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The New York herald., 1872-12-09
government.

The SWISS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. What
is known 2, as the Presidential election has just
come of in Switzerland. The election has re-
suited in the choice of M. Ceresolc for Presi-
dent and DR.. Schenk for Vice President. How
peacefully these elections from time to time
pass of in Switzerland What better proof
of the smooth working Of republican institu-
tons than is furnished by these electiousp If
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Mexico Peaceful and Encouraging
Progress.

Mexico Peaceful and Encouraging
s, Progress.
By telegram from Mexico City we have news
from the neighboripg Republic dated on the
LIST of the present month. The advices are Of
an encouraging character. There is no men,
ton of the existence Of political trouble, and
the only revolutionist project which is spoken
Of in the dispatches is preparation which is
being made by Dame Nature for the exhibi-
tion of grand volcanic eruption which will
be displayed, according to the scientists,
through new apertures from the bowels to tho
surface of the earth. His Excellency Lerdo
de Tejado was formally declared President of
the Republic. His assumption Of Executive
authority was to be completed on the I'd
instant, amid citizen rejoicing and the cordial
recognition Of the foreign diplomatists.
Poririo Diaz was in the capital. The once
famous revolutionist had had an interview
with the President, but his presence produced
no excitement among the people, Telegraph
communication with the United States was
restored. The profitable and useful subjects of
railroad extension and coast lights improve
ment were gradually, but certainly, weaning
tho mind of the Mexican nation from its
remembrance Of the losses which may be
endured and the atrocities which may be
perpetrated under the cry of God and Liberty,
when it is prostituted by selfish men for
demoralizing uses.
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surprising that in the judgment of the execu-
tive department., reduction of our taxation
for the present is impracticable The first act
of the House of Representatives betrays the
policy of liberal expenditures and valuable
jobs, and in the magnificent schedule of inter-
nal improvements suggested and partially. at
least recommended in the Message, hint Is
thrown out to Congress which will surely be
seized upon by the lobby: Weapprehcnd, there
fore, that instead Of reduced we shall have in
creased appropriations and additional subjects
for the appropriations Of this session of Con-
gress that the regular appropriation bills will
be heavily charged with lobby jobs and with
the introduction of new schemes of internal
improvements which, under the next Congress,
will, in all probability, be developed into
monstrous system of widespread official cor
ruption and public decentralization. Here,
then, is field in which the minority in the
two houses may labor to some purpose In
building up powerful opposition party
for the Presidential succession.
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it be true that that country is happiest which
makes the least noise in the world the honor
must be given to the Swiss Confederation.
Why will not France learn the lesson2
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received Sunday or Sunday night up to the
closing hour.
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THE PRUss1AN REFORM BnL-According
to our latest news from Berlin the Counties
Reform bill passed to third reading in the
Upper House Of the Prussian Diet on Satur-
day. A number of amendments which had
been proposed were withdrawn, and the bill
passed in the shape in which it came from the
Lower House. Final action will be taken on
the bill to-day, when the royal signature will
alone be wanting to make its provisions part
of the law of the land. In this struggle be-
tween the popular and aristocratic branches
of the Prussian Parliament the Emperor
King has, by judicious interference, secured
the victory for the people. Since the creation
of the new Peers it has not been doubtful on
which side victory should lean. The bill
provides for the extension Of municipal priv
ileges in the rural districts Of Prussia
proper, and 1t is expected to work great and
beneficial changes in the matter Of local self
government,
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B0wERY THEATRE Bowery-TnE DOUBLE BEDDED
R0On-THE GoLD BSLT.
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OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway between Houston
and Bleecker sts.-LA BELLE HELENE
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WOODS MUSEUM. Broadway. corner Thirteth st.
On HAND. Afternoon and Evening
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BOOTHS THEATRE, Twenty third street, corner Sixth
ayenue.-LADY LYONS
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Cuban Capitalists In Exodus from tn
Spanish Island.

BY special HERALD report from Kings.
ton, Jamaica, we are informed Of the impor-
tant fact that many wealthy Cuban planters
have determined to seek shelter In the British
West Indian colonial island. and to make it
their home in the future. The intending emil
grants have already made heavy investments
in the purchase of English sugar fields and of
other land, on which they propose to cultivate
tobacco. Sums of forty thousand dollars and
fifty thousand dollars respectively have just
been paid by Cubans for Jamaica estates
which would not have brought moro than half
these amounts few years since. Property is
advancing in value rapidly, as we are in
formed, in the English possessions, and it
appears very likely judging from the tenor Of
our report that ths antilles sysEsaa Which is
guarded by the lion and the unicorn will
eventually triumph over that which it is at
tempted to enforce by bloodhounds and con-
vict soldiers with SCARED backs from Ferrol
Our Kingston despatch goes on to say that
Jamaica still requires an infusion of American
energy to make it just right. This will be sup
Piled, no doubt, in due time, and then the
world will behold the realization of sweet
poetic prophecy.
The lion and the unicorn fighting for crown,
Up came a little boy and knocked them both down.
The Loss OF THE STEAMSHIP GUATEMALA,
of the Pacific Mail, from the full accounts
published in another part of the HERALD,
would appear to be attributable in the first
instance to neglect by the third officer.
George Foster. in regard to the steering orders
of Captain Douglas. The course lay close to
the land, with breakers on o bar known
to be not far Off The course, as said to be
directed by Captain Douglas, was northwest
by west half west. When the vessel struck
on the breakers the ship he declares to have
been heading northwest by north half
west-that, is, difference of two
points. This would, in such case be
sufficient to account for the disaster;
but the conduct Of the third officer proclaims
him not only incompetent but wanting in
common sense. After the worst had come
the boats, as usual, were found to be next
to worthless, one of them being rot
ten and only prevented from filing
by the presence of mind of q lady
passenger, who caulked it with her petticoat.
The troubles of the shipwreck were height
ened by the Indians, who refused sustenance
to the sufferers until a chief was captured
and held for the hospitality of his fellows
under pain of death. The sad portion of the
story is the reported loss by swamping of the
boat under command of the first officer.
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contemplates no immediate quarrel with Spain
for any cause-that the present object is prep
aration for possible contingencies in the fu-
ture; but that when provided with even half
dozen ships-of-war,. superior or equal in
speed, strength Of armor and weight and de-
structive force of metal to the best ships Of
Spain, we may expect an ultimatum from Wash
ington that will startle the government at
Madrid. Meantime the various interests con-
cerned in the building and equipment of these
new war vessels will have their influence in
Congress in pushing through this bill and
other similar bills as good things for the coun-
try, peace or war. The strength Of the ad-
ministration for party purposes lies in its ex-
penditures, and in this view armies and navies
and costly iron-clads and Notifications will still
| cast into the shade the peace policy of your
Geneva Tribunals. Arbitration, moreover,
will apply where neither party dare venture
into war; but as between Spain and the United
States we have horse of another color.
The real work before this short and closing
session of the present Congress lies in the
regular annual appropriation bills, with such
retrenchments as an. established policy Of
peace may demand Ipsteaa q getrspch-
ments, however, the Presidents Message fore.
shadows policy of enlarged expenditures in
every direction. The government is now in q
position which would justify reduction Of its
expenses and its taxes to the extent of hun
dred millions Of money per annum but while
our expenditures are 10 be widened. it is not
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ACADEMY OF MUSIC Fourteenth shect-IrALIAN
OPERA-MlCNoN.
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GRAND OPERA HOUSE. Twenty third St and Eighth
iaN-ROuND CLOCK
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NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway, between Prince an
Houston streets.-LRo AND LoTos
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F.at. &st3siIt,1
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Merchants, Lawyers. Justices Of the Pence Land
Agents, OH Dealers and Agents, 1nsu rance Agent,
Expressmen aud other parties i'll want, ,uo informed
hat care prepared to execute TO order II kinds OF
. LANKS, business or legal, required IN this com
muni,y, ,,.,,
o WICKER
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RARL OW'S INDIGO bl UE,

ket for BLUEING CLOTHES. The genuine
has both Barlows md Wiltbereers name
on the label, and is pnt up at. Wiltbsfeer'l
Drnc Store. No. 233 North Second ST., Phi
edelpbia. D. S. WILTBERGER. Proprie
tor. For sae by Druggists and Grocers,
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lhe lands are situated on either side of the
line, and principally consist of excellent
farming land, with the productive soil
characteristic Of all the prairie region. Set
tiers have already applied for more than q
quarter ola million acres. The company
has already begun the cancellation Of itS
Seyen-thirty first mortgage bonds by the
proceeds OF its sales Of land, and Is accom-
pli-hiug its great work with success and
economy.
There Is a prospect ola large emgation
oi the tenant farmer class from England
IN the coming spring. One colony
alone, recently formed there, through its
pioneer agents secured a tract in Clay
County, Minnesota, of la, 900 acres III
rectly on the line of the railway The in
tended settlement Is to be named YeoYil,
after town in the west Of England, whence
the majority of the colonists will come
The first contingent of this colony numbers
1000; the remainder will follow in 1873.
The bureau having in charge the Land
Department Of the road ha, built and fur
nished convenient reception houses for the
free accommodation Of intending settlers
and their families while engaged in select
ing their farms One of these Is at Duluth,
another at Brainerd, where the road crosses
the Mississippi, and third at Glyndon in
the Red River Valley Emigrants used to
trundle with their OK carts over forlorn and
desolate prairies. and biyouac where the
night found them It is quite different
now. They are carried in comfort TO the
very sites of their future homeS-and the
organization of the system Is such that they
are protected from imposition OF sp0liatiOn
from the time they leave their old homes
across the water till they begin the tounda-
ti0n Of their new ones under the sunset
Every able-bodied and Industrious man and
woman who comes hither makes the nation
richer and contributes TO the general pros
perity, and in this view the condition and
prospects Of the road are a source of legiti-
mate congratulation. Arrangements are
making for pushing construction east and
west lcring 1872 2-Nae York IriuHe.
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a., ,--,.,,... ,f.-,.,-, Tt. rff.--,.lis
(iehn-l mAfl'f' "i-'e" "1' per ''l.cl on
the jth Of December. and Aai Tor It's victim,
John Auinslam. an 1'i and respectable
r.I7. ..-...l..l --,.l,-,-
''''~'" I'd 'i' image 90" '-'' "'.,I -i-
cumstances OF peculiar air0cl\ Henry
Bricaland. Inulatto. had q erudee against
,uiprb,m who had .B,kcn verv severely
- t....,-,.., p-;,.l,,,,
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\ BioCEArIU TOR Boys TO RmMBER.-
Samuel j. Whitten died at Perkinsville.
Vt. on Sunday week When boy in 1927.
he went to North Adams and worked in a
cotton mill, supporting his poor mother
He was induced 70 attend Sunday school by
the promise ola pair Of shoes from DR..
Hawkes.. a-d afterwards became oyerseer OF
the mill where he worked. His ambi-
ton, pluck and perseverance, made him a
great man at COleraine. Mass Before he
died he gave $1,000 to the Congrega tional
church, as a-memorial for MS deceased
mother IS, ,000 for bell for the church.
and 81 900 for the organ. He also sent to
Dr. Hawkes., in return for the pair of shoes
presented thirty years before, box, which
upon opening, was found to contain an ele-
giant black walnut case, with three drawers,
in which were forty-seven pieces of cutlery
with ivory handles and silver-plated blades,
his name stamped on every blade, and a
gold hawk set in every handle Accompany
ing this elegant present was a slip Of paper
containing these words To pay for the
5iickled shoes.
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Gather the Wheat.

Where dldst thou reap to-day, my soul
My soul. where didst thou reap,
The fields are white on either hand
The ueedv ones about thee stand
The Christian may not sleep
What hast thou reapel to-day, my soul,
Worthy the words, Well done ~
A burden sweet Of garnered sheayesi
or, but a Few dry. withered leaves,
Making thy ~ Harvest Home ~
lioW hast thou reapoi to-day, my soul
How hast thou reaped to-day
The work is great. the fold Is wide,
The faithful few are by thy side,
Pres on, and DO not stay.
houldst thou not reap, my soul, to-day
W0ul-t thou not bring thy best
The day is long, the sun IS high;
Nouldst thou, then. lay thy burden oy,
And seek .sr ease. ior lcst
Go, Ind thy work, my soul, to-day
And finding, do il we'll
Put in thy sickle, sharp and right
Work on through all the morning light
Nhel night comes who can tell
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lished in 1858. the son Of the commandant,
Liniers, did. indeed come forward with an in
dignant reclamation" >" TO clear TIE memory
oi his father, who was then dead bat his
teStimony-tor he was actually present at the
scene In tie commandant'> cabine;-only
confirms Dumas accocnt. The purport Of the
sons letter in merely this That the town
was already ripe for revolt before Dama>'
arrival. aai that when the latter returned
with his friend. these were assumed to be
chiefs of the National Guard. already known
to be disaHeeted. InShort the officer Welded.
not TO Dumas. bat 10 an oyerpowering force
behind him. His son describes Dumas par
aiding his pistols, and menacing the COM
mandant, but declares that the presence Of
the four officers armed and intimidated. was
fiction Of the novelist lie admits, how
ever. that he himself and the Secretary, with
Madame de LINERS, were present. On the
whole the adventure NAV be accepted in all
faith. and reflects credit on the great rocon
tcpr.
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CAucuyAwAcA CANAL.-A correspondent
Of the Greenfield (Nlass.) Ga-efte & Courier
writes as follows:
Il met a gentleman Of great wealth 4 day
or two ago, citizen Of Vermont, who
formally announces that he will be one Of
ten To construct the Caughnawaga canal.
The feeling in Vermont l. that this great
work cannot be long delayed. Once built
it will pour upon the railroads leading from
Lake Champlain to the ocean an untold
amount of freight Especially must this be
true of the short lines, the Portland Il Og-
densburg in particular, which is not only
the shortest but will have at each end the
most ample facilities for handling goods and
at Portland the best harbor, three lines of
trans ocean steamships, steamers to the
maritime provinces and all points eoastwise,
and railroads leading everywhere
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claims per diem. with monthly pay roll Of
es1 600

claims per diem. with monthly pay roll Of
s. 900.
Emmons Howe had the misfortune to lose
two fingers while at work in the chair
factory at Mortified, running a circular
saw and Wallace Davenport narrowly e.
capped immediate death while at work in the
same establishment; by the breaking Of the
circular saw which he was operating, one
portion of which struck him violently upon
the temple knocking him over and stunning
him. but inhicting no serious injury. as the
saw struck him with the flat surface had
the sharp points Of the teeth hit him in the
same place it must have caused instant
death.
The Artificial Stone Company have leased
Of the Vermont Central railroad, the build
ing south Of the freight depot at Northiield,
familiarly known as the old paint shop
and are engaged in putting it in shape Tor
their business. This building is one hundred
and fifty feet long by fifty broad, and por-
ton Of it brick-lined within, 50 that it will
be warm and commodious. The company
intend to erect an addition to the west side,
and will employ ten horse power engine
to run their work~.
Nasty lectared to a large audience at
Mortified, on MondaNeyening of last week
| William Parsons gives the next lecture Of
the course Dec. 2ith.
wNDHAN COUNTY.
jacksonville is to have a cheese factory
costing 1000. the legislature having
| granted the necessary charter.
The grounds about the grave Of james
| Fisk. Jr. at Brattleboro, have been taste
fully arranged, and magnificent curbing
Of granite laid around the whole lot.
\ peculiarly sad death was that ofIIcnry
/ Reed of Brattleboro. 20 Years 0fage. who
| fell dead in the street Of apoplexy, Thanks
/ giving morning. His wife was seriously III,
and most of the family had gathered for
Thanksgiving
W. II. Parker and George Coigroye. Two
| c0nyictS, who recently escaped from Spring
! field, Mass, Jail. were recaptured at South
| Vernon. Vi. Colgr0ve managed % get
away again, bat Parker. who fought de--
perately, was returned to his old quarters,
\ young man named Butteriieid, car
pente-, from Springfield, employed on the
new mill of Russell a Co, at Bellows Falls,
| fell from the roof into the wheelpit, nearly
| forty feet, striking on iron rods. ben
/ taken up he was found o. De terribly
| bruised, and !; was thought that his skull
was fractured and limbs broken, and it was
/ feared that he could live bat a few hours.
/ \ subsequent examination disclosed the
| fact that his limbs were badly bruised but
| not broken, and hopes are now entertained
/ of bis recovery.
WINDSOR e0..Il-
Mr. and Mrs John l. Bowman oi Ao,a.-
ton, ceIeDrntcd their golden wedding Nov.
9Th. Their eight children. AT -iey rye-
] had. We're there
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To the Director-GeneTal Of Posts. ,Sr.. &c..
Berlin. Prussia

Horace Greeley had the promise OF many
years of useful and honorable labor in his
vigorous frame. Fenton, Cochranc. Tiiton
and the rest ofthe unclean gang who favor
ed his nomination a; Cincinnati, are as res
ponsibe for his death a. if they had mingled
poison in his food The men who, knowing
that he was unfit for the Office, ncy ertheless
lacked the honesty and courage to tell him
50, must also share in the guilt of his taking
off Had Schurz, Iialsted, White, samuel
Bowles, and the Independent" journalists
who publicly Supported 4 nomination which
in private they denounced, refused to sus-
tain the trickery Of the knqves who eaptur-
ed the convention. Horace Greeley would
still be living. That they did not makes them
accessories to his death. They may hing
flowers Of rhetoric on the grave they helped
to dig, but the flowers viii not hide their
work nor cover their guiIt-Nar Harea
Palladium.
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\ deaf man was hunting for game, when
A wood-coek flew up and liz on tree on the
hillside at the same moment traveller
approached and inquired the distance to the
next station. Deaf man (pointins)-Ii
flew right up there. Traveller-How far is
il to the next station? Deaf man-ile lit
right up there Tayeller-You must be a
dSd fool. Deaf man-Yes, there is great
many around this time of the year
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BY oRrHEUs C. KERR.
Slowly q Boston maa
Fried in his store,
where seeking salvage. he'd
Galned upper ilJOr
Singing, A threnOdy
Write for me now.
Julia Hard-Julia Ward
Jul!s Ward Howe"
'5me 9 fire company
Under the sash,
Bearing the ladders thres.
Quidl IS a flash;
crying, " To rescue thee
Norf iel ascends
Boston man, Boston man.
Help bring thy friends"
feers then the Boston man
Dos through the smoke.
DER Fhere the laddcr-end
Easement had broke
Asking, with di izulty-
Answer me true
Norwich men. Norwich m-n.
Wat wH1ld ve d0e"
Up spske NorU ca mau.
fc Sod on a rung,
Gr1tkin- the ss-lcs n.
i.1 sparks among
-, hy the c.ty's Light.
C3me 20 assist;
Ba ton man, Boston man.
Give us thy fist
Isck pn-- tAe Boston man.
Hplend.dly proud,
saying, while flames ar.uad
N0se him 8 shrout
Outside assistance !.
Oi HIN the scorn.
Gentlemen, zautlem,a.
Who's B..t1u-t1u "
Mllly the Nor,g .ch inca
Swarmed up ama'n.
halnly 10 rescue him.
Seen not again;
And cen a threuody
Whites joy him now
Julia Nard-Julla Ward
Jula Ward Howe
N....f 90. f.1.-r
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US ATIsrAcToRY COSyERsATIoS.-Passe
ge--fhat Is Black Mountain? Pil0t-Yes,
sir, highest mountain about Lake George.
Passenger-Any story OF legend connected
with that mountain? Pilot-Lots Of 'em.
Two Lovers went up that mountain once and
never came back again Pass.nger-lndeed /;
why, what became of them? Pilot-Went
down on the other side
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INFORMATION W NTED-In the middle Of
last August, Almore, son ofSimeon Stevens,
left home in huff and has not since been
heard from. He Is a boy about l6years old,
large of his age, brown hair, black eyes and
n smart looking boy. His parents are in
grief, and would be glad to learn OF his
whereabouts, if living, and we trust If any
person knows anything of him, inlorma tion
will be sent without delay to his father in
this Hillage.-LYadoa EnIoH.
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HouE INruE>cE.-li the father chiefly
talk money. money" at home, he general
" rear~ q family in the wors.ipof the al
mighty dollar. If be talks mainly horses.
game. and races. he hreed>a batch of sports
men. If fashion l. the family altar. then
the children are offered up as victims upon
that altar II a man make~ his own iireslde
attractive, he may reasonably hope to anchor
his own children around it My neighbor
O. makes himself the constant evening
companion of his boys The rc~ul; is that
his bows are never found in bad places. But.
If a father hears the clock strike eleven IN
his clubhouse or the playhouse, he need
not be surprised if his boys hear it strike
twelve in the gaming-rJ1m or the drinking
saloon. If he puts the bottle ON his own
table. he need not wonder if a drunken ~on
staeeers in. 10y and by. at his front door.
When the best friend that childhood and
youth ought to have becomes their foe, the
home becomes the ''starting-po~t - for moral
ruin.-Rcr DR.. Ctigir.