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Year: 1874

NEW HAVEN, November 13-The Re-
ceiver OF the Townsend Bank publishes q
report that the good assets amount to
over 6s per cent Of the liabilities, and
that they hope to realize a considerable
additional sum from the doubtful assets
which amount to over 100000.
Year: 1874

Three hundred men went aarift in East gag-
inaw Bay yesterday on calse OF leo. On which
they had built q tishing-village, and which was
driven away from tue shore by'a strong south
weBt wind. The choerless craft bore them ont
into the lake till change OF tho wind to
tho. west brought thom up to tho castorn
shore Of tho bay, whero 200 Of them
managed to escape at different pointa Two OF
tho mon wera drowned IN attempting to reach
land. About 100 arc still On tho leo, and tho
escape OF them all from tho porils Of the break
hoped for. Last night must have covered ono
of the aaddest scenes that ever called for human
sympathy and it ia to ba hoped that the light Of
this morning may briug rescue OF some kind to
most Of these unfortunate creatures.
Year: 1874

The editor of the Silt Stat, which
paper was printed in our town, was
in the habit of sticking his nose in
to other peoples business little
too much, and / made up my mind
if ever that editor should publish
anything about me, would show
him that / was q man able of de-
Tending my rights. Fortunately
for him, however, he did not seem
inclined to assail me through his


columns. / was congratulating
myself over being one of the few


who did not get free "puff'' at his
hands, when l was somewhat sur
prised one morning to find the fol-
lowing paragraph in the local col
umn of the ,Slt Stat:


ave are informed by good au-
thority that Mr.. Con c. Quence
called on q poor widow last week,


upon whose premises he held a
mortgage for S125, and he stated to


her that the payment was due the


next day. She informed him that


she knew it was, and that she had


tried hard to raise the money,-had


even suffered for want of food and


clothing,-but could not raise the
whole upon the exact hour, but be-
fore noon of the day after the
amount was due, she would be able
to pay all. Quence said he had
nothing to do with the day after,
and that he could not wait forever
for his money, so he foreclosed the
mortgage, the old wretch. He de-
serves coat of tar and feathers"


Reader, just think of the matter,
and imagine if you can, how q man
must feel under such circumstances.
l determined to whip that editor
before the sun set, and procuring q
horsewhip, l marched into his sane
tum unannounced. / found the in
dividual with his coat off and his
sleeves rolled up, writing an edito-
rial on the prospects of the crops.
/ was not long in making my
business known. He laid his pen
carefully away, unbuttoned his shirt
collar, and rose to his seat. He
took in my measure at q single
glance, and then burst out with
/ looked about the room,
saw the devil with mallet and
shooting stick in his hands, while q
double-barrel shot gun stood in one
corner. The editor was very much
composed as he said:


"My dear sir, we seldom make a
practice of allowing any one to be
whipped in this office, but if you
will be kind enough to step down
stairs, we will see that you leave,
after we get through with you, well
satisfied that you have mistaken
your man this time"


The editor quietly descended the
stairs, while followed. He
stepped to one side to allow me
plenty of room on the walk, and he
looked as if he was ready to swal-
low brigade of fighting men.
Just then / suddenly remembered
that / was out of to-
bacco, SO / entered the nearest gro
Gerry, and left by the back door. ]
havn't seen that editor since, and ]
have ceased to visit that portion of
the town in the vicinity of his
Office. 1 have given up all notion
of ever attempting to punish an
ol;to, U,box, ara NOT worth rAau-
Year: 1874

the accused was erected by the surrender OF the
documents, which Herr Munkel handed to tho
Court previous to the second arrest OF the
accused.


OBJECTION ovERRULED
when the reading OF the Indictment was con-
siuded the defence onered q protest against the
jurisdiction or the Court which was overruled.


LEGAL CAUTION.
The Public Prosecutor stated that the indict-
ment prepared BY the Foreign once declared that
the accused had his domicile IN Berlin. and con-
sidering the necessity OF secrecy and the import
anco OF obtaining documents, the publication OF
which might decide questions OF peace or war.
long process to prove domicile was mad visable.
The treatment OF the accused had been exception
ally mild.


The PRISONER HxAMNRD.
The prisoner was then examined. He declared
he was not guilty and adhered TO his previous
statements.


The counsel for the defence argued that the dis
eiptnary power OF the Foreign once over the
accused had lapsed because ne was placed on the
retired llat


THE RULES OF THE SERVICE.
The Court ordered the regulations Of the Dip
iomatto seYvics to DO read.


Witnesses were then examined who testified tt
was an AMBASSADORS duty to hand over the
archives Of the legation to his successor.
Year: 1874

LONDON, Dec. 8, 1874


The following despatch to the HERALD has
been received at this office from Professor
Davidson, the Chief Astronomer Of the Ameri-
can expedition to Nagasaki:-


NAoAsAxI, Dec. 8, 1874


During our observations of the transit of
Venus to-day the weather was unusually
cloudy and unpromising The time at which
it was calculated that the transit would
begin passed away without our being
enabled to record the exact moment of the
first contact with trustworthy results.
After about q quarter of an hour
and, before Venus reached the stage of her
second contact the observer at the equato-
rial caught glimpse of the sun and the
planet and was quite successful in taking
several


MAsuREMENTs OF THE PLANETS cusps,
during the interval between the first and
second contacts The time at which the lat
ter contact occurred was obtained with sue
cess and recorded. Shortly after the second
contact further measurements of the distance
between Venus and the SUMS western edge were
made with the micrometer. In all there were
taken $50 micrometric measurements Of the
line between the cusps. Besides these thirty
one micrometric observations were made Of the
passage Of both edges Of the sun across the
Year: 1874

There seems to be quite general misapprehension regarding the rate of in- terest in this State upon money due on contracts not in writing in which the rate of interest is not specified. It seems to be generally supposed that the rate 1n such cases is seven per cent. Such is not the case. The usual legal rate of interest in this State remains at six per cent. un- less higher rate, not exceeding seven per cent, is reserved by special written con- tract.

 We give below the sections of the Stat ute of 1872 fixing the usual legal rate of in terest at six per cent. but allowing a high CT interestto to be reserved by written con tract:

 Sec l. When there is no agreement for different rate of interest of money, the same shall be at the rate of six dollars upon one hundred dollars for one year, and at the same rate for greater or Jess sum, and for a longer or shorter time

 Sec. 2. It shall be lawful to contract to pay or reserve any discount for pay 14iCiO iCCCApO OA duS 1hIC Oi 1uecIcSO , provided, however that no greater rate of interest than six per centum per an- mum, shall be recovered in any action, except when the agreement to pay such greater rate of interest is in writing

 The statute of 1873 did not change the usual rate of interest from that fixed in 1872. It only limited the amount of in- terest that could be reserved on written contracts to seven per cent as will be seen by the following sections of that statute

 Sec. l, No person, Savings Bank, Banking Association, or incorporated in- stitution in this state upon any contract for the loan of money or goods, wares, merchandise, or any property whatever, shall take, directly or indirectly more than the value of seven dollars for the for bearance of one hundred dollars for one year, and at that rate for a greater or less sum, or for a longer or shorter time * * *

 Sec 1. All acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.

 It will be seen that the repeating sec tion of this act does not affect the first section of the statute of 1872. Conse- quently, although seven per cent may be resrved by written contract, the rate on verbal contracts, and on written contracts wherein the rate is not specified, remains at six per cent.
Year: 1874

Another coal combination has been made. Whether it is large enough to eoanteFzct the decline of last month the unfortunate consumer will soon know. Why Is the tariff retained on bituminous eSaals
Year: 1874

CHILD STRUCK BY lOCoMOTi E.--On
Saturday afternoon last little daughter of
William Gross who lives near thePhiladelphia,
Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad between
Edgewood and Magnolia, was playing upon
the track, when freight train came thunder
ing along, and before the engineer could stop
the locomotive struck the little thing, throw
ing 1t FROM the track with great force. Strange
to say, the child was not very badly hurt, and
was soon able to run about again.
Year: 1874

BEING PUr INTO GOOD CONDITION Tht
grounds of the Peninsular Agricultural and Pom
illogical Association. at Middetown, are beinl
put in good condition The lumber for the fence
and bmldiU5' IS on the ground and the track i
being laid out.
Year: 1874

The placid, benign and often spiritual
lied features of the recent dead consti-
tute grave protest against the imme-
diate reduction of the deceased body to
the dust and ashes to which the Almighty
fat has consigned it, The modern mind
il schooled into fervor of sentimental
Difference to structural tissues, though
thew may be sufficiently diseased or dis
ordered to have forfeited their life. There
is something that savors Of more
than superstition in the solemn hush
in the presence Of the dead, in the
super-deiicate handling of the corpse by
loving survivors under bonds Of kindred
and friendship. With these manifesto
tions Of affection no sympathetic spirit
would interfere. Our protest is not
against the tribute OF love by bereaved
and sorrowing friends, nor the manner
of its expression; but as the dead body
can remain an object Of loving earess
but very brief period at the most, our
protest is against all that in our modern
times and civilized communities, follows
the social leave taking of the dead.


The pith of the whole matter is this:
Cannot the dead body, by some ehemi-
cal process, be metamorphosed into
stone, and then reduced to powder, for
Year: 1874

Under the title of "An Atheists Flu
neral" the London Sun published an
account of the burial of Mr.. Austin
Holyoake, who died in full faith of mega
ton, and passed his last hours in draw.
ing up an assertion of his continued
disbelief in the existence of God. 1t is
an astonishingly calm and sturdy state
ment, and referring to his own terrible
sufferings and the tendency of most
sceptics to renounce their unbelief at the
approach of death, he says they who
under pain say they see the error Of their
previous belief had never thought out
the problem for themselves" Funeral
orations we're pronounced over his grave
by Messrs. Watts and Bradlaugh. Both
shrank instinctively from the assertion
of their own gloomy beliefs, and could
not, over the grave of their friend, give
utterance to their conviction that he was
nothing but dust. Even on his tsmb-
stone there was en- inscription under
which the most devoted Christian might
rest and before which his loving friends
might kneel in joyful trust; "In Memo
Ram. Gone before"
Year: 1874

EXIT Brooks. He folded his tent
like the Arab and silently stole away
between two suns. His staff of State
officials are also gradually crumbling.
The Attorney General, who sided with
him, has resigned and a successor Is in
office. And now comes Berry contest
ing before the Legislature the Auditor
ship of Wheeler who abandoned Baxter
for Brooks. Berry may be the man
who was really elected in 1872, but we
doubt that the Legislature will venture
on the ticklish task of reOpening their
official count. More likely the Offices of
Auditor Wheeler and other Brooksites
will be declared vacant and filed by
appointment. After getting rid OF her
surplus Of Governors, the next ques.
ton may be whether Arkansas has a
shred Of Supreme Court left.
Year: 1874

Election OF New hfsh0Ps-


NEW YORK, Nav l9.-The Council of
the Reformed Episcopal Church has voted
to hold the next annual Council in Christ's
Church, Chicago, MAJ ?, 1873. The ser
vice for the administration Of the Com
munion was reconsidered to-day, and de-
bate took place in regard 10 the words used
at the deliverance of elements. Bishop
Cheney reported from the committee a
unanimous recommendation that the rubric
and formula before delivering the
bread should be changed so as to
read athen shall the minister first re-
i've the communion bimselfand proceed 10
deliver the same to the Minister assisting,
and after that to the people, and before de-
livoring the bread he shall say TO all the
communicants then around the table 'EThe
body of our Lord Jesus Christ which was
given for Won, preserve your bodies and
souls unto everlasting life" and when he
delivereth the bread he shall say ''take
and eat this bread in remembrance Of that
Christ died for thee, and feed ON him in
thy heart by faith with thanksgiving" The
committee also recommended that the rl-
b-ic and formula before the delivering OF
the cup be so changed as to correspond
with the foregoing,


The report was unanimously adopted,
and Bishop Cheney offered a PRAYER of
thanksgiving for the harmonious result Of
the deliberations on this question.


A motion was offered that the Council
proceed to the election of another Bishop,
which caused some debate. An amend
ment to the motion was adopted, TO the
effect that the General Committee be EN-
powered to call meeting of the General
Council whenever, in their judgment, al
emergency calls for meeting of the whole
Church. That would cover The election of
Bishops or any other general business
which might occur.


Col. Aycrigg and Bishop Cummins were
chosen as delegates to the next COnvOcation
of the Free Church of England, and Rev.
Messrs. Windeyer and Morgan as alter
Year: 1874

A large number of relatives and sympa-
thizing friends joined in the last sad ser
vices over tue mortal remains Of this esti-
mable lady at the residence on Vine street
yesterday morning, and followed the sorrow
stricken cortege to the last resting place OF
all mortality-God's acre. Earth to earth
and dust to dust, but the spirit wings its
flight to other spheres of higher and hoiief
activity, where the weeping ones may re-
join it after little, little while.
Year: 1874

NEW YORK, May 19.-Dio Lewis made
a speech before the Methodist preachers
yesterday on human vice, closing with the
words, ''When this war against whisky is
over we shall 90 fOr tobacco
Year: 1874

The subject of newspaper postage and
the practical inconvenience Of the present
system, have lately been under discussion
with the Postal Committee of the House,
who have decided to report in favor of
radical change in the present mode Ofmail-
ing and stamping. As the matter stands at
present, newspaper postage can eitherb bel paid
at the office Of reception or delivery, and in
this way two systems are really at work,
which necessarily cOmplicates business and
causes a loss of both time and money. Under
the present system, if a paper is prepaid by
the publishers, a receipt is obtained, and
thereafter the papers will pass through the
mail without further trouble; but in case it
is not prepaid, then postage must be collect
ed at the office Of delivery, either quarterly
in advance, OF else at the regular rate as
each paper is delivered by the carrier.


IL is now proposed to abolish this plan
and charge entirely by weighs, at the rate
of two cant. . pound. Such an arrange
ment. il is said, will be no additional ex-
pense to newspaper publishers, while il
will secure to the government lis entire
revenue,


Outside OF the large cities, not more than
One-thiTd OF the newspaper postage IS ever
cOlleCieOt owing 10 the HldhuCi III WHICH,
country pOstmasters combine private busi-
ness with their duties to the Government.
Thus, country postmaster generally keeps
a small store, and if good customer is in
receipt of a newspaper, he will not often
press his claim for postage at the possible
risk of iniuri9g his other business. In this
manner, the Government suffers great loss
that cannot be well remedied. I'm
der the system proposed, the rate of
two cents per pound is so low that pub
fishers will not be taxed any more
than at present, and the trouble Of stamp
ing and preparing will b. obviated. The
bundle of papers, or in fact any printed
matter when delivered at the post office,
will be weighed, and the amount charged
against the paper, which Will be collected
quarterly as heretofore. The fact OF
paper then being in the mail will be the
best evidence tina. it is paid for, and it will
be delivered in any part OF the United
States without further charge or trouble
Or, if a newspaper does not wish to have
an account KEEP, a book Of stamps may be
retained, of which an amount equal to the
weiAht of the mail matter delivered can be
cancelled by the clerk receiving the bundles.
Year: 1874

But to answer this criticism In another direction, and
70 show the impossibity that could be mistaken. not
seeking to shelter myself under supposed misunder
standing but king all the burden Of yeracity between
Beecher Tton. and myself now proceed 20 give such
naions as sre NECESSARY of few OF the
lions IN which Beecher made confession Of adultery;


have before stated that the first confession
made on the night went for the retraction" Of Mrs
Jslton that there told him; Mr. Beecher you have
had criminal intercourse with Mrs Tlton and you have
done great injury 90 Tlton otherwise;" and say
ther in my published statement that he confessed and
denied not but confessed AS he did not deny this
charge 10 explicitly made by whatever differences
tainy could NOT mistaken mine at this time When
speaking Of the relations OF man and woman Grim
tpa intercourse has but one "legal literary mean
ing" even 10 q clergyman.


It. however, seems necessary that should 60 sti
further which do and say that on that evening he
confessed 10 me his relations with Mrs Tllton IN Ian
Ruage 20 vivid that could not possibly forget mis-
take H. He said my acts OF intercourse with that
woman were as natural and sincere expression OF my
love for her as the words OF endearmeut which ad
dressed 70 her There seemed be nothing In what
aid together that could not Justify 20 myself the
ground OF our love for each other and think God will
NOT blame me for my acts with her know that at
present Il would utterly impossible for justify
myself before nau" This is impressed upon my mind
because II was the first enuDciaon OF justification Of
the doctrines Of free love that had heard


Nat only ON the occasion OF handing back Mrs Ttons
"retractiun" aud when giving me the letter Of con-
triton of Jan l. ls5 did he PARTICIPANTS with regard TO
Year: 1874

Henry Ward Beecher draws the
following beautiful parallel:


"Ovcr the beauty Of the plum and
the apricot there grows a bloom and
beauty more exquisite than the
fruit itself; soft, delicate flush
that overspreads its blushing cheek.


Now if you strike your hand over
that, and it is once gone, it is gone
forever, for it never grows but once.
The flower that hangs in the morn
ing, impearled with dew-arrayed
with jewels-oncc shake it, SO that
the beads roll off, and you may
sprinkle water over it as you please,
yet it can never again be made
what it was when the dews fell
lightly upon it from heaven. On a
frosty morning you may see the
panes of glass covered with land
scapes, mountains, lakes and trees
blended into a beautiful fantastic
picture. Now lay your hand upon
the glass, and by the scratch of
your finger or the warmth Of your
hand all the delicate tracery will be
obliterated.


So there is in youth beauty
and purity of character which when
once touched and defiled can never
be restored. A fringe more delicate
than frostwork, and which when
torn and broken will never be re-
embroidered! A man who has
spotted and soiled his garments in
youth, though he'may seek to make
them white again, can never wholly
do it, even were he to wash them
with his tears.


When young man leaves his
fathers house with the blessing of
his mothers tears still wet upon
his forehead, if he once loses that
early purity of character, it is loss
that he can never make whole
again. Such is the consequence of
crime. Its effect can not be eradi- |
Gated. 1t can only be forgiven"
Year: 1874

closed ranks under the enemy's fire,
until the head of the column reached
the first line Of abatis, some one
hundred and fifty yards from the
cnemy's works. Then tie ak men
ran to the front to cut away the
heavy obstructions of defense, while
ono thousand men Of the enemy
with their artillery concentrated
from the rcdoubt, poured heavy
fire upon the head of the column,
hardly wider than the clerks desk.
The AK men went down under that
murderous fire; other strong hands
grasped the axes in their stead, and
the abatis was cut away. Again,
at double quick, the column goes
forward within fifty yards of the
Fort, to meet there another line of
abatis. The column halts. And
there very fire of hell is pouring
upon them. The abatis resists and
holds, the head of the column SEEM
ed literally to melt away under the
shot and shell, the nag Of the regi-
sments 60 down, but brave black
hand seizes the colors; they are up
again, and wave their starry light
over the storm of battle; again the
ak men fall, but strong hands and
willing hearts sieze the heavy shar-
pened trees and drag them away,
and the column forward, and with
shout that now rings in my ear, and
they went over that redoubt like a
flash, and the enemy never stopped
running for four miles. applause
on the floor and in the galleries.)


1t became my painful duty, sir, to
follow in the track Of that charging
column, and there, in space not
wider than the clerks desk, and
three hundred yards long, lay the
dead bodies Of five hundred and
forty-three Of my colored soldiers,
slain in defence OF their country, and
who had laid down their lives to up
hold its flag and its honor as will
ling sacrifice; and as l rode along
among them, guiding my horse this
way and that way lest he should
profane with his hoofs what seemed
to me the sacred dead, and as l
looked upon their bronzed faces up
turned in the shining sun to heaven
as if in mute appeal against the
wrongs that country for which they





had given their lives, and whose flag
had only been TO them flag of
stripes on which no stars of glory
had ever shone for then-feeling |
had wronged then in the past, and
believing what was the future of my
country to them-among my dead
comrades there | swore to myself
solemn oath, "May my right hand
forget its cunning, and my tongue
cleave to the roof Of my mouth, if l
ever fail to defend the rights ofthese
men who have given their blood for
me and my country this day and for
the I race forever and, God help
ing me, will keep my oath. (Great
applause on the floor and in the gal
leries.