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Year: 1874

was universally circulated to the
effect that the Southern cavalry had
achieved a complete victory over
General Sheridan's forces, thereby
insuring general Lees retreat. l
busted myself to find the source of
this report, and traced it, as l then
thought, to a tri1ing fellow who
was a creature of a member of Mr..
Davis's cabinet. Indignant at the
atrocious spirit that would deceive
the people at such time with false
hopes, [ naturally concluded that
all previous reports of a similar
character had been put in circula>
alton simply to encourage the down
hearted. Now, l am quite unwill-
ing to believe that the Confederate
authorities could have been so wick
ed and so silly as to originate and
set going q deliberate lie for any
purpose whatever; but it is certain
that such lies were circulated by
somebody, and, as I believe, for
the foolish purpose above indicated.


An incident of a wholly different
nature still seems to me curious.
Seated one night with a friend on
the steps of a row of Offices on Bank
street, facing the CAPITOL Square,
suddenly there came, without a note
of warning and apparently not more
than thirty or forty feet overhead,
the peculiar rushing Kissing sound
of a she'll in rapid motion. Pro


foundly startled, my friend and my
self sprang to our feet, expecting
momently to hear the she'll explode
in the War Department on Nintl
street, at which it seemed evidently
to have been aimed. The sentry
at the post-office (Goddin's Build


ing cried out in alarm; the captain
of the guard at the Capital raj
headlong down the hill to enquire
into the matter, and a soldier VIII
had been asleep on the grass in th'
square bounced up in a state of ex


treme agitation. There was n,
explosion. There had been n,
sound of a gun previous to the nois,
of the shell. The nearest Fedora
batteries were so far away tha
their shot and shell had rarely
ever reached Church Hill, and Banl
street was a mile farther off. Th


Confederate guns, though neare
than the Federal, could hardly hav


shot so far. Supposing them t.


have had the range of the famou:
"Swamp Angel" before Charleston
what earthly motive could the gun
ners have had for firing this solitar,
she'll into their own city? Coul


it have been an accident Then


shell must certainly have been fired
But it is not certain that she
was fred. Not only no explosio


took place, but no house was struch
; and diligent inquiry in the uppe
part of the city failed to elecit an


information whatever about tn
shell. It could hardly have falle


in the most densely peopled streets
and in the midst of private dwell
; ings, without attracting particl
of attention. Alter all, was it


she'll ? No one saw it: the fus
was not burning. Could it hav
passed entirely over the city? In
possible, in my opinion. What wa
it? The mystery was never solved
} From Linpincott's Magazine.


r. D. 3.
Year: 1874

Here is an Irish gentleman's let>
ter to his son in college;


My Dear son-I write to send
you two pair of my old breeches,
that you may have pew coat made
out of them; also some new socks
which your mother has just knit by
cutting down some of mine. Your
mother sends you two pounds with
out my knowledge, and for fear you
may not use it wisely l have kept
back half and only send you one.
Your mother and | are well, except
that your sister has got the measles,
which we think would have spread
among the other girls if Tom had
not had it before, and ne is the only
one left. l hape you will do honor
to my teaching, if not you are an
ass, and your mother and myself
your affectionate parents.
Year: 1874

the state House.


NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 6, 1874
During the night the ofices OF Attorney General
Field In the st. Louis HOTEL now used as the State
House, were broken open. All the records therein
were piled in heap in the centre OF the main ofce.
together with part OF the furniture and were satu
rated with coal oil and set on fire. Fortunately
the names went out, and only one or two OF the
fllegible by the oil. The incendiaries appear to
have been frightened or before completing their
Year: 1874

ALL efforts to get up celebration
in Mineral Point have failed, and
patriotic people must go elsewhere
to honor the anniversary of their
country's birth. Now that it is too
late to affect anything we hear a
great deal of talk about what people
would give rather than not have a
celebration. Talk is cheap.
Year: 1874

MlFFLIN Wo0LEN MILLS.-The
advertisement of this, one of the
most deserving institutions among
us, will be found in this issue. If
the farmers and Grangers of the
county mean anything practical here
is chance to show it. "Home first,
the world afterwards" The uni
versal testimony of those who have
their wool worked up at these mills
is that it pays, and for the best of
reasons they work up for themselves
and customers only pure wool, no
cotton, no sho ldy.
Year: 1874

Tho Senate Currency bill has been further
amended in tho Banking md Currency Commit
too Of the House BY allowing tho redemption Of
logal-tendars In any class OF outstanding
d, ~, or por cent United statos, bonds.
in it's present shape, tho bill Is vast
Improvement on tho 1nuti1atod measure sent
down from tho Senate. President Grant did
not ask anything moro radical and tho country
Eill DO satisfied with something less favorable
Tor Eastorn bankers.
Year: 1874

Gen. Butlcr is said to be dangerously III. Bo-
novolont men Of all parties will join in hoping
that ha may recover nnd retire from active
political ltfo to mediate upon his past career.
His worst enemy would not wish such q man to
bo taken of Without opportunity for repentance;
he might do nothing but repent for several years.
ard then mako uso OF his time.
Year: 1874

Prof. swing, finding tho theological war Which
has centerod upon him intolcrablo, has decided
to withdraw from the Presbyterian Church as
tho shortest WY to end tho dispute in tho forth
coming session Of the Synod. Wo trust TINT
this decision Ia not irrevocable, but it eeoms to
be maao 40 by tho tenor Of tho two dispatches
from him which wo publish elsewhere.
Year: 1874

This terrible disease is more prevalent
at the present time, perhaps, than ever be-
lore. We call it "terrible" because il is
always fatal to animals afflicted with it,
and also to men who become poisoned by
contact OF its virus with a cut, sore, or
bIulse, and the death following is most
painful one.
why Is 1t now so prevalent? Doubt.
lesS' IN some degree. as a sequence to the
eplzootlc OF The last two years. The
horses were left in condition rendering
them more susceptible to contagious dis
eases, and more liable to suffer from un-
favorable circumstances. We know that
men, IN certain condition of their sys-
tens, Will take malarious or infectious
diseases, when at other times they can be
exposed without harm. SO we believe
that bad ventilation of stables, improper
lood, or too little of it, Overworking, want
OF care generally, will render a horse
liable to glanders or farcy at the present
time, when before the epizootic he would
have been exempt.


And what is the condition of many OF
the stables in this State? Is there such
an atmosphere within them as any animal
ought to breathe !? Is it not, in many. in
stances, almost suffocating to men who
enter themP What would induce the
owners OF most horses to sleep one night
In the average stall, even if they had
hair mattrass under them Would not
the ammonia from the stall, seriously a.
iect the eyes and ears of the sleeper? And
yet we keep our horses there, day after
day and night after night.


Why should the bedding, soaked and
filthy as it often is, be placed under the
CRIB IN the morning, compelling the horse
to breath its effluyia all davp flow many
stalls are used month after month, with
out being washed out or purified with any
dlslntectant? Is it strange that horses sui-
Ter from "plnk-eye, and cough, and CLAN
ders?"


1t is question which some people ask,
II the epizootic of 1872 was not sent to
make us appreciate the value of horses,
aud the later forms of il to warn us to take
better care of them.


We do not propose to attempt to de-
scribe CHAMBERS or farcy, but only recon-
mend owners who have any suspicion of
these diseases, TO apply TO good vet
Urinary. If the horse is affected with
either of them. he will order the animal
killed, and the stall where he has stood
to be thoroughly purified by carbolic acid
and whitewash, and the harness and eyry-
thing that has been worn by or used about
the horse, to be thoroughly cleansed.


AS the disease is both contagious and
infectious, if the virus from a glandered
horse comes in contact with a cut, sore,
or bleeding surface on another horse, or
if horse is confined in the same stable
with one having the glanders, the disease
Is liable to be communicated s5 ta


We repeat, that the disease is danger
Gus one, and every means should be taken
by every body to prevent its spread. by
treating, feeding. and using their horses
correctly, by keeping their stables clean
y and with good ventilation, and by i'm
mediately killing horses having the dis
ease.-Our Dumb A1imals.
Year: 1874

The Courier-JOurnal prints an ex-
haustive article on the attempt to shut
up the whisky-shops and drinking sa-
looms by the power of prayer and
psalm-singing. We quote the closing
paragraph, in which the points of the
case are summed up and disposed of;


6 In so far as this movement is an
expression of adherence against the
vice Of hard drinking it is commend
able. If it shall arouse and sustain a
deeper disgust Of intemperanee in the
public mind a great good will be ae-
complished. But in demanding tee
totalism it overleaps its mark, and is
therefore certain to fail. Moreover, il
has thus far developed none of the
characteristics of serious and we'll
considered plan of reform; it is sim
ply spasmodic outburst Of excited
feeling mainly of a religious nature,
and therefore will pass away as soon
as the inevitable reaction sets in. Aud
again it is accompanied by certain ex-
travagances of method, which, though
they may at first attract our attention
by their novelty, will, in little while,
shock and disgust all cool headed peo-
pie by their irreyerent incongruity.
And finally, as the movement cannot
possibly do any special good which may
no. be better done BY more appropri-
ate means, and as many Of its features
are intrinsically Objectionable, and are
likly to cast prejudice upon the cause
of temperance reform, we are forced
to the conclusion that the results of
the agitation will be more harmful
than saiutary, and that it therefore
ought to cease, or rather that it ought
not to take form by which religion Is
dragged in the dirt, common sense viO-
lated, and the cause of temperance
made ridiculous and unpopular"
Year: 1874

On Saturday, Sd inst, a girl named
Elizabeth Moore, daughter of Albert
Moore, living in the north -eastcorner of
Clebourn county, was returning home
from a neighbor's house whittier she
had been sent on an errand, when she
felt something heavy strike upon her
shoulder and the next instant she was
borne to the ground. She says that
her first impression was that she had
been seized by a panther or some other
wild beast, but soon felt the talons of
what proved to be an eagle. clutehing
her sides and arms, lacerating the
flesh in a fearful manner; and, with
its beak peeking her on the head she
was dragged some distance on the
ground. Pretty soon, the eagle having
secured his prize, with talOns and bill
firmly fixed, raised her from the
ground and sailed along at frem three
to four feet above the earth for some
distance. Occasionally she was drop
ped on the ground, but the eagle
would as often raise her again, making
new serious wounds with his claws In
her body and his beak in her head,
till at last he reached the height of
ten feet from the ground attempted to
light on the limb Of red oak tree on
the roadside, when his hold again
gave way and the girl fell to earth
seriously stunned and hurt. She was
unconscious for time, then clambered
over the fence near by into her fathers
orchard and began making the best of
her way to the house, near which she
was met her mother, who had been at
tracted by her screams and was hasten
ing to her relief. The most remarka-
BILE part of the matter is that the girl
did not see the eagle at ali. A shawl
which had been securely fastened over
her head and which projected over her
face, hid her rude antagonist from her
view. The track along which she was
dragged, however, was plainly visible
in the road. The girl, Elizabeth, is
fourteen years of age, and weighs be-
tween so and 90 pounds. Her father
is a very reliable and worthy man. He
is a son-in-law of Mr.. Hatfield, in the
same section of country, and lives
about five miles from Teeumseh Iron
Works. The child was not seriously
hurt and is doing we'll The eagle has
been twice seen since by the hunters,
who arc making every effort to kill or
capture him.-JacEsORUilIe [ (Ata.) } Re
publican. ,.-....... .. .-....
Year: 1874

tice, and for the future thorough sys-


tenn of education for your children


Too much importance can not be at


taehed to the establishment of good
scientific schools throughout the coun-


try. It should be the constant theme


of every farmer. Let your children


be trained to habits of studying, habits


of industry, and habits of strict NOR
ality; have them become reading,
thinking, scientific farmers. Show 20
the world that you are not only the


bone and sinew of the land, but the
brain also. Let the sweet SAVIOR of
justice, moderation and wisdom arise
from your receding footprints, and be
your constant beacon in the future
Then consecrate yourselves anew to the
holy work, until the clouds of igno-
rance are dispersed and errors chains
are broken by the power of wisdom
and right, and justice once more en-
robed in spotless white wields your
mighty helm OF State. The order of
the Patrons of Husbandry peculiarly
adapts itself to these ends, thereby ell
evating the tiller of the soil to that
position God designed he should oc-
cupy. By the exercise of proper de-
gree of wisdom and moderation moth
ing outside of the order can stay its
onward march Nothing but bicker-
ing, indiscretion, strife, or infdelity
within can mar its peace and prosper
ity, or prevent its proud, corrupt and
avaricious enemies from feeling the
force of retributive justice.


United as you are upon the broad,
imperishable principle that the welfare
of the whole people is the first great
law, and cemented as sisters and bro
theirs in the strong bonds of fidelity,
truth and love, you need have no fears
in unfurling to the breeze your bright
banner of liberty and justice. That
glorious ensign already salutes the
heavenly breeze in nearly every State
in the Union, from the bright waters
of the Lake ST. John to the Gulf of
Mexico, indelibly written upon its
broad folds, "salus popuE suprema est
ler." Having God and justice on your
side, linger in patience upon the battle
ments of your sacred temple, guarding
its portals NTH jealous care; onward
and upward being your constant watch
words; ere long peaceful victory will
crown your labors, and freedom from
your arrogant, plundering oppressors,
like the genial rays of the rising sun,
viii FIRE your hearts with a holy joy,
absolutely incapable of utteranee.
Year: 1874

THE fountain of perpetual youth, it
is thought, has at last been discover
ed. BY buttermilk are We all to live
everIastingly. At least a member Of
the French Academy read a paper be-
fore that great aud learned body the
other day, asserting that this product
of the churn contains an acid which
destroys the incrustations that form on
the arteries, cartilages and valves OF
the heart, and that n constant use eft
would prolong life far beyond the al
iotted three score and ten years.
Year: 1874

The terrestrial globe on which We
live, flying through space with the in
credible velocity of sixty thousand
miles per hour, under the influence OF
laws divinely philosophic, with its
mighty heaps of granite and limestone,
Year: 1874

EF There is a notable popularity in
the issue OF post office money orders in
France The telegraph wire is invaria
bly, used by the issuing Office, so that,
long before the order can be presented,
the announcement Of the liability has
been received Thus the nuisance Of be-
ing refused payment because the dupli.
cate or "advice" has not been received,
which causes delay until the next post
comes in, is entirely prevented At some
of the French post offices you may pay q
sum Of money to the credit OF some per
son in another place, and may telegraph
the fact to him, whercupon he can draw
the money without having to wait for the
transmission Of the order through the
post in the ordinary way.
Year: 1874

Ty- We like to see the boys enjoy
themselves. but must declare that it is by
no means pleasurable to awake in the
morning, and find your door barricaded,
or some doctors sign hung an the front
ofyour porch This, boys, is too bad,
and you ought to be ashamed of it. Fun
is fun, and we do not blame you for hav-
inc all you can, but it is not funny to
the owners of property which you by
such actions mutilatc and deface. Don
do it any more.
Year: 1874

ExrW orkmen are doing all they can
to improve the distressingly mundy con-
dition Of the lower part Of st. Mary S
street. The difficulties that so thckly
beset the way of the walkist or rdist,
are disappearing Large rock are being
thrown on the bed of the street, which
when crushed will form splendid road,
and will confer a great benefit upon the
persons who reside or have business in
that locality. ....
Year: 1874

There are many curious facts about
vegetable life. We can. for example,
graft the apricot on the plum, and the
peach on the apricot, and the almond
on the peach, and thus we NAV pro-
duce a tree with plum roots and a.
mond leaves The wood. however,
of the stem will consist of four distinct
varieties, though formed from one
continuous LAYER Below the almond
wood and bark we shall have perfect
peach wood and bark. In this curl
Gus instance we see the intimate cor
respondenee between the bark and
the leaf, for IT, we shall remove the al
mond branches We might cause
the several sorts of wood TO develop
buds and leafy twigs each fits own
kind Each section of the compound
stem has its seat of fife in the cambi-
um of each reproduced cells of its
own species out of a common nutri-
tient fluid-MdSs PloughmGH.
Year: 1874

y young man who wished to mar
~ q young lady Of Toledo, Ohio.
about last Christmas, was obliged, in
order to get the necessary papers. to
sware that the lady was of lawful
age and, although it was a false
hood, he swore it before the deputy
in the probate Office. the deputy be-
ing a woman. The new made
mOther-in-law was not pleased with
the match, and vented her indigna-
ton by having the young man arres-
ted for perjury. The trial has just
ended, and although the defendants
counsel argued that a woman being
incompetent to administer an oath no
perjury was committed, the court
overruled the point, and the prisoner
was convicted. The case will be car-
ried before the Supreme Court on en-
error of the judges ruling, and the
main issue then will be the eligibility
of a woman to the Office of deputy
probate jugge. The case is q highly
interesting one in that locality, as
deciding the validity Of many acts
done in an official capacity by the
deputy in question.
Year: 1874

An experienced engineer suggests in the y. \.
Herald, that the general use Of white pine in our
buildings is one of the causes OF our extensive
confagrations. He says that even in New ork
the doors, window castings, sashes and inside
work are pine This is more or less saturated
with oil and covered with pant. so that during a
dry season, like the present 10 Chicago, which ia
the largest pine lumber market 10 the world,
and where halt the buildings are OF pine, II Is a
wonder how fire once under good headway can
be stopped. lie thinks that hard woods should
be used aud pine rejected as much as possible, as
in Europe, and that the insurance companies
should charge for extra risk where pine is the
principal wood in a building. when we pur
When wo want security against fire should moi
we reject pine"
Year: 1874




M Ed,i0r In your issue OF the 10th instant
We notice the endorsement by democrat" Of the
article of "kent" in nominating James Wilians
as 4 suitable candidate for Governor Not mere
iy as a citizen of Kent county but as Delaware
an do we feel proud to re-endorse the nomination
and rejoice TO local Jealousy so deeply buried
by your correspondent in the noble desire OF
maintaining the honesty and dignity Of our Stale
government. When office seeker. are numerous,
when bold ignorance stands forth with ready
hand to receive the fees OF corruption, that ambi-
tion and avarice may be gratified in fact, when
demagoguelsm is the great and lamentable bane
of our whole country, Is Ii not well to closely
scrutinize the characteristic traits of those no
shall be cur standard bearers during the ap-
preaching campaign In so doing, If we find in
tegritJ combined VITA tirpness, wisdom with a
high sense of honor, freedom from all ostenta-
ton, either In loud profession or general demean-
or, united In one man, let US choose that man.
We are not believer In individuals haviEg any
claims upon the party and we would be slow ~
urge the support OF any one under that pretence
How well the gentleman named has served his
state let the records of the State show. OF his
courtesy, frmness and sound discretion wh,le
Speaker of the Senate, let his associates In The
Senate speak, and we will stand by their verdict
He has no claims; Kent county has no claims
but we believe she will confidently present his
name as her choice in the State Convention, ant
that the whole State will claim bis services as hel
| own. New Castle Justly prdes herself on he
Bay ard Delaware boasts him as her son, while he
sister States emulate her In his praises. Let tn,
whole country claim his services, and with honor
virtue and talent in our rulers may we not hop
| TO soon reap the blessings of good government
DHLAwABEAN.
Year: 1874

A negro who lived near Madison, Fla, went
with his son to watch for bear that had been
eating his corn. He told his son to fire on
whatever passed o certain point, and the con-
sequence was the boy killed his fahter,
Year: 1874

WAsHINGJ0G, Aug. 4-Ni2ht-Re-
ports having been circulated t. the
effect that Attorney General Williams
would tender his resignation On ac-
count OF the refusal Of Congress to
enact certain laws recommended by
him in regard to the reduction OF the
expenses of the United States Mar
shals il some OF the Southern Judi
cial Districts, and for other causes.-
It can be stated on the authority of
the Attorney General himself that
nothing has passed between him and
President Grant upon the subject
The Attorney General did recommend
certain legislation at the last session
of Congress which would have reduced
the expenses OF many judicial dictIicts
of the South, but as Congress did not
deem it expedieut 10 enact such Il law
the Attorney General does not hold it
to be sufficient cause for him to ten
der his resignation.


WASHINGTON, August 3-Noon.-
The Government sells one million and
half on the first and third and one
million on the second and fourth
Thursdays of August, making five
million dollars of gold.


FORT MONROE, August 5-Night-
The United States steamer Dispatch,
with the Congressional Naval Commit
tee, passed up this morning and spent
the day at the Norfolk Navy Yard. -
She reached here at I o'clock p. II. :,
and the party spent couple OF hours
visiting the Fort, after which they
sailed for Philadelphia.
Year: 1874

On Monday, on the up trip of the
train ON the Carolina Central Railway.
Capt. Morrison, as he left Laurinbure.
had some reason to suspect that a man
whom he had seen hanging around the
train at that place, was somewhere
concealed on or about the train. He
made a search, but could not find him
and when at Sand Hill looked careful
~ under the cars, when he was re-
warded by finding him safely en-
couched on one of the trucks. He
called him out, thinking that he was a
negro, but found afterwards that he
was white man and was only tempo
rarily Africanized by the results of his
ride. he gave him a blessing and
then allowed him to depart in peace.