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Year: 1879

From the New York Times, September 9,


A fiendish, but fortunately unsuccess-
ful, attempt to destroy an ocean steamer
at the risk cf the lives of all on board was
discovered yesterday The steamship
Castlewood Captain Miller, arrived at
Pier No. 80 North river on Friday last,
consigned to John B. Seager, No 63 Bea-
yer street. She carried valuable gener-
al cargo among which were so bales of
old paper. At 10 o'clock yesterday
morning, while the vessel was being I'M
loaded one Of these bales, on being tum-
bled down the gangway and striking the
wharf suddenly burst into flame. A few
pals of water extinguished the fire. As
the bale was being turned over, bundle
OF common friction matches fell out of
the hole that had been burned in the
wrapper, beneath which they had evi-
IDENTIFY been purposely placed. On fur
ther examination it was discovered that
the entire mass Of paper in the bale had
been thoroughly soaked with a thick,
black oily substance, with whose compo-
sitlOn none of those who examined it yes
terday seemed to be acquainted On touch
ing piece of the prepared paper with
lighted match it flashed into flame with
the suddenness of gunpowder. The dis
covery caused the greatest excitement
and Indignation, and the remaining bales
were got out upon the wharf with the ut
most celerity consistent with extremely
careful handling. The officers of the
Castlewood did not consider they had
any right to open these, and consequent
ly it is not known whether or not there
are other similar internal machines
among them. All that is known of the
bales is that they were ostensibly ship
ped by a firm styling themselves Cohen
& Co., in London, and are consigned Ito
order" They are marked 'T. W. W."
in diamond, with ''No. 30'' below. The
officers Of the vessel do not remember
anything peculiar about their shipment
and neither they nor anybody in this
city seem to have any knowledge as to
who Cohen & Co., London, are. Nobody
has called for the bales yet, and it is
thought nobody will. The supposition
is that some scoundrel who had succeed
ed in effecting a heavy insurance in Lon
don on some portion of the Castlewoods
cargo, deliberately prepared the Internal
machine, expecting that when the vessel
should roll about the matches would be
ignited, and the ship and its contents
destroyed. The officers have no doubt
that this would have been the case had
any heavy seas been encountered. For
tunately the passage was an exception
ally smooth one, and to this fact alone
they believe that themselves and their
crew owe their lives They and the con-
signee, Mr.. Seager, are naturally very
much exercised over the attempted out
rage, and declare that they will stop at
nothing to discover the perpetrators and
bring them to justice. A thorough in
vestigation will be made here at once, but
it is thought that an inquiry into the in
surances, and into the personality of Co
hen & Co., on the other side, will be ne
cessary before anything tangible can be
arrived at
Year: 1879

General Grant made his first fourth OF
July speech to the American residents in
Japan at the Imperial palace, having
been called out by the complimentary al
lusions of Minister Bingham to himself
and to the great country of which he
was an illustriouss representative. He said i:


LADIES AND GENTLEMEN am un-
able to answer the eloquent speech OF
Judge Bingham,as it is in so many senses
personal to myself. [ can only thank
him for his too fattering illusions to me
personally and the duty devolving on me
during the late war It was a great war
We had a trial that summoned forth the
energies and patriotism of all our people
in the army alone, over million. In
awarding credit for the success that crown
ed, these efforts, there is not one in that
million, not one among the living or the
dead, who did not do his share as | did
mine, and who does not deserve as much
credit. 1t fell to my lot to command the
armies. There were many others who
could have commanded the armies better.
But I did my best, and we all did our best
and in fact that it was struggle on the
part of the people for the Union, for the
country, for country for themselves and
their children, we have the best assurances
of peace and the best reason for graft
fication over the result. We are strong
and free because the people made us SO.
[ think we have no issues, no questions
that need give us embarrassment. / look
forward to peace, to generations Of peace,
and with peace, prosperity. | never felt
more confident Of the future Of our coun-
try-a great blessing to us-and we can
not be too proud Of it, too Jealous for it's
honor, too anxious to develop its resour-
ces, and make it not only home for our
children but for the worthy people of other
lands. l am glad to meet you here, and
/ trust that your labors will be prosper
Gus, and that you will return home in
health and happiness. l trust we may
all meet again at home and be able to
celebrate our Fourth of July as pleas
antly as we do tonight.
Year: 1879

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. TO- Bishop Cha
lard, of the Vincennes diocese, to-day
made an important statement to reporter,
giving him view in regard to the i'm
mense debt now resting upon the arch
diocese of Cincinnati He says that ac-
cording to the most careful estimates that
debt amounts to over four million dol
lars, and he has become convinced from
conversation with practical business men
and one especially who is himself q mil
lionaire that the collection and payment
OF such vast sum is altogether an i'm
possibility, as it is two-thirds as much as
the total contri buttons received in any
one year by the church for religious pur-
poses. His opinion is that the utmost
the Catholic people can be expected to
do is to contribute a sufficient sum to
buy up the church property Of the dioce-
Sc, which has become involved and will
otherwise be lost to the church. To do
this about $3.50, 900 will be needed, and
he suggests there should be distinct
understanding that all money contribut-
ed by the diocese outside of Cincinnati
should be placed in the hands of trustees
and devoted to that The obligation to
pay all the remainder of the debt incur
red by Edward Purcell, brother Of the
archbishop, should be wiped out by the
bankruptcy Or liquidation proceedings.
He explains that he does not propose this
plan with any other idea than to settle
this unfortunate business in the best in
terests of the church and all concerned,
and says when there is no longer ANY
fear Of harrassing legal proceeding and
the whole matter assumes business like
shape, further on efforts might be made
with greater prospects of success to raise
money for the relief of the unfortunate
depositors. AT present, however, the money
raised is not likely to be used to good ad-
vantage There is no preparation made
to save the church property and scarcely
any relief is being offered to the imme-
diate sufferers. The Bishop suggests that
Archbishop McClosky, Bishop Williams
and Vicar General Quinn he made trus-
tees and authorized to have charge of the
funds contributed by outside dioceses,
and says that the archbishop and vicar
general are both in sympathy with the
views he expressed, believing that such
a plan is the only safe way out Of the
difficulty.
Year: 1879

The people of the North cannot stand
by and see the yellow-fever victims at
Memphis suffering and dying without
trying to alleviate their woes even if their
own kindred refused aid Therefore we
suppose money will be contributed in re-
sponse to the call of the President of the
Howard Association, and the necessary
funds be raised without serious trouble.


But we want the country to behold
the spectacle presented right here and
now.


But one point in the South is afflicted
with yellow-fever in epidemic form, and
that point with far less violence than last
year. Twenty cases of fever and eight
deaths are the largest number reported
for any one day.


perons, ought to blush over the fact that
if aid is required for this small number of
patients she should refuse or neglect to
furnish it. But that is not all. There
is the entire South linked together by a
common danger, a common cause, and
a common heroism'', as one of their
wordy orators put it, to draw from; and
vet this heroic and chivalric land does
not offer the paltry pittance demanded by
a few hundred sick people in one of her
principal cities. The chivalry walk by
on the other side, while the hated CYAN
KEGS are appealed to to save the lives of
the victims of the plague.


The spectacle is disgraceful. Where
is the boasted selfsacrifice of the men
and women of the South? Where is their
vauted brotherhood in suffering?


And this reminds us, by the way, that
we have not heard of Mr.. Jefferson Davis
as contributor to the relief of these suf-
ferers in his own State. Can he not spare
few dollars from the thousands of the
late widow Dorsey to save the lives of his
admiring fellow citizens? Where is La
mar with his big salary and big profits
from numerous plantations? Is he deaf
to the cry from Memphis? Is the North
the only place to which appeals can be
made successfully?


The Inter Ocean says this with no de-
sire to stop the flow of charity. If our
bitterest enemy be stricken with disease
and his own sons and daughters refused
to minister to him, it is our duty to rem
der assistance, and in this spirit we would
give; but we would have no hesitation in
denouncing the brutality and meanness
of such children, and we have no hesita-
ton in denouncing similar exhibition
on the part of the South to-day.


A people that will stand idly by while
their own neighbors are dying for aid and
raise no hand to alleviate their wants are
unworthy the name of Americans.


As we said at the beginning, however,
we, as strangers even, cannot see suffer-
ing without an effort to relieve it, and so
let the necessary money be raised and
sent Provide for these sufferers, and
when once more shall be begun the pas
time of killing Northern residents for en-
tertaining political views not in harmony
with Southern sentiment, entertain the
hope, at least, that those guilty Of such
crimes are not the selfsame persons who
have been raised to health through the
ministrations of Northern charity.-In
ter Ocean.
Year: 1879

General William E. Hays, of Ken
lucky, who has been selected by the Pre-
sident as the successor of the late Judge
Ballard, for Judge of the United States
Judicial District, is Republican and a
prominent lawyer ofSpringfeld. During
the war he was Lieutenant Colonel of a
Kentucky Union Regiment of infantry,
afterwards succeeding General Harlan
(now Judge of the United States Supreme
Court to the Colonelcy of the same regi-
ment. He is an ardent patriot as well as
as an accomplished legist.
Year: 1879

Secretary Sherman's attention having
been called to the published statement
that he has directed that the silver dollar
should not be received by the Treasury
in certain cases, says that the statement
is absolutely false, and without shadow
of foundation. The law makes the silver
dollar legal tender for all purposes, and
it has always been received by the Treas
ury on payment of demands Of every kind
and as fully and freely as gold coin.
Year: 1879

A gorilla from the west coast of Africa
is now lodged in the Crystal Palace, Lon
don. The chimpanzee and the orang-
outang have arms that enable them, with
slight stoop to touch the ground, while
the arm Of the gorilla is not much out of
proportion to a long-armed human being.
In the form of the hand and fingers too,
tits more like man, these being much
shorter than those of the other two. Most
of all, its ear is strikingly human, for it
is small and beautifully formed, and in
stead of thin leathry flap jutting out
ward is set well to the head. 1t has also
a wellformed brow, and it's dark brown
eyes tare lighted up with an expression
that seems to speak Of latent intelligence.
In profile it has the exact resemblance to
a little Guinea negro, the blacklist Of
blacks; but looked at ftll-faced the al
most total absence of nose, the fiat open
nostrils the long and powerful jaws and
the vast cavity which forms the mouth,
rob it of what is suggestive of the ''hu-
man face divine" When standing at
it's full height the gorilla may be about
two feet, but if he lives to be full grown
it may attain from four to five feet.
Year: 1879

About a week ago Messrs. Samanie go and Block started out from Tucson to inspect the new road 10 Globe, and as our citizens have taken a lively in terest in that road we give the follow. ing report of the road viewers, which we clip from the Belt:

 Messrs. Samaniego and Block are here from Tucson as commissioner and viewer of the Tucson and Globe road.

 They represent the work as incomplete and that it will probably be in con dition to accept by the 18th of De cember. The work now being done is on the old Florence and Globe road, northeast of where the Tucson road intersects it. There is another gang of men at work on the Gila between Disappointment Valley and the junc- tion of the san Pedro with the Gila. When this road is finished it will be a good practicable route, ana the dis lance will be about l15 miles from Globe to Tucson. The road intersects the Putnam road about B miles from Globe. Inasmuch as objections have been made against this route on ac count of its crossing the river so often, these gentleman give it as their opin ion that it is more preferable than pulling up the hills. especially the Dripping Spring hill. Mir. Samaniego one Of the commissioners, pledges that the board of commissioners will make the road as good as possible. so that there will be no trouble about freight ing. A petition has been forwarded 10 Washington asking for daily mail service over this route, and we trust it may be allO Aed, as it will be of vast benefit to the public. Upon the com pleiion of the railroad to Tucson, it is highly probable that Il line of coaches will be run on this road between that place and Globe.
Year: 1879

THE Arizon m Ol cts to the tone an, attitude of THE CITIZEN in the matte of the MOgOllOn road plan and th official patronage plan so much favor ed in Yavapai, and calls Us sections and mean on account of the remark we have made, and we must remon strate. The Arizonan miscOnstrues us As tO the road, we merely advised , different method and as 10 the Goverl. or and Judge, we only maryeled q their extraordinary and disintereste, patriotism as set forth in the Prescott papers. We utterly disclaim anythin. like sectionalism. In the name of al that is funny, why should we be jeal ous of any portion of this Territory What does any other locality DO, ses which we desire and do not have There is only one thing: we want tn. railroad to come along, so that we cai get lumber 10 build with faster. l. seems to us that some of our friend, are very touchy. Here is the Mug get, which flares like any Thanksgiv ing gObbler when we dare to oppose a question or two connected with affair. in Tombstone, and it looks as though there was to be suppression of free speech in certain directions. Don'i cut us of, gents do let us have our say You don't know how much good il does us.
Year: 1879

Yesterday the Tombstone Mill and Minning Company paid to County Treasurer LeatherwOOd, the sum of $4eS as the amount of taxes due oi the net proceeds of the Tough Nut mine This is the first installment of tn $ new and important revenue to our county funds. When the several mIlls now in course of construction in Pims county are completed the receipts on

 he percentage on the net proceeds of mines will soon materially lessen th burden of our tax payers.
Year: 1879

waste and destruction from which ii may be inferred that had the timber been used with due regard to economy and reproduction, the present liberal law would have met the Secretary's an. prHval, and Congress would not have been urged to impose what may prove onerous conditiOnsin addition to the cost of the timber. In their own in. terest as we'll as in behalf of the com. mon welfare, lumbermen should be careful in the taking of timber under the present liberal law.
Year: 1879

By a late decision of the Supreme Court of the United States the whole system of trade mark registration as by Congress has been wiped out. Some eight thousand de vices had been registered and several hundred more had been applied for This decision returns all questions connected with trade marks to the con trol of the common law.
Year: 1879

The republicans Of the First, Third. Seventh and
Ninth Assembly districts held regular monthly meet
ings last night and considered communication re-
ceiycd from the chairman of the Executive Commit
tee in relation to the proposed amendment of article
IA OF the constitution governing republican organ
izations.


II will be remembered that q communication was
received and read at the last monthly meeting asking
the views of the members Of each district on the
proposition to repeal the article referred to. which
provides that republican holding office under DEM
ocrac authority shall be eligible to hold Office in any
republican organization. This proposition caused
considerable dissatisfaction, and the consequence
was that the following proposed amendment was SUBJ
mitted u substitute


But no person who shall have been nominated or ndorsed
publican party shall be deemed democrat within the
meaning of this article.


In the First district the amendment was favorably
received No action was taken in either the Third or
Seventh districts; but in the Ninth committee Of
seven appointed at last months meeting ascertain
the sense Of the members the question of repeal
ing the article, reported against it. The proposed
amendment was then read and caused considerable
discussion. Finally the matter was laid the table
for consideration at the next meeting of the assoca-
Year: 1879

THERE is familiar adage, "Prepare for
war in time of peace" That would apply
we'll to farm work at this season of the
year. The golden autumn weather affords
an excellent opportunity for putting things
in readiness for winter. The majority OF
our farm houses are log and the cracks
need repointing every year to keep out the
winter blasts. The cook-room, especially,
should have the most attention. More
hours are spent in this department by the
women folks of the household than any
other, and it is necessary to their comfort
and good health that it be made proof
against cold. Particular attention should
be given to the floor. If this be open and
the underpinning not good, it is impossible
tor the cook to have warm feet, for 1t is not
always convenient to carpet the cook-room.
A day or two given to this work now will
be better than week after the snow be-
gins to fly.
Year: 1879

claims our attention in such emphatic terms
as this production of our own supply Of SUI
gar, and in the movement so vigorously
made by this association, we have assurance
of success.
Year: 1879

THE experiment tried by Iowa farmers
that of sowing oats with winter wheat, has
met with good success, and our Montana
farmers will do well to remember it another
year and give it fair trial. There are
many localities where the snow does not lie
where it would be beneficial. One bushel
of oats in addition to the regular amount OF
wheat is sown TO the acre. This forms a
good coating for the ground, and will hold
the snow and protect the wheat. 1t is also
said to have good effect in enriching the
soil, matter of great importance to large
yields yet little regarded under our present
system of farming. Those who live in To-
calities where winter wheat is inclined to
kill out will do well to make note Of this
for use next year. The progressive farmer
treasures up the lessons and experiences OF
his neighbor one year, for his own use the
next.
Year: 1879

cles. These pitiable cases have worked
upon Superintendent Of the Penitentiary
Lipscomb's heart, and he Is pushing for an
investigation Of the charges against the
lesseeS. Desperate characters also escape
from the camps, both in South Carolina
and Georgia, to the terror Of peaceable
communities, which have turned out in
some instances with guns and chased the
runaways to the woods.


Some months ago we had q bad report
in regard to the mortality Of the Virginia
convicts employed along the canal. The
mortality among them Is said to have been
excessive. This would seem to result
from the want Of proper humanity on
the part Of contractors. 1t is therefore 10
be hoped that before any contract Is made
by the Board OF Public Works OF West
Virginia for the employment Of our con.
victs on any railroad or other public work,
that every precaution. will be taken to
avoid the results,that have followed in the
States named. II would te a scandal to
The State to have such results occur.
Year: 1879

LONDON, October 7.-The Czarowitch
stakes were won to-day by ChippendAle,
Westbourne second and Dresden third.
Twenty.seven horses ran.


At the beginning of the race the betting
was eight TO one against Parole and
ten to three against Adamite. Adamite
held clear lead to the bushes, where he
way headed by Bay Archer, with Quits
and Chippendale in attendance to the
Abingdon mile dip, where Bay Archer
was beaten. Chippendale then drew away,
and Westbourne took the second place
halfway up the hill. Chippendale won
the race by a length and q half. There
was one length between the second and
third horses. Isonomy finished fourth.
Parole was with the leading horses until
half mile from home, when he quit their
company and finished ninth.
Year: 1879




At the Children's Home Fair, last
night, q nice young man, sauntering
around in the vicinity of the floral de-
partment, was suddenly accosted by q
fair young girl, who held out pretty
nosegay to him and said:


"Allow me to offer you this button
hole bouquet, sir" and she presented it
with bewit ching grace.


GA thousand thanks" said the young
man. bowling quite low, and taking the
flowers from her pretty fingers.


CHOW, who the deuce is this fair Flora,
that she should give me button-hole
bouquet" was a question the young
man asked himgelf, as he contemplated
the rosebud, the heliotrope, the geran-
ium leaf and the jasmine spray. "The
rose-that's for love-" mused the young
man as he reluctantly turned to 60
"but blessed if l can tell what the
heliotrope, the geranium and the jas
mine stand for, but Tll find out before
I sleep, if have to ransack every book
in the Public Library"


"Fifteen cents, please" said the
young lady, calling gently after him.
The young man grew white, red and
spotted by turns, handed her dollar
note, and, without waiting for change
rushed out on the sidewalk, and battered
his head forty or fifty times against the
side of the building, while he called
upon all the gods that inhabit the blut
empyrean to look down upon the dog
gondest fool that ever lived since thu
| world began.
Year: 1879

Two beautiful blacksmiths have been
discovered by an enterprising reporter
of the Louisville Courier. Journal. Over
the door, painted in modest letters, was
the sign, :. Blacksmithing, by Carrie
and Nellie Blair" From the interior
of the shop came the pleasant ring Of the
anvil and the dull sound of working bel.
lows. Right in the center stood an
anvil, and upon it lay rod. of red-hot
iron, into which young lady was en-
deavoring to weld the link of a
large log-chain. Sic was blonde, her
complexion being as fair as that of any
petted belle of society, and the lovely
tinge of pink and red which ever and
anon spread over face and neck not only
served to heighten her natural beauty,
but gave evidence of an excellent con.
stitution and robust health. Her eyes
were of beautiful dark brown. shaded
by lovely lashes of the same hue. Hel
lips were as red as coral, and her teeth
as firm and white as pearls. She wa:
dressed in a very becoming attire o.
large Turkish pantaloons and loost
blouse coat; her sleeves were rolled uI
to the elbow, exhibiting beautifully
rounded white arm.