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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-16
Tne determination OF tho MOdOcs-
Progress OF tho War.

After half dozen disastrous blunders and
ribe Modocs which is worth considering. In
summing up the results of our successful
battle we find that the Modocs were driven
from the field with the loss of two killed, q
number of horses captured, and good supply
of ammunition and provisions. On our side
the loss was four men killed Including one
Warm Spring Indian) and several soldiers
wounded. This fanced victory has renewed
the courage of our troops, and would, IL was
supposed, completely demoralize Captain Cen
eral Jack But it seems that he has only
moved bis headquarters to another strong
position twenty miles from his original strong
hold, and that our boys, finding that they
would probably get the worst of it in attacking
him in his new position, particularly as he
was fortifying it and might have an Armstrong
gun or two up in those cliffs, returned to
camp. But Captain Jack will or ought to be
astonished when our mortar batteries are
brought up and commence to she'll him out.
. However, as two days would be consumed in
bringing up the mortars, our fellows may find
"the house that Jack built vacated on their
return, and Jack himself 'sover the hills and
far away or working in the rear on our
provision trains.
Meantime we are rejoiced DO hear that our
troops at last advices were about to desert
their old camp on Tule Lake because it is un-
healthy in Summer, and is already beginning
to be infested with scorpions and rattlesnakes
enemies as treacherous az the Modocs Scor-
pions, rattlesnakes and Modocs are too much
of bad thing. But those boxes of fixed
ammunition and those two tons of provisions
captured from Captain Jack perp.ex us more
than the scorpions or rattlesnakes. How and
from whom did he get those boxes and bags Of
supplies and all those horses? Did he find
them in the assures Of those lava beds, or did
they drop down from the clouds? Or did he
capture them or borrow them here and there
in the surrounding country and bring them
to his camp by some underground railroad?
Nobody can tell. General Davis and General
Gillem ought to get up committee of inves-
tigation on the subject as soon as they cap
ture Captain Jack, if not sooner. Any how,
it will be useless to try to starve out those
Modocs SO long as they can show surplus of
two tons of provisions for thirty men in NOV
ing from one lava bed to another.
We fall back upon our original proposition,
that the case Of Captain Jack calls for General
Sheridan. "Little Pills tactics are exactly
adapted to meet this case. We are getting
tired of these flaming reports of what our
troops are preparing to do and with the small
results from these grand undertakings when
accomplished. We want a general against the
Modocs whose first charge upon them will be
kept up till they are all killed or captured;
and as this is Sheridan's method Of fighting
the redskins he is the man to settle with Cap
tain Jack, should General Davis fail within
reasonable time to report a decisive settle
ment with the willy savage and his desperate
band of followers.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-16

RUSSIAN ADvIcEs FROM KHrvA indicate that
the Khan is making an active endeavor to
muster force which will enable him to meet
the Russians in the field. 1t appears also as
If his stronghold had not been completely re-
duced, as was at first reported, by the i'm
perialistS.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-16
Deep Sea SOundings-The Juniata-
Cable M0nOpolies.


We had congratulated our readers upon the
fact that one of our vessels Of war, the United
States steamer Juniata, had been prepared for
deep sea sounding by the Navy Department
and would shortly proceed to map out the
Atlantic basin for the cable-laying Of the
future. 1t seems however, that our congratu-
lations were somewhat premature. The time
for the ship to sail upon this useful and nee
essary duty was drawing near, when without
any apparent reason, the sounding apparatus
put on board the Juniata was removed and all
preparations suddenly stopped. 1t seems
then, that the soundings will not be taken
We would like to know the reason of this, for
it is something unusual to prepare q ship for
special service, at considerable expense,
and then not send her to sea. At
least there is generally some good
cause for taking such course, and
in this case we can see none whatever The
prosecution of deep sea soundings in the
Atlantic is an important matter, especially at
the present, when new cables are about being
laid down. The Navy Department will have
greatest consequence that the company now
forming for the purpose of opposing the
monopolists of ocean telegraphy should have
every legitimate support from the government,
and no assistance at this stage would be more
valuable than would be rendered by soundings
of the line of ocean best suited to laying down
cables, which will put the ocean telegraphy of
the world upon fair, honest basis, and pluck
from the hands of the present companies all
opportunity of levying excessive charges.
The Secretary of the Navy, it would seem,
must be badly advised to abandon so well con-
ceived plan as the one he had developed on
the eve of its execution. Our commercial
men who stood ready to thank him for this
great service when finished will doubtless
feel little like doing 30 when they learn
that the Juniata is. after all, not to do
this, useful and promised work. We have
often claimed and now reassert that our
vessels of war cannot be better employed
than sounding out the great depths Of
the ocean, surveying little-known coast lines
and foreign ports. The Juniata should be
allowed to commence the work for which she
has been prepared. At this time. too, one Of
our war vessels should be sent to search for
the Polaris, and, if possible, bring back her
surviving officers and crew to the United
States.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-16

The MONEY PANIC IN VIENNA has produced
very dishsartening effect on the people of the
Austrian capital. The financial tremor ia ex-
tending from the German municipal centre.
Its influence has been already felt on the
shores of the Black Sea, in Odessa. Trade has
been completely suspended in the Russian
city, and discounts advanced to nine per cent
yesterday.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-16

ANOTHER GREAT Victory over the Modocs
A whole days fighting, two savages killed and
no squaws or pappooses visible. Three times
three for Gillem and Davis
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-16

WOODS MUSEUM. broadway. Thirtieth st.
Four KNAvEs AND IHK PACK. Afternoon and evening.
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NlRLO'S GARDEN Broadway. between Prince and
Houston sts-AzRAEL; or. TnE MAGIC CHARM.
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ADJUSTMENTS THIS EVENING.

powERY THEATRE, Bowery.-TnE soLDrrn's Pnoc
en
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UNION SQUARE THEATRE. Union square. near
Broadway.-FRou FRoU
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ATHENEUM. ISIS Broadway GRAND VARIETY ENTER
The Placer herald., 1873-09-06

Minnesota is the only State in the Union
worth continental dam
The Placer herald., 1873-09-06
A WOMAN'S COURAGE.

The blood-red light of sunset was mirror
ing itself in crimson spashes in the turbid
tides of the great Western river; the black
bird was sounding its sweet whistle through
the primeval forests; and Jonathan Beers,
slit ng in his cabin door, smoked his solitary
evening pipe, and thought vaguely of the
church bells that used to ring at evening
time in the far-off Eastern village where he
had been born and brought up, with roarings
of Penobscot Bay in his ears.
"l'd like to hear them bells once again
afore die, mused old Jonathan.
"But it amt likely III ever 60 back
now"
Even while these disjointed medtations
passed through his mind there was light
step on the cabin threshold, and the rustic
of stifly starched pink calico, and his neice
Dorothy came to the door,
"Tea' ready, uncle DEAR" said she.
"And I've baked real New England corn
bread, and some ginger-snaps, such as
gradmamma used to make. And see.
uncle, I've sliced up the little red peaches
from the tree you planted yourself on the
south side of the hill. Israel Esmaync
said 1t wouldn't grow, but it has. mean
to keep saucerful and little cream for
Israel tonight just to show him"
Old Jonathan laid down his knife ond
fork
"Do you mean that Israel Esmayne is
coming here tonight p
"Yes, uncle" said Dorothy, STOPPING to
recover teaspoon she had dropped-a slim
teaspoon with an antique silver shell carved
on its hande-and coming up very rosy
from the search. "Why not %
"Take care, Dotty. That's all.
''Uncle, what do you meanf"
~ mean, child, that I'd rather lay you
in your grave in the new burying- ground,
where there's only one mound yet in the
shadow of the church spire, than to see ytu
married to man who drinks. That 8
what mean, Dotty"
Do,othys head drooped over her plate.
"Uncle, that is hardly fair. Because a
man had bad habit once"
"And has il nowl
The soft eyes glittered into defiant
fash.
"You are mistaken, uncle. Israel Es-
mayne has not touched a drop of ardent
spirits in a year. He has promised me
never TO tuch it again"
IL hope he never will, my girl" sid
Jonathan Beers. although his tone betrayed
no very sanguine feeling. "But it amt a
safe thing to do. It's madness, love Of
liquor is, and nothing short. It's liable to
break ont at any time. Israel Esmaynes
The Placer herald., 1873-09-06
MINGLED Feelings.

We know not, on an April day,
How soon the sun may yield to showers
The hawthorn bloom of closing May
Still hides the fading of it's flowers.
We know not, in smiling eye,
How soon the starting tear may tremble
The heart where JOY may seem to lie
Hath oft most sorrows to dissemble.
We list to music that brings back
Dear musings of forgotten pleasure
Yet meet with sorrow on the track,
Where memory floateth with the measure.
The pleasure of the human breast
Can never quite from pain be singled;
And that remembrance is the best
Wherein the least Of griefs is mingled
Down the bread vista life has spread
When weamed memory seeks indulgence,
She ever finds some shadow cast
TO cloud the suns complete refulgence.
But, like picture long laid by,
From which the garish hUes have faded,
Few spots are all obscurity,
And most are only softly yshaded.
Overland 4uonthiyf for September.
The Placer herald., 1873-09-06
eON-
HOW QUEEN VICTORIA GOT SO RICH.

Prince AIbert's will has been kept se-
cret TO this day, and no tne knows what it
contained. The rumor is that Tie Prince
left everything to the Queen, and lhnt be al-
so laid injun .tions upon her rot 10 conv,rt
any of the property into money for the Iur.
pose of giving the money TO the Prince of
Wales. That young gentleman, is may be
remembered, was in disgrace with his papa
at the time Of the latter's death-indeed the
death itself was the consequence Of cold
caught on a sudden journey. to Oxford,
whittier Prince Albert had been summoned
in haste TO get his son out Of disglaceiul
and dangerous scrape in which lie was in.
volved.
No one at the present day knows exactly
what are "the private estates" OF tie
Queen. The estate of Bnlmoral and the
Osborne estate are known, and their value
can be estimated; but there are in addition,
the Kensington estate, Of which no one but
tie Queen. and her private agents know
anything
When the plan for the construction of tn,
Sou h Kensngton Museum was first devised,
there were miles Of uno coupled land lying
around the spot chosen for the great col'tc-
tion of buildings now known as The Exhli.
tion, the Museum, and Albert Hail. and
there were other miles of streets only patty
built, and having fer the most part etcap
and poor houses upon them. A little ring
was iormed-Prince Albert, Mr.. Dixie, (nt-
terward Sir &. w. Dike), and two or
three others composed it-and Ivy this ring The
greater part of this property was quietly
bought up before the plan for the museum,
etc., was made public. That was more
than twenty years ago.
The whole of that region is now densey
covered with fine houses, and what cost on
ly few hundred thousands, is row worth
many millions. Prince Alber's share of
this is now the property of the Queen, aud
these Kensington estates are in themselves n
very large fortune. Altogether in money
and Landed property, 10 say nothing of the
jewels, her Majesty is supposed to possess
something like 6,000.C00 sterling, while
no one really knows how much she has; and
the amount may be ZIG eco. eco, or even
eco, ,OC0 900, Tor aught any one can show
to the c,nlrary.-N. Y World.
The Placer herald., 1873-09-06
A STlDENT'S JOKE.

One morning NJ. dAvyl, Sr, presiding
Judge of one of the courts in Paris, went
to visit his son in the Latin quarter Of the
city. The old gentleman was at heart Il
strong royast and lover of the arisocracy.
He arrived in bis sons apar,m ments at very
awkward Immediately aft one of
the young mans rousiug sprees-and empty
bottles lay around in all directions. Look
ing around lie exclaimed
ooh, my what's all this?"
"Bo,iles
$50 | see. But what fearful disorder"
"Well, father, study so hard that
don't want to lose my time in arrarg-
ing those things which have been aecumu-
latng for n long time.
My child. it is very good to study, but
it is not right to kill ones SELF. " While so
saying, the feet of the magistrate encoun-
tered a pair of terribly dIlapidatod loos
that pl oruded from under the table. The
magistrate attempted TO kick tie dirty cd
things out of his sight, but met with some
solid resistance. They wouldn't go.
"What is this ?" said he.
"Boots."
"So see. But there rs something in
them.
eyes, father, feet"
"Whose?"
"Silencc, father! don't wake up the
Duke of Olivares."
"That Juke!' said the magistrate, gaz-
ing on the ragged and hard looking care un-
der the table, who remained fast asleep.
eyes, sir, that's u duke; so much of
duke that no later than yesterday his COTS
ins, the Medinas CTIi, sent hin 125 eco
francs to enable him TO arrange his little uf-
fairs; but, unfortunately for himself, lie las
refused the oifer not wishing TO accept Of
anything from rival family WHO have
abandoned the cause of the King"
"Noble felow!' said the old magistrate.
GA duke and no mistake"
The son, fearing that the Duke might
wake up, slipped out on the preext of go-
ing to attend a case m Couit, leaving his
father alone with the sleeper.
What passed between the "Dukc" and
the magistrate nobody knows; but at ull
events it is fact that the Duke" few
hours afterward, splenddly dressed from
head to foot, stepped out of the Belle Jar
diniere and went to breakfast with the mag
istrate, his host, in restaurant OF the Pal.
ais Royal
There the old gentleman discovered that
he had been deceived by his son, Hnd that
his companion was merely Il thirsty. adven-
turous student.
The Placer herald., 1873-09-06

YoUNG MEN cf slender incomes, meditat-
ing marriage, will do well to ponder on the
unfortunate situation of George Cane, of
Brooklyn, before taking that step. lie is
only 2l years old, and has applied for di.
vorce from the woman whom he married two
years ago. He says he is a hardware clerk
on salary of So week, but out OF this he
must contrive to pay Mrs. Cane imony Of
S4 week, pending the suit, and 500 TO
her lawyers for defending her. So the couit
decided, and he goes 10 jill if he fails or re-
fuses to obey.
The Placer herald., 1873-09-06
A MYSTERY.
BY JOHN G.. WHITTIER.


The river, hemmed with leafing trees,
Wound through its meadows green:
A low, blue line of mountains showed
The open pines between.
One sharp, tall peak above them all
Clear into sunlight sprang;
saw the river of my dreams
The mountain that sang!
No clue of memory led me on,
But well the ways knew;
A feeling of familiar things
With every footstep grew.
Not otherwise above its crag
Could lean the blasted pine;
Not otherwise the maple hola
Aloft its red ensign.
So up the long and shcrn foothills
The mountain road should creep;
So, green and low, the meadow fold
Its red-haired kline asleep.
The yer wound as it should wind
Their place the mountains took;
The white, torn fringes of their clouds
Wore no unwonted look.
Yet ne'er before that rivers rim
was pIeSStu ny lecl VI iniIe
Never before mine eyes had crossed
That broken mountain line.
presence, strange at once and known,
Walked with me as my guide;
The skirts of some forgotten life
trailed noiselessly at my side.
Was it dim-remembered dream?
Or glimpse through ICONS old?
The secret which the mountains kept
The river never told
But from the vision, ere it passed,
A tender hope l drew,
And, pleasant as dawn of spring,
The thought within me grew.
That love would temper every change,
And soften all surprise,
And, misty with the dreams of earth,
The hills of heaven arise.
The Placer herald., 1873-09-06
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Is taught In . thorough and scientific manner
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working In the DARK that most students ex perence
viii Initiated by the old system, aud consists OF
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LIST. study Of The general theory and object of
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and Ledger.
I'd. study and examination OF the theory OF led
ger accounts followed by exam pies Of isolated &C
counts worked by students, showing how. by the
system Of Debts and Credits, the Resources Labili
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I'D. The science OF double entry bookkeeping ex-
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Commercial Arithmetic Depart.
memt.

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II lacking In ability TO make rapidly and with uu.
srring accuracy during the hurry and press of
business, all the various commercial caicuiat ions
that for IN large part Of the accountants work he
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10 accomplish this, the rapid addition OF single
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