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Year: 1869

TIE CENTRAL OFFICE SURGEONS Complaints
continue to multiply at the precincts Of the city that
some OF the police surgeons whose duty 1t Is to re-
spond to summonses from station houses, neglect
their duties and said that the Board OF Police
viii call upon the Board Of surgeons very soon to
give an account OF their stewardship.
Year: 1869

This gentleman died yesterday III the city OF Rich
mond Va. Mr. Caskle was o native OF the Old
Dominion and was known IN politics previous to the
outbreak OF the late rebellion. He rst elected
representative to Congress from his native State
1851 and served each successive term until 1856.
During his last term he was member Of the COM
mIttee on the Judiciary.
Year: 1869

THE City Council of indianapolis
is having lively time over the sub
ject of water works and sewerage
The members indulge in a great many
very uncomplimentary remarks rela
tive to the motives which influences
each other In their action on these
questions. We are sorry to learn
from the discussion that the Council
has in it so many men without
brains." The discussions On Monday
night last were greatly complicated
by writ from the Circuit Court,
granting a temporary Injunction
against the city entering into any coz
tract for the construction of certain
sewer in the south payt of the city.
This was fre-brand from an unex-
pected direction, and kindled a FIRE
particularly hot IN a very few min
utes. The upshot Of the whole bust
ness will be, we think, no sewers or
water works for this year, and the
whole subject will come before the
people for final settlement at the next
CITY election.
Year: 1869

THE action of the Board OF Educa


ton in Cincinnati in expelling the
Bible and sacred songs from the Pub
lie Schools will, no doubt. create con
siderable excitement. It was not
thought possible by many of the Pro
testants for the Board to take such
action, and the question will now
come before the people for their ap-
proval or condemnation of the Beard.
IF the action leads to nothing more
serious than discussion and voting, it
will be fortunate. What with the
advocacy of the abrogation of all San
day laws and The expulsion of the
Bible from the Schools, the people
are taking rapid steps in the road 10
anarchy and infidelity. af
Year: 1869

The eleetionins New York, of late
years, depends altogether upon the
correctness with which the Demo
cratic State Central Committee csti-
mate the vote of the rural districts.
The Republican majority in the State
outside the city of New York. cor
rectly estimated, no further difficulty
is experienced. fraudulent naturali-
zation papers and Repeaters soon
make matters all right. But to make
assurance doubly sure, since last year
the Democracy of the city swell their
majority by fraudulent votes some ten
or fifteen thousand to provide for all
contingencies. The Republicans, Of
course, can not stem such a tide of
iniquity, so henceforth, New York
State may be set down as the prop
erty of Tammany. Hall and its hireling
voters. 1t is a sad fate for the people
Of the State, but we see no help for
them.
Year: 1869

The Governor has ordered special
election for the 23l of this month, to
fill the vacancies in the Legislature,
created by the resignation Of Demo
Gratis, who have thus defeated all
legislation and added more than
100000 to the taxes of the people,
that they might prevent the adoption
of universal suffrage.
Year: 1869

When persons are feverish aud thirsty
beyond what Is natural, indicated in
someEcases by a metallic taste in the
mouth especially after drinking water, or
by q whitish appearance Of the greater
part the surface Of the tongue, one of
the best "coolers," internal or external,
is to take lemon, cut off the top,
sprinkle over it some loaf sugar, working
il downward into the lemon with spoon,
and then suck it slowly, squeezing the
lemon spd adding more sugar as the
alidity increases from being brought
up from lower point. Invalids
With feverishness may take two or
three lemons q dSy in this manner with
the most marked benefit, manifested by a
sense of eoolness. comfort and invigora.
ton. A lemon or two thus taken at tea
tine" as an entire substitute for the
ordinary supper of summer, would give
many q comfortable nights sleep and an
awakening after rest and inauguration,
with an appetite for breakfast, 10 which
they are strangers gho will have ..neir
cup Of ,es, orsupper Of relish" and
7 cake " au4 berries, or peaches and
eream.-HaRs Journal of Heath.
Year: 1869




A Salt Lake letter says: This city
already shows its bad effect on the off
spring. The site is four thousand feet
above the level of the sea, in q dry and
bracing climate, equally free from ex-
tremes Of heat and cold, and consequently
it shonld be one of the bealthiest cities in
the world. Exactly the reverse is the
fact, The death rate of all ages is a
little more than twice that of the State of
Oregon, and greater than that of New
York or New Orleans. When we come
to children the disparity is still more
frightful. By actual statistics 1t is shown
that the mortality among children is
greater in Salt Lake City than any other
in America, except New Orleans, and
the death rate of Utah is only exceeded
by Louisiana. The Mormons have
greatly exaggerated the population of
this place, which really contains little
less than eighteen thousand sonls, and in
this small number the sections report for
October last, the heslthiest month in the
year, gives the interments at sixty, Of
which fortJ-foar we're children. lr :.


Last year was unusually healthy. aud
yet the death rate exceeds that OF any
other State or territory west of the Mis-
sissippi. The Mormons explain this by
saying that their people are generally
poor and exposed 70 hardships, but much
Of that poverty is directly traceable TO
their religion. Another sad fact is the
general neglect of medical care, or rather
a general tendency to run to wild and sb-
surd schemes of doctoring, They claim
that Laying on Of hands and the prayer
Of faith" I" win heal the sick, aud yet no
people within my knowledRs are 80 given
to Thompsonisnism," steam doctor
ing" "yerb medicine and every other
ifEfgslsT mode Of treating The sick. But
Year: 1869

The sermons Of yesterday, which we pub
yish this morning, are at least seasoned with
the spice Of variety. Comparatively few of
these discourses were confined to the topic
most appropriate to Palm Sunday-the en-
trance Of Christ into Jerusalem. Most of the
preachers dilated upon various subjects, which
might as well be treated at any other time as
nt the beginning of Holy Week, and it must
be admitted that none Of them invested those
bubjects with very special interest. Nearly
all, on the contrary, justified the CON-
plant which we were yesterday con-
strained to make, that paucity Of ideas
and commonplace expressions are dreary
characteristics Of too large proportion Of the
sermons weekly delivered to patient but
,$'Labor as Means Of Spiritual Culture"
exhibits any peculiar consciousness Of the
vital practical questions of modern life.
Another sermon administers a severe but just
teproof to those church members who indulge
in quarrelling, and specifies fragrant instance
Of such unchristan conduct Several of the
sermons offer feature decidedly to be
geprehended in the acrimonious spirit in which
the representatives of different sects 'spitch
jnto each other" Unhappily the 0dimn Meo-
So9icum is not yet extinct. But amid the
stirring activities of the day, with the
rush Of electricity and steam, and the
swift progress of civilization, those
preachers who most loudly s'beat the
drum ecclesiastic" cannot expect the public
10 sympathize with their disputes. They waste
their b.eath in furious blasts against every
system but their own. By one the "religion
Of humanity" is stigmatized as "no religion at
oil" BY another, indeed, schism is denounced
and its evil consequences are depicted, the
text being, "I beseech you, brethren, in the
name Of the Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all
speak the same thing, and that there be no
divisions among you" but even this preacher
betrays the disposition Of ALMOST all sectaries
10 insist upon agreement with bis personal
opinions as the first condition Of that unity of
faith which he recommends.


II Is truly 9 pity that more Of our pulpit
orators are not, like Beecher and Chaplin,
alive to the demands Of the present generation
Cor the same directness and earnestness and
the same fulness Of thought and fertility of
Illustration in the pulpit which constitute the
power Of the press. ''It is the province of the
preachers Of Christianity to develop the con-
nection between this world and the next--to
watch over the beginnings of course which
will endure forever, and to trace the broad
shadows cast from imperishable realities on
Che shifting scenery Of earth"
Year: 1869

The Commissioners Of Fisheries for the State
OF New York have presented their first annual
report to the Legislature. They show that
ahere are two species Of fish, which constitute
large portion Of that kind OF food furnished to
the markets, that especially need legislative
protection-the shad in the eastern section of
ahe State, the white fish In the western. Sea
fishes do not suffer by overnetting so seriously
% do those Of an anadromores, or fresh water,
character. The supply of shad has for many
years been diminishing rapidly and the price
Hugmenting at similar ratio. Whereas they
could be purchased twenty years ago for
twenty-6ve cents pair at retail, during the
past season they rarely fell below City cents
apiece. The white fish had advanced from
being rapidly exterminated. With striped
bass and blue fish and all the salt water
Varieties the change had not been so observ-
hble, and salmon have hardly been known in
She waters OF this State for half a century.


There are inland lakes and ponds
90 the extent Of nearly half million
OF acres, which are at present almost
hnproductive, but which might, under
careful management, with the latest discoveries
In pisciculture, be rendered as fertile as an
equal number Of acres Of land. Fish food Is
eagerly sought after by the farmers and others
who reside at some distance from the sea and
who cannot readily crafty this natural desire
Of the appetite. But as the ponds and lakes
are mostly public property, or belong to a
number Of proprietors who have common
rights, the care of stocking them and making
hhem productive must necessarily devolve on
lhe State at large.


Salmon may never have existed in the
Hudson river, or, II they did, must have
k1eserted II at time ''when the memory Of man
runneth not to the contrary" Their introduce
kion now, with falls and dams on the upper


Waters and nets and seines In the lower,


sould be matter Of doubtful expsdisncy and
Year: 1869

special telegram to the HERALD from washing
ton reports the death in that city yesterday morn
ing from abscess OF the BRAIN Of T. Bgelow Law
renee, which sad event took place at his room in
Wizards Hotel. MIR. Lawrence was q son OF the


late Abbott Lawrence, Minister to the Court OF
st. James, and was born In Massachusetts some
time during the year 1922 being about forty years OF
was appointed by President Lincoln Consul General
for ITALY, with headquarters at Florence This posi-
ton he held until yesterday. lie returned to the
United States and was In Washington for the pur-
pose of procuring reappointment from President
Grant, but was unable to pay much attention to
business having been confined to his bed for several
days. suffering from the malady which finally killed
hIm. Mr.. Lawrence leaves q widow. but no chill
Iran
Year: 1869

questionable success. They certainly once
ascended several streams, some quite small,
in the northern part Of the State-they
reached these localities by passing up
the st. Lawrence river into Lake On
tario-and occasionally one is still seen try
ing to reach his accustomed haunts. But dams
have been built and effectually obstruct the
way. On the Oswego river there are seven
Of these distractions, one being fourteen feet
high; on the Salmon river there are eight
dams below the falls; on the South Branch OF
the Big Sandy there are twelve dams in
reach of sixteen miles, and on the North
Branch fifteen dams within twenty-six miles,
To remove these dams is out of the question,
and to build fish passes over them would cost
more money than the people are willing to ap-
propriate for the purpose at present. The
Commissioners do not advise any immediate
action in reference to this matter.


The principal suggestions made by the re-
port are that immediate steps should be taken
to turn out at least three hundred million
young shad in the Hudson; that no netting
should be allowed during Sunday; that the
size of the mesh for shad fishing should be
limited to five inches, and that the inland lakes
should be stocked with suitable varieties of
fish. 1t is well known that certain species of
fish will exist together without any inconveni-
ence; that although only limited number Of
black bass or trout will exist in sheet Of
water, the same extent of feeding ground will
support the full complement Of trout, as well
as large amount of white fish. Trout are
predaceous, and live on other fish, as well as
insects, flies, and 80 forth, whereas white fish
feed almost exclusively on water plants, SO
that there is no antagonism in their habits.
By these means it is expected that the food
resources of our State may be greatly aug
mented and fish brought within the reach Of
the poorest member of the community.
Year: 1869




We are favored with some definite
statements about the Virginia election
and the future Of that State. The re-
suit Of the election will be officially
proclaimed at an early day, and the
Legislature will meet within one month
after such proclamation. The test oath
Is not to be required. Preliminary to
the recognition Of the State, the LsgIs.
lature will limit lts action, and will be
called upon to ratlfy the fifteenth
amendment. Now we may expect q
new lie in the Old Dominion, and, II II
Is as wisely directed as we hope, the re-
covery there will be complete In q short
period,
Year: 1869

THE New York Post says Its lnfor.
nation In regard 70 the position OF the
administration touching the premium
Is that they are not, at present at least,
TO interfere in the speculation
in gold, and that they believe that u
comparatively high premium will
benefit the agricultural interests OF the
country in greater degree than 1t
will harm the merchants who usually
stand mahorL" OF the market. '
Year: 1869

Mr.. R1st, State Treasurer, left Nash
vile on Monday evening for Washing
ton, on o mission Of which the object is
explained in the following section OF the
General Appropriation bill, passed at the
last session OF the Legislatures:


SECTION 20. Be it further enacted,
That the Treasurer Of the State be and
he is hereby empowered and authorized
under the advice Of the Attorney
General of the State, to receive from the
Comptroller OF the Currency the assets
of the Tennessee National Bank at Mem
phis, now in the hands of the receiver
appointed by the Comptroller OF the Cur
rency, the said assets, consisting OF cash,
bills and notes, receivable bonds, and
all other assets belonging to or
in the possession Of said receiver or
his attorneys. Aud it shall be the duty
OF the Treasurer of the Safe to proceed
to collect the assets as speedily as prac-
ticabIe, both real and personal, and shall
keep an accurate account Of said assets,
and transfer the proceeds thereof as they
may come into his hands, into the Treas
ury on the warrant OF the Comptroller,
and make specific report OF tbs same
to the next LegislatNCe: Provided, The
expenses incurred in obtaining posses.
sion of the said assets shall not exceed
$500.
Year: 1869

piece of flat land thickly covered
with black walnut, oaks and hicko-
rles. AS the mast was a good one
that year, the squirrels were seen
gamboling on every tree around us.
My companion stout, hale athlet-
J ic man, dressed in a homespun
hunting shirt, barclegged and moe:
caslned, carried long and heavy
rifle, which, as he was loading it,
he said had proved efficient in all
his undertakings, and which he
hoped would not fail on this occa-
sion, as he felt proud to show me
his skill. The gun was wiped the
powder measured, the ball patched
with six hundred thread, and the
charge sent home with q Hickory
| rod.


eve moved not a step from the
place, for the squirrels were so nu-
mcrous that it was unnecessary to
go after them. Boone pointed to
| one of these animals which had OBJ
served us, and was crouched on a
branch about fifty PAGES distant,
and badc me mark well the spot
where the ball should hit. lie rails
dc his piece gradually until the
bead (tfat being the name given by
the kcnt'!cklans to the sight of
the barrel was brought to line
with the spot which he intended to
hit, and fred.


81 was astounded to find that the
ball had hit the piece of BARK i'm
mediatcly beneath the squirrel and
shlvcred it to splintcrs, the concus-
sion produced by which had killed
the animal, and sent it whirlinr
through the air, as if it had been
blown up.


"The snufling of candle with
a ball l had an opportunity of
seeing rear the banks of the Green
river, not far from a large pigeon
roosst, to which I had previously
made a visit. I heard many re-
ports of guns during the early part
of a dark night, and l>n owing them
70 be those Of rifles, went toward
the spot to ascertain the cause.
On reaching the place I was wei,
coined by a dozen of tall, stout
men, who told me they were exer-
cising for the purpose of enabling
them to shoot under night at the
reflected light from the eye of q
deer or wolf by torchlight.


"At a distance of fifty PAGES
J stood a lighted candle, badly dis
tinguished in the darkness. One
man was placed within a few yards
o. it, to watch the effects of the
shots, az we'll as to light the candle,
should it chance to go out, or re
pair it should the shot cut it across


"Each marksman shot in his turn
Some never hit either the snuff OF
the candle. One of them, who
was particularly expert, was very
fortunate, and snufed the candle
three times out of seven, whilst all
the other shots either put out the
candle, or cut it Immediately under
the light"
Year: 1869

HANGING FOR ARsoN.-Samuel Hill
was sentenced to death, by hanging for
the crime of arson. at Portland, on satur-
day. As no one porishcd by the fire he
set, the sentence il Thought severe, but
the Maine sentiment against capital pun
ishment is so strong that it will probably
be commutod to lie imprisonment


A few sentences by the courts Of the
same nature, could we catch the chaps,
would be agreeable in this locality. We
surmise, however, that if an incendiary
should be caught in Rutland just at this
time, Judge Lynch would preside at the
trial
Year: 1869

but believe them TO be substantially
correct.


Is it not singular that two Frenchman,
answering to one description, should
take the same train of cars at West Rut-
land on the same day
Year: 1869

THE ECLIPSE LAST EyENING.-Amone
the entertainments in town last evening
was gratuitous one given by the moon.
The performance began at 10 minutes OF
eight o'clock and closed at four minutes
past ten. To be precise about it, 45S-l0oo
of the moons diameter was eclipsed at the
blackest moment, which was at 6 minutes
past nine The eclipse began on the
north eastern border Of Lunar Luminary
and ended on the north western. On the
Sierra Nevada,owiug to refraction,i it might
have been possible to see portion Of the
moon in eclipse, while a portion of the
sun was above the horizon. In California
and Oregon the moon probably arose
eclipsad
Year: 1869

LIFE INsCR NNCE.-Oue of the most
cogent Reasons ever given why a married
man should get his life Insured is, that
the money would prove a great help to his
wife's second husband, and might be the
means of starting him in business
Year: 1869

ALLISON RANCH MINE.-The Grass Valley
Union of March 10th says:


Yesterday, the Allison Ranch mine was
sold at Referees sale, and the property was
knocked off to Alfred E. Davis for the sum of
$50. 900 in currency. The sale has now to te
confirmed by the District Court, which will
be the case as soon as the Referee report.
upon it, when the new company will be ready
to commence work We unders tand that the
owners will incorporate before any work will
be done on the mine or at the mill
Year: 1869

20 We are glad 10 learn that the ''Pan Killer is
having SO large sale in city We have every
to believe it to be almost falling fNS pain,
and medicine that family should be without Mon
treal Pilot.
Year: 1869

TIME UNDERSIGNED HEREBY GIVES NOTICE
h that he will apply to the Honorable the Board Of
Supervisors of Tnolumne County at their next regular
meeting for license to establish and keep Toll Bridge
and collect toll thereon the South Fork OF the
Stanislaus River ut italian Bar
March :. lssa JOACHIM PELuhE


nirI;-5u
Year: 1869

Again I've seen him and his wife at a
dry goods shop. He would tell her to
buy this, that, and the other, for herself
or the children, at the same time giving
her look which she understood to mean
1T you do buy il; I'll give you lecS
ture when we get home So the poor,
crushed, humble creature makes some
flimsy excuse, or faint pretense Of not
being suited. ,


These are true pictures, every one OF
them, and 1 could draw as many more
Western Rural
Year: 1869

BE always receiving or doing good.
This will make your life comfortable,
your death happy, and your account glo-
rious.


A head properly constituted can accom-
modate itself TO whatever pillows the
vicissitudes of fortune may place under it.


A Pennsylvania chap recently tried to
open a bomb shell with red-hot poker.
The last seen of him he was looking
for a place to hang his hat, in the milky
way.


1t is no sin to show ones righteous
ness but it is sin indeed to be righteous
for show.
Year: 1869

were great successes. while every man
whom he branded as q charlatan or huns
bug proved to be SO in the long run. 1t Is
not to be expected that he should be
equally successful in his civil career. As
soldier, he rose step by step from the
lowest to the highest, and learned his way
as he travelled oyer it. AS a civilian he is
thrust at once on the tOpmost round, and
before he has time to study he must act
We. doubt if any civilian has had a much
better preparation than he for the Presi>
dency, but his preparation is less thor
Ough than for the chief command of the
army.


In his Cabinet appointments there was q
hitch which very few lawyers could have
avoided. In looking for the ablest prac-
tlcal financier in the country, Tor the
Treasury Department, he selected one
whom an obscure statute prevented from
filling the office. Foiled by the technical
difficulty, he selected another candidate
In difference, it may be said, to the views
of Congress, as a whole, though informly
expressed. Mr.. Boutwell, commands the
confidence thus far Of the country. His
purity is without taint. His abilities in
Treasury affairs remain to be tested
Strong attacks have been made upon Mr..
Borie, both on the ground Of inexperience
and i'll health. A still more severe ground
of objection has been that his only claim
to distinction beyond the respectable
mercantile gentleman is that he was prom
inent in presenting General Grant with q
house in Philadelphia. Should these OBJ
jections be found ID impair his usefulness,
the President will, doubtless, apply the
rule he has announced for all cases, and
promptly ask him to resign.


President Grants course, especially rel>
atlve to the Tenure>of>Office law, has been
characterized by the same moderation and
prudent judgment which distinguished
him as a commander. He has aimed at
substantial results, not 10 vindicate per-
sonal vanity or dignity. The tone of his
administration has been progressive. yet
concilitory. All men respect his motives,
and the country generally is willing to
await. in confidence and hope, the full re-
suits of his action. We believe his civil
administration, like his military career,
may meet with Belmont or Shiloh at
the first, but II will come to a Vicksburg
and Appomauox In the end Chicago
Tribune.