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Year: 1879



 In former article related some an- eedotes of this old merchant, whose namc, twenty-five years ago, was familiar to every Knickerboeker then living in Goth am; although he did not spring from their stock, being native born New Eng lander.

 He was originally shoemaker by trade In the place of his nativity, but abandon ed that occupation early in life when he removed to his adopted city, commence ing there as dry-goods merchant, by which business he laid the foundation of his fortune. He had no foolish pride (af- ter becoming millionare) in concealing his former occupation as simple cob- bier, on the contrary he believed with Pope, that,

 ''Honor and shame from condition rise

 Act well your part, there all the honor lies;' and he was right, and so he acted upon that principle all through life.

 "The cobblor npron'd and the parson go.n'd.

 The friar hooded, and the monarch crown'd," were all the same to him, possessing an independent spirit and strong will for his own he would, as Halleok expressed In his poem of Connecticut,

 Shake hands with King upon his throne,

 And think it kindness to his majesty"

 MT. Munn's residence was OH tho west side of Broadway, near Broome, onSpring street, adjoining Dr. Cheesemans, as stated ill my first article; the basement of which, during the latter part of his life, was converted into an office where his tenants called to pay their rents, for he had then withdrawn from active busi- ness, finding that the management of his real estate required all his care and at tention. Nevertheless, he loved to go down town among his old comrades, ire quently on foot but returning in an om- nibus. On one of these occasions he was joined by neighbor of about the same age, and as they reached the shop of a shoemaker, who was employed by MT. M., he desired his companion to stop with him while he gave Crispin dressing for 8 badly fitting pair of shoes he had just made for him; this he did in the severast terms, and ill such a loud tone of voice as to attract the attention of crowd of pedestrians who were on their way down town, 'swhen I was a shoemaker" he said, "I should have been ashamed of do- ing such patchwork" etc., and proceed ed to instruct his frightened pupil in the art of shoemaking, a lesson fancy that he never forgot.

 He had not the fullest faith in the hon. esty of his fellow man, if there happened to be any strong temptation to win him from the path of rectitude, and on one occasion he tested it in the oldest man ner. Becoming saddled in some way, taken for debt, think, with large lot of buttons, which were so entirely out of fashion, that all efforts on his part to dis pose of them were unavailing, 50 he re solved upon new course, and by a little fnesse, to rid his shelves of what had been
Year: 1879

They made her 8 grave

 In wildwood dell, Where the buttercups grew

 And rose leaves fell grave too dark and cold by far

 For form young and fair, With face bewreathed with the smile of heaven A glint of the slln in her hair. Too soon her spirit had left its clay

 For fairer place than earth Alasi that youth should dim with age,

 The future end in death Thou art passed away. sweet Rosy Lee,

 Beyond the summer land, To the sacred spot we love to read

 Where angels silent stand. Thou vert the pride of the little band

 Who stand beside thy grave brother and sisters love you shared

 And him who died to save The home-our home, upon the hill,

 When rebel horles marched down And we had need to fear our lives

 With battle before the town. But you were firm and thought of him

 Wh" vowed his lie to save. His country and your honor.

 Or else nameless grave. How well he fought and nobly too.

 History tells us OCT and OCT; And when hesfell your heart was broke,

 So you fingered unto death door. Patient girl, with broken heart,

 The roses may wther and tade- You sleep-and around you daisies wave

 In the quiet of your new-made grave. We shall not know till the tramp of death

 How much or how little you fearod The face ol the lover bent low to greet you

 AS the footstool of heaven you neared. We only know that fields are green And the western sun lights up the mead Where the tinkling bells sound sweetly back From where the cow-herds feed. The rose leaves fall, the buttercup gllnts | Upon the turf, and daisies wave To the soft. warm breeze that requiem sings l Over sweet Rosy's grave. No more the warm flush on your cheek, No more the sinle-the girlish shout AS when We viewed with laughing eyes

 The river scene that strolled about Through distant hills and dales

 Thou art dead! We've lost to view Our world-our darling idol The gentle sister, kind and true.
Year: 1879




We are frequently requested to
name the quantity of seed required
per acre Of the various farm and
garden crops. While there should
be slight variations to meet the
variable conditions of soil, climate
and purposes for which a crop is
raised, the amount of seed is almost
uniform throughout the entire
country. In the following table
the quantity of seed generally sown
per acre is given, supposing, of
course, that 1t is sound and fresh,
and that large proportion will
grow. If our readers will cut this
out and paste it in their scrap
books. it may be found useful for
future reference, and save them the
trouble of writing a letter to OBJ
tain the Information which it con-
tains,
Year: 1879

The Gazette and Dela1cdredn are having an interest.
ing discussion in the failure of the Legislature to con-
vert the Delaware bonds into AZ per cents the first
aihrming that the passage of such bill would have
saved the State from $4,000 to $4,000 per year and the
latter opposing it. for what it is not clear The
spice OF the controversy however is where the Del
fToTedns impesonal editor audes to the editor of the
Gazette as our old friend Johnson" This causes the
latter to retort as follows:


Now If we know the editor of the Deyasporeo1. as
we presume we do. we are more than half a score Of
years his Junior. If do not know the editor then
ne Is no more warranted In speaking of us as our
OLD friend than he is in using the impOlite slang
phrase. got into pet" And the writer whoever
he was must have been wanting in the sense TO die
tate more truthful and gentlemanly language or de
sire to assall us in the manner lie does"


We are so glad to see friend Johnson brstling up in
defence of the right that we cannot resist the tempta
tion to say "go it old fel." The yeomanry at your
back is much stronger than a coterIe.
Year: 1879

A week or two ago Mr.. Garfield
revived in Congress some of the old
exaggerations and misrepresenta-
tions about the capture of Fort Pill
low, for the purpose of dealing
side blow at Gen. Chalmers, of Mis-
sissippi, who was present at that
transaction. Gen. Chalmers an
swered in just Indignation from his
place in the House protesting against
the renewal of old calumnies at
place and time when a systematic
refutatiOn of them was impossible,
and, on the spur of the moment,
offered a resolution for the appoint
ment Of commission to enquire
into all the circumstances Of the
affair at Fort Pillow. air. Garfield
was able to show that this WoNld be
contrary TO parliamentary usage, as
the only circumstances under which
an investigation of such a character
can be demanded as a privileged
question are where a members con-
duct is impugned for what he has
done as q member Of Congress. We
believe the friends of both parties
are agreed on this point and that
Gen, Chalmers himself admitted the
relevancy of it. However, he placed
the notice of his motion upon file
with the privilege of calling it up
on fitting opportunity. Mr.. Gar
field, on the other hand, reserved
all points of order for discussion
whenever the motion might be
brought up.


On the 7th inst. the General called
up his motion admitting the argu-
ments against such a commission,
which had been urged upon him by


members on both sides of the House,
and even its inexpediency as calcu-
lated "to rekindle the flames of
passion and prejudice, which all
good men certainly desire to see
covered in their own ashes" He,
however, availed himself of the OPP
Year: 1879

! desire to make upon this subject now. s.


far as am concerned l think have sait


enough to satisfy any reasonable man tia


the charges made against me personally az.
| untrue. Now, / arm perfectly willing K
| leave this matter with the House OF Repre-


sentatives. I say distinctly whether they
! give me the committee or not ! have nc


fears that injustice viii be done me by men
/ who were brave enough TO night for theiI
/ principles. ! am willing 70 risk my defense


in the hands or gallant Union soldiers OF


This is no party matter. 1t viii not add
| to the glory of the Union victory TO detract
/ from the heroism of the Confederate soldiers,
and do not suppose there is soldier upon
either side who for mere party purposes
| would for one moment tolerate the idea Of
blackening the character of soldier upon
the other side.


Glory is the soldiers pride:


The soldiers wealth is honor.


In the above description it will be
seen that the General is precluded
by rule of order from going into
the general subject of the affair at
Fort Pillow, as the nature of the
case confined him to a statement of
the events as they bore upon his
conduct. 1t is evident that he
would have preferred vindication
of his commander, Gen. Forrest,
which, we doubt not, he is well
competent to make. We trust that
an opportunity may yet offer for
him to do so, for there is no man
living who is so well informed in
the matter, and very few who would
be able to perform the work in
language as perspicuous and elo-
quent.


But little need be said Of the dis |
cussion which followed this state
ment. Mr.. Garfield in his reply |
his opinion that sit was
question Of very great doubt as a
matter of propriety whether we
should undertake by a committee
of Congress to rewrite any consid-
erable portion Of the history Of our
war; and that if we did undertake
it in that way, perhaps there was
no chapter that would beso difficult
and SO painful to attempt to recon-
struct as the chapter that contained
the history of the Fort Pillow mas
sacre." Asserting to every word
Of this, except the one word "mas-
'acre" as applied to the assault, we
must add to it that the admitted
ncompetency of Congress to enter
upon a course of historical criticism
ought to have long ago silenced the
'requent illusions to the matter by
which a certain class of members
lelight to irritate and harrass South
9rn members. How incompetent
Congress Is to deal with such ques-
ions in an impartial and dispassion-
tie manner may be well inferred
rom the gusto with which Mr.. Bur
ows, of Michigan, afterwardsdwelt
lpon the obsolete scandals.
Year: 1879

portHnity to make a personal state
ment of his own action in the affair


which is of considerable historical
interest and which we propose to
lay before our readers.


The basis oi all the charges against
the Confederate officers in this mat
ter is a report made by the late Mr..


Wade in the Senate after the war
was over. The General mentions
that the worst of these allegations
refer to the day after the assault on
Fort Pillow, at which time he was
not present. and can therefore have
no personal knowledge of them,
and he avOws that he never heard
of them till the war was over. He
also mentions that "a number of
witnesses who were examined state
that they did not see the outrages
charged and never heard of them
until they were at Mound City, Illi-
nois." The rest of his statement
must be given in his own graphic
which can be neither con-
densed nor modified without loss.
Year: 1879

Mason and Drew, farmers on the San Pedro, have had troubles about the use of water, and the former was put under bonds to keep the peace in connection with their original diff culty. About a week ago today, as we are informed, the trouble broke out anew. in which Mason fired at and nearly hit Drew and Drew got in a lick on his opponent with q shovel, doing some damage. There was some further hostile demonstrations on the part of Mason, which resulted in his arrest and trial at Tombstone, with the privilege of giving bond for $7OO to keep the peace or be imprisoned. Not being able to give the bail, he was brought to Tucson, where he now is, in charge of Deputy Sheriff.
Year: 1879

From Messrs. Cum and Cutler, who returned Saturday from Tombstone, THE CITIZEN is informed that bullion in marketable shape had been made that they saw the first brick of between $500 and 5000 and 919 fine. This brick was made Wednesday, and a couple more were to be made today. As before said, the mill and every thing about it works to a charm. So fur the lowest grade third class ot ore has been milled.

 It is a matter of genuine congratu- lation that everything connected with the Tombstone Company has been an uninterrupted success from the begin ming of the enterprise, and that every expectation of the company has been fully met or made certain that it will be- The admirable working of the mIll and the yield of the low grade ore are sure guarantees of large future results. The company is close cor pora,ion, and but very few have any Of its stock and none is for sale.

 The Corbin mill is being built with ali possible rapidity, and the work is made all the more cheerful and easy since the proven success of it's rela- tive-the Tombstone.
Year: 1879

The route of the New Mexico and Southern Pacific Railway from Las Vegas west and south, is still undeter- mined so says the Trinidad Enterprise and Silver City Record The Record says the choice seems to be between two lines, one by the way of the Galisteo, reaching the Rio Grande above Albuquerque, and the other by way of the Abo Pass, striking the river in the neighborhoOd of La JOya. We are informed that surveying par ties are to be put on both lines with a view to their careful investigation. The AbO Pass line is some thirty miles the shortest and most direct.
Year: 1879

It is reported that a million dollars has been offered and refused for the Contention mine. After a personal examination of this already famous ledge we feel satisfied that the Com pany has acted wisely in declining the offer Why take q million when there is nearly twice that amount already in sight for dividends and most en- couraging prospects for larger pay streak at each succeeding level below ? All who have visited this mine have great faith in i.s permanency and so long as it carries ore equal in quantity and quality to the present workings it cannot fail to produce several mil lions annually.

 Last week we were taken down the shaft l62 fee; snd along the ledge over 400 feet on the l12 foot and l62 foot levels The showing is excellent and figures indicate that the Company has at least $3000,000 above the l62 foot level. When the hoisting works are running the development will be more rapid.

 Superintendent White estimates that he has the mine sufficiently developed now to keep forty-stamp mill run ming and he expects the Company will very soon commence the erection of such 8 mill The property is a fine one and has been opened up in a most skillful and advantageous manner.
Year: 1879

\ new town is being surveyed on the San Pedro where the Southern Pacific railway is staked out. And there is no question but the San Pedro railway station, wherever it may be is destined to be one of much busi- ness. It will naturally do the business of that valley for over 100 miles north and south. including that of the Tomb. stone mining and milling towns.
Year: 1879

How many Indians are killed or captured in q battle, IS past finding out. It is charity to say that those who personally engage in such bat tie, do not themselves know the truth and therefore cannot report the exact number. The Silver City Herald last week gave report that the troops in a recent fight killed twenty-three In dians. The Silver City Record comes along today and says "we fail to as certain the truth of there being twen- ty-three Indians killed by the soldiers in the fight the other day. And furth- CT can not glean any news to justify the many rumors on the street.
Year: 1879

Last year there was but little water in the Gila and crops and trees sui fered, and Salt River had an abundant supply: this year the conditions are reversed, the Gila being well filed and Salt comparatively short. Crops in the lower Salt Valley are partial fail ures. while in the upper part of it they are abundant. It seems in the winter of lS77-S, but little snow fell in the mountains whose drainage is into the Gila, and a great deal in those at the sources of Salt River
Year: 1879

TIE declaration of principles and objects of the California Working mems convention, is received by the Bulletin of the 4th. There are thirty. four declarations followed by a Where as and general onslaught on both Republican and Democratic parties, and declares that all their candidates from the lowest to the highest must he those of their own party and\ only of those who favored the adoption of the new constitution, without regard to their former party affiliations.
Year: 1879

ADvICEs received from the east say that MT Parish, the newly appointed land register at Florence, is a first class man m all respects, and that he will be q valuable addition to the population of Arizona, and that he in tends to identify himself with the pro- ductive industries of the Territory.
Year: 1879

THE Santa Rita copper deposits art now receiving fresh attention. With the approach of the railway they arc attracting renewed attention. The quantity is immense and the percent. age of copper in the ore is regarded with favor, especially as railway trans portauon will soon be within about forty miles of the deposits. Prof Rickard returned today from an ex animation of them, and though dis posed to speak cautiously still is surely of opinion that they are we'll worthy of attention.
Year: 1879

WORK progresses on the San Xavier mine. Superintendent Williams is in town, and says the new working shaft is down 105 feet and daily getting deeper. This is a first-class shaft started off the vein for permanent hoisting works. There are two quite deep shafts on the vein, the deepest being 1t5 feet, and work on it was stopped because of water. Hoisting works are a necessity The San Na- vier mine will be a paying one. The company is moving ahead with de velopments and intend to first of all so develope the mine as to insure any quantity Ofpaying ore.
Year: 1879

AT recent meeting of the Pinal Supervisors, the road Overseer was instructed to lay ont and open the best. nearest and most practical road from Florence Co the present terminus of the Southern Pacific Railroad at Casa Graude Station.
Year: 1879

The persons who become habituated


to chloral hydrate are of two or three


classes, as a rule. Some have originally
taken the narcotic to relieve pain, using
it in the earliest application OF it for a


true medical and legitimate object, prob
ably under medical direction. Finding
that it gave relief and repose, they have
continued the use of it. and at last have
got SO abnormally under its influence
that they cannot get to sleep if they fail
to resort to it. A second class Of per


sons who take to chloral are alcoholic
inebriates who have arrived at that state


OF alcolism when sleep is always dis
turbed, and often nearly imoossible.
These persons at first wake many times
in the night with coldness of the lower
limbs. cold sweatings, startings and
restless dreamings. In a little time
they become nervous about submitting
themselves to sleep, and before long
habituate themselves to watchfulness
and restlessness, until a confirmed in
somnia is the result. Worn out with
sleeplessness, and failing to find any re-
lief that is satisfactory or safe in their
false friend alcohol, they turn to chloral,
and in it find for a season the oblivion
which they desire, and which they call
rest. IL is a kind OF rest, and Is, no
doubt, better than no rest at all: but it
leads to the unhealthy states that we
are now conversant with, and it rather
promotes than destroys the craving for
alcohol. In short, the man who takes
to chloral after alcohol eniists two
cravings for single craving, and is
double-shotted in the worst sense. a
third class OF men who become habit
uated to the use of chloral are men of
extremely nervous and excitable tenn
perment, who by nature, and often BY
the labors In which they are occupied,
become bad sleepers. A little thing in
the course Of their daily routine OPP
presses them. What to other men is
passing annoyance, thrown off with the
next step, is to these men worry and
anxiety Of hours. They are over-sus-
ceptible OF what is said of them and o
their work, however good the work may
be-. They are too elated when praised,
and to depressed when not praised, or
dispraised. They fail to play character
parts on tho stage of this world, and as
they lie down to rest they take all their
cares and anxieties into bed with them,
IN the Hveliest state of perturbation.
Unable in this condition to sleep, and
not knowing a more natural remedy,
they resort to the use of such an instru-
ment as chloral hydrate They begin
with moderate dose; increase the dose
as occasion seems to demand, and at
last, in what they consider safe and
moderate system of employing it, they
depend on the narcotic for their falsified
repose.-Dr. Richardson In Co7stenqpo-
T17.U Re7,ieaD
Year: 1879


Twas gallant end to gallant ride
Harassed and hemmed on every side;
There was no retreat in run or rout.
But hurried haltand rough redoubt.
From crags and rocks on either hand,
The deadly rifles swept the band,
And the willy foe. concealed from sight,
With steady fire maintained the fight.
Better to die in the bloody trench;
Better to breathe OF the sickening stencil
Then yield one jot Of the vantage gained,
Or spare one foe while lite remained
Cheers of defiance for savage whoops,
Shot for shot gave the gallant troops.
What, though the daring Thornburgh fell,
He'd be revenged on the fiends of hell.
The weary hours of days not briet
Bring with the night but slight reliet;
Crowded and cramped in their prairie bed,
The living, the wounded, dying and dead.
Are they forgotten, Left to their fate
Oh, will the rescue come too late!
Again they must watch through another


night
Despair or hope will come with the light.
Slowly the dawn of a Sabbath day
Lights up the east with its peaceful ray;
What brings its rays to them Of cheer
Ha! there's band now drawing near!
Out DER the prairie, distant, dim
As cloud just touching the horizons rim.
Hark! now they hear the cheering drum.
Hurrah, hurrah! for Merritt has come!


Cincinnati Gazette.
Year: 1879

Locomotives are used on canal tow
paths Of France. They are Of light
build. not weighing over four or 1--WE
tons, and are managed easily by one
man. Barges are thus drawn at d speed
of two miles an hour, about twice the
mean rate of a horse on the towpath
Any empty vessel IS drawn six miles an
hour, but a greater speed would damage
the banks of the canal.
Year: 1879

A stranger in New York visited fair
there, and after being importuned by
dozens Of the fair sex for some time. re-
piled: 81 should like to take chances
In all the gambling schemes you're run.
ming, but when I left home only put
80. 900 in my pocket, and l have already
been In this fair half an hour. must
save at least 50 to take me back home"
But he remained ten minutes longer.
and next day he was obliged to pawn
his watch to pay his hotel bill.
Year: 1879

That's so, but in most patent medicines
you pay for it at the rate of a dollar pint.
Kidney-Wort is dry compound and one
package is enough to make six quarts of
medicine without addition of any poisonous
liquors, 1t is natures remedy for!Kidney-
Diseases, Liver complaint and Piles, for it
is both diuretic and cathartic. tonic and
healing
Year: 1879

No use of having the chills, no use of
headache, ,or any of the ills that come from
a disordered or inactive liver. One bot
tie of this old and reliable family remedy
will cure the most stubborn case-will
relieve the system and make you feel like
a new person. Try it aud be satisfied.