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The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-04-15
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By VIM. MCKAY.

nRY GOODS, NOTIONSAND JEWELRY
~ Will il.THIS DAY, alto O'Clock, ct No. A.
Wentworth street, between King and Meeting
Igeneral assortment or Foreign. and Domestic
DRY GOODS, Notions, and 5anslny0ice OF Low
priced Jewelry, Watches. &c.4&H, sa.. spr1S
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-04-15

anlmOsities engeDdered by the war, 10 tne con-
tinuance of political disabilities after the &C.
casion for them has passed away. In conse-
-quence of thisc continuance the governments IN
the late insurreetionary States have fallen
int6 the hands of inexperienced and In many
instances corrupt adventurerS, who have
plundered the people OF these States scarcely
less than you in the City of New York have
been plundered by your former city govern
"S ssW6y are these disabilities continued
Whyare they not removed and all the people
enffanchised =? I think there are TWO CAUSES,
and two alone, which prevent it-one MERGE
nary, the other political. [Applause.] The
mercenary one the adventures showed by ex
Guiding from office In all these States theformer
leading men of large experience and capacity,
and although they Were traitors during the
war, they were moi thieves or ~plunderers.
Their exclusion has thrown these govern.
ments Into the hands Of men who have used
their power to pluuder the people over Wnom
they rule, and the debt OF the Southern states
have been swollen in some instances twenty
fold from what they were before the war
began. -
manded In the name Of honesty, In the name
of peace, and in the best interests Of all, is
the passage OF a general bill removing politi-
cal disabilities.
'Another cause of complaint among the
people is the one In which the patronage OF
the government Is used-used Us so much
money to carry elections+not Ia the interest
of 8 party event. does not rise to that high
dIgnity-but In the interest OF a faction OF a
party, The civil service system Is the parent
Of many, very many evils. cannot stop to-
night to point out the officers In many locsh-
flea who are taxed q portion OF their salaries
for party purposes. and II they do not perform
the political duty required they are coon re-
moved and oihprs substituted who will be ac'
tive in politics"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-01-11
A Child Burned to Death-Sagacity of
Port Jervis. Dec. 2a), Cor. n. Y. Times.

Port Jervis, Oec. 24). Cor. N. Y. Times.
A fearful accident happened at
Huguenot, small village on the Mon
ticello Railroad, north of this place,
Friday morning, by which little girl, 6
years old, met horrible death, and
her mother fatal injuries. Mrs.
GLACIER, a widow, and her daughter
Lille, lived in the family of Mr.. Levi
s. Van Etten, at Huguenet. AS the
family sat down to breakfast yesterday
morning, the little girl having been left
IN the sitting room, they were startled
by piercing shrieks. Mr.. Van Etten
and Mrs. GLACIER ran at once to the sit
ting-roonn, and discovered the little Cir
enveloped in flames, and an English
bulldog, belonging to Mr.. Van Etten,
tearing her burning garments off her
with his paws and teeth. He had already
taken over half of her clothing off, and
it is the opinion of Mr.. Van Etten that
had he been left alone he would have
saved the little girls life. But Mrs.
GLACIER, crazed at the sight, rushed for.
ward and clasped her child to her bos-
ON, and held her close, thus battling
the efforts which the faithful dog made,
although singed and burned dreadfully
himself, t. tear off the burning clothing.
Mrs. GLACIER could not be made to re-
lease her child until her own clothing
was on fire in many places, when the
two were torn apart, and the flames
upon the mother extinguished by the
dog tearing off her clothing, as he had
endeavored to do for the child. The
little girl was burned almost to crisp.
Her screams and cries were terrible,
and she begged Mr.. Van Etten to kill
her. A physician was summoned as
soon as possible, but he could render
no aid, and the little girl fingered in the
most intense agony until 2 o'clock
Saturday morning, when she died, los
ing consciousness few minutes before
death. Mrs. GLACIER is terribly burned,
and lies in a critical condition. Very
little hope is entertained of her recov-
cry. The dog that exhibited more
than human sagacity in its efforts to
save the child, had been her constant
companion, having been raised with
her, and taught to watch over her.
Since the burial of the child occurred,
he wanders from room to room as if
searching for her, uttering plaintive
whine expressive of his grief. He takes
no food, and it is believed he will pine
to death.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-01-11
Railway Dust.

A Manchester scientist has recently
given an account of a mieros copical ex-
animation Of dust blown into railway
carriage and collected on a newspaper
placed on a seat near the open window.
This dust showed 8 large proportion Of
highly magnetic fragments of iron.
The particles were long, thin and
straight, the largest being about one
one hundred ID fitch of an inch. The
weight of the dust collected was 81
grains, and the proportion of iron par
ticles amounted to 90 grains. The
iron, which was separated by soft
magnet, consisted of fused particles of
dross like clinkers, which were more Or
less covered with eMcrescences and
spikes and elong. ted into tails There
were also small angular particles like
cast iron having a crystalline structure
The other portion of the dust consisted
largely of cinders. fragments of glass, q
few bits of yellow metal, grains of sand
and bits of coal. 1t is thought prob
able that the magnetic strips of iron
must be lannine from the rails anG
wheel tires, and that the fused iron par.
ticles came from the coal or from the
CRATE bars. This dust was collected
near Birmingham. [t3 s3sTC
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-01-11
A Tiger at Large.

A performance not down on the bills
occurred during the visit of Noyes' cir
Gus to Austin, Texas, recently. While
the keepers of the lioness were remov-
ing her from the cage 20 the band wa
gon, preparatory to the parade on the
streets, her majesty managed to make
her escape from custody. The admiring
crowd of spectators, struck with terror,
fed precipitately. The lioness first at
tackled mule, springing on its back,
but the animal proved to be regular
Texas pitcher" and threw her royal
highness some two or three rods over
his head, Discounted here, the savage
beast attacked horse, selling him by
the throat, and succeeded in inflicting
some ugly wounds before she could be
beaten off Followed by her keepers,
she then retreated to the tent adjoining
the circus, and used by the company as
dressing room. The occupants, upon
her appearance, did not stand upon the
order of their going, but left, some of
them up the center pole, which they
climbed with more agility than they
had ever exhibited in any ring perform
ance. Having cleared this apartment
the lioness rushed from the tent,
mounted G couple of fences, and at
tackled two horses, but before she could
do any damage she was captured and
secured by her keepers. During all this
time the vicinity of the circus wa
cleared Of spectators, and the side-shows
lost their attractions.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-01-11
A Parrot i'm Law.

There is nothing like good lively
neighborhood quarrel. 1t excites
cheerful spirit of emulation, and adds
incalculable value to the language by
increasing its stock of choice epithets.
1t also encourages a spirit of invention,
as was illustrated recently in feld of
this kind in Detroit, Mich. The battle
was tagging sadly, when one of the bel
ligerents brought parrot into requisi-
ton to keep up the feeling. When the
man of the hostile house passed the
door, the parrot from its position in a
front window made him uncomfortably
conspicuous by shouting. " You thiefr'
and when the woman started for walk
she was informed with the most mortify.
ing publicity that she dyed her hair
This experiment brought matters to q
crisis at once, and the arm of the law
was sought for an injunction upon the
parrot
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-01-11
A Great National Park.

Hon. n. P. Langford, of Montana, the
leader of the famous Yellowstone Elk
petition of last year, is now in Wash
ington, and, in connection with Prof.
Hayden, who had charge Of the govern
ment expedition of this year, is engaged
in promoting the project declaring all
that district including the canon of the
Yellowstone, the hot springs and the
geysers, a government reservation, for
the purpose of holding it forever as a
National Park Copies of the May and
June numb ers OF .Scribner's Monthly, con-
tanning Langford's graphic story of
" The Wonders Of the Yellowstone"
have been furnished to every member
of Congress Prof. Hayden has pre-
pared an article for the February num-
Der of Scribner's in which ne confirms
Langford's account. describes additional
marvels discovered by himself, and
takes strong ground in favor Of the
Park project. Such Park will in time
attract to it crowds of the pleasure
seekers and scientists Of Europe. 1t is
not only remarkable for its scenery, but
in a scientific point of view is said to be
the most marvellous region on the face
of the earth' The Illustrations which
are to appear in the February number q
Scri6ner, are from photographs taken by
the recent expedition.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-01-11
Men Of the Times.

The man, who was brought up for
swearing roundly at the police, has
managed to make it square with them.
The man, who lied till he was black
in the face, has Just shut himself out
from the pale of society.
The man, who inadvertently threw
light on his own bad actions, has com
pletely put himself out about it.
The man, who coined new word the
other day, has been apprehende for
uttering what was false.
The man, who called a spade a spade,
only did so to give dig at his neigh
bors.
The man, whose tongue would run,
has had his mouth stopped by by
stander, who caught him up.
The youth, who would have a will of
his own, has been struck out Of that of
his father.
The man, who lent himself to a de-
ception, now finds that he will have to
stand alone.
The man, who sticks al nothing,
often runs through more than he
ought.
The man, who had too many irons IN
the fire, has just sent in mangled
statement of his affairs.-London Fun,
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-01-11

perceptibly acquired habits TO which ne
had before been strang and spurred
on by past success and the machina-
lions of the crafty, whose aim is to
fleece the green and unwary, placed his
farm in jeopardy for the purpose of
raising money to stake on the result OF
race in which his pet horse was to
contend for the prize and mastery. The
professionals had now got the over-con-
fdent farmer in the precise position
desired, and the result was what they
intended it should be, the defeat Of the
farmers horse and the ruin of its owner.
The animal changed hands and SO did
the farm. 1t was all down hill with the
farmer after this. His family was broken
up and dispersed, while he, reckless
and maddened by disappointment and
remorse, found premature grave"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-01-11
The Memory.

AS general thing, we read too much,
and think about what we read too lit
tie; the consequence is, that most of the
people we meet know something in a
superficial way about almost erything
and very little IN thorough way about
anything. Not tenth part of what is
read is remembered for month after
the book, magazine, or newspaper is
laid aside. Daniel Webster, who had a
rich store of information on almost
every subject of gene al interest, on be-
ing asked 3how he could remember so
accurately, remarked that it had been
his habit for years to reflect short
time on what he read, and so fix al the
facts and. ideas worth remembering in
his mind
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-01-11
Railroad SIGNALS.

One whistle OF the locomotive means
Down brakes;'' two whistles, "Off
brakes = three whistles, Back up )"
continued, danger" A continued
succession of short whistles is the cattle
alarm The conductors signal, given
by asweeping parting of the hands on
a level with the eyes, means Go
ahead.' A downward motion with the
hand, = Stop A reckoning motion,
" To back A lantern raised and low
cred vertically signals starting; swung
at right angles or across the track, to
stop; swung in circle, to back A red
flag waved on the track is signal of
danger hoisted at the station is a sig
nal for stopping stuck up by the road
side is a signal OF danger on the track
ahead carried unfurled on an engine
is signal that another engine or train
is on its way.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-01-11
Chicago Two Thousand Miles at Sea.

1t is possible that some portion of the
wealth of Chicago that melted into
thin air on the 9th of October was seen
again before it reached ultimate disper-
sion. A paper recently read before the
Royal Geological Society of Dublin sta
ted that Capt. Edwards OF the Neptune,
in passage from Quebec to Liverpool,
found his vessel enveloped in the
smoke and ashes, as he believes, Of the
burnt city. His report of the facts GER
tainly indicates plausible occasion for
his beli.E. On the 18th OF October, at
sea, in lat. Acc n, long. $50 W., at about
p. M, wind blowing strong from the
west, he observed dense cloud of fog
aisle on the western horizon, which
gradually came up with and surrounded
the vessel, and so continued until mid
night. From first coming up with the
ship until clearing off, there prevailed
very strong smell of burning wood,
both the captain and crew felt their
eyes much irritated 10y the smoke, and
| the decks were strewn with fine dust.
At the time, the ship was more than
2,0Oe miles from Chicago. The former
owners of frame houses in that city can
therefore have the consolation which
Pat offered to the ship carpenter when
he dropped his hammer overheard
Sure it's not lost, whin ye know where
| II sc
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-01-11
A Grim Joke.

The late Isaac O. Barnes has been the
subject of many good stories, one of
which has not yet found its way into
print. He had been invited TO attend
the funeral of particular friend and
crony, and as the deceased had, at their
last interview specially urged his being
present, he felt in duty bound to res
pond. Arrived at the house of mourn
ing, he found the family assembled in a
very small and uncomfortable room, in
the middle of which stood the coffin,
that all might take last look at the
face of the departed. The service was
concluded by two clergymen, friends of
the family, who, with their long prayers
and exducted remarks" consumed
nearly two hours, during which Mr..
Barnes suffered untold agony of sus-
pense and jmpatience. Hardly had the
second minister pronounced his
amen," when Barnes, in his we'll
known squeaky voice, turning to the
person sitting nearest, said: -l9tca
"Did you know Kid ?" asa8l4
"Yes, SIR" said the man addressed.
in low voice.
GOOD fellow, wasn't he ?" continued
Barnes.
Yes, sir" still in suppressed
tone.
And he was mighty smart one,
too" sqeaked Barnes.
" Very smart" continued the other,
as the company present began to look
in that direction.
" Yes, he was" piped Barnes, still
louder, with one Of his expressive ex,
pletives, land if he'd have had the
running of this funeral he'd have
been under ground an hour and half
ago 7
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-01-11
Interesting TO Eau COnfederates.

According to an exchange, the Su-
preme Court OF Texas has lately made
a decision which reopens all the estates
in that State that were settled ON
Confederate money basis, and makes
the legal representatives and their sure
ties responsible for the value of the
property thus sold The decision was
based on the following facts: An add
ministrator during the war obtained an
order from the Probate Court to sell the
assets of his intestate for cash. Under
such orders he made sales for Confed-
crate money, which he paid to such
creditors as would receive it. After the
war closed the Probate Court permitted
him TO resign his trust and settle his
accounts on Confederate money returas
and vouchers The Supreme Court de-
cided that the Probate Courts order
and judgment was not only erroneous,
but null and void, and that the admin
istrator would be held liable in legal
tender for the value OF the property
sold, and thai the creditors coulu revive
their claims, so paiG In Confederate
money, against the estate
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-01-11
The Illinois LeYee.

The Hannibal Courier states that con-
siderable progress has been made in the
preparations for constructing leVee,
commencing at point seven or eight
miles above Hannibal, upon the Illinois
side, and following the river bank to
distance of over 81 miles from the place
of beginning great enterprise,
when completed, will reclaim for agri.
cultural purposes over 100000 acres OF
land now rendered almost useless by
reason of the annual overflow of the
Mississippi river. 1t is proposed to con-
struct this leyee high enough to exclude
the water from the river in a rise even
as high as that in 1S5l-the highest Of
which there is any record. The land to
be thus reclaimed is probably not worth,
in its present condition, over S. per
acre, upon an average. But reclaimed
and devoted to agricultural purposes
it will be almost impossible to overesti-
mate its value, since its fertility is mex
haustible, and its productiveness almost
unequalled by any tract of soil of equal
extent, upon the continent. Fifty dol
lars per acre would be a very low esti-
mate for an average price, while 800 or
even 800 per acre for those portions
located near the market centers would
not appear an extravaganza estimate.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-01-11


Brussels, in reference to the execu tons
at Versailles, remarks: "All the blood
that flows on NJ. Theirs flannel waist
coat will not make purple mantle of
it,
A MEMBER Of the Liverpool Stock
Exchange recently threw a quantity of
waste paper into the fire, and with it
FL 900. As the notes were not numbered
he will have to bear the entire loss.
A NUMBER of English Unitarians, as
sembled in solemn conclave, recently
passed resolution declaring that
" This meeting does not believe in the
doctrine Of an endless hell, as Taught
in the shorter catechism,"
Persons DESTROYS Of procuring verita-
BILE z Chateaur en- Espagne'' are notified
that the Empress Eugene is offering
for sale several lots of such property,
including the chateau Of Arteaga, said
THE Prince of Wales and some other
members of the Royal family of Great
Britain recently visited Reading, and
were fright royalty" feasted by the
Mayor and Corporation. The bill
amounted to 5000, which was taken
from the borou Oh rate; but the good
people Of the town have decided to call
a mass meeting with view to action
being taken in the Court of Queens
Bench to compel the corporation to re
fund to the rate-payers the sum Of
$4,000.
AT libel case in England, the plain
tiff, married woman, in order to prove
that the libel had inflicted upon her
special pecuniary damage, stated in her
declaration that by reason of it she had
lost the benefit of 9 entertainment at
the house of friends" To this it was
demurred that the loss, if any, arising
from this cause was the husbands loss
and not the wife's, since upon him as
legally bound to support the wife the
additional expense caused by the Gloss
of the entertainment fell. The Judges,
however, ruled that it must be assumed
that the friends whose hospitality the
plaintiff had lost were in the habit of
entertaing her in a more sumptuous
manner than she was accustomed to at
home" and that she had thus sustained
a personal damage in the loss of these
invitations.
AMONG the many sinecures under the
British government is one which is con
nected with journalism. This is the
editorship of the London Gazette, 6
semi-weekly paper which las been fol
two hundred years the official organ fol
all legal advertising. but contains ne
news nor editorial matter. For many
years past the salary attached to this
nominal s'editorship'' has been $500 (ol
$4,000 a year. Two years age, on the
death Of the incumbent, Mr.. Lowe, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer wanted
to abolish this Office, but was opposed
by Mr.. Gladstone, who held that it wa.
both right and expedient to reserve il
as some way Of rewarding gentlemen
connected with the press who have
rendered important service to the
government. The decision of the min
istry was to retain the Office, and the
moment this was known about two
hundred candidates, ali connected with
literature or the press, competed fo
the vacant post. 1t was finally given t.
Mr.. Thos. Walker, late editor of tn,
Daily Nesos, and staunch supporter 0
liberal principles The appointment j
for life.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-01-11
Winter Som.

f1sz-=szz =sssssf- :
FROM THE GERMAN OF KKUsfN oH ER.
How silent thou dost lie,
In thy pale drapery.
Dear mother Earth
Where is thy spring tide song?
Thy summers feathered throng? II EYg-A e
Thy fowery robe for feast ndsmirth?s III
&NsA.s&Es&4 - w ~ Is
Thou slumberest in strange weed;
No woody flock doth feed
On slope or meadow there.
The sweet birds al are dumb,
flushed is the bees low hum; at q
Yet cen in winter thou art fair.
Each branch. each twig doth simmer,
A thousand lights do glimmer
Where er mine aye is turned. = = -
Who hath prepared thy bed 4? sfs-a = -
Who thy white covering spread
Thee with hoar- frost so fair adorned
The Father good, above,
Thy fair white garment wove,
He slumbers not nor sleeps.
Thou peaceful slumber take; gT
He will the weary wake,-
New strength, new light for thee he keeps.
Thou. when mild spring Shall blow,
Wilt rise all young. / know. E4seA 81
To life more wondrous fair.
He'll breathe from heaven upon thee,
Then. then thou wilt adorn thee.
With sweet chaplet in thy hair.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-01-11
Ckudren,s Arms.

A distinguished Paris physician says:
az believe that, during the twenty years
/ have practieed my profession, twenty
thousand children have been carried to
the cemeteries, a sacrifice to the absurd
custom of exposing their arms. Put
the bulb of a thermometer into a
baby's mouth, and the mercury rises to
ninety degrees Now carry the same
to its little hand; if the arm be bare,
snd the evening cool, the mercury will
sink to fifty degrees. Of course all the
blood that flows through these arms
must fall from ten to forty degrees be-
low the temperature Of the heart. Need
say, when these currents Of the blood
flow back to the chest, the child's vital.
ty must b. more or less compromised9
And need add that wrought not to be
surprised at its frequent recurring af-
fections of the tongue, throat, or. stom-
ach? have seen more than one child,
with habituL cough or hoarseness,
entirely relieved by simply keeping the
hands and arms warm tti =
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-01-11
A Florida Railroad.

A Northampton lady who recently
went to St. Augustine, Florida, writes
back that the hardest part Of her jour-
ney YVES the last fifteen miles before
reaching st. Augustine. They cut the
wood as they wept through the woods,
and w&tered the engine by dipping up
the water in buckets on the roadside
when they got UP steam enough to get
off, the same hands ran on before to
sprinkle sand On the wooden rails, in
order to travel the distance of fifteen
miles in four Snd half hours. She
says she was thoroughly provoked, as
the road was Ruilt by {. Connecticut
Yankee and run by hin--Fatts6urgh
Chronicle.