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Year: 1869

The following remarkable and beau
tiful passage is the last ever written by
the eminent James T. Brady, whose loss
is so universally lamented. The pass
sage is a remarkable one, not only from
it's impressive sentiment, and the ex-
quisite beauty of its construction, but
from the suddenness of the taking
away" of it's author.


"Our brothers in the pilgrimage will
fall at our side, but. however thickly
the arrows of death may shower, we
can. while our powers continue, do
naught but move on until we reach the
awful instant. when we are to exchange
the feeble pulses of transitory exists
ence for the ceaseless throbbings of
eternal life. There, even there, at that
mysterious frontier, If we have been
faithful and fearless on the march, we
may lie down obedient to destiny, with
the exalted hope that, after all the OBJ
iects of this world shall have become
lost forever 10 our mortal sight, there
may be unfolded to our new and spirit
ual vision another realm of unimagina-
BILE glory, where we, and all whom we
loved on earth, may realize the promise
which the Great Ruler of the universe
has made unto the just"
Year: 1869

mittee on Judiciary reported a bin allowing
parties In criminal cases TO testify at their
own request and not otherwise; also, allowing
wives and husbands to testify for OF against
each other, except in regard to private CON
veTsatlon between themselves.


The House went into committee of the
whole to consider the miscellaneous deficien-
cy BILL After discussion till half past four
the committee reported the bill and amend
ments to the House. The amendments were
adopted and the bill passed.
Year: 1869

LONDON, Aug. 25.-The Times to-day has An
editorial on the prospect Of the prices Of grain


sufflciency, if not an abundance. The harvest
Is within thirteen per cent. of the average, and
with q continuance Of the present favorable
weather may still improve All the
crops except wheat are luxuriant. With
coed corn, imported and sold under
nifty shillings per quarter, we can easily afford
to lose little home grown wheat for the sake
OF Plentiful stock OF food and better pas
fnr
Year: 1869

PRESIDENT GRANT telegraphs here that he
will not,return to Washington before next
week, asd then only TO renain two days, to
transact any important business and hold q
Cabinet consultation Secretaries Fish, Bout.
well, Cox and Robson are expected to return
about the same time
Year: 1869

TIE DIsBuRsINe CLERKS in the several De.
partments of the Government are unable to
obtain SUFFICIENT supply OF fractional cur.
rency required for the monthly payments of
salaries; banks are unable to make change
readily; business is crippled, and the people
throughout the county greatly incor venience
by the delay Of the Bank Note Companies.
There is no show for any relief until the work
is brought back TO the Treasury Department.
Year: 1869

l.SWe do not offer single aiticle. of merchan- disc, that can be sold by regular delaers at our price We do not ask you to buy goods of US unless wescan sell them cheaper than you can obtain theinin any other way,cwhiIe the greater part of our goods are sold at about
Year: 1869

those from whom I have SO long. and
so radically differed on political ques--
tions, for the generally kind and
almost uniformly courteous, personal
treatment, which l have received at
Year: 1869

Collections In tho Thirty.second District.


The following IS statement Of the daily returns
OF collections OF Internal Revenue made by Collector
Shook for February In the Thirty second astrict-
Year: 1869

the foot OF this marsh and the branch OF the
Spuyten Duyvll which ebbs aud n0ws into the bed OF
11bbars brook passes under the arch OF small bridge
which IL IN the line or the new fonkers Boulevard
and which the commissioners are about 10 rebuild
tide gate In this bridge at the expense OF few hun
dred dollars which the town would readily pay,
would shut or the water anc reclaim the salt
meadow, amer ditchng, leaving its bed TO the pas
sage OF the water OF the brook only In its way 10 the
river and convert into beautiful meadow what is
now In effect q swamp. This small Improvement
would greatly enhance the va'ue OF property In the
vicinity, on and of the island, and It IL indspensa
BILE TO the attractions OF the Yonkers Boulevard.
both of which start nom this point, the lower one
running directly through IT,


The rapid developments OF population and OF
values make all these improvements very desirable.
should be at once remedied. II the commissioners
have not the power they readily procure IT, and
in carrying II out viii do good thing both Tor
Y0nker5 and New York.


Another designed improvement Is the removal OF
the elevated Crot0n mains between Ninetieth ana
l12th Streets In this city. The prospect OF RAPID
building up presented in this direction has called tne
attention OF property holders In the neighborno0d 10
the subject and Mr.. Wiley, formerly men,
Der OF Assembly for tins dissrivs Is about
to visit Albany their interest," TO secure the passage
OF u bill directing such removal by the Cro'on
Aqueduct Department and the Park Commissioners
The improvement Is one that was expected with the
growth OF the city, and has already been made tur-
ther up town, by placing mains under the street.
which were similarly laid 10 these and the same pro-
ceeding in this case viii doubtless be authorized.
Year: 1869




A late number of the San Fran
cisco Herald says:


During the impaneling of a Jury
for the trial of William Oregon
Smith, indicted for the murder of
Commander Mitchell, one of the
jurors was asked the question {:
"Whether he had such conscien-
tious scruples as would prevent his
rendering a verdict of guilty,
wherein the penalty was death p
The Juror replied that he was GER
tainly opposed to capital punish
ment, but while the law prescribed
such punishment for the crime of
murder, he could sit as a Juror up.
on the case and render a verdict in
accordance with the law and the
evidence presented. The Juror
was accepted. On yesterday the
trial was concluded, the charge of
Judge Sawyer was delivered and
the Jury retired. After they had
reached their room, the gentleman
referred to is said to have turned
to his companions and said substan-
TALLY.


81 have never felt my own little
ness so much as now. The occa-
sion is an important one. The life
of fellow being is in our hands.
l propose that before proceeding
to business, we spend a short sea-
son in prayer, that we may be
guided rightly in the important
duty before us"


No one objected or responded.


81 don't see," said he, looking
around the room, "that any one OF
you propose to pray, and l will do
so myself )" and suiting the action
to the word, he knelt upon the
floor and offered up a fervent pray
er, pleading that they might be
guided by Divine counsel in arriv-
ing at q just conclusion, while the
other members of the Jury listened
with bowed heads, in respectful ST.
lence.


At the conclusion of his prayer
a ballot was taken, and it is stated
that he was one of the two who
were in favor of rendering a verdict
of murder in the first degree, and
that he was the last to yield the
point.
Year: 1869

Should the bruise, however, be
severe and extensive, it will be
necessary to treat it with poulti-
ces of bread and water or milk
These will moderate the iDfam-
nation, which is the first serious
symptom. While the core, which
the slough, as it is called by sur
geons, is forming, and until in
fact it is cast out, and its gap filled
up by new flesh, the poultices
should be continued. This new
flesh is vulgarly known as "proud
flesh" and is enormously supposed
to be a diseased growth, while it
is simply the wholesome substance
in the process of formation. When
the sore is thus filled the poultices
may be intermitted. and strips Of
sticking plaster slightly applied
The new flesh, which is apt to
grow too vigorously and overlap
the wound, must be kept down by
placing upon it "a bit of lint bound
tightly with a bandage. When
1.-The doctor comes" he will proba-
bly, touch the superabundant gran
ulations as he calls them, proud
flesh, as the vulgar term it, light
Iy with blue stone, the use of
which, requiring a good deal of
skilled discretion, had better be
left to the professional hands.
Year: 1869

A recent medical publication
has the following in relation to
pork eating, in which our views
are admirably expressed:


There IS no trouble in eating
pork in a tolerably cold climate.
1t is needed, or some fatty meat,
for the support OF life, while at
the South, vegetable diet is better.
But whether the hog should be
eaten, depends on the manner in
which he is kept. If ne be kept
as a scavenger, on filth and rotten
ness, he would be unfit to eat, as
its food must enter into it's COM
position. We see this difference
between hogs fed on corn. Any
animal that lives upon the filth
and waste of cities should be re-
jected as food. But if the hog can
be kept cleanly, and on proper
food, pork is as healthy as beef, or
poultry or fish.
Year: 1869

During the last week five dis
tilleries in the northern part OF
this county, have been detected
in an illicit business and and con-
4iscated by an officer of the Inter
nal Revenue. This portion Of
our country, it is well known, does
all the voting, and claims all the
patriotism, and as to their loyalty,
/ 1t is pay eucellcnoe. One of these
distiilers was the property of Ed
mund Kelley, a very pink OF 10y
atty, and Justice of the Peace,
holding commission under his
Excellency, ex-Gov. Brownlow.
Another was owed by a deputy
sheriff, who had a certificate of
his loyalty, which constitutes him
a voter. 1t would seem singular
to one unacquainted with the
character of the loyal element in
this State, that the only habltual
and persistent violators OF the
laws are these who support the
State Government. Loyal East
Tennessee, the home of Brown
dow, is the only portion of our
State which required the presence
of the Federal army to enforce
the laws. The truth is patent
10 all that the Radical party IN
this State have no regard for the
Union or the peace of society, and
that their only idea of the gov
ernment is, that it was instituted
10 punish Rebels and reward 10y
,alty.-TrentOn G1zette.
Year: 1869

Some years ago wild goose was
shot in Washington Territory, and
a few grains of wheat were taken
from his craw. Being very large
and full, they were preserved and
planted. The yield was found to
be so great as to lead to its propa-
cation, until this variety, which is
known in the Territory as the
"Goose Wheat" has become a stan
dard one in that section of the
country. The same kind of wheat
is grown in Spain.
Year: 1869




the full heart streamed out of his
face. Then without bestowing an
allusion to Prentiss, he turned
short round on the perjured wit
nesses of Hopkins, tore their testi-
mony into shreds and hurled into
their faces such.terrible invectives
that all trembled like aspens, and
two of them fed from the court
house. The excitement of the
crowd was becoming tremendous.
Their united life and soul seemed
to hang upon the burning tongue
of the stranger, and he inspired
them with the power of his pas
sions. He seemed to have stolen
natures long hidden secret of at
traction. But his greatest triumph
was to come.


His eyes began to glance at the
assassin Hopkins, as his lean, taper
fingers assumed the same direction.
He hemmed the wretch within
wall of strong evidence and i'm
pregnable argument, cutting off all
hope of escape. He dug beneath
the murderer's feet ditches of di-
lemmas, and held up the slanderer
to the scorn and contempt of the
populace. Having thus girt him
about with circle of fire, he
stripped himself to the work Of
massacre


Oh! then it was a vision both
glorious and dreadful to behold
the orator. His action became as
the motion of an oak in a hurri-
cane. His voice became a trum-
pet filled with wild whirlpools,
deafening the ears with crashes of
power, and yet intermingled all
the while with q sweet undersong
Of the softest cadence. His fore
head glowed like a heated fur
mace, his countenance was hag-
gard, like that of a maniac, and
ever and anon he flung his long,
bony arm on high, as if grasping
after thunderbolts.


He drew a picture of murder in
such appalling colors, that, in COM
parison, hell itself might seem
beautiful; he painted the slanderer
so black that the sun seemed dark
at monday, when shining on such
a monster. And then fixing both
portraits on the shrinking Hopkins,
fastened them there forever. The
agitation Of the audience amount
ed almost to madness.


All at once the speaker descend
ed from the perilous height. His
voice walled out for the murdered
dead and living-the beautiful
Mary more beautiful every mo-
ment as her tears flowed faster and
faster, till men wept and sobbed
like children.


He closed by strange exhorta-
tion to the jury and through them
to the bystanders !; he advised the
panel, after they should bring in
verdict for the plaintiff, not to offer
violence to the defendant, however
richly he might deserve it; "not
lynch the villain, but leave his
punishment with God" This
was the most artful trick of all,
and the best calculated to- insure



The jury rendered a verdict of
fifty thousand dollars the night
Hopkins was taken out
of his bed by lynchers, and beat
en- almost to death. AS the court
adjourned, the stranger said


"John Taylor will preach this
evening at early candle light"


He did preach, and the house
was crowded. I have listened to
Clay, Webster and Calhoun-to
Dwight, Bascom and Beecher--
but never heard anything in the
form of sublime words even ap-
proximating to the eloquence of
John Taylor-massive as a noun
tain, and wildly rushing as a cat
aract of fire.
Year: 1869

Upon the argument of a case
of breach of marriage promise, at
Lebanon, Ohio, last week, when
it was alleged the defendant wan
ted to marry his deceased wife, s
sister in unseemly haste, one of
the counsel said "the cold baked
potatoes of the funeral were fried
for the marriage feast" And the
man who thus improved upon
Hamlet, got verdict of $1,000
for his client.
Year: 1869

A Chinese laborer not long ago
murdered a family of seven persons
in Peru. He was arrested, and
while the parties who had made
the arrest were taking him to the
iudiciai authorities he was cap
tured by the inhabitants of Gauda-
loupe. They took him to the pub
lie square of their town, covered
his body with kerosene oil, and
burned him alive.
Year: 1869

A sensible English judge lately
instructed a jury to give moderate
damages in a breach of promise
case, because it was a most mis-
chievous thing to brighten a man
into marrying a woman he did not
like by heavy damages. 1t is
much better for the girl that he
should find out his dislike before
than after marriage"
Year: 1869

A married woman in London
nersuaded her husband to allow
her in sport to tie his legs and arms,
and when she had him nicely
trussed she proceeded to pay off
her grudges against him by goug-
inc out his eyes with a table
knife.
Year: 1869

warmed and cherished into more diff
sive benevolcncc. Though these opiu-
ions are cradicatcd, and could never re-.
turn but with the decay of my memory.
you will not wonder If there are still
moments when the association of feclinos
which arose from them soften and sadden
my thoughts.


"But ] have not thanked you, dearest
Lady Anne, for your Kindness in regard
to principal object--that of rectifying
false impressions. | trust you under
stand my wishes, which never were to
injure Lord Byron in any way; for,
though he would not suffer me to remain
his wife, he can not prevent me from
continuing his friend and it was from
considering myself as such that sileneed
the accusations by which my own con
duct might have beon more fully iusti
fed. 1t is not necessary to speak i'll of
his heart in general; it is sufficient that
to me it was hard and impcnetrable-
that nv own must have been broken be-
fore his could have been touched. !
would rather represent this as my mis-
fortune than rs his guilt; but surely that
misfortune is not TO be made my crime
Such are my feelings. You will judge
bow to act


ellis allusions to me IN ChiIde Harold
arc cruel and cold, but with such a sem
blance as to make me appear so, and at
tract all sympathy to himself 1t is said
in this poem that hatred Of hlm will he
taught as a lesson to his child. | might
appeal to all who have ever heard me
speak of him, and still more TO my own
heart, to witness that there has been no
moment when have remembered injury
otherwise than affectionately and sorrow
fully. 1t is not my duty to give way TO
hopeless aud wholly unrequted affection !;
but, so long as l live, my chief struggle
will be not TO remember him too kindly.
| do not seek the sympathy of the world.
but | wish TO be known by those whose
opinion is valuable and whose Kindness is
dear to me. Among such, my dear Lady
Anne, you will ever be remembered by


"Your truly affectionate


"a. BYRON"
Year: 1869

We insert in full the letter of Lady
Byron, written in 1915, and never beflre
published:


81 am very incompetent Judge Of the
impression which the last canto OF Childe
Harold may produce on the minds of in
different readers. 1t contains the usual
traces Of a conscience restlesslv awake.
though his object has been too long to
aggravate its burden, as if it could be
thus oppressed into eternal stupor.
will hope, as you do, that it survives for
his ultimate good. 1t was the acuteucss
of his remorse, impenitent in its charac-
ter, which so long seemed to demand
from my compassion to spare every sem
bance of reproach, every look of grief,
which light have said to his conscience,
You have made me wretched.' am de-
cidcdly of opinion that he is responsible.
He has wished to bc thought partially
deranged, or on the brink of it, to per-
pleX observers and prevent them from
tracing effects to their real causes through
all the mtricacies of his conduct.


81 was, as ! told you, at one time the
dupc of his acted insanity, and clung to
the former delusions in regard to tho
motives that concerned me personally
till the whole system was laid bare. He
is the absolute monarch of words, and
uses them, rs Bonaparte did lives, for
conquest, without more regard TO their
intrinsic value, considering them OILY as
ciphcrs, which must derive all their i'm
port from the situation in which he
places them and the ends 10 which he
adapts them with such consummate skill.
Why, then, you will say, does he not en-
ploy them to give better color to his own
character? Because he is too good an
actor to overact, or to assume moral
garb which it would not be easy to strip
of. In regard to his poetry, egotism is
the vital principle Of his imagination,
which it is difficult for him to kin
die on any subject with which his own
character and interestSare not Identified;
but by the introduction OF fictitious Incl
dents, by chance of scene or time, he has
envelol ed his poetical disclosures in a
system impenetrable, except to a very
few, and his constant desire of creating
a sensation makes him not averse to the
object OF wonder and curiosity, even
though accompanied by some dark and
vague suspicious.


'Nothing has contributed more to tho
misunderstanding of his real character
than the lonely grandeur in which he
shrouds, it, and his atfectation Of being
above mankind, when he exists almost
in their voice. The romance of his senti,
ments is another feature of his mask
state. | knew no one more habitually
destitute of that enthusiasm he so beau
tifully expresses, aud to which he can
work ap his fancy chiefly by conlagion,
l had heard he was the best of brothers,
the most generous of friends, and /
thought such feelings only required to be
Year: 1869

In order to promote sleep in cases
where it is wanting, it is of course, in
the first place, necessary to remove every
exciting cause of wakefuness. 1t is gen
orally essential to give up the use of tea
and cotft g, and has been said, it is some
times necessary to leave off stimulants.
The person should take care that he does
not 60 to bed with cold feet or with a
stomach that has been long empty.


Many devices for inducing somnolence
have been practised with more or less
success; one of these is combing the hair,
which has very soothing effect on some
persons. Another is to have the feet
gently shampoocd. Walking about the
bedroom in ones night dress, so as to
get what DR.. Franklin called an air bath,
is good plan, and the cold water bath
just before retiring to rest, by virtue of
it's stimulating action, is often successful.
In more refractory cases the warm bath
may be tried, it acts by Withdrawing the
blood from the brain. On the same
principle, the upright position by favor
ing the return of blood from the head, is
sometimes useful 1t is, indeed, no I'M
common thing to meet people who sleep
with great facility when sitting in
chair or in a carriage, but who sleep
with difficulty when lying in bed.


The best bed to sleep upon is half
mattress, and the worst of all is that
made of feathers. Many people are SO
susceptible that they are unable to sleep
in strange bed. A pillow filled with
hops, the emanations from which are
narcotic, has been sometimes used with
success to induce sleep.


People, as a rule, go to sleep most
easily when lying on the right side.
Proper ventilation of the bedroom is in
dispensable for sound sleep and for per-
feet hoalth.


Sufficient outdoor exercise should in
every instance be taken, and those who
are strong enough should carry it to q
sense of fatigue. In the Satires of Horace,
to swim three times across the Tiber is
recommended as means of procuring
deep repose.
Year: 1869

a Truthful SKETCH.-Let a man fail
in business, what a wonderful effect it
has on his former creditors! Men who
have taken him by the arm, laughed and
chatted with him by the hour, shrug
their shoulders and pass with cold
GLOW do you do?" Every trifc of a
bill is hunted up and presented that
would not have seen light for months
20 come but for the misfortune of the
debtor. If it is paid, well and good;
if not, the scowl of the sheriff, perhaps,
meets him at the corner. A man that
has never failed knows but little of hu-
man nature. In prosperity, he sails
along gently, waited by favoring smiles
and kind words from everybody. He
prides himself on his name and spotless
character, and makes boast that he has
not an enemy in the world. Alas the
change. He looks to the world in a
different light when the reverses come
upon him. He reads suspicion on every
brow. He hardly knows how to move.
or do this thing or the other, for there
are spies about him, and writ Is ready
for his back. TIE understand what kind
of stuff the world is made of, person
must be unfortunate and stop payment
once in his lifetime. If he has kind
friends, then they are made manifest. A
failure is a moral sieve; it brings out the
wheat and shows the chat. A man thus
learns that words and pretended good
will does not constitute real friendship.
Year: 1869

MINING AT TRINITY CENTKE.-H. Y. Fitch has
found very rich diggings in the hill opposite his
residence, on Hatchet creek. Three men with
a small head of water took out seven hundred
dollars in twenty-seven days. Smith L Carter
have obtained good prospects in the mouth OF
the e'st fork of Coffee creek. about nine miles
up Coffee creek The gold is coarse, and this
discovery IS attracting the attention OF miners m
the vicinity. 1t is expected that the Chnaman
who bought James Murray's claim, will take out
three thousand dollars this season
Year: 1869

The Nsxr BALL.-It will be seen By advertise
ment that ball is to be given at Thede's hotel
Canyon City, on the 18th of August. AS the
ball is for the benefit of the new wagon road to
that place, we trust there will be large attend
ance on the occasion.