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The New York herald., 1875-12-03
TAMMANY GENERAL COMMITTEE.
DOWNFALL or TANrMAEY

The Tammany Hall General Committee held its regu-
lar monthly meeting last evening" with Mr.. Abram s.
Hewitt presiding. The attendance Of members was
quite large. The report OF the treasurer showed q
balance on hand OF 81, ,133 S. committee Of three
appointed audit the treasureris account and TO
report at the first meeting Of the next General Com
mittee. Mr.. Augustus Schef, Thomas Dunlap and Mr.
Thomas Cooper Campbell were named by the Chair as
members OF such q committee
The New York herald., 1875-12-03
HoBoKEN's EDUCATED PEOPLE.

The letter carriers attached 70 the Hoboken Post
once report business for the month Of November
as foows:Letcrs delivered 20 e4Oi postal cards de-
vered 41l0 papers delivered 6loS: letters collected,
7,774 postal cards collected. 2V2
The New York herald., 1875-12-03

express opinion facts In regard the cnar
table work Of the society although he thought every
would DE surprised learn OF any charitable work
done by t beyond its large contributions 70 the pub
lc debt and by gifts Of oicehodcrs 70 the public
gcrvica
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-02-24

Probably it was necessary for the
satisfaction of the parties interested
and their friends, that the contest Of
Mr. Jefferis for the seat of Mr.. Bax-
ter in the Senate, should have a thor
ough and unrestricted hearing. If SO,
it may justify the appropriation of
nearly two days of the Senate's time
to the investigation and argument of
the case. Yet nobody imagines that
the result would have been otherwise
than it turned out, had the vote been
taken when the reports Of the COM
mittee were first read. nor that it could
have been changed if the trial had
held week longer. To justify con-
test of an election the contestor should
be sure of two points: First that the
majority of the votes is on his side and
can so be shown, and secondly that he
has a majority in the body where the
case is heard. Without the latter his
chances are as bad as If he had not the
former. Of this trial it may be said,
despite the vote of the Senate, that
merits of the case. parties being as
much as ever inclined to dispute
which candidate had the real majority.
In the debate the arguments were
made on both sides with marked abil-
ity, and the spirit of courtesy and hon.
orable strife was pre-eminent, which
has thus far marked all the discus
sions of the Senate. All the evidence
submitted to the committee was read
in open Senate, and the Investigation
was as careful as the decision was OBJ
stinate on party grounds. Only one
or two exceptions were made in the
party vote. Mr.. Boone, of Boone
county, explained the reasons why he
voted with the Republicans for Mr..
Baxter and Mr.. Cree, of Delaware.
stated that for the very same reasons
he was constrained to vote just the
other way. Mr.. Baxter holds his seat
by majority of three.-State Senti-
mel.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-02-24

The New York World, intensely
partisan as it is, cannot but speak we'll
of General Butler. 1t says:
Though not distinct or graceful
speaker. the moment his voice is heard
the House fills So suddenly do the
gentlemen come in that it looks as If
they had sprung from the floor. In
domestic life no man could be more
charitable, gentle and pleasing; he is
true friend, both in public and pri-
waite. His memory is prOdigious; he
can examine, cross-examine, and sum
up case without taking note. He
is familiar with every branch of light
and solid literature, and his wife, who
is a beautiful reader, reads to him .
great deal. BY the charm OF his con-
versation and his perfect courtesy Of
manner he becomes almost handsomes
He has always lived quietly. extend
ing hospitality to few favored friends,
whose recollection of that home before
the beautiful daughter left it is one of
the most charming pictures in the
world"
In what marked contrast is the
above with the vile abuse continually
heaped upon Butler by the Sun edi-
tors. There is this fact to be borne
in mind: not one of Buffers traducers
are worthy to unclose his shoe latch
cts. For patriotism and honesty he
is superior to all of them.-Vincennes
Times.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-02-24

Our enemies are outward cons
sciences.
Morality is but the vestibule of re-
igion.
The secret Of enjoying life lies in
always remembering its brevity.
He that composes himself is wiser
than he that composes books.
Everywhere endeavor to be useful,
and everywhere you are at home.
None are so thoroughly overestima-
ted as they who overestimate them
selves.
You have not fulfilled every duty
unless you have fulfilled that of being
pleasant.
Have the courage to face difficulty,
lest it kick you harder than you bar
gained fer.
It is success that colors all in life;
success makes fools admired, makes
villains honest.
If there be a crime of deeper dye
than all the guilty train of human
vices. it is ingratitude.
Take care to be an economist in
prosperity; there is no fear of your
being one ID adversely.
The little worn baby's shoe, for
which no one cares to-day, what q
treasure it will be tomorrow!
Gen. Tom Browne appeared in a
new role last Monday. He was solic
iting subscriptions to aid in the build
| ing of the new Christian Church AS
is usual with him in all his undertak-
ings, he was very successful, securing
! nearly 50 900 in a few hours.-Win-
chester Journal, Feb. II.
A Detroit gentleman walking be-
hind two school children the other
day heard the boy inquire, will you
be at the party tonight Il shall
be there" answered the miss. but
may as we'll tell you now that your
love is hopeless. Mamma is determ-
ined, father is set. and it isn't right
for me to encourage your attention. l
can be sister TO you, but nothing
more. Therefore you needn't buy me
| any valentine or give me any more
gum.
While we are not very ardent ad-
mirers of the Reverend Talmage. We
think that he hit the nail squarely Oh
the head when, in a recent sermon, he
| said: IF all is fair beyond the line
of this world, irrespective of your
| character, then the men who stole
Charley Ross, and who were shot for
their crimes. are better off to-day than
the parents who sit, frenzied with
grief, waiting for the pattering feet OF
the little captive; then Ananias was
first and beat his wife three or four
minutes into glory."-Ft. Wayne Ga
zette.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-02-24
Henry ward Beecher.

On the. 14th. at Brooklyn, Mr..
Beecher had this to say on "the good
some men do"
Il am not a disciple of Darwin or
Tyndall, but [ thank God for raising
them up, because though they may
not be wholly right their doctrines
have a leaven of truth in them that is
essential for the reorganization of the
world All truths are themselves
probationers at first, and required to
be tried and proved. 1t is said of the
early Legislature of Connecticut (and
[ believe there is some truth in this)
that it provided that the colony should
be governed by the laws of God and
the Old Testament until they had
time to make something better This
was wisdom, and it would be we'll for
every man to abide by the laws of God
and the religion of his father and
mother until he obtained something
better. I wish words changed natures.
l wish men who claim to belong to
the Catholic Church belonged also to
the catholic heart of God
Here Mr.. Beecher took seat upon
the arm of the chair, cushioned by his
cloak and overcoat, and with his right
hand in his trowsers pocket, spoke of
the arrogance of men who pridcd
themselves upon their science, and of
the tenfold more intolerable conceit
of 1.-The little monkey disciples" who
endeavored to follow in their footsteps.
Trotting about, talking very much,
and knowing very little, dipping their
pipe into the soap-suds of science and
blowing a bubble in which they see
face, and say, That's God,'' but it is
only the face of the blower distorted.
'Seest thou a man wise in his own
coneeit,' said the preacher rising,
land there is less hope in him than in
a fool, and we all know how much
hope there is in fool. As nation
we are far more vain than proud.
Would to God we had little Of our
paternal stock, for they are more
proud than vain. Neither is good in
excess, but pride, in comparison with
vanity, is tower of strength y
Make new paths if you WILL said
the preacher In conclusion, 'but
abandon not the old ones, and of all
the paths before you adhere most
firmly to this one (holding up the BIZ
ble) that leads straight to the New
Jerusalem"
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-02-24
Arsenic I'm Green Paper.

A physician of Louisville, who had
been giving considerable attention to
the subject of arsenicai poisoning by
means of green coloring material In
wallpaper, etc., has accumulated sew
en- specimens of arsenic taken from as
many different samples of wall paper,
each one of which has history In
one case married lady had long been
sick without being able to get any re-
lief by medical treatment, until, on
reading in some newspaper that green
wallpaper was poisonous, it occurred
to her that her illness might be owing
to the green-fgured paper on the walls
of her room. A chemical analysis
was made and five grains of arsenic
obtained from one of the green bunch
es of flowers on the paper. The paper
was removed. and from thst time the
lady became convalescent. The next
case was that of a young man whose
disease puzzled the physicians till one
more thoughtful than the rest noticed
that the wallpaper in his sleeping
room was deeply tinctured with green.
He was removed to another room and
soon recovered. In another case a
young lady had suffered for quite a
long period with a constant irritation
of the stomach and intestines. dry
mouth and parched throat, and alb
sence of appetite, while her complex
ion grew more and more pallid and
bloodless It was noticed that during
occasional visits to the country she
recuperated, but soon dropped again
after returning home. Finally sus-
p;c;on was directed to the light green
wall paper Of her sleeping room. which
on analysis yielded over five grains of
arsenic to the square foot. These
cases suffice to show the character of
the specimens, and seem to establish
beyond any doubt that green WALL
papers are dangerous. It is also said
that besides the danger from wall
papers, are those from handling green
tinted pasteboard boxes, green show
tickets, gas shades, pastry ornaments,
toys, etc. Many children have been
killed by the arsenic sucked from
green toys, sore eyes have been caused
BY green gas-shades. and during the
first year Of the Louisville Exposition
all the gentlemen who handled green
tickets were afflicted with slight ar
senical poisoning cf the hands and
ewes
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-02-24


IF the present Congress will only
act theoretically and earnestly. deter
mined that the disgraceful outlawry
in the South shall terminate. the
President may yet, by rigid enforce
ment of such measures as may be de-
vised, relieve the country from the
distracting turmoil and put it in a
condition to withstand the coming
two years of inaction and fermentation.
But little time now remains for this,
and after the 4th of the coming month,
one branch Of the Federal Govern
ment will be controlled by men elect
ed to their positions and Influenced
by the very persons who are even now
in rebellion against the laws. The
next few years will be fruitful of
great events, and whether or not lib
erty shall be maintained. law remain
supreme, the Constitution be defend
ed. preserved, and enforced, depends
more upon the wisdom and patriotism
of the people than did the issues of
1861 5-Inter-Oc
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-02-24

The managers of the Business Mems
Union have appointed e. B. Walker,
Esq. as their Attorney and Collector
for this city. We understand that
they will shortly canvass this city and
vicinity, and organize Union Of our
business men. As it comes to us
highly endorsed by the leading citi-
zens Of cities where it has been put
into operation, it will undoubtedly
meet with the success it deserves. We
feel assured that Mr.. Walker, who is
an active and energetic young lawyer,
will aid very materially in making it
as successful here, as it is in other To-
calities. The object of the enterprise
is to collect claims and to protect
business men against certain class of
persons who infest every city and COM
munity, to the detriment Of the honest
and more thrifty. 4 tsslk
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-02-24

Lloyd, the famous map man, who
made all the maps for Genera,
Grant and the Union army, certi6
Gates Of which he published, hati
Just invented a way Of getting Il
relief plate from steel SO as to prin' !,
Lloyd's Map of the American Con
tinent-showing from ocean te.
ocean on one entire sheet of bank
note paper, 4Ox5O inches large, on,
a lightning press, and colored
sized and vanished for the wall SO
as TO stand washing, and mailing
anywhere in the world for Is cents,
or mvarnished for 10 cents. This
map shows the whole United
States and Territories in groop,
from surveys to 1876, with a million
pieces on Il, such IS towns, cities,
villages, mountains, lakes, rivers,
streams, gold mines, railway
stations, etc. This map should be
in every house. Send rs cents to
the Lloyd Mxp Company, Phila
delphn, and you will get a copy
by return mail
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-02-24
origin of odd Fellowship.

The following regarding the origin
of Odd Fellowship, we gather from
the remarks of Mr.. Haynes, made
during a recent meeting of Logan
Lodge, in Hooking county, Ohio, of
which Lodge Mr.. K. is one Of the
oldest members. During his address
he stated that the Order had its ex-
istence Chiefly in the United States
and Great Britain, and referred to
many fables relating to its early or
igin. in which its beginning was
ascribed by some to the Romans. by
some to the Cloths, and some taking
it back even to old Father Adam.
Mr.. Haynes gave the following as the
true history of the establishment of
the Brotherhood: Con. Gazette.
In the latter part of the 18TH GEN.
fury, lodges or societies Of mechanics
and laborers existed in London, call
ing themselves Ancient and Honor
able Loyal Odd Fellows" Their
meetings were for convivial purposes,
and were generally held in tavernS.
1t became the custom for each mem
Der once a week to contribute penny
to form a fund for the relief of the
poor among them. and especially to
defray burial expenses, and to pro-
vide for widows and orphans. In
177S James Montgomery wrote for q
London Lodge of this sort song still
current in the Lodges of the Order,
beginning:
"Where friendship, love and truth abound
Among n band of brothers."
Liperpool, the Lodges united in a
~ he
Union Order of Odd Fellows" hav-
ing London as its seat of government.
The institution rapidly spread to other
were made to reform it and to abolish
its convivial character. This innova--
ton was opposed by the majority. and
reform was held at Manchester, when
Union Order and formed the indie
pendent Order Of Odd Fellows" In
1925 Central Standing Committee
ern the Order, in the interim between
the session of the Grand Lodge or
National Movable Committee, as it
to secessions, but the Manchester
Unity" remains to thisNday the main
body Of British Odd Fellows, and
numbers about 500. 600 members in its
Lodges. Odd Fellowship in the Uni
| ted States owes its introduction to
Thomas Wildey, an Englishman, a
blacksmith by trade. who with four
others instituted at Baltimore, April
| 26, 1919, Washington Lodge, No. 1,
which soon afterward procured a
charter from the Manchester Unity
as the Grand Lodge of Maryland and
of the United States.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-02-24

1.-TWO hundred years ago, says the
Boston Transcript, letters were loose
: ly deposited on the table of the Pub
lie Exchange, in Boston Town House,
to take their chance of being. after a
while delivered by some stray visitor
to the place who happened to be Jour-
neying in the direction of their desti-
nation"
Forty-five or fifty years later, in our
goodly little Quaker City," of Rich
mond, Indiana. our old friend Achilles
Williams. improved on this plan and
kept what was then universally known
as the Carolina Postofice," in his
saddler's shop. Achilles had tape
stretched zig-zag across space on
the east side of his shop, in which
were deposited all letters brought by
emigrants at that day, from North
Carolina, directed to those who had
settled in this vicinity, from that State
some years before, and he carefully
placed them in this 'Yed-tape" rack.
and his shop being at that day the
favorite resort of ALL Carolinians.
they broke for tile rack to see if it
contained any letters from their old
friends still residing near Boards
Halter Shop" or "Dobsen's Cross
Roads," or Venus Gamers Lane,
etc., and they were seldom disappoint-
ed in receiving one Probably the
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-02-24
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It Is no alcoholic appetizer, which stimu-
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stFold their tents, like the Arabs,
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This is no new and untried discovery, but
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est medical authorities, sstie IN ost pow erfuI
tonic and alternative known"
Ask Your druggist for IL. Eor sale by.
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The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-02-24

"HoN. DAVID TURPIE presides
with more ability and dignity than
any gentleman heretofore occupying
the position he does. He is quick
and accurate. never making a mis-
take. III Vincennes Sun.
Quick he certainly is. 1t is no I'M
common thing for him to decide a
viva voce vote contrary to the spirit
of the House, and deny the call for a
division on the plea that it is too late.
As to accuracy, the variest tyro in
parliamentary law would be able to
instruct him; and as to dignity-that
depends upon whether it is mark of
dignity to hrowbeat and insult gentle
men on the floor, as the Speaker is in
the constant habit of doing.-Ind
Journal.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-02-24

The Indiana Farmer says: Farm
ers should set about preparing, if they
have not already done SO, to improve
their stock in the spring. 1t don't
pay to put twenty dollars worth Of
feed that will bring you but thirty
dollars in poor animal, when the
same amount of feed in a good one
will bring fifty to sixty dollars. The
same is true of hogs. Hundreds OF
fortunes are annually squandered in
Indiana, in the waste of grain and
feed expended on poor stock. Let
every farmer do his utmost to improve
his stock the coming spring.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-02-24
Repeal 1t.

The simplest and most certain way
of putting money into the National
purse, now fast tending to a state of
emptiness, is to repeal the ill-advised
and injurious ten per cent. reduction
Of duties made by the act of June 6,
1872. The President recommends it.
the Secretary of the Treasury is in IA
vor Of it, and thousands of the people
praying for it. Nobody asked for
this reduction when it was made, and
nobody objects to having it now re-
pealed. Why does Congress hesitate?
Why not act at once? twill hurt no
body, and it viii! bring millions of dol
lars to the public treasury
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-02-24

phrase red tape" and ''walk-up-to-
the-rack, fodder-or no fodder" orig
mated from this rack" Achilles made
= ACCOMMODATE his Carolina friends
out of tape made of that color. At
any rate, this primitive postoffice was
a great Institution in its day, and
the Carolina Postofice" is alluded to
with grateful remembrance by those
of eur oldest inhabitants from that
State, who are yet residing in "Old
Wayne"
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-02-24

The largest diamond in the United
States is among the glittering objects
of interest in the show window of Col.
Andrews diamond palace on Mont
gomery street. It attracted a great
deal Of attention yesterday. Its weight
is 81 1-16 karats. 1t was found in
Africa two years ago and was taken to
Amsterdam, where it was cut and pol
ished. Twenty-Five months were &C.
cupied in subjecting it to these pro-
cesses. It is slightly off color, and
consequently its value is only placed
at $4,000. Col. Andrews brother,
residing in London, secured the gem
and forwarded it to this city. The
next largest diamond in America is
owned by Boss" Tweed, and weighs
III karats. The late Jim Fisk had
one of Is karats weight. The most
valuable diamond owned in San Fran
cisco up to this time is in the posses
sion of Lloyd Tevis. and is said to be
worth $4,000.