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Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1873-04-12
Miscellaneous Selections.
A CHINESE STORY.

by c. T.. cRANCH.
None are so wise as they who make nretense
10 know what fate conceals from mortal sense.
ms moral from tale of IIo-hang-ho
Mlghf have been drawn thousand years ago.
Long ere the days of spectacles and lenses
"hen men were left To their unaided senses.
Two Young short-sighted fellows, Chang and
Ching,
Over their chopsticks idly cbattcring,
Fell 10 dsputing which could See the best:
AZ hist they agreed to put it TO the test
2ai9 chang; q" marble tablet, so hear,
is placed upon the BO-hee temple near
WIN an inscription on it. Let us go
S,n, Gnu r'ad II lslncr you boast your optics so),
Ia 'front.', where we the letters ust NAV trace
lhen he who quickest reads the inscription there
ihe palm for keenest eyes henceforth shall
Agreed, 4" said Ching; "but let us try il soon
suppose we say tomorrow aftcrnoon.'
"Nay, not so soon," said Chang: "Tm bound
togo,
Tomorrow, day IS ride from Ho-hang-ho
And shan't be ready till the following tiay
AT ten a. m. on Thursday let us say
So twas arranged. But Ching was wide awake
Time by the iorelock he resolved to take;
And to the temple went at once, and read
Upon the tablet &C. To the illIstriOus dead
The chief OF mandarins, the great Cob Bang"
Scarce had he gone when stealthiiy came Chang
Snin Who read the same; but peering closer, he
,piN' ih NpiHti NHui SninH 10 SET
The words, g This tablet is erected here
by those to whom the great Cob Bang was
dear
So, on the appointed day-both innocent
AS babes, of course-these honest fellows went
And took their distant station and Ching said
g can read plainly, TO the llustrious dead
The chief OF mandarins, the great Cob Bang. -
And Is that all that you can spell ~ said
Chang. r.-
81 see what you have rea !. but furthermore,
In smaller letters, toward the temple-door,
Quite plain, This tablet is erected here
by those to whom the great GohBang was
dear. -
"My sharp-eyed friend, there are no such
wordsn' said Ching.
They're there said Chang, elf see any
As clear as daylipht!' "Patent eyes, indeed,
You havev' cried Ching. 4" DO you think | can
not read 20
a. Not at this distance. as can, Chang said,
T" If what you say you saw is all you read
In fine, they quarreled, and their wrath in
creased,
Till Chang said Let us leave it to the priest
10, here he comes TO meet us.' 80 IL is WE'LL -
Said honest Ching: "no Ialsehood he Will tell. !"
The good man heard their artless story through,
And said, IL think, dear sirs, there must be
few
Blest with such wondrous eyes as those You wear
There's no such tablet or inscription there.
There was one, ii is true; twas moved away,
And placed ,cithin the temple Yesterday
-LiPpincon for april.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1873-04-12
A COrsican Custom.

The strange accident of Albertacce
brought to general notice an obscure
Corsican custom which singularly con-
trasts with the ordinary funeral ceremO-
nies of ChristendOm. The voeero, as this
rite is styled, is palpably an inheritance
from the classical cOnQuer0rs Of the is
land, now preserved only in some of the
interior villages. When the head Of q
family dies, the body, after being rObed
in its handsOmest garments, Is laid In
state on table in the largest room, sur
rounded with lights. Then five or six
hours before the burial, all the women OF
the village and the district, clothed ~
black and with bare heads, assemDle
around the corpse, the mother and sl,.Js .oIss
of the dead at the feet, the nearest sssem. s
tons next, and 80 on. When tins 'IS noet.
blage is formed the most renownsr with
esses or singers of their nu6H nu6,oes ond q
hair disheyeled and bleeding iaIoe' s nu
white HANDKERCHIEF waving IN !.e manu-; uni
chant in A verse the history, .uS S,, a,,u no
destiny of the dead. dno mo' anS the DO S
dence' the profuse weeping anu Ino ua
matte gestures Of tne ceremony HIe e.rin- n
;n@ The chief mourner amid her wall
;nSs InS. sometimes raises the head or arm Of
the corpse, and plucks out her own hair or
freshly tears at her face till the blood
nours again from the wounded skin,
While the half-stifled sobbing Of the whole
company adds to the effect. When at
length the priest arrives, all is hushed,
but the women follow the corpse In pro-
cession to the church, where the ceremony
sometimes lasts several hours. Such, at
least, is the account of the vocero given
by a correspondent of the XIX Steele,
who visited the scene Of the Albertacce
accident, where roomful Of celebrants
were suddenly precipitated into a cellar
by the giving way of the floor: Ihe
mer mention Of the acciden: came by tel
egrsph, but it appears that twenty dead
and fourteen mangled women were taken
from the wreck Of the house where tney
had been singing their mournfu rocero'
Lippincot for April.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1873-04-12
EgOtistic Takers.

ALMOST every circle is blessed with the
egotist. who exercises kind of dictator
ship over 1t. Are you in mistake as to a
matter of fact? He cannot suff.r you to
proceed until you are corrected. Have
sives M 'e EXAMPLES like a pedsgosue. Does
he discover that there is Iins wanting in
the chain of your argument? He bids
YOU stay till he has supplied it. Do you
crop a word TO which he has devoted
much research? He asks you whether
you know Its primitive Specification, and
straightwsy intlicts upon the circle long
pathological disquisitlon. When you re
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1873-04-12

FRENCH MusrARD.-Three ounces of
salt. two ounces of scraped hcrse-radish.
one Glove of garlic, one quart of boiling
v;neoar. let them remain mixed for twen-
ty-fsur hours; strain and mix with flour
NJ mustard az required.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1873-04-12

A soRRow1NG friend, writing OF I'M sne
death of an estimable lady, said. "Sne mas
cone to her eternal rest" His dismay Can
Snly be family imagined when, upon
"proof' of is obituary notice oeing sent
to him, he read, "She has gone W her
aIernal rnnstN
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1873-04-12

THE intellect has only one falling,
which. to be sure, is very considerab,a
one 1t has no conscience. Napoleon -
the readiest instance of this. If his hear
had borne any proportion to his br in: E''
had been one of the greatest men III al.
history.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1873-04-12

THIN party Ito street urchin): "Boy,
what do you suppose tha. dog is followin
me for?' The yOungster cast KNOWN:
look at him, AID readily replies: "GYes
he takes you for a bOne!"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-12-05
PERSONAL.

Geneva inherits $3,sOO,OOO by the bequest of
the Duke OF Brunswick.
The late Sir Henry Hollands personal prop
erty is valued at $5OOOO and Sir Edwin Landseers at
SS6O,0o0.
Count Ladislas Zamoiski, distinguished
Pole. who was very popular among his fellow-e1iles
died recently in Paris
Prof John Bascom of Williams College has
been called 10 the Presidency of the Wisconsin State
Unverslty, at Madison.
The Rev. Thomas Vickers has been chosen
Librarian Of the Cincinnati Public Library. after con-
troversy exceeded in bitterness by few political cam
paigDs.
Bishop Henry w. Lee of the diocese of Iowa
has written long letter to ex Bishop Cummlns. ex-
regret at bis action and earnestly enreating
him TO reconsider ms determination in reference TO
Joint communion. He protests earnestly against the
movement for a separate organization, and says:
secessODal or schismatcal movement at this time
woud IN my opinion, be a greater evil than those we
are now bearing. and from which we may hope TO be
Teneyed In due time. IL far better for our ex
IRENE rtuastic brethren finally secede 10 the Church
OF Rome 10 which they are tending Than FOR yourself
AND others like mind to leave such church as ours
for a new ecCesiastIcal organization.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-12-05
LABOR TROUBLES IN PENNSYLVANIA.

POITsyHLE, Dec. 4.-The Philadelphia and
Reading Railroad gave notice that reduction 10 per
cent The Of all their employees in the transport
alton department would be made Dec. l. meeting OF
the train hands composed of delegations from various
sections OF the county, was held at Mahoning Plane
to-day. Only a portion Of the deliberations were
made public The men would not aecede to the
demand OF the company. preerring to remain idle At
Shenandoah settlement has been effected snd several
miners have been compelled TO suspend work for want
OF ears and but freight train passed there the
Lehgh Valley Road, passenger trains running usual
No coal trains were run Ut Rockville to-day.
Reports received from The towns IN TINS region
represent the employers being very determined.
large meeting held AT Tamaqua. IL ~ not known
what action taken. At Pao Alto, it was reported
to-day the discharged who run between Phil
phia and POtsvc having refused to take strikers
places the branch roads running 10 the mines. The
in the vicinity OF Ashland and Grardyille are
also strike In consequence OF beng pus on three
fOlrtls Time on AVID Alter Dec. |.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-12-05
Suelial Notices
where IN Get the New street

Where Get the New street Lamps.
The BOULEVARD" STREET AND PARK LAhPS amer carefai
m adopted By the City ofNewYos and since then generally soss
by the cities be hal IN either OF the thres
,i,l, rom Is BARTLETT the General 0he No 500 Broad
Il have anyth
be either in this e.uny Roome President
haitian as Iiph Compapy consider them the beat
P Mc,iown. President Harlem Gasfgbi COMPANY
TIE Newly ork Association for Improving the Cou-
ditiou OF the Poorlp rhIets Annual
s now ready subscribers will be supplied esr practicable
their residences Immediately by sending the ceee Room No 50
hlrmeu Ward Committees authorized 10 suaAy
tous viz
JAMES BROWN, President. No. so Wsls,.
pORArIO ALLEN, Vice President, No. 63 William
JAMES LENOX. Nice-prcsident No 90 flfh-ave
JOHN q. GREEN, Niee-Presd-nt, No n Soaih-sg.
WIN. II. AsPlNWALL Vice-Frcsdent No. 81 Soath-st
EDWARD ). JAfFhaf, VcePresideut No. $50 Broadway.
ROBERT h. MlNTURN. Treasurer. No. rs ssuth-st
ROBERT NJ HARTLEY. Corr-,poDang Ne % Bible House
GBORIR GRIsWOLD Recording Secretary No III south st.
BLBCrkD MASAGkRS-stewsr Brown, No 30 Wsilst jena
than No. l25 Pontst Rrsas G. Benedict No u WAtst
Robert Ter kennedr. 40 - Nssau-st
CiAlkkBS or WARD COAMrrTGBS-frst Second, and Thru
SO sout nb Henry Tcrbeh No 80 walLers, slh lobe
Bov No. az Fysnkn seventh Elisha seey No 200 Cherry
john Rcott 80 Charlton Ninth Daniel Preach, No
2oS West Poure-nths Tcuth Tbos sutton No ~ Runsts
Heveae stephen Wright No 4S kasf Houston st. rsehh
Manchester 3l5 last onehandre s~ease.h rar
cnth Washington Thoma, 10 asa Grsnd Fourteenth Hes1 r
West No 1888 Granas.; Fifteenth, Frederet Coabhas Ne ~
eaih samuel No. rs West Twenty irtss Rshteeets
MAN spies Tweaiy Jossph " q
smith No 345 Forty second rwenueth, Rssaey ~
No 2e7 ourths, r~eniy6rs,, joins Panss No
va. E rss.. ,,ssss.s sosT hssrt ss
No 50 dxblc iiaI-s hss'foes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-12-05
MINOR MARINE DISASTERS.

The brig Annie Gardner arrived from Dem
from northwest southeast in latitude 80 so
north ongtude 10 west. The tempest continued for
nearly 20 hours, during which the briggs watercasks
were shattered everything movable was swept from
the deck.
The polio has just arrived at this port from For
time Island after unusually stormy voyage. few
DAYS after sailing the brig encountered south
gala which continued for four days without Cessation
second gale followed. which continued 16 hours Two
anchors we're lost together with nearly so fathOms OF
chain and many OF her sails were split and ruined
The brig H. A. Pitt arrived from Bermuda yester-
day On Nov. IS quantity OF 5pars aud buwafks were
seem by her officers $50 miles north or Bermuda.
The schooner Dreadnot, with cargo of coffee from
Maracabo, encountered heavy weather on her voyage
from that city Her sails split and portion lost
A suuken vessel with spars above the surface ot the
water was in latitude @ 49, north longitude 40 W
west.
The schooner Emma j. Shanks OF st. Johns reached
this port from Monte Christie yesterday WDen III iati-
tude 36o A. north, longitude no AZ west hurricane
from the Invest swept overheard portion OF neF
deck load and split and otherwise injured her sails
The Norwegian bark Minerva In ballast, from Bergen.
was slightly damaged her voyage to this port. The
chief injury was sustained by sails and bulwarks.
The Italian bark Caressa Madre sailed from London
for NewYork on the 18th or October On Wednesday
night she cut ashore at shark River Inlet, n j. The
steamer Llckawanua yesterday sent 10 her ala ny
the Coast Wreckng Company. Although the park IS
bIgh on the beach, she will probably be got on without
serious injury.
Tbe hrig prince Ieboo recently sailed from Windsor
for this port. She went ashore al Spencer lsiand
on the cath OF November and subsequently pnt INTO d.
Johns for repairs ----.,-.. -. A.. u. 80.
iverpool arrived Dee =, and reported having been
run into by an unknown vessel
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-12-05
A CORRECTION,

70 me Editor Of me TribGne
SIR In the issue of your valuable paper Of
Dec you published "a statement that the firm of w. N
Coer & Co. had absconded from NewYork and gone, as
was believed TO England and that before leaving this
mort w. N. Coler borrowed large sums OF money FROM
various persons among them Turner Bros. tho Hanover
National Bank, the German American Bank. ana
Kountze Brothers. pledging TO them for payment
OF tho loans, securities and deposits then 10
their hands You have been, no doubt, misled
The defendants absconded as the junior part
ner in attendance business AZ their office to-day
W Coler about Sept 90 1873 embarked for Europe on
business for his house. and is expected 10 return IN
few DAYS W. ~ Coer * Co. never borrowed one dollar
from Turner Brothers, Hanover Bank or German-Amer
can Bank. With Kountze Brothers the firm had had
some dealings OF u perfectly satisfactory char
acter all referred 10 kountze Brothers
as 10 the character and integrity OF ". N. Coer
w. n. Coler 10 highly respectable gentleman and docs
not merit the assertions made in the publication alluded
70. am and have been for long time. counsel Tor W.
n Coer Co.. and knowing that you are always Wiling
to justice to the injured desire to ask you to pub
lish this cont ADDICTION. -
HENRY DAILY, jr., No. 81 Wal st.
York, Dec L.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-12-05
REMOVAL OF NOTED CRIMINALS.

lanes II. Ingersoll and John ID. Harrington.
who were found guilty OF forgery Nov. ~ and
fenced respectively TO five years and Il years IN the
State Prison. were conveyed yesterday from the City
Prison TO Sing Sing Prison By Deputy Sheriff Shields
assisted by Mr. Van Claim. Their removal from the
Tombs WAS very quietly and unosentatiousy effected,
every auton being taken 10 AVOID attracting atten
ton. Mrs. Ingersol the prisoners wife, and his
fat her, being OF the intended removal OF
the prisoners, showed great grief 1t not until
1880 that the Deputy Sheriff and his party ready
TO move from the Tonbs AS they crossed the prison
yard It noticeable that Ingerso and harrington
had recovered somewhat from the physical shook they
have felt a. the to them, unexpected termi
nation OF the trial. and OF the Two Harrington looked
the weaker The party walked briskly to the large
rate leading out on Frankn-st and man being there
readiness TO open II they quickly passed OUT wheeled
% the left, walking into Elnst whore carriage was
waiting. Entering the carriage the party were driven
rapidly Leonardst thence to Broadway, where the
carriage became lost the crowd Of vehicles pass
ing along the great thorOughfare. The Deputy Sheriff
took the train and arrived at the State Prison IN
due time At the prison the usual questions were asked
and the cODvcts garb assumed.
Frank L. Tunor the defaultlng cashier or the Allan
tic National Bank taken to the Albany Penlten-
lry yesterday there to serve out the seven years u
~ which he sentenced by Judge Bene-
diet Saturday last.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-12-05

BRGGs-on wdnesy 1873 scarlet fever Ions N.fh
Youngest ch Of Marvin and Bmma Bnsg., aged 10 month.
Burial from 1S2 Henys., T.. Friday Dee o. at oeioek
cHIIDSOu "Wednesday Dec Rn,se Nj Of William
A. A. and Marie r. Chids ,gel ~ mcafh- . DAYS
Funeral u his grandfather Charles EVsr'leY
lO5 South OIori-sI, Brooklyn on Friday. ..
CoSKLISOa Tuesday Dee 9 Joel conkhn in the 18Th year OIL
The relative. and friends family respectfully .iend
residence Ia tlarncerHe L.
Dee. 3, at ! = o'clock p
GRAHAM-or Thursday meruus wife Of Msieoim
Funeral services at Der residence 100 Sixteenth sa.y
afternoon, at O'CLOCK
JoUANloUR-Los their lives in the vs Ia Hsvre Which
Nov % 1873. 1heophe Jonareae Of Psis.
France years his ~i Charlotte Cirs eldest laughter
Of Alexander Rock esq OF New. ORR, sgei %.
celebrated Vine mt de Psuls Church.
Twenty thluist Oh sanna w p ,u o -" s..
respectfully invited TO attend.
KING-A her Rutherford PARA j. Thursday
ing Susan A.. wife of James y King
Funeral redcnc Prs-aye. Satarda' AFTERNOON Al
o'clock Train Chsmber,-st Ferry at IL O'Clock
LELAND-A sureyan HOuse Thursiag Dee g. at IL n Anna
puae Will place the Dutch Reformed Church Noun. venoa.
SATURDAY. Dee O. at Carriages viii be waiins On -.
the EswYOrk .nd New Haven train leaving at
nooo Relatives and friends invited TO attend without aaes
notice. Burial al WOODLAND
oAKgs-On Tuesday Dec p At Pine Orchard Conn Josiah Ostes f
at his late residence $50 West Piconis
sauray morning 10 O'Clock Burial the convenience Of the
0fsmS
wADRrd Brootn Wednesday Dec D. Horace Dwight Wade in
Relatives ANA friends attend the fsns services from his
late residence ii7 Cuonave. Brooklyn on Saard.y Dec D. "
lOs
WILLIAMSON "wednesday Dec 1873 sfer brief ~
mes Merrill W. Williams NJ d.. ia the l5i year Of h. sge
he lt5
FRIDAY. ct l0a Relatives and friends o. the
also members Of the Medical Sooe OF the coan o. Nsu
York Academy Of heoBe respectfully
yitsd tostend, without further notice.
woop-ittbe residence his brother Wood West BsIoc4
Nass David DOL Of BROOKLYN. N. T.. aged 7e.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-12-05

employer. was accustomed 10 tie up ut the bridge
for the night and by this means the
prisoner and deceased we're frequently thrown in oom
pany, and became quite intimate. Az there were no
other children in the vicinity 1t was natural that he
should spend the greater part OF his evenings ut SCOTS
house. and the children there were glad to receive his
visits Tuesday night ne left the house with the inten
ton OF cooking his meal on board the raft, but was
called back. and took supper with SCOTS children.
After supper and the boys had played together
for time, deceased called the prisoner into sit
tng-room and showed him gun. which stood in
Allen picked up and said That's the kind
OF gun I'm going to get" At the same instant the
door closed and either struck the gun frightened
the boy so that it fell from his hands. and
in his effort 10 regain it he struck the tng-
ger and the weapon was discharged, the load
taking effect in young scotts face and forehead aud
killing him almost instantly. The prisoner was arrested
one present when the shooting occurred and therefore
no one can verify the FOREGOING statements of the boy
The jury rendered verdict OF accidental shooting and
II Is thought that the prisoner will DO released to-day
tomorrow.
stephen W Wiseman and two companions
saulted by two rowdies at Pavonaave and Henderson
st. or Wednesday night, and Mr. Wlseman Was feed to
t1ie Sidewalk with sung-shot. Both OF his compan-
ions were as0iassauted hn were Only slightly Injured
Two officers arrived promptly, and both Of the assali
ants were taken TO the Second Precinct StaOn-honse
where they their names John Toomey and owen
Callahan. Wiseman was taken To physician near by
and bis wounds were dressed 1t was found that the
blood flowed freely. and with difficulty stopped
AT the examination yesterday II was shown that the
assault was committed by Toomey 10 "square up old
grudge," aud ne held in $4,000 bail Callahans bail
fixed at 81 600 aud both committed III default
OF security The affair OF Wednesday night grew out OF
an alteration between TOomey and Wlseman on "a
moonlight excursion of the John II Brown Association
when Toomey aud his comrades insued some ladies,
and WSeman, who was one OF the Committee, Knocked
Il
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-12-05

lions senators Lovery. Robertson and u. r. Wood a.
choice OF the latter
The Republican ticket for Boston Aldermen
Is made up OF ten Republicans and two Democrats Tho
Democrats have nominated four Republicans and eight
Democrats taking both the Democrats tho Republi-
can uckef' The four Republicans whom they nominated
held on Tuesday next
Abiding to remark that the Government
lawyers botched the Credit Mobilier at Hartford.
The Hartford Hines says: cit was the impression %
pretty much everybody here who heard the arguments.
that inc Attorney General himself was the greatest
oo'oh OF the iot Certainly the Government never be-
iore neu 80 weak ana pitful advocate Many people
, anu WIN GOOD sho" OF rtason; th't Inv
uo'crnuoh never ala mean to do much Win TINS case
Several Massachusetts cities held municipal
elections on Monday. Springfield elected Democratic
ticket, with John NJ stebhins for Mayor Now Bedford
elected Prohibition ticket, with George Il. Richmond
FOR Mayor Gloucester held isrst city election and
chose Democrat. Il. r. Fears. for Mayor; Chelsea
elected e. H. Ferrcn; Newton, j. +. c. Hyde and som
ervile' W. H. Furher for the position. On Tues
day MAYORS were elected follows: in Taunton. a. w.
BaDpltt; III Lawrence. j. X. Tarbox; IN flscnDurg
Amasa N0rcross.
Inc only prominent Administration organ
IN the metropolsIhe Neic- York Commercial Advertiser
has the honesty and courage condemn the outrage
on the Shreveport La district committed the other
day in the House. 1t says: We are inclined to
mend the independence OF those two Republicans,
Messrs. woodward OF NeW-York and Phelps Of New
jersey. VINO Yesterday voted against the aims-
SION OF lhe shreveport claimant 10 seat III
the House To believe that returns from an
election district several hundred miles long,
virtually wilderness and almost destitute Of railroad,
mail, and telegraph facilities should have been gath
cred and Transmitted to NewOrrans, distant three
ply incredible"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-12-05
TEXAS ELECTION RETURNS.

GALVESTON, Dec. 4.--Ihe NelcS has full re-
turns from only four counties thus far. In
Galveston County the Democratic majority is
1854 Starr County gives Republican majority
of 49, Bexar County. al Democratic majority OF
GAO; Smith County, Democratic majority OF
2s4 Grimes County is Republican, by Large ma
jority but the figures are not given. Upshur,
Gregg Wood, McLennan, Ellis Freestone,
williamson Orange Trayers, Brayas Navarro. Dallas
HAYES Cameron, Cotton, C0mal, Grayson. Anderson,
Tails. Leon and Rush returns make par.
tial show OF aggregate Democratic majority
OF LOO Harion, Fort. Bird, MONTGOMERY,
Colorado Walker and Hidalgo returns make partial
show of an aggregate Republican majority OF 1861. Full
returns Will probably be received TO morrow night from
al least portion OF the state.