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The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-10-02


Charles Collins in a letter to a friend
says The late Mr. Dickens communi.
, Gated to me some general outlines for
Ills scheme OF Edwin brood, but il
WIS mt very early stage in the Develop
ment Of the idea, and wlmt he said bore
mainly upon the early portions Of the
tale. ".l|' M. si. tnt
Elwin brood wns aersf to re.appem',
he having been murdered by jasper.
The girl Rosa not having been really Mt
tlcled to Edwin was not to lament his
loss very long, and wns, believe, 10
admit the slilor, Mr.. TARTAR to supply
bis place. II was intended that jasper
himself should urge on the search after
Edwin brood and the pursuit Of his
murderer, thus entlcnvDring to direct
suspicion from himself, the reil murder
| er. This s Indicated in the design on
the right side Of the cover. Of the book
which Mr., Dickens assisted in design
ing, Of the figures hurrying up the spirll
tSSnircase, cmblematicil Of q pursuit
They are led on obv Jnspcr, who points
unc0nsciously tn his own figure in the
drawing ht the head Of the title The
Female figure at the left Of the cover
lrcdding the placard "Lost" is only in.
teiidtd to illustrate tic doubt entertain
ed by Rosa Budd as 70 the faie Of her
lover, brood Tie group beneath il
Indicates the acceptance Of another
aiitoE elQJu IlU N4E
As to say anything further it must he
purely conicctionnly ftaemslibely TINT
Rosa would marry Mr.. Tartar, dll pos
sihle that the sune destiny nightlawlit
Mr., CriSpHrile and Helena IandleSs.
Young Landlcss himself was to die per.
haps, andJnpmcott would, though
whether lY falling into the hands Of
! Justice or by suicide, or through taking
! I'm overdose Of opium. which seems
most likely. it is impossible to say. "a
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-10-02

, 4 BEAS TowS. Beverly, Ninssachu.
sctts, SAYS q correspondent Ia known MS
Bean Town" No virtucus citizen Of
that pace thinks OF passing Sunday
morning without baked pork aud beans
for breakfast, Formerly they went to
the dfTGront bakeries SATURDAY nights,
each man with his hrpn-pot. Each pot
was numbered with check rs received,
and the number plyeh to thr owner, and
the crowds would gather around the
hakery'door 'Sundlytmhrmne, each man
calling his number md rrcaiyinr hispot
But nowtheYNlRSr pottery inihc town.
and each householder has had, ,his bean
pot made 10 order, with his name or ini-
.tinls bakcd into the sides, and, the plal
works beautifully Tie bakers charge
Nix cents for bking lrana, and it is no
mean source Of revenue r.l
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-10-02


lMNESsITY Of CREATION. us.
hOuOmer4 have computed that there arc
no less than 15,010,OOO suns in llle
universe. The fixed shrrt are all suns,
and have, like our sun, numerous planets
lttvoling around them. Tile solar sys-
fem, or that to which We belong, has
about thirty planets, primary and See
onipy, .belppGng itg.it, Tie fcirrulor
iial1 Of space which it occupies is i'll the
diameter 3,GND,OO0,lO0 OF miles, and
that which iteOntrols is much greater.
That sun which is nearest ncighbor1 to
ours is called Sirius, distant from our
sun 90, OJD,0O0,OOO of miles. Nowii all
the fixed stars are as distant from eQch
other rs Sirilts is from our Jsiu, and II
tho solar system bc the aveitGt InmgDi.
tudeof all tile systems Of the 7j.0O0,G0O
Of suns, what imagination can gnlIp the
tmmensitydfctatijn =? '.'ud b.N . 40
Every sun OF the $1,000. COO controls
Il field Oi space oi about 1000, ,0OO Of
miles in diameter. Who can survey II
Notwithstanding 75OpL0DO circular
fields, each OF them 100000 miles in
diameter? Such, however, is one OF
the plantations Of Him who has meas
ured the water in the hollow OF his halli ,
and meet our heaven with span and
icUmprckendcd thedust ofthe earth in u
measure, weighed the mountahs in
scales, and the hills in u balance; Him
who sitting Upon the orbit Oi the cnrtlt
Jtrctohcs ont the heavens ~ Il curtain,
aud spreadcth them uut ut u tent to
IWrll In
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-10-02

A cheerful s1raRi hag dilcuycrcd that
mosquitoes are proyiiential guard
agninst disease upou the supposition
that in summer the human system is
peculiarly liable to fever aud The insects,
by depicting the quantity OF blood, get
up counter irritation.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-10-02

iSTOrPNd a NEwspArER..-One OF our
exchanges has the following lllegory,
which we commend 10 the careful con.
sidcration of those gentlemen, who, the
moment .licy see anything which dis
plcnshs them in the columns of their
iocll journal, rush to the printing ollier
and cry out stop my papeEN It is
certainly Il new song upon the old sub.
jGct,;. sumra .mrrH 40
"a Certain nln hit his toe against II
pebble and icll headIong to tue ground.
He wls ycxcd, and under the influence
Of anger and self.sufllcicncy he kicked
tho mrth right sluciy With .imprr.
turbablc gravity he looked to see thc
earth dissolve itself aud come to bahght
But the earth remained, and only III
poor foot was injured in the encounter.
This istle Miy ~ man. An'article in n
InewbpnInr touches him ina weak spot,
aud forthwith he sends to stOplis pape.
With great complaceucy hp looks to SEE
the crash, when he finds he only hit his
own toe ngninst q world that does not
pcrctptibly feel the shock, and Injuries no
ono hut himself" "
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-10-02

,tGAITLED DISEASE. a new cattle disease
hhslrnkcn ont IN Dutchcss Co.,N Y. The
animals. when first taken, seem TO droOp
their heads, refusing 10 partake Of food I;
when urgtd 10 walk about they do so
with much apparent difficulty, dngging
their feet on tho ground, expiring after
short sickness, ending their lives with
fearful gnspf for breath.
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Three SmOkerS.-A Parody. E
Three gdgai.is n up in an Office fair,
:, lGi nn Qaice fair, ns the sun went down,
Each costly smoking andlonnging there,
And Watching the bellies as they stepped
down town.
For men mnYt smoke and women Look ina
Though taxes are heavy, aud stocks de-
cline. y FFHF.FF EFsaF
Aud the grocGn' bills be running,
Three ,ri5es sit up till the midnight hour, %
And longed and watched aud hOied in vain
But the husbands, snug in their Office bower,
Wore sm9Ang dull caro- from their weary
ihrnin. NAfJ nHSE
For men will smoke, though women ropine,
Though health and wealth and vigor de-
cline,
lAnd sickness awl duns be on-ooning.
Three enps,S were buried rom dgLt QUO day,
NY Palsy Consumption aud Fits cut down,
And none but the Doctor had ever dare say
That, s1rc as great guns, they were
smoked mt Of town. I8H.u- hH.
For men will smoke. though Dcaci does
come, .aHtH .sNV n
To dcsolato fortune and Office and home,
And sroccrs and wives be moaning.
Al1t Words; II q WI
II words could satisfy tho heart, NJ IA
The heart might find less care
Bnt words like summer clouds depart,
Mud leave but empty air.
.ho heart, pilgrim on the earth, ....
Finds often when Il needs,
: That word. arc OfRs little worth
just ~ many weeds.
Il flr -ail-nnd truly said
VI hau deeper Joy impart,
iPl .1n hosts ofwurls that reach the head,
u' never touch the heart
n Ice that wings its sunny way I .-..
\ lonely home tn cheer.
Y ~ ~, the lowest words to say,
\ ~ ,ljlI, those feW--sp dearl rs. 80
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RATES or ADVERTISING
One square snlinesorlrys, one insertion. 90
Forrhs' anbsfqucutln 1Ftion..'-....'..s 9o
r,yo ,,,,.s, ~ .,,,,,r, ~ grnontb-,,,,...2j no
Ono-hilf ~ olumu, ~ mhutim .s''s'''s.'t2 W.
one c1lll4 y months ..... r.. 1000. 30 w
Local notices ~ cents pT line, which must be
paid Ia advance. Viyo dDllars VII be
charged for ranuuuntlngrnulidaius nreoun.
tv. md ton dollars for State aud United
state oalgas. IaugtbyO obituary Hourgsmust
be paid for rF-AU lrgalultic"snre charged
to thn attorney pr sentDg thuu.
Sr,ei1iRasifo rrrit,i s'lirngm moro haHoH' columns
JOB PRIN TING
Neatly and Promptly EEoaltolht this ONCE.
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The Digger Indians Of the Pacitc coast
have IN unpleasant custom, when II squnw
dies leaving M infant uf burying the
child with her
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-10-02

A resident OF Brazil, WHO visited New
York, dropped into a saloon to take Il
gla,s ofbccr. While doing so met mnl
named Stanley, Shnn iicnRuutancc he
had previously made in Long Branch.
They concluded TO play game Of bill
lizards, and having finished il, Mr. Oliver
the victim excused himself and said that
he must go to his friends house in
Brooklyn, where he was staying, to ar.
range his luggage, M he wRs to leave for
South America the following day. What
happened Rfter that time he vas unable
10 say :hc thinks he lcit the saloon, bnt
not until . o'clock in the evening, some
eight hours ,uiterwurl did he come to
his senses. Thcu he fo,tna himself
standing in street, which h. conld not
recognize rs pnr he had ever been in
before, and with n strange feeling in the
head, us il he had bee very sick. Sag
geriugi along as hest be, could, he at
length met two police officers. and from
them inquired the way to Fulton Ferry.
.lhe officers stared nt him III surprise,
mud asked him what hemennts Again
he repeated the question, AMI this tine
one officer said to the other. "He must
he crazy = and turning to him added,
"DOn't you know that you are in Phila-
dclphia?" The Information way 80 en-.
tirely unexpected tliat it was some time
before Mr.. Oliver could cpupreheud the
situation sufficiently to give d clear nc.
count Of himself hutwhep he bad done
this the officers explained to himthat he
hid been the victim of n conspiracy, and
un searching his pockets lie found that
Fhe had been robbed di more than $500,
anil put on 4 ts,in leaving Now York.
He can rrrullcct nothing connected with
The affir, inrtRer than liis been related.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-08-31
Refa Theta ri Fraternity COnVen-
lion at Indianapolis.

ISDIASAPoLIs, August 31.-A permanent or
ganization Of the National Convention Of the
Beta Theta Pi Fraternity was effected yester-
day afternoon by the election Of the Hon. o.
p. Morton. President; Thos. S. McLelland.
of Chicago. Viee-President; Henry A. Buch-
tel, of Green Castle. Secretary; j. NJ. Shack
elford, of Lexington. KY, Assistant Secre-
tary; and Rev. o. Brown. Chaplain. Cover
nor Morton not being altogether well, the
Vice President has presided over the deliber-
ations Of the convention. Very many dele
gates from the South arrived yesterday after
noon, and last night the convention was quite
full, and is also full to-day. The convention
is conducted with closed doors. no persons be-
ing in attendance except members of the soci-
ETY.. of course. the proceedings Of the con-
yention are unknown. 1t is reported. how
ever, that the usual amount of business is
being transacted and several questions Of inn
portance discussed.
The public exercises last night at the Asso 4.
citation hall we're as entertaining as anything
ever held here. The banquet to be given to-
night at the Bates House by the resident
Chapter 70 the delegates and a few promin-
ent citizens. promises TO be the most elegant
affair of the kind this city has heretofore
witnessed. The Hon. Judge Buskirk, Presi-
dent of the Alumni Chapter here. which gives
the banquet. will preside.
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LATEST TEJuEGRAMS.
specials 80 the Ledger.
AMERICAN PRxss ARTICULATION. VIA s. P. ! A..
TELRGRA eH COMPANY.
European News.
AUSTRIA.

! GAsTIEN, August 81. The conference of Gas
ten has confirmed the agreement between
Austria and Prussia on some important prln-
ciples of policy. The details of this agree
ment were written down on both sides, and
the two drafts were compared and ADJUSTED IN
the nature of treaty. The agreement Is
therefore, not exactly formal treaty, though
tantamount to one, and the functonaries
whose services would have been necessary IN
framing a formal treaty. were not present.
They were dispensed with in order that the
exact terms of the agreement should be kept
perfectly secret
The statement of the policy made by the
Vienna Cabinet in December of last year
created peculiar situation between Austria
and Prussia, which called for a more accurate
definition of the relation than could be Sc
cured by an exchange Of diplomatic notes.
The Gastien conference enabled the two
Chancellors confidential conversation to reach
an understanding and to determine exactly
how the interests of the two powers could be
realized to their mutual advantage, and how
their good understanding might be utilized in
dealing together against other powers.
The Roumanian railways thus received
satisfactory solution in the interest of general
peace, and this result was regarded as happy
augury for application of a similar joint ac-
ton to any future difficulty that might spring
up in Europe. In this manner Austria and
Germany formed league for maintaining
peace by means of war against any power that
may be inclined to disturb the peace of Eu-
rope. Prince Bismarck at the same time
communicated with the Government of Italy
and obtained permission to the terms of the
league.
Russia has all along watched the proceed
ings at Gastien. and knowing of the under
standing is making vast preparations for war.
The Russian government has also made over
lures to France. through General Leho the
French minister at st. Petersburg. They
were favorably received by NJ. Theirs; but
there is no alliance yet made between France
and Russia, although the present good under
standing may lead to ii.
The Free Press of Vienna says that league
for the preservation of the peace of Europe
has been formed at Gastien, and that Aus
tria, Germany and Italy. were its adherents.
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New York is the most wicked and cor
rupt city in the world. That vast ag-
alomeration of nationaIities does not dis
pute the point. The details of crime
committed there are shocking-so shock
ing that we refuse to admit them to our
columns. We could fill every inch of
the space we have every day with sensa-
tons disgusting and immoral. 1t is a
melancholy fact that the newspapers Of
that city are occupied exclusively with
the dark side Of society and the crimes
of humanity There is no end to the
rush, no rest for the types, and no power
to dam up the roaring, laundering cur
rent. The daily presses scatter the
news by the million 1t is snatched and
devoured with, an appetite that is not
natural, but one that hos been fed upon
horrors until it has become perfectly
voracious. What the dailies describe
so eircumstantially, the weeklies give
TO the world with all the fascinations
of illustration. The people are becom-
ing accustomed to look upon horrors as
a matter of course. A murder is forgot
ten in few weeks, and robbery is not
thought Of longer. There is no bright
side to the picture. 1t is all dark. Vir-
tue, religion and law are sadly in need Of
championship. The churches are i'm
potent to arrest the great stream Of
crime. ana the courts are utterly ineif
nianI
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NEW YORK.
The westGeId's New BOiler-COlli
sion at Sea.

The Westfeld's New BOiler-COlli-
sion at Sea.
New YoRK. August 3l,-The Staten Island
Ferry Company have contracted with firm
in this city for q new boiler for the ferryboat
Westfeld. The iron of the boiler will be from
three-eighths to half an inch in thickness and
be doubly riyited with extra facings. The
material used in the braces viii be subjected
to strain OF 1890 pounds to the square inch.
The boiler will be tested for a working pres
sure of fifty pounds to the square inch. II
will be twenty-five feet high and ten in diam
eter. 1t is to be finished in sixty days, and
will be subjected by the government inspec-
tors to seyenty-fve pounds by hydraulic
pressure.
Officers of the steamship Java from Liver
pool, which arrived here yesterday. report
that on the night Of the 25th Of August about
II o'clock a collision occurred with the Nor
wegian bark Annette. sinking her almost i'm
mediately. The officers of the Java got out
the boats at once and, after a careful search,
returned, having saved one man. From him
it was learned that the bark was bound from
Portsmouth to Quebec with twelve hands on
board, eleven Of whom went down with her.
The Java escaped injury, with exception Of
the loss of her topmast and some fifty yards
of canvas. A meeting Of the passengers was
held on board the Java, at which resolutions
were passed entirely generating the officers
of the vessel from all blame in the matter.
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panies, bothlhaving contested for the prize at
Findlay. Over forty companies have reported
SO far, There is a very large attendance.
HUNG BY MOB.
EVANSVILLE. ND. August 3l.--A mob at
Caseyville. KY. night before last. hung two
negroes and one white man. who had been
implicated in a rape near there on Tuesday OF
last week.
F1ySDIsH.
COLUMBUS, o., Az gust 81 Miss Brightman.
Of this city, while returning from visit,
seated in a car on the Piqua railroad. was Sc
verely injured by a stone thrown into the car
at Milford Center. The injury so Frustrated
her that fears are entertained for her life.
WRECK OF STEAMSHIP.
KEY WEST. FLA, August 3l.-The steam
ship Juanita. of Philadelphia. belonging to
the Southern Mail Steamship Line. was
wrecked on the 9th inst, fifteen miles north
of Cape Florida. The crew and passengers
were saved. and hopes are entertained Of re-
covering the vessel. The Juanita left New
Orleans on her return trip to Philadelphia,
touched at Havana, and was bound from
that port for Philadelphia when wrecked.
BURNED-DRowNED.
CINCINNATI, August a.-Joseph Berger. en-
ployed as engineer at the Greenwood foundry,
was terribly burned this morning by the ex-
plosion Of benzne with which he was clean
ing his engine.
A daughter of ]. Sweeny. eight years old,
was drowned. this forenoon, in cistern on
Cutter street.
PowDER-MILL EXPLOSION.
WATERBURY,, Conn.,, August Stat ten
O'Clock this forenoon the powder-mill of this
place exploded with terrible defamation. One
man was instantly killed. Tho building was
greatly damaged. The cause of the explosion
has not TRANSFERRED.
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MEMPHIS AND CHARLESTON RAIL.
ROAD

A special to the Avalanche from
Huntsville, dated yesterday, says of the
proceedings of the meeting of the stock
holders of the Memphis and Charleston
railroad
The proposition of the Board of Directors
for the purchase Of the Winchester and Ala
bama. the McMinville and Manchester. and
the Southwestern railroads, and to make the
necessary extensions in consequence thereof,
almost unanimously agreed to. The number
of votes polled, personally and by proxy.
was (: Yeas, 1l6,44S shares; noes, 1850 shares.
There was large attendance OF shareholders
on the occasion to discuss these important
measures, the adoption of which will add one
hundred and twenty-one miles to the COM
pany's road.
We regard this action of the meeting
favorably, because if the project is
carried out, it will benefit Memphis by
adding to its trade.
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BENIGN INFLUENCE.

The Wisconsin Radicals met the olne
day and nominated c. c. Washburne a
their candidate for Governor. The mos
noticeable part of the platform adopted
is thus reported by telegraph
That we rejoice in the recuperation of thu
Southern States under the benign influence Q
free labor, and that we urge upon those lateI,
in rebellion not TO retard the prosperity OF I'M
South by permitting lawlessness ana yiolenc'
tbere- We entreat them to take bold stant
for law and order, to assist the result OF tn'
,varand cooperate with us in our efforts U
advance the prosperity of the whole country
and we hope that the time may shortly CONT
when the persecution and outrage OF lOya
,eonIe shall wholly cease, and when the point
zeal disabilities imposed for participation ~
he ,sheIlion may be removed without danger
10 the rights of those who have renamed iath-
full TO the Union.
Was anything ever cooler than that
1t is perfectly refreshing in this hot
weather. 1t has been we'll preserved IN
the Radical ice-box, and kept up to the
freezing point Otherwise, along with
all its brothers, it would have rendered
the atmosphere unsafe to dwell in, pois-
oued every breeze, and tainted every
gale. But it comes cool now. The
saints dare to tell the country that they
rejoice in the recuperation of the South
We do not believe a word of it. Nc
man, in the depths of his unbiased mind
believes it. 1t is not true. The history
of the Radical party rejects the idea
of its truth. If truth were to meet it in
the road, they would pass as strangers.
The Radical party never did rejoice
and never will rejoice at Southern pros
perity. Benign influence of free la
borlr What party sent its. agents 10
the South to corrupt the negro, to
make Radical voter of him, and
10 demoralize labor (? What party
did rs utmost to so array him against
the white man as to bring on war Of
races, and to break up the relation ex-
;stinr between capital and labor? ii
these politicians had spoken what is IN
their hearts, the sentiment we have
quoted from their platform would have
been quite different. 1t would have ex-
pressed astonishment and modification
at the spectacle Of recuperated South
recuperated in the teeth of all the op-
pressions and burdens heaped upon it.
There are few who doubt that it was the
policy of the Radical party to prevent
the recuperation of the South. All its
measures looked to that end. 1t wanted
Just enough reeuperation to afford the
Treasury its revenue, and its thousands
of ofice-holders good picking. That
was ALL The Southern people, it was
supposed, with negro labor ruined, and
the enormous burdens put upon them,
could not prosper. But thanks to
time, and soil upon which heaven has
Iayished every element Of fertility, and
the indomitable pluck Of the Southern
race, prosperity is beginning to show
signs of gigantic development. The
Radical party knows that when the
South RECEIVERS its prosperity it will
have recovered its strength. That is
something which that bold, bad party
does not wish to see. All it can ever
do is to pretend to rejoice at that which
is NORWOOD and gall upon its lips.
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GEoRGIA POLITICS,

The Savannah (Ga.) Republican OF
Wednesday contains the following;
1.-TWO boats loaded with negroes, from
the Carolina side of the river, arrived
here yesterday. They proceeded IN a
body to the Exchange for the purpose OF
registering, in order to vote at the com
ing municipal election. Fortunately,
notice of their coming reached the OH
GERS who we're waiting for their arrival,
and prevented them from committing
perjury. This little game has played
out. Vigilant eyes are on the lookout
for such characters, and renewal OF
this strategy will subject the parties to
registration in the Jail Of Chatham
county" That is right. Let the first
of them and the last of them be over
hauled and sent to Jail. This thing OF
floating voters, and the voters black, ana
floated by carpet-baggers, is about to
end. To the Jail To the Jail
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rRnnRLE IN NoRrH cARoLINA

Lowrey aud his gang OF outIaWs IN
Bobeson county, North Carolina, have
so far held their own against the North
Carolina militia who attempted TO drive
them from their Businesses in the swamps.
The Adjutani General Of North Caro-
lima has finally hit upon plan which IT
is thought will effect the capture or ex-
termination Of the outlaws. Fifty men
are to be raised by voluntary enlistment,
10 be composed Of men Of the requisite
nerve and determination to enable them
to get into the field with the resolution
10 remain there until the object Of their