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Year: 1877

Gen. n B Forrest died at half past
seven o'clock last night, at the residence
of Col Jesse Forrest on Union street.
His disease was chronic diarrhea and
malarial fever. lie had been in i'll health
for year or mort, and for several months
past his condition has been deemed Cuti-
cat In August he was reported dying
at Hurricane Springs; but he rallied,
and was Il few weeks afterward able to
return to Memphis. The disease, how
ever, had taken loo firm a hold on his
system. He gradually grew worse, until
at last even his once powerful frame aud
indomitable will succumbed to the de-
strover.


The events which have made General
Forests name familiar to the whole
civilized wotld occurred but as yesterday,
1t seems but short time since the great
soldier, Whose deeds of matchlcss daring
won for him the sobriquet of the
Wizard of the Saddle threw aside his
sword for the implements of peace ;
abandoned the field of bloody war tor
the quiet pursuits of the citizen, 1t is
not necessary to print an outline Of his
military career, 1t is a part of the his
tory of the late war. There were few
important eyentsin the southwest east of
the Mississippi river in which he was
not conspicuous actor. In many of
them the brilIiancy of his genius and The
weight Of his mighty arm turned the
scale.


General Forrest was without military
education, When he entered the con
tolerate army he knew absolutely
nothing of military lie. Yet these de-
tects were without influence. H. sue
c,edcd where Others, trained TO military
pursuits, failed. All things consid red
be was probably the most remarkable
man the war produced. No one else
achieved SO much with such limited
resources 16}apbiS drdiduche Ocf 30h
Year: 1877

"Two and two never make more than
four" said public speaker " Yes they
do, cried boy in the audience, Per
haps our young friend will kindly tell us
when two and TIVE make more than four"
blandly said the speaker wbereupon the
boy cried "When there side by side,
YOU old stupid-then they make twenty
two, don't they?'
Year: 1877

Let lis have true understanding OF
what bearing the cross is. He after
whom Simon bore the cross is now far
above all woe and WEAKNESS and pain,
and needs no help Or comfort Of ours.
We cannot even follow him in person,
Year: 1877

To THE EDITOR THE HERALD:-


Surely something ought to bo done TO restrain the
prevalent passion for huge signs over stores 1t Is
actually dangerous to the sidewalk In some
localities during windy weather. In Brooklyn, near
the Junction OF Washington and Myrtle avenues, two
dealers have raised huge wire signs In wooden
frames, which overaang the sidewalk some ten feet,
whicn kept vertical position by ono or
two ties. They are certainly illegal and OF
these days may prove disastrous 10 some innocent
pedestrian unless the paid city Official whose duty It
10 attend to tho matter wakes up 10 proper idea of
his duties They certainly not ornamental TO d
street aud decidedly dangerous.


A PEDESTRIAN
Year: 1877

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-


For the last five months the street called Wechawken
street has been cleaned, and although only one
block long, think II Is the dirtiest In the city.
property in the above street, and my
continually complaining TO me OF The unhoalthi-
OF the account of the dirt ana h that
have accumulated within the last i've months. The
Commissioners ought to be ashamed to allow their
men clean Christopher and West Tenth streets and
pass Weehawken street by. In proportion pay
much taxes as any property owner in the city. and
there ore think have u right 10 demand that the
street IN which my property Is situated be cleaned


INDIGNANT TAXPAYER.
Year: 1877

TNorE.-Letters intcnded for this column must b
accompanied by the writer's full name and address q
Insure attention. complanants who are unwilling Il
comply with this rule SIMPLY time in writing
Write only side of tbs paper.-ED. HERALD
Year: 1877

The game with the Excelsior that is
creadited as a defeat played at Baltimore
July 31st should rightly be declared
draw, owing to the unfair ruling of the
umpire. 1t will be seen by the table
published above that out of the 27 games
played by the QuicksteP, they lost but
nine Of them. which is very good show
inO
Year: 1877

With all the lamentatiOn about hard times, there is undoubtedly a gradual increase ot population and wealth in Arizona From information gathered from men whose opportunities enable them 10 know whereof they speak, we feel justified Tn saying the Territory has already this year exported more silver and silver ore, copper, wool and hides than in any previous whole year, and that the number of live stock has largely 1ncreased-especially of sheep and there is more attention being paid to improving the breed of domestic animals than heretofore Many more people have taken steps this year to procure title to land, than in any pre- vious year Developments on gold. silver and copper veins, have been de- cidedly encouraging, and have created increased confidence in our mineral wealth. \ number of mines have

  reached the paying point, and others soon will. Fruit is increasing in quan- tity and quality. The comforts of fife are more abundant and cheaper than in any previous year. Very few men are idle, and we doubt if any need be if proper efforts be put forth to obtain Among the merchants. we believe there has not been a failure of any consequence, and quite a num- Der of new firms have opened busi- ness. Several quartz-mills and reduc- ton works have already Gn 1S77) been brought into the Territory and We hear of more coming. Our stage and mail route by stage, has been reduced 200 miles ID distance and nearly or quite four days In time. For some months, the cars of the Southern Pacific Com pany have run to our western border. and Tn a very few days will run into the Territory, and it is generally be- Ieved that within a year they will reach to the very heart of it-say as lar east as Florence. With them come men of capi.al-either to look up in 7estmenJs or after those before made As a matter of fact during the past and present year, quite a number of men )f means and experience in mining md stock-growing, have become large y interested in Arizona. Millions of Ons of ore now not regarded as prop ,rty, with the railway advanced as .tated, may be sold or worked at some profit. Exports of various kinds will Personal comforts will cheap m and multiply. All in all, Arizona eems, according to all reports obtain d at home and from abroad, to be in comparatively comfortable condition LOW with a very encouraging outlook.
Year: 1877

From Parson Fitzgerald's Home Newspaper of San Francisco:

 Empiricism is the order of the day. Every little politician IS squeaking out his specific for the existing trouble. l. is the Chinese that have ruined the country; It is stock gambling; it is corporate monopoly; 1t is the false sys tenn of national finance; it is wrong educational system; it is the drOuih {; it is the wickedness of the people; II is too much religion; It is heartless capital; it is the extravaganza of wo- men; it is the whisky-drlnking of men. Just so. Every man understands it exactly. A complex problem that would tax the highest intellect or the age is of in a word by mole eyed ignOramus who has no more cOGcep- tion of the principles of political or social economy than one of Wood wards monkeys.
Year: 1877

X MACHINE has been invented in New York mounted on wheels. which is intended for Use on farms in the West. It deluges the ground behind with smoke from burning chips and brImstOne. and holds the smoke down long enough to sutfOcate every potato bug. locust and other insect that comes within its influence
Year: 1877

THs report that the arms OF the Venus OF
Milo have been discovered is confirmed BY a
letter received at the State Department at
Washington from Gen. Meredith Read' our
Charge d'Afaires at Athens. lie writes that
they were found on the Island Of Milo, at q
distance of less than 80 feet from the place
where the statue itself was found in 1920.
lie says The arms are exquisitely model
led One holds a kind of disk or shield.
The workmanship and the locality compel
even the skeptical to acknowledge the au-
thentieity of these wonderful relics" Gen.
Read adds g 1t is not little singular that
the news of the death Of the finder of the
famous Venus Victrix of Milo, now in the
Louvre, has Just reached Greece, at the mo-
ment when the other portions of that great
work of art are being brought to light"
Year: 1877

Two sentences from the address Of Henry
Watterson, ex-rebel soldier, over the graves
OF the Union dead. at Nashville, are worth
noting. lie said


The freedom of each and every State, Of
each and every citizen, is at length assured :
and there remains no longer 81 much as a
pretext why the glory of the past, marked
by the graves Of all who iell in the battle,
should not be the common property OF the
whole people.


War or no war, We are all fellow country
men, and it is no mawkish sentiment or idle
rhapsody that seeks to bring US together /;
the day of the sectionalist is over-the day
of the nationalist has come.
Year: 1877

Herald Cor with the army OF the Dlnube.


When the stranger has become accustom-
ed to these eccentricities he sallies out to see
the sights and to learn the news. This
did not fail to do, and chance brought me to
the old site of a theatre where great crowd
was gathered | approached and found a
whole squadron OF Cossacks engaged in
furious race which they call the Dgizuitouka.
A good deal has been said of the Cossacks,
and it is, perhaps, as well to state at once
the whole truth as to this singular and gro
tesque kind of cavalry.
Year: 1877

THE neglect of Capt Mares to issue
lime Juice rations to the sledpe parties
OF the arctic expedition is -till the theme
of much discussion in the English news
papers. The Sanitary Record approves
the opinion of Surgeon Colan, that II
anything should have been omitted. the
run and not the lime juice should have
been left behind. Capt. Mares admit.
that in a future case of the kind he
would certainly so modify the arrange
ments as to admit of sending lime juice. "
Punch takes hand IN the controversy
with the suggestion that an agreeable
way to "modify the arrangements y
would be to send both the rum and the
lime-iuice, with little sugar. The re.
suit wsuld be punch in the polar re
gioDs.
Year: 1877

lowed The wall toward the west, and then
turned the corner, and entered the
dining.room. The smoke now began to
be less dense, and breathing gradually
became more easy. The rest Of the
journey was soon made. Arriving at the
Elm-street side, he found ladder and
descended, and was soon in the midst Of
the crowd on the street.
Year: 1877

was that the most thorough investigation
into the cause of the fire and its manage
ment should be made. A resolution WIS
adopted tending the coroner the use of the
officers and the police department in making
his investigation into the matter.
Year: 1877

SOME interesting observations have been
made by NJ. Wartha, on the influence of
pressure on combustion. He observed the
burning of six stearine candles in free air,
and in an iron case under pressure of 1856
atmospheres. They burned under the pres
sure with fame of three and one-haf to
four and three-fourths inches long, and
gave much smoke; their luminous power
diminished, while the fame assumed vel
lowish-red color The decrease of weight
after one hour of burning was found to be
less than in burning in free air. This last
result is opposed to the well-known obser-
vatlons of Frankland, who has affirmed that
the consumption of the burning material of
candle, or the like is not perceptibly de-
pendent on the pressure of the medium in
which the combustion occurs NJ. Wartha
further put candle to burn under an air
pump receiver, with special apertures, and
with increasing rarefaction, the fame was
seen to enlarge, and its luminous power
to diminish. At pressure of three and
one-haf inches-the greatest rarefaction
produced-the luminous power was quite
gone, and the flame, which had now as
sumed threefold size, appeared to consist of
an inner bluish-green cone with violet
sheath and weakly violet mantle. The
diminished luminosity in this case is due to
the fact that, under less pressure, less of
the products of combustion are separated
in the form of SCOT.
Year: 1877

Lovely woman has asserted her inallien-
able right to ride in q smoking car and en-
Joy her cigar like man. Not long ago, a
lady, well-dressed and not particularly
coarse-looking, got on the river train be-
tween St. Paul and Hastings, and marched
into the smoking car. The editor of the
Rochester Herald courteously suggested
that she might find it unpleasant to ride in
the gentlemen's car. "How selfish these
men are," was the retort. "They never
want Lady to enjoy what they do them
selves" Then seating herself at her ease
by an open window, she drew from a
neat little case cigar, and soon was putting
away with tranquil expression on her face.
A man who had been drinking considerable
beer sat down beside her, rolled up his coat
sleeves, bit off the end of cigar, and asked
her for light. She gave him match,
and interested herself in the scenery. Her
fellow traveller now sought to entertain her
with few remarks on the weather, brands
of cigars, business prospects and other
matters. Lovely woman fell back in good
order upon her dignity. "Your are getting
impertinent, sir. 1t is none of your bust
ness where am from, or where I am
going to. I have the same right to sit
here that you have, and if you don't be-
have yourself, I shall speak to the con-
ductor."
Year: 1877

IT is st ated that NJ Toselli to whose in
yentive fertility is due some of the most
ingenious apparatus yet contrived for sub
marine engineering, proposes to utilize the
fresh water springs at the bed of the ocean
for the construction of mid-sea watering
stations. The arrangement is, in effect, a
portable artesian well, and consists of a
heavy bell, sunk inverted over the spring,
and carrying one end of an elastic tube, the
other end of which passes through hollow
buoy at the sea level, and delivers the fresh
water at height corresponding to that of
the source of the spring. The inventor
states that when he has been exploring the
bed of the sea he has noticed water bub-
bling up through the sand, and on one oc.
casion, in the harbor of Marseilles, he per-
formed the interesting operation of measur-
ing the temperature of thermal spring,
over which his "talpa marina was sus.
pended Some experimental illustrations
in this line are promised to take place at
The Paris Exhibition year hence.
Year: 1877

TELEGRAPH, F, JOINTS are now being formed,
according to the plan some time since
brought forward in England, Of removing
the eoatings from the two ends to be united
and joining the cleaned wires by what is
technically known as the "bell-hangers'
twist" no solder being necessary. The
twist is then warmed. slightly and covered
with rough coating of insulating COM
pounds, somewhat thicker than the original
diameter of the wire. The joint, in its
warm state, is placed in the lower half of q
small wooden block, about three inches
long and one inch across, fitted internally
with groove for the wire, widening in the
middle into niche about one and one-half
inches in length, for the reception of the
compound-covered joint; and while the
compound is yet warm, the upper half Of
the mould-corresponding in shape exactly
with the lower one-is placed on the top,
and by means of clamp, screwed down
until the two wooden surfaces are pressed
firmly together. When in this position,
they are permanently fixed by half dozen
ordinary brass screws, and the compound
having hardened the clamp is removed and
the joint complete. It is claimed that the
electrical qualities of this arrangement are
all that could be desired-the wooden cov-
ering obviating all danger of any '1eak-
age" or separation of the wires through
bending. $780,.
Year: 1877

Jordan, swan to the opposite shore
and got back to the city. He relat-
ed his story to many persons still
there, who are willing to testify to
what he informed them. He was
soon afterward induced to 60 with a
professed friend to live in the coun-
try, and when he was few miles
ont of the city he was shot through
the head and buried by the roadside.
The murder of the last one was, no
doubt, the work of the notorious Bill
Hickman, Rockwells associate, for
lie relates the circumstances in his
confessions with such minuteness as
to leave no doubt that he did the
deed. He closes his narrative of
that murder with charming simplic-
ity. "The man Buck" says he,
"got a shot through the head and
was put across the fence in ditch.
A rag was hung on bush to know
the place. We returned to the city
to General Grants, as per agree
ment, found him at home with Gen
erai Kimball, o. P. Rockwell, and
somebody else whose name I do not
recollect now. They asked if all
was right, and I told them it was.
They got spades, and we all went
back. deepened the ditch, and bur
led him, returned to Grants took
some whisky, and separated for the
night"


The reader of such heartless and
treacherous murders cannot but
wish that every guilty man among
them may speedily be brought to
Judgment.
Year: 1877

The pastor of a church in one
of our large cities said, not long
ago : " / have officiated at forty
weddings since l came here, and
in every case save one, l felt.
that the bride was running an
awful risk. Young men of bad
habits and fast tendencies never
marry girls of their own sort,
but demand wife above suspi-
cion. So, pure, sweet women,.
kept from the touch Of evil
through the years Of their girl
hood, give themselves, with all
their costly dover of woman
hood, into the keeping of men,
who, in base associations, have
learned to under-value all that
belongs to them, and then find
no repentance in the sad after
years. There is but one way
out of this that l can see, and
that is for you-the young. wo-
men Of the country require
in associations and marriage, pu-
rity for purity, sobriety for So


briefly, and honor for honor.
There is no reason why the
young men Of this Christian land
should not be just as virtuous as
It's women, and if the loss of So
ciety and love be the price they
are forced to pay for vice, they
will not pay it. I admit with,
sadness that not all our young
women are capable Of this high.
standard for themselves or 9TH
ers, but I believe there are
enough earnest, thoughtful girls
in the society of our country to.
work wonders if faithfully
aroused. Dear girls will you.
help US, in the name Of Christ 2
Will You, first of all, be true to-
yourselves and God so pure in
your inner and outer life that
you shall have a right to ask
that the young man with whom
you marry shall be the same ?
The awful gulf of dishonor is
close beside your feet, and in it,
fathers, brothers, lovers, and
sons are going down. Will you
help US in our great work?
Year: 1877




Shakespeare was performing
the part of king in one Of his
own tragedies before Queen
Elizabeth, who wishing to know
whether he would depart from
the dignity of the sovereign.
dropped her handkerchief on
the stage, as if by accident; on
which the mimic monarch imme-
diately exclaimed-"but ere this
be done, take up our sisters
handkerchief This presence
Of mind in the poet and his close
attention to the business of the
scene is said to have pleased the
queen very much.
Year: 1877

"Far be it from us to doubt the
ord of a brother editor, says
the Lacrosse San, 1--WE believe
them all to be truthful men; but
when the Durand Times says the
water is so low at the mouth of
the Chippewa river that catfish
have to empty mud turtles to
tow them over the bar, we feel
as though the editor must be
away, and some local minister
filling his place"
Year: 1877

1t is the tlme-honored custom
in China for the emperor to put
his hand once every year to the
plow, to show his subjects the
high estimation in which agricul-
ture ought to be held.
Year: 1877

Selfknowledge is the crown
ing glory and perfection of every
other. 1t is generally the last
lesson which we acquire in the
great university of the world,
and some indeed, perhaps the
most, never attain to it at all.
Year: 1877

under Plenary.inspiration, neglect to lay
down lany point necessary for man to
believer


We are aware that there Is an old doc.
trine laid down somewhere by some Of
the Fathers, called the doctrine OF dsrel.
cPeReni, which teaches that all the doVmas
Of the Church are'each in due course Of
the ages and in its own time, brought
forth as "things new and old" at once
that is new id definition, but old in hav.
ing always been underlined in the whole
mass Of the faith once delivered to the
Saints. We presume that this is the
proper explanation Of the statement that
was made all over the land on last satur.
day that 81. Patrick preached the "true
faith" with such wonderful effect in Ire.
land as to have made himself not only a
great Saintin the calendar but the Patron
Saint Of the most devoted people Of all
the POpe'S loyal subjects throughout the
world,
Year: 1877

CHICAGO, March l7.-one.of the Jury
in the Sullivan.Sandford murder trial,
Swan by name, was arrested to-day at the
instance Of the States Attorney, on the
charge Of perjury, in swearing before he
was accepted that he had not expressed
or formed any opinion. The evidence
against him is said TO be strong.
Year: 1877

In Boston the enthusiasm was less than
heretofore, and the procession smaller
than usual, owing to the opposition to the
expenditure OF funds. In many New
England cities there. were parades.
Year: 1877

The wise man has his follies no
less than the tool but it has been
said that herein lies the difference
the toilies of the fool are known to the
world, but are hidden from himself !;
the tollles of the wise man are known
to himself, but hidden from the world.
Year: 1877

America will have On immense
wheat crop this year. Never was so
large breadth of land and seldom so
large an average yield. 1t is the same
in Canada. There is no reason why
-four should not find a resting place as
low as coal has. 1t cant be kept up,
and when the new wheat is in, a break
must come.
Year: 1877

The rehearsal for the concert for the
poor, to come off on the 18th inst, will
take place Tuesday night week in the rooms
of the Millard Club. The rehearsals thus
ar have peen very successful.
Year: 1877

TO THE OWNERS OF VIRGINIA LANDs.-A
correspondent of the Richmond Whlg says:
Suffer few plain words OF advice from one
who has had an experience of upwards OF twcn-
ty years as q real estate agent. 1t IS this:
Everybody knows you have far more land than
you can DOW cultivate, and that you desire to
SELL so l beseech you do not ask, or permit
your agent to ask, more than fair price.
Buyers of land inform me that they have been
often really disgusted upon being told the price
of lands after seeing them. lfyou enploy any
one to aid you in selling do not have but ono
agent at any one time, nor permit him to hold
your land at any other than your own price.
Agree to give hin commission, and let that
be his remuneration for selling. l know OF
very many failures to sell because the above
hints have not controlled your action: Great
numbers Of people at the North and elsewhere
are anxious to settle permanently io our State.
If We would facilitate and expedite this settling
by desirable class Of population, VIC must
meet their wish to do 50 by fair and square
dcaing."
Year: 1877

The outlook for business in
Thibodaux in 1873 is far more
cheerful than it has been fop
years.


Confidence is restored among
the people in a great measure,
and citizens feeling that they
are going to have a stable honest
government in the future do not
hesitate TO draw their money
from their pockets and invest it
III the avenues of trade aud com:
merce.