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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-03-13

N ,,lcd tue f)llau.as letter:
Carson, New March {. 1877.
70 His Fxcolency, Rutherford Z. Hayes,
President Of Che United States, Washington,
y C.-Houored Sir: In addition to the strong
;round you have uniformly taken upon the
subject of education, find il your Inaugural
Address, the following: " Universal suffrage
should rest on universal education. To this
,nd liberal and permanent provision shonld
b. made for the support of free schools by the
State Governments, aud il need be supple
nonted by legitimate support from the Ma
Monal authority"
That need evidently exists, and i'll view of
The intense interest taken by the people at this
slime, in public education, it cannot be mop
fortune to agitate the question of its supply.
You arc aware that what is known, Tor
>Ught to be known), as the Department of
Education, is hidden away in an obscure Blu
Mau Of tho Department of the Interior. BY
reference to the Statutes ! ind its actual
status in Sec. 40, where it Ia placed last, UNI
ier the head of otfces, ard there only IL the
shage of provision for few ClCrhships Its
tollows:
The Secretary of TIE interior is charged
with the superInteHdenoe OF public business
relating to the following subjects.
First The Co1sUa, wAer directed by law.
Second Tha public lands, including mines.
Third The Indians.
Fourta. Pensions and bounty lands,
Fifth Patents FEY inventions.
Sixth. The custody and distribution Of
puolio documents.
Seventh Education.
Eighth Government Hospital for the In
GA.IC.
Ninth. Columbia Asglum for the Deaf
and Duub.
THIS, tbs only il vIeF Of the universally
acknowledged Importance Of the subject
Further The fact ia, tAat Staty Depart,
me - Of Pubic Instruction end With ITEM
tolves, aGd only communicates III they Hc1E-
nrnicste at a,.l with the Bureau q EiIca-
'jo0 at " a5nirgton as q matter .; iagor 81.
.uurtesy to the Commissjcrrr. IT,, IS not
a4vos.c.,', TIE cause ~ education Relying
,pon yo,,c expressed desire that TIE officers
md tAe people q TIE country, assist you in
the ADMIN strati0u Of is affairs, beg to hum
tly suggest remedy hich am satisfied will
meet tne v;shoa Of al tie people and give to
t,Ic great SYSTEM Of Public Education the
pccmneuco it deserved and the opportunity
for efficiency it demands, Do away with the
Bureau q EdrcItirn ~ II il, ard place the
educational Interest whorc /; ~ r; ;ht belongs
~ the vtr,- fo~,, front 81 The T1t:on by Great
ing, thror-& paper means Il legislation,
crc1lla- Departures. Of Education to rank in
,yrry respect w;-h The otLtr Departments OF
Government.
proscu: ;his subject believing i a. be the
demand Of the hour. and that Yod NJ, give it
"a honest consideration. would esteem It
favor to hear from You on the tject before
preventing it TO our senators and Representa-
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-03-13

Notwithstanding the big tumble in Grand
Prize, which has caused so much excitement
all through the Eastern part Of the State, the
Times Review speaks thus encoura5ngly of
its doings; "Evcrything about the Grand
Prize runs as usual. The low prices of the
stock don't throw any men out Of work, or
cause the mine to look any worse than usual,
or prevent the tNenty-stamp mill from pro
ducing it's accustomed amount of bullion. if it
docs make the boys swear a little
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-03-13

Moody and Sankey will begin their labors
in New Haven March 10Th. A temporary
building will be erected capable Of seating
5000 people,
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-03-13

General and Mrs. Grant are receiving dis
tinguished hOnorS at Athens, Says a late
dispatch General Grant and wife were for
mally presented to the King and Queen on
Saturday A grand banquet in honor of
General Grant was given on Sunday. fete
is to take place tonight in honor of General
and Mrs, Grant. The ruins of the ancient
temples and the Pantheon will be Illuminated
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-18
loved us, as we loved her, at first sight
sweet brown-eyed, golden haired Miss
AShhnll'
Ericsson's New TOrpdedO Boat.


Captain Ericsson, the inventor Of the
Monitor which revolutionized the sys-
tenn Of naval warfare almost as COM
pletcly as gunpowder changed that of
armies, has now built and launched q
torpedo boat, against which he believes
the stoutest ironclads will be perfectly
helpless. 1t will not depend upon sur
prising its antagonists, and therefore be
absolutely neutralized, as all existing
torpedo boats are now able to be, by q
Sufliciency of vigilance and light, and
will not require the combined attack Of
q fleet of boats in which the most may
be sacrificed at the chance of the sue
cess of one. On the contrary it is strong
enough to make its attack by daylight
and alone, and to-day, when more than
reasonable chance of impunity, the
heaviest projectile that can be brought
against it, The Ericsson torpedo boat
is so constructed that but the smallest
portion appears above water, and that
is of such strength aud shape that no
known pro;ectile will able to effect
it. The torpedoes themselves are
supplied with such motive power by
compressed air that they go with the
rapidity of q shot, and with force such
as no netting Or protective device that
would not be entirely too cumbrous to
use, could withstand. This irresisti-
bilty Of attack and destruction is what
Captain Ericsson believes he has &C
complished, and his practical success in
other matters, as we'll as deservedY
high reputation as q scientific inventor,
are guarantees that he has succeeded in
some very important degree, if not to
the extent which he claims If it is
SO the ironclads will be practically as use
less as were wooden vessels Of war after
the invention of the Monitor. Already
in the race between DrOjecti!eS and
ahead, and nothing but the discovery of
some new method of making iron more
reslstible at It's present weight can
bring the defensive power again in ad-
vance. The invention of such torpo-
do boat as that Of Captain Ericsson
throws armor still farther in the rear,
and threatens to strip the heavy plating
almost entirely from the war ship Of the
future, and to call for new, qualities of
speed rather than immOvable strength;
and until something to neutralize iC is
invented, to make naval warfare in a
great measure impossible by its very
destructlveness. 1t will be strange if
it is twice given in the life of peaceful
inventor to revOlutionize the naval war
fare of the civilized world, and to COM
pei the great nations to twice rebuild
their fleets. -.aau. .@ ....... .. .-....-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-18
The Sultan's Seraglio.
London Pail Mall Gazette.

To estimate the difficulty of reforming
Turkey one must get an idea of what
the Sultan's court is. The magnificent
Seraglio, whose buildings stretch to the
length Of a mile and half on the Bos-
phorus, contains more than 5000 in
mates, and it is a city IN itself. Here
the government of the empire is carried
on chiefly by women and slaves. The
viziers and ministers are but the SER
wants of these secluded creatures; and
although attimes statesman support
ed By a strong palace clique may WELD
real power, he seldom does SO for long,
nor is his power very great. From the
moment when he enters Office he is Sc
cretly assaulted by host Of enemies
whom he does not see, and whom he
cannot disarm or propitiate. All he
knows is that while these foes are in
triguing against him the women and
slaves to whose influence he owed his
place are fighting for him, and that SO
long as they keep the upper hand he
will be safe. But he may be upset at
any moment by sudden shifting of the
majority in the secret female Parlia-
ment which rules the land; and under
such circumstances he cannot be ex-
pected to throw much zeal into his pol
icy. A Turkish ministerWhO is advised
to begin reforms may promise all that
an ambassador demands; but he well
knows that any innovation he attempted
would disturb vested interests which
might happen to be defended by some
Circassian favorite of the sultan's, or by
some insolent boltadji, confidential SER
want for the time being of the Sultana
Valide AS for the sultan, as rule he
is as mucn at their mercy as his minis
tiers. puppetin the hands of women,
he never knows exactly who rules him,
but is obliged, for peace sake, to do as
his mother, sisters, kadines Or favorites
order. More than one sultan, weary to
death of Seragllo intrigues, would have
been glad to make clean sweep of his
female court; but any step in this direc-
ton would have led to conspiracy and
deposition. In a country where the
laws Of succession to the throne are
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-18
Torpedoes Nothing New.

There is a generally received but En-
roneous notion that the torpedo is q
modern invention, and that during the
recent hostilities in the East it was for
the first time employed in actual war
fare AS long ago as the 18th Of Au-
gust, LIT. boat was blown to pieces
and nearly all its crew killed by the &C
cidental explosion of a torpedo which
had been used in ap attempt made by
the Americans against the English man
of-War Cerberus. In1S05 brig, which
had been anchored off Deal, Eng, for
the purpose Of experim ents in sub
marine explosions, was destroyed in
the presence of Mr.. Pitt and a large
concourse Of spectators by q torpedo
containing 10 pounds of powder. Pre-
viously, in 1877, a machine had been
designed by which, to use the inven-
tors own words, he proposed " to i'm
part to carcases Of gunpowder a pro-
gressive motion under water to a given
point and there explode them,' and
which therefore contained the germ of
the present fish torpedo "..re..
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-18
Irving's First and Only Love.

Matilda Hoffman, Irvings first and
only love, is among the dead in Trinity
churchyard, but her name has been
neglected in point Of monumental
honors. She was buried. in the Hotf-
man vault, and, as the author enshrined
her in his memory, this was sufficient
tribute Seventy years have elapsed
since the death of Matilda hoffman, of
whom Irving tenderly said, 'She died
in the beauty Of her youth, and to me
she will always be young and beauti-
full" Had she lived to the present
time, she would, however, be eighty
seven, while the author, had his life
also been prolonged, would now be
ninety-fve. 4t6What an old couple ?"
our. readers may exclaim. Yes, for
time spares neither genius norromance,
and it is we'll for the latter that such
lovely creatures. as Matilda Hoffman
should die aearly, since it is thus that
the lustre of eternal beauty is secured.
-NeW York Correspondence Cincinnati
Gazette.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-18
4 Big Estate in T.. 5. Bonds.
Hartford COurant.

Inc widow Of Philip Marett died in
New Haven Monday, at the age Of 50
years. She leaves an only child, the
widow of Arthur H. Clifford. Her estate
amounts to about $4,000. r. The
money by her will, is left to her daught-
err, Mrs. Clifford Of Boston, and her
nephews and nieces, who are residents
of Massachusetts. The. entire estate of
the late Philip Marett valued at SO, 900,
also reverts to the daughter. Mrs.
Clifford, fer her use during her lifetime,
the property. In case of her dying
without issue, being divided among the
Connecticut Hospital, State Imbecile
Asylum, Yale Academical Department,
New Haven Orphan Asylum, Young
Mems Institute, and one-fifth to the
income of which is to be applied to the
purchase of fuel for the poor; Yale
College and the Connecticut Hospital
Society each to receive one-fifth, the
New Haven Orphan Asylum and the
st. Francis Orphan asylum, the Young
Mems Institute, and the State Imbecile
Asylum each, one-tenth. A clause in
the viii says: The appropriations
specified above are to be made effective,
Notwithstanding any deficiency or inac-
curacy of the description, SO that my
objects may not be defeated by technic-
atty Or informality." The estate in
ventoried June 5, 1869; United States
bonds, $660,632; stocks, $6O,240; furn1-
ture, plate and books, $500; cash on
hand, Sc, $50. Total, $3.50, 222. -.,| H."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-18
THE LIGHT OF IUTUMN DAYS.
BY WILLIAM ". BRIGGS d.


What summer songs are sweet and fair,
And who shall sing them blythe and gay,
With cadence hexile-soit as air
And CHEEKY as the summer day?
What poet comes with sandal sEoon,
And clear brown eye of dreamy gaze.
Brown as the wave whose forest gloom
Has drank the lightof autumn-days--
The light OF autumn days
Deep, deep within his quiet heart
He holds the sunshine OF the year,
The music of the meadow LARK
And bells that echo faint anu clear,
The hare-bell, may be, on the slope. -
The bubble that the wave has broke, ~
OR the soft. sombre tones jhat fall
II memory of a birthday chime .....
Faded in that far lapse of time,
That comes and goes for all;
Ana thus within his eyes the haze
Deepens Of autumn d,.yS
The sky is blue, the sky is fair, ......
And writ with fleecy clouds In air:
And bOughS are waving fresh and free
AS foam-crest on \ summer sea;
And birds with wings whose flashing light
Makes the worn spirit yearn Tor flight y e.
Are passing on to some bright zone
We picture in the heart, alone;
And nature chimes in undertone
Its mHrmurous anthem bright and clear
Yet he apart szs..
Drinks in with-subtle sense and heart
The RAPTURE of the year;
And with his tar-otf gaze
Turns il to autumn days
He gamers up the perfectume,
He stores at will of pain or mlrth,
For him nor seasou,cOmeS nor cline
e-standS alone OF all the earth! p ~ 80
To him the forest tells its tale.
The brooklet pours its plaintive wall,
The wild pine rocks, the wild winds moan,
To him the torrent speaks alone,
The tempest from its mountain throne,
The tumult of the angry sea.
The mUrm ur of the rowing bee,
The pale anemOne that blows
In sunshine DER It's native SHOWS.
The blue bell or the meadOw-pink,
Or OSier by the streamletS brink,
All tell their tales in murmurs free
The secrets of the land or sea
And in his patient eyes.
Awaiting sorrow and surprise aa ...
Gather like falling Leaves or sunset rays .
4 dreamy wistful gloom
A light too far! TOO soon!
The light of autumn days,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-18

A man with the t0othache doesn't
care about anything else. The glories
of the world pail on his taste, the Won
ders OF creation seem as naught. The
tooth becomes a volcano of belching
fury, and the rest of life hidden in
cloud of its billowing smoke. You
can't borrow anything Of the man with
the toothache. You can't instruct and
improve him. You tell him that the
world travels at the rate of a thousand
miles minute, and it doesn't startle
him in the least. He simply groans.
You say to him. "My friend, there are
stars 80 far off that their light has not
yet reached the world" but he don't
mind it; he only howls. You tell him
that some Of the sun-spots are one hun
dred thousand miles in diameter, and
that one Of them would take in Jupiter
at one mouthful, but it is nothing to
him.. He goes on swearing and weep
ing. Sometimes a mans tooth aches so
hard, the pain is SO agonizing, that sew
eral strong men have to hold him down
by main force while some important
scientific fact is being communicated
to him. anbury Meas.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-09
yEGETINE.

The following letter from Rev. G. W. Mansfield
formerly pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
HYDE Park, and ut present settled in Lowell, must
convince every one who reads his letter of the Won
derful curative qualities OF VEGETISE MS thorough
cleanser and purifier Of the blood:
HYDE PARK, MASS, February Is, 1876.
1fr. II. r. Steuens:
Dear Sir,-About ten Years ago my health 1ailed
through the depicting effects OF dyspepsia nearly
worst form It settled in 10y back, and took the form
of q large, deep-Scated abscess, whlch was nliccn
months In gathering. had Two surgical operations
By the best skill in the State but received no pera-
meIt cure L suffered great pain ut Times, and was
constantly weakened by q profnse discharge. also
lost small pieces of bone ut different times.
Matters ran on thus about seven years, till May,
1874, when friend recommended me to 20 to your
Office aud talk with you of the virtue OF pEGET1SE
did so, and by your kindness passed through your
manufacory, noling TIE ingredients. &C., by which
your remedy Is produced.
BY what saw and heard gained some confidence
commenced taking 1t soon after, but felt worse
from Its effects; still pGsevered, asd soon felt IT
was beneiltipg ME IN other respects Yet dd NOT
for little more than year, when the dihcuity ~
the back was cured: and for nine months have en-
jDyed the best Of health: g
flesh, being heavier than ever before In my life, and
was never more able to perform labor Than now.
During the past few weeks haa scrot ul, Us
swelling large as my fist gather OH anoter part Oh
| took yEGET1NE faithfully, aud 1t removed It
have been cured OF my main trouble sooner II had
taken larger doses. after having become accustomed
Let your patrons troubled with scrofula or kidney
disease understand that it takes time to cure chronic
diseases; aud II They will patiently take YEGETINE
- !" - : 90 = $3.50. G. W. MANSFIELD.
| pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-09
1,sslsey and i /; i ssssia 4

81 10 NDoN, Febfliary he lost says:
II NC may rely on it that the Government
III now aware tilat British Interests have
been directly attacked, md they wi u adopt
measures for their defence. e
A dispatch from Jenna says 6 he
British feet Is liz readiness TO leaYelfo the
Dardanefies. !, ss:a:sE
The SiandaTds speciai says g The
lines OF defence Of Constantinople have
been dismantied and the guns brought into
the city.
A Berlin specia! to the Times says !:
.s The occupation of Constantfnople is re-
garded ais accomps sshed or impending. for
the reason that Turkish and Russian dipio-
mats cannot deny the news MS Incompatible
with the terms OF the arnlistice.
Constantsnoplc dates OF the 9Th Of Feb
ruary, by way OF Bombay, are received.
In accordance with the arnistice condi-
tons, the Russians will occupy Widdin,
Rustchuk, silistria, Belgradiick, and Erze.
roum. The ambassadors OF the Powers are
still ignorant Of the conditions OF peace.
Nedjibi Pasha, with twenty-seven battal-
ions, has left for Volo. Accounts have been
received here Of depredations committed
by the Russian troops on the houses OF
Mussulmans in Adriano2le and the neigh
boring villages. @
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-09
'aifls,llolld lspatrn.
: e., u,rTp;, . I. . fsEBRUakY q, 1878.
PETERSBURG.

pETEfSSk5lJkSSI.
5Yfg DEATH OF aEs bsnNiss
20 s,.r1npsr III CHESTERFIELD --sAI.Es OF
sspas I'D NORTHERN TTLERs----RAfi.goAb !,
CONFERENCES crRRS--THE FARMERS
CONVENTION, &C. 81
PSI. Ir,n,res,,opaeuee OF the Richmond DispafclLl
NURSE FEBRUARY s, 1878.
Tho ;nnerai OF Dir. John Ducey, who died
very suddenly yesterday afternoon. TOOK
MACE tl,is afternoon from st. JOSEPH $ Catho-
IL church. His age was hlty-seYen years,
and he was 4 native OF Ireland. lie came
10 Petersburg In 1870, when thirteen years
81 are, Owing TO the startilngiy sudden
nat,,re OF the death the coroner DECIDED u
necessary TO hold a poSt-'a0t'tefn examsna.
tion and inquest. The examination snoWea
n much diseased heart anu lungs. ana sthat
the Immediate cause OF death was the lorna,
ton Of ciot in the heart. singular ana
. somewhat remarkable condition OF the heart
was discovered. The flesh was SO soIt that
after slight incssion it could easily be torn
by the fingers. i, -.
mo Inv himself on Old Town creek, in Ches-
terfieid county. seine FIVE or six miles from
petersburg, was very badly burned at his
house last night by his clothes accidentally
catching fire. 1t was some tine before his
condition was discovered.
The weli-known Hewlett farm, in Ches-
terffed county, has been purchased by Mr..
Ira &. Mills, OF Orange county, n. T.. The
farm contains 3ST acres, and the price paid
was $500. Mr. Mills is lawyer by pro-
fessioIi, and seeks home liz Virginia with
the hope OF benefiting his health.
Several large farms in Prince George
county have also recently been sold to citi-
zens OF the North and Northwest. There
seems to be steady immigration to this
section from Michigan cf very desirable
class Of people.
Several conferences have been held re-
Gently to recommend some action relative
to the Petersburg and Weldon railroad, in
the event it is to be sold, and to ask the
Legislature to pass bin looking to its re-
organization. These meetings have been
attended by number OF our most proml-
nent citizens. Another meeting VIII be
held tonight, when it is thought the pro-
ceedings viii be perfected and all secrecy
removed.
Rev. DR.. Curry, OF Richmond, passed
through the city this afternoon on his way
to Norfolk, where he is to deliver his adj
dress on the public debt. He is to be in-
yited to speak here next week on the same
subject.
A sufficient number OF delegates to the
Farmers Convention, which it is proposed
TO hold here on the Doth of this month,
have been appointed TO make the Conyen-
ton large and influential one, II they will
all attend.
The acceptance by Rev. G. l.. Petrie OF
the call to the church in Charlottesville
leaves the pulpit OF the Second Presbyte.
rian church here vacant, and it is feared it
will be difficult to get pastor to please the
congregation as well rs the retiring one.
ROBIN ADAIR.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-09
Fire in Brunswick.

P0wELLToN, VA, February 5, 1875.
Editors Dispatch: The dwelling OF an
OLD negro residing on the farm of Mrs. j.
w. G. Green" (Anthony Powell by name).
was entirely consumed by fire this morning.
together with I'LL it contained. The fire was
accidental. An old negro woman who was
in the building at the time narrowly escaped
being burned to death.
Our County Court was held last week,
with several cases Oh docket, which resulted
in the sentence of one colored woman to
the State prison for about eight years. The
late f. Il. Harris was missed from the
court-green very much. His sudden death
was indeed sad affair; as was also the death
OF Captain Rogers, who died from injuries
received from falling tree.
The farmers seem busily engaged prepar-
ing for another crop Of cotton, although the
prices OF cotton are ranging so low Mt the
present time.
am still of the opinion that your paper
is one of the best that visits old Brunswick.
Hoping you ever success with the same, l
am ever yours, w.