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The New York herald., 1872-10-22

WANTED-BY A GENTLEMAN, WITH SERVANT,
w Board, with fre Room on second floor front with
sunny exposure, within block Of Fourth Sixth
nue. between Twenty fourth and Ninth st reets terms
Office
The New York herald., 1872-10-22

7SQ EAST THIRTYroURTI sTREET.-oNE HAND
LOO somely furnished large Room southern exposure,
with Board, tor gentleman and wife single gentle
IN
The New York herald., 1872-10-22

TOR SALE OR ExCHANGE--FOR CITY PROPERTY,
finely situated lot look $50 feet fronting the Boule
vard near the North Elizabeth depot New Jersey the
avenue goo feet wde IS Handsomely paved and the oca-
and Elizabeth rapidly nppreciang in value and offers
terms; being restricted is especially adapted for fine
residence Address OWNER Louis Ott lis Norfolk
street. New York.
The New York herald., 1872-10-22
OUT OF THE CITY FOR
SALE OR TO RENT.

BARGAINS IN NEW JERSEY FARMs.-s4 ACRES,
ID small buildings fruit $1,000; 70 acres, filed with
fruit good buildings $500, Is acres buildings, fruit
l6 acres best fruit in the state, $500; de-
pots; well located; Stock, Crops. &C.
]. = FERGUSON, 80 Nassau street, room 9.
, 1872-12-05

more wonderful than the original 1nventlon'
Here is clock which is just now gong 1nto ns9,
invented BY One of our supe11ntenaents' Mn;In A.
reeisters the message from its receipt 10 1ts oe-
livery. And the automatic pfm1l1s niasI3' - %
and Simultaneous market reports, lss1eo ny Vel
graphy, put the whole mercantile "oflo upon an
*W6at is the influence Of the telegraph on
speculation 2'' -~,. A.
Ar, Crton-"To give stability to values: Mr;
James g. Bennett, ST., app1ehenoea s snas, anu a
courier and courier-pigeon system would then De
no longer exclusive. Trading is now nearly
certainty, based upon f1ed prices, Known over
the world at the same moment, ana leaving 70
be computed only freights, interests, anu eon-
missions"
(which scheme does creswell favor OF postal
"Weil, he desires all the English system, ez,
oept the Queen, and proposes to accep1 postal
cards at one-third the rates, IN order s4as a Inc
Post Office clerk may read ones letter. ne has
under confederation the Washburne scheme,
s4ssae T6sh proposes sss to and prehbit p
vate competition; and the Hubbard scheme,
which proposes to let Congress- incorporate
company with special privileges, and give it the
free occupation Of the Poet Offices and POST
roads; and fix the rates Of teleBraphy, While 1ne
Government ssizes cents out OF each message.
The Hubbard plan is = partnership eobome. Ine
Washburne plan is bold notion OF contascatlon:.
admit that the Governments, under the law OF
1866, NAV take our lines. do not see the need
or good policy Of doing it. It it be done' We e.
pect manly and generous treatment !. 1or NE
have exerted ourselves to do our Wnole ou1y
responsibly, ard with the fullest citizen and
mercantile enterprise. aATH.
, 1872-12-05
ILLINOIS MUSEUM cf NATURAL HISTORY.

The officers Of the State Museum Of Natural
History take this method OF calling attention to
the collections under their care. These have
now been thoroughly arranged and organized.
with special reference to the convenience Of Stu
dents and large additions have been made to
the Library both Of general scientific works and
OF those containing descriptions OF species.
n1inerabgy, geology, conchology, botany, and
ornitholgy, are represented by full and valua-
bic cabi5ets, and measures have been taken to
enlarge the already. respectable collections IN
entomology and general zoology. The chemical
laboratory connected with the Normal Universi-
ty will soon be teftted and supplied with abun-
dart apparatus, and will be opened to all who
wish to make special study Of chemistry and
the allied branches.
Named sets Of specimens will be supplied to
schools and public institutions as fast as possi-
ble and to this end contributions are solicited
from all parts Of the State. For the sake Of
beaaid that any OF the following objects will be
acceptable:
/. Minerals, rocks, petrifactions, and fossils.
2. Shells, land or water.
8. Insects, snakes, turtles, lizards, and fishes.
4. Birds and their nests or eggs
s. Bones or skins Of animals.
6. Pressed plants, seeds and seed-vessels,
woods, mosses, ichens, and fungi.
The museum is for the freq use Of the people
Of Illinois, and every needed facility and assist
ance, in the way OF books, specimens. and in
structions, will be afforded those who wish to
avail themselves Of it in studying our natural
history. ...
It is believed t1.at nothing is nov needed but
the jealous cooperation Of the friends of educa-
tion to make this one Of the most efficient educa-
tional forces in the State. s. 4. FonBEs,
NonMAr. I'll Nov IL 1870
, 1872-12-05

him, and bring quiver to strange lips, Horace
Greeley was blessed in his old age with the }, re-
ward Of his fidelity and self-sacrifce. $50 = ne
wrote, ~ looking calmly yet humbly for that
close OF my mortal career, which cannot be far
distant, ! reverently thank God for the blessings
vouchsafed me- in the past; and, with an awe
that is not fear, and 8 consciousness Of demer1t
which. does not exclude hope, await the open
ing before my steps of the gates Of the Eternal
World"
1t is not for US, in the first hour Of our loss,
to dwell long, here, upon his character; Or GAIA
logue his virtues. To his associates and disci-
pies the bereavement is grief too personal to
leave them heart for making eloquent phrases.
Although for several months We have missed
the inspiration Of his presence and the guidance
Of his wise counsel, his spirit has never ceased
to animate those chosen to continue his work,
and the close bond Of sympathy between the
chief and his assistants has never been broken
To those Of us who have labored with him
longest, and known him best, it has been bond
not only of sympathy but of tried affection We
leave his praises to the poor whom he succored-
to the 1oWly whom he lifted up, to the slave
whose back he saved from the lash, to the op-
pressed whose wrongs he made his own.
, 1872-12-05
a Living Microscope A Lad with
Strange Eyes.

In recentcopy of the Birmingham Englandl
Register there is an interesting account Of alld
whose powers Of vision entirely eclipse anything
of the kind ever heard Of before. He is no less
than living. microscope, and possesses tie
faculty of seeing minute objects magnifed to q
marvellous degree. When quite young he Was
afflicted with a disease peculiar to the eyes, and
fears were entertained that he would lose his
noticed that the disease had materially
affected the organization Of the eye-in fact,
changed it's internal structure, the cornea being
greatly enlarged, the crystalline lens being
rounded with Light blue circle, and in the cell
tire Of each appears the iris, but greatly dlmia-
ished in size, being about the circumference ofa
small pin-head. He can not distinguish objects
objects do to ordinary eyes when viewed through
q telescope drawn out Of focus, blurred aad
misshapen. His case is exciting great interest
among scientific men, who have formed 7srioas
opinions rs to the causes that have wrought
such change.
Added to this wonderful talent Of microscopic
sight, the lad exhibits that OF being able %
sketch the objects he examines, and By an al
mirable finish of water colors can give to tie
world the result Of his studies. He has within
the last year examined and sketched quitea
number OF beautiful specimens Of Dlatomacda
Polycystina and sponge spinu1es, that were kind
" loaned him by several gentlemen of learning,
their object being to compare them with oth'r
puD1SlGQ F13N6 u t16 st4l31o oDJtCtS. Ill ~
test their truthfulness, aud the result has teen
altogether satisfactory. A copy OF one OF tte
papers, photographed in Paris during thelast
Siege was shown him, and he Immediately read
the lines and pronounced the words, which,
however. he did not undara t2nd, not being
versed in French.
Scientists who have paid attention to this
case state, as the result Of their experiments,
that the magnifying power Of his vision is above
five hundred diametres. One curious fact ON
nected with his vision is, that he will never az
anime water, having once, soon after his re-
covery, discovered the vast number Of infuscrla
contained in some he was in the act Of drinking,
which had the effect to thoroughly friGhen
him, since which event no inducement can mike
him repeat the experiment.
Sir Charles Madden, F. R. s., has paid m7ca
attention to this singular case, and has broushh
it prominently before that body, by seriesof
interesting papers. It is said that Dr. Crowbr,
an eminent oculst is preparing an elabonta
article on the subject for the London Lancet-
, 1872-12-05

HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THEl
MISSOURI, CHICAGO, Dec. 3, 1872. !
General Orders No. g.:
l. To enable him to comply with General
Orders No. 100, current series, from the Head
quarters Of the Army, assigning him to the COM
nand Of the Military Division Of the Atlantic,
Major General Hancock ia hereby relieved from
duty in this Division.
teen assigned to the command Of the Depart
ment OF Dakota, enters upon his duties, the
Lieutenant General commanding the Division
will give, through the Department Staff, such
directions as may be necessary in that Depart
ment.
By command OF Lieutenant General Sheridan:
JAMES B. Fry, Assistant Adj. General.
OFFICIAL: II. Y. SHERIDAN, lieutenant Col
onel and A. D. G.
, 1872-12-05

occupation 1main1y women and children), 58,556
males and 1a5358 females.
These immigrants came from about one hun
dred different countries, of which the following
are the principal: From England, So, ,764 Ire
land, 68,732; Scotland, 1895; wales, 1,214
Germany, ii ,1o9; Austria, 1852; Sweden,
13,464; no Morwsy{ ~; ,a Denmark, $3.50 Hol-
France, 9,317; Spain, 595; Portugal, as; Italy
4. ia; Russia 994; Poland, 1,647; China, 7,78S ;
Japan, II; Canada, q, 4,825; Nova Scotia, 8,2Q9 :
New Brunswick, 4,450; Prince Edward island.
1880; Newfoundland, 205; Vancouger's Island.
Azores, $50; Sandwich Islands, 2o3; Australia,
2,176; born at sea, 121.
, 1872-12-05
LENGTH OF A DEGREE OF THE MERIDIAN.

10 the Editor Of The Chicago T'd6nas:
SR: In conversation recently with lady on ply
sical geography. i asserted that the degrees OF
latitude you approach the poes increase IN length
leave It to that University Of the public, TEE CHICAGO
TRIBUNE. CONSTANT hIApEH.
CHICAGO, Dec 2, 1872.
ANswEn-F We could draw d circle in the
plane Of themeridian, having it's centre coinci-
dent with that Of the earth, and draw radii
through ey@y degree, the elliptic meridian
would, be divided into unequal parts, the lengths
Of which would decrease from the equator to
the poles. The distance from the equator,
reckoned In this way, is called geocentic latitude
But our o11i1ary geographical latitude is the
angle formed with the plane Of the equator by
8 perpendicular to the surface at the place Of
observation; and that perpendicular is not
directed torhe centre, except at the equator and
tho polls. The length OF = degree
Of geographical latitude is the dis
tance ~ must travel, north or south,
schile 0e lirection Of perpendicular is changed
to TIE easnt Of one degree Of inclination. It is
evident hat the fstter the surface, the less
rapidly il this change effected; and as the merid
ian is curved less at the poles than at the equa-
tor, it isnecessa1y to travel 8 greater number Of
fest OF niles, at the pole than at the equator to
obtain tie same change in the direction OF the
water lezel, or perpendicular thereto.
The fslowing table shows the length Of q
degree q latitude, and OF the average degree OF
1ongitudI, in feet, at the sea level, for every
IRE increased by one foot for every 57.3 feet Of
a1ava f;ou f1rca tha eaa level.
, 1872-12-05

The angle in seconds, formed by the perpen-
6e623 At 80 deg. 689.57 at IS deg: i; 59s.23
at 60 deg and nothing 1t The polea and equstor; ,1
those given in the books they have been cal
culated anew, By the writer, from the latest
determinations Of the ea1ths form and dimen-
sions. It has recently been found that the equa-'
the greatest diameter Of which stcropB out - 102
degrees east and 7B degrees vest from the nerid-
ian OF Chicago. The following ara the radii, OF
distances, from the cantTe to the sea 1evel, in
feet:
Gre1test equatorial 90 926, 400
Least equatorisl. $4,000
Mean eduatorial &c, ,924 100
Polar. ........-.....,.......... 20 S., $50
, 1872-12-05
COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION.


Statistics for the Fiscal Year 1872.
Monthly report, No. Ia, OF the Bureau Of Sta
tistics, is going through the press. It embraces
the statistics Of our foreign trade for the month
ended 1hne 80, 1872 and for the fiscal year ended
the same, compared with the corresponding
periods OF 1871. DR.. Young, Chief OF the Blu
reau, furnishes the following abstract:
Domestic ep. Foreign
Periods. Imports. specie rdt1<s. exports.
50, ss2,1ss,so1 81, 54s,444 s1,sos662
80, 18H....-..:.: 51,2s5,o76 A,es5,2ss o,21e,4oo
june 50, 187a... ss7,54o 5o1,1s4eu 2s,7eo.74s
June 80, 1s..... 641 4ss,7o8 51a 273 2s 459 eso
The following we're the respective amounts OF
the foregoing, which consisted Of merchandise
and OF specie and bullion:
FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 80, 1872.
Domestic ezp. Foreign
IN dmports 2r sgssls eel -. gs!uss. a srgerx: a
spsse and Bullion rs
FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE so, 1871:
Domestic ezp- Foreign
Merchandise agss ;f sst;' tz2[S o
Specie and bullion A,so0,024 45o5,258 l4,0 ,62s
The value Of the foreign commodities remain
ing in warehouse June SO, 1872, WAS S122, ,2l1,-
266, as compared with 1858 ,824 659 June 80, 1871.
Allowing for the difference IN the warehouse
account, the imports for the fiscal year 1872 are
in excess of the domestic and foreign exports,
combined, to the amount OF 953, 1856, ,607, whilst
for the fiscal yenr 1871 the exports exceeded the
imports by $11 ,393, ,818. 49,.
The respective amounts Of foreign commerce
carried in American and foreign vessels, and in
cars and other land vehicles, were:
FIsc:r TEAR ENDED JUNE 80, 1872.
Domsstic erp'ts Foreign
Imports. {7,ired raluts>. exports.
American vessels SIT .806 S161 ,s1s 1859 462
Foreign vessels. AS At 279 3sl $40 6o2 Ii 81 1856
Land vehicles. 17,e34,455 e,27e,157 s,7s5,e 5,e32
FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE so, 1871:
Domestic erp'ts Foreign
I1aports: {mired uatues). exports:
Foreign vessels. 363o2o,e4 s76,4766o9 ie,s25,s2s
Land veihcles.... 15,187,s54 5,4T,as4 2,380,772
It appears from the above, that OF our total
foreign trade in 1872, carried in vessels, about
II per cent was in foreign vessels. while, in 1871
it IVES but little over 68 per cent.
The number and tonnage Of vessels engaged
in the foreign trade which entered into and
cleared from the United States during the fiscal
year ended June 80, 1872 we're as follows:
, 1872-12-05

According to Mr. Comstock's statements, tho
three publishers above were the three principal
men in this nefarione business. One had pub
:; iahed here in New York since 1842, another Tor
xteen years. The manufacturer has been engaged
in obbcene rubber business since the var !; and
sthe e1prezeuan did business in JerneJ City, and
. Was the right-hnnd man Of all the principal deal
ers, ss they shipped their wares, % through him,
MES, who would not receive the packages
through these meH. And, from all sides, Mr. G.
4 finds statements that these men have carried on
this businese by the knowledge and consent Of
certain detectives and police OF the TWO Cities OF
New York and Brooklyn.
: Too much credit cannot be awarded to the
officials who have for the last Bi1 months waged
vigorous warfare against the dealers II obBcene
publications IN this city. District Attorney Davis
and Commissioner Osborn haYe e1hiblted an m
flexible resolution to destroy this infamous buBi-
ness, root aud branch. No e1ertlon has been
lacking On the part OF the officers to secure the
conviction Of all dealers in obscene literature.
In the vigor and success OF these prosecutions,
New York City has set her slster cities an e1-
ample worth following.
: Mr. ComBtook's undertaking, which, at the
outset. met With coldneBs, and even opposition,
has brnai74i,ea into one Of the most practical
reforms Of the day. It will not be many months
will be created, to fight, in au parts OF the land,
1thls hydraheaded monster, and crush it out
effeetually until it will not be safer
for the publishers ct obscene literature to follow
their infamous calling than it is for the counter
feiter and the burglar. The statutes OF the land
are against them, and the guardians Ct morality
everywhere must bring the artillery to the front
and open the battary upon them. am able to
add reference to the statutes Of yonr OWL State
: OF Illinois, to show how completely they cover
: the case. The statutes Of Illinois this subject
provide: :" Il any person shall hereafter bring,
orcauae to be brought or imported, into this
y: = amy obscene book, pamphlet or print,
every such person shall, on conviction, be fined
IN . sum not less than 925, nor more than $780,
Page 1872, Section 10, Gross Statutes. :
, 1872-12-05
NEW YORK.
What Has Been Accomplished in One
Year Against the Poisoners OF
Morality.
sptefal Correspondence Of The Chicago Tribune.

Spteial corrsspoudence Of The Chicago Tribune.
NEW YORK, Nov. 80, 1872.
The entire nation are the gamers by the sue
cessful raid that has been accomplished against,
and the wholesale terror that has been created
among, the infamous harpies who have made
New York the centre Of supply Of the obscene
literature and trade-a1ticles, the most dangerous
and no1ious seeds Of immortality, sown broad
cast among our communities all over the land.
There is but one sentiment against this DEVILS
machinery for destruction, but the question has
been how to attack it. What was everybodys
business in this case, as in all others, was no
body's business. It needed some man full Of
zeal for tho work, and OF unimpeached
motives and purpose, to come to the
front and bring to bear the battery Of the law.
The statutes have been ample to cover the case,
but they were idle on the etatute-booke, and the
evil Was annually on the increase. It is appall
ing to discover how much human ingenuity,
artistic skill and the best appliances in the arts
has been uisdirected into this full channel
whose outflow ia from the gates OF hell, and the
streams from which find their way to every town
and hamlet in the United States. The best ex-
hibit OF the bulk and character OF this frightful
flood is to be presented in the results Of one
years active labor in it's suppression, UNDER
taken BY Anthony Comstock, OF this city. The
following is his list md it presents an appalling
proof OF the immense breadth and activity OF
this department Of unholy traffic against the
moral DuTitv nf cnmmunItY:
, 1872-12-05

Impure and obscene pictures and photo
graphs seized, more than.........-.-.
Impure and, obscene books and PAM
polets, over. -.......-....--.-...s.
Ietter-prtss in sheets, more than. --...-
Sheets Of impure songs, catalogues, cir
c1llarg, and hand bills, more than. 80.
Microscopic watch and knife charms >.
Negative plates for printing photographs
and stareoacortc views, abont. ,.......
Engraved copper. .and steel plates. ..---..
photographic stones destroyed.
Engrav1ngs On wood, more than. ....-..
Stereotype plates for printing obscene
books, over. ......................
Obscene transparent playing cards -.- i
An immense number OF other obscene
and immoral articles Of various de-
8wiptiona.
Letters from ali parB uf the country Or
daring these books, &C., over.
Arrested sinco October last.
Police officer dismissed by Commits
sioners for shielding these acoundEels.
Publishers dead. ..-.....-.....-......-
Manufacturer dead. d....................-
ExpressmAn dead.
Convicted CT plead guilty.
, 1872-12-05

American vessels.
Foreign vessels.
Total.
, 1872-12-05

Entered.

,1f%E$ EAe NtElA4 EAs
1o,7l5 Si a,Hs, H.; TAO 1o,s7s si s,746, Si; ..
19,4o6| 6,266, IA 19,2ss] 6,151,5'
, 1872-12-05
From Our O1c1 Correspondent.

second rank, md nearly even. Philadelphia and
Ban Francisco may be grouped together in the
equal to each other, Baltimore, Washington,
New Orleans, st. Louis, and CINCINNATI
81 How many people does the Western Union
Company employ, and where is it's most distant
AIr. Orton-" We employ OF all classes about
5000 persons and, since the abandonment Of
Cape Race Station, suppose QUE most lonely
operator may be in British Columbia
g Is the telegraph Of equal necessity night
NJ. ortonI:: f fhe be @ ercuitz 'tf Of the Atlantic
cables, owing to the difference in time, must be
always manned night and day. There is no
night on the cable. T Is far Otherwise With our
domestic wires the Western Union is occupied
1y; between 10 and 4, completely; and be-
tween II and in the day it is hor and every
body is On the jump. The night system, at
hah-rates, has been in operation ten years, has
can be filed all day to await the night
% the reduced e s S iabor on employed rp a' fet aaa
only ii per cent Of our business is night
business, and this shows the fallicy Of the
Postal Teleg1aphy theory, that to increase te1e-
cheaper the tolls, and pnt the boys and girls to
writing love-1etters by electricity"
'.Please explain this further"
M. Orion" Before there is any great need
OF the telegraph, 1t IS requisite that two people
be ,oaitlag st opposite ends of wire. The cur
rents Of telegraptic business men will bo
currents Of traffic and commerce, and not with
those Of mere acquaintance, The telegraph
business of Maine comes to Boston; and Maine
and New Hampshire, side BY side. do not tele-
ffhe telegraph viii never superaede tn, the
mail and the common uses Of the
mails arise from q distinct and Diff
ferent class Of wants from those which use the
telegraph. T set this down IS fundamental
proposition that the growth OF telegraphy has
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-02-19

W., the undersigned, fave been acquainted with
Miss SAWYER for many years and believe her to be
:. Christian laly and n skilful nurse. and having
used her savc In our families, it gives US great
pleasure in saving it IS the best general medicine
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MISS SAWYER'S SALVE.


J 1T ERE you have a savc combining soothing and
| j l healing properties with dangerous ingred-
lent. a remedy at hand for the many pains and
| aches wounds and bruises to which aesh is heir.
| Is more easily applied thaa many other remedies,
| never producing bad effect, but always relieving
| pain, however severe.
1t is prepared by Mss Saioyc1, who has used !.
| in her own extensive treatment OF the sick, for
nearly twenty years, with great ssiccess.
The principal diseases for which this salvc l. rec
commended are ChiNiajns Menmatisa, Piles,
Serofaia on Eicers, Salt Rheu1a, .Sp1Ginx Burns,
ttcer So,.s,, ft'9ns, Ph!aples,. kgysipftas, Sore
Coy0s, Bites Of Insect,, CaHeers, 7oohoche, Ear
acAe, Sore -Nipples, BaI,iaess, StroNen B,easts,
NcA Sc1M H,"3, TeeHing, Cha1ped Hands,
| Sores on tNHdgTR
| 1t never fails to Rheumatism If properly
applied, Rub it on well with the hand three lines
day. In several cases it has cured pnlsed limbs.
For Pies it has been discovered to be a sure rem
edy. Persons that have been afflicted for years
have been relieved by few applications. For Ery-
sioelas it works wonders, nllayng the Inflammation
aud queting the patient For Chopped Hands it
produces cure Immediately. Let those with Salt
they will find It Invaluable. 1t is good in Of
| StfofVia and Taaors Ctncers have been cured
with it. The best savc ever invented for S,ooven
sure to afford relief. Sore Weak Eyes Rub it
on the lids gently once or twice day. Cures deaf
ness by putting in the on piece Of cotton.
For Fe1ons this is superior to anything known.
For |fmpiss this acts like charm For BR,ms
and Scaids. apply the Save at and it gives
immediatc relief. For Nd Sores, apply once
day.
FoR HORSES AND CATrLE.-For Sores or
Bruises on Horses Cattle this Salve is invaluable
and has astonishing effect in curing scratches
horses. This SalVe has worked its own way into
nooriety, and is safe and sure remedy for all the
above ailmc:ts.
W.. the undersigned, fave been acquainted with
Miss SAWYER for many years, and believe her be
. Christian laly and n skfu nurse, and having
used her salve In our families, it gives great
pleasure in saving IL Is the best general medicine