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Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-07-01
1exaS-1t8 ADVANTAGES,

The Presa Of Saturday. contains a letter from
Co.. J. W. Forney, now in Texas, from which
We clip the following
"Texas has the advantage for affording peren.
ial pas.urAye without taxing the farmer with
tho heavy labor aud expense uf pre.
paring food in the summer for his cattle and
sheep and then dealing It out to them IN winter
Tue right Ot pasturdge In the Western States
has to Oe paid Tor, while In Texas 1t is Tree to
oil. 1t need not surprise our Manchester friend
to hear that, during our recent loHr in Texas,
We calae in contact with inany meu, now pus-
sesIlny immense properties aud h,:inx hign
social posllions, who,not many years ago,arriv.d
in lhsl State without a single dollar, Their
lsbvr was their only capital, and in the Lone
SAr STATE it is the best foundation OF wealLl.-
Here is one of n hundred examples Of a ,oor
man becoming rich without 4 copper. Twenty.
five years ago an lrishman engaged with a
STOCK raiser. There was NO money 70 be given.
but he was TO be boarded aud found in every.
thing, aud IN the place of Wages he was 10
receive one COW and calf each month. Now
be u worth $lOO,OVO iu cash, and sends to mar
ket each year from fifteen to twenty thousand
head of cattle. Many poor saiIo., tired ot the
psrlis Of the deep, has AIKEN refuge in Texas,
and by energy aud perseverance has climbed to
the tOpmost round Of the ladder. Here Is one,
who was formerly man before the mast, WIN
hss now SIX steamers on the RIO Grande, ~, 900
head of.caltie, 25,OU0 head Of horse stock II UUO
sheep, aud l5O,OuO acres Of land, and last year
invested $29,OOO in tue jackson aud New Or.
leans Railroad. Horace Greeley paid Texas q
visit The last Week i'll May of last year, and
christened it the Land of Promise Ate,
describing the richLess OF the soil and the easy
Conditions upon which it may be ohtained, he
says: As yet the mineral wealth of Texas sleeps
undislurbed and Useless. She has iron enough
to divide the earth by railroads into squares leu
miles across, but no ton OF it Was ever srneited
Tue has at least five thousand square miles o
coal (probably much more), but no ton of il wa.
ever dug for sale.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-07-01
Twenty American tourists are workin
their passage up the Rhine In small boats

Twenty American tourists are working
their passage up the Rhine In small boats.
Que Of James Gordon Benefits queer fan
des wasan immense bird cage filled with lare
buds IRON every section Ut The globe.
When couple Of young people, stroagly
attached u each other, coulIltnce to ca,
onlons. 1t Is safe to pronounce them engaged
The Shah Ut Persia's visit to England will
have reference u an intentional cOmmunica.
tl"n scheme enabling the traveller to 90 trual
London to ludia without change Of Carriage.
Mrs. Matilda Heron is preparing history
OF her life, aud particularly thai portion Of il
[elatlnR " her marriage with Mr.. Byrne, vi
Cslllornia, whose will she Is about to contest
i, A South Carolina paper says. IF Raphael
Smues ana braxtOn Bragg can vote for Mr.
SSfeeley. We can not we'll perceive how any
southern man can see any in,uperable objec-
uon to doug the same thing
Lord Lytlon, now just sixty. seven wears
old, lives IN almost coulplete retirement, look.
inx after his health He stOops, il exceedingly
deal, aud has altogether u Strange look oi
antiquity. His only son. "Owen Meredith, y
now il mlddie.aged man, is iu the diplomatic
service. lie is very like his father.
FEMALE education Is making rapid head
way III Europe. A st. Petersburg correspond
slt q t9e Augsburg Gasstts says that likely
several RUSSIAN ladies, widows and Unmarried
nave come TO the University OF Zurich TO de-
vote themselves to the study of uiedicine and
!ne sciences. The authorities of the Univers-
My having previously denied admission to
otner Russian ladies who were not able Ia
present the necessary certificate of capacity
sus naies who have now applied had the pru.
seace " OBTAIN beforehand from duly quail
hy.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-07-01
AsrERopE.

o.. .r.sa leaves rustic in the breeze. the Summer
sun 10 low.
,r;,k crimson and with amethyst. the sky is all
agiow;
rhs pash Of oars comes from the lake. the black :
bird on the thorn
s;os, songs Of love to cheer his mate. And on the
south wind borne.
rh.,s comes sound of tinkling bells from yondcr
hillside f,ld.
What time the sunset cleaning. tips the clover buds
with gold;
rh. lark grows still, his clarion shri ceases. and
to bis nest
Down drops he eagerly to join his brown mate on
her most.
Oh. sir like balm Oh. Silly calm! Oh. peaceful
Summer night
There Is not in the long June days hour 20 sweet
and bright.
A, whsu the eve begins with dow the flower cups to
Gil.
And lilies Hoat upon the moat. and yond the pine
clad bill.
Arissth up the evening star. with silver lamp on
high.
And planning ssphyrs through the leaves of river
poplars sigh;
When from her cough Asterope comes forth. a dark
brown queen,
And draws her purple star strewn veil across the
peaceful scene
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-04-25
The TichbOrne Case.

The claimant in the Tichborne case,
now in prison on the charge of perjury,
stillinsists upon the justice of his claims,
and promises to call two hundred ad-
ditional witnesses in his behalfif money
should be forthcoming to pay the ex-
penses of new trial. He has appealed
to the public to subscribe to fund to
enable him to prosecute his case, and to
secure his release from Newgate upon
bail. Though there are few intelligent
persons who are not fully convinced that
the claimant is an impostor, and though
no more Tichborne bonds" can be
sold at any price, it is not impossible
that money will be subscribed in order
to insure the reproduction of aspectacle
SO interesting as the Tichborne case has
proved to be. 1t is indeed improbable
that any large sum will thus be raised,
but if those who still believe in the
claimants case, those who still believe
in the claimants case, those who do not
think he was treated precisely fairly by
the presiding Judge, and those who
would like the amusement of another
trial, should subscribe to the new fund,
the claimant may yet be able to appear
once more as plaintiff i9 court.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-04-25
The War Department Investigation.

Mr.. Williams, of Indiana, Chairman
of the Committee on Expenditures in
the War Department, has made a re-
port, with the testimony taken, on the
investigation into the sale of arms and
ordnance stores during the Franco
Prussian war. The committee reports
the following conclusions
l. That the act of Congress of j uly
20, 1867, authorizing the sale of insult
able arms, gave, by fair Interpretation
of its letter and spirit, full authority to
the Secretary of War to sell and dispose
of the arms and ordnance stores in ques-
ton, and that in doing so he violated
neither the letter nor the spirit of the
law.
2. That the proceeds of the sale were
promptly paid into the treasury.
3. That no sales were made to any
known agent of either of the belligerent
governments, and that no act was done
by the Secretary of War or any OF his
subordinates, that was calculated to i'm
pair or violate any international obliga-
ton.
4. That no official of the United
States Government was pecuniarily ben
Gifted in connection with the sales.
3. That the only party benefited was
the government of the United States,
in having disposed of unsuitable arms
ct the highest market price to the
amount of nearly $10,000,O00.
AN editor says that the only reason
he knows of why his house was not
blown away the other day during 8
severe gale was because there was 8
heavy mortgage upon it.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-04-25
A Soap Mine.
From the Pueblo On. ND chieftain.

From the Pueblo IN. NIL Chleftain.
The other day one of our prominent
citizens rode up the mountain three or
four miles on prospecting tour, and at
a certain point near the banks of the
stream noticed some rocks of peculiar
formation. Instigated by curiosity SO
fatal on a certain momentous occasion
to old mother Eve, he broke off piece,
and taking it to the creek plunged it
into the water for the purpose of ascer-
tanning its consistency and grain. Upon
taking it out of his hands, what was his
surprise to see a lather formed, and with
a vigorous rubbing the stone proved to
have saponaceous qualities, in fact pos
sessing all cleansing virtues of the most
excellent soap. Greatly surprised, not
little mystified with the profound con-
viction, withal, that he had found big
thing, our discoverer hastily gathered
up few specimens and brought the
same to the drug store of DR.. P. R.
Thumbs, where it is now on exhibition
and can be tested by the curious. The
stone is of dun color, about the hard
ness of chalk, and forms a perfect
lather, while it effectually removes all
stains and grease spots from clothing.
We have tried the soap personally, and
must pronounce it a success. After
bathing it leaves the skin as soft and
smooth as that of q newborn babe,
while the odor is quite pleasant. 1t is
certainly a remarkable discovery, and
the only query now is, "What next ?''
A country that can produce mountains
of gold and silver, narrow gauge mules.
tarantulas, hea-bitten dogs, and mines
of soap to wash the whole with, must
be capable of producing almost any
wonder
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-04-25
TERRIBLE BOILER EXPLOSION.
The steamer Oceanus Blown into FraG-
and Crew Killed or Drowned.

and Crew Killed or Drowned.
The steamer Oceanus. from Red river
to st. Louis, when near Brooks Point,
thirty miles above Cairo. at a. m. on
Wednesday, April 10, exploded her
boiler: blowing the upper works almost
entirely away, Immediately after which
the wreck took fire, burning to the
waters edge. Pilot Thompson, of the
steamer John Lumsden, lying a few
miles below, on seeing the light from
the burning wreck, manned a yawl and
proceeded up the river to ascertain the
cause. He found a small party of sur
vivors on the head of the island, but
passed on to relieve those on the wreck.
Ten or twelve were clinging to the
wheel, but it dropped before he reached
them, and all but four were lost. .-
The steamer Belle of st. Louis, bound
up, took on boa-3 the survivors,
thirty-six in number, many of whom
were badly burned or otherwise injured.
Seven died before reaching st. Louis.
George Keightly, the first engineer,
who was on watch when the explosion
occurred, says the boat had just struck
a bar. The engines had been stopped,
and Mr.. Keightly glanced at his watch
to note the time, when the explosion
occurred, and, with terrible force, one
of the boilers was blown back to the
cylinders, and the whole forward part
of the boat, including the pilot-house,
texas, and forward state-rooms, were
scattered right and left. The boat
took fire instantly, and the startled and
halfnude passengers that were not
killed awoke to a terrible reality. But
one boat was left, and that was badly
broken. The officers did all they could
to assist the passengers. Pilot Harris
stated that Wiggings, their Red River
poilt, was drowned. Harry Tripp, the
pilot on watch, and also Capt. Reeder
were buried in the debris and were
heard calling despairingly for help, but
the fire had gained such headway that
they could not be reached and were
burned.
Various statements have been made
by the survivors of the dis lster, but they
relate almost entirely to personal expert
ence, and throw little or no light on the
cause of the explosion. The bodies
brought to ST. Louis by the steamer Belle
will be held for inquest, Those of the
wounded not able to take care of them
selves have been taken in charge by
the city, and sent to hospitals. One of
the pilots states that it would have been
impossible for the steamer to ground
at the point where the explosion took,
place, as asserted by George Keightly,
first engineer. The passengers and
crew numbered about 200 souls, as
nearly as can be estimated, of whom
only thirty-six have been found.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-04-25
MennOria.
BY EMILY h. MOORE.


BY EMILY H. MOORE.
have put them away. yes. everything,
The pale pressed rose and the sumach red;
The sweet syringa we picked in June;
And the bitter-sWeet. when Summer was dead.
The wake-robin leaf that you sent me in March
And the adder-to of the later Spring;
The spray we plucked from the locust bough,
When our souls together did kiss and cling.
Your calm-eyed portrait; the monogram
You made of our names with graceful art;
The ring you gave me; your letters warm
With the words that leap from Loves red
heart.
Hidden away, where by never a chance
They may come like knife-thrusts to nay eyes
Hidden away, we hide the things
Sacred to one beloved, who dies
So easyI-the click of the steely lock-
The box tossed into the unused chest
Another lock-then the bolted door
And turn back to lifeI The Past is-at
rest!
LOVE
Who dims the soul and unnerves the hand;
way-side tempter II leave him behind,
For the snow-p pure heights where the true gods
stand.
"The Past is at rest" laughs the scorned god.
% Are the stars gone out of the summer sky?
Have the waves ceased murmuring to the shore
Do breeze and sunlight and music die?
Can you stay the earth from her blossom time 1?
Syringas and roses will come again,
And the locust cast from his honied bough
The breath that shall smite you like deadly
pain.
BURY your withered leaves in a box!
Ay, bury the letters and everythingI
Can you bury even one little ray
OF the sunsets you two have watched in the
Spring7 =
Can you bury the moon that has kissed yeu
both.
In tae soft warm air of August nights?
Or the earth where your feet have together trod.
The common sounds and the common sights
" Can you put the sweet south wind under leck,
That you walked with one day on the wooded
hill?
The wild birds songs and the tunes you loved
VIII they be hushed and forever still?
when you have put all these in a box
And buried them deep in an unused chest"
(The smile of the god was bitter as DEATH
Then ycu shall feel that the Past is-at rest I"
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-04-25

A VERY PLEASANT book is the one en-
titled Autobiography and Memories
of R. and w. Chambers" 1t is published
by Scribner, Armstrong & Co., and
gives a correct history of the life and
principal writings of Robert Chambers.
The book is written by VIM. Chambers,
who was intimately associated with his
brother, not only in early life, but in
literary enterprises, and it is scarcely
possible to relate story of one without
reference to the other. He offers few
autobiographic "reminiscences in subor-
dination to the principal object in view,
and to this extent only is the book a
memoir of two individuals. 1t is very
interesting and well worth place in
every library.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-04-25

ScRIBNER, ARMSTRONG 81 Co. have
Just added another volume to their ex-
cellent Illustrated Library of Travel,
Exploration and Adventure" The
title of the new volume is Arabia, and
is one of the most interesting yet issued.
Commencing with the geographical
position, and ancient history of Arabia,
it gives many new ideas in relation to
that heather country, and relates many
very interesting adventures of Nibuhr,
Buckhardt, Wellsted, Burton and Pal
grave. This book is edited by Bayard
TAYLOR, and is truly instructive.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-04-25
The Ship Bells.

The tall white ships pass on and on.
And wane upon the sea; ,g.s fs f-
And Ger the bilIows' broken breast
Their bells steal back to me, .. -.f-.sr.
And break. in bling. Sobbing throng.
Upon the sands in dim, sweet song ~ r..
O. Of riven melody.
And sailing. DER sweet fields of gold F
And clouds. and summer blue.
Through slanting sun, and shadows dun,
The sails slip through and through.
And throbbiug bells that tremble back !.
Upon the fair ships fading track
The waves with echoes strew. ? .
And still the ships go and on, .irf-..
Out gates of hazy gray,
As dreams upon the slumb er1ng sense fE1
Pass unfulflled, away.
And leave but memory's grieving bells. ID 9
That sob and moan. like ocean shells.
10 e. Ever and alway. 2 OF nz+i s1=H
And thus our lives go on and on. q a,,st
Like ships, unceasingly;
, Thro' mornings gold and shadows cold. .- , =
That check times varied sea-. AS'I
. God grant, that like the sweet ship bells, =, Z
The good that in my being dwells, i' iiS-s
May echo after me. TIA I...g
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-04-25
Paw Of French Generals.

Marshal MacMahon receives the
highest salary of any general of the
French army, seventy thousand francs
a year. The rest of the marshals get
only thirty thousand francs. General
Ladmirault, the military. governor OF
Par is, has fifty thousand. The generals
commanding army corps receive thirty
five thousand, and the generals of d.vis-
ions twenty thousand francs.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-04-25
TO.MOrrOw.
BY CARL SPENCER,

To-day can sing of yesterday.
Songs tender. tinct with sorrow;
But mute she comes aloug the way
All-beautiful Tomorrow
He face is full of prophecies
Her lips have still withhOlden,
And gazing in her radiant eyes --
Song turns to silence golden.
Hope rapt behind her pathway stands.
o. Asks nothing but the vision 81.
And turns at night with empty hands.
Still dreaming of fruition.
All. beauty soon as present. gone.
Most feet and most beguiling:
Why are our hearts forever drawn
By that strange, far-of smiling
Why is it that from new delays
New faith they still can borrow?- s#..
Oh, is it that among the days
Comes Heavens first good-morrowf
She will come in with no alarms.
Under this low portal,
And clasp US as in mortal arms
And we shall turn immortall ----.-t
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-04-25

THIRTY thousand canary birds are an
nually imported by the United States,
mostly from Germany.
, 1872-10-30
AUCTION.

E T the request of the Sheriff at Christi
AN apsted, the following Properties
in this jurisdiction, in which levy has been
effected for taxes to the Colonial Treasury
for 1871, will be put up for sale at three
Auctions in accordance with the placard
dated April 22nd 1917, which properties
according to the tax list belong to G. & w.
McEyoy.
/. The Estate Barrenspot, situated in
Kings Quarter No. 81 ad 10, 90,
81 & SO, and in Queens Quarter No.
a, more or other numbers, together
with 20 Acres land called French
Pond, situate between Canegarden g.
Jerusalem, with all appurtenances.
2. Estate the Springs, situate in East
end Quarter Letter A. No. 40 g.,
more or other numbers, with all APP
purtenances.
8. The property Nc. 81 Letter A. & 3.
in S~trandgade and No. 43 B. & C..
Dronningens Tver Gade in this town
The levyproceedings, conditions of sale
and appralsements may be seen at the Auc-
ton Office, where the Auctions will be
held as follows:
on the property entered sub No. 1 Sa-
turday the 10th November. the 3Oth
November and the 14th December
next, II o'clock at noon;
on the property entered sub No. 2 Sa-
turday the 10th November, the 3Oth
November and the 14th December
next at [ o'clock p. m.
on the property entered sub No. 3 Sa-
turday the 10th November, the 3Oth
November and the 14th December
next at: 2 o'clock p. m.
Auction Office Christiansted gath Octbr.
1872.
H. A. JURS.
, 1872-10-30

81, SO og Dronningens Qvarteet Mr..
AZ med flere eller andre Nummere,
SAINT &C. .Agre Land kaldet French
Pond, beliggende imellem Canegarden
og Jerusalem med alt Tilbeh6r.
3. Plantagen the Springs beliggende i
Ostende Qvarteer. Litr. *. Mr.. AZ a.,
med fere eller andre Nummere, med
alt TiIbeh6r.
3. Eiendommen Mr.. 81 A. & B. Strand
gade og Mr.. 43 B. & c. Dronningens
Tyereade herr Byen.
Observation-Disclosures, Conditionerne for
Salgene og Vurdering vile indes til Efter-
syn paa Auctions Contoiret hvor Auctio-
nerne afholdes som tolger:
over Eiendommen opf6rt sub Mr.. 1 L6-
verdag den lode November, den
3Ote November og 14de December
d. A. Middag Kl. 10 slet;
over E%iendommen opf6rt sub Mr.. 2 L6-
verdag den lode November, den
3Ote November og 14de December
d. A. Eftermiddag ri. l slet;
over Eiendommen .opt6rt sub Mr.. 3 L6-
verdag den lode. November, den
3Ote November og 14de December
d.. A. Eftermiddag ri. 2 slet.
Christiansteds Auctions Contoir den 24de
October 1872.
H. A. JURS.
, 1872-10-30

H FTER Begjering at Fogdeh i Christi
M ansted vile ~efternevnte Eiendomme
heri Jurisdictionen, hvori er gjort Udl@g
for Skatterestancer for 1871, blive opraabte
til Salg i Overeensstemmelse med Placat
22de April 1917, hvilke Eiendomme ifolge
Skattelisten tifhore @. & W. McEvoy: e.
1. Plantageu Barrenspot beliggende i
Kongens Qvarteer Mr.. 81 ad I9, 20,
, 1872-10-30
NOTICE..

THIS will inform the Public that
the Roads in this Island, by Gov
ernments sanction of 5th inst, this
year are reallotted "for 5 years. and
that the Computation, as far as the
number of People is concerned has
been made after the average number
Of assessable Persons residing on the
Estates for the last 5 years. The
Roads will be shared next week.
st. Croix 9th October 1872.
CHR. HATTENSEN.
Chief Inspector of Roads.
, 1872-10-30

NEBRASKA AND MONTANA.
(Ertract from the Saturday ReuieU.)
The Government of the United States no.
where appears to greater advantage than in the
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1872-02-01

| MORE RADICAL CORRUPTION The action
/ of Congress, converting the District of Co.
lumbia into Territory and providing Terri
/ torial form of government for that little patch
of ground. seems to be, now, admitted By Rad
icals to have been a very unwise movement
Mr. Farmsworth introduced in the House, on
JaEnaEy 22d. q resolution, which was adopted
instructing the Committee for the District ui
Columbia 10 inquire as TO the truth of the
charges made of corrupt practices on the part
of the Board Of Works unuer the new Terrific
rial Government He stated that the sum oil
$4,000 had been paid to newspapers of the
District, f,r advertising alone. within the past
eight months; and that one III the papers pat
ronizrd was a little theatrical programme. and
another was a sheet thar he had never before
heard of but which announced its subscription
terms To be one cent year, payable ut the
end of the year. Mr. Hoar and Mr.. Dawes
expressed regret at having supported the bill
for n Territorial Government Tor the District,
and other Radical members are doubtless also
in quandary as to what remedy can be APP
piled for such evils which have grown up to
such enormous proportions under the shadow
of the Capitol. The Tammany frauds have
sunk into Iusigniicance since the recent de-
velopments of Custom House frauds in New
York: the stealing of about twenty odd mil
lions by Radical carpet-baggers in South Caro-.
lima. aud the wholesale system of plumber
practiced by the loyal brethren" of the Dis
trict of Columbia Tweed is comparatively a
novice in the stealing" business when COM
pared with some of bis Radical competitors
for the high honors of "boss thief" aud is not
so fortunate, as he is in fair way of receiving
his Just deserts, while his Radical brethren in
crime still retain their official positions, and
rejoice in renewed opportunities in which to
plunge their arms up to the elbows in the pub
lie treasury.