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The New York herald., 1872-08-01
BOARD OF ASSESSMENTS.

The Board for the Revision and Correction OF AS
sessments met yesterday, Comptrole" Green Id tne
chair. After approving the minutes OF the pre-
vious session,
Mr.. sroRRs. Clerk of the Board, read list OF as-
easements awaiting confirmation. The lrst was an
assessment for regulating. grading. guttering. &C.,
The New York herald., 1872-08-01
PAYMENT OF INTEREST ON THE CITY AND
COUNTY DEBT.

Comptroller Green has provided the means to be
dlsburscd in payment on the 1st Of August, Of the
interest on the city and county debt, due on that
day, viz.-
Interest on city stocks and bonds $i20 7e1
Interest on county bonds. ........ M,e16
or the above amount S12G,660 Is payable to the
Commissioners Of the Sinking Fund, being for in-
terest stocks and bonds held by SAID Commission.
The New York herald., 1872-08-01
HAMPDEN PARK RACES.

SPRINGFiELD Mass, July 81, 1872.
A large number OF entries for the FalPMceting OF
the Hampden Park Association in August, from the
goth to the 23d, have already been received. The
books will close August g.
The New York herald., 1872-08-01
CoMPTR0LLER's PAYMENTS.

Comptroller Green has paid the wages Of the ''big
pipe men" to July Is. $25,OOO; laborers on street
repairs to July Is, $4,000; 'sma pipe men" TO July
15 GO 700.
The New York herald., 1872-08-01
THE DOCKS ARD THE COMPTROLLER.

Meeting Of the Sinking Fund Commission Yes
terday-A Discussion on the New Dock
Plans-The 6omptroller's Opposition
One Million Dollars Granted
What the Eighteenth Ward
Market Has Come TO.
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benefit from the rains, which we ~purpOsely Coniine as
much, as possible to the neishbourhood Of he stem. |
trust that as the plough becomes more generally used
Qt viii be ere long used universally, our Agriculture
lists will altogether abandon the cane-h0les, and so ben
eft their plants whist they save half the expense of
cultivation. The use OF tue plough after the fashion /
have recommended, and especially the bringing soils by
degrees 10 the surface, | am aware i5 iii direct OPPOSE
ton to all our received ideas, but it is impossible to
0verrate the importance which [ attach to these opera
Iiaas- ard | trust that | have ad6accd authorities
enough to'induce their Introduction. / verify believe
that they would be the source Of incalculable beGtd:,
giving us III a great measure, In many of our richest
localities, new soils 10 work upon and reap from, in
stead of that which must now consist IN a great mea-
sure of mere vegetable mould, OF which more b~y-and-by.
We may next turn Cur attentlon TO MANUREs, or
those substances which are added to the soil with "a view
to the increase of its fertility, These are Of such vari-
Gus kinds, aud SO very Numerous, as TO constitute no
trivial subject of study by themselves, and accordingly
many works have been published expressly upon them,
besides accidental notices without end in al agricultu-
raj publications. Probably there is no better WORK on
the subject, than that 'On FertiIisers,'' by Mr.. G. w.
Johnson, TO which, | dare say, | shall hereafter have to
refer. Of course, We can only touch upon such points
as seem more particularly to eIucidate the general prin-
ciples we have before spoken of or which, in an espe-
cial manner, SEEM to concern our practice. Something
OF what might properly have come under this head,
has almost unavoldably been introduced into our re-
marks on the advantages of deep and efficient tillage,
as, for instance, that one of its great recommendations
is, that it admits TO the vegetable matter distributed
through the soil, that air through the lnstrumentallty
of which alone it can be brought into the state fitted
for the nourishment of vegetation, viz. that of decay. 1t
may here be remarked, that vegetable matter, q. e. woody
fibre, in this state constitutes what is technically called
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but, at the same time, advantage Is also derived from
the greater supply of saline and soluble earthly mat
tiers which are thus made available for the use of the
plants BY d iudici0us use 0f the subs0ii, that at
the surface may frequently be very much improved,
aud d saving effected in The quantity Of manure re-
qoired for the land"
Besides the Arguments hitherto adduced, upon au-
thority, for the adoption Of the deep system of filling,
there are others which [ think would strongly recon-
mend it in a tropical climate, and especially IN an Is
land like ours, where the great desideratum is moist
ure for only see, by the system we pursue, how we
waste Gods blessing-raiu! This, we know, with us,
falls principally at particular seasons in torrents, whilst
at other seasons the last drop is evaporated from the
thirsty earth, and our very wells give out. Should 1t
not, then, be oCr great object TO obtain and store up as
large supply as possible of this blessed element? But
instead of that, what do we do? We keep a very
large proportion of our land, probably not less than
two-thirds, in a state impervlous to water, or not more
so than a vast extent of pavement and the remainder
pervious to a very limited degree: and what is the
cobsequenceP Why, when a heavy rain is merclfnily
bestowed upon our parched fields, our cane holes are
indeed filled in a wonderfully short space Of time, and
the plants are in danger of drowning. until a very large
proportion has been carried off by evaporation. But
what else occurs? Why, our ponds are filled, and that
Is a blessing but what else2 Why, our drains are
flooded, our gWNeys are out, and torrents OF lnYaluab Die
water are hurried away 10 our sinks, aud to the ocean:
tons upon tons of our most valuable mould, and more
especially the very ingredients most capable, most in
dispensable for the susGenance of our crops-the solu-s
BILE and finely cOmminuted matters, organic and lnor-
ganic. If any one doubts this, let him reflect upon
the benefits, clear as monday, derived from applica-
ton of the mould recovered from the bottoms of our
constantly choked ponds and if all that has hitherto
been said has not been altogether said in vain, he will
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Stakemann
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const. G~ourerneur over de Dansk Testindl
ETATSRAAD.

const. Gouvemeur over de Damsk Veaindishe Oer,
Ridder Of Dannebrog,
FIJOR ~VITTERLIGT Paa Observation-Disclosures derom
"a nedlagte Ierunderdanig este F estilling har Diet behaget
Hans Majestet Kongen we'd AIlerh0este Resolution af lite
Juni 1872 anernaadigst at stadfeste f6lgende at Colonial
raadet for st Croix we'd 3die BehandIing den 29de April
1872 ~vedtagne Anordning ON Pension for F6rsteIerer we'd
Christiansteds BorgerskoIe J. G. Stridiron
Forstelerer we'd Chris:iansteds Borgerskole ]. G.
Slridiron til@gges der at St. Croix Colonialkasse 500 vest
indiske Daler aarlig Pension ga 1ate April 1872 at regne.
De i Pensionsloyen a. 4de December 1853 IS G, 3 og
IS indeholdte BestemmeIser skulIe r9re anyondeligo med
Hensyn til ovenn8vnte Pension.
Hvorefter allie V~edkommende sig have at r cite.
Gourernementet for de Dansk VeaindjSbe Der,
ST. Thomas den lite JMi 1872.
UNDER hin HAND OG GOUVERNEMENTETS SFGLn
]. A. STAKEMANN.
IL 81
s. ". ran BraMc.
~.ANORDNING
on Panes1n for F0rsteIarer we'd Chri-
s%tlansteds Dorgerskole J. G. Stridron.
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J~ohanAugustS takemann,
COUNCILLOR OF STATE,

acting Gorermor of the DANISH Westindia Islands,
Knight Of DannebrQg,
pIAKE KNOWN On the most submissive representa-
la ton of the Ministry of Finances His Majesty the King
has been most graciousiy pleased by Resolution of 18th
June 1872 to sanction the following Ordinance concerning
pension for the Firstteacher at Christiansted's Burgher
School J. G.. %Stridiron, passed by 3rd discussion in the
Colonial Council for st Croix the goth April 1872:
J. G.. Stridiron, Firstteacher at Christiansted's Bur-
CHER School, shall from the LIST of April 1872 be allowed
a pension of $500 p a. from the Colonial Treasury of St.
Croix
The enactments contained in 5 6, 8 and is OF the
Pension Law of 4h December 1868 shall be applicable
with regard to the aforementioned pension.
To which all concerned have to conform.
The Government Of the Danish Wetind5o Islands,
ST. Thomas It'll JMy 1872.
UNDER MY HAND AND THE SEAL or THE GOVERNMENT.
]. A. STAkEMANN.
e.. S.
, 1872-07-20
ORDINANCE

concerning pension for the Firstteacher
at Christiansted'5 Burgher School J. G.
StridirOn.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-05-08
Immigration 10 VirginIa.

Mr.. August Volgle, Of Alcxandri,,
w, has gone to Germany as all ageot
for real estate agency in that city
to make an cffJrt to turn the tide Of
emigration from that country, now
going to the West, to Virginia, and
they have furnished him with largo
amount Of printed matter, cards,
circulars, &C., to be used by him,
acting forth tho advantages Of that
State.
The valley virgininn mentions the
presence in Staunton Of party Of En-
gli,hmen who propose to purchase
$4,000 acres Of land, provided they
find it in body to suit them. Oger
fifty English families Git says) have
recently purchased and sottled in the
vicinity Of Gordonsvilc, and a num-
bor Of others are expected over soon
to join them. These results have
been obtained by private enterprise
and extensive advertising in Eag.
land.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-05-08
Hurt 10 Business md Crops.

The injury done to business Of all
kinds, and TO farming interests in the
upper counties which are feeling the
iron hand under L o enforcement act,
is beyond description. In this county
there is scarcely anything doing; in
the town, business is almost dead
with but littl hope Of recovery, bile
on the farm, in majority Of cases.
there is little or nothing doing, aud the
future prospect is indeed gloomy.
And while it is so with US here in
Newberry, the situation is much
wor-o at laurons. Il gentlcmun from
there on Thursday last says that dur
ing the whole Of one afternoon he
saw but three persons out shopping,
one lady and two little girls, and not q
living soul in from the country. So
fea full are some men Of being arrG..
ted and Imprisoned, however innocen nj
they may bo--so widespread is the
fear or demoraliz ,tiou--that in 80
ins! ahces it is said farmers plow
their fields with s.ddleil borses, Rad =
to fec on the approach of an offi,e,
IF the government. The times could
scarcely be worse. - Ne,Oberry Herald
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-05-08
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Grants Withdrawal Proposed.

Tiltcn's Golden Age has como to
the conclusion that the only way to
preserve tho Republican party is for
Grant voluntarily to withdraw from
the field, "now without further de.
lay," and "to notify bis partisans
that he will not be u candidate at
Philadelphia" 1t says there are
thousands and tens of thousands OF
Republicans who would not vote for
him again, "even though he should
be jointly nominated both at Gin.
ciunati and Philadelphia The
Golden Age adds elf Grant will
not retire, nothing remains but what
Mr.. Greeley styles the Cincinnati
Convention and it's consequences"
This is rather "hefty" coming from
the brains Of the Radical party.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-05-08
mo. AZ
AnCCdOte Of General Lee.

There was quiet vein Of unma.
lignant fun in "tIncle Robert"-for
thus was hc always named by his en-.
thusiastic which was con-
tinually cropping to the surface, and
tho recollection Of which often raises
a smile on tho lips Of those who lived
by his side, mud romomber how
quantity ho loved to manifest it. The
two following anecdotes will serve to
illustrate its nature
About week before the battle Of
Free eri,ksburg - that is to say on
or about the 9th of December, 1869
tho weather was for a few days
bitterly cold. General Leo and his
statf were camping out-as usual in
tents-about three miles to tho south
of tho Rappahannock river and the
little town of fredericksburg. There
were some members of his staff, who,
although young enough to be his
sons, wero yet moro sensible of tho
cold than their iron chief. To him,
us to Hannibal, cold or heat made no
difference. Standing round the camp
flro upon tho morning in question md
shivering before each blast Of q biting
wind, which came from the frozen
North, and reminded tho sufferers
that the thermometer was below zero,
more than one member of Gen. Ices
stall was heard to muttor an aspira-
2ion for glass Of whiskey toddy, or
some other alcoholic stimulant. No
one noticed that tho General took any
cognizance, or was even aware of this
half-articulate expression Of a wish.
But presently, emerging from his tent
with q stone bottle or demijohn under
his arm, he drew near to the camp
fire, and said:
"Gen,lemen, tho morning is very
oold the kindness of friend enables
me to oiFor you cordial pray bring
your tin cups, and taste what I have
hcre.'
Thore were one or two on-Iook ors
who noticed twinkle in the old
soldiers oye, and lurking smile
upon his mouth, which taught them
to anticipate "sell." But the ma
jcrity Of the Company hastily fetched
their drinking cups, and stood expeo-
tant, round their chief. The cork
was drawn and the liquor proved to
be buttor.milk.
Upon auother occasion two nom.
bers of his staff sat up late ut night,
d. 'ous,ing kog of whisky and pro.
b!em of Algebra Upon meeting one
them in the morning, General Lee
inquired, as usual, after his health,
and he learned. in reply, that tho
member was suffering from a hoad.
ache. "Ah, Colonel" remarked tho =,
man, 81 havo often observed thLt
when the unknown quantities., x and
y, are represented by kcg Of whis.
ky aid u tin cup, the solution of the
equation is usually head aohe."-.
Blackvood's Mngaxinc.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-05-08
history of telegraphing. Eighty
thousand word. were sent. -.,,E

...rs.. ..H ~ I, . III .., -. D.
history Of telegraphing. Eighty
thousand word were sent. .7,-,I
The Q is still anxiety among friends
Of the L'be'al novement in relation
to the tariff plank in the pla,f"rm
On Tuesday night h prospect of an
understanding WAS dark. Yesterday
"wednesday there was n growing
feeling that the Convention would des
cline TO- { erla,o itself on this que,.
tion. but would leave it to the pen.
pie in distrirts to sttle-G eeley's
understood w,slrs 3. The revsnne re
formers sly that If Gree'. = il r"ni-
mated they would nccep' New Ynk's
proposition 'o,pcm nd tie whrle h.usi
ness tn the people, tut If G:rsley
should not be nomin,'ed they say
they will insiit on n FleolaTa'i.n NJ
explicit, us tha, in the New York oaII.
There il strong feeling that the
difference will 1e safely bridged over.
Thirty.ons members Of the New
York delegation signed n protest
against the action of the delegation
regarding Greeley. ....
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-05-08
Another Radical Financier.

Another one Of General Grant a
friends and appn'ntces (says the Pfila-
drlphia Age) has been indnlg:ng in a
litIl" Radical fnaneiering. Geo. D
Or. er, Collector Of Revenue for the
Fifth District Of Missouri. has only serv-
ed two venrs< aud yet his records show
that he is 100000 behind in paving
over government money. $4,000 pr
yearin addition to his regular pay is
good wagss Tor Orner, who is q led no,
supporter ofGrant for denomination,
and denounces Simmer, Tfumbull and
SchnfS as traitors ara distoyal Men.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-05-08
Tht ( 3tlaWS Again.

We learn that the residence Of Mr.,
Henry McCollum, near Red Banks,
Robeson county, was visited by Ste.
phen Lowrey, one Of the outlaws, and
present leader Of the gang, on Tues
day last. Mr.. McCollum was at work
10 the fold at the time and know
nothing of the visit until the outlaw
had left. He appropriated Rns
watch, belonging to Mrs. NJ, and a gun
belonging to her husband, but after.
wards, at tho earnest solioitations OF
tho lady, returned the watch. He
carried off the gun, bnt h0o1estsd moth.
ing else. -:Wilmiagso,t Sta1. -"
| ~ o.---s 40. - s<s---i-4-----I & .ulv
Richard Vernon, Of Jefferson, ydd. .
pats the heads Of fctir generations.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-05-08
A Kn RIuI Arrest In Charleston.

A. D. Hem iohs, member Of the
night pulice force. was arrested yes.
terday aua brought before Tho Uui.
ted States Commissioner. on tho
charge Of violating the Ku Klux act.
The prisoner was arrested on the
affidavit Of Addison Copeland, ono of
tho witnesses from Laurens county,
who cnme down to testify in the Ku
klux cases. and who swore before the
Commissioner he recognized the pris.
oner as one Of the party who killed
Wade Perrin on the night Of the Goth
Of October, 1870, near Clinton, in
Liurens county. Henrich, is qniet
young German, who has been u MON.
ber Of the night police force since it
was organizsd, and hal been noticed
as reliable and Efficient officer.
The charges against him were cor.
robbcrated by the testimony Of three
other colo~eA witnesses from L.u-
rens and he was committed by the
Commissioner for trial 49, Chayleston
Nous. ...,.. -.....,
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-05-08

How Il this for the ad ion
victory (D 10 Rhode I>land 7 The
Providence Journal, wbich ats that
fl G, s,ys Of it: "Wo do not like
such victories. They have tbo taste
If defeat in them. We are sick Of
the attempted rule Of u faction
which seeks to c,rry ele,tions by
pnrnding men who should romain
satisfied with such h,nors as u crate.
fut State has alre ady conferred upun
them, and, not thrust themselves aa
the willing tuols Of their political mas
ters into positions that wiser men
would shrink from occupying.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-05-08

The Grant papers North poke f,n at
Greeley after this fashion. though thev
will be fortunate If Greeley does not
clelle them with whole shirt oI the
same material before the quarrel is
over.
H. @. says he has "crosshd the river,
and burned the bridges behind him "
And it is supposed from the lively style
IN WHICH be frisks abont, that eome oi
tho sparks must have lodged beneath
his coat tails
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-05-08

Tho last Of the Fehian prisoners in
Canada vas pardoued out IF Kingston
Pehitentiary on the let Of April.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-05-08

Throughout the State Of Michigan
the spring elections show large Demo
oTatio gains.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-05-08

California desires perm ission to coin
20 ceDts pieces, as q convenient coin
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-05-08

indianapolis has machine, for ma.
king flower pots which manufactures
nine Of them per minute
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-05-08

.Alabama,;it said, can "ooal" the
world till 1879.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-05-08

Prairie 6res are ragipg,i in Kansas.
Lss5go tracks have been already burnt
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1872-08-30
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

Colonel Mcclure, at the last session OF
tho legislature, 90 which it became ne
ccssary, under the testimony, as pure
question of law, to reject returns from
ten election divisions of that city, as
false and fraudulent. A word with re-
ference TO this. 1t has been alleged,
suppose by men who did not read the
report of the Committee, that the deci'
sion made last winter was contrary to
the one made the previous winter, in
another election case ftom Philadelphia
the case of Senator Dechert. This Is
an entire mistake. In the case of Sena-
tor Dechert, it was decided that the
misconduct of elction officers, either in
receiving bad votes, or otherwise,
should not necessarily deprive the peo-
pie of any division Of their votes; that
the votes good and bad In an election
division where there was simply some
irregularity or misconduct of election
officers, ought not to be swept away at
a breath, as had been bone by Election
Committee at Harrisburg and Wash
ington, and by Courts in Philadelphia.
Last winter, in the case af Mcclure
against Gray, we said the same thing
precisely, and the former report was
quoted. Although, as L have already
stated, the legal proof Of fraud in ten
election divisions of that city was such
that we set aside the returns, yet the
sitting member, Colonel Gray, was per-
mitted to call witnesses to prove what
his vote was in those divisions, and the
Committee sat day after day, in some
cases late at night, hearing testimony
to that effect. Eight hundred witnesses
were examined to enable him to prove
what his vote was in those divisions.
We did the very thing that at the pre-
vious session the committee in the
Dechert case said ought to be done.
When there Is no valid return from a
district you ought to permit the people
of that district TO prove how they did
vote, or the candididate to prove what
his vote was, and to substitute IL for
the falIe and fraudulent return which
cannot be believed and must therefore
be rejected. We did this in the case OF
Mcclure, and examined eight hundred
Witnesses for Col. Grey, in addition to
nearly one thousand on the other side,
for the purpose of accomplishing 1t:
We need to put the administration OF
the Sinking Fund of the State, into
hands that can be trusted by the people.
We need that a Secretary of the Conn
monwealth shall be selected, who is
competent and intelligence for the du-
ties which commissionership requireSe
an Auditor general who will be faith
full and true to the duties put upon him
by the law, and State Treasurer also
AS soon as the people can reach the
selection Of that oficer-who will unite
with his colleagues in seeing to. 1t that
those enormous Treasury, balances
running to from $1,000 600 $4,000 600
and which did average $2,000,OOO for
many years, shall be applied upon the
public debt to save interest, instead of
lying dead as far as the State is con-
cerned, while as everybody believes
upon credible information, they are
made a source of private profit and OF
private advantage. Great cheering.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1872-08-30

There is an American legend, that
once upon time, not many years ago.
a Yankee inventor having produced n
remarkable machine, friend rallied
him, and said, 81 expect that the next
thing you produce will be machine io
turn gun.stocks." "The very thing l
am considering" was the reply; and
In due time the invention came out,
and it has been for long time In sue
cessful operation. Hence, say the yam
KEGS, came the invention of an eccentric
lathe, which will turn out oval work.
But the French put in their claim also,
A tramping wood-turner, dusty of foot
and shabby of attire, was, on his INST
application, refused work by master
machinist at Colmar, in Alsace. But
as the poor fellow walked away he was
called back, and the following colioque
took place: Master to workman;
"What kind of a hat is that yon wear
| GA wooden hat" "a wooden hal
Let me see it. Where did you buy w
81 made ii myself, SIR" "Where di0
YOU make il ?" 81 turned it on lathe "
"Itraed it! The turning lathe gives
us round things and your hat is OVAL
"That is true. But ] wanted nat
and had no money. ] changed the cen
tire and made it as you see." Ofcourse
the man was hired and was admitted
to partnership, and at last became sole
proprietor, and a millionaire, changing
, his name from Muhle to Moulin. h'
, is lust deceased, and this anecdote els
liyens his obituary.