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Year: 1874

fierce and vindlctive look he added in a


calm and deliberate voice, am one OF


MurrelPs men, and will yet have my re-


venge on this boat. AS "Murrell' s


Gang" was then striking terror in the


hearts of the citizens of Tennessee and


the adjoining States by their daring acts


of horse stealing and robbery, this con-


fession settled his fate. Instead Of being


lashed and put ashore, he was closely
guarded until they reached Randolph,
Tennessee, when be was handed over to
the authorities and 'lynched" afterwards


The boy was sent home back to his


mother.


Two days before we reached Vicks


burg, Judge Lynch ordered the exeeu-
ton of three of the most notorious gam
oilers in the city; consequently. next
morning they were found banging on the
posts in front of Davis boat store, on the
levee. The day we arrived at Natchez
notices were posted throughout the city
ordering gamblers and prostitutes out of
the city before the expiration of twenty
four hours. If .ound in il or near it
after that time they would be hung This
order created intense excitement, and
there was busy time on the river all
that night between Natchez and the op-
posite shore, every skiff, fat or dugoHt
in use to convey the prescribed people
across. Many who could not get over
went down the river a short distance,
were followed, and some shot, others
hung, and, instead OF being buried, were
thrown in the river. 1t was common
thing for us to pass dead bodies floating
on the water on our way down. Thus
" Judge Lynch rid the city of people
who had openly bid defiance to the au-
thorities, and destroyed those terrible
roosts of crime which had become so no
torious in "Natchez Under-the- Hill
The news of the stirring times above
had reached New Orleans, and the au-
knowing that the fleeing peo-
pie would flock to that city, ordered the
police to search every boat when she
arrived, and arrest all suspected parties
found aboard. / don't know whether
or not there were any on our boat. If
there were they we're not arrested.


The steamboat Lady Madison came
in two days after our arrival, with her
boiler and hurricane decks black with
the refugees. They were arrested by
the gems de armes as soon as the boat
landed, and placed in the chain-gang
and calaboose SPIRIT.
Year: 1874

While passing BY princely door


heard the whisper, She is poor" nr
They Judged il from my faded shawl, 80
They saw the outside-that was all. r.
" But am poor2r I asked my heart
Impelled thereto by inner smnrt.
My heart replied, "Have you not love "a
For all on earth and him above? US
In air and sky and all around


Have you not joy and comfort found2
Does any own more than do you
The hewer's fragrance, and its hueY w
To whom If not to you belong #
The wild bird and its gladsome song?
And whom can its free music Gil
With any purer, deeper thrillY
Are truth and honor. peace and rest
Dearer to any human breasty


Does not your heart feel deep delight
In all that's beautiful and brightf
Then YOU'RE not poor. OF all the store q
That men may gain Of golden ore.
They own but lust that little part a n
With which they eheered some human heart
Beyond the gates. gold has no boast Oh
And they're the rich, who love the most.
Year: 1874

They have engaged as foreman of this de-
partment one of the most experienced Book
and Job Printers in the country; and the
presses will be superintended by a Skilled
Pressman from one of the largest offices in
New England
Year: 1874

In the Brooklyn Court OF oyer ana lermlner
yesterday, Henderson Benedict, counsel for Phillip
Keinman, charged with killing Wm Patford, summed
up the for the defense, claiming that the
one OF justifable homicide or at most mansaughter in
the third fourth degrees as there had been intent
TO kill shown and the prisoner not acquainted
with the deceased. The DistrictAttorney summed up
for the people, claiming it was clear of
der The intent TO kill could be formed well on the
instant after hours OF reflection Jddge Pratt then
charged the jury In clear and impartial The
jury retired about 1890 M and after bref absence
returned with verdict OF mansaughter in the
third degree. Judge Pratt then sentenced the
prisoner 10 hard labr In Sing Sing for
three years and months Immediately
after the sentence had been pronounced Mrs. Patford
mother of the murdered man. who had been present
throughout the trial. manesng the greatest interest in
the proceeding sprang from her seat In the audience
andglidng by the officers passed within the rail and ad
yauced toward the convicted man. shaking her fist In
his calling him the murderer Of her son. and threat
enng him with DEATH She was at once seized by the
officers wboremoyed her from the court room Mr. Bene
diet then moved that JOhn Kleinman, OF the
fenced may be- discharged from custody but the Court
refused comply at the request OF the District Attorney
who said that he would prefer 10 examine tue fur
ther before consep.lng " his discharge.
Year: 1874

B| If we spend our money at home
it will return to us. If we buy home
made goods we create a demand for
them, aud give employment to opera
tiyes in our midst, who in turn have to
be fed, clothed and have houses to live
in-thus money circulates, a profit Is
left with every one through whose
hands it passed, giving employment to
hundrcds-how important then it is for
us to buy homemade articles, to foster
and build up all that is made at home.
Every dollar that is spent out of the
State is a drawback to home industries;
direct blow to home manufactures,
which will help to pay our taxes and
relieve the public of its heavy burden;
manufactures which will bring thous-
ands Of skilled artzans to West Virgin
ia to buy our produce and build up our
waste places. Every encouragement
should be given to home manufactures
by the farmers Of West Virginia, for in
so doing they only advance their own
interests.
Year: 1874

J. Smith is dead. That fine young man
We never shall see more.
He was a member of our club


Since 1864.
His parentage was Irish, and


His wit was always pat.
He played in any place, and was


A terror at the bat.
His private virtues were immense,


His manner free and bluff,
He wore paper collar, and


Was never known to muff
He rarely took drink more strong


Than lemonade and pop
He hated drunkards, and was a


Magnificent short-stop.
His nose was Roman, and his eyes


Continually were peeled,
He made splendid umpire, and


A beautiful left field.
His hair was red, and ''shingled" close;
Much sunburned was his face,
He never shone with more effect


Than on the second base.
Being a man, he had his faults,


AS likewise have we all,
He felt a preference for the New


York regulation ball.
Though not matrimon man,


He dearly loved match,
And like his sister, had but few


Superiors on 'the catch
He had noble mind, as exc


A very supple wrist;
And when he pitched he gave the ball
His own peculiar twist
Of politics and church affairs,


lie held restricted views;
His feet were usually encased


In canvas hobnailed shoes.
But he is gone. With ins and outs
Forever he is done,
He broke his heart, and burst his spleen
In making home run.
His body we have planted, but


His soul is in the sky,
The angels reached from heaven down,
And took him on the fly.
Year: 1874

Ex Judge James Ii. Ferguson, OF
Cabell county, recently made an able
Temperance speech in Wheeling. A
mong many excellent paragraphs utter
ed We find the following:


1t takes time 10 drink. II n man
looses but one hour day, and he is
common laborer, that at the end Of ten
years will cost him between s400 aud
$500. If this man is engaged a pro-
ductiye labor, there is also n correspond.
ing loss to the country. II be were to
save his fifteen cents every day, at the
end of ten years he would have 5000 in
bank. Now, i believe, that We make
for ourselves nine hundred and ninety
nine out of every thousand OF the mis-
fortunes we suffer, and nine-tenths of
them arise solely from the habit Of
drinking intoxicating liquors. Why,
when a man looks at it carefully, he
can hardly realize the extent to which
his appetite will take him. If a man
drinks but gill of whisky every day.
he would drink over eleven gallons in q
year If you figure up the value-no /
will not say value, because il would DO
impossible 10 realize the real value Of
health and happiness--it You figure mp
the cash cost Of that gill every day, you
will find that It will cost more than $50
per year. But then, how many stop
at a gill day II may seem incredible
but there are many people who drink
a gallon'per day; persons whose stom-
achs are copper-lined, and they can
drink any quantity Of anything
Laughter We viii suppose, howev-
er. that a man drinks but two gills per
day; in a year he would drink twenty
one gallons, aud ii he drank pint
day he would drink n barrel in n year.
which would cost him about $3.50. But
| think it very doubtful il man can
drink a pint a day aud live ten years.
When n man gets that far he does not
last long.


Then, besides the cash cost, the habit
is just as certain TO destroy his happi-
ness all through life, aud if he gets
married, it Will also destroy the happi'
ness Of his family II also effects the
health of everybody who engages in It
it is poison Ii renders the person
who indulges in it more susceptible to
heat aud cold, OF sickness !, renders
him less able to resist the attack Of any
disease.


This great blight effect not only the
human body aud the industrial and
commercial affairs of the country, but
also the body polite The man who
indulgcs iu the vice Of drinking, is not
tit man to perform the part assigned
him in the government OF the nation.
Why, take it that the man who gets
drunk is not capable Of exercising tho
elective franchise.
Year: 1874

CROPS AND BUSINESS s-While the eff
fects of the long continued depressions
following the panic of last September
are yet very apparent, the accounts
from very different quarters begin to
record gradual improvement in bust
ness circles. The great requisite for an
active and remunerative fall trade
good crops-is near at hand. Advices
from the West are highly favorable for
an increased yield of wheat and a fair
average of other grains, and from Cali
fornia We have the same intelligence.
The crop accounts from the South are
also cheering, and it looks as if the
whole country were to be blessed with
abundant harvests during the summer
and fall. Every business man knows
that good crops mean good business,
and meantime the New York Bulletin
SAYS that mercantile credit never stood
as high as at present, and the events OF
the future are likely to increase the
confidence of capitalists and financial
institutions in the soundness OF the
mercantile fabric. One thing that has
served to keep up the long depression
and want of confidence, has been the
uncertainty in regard to the action of
Congress on the currency. Now that
we are approaching the end of the ses-
sion, and with the belief that nothing
really will have been done by Congress
in the premises, there is sense of relief
also from that quarter. As there is not
likely to be agreement as to the proper
financial measure, one such as the Pres
ident could approve, it is satisfactory to
see them s'let well enough alone.
Year: 1874

THE MODEL SHEEP MAN-Tbe New


York Tribune says 'the best sheep man
we ever heard of was soldier OF stone
wall Jackson, who saw somewhere how
valuable are sheep for renovatlpg worn
out land, and after the cruel war was
over be went home 10 his poor farm


and bought l3 ewes, all that he was
able TO buy. lie put them in small
field of briars and weeds, which they
soon destroyed, then he fed them on
bran aud meal. In the winter he shel-
tered them well, feeding oats and
swamp hay, and in the spring he had
thirteen fine lambs. Saving the manure,
he planted the old briar patch with corn
and harvested a fine crop. All his
spare time was devoted to caring tor
the sheep. The next spring he had
more lambs; he was able TO plant more
corn; then came more lambs, when he
sowed clover and grew turnips; and now
to-day, as a result Of such small be-
ginning. he has several hundred fine
sheep. free from disease, bringing him
$4,000 year, r,while bis farm has become
extremely fertile aud he is rich man.
We know that thousands aud thousands
of poor young men haze a free course
open to them to become wealthy by be-
ginning in t6e same way. But the
trouble Is, the way is too humble and
slow, they want 70 get along faster;
they have no patience, no pluck, no
faith. Truly il does seem a small busi-
ness TO watch dozen sheep, as if it
were beneath the attention of q bright
American youth; but if said youth will
look the subject over he will see il is
worthy Of all his powers A young
man can well afford to sit down with a
dozen sheep on the plains, live iu dug
out, and feed on antelope meat, rather
than undertake TO become independent
in city on a clerkship of 81 900 a year.
Year: 1874

STRUCK BY LIGnTSING-AsToNTsHING
EscApE.-A most miraculous escape
from death by lightning occurred dur
ing the storm on Thursday of last week,
near Turleytown, in this county. Dur
ing the storm John Dunivan, a young
man engaged in helping his father, had
started out with his one-horse wagon TO
haul load of rails. The storm ceming
up he sought the shelter Of tree which
had once been stricken by the lightning,
but which fact he did not know. He
had been under this tree but a short
time when the lightning again struckit,
shivering it from the top to the bottom
and knocking Dunivar PROSTATE, split
ting the seam in his coat on the right
arm, crossing to bis left side, running
down his left leg. and passing ont over
his shoe to a root Of the tree, tearing up
the earth. Yet strange to say, the
Young man was not only not killed, but
not even seriouily injured, the blistering
and burning Of his flesh being the only
injury recefYed. He was carried home
by the neighbors, Messra Henry Emp
swiller,a Col LII. Horn, and others,
and IN ] few days was going about
again Is usual. It was the, most won
deffnl escape from instant death we
have almost ever recorded. Rocking
ham Regisfer. 49,
Year: 1874

MRs. SrRAGuE AND He's REvERIEs.-
There is no one more missed from
Washington than Mrs. VIM. Spragne,
whose gentle, graceful manners made
her beautiful, aristocratic face eagerly
welcomed by tire fashionable frequent
ers of our VANITY Fair" The sorrows
that came to her were felt by all, and
10 woman has never descended so
gracefully from the dizzy heights Of
fortune as she-called in the hay day
of her prosperity the queen OF American
society, she is in her adversely still a
queen. When the order was issued by
the Hoyt's, Of New York, for the seIz,
ure of Senator Spragues property, OF
course the family residence was taken.
Mrs. Sprague, with her charming chill
dren, gathered up her personal belong
ings in the shape of pictures, statuary,
etc, and moved out to Edgewood, the
late residence of her lamented father,
and there in great seclusion she lives.
Her luxurious carriages have given place
to little rockaway, and her retinue OF
servants is reduced to four.


We saw her the other evening at \
charitable entertainment. She wore
deep mourning; her face was pallid and
careworn; but her smile was just as sun
ny and her voice just as CHEEKY as when
there was nothing but peace and wealth
about her. Several years have come
and gone, each to US freighted with
memories and perplexities; but we re-
tanned in our mind vivid picture of
Mrs Sprague as we saw her standing in
the portico at the White House one
evening, giving the hour tor the return
of her carriage to the driver. She was
on the arm of her honored father, In
whom was ccntcred her fondest love
and widest ambition, and was draped
in robe fashioned of soft, sbimmering
silk, over which fell foaming waves OF
priceless lace. And there were jewels
about her throat, and amid the sunny
trcsses Of her bonnie brown hair was
diamond star. She was the observed OF
all the observers as she passed in the
brilliant gas light through the door at
the White House. The vision was so
beautiful that We have always had II
warm and fresh in our memory All
honor to Ohio's brave daughter, who in
prosperity and adversely is still ac-
knowledged the "Queen Of Society
Year: 1874

and for the further reason that they offered
their service when the government was in
greatest peril. Now, what did the govern
ment do? They held council. made up of
the chief priests and scribes who had assem-
bled at Washington, and said council, it
seems, came to the conclusion that a mill
tary necessity then existed, and by reason of
such necessity they were justified in taking
any steps necessary TO set aside any and all
contracts or obligations of the government; I;
amount of the green leaves of tie
liberty tree. and called il lawful money OF
the United States; then placed il in the
hands of their paymasters and sent them to
the soldier; compelled him to receive it in
satisfaction of his demands against the gov
eminent. In order to accomplish their OBJ
ject more fully, the psymasters had rs sign
the pay rolls before they made known to us
the swindle they were so soon to heap upon
us. We were then marched to the paymas-.
ter, and the green leaves were. handed to US.
without any knowledge on our part as to
what we were to receive. We did receive
them, however; but when so received they
were worth much less than what the
terms of the contract called for. Now
were we bound to receive greenbacks?
Yes, because we could not help our
selves. And why? Because if We had
refused we would have been arrested
on charge of mutinOus conduct, been court
martialed and shot, because those chief
priests and scribes were then pretending to
be very loyal indeed. Now why not in all
justice to the soldier, who pays taxes on his
horse, or whatever he may have the good
fortune to own, violate the contract with the
bond holder as we'll as with the poor soldier.
Tsis would evidently be more lust in the
eyes of all christian people, and more just in
the eye of God.
Year: 1874

Some wicked stories are told of the Duke
of Edinburg, and his awkwardness at the
marriage. 1t seems that the Duke received
the ring from his brother, but found that
the prayer-book in his hand prevented his
making the proper use oft. He offered the
book to one and then another, but all fought
shy of it, and the spectators naturally were
worked up to dread that he would either
throw it at Dean Stanley's head or quietly
slip it up his sleeve. He appears to have
adopted the latter alternative, for we are
told that she finally mastered the difficulty
and gracefully slipped. the ring on the out
tretched finger.
Year: 1874

How ALEXANDER II. STEPHENS START
ED IN LIFE When Stephens was boy,
two sisters-old maids attracted by his
brightness, adopted, educated and des-
tined him for the church. But few
months of theological training convinced
the young student that the profession
had no attraction for him, and he an
nounced to his benefactors his intention
of exchanging the pulpit for the bar
Shortly after he WAS admitted to his new
profession, a lawsuit arose involving the
estate of the younger sister, the Other
having in the meanwhile died. He asked
her to let him manage the case for her,
but she, fearful Of his inexperience, pre-
ferred looking for some older lawyer. Al
last one wrote TO her whom she ap.
proved, and having asked the advice OF
her friends she contided the matter to
him. The contest was warm, vexatious,
and long. but she came out so trium'
phantly Of what had been regarded as
hopeless snarl, that she doubled hei
counsel's modest fee The intercourse
between the two had been by letter exclu
sively, she living in the country, he In
distant city, so that the trick which you
have already guessed Stephens had
played on her was. under the circumstan
ces, quite creditable Out OF his fee hi
repaid what she had spent on his educa
ton, and his success in so delicate
piece OF business was fine beginning
for young lawyer. Inter-Ocean Let
ter
Year: 1874

Authoresses sometimes drive good
bargain when they exchange sentiment
for sauces and chivalry for chicken
broth. Marian Harland is an instance.
Her recent cook book has netted her
more money than Alone, or the Hidden
Path
Year: 1874

Enabling acts for the admission of New Mexico and Colorado passed the House of Representatives at the late session of Con- gress but did not pass the Senate. We are not certain whether the Senate voted upon the bills or not; but if not, they may pass that body next session and become laws this Congress. The prime objection was and is a want of population ill both Ter ritories for a member in Congress. By the last apportionment, population of 134, 900 is required for one member in the House in all existing States, save Oregon and Nevada which never has had that many, and were admitted without the req uisite number under the old apportion- ment which required about 93;e0O. The older States do not object so much to the Territories having a government of their own, as to the fact that by their admiS- sion as States they get two Senators and thus more and more destroy an equal rep resentation of the people in the Senate. Thus Nevada and Oregon both have little if any more population than is required by the apportionment Act for one member of Congress, and yet they have four Senators and therefore double the power possessed by New York in matters of legislation, which State has nearly forty times the population and more than a proportion ate amount of wealth over both those States combined. All the States with from one to more millions of people and material interests in proportion, are ob- jecting to the gradual destruction of their power by the further admission of States with less than 1S4,OOO or the requisite pop ulation for one member of Congress.
Year: 1874

Ell Dorado has often been sought and some
times found, and the tar West is undoubt-
edly the place to look for it. Now in the
Black Hills a region has been discovered
which is probably as rich in mineral wealth as
California, and will become another promised
land for the gold hunters. The evidence that
the Black Hills and Sne surrounding country
are filled with the precious metals does
not rest upon the assertions of land specula-
tors, who wish to encourage emigration, but
upon the official report of General Custer,


which we printed yesterday. The General
found no hostile Indians, but he
found gold in small but paying guam
titles in the water courses, and
indications that it exists in large
quantities in the hills. Iron, silver,
plumbago and gypsum were also dis
covered. There is likely, therefore, to be o
rush Of enterprising spirits to tlSe new gold
fields. and this is likely to result IN speedy