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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-07-18

L,OR SALE OR EXCHANGE-A HANDSOME SEASIDE
Z Home, for summer and winter, 20 minutes drive
from railroad station and steamboat landing at Sag Har
bor Long Island n y Gothic Cottage, in good order
fruit; cedar and other groves grand water front beau
sheltered in winter. inquire OF J. L. PHELPS, Real Is
tate Broker Si Fulton street. Brooklyn, N Y. or O. W.
PHELPS Sag HarbOr, N, "
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ITO LET-FURNIsHED, AT MoRRTsTowN. A HAND
L some Residence, with all improvements: on high
excellent garden. &c. immediate possession,
:. EDDY CO.. No. Park place.
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every day is in itself almost better
than any mere use of the muscles. If
walking seems tame and wearisome, it
is generally a sign of a vitiated taste
for excitement, or of exceptional bod
lily weakness. A good walker-and
almost any one may become such by
practice-fnds pleasure in the play
of his muscles like that which the II
der or oarsman enjoys.
In the country, especially, the habit
is favorable to the cultivation of that
love OF nature which gives more
pleasure than almost any other taste.
There are few finer conditions of body
than that induced by a vigorous walk
in our braeing American atmosphere.
How many of our readers treasure
among their choicest remembrances
glorious days among the Alps? One
great element of the, pleasure there
was due to the.combined effects of the
air and the bodily eXel'tion of walking
or climbing. If any one says he en-
joyed Switzerland and did no walking,
we tell him he missed one of the great
sources OF pleasure there. The soul
is never so sensitive to every form of
enjoyment as when its medium, the
body, is tense and clear. It is then
that the sense of beauty is keenest,
and the play of all the nobler faculties
treest. Nothing is at once so conducive
to this and so easily within the reach
OF every well person, as a long, free,
fast walk.-Christian Union.
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Evenings at Home.

There is no breastwork against evil,
and no school of virtue and moral
worth, like a good home. And the
good home is not merely that which
furnishes edible dinners, and well-kept
rooms, and clean beds, but that which
furnishes most satisfaction, refresh
ment and joy to all its inmates. And
evening is the only time when all the
members of the family circle meet to-
gether, and can mingle in happy and
joyous intercourse. The occasion
should be provided for as it usually is
not. Our home-keepers should take
the hint from those who furnish pub
lie entertainments, and lavish thought
and ingenuity enough upon the occa-
sion to make it so attractive and de-
lightful and satisfying that every
member of the household will feel the
happier for it, and look forward to its
return with expectancy, and be be-
yond the reach of the ten thousand
temptations to spend the evening
hours elsewhere.
Exactly how this is to be done must
be answered by housekeepers for
themselves. They have resources and
ingenuity enough, will they but once
see the Importance of the thing, and
set their wits at work to develop the
hint into a beautiful and joyous real
ity. We do not mean that every
body should spend every evening at
home. Let there be fer all profitable
and entertaining amusement going.
Still it will be found that the great
public entertainments often excite
more than they delight OF edify, and,
if often indulged in, produce weari-
ness, and dissipation worse than fa-
tigue. The evenings at home furnish
the fitting alternate and contrast to
these public entertainments, and each
is enjoyed the more for the other.
And to make the evenings at home
truly delightful, every resource ofcul-
ture and pleasure may be rightly in
voked. Why not have a succession of
evening entertainments, giving one to
reading, another to music, a third to
conversation, a fourth to a drama, and
a fifth to miscellaneous plays? Why
not import into the home circle some
of the talent to amuse, and entertain,
and edify, which lies about, waiting
for the invitation2 And what one
family cannot do alone, two or three
together can easily effect. Were our
people to spend a tenth part of the
time and interest they now throw
away on worthless exeitements and
utter frivolities, in making their
homes truly helpful and happy, we
should prevent half the crimes, and
ctop half the vices of society at their
rce.-Golden Age.
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DoNAIDsoNvILE, LA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY a. 1872

their hair, inserting flowers and feath-
ers in the nasty mass, and daub their
faces with various earths and paints.
In their public feasts and dances, the
exposure of their persons is shame
fully lewd." Of the treatment of our
criminals he says: "These barba1ians
delight IN the torture of those con-
demned to die, the wretches being
forced to look at the preparations for
days beforehand. When the execution
takes place, it is made a kind of rare
show or holiday for the whole nation,
and talked over with all its details of
horror in every family. This is for
the purpose of giving to the children
the taste for blood and human torture
We bewaH our dead, he says, with We
hement and unseemly outcry, burying
costly garments with them and per-
forming the ceremony of burial with
the display of such wealth as we have,
so that it is apparent we believe the
rich stutfs and ornaments will give
pleasure to the dead in the future
world, $50 british and besotted are
their opinions of God and His King
DOM" Men, he asserts, " are exceed
lngly unchaste, often keeping more
than one wife, though macknOwledg-
ed; marriage is in fact among these
classes only civil contract made on
the grounds of expediency or aggrand-
izement, rather than affection. There
are certain among them who consider
it hardship to be compelled to con-
tlnue married to the same person for
any length of time" Our friend has
evidently fallen in with the Woodruff
brigade of the Advanced Female CO.
horts, and states their argument very
fairly: How is it possible, they say
to me, for man to be subject to the
bonds of marriage? Don't you see
how little reason you have? My wife
is not pleased with me, neither am l
at ease with her. My neighbor may
like her better, and [ may like his,
who does not care so much for him.
Why should you oblige us to live like
cat and dog, when, by only changing
one with another, we can live mt
quiet?' Thus their argument proceeds
in favor of their brutislness." There
are certain jugglers also among
these people, he says, who profess to
recall the dead. But on turning to
the next chapter we find it treats of
cannibaiism. Surely we reformed, in
that particular at least, some centuries
ago.
We have been mistaken, it appears.
The book is by LIE Sieur de Ia Sale, |
and was printed in 1862, and it is aot
our fashionable society he is decribing,
but them man eating s;lvages of Iroquois.
But the mistake was natural, after
I'll. IN. 7. Tribune.
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The Alabama ClOBd.

IN ldlng any official statement from
the English Government of its attitude
will regard to the Geneva Court of
Arbitration, it will be well to consider
the exact position maintained by the
United States in the prosecution of
her claim for damages. Upon the
grois shd that Great Britain failed to
pert I'm its duties as a neutral. in re-
speed to the rebel cruisers, during the
late war of the rebellion, the United
States demands that the Geneva Tri-
bunf shall award her damages. These
dam ges are direct and indirect. The
dlrest damages grow out of the actual
dlrest loses, In vessels and cargoes, to
our commercial marine, inflicted by
the insurgent vessels, and the heavy
Nat4nal expenditure caused by their
purSut, in addition to which the Gov
ernifent puts in claim for interest.
tronf an average day to be determined,
to t le day when the award is PAYABLE
by le terms Of the treaty, namely !:
one Fear after the date of the award.
the United States suggesting the lst
dayxof July, 1868, as the most equit-
abld tay. The details of the direct
loss4 to vessels and cargoes are as
follows:
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An Odd Sort of Gift.

On the occasion of her benefits Eliza
Logan was almost always the recip-
lent of many rare and beautiful pres
ents, a custom then prevalent in the
southern cities, composed chiefly of
diamond ornaments, which were then
considered the only fashionable Jew
elery. On one occasion wealthy
planter residing in the interior of
Georgia, who had had heard of the
fame of Miss Logan, resolved to see
her act, and started upon a journey Of
some hundreds of miles upon horse
back, accompanied only by a faithful
negro boy servant, for Augusta, where
she was then performing. He arrived
on Friday morning, apd that eve
ming, according to theatrical custom,
had been set apart for Miss Logan's
benefit. The planter, accompanied by
his servant, attended the performance,
and was more than delighted, as his
subsequent conduct explains. At the
end of the third act, Miss Logan being
summoned before the curtain, return
ed her thanks briefly, when presents
from all parts of the auditorium were
handed to her upon the stage. The
enthusiastic planter was for moment
non plussed for he had neglected to
provide any gift, and was most anx-
ious to convey to the lady some ex-
preston of the satisfaction which, as an
artist, she had afforded him. Sud
denly taking from his card case a Wis
iting card, he wrote above his address
the words: ITO Miss Eliza Logan,
with the compliments of and pinning
it upon the coat sleeve of his faithful
negro valet (worth at then market
rates some s2000,) bade him present
himself to his future mistress. The
negro boy did as he was bid, and
gained access to Miss Logan's pres
ence behind the scenes. She was
somewhat astonished, and not know
ing what she could do with him dur
ing her nomadie career, resolved to
return him. Keeping him at her
hotel over night, Miss Logan, ON the
following day, returned him to his
former master, with an autographic
letter couched in such terms that the
planter was perfectly satisfied. This
is, we believe, the only instance in
which human person has been pre-
sented to dramatic artist as u token
of esteem.
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Walking.

An ingenious contributor to this
paper recently argued that in the pro-
gress of mankind the use of legs was
being evolved out of existence, and
by consequence the organs themselves
would finally disappear. We. are
half-inclined to favor this theory when
we see how little favor the primary
method of locomotion finds among
many people. A man who walks
when he could ride is almost as won
derful in their eyes as a man who
could fly. But for ourselves, we hope
that legs and the use of them will last
at least as long as we shall abide on
this planet.
Seriously, We think in the modern
rage for artificial modes of exercise
too little time is devoted to that which
is the oldest, the simplest, and, in
many respects, the best. That which
is often objected to in it-that it takes
time-should be a recommendation.
To he kept in the open air for hours
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NUMBER "a.
An Outrage that Cries to Heaven.

The brilliant editor of that erratie
sheet, the New Orleans MitrdiIeuse.
which like direful comet, portend-
ing war, pestilenee and famine, shot
athwart the political horizon few
days ago, leaving a train of fiery light
which struck terror to the hearts of
the weak and paralyzed the strong,
has at last achieved the dearest wish
OF his soul-he is become mar
tyr For a gross breach of parlia-
mentary decorum in lampooning his
fellow Legislators and caricaturing and
attempting to bring ridicule upon the
colored members, he was called to the
bar of the House and rebuked by the
Speaker, as he deserved to be. In
this simple circumstance the fearful
soul OF the Doctor sees a death blow
given to the liberty of the press, and
i'll words Hthat breathe and thoughts
that burnn the irascible ink-slinger
calls upon his editorial brethren to
rush to his assistance and preserve in
violate; if it be possible, the freedom
of the press.
The journalistic ours of the Custom
House Clique will nobly respond to
your despairing cry, Doctor, and
" Sweetheart, Blanche and Tray y will
make the welkin ring with spiteftH
yelpings. The big dog of the pack,
the National Republican, has already
raised its voice i'll your behalf as the
champion of an untrammeled press.
The praise of that mongel barkerm1st
be sweet incense to your puerile van
ity, o prosecuted disciple of Spur
helm, Solon and Esculapius!
These are woftll times, Hon. Thorn
as d. Worrall, III. ID. and ASS, and
when the Governor refused to listen
to your sage counsel, we knew the
ship of State must founder in the
black sea of knavery, corruption and
political anarehy.-Iberrilte Meas.
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lie English advocates in their case
ohj1s to the payment of any damages
cauSAd by vessels which were not both
bull and fitted out in English ports,
and Twill also probably object to the
pay klent OF interest-an rightly, as no
gov frnment pays interest on claim,
it NIT being debt until it is awarded
by khe court in which it has been
pasffs I'd. Should the English Govern
mer@ refuse to pay the damages fixed
by Che Geneva Court, it would be
tantS tS.mount to war, in which the
Uni led States would seek to collect
bot the direct and the indirect dam
agef
II be indirect damages, which have
cauf fd the recent protests upon the
par I of the English press, may be
clarified as follows:
The loss in the transfer of the
AMI Aricaas commercial marine to the
British flag.
q The enhanced payments of in
srlTl nee.
81 The prolongation of the war, and
the Isddition of Il large sum to the cost
OF he war and the suppression of the
reb{ {ilion.
j be history of these damages against
whibh the English object is substanti-
allN as follows: The United States
MAD an offer to the Joint High Com
mis2 lion to settle the whole matter
by accepting an expression of regret
an6t the payment of sum in gross,
an1agreed to fix the sum with special
REID Pence to direct damages. Ii this
sett5 5ement were not made at once, they
resl wed the right to urge both direct
an4 indirect damages. The settle
me1t was not made, the Commission
simply adopting a treaty which pro-
vided the future means OF settling it.
1fle demand, however, for indirect
daIFages, to be fixed by the Court, is
abaR upon the very face of it. At
the1 lowest figures the sum would ex-
ceeN even the enormous German in
deIlnity, and would be simply ruin
oud to any government which had to
pan it. Its extent could only be lin
itet by the imagination of the arith-
metician who should set himself at
wosk to compute it, and would run
ints the regions of the fabulous, and
reGSiire the resources of the Genii to
sat} }sfy it. 1t would be simply impossi
blcI to make any accurate statement
of Indirect damages from the Govern
mel 1T ledger, and we do not believe
thai either the people or the Govern
mealt expect or desire such claim to
be pressed. The people neither want
a T3ecedent fixed for extortionate tax
atifn in future, nor a war, which
wofld, in all probability, be a naval
wal, for which this Government is not
however mortifying the
confession may be.
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A Statue to Horace Greeley.

The recent erection of a statue to
Benjamin Franklin in Printing-House
Square, New York City, has given
rise to a very general desire on the
part of the public for a statue of Hor-
ace Greeley, to be erected on the op-
posite side of the Square. About thir-
ty thousand dollars will be required
for this purpose. There is no reason
why it should not be finished and un-
yelled next year on Horace Greeley's
birthday, the Sd of February, 1873,
when he will be sixty-two years old.
The argument that statues in honor
of eminent individuals should only be
erected after their death, does not ap-
ply in this case. Mr.. Greeley's long
career as a public man in this city, his
pure and elevated character, the great
intellectual and professional distine-
tion he has acquired, and his varied
and inestimable service to the public,
combine to place the compliment pro-
posed beyond the ordinary rule.
The subscriptions already made
amount to over twelve thousand dol
lars. The printers of the United
States may appropriately participate
in this public recognition Of one Of the
best known and most widely useful
men of our day. Employing printers
are respectfully requested to submit
this subject to their workmeli, Con-
tributions may be forwarded to
]. ", ENGLAND, Treasurer,
San Office, New York,
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The Editors Stolen Pass.

An editor i'll Harrisburg, Pennsyl-
vanla, lost his pass on the railroad and
requested the officers to secure the ar
rest of any man who would present it.
The next day he found the pass in the
pocket of his Sunday trousers, and
proceeded to take a trip upon'it. As
soon as he offered it to the conductor,
that faithful officer knocked him on
the head with his lantern, called three
brakemen and the baggage master:
dragged him despite his frantic strup
giles, along. the floor, into the baggage
car, where brakeman sat upon him
while the conductor battered him up
lot TO keep him quiet; and then they
searched him to see what other thefts
he had been perpetrating. With the
exception of ticket to the circus.
that man had upon his person abso-
lutely nothing but railroad passes.
He had passes over all the main roads
and branch lines and feeders and
slidings in the State of Pennsylvania.
He had free passes in Eastern, South
ern, Middle, and Western States, and
four i'll the territories. He had pass
over Il railroad from Yeddo to Yoke
hama, and another from Calcutta to
Bengal. He had a letter promising
him one on new road which is pro-
posed in Terra del Fuego, and man
uscript puff which he had written for
a man who had assured him he should
have a pass over the road which he
said he was about to run under the
Mediterranean from Africa to Italy as
soon as it was built. The conductor
concluded he had caught the greatest
pass kleptomaniac the world ever saw.
But when he got back to Harrisburg
the affair was explained. And now, if
there is any one editor in America,
who is completely sick of gentle
manly conductors" that editor re-
sides in the State of Pennsylvania.
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AS Others See Us.

aIere is pretty state of affairs A
trslTeling Frenchman has gone home,
am according to custom, written a
be&k about us, or rather our fashion
all te society, which is hardly grateful,
aff fer its devoted fealty to Napoleon
aEt his court during the late fracas.
Whether he hits the nail on the head
OUT readers must decide by their own
seisitiveness, and how far it is hurt.
OIL the matter of fashionable religion
helis very plain spoken. '.The Am
ert cans accept nominally the Christian
religion; but their real affections and
hoknage are placed elsewhere; a glass
of1iquor or a pipe of tobacco is often
erin their thoughts than the sacred
m Isteries of their faith. They bring
tktir infants, handsomely clothed, to
thF font, but without any apparent
mktive or subsequent zeal for their
But while thus dull and
blkckish in matters of religion, they
arf extremely subtle and expert in all
thkt concerns trade or profit
Us regards dress, our author asserts
thlt the men are properly clothed, but
thA women are neither decent nor
elHnly. "They grease and stiffen
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President Smith of Dartmouth Col
lege, used to set type in a printing Of
tice in Windsor, Vermont. He says
that the experience was of great use
to him, as it taught him to spell cor
rectly, and he thinks he is a better
college president for having been a
printer. Here is a double moral: If
You want to learn to spell correctly
or become the president of college,
begin your career of letters with set
ting type.
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A San Francisco demoiselle who
wa, was oeset by too many lovers, offered
Ier nand to the billiard player among
them who was her superior, on condi-
Ton that those who competed and fail
ed should withdraw their pretensions.
Anticipating easy victory, all were
eager to try their skill; but the femi-
nine expert in the king of games sue
,eessiyely foiled them all, and only in
the champion player of the State could
be found a foeman worthy of her cue.
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The Richmond correspondent of the
Petersburg IRdec writes of very re-
markable drouth, from which all ma
ture, animate and inanimate, has been
suffering, and still continues to suffer,
in and around Winchester, Virginia.
He says: While we in this section
of Virginia are suffering from exces-
sive rains and SHOWS, the people of the
valley i'll the neighborhood of Win
chester are having one of the most
extraordinary drouths ever known in
the history of that country. For nine
months there has not been a general
rain or considerable snow, and the
earth is as crisp and dry as an old
shoe sole. The cattle are driven miles
to water, and it is not an easy matter
to procure enough of this necessary
fluid to meet the common demands of
the household. This state of things
is as remarkable as it is unfortunate.
In the memory of the oldest inhabi-
tant there was never parallel. 1t
has been considered proper to order
prayers for rain in the churches
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Ten gallons of kerosene, three
pounds of potash, one ounce of strycb-
nine mixed with soft .water.n 1t was
according to this cheerful, not to saw
conylyial formula, that a quantity Of
whisky" seized last week in Newton
massachusetts,, was compounded, the
recipe having also been found in the
possession of the unfortunate dealer
II xon want sgina add qaantam saf-
nctt of oil of juniper. The mystery is
that men who drink this diabolical
hoid do not drop down stone dead at
once,
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There has been frightful outbreak
of fanaticism in the Argentine Repub-
.hc. A party of Guachos, reused to
frenzy by local leader, attacked and
murdered 36 foreigners before the au-
thorities could interfere. Sixteen of
the assassins were shot in the pursuit,
and large number captured. The
announcement of the names of the
victims will be anxiously awaited by
all who have friends in that half-c1v-
ilized region.-Erchaage.