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Year: 1874

IT may turn out after all that has been


said about the prospects Of CAMDEN for


the United States Senate that the really
formidable candidate Is HENRY 8. WALK.


RR. He Is making a tour Of a rather ex.


traordlnary character through the State.


lie has been journeYing through the Third


District in a buggy, accompanied by his
vile, and has at last swung round the
circle into the First and Second Districts,
and We presume will embrace every op-
portunity oil delivering himself before the
people oI the various counties. ais object
ia understood to be TO create q sentiment
In his own behalf Tor the Senate next win.
ter, although ostensibly ho Is simply de.
tending his reputation as Public Printer,
and endeavoriDg 10 enthuse the Democra.
cy against Governor JACOB and the Radi-
Gals. We understand that he counts upon
the support oi the Third District next win.
ter to begin the Senatorial contest with.
This would give him tho votes of 8
Senators and % Delegates, or 80 in
all, which Is three more votes than Sena.
tor DAVIS received in the memorable
Democratic caucus OF 1871. The pro.
gramme viii possibly be to'invelgle the
Senators and Delegates from that District
into caucus and bind them all to stand
by the choice Of the msjority Of tho eau.
Gus, which, he will take good care, shall
be himself. Hsving thus tied up thirty
votes he will be the most formidable can.
didate before general Democratic caucus
Of the three Districts, and in this manner
will capture the nomination with as much
facility as did the smiling HENRY g. Two
such HRNRYs in tho US. Senate as HEN.
RY s. and HENRY G. will be match lor
all the slippery wire workers OF that body.
They will ask no odds Of either CAMERON
or FRNToN, nor Of any Of the Southern
carpet baggers, and everybody will envy
their constituents. In the meantime, how.
ever, Senator DAVIS is not working in the
interest Of his prospective colleague.
CAMDEN Is his man. CAMDEN and he
have lately been together out at
Deer Park, and no doubt the pins are as
well set up aa they can be without the
assistance Of WALKER. WALKER IS set.
ting his pins up on the other alley, and |
there is at least fair prospect that he
will put CAMDEN out Of the game at the
very start. WALKER will probably rely
more or less upon the Capital question as
a means of rallying the Third district 10
his support. His competitor has no status
upon that question one way or the other,
but Is inclined to dodge the issue.
WALKER sounded rally on this issue
before throwing down his pen as editor.
CAMDEN, although living in the First dis.
trict, and although appointed delegate
to tho late Grafton convention, has mani.
tested disposition to shrk the issue.
Perhaps II he flndS that the Third District
Is set up for WALKER he will be better
understood on this question.
Year: 1874

c1arations or rne deceased, they were not made
In presence OF the defence, and such de-
carations were excluded on the Stokes
trial Again, the Grand Jury had no evidence
death at the hands OF Richard Croker. The sur
geons were not examined before the Grand Jury.
All authorities agree that the Grand Jury cannot
indct unless the evidence, as uncontradicted.
would convict.


Judge Barrett-If on examination or the eVi-
dence Hnd that the testimony OF the witnesses
who claim TO have the prisoner fire would
Justify no higher verdict than manslaughter then
II is a case for bail but II the Court be OF opinion
that on the evidence a verdict OF a higher grade,
II rendered, would be sustained, then the fact
that a host OF other witnesses said tbey did not
see him fire would not weigh with the Court, but
would be for the jury.


The proceedings then terminated.
Year: 1874

TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-


Consistency Is a jewel" and perhaps it may
be justly said there but few who exercise that
attribute to any considerable extent; but we
have recently been treated to fresh Illustration
OF the inconsistency between words and actions
by the Rev. De Witt Talmage, who invites his audi
ence to listen to the sweet strains OF Arbuckle's
cOrnet on the same evening in which he so Sc
verey denounces the evil influence Of the stage.


w. A. E.
Year: 1874


An interesting Discovery in Viz
From the Lynchburg Virginianl


Buckingham county has sensation.
A wonderful cave has been discovered
there, which writer in the Farmvlle
Mercury tells about. After describing
several chambers the account continues:


1--WE had satisfied our curiosity and
were about to leave the cave when be-
hind large rock, or rather a spur of
the main rock which formed the bottom,
nv son discovered larger passage than
any we had before seen. This we en-
tered, and after following some six or
seven feet emerged into an apartment of
immense size. The light OF our torches
falling upon the stalactites revealed a
scene of beauty which was fairly daz-
zling. The size of this apartment
cannot tell, as the roof and sides were
lost in darkness. We penetrated to a
considerable distance, keeping close to
one of the sides so that we might easily
find our way back, and would have gone
farther but for finding in a recess, some
seventy feet from where we entered,
lying directly under shelving rock, the
body of a man wrapped in some dingy
cloth. like substance. We did not know
it was the body Of man at first, and
were not positive that it was until we
had cotton it outside the cave.


"Mr. Boyd discovered the body, and
when VIC moved it from under the rock
my son found several large and beauti-
full pebbles where the body had lain, and
a small round vessel some four inches in
diameter and about two inches in hight,
shaped very much like an inkstand with
a handle; this and the stones or pebbles
he put in his pocket. We took the body
and at once went out of the cave. The
cloths with which. it was wrapped were
very rotten, and when we had laid the
body down after leaving the cave they
had nearly all been rubbed from it.
What were left crumbled like burnt
paper. Z,


I'VE brushed the body clean and found
it to be the dried up remains of a man
who had evidently been Of more than
ordinary size, for found it to be by
actual measurement FIVE feet nine inches
in length. 1t is dried and withered
something like dried meat, only the skin
is tightly drawn over it. 1t is hard to the
touch, and wherever there is a wrinkle it
is hard like parchment.


1T is impossible to form any idea what
color the man was or what his features
were like. The body now is a sort OF
smoky color and the hair, though there
is very little of it, is intensely black.
On the second finger Of each hand and
on the thumb of the right were large
square rings, round on the inside to tit
the finger These rings and the small
vessel have referred to we're evidently
composed of gold, with a large quantity
Of some kind of alloy which gave them
a very peculiar appearance.


We took the body to my house,
where it is now. When we arrived with
it there, my son bethought him of the
pebbles he had found, and showed them
to us. There are seven in all; five are
richly colored and unlike anything else
| have ever seen. The other two, |
think, are diamonds; they possess in a
very high degree the powers of rehec.
ton and refraction, and are about the
size of a cornfeld pea.
Year: 1874

Nothing exhibits more clearly the neces-
sity of resisting the beginning Of evil than
contemplation Of the ruin and misery men
bring upon themselves. 1t Is vainly i'm
apined in youth that time and oppor-
tunties once lost may be afterwards recov-
cred at will, and that, after having indulged
in a course of folly, a man may turn to
virtue and well-doing when he pleases.
This falacy leads many impercep-
tibly from step to step In the downward
and treachcrous steep OF vice, till reason
and conscious are alike unheeded, and there
is ultimately no effort because there is no
inclination to rcturn. We do not mean to
say that there are not many with strength
of mind and purpose who resolutely aban-
don evil courses and live exemplary lives,
but they are SO rare as to offer no induce
ments to follow their examples, and only
serve to show us how desperate is the risk
they run. Giving away to sinful courses
has been aptly compared to being carried
forward by 4 current swiftly, easily pleas
autlv-it is not till we make headway
against it that we find how hard is the task.
Habitnal indulgence binds its votary with
a chain, the firmncss of whose grasp he be-
gins to realize when he attempts to break it.
There is lust this difference in the abandon
ment of evil habits, that the longer the
effort is DELAYED the more difficult the task
becomes. 1t is thus made evident that
the best security for virtuous life is to be-
pin betimes. The inclination being led
Alright, early habit makes the performance
of duty easy and pleasant. The most
casual observations of the wrecks around US
convinces us that indulgence III forbidden
pleasures is the destroyer Of peace and for
tune, of character and seIf-respect, and that
without good conscience, properly-goy-
erned mind, and a welldirected life, discon-
tent and disappointment will blast every
enjoyment. The derelct is generally an
| object of interest and concern to some one.
In how many houses is the skeleton way
ward and disobcdient son? To him who
'knows the right but still the wrong pur.
sues' indulgence in forbidden pleasure
docs not yield the qualification which 1t
promised. There is always more or less a
feeling of degradation and Of self-int1lcted
ostracsm, which all his boisterous nlirth
and the boldness inspired by the presence
and applause of kindred associates fail ell


trely to dissipate How often is he sud


denly arrested by the thought of an anxious


father, weeping mother or distressed wife
Their prayers aud tears seem to haunt him


The black sheep i'll the family, although


his name is not often heard, is more an Oh
iect of anxiety than are steady, stay


at-home, well-to-do boys and girls who


nestle under the parental roof-tree.-IUts


key's Iaqdziae.
Year: 1874

The surveys and calculations for the pro-
ircted tunnel between France and England
are being quietly but actively proceeded
with The company having the scheme i'll
charge are said to have plenty of money
and a liberal charter. They expect to de-
monstratc the feasibility of tunnel so
strongly that they will have no difficulty in
getting, in addition to subsidies from France
and En- gland, any funds they may need.


The idea of a tunnel under the sea natu-
rally strikes the popular imag nation, and
most people fancy that to pass under the
English Channel requires to burrow in the
bowels of the earth to depths hitherto un-
known. AS regards the Channel this Is a
mistake For instance there will be lar
smaller distance between the roof Of the
submarine tunnel and the surface OF the
water than there is between the roof of the
sub-Alplne tunnel and the summit of Mount
Gents. 1t is hardly necessary to say that
the tunnel must be excavated greatly be
low the bottom ot the sea, SO that its roof
should be of such thickness as to be thor
oughly impervious to water There is, i'll
| deed something rather awful in the ldea
that millions upon millions of tons Of water
will be weighing on the subterranean gal
! lery. But IN point of fact it is an idea and
nothing more. The pressure Of water OF
/ the tunnel will be absolutely MT, and the
ONLY pressure that will have to be provided
against will be the pressure of su per-ncum
/ bent earth. Moreover it must not be for
gotten that there are mines in Enyian|
whose works extend for two miles under


the sea, aud in one OF Cornish mines til,
crust of earth between the workings an'
the water is 80 thin that the men can dis
tinctlv hear the rumbling of the shingle a:
it is rolled backward and forward bv the


waves. The roof of the Ang glo-French tun
nrl however, will he thick enough to ex


cludc al oceanic noises; upwards of ls


feet of chalk and clay will divide the tul


nell from the water. In addition, it i


hardly necessary to say that it will be care


fully brickcl up; in fact an earthquak


itself could hardly impair its safety. !


had been originally intended to constrac


two enormous Shafts close to the shore


through which passengers anil goods woul


have to be let down, shipped on board tin
submarine train and then hoistcd up ayair
, when they had been conveyed acros.


This plan has now been abandoned. 1t ha
been determined to prolong the tunnel fa
. enough inland on both sides of the channe
. so rs to enab" the journey to be efftcte,


without a break. A gentle incline wi
: gradually lead the train from the Cont
nent to the submarine portion of the perm;
nent way; An equally gentle ascent wi
: land it on the shores of Britain.
Year: 1874

.B@ A wealthy English girl has just
written and published cookbook. She
undertook the task in order to convince er
lover, who is poor man, that she is coed
for something besides fashion and show
and could help along in time of need.
Year: 1874

RAILROAD EXCURSION TICKETs-Arangemen
have been made with all the Railroads running in
to Charlotte to sell half fare tickets to Charlotte
and return on that day. Turn out then and wit
ness the biggest and best Show the sun ever shone
upon.


Sept, 28 1874 2w
Year: 1874

NEARLY A SERIOUS ACc1DENT.-Last
Tuesday afternoon Balch & Rule put off
small bank blast, in their claim in
Weaver Basin. From some cause the
tamping blew out and came very near
striking Mrs. N. Holman, who stood di
rectly in front but some distance away.
As it was she stopped just at the right
instant, the tamping passing over her
head and tearing her parasol into shreds.
Parties who witnessed the affair say the
escape was almost miraculous. Although
but seven kegs of powder were used, the
blast did good execution.
Year: 1874

AsTRoNoMIcAL.-Coggia's Comet, be-
came visible this week. Its position is
Nor Nor West from the back door of
the JOURNAL office, it being located at
o'clock P. NJ, about $50 feet above Mt.
Bally in perpendicular direction. Its
tail is elevated and but dimly visible.
When it gets nearer it can be seen palmer.
Everybody should look at this comet, as
a great many of our people never saw it
before, and in all probability some of us
will never see it again. 1t will be largest
August Sd. AS this comet is new one
and making straight shoot for the earth
it is particularly interesting,
Year: 1874

CHANGEs.-By reference to the Church
Directory it will be seen that Rev. r.
Graves has added North Fork and Hay
Fork to the list Of his appointments.-
Consequent changes have been made at
other points.
Year: 1874

Local OPTION REFRAIN. The fol-
lowing found its way to this office mys-
teriously. Nothing is known of it, ori-
gin further than it is dated at Canon
Creek


:" We have beat that Local Option with
the aid of the devil; if the Templars
don't mind we will bring them to a level /;
if we had lacked any votes, we could
have dug up the murdered dead and
packed enough to the polls to put US
ahead but we had plenty votes and
tickets to spare; SO we are not out Of
breath, for we are taking in air ; we make
our own whisky, we know how its done
just cut up a plug Of blNck-strap and put
in bottle Of rum; then pour in your
mixture and stir it round and round and
all those that drink it will go under the
ground the Devil can laugh, tn ough
angels might weep" to pass along thro'
town and in our shanties peep; there sits
all the boys playing solo, the best and
all those that win can laugh ut the rest /;
some have plenty money, but very little
brains so we take in their money with
but very little pains we don't fear Local
Option, we can have our own way; so
come along, old boys, and make long
stay 4; and when you get tight we will
give you board and then in the morn
ing stick your head in gourd but when
you get out Of money and don't keep
yourselves clean; it's get out of my
house, yer dirty spapeen; but we will
treat you very well while your money
will last but when that all gives out,
you can mourn over the past ; for when
we get through with you, you will not
feel so brave ; you'll have one foot in the
hospital and the other in the grave


UNCLE PITER,


Local Poet.


P. S.-Aunt Sally is not dead, nor did
she take much fright; butshe is making
preparation for another fght.-U. p"
Year: 1874

The Express says the editor of the
HERALD would not make much of a
race for Mayor. Possibly but the
evidence is rather recent that one of
the owners of the Express cannot
make much of race for that office.
Year: 1874

At twenty minutes to one O'Clock this morning
row took place in the lager beer saloon kept by
MIR. Jaumaan, at No. 40 Blocker street. A large
crowd OF persons was attracted to the place
by the shouts Of two young men, who were being
violently dubbed with pocemans baton on the
head by the proprietor OF the place. These men
were first numerically beaten by the infuriated
proprietor, flung In the street covered with
blood, which was flowing fast from their
heads dragged back again and dubbed again.
When the clubbist grew tired he thrust both into
the street with the assistance Of some friends,
then gathered the friends within the saloon and
shut the door. This was going on for
six minutes and no policeman appeared. The
saloon is situated on the Fifteenth precinct side OF
the street. TWO policemen, one from the Four
teenth precinct and one from the Fifteenth pre-
cinct, are on duty In the street. Both
have short posts, one consisting Of that
and Bowery. Both during the progress
OF this riot were In the part OF the street between
80 engaged that they saw nothing Of the disturb
ance until their attention was called to 1t.
the stupid fellow from the Fifteenth allowed
to the station house without noticing them.
Finally both got to the door OF the saloon, but a
could with difficulty be found in the de-
partment They stood IN front OF the
S lust failed i to murder swo men with % locust club
TO please come out and be arrested. The club
man did not respond to the invitation and the
policemen SUNK away Notice was sent
to the Inspector at the Central once That his
presence was required, but the officer on duty at
that building replied that the Inspector had gone to
bed and was not to be disturbed. double murder
then might be committed within shadow OF the
Police Headquarters. Stupid policemen were
blundering In the midst OF the trouble and
yet the repose OF the Inspector must not be inter-
Tered with. 10 really does seem that for the sake
of the reputation OF the department the highest
officials belonging TO 1t ought not to think 1t
TOO much trouble TO attend a most dsgracelul DIS
turbance so close TO the very fountain head or
order. When Mr.. Matsell first went into the
Superintendents chair his first order was that he
should be called at no matter what hour or
the night lor anything seriously disturbing
the public peace. superintendent Walling would
scarcely wait for a second hint in such case
and yet the Inspector who has the entire weight
or the force on his shoulders every night, must be
allowed to rest In peace while skulls are being
| hro
Year: 1874




Report OF the Committee ON the Best
Means OF Making the supply Accord
With the Demand-An Agreement to
Reduce the Production One-Half.


OTTAWA, Ont, July 80, 1874
The Lumbermen's Convention resumed It's pro-
ceedings to-day. The committee recommended
that the association be Incorporated at the next
session OF the Dominion ParSament. They also
recommend that committee DE appointed before
the close OF the meeting to investigate and
report fully with regard TO the best practicable
means OF bringing the supply OF lumber and timber
into accord with the demand, and check the waste
OF valuable raw material now going on by exces.
sive production, and add that they have the
opinion from each member OF the committee as TO
the remedy to apply to retrieve the present


DEPRESSED STATE OF THE MARKETS
both in The United States and Quebec and they
were unan mOus In the opinion that the exigency
OF the situation demands that the production Tor
the remainder OF the present season and the
suing winter should be reduced TO the lowest pos
sible point, and with view 10 THIS end they de-
clared themselves wiling TO enter INTO an agree
either by shutting down the mills or curtailing
their operations in the WOODS; this TO apply TO
the manufacture OF square timber as wen AS lum-
Der.


Hon. James Skead in seconding the adoption OF
the report said the time had arrived when they
must unite together to prevent overproductiOn,
which would result In bankruptcy. he believed
that the production of one half the quantity each
year would result in more real proht than send
Ing out large quantities as at present.


The report was adopted. The members of the
convention then adopted and signed an agree
ment to shut down their mills and reduce the
usual production by one-haf either by that means
or BY curtailing their operations during the ensu-
ing winter, this agreement to apply to manuiac-
turers OF square timber as we'll as lumber
firms which during the present season made
only one raft, who are to be allowed to make one
rait II 1t Is not more than 10000 cubic feet. The
secretary was instructed to correspond with the
lumber associations OF the United States and as
certain II they will cooperate with the Canadian
luMbeEmen " general cartailpaent Ok production,
Year: 1874

The second game for the amateur championship
between the Flyaways of New York, and the
Chelseas Of Brooklyn was played on the Union
Grounds yesterday IN the presence Of about / 900
persons. The contest up to the ending Of the
third inning, when the score was even, was a very
fine one, and both mines felded almost up to pro-
fessional standard. In the fourth inning the New
Workers '.got on" a streak OF batting and knocked
Rule all over the field, their side not being put out
before eight runs had been placed to their credit.
After this the New Workers had IL all their own
WAY and won easily by the following sc0re:-
Year: 1874

bUoTONf July IVF''
The term of Office OF the Commissioners OF the
State Police expired at midnight last night, and
with 1t the entire State police. At meeting oil
the Executive Council to-day captain George W.
BOynton was nominated and confirmed as Chief
Constable OF the Commonwealth, and Will have
control Of the state police force under the new
law.
Year: 1874

ITO LET-A VERY PLEASANT LARGE NICELY
i furnished front Parlor and Bedroom, Southern ex.
posure Forty second and sixth avenue at
the low rent of SIS per week. Address MARLi Herald
Uptown Branch Office
Year: 1874

About three O'Clock yesterday afternoon an old
rag picker, named Wilhemina Weiss, while at.
tempting to cross Allen street at Delaney, was
run over by car 90 Of the Second avenue line. She
was struck and thrown down by the horses, and,
as y is a down grade in this locality, the driver
Was unable to stop the headway q The car until
one Of the wheels had passed over the right side
of the poor woman. She was senseess and ter
riby lacerated several persons ran to ner as
sistance and conveyed her to the drug store OF
lancey and Allen streets, where the sufferer was
refused admission. In short time, however, the
once taken to the Tenth ward station house,
where her wounds were found to be OF very
serious nature, which, after being properly
dressed by the police surgeon, she was taken, in
an almost nsensble condition, to her home on
Sherii street, near Rivington
Year: 1874

in succession, each Of which adheros, and
other arms soon encircle it and drag il to
the central mouth When we take into
account the size Of some of these cuttlos,
and their tremendous power, we do not
wonder at the tales told in Oriental le


gends, and credited once by our old.fash.
ioncd naturalists, of some Of them
sufficiently colossal in dimensions to throw
their arms over ships hull and drag
her under water. There may be touch
of exaggeration in this, but certain it il
that this monster met with in Conception


Bay was mighty "ugly customer" and
could have made short work with any
small craft had he set his mind on it. |
am not aware that any cutie 80 large
has been seen in cold attitudes. 1t is in
tho tropical seas that large cuttlcs are
usually found Three others of gigantic
size were reported to have been seen at
variots times in our bays, but we were
increduous regarding their size till now.