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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-02-14

How now!" the light-toed, whitewashed pill
grim broke
You lazy lnbber."
"Confound il !" cried the other, '''tis no joke
My feet, once hard as rock, are soft as
blubber.
Excuse me, Holy Mary-that | swear,
As for Loretto, shall not get there;
No! to the bad my sinful soul must so,
For hang me il ha'n't lost every toel
" But brother sinner, do explain
How It's that you are not in pam.
What power hath worked wonder for your
toes,
Whilst |, just like a SNAIL am crawling,
Now swearing--now on saints devoutly bawl-
ing,
And neither prayers nor swears can ease my
woes?
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-02-14

A rostrum famous in We olden times
For Purifying souls that stunk with crimes
sort of antiseptc salt.
That Jealous pietists do much eXalt,
For keeping souls Of sinners sweet
Just as our kitchen salt keeps meat.
The kDaves set out ON the same day,
Peas in their shoes. to 90 and pray,
But very different was their speed, | wot
One of the sinners trotted on,
Light as a bullet from a gun
The other limped as if he had been shot.
One reached the shrine, and soon peccavi
cried,
Had his soul whitewashed all so clever,
When home again he nimby HE'D
Made fit with saints to live forever.
In coming back, however, let us say,
He met his brother rogue about half way.
Hobbling with outstretched paws and bending
knees,
Cursing the souls and bodies of the peas
His eyes in tears, his cheeks and brow in
sweat
Deep sympathizing with his groaning feet.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-02-14
A Coming storm.

4 very simple incident which occur.
red recently in the Tyrol is gradually
assuming the dimensions of great
State question. and will no doub. soon
be the subject of warm debates in the
Austrian Reichsrath. A certain Miss
Angelini, of Quenspruck. set her heart
on building convent, and although
both the municipality and the govern
ment authorities refused the permis-
sion, she built it in spite Of them, and
installed herself in il with anumber of
novices. The municipality having
called her attention to the illegahty
OF these proceedings, she declared
that she had acted under the
authority of "letters from court. !"
This evasion of the law has excited a
tremendous uproar among the liberal
press, and the affair will doubtless be
used rs another means of shaking the
influence OF the clerical party.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-02-14
Whalingin 1872.
FROM the pmana bee, Jan. -.

The review of the whale fishery for
1872, published in the New Bedford
Standard, shows the i'll success as to
pecuniary returns. The home con-
sumption of whale oil has fallen of
greatly during the year just closed,
while the foreign demand has been
vefy small. OF the one hundred and
fifty-six whalers at sea, one hundred
and eleven are from New Bedford. OF
the sixty-hve finished voyages, only
two or three have resulted in handsome
profits to owners, many of whom have
lost money. The whaling fleet is
steadily decreasing in numbers, princi-
pally Ivy the transfer Of many of the
vessels into other business. The
sperm whalers were only moderately
successful, and the other branch Of
whale fishing cannot be called success.
ful. During 1872, 1924 barrels Of oil
were taken, and 2l0,S76 pounds OF
whaleboue, which in all respects is a
great falling OF MS compared with the
returns of the previous year. There
are 2Ol whalers owned in the different
ports of the country. and the figures
given above include all of the great
whaling ports,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-02-14
The Connecticut Tobacco Crop.
From the Hartford Post, Jan IS.

Examination shows that the state
ments which have been current of tie
total failure OF the tobacco crop in
Connecticut were exaggerated in the
interest of packers and spectators.
Much of the crop is in bad condition,
but a good deal of clean, bright leaf
has been saved, which will bring good
prices, and holders are in no hurry to
sell. The season has been unfavora-
BILE for stripping, and it will
be late before the work is fully
commenced, but extra care
VIII be paid to sorting, and the result
will be a good round price to the pro.
ducer for the best leaf The Connecti-
cut seed-leaf now stands mt the head of
the market, and its cultivation is profit
able to the farmer, as the best qualities
are obtained on poor sandy land, which
is nearly worthless for any other crop.
At the present average price of thirty
cents per pound, it is estimated that q
profit of 1915 per acre can be realized
by the grower, exclusive of rent or in
terest on land.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-02-14

How is't that you can like greyhound go,
As merry as if naught had happened G. burn
yeD?"
"why.a cried the other. grinring, "you must
know,
That Just before / ventured on my journey,
To walk q little more at ease,
l took the liberty to-b0H mig peas
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-02-14

Dr. NoN GEATFE, Che celebrated
German oculist, who died a few years
ago, leaves in his posthumons papers
the remarkable admission that he ire.
quently performed dangerous opcla-
tons when lac despMrtd OF success,
merely 20 CRAFTY the patieutsaud their
relatives.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-02-14

LIszT has refused to help the project
of raising in Vienna u monument TO
Beethoven.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-02-14
The "Peas.fnl" Pilgrims.

A brace of sinners, for their souls salvation,
Were sent in penance to Loretto's shrine,
Where footsore pilgrims from every nation
Flocked YEARLY to appease the wrath di-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-02-14

Fifty long miles had these sad Jrogues to
travel,
With something in their shoes much worse
than gravel:
In short, their toes so gently t. amuse,
The priest had ordered peas into thtir shoes.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-03-24

must be offensive. The police must no. "a.'
for the hlghwaymen to commit tneSe crime0'
They must invade and drive them lfon
their known haunts, and rid the cl'y o'
every man whom they have reason 10 oeilese
ia an adept in crime. Public sentiment 10
ripe for Just such arbitrary action LOT pun
Lie safety demands extraordinary MEAS
ures of relief. The remissness oil the po'lce
has encouraged the thieves; only unusual en-, Gu,
ergy on their part will convince the oana,lll
of the advlsablllty OF their retiring TO saler
onarters.r The call is for prompt, vigorous
and relentless pursuit OF these criminals, ana
their SPECIFY punishment when caught. IL
certainty is a pretty state of affairs when men
ride. In certain lines, at the rlsk OF their iVes'
and at the still more manifest peril OF their
pocket booke. The American passenger,
whether on street or steam car or boat, is the
most patient and long-sufering oil mortais;
but there is limlt-about that OF the patience
of Job-when even he rebels. and tnat hmi'
has been reached and passed In New YORK.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-03-24

tans, dells, seas, whales. beasts, In short.
everything in nature. He takes up each OIL
these which the Song of the Three Children
invokes by name to praise and blees God, and
treats of 1t as Christian scientist, giving lne
reader the most able, popular treatment OF
natural objects, from astronomy 10 the hsnes;
pointing out the skill of the Divine Architect,
satisfying our curiosity without encumoering
the mind with useless details.
The work cannot be too highly praised. NO
absurd speculalions offend the reader. IL one
desires book which affords summary view
of scientific knowledge stated in plain, famil-
lar style, he will find it here. The author is q
Church of England man, but not secearian.
All Christians NAV thank him for hls noble
work. It is in delightful contrast 10 the at
tempts of modern rationallsts 10 represent tne
Most High as the servant of His own laws
bound by them as to a power which had exist
ence before Him. We should be GLAD 10 see
the book In the hands of every clergyman; he
would not fail to see that 1t finds place ID
the library of his Sunday-school Tor the oloer
pupils; and he would confer great blessing on
every family which he should induce 10 ootain
The volume.
TIE HANDY BOOK SERIES. New York: G. p.
Putnam g. Sons. Charleston: Fogartle's.
The useful little volumes of the "Handy
"Book Seriesp treat each Of some popular
topic In o practical and sensible manner.
"How to Educate YOURSELF" "The Best Read
sing, ""What to Eat" ""Till the Doctor Comes,'
1.-THE Home,n are some of the titles of this
admirable series, which sufficiently Indicate
its character and scope. The volumes are ex-
cellently printed, and the price is a mere trife.
NICHOLAS NICKLpBY. BY Charles Dickens.
New York: Harper & Brothers. Charleston:
Fogartie'5.
The Household Edition, in which this famil-
lar story reappears, presents large page and
numerous illustrations. Here Is Squeers and
Manlilini and Dothe-Boys Hall; and Smlke
and the Cheeryoles live here. 1t was tale
Dickens himself loved. and would have been
pleased 10 see 80 brsvely apparelled.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-03-24

tentiary, as copvicts, ten innocent cillzens
for every one who was legally and morally
guilty. This paper has not word OF
apology for The Ku-Klux crimes; but we are
not ready to condone the usurpatior by the
Federal Government OF the functions OF the
State Government, or to admit that the
raiding and dragooning in the up-counlry
were necessary or just.
The resolutions OF the Blacks Depot meet
ing will have no effect 10 encouraging immi-
grafton and the influx OF capital. Immi-
grants will come here when they find that
they csl work more proftably In this State
than elsewhere. Capital will come here
when 1t is certain that it can be employed
safely at high rate Of interest. Soft soap,
in the shape OF resolutions, will not bring
an immigrant or dollar.
Should the people then remain idle? BY
no manner OF means! They should prove
by their own lives that any man, whatever
bis race or opinions, can live securely in
South Carolina, and can enjoy, without rick,
The rich fruit OF his labor. In time, the
stranger will be convinced that he may do
what the old resident does. Nor should it
be forgotten that the lavish expenditures oil
the State Legislature, and the well known
incapacity and greed Of those who make
laws and break them, are terrible obstacles
in the way OF increasing capital and popula'
| tion. Let the citizens OF York determine
that. at every election, they will do their
| part In the work OF reform, by supporting
The best candidates for office, irrespective ol
party, and they will accomplish more foE
the public good than by any number OF OBJ
sequious endorsements OF President Grant
aud his administration.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-03-24
The Sale OF The Courier.

The Charleston Courier, which was first
offered by advertisement at private sale some
months ago, is to be sold at auction in this
city on April Sd. It is announced that this
mode OF disposing OF the property is chosen
"with view Of closing the several estates
'.interested in its ownership which ''can
''only be fairly and fully effected BY public
s'sale."
The Courier Is one of the oldest news
papers In the South, and, up to the close OF
the war, enjoyed uninterrupted prosperity.
1t is to be regretted that circumstances
should now bring 1t ''under the hammer,
and we hope that the purchasers, whoever
they may be, will give the paper new life and
energy, and make 1t as euccessiul as it was
In the days OF yore.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-03-24
New Publications.

The GREAT ARCH1TECT.-BENEDICI Illus-
tralioDs OF the Power, Wisdom aud Good
ness of God, as manifested 10 Ha worke.
By G. Chaplin Child. M. D. New York: G..
P. Putnam & Sons; 1872; PIP. $40. Charles
ton: Fogarles. Price 81.
This beautiful volume is by an English ply
scian, from the press of John Murray, Lon
don. The writer is q man of unqueslionable
pIety, scientific and skilled in the use of lam
gusge. The object Of the book is expressed
In one of its sub titles: God Manifest In His
Works. For this purpose he takes the "Song
" of the Three Children" incorporated into
the Prayer Book of the Episcopal Church: 20
all We works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord, p"
&C., extending the invocation to the angels,
heavens, the waters, sun and moon and stars;
showers, winds, dews, frost and cold, nights
and days, light and darkness, lightning, noun
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-03-24

The Beaufort Standard says that
Charleston and Savannah have failed TO es-
Lablish steamship line to Europe direct;
the cause being 'the inability to cross the
"bars at any stage OF the tide and return
"with remunerative cargoes." All q mis-
take, neghbor, 80 far Us Charleston is con-
cerned. The Charleston and Liverpool
steamship line was not kept up, because,
for rome reason, 1t was difficult to obtain in.
ward freight, and the outward freight would
not cover the expenses OF the round trip.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-03-24
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The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-03-24
Specie Payments.

Senator Fentons resolution directing the
Committee on Finance OF the United States
Senate to inquire what measures eau be
adopted which shall give the country cur
rency convertible into gold at the option OF
the holder, may not lead to an immediate
result, but it is sign that the opposition ol
thoughtful men to the inconverlible green
back is increasing in force, .ectlng
itself to devising practical ways OF solv-
ing difficult question. What Is needed is
something which will commit the govern
ment to the redemption OF its overdue notes,
and no logger leave it open to doubt whether
they will be redeemed at all.
Mr.. J. S. Ropes, Of Boston, has proposed
a plan OF resumption which, in the opinion
OF The Nation, deserves the careful atlen-
ton OF all interested in the matter. MIR.
Ropes proposes that the government should
call in oil its legal-tender notes, which false
ly promise to pay dollars on demand, and
substitute for them other legal tender notes,
making promises the government means to
keep and shall prepare to keep, and then
redeem these in lnstalmenls-say at the rate
of SIS, 100000 month, beginning in JAN
uary, 1875. This would be in fact bona
fide attempt 10 purchase for the country
gold and silver coin to be used in exchange,
and to purchase it by degrees in such quan
titles as we could afford. Moreover, il the
new legal tenders were redeemable on their
face in this manner and at day named,
and in clearly manageable quantities, In
stead OF at no time in particular, the gov
ernment and the public would be committed
to policy from which they could not recede
without reputation. To the argument that
this gold aud silver would go off again as
before, The Nation replies that it would not,
II needed for the ordinary business uses oil
society-that is, II there was correspond
ing diminution OF other kinds OF currency
and to secure this Mr.. Ropes proposes to
bring process OF pressure to bear on the
banks, to force them to contract their circu'
lalion. But contraction Is clearly part
OF the scheme, and has to be of any
scheme OF resumption, just as getting wet is
an essential feature in taking bath.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-03-24
.ewhi1e the Lamp Holes out to Burn"

The oueerest phase OF the Blue Ridge
Scrip business Is the sudden and unexpected
onslaught OF the Columbia Herald. the BAD
ical administration organ, which now bella
bors the Scrip with might and main, pun
meIs it, spits upon ii, abuses 1t with the
volubility OF fsh-iag and thepertinaclty OF
an office seeker. From the beginning the
Conservatives have denounced the Scrip as
an unmitigated cheat, and the course OF the
Moses administration, in denying the va
lidity OF the issue and the liability OF tho
State, meets with general approval 1t was
not expected, however, that Radical Sheet
which looked upon the election OF }. J. Pat
terson with favorable eye, would oe
soueamish about swindle OF two or three
millions. This makes the course OF our Co
lumbia contemporary the more cheering, II
the more inexplicable. It's friends have
sold out their Scrip; or it has shaken the
dust Of iniquity from It's feet, and reformed
lts ways in earnest. In either case the con-
duct OF the Herald is soothing and gratlly'
ing to an impatient public.
The zeal Of converts is proyerbial; the
Herald is no exception to prove the rule
No Conservative paper has been as savage
in lis denunciation OF the Scrip as the Radi-
cal organ is. II calls the unfortunate prom
ises 10 pay "a snake in the grass" whose
rattle is sclear and distinct, and whose
"deadly fang CLEANS like poisoned dagger
"in the night" This is what David Cop
pelfeld's beery friend would call "double
"stuuning." The Scrip is ''nasked bat
"tery, planted by the Democrats right in
"our camp, and loaded to the mu5zle, to
"break our ranks and destroy u.s." which is
very funny, considering that the issue OF the
Scrip was a Radical project, that 1t was
manipulated by Radical officials, is mainly
held by Radicals, and will have to be paid
by the Conservative property owners In
taxes, if ever paid at all. The Herald de-
clares that it will fight the scrip "down to
sehe waters edge;" becuse ''it is wrong
upon the people, and stigma upon the
"honor OF the party" and because the State
has not received for the Scrip ''as much as
"the Photographic shadow OF considera-
"tion." To which we devoutly say, Amen
By way OF mailing the Scrip fast in its coffin,
the Herald hints that the entire issue 10
over five millions, instead OF eighteen hum
dred thousand dollars, and then demon
strates, with unanswerable logic, that the
endorsement OF the State on The bonds OF
tie Blue Ridge road ''had been already re-
..leased under the contract, express and i'm
"plied, In the act Of 1871, and that the State
twas not in any way, therefore, liable Tor
sthe debts OF the Company"
These elegant extracts from therecent ar
t:cles OF the Herald must suffice Tor the
nonce. Let us hope that our virtuous con-
temporary will not weary OF well-doing, but
will soon open its guns upon legislative cor
ruption and extravaganza, and every other
public wrong which perverted Republican
lam has fastened upon the State.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-03-24
Humble Pie I

A meeting OF citizens was held at Blacks
Depot, 10 York County, on the sth instant,
The object being "to pledge the people to do
call in their power to preserve the future
"peace OF the county, and to assure the gov
'ernment OF their intention to accord to
''every person the free exercise OF his politi-
zeal opinions and privileges" The follow
iag preamble and resolutions we're unani-
mously adopted
Whereas, President Grant did find it neces-
sary, In erder to suppress outrages the more
effectually, to arrest offenders under the En-
forcement act, to declare martial law In this
and several adjoining counties In this State;
and whereas the Impression has gone abroad
that the lives of those who may differ in po-
liucal opinions from US are not safe In our
midst, thus retarding immigration aud pre-
venting the investment of capital in our Sec
tion; therefore, be 1t
Resolued, That In order to assure the United
States Government and the world of our
peaceful intent, we pledge our sacred honor
to use all our eXertions 10 secure peace and
good order In the county. and to assist the
lheir duties, cheerfuy and in good faith.
Resolved, That 1t is our firm conviction that
our people are determined that the Ku Klnx
or other similar organizations shall not again
exist In their midst; that IL is Ubiquitous and
destructive TO their social and material inter-
ests
Resolued, That we cordially and cheerfully
endorse President Grant and his administra-
| ton, and pledge ourselves to Its support.
The promoters Of the meeting and the
persons who took part In 1t were actuated,
doubtless, by pure and unselbsh motives,
but We are constrained to regard their &C.
tlon as an ill-judged and useless crooking Of
the knee. The resolutions. as adopted, ex-
cuse and justify the official marauding which
drove thousands OF men from their homes,
and the mock trials which sent to the peni-
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-03-24
Amn sftner1ts.
NHE ANNUAL COMMENCEM ENT

NHE ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT
COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON
Will be celebrated at The
ACADEMY OF MUSIC, THIS EVENING,
AT O'GLOCK.
The order OF Exercises will be az follows:
MUSIC.
Prayer-Rev. L. MULLER.
MUSIC.
Salulatory Addresses-RoBERT ATMAR SMITH.
MUSIC.
Oratlon-The Thinker and the Doer-RoBRRT
ATMAR SMITH.
Oratlon-Posthumou Fame-NoRXAN N. PoR.
TER, JR.
MUSIC.
Oratlon-Chatterton-J. KKRsLEY BLACk&AN.
MUSIC.
oTatlon-self-made Men-FRANors L. MoHUaH.
MUSIC
oration-The French Revolution - MATTHEW
FITzsIMoNs TIGHE.
MUSIC.
DEGREES CONFERRED BY TEE PRESIDENT.
MUSIC.
valedIctory Addresses-MArTHEw FITz lMoNs
TIGHE.
MUSIC.
BENEDIOTION.
An ADDRESS to the Graduates will be delivered
In the College Chapel, on TUESDAY EVENING, 2sth
instant. at O'Clock, by President MIDDLETON.
moh2i1