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The New York herald., 1870-06-13
DEATH OF WILLIAM GILMORE sIMMs.

The wen known and popular Southern novelist
William Gilmore Simms died at the residence Of his
son-in-law in the city Of Charleston, S. c. on the
evening OF Saturday last Mr.. Simms was born in
the city in WHICH he breathed his last, on
the nth Of April, 1906. At an early age
he was left an orphan, and the only fostering care
which was thrown over his early years was such
protection as his grandmother, an old lady whose
means were rather limited. could afford. Under
such circumstances it may naturally be inferred that
the early education OF the future novelist was poor
indeed. Yet we find that at the age Of eight years
he indulged in poetry and wrote verses
He was, even at this early age, g
great reader, and devOured eagerly all
the books within his reach. This stood him IN after
years, and served, In measure, to supply the def
cheney OF regular education. To practise medi-
cine his first aspiration but this IL seems was
abandoned. and the study OF law next became the
object OF his ambition He, however, practlsed law
but short time. He then entered Journalism and
Gazette. political news sheet Of Union or anti.
Slams becoming dlsheartened or discouraged for
SOCK Journalism and devoted himself to literature
proper In this pursuit he made rapid success. One
OF mis- first novels, not the first MARTIN Fabern
was hit. The book was well written and Ge-
served the success 1t won. For an unknown author
this success was fame and fortune. Encouraged
with the reception OF this work Mr. Simms set 10
work with renewed vigor, and novel after novel fol-
lowed each other with astonishing rapidity
AS a blographer Mr.. Simms has produced four
creditable works. .'The Life OF Bayard' is one upon
which he seems to have bestowed most attention.
As poet he has written more perhaps than any
other southern writer. Among the best known Of
his poetical works are those of 'Ataantis,n "The
Vision OF Cortes" and "The City OF the
Silent" He also took part in politics, and
served one term in the Legislature of South Caro-.
lima. During the late war he wrote many stories,
the best known oil which was a humorous novel
emitted PADDY McGann, or the Demon Of the
Stump"
As novelist Mr.. Simms belonged rather to the old
school OF romance writers than to the school of
Dickens, OF Colens, or of Reade. His poetry was
fair, nothing more. His lively humor, fascinating
conversation, pleasing anecdotes made his company
much sought after, ana his death will be learned OF
with regret by many who knew aud priced him for
those qualities OF head and heart which invariably
make men respected esteemed and loved.
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REPORTED BY THE HERALD STEAM YACHTS.
Steamship Manhattan (Br) williams, Liverpool June I
ana Queenstown 3D. with dse and passengers to Williams
Steamship City Of Mexico Zimmerman Vera Cruz May So
Sisa June and Havana 9TH, At 80 Pm, with and
spoke brig E o Burnham. =
steamship Virginia. Kennedy Galveston June q wa Key
West 9TH with mdse and Passengers to II Mallory Co.
steamship Gen Barnes, Mallory, Savannah June with
mdse and passenRers 10 Livingston, Fox 4 Co.
steamship Niagara, Backwood, Richmond, City Point
NORFOLK with mdss and passengers to the Old Dominion
Co. =
Steamship knight, Bedell, Georgetown, DC, with
ndse and passengers. 70 X Merrick
Steamship Fanita, Freeman, Philadelphia, with mdse to
Lornard.
ship Hereford Brl Gardner. Calcutta and Sand Heads
March with ndse, to Peabody Willis IL Co. Passed Cape
OF Good Hope April IS crossed the Equator May IL In
Hatteras " = -
ship Britannia tof Boston), Webb, Callso Feb via Hamp
Ton Roads June q with guano To Hertado
ferguson Co. Passed Cape Horn March H. crossed the
Equator April 29 in Ion 35; March 8, lat AZ g. Ion 92
swept losing casks OF water sprung all topmasts
losl and Spin SAILS had ught winds most Of the passagc
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RY AUTHORITY or A SPECIAL ACT or rHS
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. 49, 1870 Trustees Of xsrcann. Library A,.oc..
tion have the pleasure to announce that.
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Almanac for New York Day.
Sun rises. ........ 4 28 Moon RISES. eve
Sun sets. ........ 80 High water. morn 02
OCEAN STEAMERS.
DATE OF DEPARTURES FROM NEW YORK FOR THE
MONTHS JUNE AND JULY
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Sous Destination. Office
ARRIVALS.

PORT OF NEW YORK, JUNE IL, 1870.
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SHIPPIN G. NJ E w S.

Almanac for New York This Day.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-02-12
The Marie Box.

A housekecpcrs affairs had for long
time been coming very much entang.ed,
and the poor woman knew not what to do
to get out of her difficulties. After time
she bethought herself Of wise old hermit
who livcd in the neighborhood, and to
him she repaired for advice. She related
to him all her troubles saying:
Things go on badly enough; nothing
prospcrs in doors or out; pray, sir, can
you not devise some remedy for my mis-
tortuncs?"
The hcrmit-a shrcwd, rosy old man--
begged her to wait, and retiring to an in
nor chamber of his cell, after short time
brought out a very curious looking box,
carefully sealed up. "Takc this" said
lie, and keep it for one year; but you
must, three tunes Il day and three times a
night, carry i: into the kitchen, the cellar
and the stable, and set it down in each
corner. answer for it, that shortly you
will find things improve. But be sure at
the end of the year, to Bring back the
box. Now farewell
Tho good woman received the precious
hox with many thanks, aud bore it care
fully home. The next day, as she was
carrying it into the cellar, she met ser.
want who had been secretly drawing a
pitcher of beer. AS she went little later
into the kitchen, there she found maid
making herself supper of omelcts. In
the stable, she discovered, deep in .mire,
the best COW standing, and the horse un-
curricd, had hay instead of oats So every
day she discovered and corrected some
now faults. At the end of the year. she,
faithful to her promise. carried the magic
box to the hermit, and bcsought him to
allow her to keep if, as it had most
wonderful effect. "Only let me keep it
one year longer and | am sure all will be
rcmedied" The hermit smiled, and re-
piled, :" 1 caunot allow you to keep the
box, but the secret that is hidden within
you shall have" lie opened the box, and
10 ! it contained nothing but slip Of pa
per, ON which was written this couplct.
"Would you thrive most prosperously,
Yourself must every corner see."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-02-12

SAD SraHr.-To SEQ respectable,
virtuous young lady introduced to young
man in a ball room, when.the latter is SO
drunk that be can scarcely distinguish a
person from lamp-post. So long as re.
spectacle young ladies' countenance and
associate with such young men upon terms
ofsocial equality, just so long they offer a
premium to inebricty, by their actions,
which no word or profession can counter
act. Young ladies, as you value your
purity and good name. beware. "Evil
communications corrupt good manners"
e Young ladies are judged by the COM
Pany they keep. Moral rectitude should
be required Of every young man who
seeks the company of refined aud virtuous
young ladies'. No amount Of wealth, or
respectable connections, can atone for i'm
morality on the part of young man
Young ladies', think Of these things.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-02-12

SLEEPING UNDER THE CLornEs-
There is reason to believe (says Miss
Florence Nightingalc) that not a few of
the apparently unaccountable cases of
scrofula among children proceed from the
habit Of sleeping with the head under the
bed-clothes, and so inhaling air already
breathcd, which is further contaminated
by exhalation from the skin. Parents
are sometimes given to similar habit /;
and it often happens that the bed-clothes
are so disposed that patients must neces-
sarily breathe air more or less coutamina-
ted by oxhalations from the skin. A
good nurse will be careful to attend to
this. It is an important part of ventila-
ton. 1t may be worth while to remark
that blanket should never be placed un-
der the patient. Never use anything but
light Whitney blanket and ,bed-covering
for the sick. Weak patients are invaria-
bly distressed by great weight of bed
clothes, which often prevents their getting
any sound sleep whatever.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-02-12

BoLIvIA.-It is rssorted that TIE nsaS6 80
Of communication with Bolivia, whioh NO.
require six months voyage around OxDu
Horn, can be SO facilitated a to shortsu
the time 70 forty days BY making pss ~
the river Amazon, as the route from To
Atlantic side. The tributaries of TIE NJ
dera, one Of the branches Of the AmasedI
penetrate into the interior Of Boliyia, and
it is asserted that the construction of' Iratl-
road or canal one hundred miles, loae
around the rapids will give easy aeae1s ..
the region in question. The cost Of tks.
work is estimated at SIG, ,00O, 900; ard .
agent of Bolivia who has been negUtiEtlle
with English capitalists 70 procurS ~
sum, it is reported, has mot with sneod1s
aging success. Tho products Of DoliSin
are Gold, silver ectton, coffee, cochiss1l
and Calisaya bark. YEA
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-02-12
r. r. LrvINosrpis.

LITTLE CAUSES, LARGE ErrrurS.-ls
Splash went . little stone into pool, asd
bubble and circle showed where il fslls
Then came circle beyond, fainter bat
larger, till the last reached the margin of
the pool, and moved the rushes. .,ss
Something very important must k4tt
happcned,| said the rushes, " ffon ~,
"No, gentlemen" said q, willew. tAa&
lowered above them, II can sec over ~
pool, and assure you the first cirels 1kul1a
which this through suocession Of otAes1
took it's rise, was very small; and hil q
most insignificant origin; but ] have olisa.
noticed Of little things and thsir rsports
thatthe longer they live the larger tA@y
grow, till the effect at last bsafS 10 pt1s
portion TO its cause" ssa.s. .'.na !
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-02-12
Railroads Half . Osatary ~

The following letter, in fsply b sSi1et
gestion about railroads, OVER nv Ye5ssr
ago, by Chancellor Livipsston. NJ YsS
been associated with his brothsr. 4 ~.
Robert Fulton, in the spplieaties u ssd1e
to vessels, shows the stsas II ilGbt6tos
nents in chat day: !
ALBANY, March /. ISL;
DEAR SIR: I did not till yeetxrdSV r.,
ceive yours Of the 25th cf FybfsKiv.
where it has loitored on the rad I - !.
a loss to say. ! had before read Of -
very ingenious propositions a 70 tks3e1i5. i
way communications. I fear, however.
on mature reflection, that they will b ~
Die to serious objection, aud ultimately
more expensive than q canal. They must
be double, 30 as to prevent the dagger q
two such heavy bodies meeting. ne
walls on which they are placed must b 6
least four feet below the surface and thred
feet above, and must. be clamped viii
iron, and even then would hardly sustain
so heavy weight as you propose moving
at the rate Of four miles an hour on whsels:
As TO wood, it would not last I wesk.
They must be covered with iron, and that.
too, very thick and strong. The means
Of stopping these heavy Marriages vithout
great shock, and Of, preventing then
from running on each other-fof thsrt
would be many running on the road 4
once-would be very difficult. In cass Of
accidental stops. or necessary stops 10
take wood and water, &c., many accidents
would happen. The carriage Of condans.
ing water would be very troublesouei
Upon the whole, I fear the expense would
be much than that Of canals wishouS
being 10 inconvenieut i's isiSasl1feT 81
/. a.. 8 r. r. LrvINosrVN. h
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-02-12

ter these waters nearly thfee centuries
ago, rather than accept the dilemma other
wise necessary, his miraculous gift of
correct guessing or prophecy.
In this very mystery which overhangs
this earliest veri6cation, or predicsi0. If
you will, Of the existence Of . "broad inlet
Of sea-" in the humble character of the
Apostls who preached its Eureka, are to
be found elements of interest, which give
to our early record a xest, 30 enjoyable
by the seeker after knowledge. Do We
love our holy religion less because of the
humble origin Of its Great Founder, or
because Of the mystery which enshrouds
his birth and early life? On the contrary,
in all ages Of the world, the great preachers
Of new thought, of q progressive idea, Of
important matter, always have resotted to
the plan Of clothing their teachings with
attributes Of mystery, when they would
hope to attain success. Surely the past
of Puget Sound is most thoroughly i'm
bued with this element Of attrsctiveness.
Be, therefore, this voyage imputed to the
humble Greek sailor, all myth, accord
to it the same discredit as is now ascribed
to the fabulous recitals Of Cortereal and
Dc Fonte, yet the locale which that voy-
age claims to have discovered, loses none
Of its interest, neither can you abate the
value or importance of result flowing di.
rectly from the publication of Locks mar
rative. De Fuca's claim was very gener-
ally credited; it gave impetus to Spanish
discoveries on the North Pacific. For
nearly two centuries faith in its integrity
moulded important voyages of discovery.
In 1778, the illustrious Cook involuntarily
attested his conviction Of its truth, when
he rounded to at Cape Martinez, the Fiat
terry of his hopes and of our modern
geography, and earnestly looked for the
coveted outlet Of the then credited "strait
of sea-" Failing to see it, he stood away
to the northwest, denied the existence Of
the strait and gave lustre to tho humble
name Of De Fuca, by attaching 30 much
importance to his claim, as to thus acknowl-
edge the necessity Of dissipating the idea
that the strait was in the vicinity. Cook
had till that time believed that there
might be "A Strait Of Anian. He had
credited Locks statement Of the voyage Of
Juan De Fuca. He rushed forward to
explode so much Of the theory as placed
the strait between the 47th and 48th de-
gree Of north latitude, as asserted by De
Fuca. But despite the very weighty au-
thority Of Capt. Cook, English navigators,
still 10th to yield their lifelong convic-
ton, still searched for the outlet, and in
1889 Barclay saw it, Meares entered it,
rescued the memory Of the old Greek
pilot from obloquy and acknowledge and
confirmed the integrity of his claim by
ascribing to this outlet, the name Of its
discoverer, Juan De FUca.
To be Continued.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-02-12

CRACKED DisHEs UNFIr ron UsE.--
There is trouble often attendant upon
badly cracked dishes. Such dishes ab-
sorb oils or fats from the diaerens kinda
of foods placed upon them. Thess fate
soon become deeomposed in the pores Of
the dish, and no amount Of cleaning can
remove tho nauseating snd poisonous de-
posit. Such dishes sre filthy and unit
for use. The peculiarly unpleasant taste
sometimes noticed in pie-crust Is caused
by their being baked upon old, cracked
dishes, from which the rancid fat from
previous baking has been absorbed: -
Scientific Press.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-02-12
ANEcDorE OF THE ACTOR MAcREAD

ANECDOTE OF THE ACTOR MAcREADY,
-Macready's handwriting was curiously
iIlegible, and especially when writing or.
ders Of admission to the theater. One
day, at New Orleans, Mr.. Brougham OBJ.
tained one Of these for . friend. On
handing it to the gentleman, the latter
observed that, if he had not known what
it purported to be, he would never have
suspected what it was. +" II looks more
like prescription than anything elss," he
added. ~
$50 it does," said Mr.. Brougham
let us go and have it made up" I
Turning into the nearest drug store, the
paper was given to the clerk, who gave il
careless glance, aud then proceeded to
get phial ready aud to pull out divers
boxes. With another look at the order,
down came tiucture bottle, and the phial
was half filed. Then there was pause.
The gentlemanly attendant was evidently
puzzled. At last he broke down COM
plctely, and rang for his principal, I'D el-
derly and severe looking individually who
presently emerged from the inner sanctum.
The two whispered together an instant,
tho old dispenser looked at the document,
and with al expression Of pity for the is.
noraucc of his subordinate, boldly filed
the phial with some apocryphal fluid, and
cody corked and labelled It. Then hand.
ing it the gentleman who vere waiting, he
said, with . bland smile" i" A cough mix
ture, and very good one. Fifty cents il
you please" ~ Es'' ~ -
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-02-12

per The New York Democrat calls
George Francis Train pyrotcchnical hu-
man seidlitz powder, who pours himself
from hand to hand, backward and forward,
bubbliug The while ike : soap.suds cock
tail. 1ssa1ss
The Lincoln County herald., 1870-11-17
Taxes of 1870.

NOTICE is hereby given that will be present
~ At the following times and places for the
purpose OF receiving taxes for the year 1870, viz
Millwood, do 18th, 18th 18th.
Chantilla, do 2lst, 22d and 23l
Robinson Mills,do oath.
Old Monroe do 25th.
Chain Of Rocks,d 26th.
Auburn, do 2Sth goth and 30th.
Post Oak, December 1st, I'd and Sd.
Troy, do 9th, 9th and 7th.
All taxes which are not paid before the LIST
day January, 1871, will have the additional ten
per cent. placed thereon.
All persons having lands are earnestly solici-
ted to bring a description of their lands at the
time they come to pay their tax. will not have
time to look at your deeds, therefore, have your
descriptions made out when you come; you can
then be certain you are paying on the lands you
own, and will save yourself much trouble. A
large number of pieces of land assessed do not
have any name opposite them, and it is impossi-
bic to ascertain to whom they belong, unless tax
payers bring their descr; ptions.
S. X. VOOLFOLK,
Oct II, 1870. Collector Lincoln county, Mo.
The Lincoln County herald., 1870-11-17
Trllslee,a Sale.

WHEREAS, on tho fifth day Of April, 1870,
w by their deed # trust Of record In the Re-
corder's Office In and for the county Of Lincoln,
on page 1872 of Book X, Hiram N. Brown and
Regena S. Br,wn his wife, conveyed to the un-
dcrsigned, William Colbert, their undivided one
ttird part Of tho following described real estate.
situate in the county of Lincoln In the State OF
Missouri, to wit: Tho north half Of the north
east quarter Of section fifteen, all in township
forty -nne of range three west, In all one hun
dved and twenty acres, the same being the wiie's
interest in said land. which said conveyance was
made in trust to secure the payment Of two Ger
tain n, ,gotiable promissory notes therein particu
larry described and whereas said notes and all
interest thereon are now duo and unpaid, and
whereas the legal holders thereof have duly noti-
fed the trustee to sell the same to pay the notes
therein described in accordance with the lrovis.
ions Of said trust, now. therefore, /, the under
signed trustee, will. ON SATURDAY, the 10th
day of DECEMBER next Os70) at the Office
door of Frank T. Williams, Esq, in the town Of
Truxton, in the county of Lincoln and State Of
Missouri, between tho hours of ten o'clock, a; IN.
and 4 o'clock p. m, of said day, proceed to sell
said property at public vcndue for cash to pay
said indebtedness aud the costs and expenses CT
executing this trust.
novl0n45 WIN. COLBERT. Trustee.
The Lincoln County herald., 1870-11-17

the heart Of that lonely little one ty tell.
ing her Of Jesus for oftiimes she went
to bed cold and suppcrloss, but she
would look up to the little stars she
thought they were bright, just like
Heaven, md that, perhaps, the angels
were looking down upon her aud would
some day come and take her away to be
an angel, too, IN Heaven.