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THE Governor OF South Car.
olina, backed by 10000 major.
ity, is unable to repress the
Kuklux disorders in his State,
and calls on Urcle Sam FIR aid.
Send Ben. Butler to help him.
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A LAUeHABLE thing took
place at a revival NEE ting
somewhere in Mississippi not
long since. The minister no.
ticed a scedy looking chap in
one of the seats looking as
though he needed religion or
good square meal. 30 he step.
ped up to him and asked him
il he were a Christian. mo
sir" said he; 81 ana editor Of
the Democratic paper in this
place" Then IN the name Of
God, let us pray, replied tbs
devoted minister. -"
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Fragments.

We mentioned a few weeks,
ago a little work With the
above title, by Rev. Warren
Taylor, of Wllkesville now on
sale at atStrong's Drug store. BY
permission we extract part
of an article entitled, What
Books l Read, originally pub
lished IN answer to cores,
pondent in the Christian Her
aid. The author after enumer
ating some Of of tile heavier
works he reads, says lie, "in>
dulged occasionally in a kind
Of reading which a writer
in The American Review calls
romshackle. BY this | mean
fragments, chapters, para
graphs, without plan or order,
in various. political papers, SER
mons, juveniles, commentaries,
histories, otc., with q tale Of
fiction monthly. if it be not a
long one. | confess it; and |
also take pastries once or twice
a week, If my good vile puts
them on the table.
81 have read the eloquent
and earnest remarks Of your
correspondent ATon the in
fuence Of fictitious reading,
and from my limited expert
ence and observation, have no
doubt OF the correctness Of
his views. | will not ask him
whether he obtained all his
knowledge, general and parlic.
ular, of the character and in,
fluence of the works he men.
tions, from observation. But |
wish he would tell us what we
are 10 understand by a work OF
fiction. I have had my diff.
cuilies on this point. Well do
| remember Tie tears |
shed at the reading Of Blue
Beard, and the mental relief,
with indignation at the author
of the story, which | expert
enced when my elder sister in
formed me that the book was
not true. With equal creduli
ty | listened to the story Of
Bunyan's slough, giants, and
delectable mountains; and al
terward discovered myself, by
the natural expansion oil
my own mind, that it was not
true. And when, in my youth,
I was intrusted with the selec-
ton OF books for a Sunday
School library, l carefully left
out the Pilgrims Progress, be-
cause of its fictitious chard cter
Nor was it till l had begun 10
grow gray that | could so far
divest myself of this prejudice
as to read with satisfaction and
profit that Incompatible work
of the immortal dreamer, itself
"ihe sweet logic Of celestial
love- sgr, r..r. % p.
"Now | see a differene be
tween Bunyan and Marryatt
But what constitutes a work
of fiction? If we arrange in
order, Pilgrims Progress, Nc
beth, Prince Hamlet, Sunny
Side, Rasselas and the Ram
bier, Gcssips of Rivertown
Cock Robin, Lilly of the Val
o. -
ley, Uncle Toms Cabin, Oliver
Twist and the Smuggler
will A--.tell the line in
regard to Which | may
say to may children, Thus
far and no falbera | propose
these questions with more Tree
d m because A-writes lik,
one who is master of his sub.
| ljsct, and it may relieve other
beside myself 10 have then
answe red.
| uTha foya aobinp % AZ nuhlishel
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HENRY 4. T.lAEaMBOLD'S
CONCENTRATED
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M

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IT was a woman lwho first
prompted man to eat, but he
took to drink on his own
account
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WHOLE No. 1,O71

1900 men. OF all the bat
ties during the past century,
only The stormIng of Planch.
enoi, in the battle of Belle AL
Hence, Borodino, Eylan, and
Zorndorf can rank ir The same
category with the battles be-
fore Metz. There have been
hity'one engagements, some
OF them resembling battles
and twenty successful seiges,
including Paris, the > first
stronghold in the world, and
Metz and Strasburg, iortresses
of the first rank, Bellort, Toul,
Thionville, Mezieres, Scissors,
Laon, Longwy, Peronne, and
Montmedy. The Germans have
now interned, as prisoners Of
war, 1,034,0O0 men. This in
cludes the Paris garrison, 90
900 Frenchmen who fled across
the Belgian line during and at.
ter the conflicts around Sedan
and Metz, and $4,000 of Bout
baki's troops, who crossed the
Swiss border. 1t is claimed,
from official returns received
at the German War Office in
Berlin, that during the month
of January the French lost
500 pieces OF artillery, and
100000 men. OF the latter,
Chauzy lost $4,000; Raye, 12,'
900; Faidherbe. 1900; Bour
baki, 10000; the Army of Paris,
150 600; and OF the Army of
the East, $4,000 entered Swirz
erland. The loss of the Ger
mans during the same month,
it is stated, was only 10000.
On the 9Th of November,
Frederick Kapp, wrote from
Berlin that "Germany then
had 100000 men in the field
We have no figures, but should
estimate the number OF Ger
mans now in France at full,
9SOO0O.
The officers at Emperor Viii
liam's headquarters compute
the organized French force
now in the field at 365,000-
viz, General Chauzy, army
l29, 900; The Army OF thu
South, $4,000; The Army o
the North, under General Faid
herbe, 10000; troops at Cher
bourg and Harve, 10000. l
is, of course, Impossible as ye
to estimate the number o
deaths directly traceable to tht
war. Tho German dead HAYS
been time and again computed
at between two and three hun
dred thousand. But sixty pc
cent. of the German wounded
have recovered and joinet
their regiments. We shoulc
say, without knowing, that 60,
900 would cover all the Ger
man deaths, and $4,000 all th,
French deaths from all causes
In our war, which lasted fou
years, and employed nearly, i
not quite, as many soldiers a
the present, which has contin
ued only six months, abou
475,000 men lost their lives
250,000 of the Northern, ant
225,0O0 OF the Southern armies
Way is the letter G lik,
death? II makes gh st Of hosts
and is always in the middle o
slaughter. Why not say makes
hosts of ghost?
A PARROT died in Boston, OF
the 2Sth ult., which was i'm
ported in 1920. He was be
lieve to be ten years old wher
brought to this country, and
consequently, over sixty at the
time ct his death.
No crutch or prop can fiji
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-03-16

Way is the letter g like
death? II makes gh st Of hosts,
and is always in the middle OF
slaughter. Why not say makes
hosts of ghost?
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HENRY T. HELMROLD'S
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FL ID EXTRACT SiRSAPARILLl.

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Evidence ofthe most responsible and relia-
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Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-02-15
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WORCESTER.
FEBRUARY Is. 1871
tThe Good RIack DOctor.v

Some of the bravest, best, and most selfsacri-
hcing persons who have in various ways done
noble work, during the war in France, have not
been connected with either of the contending
armies. The English medical journals are now
doing honor to the memory of DR.. c. j. Davis,
a highly educated and gifted physician, who
died few weeks since, in France, where he had,
for considerable time, devoted himself gratu-
itously and with singular devotion TO the wants
of the starving and fever-stricken peasantry, in
the neighborhood Of Sedan. Generous people
In England, who knew his value, supplied funds
to be distributed under his direction, and his
own small N ans were used freely. His work,
including unwearied attendance on the sick,
broke down his health, and, at length, he died
of small pox.
DR.. Davis was colored man, born in the ISL
and of Barbados, where his education began.
His remarkable intelligence and ability drew
much attention, and led to his transfer to En-
gland, where he was noted for his rapid progress
in his studies. He finally graduated at Aber-
deem, Scotland, and devoted himself to the study
of medicine. 1t is said that he had large and
accurate knowledge of physical science, and de-
Teloped remarkable aptitude for surgery. He
was only twenty-eight years old when he died;
and he resigned a desirable position in st. Bar
tholomew's hospital, when he went to France.
The London Lancet says of him:
"He resigned house physiciancy at that hos
pital to give his services to The suffering peas
antry in the neghborhood of Sedan, and, armed
With funds which had been intrusted to him by
some friends in England, he devoted himself
with remarkable skill and energy to the treat.
ment of large numbers of sick and wounded,
and to the establishment of soup kitchens at
Balan and Pont NANCY, which have given food
and life to hundreds of starving peasants. But
his enthusiasm carried him beyond his strength,
and, returning in an exhausted condition from
a short visit 70 England, where he had been to
seek further funds, he was attacked with small
pox, of which he died on the 9th of November,
at the age OF twenty-eight, but not before he
had accomplished noble work, and earned the
gratitude Of hundreds who owe their lives to his
self-sacrihce. For years to come, SAYS the cor
respondent of our contemporary, pilgrimages
will he made to the quiet nook at Fond de Civ
onne, where lie the remains of le bon docteur
nOir"
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-02-15

Professor Strive, the celebrated Russian
astronomer, has for years made the rings of
Saturn a special object of observation. There
are three of these rings, and the planet with these
remarkable adJuncts, the like of which no other
heavenly body within our observation possesses,
forms a very interesting spectacle with a tele-
scope of moderate power, and becomes still more
attractive as an object of study and speculation
when observed by the aid of an instrument of
increased power. The inner ring, an obscure,
partly transparent mass Of what appeared to be
vapor, has been observed to approach gradually
the body Of the planet and increase its distance
from the other rings, which have been conjectured
to be fluid, or possibly made up of an infinite
number of small bodies circllng in a dense
stream around the planet, like the streams of
meteors that are supposed to supply our periodic
showers. For several months past Professor
Strive has noticed that the inner ring was fall.
ing more rapidly, until at last the attraction of
Saturn overcame its centrifugal force, and it
closed upon the body of the planet, forming
belt which was gradually diffused over its sur
face; and now no trace Of the inner ring re-
mains. This is perhaps the most remarkable
planetary change that has ever been observed,
and suggests numerous analogies in the remote
history Of the universe, and conjectures as to
the probable fate of the other rings. 1t has com.
monty been supposed that these would ultimate
~ gather into satellites; but the ABSORPTION Of
one may disturb the equilibrium of the rest,
and eventually precipitate them upon the
planet.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-02-15

The Boston Traveller lets out secret that
must have been very cleverly covered up for a
great while. 1t says:-"The net revenue of the
post office department of Massachusetts for the
present year is estimated at about 5000 0OO
Were it not for the heavy tax for the support of
the Improbable mail service in the far west
there is but little doubt that the department
would yield paying revenue on one cent post
age" In order to complete the revelation the
Traveller ought to disclose where this depart
ment has It's headquarters, through what
agencies it transacts its business; what becomes
of its surplus revenue ana who is responsible for
the diversion of its income to support
improbable mail service in the far west,
with which certainly the post office department
of Massachusetts ought to have nothing to do.
This business evidently needs overhauling, and,
as the general court is now in session, a legsla-
tive committee of inquiry on the subject seems
to be very appropriate.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-02-15

Father Farrell, the Catholic clergyman of
New York who wrote d verv liberal and honor
able letter, which we published as our readers
may remember, in response to an invitation to
Oep present at the meeting to celebrate the unity
OF Italy, has been removed from the pastorate
Of ST. Joseph's church in that city. He has been
the pastor Of that church for the last fifteen
years, and has, it is said, very much endeared
himself TO bis parishioners by his zealand faith
fulness. No other reason for his removal is
known TO exist Than his approval of the objects
Of that meeting. One of his parishioners says
In the New York Tribune that council called
by The archbishop, declared that the offending
priest must d'savow the sentiments expressed
10 that letter or be removed. He would not re-
tract and his dismissal followed. The writer in
the Tribune adds:
"Father Farrell was placed over St. Joseph's
church some fifteen years ago, succeeding
Father McCarson. The church was tneu heav
" In debt. Under his efficient management il
has become independent, and is now a large
owner OF real estate, and in better condition
than any church in the city. AL this has beer
accomplished without pressing the people il
any way Tor money, and solely by the noblt
lessons OF truth, hberality, and progress wbicl
he has taught. /, as a member of his church
and congregation, an lrishman and Catholic
born IN Catholleiiy, while admitting the prerog
atiye OF the bishop to remove any priest, with Of
without cause, beg TO enter nv protest not 81
much against his removal as tie cause which
has led TO an event SO much TO be de, lored b,
all true Catholics and lovers Of liberty The world
cTer; namely, the free exercise and expression
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-02-15
Reform Mt West Point.

In view of the recent revelations in regard to
the deplorable state of discipline at West Point,
and the numerous abuses existing there, which
are in a great degree, if not altogether, caused
by the evil influences attending upon official pat
ronage and the motives which the present system
of appointments supplies for interference with its
discipline by congress and the solicitations of
congressmei, the Cincinnati Gazette suggests that
the present system Of appointments be abolished,
and with it the support and salary furnished by
the government to cadets, leaving the academy
on the same footing, so far as admission and the
support of students is concerned, with Amer
lean colleges in general. The instruc-
ton would be provided grltuitously and
the discipline administered by officers
of the army as now, and this disci-
pine need be in no respect relaxed from its
present theory of strict military ordination.
The academy would then be open to all who de-
sired the style of education there furnished, and
who could pass the prescribed examination and
give satisfactory evidence Of character and citi-
zenship. All the graduates, or SO many as
reached certain standard of scholarship, might
receive commissions in the army, and if the
number of graduates, or of those seeking admis-
sion, increased beyond the needs OF the Iser-
vice, it might readily be reduced by making the
examinations more stringent.
The school would probably soon have many
more pupils in attendance than are there now,
but the amount saved in the payment of
salaries and subsistence would be more than suf-
icient to furnish greatly enlarged accommoda-
tons and equipment. Only those students could
resort to the academy under the proposed sys-
TEN who could provide their own support, but
this would not necessarily exclude young men
in INDECENT circumstances from obtaining mill
tary education, any more than such persons are
now excluded from collegiate education, which
the aid of friends and their own industry and re-
source will almost always enable them to Sc
cure, if they have set their heart on it, and have
the energy and perseverance which COM
mand success in the ordinary pursuits of life.
The proposed system, too, would be pretty sure
to bring to the academy only those young men
who have decided taste and capacity for mill
tary life instead of those, of whom there now
seem TO be so many, whose only manifest bias
is in favor of being paid for getting an educa-
ton. The suggestion of the Gazette seems to be
at least worthy of consideration, and if not the
best thing possible, it could hardly fail to be an
improvement upon the system now prevailing
of making appointments through political in
fuenee, and by the same means keeping those
students in the academy who by misconduct
forfeited their right to be there.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-02-15

and especially to abuse the Yankee carpet bag
gers. He pitched in with great yigor and at
last cited q case in point Fellow citizens"
said the freedman, 81 know one of these Yankee
carpet baggers, who came down here to impose
on my people. He tooE big place at Milliken's
Bend, and hired big lot of freedmen and they
worked all the wear for him, aud he never paid
'em picayune, but Just got on a steamboat and
ran away TO the north. heared his name called
here to-day. 1t was Blaar-Gineral BLAIR
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-02-15
Foreign Notes.


LONDON, Feb. 14.-The house of commons,
on motion of MIR. Gladstone, unanimously voted
dowry of 100000 to Princess Louise and an
annual allowance of 10000.
MIR. Gladstone denied that the Prussians had
placed obstacles in the way of revictualling
Paris, and also said that the government had
suggested to Prussia to make known the pro-
posed terms of peace
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-02-15

Apropos Of the election of General Blair to
the United States senate, a good story is told of
him in Louisiana, of scene which took place
at Seymour and Blair barbecue which took
place at Carroll parish in 1868. 1t is well
known that Blair tried planting in that region
in 1867, and came to grief most dreadfully. The
barbecue in question had, among other attrac-
tons, the extraordinary character of "demo-
cratic niger" who was set up to make speech,