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New-York tribune., 1875-02-15

"A 800 watch has been presented TO the
Rsx "Adiropdack" Murray The chain 10 made Of
dmInutye golden horse shoes, and the seal richly
chased figure VI thoroughbred rAce-hersA
New-York tribune., 1875-02-15
CRIMINAL NOTES.

At the Tombs Police Court yesterday, Patrick
n.sbe s1 Ne 81 Reossveltsl, hsA q wv sa
New-York tribune., 1875-02-15

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Kelly Brown IiynH John W. dash"oin Blanche
Man graad larcsnT: C-s aompsn indecent assault Mary
I.enry s,rder NLkAsOn, petit AceRJ
OYna John BfaA4s1, Mary hate.
robbsry; ONe.l ielOaous assaalt aud battery.
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Old Soldiers Stories.

Several powder -begrimed veterans
gathered in certain police station the
other evening, says the Louisville Cour.
ier-Journal, to keep out of the rain for
few minutes, and while there discussed
the late war
81 remember" said one, s'that bullet
passed clear through George Gays body
and never killed him.
81 recollect." said another, "that
bali lodged in Bill Payson's lung and
never was taken out, but he lived
a." said third, "know well when
the doctors thought Henry Hills life
was gone up as 'minie' lodged within
an inch of his heart, but he lived"
"Jake Johnson's head was pierced by
ball, and he lived" exclaimed the last
man but one. These remarks produ-
ced considerable surprise and excited
speech from all save tall, slim and
sleepy individual, who waited till his
companions concluded and then drawl-
ed, in piping accents: "Those fellows
was little tough, l allow; but jim
Jones, who fit aside of me. was shot in
the neck so that his head just hung by
the skin"
"Great heavens!" calculated all; you
don't mean to say he lived do von ?"
"Oh, no; he died." drawled out slim
and sleepy.
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puehy
SPELL 1T OUT.

Here is an alphabet which will make
you study. Get out your Bible, and turn
to the places. When you have found
them read and remember:
A was monarch, who reigned in the east
Esther il
B was Chaldee, who made great feast-Dan-
iel v, IA
9 was veracious, when others told lies-Num-
bors xiii, 3O-33.
d was a woman, heroic and wise.-Judges iv,
Ala
E was ssfuge, where David spared sauk-i
Samuel xiv, II
f was Roman, accuser of Paul Acts XVI,
"a.
G was garden, frequent resort.-John xviii
1-2; Matthew XVI, SO.
81 was city, where David held court.-2 Sam
uel ii, II.
I was mocker, very bad boy.-Genesis xvi
,16.
] was city, preferred as Joy Psalm cxxxvii,
6.
K was the father, who was quite tall SAM
uel IL, 1-2.
L was proud one, who had great fall Isaiah
xiv, 13.
M was nephew, whose uncle was good-Col
iv, 10; Acts II, "a.
N was a city, long where it stood.-Zachariah
ii, 13.
o was a servant, acknowledged BROTHER
Philemon i, 1G
P was Christian, greeting another.-2 Tim.
iv, 81.
r was a damsel, who knew a mans voice.
Acts IL, 1914.
S was a sovereign, who made bad choice
Kings II, Ali.
T was seaport where preaching was long
Acts 20, 6-7.
U was teamster, struck dead for his wrong
2 Samuel vi, Z
V was cast off, and never restored. ed.-Esther j.
10.
2 was ruin, with sorrow deplorel-Psalm
1856.
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German student L,fe.
A correspondent speaks as follows of
life in a German Students Club:

A correspondent speaks as follows of
life in a German Students Club:
During the evening two persons have
had quarrel, in the progress of which
-one-has called the other a tyesJangcr -s
This is an insult which cannot be for
given, and the insulting party is imme-
distely challenged. A judge is appoin-
ted, who fills two large glasses with beer,
and gives one to each contestant Tue
glasses are drained, at the given signal,
to the bottom; and he who has breath
enough to cry 5ee,Junger is proclaimed
victor, amid the shouts Of the company.
He has now the right to dictate to his.
rival anything be chooses, and the van
quished party must obey the peril of
expulsion from the club. These socie4
ties are extremely popular and nearly
all the students participate in them.
The fighting men-about one-third of
the students-are divided into five,
corps, distinguished by the color of
their caps. Duels are restrained to-
those corps; and the occasions for the
wounded honor to vindicate itself ares'
so numerous, that it is necessary to de-
vote two afternoons week to this bar
baric custom. The government of the
university is silent about these little af-3
fairs of honor, and so is considered as
sanctioning them The duels are fought
in beer house just across the Neckar.s
The swords are short, and very sharp. at
the extreme point, The surgeon OF
each corps present to stop any un-
necessary flow of blood. The combat
ants, stripped to their waists, their arms
bandaged at the elbows, that they may
infiict no deadly wounds, strike right
and left, up and down. with remarkable
precision and swiftness. The aim of
the duelist heing to mark the face Of his
antae eonist,the head is the principal point
of attack; and at the end OF one Of
these fights the floor of the room looks
like that of successful BARRIERS shopc
Vengeance is not appeased by the firss
blood that is drawn, but they often con-
tend until one or the other is exhausted.
1t is nothing uncommon to see noble,
manly fellow, with his face so dis6gured
with ugly and ghastly wounds as to rem
der him a most rcpulsive sight.
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Touching Incident of a Mothers
Love.

The following tale of mothers ef-
forts to save her children. related of the
terrible floods in France, rivals those
told in the books:
CAT Castelzarrazin a young mother
took her two infants Twins at the
breast tied them together and placed
them in large wooden trough used for
kneading bread, and committed it to the
waves, hoping that it would save her
children's lives, as she felt that her
house was about to fall. The impro-
vised boat swan safely for a time, but
soon afterward the current dashed it
against the trunk of a tree, where it
was broken. The poor woman, to whom
maternal love gave superhuman force,
succeeded in seizing branch and climb.
ed tree. But it was too weak, and be-
gan to crack ominously. She then rap.
idly tied the infants to branch, kissed
them, made the sign of the cross and
leaped into the waves The two little
twins were saved, bat the devoted
mother was drowned"
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EyThe Boston Transcript says that

EF The Boston Transcript says that
a strange story comes from Hamilton,
Mass about the "Bleeders," as they are
called, of that town, a family whose.
members almost invariably die of bleed.
ing. The legend connected with it is
tina. in Salem witchcraft times sea cap
tain brought his wife and little girl to
town, leaving them with Spanish
nurse, who was quick tempered wo.
man, and, being annoyed by the peev-
ishness of the child, deliberately bled
her to death by opening vein in her
arm at intervals, threatening her mean
while with instant death if she told ~
The mother, after the death of the child,
found out the cause, and fell into de-
cline, cursing, with her latest breath, her
child's murderer, and predicting the
same death to all her male descendants.
An elderly woman who lives in the town
is quoted as saying that, to her knowl-
edge, five sons have met their deaths by
bleeding, one by bleeding at the nose,
and the others by wounds which appear
ed slight, but which no Efforts Of the
physicians could close
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Lei Us Rest a Spell.

What is the need for this everlasting
grind This rising early and working
late, this fret and fume, and worry2 1t
was not 50 in the olden time When
times were worse they were better, and
now that they are better they are worse
1t was dull business, that, living in cab
ins and cottages, eating cnrd and pota-
toes, sitting long, lazy afternoons under
the trees, or at the village tavern, and
discoursing horse philosophy. But then
that low plane of life had as many Pts
gahs as the higher one which we make
slaves of ourselves to maintain-just as
many. The high table lands are quite
as fiat and monotono1s as the river
vallies, and they are deal stormier.-
The SUN is brighter but hotter, the Winds
more active, but more keen in winter
and sultry in summer.
Love, the sweetest cup given to NOR
tai lips, was purer in the simpler life
than now. 1t did not smell of varnish,
it had not the glamour of silver and
plate glass. Love is a wine that needeth
no bush, no sugar nor spice. When
rustic beauty sent young blood flying
through rustic lovers veins, he did not
have that skeleton, an establishment, to
glare out of sepulchral eyes at him, and
convert the thrill of pleasure into a
sullen pain. He could throw out a
brawny fist and arm, and say, "Ehere is
Jenny's defense and support-she wants
no more," and Jane dreamed sweet sur.
prise for John, of pumpkin pies, immac-
ulate bread and tidy house-wifery.
Love and marriage, once as free as
mountain air and merry as q mountain
stream, is now one of the solemnest
events of human life. And so of every
joy-all now at heavy expense of care
and toll. The minister-we remember
we'll the day-preached us comfortably
to sleep, and he went home and we wen
home, happy and content. Now, the
preacher breaks his intellectual back a
mining for ore, smelling, designing, car
wing, polishing. His discourse mus
have fibre, grace and glitter. 1t mus
have as many convolutions as his elab
orately ornate pulpit, as many color'
and shades as the stained glass windows
as wide range of tone and harmony
as the $4,000 organ in the gallery, whicl
reaches from bird note to mutterin.
thunder.
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NUMBER d EIs.R. 26,
A Gentleman from Boston Meets
with an Astonishing Reception
In Arkansas. =
(From the Ba ltimore Ameri'

From the Baltimore American.
A few weeks since resident. of Bos-
ton, who had been passing year in Tex
as, started for home with his wife, 10 re-
new his business connections iDlRoston
He reached Little Rock few days after
the 18th of June, and, haying-yeeerleds
his name ard residence, was shown to
his room. He'had scarcely busted his
coat and washed up when rap at the
door was given. Upon opening it he
found three strangers.
"You are from Boston, / think p said
the spokesman.
y ssBoston is my native place, and Res-
ton is my destination,' replied the gen
tleman.
"Well, you are the gentleman we are
looking after" continued the Little
Rocker 1--WE want you TO step down
stairs few minutes" aa
"Don't co." said his wife,who had nn
pleasant "reminiscences of past unpleas-
antness.
1--WE want you to go, too continued
the gentleman.
"Well, what does all this mean p said
the Bostonian. "Has anything broken,
gentlemen ?"
"Broken 2 reiterated another member
OF the selfappoilted committee "Have-
mt you read the newspapers ?"
"Have not seen newspaper for three
days." was the reply.
well, my friend," he continued.
Massachusetts and South Carolina have
buried the Ratchet on Bunker Hill, and
Maryland and Virginia saw it accom-
plished. But come down stairs, for we've
got something on ice, and as You are the
| first Bostonian that we have got hold Of,
we propose to have the deed of recon.
ciliation between Arkansas and old Mas
signed and witnessed right here and
now"
The Bostonian was little dazed, but
he went down stairs, where he was re.
ceived with cheers. He was interviewed
by the local editor, he and his wife were
shown the beauties of the place in the
best turn out in the place, and he was
sent on his way rejoicing, with his has'
chalked and his hotel bill paid. He now
states that he is prouder than ever of OLD
Boston, and relates the incident as indi.
cative of the effect of the greetings Civ
en- to our visitors by the people OF Bos-
ton on the occasion of the centennial Of
the battle of Bunker Hill.
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There is bonanza to be had for the
picking up somewhere along the Union
Pacific Railroad. Last week a gentle
man and daughter travelling east, enter
ed the hotel car for lunch, just after
leaving Ogden, Utah. At the table the
daughter removed several handsome
rings from her fingers and handed them
to her father to take care of until the
lunch had been disposedsof. The gen.
tleman took up some chicken bones with
the hand containing the rings, and in a
moment of absent mindedness threw
bones and rings out of the open window
of the Car. The rings were valued at
$1,700.
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trembled and was silent, and made haste
to take refuge in his cell, which the har-
dened guardian closed upon him.
"This man s Madness" said Stroll,
Consists in believing himself beloved
by some great lady. He is sort of po-
ct, and writes verses upon tie walls OF
his cell. His verses are always conse-
Grated to the imaginary object of his ten
derness land the letter which he has givr
en- you is. 1 have no doubt, filled with
amorous expressions"
In the meantime vague murmur rose
in distant part of the prson,and short
ly after the Cardinal Cinthio entered pres
cipitately, followed by the guide. His
features expressed the most intense emo
ton, and burning crimson flush cover
ed bis face. ~
The guide took the enormous BUNCH
of KEYS from his girdle, and selecting
one opened the massive door which had
lust been closed upon the maniac of
whom they were still conversing. 4
Cinthio cast himself, weeping, into the
arms of the unfortunate prisoner, who
looked at him with a painful and vacant
gaze. I
80, my friend" cried the Cardinal
when his sobs would allow him to speak !
"my friend, is it thus that thou art to be
restored to e?'
Then turning toward the spectators Of
this affecting scene he said, with trans
port of Indignation, Strangers, see how
the Duke of Ferrara rewards genius y
Proclaim to your countrymen-to the
whole world--that Torquato Tasso has
pined for seven years in these infamous
dungeons, while the universe wept his
death"
At length, when taking leave of Stroll,
Montaing thanked him in an affectionats
tone for the complacency with which ne
had served them as guide.
"Ha! what!' demanded Stroll grave
ly, "do You quit me without doing me
homage2' Montaing, at this question,
looked at him with astonishment Gross
mortal" continued the Italian, "does not
uy ouullillo ScuiuS, "uiSu nus oeiuOh you
with admiration, reveal to you my mys-
terions divinity? On your knees!' he
exclaimed, in the same breath, and seiz
ing Montaing by the throat, "down on
your knees, worship me, or l strangle
your
Boseti and the jailer FASTENED to extri-
cate Montaing from the clutches of this
maniac, and while they were dragging
him to dungeon -
"Friend," said Montaing, readjusting
his gown, "assuredly we should not hold
up our heads in vanity, at the soundness
of our judgment, when we have this mo-
ment been admiring the intelligence of a
lunatic, and have mistaken for lunatic
the greatest genius of Italy. Verify.
Socrates had good reason TO profess
that he knew nothing. Pliny wrote
There is nothing certain andI repeat
after them-what do we know?"
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Moody and Sankey will be invited

Moody and Sankey will be invited to
reform Washington. Resolutions to that
effect have been adopted. Rev. j. P.
Newman was one of the committee of in
vitation, and therefore it would be appro-
pirate that the revivalists show up the
sin of travelling around the world at gov
ernment expense, and trying to ship 80
cases Of foreign goods into the country
duty free, among the just things.
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ChOi era Raging I'm Damascus.

LONDON, August 7.--According to
accounts from Damascus, July 22i,
cholera was raging there Hundreds of
cases are reported daily. Sudden deaths
occur in the streets. There are no
physicians, medicine nor supplies. The
disease is also bad at Antioch, Derhems,
Hannah Haman and Salahijah, and the
mission schools are closed and the chill
dren dispersed.
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The Mountain Meadow Jury Dis.
charged.

BEAVER, UTAH, August THE jury
in the case of John D. Lee, charged
with being leader of the Mountain
Meadow Massacre, reported to-day that
they were unable to agree and were dis
charged by the Court. 1t is reported
they stood nine for acquittal
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If you are at church of Sunday
evening in August, without fan, cast
about your eye until it lights on Gan en-
gagged couple, and when you see how
close they snug up together, you will
loose in great degree sense of the
heat.-Daabury Ne,uS.
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A country store in Virginia was the
other day struck by lightning, the fluid
making large hole in the roof, f,ani pas.
sing through q feather bed, the recog-
nized conductor.
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RThe walking locomotive is a
French machine which has six feet in
place of the ordinary driving wheels
They are heavily shod with India rub
ber, weighing two and half pounds to
each four-tenths of an inch square sur
face. The two middle feet are connect
ed by horizontal shaft and move to
gether at moderate pace, but the other
four feet are independent of each other,
.sad strike the ground successively, trot
ting at rapid pace. The machine is
said to maintain much firmer ''hold''
on the rail or ground than can be OBJ
tanned with locomotives driving
wheels, and hence it can pull heavier
loads on equal grades,or the same loads
on heavier grades than the locomotives
now in use. Iron -monger, an English
journal, says that the walking locomo.
tive can be used in grades of one foo,
in fan
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NOTARY PUBLIC.

TNHE undersigned. having been appointed
i Notary Public, would inform his
friends, and the public generally, that he is
prepared to fill Pensioners Blanks, administer
Oaths take Dispositions, acknowledge Deeds,
Mortgages, and other instruments of writing.
aug4, ,'7itf. VIM WORKMAN.
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From the indianapolis Sun, 31st ult)
"Immediate'' Resumption.

The bankers convention which met at
Saratoga last week resolved in favor Of
immediate resumption. One would sup
pose from the air they assume that the
bank vaults are bursting out with gold
that the bankers were lousy with gold
that they have more of the precious met
al than they know what to do with and
wanted some of their bill holders to take it
out of their way. Now,if they are deter
mined on Immediate resumption, we say,
very well, gentlemen, resume. We know
of no law againstit. The people are not
in the way If you will never be happy
nor enjoy good health without resuming,
then resume at once and don't waste your
breath and time in concocting resolu.
tions. Don't resolve to resume, but do
it.
Blu. let US look at a few facts and see if
these plethoric gentlemen who met at
Saratoga mean what they say.
In elancing over the statements Of the
National banks of this city, published
four weeks ago, we discover the follow
ing facts: The Indianapolis Bank state
men. is as follows: .
LIABILITIES.
Circulating notes outstanding, $445,OOO 90
RESOURCES.
Specie, $40 72
We Put the amount of specie in black
| faced figures, so that it will not befover-
looked nor mistaken. We are also care
| full not to omit the odd cents, for the
omission of that odd two cents would of
course weaken the confidence of the peo-
pie in the ability of the bank to resume, to
that extent In fact that two cents con-
stitutes the specie basis of S4l5 ii of its
notes. and in that view the two cents be
comes very importantitem. Of course
this bank is ready for immediate resump-
tion. Certainly it is. An institution
that cannot redeem S415 IL in notes, on
demand, with taoo cents of coin, has GER
tainly no financial skill or ability.
But here is still more forcible illustra
ton of the ability of the banks to re
sumo The Meridian National Bank re.
ports as follows:
Circulating notes outstanding, $s7O,O0O OC
RESOURCES.
Specie, 900 OC
We put the specie in black figures
again, that there may be no mistake. This
bank, ofNcourse, is ready to resume in
stanter.
The Merchants National Bank state
ment is as follows:
LIABILITIES.
Circulating notes outstanding. S17S,O0O Oh
RESOURCES.
Specie Gncluding gold treasury
notes,) $14 9l
The First National reports:
LIABILITIES.
Circulating notes outstanding, $753569 o.
RESoRUCEs.
Specie, (including gold treasury
notes0 1856 u
What proportion of the specie of thes
lasttwo banks consists of the gold treas
ury notes (paper promises we canno
tell. The condition of these banks witt
regard 10 coin resources is not exception
al, but on the contrary, the average o
coin held by these four banks, represent
the average amount held by banks of is
sue all over the country. In view of this
we repeat, gentlemen, resume!
A cnnntru Stora in Virninin 1uas fh
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has long needed. Address or call on the un
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