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Year: 1869

Is purely vegetable It acts the sick and enebled like
CHARM giving them renewed vgo and strength The old and
the young also ladies confined to house oagt to u,e II
freely as there is nothing that gives appetite at once
bringing the tone Of the stomach thereby giving and
vigor to the system.
Year: 1869

combination such the world never before se,a
known All sorts of old chronic and scroulous
diseases disappear by Its by magic and the cure or
these obnoxious diseases is rapid certain and complete
Year: 1869

Is what Its denotc mothers friend 1t does
away with the dose of yernugc and with the pot
effects of all candy 1t is pure syrup perfectly
harmless In Its nature and warranted In all relieve
the little sufferers of worms.
Year: 1869

runner and thereby woman was injured
Another verdict of nearly four thousand dol
lars against railroad was rendered because
the driver and his horse were slow IN cross
ing the track and an engine ran against
them. Large damages have also been gwen
against our city because some individuals
have slipped upon the ice and sprained them
selves; and country town had to pay for
horse and costs of suit, amounting to some
thousand dollars, because the owner said he
stepped into hole in the snow made in a
February thaw which had suddenly become
frozen up, whereby his leg was broken. 1t
appeared that the leg was broken square off
between the ankle and hoof, and yet the jury
believed the horse travelled two miles and
hauled heavy load after the accident. Per-
haps he did, but if so he was an uncommonly
smart horse. The above cases show that cor
porations are in constant danger OF being
heavily mulcted for damages for very slight
causes. There is something in the atmos-
phere hersabouts quite dangerous to towns
and other corporations, and If verdicts OF ju-
ries be correct exponent of public opinion
and feeling, then these bodies corporate must
be exceedingly cautious of what they do and
of what they say, for more seems to be exact
ed of them than of individuals. Because it
is said-whether wisely or unwisely we win
not now discuss-that corporations have no
souls, juries, we suppose, have no mercy for
them, but it ought to be remembered that
they are entitled to reasonable share Of
justice in the administration of the laws, il
not to any mercy.


1t will be seen from the above considera-
tions how important it is that railroad cor
porations as well as towns, should pursue the
straight and narrow way. Public opinion
may become SO exacting that roads must
be so constructed and managed that accidents
cannot happen from any cause short of an
earthquake or some other equally grand con-
vulsien of Nature.


Anprror
Year: 1869

AT Norwich, Eng, very remarkable trial
for wife murder has just been concluded with
verdict of guilty, and the prisoner sentenced
to death. Eighteen years ago woman nam
cd Steward, SO years of age, married 70 nus
band younger than herself, suddenly disap-
neared About the same time pieces of wo-
mans body were found scattered in the woods
about Norwich, but on examination they were
declared to belong to much younger woman
than Mrs. Steward. The husband was not
suspected, and the whole mysterious business
was nearly forgotten; but few months ago
Steward made voluntary confession to the
effect that the remains in question really were
those OF his wife who had been murdered by
him. He had carried the awful secret of his
guilt in his own breast for 1S years, but could
bear it no longer, and he has now been convict
ed Of the murder, at trial which in all hu-
man probability would never have been insti-
tuted if ne had not initiated it himself
Year: 1869

The failure of the passage OF the resolu-
tions by the Senate explanatory of the eight
hour law, is lamented by government employ
ees. 1t is said, however, that the President
will reverse the decision recently given by
Attorney General Hoar, and settle the ques-
Year: 1869

Owing to the fact that much important
business is generally but off to the close OF
the session, quite q number of important
measures were lost. The renewal of the
charter to the Memphis & El Paso Pacific
Railroad, road asking for no subsidies but
simply the right Of way across public land,
failed in this way. The need of this road is
evident, as its route is the finest that can be
selected.
Year: 1869

our highways every spring is a severe draw
back upon the labor of our farmers. But
that is not all. Hear the Boston Advertiser
again. It says: Hhe as$oae


But the heaviest part Of the highway tax
Is no doubt that which is levied upon us by
the destruction Of horse flesh, the impeding
OF public travel, the wear of vehicles, and the
increased cost OF transportation over our poor
roads. This is tax which without any as
SCISSOR or collector is inexorably exacted from
every barrel of -four, every bag of grain, every
box of goods, and every person, passing over
our travelled roads. AS It is levied indirectly,
and more than all a. we have always paid it,
nobody thinks of it. But it is one of the
heaviest burdens resting on the people of
Massachusetts and Of New England, borne by
those who rank among the most thrifty and
progressive people on earth, and who never
thelsss in this every day matter are demon
strably rather more than two thousand years
behind the world.


And that is not ALL The accidents that


often happen in consequence of defects in


our highways for which towns are sued must


be taken into the account, and lately this ac-
count has been tremendously enlarged by


verdicts' of juries. Towns and railroad cor
| porations have recently suffered severely by


such verdicts. Juries-to say nothing OF
| judges-ssem to take it for granted that cor
porations have souls enough to be found


guilty Of great crimes and to be damned fol


them upon very slight evidence. A jury re-
Gently gave q gentleman four thousand dol


lars because one OF the low grade of officers
| of a railroad corporation spoke in rough and


ungentlemanly manner to him. We are in.


clined to think that there are thousands who
would be willing to be thus spoken to and


@sauced" for four thousand dollars each and
| costs, if their shins were not bruised no,


their pockets picked, nor their eyes bunged


out. In another case a verdict was given
against town for six thousand five hundred


dollars because small stone stuck up four or
five inches in the road, which struck sleigh
Year: 1869

lRsTRRDAY, as the sun was fairly Kissing in
an unelouded sky, and while We were s.-elter-
the Post Once, we were attracted by the styIish
summer raiment dI displayed so tastefully in front
Of the weil-known Oak Hall; yenturing IN. we
purchased one Of its summer suits At a very
moderate price, and stepped from the estab.
ment with the elastic tread of one who had
been relieved OF heavy burden. For the
information of our readers, we would state
that OAK Hall is at AGO 9Th street, opposite the
Post Once q
Year: 1869

SIR: The extraordinary speech de-
livered by yourself before tho Repub-
lican State Convention, upon your re-
nomination for Governor, seems to de-
mand something more than a passing
notice. Had the charges made by
yourself against the transactions of the
Fifty-Eighth General Assembly of the
State, been made by some eager
Year: 1869

Oh, be not the first 10 discover


A blot on the fame of friend,
A flaw in the faith of lover,


Whose heart may prove trueito the enc
We none Of us know one another,


And oft into error we fall
Then let us speak well of our brother,
Or speak not about him at all.
A smile or sigh may awaken


Suspicion most false and undue,
And thus our belief may be shaken


In hearts that are honest and true.
How often the light smile of gladncss
Is worn by the friends that we meet
To cover soul full of sadness,


Too proud to acknowledge defeat.
How often the sigh of detection


Is heavcd from the hypocrites breast,
To parody truth and affection,


Or lull q suspicion to rest.
How often the friends we hold dearest
Their noblest emotions conceal,
And boSoms the purest, sncerest,
Lave secrets they cannotreveal.
Leave base minds to harbor suspicion,
And small ones to trac our defects
Let ours be a noble ambition,


For base is the mind that suspects.
We none of us know one another,


And oft into error we fall;
Then let us speak well of our brother
Or speak not about him at all
Year: 1869

Two workers In one field


Toiled on from day to day,
Both had the same hard labor.
Both had the same same small pay.
% With the same blue sky above,


With the same green grass below,
One soul was full Of love,


The other full of voc.
One lsap'd up with the light,


With the soaring of the lark;
One felt it ever night,


For his soul was ever dark.
One heart was hard as stone,


One heart was ever gay,
Cne worked with many u grOnn,


One wbiStled all tho day.
One had q flower-cl; d cot ..,.


Beside merry mill,
Wife and children near the spot


Made it sweeter, filirer still :; rir,g.
One a wretched hovel had


Full of discord, dirt and din,
No wonder he seemed mad,
Wife and children starved within.
Still they worked in the same field,
Toiled on from day to day,
Both had the same hard labor,


Both had the same small pay;
But they worked not with one will,
The reason let me tell
LO! the one drank at the still.
'7i And the other atthe we'll.
Year: 1869

PREPARING FOR THE OCEAN YACHT RACE
1t will be seen by an Atlantic cable despatch
received last night that the gallant yachtmen
across the water are making preparations for
the contemplated great international ocean
yacht race. The Cambria is to be altered to
fit her for the encounter and make her better
able to resist heavy sea. Her hollow bows
are to be filled out her masts heightened and
her keel weighted. This is going into the busi-
ness in true yachtman style. These prepara-
tions indicate that when the race comes Off our
American yachts may expect stubborn
contest.
Year: 1869

TROUBLE FOR JOHN BULL IN New ZEA-
LAND.-H will be seen by our cable dispatches
that frightful massacre Of the whites by the
natives has occurred at Poverty Bay, New
Zealand. We are without particulars, but
there is no doubt that the sacrifice of lives has
been great, as the native New Zealanders
are a warlike race and very bitter in their
hostility to the British. 1t is not long since
similar massacre occurred on the island, and,
taken altogether, there is q strong probability
that John Bull will have busy and bloody
time in putting down the savage malcontents.
Year: 1869

for one dollar a month.


The postage being only thirty-fve cents
quarter couatry subscribers by this arrangement
can receive the HERALD at the same price it is
furnished in tie city.
Year: 1869

THE GRANT-BANKs ExPosR.-A Washington
correspondent states that the papers show
that Secretary Stanton issued the order for the
superseding Of General Grant shortly before
the fall Of vicksburg. There are no doubt
great many parts Of the private history Of
the war bearing upon the conduct Of the high
contracting departments, scandal about leading
generals, and so on, that would constitute very
curious reading about these days. Now the
ball has been opened we suppose the public
may prepare for further developments.
Year: 1869

STATE TEMPERANCE CONVENTION. We pub
lish report Of the proceedings at meeting
of what is called the New York State Tenn
pcrance Society, held in Rochester on the
10Th and Goth instant. As foreshadowing
an intention on the part Of certain temperance
fanatics to throw their influence in the scale
Of politics and to agitate the subject of pro-
hibitivc liquor law in this State the proceed
inrs are significant
Year: 1869

HIPS house at the time OF the murder testified that
she went home this night between nine and ten
O'Clock, and having pulled the bell repeatedly!
was admitted by Mr.. Twitchell, there then
being no light in the entry; the door leading
from the Kitchen into the hall was open; q
candle was burning on the Kitchen table; tho
outside kitchen door was open; she the body Of
Mrs. Hill lying in the yard and then called Mr..
Twitche who, after several calls, returned to the
kitchen alone; she went into the yard with him and
aided In carrying the body into the kitchen;
Mrs. Twitchell was then 10 the kitchen3
she got water to bathe Mrs. Hills head
and then went for q doctor, passing out
the front door; when Mr.. Twitcheli let her in
the door was locked because she heard the key
turning; upon returning to the house she next
went across Pine street TO Mr. Morres. thi2
time passing out the back gate on Pine street,
persons had come there; Mrs. Twitchell was in
the kitchen; the Kitchen poker was usually kept
hanging up by the side Of the kitchen ranges she be-
lieved the one produced by the commonwealth to be
the same; four dogs were kept In Mrs. HIPS house;
In the day time the candestick was usually kept IN
the closet OF the kitchen.


Here the court took a recess until three O'Clock.
Year: 1869

l. -dic.i I,eyubIirau General Committee


Meeting. of the Twenty-second Street Fac.


tion-The Dele TntiOn TO the State Convene


tiOn-Report Of the Committee Of Confer.


enee-The Removal Of Atkinson, the Navy


Yard Carpenter.


As the approaching conflict draws near the party
in the minority In this city Is casting about TO sec
how 1t can best prepare itself to meet the shock OF
battle. With that end In view committee rom
each of the three organizations Of the city calling
themselves republicans met at the Astor House yes
terday afternoon to devise some plan to compose
their differences. There was o meeting OF the
Twenty second street organization last night, Mr..
John v. Gridley in the chair to hear the report OF
this committee and to take such action In confer
ence there as might be thought proper.


Judge CULVER, on behalf OF the committee, SUD-
mitted report the substance OF which was that OF
the fflysX delegates to the state Convention to be
held next week, thirty should be given TO the
Twenty second street committee, the regulars" as
Mr.. Culver was very careful to insist upon, ana
thirteen to eacn OF the other organizations. Provi-
sion was also made for the reorganization Of the
party and to that end for election to take place
on the brst Thursday IN January next Preliminary
Year: 1869

From the Albany Evening Journal (repubcanA


The vague and unsubstantiai rumors of ofncial
have taken dearite form. General Steadman Col.
lector OF that port under Johnson, is charged with
defalcations agRregating the enormous sum of
5000, 900. Though previous hints have been
given that the general was not entirely
scrupulous and upright this allegation OF
tremendous and wholesale villany will be
received by the public with surprise and pain.
The case affords material for reflection upon the
c,Ose alliance between perhdy TO principle IN the
abstract and personal iniquty. General Steadman
made brilliant record during the war; Al It's close
few men stood higher or had fairer prospects Of ele
vaton. In an evil hour he was Induced by his
former democratic associates to unite in their
scheme for sustaining the per1dious Johnson against
Congress. The President sent him to New Orleans as
Q spy upon Sheridan. For his despIcabe services IN
that capacity he was appointed to succeed the hero
Of the Shenandoah In command o. the depart
ment ana pr0ffered the Secretaryship OF War.
Neither Of these places suited him, for
reason now apparent-they were not sufficiently
profitable. lie was then made Collector, and IL is
now said that during his brief career IN tnat place
lie pundered the people Of more than ha.f q million
achievements he had made as q soldier Probably
the robberss OF Steadman were perpetrated IN
cooperation with the whiskey ring lis associa-
tons In that direction were VIGOROUSLY bad while he
In office. AT last accounts this desperate adven
turer was seeking to get of for CuDa In command OF
o fbuntering expedition. IL would be well ior him
could he meet death upon some battlefield in
manly effort to secure liberty Tor an oppressed
c.
Year: 1869

Morning Episode Near Fulton Mnrket-A


Butchers Knife VS.. Police mans Club.


vacancy was very near being made in the Sec
ond precinct police corps yesterday morning. About
three A. M. officer Dunn, OF this precinct, seeing
man talking to a woman on the corner Of Fulton
and Front streets. and learning from her that
the man had insuited her, told him to
leave, and as he would not leave took
hold Of him. and. pus ling him around the cor
ner, hurled at him that mandatory police order,
'Move on" The man did move on but he quickly
returned. having reinforced himself by another man
In q moment there was an active melee on this
corner. One Of these men produced butcher knife
and evinced determination TO cut the policeman
into mtnce meat. The second stranger aided In this
agreeable undertaking. Meantime officer Kenney.
OF the Second precinct came to the rescue OF his cob


gs The two pocemens clubs aganst the o9e
knife was too much. Oficer Dunn received
a slight stab on the wrist, whichicomprsed the ex-
tent Of injuries on their slde One Of the strangers
got his arm nearly broken and head badly cut. The
other received severe cut over the right eye. Tho
two men being worsted In the conflict were taken
prisoners and conveyed to the station house, where
they gave their names as Walter 3. Price and John
bowling at the Tombs. and temporarily committed
on charge OF feloniOus assault and battery, and
the further examination set down for two O'Clock In


At two p. NJ the prisoners were brought from
their cells They looked, that is TO say the bruises
on their heads and one with his arm In sling and
the blood on their clothes gave them the look OF hav-
ing passed through o severe sangulnary contest.
Oicer Dunn was the first Witness lie told the story
as given above. When he first saw the cleaning
blade OF the knife ne thought 1t was pistol. ana
the knife. to take 1t from him.


.He tried to stab you with the knife, did heS'
asked the Judge.


''The officer struck me first" interrupted Price.


81 don't WONDER" said the Judge. "He would
nave been fool to nave waited for you to stab him.
should have knocked you down very quick"


The officer proceeded to show that Petit held bis
club. and that he undoubtedly would have been
killed had not officer Kenney come to his assistance
and hit Petit on the head with his club. After the
testimony of officer Kenuey and other witnesses the
prisoners held for examination the Court o(
General Sessions
Year: 1869

RI How TO BREAK CATTLE TO LEAD.


Fake two animals of about equal
size andstrengtI,, and tie them to-
gether with a strongrope, by plac-
ing o. e end around the horns of
one animal and the other end
aronnd the horns of the other, and
make them fast, as for leading or
tying up, leaving three or four feet
Of rore between the inner horns,
and turn them into a field free
from trees. Let them run, pull
and haul, till they are tired o: it,
and they will walk side by side
and feed together. Then take OFT
she rope and they win ever after
lead with the docility of a child,
es en- though the first occasion may
be years afterwards. 1t is much
easier than for man to be jerked


around all day by a wild heifer or
steer, and more effectual. We
have tried it and know.
Year: 1869

FoEGoTTEN.-Generation after
generation have felt, as we feel,
and their feelings were, as active
in life as" ours are now. They
passed away as "a vapor, while
nature wore the same aspect oil
beauty rs when our Creator de-
manded her to Be- And so ike


wise shall it be when we are gone


The heavens will be as bright over
our graves as they are now around
our path ;the world will have the
same funeral wind on its way, and
the atmosphere for offspring that
she had once for ourselves and that
she has now for our children A
little while and this will haye hap
Irpened. The throbbing heart, win
be stillcd and we shall be at rest.
Our PRAYERS will be said, and the
grave clods will be thrown in, and
our friends will all return, and we
shall be left behind to darkness and
the worm. And it may be for
some short time we shall be spoken
of; but the things oflife will creep
in, and our names will soon be for
gotten. Days will continue to move
on, and laughter will be heard in
the very chamber in which we
died, and the eye will glisten again
with Joy, and even our children
will cease to think of us, and will
not remember to lisp our name
Then shall we have become, in the
language of the Psalmist, " forgot
ten and clean out of m:nd."
Year: 1869

re- A Detroit paper tells Of cute
elephant in thst city, who threw a
chunk of raw liver ut a fellow that
bothered him. The elephant was equal
to a surgeon we knew in, the late war.
Several boys who we're tired of guard
and fatigue duty, were suddenly taken
with "moon, blindness SO they could
not perform night duty. ? As the dis
ease had the desired effect-of excus-
ing them from work-it may readily be
imagined that it spread rapidly and
promised to become an epidemic. The
surgeon was q manof great resource in
his profession, and proved equal to the
emergency. One morning he prescrib-
ed Tor about a dozen moon blind men,
that they should each eat slice of raw


iiyer, as it was the only thing good for


the disease. Their faces heightened


about foot on hearing this. but their
regulations were at stake--they either
had to eat the liver or acknowledge
that they had been playing of. They
stood up to il bravely for once, and
then incontinently caved. One dose eff
feeted a acomplete cure. - s1si
Year: 1869

A PLEA FOR SIMPLE MELODIES
Henry Ward Beecher is right upon the
music question. He says: at is no
wonder that singing has died out from
the congregation, when choir is put
up to recite words that nobody can un-
derstand, to music that nobody knows,
and the people are left tolisten to new
ly converted opera airs, which, last
week, were brought over by fresh
troupe of foreign singers! And those
sweet melodies that stilted propriety
has long ago driven from the churches,
but which have gone forth among the
people, and rung out gloriously in
camp meetings, shaking the forest
leaves with the ascending shouts of a
mighty people; or which, more gently,
have filed rural school houses and
humble lecture rooms and village
churches, not yet corrupted with the
false pretenses of classic music
those sweet melodies that no one can
hear with bis ear, and not feel his
heart beating within his bosom all the
faster for the sound-are become the
ridicule and contempt of men who
think that God must be praised to the
sound of Meyerbeer or Rossini, and not
to the sweet and humble melodies of
our own land.
Year: 1869

re- A crusty old bachelor says it
is great convenience to have woman
for postmistress. They can not only
inform an applicant if there is let
ter for him without looking, but can
also tell him what's in it. .-
Year: 1869




The Amesicus Gas Courier relates


the particulars Of case ia that coun.
ty in which the bride was betrothed
to three brothers, and married to two
Of them which is rather remarkable


On the 9th Of August, 1865, a
young man came to Americas and
procured license to marry an esti-
mable young lady resicipg several
miles FROM this city, went home, and
was married in the afternoon Of tbat
day. He was attacked by a conges-
tive chill, which Terminated In his
death the following Saturday, the
stricken bride following his remains
to their last resting-place clothed in
the same salt ih which ber heart had
been made glad by becoming bis
bride.


Con toe following Auguet qe67l
the second brother Of the same family
came to Americas for the same puf-
pose which bad brought the deceased
one year previous. On his way home,
rejoicing in happy anticipation of
making THO worthy widow of bis lost
brother his own bride, be was eanght
in a heavy rain and arrived at home
with bis clothing thoroughly satura-
ted, frora which he WAS taken with a
severe chill the same evening, and
died the evening previous to the mar.
riage, which was to have taken place
ths following Sabbath. Again, instead
Of listening to the merry ringing OF
the marringe-bells, the death hknell
was heard, and funeral procession
took the place Of the marriage feast:
Some time during last month the third
brother Of the deceased procured IL
csnse, and was happily married TO the
twice bereaved lady"