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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-20

When will unhappy men comprehend the shame
full selfshness of suicide Just consider fresh in-
stance Joseph Brigham Of Boylston, Mass, just
because he found it difficult to live upon good terms
with his second wife, very likely because he wished
revengefully to make trouble for her, killed himself
by taking laudanum. He left note asking one of
his neighbors TO take good care of Rosa, who is
about eighteen. and his daughter by his first wife,
Why did MT he stay and take care Of Rosa himself
II he loved her so well why did he infict upon her
this misery of his disreputable deathi
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St. Patrick's Cathedral, on Fifth Avenue
and Forty-frst and FOrty-second streets,
and extending back to Madison avenue,
will be the finest church structure, not
alone in New York, but in the western
world. Begun in 1858 by Archbishop
Hughes, all work on it was suspended from
the outbreak of the war to the beginning of
1864; then it was resumed. The grand
building, occupying an entire city block, is
now about half finished. Enormous granite
blocks constitute its foundations. Onthese
rises the graceful, yet grand, superstruct-
ure of the cathedral. which is constructed
all of fine marble With its rich decora-
lions, its rose windows, its lines of foliated
traccry, its clustering gothic Pinnacles, its
wealth of ornament, and most of all, its
lofty twin spires piercing the sky at a
height above everything else in New York,
it resembles the world famous cathedral at
Cologne It will be the largest, the cOstli-
est and the most beautiful church in the
United States, its total cost exceeding
g, 900, 900. Everything in its construc-
ton is paid for before it is used. The
towers at the corners viii be 32S feet
high. At this enormous height the figure
of a man would look small. As the church
stands on the highest land in that part of
New York, the wOrkmen (they must carry
eady heads who finish off the spires,
Il have q grand view Of the city, the
und, the palisades, the country about,
d the unrivaled bay at the south. The
urch itself, built in pure white marble,
most beautiful of all material for such
structure, win present a most graceful
d harmonious mapping Of outlines, and
world of columns, capital and ornamental
tracery. Across the front gable, over the
entrance, there will extend row Of inches
with statues Of saints and martyrs seven
and half feet high. Above this viii be
a large or circular window twenty-six feet
in diametsr-''a splendid blossom Of gothic
tracery, with one hundred shafts Of marble
radiating from the centers, and holding tn
angular pieces Of glass. Toward the con
structi0n Of this grandest and most beauti-
full Of American church o1ihces, an the
Catholic churches in New York contribute.
It viii probably be finished four years
hence, or in seventeen years Of actual work
ing time, allowing for the suspension dur
ing the var.
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A SIANlEsE BBLE.-Miss Sallie r. Mat
tingly, of Bardstown, says the Louisville
Courier-Journal, has sent to the museum of
the public library rare curiosity from the
far off Kingdom of Siam. 1t was broHght
from there by an uncle of the donor. 1t is
a copy of the Siamese Bible or Holy Book,
and consists of a bundle of very thin strip
of bamboo, twenty-eight of which are COW
cred with writing in the peculiar characters
used in that country and five blank strips,
three on one side and two on the other, form
the cover of the book. The whole is held
together by silk cord with tassel. The
strips are numbered, each one apparently
constituting page of the book. The strips
are twenty-eight inches long by enc and
one-fourth inches wide, and the characters
on them are delicately but clearly traced,
and appear to be so arranged as to be read up
and down, or lengthwise of the pages, in
stead of from side to side as in English vol
umeS
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Perhaps it is not generally known that
the cheese trade of this country, so far as
dollars and cents are concerned, is almost as
important as the grain trade, and unless
something wholly unforeseen occurs, the
export trade this year will be much larger
than it was last year. The article of cheese
in Europe is not regarded as a lux
ury as it is in this country. There it is
used as an article of food as much as wheat
OF beef in the United States. American
cheese, too, is fully equal if not better than
the English article, and is growing more
and more in demand. The cheese which is
now going upon the market is of an un-
usually good quality and is eagerly taken.
AS an indication of the rapid increase of the
trade in general, figures are given showing
that there were received at New York dur
ing. the past five months 197, 0S2 boxes,
against 40, 15S during the same time last
year, and the exports have been 266, SIS
boxes, against IS, Asa. This is an exhibit
Of healthy growth for the dairy interests Of
the CONTEMPLATION Globe.
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IFrOm the Washington Chronicle ]
The Mistress OF Arlington.

Mrs General Lee has for many years been
a great sufferer from inhammatory rheuma-
tism, and quite unable to move without as
sistancc, but in her age and affection she
has noble and dignifed cOuntenancc.
Her features much resemble those of Martha
Washington. With her sad yet firm expires
sion Of face and eyes, beautiful and spark
ling with the uncommon intelligence which
marks her conversation, with her almost
snowy hair, fine, soft, and in waves and
curls, framing her full forehead, and covered
by her plain widows cap, she sits before
one grand and lovely picture, combining
within itself much Of the history and glory
Of the immortal past with the modern events
Of our history. No one can see this much
suffering lady and here her accountsOf her
old home, and not feel convinced that on
the day our government shall have remune-
rated the mistress Of Arlington for its loss,
and made that settlement with her which is
esteemed Just and legal By all who fully un-
derstand the circumstances Of her absolute
ownership Of the estate, It viii add to its
reputc for Just and honorable dealing.
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From the Jackson (lIiss.) clarion.l
Death OF the Oldest Man I'm Mississippi


johns Owens was born September 81, 1858.
and died the twenty-seventh day of May,
1873, being one hundred and fourteen years
eight months and six days old. There is
nothing very remarkable in the history of
Mr.. Owens, except the great age to which
he lived. He was native of North Caro-
lima, but in what county he was born is not
known. Mr.. Owens was taken into camps
of the Revolutionary war by an uncle, Cap
tain Howard, not as a soldier, but TO assist
in taking care of the baggage, and fire.
quently holding horses in time of battles.
Soon after the close of the Revolutionary
war he moved from North Carolina to
Franklin county, Georgia. Remaining there
several years, he moved to Franklin county,
Tennessee. He remained here but short
time, and then settled in jackson county,
Alabama He their remained, on the same
plantation, for fifty years.
He then moved to Tishomingo county,
Miss. After remaining there several years
he moved to his sons, DR.. W. B. Owens,
two miles east of Fulton, in Itawamba
county, where he received every attention
that could be bestowed by dutiful son to
an aged parent.
Mr.. Owens did not have the advantage of
an education, and therefore did not aspire
to any Office during his long life, but re-
manned closely on his farm until old age
caused him to abandon it, after which he
lived with his children until his death.
Mr.. Owens was a member of the Print
tive Baptist Church for ninety-two years,
and died in full hope of a triumphant entry
through the gates into the Eternal City.
Mr.. Owens occasionally used whisky, but
never was known to be intoxicated. He
was a slave to the use of tobacco, and alter
nately smoked and chewed for one hundred
and three years.
Mr.. Owens married in the thirty-seventh
year of age to Miss Rhoda Beene. He
raised eleven children, all of whom are now
living, the Oldest being seventy-four and
the youngest fOrty-nine years old. Strange
to say, he never had doctor called to his
family; and he himself never took dose
of medicine. Mr.. Owens was of small stat
ure, weighing over one hundred and thirty
pounds; but remarkably stout and healthy
through life.
For twenty years before the death of Mr..
Owens, he abandoned all the cares of this
world, and calmly awaited the summons to
be called home. He often said it was a sin
to crave death, but that he was at all times
ready to meet his God and render to Him
his stewardship.
For several days before his death he posi-
lively refused any nOurishment whatever,
but seemed perfectly calm and easy, until
Tuesday, at o'clock a. m, May 81, 1873,
he calmly fell asleep in Jesus, without a
struggle, when, no doubt, angels accompa-
MED his soul to the peaceful shores of eter-
nifty, there to dwell with God forever.
d. J. S
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Edilorn Statesman:
The HPrison Reform AssOciatisp' move
ment seems to have subided, at all events,
temporarily, and if surpriss is felt by some,
We DO not think it difficult task to explain
the reason. A majority Of our last Legis-
laturc were practical men, representing the
masses OF the people Of Texas who arc
also practical. Was this a practicable
measured We think not. If it was prac-
tlcablo measure, then We should have an as
ISOLATION to reform every abuse, at the ex-
nenso Of the State. Why could not q bill
IS arranged so amending the present law
Regulating jail matters, as to make it the
duty Of the sheriff and county court TO have
the needed reform. madel They are bonded
officers. and as general rule. have a suffi-
cicnl amount Of intelligence and humane
feeling 20 appreciate the wants Of prisoners,
and are held responsible upon their bonds
for any dcrcliction Of duty. II bin Of
this nature Is presented to the consideration
81 Legislators, they win not fail TO see its
Feasibility, and the State can be saved HIN
dfcds 81 thousands Of dollars. The inn
noperislscd people Of the South have already
700 many officers to support.
we have agencies already established
Enough which this needed reform can be
effected, and that without the additional
oxpensc Of salaries mileage and the other
expenses incident TO such an organization
S S proposed. +
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Settled, is itl" said mother, in anything
but joyful tone. 80 it's as l suspected
all along. Well, you have my best wishes,
Tom; perhaps you may be happy together,
after all-Pm sure hope so.
This wasn't very encouraging sort of
congTatulatiOn, and Tom seemed rather
taken aback by it.
Pm sorry you're not pleased he said,
after pause; 81 had an idea somewhow
you would be-"
81 don't know from what you judged.
But there, it's no use crying over split milk.
You'll be married directly, / presume;
must be looking out for house" and
mother stroked her nose reflectively with a
knitting-needle.
"What forr' said Tom; 81 thought of
keeping on here all the same"
Il never supposed otherwise, said
mother. "Of course l did not expect to
turn you out of your own house,
sBut what is the need of looking out for
another then2"
Why, for myself"
'sFor yOurself!n repeated Tom, in tone
of utter amazement, '.going to leave us
just nowi Why, Aunt Anne, I never heard
of such thingl''
Snow, Tom, said mother, speaking very
fast, and making her needles fly in concert.
1--WE might as well come to an understand
ing at once on this subject. am fully SEN
sible of your past kindness-nOw just let
me tinish-I say appreciate it, and have
tried to do my duty by you in return, as /
hope / should always be ready to do. /
wish all good to you and your wife, and
shall be glad to help her If ever can, but
to. live in the same house with her is what
would turn out pleasantly for neither of US,
and, once for all. can't do it."
'sAunt Anne,n said Tom, pushing hack
his chair, and staring in mothers ex-
cited face, ''either you or must be out Of
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NASHVILLE, TENN. june IS, 1873.


NASHVILLE, TENN, juno IS, 1873.
Editors Democratic Statesman:
The cholera, which made its appearance
in this city about two weeks ago, is rapidly
spreading. It is now epidemic, and the
mortality report for yesterday reached sixty,
with fine prospect for large increase
to-day.
The exodus from the city has been very
great. Nearly all those having children
passing through this their second summer
have left on their account. 1t is asserted
by old physicians that but few children I'M
der the age of two years live through chOl-
era epidemics.- Nearly all the hotels, and a
great many business houses have closed.
The city authorities, for the past year,
have, with great energy and untiring zeal,
succeeded in keeping Nashville one of the
most unclean cities in America; hence the
violence of the cholera. The disease does
not exist in Nashville alone, but Murfrees-
bOro, Lebanon and Gallatin have it, and q
general stampede has been made from them.
Under the present peculiar circumstan-
ces" | don't think it safe to pay board any
longer in this city, but owing to the wealth
that should be mine, belonging to some one
else l can't get away; hence, shall flight
it out on this line if it takes all summer"
and the balance of next year.
1t has rained every day for month, and
the consequence is the grass crop looks fine.
Cotton and corn backward.
Yours truly,
HARD BRICK
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china and Japan-PrOgress and Reaction.

CHINA ana JapansE'rOgreSs ana heactAOh'
It appears from our latest news from
China and Japan that there is growing up
in these countries formidable antagonism
between the progressive and reactionist
those who are inspired
with the enlightened views of the age and
the old exclusive nativist party, which
would go back to the isolation and stagna-
ton of the past. 1t is remarkable, too, that
the actual rulers of these countries are more
liberal and progressive than many of the
people and the official aristocracy. The
reverse of this is seen generally in European
countries, where the governing power is
most conservative and least liberal. The
Mikado of Japan is far more enlightened
and advanced in modern ideas than his min
listers or other officials of the empire, or
than the mass of the people. And now, it
seems, the youthful Emperor of China, con-
trary to expectation, is likely to follow the
liberal policy and advice of Prince Kung, in
opposition to the exclusive policy of the old
Chinese party. The Dowager Expresses
are. supposed to have great influence in the
government or over the Emperor. This is
not only accorded to them but expected of
them. Such is the veneration under that
semi-patriarchal government for aged per
sons OF great distinction. The Empress,
too, has influence, and seems to unite hers
with that of the Dowagers against the lib
eral tendencies of the Emperor and the
liberal policy of Prince Kung. But, as our
correspondent intimates, the woman and the
bid Chinese party are likely to fail. The
question of receiving foreign Ambassadors
he audience question, as it is called-by
he Emperor personally, is the one imme-
liately at issue and on which there is a
fierce struggle between the two parties in
China. 1t is said the Emperor and Prince
Kung are in favor of receiving the Ambassa-
doris, and they will probably carry their
point This would be a more important
step in the way of progress than many
might imagine. To all appearances the two
Asiatie Empires that were closed for thous-
ands of years to the rest of the world. are
about to advance with the age in spite of
occasional checks and the efforts of reac-
tionists.-N. Y Herald.
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The MoDocs BEFORE THE WAR. The
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin publishes
letter from Mr.. Elijah Steele, lawyer in
Yreka, in which the Modocs are partially
described as they were before the outbreak
of the late troubles. Twenty-three years
ago they were a numerous and powerful
tribe, and those who are left are not rene
gades. They were not. aslhas been asserted,
in the habit of lounging about Yreka, but
went thither twice a year to trade furs
and goose feathers for provisions and cloth
ing, and thus provided themselves well.
Their credit was good with the merchants
of Yreka, who trusted them from fall TO
spring. They were, however, requested to
camp out of town. Captain Jack, who was
always their spokesman, never drank any
liquor, and invariably punished any of the
tribe for any wrong-doing, whether they
were drunk or sober. They are, according
to Mr.. Steele, a'superior race of Indians, in
intellect and physical Developments, and
they are resolved to die rather than yield.
In Captain Jacks own words: 'sTo die by
bullet does not hurt much; starve to death
on reservation hurt heap"
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oh, there's no hurry, Tom sid, IS be
had said before BIT this time he did not
speak quite 50 cheerfully. The fact Is,
be continued, with 3 little hesitation
there's q rival IN the case"
"a rival!" repeated mother, with unfcel-
ing briskness.
Yes q young felloW--yOunger by good
deal than I am, and Toms face assumed
an absurdly. dOleful look. ssHe Is always
there now. confess don't see my way
clear; I'm waiting for her to make up her
mind"
'.And she's waiting, most likely, for you
TO make up yours, " said mother, forgetting,
In her propensity to right matters, that she
was playing the enemy game.
There's something in that that never oc-
CURED to me, y said Tom, his face brighten
ing. Mother saw her mistake, and made a
cOunter-move at once:
'sBut the ways of. my times are OLD
fashioned now; young ladies' nowadays,
take matters into their own hands. II She
cared for you, you may be pretty sure she
wouldn't have waited till this time to let
you know it-that is, Judge by the girls
am in the habit of seeing; but if this one
is q stranger to me'-(here mother riveted
her eyes on Toms face; oh, dear my un-
fortunate wordsD IF she is an entire
stranger, cannot pretend to form any opin-
ion of her, of course"
'i0f course, " repeated Tom, absently.
''Not that have any such an idea, :" re-
sumed mother growing warmer; II have
said, and say again, that to bring per-
feet stranger under this roof is not my Opin-
ion of you Tom
/ felt my mothers words like so many
needles and pins; for Tom was looking med
itatively across at me, and, thought that was
just a way of his, it seemed now as if he
were reading in my face that the opinion
was mine, and that had been neddling in
what did not concern me. felt myself, for
very vexation, getting redder every moment,
till it grew intolerable.
at is so warm here, l said for an excuse
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JAPANESE MARRIAGE LAws.-The Japan
ese government has issued notification in
regard to mixed marriages, according to
which any Japanese subject DESTROYS of mar
rying woman of foreign parentage resid-
ing in Japan must first obtain the consent
of the government; any woman of foreign
extraction who marries Japanese is looked
upon as a subject of the empire; any ia
panese who receives into his family any for
eigner as his son-in-law, must first have OBJ
tanned governmental consent, and thereafter
the son-in-law is regarded as a naturalized
japanese subject. Any japanese woman
who marries foreigner without consent of
the government is no longer to be consid-
cred a subject of the empire, and forfeits
all rights she may have had to real estate OF
personal property.
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II wanted to see how you took to my
idea said Tom
.'And how did you suppose we were 70
guess your idea meant 1Iayln mother
asked.
'sWko else could it beln repeated Tom
falling back on what he evidently found an
unanswerable argument. It was no use
talking to him. Mother gave it up with a
shake Of the head.
'sYOu won't want another house then,
Aunt Amer said Tom suddenly. That set
mother of again; Tom joined with her,
and altogether don't think we ever passed
a merrieF evening than the one that made US
acquainted with Toms wife,
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Let's take lhis Eoria = some wiid scene,
IhrclcA which. IN fraH but buoyant boat,
With skiee now rude and now serene,
Iogelhes and thou mnsi loaf,
Beholding Oft, on either shore.
Bright spots where We should love 70 STAY.
Bat time plies swim his flying oar,
And on We Epee1-aWay, away.
should chilling winds and rain come On.
Wen raise Cur awning 'galnst the shower;
Sit closer tn the storm 4 gone.
And smiling wait SUMNER hour.
And u that SIMMER hour should shine,
Wen know ite brightness cannot stay,
And happy while It's thine and mine,
Complain not when Il fades away.
Thus reach we both. 81 last, that tall.
Down which hfe's currents al must 60
The dark, the brilliant destined all
To sink into the void below;
Nor cen that hour shall want its charms.
II side BY ade still fond we keep,
And calmly In each others arms
Together linked, 60 down the steep.
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matter
ssYOu don't understand each other /
gasped; ''oh, dearl it-it'snot Letty-oh--
oh, dearln and relapsed again.
Not Lettyir repeated mother, turn
ing to Tom. Then why did yOu'tell me sog'
Il never told You 50, said Tom.
why yes you did persisted mother
''YOu came in and told me you were going
to be married.
'sYes, 50 am, " said Tom, still at cross
purposes
'sNow, Tom Dean, . said mother. rising
and confronting him, what do You mean
Who Is going 90 be your Wifel'
why, May, Of course, answered Tom.
s.Maylr And then, after pause Of in
expressible astonishmenf, Il was mothers
turn TO laugh DO you mean to say. Tom,
it was that child yon were thinking Of All
the Whilelr
.sWhy, who else could il her said Tom.
simply.
fsWell. said mother. i ought 80 have re-
membelcd you never did do anything IKE
anybody else. But. SIN why 81 the world
did you g % work 81 Fuch rounlahonl
w4
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REsT AND AR.-Dr. Hall says the best
medicine in the world, more efficient In
the cure Of diseases than all the potencies
Of the materia medica, are warmth, rest,
cleanliness and pure air. Some persons
make It q virtue TO brave disease, to keep
up a. long a. they can move q foot or
crook o. finger, and Il some times sue
eceds; but ID others, the powers Of life are
thereby 20 completely exhausted that the
system has lost ability 70 recuperafe, and
typhoid fever sets II and carries the patient
% q premature grave. Whenever walking
Or work - a. eIort. warm bed and cool
TIE very moment disease ~ wounds as-a7I
She system.