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Year: 1869

Special Despatch to The Evening Telegraph.


CHESTER, Pa, Dec 13.-On Saturday after
noon last the city of Chester was thrown into
condition of sad but intense excitement by the
sudden and unexpected taking away of two
much-loved and highlyrespected young people,
we'll known residents of the city, named re-
spectively Miss Matte Irwin and Herman Coche-
ran. Within the cemetery in the neighborhood
is small lake, in winter used as a skating-park.
Miss Irwin and Mr.. Cocheran proceeded to the
lake, accompanied by little girl, and glided
out upon the ice. just as the young couple had
reached the deepest portion of the lake, the ice
broke beneath them, and both were precipi-
tated into the water Before aid could be
brought to their assistance, they had disappeared
beneath the ice. Every effort was made by those
who had been attracted to the spot to save
them, but owing to the rotten condition of the
ice, and the want of ropes or other material it
was nearly an hour before the bodies were re-
covered from the water. When found, they
were tightly locked in each others arms The
affair has cast gloom over the entire city.
Year: 1869

Dc true 10 yourself al the start, young man,


BE true to yourself hhti d6d,
Ere you build your house mark well the spot
Test all the ground, and build you not


On The sand or shaking sod.
Dig, dig the foundations deep, young man;


Plant firmly the outer wall;
Let the props be strong and the roof be high
With an open turret toward the sky,


Through which heavens dews may fall.
Let this be the room OF the soul, young man
ada, When shadows shall herald care q.
A chamber with never a roof or thatch
To hinder the Lighter door, or latch


To shut in the spirits prayerl
Build slow and surc-'tis for life, young man


A life that outlives the breath
For who shall gainsay the Holy Word?
"Their works do follow them" saith the Lord


"Therein there is no DEATH"
Build deep, and high, and broad, young man


AS the nccdful case demands;
Let your ttle-decds bc clear and bright,
Till you enter your claim to the Lord of Light


For the house not made with hands
Year: 1869

WE are glad to see that the old and
dangerous method of heating. cars on
railroads is being gradually done away
with. The Lake Shore Railroad Com
pnny have adopted new patent heater,
and are putting them in as fast as posi-
Bile. The heater is an arrangement of
gas pipe, which passes entirely around
the car near the floor, with branches
under every seat. This connects at one
end with coil of pipe placed in stove
particularly arranged for it. Water is
then forced into the pipe throughout it's
whole length, and a fire built in the
stove. In the course of an hour the
water becomes hot; and thus an even
heat is difiused throughout the whole
car. This is great Improvement over
the old style, and, besides, it is safer, as,
in cases of accident, what little fire there
is in the stove would be put out by the
water, which would run out whenever
the connection of the pipes is severed,
Year: 1869

The lady in the Richardson case is said tc
be slightly above the middle size. She has
light hair, fair complexion, and the rosy
hue of vivid health. Her voice and expres
sion denote exceeding gentleness and mod
esty, and she shrinks with pain from the
publicity to which she has been subjected
She at once impresses the beholder as pos
sessing a lovely and interesting character.
Year: 1869

Work on the Lake Superior and Missis.
sippi railroad is more satisfactory than 81
any time since its commencement. Be-
tween 500 and 600 men have been employ
ed, and it is expected that the grading will
be finished to Milford so as to receive the
iron by the lst Of January next. It is the
intention to distribute supplies all along the
line during the sleighing, this winter, SO
that no further delays will be experienced
from the transportation over bad roads in
the spring of the year
Year: 1869

Nuhoi a. AoocSA nuh bhu tuc AtAlchu A6W1.


There have been several unsatisfactory
reports lately of grave charges about to
be made, or that had been alleged against
General Rosecrans,. United States Min
ister to Mexico. A recent letter from
the Mexican capital says:


Some persons of high Official position
have recently been endeavoring to make
capital among the auti-Catholic portion
of the people of the United States by
slyly circulating q report that General
Rosecrans had recently made some Off
cial interference in behalf Of few aged
nuns, in regard to whom Governor Baz
recently issued an order prohibiting them
from living together, even to the number
of three. The original decree on this
subject was issued for the purpose of
breaking up this cloistered organization,
but permitted families to receive them to
the number of three, in order to givs
them the means of living. The new
decree or order requires still further
separation, and bore severely upon the
nuns, as the number of wealthy families
who would consent to receive and sup
port them siBgly is not sufficient to meet
the case.


"The fact. if fully inquired into and
honestly stated, will be found to be as
follows On one occasion recently, after
the transaction of official business, Gen
RosecraBs stated to Mr.. Lerdo that be
had been applied to by party repre-
Senting those unfortunate nuns, and
requested 10 see if he could not induce
some one having authority to secure the
withdrawal of the order of Governor Baz.
The appeal made TO Lerdo by General
Rosecrsns had no official character, and
it was simply an appeal of Christian
gentleman in behalf of an unfortunate
class of aged females, whom many think
the government are prosecuting under
the false impression that by so doing
they establish their devotion to liberal
ism"
Year: 1869

1t is curious fact that gold was dis
covered in California in ls4S, and the
rush to the Pacific Coast took place in
lS49 Silver was discovered IL Washoe
in 1858, and the immigration thither
commenced in 1859. The fabulous
treasures of White Pine were discovered
in 1868, and during this year of 1869 q
prodigious human tide will set toward
the new Silverado from both sides of the
continent
Year: 1869

or thirty persons employed iu the rooms
above. The fire had reached the fourth
story before any means of escape was
found. Then ladder was thrown across
an alley fifteen feet wide, whose length
was barely enough to rest on the sils,
and on board placed on this frail
bridge, FIVE stories high, four young
women and fifteen men passed-a trial
that made some of the men so dizzy that
they strsdded the ladder and hitched
across, but all the girls walked bravely
over.
Year: 1869

A lady guest at l2aducah hotel was
terribly frightened, ii other evening, by
a negro dropping llarough the ceiling
into her apartment. The landlord had
been informed th At thieves were secreted
in the house, and senE one Of the negro
walters to search the garret. The darky
made misstep, and the plastering Civ
ing way, was precipitated into the lsdy's
room
Year: 1869

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Year: 1869

There is scarcely nationality in tho
world that has not its representatives III
the city of New York. But of all the
various peoples congregated in this city
there is perhaps none that presents so
curious a study OF human nature as the
Chinaman. There is scarcely feature
of Chinese life, history, and character,
that is not only highly peculiar but high
ly interesting. They are one of the
most ancient nations of the earth. They
had arrived at state Of civilization long
before the rest of the world. Their re-
ligion and their history extends back
for thousands of years; they had arts
and sciences before some of the great
nations of the world were even called III
to existence. AS people the Chinese
display the greatest activity, energy
and intelliqeuce. There is not quarter
of the globe, there is scarcely large
town in any civilized country where
they are not to be found; and wherever
they are found they are sure to be
among the most pushing, pressing mem
Lers of the community.


We paid visit the other night to
Baxter street, and its immediate neigh
borhood, the particular locality of Now
York in which all the Chinese live. We
first visited a boarding house for Chinese
sailors, where we saw phase of life
which we have certainly never before
witnessed. These Chinese sailors are
not able seamen, but are nearly all of
them stewards or cooks of the different
vessels that arrive here, principally from
China or California. Happily for them
they do not care for Water street life,
it's dance houses, and its bucket shops.
They are never 20 Dc found there they
prefer, remaining quietly at home in
their boarding houses. The housS we
have alluded to is kept by Chinaman
whose wife is Chinawoman-Very well
looking for an Oriental, and possessing
a mass of Jet black hair at the back of
her head, sufficient to make halfa- dozen
chignons. They received us with the
Year: 1869

"FAIR DEALING. ."--Fair dealing should
be every mans motto There is no
apothegm more true than the old one,
''honesty is the best policy" When the
customers of q grocer find out that he is
in the habit OF Sanding" his sugar,
"stoning'' his coffee, or "watcring" his
molasses, they will very naturally desert
his counter, and he will shortly find his
balances on the wrong side of the ledger.
This method of cheating, however, is
scarcely less dishororabe than the sys-
tenn of short weights, which many gro
ceries and meat markets of the country
practice upon the community by means
of the weighing apparatus known by
the name of "spring-balances." They
are very seldom accurate, and become
less so with use. With every strain
upon the spring the tension is weakened,
and the longer they are used the greater
is the fraud upon the bnyer. A few days
since a gentleman of this city desired to
test the accuracy of one OF these contriy-
ances, and found by consulting lever
balance that he had paid for his purchase
an excess which, in the course of week,
would have bought the quantity con-
sumed in one day. In the same ratio at
the end of a year the amount paid for,
which no equivalent was rendered, would
be just ohe-seventh of the entire sum ex-
pended. This is an abuse which should
not he endured. These cheating con-
trivances are nuisance which ought to
be abated. Their use is disallowed in
Canada by legislative enactment, and it
would be well if the example of the
Dominion was followed by the States in
this mattor.-Ecchange.
Year: 1869

10 to prevent it2


Al do not know that there
were such armed bands in those
counties, nor dc I now recollect oil
any report of such armed bands
being made to mo from Abbeville.
1t may, however, have been mado,
rs there was q 'genoral rumor oi
armed bands of negroes. .
Q.-Do you know that the i'm
portation of arms into tho State,
was brought about by the fact,
that every negro man in tho State
was tho owner Of fre-arm, and
the white man almost entirely un-
armed?


A.-On the contrary I know
to the reverse of that. You would
scarcely meet white man who
did not have one revolver if not
more, and doublo-barrel shot
gun. 1t is true that many of the
colored mon were armed with shot
guns and old muskets, but not
moro than q large minority of
them had even these arms. L wish
to say that I gave the white of
the State the credit with moro in
telligoncc and knowledge Of tho
negro character than to believe
that it was necessary in any emor-
gency to provide themselves with
tho destructive weapons in q time
Of profound peace.


Q.-You think then and testify
that tho sixteen shooters were i'm
ported to kill negroos2


Al believe from evidence
that | daro not regard as worth
less that it was the belief Of q par
ty or a large number of men in
tho State, that Seymour and Blair
would be elected, and thereby a
decision would be givon against
the Reconstruction policy Of Con-
gross, and il was tho intention Of
those to inaugurate civil war and
overthrow the governments that
had been established in tho South.
[ will give as one reason for this
belief: Conversations wore not
uncommon among those who were
most active in importing these
arms, wherein they expressed full
" and openly their plan Of opera
ton, in which they stated that
they would bring about riot; in
this evont they would be prepared
and kill off tho leading Republi>
cans, both whitn and black. and
that it would be an easy matter
after they were disposed of, to
control the rest Of the negroes,
with these guns in their hands.
The State officers disposed of, they
would call new election, when.
they would have the whole mat
ter in their own hands. In an
swer to an inquiry whether they
did not fear that they would be
called to an account for this
wholesale work, they said: "Who
ever heard of anybody being pun.
ished for riot" and referred to
Memphis, Camilla, and Now Or
leans in 1866.


Q.-You think then tho sixteen
shooters were introduced for an
other rebellion and O now secos-.
sion


Al think it was intended for
another rebellion, but not q now
secession.
Year: 1869

now tho Macon papers are among
the best patronized in tho State,
and the business mon Of that city
arc amoug tho most substantial IN
tho South. We happen to be- able
to testify to the truth Of this
statement in every particular.
For tho size Of the place; there is
more advertising dono in Macon
than in my other city Of tho
South, and honco her ex xtraordina.
ry prosperity since tho close of the
war. The namo Of nearly every
merchant and business man ir
tho city is to be found ia hor daily
papers not occasionally and con-
denscd INTO the smallest possible
space, as if tho parties were afraid
somebody would find out where
they are, but regularly, systomati-
Gully and prominently, and in
many instances with an apparent
disregard Of cost. They know
what they arc at, and 70 into the
papers and stay there because it
pays. The result is practically do
monstratcd in the IA pid growth Of
business and accumulation Of
fortunes.
Year: 1869

The use to which paper can be put
seems to be in no way exhausted yet.
Paper collars have become q great fact Of
the present nineteenth century, but what
will ladies say to paper petticoats ?
These have been produced with great
success, and will rival in every way the
snow~white and elaborately ornate gar
ments poor male mortals are accustomed
to look upon with fear and reverence.
We have all heard Of the artist who
used to make caricstures of his friends
upon his shirt~collars, and the author
who inscribed an epic upon q couple
of dozen of the same useful articles Of
attire. Thus we see field Of great use-
fulness for the petticoat of the future
Young ladies can make sketches from na-
ture on their own petticoais. Every
damsel her own sketch book, will be their
motto. Poets can inscribe sonnets TO their
mistress ankles round the hem of her pet
ticoat. Mothers can h&ve fairy tales,
alphabet and small scholastic works in
scribed on their garments, and 30 instruct
their children as they walk about with
them. Fancy an announcement, Madame
Percale begs leave TO call the attention Of


ladies about to visit the seaside TO her new
and richly-embroidered petticoats, at one
shilling each, Each petticoat contains an in


stallment of new novel of great dOmes.


tic interest, by Mr.. Anthony Trollope


entitled 'Tucks and Frills.' The story


will be complete in fifty weekly petit
coats" There is no reason whatever tha


journalism should not be represented il
this way. For example, the Daily Pet


ticoat, journal for ladies; or the Week.!
| Pinafore and Girls Gazette.
Year: 1869

New organ Of the Grant Family


stamp.


JACKSON, July "a new organ of the
National Republican party made its ap-
pearauce to-day. 1t hoists the name of
Judge Dent for Governor, and says it will
be truly national in all its views, yield.
ing a hearty and unqualified support
TO the administration of President
Grant, and urging strict adherence to
reconstruction acts and endeavor to bring
ab Dut such wise and reasonable action on
the part OF the people of Mississippi as
will place them in full accord with Con-
! gress and the nation, and will advocate
universal suffrage and amnesty upon the
basis Of civil aud political equality to all.
The Judges nomination on Grants plat
form meets with warm appreciation
and applsuse
Year: 1869

The following graphic passage is
from the description of a scene wit
messed by a Mr.. Campbell and his
party. in the north of Norway, from a
cliff 1000 feet above the sea


The ocean stretched away in silent
vastness at our feet; the sound of its
waves scarcely reached our airy look
ont; away in the north the huge old
sun swung low along the horizon
like the slow beat of the pendulum
in the tell clock Of our grandfather's s
parlOr corner. We all stood silent,
looking at our watches. When both
hands came together at twelve, mid
night, the full round orb hung tri-
umphantly above the waters-a bridge
of gold running due north spanned
the wa ter between us and Aim. There
he shone in silent majesty, which
knew no setting. We invOluntarily
took off our hats, no word was said.
Combine, if you can, the most bril-
liant sunrise and sunset you ever saw,
and its beauties will pale before the
gorgeous coloring which now lit up
the ocean, heaven and mountain. In
half an hour the sun had swung up
perceptibly on his beat, the cOiOTs
changed to those of morning, a fresh
breeze rippled over the flood, one
songster after another piped up in the
grove behind us-and we slid into an
other day.
Year: 1869

There is nothing which so much
hinders the farmers as the insane
idea which possesses many to cultivate
large farms. He does not need agreat
unwieldly farm to run over and not
cultivate. 1t is much better to i'm
prove twenty acres well than to at
tempt to cultivate forty and raise q
crop of weeds. 1t costs much more to
plow and plant the forty, and there is
on the whole, quite as much profit.
The old idea is a good one "a little
farm we'll tilled,n and one which is
worthy TO he looked after by every one
who tills the soil. Still the great idea
after all is, to cultivate just as much
land as can be done well and no
more.
Year: 1869

"Of vegetables I do not care to
speak. The statements are so mar
velous of what we can produce in
this Western Country in that line
that it would hardly be credited. /
will say, however, in confirmation of
this that one cabbage raised in this
county, lasted my family all winter.
it weighed fifty-two pounds. There
was one which was sent to New York
to the office of the Union Pacific
Railroad Company, which weighed
fifty-seven pounds, and the report says
it lasted the whole Board of Directors
all the year.


To be setiOus though the root crops
are something wonderful, If we
could only induce our farmers to raise
the sugar beet, I believe we could, sn
very short time, manufacture our
own sugar, and save the importation
of this indispensable article.
Year: 1869

We make some extracts from an
address of Hon. Geo. w. Frost, deliv-
cred at the Stats Fair.


MANUFACTURES.


'sAre we going to the East for our
wagons and agricultural implements,
and furniture or any other handiwork
that Is formed from wood, when we
can purchase the new material as cheap
or cheaper than our neighbOrs, and
when we can raise food enough for
the sustenance of millions of human
beings from our fertile soil ? And
the same may be said of our wool.
Shall we send it through a dozen hands
to Europe to be manufactured, and
each take a profit when we have
streams idle that would turn our spin
dies, and millions of tons of coal to
drive our steam engines? Shall we
send our hides from the mountain dis
triets to the Atlantic coast to be tan
ned and manufactured, when we
have only to transport the material
for tanning ; and our own population,
who ought to subsist in this fertile
country much more cheaply than in
the East can manufacture them for
home consumption The question
can me multiplied indefinitely, and
they are grave questions which must
be ment, and in which every farmer
/ address is interested. The wealth
of the State, the success of the cOmInu-
nifty, and the value of his individual
property, are all effected by these re-
suits. Give Nebraska City, for in
stance, any of these manufacturing
advantages, and how rapidly would
the value of real estate increase in this
vicinity. And we must not think
these advantages very distant-they
are at our very doors. Abroad, I see
by the papers, you have commenced
several branches here, and they are
but harbingers of hundreds and thous-
ands of interests which will spring up
within the State.
Year: 1869

Also yields very rich returns, and
although but little, comparatively has
been raised here, yet the present year
has given us some fine fields, and the
fact is demonstrated that it is hence
forth to be an article not only raised
for home consumption, but to be
shipped to various markets where it
is in demand. The demand here at
present is much greater that the sup
ply.
Year: 1869

In the Superior Court Trial Term, Leon
Hamburger yesterday brought suit against John Kelly
Sheriff. &C. selzng certain OF leather valued mt
5000 which the Sheriff had sold on execution under
Judgment against firm OF which Icons brother was
the chief member IL appeared the trial that the
father Of the two brothers had also obtained Judgment
against Louis Bamberger the brother OF the plaintiff and
under favor OF the security in the had recovered
larger Judgment II also appeared that there was
something peculiar about the transfer from Louis "
Leon and the Jury found for the creditors.
Year: 1869

iF 4 wf0being asked by zee ly
poet whether he Thought he had ever
written anything that would live, re-
piled: Before you trouble yourself on
that score, l advise you to write some-
thing that will letyou live.
Year: 1869

=
SATURDAY NIeHT.-Somebody gets of
the following beautiful paragraph on the
closing night of the week. There is a vol.
ume of truth in it: Saturday night makes
the people human, sets their hearts to beat>
ing softly, as they used to do before the
world turned them into war drums and Jared
them to pieces with taltoos. The ledger
closes with q clash the iron door vaults
come to with bang; up 60 the shutters
with will; click goes the key in the lock
1t is Saturday night, and business breathes
free again. Homeward hoi The door that
has been ajar all week gently closes behind
him the world is shut out. Shut out
Shut in, then rather. Here are his treas.
ures after all and not in the vault, and not in
the book-save the old family Bible-vand
not in the bank. May be you are bachelor.
frosty and forty. Then poor fellow Satur>
day night is nothing to you just as you are
nothing to anybody. Get wife, blue eyed
or black eyed, but above all true eyed; get
a little home, no matter how little, and little
sofa, Just to hold two or two and half, and
then get the two or two and half in it Of a
Saturday night. and then read this paragraph
by the light of courage.
Year: 1869

STARVATION OF INFANTs.-It is very Ger.
tain that infants, other than those designedly
starved to death, suffer from an insufficient
supply of nutriment, and often die in conse>
quence Of Withholding proper amount Of
food by kind but ignorant mothers and nurs-
es. Modern mothers, from some reason, have
but imperfect development of those functions
upon which their offspring are expected to
depend for nourishment during the tender
period of infancy. Nearly or quite half Of
the children born need other support than
that obtained at the maternal fountain, and
physicians and nurses cannot be too careful
or vigilant in regard to this matter. Cows


milk, as furnished through the ordinary sour
ces of supply, is not pure and reliable, and, if
it we're, cream properly diluted is usually
better Cream, mixed with thin arrowroot, is


most excellent food for infants they thrive
upon it wonderfully.-Journalcf Chemistry.