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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-08-26

The SPANISH ELECTIONS. -The first returns
of the Spanish preliminary elections for men,
bers of the Cortes have been analysed and
classified in Madrid. The totals indicate that
the ministerialsts, or royalists of different
shades of local party feeling, have won
united triumph. This victory has been OBJ
tanned in the chief towns--hitherto the strong.
holds of the unterrified democracy--and the
more rural districts equally. The federal re-
publicans issued a manifesto to the voters on
the morning of the election, which was suffi-
ciently spicy in its revolutionist essentials for
governmental change had the Spanards re-
sponded with proper radical gusto But they
did not do So by any means, as nation, and
hence we incline to the opinion that Amadeus
remains all right for the present, and that the
neighboring thrones are still safe from the
influences of the Spanish democratic propa-
gandism.
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! CURIosITTEs OF THE DEAD LETTER OFFICE.
1T is Off cially stated that three millions of
0etters went TO the Dead Letter Office last year.
and that they contained sum exceeding
three millions Of dollars in money, drafts.
checks and so forth. Ninety-two thousand
dollars of this was in cash. 1t is estimated
that on an average every letter that goes into
that Office loses a dollar to some one. Fifty
eight thousand letters had no county or State
direction, four hundred thousand lacked
stamps, and three thousand were posted with
out any address at ALL What a commentary
is this on the absent mindedness and vagaries
of our population. Part Of the mistakes
arise, no doubt, from ignorance and from
weak-minded persons, and good many from
that mental absorption characteristic of our
intensely active people. OF the four hundred
thousand letters going to the Dead Letter
Office for the want of stamps portion, prob
ably, were stamped and Uncle Sam $ imperfect
glue would not stick. Curious romances
might be woven out of the lost letters. The
extraordinary facts thus officially reported
ought to have the effect of making our people
@ore careful in stamping addressing and
nai2ipg their letters
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

AUSTRALASIA ADvIcEs under date Sydney,
July 5, by mail, report that the importation of
coolie labor had been commenced in Queens
land. The New Zealand chiefs professed
loyalty to the British Crown and peace to-
wards the white settlers. A long-continued
drought caused heavy losses to the squatters
in Queensland
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ing, which also appear as a portion of the
Alabama chapter of to-day, will be read with
much interest. We may expect on this side of
the Atlantic to be impressed favorably by the
pleadings of our own representatives, because
we are tolerably certain to look upon the mat
tiers in controversy from the same point of view
from which they are considered by the Ameri-
can counsel At the same time We do not con-
slider it a partial Judgment when we declare
that the Americans have evidently had the best
of this last forensic contest; that the broad prin
cipes of law and justice have been on their
side, while the English have been led into the
use of bubbles and special pleas. It is true
that we have not the English arguments before
us, and hence may be liable to suspicion of
unfairness in pronouncing this opinion but
the facts are too plainly stated by both Mr.
Evarts and Mr.. Cushing to leave room to
doubt its business. This supplemental dis
cussion arose on the three points published
some time ago in the HERALD, on which, it
will be remembered the arbitrators requested
explanations from the English counsel. The
points were-6rst, as to the question of what
constitutes "due diligence" ON the part
of neutral; second, as to the effect
and value Of the commissions held
by the Confederate war vessels that
entered British ports third, as to the
supply of coal accorded to such vessels in
British ports. While complying with the
request of the Court, the English counsel
took the opportunity to enter into q general
reply to the arguments of the Ameri-
cans in their counter case, and thus
/ revived much matter that it was
supposed had been disposed of so far as the
pleadings of the lawyers on both sides were
concerned. The American counsel, of course,
availed themselves of the right, under the
provisions of the treaty, to reply fully to the
English special argument but in SO doing
confined themselves mainly to the examination
J Of tue positions taken BY the Other side On the
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ADJUSTMENTS TINS EVENING.

BOwERY THEATRE. Bowery.-A TRIP TO WILLIAMS
buRc-SuiN FAME
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WOODS MUSEUM. Broadway, corner Thirticth St
The OcToRooN. Afternoon and Evening
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duce Of the West to the seaboard at moderate
cost and to leave q profit for the producer.
With such railroads, and particularly with one
grand trunk line from New York to st. Louis,
this city need not fear any rivalry. Grain and
corn is always in better condition and more
marketable when transported in cars than by
water. Neither the Mississippi and its tribu-
taries on the one hand nor the lakes and st.
Lawrence on the other could successfully COM
pete with freight railroads. Boston, Portland
New Orleans and other aspiring rival outlets
for the vast products of the West would only
get the surplus drippings Of that trade, while
New York would absorb the bulk of it.
Canals are we'll enough in their way, and
our State canal has contributed,
and still contributes largely, to the
commerce of this port; but they are unequal
to the requirements of the time. The canals
or the ordinary railroads will not do for the
vast and growing business of the country,
particularly for the commerce between the far
West and the commercial metropolis. One
improvement follows another to meet the
rising wants of the country, and we have now
reached that period when freight railroads
exclusively ore needed and next in order.
There is another thing to be considered with
view to perpetuate the commercial supremacy
of New York, and to increase its trade in pro-
portion to the growth of the country Cheaper
and greater facilities are required for handling
and transshipping produce at the port. The
cost of moving handling and reshpping pro-
ducts and merchandise now is far too great
1t operates as an onerous tax and tends to
drive trade to other localities. A good deal of
the carriage and number of dock, wharf and
store workmen, which add greatly to the cost
of shipping business, could be dispensed with
if we had better system of wharfage, storage
and transportation. Neither our merchants
nor the city authorities have given this matter
.pyOpss attention, The federal s0yprnmsut>
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-06-27

On the 9Th of January, 1871, when
making some remarks on taking his seat
as chairman of a Republican Committee,
Mr.. Greeley said:
"As to the Administration of Gen.
Grant, l recognize no one as a Republican
who is not grateful for It's judieious, ener-
getic, and successful efforts to- procure the
ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment,
that key stone of our political arch, where
by the fruits of our great triumph over
rebellion and slavery are assured and
perpetuated. While asserting the right
of every Republican to his u~ntrammeled
choice of a candidate for next President
until a nomination is made. / venture to
suggest that Gen. Grant will be far better
qualified for hat mementous trust in
1872 than he was in 1865"
Here Mr.. Greeley. now so strenuous for
the "a term principle, nominated General
Grant for q second term. The views he
expresses concerning the President and
the Administrator are just and true, and
are and viii be endorsed by the great body
of the people. The Sind and vindictive
denunciation in which Greeley has SIM
INDUCED, can never obliterate the record
he has himself written of General Grants
eminent ability and perfect integrity.
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css,-hardfy any choice really. The re-
cent law whereby Saving Banks and State
valuation are to contribute to support of
schools is a move in the right direction,
and viii be a great aid to the smaller and
poorer districts. But looking at poor
schools from the teachers standpoint, we
may we'll say that teachers, even if poor,
do all they are paid for, or that could
reasonably be expected of them. When
We buy a low-priced article we do not ex-
pect one equal to-that which costs more.
We expect,to get the quality we pay for.
and have no right to exact or even to ex-
pect more /; SO in our teachers.
Select the man for agent who will per-
form the duties of his Office faithfully, and
one who is, has been, and will be interes-
ted in the best interest of the school. II
one does not take interest enough to visit
a school, he is not fit for an agent, hardly
for a parent, I almost wrote.-and no bet
ter guide, perhaps, may be had. Every
voter in the district should attend the
school-meetings. They should not only
attend but be alive. wide awake, and work
for the great common interest, and future
hope of this country.-our common
schools.-Maine Journal Of Education.
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COUNTY RoARD.

The attention of the Board of Educa-
ton, at its next meeting, will be called
to the propriety of fixing a uniform time
for the opening of the free schools of the
county. If the Board can~see its way
clearly in this matter, a resolution to that
effect should be passed and carried into
operation as soon as possible.
Our schools struggle promiscuously
through the year, beginning and ending
at all times. We feel that:there should be
some uniformity in the opening of the
schools.
1t will not be advisable to continue the
term longer than three months. A three
months school well attended will do
more good than a five months school
poorly attended, under the present ci--
cumstances, it win be wise on the part of
the Board to make tho schools efficient
and leave the people to determine about
the length of the term. Order must be
brought out of confusion and to this point
the attention of the Board is specially
called. ea1 I,aa agbgspT
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croehety old man who is willing to be
used by them in this grand onslaught up
On Grant and the Republican Party.
Ex-Governor Neil s. Brown, only told
the truth when he said ''they (we) would
vote for the Devil to beat Grant" 1t is
worse than nonsense to talk of himself in
connection with this anti-Grant party.
No sano man for one moment believes
that the Greeley and Brown party en-
dorse at heart one tenth plank in the
platform of principl es put forth by them
at Cincinnati. The whole thing is simply
a bait ingeniously prepared to catch Re
publican votes, and no man will hear of
Democrats any where preaching the Re-
publican doctrines contained in this plat
form after the Presidential election.
And when this anything to beat Grant
policy has exploded, as explode it certainly
will on the election Of Grant and Wilson
to the Presidency and Vice Presidency,
Horace Greeley will go back to the
Tribune" loathed and despised as he
always has been by Democrats and Rebels,
aud with only: PITY the sorr1ws of a
poor old man" from the Republican Par
A.
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WHAT WILL THE BALTIMORE
CONVENTION Dol

The above question is now being pro-
pounded on every hand, and while many
opinions are entertained, we give as ours
that the Democratic Convention at Baiti-
moro will ratify the nomination at Gin
c~innati, and there Horace Greeley and
Gratz Brown will be the men whom the
Republicans will have to beat with Grant
and Wilson in the coming contest. The
anti-Grant Conference, which met at the
fifth Avenue Hotel in New York, shadows
forth pretty clearly what would be the
action at Baltimore in July. While
many who composed the Conference were
soly dissatisfied with Greeley, yet the
most of them finally agreed to accept
him as the fortune hope to beat Grant.
It seems now certain that Greeley will
lose more Democratic votes than he will
will gain Republican votes, and that the
anti-G Grant party have succeeded admira-
bly, in doing for themselves what they
aimed to do for the Republican PARTY.
That is to hopelessly split into factions.
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Scaled Proposals.

III be Board of Directors of the Washing
i ton County Agricultural and Mechan.
ical Society will receive sealed bids t.
furnish the following described lumber
on the Fair Ground. Bids Will be re.
ceived till 8 o'clock a. m. July 4th. 1872
II Oak posts II feet long, that will
square 10 inches hewn on one side, face
10 inches.
4 Oak posts II feet long. that will square
10 inches hewn on two sides, face &c
inches.
ID Oak posts that viii square 10 inches,
"a feet long.
2 Sills 80 feet long, hcwn with IL inch
face on three, sides.
2 Stills As feet long, hewn as the above.
2 Plates so feet long, 10 inches square,
chestnut. pine or poplar.
2 Plates 45 feet long same as above.
2 Plates 80 " 6 inches square.
Is 6
Is Pieces of timber (Oak) I6 feet long
that will square 10 inches, with face
hcwn on one side 10 inches wide.
60 Rafters Is feet long to face 8 inches
on one side.
so Rafters 9 feet long with 2 inch face.
$4,000 2 feet oak boards clear of sap, to
average inches in width.
Parties can f.e their bids,for the whole or
any part of the above material. Address
M. S. MAHONEY. Secretary.
Jonesborough june 9th, 1872.
1w.
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PERSISTENT EFFORTS.

We wish to impress this upon the
friends of popular education. There new
er was a time when more persistent efforts
was nee essary than at the present. The
education of the masses, the creation of
public opinion in favor of free schools,
and the elevation of teaching to a position
alongside the learned professions demand
ceaseless vigilance and persistent effort.
When We look out over the field before
us, the hinderances and distractions that
present themselves. seem almost insur-
mountable. Faces on one side, and faint
hearted friends on the other, form an un-
broken front. There is a deep grounded
prejudice in the public mind againts free
schools. 1t Is however, gradually going
away. Light is dawning, the faint traces
of twilight appear in the dim distance.
But the friends of common schools will
have a hard time of it. The contest will
be protracted in this State for years to
come. Those of us who expect to sue
coed may just as well make up our minds
for a life times work. The present gen.
Grafton will hardly see an efficient free
school system in the beloved State of
Tennessee. "There is not much encour-
agement on the dark side of the picture
says one. The outlook is not altogether
propitious.
But we-are making progress slowly
The problem of free schools, upon which
the destiny of the State depends, must be
literally morked out. A few enthusiastic
individuals working on and working ever
have achieved wonders in the world. In
this, We have some consolation. Our
hope is in work and enthusiasm. Persis-
tent effort is the price we must pay for all
the success that shall attend our common
schools. ,
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Make Homo Happy.

Make your home sunshiny aud happy,
if you want to make it attractive. The
young heart is boiling over with glee and
frolic. God made it so, and it is your
duty to accept it and to provide means
for innocent recreation. Youth is the
period of impression and imitation, and
then holy aspirations are most rapidly
developed. Provide them with music,
books and papers, and pictures and flowers
at home every appliance to awaken all
that is pure and noble in milk and heart.
Let your children feel that their fathers
house is the dearest, happiest spot on
earth and as they pass into life's activf-
ties and responsibilities, let them remem-
Der the home of their childhood, not as
the place of bitter words and hard drudg-
ing. where they simply ate, and drank,
and slept, but as the sunniest spot in all
the past. where their sweetest and hottest
affections linger, and where all their tru-
est aspirations and their nobelest princi-
Piles were fostered, formed, and fixed.
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o

Last Tuesday r. v. Dunton sold his
large and well improved farm to the Rev.
Mr.. Bashor for five thousand dollars. This
farm Is situated twelve miles down the
Pu-gatory and is we'll supplied with
water, and all the country surrounding.
Dir. Bashor is from Tennessee. He has
come to Colorado to select a site for a
permanent bone, for himself and his
congregation, which number upwards of
thirty families. Mr.. Bashor has other
friends with him, all are pleased with the
country. They were first to take stock in
the new ditch soon to be constructed
Knowing the sentiment of the people of
Trinidad and the country surrounding.
we have no modesty in saying that they
all join with US in extending the hand of
friendship to these new Corners Our ex-
pected friends are the representatives of
that wing of the Christian Church called
toe German Baptist,or as sometimes des-
ignated by their enemies, Tunkers, or
Dunkers. Their humble beginning dates
back over one hundred and sixty years to
q tow in Germany. They nov number
their communicates by thousands in most
every state of the Union. To those who
are ~unacquainted with this class of people
we can recommend them with entire and
unclouded confidence. Capital. energy,
Intelligence, and integrity are what keep
up sociatory circulation.
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CANCERS. TUMoRS & ULCERS.


In consideration of many earnest So
licitations by the afflicted in the South, to
be visited at or near their homes, we have
arranged for DR.. GREENE who has
charge of the Branch Office, at Charlotte.
N. O., to fill the following appointments:
RUTHERFORDTON, NC. Village Hotel, May
WAYNESYILLE, N c., Battle House, May %.
WEBSTER, n. C., Enloe House, May "a.
FRANKLIN, n. C., re. Siler's Hotel, May Is.
MURPHY. Nc Mrs Henry's House, May IS.
DUCKTOWN, TENN, Mcleod Hotel, May 80.
CLEVELAND, Ocoee House, June lst.
KNOXVILLE, Atkins House, June Sd.
GREENETILLE," Godfrey HOUSE, June 4.
Nichols Hotel, june 5th.
WARM SPRlNGS,N NC. Principal Hotel, 3 uue n.
And at A~SHEylLLE, n. q. June 10th.
Where he will remain for the purpose
of treatipg eases, till October 1sf.
During his absence, his Office ut Char
lotte will be in charge of DIR. Bentley, as
sistant physician to DR.. Kline's Phiiadei-
phia Bellevue Institute, a gentleman of
practical ability and thoroughly acauaint-
ed with the treatment of Cancers. Tu-
mors and Ulcers, by DR.. Kline's Antidote
as well as all forms of chronic diseases.
april25m3.
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. TERRIBLE RAILROAD AC-
CIDENT.

Particulars Of the Sad Details.
BELLsvILLE, June 22.-An accident
occurred on the Grand Trunk road, to a
train going from Toronto to Montreal.
The passenger cars were piled. Nine are
dead and sixty badly scalded, mostly Sec
oud class passengers.
The unfortunate train contained many
ministers of.the English Church, en- route
home from the Toronto Synod. About
eleven miles below Bclleville Station, the
engine jumped the track, carrying death
and fearful torture to scores of passengers
in the forward cars and baggage car which
remained on the track and telescoped the
mail, smoking car and second class pas
senger car, leaving them on top of the
engine, exposed to the escaping steam
from the boiler. Here the poor creatures
were hopelessly penned for some time,
breathing vapors of death and suffering
all the agony of immersion in a boiling
cauldron of supeFheated water.
An eye witness says : Immediately after
the accident he went to the second class
car. 1t and the smoking car were tele-
scoped, and on the locomotive, steam from
which was issuing from the cars SO dense
that he could see nothing. One alter
another of the scalded victims were crowd
ing out of the opening. Crow bars were
Immediately put into requisition by pas
sengers from the. first class cars. all of
whom escaped injury, and openings were
made. Many were found entangled and
were extricated with the utmost difficulty.
the timbers having to be broken. Five
persons were found dead and were carried
to the road side where the wounded lay
for nearly three hours in the most fearful
agony. The sight was one to battle des-
cription. The terrible cries of the suf-
ferers net the ears of the lockers on who
made every possible effort to grant their
requests for water. Two 6rst-class cars
and the Pullman car were comparatively
uninjured and the passengers were tran
shipped and went East this forenoon.-
Sixty-ive men and m were fearfully
scaldediand otherwise injured, six of whom
died on the spot. Four more have died
and others are dying every hour. Not
more than one-third of the injured will
live. The wounded and dying are lying
stretched on mattresses on the floor of the
freight shed. so much dis6gured as to be
unrecognizable.
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y obedianee to a vendi. expo. Issued
i from the Circuit Court. at IFS knriI
term, 1872, and to me directed, pronotfn-
ced by said Court upon a judgment and
cost ia favor ofJohn Baxter and against
Isaac w. Hartsel1 and w. j. S. Denton
for the sum Of s26l SO debt and costs
with legal interest there on from date Of
Judgment. i will sell at the Court House
door, in the town of Jonesboro., on the
9Th, day of fully, 1872, for cash in hand
all the right, titled, claim and Interest
that the said /. w. HartseH has in and ia
a tract of land situated In Washington
county. Tenn, Dist. Nc. s, adjoining the
lands Of Wilson Wheelock, Hamilton
Jones n others, On the waters of Cher
unless Debt n costs are sooner najd
this 3rd day of June. 1872 ~
Jun6w4pfs5. D