o.
oabe, peonle. George Allied Townsend,
the great journalist, writes "There is
no friend 10 Journalist Ike an enemy.
Th2 meaner the adack, tne more iuey,l
Die it becomes a beneGt." Wan. Goblet
once said: Every mean eaemy brings
me a new thought two new friends, and
five new subscribers. ."-Oaiy lndcpood-
cBt
1t is related of Mar;in Van Duren,
chat on one occasion, on re urniug home,
ne found his wife N cars and greatly
ogtated. Iuquirng The cause, she show
ed him an Albany evening papep, IN
which he was grossly villifed aud rhreaS-
eaed. Ah," said the willy statesman,
" dou't fret my dear; paid forty dolais
to have chat put in Che pa rcr. cr."-Jorrnol
and Argus.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-10-18
A Sharp Widow.

This came from California: A short
time ago widow lady residing in vii
lage not a thousand miles from here, put
her house at a rattle, and very soon dis
posed Of the tickets, feeling disposed to
assist her
The evening arrived for the rattle TO
come off and the house was won bya gen.
tleman who thought himself fortunate in
obtaining homestead SO cheap. The
next Cay he applied 10: possession and "a
title Of the property. What was his sur
prise VIXEN he was coolly informed that
it was unnecessary to give written tide 20
the house-that there it was, and to take
it; aud the sooner Che better, as she was
anxious TO build another on the spot where
it stood. The winner discovered chat he
he'd drawn an e ephant--he had house
but no ot.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-10-18

Imagine her surprise to hear the doc
tors voice answer:
What Maggie, is this you? What
in the name Of all that's good, bad, aud
indifferent, are you doing here 2"
L" Oh, doctor, l thought it was Char
ley"
Well I'd like to know where you
were going with Charley at this time Of
night
Indeed And I'd like to know whom
you thought you had in here, il not
g." answered Mrs. Hammond.
Oh, l thought it was Artie"
And what in the world ever put such
a notion into your head as to take Artie
out at this time Of night p
well, the fact of it is, Maggie, as !
sat on The porch last evening, overheard
Charley and Artio talking about running
off to get married so | thought I'd just
save Charley the trouble, and take Artie
out for a ride. [ began to think she was
very still"
Doctor" said Mrs Hammond, " that
is just what heard, and my object in
going with Charley was the sane as yours
in taking Artie off"
We are a couple OF pretty fools to be
eIopiog in this way; here We aro at home
again
Saying this, the doctor helped his wife
out Of the buggy, and then went into the
house. One glance at she empty rooms
convinced them that Ar,ie was gone, they
could easily guess where, So they made
up their minds to make the best Of it,
and wait for the runaways to come home.
The next morning. when Mr. and Mrs.
Charley Bavay came home to implore Tor
giyeness ior running OF to get married,
they could not understand the mischiey-
Gus twinkle in Dr. iIammond's eyes, as
he readily &orgave them and said:
Certainly, children; | ran of with
your mother once and didn't know it."
Charley and Artie looked from one to
the other, aud asked:
How? When? Where ?"
The doctor only laughed and shook his
he'd, as though the story was too good 30
tel, and that was all they could ever gci
out Of him.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-10-18
S U N D AY r & A D I NG.
The Dying Soldier.
e6DUT ME DOWN." SAID a wounded

e6nUT ME DOWN." SAID a wounded
soldier in the Crimea to his COM
rades who were carrying him, "put me
down, do not take the trouble to carry
me any further, am dying"
They put him down and returned to
the field. A few midutes after an afficer
saw the man weltering in his blood, and
said to him, can do nothing for you"
Nothing, thank you"
shall get you little waterT said
the kind hearted officer.
No thank you am dying.
g Is there nothing / can do for you?-
Shall | write to your friends z"
| have no friends that you can write
to. But there is one thing for which |
would be much obliged. In my KNAPP
sack you will find testament; will you
open it at The fourteenth chapter Of
John. and near the end of the chapter
you will find verse that begins with
" Peace" VIII you read it ?'
The officer did so, and read the words
&" Peace leave with you. my peace [
give unto you. Let not your heart be
troubled neither let it be afraid
Thank you sir, )" said the dying man
- have that peace am going to that
Saviour; God is with. me; want no
more these were his last words, and
his spirit ascended to be with Him he
loved.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-10-18
Z Dutchman in Trouble.

IN adel lphia SunoCy Wercury thus
tells how he was taken for burglar
On dat lasd Montag night ish out
nit mneself driae. Veil, / don't dell
you where it vas dat ish, pekaus dat's
nopodys pizuess exeebt mine own, und
pesides dat's got nodings to do nit vot |
wants to told you apout.
Posure now ven | goes out NIT mine
self in de night dime always carry nit
mine bandaloon booklets tead latch toor
key, so can pc able to got NIT de inside
Of mine boarding hause mitout haben to
yaken up de whole naborhood.
| manages to got up ON de dhird story
floor where mine room ish situvated, 1urst
rate; und den | must fumple arouut in
de dark so | can fud out mine room feel!
ing very dankiul dat | didn't make no
noises so ash to vakeu ub de odder beo.
pies in dc house | didn't podGer much
nit hunting arount for de matches pox to
maken a light NIT so ] can undress und
Got NIT mine ped for | vas so tired NIT
minose dat / dinks If uutertook to do
much hunting around | would vail nit
mine pody over de CHAIRS or some odder
arGeg e, uud makon apout as much noise
ash youlG vaken up der hole blace. SO
/ pegins nit mine undressing in te da k
no pleasant shob after trinEen peer de
hole evening. manages to got mine
poots off nit great deal Of droubles ;uut
dc next ding [ dooI mine coat of, und
vas shust going to continue on by pegin-
ming o unputton mine suspenter, ven |
hears somepody near py dat ped call odt,
"Who ish dat vas?" Dat dings make me
get so awful skeered like auydings, fer
pelicf dat ish ghost for shure Still |
whistle nit mine mouth so | can make
mine courage stick Ply me--den / holler
pack nit dat ghost, Shoe fly, ton't poo
der NIT me- )" so he will leave de room unit
understand dat I wasn't afraid apout him.
So soon ash | say dat dings, | hear a
pig scream so loud ash a steam railroat
whistle; den somepody shumps out of dat
ped NIT white Clothes on, und lushes out
OF dat room Ike race horse holcrin9
Ghioves und murder und every dings. Den
| finLs Oh. ven | looks arount dat makes Il
pig mis- axes, ,uud ish not in mine room
L vas sure now dat de hole blace would
/ pc raised u0, und | didn't want 10 pc
found in dat odder poarder's room ven
| ish only apout half untressed. So
bick up mine coat und poots so iasd ash
| can, und manages to got py my own
room. which is right next toor where
makes mistakes mi5. So | vai,es tt
saw vot de end viii pc. In small vhill
every beeples vot pelongs mt at poard
ing haus sh hunting all over der blac(
for de hauspreakor vot dhey all misdab
me FOR. hey come nit mine room. uu6
l make pellet dat shust get awake; dhey
dell me me how dhief roper ish drying
to steal de hole haus away, und more aw
full dings, dat if didn't know shust how
der dings ish, pellet | would pc skeereC
most to death Dem poarders hunt da
haus all ub und town, but dhey couldr
find dat hausp.eaker dhef. Pesure
know dat. Still don't dell how mine
mistake makes all dat drouple Und deu
beeplcs pelieis il dar vas Il real dhe
py der haus up to de bresent moment.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-10-18

Ds1~ Captain Rynders, who is not un-
known TO political fame in New York
city, was driving fine horse, worth ten
Thousand dollars over the Paterson road,
in New jersey, on Sunday morning
sone time ago, wbeo the animal stepped
through Il dilapidatcd bridge aud was
permanently disabled. Rynders sued the
company for the value of the horse,
but was non-suited on the groand chat
the accident occurred on Sunday, on
which day man has 90 legal right TO
exercise horse n New Jersey.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-10-18

Gsge Never Intentionally wound the
feelings Of anybody The good opinion OF
the world is the very best kind you can
have, and the moro the better. The man
or woman who says he or she doesn't care
pin what the world thinks or says,
gives utterances to what they know is
absolutely false. We do care, and it is
well we do and those are grayely mis-
taken who say they do not
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-10-18

BGg@ a muddy stream. flowing into
one clear and sparkling, for time rolls
along by itself A little further down
they unite and the whole IS impure, So
youth, untouched by sin, may for short
time keep its purity in foul company, but
a little later and they miugle.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-10-18

Dsg- The Bible, so little in bulk, like
the five barley loaves and two small fishes
what thousands upon thousands in ever
age it has fed And what m ultitu'U
will feed in every land of Ohristendom
till the end of time
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-10-18

Bagr The capacity of the stomach in a
small horse is about eight quarts, and
that of large horse thirty quarts the
largest of which there is any record hav
ing a capacity of thirty-three quarts.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-10-18

Bag~ Evil aud idle words may seem as
they are uttered, light and trivial things
yet if light, they are like the iilaments
of the thistle. down, each feathery tuft
floating on the breeze, bears with it the
germ Of some noXous weed
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-10-18

BsE~ 1t was woman who first prompt
ed man to eat, but he took to drink on
his own account afterward.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-10-18
Legal AnecdOte.

4 ii. true Masons, we believe, despise
IA unworthy brothers who make use Of
his connection with the order for improp-
err purposes. None will enjoy the follow
ing which we clip from an exchange, more
than our Masonic readers, who will say,
. 'served him right" "
Some young men in the town Of,
having cut up one night, to the detri-
ment of certain windows and bell-pulls,
were lodged in the calaboose, and in due
time next morning confronted before a
live magistrate, who fined chem So each,
and gave them admonition. One Of the
three fooishly remarked:
'',Judge, was in hopes you remem-
be- me- [ belong to the same lodge with
your
The Judge, apparently surprised, re-
pied, with brotheriy sympathy:
All, is it so? Trn'y, this is brother
j. did not recognize you. Excuse
me for my dullness. Yes, we e brother
Masons, and shog'd have thought Of that.
Mr.. Clerk fine Our brother So Being
a Mason he knows the rules Of proprety
better than other men. Fine him $40
You can pay the c,erk, brothe: j., good
morning. Clerk, call the next case"
gTy" There IS one Fat man less in Cincin-
nai. He drank Two gallons OF sweeS cider
poclscted The wage, rose, chuckled, red to
make remark, and fell over on the floor.
That night he perished miserably having
el,.ned ihe apnle-atiOn OF sni-cide,.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-10-18
Double and Twisted.

A lGughahle circumstance once took
place upon trial in Lancashire, where
Rev. Mr.. Wood was examined as witness
Upon giving his name, Ottiwell Wood,
the Judge addressing the reverend person
said, Pray, Mr.. Wood, how do you spell
your name ?" the old gentleman replied /:
80 double 7,
I double U,
Il double i,
Double U,
Double o, d."
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-10-18

Upon which the astonished lawyer laid
down his pen, saying it was the most ex-
traordinary name he had ever met in his
life, and after two or three attempts, de-
clared he was unable to record it. The
court was convulsed with laughter.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-10-18
WATCH Y0nrself.

q WI. -... . I-rr - .,t1 on old man
&. ,.o y L"I nI" VIZ y" Iaal,,2Ja, 'J ,or Who had an
, n"' - :, t.1;n 1,2o ;JIo bo~s One dav
Hou M, Way ol ~. o"to",,s W Nh '''' ''''' 0"0 ''
nc ,9l c9,leu Iu' '4 20 'is -, ,osor attention to
l,oJs III qSI l55 I'I,S e,. ''D',I a"o of von tbot
@ your poPSo, 3I,o. ta,, ;d1o want ro2 70 in.
Sess r 'no'"e' TJ1 ri ,tii'' 'ttond 70 his cosoo
'o' nv, 4l,o th,L4 g., n,Tsojf tborc is
Too S| Simr,ons rs tbat don't like III watch
nm 4m la ana II + sSo re n@ n" ioh on be- 5se nS 09or som
7 ~ - 'Il'i I1i. ogL;s Ioai. and ;omodiotolv in
zoe 9a,oS io9k tha OH nnssto HIS to'A' 'uD
'o'"'p" IndooI onI > i-"9 s@id bo . how did YOU
,.,,,, n"ueou, %e ,u,. i5Io Sif'" 2, "
N"oT " s"y, ,1 TrS hin' W. y" s,id
:. va, 90" d;d aj. , ond % ,yero yonr ewes on
ro,,, boo,'s ." u'u ubon rpT van saw him ?o
your Doo~S ns,obt "ilt" a35 ID nSyer watched for
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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-06-12
AS a BLOOD PURIFIER
1T HAS NO EQUAL,
BEING. POSITIVELY,
The Most Powerful Vegetable Alternative
Yet discovered.

DISEASES OF THE BLOOD.
The life of tho flesh is in tho blood" is a
Scriptural maxim that Science proves to bo
truo. The people talk of bad blood as tho
cause OF many diseases, and, like many popu-
lar opinions, this OF bad blood is founded in
truth. - Ia
The symptoms OF bad blood are usuallv
quite; quite; plain. Bad digestion, causes imperfect
nutrition, and, consequently, the circulation
is feeble, the soft tissues lose their tone and and
elasticity, and tho tongue becomes pale,
broad and frequently covered with q pasty
white coat. This condition soon shows itself
In ,'oughness Of the skin, then in EnurT1yE and
LUCRATIVE diseases, and, when long CONT
nued, results in serious LESSONS of the Brain.
Liver, Lungs or Urinary Apparatus. Much
very 1dyy MUCH I; suffering is caused by impure
of tho human family arc affected with Scrofula
in some form. A''"
When the Blood is pure, you are not so liable
to any disease. Many impurities or tho Blood
arise a from impure diseases Of large cities
Fl Eradicate every impurity from the fountain of
ne, and good spirits, fair skin and vital
strength will return to you.