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New-York tribune., 1874-01-02

sverving the truth Of shat oath. I an not skilled
writer, but II 10 me that my svermens nes the
oaee fully did not to mo that anouId nave
rected the oath in full when averred ts truth In order
10 escape the charge OF evasion.
IL 10 also asked Why did not give securities wneh
signed my bonds II the Attorney General had asked
any Custom house broker he would have been informed
that tho Collector In great majority OF cases. does not
require securities The Collector did not ask any OF me-
II had, would have given them. did not ask 70 DC
excused and the business done by broker In the
usual way. II the want OF securities proves want Of
title or false OATH the Attorney eyGeneral thinks u
does then say that most vesses carrying our nag are
not owned by those who paid for them for In most cases
there are securities.
Nv letter 10 sad TO be "impudcnt." Has it come TO
this that American citizen conscious OF his own lnno
cencc must gutily submit to be publicly branded as
perjurer by the Attorney General and moke no reply
Is 1t possible any thinks that ought to have
submitted TO this aeousatcn without denying u, II
could truly deny IT. And 90 think that the At'or-
ney.General had right pronounce Judgment on me
without o hearing beCs Spain furnished him w1th
afdavs which had opportunity to sec or contra
Dict whose only object 10 prove that had sworn
falsely Some to think that because the United
States had agreed with Spain TO dispense with salute
Spain could prove TO the satisfaction" OF the United
States that the Vgnius was not entitled TO carry the
dag therefore the Attorney General was bound to be
satsned with the aRdavits which Spain furnished hun
without taking the trouble to ask whether the person
charged with crime had been heard In It's own defense
Would en- English Attorney General, for example, have
pArmtted foreign governments TO convict an English
man Of perjury by park afdavts which, II true, at
the same time convicted his Government OF gross ne
Rlect, the oo~piaioah nf
The Government at once did all that could have
asked 1t then to do; and IL would have been "impn
dent" in me to camor for anything 1t never
occurred that the Government could on er drte
proof reverse It's whole and abandon It's own
SDaD and in doing that, SACRIFICE rlknts
also. n had been advised should have left notice
in the State Department requesting the Secretary TO
send copies OF the secret proceedings which was
tn he tried by Spain; but unfortunately was advised
other wise. What could have done with the papers IN
case the Secretary had furnished cOpies do not
know but do not hatter myself that any comments OF
nine could have made them less satisfactory to the
AttOrne General than they found to be. could
only have repeated my oath and unless cOud have
Deen permitted to confront and anime the wit
nesses would have been better off than am now
Very respectfully, JOHN +. PATTERSON.
EeD- York, Dec. g, 1873.
New-York tribune., 1874-01-02
A SURVIVOR FROM THE SANTIAGO MAS
SACRE,

Capt. Grats, who was reported among the
victims OF Santiago wishes 1t known that he has
escaped the fate which La Oroasta assigned to him.
describes the condition Of tho prison a. Santiago de
Cuba incredibly offensive He could not sleep during
the period Of his incarceration there In consequence of
tho yards which inserted themselves into every part
OF bis clothing aud of vermin that afforded
peace by day or night Capt. Gratz has Just left
the hospital, and has to undergo serious operation
upon his mouth, the jaw-bOne having become diseased
and all the teeth lOOsened the terrible effects Of ma
lria and hardship He ascrbes his escape to the timely
interference Of Capt Lorraine Of the English ship
New-York tribune., 1874-01-02
THE REPUBLIC OF SPAIN.

EXPLOSION AT CARrAGENA - EFFORTS 70 BRING
ABOUT A RECONCILIATION BETWEEN CASTELAR,
AND SAIMERON.
MADRID, Thursday Jan. l, 1874.
On Tuesday night shell from the besieg
ing battery setre to the Insugent roncad Tetuan IN
the harbor OF Cartagena After burning for three hours
the reached the magazine, which exploded with tre
mendous force damaging the vessel seriously
The Deputies the COrtes endeayoring TO recon
cilo the differences between sameron and President
CASTELAR,.
Marshal Serrano IL endeavorng 10 the removal
OF Gen. MoriJnes from the command OF the Republican
forces in Cordova
The Government has suppressed alnewspapers OF
Federal prOchvities.
MORE COMMUNISTS CONDEMNED TO DEATH
VERSAILLES, Thursday, Jan. /, 1874.
The court-martial sitting for the trial of
Communists has condemned six more OF them to death,
four being IN eontnmdctans.
New-York tribune., 1874-01-02
EOPETCN NOTES

Mr. Evans, proprietor of The London Hour,
Is dead
Specie in the Bank of England has increased
during the week 9i95OO0.
Smyrna times., 1874-05-13
. POef2V.
THE LOVERS.
IN DIFFERENT MOODS AND TRxsEs.


s,r, sslter she a young teacher who taught
Add her friend Charlie Church. was preacher who praught
b,ueb his enemies called him screecher whs scraught
W.; haar, when he saw her kept SukIng and sunk,
,l lis eve, meeting hers, kept winking and wunk;
,rh, sb. IN her turn, fell to thlnging and thunk.
II, b.stsned to WOO her. and sweetly he wOoed,
rr sloye grew until to mountain it grewed,
And what he was longing to do he doed
l., .serst he wanted to speak, and he spoke;
70 sssk with his lips what his heart long sOke;
g bs managed to let the truth leak, and it lOke.
H. asked her to ride to the church and they rode;
They so sweey gide that they both said they glods
,d they ca ne to the place be tied and were tOde.
rAn bomeward he said, let drive, and they drove,
And a. soon as he wished to arrive, they arroVe.
ro- whatever he couldn't eontrive she eOntrove.
The kiss he was dying to steal, then he srole;
At the feet where he wanted to kneel he then knoe
And he said. Il feel better than ever l fole.
"a they to each other kept cnRng and clunE,
Wb,ls time his Aft current wingng and wung,
And this was the thing he was bringing and brung.
Tba man Sally wanted to catch, and mad caught
TIA, he wan ed from others snatch and had snaught
Was the one liked to scratch and she scraught
And tbarey's warm love began freezing and froIe,
While he took TO teazing and cruelty toze
Tbs g,rI he had wished to squeezing aud squOze.
.Weteb he cried she threatened to leave him. and e
"How could YOU deceive YOU have deceit
And she answered Il promised TO c!eeve aud I've CLEFT
Smyrna times., 1874-05-13

Our SOCIAL LrFE.--Some people never make
acquaintances, but shut themselves up from
their kind as does an oyster in his shell while
others-and by far the happier-are never at
a loss for cheerful companionship. 1t Is not
hard to make acquaintances if we set about it
in the right way; but it is useless to hang back
and wait every door to be opened; we must
push them ourselves. Said o lady to us the
other day y never make / scauaintqHnees ntH"e IN IN
travelling wish could: Sald 1noiher; 10Th r. ,ha m
women who sweep the ferry boats, and to any
decent person who happens to sit by me in the
cars. | find every human heart IS human,
and that can learn something L didn't know
before from every new acquaintance, or com
municate information that may be valuable to
her." We are, most Of US, too apt to stand on
our dignity and wait for advance from others
to indulge captious disposition, and criticisC
where we would commend. The cultivation o
a genial, charitable, benevolent spirit will not no
iniure any Of US, and will certainly benefit The
community in which we live, and add constant!
10 the number Of our friends.
Smyrna times., 1874-05-13

A REMARKABLE FAMIIY-Across the river
from Wilmington, at Edridge's Hill, Gouces-
ter county, n. j., live in one dwelling four
ladies of the respective ages of 81, 80, 10 and
CT years. The youngest is housekeepor, and
the others board with her. All the ladies are
smart, physically and their mental powers are
in vigor still The eldest of the party is the
mother of nine children, the grandmother OF
thirty,five children. and the great grandmother
of twenty-six children. One of the children is
a lady physician of this city; another is the
lady of sixty -four years, with whom she resides
This lady's husband, to whom she was married
at twenty. lived to commemorate the 5Oth
anniversary of their wedding; and as another
instance of long life it is mentioned that the
husbands sister lived to be 93 years old, and
was never in bed with sickness any consecutive
seven days. 1t is said too that she induged in
the habit of smoking tobacco pipe from her
sixteenth year up to the very day OF her death
A circumstance that might have been the
cause of her failing to live the century out
Wilmington Commercial.
Smyrna times., 1874-05-13

A performance of educated feas is at the
nresent time attracting much attention at
Rerlin. At n recent exhibition, one Of the
most accomplished of the insects, obeying a
sudden impulse of its nature, sprang from the
table and took refuge on the person of an illus
trious lady. The exhibitor was in despair, as
the truant was his best performer, and said he
would be ruined unless it could be recovered.
The lady good naturedly retired to an adjoining
room, and, after few minutes absence, re;
turned with the flea between her thumb and
forefnger. The exhibitor took it eagerly, gave
one look at it. and then, with visible embar
rassment, said, Your HiGhness will pardon
me. but this is not the right flea.
Smyrna times., 1874-05-13

The world is full of men who will cheerfully
- boss n lob for dollar and halt day,
when five dollars day for actual work would
not be the slightest temptation tor them
A stranger who threw ten-doliar bill into
the contribution-box of Savannah church got
trusted for five hundred dollars worth OF goods
next day on the strength OF It.
Boston paws one hundred and forty-two
thousand dollars year for church music Wheh
congregations stand ready to sing without
charging cent.
Love has way Of cheating itself consciously,
like child who plays at solitary hlde-anG,
seek it is pleased with assurances that II all
the while disbelieves.
A Western member of Congress who inter
preted NJ Z. to mean More Currency; was
made to understand that it meant Mighty
! Corrupt.
! Ofall actions of life, our marriage least con.
Germs other people; yet of all the actions OF
our life, it is most medded with by other
people.
A fop, in company, wanting, his servant.
called out, "Where's that blockneac VI
mine p On your shouIuolS' sH'
lady.
Instead of saying It's long time between
drinks" Western men now remark IL
long time since signed my last pledge.
A Kentucky gentleman didn't get mad untfi
he had been called 8 liar eightyone times
The mOnotouy of the thing rlled HIM.
A grave elder in an English church forbade
the banns of a certain young couple because
he had " intended Hannah for himself
4
A Yankee wanted the Bridge OF Sighs
nointed out to him, aud then offered to bet
America had several bridges twice the slze'
A Georgia clergyman has thirty-twU child; child
rem. and his parishioners object to his having
! four pews without paying for them.
"He has left a void that cannot be easily
filed" as the bank director touchingly re-
: marked of the absconding cashier.
PENNSYLVANIA, as is generally known, takes
;ts name from William Penn, the word sylvia
] MIA, !" meaning woods.
Any candidate for Office in Omaha whe
wears shirt collar is considered a bloateS
aristocrat.
Smyrna times., 1874-05-13
WHOLE NO. 993

THE FARMERS POWER IN THE WEST 1t
is little curious that the very Farmers move
ment which aided the Democrats to overthrow
the Republican power in Wisconsin and Iowa,
should be called on to aid the Republicans to
overthrow the Democratic power in Missouri.
The fact seems to show not only that the far
mers are to be the governing regulator and
disciplinaran of parties in the West, but, what
is more significant, that either of the existing
parties is ready to 60 to pieces if, by doing SO,
it can secure the defeat Of the other
Smyrna times., 1874-05-13

Henry Ward Beecher in speaking of the
moral strength which culture gives, says: I'm
the great conflict between Germany and France,
it was the schoolhOuse which overthrow France.
There were ninety eight per cent Of the
Germany army who could read and write.
There were forty eight per cent. Of the French
they went down.
Smyrna times., 1874-05-13

A Surgeon, after a sanguinary battle, was
going his rounds, examining his patients He
came at length to a sergeant who had been
struck by bullet in the left breast, directly
over the region of the heart. The doctor, sur
prise at the narrow escape of the man, ex-
claimed, ''Why, my man, where in the name
of goodness could your heart have been?" 81
guess it must have been in my mouth just
then, doctor, replied the poor fellow, with
faint smile.
Smyrna times., 1874-05-13

There was dazzling wedding at Washing
ton on Monday week. Senator Stewart
daughter was married to Lieutenant Hooker,
u. S. A. The opening quadrille was dancc1
bv The President and the bride, the groom and
Mrs Stewart. General Sherman and Mrs. Por-
trr Senator Stewart and Mrs. Frelinghuysen.
The presents, which were very magnificent
were not displayed.
Smyrna times., 1874-05-13

l little girl, playing in field near West
minister. Mass, was attacked by savage bull.
Her brother, aged 10, climbed over the fence,
and bravely fought the bull with a stick.
Run, sissy :" shouted the boy, and she saved
herself by o5eying The boy, however, was
gored so terribly that very likely he will die of
the hurt
Smyrna times., 1874-05-13

Boston is we'll known for economy. We
have evidence in the following As proof of
careiulnlss on the part Of steamboat pToprie-
tor, it is stated that an antiquated steamboat
in New England always carries supply OF
wooden plugs with which to close up the holes
that frequently appear in her worn out boilers.
Smyrna times., 1874-05-13

A pious invalid went to church last Sabbath
for the first time for several months, did you
not enjoy the Sermon said the husband,
thankful to see her in his pew again. Enjoy
it, guess did, immensely, till | looked at
the lady in the front seat, and all at once | was
unhappy, for would you believe it, my back
hair WASH t up high enough.
Smyrna times., 1874-05-13

A man recently broke off a marriage be-
cause the lady did not possess good converse
tional powers. A cynical friend, commenting
on the fact, says: He should have married
her, and refused her new bonnet, and he
would have discovered her conversational
nowers 7"
Smyrna times., 1874-05-13

First ian.-Wot was hup for, and wct
ave got? Well floor woman and took
her watch, and I've got two years and fog
ging." Second ruffan.-" All, flung a wo-
man out o the top floor window; an / We only
then she was yer wife.
Smyrna times., 1874-05-13

Ofall Jokes, says the Salem Gazette, that of
the legislature passing law to prevent young
men under eighteen from hurting themselves
by ovcrwork, is the greatest. Won't 1oung
America enjoy the laugh?
Smyrna times., 1874-05-13

The month of April has been remarkable
one, and as the temperature Of Wilmington
differs little from that of Philadelphia tew
figures taken from the weather books OF the
Pennsylvania Hospital (which has the most
complete meteorological record in the country
may be of interest. These figures show the
past month to have been the coolest April In
7G years. Not since 1898 has the mean TEN
perature reached the low point of the month
Just close. This temperature was ~! deg.
In 1898 it was 40 deg Another cold April,
although it does not approach the last one, was
that of 1865 when the mean Temperature was
As "a deg. The average since 1890 has been
81 80 deg. The highest point the mercury
reached last month was &C deg lon the 26th).
On FIVE days there was freezing weather
Another feature Of the month was the unusually
heavy rainfall There was rain on sixteen
different days, and snow on two days. There
was fall of ISL inches of rain, an amount
exceeded, according to the Hospital kecoTds,
once only and by but 3-l00ths of an inch. Inc
average rain fall in 81 years has been 3.9t
inches. These facts tell the story very clearly
Smyrna times., 1874-05-13

La Mothe was not great writer, but he un-
derstood human nature. Finding that his book
had slow sale, he procured Il prohibition
against the reading Of it, and every copy was
disposed Of
Smyrna times., 1874-05-13

A small boy in New Haven made sensa-
ton for a short time by quietly transferring a
card bearing the words Take one, from
lot of handblls in front of a store to basket
of oranges.
Smyrna times., 1874-05-13

THE DIFFERENCE.-At BolOgue, during the
reception of Queen Victoria, some years ago, a
number of English ladies, in their anxiety to
see everything, pressed with such force agalntS
the soldiers who were keeping the line that the
latter were forced to give way, and generally
were, to use the expression OF policemen,
The officer in command, observing the state Of
affairs. called out, "One roll of the drum-if
thew don't keep back, kiss them all. After
the first sound of the drum the ladies took to
diCbt. "If they had been French, said q
Partisan ioarnal, "they would have remained
to woman"
Smyrna times., 1874-05-13

Boston pays one hundred and forty two
thousand dollars year for church music, when
congregations stand ready to sing without
charging a cent.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-06-25
He Would Not.

A young man entered the bar-room
of village tavern and called for a
drink. "No," said the landlord, "you
have had too much already. You have
had delirium tremens once, and can
not sell you any more" He stepped
aside to make room for a couple of
young men who had just entered, and
the landlord waited upon them very
politely. The other had stood by sui
len and silent, and when they had fin
ished he walked up to the landlord and
thus addressed him "Six years ago, at
their age, stood where these young
men now are. was man of fair pros
poets. Now. at the age of enty-eight,
1 am wreck, body and mind. You led
me to drink. In this room 1 formed
the habit that has been my ruin. Now,
sell me few glasses more and your
work will be done. shall soon be out
of the way; there is no hope for me.
But they can be saved they may be
men again. Do not sell to them. Sell
to me and let me die, and the world
will be rid of me-but for heavens sake
sell no more to them" The landlord
listened, pale and trembling. Setting
down the decanter, he exclaimed, "God
helping me, that is the last drop will
sell to any one." And he kept his
word,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-06-25

"What with O sense of danger, and
what with sudden CONSERVATION at being
spoken to in such tone and manner, I
had no self-command, and in shutting
the umbrella somehow lost my bal
ance, and the next instant 1 was sinking
in the binding waters.
"I must have risen very quickly, for
the boat was there and laid my hand
on its side, but quick as flash Downs
hand came down on mine, and though
he afterward said that he tried to lay
hold of me to assist me, know that he
dislodged my hand. True, I should
have upset the boat, and just as true he
flung me off to perish. As sank again,
even through the gurgling in my ears,
[ heard the voice of Harry Vane,
Courage, Charlotte, I'm coming
"Again I rose and again sank. Then
L ceased to struggle and the pain of
sufocation was gone. knew that was
dying, and like electricity all my past
life flashed before me. I had no terror
of death, but longed to ask Harry S
pardon. Downs I seemed to have for.
gotten. The tall rice was all about me,
and 1 knew no more until deadly
sickness and great pain woke me tC
consciousness. Was it the gurgline
water or human speech that rumbled
in my ears ? L did not know, did not
care only wished not to be disturb.
ed-not to suffer.
"Slowly my comprehension returned
and L found myself on bed in the log.
cabin of the man who kept the boats on
hire, and it was night, for candles were
burning. Some of my companions OF
the picnic were there, but [ was too Ill
and weary to ask questions.
"When next opened my eyes it was
daylight and my father and mother
were bending over me.
Suddenly remembered something
of the drowning and cried out, where
is Harry? He said he was coming
"They hushed and soothed me and
suppose administered a narcotic, for
have only faint recollection of lying
on bed in a covered conveyance and
OF being annoyed by the iolting.
"The next time I awoke my mind
was clear, [ recollected all, and begged
to be told how I was saved. My friends
evaded this question, and my suspicious
being aroused, I demanded to see Harry
Vane. Finding they could no longer
put me OIL, they told me that Larry
rescued me and swan with me toward
the islet, where one of the boats had
just landed. Another gentleman waded
out breast high to meet him, and drew
me to the shore, supposing that Harry
was following. But Harry did not
follow, and in the excitement about
me he was not missed until too late.
Whether he was exhausted or whether
he took a cramp no one could tell.
Tho only ! know and never ohnll for.
get Harry Vane was drowned in say.
ing my life. This also know shall
live and die Charlotte Kemp. AS fol
Downs, 1 hated then, 1 hate still, the
sound of his name. He left our town
almost Immediately after the occurrence
and never saw his face after the day
of the picnic"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-06-25
Superficial AcQuirements.

A writer says "The boy or girl who
can give the name of every river and
the height of every mountain in Asia,
the age of every reigning sovereign in
Europe, the date of every battle in
America, can hardly be as well off for
all this burdensome knowledge as one
who knows the elements of human
physiology and anatomy, who is taught
more of the knowledge useful in after
life, and can tell how to help himself or
another in case OF accident or emer-
gency. The boy who is to go into ac-
tive life and the girl who is to become
head Of a household, will have little
occasion and less opportunity to use
the greater part of the 'crammed les
sons so industriously accumulated dur
ing their school years. A fair knowl-
edge of the rules that are at the bottom
of all healthful activity, a general ac-
acquaintance with anatomy and a well,
grounded taste for natural sciences,
will all grow into and become part of
their daily lives, and such things are
far less likely to make pretentious men
or women than that kind of smattering
memorized facts and dates and
words, which is too often the penalty
of superficial study"