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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-24

BUFFERS BLAsT.-General Butler is 10 sneak
piece at Springfield tonight, in which he will
endeavor to show why be ought 10 be made
Governor of Massachusetts,. He will, of course,
define his position and all that sort Of thing;
but we fear there will be very little position
left after be has defined it, Whether Butler is
TO essay another blast like some of those which
he attempted before remains to be seen; but
we have no doubt he will try to put his best
foot foremost and, unless it is physical
impossibility, he will keep bis eye straight on
the main chance Things apparently as i'm
possible as his nomination have occurred before
now, and he is most persuasive fellow when
ne has something to ask for himself If old
Essex county never burned witch--a fact of
which we are assured-it certainly elected
Butler to Congress. Massachusetts no longer
burns witches, and ii may make Butler Cover
nor. Yankee logic is such queer thing that
only masters like Butler know how TO use it,
and bis blast tonight may turn the whole
State in his favor. We think not. but we shall
wait and see.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-24

A FEARFUL CATALOGUE. Never before in
the history of New York has crime been so
rampant nor offenders 30 bold in their opera
tons as now Our columns this morning
record one murder and suicide, two attempted
murders, shooting and stabbing ARRAY and
one car robbery, besides long list of minor
offences. The car robber and two would-be
murderers are in custody; but as they belong
laws the attempt to bring them to justice is
likely to prove mere mockery. A sad CON-
mentary this upon the effectiveness of our
police and prosecuting officers.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-24

THE GOLD CORNER Boutwell, came
down with the Brobdingnagian foot of the Urea
sury on the Liliputian ''bulls" of the Gold
Room yesterday; but. curious to relate, the
slttle jokers' weren't there
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-01-25

LORD MACAULAY'S SPEECHES. VII
ter in the Gentleman's Magazine says
that Lord Macaulay's speeches were,
like Lord Brougham' written out be-
forehand, learned by rote, and then
poured forth in the House of Commons
in the style of Pundit repeating the
Vedas, without the omission OF parti
Gle, and at the same time apparently
without anything but the slightest ap
probation or meaning. There are but
two speeches of Macaulay's that make
any pretention to be impromptus-that
in reply to orator Hunt on the Anatomy
bill, and that on the war with CHINA
and it does not require the eye OF a critic
to trace ont considerable passages even
in these that had been jotted down at
his desk and turned over in his memory
in the course of his walk from Llncoln's
Inn to tho House. This habit OF pre-
pairing his speeches grew upon hlm SO
strongly in the course OF years. that it
was a positive pain and embarrassment
to him at last to be called upon to
speak even dozen sentences off-hand.
A MASSACHUSETTS paper tells of a col
ored woman who had. been lately con
yerted, but was 50 unfortunate as to fly
into passion over the misdoings of
one of her neighbor's youngsters. Her
mistress remarked upon the impro-
priety of such conduct in the case OF
one about to join the church, and re
ceived this frank response: !" l have
sperienced religion, an Use gwine TO
join the church, but Miss B., Illscald
dat niger fust. y
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-01-25
Don't Tamper With a Cough.

Perhaps in the whole category of dis
eases to which humanity is susceptible,
the cough is most neglected in its early
stage. simple cough is generally re
9arded as temporary affiiction-un-
pleasant and nothing more-but to those
who have paid dearly for experience, it
is the signal of attack for the most fear
ful of all diseases Consumption. A
cough will lead to Consumption-if not
checked-so sure as the rivulet leads to
the river, yet it is an easy enemy to
thwart, If met by the proper remedy. Al
tents Lo0lg B0lsdn is the great cough
remedy of the age, and it has earned its
reputation by merit alone. It can be pro-
cured at Greene & Button, H Bosworth
& Sons, Dohmen, Schmidt & Co., ; and
Druggists generally.
A SCHOOL boy, when called upon to
translate the well-known line in Virgil's
Aneid, &" Q regina, .ju6es refoovare do
loren1," rendered it as follows; o
queen, thou commandest me to run
over a dollar"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-01-25
A Steamboat IN Difficulty.
From the Poughkeepsie Eagle, January {


We stated in yesterdays Eagle that
the Connecticut reached Tivoli dock on
Wednesday night We were wrongly
Informed. At o'clock on the evening
in question she lay across the Hudson
half a mile above Tivoi. She had
ploughed her way there from Bristol,
when encountering very heavy and sol
id ice she ceased operations for the
night. Immediately after her owner,
Captain Hancox, had an interview with
James Livingston and James Cheney,
OF Barrytown, when g contract was en-
tered into that the Barrytown firm
should commence in the morning at S
o'clock to saw way for the Connecti-
cut to Trivoli dock for $50, and a fur
ther contract that upon reaching that
point the Connecticut should go no fur
ther this winter. The latter stipula-
tion was the all important one for the
Barrytown firm, as they did not
wish the steamer to break
up the ice field in front of
the ice-houses, as she had done two OF
three days previous north of Bristol.
In accordance with the above agree
ment, Wednesday morning Messrs.
Livingston & Cheney put fifty men at
work OF the ice with saws Immediately
in front of the Connecticut, and in
about one hours time the steamer was
close to the east shore, headed down
the river. Then the sawyers commenced
to lay out track for her. After saw
ing adistance of fifty feet, the Connec-
ticut, with a full head of steam on,
backed down SO as to get good start,
and then plunged into the solid water
ice, nine inches thick, going through
slowly but surely, for hundreds of feet,
bending, cracking, and groaning un-
der the attack. Soon she was stuck
again. For the second time she back
ed astern, and once more made dash
at the ice, which crumbled and ground
against her false bow as she penetrated
1T. A dozen times she got stuck, and
dozen times more she backed down
and plunged forward again, till she was
within one hundred feet of the Tivoli
pier. Then it was proposed to cut
her clear channel, but delays were
dangerous. 1t was ascertained that the
ice had seriously damaged her, and that
she was leaking SO badly that the water
gained rapidly on the pumps. After a
hurried consultation it was deemed
highly important for her to reach the
dock as quickly as possible, 50 that her
cargo could be moved to save her from
sinking. The engineer was notified to
steam up strongly and at given signal
she backed down short distance and
stopped, and then when all was ready
the "hook-on" bell was rung, and once
more she advanced with full speed
against the ice barrier. Every man had
left the ice, and hundreds of people
were watching the vessel She faltered
not moment, but as her iron prov
struck the obstruction it penetrated it
once and walked through it, so to speak,
clear up TO the dock, amid loud hurrahs
1t was novel sight to witness, and for
a steamboat was q remarkable feat.
She is loaded with 500 tons of freight,
which is being rapidly removed, and
then if the contract is lived up to she
will go into Winter quarters where she
now lies.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-01-25

y 10 e, | preferred hanging to the
c 1hce OF marrying Euphemia Garlick,
now that / bad found how dear and
how faithle8s was Edie. Many men
would have married out OF spite under
such circumstances but to me 1t seem
ed / should spite myself most in doing
that.
/ was glad at the prospect of being
hanged but 1T turned out that old
Garlick was not dead The Prussic
acid was his own preparation = it was
lnsutterably nasty, and caused him in
tense pain, but it was not bit gen
ulne. He recovered, and himself pro
cured my release, on the condition chat
the marriage should at once proceed. |
groaned In spirit, for the alternative
was worse than death.
Again the happy Fates stepped in.
Miss Euphemia, whose nerves had been
terribly shaken, confessed all. 1t was
to her that the compromising letter
had been written it was she who had
phllandered with the BOBBY Maunders /;
i was her work-box which had contain
ed the damaging document, She had
ID, -4>ss1- Ix,zz e,e, es r,,,,,-1,t tc,
Edle on the eve of her wedding-made
1t over as it stood, forgetting the one
article it held. EGie had not explored
It's contents but when she saw the let
ter in my hands, she anticipated tragic
results If | should guess the truth, and
held her peace. She even suffered her
self to be wrongly accused for my sake
and my BRIDES. Dear Ediei
[ undeceived her. / showed her that
my heart was unbroken by Euphemia's
duplicity. [ transferred my bride to
Marmders, and got her papa to consent.
And then ] spoke seriously to Edie, and
from our talk have reason to believe
that the day when Miss Euphemia Gar
lick becomes Mrs. Maunders, Edie and
| may swell the parish register.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-01-25
What was Discovered in one of our
PrimeyaI Forests

The Lockport Union would hold the
attention of the 'trestive eye" (great
heavensD of the public the while it un-
furls a tale of bloodcurdling horror and
woe. Therefore, ''restive eye," listen
for while if you can. On the 11th
day of the current month Mr.. L. j.
Peek was wandering in the pine woods
of Michigan, in the midst of zone of
those monster forests that make that
State SO celebrated and valuable for it's
lumber" His nephew was with him,
for they wandered together in the pri-
meval woods In search of a position in
the lumber business. Fara away from civ
ilization, and six miles from the nearest
dwelling, they found three graves
ranged side by side, and out of two of
them trees were growing-enormous
trees hundred feet high. These
things, says the Union were at once
suggestive of graves, and digging was
expeditiously commenced" The two
men found skeleton, with which the
roots of the tree were intertwined in
such a way as to show that the trees
ha1 grown since the burial of the body;
moreover, scientific gentleman on ex-
amining these trees found them to be
more than three hundred years old.
The skeleton is now in the Academy of
Natural Sciences at Philadelphia.
What do you think of that, "Restive
eye?n The Union concludes it's dread
full tale with the following speculative
remarks:
Upon the theory of who this skeleton
and those which probably rested under
the remaining two mounds belonged to,
it is rather premature to speculate, as
at the latest intelligence received from
the discovery the other mounds had
not been opened, and the question as
to whether OF no the bones are of saw
age or civilized men has not been de-
cided. In the meantime, however,
while awaiting the sequel of our nara
tive we will suggest that the graves
mark the spot where the first three
brothers that came to seek their for
tunes laid their bones, and that our
western explorers have discovered the
resting places of the men who preceded
the Plymouth Rockers and the James
towners to the New World.
The Winona Republican says that
the wife of Frederick Hermann, brick
layer and whitewasher, died in that
city under circumstances which have
created considerable excitement among
the neighbors and friends of the de-
ceased who were fully aware of the
fact that her husband had been in the
habit of beating and whipping her in
the most cruel manner. At one time
he was confined in jail for abusing his
wife, but with true womanly devotion
she overlooked all hls brutality and Sc
cured his release. Even this kindness,
however, did dot soften him, and he
soon resumed his cruel and inhuman
treatment, which appears to have been
kept up almost until she died. This
state of things has justly incensed the
Germans throughout the city, who have
been more particularly acquainted with
the parties, and the sudden death of
Mrs. Hermann has been followed by
many suspicious that she had been
poisoned by her husband, but there is
the testimony of the woman herself,
before she died, that she took the poi
son by mistake.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-01-25
A Fearful Ride,

Frank Trask, fireman, running on
the night freight train from Hartford
to Providence, had IL most remarkable
escape from death on Saturday night
last. As the train was going on the
down grade east from the summit of
Bolton Mountain, he went to the for
ward part of the engine to oil the pls-
ton. The oil is distributed better
when the train is going the fastest, and
he took this part of the road, where
the train gets its highest speed, to at
tend to it. By some sudden motion OF
the locomotive he lost his hold, and
was thrown forward on to the cow
catcher, but instead of rolling off and
being dashed to pieces, as he expected,
the pilot caught him by few threads
IL the Cardigan jacket he had on, 50
that he was held fast with his feet drag
ged upon the ground-d -dashing along
in that perilous situation from ID to ~
miles an hour He did not lose his
consciousness nor his presence OF mind,
but nerved himself to take the best
chances for his life. BY q desperate
effort he succeeded in keeping his head
raised, so that it escaped the ground
though he was hanging close down, and
the least depression would dash him to
pieces. The engineer, in the mean
time, had not discovered the frightful
position OF his assistant till, thinking
that he was gone longer than usual, he
looked forward and there saw his shad-
ow, by the light of the moon, running
phantom race with the iron-horse. In
an instant he whistled down brakes,
and the speed began to slack but III
the sudden checking of the train, the
tender threads of Trask's jacket broke,
and he was hurled to the ground, pitch
ing over and over; and yet he retained
his self-possession, and when his asso-
ciates arrived by his side he was as
clear-headed as ever. He had noticed
the alarm for down brakes, ndfelt that
his position was discovered. He was
taken to W-llimantie, and brought back
to Hartford by thewestern train. which
reached here at AZ O'clock Sunday
morning, and carrid to the residence OF
his father, No. 80 Walnut street, Hart
ford, where Dr. Storrs was called to
attend him. There were several cuts
and contusions on his legs and the low
er part of his body, but no fractures,
nor anything of particularly danger
Gus nature. Two or three months ago
he was on the same train, C omlng from
Providence, when the locomotive ran
into turn table at Wilimantie, and
then had his arm broken, which has
not entirely healed. He says if he had
had the use of both arms he could have
extricated himself. Hartford Cottr-
ant, Jan, 2.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-01-25
Anecdotes of the Washington Bar.

a Washington correspondent of the
New York World relates the following:
Stories are often told in funny parts
of periodicals of the wit OF the bar
The Washington bar is no whit behind
that of other cities in sprightly repair
tee or eplgrams. One of the wittiest
Of the lawyers, who practices in the
/ United States Supreme Court is James
Carlisle, a resident of this city. On a
recent occasion, when an important
case was before the court involving the
celebrated ''Widow Clicquot" brand of
champagne, a lawyer named Eaton was
counsel for the widow" To speak
plainly, the gentleman prosed and the
bar and the associate justices grew
weary. Mr.. Carlisle took up pen and
wrote:
'' The Widow Chcquot, oh, ho oh, no
The Widow Chcquot, oh, no
We're all of us thinking,
First rate is your drinking,
But really your Eaton's so so. SO so.
But really your Eaton's so So
An anecdote is told of Chief Justice
Marshall, evincing his ready h1umor.
The old gentleman, like Miles Standish,
was very fond always of doing every
Gn1nS 1of n1lnSelf, and objected strong
ly to any assistance being rendered
him. One day, wishing TO consult
some work of reference, he entered the
law library and proceeded to mount
the steps and draw out the book from
an upper shelf. The books being tight
ly packed together refused to leave one
without the other, and the Chief Jus
tice, not noticing this, in withdrawing
the one he wished dislodged the entire
row, which came down upon him, fol
ling him to the floor. The Librarian in
stantly ran to the rescue, inquiring if
the venerable gentleman WAS hurt, and
offering him assistance in rising. 'Let
me alOne," said the Chief Justice; .'let
me alone, I'm little stunned for the
moment; that's all. have laid down
the law often, but this is the first time
the law has ever laid me down =
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-01-25
The Largest Edition Ever ISSUED.

DOuDbloSS many puDllSnorS ana 9th
ers will be surprised to learn that the
largest edition ever printed of any pa
per was issued at Augusta. Maine, by
Messrs. E, @. Allen & Co. The fortu-
nate paper is The Peoples Literary
Companion, the marvellous success of
which is quite unparalleled. The paper
was started but little over year since,
and for November, 1870, issued an edi-
ton over seven hundred thousand
copies. 1t is large quarto, handsome,
ly printed, and second to no paper OF
its class in quality of contents. Its
name defines its character It is pub
lished monthly. The crowning success
of this great enterprise has been at
tanned through liberal advertising. Ev-
cry paper in the United States and
British Provinces was made use of, and
besides all this, the paper was scattered
all over the country free. OF the first
edition there were printed over three
hundred thousand copies. Mr. Allen
said at the start: g Not only are we go
ing to publish the handsomest and
the best paper Of it's class in the world,
but we are going to let the people know
what we are doing.n And surely it has
been DONE The Peoples Literary Com
panion is at present being advertised in
all parts of the country, which shows that
it does not forget the means by which
it rose
Messrs. Allen & Co, have peculiar
system of agencies through which they
obtain their subscribers. We under
stand that at present they are receiving
about twenty-five thousand per week
with a prospect of no fall off during
the winter.
Summary of Late News.
AN express messenger was robbed at
the railroad depot in Easton, Pa, Tues
day night, of about $1,000.
ORRIN THOMPSON, an old freight con.
ductor on the Michigan Central, was
killed Friday afternoon at Niles, by
falling between the cars on his train.
He was run over, the wheels cutting
him nearly in two He lived but few
moments. He leaves a wife and three
children.
BILLY WHITE, one of the victims OF
the Mississippi & Tennessee Railway
accident, died in Memphis on the 10th.
IT is thought that fifty-eight lives
were lost by the Megill disaster Sun
day night. Passengers John L.
Schmerlin and wife, Quincy, Ill, have
arrived at Memphis. Officer Yeage1
stated that the raftmen belonging &c
the American Timber Company, whose
RATS were aground, might have saved
many with skiffs, but paid no attention
to the cries for help, busying them
selves In catching cotton and piilaging.
Hon HENRY WILSON was reelected
as United States Senator from Massa.
chusetts on the 18th, by the following
vote: Senate-Wilson, 81, John Quin-
cy Adams, 4, Wendell Phillips, l.
Wilson, Is, Adams, 80, Phillips,
10, Dawes, 3, John Wells Brown l.
The San Domingo Commission sail
ed in the United States steamer Ten.
nessee, from New York, on the 18th.
PINTow, the self-accused murderer OF
Charles Rogers, turns out to be only
playing a trick to be relieved from the
dark cell to which he had been confined
for misconduct as prisoner i'll the Au-
burn prison. His confession is q lie
from beginning to end. He was con
fined in the Toombs at the time of the
murder
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-01-25
Things that are Very Foolish.

For young man to think he does
himself credit by hanging round thea
ter-doors, smoking bad cigars and pay
ing for expensive oyster -suppers, in or
der to be called 4" liberal' by clique
of youths as soft in the brain as him
self.
For q lady to be annoyed because
gentlemen do not always give her the
best half of the street and the incest
seat in the omnibus. She should not
forget that these conventional courte-
sizes are not her right farther than they
choose to concede them.
For an unfedged clerk to think he
must buy extravagant gloves and cra-
watts for every festive occasion, because
L. Jones, whose father is worth thirty
thousand dollars, does so. The best
way of proving his manhood would be
to let such things entirely alone, self
denial is better than fortune.
For girl to think she is establish
ing her character as a young lady of
fashion, by allowing her mother to toll
through all the drudgery of the house
and then investing her money in gaudy
brooches and artificial flowers.
For man to suppose himself a gen
tleman because he touches his hat to a
party of splendidly dressed ladies
while he scorns to extend helping
hand to the old apple-woman struggling
across the street
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-01-25
The Largest Edition Ever Issued.

Doubtless many publishers and others
will be surprised to learn that the larg-
est edition ever printed of any paper was
issued at Augusta, Maine, by Messrs, E..
G. Allen & Go. The fortunate paper is
The Peoples Literary Companion, the
marvellous success of which is quite un-
paralleled. The paper was started but
little over year since, and for Novem-
Der, 1870, issued an edition of over seven
hundred thousand copies. It is large
quarto, handsomely printed, and second
to no paper of its class in quality of con-
tents. Its name defines it's character. 1t
ispublished monthly. The crowning sue
cess of this great enterprise has been at
tanned through liberal advertising. Ev-
cry paper in the united States and Brit
ish Provinces was made use of, and be-
sides all this, thepaper was scattered all
over the country free. Of the first edi-
ton there were printed over three
hundred thousand copies. Mr.. Allen
said at the start: "Not only are we going
to publish the handsomest and best pa
per of it's class in the world, but we are
going to let the people know what
we are doing" And surely it has been
done. The Peoples Literary Compan-
ion is at present being advertised in all
parts OF the country, which shows that
it does not forget the means by which
it rose.
Messrs. Allen & Go. have peculiar
system of agencies through which they
obtain their subscribers. We under
stand that at present they are receiving
about twenty-five thousand per week,
with prospect of no fall off during
the winter.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-01-25

The Senate on the 10Th confirmed the
following nominations Rear Admiral
Stephen @. Rowan to be Vice Admiral :;
Commodore Thornton A. Perkins to be
Rear Admiral; Jas r. Mullary to be
Commodore A. J. Haugh to be Consul
at Santiago de Cuba.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-01-25

A HEAVY northeast storm prevailed
Thursday and Friday at the west end
of Superior Lake, which ended in
snow. There is good sleighing, and
the thermometer was five degrees below
zero. On Friday, at Duluth, the wind
was so fierce as to drive large fields of
ice into the bay, carrying away part
of the breakwater.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-01-25

LATER news confirms the previous re-
port that the entire cargo of the Hor-
net, landed in Cuba, was captured. One
cannon and three flags were also cap
tured in an engagement with those who
composed the Hornet expedition, and
II killed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-01-25

The Postmaster General estimates
the total number of franked letters for
six months at 1884, 497; postage,
1898, O70; printed matter, etc, 2,655, 1874
pounds; postage, 1888, 593; total post
age for six months, 1,271, 663; total for
one year, 50, 543, 1926.