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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-23
THE SAND BAG AGAIN.

The ruffian and nghwayman have abandoned the
knife and pistol for still more dangerous and
deadly weapon-tne sand bag The victim who
falls under this villainous instrument has
no mark to show where or how he was
slain. His brain suffers Conclusion without the
skull being broken, and death IS almost
sure to follow IN o lew hours or days at most To
San Francisco Is due the honor OF first introducing
this weapon, which is now coming very generally
into use among the roughs OF this city.
Second avenue, was met at the entrance
Of his residence by three higbwaymen, one
OF whom struck him on the side OF the
head with sand bag. telling him TO the
ground. The blow was not severe one, else the
Unfortunate man would not now be aole to tell the
tale, but he was nevertheless severely stunned
and did not regain consciousness until the rufflans
ghad rited his pockets and carried OF his lunch
bag, which they doubtless imagined contained
contents o. which was silver knife. fork and
SPOON.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-23
UTAH.

Message from the GOvernor-Legis 1ative
Abuses-Snow Slides in the Canyons.
SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. %, 1874
A special message from the Governor to the Terri
toral Legislature states that in the present Legsla-
ture there are seven probate judges, three county
CLERKS, ten mayors Of cities and one Territorial
warden Of the Penitentiary. He recommends that
law be enacted that persons can hold but one
once. He also recommends the passage OF law
providing for minority representation.
Snow slides IN the canyons are becoming frequent.
man named George Lee was killed BY one IN Big
Cottonwood Canyon.
passenger IRON Phoebe named James Connolly
became deranged while travelling and when near
Fillmore left the stage He is supposed to have
been frozen to death.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-23

The mail steamship South America, e. 3. Tinkle-
paugh, commander, arrived at this port yesterday.
She brings dates from Rio JanerO to December 70.
Bahia December 80, PernambucO January and
Para January 7. She brings 10000 bags of coffee
and the following passeugers:-Mrs. Lucy Il. Dade
and son, Mrs. J. s. Newell; Leutenants G. II. Ar
mold, William d. Newman and Ed. W. Bridge,
OF the United States Navy; Thomas Greenshields,
late Secretary Of tho Treasury OF Paraguay; John
Kershaw, Or. S. p. Johnson, James Becker, John
G. Southern. r. J. Rhome. X. Z. Huntington; ex'
President Baez. OF st. Domingo, J. A. Bailey, VI
Philadelphia, and Q small list In the steerage.
AT Rio the public health was good, but little
sickness prevailing, ana none OF an epidemic or
contagious character.
The Hooper Telegraph Company had completed
their cable from Bahia to Rio, the steamer H0pple
arrived at Rio with the final emu on December rs,
and now there Is complete communication from
Para to PernamDucO, Bahia and Rio The COM
peti0n OF the line was celebrated by grand BAN
quet and dinner at each OF the above named ports
On January na1d ne emperor OF Braz, present &c
and alter an interchange OF congratulations
with the presidents and Onicials OF the several
Provinces By signal from the Rio headquarters
all parties simultaneously sat to dine and toasted
the success OF the greatest enterprise that to-day
exists IN all Brazil Otker vessels OF the company
between st. Thomas, West Indies and PARA
which, 1t Is expected, WIN be completed by May T.
1874, when there VIII be complete teegraphic COM
municatiOn with the United States and thence to
ali parts OF the world. Another line Ia projected
and expected to be laid between Lisbon ana Per-
na:nbuco within the year, thus opening direct com
Health at al the Coast ports was good. The
weather was mild and hot as hot as usual At this
season OF the year-wh1ch was regarded az favOra-
BILE to the crops especially the cane and coffee
CrODS.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-23
SUFFERING AT BRADY'S BEND.
An Appeal to the Charitable to Assist
Destitute Laborers Out or Work.

An Appear 10 the CnAfft8DAe 10 Ao8I8b
Destitute Laborers Out or Work.
PITTsBURG, Jan. "a, 1874
The amount OF misery and suffering among the
hard-fsted sons OF toll at Bradys Bend, on the
Allegheny River, some sixty miles from this city
is steadily the Increase, and reports from there
represent the condition OF the poor az being
wretched in the extreme. Over 1000 men have
been for long tune out OF employment, owing TO
the suspension OF the Brady's Bend Iron Works,
concern which manufactured railroad IRON, ana
which was operated by Boston capitalists.
Many men, with families we're dependent solely
On the constant employment Afforded them rom
this company for their sustenance, ana the CON
Germ stopping abruptly, and furthermore failing
to meet their recently due payments places tnesA
unfortunate toiers IN a most deplorable condition.
There has already been much suffering, and az tho
winter advances the general misery gradually IN
creases. The citizens Of Brady's Bend have done
all in their power to alleviate this sunering, but
their assistance Is greatly restricted BY the general
ha rdness OF the times, and the township being
already overtaxed by the poor thrown upon it. In
a letter committee appeals to the friends OF hu-
manly, whom God has blessed with means and
who, they are assured, Will actively sympathizd
with them In this day OF darkness and extremity,
and ask contributions. either In money, pro-
viSl Ons clothing.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-23

whether 'Balele has noe Already escaped through
one OF them. He makes no sign The volunteer
commissarist u also bad Food Ia scarce. and the
horses OF the mounted corps are suffering from
forced marches, some OF them dying stin the
colonists DO not despond. nut hope for better
tldings soon. The whole force OF the expedition
consists OF between 400 and 500 British troops and
volunteers. and about 1000 Kaars. The volun-
tecr corps OF the colony, not originally called out
to take part in the expedition have received orders
TO hold themselves In readiness to march at mo-
ment's notice.
The Kaar tribes OF the colony. other than Baiee's
are quiet and orderly.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-23
FOUND DROWNED.

NEWPORT, X. l., Jan. "a, 1874
sailor, named George Clark, was found noat
Ing In the harbor this noon. He left home. In thn
city, at four o'clock yesterday afternoon to 60 On
board vessel In the harbor. 1t Is presumed tnat
In returning, while getting on tue Wnal. ne
slipped and fell over backwards, AZ MS nea0 wa
found bruised. The C0r0ner's IurY retnfnHA
verdict Of accidental drowning.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-23
JAY COOKE 4 co.'s AFFAIRS
PHILADELPHIA.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. "a, 1874
This morning Judge Cadwaader concluded "a
allow the vote for committee OF the creditors Of
Jay Cooke co. to be resumed the same a. d
there had been no adjournment Accordingly 4
meeting OF the creditors Will be held this afternoon
to give all the creditors who have not voted an
opportunity to vote for trustee and committee
under the iorty-third section OF the Bankrupt act
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-23
Discouraging.

NUFEHBEH O DO.
The news OF the expedition 10 hand this morn
Ing Ia not 50 satisfactory. The mountain passes
have been secured bat 1t is not exactly kpQNR
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-23

Telegraphie Extsnsion-Preparaticn for Direct
Communication with Europe-HeAth Re-
port-Ths Political and Religious Com
plioations- Prosecution Of Bishops and
Clerical Defiance Of the Grown
Preparation for War Against
the Argentines-Amsrican
Arms Landed for the Re-
publicans = Scandal
in the Church.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-23
The Gold Fields Of south Africa.

DURHAM, Natal, Nov. 8. 1873.
The alluvial gold diggngs at Leydenburg, South
African Republic, are proving to De very rich.
The first discovered deposlts. at the place called
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-23

100 head OF the rebels cattle. that forces
following the rebels up. and that. with Adam
Koks "warrlors" on the other side of them. there
was every reason TO hope we w0ula soon overtake
the main body. Small parties OF rebels had been
overtaken and attacked by our Kafrs. We fought
nom behind stones, and while some OF them were
killed. others shot some OF our natives.
No later Official news this morning. Private
letters state that the forces under Lucas have had
an engagement with large body OF the rebels,
KILLED 100 and captured 500 head OF cattle. But
this wants confirmation. The volunteers complain
loudly OF being made to DO all the hard work OF
the expedition. while the military 90 little or
nothing. The other Kadr tribes OF the colony are,
to all appearance, quiet.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-02-14
The Tobacco Tax.

The tobacco manufacturers of Rich
mond, Va, at public meeting recent
ly, made out good case against the
proposed increase in the tobacco tax.
This industry now pays into the Fed
eral Treasury the enormous sum of
S34, DOC, 900 a year, or over S4,OO0,OOO
more than was deemed necessary few
years ago, when the tax was reduced
to the present rate. 1t is time to con-
slider the effects of continued discrimi-
nation against this branch of industry
by taxation. That the tax operates as
direct bounty on foreign production
is abundantly established, affording no
adequate compensation for the draw
backs and other numerous limitations
incidental to the tax. Whatever diff
ferences may prevail as to the utility
of tobacco, there can be none as to
the injurious effects of the tax on pro-
ducers. Our legislators appear to have
been misled, by a false analogy, into
the adoption of this special product
as source of revenue In England
it is regarded only in the light of rev.
enue, and tax of y cents gold is i'm
posed on every pound of tobacco con-
sumed. But in the United States it
should be regarded from a producers
standpoint, and its cultivation should
be fostered, rather than repressed. If
the tobacco raisers in the South would
or could make common cause with the
producers of New England, the tobac-
co tax would not only not be increased,
but would soon be reduced. Besides,
experience shows that increase of tax
alton is the worst of all expedients for
increasing the revenue, but American
Legislators appear to be the last in the
world to comprehend this important
fact United States Economist (Ne,o
York; .- -a5
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-02-14
The Changers Questioning Congress

men.
Many members of the House, es.
pecially those from the West, are re.
ceiving written communications from
the grange organizations in their dis.
tricts, of which the following is spec.
linen:
DEAR SIR-By request of the Stat,
Grange of Illinois of the Patrons o.
Husbandry, held at Bloomington OF
the 9Th of December, 1873, l ask YOU
to send me at your earliest convent
ence an answer in writing to the fol
low questions, to-wit:
l. Ought the general government t.
open the mouth of the Mississippi
river and improve other great nationa
highways of commerce?
2. Ought the duties on coal, lumber
salt, iron, steel, and articles manufac
rtued therefrom, be repealed?
3. Dug hit the coasting trade be oper
and free to vessels OF all nations?
4. Ought the general banking law tC
be revised and amended? If so
how?
5. Ought the general government to
give any more lands and subsidies Il
railroads?
6. Ought patents to be extended OIL
renewed?
Z. Ought the tariff be for protection
or revenue, or for revenue alone, OIL
ought it TO repealed?
8. Ought the bankrupt law to be re.
vised or repealed
9. Ought the general government to
own or exercise a control over lines oil
transportation through the States?
This is a kind of competitive exami,
nation, which members thus far sub,
iected to it do not fancy in the least
Cincinnati Gazette.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-02-14

I Not morsel of food has passed her
lips since last fall.
Around her are fourteen children
crying for bread. But. alas she amt
got no bread, and with tears in her
eyes she mournfully divides among
them the last half of tallow candle.
Have oyerdrawn the picture? No,
sirl And if any man dares to say |
have, III guarantee to send him home
on shutter in less than ten minutes |
Emotion in the audience.
But, my dear sisters, | am not here
simply to touch your hearts, but to
touch your pockets also.
A thing of this kind can't go on
without money; and l hereby call
upon four of the most able bodied
sisters, who feel tbs sweet to be on
their muscle, to pass around the hat.
Think of the greatness of our cause,
and its effect on thousands of ances-
tors still unborn.
Think of your altered fresides,
where widowed mothers with dissipat-
ed husbands to press their orphan
children to their bosoms. Think, oh
think, of George Washington at Mr..
Valleys forge, barefooted, and
shell out
| This appeal was so moving that q
majority of the audience moved to.
ward the door. About seven dollars
and half were collected, however
which went for Mrs. SINNERS new sci
of corkscrew curls. Attempting it il
her reticule, and planting her foot firm
ly upon it, she proceeded:
My dear friends, | must now bic
you adieu; but | will be with YOU
again when times are better, for / in
tend TO sgitate this question till we ge
our rights, and whatever we can spong
besides.
; | will agitate it till my breath give
out and my wig turns gray
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-02-14
GRESHAM, the Roman Farmer.

An industrious Roman named Gre,
sian, who lived at more liberal rate
and had better crops than his neigh
bors who resided on the same soil,
was accused by the poorer class Of
having enchanted his grounds; for
said they, it is impossible that he
should have a more plentiful harvest
than we that SOW the same seed and
employ the same ground, and yet live
in the most extreme poverty.
GRESHAM made a short defense for
himself, and then introduced his own
daughter, an ablebodied girl Injured to
labor; he also produced his carts,
plows, and oxen and utensils of hus-
bandry, saying: Here noble Judges,
are all the magical arts and enchant-
ment used by Cresian, and if my neigh
bors and accuscrs would take the same
care and pains in employing these crea-
lures and implements, that my daugh-
ter and | do, they might have the same
increase and live as well, but they
must not expect that idleness and
sloth will procure them happiness"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-02-14
WHAT THEN z

. -
An old man, crowned with honors nobly
Once asked youth what end in life he
The hopeful boy said, I" would be learn
Iwouid know all that ali the schools
e'er taught"
The old man gravely shook his head
And when you've learned all this, what
them he said.
'Then. !" said The boy, with ali the warmth
OF youth.
"I'd be q lawyer, learned and eloquent;
Appearing always on the side OF truth,
My mind would grow as thus twas
The old man sadly shook his head,
:" And when you've done all this, what
then" he said.
Twill be famous" said the hopeful boy;
"Clients will pour upon me fees and
Twill be my pleasing task to bring back
To homes and hearts near crushed by
darkest griefs.
Butstill the old man shook his reverent
head,
And when all this Is gained, what
then % he said.
And then l will be rich, and in old age
Twill withdraw from all this legal
strife;
Known in retirement as an honored sage
I'll nI gass the evening of an h0nored
Gravely again the old man shook hi,
head,
And when you've done all this, what
then 90 he said.
"And then?-why then I know that
mustdie-
Ny body then must die, but not my
fame,
Surrounded by the fallen great I'll lie,
And far posterity will know my name,
Sadly the old man shook again his head
And after all OF this, what tLen?" m
said.
"And then-and then !"-but ceased tn,
boy to speak;
" Hiseye, abashed, fell downward TO tn,
sod;
A silent tear dropped on each blooming
cheek.
The old man pointed silently to God;
Then laid his hand upon the droopin
head,
Remember, there's a place beyond,
he said.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-02-14

Why A CHILD LOVES SUGAR.-The
craving of children for sweets is well
known to be one of the mostimperious
of their appetites. 1t has reference
probably to that ceaseless activity
which especially characterizes the age
of childhood, 1t may be that sugar
performs in their systems the part en-
acted by fatty substance in the body of
adults. As it undergoes oxidation-is
burnt up, circulating with the blood
it may he the source of the power that
enables them to keep in motion from
morning to ni5ht. Besides this, it is
known that it renders easier and more
perfect the digestion of the albnminous
food upon which their growth depends.
In respect to these offices it is therefore
nearly essential to their well-being.
And yet how strong, for generations,
has been the prejudice against sugar
Under what difficulties, and in the face
of what discouragements and protests,
have our children obtained the lux
urV
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-02-14

TENNESSEE Congressman hold the
following positions on House Com
mittees: Horace Maynard, Chairman
Banking and Currency, and also on
Rules; j. d. c. Atkins, Post Offices
and Post Roads; Militia, r. r. But
Ter (Chairman) and on Indian affairs,
w. C. Whitthorne, and also on Ex-
penditures in Postofice Department
Revolutionary Pensions, VIM. Crutch-
field; Private Land Claims, Jno. +.
Bright; Freedman's affairs, D. A.
Num-; Elections, II. II. Harrison,
Railway and Canals, Barbour Lewis.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-02-14
FOR RENT FOR 1874.

A desirable house, situated on corner of
College and kellogg streets. containing six
rooms, out houses and good garden attach
'N' " - %ELLBoRN MOONEY,
or ii. NJ. ATKINS.
Nov. Is, 1S73-tf
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-02-14
To Produce Late Fruits.

Pick off ali fruit stems as they make
their appearance at the usual time.
Keep the plants well watered with the
LIQUID manure, and surface shaded
with straw or hay, and you will be al
most certain of fair crop in Septem-
Der or October.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-07-24
Valuable Recipe.

The Journal of Chemistry pub
Iished recipe for the destru ction
of insects, which, if it is one-half
as efficacious as it is claimed to be,
will be invaluable:
Hot alum water is a recent sug-
gestion as an insecticide. 1t will de-
stroy red and black ants, cOckroach-
es, spiders, chinch-bugs and all the
crawling pests which infest our
houses. Take two pounds of alum
and dissolve in three or four quarts
of boiling water; let it stand on the
fire till the alum disappears /; then
apply it with a brush while nearly
boiling hot, to every crevice in your
closets. bedsteads, pantry shelves
and the ike. Brush the crevices in
the floor, of the skirting or the mop
boards, if you suspect that they har-
Dor vermin. If, in white-washing q
ceiling, plenty of alum is added to
the lime, it will also serve to keep
insects at q distance. Cockfoaches
will fee the paint which has been
washed in cool alum water. Sugar
barrels and boxes can be freed from
ants by drawing 8 chalk mark just
around the edge of the top of them.
The mark must be unbroken, or they
will creep over it; but a continu-
Gus chalk mark half an inch in width
will set their depredations at naught.
Powdered alum or borax will keep
the chinch-bugs at respectable dis
tauce, and travellers should always
carry package in their handbags,
to scatter under their pillows in
places where they haYe reason to
suspect the presence of such bed-fel.
lows.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-07-24
more fitting occasion.

HlOfC ullAHE OSSAcAOn.
The ponderous machinery of Gov
eminent moves slowly that it may
move securely, but the people in
their sovereign capacity will bring
about the desired reforms, pay off
the national debt, secure the neces-
sary means of transportation, regu-
late the tariff, elect all officers by a
popular vote, and extend the elect
i've franchise, when convinced that
the welfare of the women demands
il. In this Government of ours the
people are "a power behind the
throne greater than the throne it.
SELF" and they will yet restore the
purity of the fathers in the admin
istration of public affairs, reduce ex-
orbitant fees and salaries. hold to
a strict accountability all public ser
wants, break down all monopolies
and transmit unimpaired to coming
generations the free institutions
established by the patriots of the
revolution, and consecrated with
their blood. Whether by the grange
movement or any other means these
ends shall be accomplished, all will
welcome the day when they shall
be attained. Then with more of
the spirit of Seventy-siX, a higher
veneration for the memory of the
fathers, and il possible a stronger
love for the Union, we can
"Hail our country's natal morn,
Hail, thou banner not yet torn
Waving DER the free"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-07-24
WAR ABOUT CEIBNCEE BUGS.

The bugs must be exterminated,
The farming community will be
thankful for any information
which will help them to success
fully fight the chinch, the most
pestiferous ofthe bug family. We
clip from an agricultural paper
suggestions which deserve consid-
Grafton:
On the subject Of the chineh
bug we solicit information for
publication. This insect is even
worse than the weevil, Hessian
fly and rust combined. 1t is
one of those prolific breeders that
produces devastation by actual
force of numbers. A litter obser-
Walton will teach any one that
they are to a certain extent local.
The farm that is ovcrrun this
spring and summer with the nui-
sance must in the very nature of
things prove the larva bed of the
future chinch bug crop. Under
this phase of the case what should
be done? Is it necessary that the
farmer should cease to till the
ground and thereby starve the bug
out? or would it not be more SEN
sible to inaugurate war on the in
sect, even if it should prove to be
an inch deep over the farm? 1t is
one of those permanent pests that
attack all new countries, and for
twenty years waged war on the
farmers of Illinois. A systematic
process of cremation in that state
reduced the insect to subsection.
Trenching between crops, and Gov
ering the bottom of the trench
with combustible material, hay or
old dry grass, and catching the
crop on the migration from field
to field, destroyed them by the
bushel. The more you destroy
on the farm the less larva you have
for the next crop, and during their
passing from wheat to oats, and
from oats to corn, a careful sys-
TEN of trap trenching between
field will lea:e the bug at your
mercy.
We simply throw these thoughts
out as ideas We have gathered
from reading on the subject, and
looking at it from a common
sense standpoint. We want our
readers to think and act on this
subject of chinch bugs, and de-
clare systematic war on them. The
army worm was circumvented by
the trench, and the crop of chinch
bugs on the farm can be very
materially thinned out.