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The New York herald., 1872-10-28
COLLISION ON THE READING RAILROAD.
The Engineer Jumps on and II Killed.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Oct. ~, 1872.
This morning . passenger train on the READING
Railroad, near Bridgeport. coided with coal
train running in the same direction. Edwards, the
engineer, jumped from the engine and was Killed.
No other casualties occurred. The injury 70 the
trains wAa Of a trining character. ea
The New York herald., 1872-10-28

PORTLAND, Me-. Oct. q, 1872.
visit to the livery stables tonight shows nearly
every horse sick. Probably nine-tenths Of the
horses in the city are affected. No horse cars have
been run to-day, and dozen horses have not an
peared upon the streets. The horse car company
has some forty or nfty horses sick.
The New York herald., 1872-10-28

SYRACUSE, N.I., Oct. q, IS72
The horse disease Ia spreading rapidly in this
city. Nearly every horse In Syracuse is arected.
The cars on two street railways have discontinued
running and the other lines run cars only hourly.
Several deaths occurred yesterday. The leading
merchants are employing oxen In conveying their
goods to the freight depots.
The New York herald., 1872-10-28
PoUoHxRRPsTE. N. Y,

:, 49, .-.... ~ Oh-S OfFICE, UCt' -, IoIZ
horse plague warrant the freighting interests in
New YORK IN employing oxen to move their mer
chandfse have no doubt that q hundred or many
more, yoke OF Dutchess county oxen, with drivers
could be sent by boat from this city on short notice.
that would satisfactorily take the place OF horses
believe that such an arrangement could be made
with our farmers and drOyers for a fair compeusa-
tion. NV services IN this matter are 0ratuitously
at the disposal Of those interested.
IL q. EASTMAN
The New York herald., 1872-10-28

who has not seen Harlem lane In ell its shining
glory OF q sunday aiternoons To all New Yorkers
who fancy being known as "fast men" this Harlem
lane has In its history and its accessories, mar
veIous attraction that years cannot pale, and that
in its reckless and everchanGing, dashing, rosous
life is not equalled by any other picture on Man
haitian Island. @#
Old sports, who own horses and who have only
one object In life, and that to drive behind step
ping mare at two-forty gait, will speak Of Harlem
lane as they would OF bottle Of rare wine or OF
fragrant westphalia ham, or OF o musty cheese,
green as verdigris. The mad pace that many thou
sands nave gone at up and down the lane, and the
suppers that have been eaten at Florences and the
Piper Heidslck that has been drunk-oceans Of it.
at Bertholrsi All mel ! am what is called an "old
boyn now-one OF the fortytwo fellows Just little
The New York herald., 1872-10-28

ASslbtduJ SeCret8ly suyS.-
With In the $50, 600 600 limited BY each OF the
tion Is determined wholly by the wants and de-
mands of the public, who, II appears, require
fractional currency In the proportion OF about one
amount In circulation rarely goes above that pro-
portion making proper allowance for lost and
destroyed notes, and when 1t falls much below, q
scarcity is sensibly felt throughout the country
Under the head Of payment In Conn., the As.
sistant Secretary says:-
The construction OF the Treasury Department
contemporaneous with the issue OF the bonds
seems TO have been that when not otherwise ex-
pressly provided In the bonds themselves, both the
principal and interest were payable In coin, and
this construction has been strictly followed and
maintained by the government by the prompt and
faithful payment OF every such bond In coin at ma
turity. And the question has been further settled
by legislation SO lar as SUBSEQUENT legislation can
act OF general nature signed BY President Grant
upon his accession to the Presidency only fourteen
days after his inauguration, and was an emphatic
country, uttered BY new Congress then recently
elected and just commencing It's nrst session.
II has heretofore been stated that the issue Of
the reserve OF ~ Of United States notes is
lett to the Secretary OF the Treasury and several
instances are given by the Assistant Secretary
where the privilege has been exercised.
Treasury Figures from the Last Fiscal
Year.
The total receipts Of the government for the
fiscal year ended June 90 1872 as per report OF the
United States Treasurer, were :-$7o9, ,sss, ,o2s !;
balance in the Treasury, June 30, 1871 $1oo917 AT
unavailable $1o24o; total $sle $40. Total ex-
penditures $Tls, o,977; credited as unavailable,
$ls,73o; balance in the Treasury, June 30, 1872,
sl06,55i64l. The above represents al the transac.
The New York herald., 1872-10-28

z0ot is running our business too Only four porter.
house steaks called for all day sunday-think OF
thatY'
'Epizoot have theys Well, broll me chicken,
and tell tine boy to keep Biddy warm for don't want
any epizoot IN my family. can tell-and send
seen in the Park for Q good many years. Eplzoot,
hey well suppose there are worse things than
the epizoot only man must not let 1t trouble him
too much or it might make his hair gray. SO here
goes for that broiled chicken and them French
potatoes. They smoke nicely, and the rascals are
Alter nnisSins & my dinner sS Bddy was brought to
the door, and got In and drove Der until she
thought that was going to stand her on her head I;
thinking, and didn't feel right. Think Of a man
driving in the Park and not meeting q soul for q
mile but policeman and one Abdaliah mare TO
be saiuted by every policeman, too and to be
looked at suspiciousiy as II had no business to be
driving Biddy, whom they all looked at narrowly,
Ss one sss was AZ
home-and all on account Of the epizoot.
The chicken wasn't SO good after all, and I think
into the The glass whsn he took he aeSsick on The
his cap, looked at Biddy and said: = ~
epigoot; she looks out OF condition sr better take
care Of her, sir; there's no one here to-day, sir i;
only twenty horses have passed through the gate
that You were here I told you that 1000 double
and single teams passed In and out in four hours
Now, this was too much. II seemed az II Il were
impossible to get away from the confounded
epizoot looked up and down Harlem lane, and
when tell them that at five O'Clock yesterday
Sunday afternoon there was not single horse or
norseman IN Harlem lane: The hotels were all
naming to no purpose One solitary Individual
was dev0uring piece OF cold apple pie at Sturgcs'
apH wo Se
observable in Harlem lane, with the exception
~ . foriorn German stapdng in front Of one story
The New York herald., 1872-10-28

Oxen - Substitute for New York.
P0UGHKERPsrE, N. T., Oct. ~, 1879.
The horse disease has reached this city. In one
stable OF twelve horses eleven are down with IL.
As yet, however, the disease is confined to that
stable.
Il. 9. Eastman Mayor Of Poughkeepsie, teiegraphs
as follows - N - -
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-01-10

The GREAT WALL OF CnISA.--Secretary
Seward, speaking Of the great wall of China,
which he examined during his late trip to
the East says;
"The Chinese have been for at least two or
three thousand years a wall-making people.
1t would bankrupt New York or Paris to
build the walls of the city Of Pekipg The
great wall Of China is the great wall of the
world. 1t is forty feet high. The lower thirty
feet is Of hewn limestone or granite. Two
modern carriages may pass each other on the
summit. 1t has parapet throughout its
whole length, with convenient staircases,
buttresses, and garrison.houses at every quar-.
ter of a mile, and il runs, not by cutting
down hills and raising valleys, bat over the
uneven crests Of the mountains and down
through their gorges, distance Of a thous-
and miles. Admiral Rodgers and calcu.
lated that il would cost more now to build
the great wall of China, through its extent Of
one thousand miles than it has cost to build
the ffty-fve thousand miles Of railroad in the
United States. What commentary it il
upon the ephemeral range of the human To-
telieet to see this great utilitarian enterprise,
so necessary and effective two thousand years
ago, now not merely useless, but an incum-
brance and an obstruction.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-01-10

The CRowS PRISoEs.-Few of the crown
princes OF Europe are strong and healthy men,
Several of them are not likely to live to as
cend the thrones Of their fathers The czaro.
witch Of Russia has been ohornc invalid al
most from infancy, and at 10 was hardly ex.
pected to reach manhood. His son and heir,
too, is sicky child. The only son Of Sultan
Abdul Aziz is consumptive. Dissipation in
the various capitals of Europe has made the
crown prince of Egypt, born in 1858, old be.
fore his time. The count Of Flanders, brother
Of King Leopold of Belgium and presumptiye
heir OF the throne, is nearly deaf, aud suffers
from heart disease The health OF Crown
Prince Frederick of Denmark, too, is by no
means good, and his prospects for a short life
are among the other objections made to the
proposed future union of the three Scandin-
avian kingdoms under his scepter. The Aust
riau Prince Rudolph, now ID years Of age,
has always been feeble and is not likelyto live
long The crown prince Of Germany is in
vigorous health but his friend and comrade,
the Crown Prince Albert OF SaxoDy, is sickly,
and the heirs to the thrones Of Mecklenhnrgh,
Baden and Hesse are all feeble Most Of these
princes are descendants Of the most stawart
warriors Of the olden time but no heritage
Of strength, it seems, can be kept from decay
upder the enervating life Of modern kings.
The princes like the institution of royalty it.
self grow feebler with every generation
Erening Post.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-01-10

~ 1t is not true after all that George
William Curtis is to become the editor of the
New York Daily Times from the LIST of Jan.
uary. So far is the story from being true,
that there have been no negotiations looking
to that end. Though the Times folks have
often thought that it might be better for the
paper were an American to be at the head
still Mr.. Jones would not be so ungratelul
aud so ungracious as to turn Mr.. Jennings
adrilt after making such a splendid fight as
the latter has against the Tammany thieves.
His forte consists in inyectiye, and he has EN-.
ployed it with terrible effect against the ring
robbers When Mr.. Raymond died, Mr.. Curtis
was offered ten thousand dollars year 10 take
his place on the Times. The Ilarpers immedi.
ately raised his salary to those figures, and it
would now be very difficult matter to get
him away from that establishment. He now
has the leisure which he desires for other pur.
poses, and likewise escapes the wear and tear
of daily journalism Mr.. Curtis is prominent
candidate for United States Senator, aud
should Mr. Conkling's friends find next year
that they cannot re.elect him, they will sup.
port the former.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-01-10

rich in all kinds of mineral salts, and water in
some shape, rain fountains, running brooks, is
MI that is needed to make the Great American
Desert the Great American Garden. VIII this
want ever be supplied " Ever is a long word
II reaches away Oh into the future, beyond the
time when this plain will he needed for the abode
Of man and so to the question do not hesitate
to say, eyes" But how | am inclined to
think the following way will give this plain water
first. Ages ago, within the embrace of thee
hills that now fringe the plain, goodly portion
Of old ocean was caught and held fast. Grad
ualy shrinking in upon itielf, 1t now comprises
Salt Lake leaving this, its former basin, filled
with the salts it held in solution, mixed with the
particles Of rock it tore from is captors, the hills
while madly chatting against the barriers set up
10 prevent its escape. These hills are inclined
strata, whose plains must intersect each other
beneath this plain, and the points of intersection
cannot relatively be very deep below the surface,
since tho hills are comparatively quite low
Among these hills immense quantities Of snow
tall and melt during each year. Where goes the
water? Following the dip OF the strata, 1t iiads
it, level in the rock-ribbed assures and cavcrns
beneath the thick rock plate, on which this heap
OF alkali rests, LIS pressure upon the everything
strata being 80 great, it forces the particles Of
those strata nearer together heat thus generated
warming the outer plate that binds the whole,
sends the water that pcrcolates the alkali dust
back to the service in the form Of the steam We
see mounting skyward over the plain yond'r.
And so the first Artc-ian well that piercing lie
plate Of rock, reaches one of these subterranean
cayerus, solves the problem Of this deserts future
FIRST man then the fountain then vegetation
then woodland then rain then water, brooks
and happy people dwelling in the oyeliest ci
yallies However bright and gay and well pc %
pied the valley OF the future may be, albeit, the
plain Of the present is very grave and grey and
solitary.
Boston. Jan. IA. 1872. j. j. l.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-01-10

" 1t was supposed that the first state
ments Of the loss Of life in the great Chicago
fire were good deal exaggerated, but the
papers of that city, with full time to make
up careful aud accurate estimate, still
express the opinion that the death list will
foot up considerably over 500. Over lOC
bodies have been recovered, nearly all Of
which have been identified, and the work Of
clearing away the ruins is still far from
completion. In the swift rush of the flames
hundreds Of people were unquestionably con
sumed SO completely as not to leave even 1
vestige Of bone, or even ashes, to tell their
fate. Letters Of inquiry for missing friends
are still coming in in great numbers, and th,
publication of them has been the means o.
tracing many persons who were supposed tC
be lost
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-01-10

" 1t is well known to those familiar with
the history of New York, that the nefarious
ring known as "Tammany" is nominally a
6enepolent society, having been Incorporated
as such by the New York Legislature in the
year 1905 Its title was the Tammany So
ciety, or Columbian Order" and its purpose
that of "Affordiug relief to the INDECENT aud
distressed members of the association, their
widows, orphans, and others who may be
found proper objects of charity" The most
conspicuous objects of the society's charity,
of late, have been the "iudigent and dis.
tres.ed" Tweed, with his friends Sweeney,
Garvey, ct al, who, doubtless, rank as 'or.
phans" on the society's books. But, in view
oil the popularity iu the Columbian, Orders
method Of obtaining the funds for its aims Il
h IS been proposed TO ask the Legislature to
revoke the charter OF the order, aud thereby,
il possible, give it fnal blow.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-01-10

" The telegraph gives information of the
death at his home in Danvile KY, last week,
of the Rev. DR.. Robert j. Breckenridge, at
the age Of Il. He was Of the famous Presby.
terinn family of breckenridge, bis father hav-
ing been attorney general under Jefferson !;
his brother noted divine, and others of the
family being more or less distinguished In
1929 he joined the Presbyterian Church, III
1882 was ordained pastor of the First Pres
bytcrian Church in Baltimore, in which posi-
ton he remained till lS45 when he was elect.
ed president of Jefferson College, Pa, holding
that place two years In lS47 he became
pastor of the Presbyteri an Church in Licking
ton, Ky, and Superintendent Of Public Instruc.
ton for the State; only to give up both in
1858 to accept a chair in the new y-establshed
seminary in Danvlle. During his life in Balti'
more he engaged much in editorial and contro-
vcrsial writing, and in 1888 published two
volumes of Travels in Europe
But it was during the war that DR.. Breck'
enridge won for himself the highest aud most
enduring fame. Arraying himself from the
start on the side of the Union and the govern.
meut, he did more, probably, than any other
one man, to keep his native State out of seces'
SION and though his nephew, the ex.VicC
President, entered the rebel army as general
DR.. Breckenridge gave his efforts and hi
counsels on the right side In 1864 he was a
prominent member of the convention which
rcnominated President Lincoln. Since thai
time DR., Breckenridge has not taken an active
part in politics, and his failing health ha'
compelled him to retire from public life, His
last illness was long and painful one
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-01-10

~ England expects to trump our best card
at Geneva, by showing that we have been
as bad toward Spain in the Cuban business as
she was toward US in the rebellion business
But where is the American Alabama, aud
where is the American Shenandoah, and
where are the others Of the American vessels
that should match the British pirates that
..eut Gathering over tue ocean, destroying our
merchantmen? Spain has not lost a shif
through any fault or enmity of ours. The
simple fact is, the rebel cruisers were got up
aud got out, aud sheltered in British ports
for the express purpose of destroying oul
commerce, and aiTording aid to the rebels
which purposes were largely accomplished
Wherever EugIand could hit US, hit US sh,
did, proongIng the war year at least
through her action. 1t was not regard fol
as, but fear Of France, that led her not to ac.
knowledge the Southern Conlederacy. Sh,
feared that France might be made irresisti
bly, great, we're the Ooniederacy to win. Blu
from Thule to Lands End there was nothing
but mourning over our victories among tn,
ruling classes, and nothing but rejoicings ovei
rebel triumphs.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-01-10

1.-THE New York Times figures up that
the number Of railroad accidents in this coun.
try, which were reported in the newspapers,
for the year ending November LIST, was lO7,
as the result of which l9l persons were kill
ed aud 254 wounded As doubtless many Of
the minor accidents were not reported in the
papers, the list is not complete, but it is APP.
paling enough as it stands. OF the accidents
reported 40 were collisions, showing total Of
los persons killed and 2l2 wounded, and in
dicating an astonishing degree of careessness,
for when anything like the proper precautions
are preserved, collision of trains is nearly
impossible. The principal railroad disaster
of the year was at Revere, while the New
Hamburg IN. " tragedy, which occurred
February 26, was next in the magnitude Of
its results,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-01-10

" We learn that the subcommittee Of
the Banking and Currency Committee of Coz
gress, charged with the question Of a speedy
return, under pressure of law, to specie pay
ments, are not likely to report any measure
looking in tina. direction The Secretary ofthe
Treasury and the Comptroller Of the Currency,
as we'll as those who know most about the
matter, are Of the opinion that an attempt at
resumption now would do more harm than
good. and they recommend letting the laws Of
trade, and of the money market in particular,
regulate this matter.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-01-10

DrOne Of the rules prepared by the Civil
Service Commission, aud adopted by the Pres
ident, requires all postmasters, hereafter APP.
pointed, whose sa laries amount to 5000 per
year or over, to be subject to a competitive ex-
animation. The list completed in the Post-oficc
Department shows that the total number Of such
ofiites is 300 When the vacancy occurs in
the larger Of those Offices the rule of promo
ton will be applied, if any subordinate there.
in is found fitted in the case Of failure to
pass examination or absence Of the subordu.
ate for the desired promotion, the Office will
be open for public competition In addition
to this class Of Offices the books Of the de-.
partmeDt show that there are about $4,000
postmasters whose salaries do not amount to
5000 year. Those appointments will con.
tinue to be made upon simple applications,
supported by testimonials of characters salts
factory to the Postmaster General A large
proportion Of the places are being held mere.
ly for the accommodation of the public.
About one half of the total number Of post.
masters receive compensations not exceeding
iNy dollars year
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-01-10

ed with matched boards that have never yot
shrunk 20 as to show crack has heavy shut
tiers ON the lower windows. that are fastened with
a KEY inside brass knocker on the door that
Diiqh have made the gates Of GAIA too heavy for
sampson. hail that is indeed hail, opening
through to the garden, md having room for
lounge, piano, stars--that rise six inches and
run foot, 90 for such stairs whenever we have
II 70 up y and a table supporting the mother OF
all lamp climneys, that used ~ shield the ball
candle from the gusts Of wind when the doors
were thrown open, two feet high and six inches
in diameter The rooms are all large, and one Of
them wears the original piper, in slmbro c)ors'
and made not in rolls but In Sheets aud contain
ing perhaps the figure of knight in armlr. Or
the arnor with the knight left out. The finish
round the topof the room is heavy AMI rich on}
will come into fashion aglin bye and bye. On
the second 4 or will be found sleeping apartments
Of sufficient size to contain good air Tor night
b. eathng thing that cannot probably be said oil
A hundred sleeping rooms in all Vermont In one
of these we find tho original beds,eods oil the
house. half a coid or less Of good hard wood IN
each of them, for the pist- ue heavy from tue
aoor up. distance Of say eight or nine feet CIV
ing the creature, when seen ia The twilight inc
tppear,nce of having laid down on its back, with
arm, ami legs extended upward, os The bear pre-
pared himself Co hug and scratch the c'nmount' or
a-ir in some Queer freak it were trying 70 see how
long tciuld support ls canopy ON lngcr. snJto
l,sf,re we 20, down we may Us well take a peep
a the attic. where are four smaller rooms arrang-
Oh far the servants. and reachod by staircase
chat has but a narrow hndIng from the lower
or. and which in slcepne,. is the very contrast
IF the other aitnt mentioned. having no hight at
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