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Year: 1879

The meeting at the thoater yester.


day afternoon was in every sense salts


factory and will have good results at


home and abroad. The building was
we'll filed with earnest, intelligent
men who have the welfare of Mem
phis at heart and went there for a
purpose. An organization was effect
ed which gives the people to under
stand that something is to be done.
The selection of Colonel w.
). Prestidge, as president of
the Memphis auxiliary sanitary
association we regard as particularly
fortunate. He has lived in New
Orleans for years, and is familiar with
the most improved ideas and methods
of sanitation. During the yellow fever
here last year he was an active member
Of the citizens relief committee, and
so quiet was his manner that he did
not receive half the credit that might
properly nave been bestowed. We
speak of him especially now as he is
comparatively a stranger among us.
The public may rest assured that he
will do his whole duty under any
and all circumstances, in a
thorough and business-like manner.
The e-presidents and other officers
and committeeman are all first-class
citizens, who will bring great expert
ence, fine intelligence and executive
abilities and sound Judgment to bear
in the work they have undertaken.
This movement gives confidence to
our people and assurance to the world
that we have made up the issue and
are determined to fight off the posi-
bility of future epidemics. Such an
organization can accomplish wonders
If properly sustained by united
people. The real work now be-
gins. Subcommittee, we presume,
will be appointed in all the wards,
and by means of that every part Of the
city will come under the suryeil-
lance of the central organization, and
the board Of health will become a
power to enforce cleanliness, decency
and health, The people of New Or
leans are entitled to the credit of
leading off in such movement, and
it works there admirably, We are
satisfied that the association here will
make the very best use of the means
available, and will accomplish great
good. Let every citizen come forward
now and do his part cheerfuIly and
promptly, Every man can put his own
premises in good order and keep them
so, and those who fail should, and
doubtless will, be promptly reported
to the authorities.
Year: 1879

The United States Court took recess
to-day, and it is understood the judge
will not be on the bench again until to-
morrow morning at 10 O'Clock. At
that hour it is expected that the attor-
neys interested will have agreed upon
all points at issue, when the Taxing
District case will be at once put in
shape for immediate transmission to
the Supreme Court at Washington
City.
Year: 1879

OPHELA.-According to our opinion Ophe- Ii0 has always been too slight and small creature to have much hold upon such spirit, and his perpetual gibes and f1outs at POIO7stus, especially on the subject of his daughter, would be cruel, had he not an idea that some plot or other in respect to his daughter was brewing in the old courtier's mind but when the deep est musings of his sadness are disturbed by the entrance of that last and cruelest spy upon him, Hamlet does not seem at first to cOntem- plate the possibility that OphetG, too, might be in the plot against him. Her evidently concerted appearance at that moment, cal culated chance to secure the Princes atten- tion, rouses him from thoughts so different that he perceives her with passing impa- tience And it is hard to believe that even OpheEiG is conscious of the full meaning of the snare which she is made to set. Something of simplicity, something of stupidity, is the de- yice-which is probably all her own, and un- suggested by the other conspirators-ot brlng- ing Hamalets love-tokens to restore to him at such moment and under such circumstances. Though she thinks he is mad of love for her self, and though she knows that her father and the Kiag are lying in watch to listen, she tempts her craZed lover, as she imagines, to betray his most secret feelings, by those soft reproaches, which at another place and time would have been so affecting-appeals to his tenderest recollections and pathetic protest against his abandonment of her. A woman | forsaken could not do more in a supreme ef- fort to reclaim the heart that has strayed from her. Her faltering reference to the ''words of so sweet breath composed as made the things more rich, the faint and plaintive lndigna- tion of her conclusion, ''rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind, would be exquis- itely touching did we not know of those spies behind the arras They are exquisitely touch ing, we believe, to the great part of the pub

 lie, who, hearted to the soft OphelG, for get that this whole meeting is plot, that she has centrived, in her simplicity, still more delicate refinement of the snare, by thus throw ing upon him the sudden shadow of the past. -BLgckacO0dS MGqdzine
Year: 1879

THE NEW THEORY OF METEoRITEs.-There is one planet of the solar system which has a special claim to consideration. On that plan ct it is true that 8 volcano would be required which was capable of giving an initial veloci- ty of at least six miles per second but every pro-

 jectile launched from that volcano into space would, after accomplishing an elliptic orbit round the sun, dash through the track of the earth, and again pass through the same point at every subsequent revolution. It is not here a case of one solitary projectile out of 5000 crossing the earth's track, but every one of the 50, GOO possesses the same property. The plan ct of which we are speaking is, of course, the earth itself If in ancient times there were colossal volcanoes on the surface of the earth which had sufficient explosive energy to drive missiles upward with velocity suthcent to carry them away from the earths surface, af- ter making allowance for the resistance of the the air, these missileswould then continue to move in orbits round the sun, crossing at each revolution the point of the earth's track from which they were originally discharged. It | this were the case, then, doubtless, there are ! myriads of these prOjectiles moving through l the solar system, the only common feature of ! their orbits being that they all intersect the l earth's track. It will of course, now and then happen that the earth and the projectile meet at the point of crossing, and then we have the phenomenon of the descent of meteorlte.

 This theory, that the meteorItes have origina- l ted in the earth, was, so far as l know, first put forward by Dr. Phipson. MT. J. Law renee Smbh, in letter received from him some months ago, inclines to the same view as at all events one of the probable sources. It is we'll to note here the great difference be- tween the lunar theory of meteorites and the terrestrial theory. For the lunar theory to be | true it would probably be necessary that the lunar volcanoes should still be active. In the terrestrial theory it is only necessary to SUD- pose that the volcanoes on the earth once pos sessed sufficient explosive energy. No one | supposes that the volcanoes on the earth at

 present eject the fragments which will consti-

 tute future meteorites, but it seems probable

 that the earth may be now slowly gathering

 back in these quiet times the fragments she

 ejected in an early stage of her history. As

 suming therefore, that the meteorites have

 had quasi-volcanic origin on some considera

 ble celetial body, I am led toagree with those

 who believe that most probably that body is

 the earth.-Ro5ert s. BGU-NGtotre..
Year: 1879

Any subscriber wishing his paper stepped with the expiration of his subscription, should notify us at the time of subscribing, before the term paid for ex- pires Any subscriber in desiring to stop his paper must pay up arrears.
Year: 1879

The two great trunk railroad lines go>
ing eastward from BuHalo-the Erie
railroad and the New York Central
earn between them, at q rough estimate,
nine hundred thousand dollars week. or
one hundred and tventy>nine thousand
dollars day. For several days already,
owing TO the late snow storm and the
one that preceded it, through traffic has
been entirely blocked both on the trunk
lines and on the local lines that center at
Buffalo and neighboriDg cities. 1t
would, of course, be an exaggeration to
speak of the foregoing amount of trffic
as lost Only a fraction OF it has been
a RAJ loss. and only psrt OF that frac-
ton falls upon the railroads. But count
ing up consequential damages the ex-
penses of delayed passengers, the delay
to the business Of individuals, the cost
of storage, the outlay for clearing trs cks
and the injuries to rolling stock and we
shall find that the individual aud cor
porate damages caused by the great
snow storm amounts TO an immense total
The citizens of this part OF the country
who are disposed to congratulate them
selves on their freedom IRON the grca'
visitation OF snow will be wiser il they
mix grateful reflections with the thou gh
that the ties OF trade have also mad,
many of us common sufferers 10 the af
Fiction OF our peighbors in the western
part OF the state.
Year: 1879

That the buoys which mark channels
and wrecks are sometimes destroyed or
displaced by vessels running along the
coast on dark nights is well known
After two trials Of lighted buoys, there
fore, the Trinity Board have resolved up.
on sending buoy, of which the lantern
can be kept continuously burning, to a
station of Dundee. The first OF these
trials took place in August last at the
Trinity wharf, when the light lasted un-
interruptedly for twenty-eight days.
Water was pumped upon 1t by steam
engine, to see what would be the effect
of the shock and drenching. and no harm
was done. The buoy was then sent down
to the More, and there burned steadily
for twenty-four days. The same buoy
has now lett London for its appointed
place near Dundee. PROVISION has been
made for keeping 1t alight without any
interference lor thirty. four days. II is a
buoy OF most awkward construction but
this does not lessen its usefulness, aud
Others are being more skillfully made to
receive the same illuminating apparatus.
This Is modification of what Is known
a. Pintsch's compressed gas system,
which was first brought out in Germany.
1t is proposed 10 make the buoy itself
the recipient for containing the COM
pressed gas, with its regulator which is
one of the most important points OF the
invention, and the lantern at the top OF
short conducting tube. buoy OF or
dinary see will burn about thres months
night and day with only one filing, and
the light is visible at distance Of about
four miles. There is, however, in exis.
tenee an electric lighting apparatus
which might be employed, 20 that the
light might be extinguished at sunrise
AMI restored at night, giving, Of course,
q longer duration to the working OF the
buoy. 1t will be interesting to see the
result of this experiment, as the success
Of the scheme wonld be boon to navi.
cation.
Year: 1879

The postoffice department has ordered
a new postage stamp to be used on let
ters not prepaid. Heretofore a letter
being posted and wanting stamp has
been held in the Office at which it was
mailed. The postmaster at this Office
then writes to the individual addressed
saying that such letter has been held
in that offics for him, the postage not
having been prepaid. The new stamp
which has Just been ordered under the
new regulation is put on the letter not
prepaid and cent TO the postmaster at the
Office Of its destination, who is charged
with the amount due, and to collect the
same from the person addressed on the
delivery of the letter. A new stamp has
also been ordered to be put on the letter
after it passes into the hands of the car
rier, who theu becomes responsible
for the collection of the postage.
This new stamp is intended as a
check upon the carrier, who Is there.
by prevented from pocketing the col
lections. The naw system acts some.
what similar to tho bell-punch Of the
street car conductor.
Year: 1879

AFTER the schooner Rosina had struck
upon Hslibut Point, Mass, during the
great gale of last week, the crew left the
vessel for a time, and on their return
found she had slid off, and, all sail being
set, was scudding away before the wind,
with only large dog on board. The
men hired tug, and tried to overhaul
the fugitive, but she soon distanced
them, and sailed away.
Year: 1879

called for his son, lad Of some l6
summers, to assist him, and made
the remark: "Joe, feel for his
heart" and shortly after the remark
was made, Burrow received a wound
in his left side just below the fifth
rib, supposded to have been made
by knife. Burrow managed to get
back to his house and DR.. Walters
was Immediately sent for who sue
ceeded in dressing his wound. Had
docks three sons are undor arrest
and are now undergoing preliminary
examination before Squire Wood al
this place. The father Of the boys
is still at large.
Year: 1879

the parties: Nick ROdrigue IS
James Weaver, Wyatt WOOley,
Jep Smith, aud Isaiah Smith. The
morning after their escape when
Mr.. Magee went to the Jail to sup
ply their wants he found every
thing apparently in order until he
attempted to unlock the prison
door, when he found that it was
harder to unlock than usual. AT
ter he unlocked the Jail and enter,
ed he found that the birds had
flown to more congenial climea
1t is evident that some one from
the outside having key to it the
lock assisted in their escape, as the
Jail was found to be locked the
next morning and the bolt being
turned only one time. There was
no other place where they could
have escaped except at the door.
Year: 1879

Singular, but a married man in a
street car can see the look of pref
ty anxiety come over a pretty girls
face clear at the other end of the
car the moment she begins to FUN
BILE for her portemonnaie, and he
darts forward to take her fare long
before she is ready, but he can't
sec his wife down on her knees
crawling around in the straw, feel
ing for the nickel she has dropped,
until the driver wraps the lines
around the brake and comes in to
help her.
Year: 1879

A good story comes from Wood.
stock, Me. A grocer there owns a
cow with horns of inferior length.
Last week some mischievous boys
obtained from the tannery a pair
of cast-Otf thOrns, which with a bit
of cement they nicely fitted over
the horns of the COW and left her
to go home at milking time, which
she did. Her owner not only fail.
ed to recognize her, but actually.
used force to expel her from the
premises. The village was search
ed in vain for the missing animal
aud an advertisement was inserted
in the local paper. Day after day
the stray COW was turned away,
until at last, she refusing to obey
the verbal order, tho victim of an
innocent joke seized her by the horn
which came of, and the intruder
recognized his own property, for
the loss of which he had so sadly
Year: 1879

The recent murders in Ohio were
of such a shockiugly atrOciOus
charter that the cultivated East is
beginning to inquire what kind of
people live in that State, any way.
The Cincinnati Gazette confesses
that the last triple murder was the
monumental crime of the period.
The Gazette has not been able to
find it's parallel south of the Ohio.
Ohio is the State for crimes com
mitted against women.
Year: 1879

GOOD NOMINATIONS IN oNoNDAGA COUNTY AND A


PROSPECT OF LARGE GAINS THERE-A wIGwAM


AT owEGo-woRK IN THE soUTHERN TIER


MINOR GOSSIP


A letter from Syracuse states that the Re-
publicans in Onondaga County are relying
upon an active house-to-house canvass, that
they have made good nominations and
that they expect large gains. Word comes
from Ithaca that in Tioga County a
Republican wigwam has been dedicated to
campaign uses, and that the party is united
there in support of the whole State ticket.
The same unity prevails in neighboring cOun-
ties. A demonstration is to be made III New
York City in honor of John Kelly when that
gentleman returns from his campaign in the
State.
Year: 1879

PUBLIC SENTIMENT IN SOUTH CAROLINA IN Favor


OF PUNISuING THE TWO MEN WHO SHOT HIM.


lnY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.I


WASHINGTON, Oct. l7.-Prvate letters from Wal
halla South Carolina, speak of the two men who
Shot Brice, white Republican leader, few
weeks ago. They say that the men are
in a fair way to receive speedy trial and
punishment 10y tho local authorities unless
the political features of their crime forced into
prominence. The writers are leading Republicans.
They say their own safety depends a large extent
upon the conviction IF these men. and they there
fore ask that their friends make no report of any
thing they hear m connection with the trial. The
Criminals have few friends and the sentiment Of the
community is against them.
Year: 1879

"THE EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY"


The RepUblicdn Of this city employs


its time and space very unprotitably in its


attempts to traduce Senator 3ayard. 1t


has been at this work since the Senator


came out Of his ''teens;n but in view Of |
the splendid reception given to the man
OF fifty on Tuesday evening the efforts
Of The Republican seems not to have
had much impression upon the people of
this city where Senator Bayard is known,
and was then honoled as no predecessor
of either party had been, while as if
jealous and fearful that the Democrats
would monopolze the affair, the
that the very best and purest Of the
Republicans own party profiered their
aid and their personal participation in
doing him honor. Why then should the
GAZETTE waste words upon that paper
whose object seems only to be to mislead
It's readers and blacken the character of
our distinguished citizen within the very
circumscribed limits of its local readers ?
We commend to that papers attention
the very handsome reference made u
the Senator and his speech by an abe
Republican paper-the Tetegrdph-yes-
terday, an extract from which we copy
below. 1t will show that Senator Bayard
and his words are more highly appreci-
ated by the Philadelphia papers than b.
the Office boys about the Republican
shanty. The equality of opportunity
has been enjoyed by the Republican with
out being subjected to the oppression O
great government in the hands of


most vindictive party with subsidize
p ess for twenty years at least, and ye
the Republican is grovelling in th
malaria of its own political filth an
vainly endeavors to stigmatize the Sens
tor who has lived through it all but t
draw honor and fame upon his ow
State and make every citizen feel IL
more pride in little Delaware because
this addition to the noble men who max
her history illustrious. But why coul
not the Republican as well had Il
credit of writing the extract annexed
1t enjoyed the same opportunity. TT
only just answer is we presume to
found in its greater love for malice an
detrscton. The Telegraph says


THE EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Senator Bayard, in his admirable, no
PARTISAN speech of Tuesday night, il


vented phrase which SO happily e,
presses the great principle of America
citizenship, that it should be writ
above every school house door in Il
land. The entire sentence of which I'll


phrase forms part is so true as to be


reproduction here. "This summer
SAID the Senator, 81 have been lookii


across tho Atlantic, thinking of Il


country l could not see contrastil


what did see of the daily lives Of IN,


and women in other lands with that


my own, and when SO often hea


Labor with groan and not voice. a


realized the abuses and injustice of cl,


privileges, whereby the incidious bar
Year: 1879

lFupilsneu Dy Request.


WILMINGTON, March 8, 1S79.-To
James W. Ware, Esq Dear Sir If
know the feeling of the people at our
place, that while they are willing for the
Council to fund the floating debt of the
city, they do want incorporated in the act
something to stop this thing of running
up floating debt every few years. The
present law is too hard to enforce and it
has become blank. There ought to be
SO ,nething added to the present law,
making 1t misdemeanor punishable by
fine or imprisonment, or both, with "A
forfeiture Of his seat, for any member TO
vote TO create debt, but what has been
made provision for by taxes or rents Of
the year then current. hope you will
give this fair consideration, for the peo-
pie are looking to you to protect hem
against the future misconduct of the
City Council. This is not a party meas
ure, but one for the benefit of the tax
payers, and l have been told that the
Council has had enacted in this law to
borrow money, clause to prevent the
citizens from making any alterations in
said charter without their consent. /
cannot think they were such ounces as
this, but if SO, have it stricken out, as a
waste of words.


One word or two about the Court.
house. shall now speak for myself, land
l think that great many agree will
me that we are not in want of these new
county buildings at this time. We of the
city will have 100000 to shoulder to
b gin with, and the county is in debt
G1DD mn and ho1f g
have 10 pay in the city. This new pro-
ject will add S2CO,OO more to the county,
and the halt of this will fall to our lot
to take care of. l sincerely hope you
will act wisely on these important mat
ters that are going to take such a large
outlay of money. There is no one who
wants these new county buildings at
Wilmington but the lawyers and a few
more interested persons. The masses Of
the people care nothing about it in q
measure. l have no doubt that there are
great many signers to petitions to build
the Courthouse at Wilmington, but 1t is
only to prevent 1t from being built at
New Castle; and If the people over there
and the Levy Court had said nothing
about it the citizens of Wilmington would
never have said a word ON the subject
this session Of the Legislature. This is
not what we want. 1t is that the county
should be divided, and we know this
can't be done now, and don't let us put
any obstacle in the way of the division.
II that was done we would have better
and fuller representation than we have
now. These are my views on these i'm
porlant subjects. Yours truly,


ALBERT THATCHER.


March 5, 1879.
Year: 1879

Question. Explain what you mean by
political purposes.


A. Such as employing men as stump
speakers, travelling around the country
and paying expenses of political clubs.


This witness who was then employed
is compelled SO to swear, as you will find
by examining the evidence. One would
suppose they were investigating COM
mission formed for political purposes,
who were spending raised by voluntary
subscription or in some other way. The
witnesses says all this came ou. of the
kuklux fund, as he understands.


l submit We ought not to vote a def
cheney when we look at what was done
in the past under this law, by some one.
who was to blame, without scrutinizing
the past appropriation aud seeing that
at least it was use for the real purposes
Tor which it was intended.