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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1871-02-10
GEOLOGICAL CORPS.

The meeting of the Geological Corps
on Thursday was a very satisfactory
one. The first volume of the final re-
port of the Corps. now ready for the
printer, received careful revision and is
now in the hands of the Governor. This
will be a volume of about 500 printed
pages, with some 50 pages of plates. In
this volume are detailed reports of the
geological survey of the counties of
Cuyahoga, Holmes and some II others
in Northern Ohio.
Mr. Klippart, in charge of the Agri-
cultural Department of the survey, has
collected some 200 specimens of Clays
and 50 specimens of the representative
soils of different sections of the State.
have been made for the
analysis of these, and Mr.. Klippart was
directed to arrange the specimens in or
der in the Geological Room at the Capt.
tol for the inspection of all interested.
Another meeting of the Corps will be
held in few days.
Mr.. Klippart's report on the depart
ment of investigation assigned to him
will embrace: First-A general review
of agricultural geology, a classification
of soils according to their chemical and
physical characters; an inquiry into the
sources of fertility, their adoption to pc
culiar styles Of agriculture. their deterior-
alton, renovation. &c. Second-A
description of the natural soils of Ohio,
classified by districts and properties; an
inquiry into the source from which they
are derived; their adaptations, methods
and materials for the restoration and
maintenance of their fertility, &c, with
an investigation of the distribution and
properties of such fertilizers as are found
within our State limits.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1871-02-10
THE COTTON TAX CASES.

Great interest is manifested here on
the cotton tax cases, which will come up
in the Supreme Court on Tuesday next.
There is an immense array of legal tall
ent employed on both sides; among
them are Judge Curtis, of Boston, VIM.
NJ. Eyarts, H. V. Johnson, Caleb Cush-
ing and Reverdy Johnson. The case is
one involving the constitutionality of the
law imposing tax upon this special
Southern staple. Should the Court de-
eide for the plaintiff in the case and the
law be declared unconstitutional, it will
involve the necessity of a return Of up
ward of sixty millions of dollars to the
Southern planters, who have paid this
amount of tax to the Government on raw
cotton. As the Constitution declares
that all duties on imports and excises
shall be uniform throughout the United
States, it is simply question Of consd-
tutional right with Congress 70 impose a
tax on one species Of agricultural pro-
ducts, and not upon all alike Wash-
lngz0N Dispatch.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1871-02-10
4 PTorURn o. THn s1neR.



Nothing could be more sdesoIate and
drearisome than the environs of Paris.
They were once-aye, only last August,
they were the most charming in the
world. They were enchanting. They
contained the dreamiest, pleasingest
spots that the lover of pleasure or the
lover of nature could find. There were
vast forests. Who that has roamed
through them could ever forget their ram
bic through the Bois de Boulogne and
the Bois de Vincennes ?asNVho that has
visited the once proud capital of the
once proud Second Empire, but will re
visit, in mournful imagination, the his
tofic-poetic suburban towns of Versailles,
St. Germain and St. Cloud. Alas, alas,
what years must roll away before the
stately trees shall again shade the smooth
long road, the cheerful plateau,
or protect from the lightning the coy
chateau ! 'FEhe cottage to ruin has
gone, Ben Bolt. The historic spots are
trodden again by the feet Of an avenging
fate. Nemesis must needs come again
to the confident. and splendid capital
Nemesis, with batteries and needle-glins,
bringing terror and desolation and death,
instead Of St. Nicholas, bringing pres
entss merriment and happiness. It IS
all sad and strange, but it is all right.
Progress will come of it. He who reigns
will see to that.
So one must muse; can't help musing,
as he stands on the eminence and watch
es the terrific hurricane of shot and
shell. With intermissions. it goes ra-
ging on all day. As the day closes. and
the sky darkens, the storm gradually
subsidies. There is a lull, then a boom,
then a longer lull, then shorter din,
then bang and burst at long intervals.
and then-silence, darkness. The
wind means on. The gunners rest.
Some sit on a bench. some lean listless-
ly against their faithful gun, some roam
around chatting over the days work,
all smoke, and nobody knows what it
all means, or what win be on the NOR
row.
At the first round of the attacking ar
tillery thousands of French soldiers fed
the trenches. They were Vinoy's troops.
The old General sent a heavy detach-
ment with orders to bring them
back. They were nearly all brought
back, and compelled to remain in the
trenches all night by way of punishment
for their desertion. We never have a
fight without a skedaddle. By the time
the old lady had taguht her horse to live
without eating he died. By the time
Trochu's troops learn to stand fire I'm
afraid they'll be of little use in the siege
of Paris.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1871-02-10
TAPPING LAKE TAHOE.

The project for tapping Lake Tahoe.
on the top of the Sierra Nevada, and
taking its waters in a grand stream down
the Mountain sides and through the
great central plains of California to
San Francisco, distributing it for mining,
irrigating and town purposes along the
way, and at the end furnishing San
Francisco with abundance of water for
all uses-this, perhaps the most mag
nifcent water scheme ever attempted
seems to be seriously put in the way of
execution. The company is formed;
Congress has conferred the necessary
rights upon it; San Francisco welcomes
it, and the route is already laid down.
There is to be at first tunnel Of three
miles, and for twenty-five miles the
water will be carried along and in the
north fork of the American River. The
use of the water for mining purposes,
along and among the foot hills through
which it is to be carried, is relied upon
as a chief return for the cost of the en-
terprise. A large extent of rich placer
mining territory now remains utterly
or but partially improved for
the lack of such a generous and con
stant water supply as this will be.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1871-02-10
REeULAT1Na RAILROADS.

The New York Z5751tHe has the fol-
lowing sound views on the subject Of
regulating railroad tariffs by law;
No turnpike company, so far as we
know, was ever authorized or allowed to
charge travellers or teamsters such rates
as its managers saw fit, and tell them
IF you don't like our terms, you are
welcome to keep off our road. On the
contrary, the State has always prescribed
the rates, and compelled obedience
thereto. A turnpike or plank road that
doubled its charges on the recurrence Of
November floods, rendering ordinary
highways all but impossible, would soon
have its tollgates lifted off their hinges
by the ministers of the law. and the
public authorized to traverse its entire
length without paying.
The public mind seems to be steadily
gravitating toward these conclusions:
]. AS the State fixes, in the public in
terest, the price at which railroad COM
pany may take any ones property which
It needs, so the same State should FIX the
rates Of travel and transportation over
that company's road. In other words
as the company Is authorized to take
farmers house and grounds at an inn
partial valuation, so the farmer should
be authorized 10 use the railroads cars
and power on similar terms. Hence,
the rates of fare and freight should be
fixed by some disinterested tribunal au-
thorized by the State, and should be sub
ject to change only with that tribunals
express assent.
II. The stock and bonds Of a rail-
road company should be limited TO the
sum honestly spent in buying the track.
building the road, and providing the
necessary equipment. They should un-
der no pretense be watered, and should
never be increased, even to pay for eN-
tensions or improvements. without eN-
press authority from the State.
III. The device for preventing or
suprressinp conspiracies Of railway man
agers AGAINST the public veal by forbid
ding the consolidation of parallel lines,
is the merest fog-wreath. It isn't worth
the paper whereon it is written. So long
as half a dozen managers of diverse
companies can meet in an Office or par
lor and double or treble the rates at
which they have hitherto transported
produce or merchandise, without hinder
ance or supervision, the value Of every
farm, the prosperity Of every city. is
virtually suspended on the good pleasure
of three or four men.
Such are the new ideas now vaguely
floating in the air. They may not yet
have taken such shape as to render them
formidable to the rings whereby our
great railroads are managed. But any
one whose duty il is to watch the cur
rents of public opinion must realize that
the times are exceedingly favorable to
their reception and diffusion. That which
is now "a cloud no bigger than a mans
hand is liable suddenly 70 expand so
as 10 enshroud the sky, inaugurating a
tempest which shall become a tornado.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1871-02-10
THE WIFE.

Only let the woman be sure she is
precious to her husband-not useful, not
valuable, not convenient simply but
lovely and beloved let her beth recip-
lent of his hearty attentions let her feel
that her cares and love are noticed, and.
appreciated, and returned let her opiri-
ion be asked, her approval be. sought
and her judgment respected in matterS
of which she is cognizant in short, let
her only be loved, honored and cherish
ed in the ful6ilment Of her marriage
vow, and she will be to her husbard,
her children and society a well-spring Of
happiness. She viii bear pain, and toll,
and anxiety, for her husbands love to
her is a tower and fortress. Shielded
and sheltered therein, adversely viii have
lost its sting. She may suffer, but sym
pathy will dull the edge Of sorrow. A
house with love in it--and by love we
mean love expressed by words, and
looks and deeds, for we have not the
least spark of faith in love that never
crops OUTS to a house without love as
a person to machine-one is life, the
other is mechanism. The unloVed Wo-
man may have bread just as Light. a
house just as tidy as the other, but the
latter has a spring of beauty about her,
joyousness, a penetrating kindness to
which the former is an entire stranger.
The deep happiness Of her heart shines
out of her face. She CLEANS over. It Isl
airy and graceful, and warm and well
coming with her presence; she is full Of
devices and plots and sweet surprises for
her husband and family. She has never
done with the poetry Of life. She her
self is a lyric poem, setting herself to all
pure and graceful melodies. Humble
household ways and duties have for her
a>golden significance. The prize makes
her calling high and so the end sancti-
fes the means. Love is heaven and
heaven is love. +"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1871-02-10
wnAr A LITTLE BIRD TOLD.

Before Paris was compelled to capiru-
late her means of communication with
the outside world by balloons and pig
cons had been brought into something
like satisfactory system. On the 9Th,
9th and 10th of January balloons sue
cessfully left the city, and on the 10th a
pigeon arrived with dispatches which,
when printed, filled four columns of the
newspapers, and with fifteen thousand
messages for private individuals This
extraordinary compression Of mail mat
ter into so small a compass was due, of
course, to microscopic photography, but
the pigeon certainly deserved the deco
ration of the Legion of Honor.-INezO
York Post.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1871-02-10
A NEW VERSION OF AN OLD sTO-
RY.

l commenced being good at a very
early age, and built myself up on the
best models. l was yet an infant when
read the affecting story of hacking
down the cherry tree by George Wash
ington, and his manly statement to his
father that he could not tell a lie read
the story and it filled me with desire
to surpass him. / was not going to al
low any such boy as George Washing
ton, if he did afterward got to be Presi-
dent, to excel me in the moralities I'm
mediately seized an axe, and cut down
the most valuable cherry tree my father
had and more. dug up the roots and
burned the branches, so that by no
means could the variety be produced
and / went skating on Sunday, so that
might confess the two faults, and be
wept over on account of my extreme
truthfulness. The experiments were. /
regret to say partial failures. was very
much like Washington, but the trouble
was my father did not resemble George
Washington's father. which was essen
tial to the success of my scheme Ibid
you cut down that cherry tree ?" asked
he, Father, / cannot tell lie, did it
with my little hatchet," / answered.
striking the proper attitude for the old
gentleman to shed tears on me. But he
didn't shed. He remarked that he had
rather had told thousand lies than to
have me cut down that particular tree,
and he whipped me till was in state
of exasperating rawness. My skating
idea was no less a failure / broke
through the ice that Sunday and was
pulled out with dificulty--and boat
hook. AS lay sick for month with a
fever, didn't get a chance to get off the
Washington remark.-1Aas-k I9OaIn.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1871-02-10
APPLES.

This is the side where all day long
fingered the sunshine, clear and strong;
Down 70 the very core, know,
still IS boarded the summer glow.
1 can tell YOU where they grew,
By the orchard wall, where the brook
comes thro',
Crystal clear in the frost aud rime,
Lost in the grass In summer time.
That is the place where first In May
Pale blue viOlets hide away,
Half ashamed of their fares fair,
When blossoms wniten the branches bare.
Gnarled and twisted the tree has grown,
L+aning south, as the wind has blown;
Here and there are the scars that show
Terrible winters Of ice aud snow
Yet to the topmOst bougb in spring,
Fair and tender the blossoms cling;
Year by year, in its shelter wide.
CaIIow nestlings the robins hide.
Year by year. when the summer days
Melt and mellow in golden haze,
Bright AS Jr-weis the apples shine.
Swelling with autumn S od0rous wine.
Leaning over the orchard wall,
One By one you may hear them fall,
one by one from the dead old tree,
That fed their sWeetness for you and me.
Emily Harrington Miller, in Little Corpo-
raj.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1871-02-10
A man who should have the palm {,

A man who should have the palm for
possessing extraordinary managing abil-
tiles halls from a remotely populated
township in Iowa. Living remote from
a school house, and having children to
educate, he contrived to get a certain
territory, of which he was the only in
habitant, set off as a new district. He
then elected himself as sub-director, and
secured an appropriation to build a
school house. He built dwelling house
for himself with the money, finishing off
a school room in the upper story. He
then used the contingent fund to buy
himself a cooking stove, placing it in
{ he lower room and warming the school
room by taking the pipe through it to
the chimney. He then installed his wife
as teacher Of her own children land no
others), fixing the salary to please him
self. Such a man as this ought not to
be hidden away in an unpopulated will
derness of the West
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1871-02-10
GRANT AND cox.
EFrom the N. Y. Tribune.l

There are certain ignorant and over
Jealous people who believe that to sus-
tain the President it is necessary to at
tack his late Secretary. The President,
believing that the New-Idria Mining
Company claimed more land than the
mining laws of California and the laws
of the United States authorized it to hold
and being unable at the time to investi-
gate the subject, ordered a suspension of
the law granting a patent until after the
Judiciary Committee of the House had
ended its labors by report. He at no
time Endorsed, directly or indirectly, the
claim. of McGarahan. Gen. Cox. as we
think, somewhat unwisely took offense
at this suspension, and retired from the
Office he had honored through his able
and honest administration.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1871-02-10

u HESE are pertinent questions
I which our citizens should answer be-
fore insuFing their property. For years the
West has been paying an annual tribute to
surHnce Com panies. This constant and
continuous drain has seriously affected the
hnancial interests of the West, and the
people Of Ohio haye sought for means to
check the tide, and retain these interests to
our commonwealth. The organization of
Fire Insurance Corporations has afforded
an effective means, and to-day the Insur-
ance Companies incorporated by the State
of Ohio are among the most solvent and ef-
Teot1ve IN the country. Among these incor-
porauons the
ssHOBIE. OF COLUMBUS
occupies most enviable position. Organ
lied by gentlemen Of acknowledged probi-
ty and capacity, with a paid-up capital ex-
HALF A MILLION OF DOLLARS.
She enters the insurance field with all the
elements of success. Her career thus far
viii compare most favorable with any sim
liar institution IN the country, aud her fu-
ture promises to speedily rank her among
the foremost. There is scarcely q com m u
nifty in the State which has not manifested
Its interest ia the success of this institution.
The best known business men throughout
the State have become ste cxhoIders, and an
Western Fire insurance Company which
will be without a rival.
No corporation offers more or better Sc
curity than the tt HOME, OF COLUMBUS" Its
asset~ amount to $5I5,27S, while its entire
1l1DlllIlrsB 6Act DblnB ca Atal sBOe6t are only
S34. .199 46. Nearly q half a million of dol
lars security. This is ample beyond any
| peradventure, and should commend the
Company to our citizens.
The following well-known gentlemen OF
this place own stock in the a. Home - HOa.
T. @. Jones, II. N. Carer, W. P. Reid, ]. D.
Van Denan, Prof. w g. Williams, A. Ly-
brand, q. B. Paul, T. E. Powell, NJ. Miller,
J. III. Mendenhall, Ches. o. Little, r. N.
Jones, B. F. Loofborough, s. K. Donavin.
Risks Written at Adequate Rates.
s. K. DONAvIN, Agent
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1871-02-10
LUMBER. NAILS, SIC.
CLTPPENeaRR Il GO

II AVTNG opened a LunaIB her Yard and
II Ware House, on Winter Street. between
tne suspension Bridge and Railroad Depot.
are prepared to offer great Inducements TO
purchasers. We are receiving and will bav q
constantly on hand large stock of
PINE, POPLAR, Ash, WALNUT. AND
OTHER LUMBER
Choice ScQntlfTl6, E2df1eTs Sheetf5l0, Sa91l0yes.
Lain. Renee Boards and Posts
Whlch having purchased from first hands.
they are enabled to sell at the lowest casl1
rates. Also, Iron, Nails, window Glass &c.
We can sell 70 Merchants and others on the
most favorable terms.
Jan. '69. CLIPPENtsER 4 co
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1871-02-10

"A young lady in Hartford died last
week, and on the day appointed for her
funeral, instead of laying her out in
coffin. the body was laid upon the sofa,
robed in white, and looking as peace
fully as If in a natural sleep. Rare flow
ers were plentifully strewn around, but
all the usual death-like emblems were
carefully put aside, The burial was at
the convenience of the family, and took
place ten days after the funeral services.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1871-02-10
FOR SALE.
Fwo FIne Froperaies


- TTUATED ON Railroad Street,
- north side, between Saudusky and
franklin Streets,
THAT LARGE, DOUBLE, Two-sTORY FRAME
HOUSE,
Containing nine large rooms, two halls.
and cellar unds r the whole house.
THE Two-sToRY BRICK HOUSE
situated on the same lot, nearly new, con-
tanning I'VE rooms, hail aud nue. cellar un-
der the whole house.
THE LOT
on which these buildings are situae ted IN rs
feet frOnt on Essttlroad street and Is5 feet
deep There is a good frame stable. Ten
large apple trees, cherry and pear trees, and
small fruit Ia abundance. There are two
c1sterms one for each house. one holding
the capacity OF $50 bbIs smoke house and
every thing necessary to the comfort of the
families occupying the house.
Those prop rites are situated within FIVE
MIN UTEs walk of the Uuiversity buildings
and are eminentIy adapted 10 any one de-
string TO keep bOarders, or to persons wish
ing TO make an Investment in Real Estate,
they will always command thes best of
rents. Viii b- sOltf at q bargain.
Apply to HURLBUTr 4 LYBRAND. Or at
FRANK WHITES, on Main street.
jan-20-3In
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1871-02-10

A Quaker lately popped the question
to fair Quakeress as follows " Hum
Yea and verify Penelope. the spirit
urgeth and moveth me wonderfully to
beseech thee to cleave unto me, flesh of
my flesh and bone of my bone" Hum
truly. Obadiah, thou hast wisely said !;
inasmuch as it is written that it is not
good for man to be alone, 10 will So
journ with thee"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1871-02-10

The present style Of mems hats is an
exact reproduction of the fashion Of 1870
The present scrambled style Of ladies
head dress is of older origin. being the
identical fashion which prevailed before
the invention of combs.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1871-02-10
ENSE RANCEs
A WESTERN ar
INSURANCE COMPANY.
-S-
Is If NOf Time to Keep Our
Money at Home

Is the West TO Continue to Build Up
Eastern Cities and Enrich Eastern
Capitalists
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1871-02-10
FOR SALE.
FARM FOE SALE

T WILL sell the farm owned by the
4 l8t4- f A. Vinsng *Wo and a-haIf miles
east If Delaware, containing 80 sscres well
improved, two Houses 80 acres timoe
r.. ID. VINING,
jan-20-Imt Executor.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1871-02-10
HI. j. MCCULLOUGH,
Lumber merchant,

DEALER IN
All Kinds Of Lumber, Shingles, Lath, Sash,
Doors, Nails, Glass, White Lead, Oil, Salt
Caicined Plas er. Water Lime and Cement.
orner Winter and Henry stt eets, near
suspension Bridge feb25 7O-tf
HE largest assOrtmena or Carriages
n ana the cheapest and best ever brought
% Delaware. Call and examine them
ran 20 G. ID. POTTE r &CO.
AT THIS OfIlce we have introduced city
prices for Job work. Give MS q oalh
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1871-02-10

Risks Written at Adequate Rates.
S. K. DONAvIN, Agent
New-York tribune., 1871-07-12

threatened or apprehended violence. If you
deny a right to feeble minority to-day, you
will have to deny that Of a powerful majority
Tomorrow. Orangemen are to-day the vic
tins Irish Catholics may be 80 dealt with TO-
morrow. The precedent cannot but be regarded;
It will ultimately make itself respected. The
Law and its ministers cannot make hsh OF one
and flesh of the other.
Roman Catholics should be especially shy OF
the kind of pretexts eonjured up to Justify
veto of the Orange procession. The Pope IS a
foreign potentate he claims to be. within his
riehtful dominion, an absolute sovereign; he
makes no pretensons to republicanism. How
easy then, to make ignorant and prejudced
anti-Papists believe that the public display OF
Catholic procession is an aifront to the
majesty of the Republic Grant that Catholics
mean nothing of the sort, the logic which de-
nounces Orangemen as liege subjects of a for
eign monarch, hence enemies of republican
liberty, serves to involve Catholics in like con-
demnation. Beware of the beginnings of evil
"Let us have peace To this end, let our
magistrates and police uphold every ones legal
rights, nor ask him to give up part of them
in order to secure tho rest. "That way mad
4" ness lies" There is no security for the rights
of any save in the maintenance of All Rights
for All