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Year: 1874

The HUsTfNss CoUET-RooM.-Thew writer
has been forcibly struck with the truly dis.
graceful and shameful appearance and con-
iition Of this the principal courtroom of this
city within the last few days, when 1t has
been necessary to be in pretty continual at
tendance on that court during the trial of
Mr.. w. Page McCarty. The trial of this
case caused large assemblage of citizens to
come together. in this miserable chamber.
The friends, connections, and acquaintance
of the accused, as we'll as some of the most
distinguished gentlemen of this State, all
bear witness to its dilapidated and even dan.
gerous condition. The walls and ceiling oi
this dingy hole are time and Weather-stained
cracked and broken, and tumbling to pieces
before the very eyes of the trembling be-
holder. Our citizens express freely their
shame and disgust when witnessing such
evidence Of filth and decay in one Of their
public halls of justice, and strangers look
amazed, and in wonder step aside.


The attention of the City Council and
next grand jury is called to the deplorablt
condition of this place and it is hoped that
speedy steps will be taken towards the i'm
provement of the present courtroom bott
in appearance aud convenience to the Off
GERS, the bar, and the public, or have the ole
barn pulled down, and on its site erect 6
building that will do credit to the city an(
afford, at least, a decent place to those who
have there to discharge the duties incumbent
on them, and to those whose business calls
them there, which will be clean, healthy
and well arranged for their convenience.
Year: 1874

/ On Saturday morning brief telegram was
received at this Office announcing that hor.
.Pible murder had been committed by promi
Inent man living near Pole Green church, q
few miles from Hanover Courthouse. A
Dispatch reporter was at once sent to the
scene to obtain the particulars Of the tragedy.
The whole. Of that peaceful community was
found highly excited, and many conflicting
rumors as to the cause Of the bloody deed
were passing from mouth TO mouth.


It appears that after midnight on Thurs
day night Mr.. Washington Jones knocked
violently at the door OF the cabin of an old
negro who had formerly been his body.
servant and demanded admission. Simpson,
the negro, cautiously approached the door
and asked, s"Wbo's dar? What do yoE
want ?,' Reassured by the familiar voice OF
Mr.. Jones, he opened the door, and was told
that some one had murdered Mrs. Jones and
that he must come and see if any one was
in the house. The negro hesitated, but was
finally persuaded to venture in, and there, in
her own room and in bed, he found the body
Of the aged lady in an almost dying condi.
ton. Life still remained, but severii gaping
wounds upon her head and the bed-clothes
saturated with her blood told life we'll
nigh spent.


The negro at once gave the alarm.and physi.
clans were summoned, but nothing could
be done that could give hope of her life.
Whilst the, alarm was being given it is said
that Mr.. Jones retired to an upper chamber
and locked himself in. There he was soou
after arrested and placed under guard, as
circumstances seemed to surely point to him
as the slayer Of his own wife.


Looking about for the instrument o
death or some track of the murderer, an axe
was found lying against the side OF the
house-a new axe-coa.ed with the blood
and brains of the victim. 1t was the pro
perty Of Mr.. Jones.


On Saturday a preliminary examination
of the evidence in the case was held before 9
justice of the county of Hanover. Mr. Jones
Is said to have lived happily with his family,
| though he sometimes drank too freely.
Many persons think his mind has become
deranged By the weight of care and wears.
Year: 1874

posed, and the illegal composition Of the Returning
Board ITSELF of whose Eve members four hold oiee at
this moment under the Republican Government the
return will not be full DUE and fair exhibit OF the will
of the people of the State Of Louisiana at the ensuing
election whether the apparent majority be in favor Of
or against the Conservative party.
Year: 1874

During the past week, says the
Juneau County Argus, 10th, several
of the Indians who were removed to
Nebraska last fall and spring. have put
in an appearance here, and, as custom
ary with them at this season of the
year in times past, have engaged at
picking whortleberries. They ex-
press the determination of never going
back to the reservation again under
any circumstances, preferring to stay
in this vicinity; will seek a home in
the Lake Superior region, or northern
part of this state. In reply to the
thousand and one questions asked
them, they simply say: Nebraska no
good, me no like it Sioux Indians
fight too much; me so way from them,
me no fight"
Year: 1874

.,- THE PRESIDENT


said that he deemed the Convention very for.
tunute in being able to meet at the capitnl OF
the Ancient Dominion, whose great men in
the olden time had done more than any
others to lay the foundations of the liberty,
constitutional government. and permanent
prosperity and happiness, of this great coun"
try. He rejoiced that In this onto Rich
mond" of representatives Of every section
of the country they had not been "Wel-
coined with bloody hands to hospitable
graves" but had instead received the cor
dial greeting and graceful welcome Of the
Mayor of this beautiful city.


He rejoieed in this opportunity OF having
tie representatives of widely-separated sec
tions mingle together in familiar, social IN
tercourse, for he was persuaded that just IN
proportion as they came to kaao,o eaeh other
better they will be sure to IKE each other
better. ',rf.E 81 if|-f&t


BE alluded to the rapid progress of the
age, and said that steam had rapidly brought
them from their distant homes that they
might here take counsel together as to how
they shall control and direct this mighty
agent for the best interests Of the whole
country. just as circulation Is necessary for
the human body, so we need rapid circula.
ton for this great country, that the gold OF
California, the sugar Of Louisiana, the
cotton of Georgia, the manufactures
of the North, the rich ores of PENN
sylyania and Virginia, and the products of
the greas West, may be rapidly and cheaply
brought together. He eloquently insisted
that tho different sections OF the country are.
SO intimately bound together and so muLHals
Year: 1874

A correspondent says: 81 am ac-
duainted with lady who writes Spen-
cerian pages In the patent Office at
Washington for 5000 a year. Her father
was a naval officer of long and meritO-
rious service, and died a rear admiral.
Her husband put $40, 600 on the wroEg
side of the stock sale in New York, lost,
sneaked to the hereafter through the
back-doOr OF the suicide. Patient and
lovable, she works as steadily as If
some mighty reward were near at hand.
1 suppose 1t is hope on, hope ever, with
her, though nobody can see anything
she has to expect more than a life of
routine and an humble grave. In Paris
she would have flown first to the streets
and then to the charcoal braZier. In
London it would have been the Argyll
rooms, gin, and the waters of Black
friar's bridge, As you pass the tables
Of the ladies in the treasury building
you are moving among the better ma
terials for romances than exist IN the
teemiDg brains Of Hugo OF Turgenief1.
You see that second woman to your
left, wispered Spinner. Her father


was once at the head of two railroads
The 81 panic laid him out. She mar


ried Baden baron, and be left her IN s


year or two for some Datch fame. She
has a noble little boy, five years ole
now. Says she is going to fit him FOL
Harvard by and by, and then make {
senator Of him. Watch her count tha


money. You cannot move your fingers
up and down in the air as fast as sh'
/ brushes of the single notes. Neyel
did days work of any kind In her life
till she came here"
Year: 1874

The pencil marks you see around this
paragraph (thus} mean that your sub
scription is out or unpaid, and that
you are requested to pay up at once.
We would take great pleasure In extend
ing credit to our friends and patrons,
but cash alone viii pay expenses, and
we are forced to adhere to q strict cash
rule. We hope you viii comprehend
and appreciate the necessity of s1ch
course, and renew your subscription
without delay. We solicit your favor.


g We enter no new names on our
books without the money IN advance
Year: 1874

WHEN a Tennessee husband viii
horsewhip his wife for washing potatoes
in his Sunday plug hat it is time to IN
quire whether this generation Of men
isn't getting to be too confounded high
toned for the age of the country?
Year: 1874

AN interesting little boy, timid when
left alone IN a dark room, was over
heard recently by his mother to say IN
his loneliness, go Lord, don't let any
one hurt me, and I'll so to church next
Sunday, and give you some money"
Year: 1874

wonder why this worlds good things,
Should fall in such unequal shares;
Why some should taste of all the joys,
And others only feel the cares.
l wonder why the sunshine bright


Should fall in paths some people tread.
While others shiver in the shade


OF clouds that gather overhead.
wonder why the trees that hang


So full of luscious fruit should grow
Only where some may reach and eat,


While others faint and thirsty go
Why should sweet flowers bloom for some,
For others only thorns be found?
And some grow rich ON fruitful earth.


While others till the barren ground.
wonder why the hearts of some


O'erfow with Joy and happiness,
While others go on their lone way


Unblessed with aught or tenderness
wonder why the eyes of some


Should ne'er be moistened with a tear,
While other weep from morn till night,
Their hearts SO crushed with sorrow here
An we'll; we may not know, indeed,


The ways, the wherefores of each life
But this we know there's One who sees
And watches as through joy and strife,
Each life its mission here fullfls.


And only He may know the end,
And loving him we ma he StroDu


Though storm OF sunshine he may send.
Year: 1874

A YOUNG printer was carving a
goose at a dinner table one day,
when, by an awkward move, he
Knocked it into the lap of a lady who
was sitting opposite, in all the glory
of a green satin dress. Instead OF
showing his verdancy by making pro
fuse apologies, and confused iman-
ner, he simply said: "Ill trouble
YOU for that goose, miss" Was this
self-possession, or the impudence OF
the devilf
Year: 1874

LET 1T ALoNE.-As q general
rule, it is better to take little notice
of foolish or even of malignant
gossip. Let it alone. By and by,
those who go about retailing such
stuff will grow weary, if not
ashamed; perhaps they will feel
disgust at their own baseness. II
they are not noticed, they will sink
out of sight.
Year: 1874

It is whispered that the spring season will bring many changes in ladies' dress. The milliners and dressmakers seem determined to take revenge upon the forced economy of 'spanic times"

 We hear that the graceful polonaise is now really doomed to extinction. Its admirers will not, however, part with it readily.

 The polonaise is to be replaced by corsage having long points in front and pleated busque at the back, accom- panied by rather ugly shaped over- skirt. The overskirt is to be open in front, pleated at the back in full straight pleats, and without the usual pouf.

 The new style of walking skirt is to be worn rather short which, consider ing the state of our streets, is very fortunate. It is founced up the front, each founce being finished by bow or buckle, and one very wide founce at the back.

 Ugliness has never so abOunded in calico patterns as at present. Many of these resemble the blue and white check aprons worn by butchers. Others are printed in plaid patterns. About thirty five cents yard is the usual price for new goods.

 Let ladies beware of bright blues and pinks. They don't wash as 8 rule. Brown and violet are the most durable colors.

 White silk richly trimmed or striped with various shades of velvet still holds sway, and forms beautiful contrasts.

 There are not many great changes in the mode of dressing the hair. There is no rule as to whether it shall be worn high or low, and people generally suit their methods to the shape of their faces.

 Curls are again reinstated. They were always graceful, but only suited to certain styles of beauty.
Year: 1874

An important bill for the compulsory education of children was introduced into the New York Legislature by Sen ator Wood. Many of the leaders of the Senate are in favor of it's provi- sions. The first section provides that:

 All parents and those who have the care of children shall instruct them, or cause them to be instructed, in spelling, reading, writing, English grammar, geography, and arithmetic. And every parent, guardian or other person hay ing control and charge of any child be- tween the ages of eight and fifteen years, shall cause such child to attend some public or private day school at least fourteen weeks in each year, eight weeks at least of which attendance shall be consecutive. or to be instructed reg ularly at home at least fourteen weeks in each year in spelling, reading, writing, English grammar, geography, and arithmetic, unless the physical or mental condition of the child is such as to render such attendance or instruc- tion inexpedient or impracticable.

 Section two is as follows:

 No child under the age of fifteen years shall be employed by any person to labor in any business whatever dur ing the school hours of each school day of the school term of the public school in the school district or the city where such child is, unless such child shall have attended some public or private day school where instruction was given by 8 teacher qualified to instruct in spelling, reading, writing, geography, English grammar, and arithmetic, or shall have been regularly instructed at home in said branches by some person qualified to instruct in the same, at least fourteen weeks of the fifty-two weeks next preceding any and every year in which such child shall be em- ployed, and shall, at the time of such employment, deliver to the employer @ certificate in writing, signed by the teacher, or School Trustee of a dis trict or of school, certifying to such attendance or instruction; and any per son who shall employ any child con- trary to the provisions of this section, shall, for each offense, forfeit and pay a penalty of $50 to the Treasurer of the city or Supervisor of the town in which such offense shall occur, the said sum or penalty, when so paid, to be added to the public school money of said town or city.

 The ninth and tenth sections provide that Justices of the Peace, civil Jus tices and Police Justices, shall have jurisdiction, within their respective towns and cities, of all offenses, and of all actions for penalties or fines de- scribed in the act which shall take effect on the 1st day of September, 1874.
Year: 1874

After the attainment of his fifteenth year no Russian subject is permitted to emigrate before acquitting himself of his military liability. Upon the attain ment of the twentieth year all Russian subjects become iable to serve in the army. A certain number not determin- ed beforehand and variable at pleasure will be freed from the obligation every year. By way of selecting those who are to be benefited by this provision, the young men who have attained their twentieth year will draw lots. The drawing of lots and the enrolment of recruits will be held annually in Euro pean Russia between the 18th and 27th of December, and in Asiatic Russia be

 tween October 27th and January 18th.
Year: 1874

She Always Made Home Happy. In an old ch1rchyard stood stone,

 Mathematical and stained, The hand of Time mad crumbled it,

 So only part remained. Upon the one side I could just trace,

 " In memory of our mother" An epitaph which spoke of home"

 Was chiseled on the other. I'd gazed on monuments of fame,

 High towering to the skies I'd seen the sculptured marble stone

 Where great hero lies But by this epitaph paused,

 And read it OCT and OCT, For had never seen inscribed

 Such words as these before. "she always made home happy!" What A noble record left; A legacy of memory sweet

 To those she left bereft; And what 8 testimony given

 By those who knew her best, Engraven on this plain, rude stone That marked their mothers rest. It was 8 humble resting place,

 know that they were poor, But they had seen their mother sink And patiently endure; They had marked her cheerful spirit, When bearing, one by one, Her many burdens up the hill,

 Till all her work was done. So when was stilled her weary head, Folded her hands 50 white; And she was carried from the home She'd always made so bright, Her children raised monument That money could not buy, As witness of noble life Whose record is on high. A noble life but written not

 In any book of fame; Among the list of noted ones

 None ever saw her name; Fer only her household knew

 The victories she had won And only them could testify

 How well her work was done.
Year: 1874

From the Continental (Geneva) Herald.l


From the time when a handful OF
English traders first established facto-
res on the muddy banks OF the Roughly,
it came to be received as a matter OF
faith about which there could be no ques-
ton, that Hindostan was a country Of
wonderful wealth, beautiful scenery and
high civilization. The Marquis of Sails
bury and Lord George Hamilton have
recently effectually extinguished the
delusion respecting the wealth of India,
but in the other two points Of the tradi-
ton most Englishmen, who have never
visited the country, are firm Delivers
Is not the land called the gorgeous
East" and does not its capital bear the
name of the "City of PalacesY Un-
doubtedly those phrases are in vogue,
having probably been invented by some
humorist as piece Of satire on the real
aspect of the country and its chief city.
In point OF fact, the immeasura-
bly, greater portion of Calcutta consists
of foul novels on which even q Come.
mara peasant would look with unuttera-
Bile scorn; while the gorgeousness of the
East is chiefly shown in ruins, jungles,
halfstarved human beings and a pre-
vailing tint of mud. AS regards civili-
zation and scenery, it will be sufficient
to describe pleasant spot, in the imme-
date vicinity of the City of Palaces"
which was visited by correspondent of
the Friend of India After advancing
four or FIVE miles through rice Swamps
aud mustard plantations he came across
plain go eddy ornamented as to give
him the notion that in prehistoric ages
it must have been used as base ball
field by race of giants. Scattered
thickly over the ground, or piled in
heaps, we're thousands Of what looked
like great white balls, but what, on
closer inspection, proved to be human
skulls. On all sides lay bones
of many sorts, while myriads of
loose teeth glimmered through the
scan:y grass. After inquiry the place
was found to be merely o Mussulman
burial ground which for want of due care
hsd fallen into a horrible state, although
described with enthusiasm by the cor
respondent in question, had better be
left to the imagination. Prosecuting
further investigation, il was ascertained
that the ground had been used for burial
purposes during many generations--one
informant vaguely stated for thousand
wears or so--by the Mussulman commu-
nifty, but no attempt appears to have
been made, within the memoTy OF man,
to keen che cemetery in decent order.
AS the Mussulmans in Calcutta are both
numerous and wealthy, no excuse can
be offered for permitting the ancestral
burial ground of their race 20 remain in
this shameful condition. But what gan
be said for that state of civilization
which allows the existence of such foul
place within a short walk Of the glori-
GUS City of PalacesT
Year: 1874

Printing a book in China is done as
follows: Two pages are written, by one
trained to the business, on sheet OF
thin paper, divided into columns by
black lines, and in the space between
the two pages are written the title of the
work and the number of the chapter and
page; when the sheet has been printed
It is folded down through this space, so
as to bring the title, ETC., partly on each
page. The sheet, when ready for print
ing, is pasted face downward on a
block of wood, made usually from the
plum or pear tree. As soon as it is dry
the paper is rubbed off with great care,
leaving behind an inverted impression
Of the characters.


Another workman now cuts away the
blank spaces by means of a sharp
graver, and the block, with the charac-
ters in high relief, passes to the printer,
who performs his work by hand The
two points that he has to be most care
ful about are to ink the characters
equally with his brush, and to avoid
tearing the paper when taking the i'm
preston. From a good wooden block
some $1,000 copies may be printed, and
when the characters have been sharpened
up little Il is possible to obtain 5000 or
10, 900 more impressions.
Year: 1874

In social life, success depends upon
the proper adjustment of little things.
How often do you see the effect of an
expensive and otherwise tasty toilet
marred by some slight defect or anach-
ronism. Observe the meeting of two
of those whom vile rhymer in these
passages has described as


Dear woman who divides our joys.


And trebles our expenses.


You will see each one sweep the other
with quick, pitiless glance from the
hem of her robe to the topmost twig OF
her bonnet; and if that glance darts
upon and fixes at some particular spot,
be sure that there misplaced wad has
been detected A little hole in glove,
an attempt TO disguise last years hat in
this years trimming, an interpolated
breadth in a skirt, glimpse Of some
mystery of underwear that is not quite
as fresh as it might be, some speck upon
the sun which is impercepible to male
vision stands revealed to woman's
quicker sense, and up goes little smile
of triumph on the one face, and the other
assumes an expression which sitting on
an ants nest might produce.
Year: 1874

Says the New York Hebrew Lea
der: "Time whirls us along the
down-hill path of lite with the veloci-
ty OF a locomotive; but we have one
comfort---we can make love on the
road. What the negro preacher said
of Satan may be said of love.
"Where he finds weaker place dere
he creaps in There is a warm cor
ner in even the oldest heart; and
somebody, if that somebody can on
ly be found, was made expressly to
fill it. Thousands of both sexes live
and die unmarried simply for want
of proper introduction to one an
other. What an absurdity! There
is not woman nor man of any
age who might not find a suitable
partner by using the proper means.
The fact is that affection is smother
ed, choked down, subdued and par
alyzed by the world. society at
taches ball and chain to the natur-
al feelings OF the heart. The far girl
with her bosom running over with
the purset love for a worthy object
must take as much pains to conceal
the fact as if it were a deadly sin,
and heaven had not implanted with
in our bosoms the tender spark and
babe US ito love and be loved Is
this natural? No, it is artificial.
Why should innumerable marriages
be prevented by chilling rules and
penalties? Nature is modest, but
she is not starched-up prude!
Look at the birds. There are no
old bachelors and old maids among
them. The hearts that tlutter under
their feather jackets follow the in
stinct of love, and they take to bill
ing and cooling without the slightest
idea that courtship should be for
NAL affair. Why should there be
forlorn bachelors and disappointed
old maids, and lonely widows and
widowers among the unteathered
any more than the Gathered bipeds?
Oceans of happiness are lost to both
sexes every year simply because
parties who wish to be married are
not permitted by etiquette to make
the fact known. These unfortuuates
might very properly say to the hap
py married folks, as the frogs said
to the boys who were pelting
them with stones, This may be fun
to you, but tits death to us.