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The New York herald., 1873-09-22
OCEAN TELEGRAPHING.

Result OF Minister Schcnck's Exposure
of the Frauds Of tho Telegraph Conn
pnnfes-An Important Reduction Made
In the Tariff for Messages.
WASHINGTON, Sept 10, 1878.
The Secretary OF State has received from Minis
ter Schenck, in London, despatch informing him
that the recent exposure through the columns Of
the HERALD OF the frauds practised by the tele-
graph companies has resulted In the proper re-
ductlon Of the rates. The despatch is as follows:-
-s.. ava-.a mo. 475] .t
LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATEs,l
LONDON, August %, 1873. J
No s 44 ana @ n reon M hn
that have been exacted here for tho transmission
Of cable kilograms by the land lines in the United
States leading to points west and south OF New
York, have now the satisfaction to inform you
that have ascertained some reduction is about to
be made in those rates. Of which complaint has
The Anglo American Company is about to issue
to 20 Of On Says s o. senS
herewith, printed copy. You will see by this
table that the additions to the four shilings per
service lying within the United States are to be
lowered as follows:-That class OF stations for
per W word is, alter that date. to Be two pence. @
being reduction from e.s51 cents per word to 4esl
cents That class for which the additions!
rom ao.ss cents to 1855 cen!s: the additionsi ]
CuoISo Vi ouc ouAiuu8 PcI WOKu AOE EoubdCOid ID W
be ten pence, q reduction from 27.SS cents to
2S.1o cents. That class OF stations for which the
additional charge has been fifteen pence per word
Is to be ten pence, being reduction from "a. 7s6
cents to %. 10 cents. And the two shilllngs addi
tional per word for oregon and Washington
Territories Is to be ten pence, reduction from
adsSional for all places in Florida except Pensa-
cola Lake City, st. Marks and Taaht ssee) Is to be
eighteen pence, reduction from 5000 cents to
alias cents.
have not agltated this subject, therefore, with
out good result. Other and further reductions
will pretty certainly be made hereafter f business
men will awake to their interests. And II the
Western Union Telegraph Company, as Mr.. Orton
claims, has not been q sharer in the profits Of the
excessive rates he will doubtless rejoice with us
and with the general public in this approach to
falrer charges for the service performed by his
ROBERT g. SCHENCK.
Hon. HAMILTON FISH Secretary Of State
The New York herald., 1873-09-22
KIDNAPPING IN BROOKLYN.

Last night the cries of young girl in Church
street, South Brooklyn, who was struggling to free
herself from the grasp Of q woman, attracted q
crowd Of persons. The girl begged to be taken
from the woman, who she said was trying to
take her away. 10 was then ascertained that
the woman, whose name is Elizabeth Glover,
was attempting to kidnap Mary Jane Bird, twelve
years Of age, and whose parents resided at No. 194
about two weeks ago, but succeeded In making
her ESCAPE, The woman was locked up to answer,
The New York herald., 1873-09-22
SERIOUS ACCIDENT.

James Williams, residing at No. 2o7 Centre street
Brooklyn, was admitted to the hospital yesterday,
suffering from fracture OF his skull. The injured
man was at work In Hagartys glass house, Smith
street when he was struck on the head with an
iron lever used for hoisting the OF the FUR
paces His injuries may prove fatal
The New York herald., 1873-09-22
Miscellaneous.

Professor Cromwells art entertainment opens
tonight at Association Hail. and will continue
every evening, matinees being held In reserve for
Wednesday and Saturday. We are told that the
exhibition includes specimens Of antique and
modern sculpture.
Quite large collection Of oil paintings, water
color drawings and engravingg has been on view
at the Cincinnati Industrial Exposition.
The New York herald., 1873-09-22
TEMPERANCE LECTURE.

seaman, who Is supposed to be william Graft
mate OF the bark Thornton, lying at Haroeck's
Stores Brooklyn, fell overheard last saturday
night and was drowned. Graft Is said to have been
intoxicated at the time. The body has not been
The New York herald., 1873-09-22

Departure OF the Little Juniata for
Melville Bay Description OF the
Arctic scenery-A Most Extraordinary
Cruise-Lost I'm the Icy Regions-A
Tempest In an Ice P0ck-Pcrils OF the
Voyage.
on BOARD TIE q. g. SLooP-oF-WAR JuNrATA,l
UPERNAvIE, Greenland, August IL, 1873.
Had 1 to chronicle the heroic exploits OF some
great iron-ciad battering down fort previously
deemed impregnable or commend the stanchness
OF a stormdefying vessel when hope was at the ebb
my task might not be novel in It's way. But mine
Is another duty. II Is to place before you IN plain,
unvarnshed terms, the record OF perhaps the most
extraordinary cruise ever made In the Arctic Sea
IN the noble mission OF humanity. / have already
alluded 10 the circumstances which induced Com
mander Braine to despatch the steam launch at his
command In search OF tidngs OF tho exploring
steamer Polars-a name now sadly familiar
IN the iou quarters OF tho earth: to
the enthusiasm Which marked the inception of the
laudable undertaking; the prompt and hearty re-
sponse OF all to the call for volunteers. and tho
blthesome spirit In which the preparations were
carried out; TO the hearty wishes OF success. the
propitlous and cheering start, and the lnal adieu
TO the last link OF civilization. In a former
letter I have referred to the inability Of the
s,oop-ofwar from which L pen these lines to battle
with the ice and the consequent necessity OF
securing some information upon which at least the
Tigress could work with some degree Of certainty,
and endeavored to picture the surroundings Of the
nrst days voyage Of the Little yuniata, Little
The New York herald., 1873-09-22

CrodJ6s
AFTER THE TEMPEST.
The lull was hailed with Joy. Very few had eaten
q morsel during the trying scene Scarcely q
soul slept. The sea was still running pretty high,
and 1t was determined to light the fre under the
boiler. The attempt proved failure, for the
matches were wes and useless, the tinder was sat-
urated and Of no avail Ensign May finally sue
ceeded In getting friction mstcn dry enough to
ignite. With this match O candle was lighted,
which was almost Immediately extngulshed by q
gust OF wind. BY frequent repetition Of the same
process permanent light was finally secured, and
after very persistent efforts and the aid Of cotton
full blaze. Lieutenant De Long calculated the
Little Junata to have been In latitude rs 4s north
longitude 6S 30 west. She had been running on q
line nearly east and west during the gale, making
about twenty five miles on each tack
PAINFUL CONCLUSION.
II was evident that nothing further could be
done. To prosecute the search further was out Of
the question. Commander Braine had given orders
for the return of the launch when the fuel was
half expended and on no account to risk the boat
In the ice pack. The fuel was already half gone,
and what was feft was In such condition as to
lead to very grave doubts as to It's further utility
for steamng purposes. AS far as the eye could
reach to the northward and eastward nothing but
pack ice could be seen 40 progress was
absolutely impossible; 1t was oiflcult to say more
over how close to the dreaded middle pack the boat
had been blown during the gale, and 1t was feared
that II the wind came out from the northwest she
would not only be blown upon the Melville Bar
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Kitty May.

Oh, you're laughing, Kitty May!
But he loves you, lady gay, ~.
And a tender heart and true
Is the heart he offers you,
Kitty May! .
But you're laughing, Kitty May!
What is that [ hear you say?
That his hands are hard and brown,
And his manner like clown,
Kitty May? 49,
You may laugh then, Kitty May,
But I tell you true to-day
That hard hands can closer fold,
When the winter days are coId,
Kitty May! w.
Laughing still! o Kitty May!
With your bright eyes turned away,
While I plead for youth and health
And true hearts store OF wealth,
Kitty May. .
And you're thinking, Kitty May,
Of his rival-so they say. -. "
And YOU balance love and pride,
And you'll be the old mans bride,
Kitty May.
So farewell, sweet Kitty May,
Laugh on merrily-I pray, ~..-
That no dreary day may come
In your splendid, cheerless home,
Kitty May 49,.
When your laughter, Kitty May,
In its dimpled. merry play,
Will be checked by bitter tears,
As you look back, down the years,
Kitty May! -
Corona BoreGlis.
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PURITY OF CHARACTER. = Over
the beauty of the plumb and the
apricot there grows a beauty more
exquisite than the fruit itself a
soft, delicate plush, that overspreads
it's blushing cheek. Now, you
strike your hand over that, and it
is once gone, it is gone forever, for
it never grows but once. Take
the flower that hangs in the morn
ing, impearled with dew, arrayed
as no queenly woman ever was,
arrayed with jewels. Once, shake
it, so that the drops.roll off, and
you may sprinkle water over it as
carefully as you please, yet it can
never. be made again what it was
when the dew fell silently upon it
from heaven. On a frosty morning,
you may see the panes Of glass
covered with landscapes-moun-
tains, lakes, trees, blended into q
beautiful, fantastic picture. Now
lay your hand upon the grass, and
by the scratch Of your fngor, or
by the warmth of your palm, all
the delicate tracery will be obliter-
ated. So there sin youth a beau
ty and purity of character which,
when once touched and defled,
can never be restored; fringe
more delicate than frcstwork, and
which, when torn and broken, will
never be embroidered. A man
VINO has soiled and spotted his NOR
al garments in youth, though he
may seek to make them white
again, can never wholly do it, even
were he to wash them with his
tears. When a young man leaves
hir fathers house, with the bless
ing of his mothers tears still wet
npon his forehead, if he once loses
that early purity of character, it is
a loss he can never make whole
again..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1873-06-18

In the Court Of General Sessions
Yesterday Mr.. B. G. Presley an
nounced the death. of ex-Judge
Wardlaw. He said that the mem:
hers of the Charleston Bar had
heard with deep regret Of the death
of this distinguished son of the
State, and some of them had. re.
Fquested him to NAL ke the announce.
ment to the court. He would defer
any remarks that he would have to
make showing his deep affection
and respect for this honored judge,
and only say what the court must
itself know from it's long .connec-
tion with Judge Wardlaw, that be
was deeply respected and beloved
by the members Of the bar and by
the people of the entire State. He,
therefore, simply brought the sad
occurrence to the attention Of the
court, and moved an adjournment
as a mark of respect and attention
to the memory Of the. late Judge
Wardlaw.
Judge Graham stated that in,
granting the motion he desired to
bear testimony to the high charac-
fer of Judge Wardlaw. 1t was in
his court that he first entered upon
the practice of his profession, and
he would always cherish the cour-
tesy and kindness that the deceased
had always extended to the young
members Of the bar.
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Sewing on Buttons.

It is bad enough, says the Dan
! ury Ne,0s, to see o bachelor sew
on a button, but he is the embodi-
ment of grace alongside of a a.mar:
ried man. Necessity has compelled
experience in. the case Of the for
mer, but the latter has always
depended upon some one else toa
this service, and fortunately for the
sake of society, it is rarely he is
Obliged to resort to the needle him
self. Sometimes the patient wife
scalds her right hand, or runs
silver under the nail Of the index
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"That's very desirable situation
for any young man, [ am sure,
said Clio; and then she laughed
that. same low, ripping laugh be
loved so. Poor fellow! why
couldn't he have interpreted the
love for him which rounded and
mel1owed that laugh? But no
he grew desperate, and, with the
thought that she was sporting with
him, just. a little angry.
Il might have known how il
would end. Any fellow il fool
to dangle round any girl for three
years" And he strobe toward
the door. His hana was upon it.
81 might have known you wouldn't
have married me.
"But Jack"-he turned-"you
haven't asked me to-"
"Haven't asked you to ?" Jack
caught the look in her eyes. The
next moment she was in his arms,
and her arms was round his neck,
and-well, the fact is, Jack never
did ask the question.
After the first happy moments
had passed, and the ecstacies of the
acknowledged mutual love had
efervesced-that word seems to
express the idea about as well as
any-Jack began:
SDarling, I have loved you ever
since the first day in the grove.
How long have you cared for me ?"
"ySince I saw you standing SO
lonely and looking so down.heart-
ed under that pine tree
I think after that reply Jack
kissed her. I know I should had [
been he.
The other day I visited Jack and
his wife. In the yard in front of
their home I saw small pine tree
which they tend with the greatest
care. I asked Jack where he found
it. A smile and a look Of peculiar
significance passed between him
and his wife, as he answered, 'sIn
the grove"
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THE PREsBYTERIANs.-The unan-
imous vote by which the Presbyte-
rian Assembly at, Baltimore -adop-
ted the recommendation that two
committees be appointed to confer
with the Old School Synod of Mis-
souri, and the Southern General
Assembly, for the purpose of re-
union with those branches Of the
church, probably marks the begin
ming of the end of the political
schism which has divided the Pres
byterian Church Of America since
1851. The Presbyterian Church
North and South divided in that
year on account of the action OF
the General Assembly at Pittsburgh
which declared that the allegiance
of citizens was due to the United
States, thereby denying the doc
trine Of State allegiance and State
rights. The Missouri Synod has
not been associated with either
branch since 1866. Its separation
was the result of the adoption of a
resolution by the General Assem-
bly,, in 1865, that every church
session and every Presbytery in
connection with the Presbyterian
Church North should examine
every person who came from a
Southern State asking for admis-
sion into any of their churches or
Presbyteries touching his relation
to the Federal Government and
touching his views on the slavery
question; and insisting upon a
"confession of SIM if the applicast
had been guilty of disloyalty.
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4lst Semi 1-Annual
GIFT. ENTERPRISE I!
TO be drawn Friday, July 4th, 1873.
7wo Grand Capitals of
one Grand Capital Prize, $4,000 in Gold.
One Prize $4,000 IN &lrer.
Five Prizes $1,000. Five Prizes $500.
Ten Prizes Sl0O. Each in Greenbacks.
Two Family Carriages and Matched
Horses with Silver-Mounted Harnes,
worth 81 500 each.
Two Buggies, Horses, &C., worth 5000
each!
Two Fine-Toned Rosewood Pianos
worth $500 each!
Ten Family Sewing Machines, worth
500 each.
1900 Gold and Silver Lever Hunting
Watches Gn all, worth from $40 to $500
each.
Gold Chains, Silver-ware, Jewelry, &C.
Whole number Gift, 10000. Tickets
Limited to $4,000.
| Agents wanted to sell tickets. to whom
Liberal Premiums will be paid.
Single Tickets 50; Six Tickets 10;
Twelve Tickets $40; Twenty-Five Tick
cts $40.
Circulars contain full list Of prizes
a description of the manner OF drawing
and other information in reference tt
the Distribution, will be sent to any
one ordering them. All letters must bt
addressed to L. D. SINE, Box g.;
MAIN OFFICE CINCINNATI, o
101 ". Fifth st: .
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VOLUME XXI---NO. 10.

| Il
finger of that hand, and tits then
! that the man clutches the needle
around the neck, and forgetting to
| tie a knot in the thread eslnmences
to put on the button. ft is always
lin the morning, and from. five to
twenty minutes after he is expected
to be down street. He lays the
button exactly on the site. Of its
predecessor, and pushes the needle
through the eye, and carefully
draws the thread after, leaving
about three inches Of king up
for lee way. He says to. himself,
ssWell, ifswomen don't have the
easiest. time I ever see.1 Then he;
comes back the other way, and gets
he.needle through the cloth well
enough, and lays himself out to
find the eye, but in spite of a great
deal of patientjabbing, the needle
point persists in bucking against
the solid parts of that button, and
finally when he loses patience, his
finger catches the thread, and that
three inches he had left to hold the
button slips through the eye in q
twinklmg, and the button rolls
leisurely across the floor. He picks
it up without "a single remark, out
of respect for hhis children, and
makes another attempt to fasten it.
This time when coming back with
the needle he keeps both the thread
and the button from slipping by
covering them with his thumb, and
it is out Of regard for that part Of
him that he feels around for the
eye in very careful and judicious
manner, but. eventually losing his
philosophy as the search becomes
more and more hopeless, he falls to
jabbing aboutin a loose and savage
manner, and it is just then the nee
die finds the opening, and comes
up through the button and part
way through his thumb with a ce-
lerity that no human ingenuity
can guard against. Then he lays
down the things, with a few famil-
lar quotations, and presses the in
jured hand between his knees, and
then holds it uader the other arm,
and finally jams it into his mouth,
and all the while he prances about
the floor and calls upon heaven and
earth to witness that there has
never been anything like it since
the world was created, and hoWls,
and whistles, and moans, and sobs.
After awhile he calms down, and
puts on his pants, and fastens them
with stick, and goes to
his business a changed man..
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Rosadalis p! Rosadalis I!

rOR the cure of Scrofula, in its
r various forms, also for the cure
of Chronic diseases of the Blood
Liver and Kidneys, for sale at
.: w. T. ~PENNEY'S.
March 5, 1873, 47-tf -
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-03-21

Free Lunch
Daily at st. Nicholas, and Old Popular Log
Whisky. w. n. FITZGERALD.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-03-21
In MemOriam.

WHEREAS, 1t has pleased the Grand
Master of the Universe to remove our well
beloved brother, James II. Moore, from our
midst;
WHREAs, By his removal we as fra
ternity, have suffered the loss of a brother
true, tried and trusty; the community OF
an honored and widely respected citizen
the cause of Christ of an earnest and devOt-
ed Christian; his family, (the deep suffer
ers) are bereft of kind and beloved father,
and devoted and faithful husband; and,
WHEREAS, We as a fraternity are called
upon to deplore our loss, let us remember
when we surround his open grave TO pay
the last tribute of respect to his mortal re-
mains, that our vows to him are not yet re-
deemed, his family yet remain;
WHEREAS, We do deeply deplore our
loss as brotherh God and beg leave to eX-
tend our since and heart felt sympathy to
his widowed companion and orphaned
children, yet 1--WE mourn not as those that
have no hope" for we are assured from his
orderly walk and chaste conversation in
life, and especially his last declarations in
the trying hour of earthly dissolution, that
he was only released from this prison house
of pain, to bask in the bliss of the Celestial
Lodge on high; therefore.
Be 1T resolved, That we wear the usual
badge of mourning for the space of thirty
DAYS, and that our implements remain
clad in mourning for the space of ninety
days.
Resolved, That copy of the above be
furnished the family of our brother, and
they be placed upon our record in full.
ResoLved, That we have the above pub
lished in at least two newspapers publish
ed in the city of Knoxville.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-03-21
Coal Creek

We paid this place visit and found 1t
quite thriving little place, we say little,
having population of 600 inhabitants,
but it is certainly one..of the largest little
places we have ever been in-being about
one mile and quarter from one extremity,
the depot, to the other, at the mines.
Houses are scattered all along, sometimes
two, three or four side by side, then again
one can be seen here and there solitary and
alone. Altogether, Coal Greek is not a
bad looking place, and in summer time
must be really beautiful. Then again it is
not as immoral place as any one would be
likely to think, considering it being q
mining district. The miners are generally
of the better class, quiet and moral men
who attend religious services when
ever an opportunity is offered them.
A Welsh Church has been erected
and paid for with the exception of a few
hundred dollars and there is money
enough in the Church Treasury to liqui-
date the remainder of the debt. Services
are held in this church at stated times by
Rev. r. D. Thomas, of this city, who is
acting as their pastor for the present.
have united for the purpose of erecting a
church, and the work has been commence
ed. 1t is to be built fisolid rock. The
colored Methodists have neat little frame
church near the mines of the Coal Greek
Company. l..-- .-IJ-.-1
Andersonville is small place of dozen
or so houses, near Coal Creek Coal Compa-
ny's mines, and is properly part of Coal
Creek. There are two or three stores near
the mines and several at the depot, in
which heavy trade is carried on, the
miners generally being very free with
their stamps" AS to the mineral wealth
of that country we will speak of it at an
other time. Altogether, we were well
pleased with our visit, and feel under many
obligations to Mr.. Howard Wiley for show
ing us around. :.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-03-21
NOn.Adyertisers.

Small, Of the Greeneville7 Sentinel and
Reporter, speaks plainly about people who
do not sustain their home paper. Here is
his. last effusion on the subject: .l.1si &
WE DIDN'T KNow.-A few days ago we
received letter from gentleman in the
northern part of Alabama, making some
inquiries concerning Greeneville and Tus-
culum College. He desired, be said, to
send his son to school somewhere in our
Intriguing climate. We were forced to
reply to him that we knew nothing of the
institution in question, never having seen
its catalogue, heard of its faculty, or had
an advertisement from it for our own edifi-
cation or that of the public. We were
sorry to do this, but candor. forbade any
other answer. We directed him to Emory
and Henry College, Va ~ oe
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-03-21
The Vanderbilt Donation.

Nashville was greatly excited over the
news of Commodore Vanderbilt's liberal
gift of $4,000 for Southern Methodist
College. The Banner says;
The following paragraphs occur in the
charter of the Central University:
The sum of one million of dollars is nee
essary in order to realize fully the object
desired, and not less than five hundred
thousand dollars must be secured as con-
dition precedent to the opening of any de-
partment of the University.
The location of the University shall be
left to the decision of the College of Bish-
ops of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South. The College of Bishops consists OF
Bishops Payne, Farley, Wightman, Dog
gett, Keener, Pierce, McTyiere, Kava-
naugh and Marvin.
The general indication is that the Uni
versity will be located at Nashville. In
fact, no one seems to have any doubt of it.