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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-04-18

DR.. Hibbard, a lecturer ON
Physiology, stopped in the mid
die Of lecture he was recently
delivering in Montreal, utterly
unable to remember what he
was about to say. He was ta-
ken to his room, but did not
recognize his friends, ,noteven his
wife, who was Immediately sent
for; he seemed to have lost his
memory entirely, did not know
where he was, did not know
his name, and was supposed to
have softening of the brain,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-04-18

At an inquest upon the body
of Matte Morton, in Barling-
ton, VT, the evidence proved
conclusive that the girl came to
her death by eating arsenic to
beautify her complexion. She
had been in the habit of eating
cloves, pickles, chalk, etc., for
the same purpose, and having
seen In a newspaper that some
ladies in the old countries ate
arsenic to whiten their skin,
she took some of the poison for
that purpose, and with fatal re-
suits.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-04-18

A lifetime convict in the In
diana State Prison by the name
of Karver, received word that
his wife had procured divorce
and was about to wed another.
He was so detected over thenews
that be procured a piece of rope
and hung himselfin his cell, but
was discovered and cut down
before life was extinct.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-04-18
Just Retribution.

A Connecticut lady writing
from South Carolina to the Mar
fork Gttzette, speaking of South
ern society, tells the following
horrible story: :
"As you look at Southern
lady, there seems to be a sort
of easy, stolid indifference
about her, and let this be once
aroused, and only once thwart-
ed, and it changes into the most
abominable obstinacy' that will
take a great deal to overcome.
Some of their war memories are
sadly touching indeed, and
however righteous the cause of
the successul army may have
been, there were many things
done in the heat of war that its
supporters in the North would
not tcountenance. On one occa-
sion a seetionof the Northern ar
my was quartered near q village,
into which three of the officers
went to make larrangements a.
bout food being supplied to the
soldiers. They went iaso one
home where lived, an old man
seventy years Of age, and one
daughter serving as a compan-
ION. One Of the officers talked
gruff1y tothe old man for a time,
when the daughter hearing vol
ces, came into the room. The
officer turned to look at her.
She was beautiful in person, but
she cast a glance of contempt
upon him. He was unpleas-
antly reminded that she and
her sex were a great deal the him
drance to his cause. He took
his riding whip, his horse was
hitched at the gate, and gave
her two heavy strokes. She
had on an elegant breakfast
dress, and it at once showed the
scarlet line Of blood the whip had
brought 10 the surface. The
old man aooked him steadily in
the face andsaid, with a quiyer-
ing voice, Young man, may
the curse sof God rest upon
you" The officer with his COM
panion hurried ontof the, house,
unheeding the invoked curse;
he unhitched his horse, put his
foot in the stirrup, and attempt
ed to mount. In raising his
foot he had ierked the trigger
of a pistol he always carried
in his belt.aa 1t discharged it's
contentsinto bis abdomen and
chest, and he dIed Instantly
His comrades laid his BODY on
the back of his restive horse
and - commenced their lonely
LEAD march, back to the camp"
Such a scoundrel was unwor-
thy a soldiers burial. His car
cass hould have been thrown to
the hogs = -.r, s.s-sa =. zesl
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-04-18

An unsophisticated youth of
Rockville presented his girl on
her birthday with a pair of those
new.fangfed metallic carriers,
thinking them TO be the latest
style of bracelets, and requested
her to FRY them on" He was
next seen flying from the house
with a broom stick Id close prox.
unity to his coat tails.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-04-18
Mrs. II. Fisher. Of Leebanan

Mrs. Fl. Fisher, of Leebanau
county, Mich, recently com
mened asuit against a local liquor
dealer, but on the day &C trial she
was unable TO find her attorney.
She accordingly stepped into the
court herself, demanded that de-
fendant contribute S25 to the
poor fund, pay costs Of the suit,
stop the sale of liquor, and give
the plaintiffs attorney SO. A
she had the law on her side, and
any number of WITNESSES, the de-
fendant found it convenient to
comply, and Mrs. Fisher went
away proudly with her $40 fee,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-04-18

A CURIOUS SUIT.-In Pitts
burg a breach of promise suit
has been commenced, possess
ing some singular features.
Mary Gilmore, the complainant,
alleges that J yoiin 7. Corbett, of
that city, last year, happened by
chance to see ber photograph,
aud SO admired it that, though
he had no acquaintance with
b .r, he declared heIwould msrry
her. She was then living in.
Ireland, but SO enamored was
John of her nphoto, z that he
sent over money to bring her
out here. When she arrived he
professed to believe that she did
not justify the charms. of the
photograph and declined matri-
mony. Hence the snit.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-04-18

Daniel Webster once said:-
"I well remember a marked diff
ference between those of my
school mates who had, and
those who had not, access to
newspapers. Other things be-
being equal, the first were al
ways superior to the latter i'll
debate, composition and geLer-
al intelligence"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-04-18

Billy, a California teamsier,
says of the swearing powers of a
fellow teamster: 1--we known a
ten mule team to renounee the
flesh and haul thirty-one thousand
through a foot of clay mud under
one Of his out-pourings.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-04-18

4 girl in st. Louis, Mo-, who
was Studying law and intended
to practice, was asked by an en-
yiOus lawyer if she was not a
fraid of losing her reputation.
She replied, that it never oc-
cured to her that lawyers had
generally anyreputationto lose.
The CONVERSATION was here ter
minated.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-04-18

The. following is the direc-
-tion on an envelope of a letter
received by a blacksmith at
Derby, Ind, few days ago;
To Wm. H. Harding. the pug nose scrub.
Whose wife is named Susanah, r
He is pounding iron for his grub,
In Derby, Indiana.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-04-18

A Dubuque woman who
claimed that a married man In
Omaha was her husband, with
drew her claim in favor of wife
No. 2 in consideration of 500.
and went home.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-04-18
Ecoentricities OF Goa
gressuen. .
Goa

A constituency, which sends -
bufoon to Congress, deliberately
and with knowledge, does a most
thoughtless, disgusting and hurt
ful act. II was very funny to see
. and hear Mullehe, OF Tennessee,
get up and bawl out: sinister
Speaker, want a piat of order
just here" or to hear him.. speal >
ing OF an Arkansas member, who
had been killed. by Ku Klux, as
he did speak in my hearing about
the late Mr.. Hines, in the most
lsorrowful and bewailing manner:
l"Mr. Speaker, be has gone down
to bis last grave, wrapped up in
the peaceful sohloquyot bis blood"
1t may be funny for the boys in
the gallery to see member put
his big dirty boots upon his desk,-
slide down in, his chair until be-
sits on a spot between the small
of bis back and his neck, and go.
to sleep and snore during the pro-
ceedings of the House, as an II
linois member used to do in the
FOrty-frst Congress. Perhaps it
was amusing to the colored gallery
to see a member get to bis feet by
the strongest effort and the help
of his neighbor, so drunk that he
could not stand, and insist upon
quarrelIing in an incoherent man
ner with the Speaker, until his.
voice was drowned by the deafenr
ing sounds of the mallet. This
exhibition was given about a year
ago by Pennsylvania, who Is
still member of the House.
Perhaps the sight of three or
four members, during a session,
stretched out at full length upon
the sofas in the space back of the
circle of seats, all sweating like
bulls nose in winter, is an inspir-
ing view froEa the reporters gal-!-
lery. Perhaps it looks we'll 10
see a Congressman squirting to-
baccO juice, in quantities, ranging
from a teaspoonful to a quart,
all over the snow white marble of
the stairway, and besnearing cost
ly carpets. 1t may be one of the.
for a down east Sena-
tor to smoke five cent cigar in q
hundred thousand dollar room, as
| have seen Hamlin do in the upz5
squalled and superb marble room
of the Senate. And it may be
he right thing to do for two MEM
oers of the present House, who
pay about twenty or thirty dol
srs month for board in The
nash houses, to bring lunch Of
some kind at q certain hour of
he day, go into the room marked
exclusively for members" and
,at their luncheons in happiness.
may say, however, that this
room, notW hithstanding IFS char.
acter, is tie clearest, brightest
md purest room in the Capitol.
Jut submit that it is hardly the
place to. eat greasy ndwich.
The things | have described may
'e funny, amusing and laugha-
Die TO the witIess herd who 20.
through life for no other purpose
han TO find things to laugh at, for
uch Congressman rs / have ailu-
led TO are positive injury to any
district. They have no mArence
lere, and no acquaintance; they
one here with the same narrow
lotions they had at home, serve
ut their term, draw their pay,
heir miIage and stationary, and
% home to their same cramped
phere.-CinciRnatj C6nmerctai.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-04-18

In Detroit a f W mornings ago, a
colored man named Ferguson at
tempted to kindle some Goals in
his stove with kerosene oil, The
latter atonce exploded, and aFer-
guson, a hoy of his, and a woman
named Mary Mowan, were all
covered with the burning sub
stance, and burned SO badly that
they could not live.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-04-18

a little colered female a few
days since snatched her play
mate to the ground and secured
the black from his proboscis
with brickbat.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-04-18

a Wisconsin editor speaks
of a wind which "just sat on
its hind legs and howled.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-27
Personal Intelligence.


United States Senator william A. Buckingham, OF
Connecticut. Is at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
]. Hanscom. Chief Of the Naval Bureau at Wash-
ingt0n, is at The st. Nicholas Hotel.
Amos A. Lawrence. OF Boston, Is sojournng at tho
Albemarlo Hotel.
Colonel Stanley G. whiting OF the British Army.
Is quartered at the Grand Central Hotel.
General O. A. Whittier, Of Boston, Is stopping at
the Holman House.
Admiral q. S. B0ggs, Of the United States Navy;
has taken quarters at the Glenham Hotel.
Colonel George W. Riddle Of Manchester Eng.
land, is domiciled at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
Captain .. G. Cabel of Alabama has arrived O.
the St. James Hotel.
Captain R. B. Lowry. of the United States Navy, IL
temporarily residing al the Everett House.
Judge J. L. Henry Of North Carolina, is among
the soj0urners at the ST. Nicholas Hotel
Colonel James McQuade OF Governor Hoffman's
stan, s again at the Gilsey House.
Judge Luke P. Poland, ex United States Senator.
and at present member Of Congress from Vermont,
was at the Grand Central Hotel yesterday.
Judge Hartwell, Of oregon, is among the sojourn.
erH at Earle'S Hotel.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-27
TRIPLE SH E E T
New York, Tuesday, February 20, 1872.
CONTENTS OF TO-DAY,s HERALD.

PAGE. ~0~"~>'>-"-~>'0>>-"0>~~
1-Advertsements.
2-AdverllsemenIs,
S-WashingtOn: The Alabama claims and Fisk's
hepy to Granville; the Quaker Gum Resou.
zion IN the Senate; Frelinghuysen's PlteOus
Appeal to Have That Blank Charge Drawn;
Nye Annihilatlng the "Liberals;" the House
raises n Resolution 10 Inquire Into the sales;
HERALD's Erie Bombshell Falling at Albany;
Goulds Hosts Completely Routed; the Class-
ncation Act Doomed O'Brien's Bill Causing a
Mooted.
4-Pennsyvania: The Political Feuds OF the Politi-
cal Factions; Cameron and Mcclure; How
United States Senators and state Senators Are
Little "onsess IN p6sdephia OBJ
the Presidential Election; Grant and Forney;
Review OF the Political sl.uation-Politlcai
Movements and Vtews-YachtinQ Notes.-The
Seamen's Retreat: legislative Investigation
Into the Alleged Abuses OF the Institution
The End Of a Joke.
5-Mayor Hall: Opening Proceedings in the Trial
Of Mayor Hall for Alleged Neglect oil Offcial
Duly: The Pubic Excitement; Great Array Of
Counsel on Both. Sides; Only Three Jurors
3D5a a up 10 the Time E q IN ~;
Claims Against the City and as Sinecurist;
The Trial to be Resumed This Mornng-Pro-
Ceedings IN the New York and Brooklyn
COurrs-Probable Murder OF Policeman: The
Roughs OF the Nineteenth Ward on Their
Muscle-Ihe Swinding Sirens Again-Rapid
Transit
e-Edtlorials 1.-THE Discouraged Democracy and
Their Presidential Emoarrassments-Amuse
ment Announcements.
9-MexlcO: Herald Special Reports from Matamor-
as and Brownsville Military Report OF the Op-
erations In and Around sab Luis-News from
Belgium, France, Spain, Germany and Eng
land-MlscellaneOus Teegrams-The Cam.
paign In New Hampshire-W Gather Reports
Mr.. Dexter HAWKINS and the st. Vincent's
HospItal-Busness Notices.
S-The Snow BlOckade: Twenty-eight Days
from san Francisco to Chicago: Travel Re.
sumed on the Union Pacific Rallroad-Mun
cipal Affalrs-Financlal and Commercial Re-
ports: Decline in sterling Exchange; Stocks
Up. Gold Down and Money Easier; A New
Pool In Northwestern; The New Loan OF the
Ctty-Tne Quarantine Investigation: DR.. Car.
nOchan Sustained and ApprOved-The Judi
ciarv notwithstanding County Municipal
Afiars-AnOtber Suicde-Crushed to Death
BY Ran Car-Death Of q Distinguished Jersey
Dame
0-Pugilism-Marriage and Deaths-Advertise.
ments.
1O-A Clerical Scandal: A Baltimore Clergyman
Charged with Seducing several Religious
PupIls Proof OF Guilt and Flight OF the Ac-
cused-The Newark Goal Case Railroad Re-
formers-The KHAN Frear Election Contest
The Tammany SOclety-Grand Temperance
Movements: Meeting OF the Catholic Total Alb
stinence Union Of America at Baltimore
Obituary-Pub.ic School Teachers Ass0cia-
ton European Markets-Shpping Intelli
observation-disclosures
11.Advertsements
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-27
Rumored Now Proposition for a Settle
ment Of the Alabama Claims.

Rumored New Proposition for a Settle
ment Of tho Alabama Claims.
There is rumor in Washington that our
government would be prepared to accept q
settlement of the Alabama claims by the pay
ment by England of round sum of fifty mil
lions Of dollars. It is said, too, that banking
house has been authorized to make the propo-
sition. This seems to be 2 peculiar way Of
reaching settlement. Still, If the statesmen
and diplomatists fail in the object and there
be deadlock among them, some indirect plan
of overcoming the difficulty might be adopted.
The payment of round sum, II the amount
could be agreed upon as final settlement,
would relieve both governments from the
present embarrassing situation and might dis
pense with the Geneva arbitration entirely.
It would be, perhaps, the best solution, if not
the only one, under all the circumstances.
But the proposition should come from Eng
land, as she has protested against the treaty.
or our Interpretation of 1t as it now stands.
We are prepared to abide by it and the
decision Of the Geneva arbitrators under it,
and therefore have really nothing new to pro-
pose. If, however, England wishes to get out
of the difficulty she has placed herself in, and
would in friendly way propose other terms
of settlement, our government might listen to
them.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-27
he Legitimists In Antwerp-Great IN
Growing Confusion.

UrOWln8 COnIuSlOns
Our news from Antwerp makes no more
mention of the Congress of dethroned mon
archs. The Count de Chambord seems to be
the only person in the town who commands
any attention. What the Count intends to do
or expects to do, whether he is making any
real progress, whether he is or is not likely to
make a descent on France, are questions
which we have no means Of answering. 1t is
a funny thing all through, this Antwerp bust
ness; but the funniest thing in the whole affair
is that the big, fat fellow is inspiring the Bel
CLAN authorities with fear. Great excitement,
it is said, prevails in the city. The gen.
darmes have actually found it necessary to
charge upon and dispense the crowds. Seve-
raj persons have been wounded. The citi-
zens, who are arming themselves with all
sorts Of weapons, are determined to expel the
strangers, and the authorities, apprehensive
of serious disturbances, are making extensive
preparations to suppress rioting. Although
there is but small chance that his legitimist
friends will carry Henry the Fifth in triumph
from Antwerp to Paris, 1t is not at all impos-
sible that this whole affair, very ridiculous in
ITSELF may lead to some important results
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-27
euuAroas PAIun MoGowAu. D1cKrEsos

onHAroRs PALMER, MCGOWAN, DIoKNsOu
And CHARLES II. ADAMS bear good reputatisns-
Let not ono Of them sully his good name BIZ
voting against the repeal of the Erie Classic
cation act. There is no argument to be used
against 1t, and the recent bribery disclosures
show that Gould, Lane and their associates
dread Its passage more than anything else;
and are prepared to pay literally out of the
stockholders treasury for its defeat. These
three Senators cannot afford to vote for con-
victed bribers.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-27

THE WINTER EAST AND WEsT.-This winter,
east of the Mississippi to the Atlantic coast,
has been remarkable for its comparatively
light snowfall, while west of the Mississippi to
the Serras Nevada, the eastern bordering
mountains Of California, the season has been
as remarkable for its unusually heavy snow
fall, and throughout California for its delugiDg
rains. 1t is probable, however, that our de-
flcency in snow and rain for the winter will
be more than supplied in the spring and the
summer, while from the great Plains to the
Pacific their winters supply this time will
carry the farmers and the miners nicely
through their dxy asseQp,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-27

SPECIAL DISPATCHES FROM MEXICO. The
HERALD special correspondent in Matamoros,
Mexico, reports by telegraph the news
despatch which we publish to-day. 1t is
dated on the 23d inst The aspect of affairs
had not altered very materially. The military
operations at and near San Luis Potosi were
exceedingly active and the opposing forces
becoming still more concentrated and numer-
GUS. II was conceded pretty generally
that the fate of the republic would be
decided by the men in arms within brief
period of time. The revolutonsts did not
credit the report of Diaz's death. American
commerce on the border was making more
decisive efforts to free itself from the conse-
quences of the Irregularities which prevail in
the Mexican Custom louise system.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-27

SENATORS Cook, JARVIS LORD, JoHNsoS,
HARDENBURGH AND HENRY G. MURPHY are
democrats. Can they afford, on principle, to
vote against bill that simply gives the stock
holders of corporation the right to choose
their own directors by fair election instead Of
being ruled by an oligarchy? Can they afford
to desert Senator O'Brien, democrat like
themselves, on such an issue?
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-27

SENATOR SAMUEL s. LowERY was Assembly
man in 1870. This will be enough to put
Gould and Lane on his track with their
"vouchers" We shall see by his vote on the
have been successful in finding him.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-27

SEcTARIAN APPRoPRIATIoNs-THE COMING
STRUGGLE AT ALBANY.-From the late pro-
ceedngs of the Union League Club reformers,
including their very interesting statistics of
tartan appropriations from our State and city
treasures for several years past and their
resolutions on the subject, and from the active
movements, views and purposes on this branch
of reform Of Mr.. Dexter A. Hawkins, as given
in the HERALD, our lawmakers at Albany
will have to face the music on this i'm
portant question. The subject is broad,
important and exciting one, and when
preached in the Legislature we shall perhaps
have a discussion which will carry the con-
troversy into the Presidential canvass. Very
well; let our Legislative Solons, when called to
meet it, dispassionately endeavor to settle the
question according to ''tbe supreme law of the
land" and there will be no trouble about it.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-27

Tho Theatres Ii the Lestsn Seassas
Sackcloth and ashes, those traditional en-
blems Of the penitential season Of Lent, are
not considered as having any affinity with the
glitter and glare Of the footlights, and there
fore managers have always been accustomed
TO take reef in their financial sails at the
close OF the gay carnival season, and prepare
for rough weather during the forty days that
separate them from the still gayer Easter holt
days. But change has taken place, in fact,
this extraordinary season of music, and the
drama has been so revolutionary in its character
that 1t has obliterated many of the distin-
gushing features Of its predecessors. Lent
has come, and the managers, to their surprise
and delight, find no change in the public mind
toward them. The same crowds flock to Wal
lacks, to the inimitable performances of ''The
Veteran" as they did when they were allowed
their full complement of meals per day.
"Julius Cesar" at Booths, has experienced a
greater loss in the departure of its
Cassius than from any undue ascetic
feelings on the part of its patrons.
The admirers Of the Fifth Avenue do not
seem to be divorced from their allegiance by
abstinence from flesh meat; pantomime
gathers as many laughing followers under the
folds of its banner at the Olympic as if there
were no extra prayer meetings in question,
and the goat and snake at Niblo's still hold
brilliant receptions. Even the remarkable
feat of the Fabbri German Opera Company, in
oiviny o;rht rarforvc n noon IN opo wook at tho
Grand Opera House "a very dangerous expe-
riment, calculated to render every member Of
the company voiceless), met with fair share
of public attention. The prospects Of novelties
during the season Of Lent are very encourag-
ing, as the managers are emboldened by the
liberality of the public. In the musical line
the principal attraction will be the farewell
engagement of Mile. Christine Nilsson, at the
Academy of Music, which commences next
week. Although the disappointment of the
numerous admirers of the Swedish Night
ingale at not being afforded an opportunity
of witnessing her grandest impersona-
ton, the role of Ophelia, in Hamlet, "
is intense, yet all are DESTROYS to make her
farewell as brilliant as her debut. She will
appear in the roles of Mignon, Leonora, Mar
tina, Marguerite, violetta and Lucia, which
delighted the New York public for forty nights
during the fall and winter season. AS the
management announces that the days of opera
''spasms" are past, and that the institution of
Italian opera has been rescued and endowed
with vitality, we may expect mise en- scene,
appointments and ensemble in the operas in
which Mile. Nilsson appears far surprising
those which marked the presentation of these
operas last fall. This will be welcome feast
during Lent, and will whet the appetite Of
opera goers for the epicurean table set for
them in the Academy of Music on Easter
Monday, when Madame Parepa- Rosa, Miss
Adelaide Phillips, Herr Wachtel and Mr..
Santley appear in Italian Opera.