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Year: 1869

We have been made acquainted with
the details of an affair so terrible in its
iniquity that we should hardly credit
it, but that it comes SO straight there
is, we fear, little room to doubt its
truth. The particulars in the case are
quite unfit for publication. Suffice il
to say, that day or two since the
daughter of q widow living in the
Fourth Ward, near the verge of Lin
wood, acquainted a neighbor with the
facts which we shall relate. She stated
that her mother had deliberately bar


gained for her dishonor with clerk il
downtown establishment, in pursu


ance of which bargain he had come X
the house the evening before. The un


natural mother locked all the doors and
left them alone together, when hel
struggles were overcome by mair
strength. The girl resisted with al


her power, and some of the neigh


bors remembered having heard unusua


noises, and, as they thought, smotheret
screams proceeding from the house OF
the night in question, but investigated
no further into the matter until made
acquainted with the facts we have
stated by the broken-hearted victim


The girl is about seventeen years o


age, and was engaged to be married
shortly to most worthy young man


The neighbors, we understand, have


taken the matter in hand, and deter


mined to learn the full particulars o


the fiendish outrage. If the facts are q


We have been informed, and stated
; above, they should not let the matte
rest until every particular of the trans
action is brought out, and the name o
the scoundrel who would thus barte
for human soul, and of the worse thai
heathen mother, who would deliberate
y sell her daughter to perdition
dragged to light and published to tn


: world. The grand jury sit on Monday
!, there is anything in the matter the,
: shouId surely find it out.-Lafayett
Year: 1869




Captain Stone, of the Railway Ferr!
Union, states that between and
o'clock of New Years morning the watel
of Detroit river began to flow up stream
The force of this contrary current i:
said to have been so great that the ice
snow and all other substances floating
in the river were swept along upward
by il at q rate but little slower than the
ordinary downward flow of two and
three quarter miles per hour. The hull
of the new steamer Sheboygau, lying at
the foot of Woodward Avenue, is protect
ed by logs, from the floating ice. These
logs are fastened each with heavy
chains at the upper end, so that ordi-
narily the force Of the current keeps
them in their place; but on this oeca-
sion the logs were turned about. The
upward current was swiftest on the
American side, and gradually lessened
until along the Canadian shore the
stream seemed at perfect stand still.


This strange occurrence lasted about
six hours aud was preceded by a sud-
den rise of about 1S inches in the water
level. At the end of the time the waters
were observed to slowly halt, remain
stationary for q little time, and then
gradually resume their flowing in the
natural direction, until at last they
were moving at ordinary speed. With
the cessation of the abnormal flow the
waters subsiGed to their accustomed
level. During the whole time the wind
was blowing strongly from the north
east, thus being nearly down stream.
Old sailors, dock wallOpers and the old
est inhabitants aver that the memory
of man runneth not back to the time
when such an event has occurred. The
most probable cause of the phenomenon
is assumed to be the banking up of the
waters of Lake Erie at the mouth of
Detroit river. On Thursday night there
was a strong east wind, and this is be-
lieved to have resulted in piling up the
waters of the lake at its western end.
Year: 1869

IT is auneuHced from Wa'hingtor
that the tariff lobby and the railway
subsidy vultures have "ioined teams'
the latter agreeing to use only iron
furnished by thc former, in return io'
which the tariff men agreed to support
the subsidy schemes agre d upon by
the railway ring.
Year: 1869

A widower writes to the New York
Sun that his daughter of fifteen grew
coarse ana insolent, aud laughed in his
face when he OILY chided her; but one
day he fastened her to the bed, removed
her underclothing, and gave her severe
castigation with rattan cane, since
which time she has been yery tractable.
Hence, he favors corporal punishment.
Year: 1869

WEAK AND DELICATE CHILDREN


Are made strong by the use Of either Of these
remedies. They will cure every case of MA.
RASMUS, without fail


Thousands of certificates have accumulated
in the hands Of the proprietor, but space will
allow of the publication Of but few. Those,
it will be observed, are men of note, and Of such
standing that they must be believed.
Year: 1869

IFrOm the BOstOn TTanscrIpt, FeD. I3.J -


petition was presented In the Massachusetts
State Senate yesterday afternoon from Joseph b.
Stearns ana Others OF Boston for incorporation as
The American Transatlantic Cable and Telegraph
chasing laying, maintaining and operating one or
more submarine cables from some point on the
coast OF Massachusetts, by way Of the Western
islands, to such point on foreign coast as
shall be hereafter determined. This is the
first endeavor TO lay an ocean cable
owned BY an American company, and the stock
held altogether In the United States We understand
that the enterprise In the hands of men OF ample
means-ndeed, that the capital represented In 1t Ii
sufficient to lay five telegraphic cables across the
Atlantic. The amount inserted In the charter will
probably beItve millions OF dollars. Persons whose
credit stands the highest in Boston. New York and
Philadelphia largely interested in the project,
and sustain 1t with all their influence An extensive
concern for manufacturing such cables In New York
Is ready to proceed Immediately with the business
OF making the necessary wire, and will guarantee
the production OF cable twice the c0nductivty OF
the present Atlantic telegraph.
Year: 1869

Mr.. Pendleton's opposition to the policy
of the Government during the war was so
bitter that he voted against every proposition
to raise men to carry on the war; and not
satisfied with that he voted uniformly
against supplying the men already in the
field with the necessary food, clothing, arms,
and ammunition. He preferred to see the
Union soldiers in the field suffer than to
Year: 1869

Gentlemen, to day you must make your
choice. To-day lay aside all thoughts of
war, and cultivate the arts of peace. To-day
determine upon a course of Cancellation and
compromise, If you do Motif you insist
upon drawing the sword and dipping it in
your brothers blood if you insist upon this
unTlGtarGI and unhOiy lOar. prepare 10 wage
it to the last extremity, Tor warn you that
every wound you infict upon the Southern
people, every defeat to which you subject
them, every degradation you may have the
power to make them endure, will rankle in
their breasts until they wash out the last
stain in your blood and mine, or it may be,
in that Of your children.


Throughout this entire speech Mr.. Pen
dleton assumed that the South had right
to abandon the Union and that in attempt
ing to enforce the laws and preserve the
Union, the Government was violating the
Constitution. With him the attempt to pre-
serve the Constitution was to destroy it,
With him, to rebel against the Government
was to strike fOE liberty, His sympathy fOl
Year: 1869

Under this heading correspondent OF the Rich
mond Religious Herald speaks OF what he saw and
heard on the occasion OF visit ut "one OF the most
elegant churches Of that denomination in the great
metropolis" He says


The services were introduced by an anthem fol-
lowed by brief invocation. Then came hymn and
the flrst lesson" from the Scriptures followed by
a verse by the minister and one by the congrega-
tlon and so on alternately TO the END of the PSALM
Next came tne PRAYER at the conclusion OF which we
had q flourish on the organ. The collection was
next taken, notlces read and the sermon delivered,
concluding with hymn and the d0xology. The
pastor OF the church did not preside, so the regular
order, we were informed, was violated as 1t is the
custom, we think, to read two blossoms" besides the
"Psalter.r
Year: 1869

The Charleston ve,cs Of the 18th has an article o.
the crops OF South Carolina. We quote the co.,


weighing Carefully the condition of the crops in
the derent parts Of the state, we arrive at the fol-


i. The wheat and corn crops Of the year will be
sufYlcient for home consumption, but as the yield
will be unequally divided. some counties having
more and some less than they will need, o consider
able quantity OF grain must be bought before the
crop OF 1870 comes In. Not nearly as much was
bought IN 1s67-6e should, however, be necessary.
More oats WILL IL V believed, be raised than ever be-
fore.


q The cotton crop Of the state viii more likely
fall short Of than exceed the crop OF 1869. The in
creased area In cotton and the liberal use OF fertil
will be fully neutralized BY the cold spring. and
by the fact that the freedmen are now more largely
than ever planting on their own account. The land
30 planted IL included In the increased area OF the
year but the yield per acre Will on account Of care
less cultivation be much less than where the land In
titled BY negroes directed by white men. For these
reasons set down the crop OF South Carolina Tor
1s6p-70 at say 176,0oo bales.


9. The prospects OF rice are fair, and with good
the crop OF 1s6970 should reach 49, terces


4. The freedmen are working at least as well as
last year and In the upper parts OF the state are
and the laborers are gradually settling down to the
conviction that they can make bread and meat more
easily by working than BY running to the polls and
waiting for acres and mules which will never come
unless as the reward OF patient industry.


Our estimates may, OF course. be afFecsed by the
events OF the future. but they represent fairly the
c0nditlon and prospects OF thescrops at this time
contrary, they snow that BY the use Of FERTILIZERS and
thorough cultivation we may, even In year winch
opened sastrously obtain fair average return Tor
our money and our work Ll ~
Year: 1869

At a meeting of the managers of the
Pennsylvania Hospital. at Philadelphia .
resolution was adopted that commit
ee be appointed to provide for = sepa-
rate institution for fem ale students Of
medicine on at least one day in the
week, and that upon the completion OF
such arrangement the other lectures be
confined to classes composed Of males
only. -
Year: 1869

In his dream the Knight, who left his castle in
aummer and youth to search for the cup out OF which
the Saviour drank the Last Supper, has returned
IN winter and old age, TO meet the leper from whom
while he flung him god he had turned away in losth
ing as he rode out Of the gate.
Year: 1869

THE UTTERLY DIsENGAGED BACHELOR
The utterly disengaged bachelor is generally
under tve-and-twcnty, for we do not allude to
old bach, lors He dresses well, but not anx-
ously. 1t does not so much matter to him if
his gloves are not buttOned, or if the parting of
his back hair is not quite straight. His whole
manner is that of man who owns himself;
who has no one to think Of when he does aIy-
thing, or when he wears anything or says any
thing, He cOnsOrtS with gay fellows, who
smoke great deal, and he smokes a great deal
himself. He doesn't mind owning to having
been out late last night and being unable to
find place for his latch-key when he reached
home. He changes his boarding place frequent
ly, and is generally ahead of his salary. He
laughs at engaged fellows, and pities married
ones. He is off hand in his manner, and pays
great attention. in a jolly sort of way, to the
last new pretty girl. He patronizes the bur-
lesque opera, and goes alone with bouquets to
fling to the most fascinating performer Even
there he is tickle; and the sylph with black
hair who is his idol one night, is quite forgot
ten the next.
Year: 1869

At Lansing, Iowa, thirty young men have
formed themselves into club and made sol
emn vow that no member shall marry any one
except widow The husbands of the place
are making up clubs-cheAy hickory-against
the bachelors.
Year: 1869

A GIRL OF THE PERIOD New York pa
per thus describes specimen of this genus
in that city She went to the theatre and two
parties in one evening, carried on three flirta-
tions at each, and the next day refused three
offers of marriage, accepted two and broke off
three previous engagements, read four novels,
wrote two letters and one hundred notes Of in
vitation, practiced her music lesson, made her
self new waterfall, ate breakfast, lunch and
dinner enough for two milkmon, took a walk
on Fifth avnue, bought two pounds of French
candy and ate ity rode to the Central Park
with one of her lovers, and walked home with
the other
Year: 1869

A LOUISVILLE ROMANCE.-The New Alba
ny Ledger says: Years and years ago
worthy young man Of foreign birth arrived III
the city of Louisville in search of employment.
He at length obtained situation as barkeeper
in a fashionable saloon. To this establishment
came bright and early every morning a little
girl with mint for sale. She always dressed IT,
Oily and carried a smiling face. The young
barkeeper took an interest in the child, and
upon Inquiry learned that she did not carry her
sunny face with her mint only, but also in her
own home, and in the humbeSt emplOyments.
Setting apart portion of his own earnings, he
sent her to a school, and she soon surpassed
most of her mates He then employed music
teachers for her, and she soon became a prof.
cient


Years rolled on, and fortune favored the
young barkeeper. He became the owner OF an
establishments of his own. The wealthiest men
in Louisville were his friends. The poor little
mint seller had now grown to woman estate,
and was as accomplished and virtuous as she
was beautiful. She in time became the wife
of the man who had early befriended her.
The man is now reckoued one of the wealthy
men of LOUISVILLE large owner of real estate
respected by all who know him for hi,
noble qualities, of which kindness Of heart is
the chief. We read of such events as these il
the story books but they seldom occur in rea
life. This, however, is true TO the letter.
Year: 1869

Parson, had much rather hearyou preach
than see you interfere in bargains between
man and man, said baflcd, swindling horse
jockey Well" said the parson, sit you
had been where you ought to have been last
Sunday you would have heard me preach.
"Where was that p inquired the jockey. In
the State Prison, returned the Clergyman.
Year: 1869

Prospect of Rowing Match Between the
Ataianta Boat Ciah and tho HIidshipmeu OF
the Naval Academy.


The following letter from the secretary OF the Alta
lanta Boat Club OF this CITY, in response to the letter
of Vice Admiral Porter boating wherein the Admi-
raj expresses desire to test the midshipmen OF the
Naval Academy at Annapolis with some good boat
club in three mile race, will be read with interest
by all lovers Of aquatic sports


NEW YORK, May 81. 1859.
Vice Admiral q. G. PORTER United States Navy,
Washington, ID. CT


DEAR SIR-Having read with pleasure your letter
OF the oath instant TO the Army ana NGcV Journal,
in relation to aquatic sports, and fully cOncurrlng
with you that SIT would be gratifying at all times to
hear that our cutters had beaten other men-Of-war
boats,n take the liberty, on behalf OF the Ataanta
Boat Club Of this city. to make few inquiries in
relation 10 the boat clubs which have been organized
under your supervision at the Naval Academy with
the hope that Il may be the means OF bringing about
trial Of skill with the mldshpmen, In order. rs you
justly say, o see how near the latter come to the
mark"


In the first place we should be pleased TO know the
style Of boats that are rowed Dy the different CLUBS
connected with the Academy; whether they are
Shells and II so whether they row them with or
without a ooxswain also number OF oars, &C.; or
do they row what we term gtgs," that tS capstreak
outraged boats carrying a c0xswain3 II has been
style Of boat the being better adapted TO the
waters around New York.


Being "a desrous as yourself Of seeing the navy or
the United states able TO compete successfully with
that of any other country in everything feel that
such trial as you propose would be the means OF
promoting rowing as a healthiul and most useful
exercise, not only in the navy but throughout our
whole country. and with such aim have taken the
liberty OF replying 10 your letter.


Hoping to receive an answer at your earliest con-
veaencs anl' with respect very tEHly Nn%yap yaHrs


Secretary Atlanta Boat Cub.


Box l,9i0 Post Office, New York.
Year: 1869

POLICE ITEMs.-The police Office was rather
an unproductive field for a reporter last night.
The only items on the slate was the arrest of
boy named Hayes, living on Center street, for
the larceny of a can of milk. As the lad evi-
IDENTIFY had not been weaned the plunder was
taken with him to the station, to supply his
wants in case he should wake up in the night
and cry for it.


A man made complaint that he was shaker"
out of $40 at the "Hole.i .in-the- Wall, corner of
Fore and Union streets. The keeper was ar
rested.


A halfintoxicated individual was arrested on
Cumberland street, who complained that he
had been robbed of watch and $40.


A man left valise containing clothing and
pair of snowshoes at the station house yes
terday. He had better call for his personal
property or it will be sold for the benefit of the
contin gent fund.
Year: 1869

Especial dispatch by International Line.l


BIDDEFoRD, Nov. 30.-About o'clock this
afternoon fire was discovered in the new brick
building on the new York Corporation, at
Saco The lower floor was used as a boiler
room, and the upper floors for drying room.
The drying room, where the fire originated,
was full of yarn, all of which was entirely con-
sumed The amount of damage is not yet
known. Fully insured.
Year: 1869

MR.. AND Mrs. HOWARD PAUL.-The rain, no
doubt, had something to do with keeping peo-
pie away from City Hall last night, and the au-
dience was not SO large as We would have been
glad to see for the sake of the worthy organiza-
ton under whose auspices the entertainment
was given; still the peculiar talents of Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul proved an attraction to several hun
dred people. We spoke yesterday somewhat
in detail OF their performance of the previous
evening, and that Of last night was of the same
character, with some very fine bits of melody,
wit and burlesque, and some humor of the
eoarser sort. One of the best things of the
evening was the music of Mr.. Patterson, the
blind .violinist. He possesses a remarkable
delicacy of touch, and very effective method
of expression, which show him to be not only
careful student but man of great musical
ability.
Year: 1869

ST.. Andrews DAY.-The social party OF
the st. Andrews Society last night at Lam
caster Hall was quite successful affair. We
have no doubt that the participants enjoyed
themselves fully, as the members of the Society
have peculiar knack of getting up something
unique in the way of amusement when they
start for frolc,
Year: 1869

THERE was dense fog in London on the 18th
inst. The river boats had to cease running in
the morning, and the fog was so thick that the
street traffic was almost entirely suspended
Several barges were sunk through collisions in
the river, and many persons were run oyer in
the streets.
Year: 1869

THAT PosTMAsTER.-Some of ''the people
Of Macon" object to the color of the postmaster
furnished them by Grant. Certainly the reasons
given for the appointment of a negro to that
place are very bad ones. II is said 10 have
been done to punish the people, because of the
murder of Union men, &c. We do not see that
the punishment isproper or likely to be effec-
tive, nor does II seem just that the appointing
power should be made use Of in that way at all.
When postmaster is appointed with view to
''punish" district is IL meant that the punish
ment shall be complete failure TO deliver their
letters TO the people? IF so, what becomes of
the intention TO administer the government ell
ciently and honestly? But Is there any real
objection to this postmaster from the real
people of Macon? On the contrary, is not
Macon proper well satisfied with him, and
does not all the protestation come from the radi-
cal carpet baggers who went South, becoming
radicals and carpet-baggers simply to get all
tho Offices, and have been disappointed In
many!
Year: 1869

be useful to get up boat races sbroad betwesa
our crews aud those Of foreign vessels, in order
that we may learn the speed of their boats
and the power Of their muscle. Athletic sports
are just as needed to develop the frame of the
sailor as the landstnan, and while the Students
Of our universities and those Of England take
great pride in excelling in oarsmanship there
is still better reason why our gallant tars
should receive every encouragement in per-
fecting that splendid science. A puny officer,
says the Admiral, ''can never eff ciently lead
boarders or repel them" All the more essen
tial, then, that our midshipmen should be trained
to manly sports until their muscles become like
iron; and what sport is better fitted to that
purpose or more appropriate than boat racing.
Year: 1869

A CASE IN PoINT.-It is u timely ques-
ton whether this government shall be-
come general agent to investigate at the
bidding Of Spain the destination of all ships
leaving our ports. We can present one rea-
son against the entrance of the governm ent
into that line. This is its utter incapacity to do
the business well. Witness the case of the
Quaker City. Government had decided that
she was filbuster, and kept her in sight from
the deck OF gunboat ridiculous time.
Finally she proved to be no Glibuster
Year: 1869

A SINISTER AooIDENT.-It Is said that
lady who was riding home from a women's
rights meeting drove her wagon furiously
over her husband and injured him seriously.
imbibed from the meeting of the strong
minded that this accident should have
occurred just at that critical time. Was she
inspired with the idea that rough riding the
male sex in this fashion was onc OF women :
rights?
Year: 1869

ANNA DICKINSON wants us to find her three
aldermen or three Legislators to compare in
intellect with Mrs. Stanton, Miss Anthony and
Mrs. Livermore. Now, this is the justice of
woman. Why will they always compare
the worst Of one side with the best of
the other? Why endeavor to rival
from the least intellectual class of men the
most tremendously intellectual and unanswer-
able Of all women9 Oh, Anna! do you call
this "nothing unreasonable?" Again, Anna
wants us to furnish an editor or reporter who
for wit or satire can compare with Olive Logan.
We decline. We cannot do It. We know the
utterly incompatible character of that wit and
that satire. We have read "Chateau Frsac. "
Year: 1869

KEEPING Up Our DIeNrTY. Our dignity,
nationally speaking, is kept up well under
Grant. Government detans q ship in our
ports at the bidding OF one foreign Minister
till compelled to let her depart at the bidding
Of another foreign Minister Thus, between
these two foreign Ministers as battledoors our
dignity is ''kcpt up" like a shuttecock.
Year: 1869

WHERE Is GEORGE ?--We hope Mr. Bancroft
will be on hand in the company of tho gentle-
men who are to protest TO the Prussian govern
ment against the imposition of tax of one per
cent on foreign bonds. 1t is especially desr-
able for us that our bonds should be within
the reach OF small investors where they are in
such favor as in Germany, and the tax will
rule them out Of the German market.
Year: 1869

With careful picking and saving it is
likely that the Southern cotton crop this
year will reach the handsome figure of three
million bales. This, at the moderate aver.
age of twenty-five cents pound, is equal
to three hundred millions Of dollars q
splendid exempliication of practical South
ern reconstruction on cash basis.
Year: 1869

Henry Clay's cradle was sent to the Vir-
ginia State Fair for exhibition, but greatly
to the modification of the kind lady who
sent it, it was "unsvoidably thrown out" as
the committee express it,