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Year: 1874

RICHMOND GONG TO THE GREAT HIPPO
pRoME-A RARE CHANCE.-The great Ro-
man hippodrome, the last and greatest exhi-
bition of those who provide amusement for
the people (P. It. Barnum;s) which, after haV-
ing delighted the people of New York for
several months, is now being exhibited at
Baltimore for a limited time, is, from the
reports of the Baltimore papers, meeting
with great success in that city, and it no
doubt is worthy of it. 1t is to be regretted
that the enormous daily expense of main.
tanning as we'll as transporting this immense
establishment will not warrant the manager
in taking it south of Baltimore; but tue
Richmond. York River and Chesapeake
Railroad company, with its usual enterprise,
have arranged to issue cheap excursion
tickets 60 Baltimore and return, to leave
here tomorrow (Friday) and return to Rich
mond on Sunday morning, which Will give
an opportunity to spend day at Baltimore
and during that time see the gorgeous show.
The advertisement will be found in another
part of this paper. No doubt there will be
many who will take advantage of this rare
chance for pleasure at small cost.
Year: 1874

sure to see it! And just as you take
it off to braid it your door bell rings,
and you peep through the blinds and
see that elegant Mrs. Brown come to
make call. And you get your head
up at random, without glass, and pass
the interval of her visit in fever of
dread and terror, lest your coiffure be
onc-sided, or otherwise out of proper
order.


Now, anybody may laugh at these
little worries, and call them childish,
but the fact of it is they wear ones
nerves and patience out much sooner
and muc.A. more surely than those
greater worries which We call misfor-
tunes.


It is very difficult to recognize the
hand Of God in these trifles Of our dali
" existence, and thousands Of tomb
stones should be marked, if we ever did
see truth written in such places,


sDied Of Little Worries. ''-Kate


Thorn in ". Y. Weekly.
Year: 1874

It will be seen that the advance was
general, although more marked on corn
and oats than on other grains, and in
these two markets the chief interest of
the speculative element now centers.
The cash oats are owned by the same
operators who successfully run the
July corner. The corner made is q
little mixed. Some operators claim
that the king Of the July corner is a
large ''short,' and his own personal
movements warrant the conclusion.
There are not few, however, claiming
to be well posted, who say that If
all his trades through brokers were
made known, it would turn out that
he is long to large extent.
He positively refuses to settle, aud
many parties who had bought from him
and sold to other parties at a good
profit, are afraid Of a repetition of the
dodge played upon them in the middle
of July, viz: the delivery of the grain
on the tap Of the bell, too late to allow
them to get the corn off their hands,
being thus compelled to sustain loss
both ways, where they really had a
profit. In anticipation Of this event
many parties are buying the cash grain
and carrying it. so as to be ready for
any emergency. This is also the case
with many commission merchants, who
have sold short on orders and who do
not want to be caught in the gap by the
backwardness Of their customers in fill
ing their trades.


Wheat is very steady, and is not
manipulated as yet, although the out
look is not encouraging to ':shorts.' -
Rye is very firm, but the trade is not
large, and the market does not attract
much attention. Barley is higher and
scarce, with prospects of squeeze"
before all outstanding trades are pro-
vided for.


Freights by lake are now cents for
wheat to Buffalo, against IL l-2 to l3
cents year ago, and yet the shipping
movement is not large, owing to the
difficulty experienced in obtaining the
grain at prices to allow a shipping mar.
gin.


It is generally conceded that (di-
rectly and Indirectly a large line o.
September contracts in wheat, corn,
oats, and barley are still unprovided
for, and as the recent large advance has
not had the expected effect of increas.
ing the receipts:it is quite proba ble that
the ''bulls' will retain their control, land
force the "shorts' to the wall.
Year: 1874

For whitening scorched linen, it is
often sufficient to wet it with soapsuds
and lay it in the sun. Another method
is, where milk is plentiful, to put one
pound of white soap into gallon of
milk, and boil the scorched article in it..
Another plan sto squeeze out the juice
of two middle.sized onions, which is
boiled in half a pint of vinegar, with
one OF. of white soap and two OF. Of full
ler's earth. The mixture is applied
cool to the scorched part, and when
dry, washed off with clean water:
Year: 1874

Everybody is wondering why the BAZAAR
Is selling their goods so cheap. The reason IL
they must clear out their Spring and Sum
mer goods to make room for the immense
stock Of Fall and Winter goods which they
will soon receive.
Year: 1874

Woman, says the Pau M0U G0sette, is competing with the same zeal and energy as ever in the field of labor hitherto monopolized by absurd and presumptuous man. A young lady aged only fifteen years, was committed for trial at Cardiff on charge of burglary. The fair burglar, if, indeed, such she is proved to be, is alleged to have en- tered house by means of the kitchen window, and abstracted from the dwell ing money amounting to 955, and gold watch and chain. The most desperate rufian with blackened face and pistol in hand could not have performed the work with greater skill and audacity, but the womanly nature of the prisoner unfortunately led her the next morning to ''make some extensive purchases of clothing," and this led to her apprehen- sion. Women should remember that burglars, as rule, are not vain; it is not their habit to waste the results of their industry upon attire. A "dressy" burglar would inspire no confidence among his pals, and would never suc- ceed in 8 profession which demands from those who adopt it not only cour- age but discretion. In the meantime, we may, perhaps, venture to point out to woman that it is hardly fair on man that she should add housebreaking to the list of occupations she proposes to undertake. No man with any sense of what is due to woman would like. to level revolver at her head, even to protect his life or property, still less to discharge the deadly weapon at her. He could only, even if the worst came to the worst, humbly but earnestly re-

 quest her to retire, and. offering her his arm, escort her to the door. Even this would cause him severe pang, so sensitive is his foolish heart.
Year: 1874

They suffer in Cedar Rapids, even, it appears. Here is 8 vail of indigna- tion "The man who can sit patiently in the opera house and be satisfied with the view of the stage he gets through three story, feather in tall girls hat is fit to be transported to better world than this. But even such man loses some of his patience, when regulation dry goods clerk, with his hair parted by a civil engineer, sits beside the girl and engages in conversation with her. Then the feather waves gracefully before his eyes as she bends her head to listen to his remarks on the weather, and a con- fused blending of feather, nigh hat, back hair, and the actors on the stage drives the observer to distraction. Those long white feathers are very nice indeed in fact they are fine but we earnestly assert that they ought not to take the place of drop curtain in the opera house" .-'s r-'
Year: 1874

There is legend that Gibbs, the pirate, buried certain treasure in the immediate vicinity of Newport, R. l., and the point on the west shore of Cod dington's Cove was the spot usually se- lected as the locality of this concealed store of wealth. Search has frequently been made near the shore for some evi- dence of its locality, and 8 couple of gentlemen discovered an inscription upon stone near the Cove, which was supposed to afford key to the secret. The stone bearing the inscription is 8 large one, weighing many tons, and the letters are partially obliterated by time, but yet quite distinct. Any one may see them on the extreme rock of the point. @- s -..- -.... ! A party of Georgians, hearing of this remarkable discovery, and the legend of which it is the supposed key, sought out the spot, and Q gentleman of the party pried up a heavy detached piece of the same rock which appeared loose, when lady of the party discovered i'm bedded in the mud which forms its bed piece of gold, coin of the value, perhaps, of ten dollars, the date of which she has not yet been able to ascertain with certainty. A further search revealed nothing more. Query: Was the coin portion of the Gibbs treasure. and, if so, where is the rest of it?-.
Year: 1874

o night most beautiful, most rare

 Thou giv'st the heavens their holiest hue And through the azure fields of air

 Brings't down the azure dew! For thou, with breathless lips apart,

 Did'st stand in that dim age afar, And hold upon that trembling heart a Messiahs herald star! For this love thy hallowed reign!

 For more than thrice blessed thou art Thou gain'st the unbeliever's brain

 By entering at his heart.
Year: 1874

The railroad magnates in the East
have awakened to a realization of the
fact that they must harmonize and
cooperate in order to continue their
monopolies successfully against the
daily increasing influence of the
Grangers. In order to have their
disturbed craniums perfectly cool,
these route kings have repaired to
the delightful scenes around Sara
toga, and it is there that their de-
alterations are in progress, to so
fix 1t up" that the invaluable in
terests of the few may be protected
to the hazard aud even detriment
of the interests of the many. One
of their first acts is TO condemn the
&" cut-throat competition that they
say is operating SO deplorably
against them at present. They deny
any intention of forming any OPP
pressive combinations, but get at the
same thing in another way, by claim
ing that they are compelled to pro-
tect themselves against the encroach-
ments of the Northwest. This rail-
road monopoly question is assuming
more Importance from day to day,
and there will certainly be a revolu-
tion in the general system unless
many of the reforms that are de-
manded are yielded without resist
ance. 1t is conceded point that
the Government may exercise a re-
gulating authority over lines of
roads. 1t is also conceded that the
States have iualienable rights of
Jurisdiction over roads within their
borders. Both of these principles
were brought out very forcibly dur
ing a discussion of the subject in the
last session of Congress. Yet we
believe the people only ask that the
roads shall be operated with reason
able transportation rates, and when
ever and wherever this much is done
by tie companies there will be no
trouble.
Year: 1874

Gen. John NJ. Palmer, who was
one of Sherman's most able and dis
tinguished lieutenants in his "march
to the sea-" and who since the close
of the war has been twice chosen as
the Republican governor OF the great
State of Illinois, has become dis
gusted with the party of great moral
ideas, and washed his hands of the
unclean thing. This distinguished
gentleman, in recent letter to the
Secretary of the Illinois Democratic
State Central Committee, says the
party who now hold possession of
the government is so completely un-
der control Of mere political man
ayers and their adherents that here
after its platform win declare any
form of political doctrine TO be "re-
publican which viii catch voters
and rcpudiate the soundest and best
established truths whenever and
wherever they may happen to be un-
popular. The letter continues


at can and never will again sub
NIT to the country an honest, frank,
and well-defned platform of prin-
ciples. 1t would have gone to pieces
during the last session of Congress
but for the tacit agreement that every
thing like statemaHship in politics
should thenceforth be regarded as
non essentials.


This is a very significant straw
showing how the tide Is settling in
the West.
Year: 1874

The Knoxville news man relates
some queer doiDgs around Knoxville
last week as follows. On Wednes-
day and Thursday we experienced
some cool weather for this section,
indeed it was unusually cool for the
season; good thick ice was observed
in several localities around town ;
mostly of the lake species, and Snow
WAS seen on Gay street that would
almost reach to a mans shoulders
he was carrying a package for a
wholesale drug store.


To keep up this excitement in the
elements. early in the morning a
Hill in East Knoxville was seen to
move slowly away and gradually
disappear in the distance. Some say
he was going over to open his store.
while others more plausibly contend
that he was going to market.
+ Early the same morning, an OK,
with only two legs, was seen with a
pair of specs on, trying to make
heads and tails ofthe Beecher-Tilton
scandal as published by Rule that
works but one way. In this great
important undertaking the OK was
interrupted by a fox walking up
with taylor's goose under his arm,
and behind him followed a two legged
coon, smoking a five. cent beer keg,
who wanted to trade with the fox
for all the feathers off his goose, at
picking time. About this time a
Hunter came up, and suggested that
all adjourn to the cooper shop and
take breakfast. Our street commit
tee also have taken n hand in the
foolishness of these queer times, and
are digging up the large cistern near
the Custom House, and will dispose
of it to the insane commissioners for
post holes. Now. to keep even with
the street committee, the board of
Aldermen called meeting and tried
their hand at rolling a two hundred
pound lump of coal out of the way
of the police committee, but failing
in this, they removed living stone
from his position in the board, and
thereupon elected an Old ham TO fill
the vacancy; Notwithstanding, this
Old ham was known to be little
soured at the time, by being over
heated in county election affairs.
The u. S. Custom House authorities
in order to sustain all the above
nonsense, and keep up with the times,
have placed a six foot folding Rule
on the first floor to distribute con-
gressional documents, started q
cooper shop in another room, put q
double -back-action Maynard roof on
the building, and are laying a sway
back pavement on the side fronting
west.


Fruit and melon season is upon us !;
melons in this section are very large
this year; a great many of them
weigh a hundred pounds, (say about
ten of them) and Knoxville no longer
stands in need of Water-works as
nearly every citizen has one of his
own. since the-late heavy rains.
Year: 1874

A representative of Atlanta spent
the 4th Of July at Greensboro, where
he says mulatto from Augusta,
named White, addressed a large
crowd of negroes on the Civil Rights
Bill. lie spoke as follows:


He told the darkies that this coun-
try could never have peace until the
negro was recognized in all particu-
lars as the equal and associate of the
white man. That, although the ne
gro had equal political rights, yet,
the very fact, that he is compelled
to live in the out-houses and kitch-
ems on plantations of white men, was
a mark of inferiority which he ought
to resent. He stated that when they
called at white mans house, that
they were never invited to take
seats, but have to stand up. All this
was wrong, and all this the civil
rights bill was intended to remedy.
lie said the audience before him had
a sufficient sprinkllng of mulattoes
TO evidence, to his mind. that the
white man loved the negro, and if
the civil rights bill should become
the law of the land, the time was not
far distant, when there would not be q
negro in the country, but general
mix up would be the result.
Year: 1874

Disgruntled at Being Snubbed


The Cincinnati Commercial states
on what it regards as unquestioned
authority that the President is not
Sin the least gratified at the fact
that he was not at all in any way re-
ferred to in the address of the Re-
publican Congressional Committee !;
that his services to the country dur
ing the war were not referred to in
the usual patriotic style; that the
people were not reminded of the Ia
bors he had performed during his
two terms of the Presidency; that
his various efforts for the public good
during the last twelve months were
not properly described that the adj.
mirable character of his appoint
ments to federal Office within recent
times was not duly dilated upon !;
that the assaults of his enemies were
not repelled; that, in short, hardly
any notice was taken of him by those
who owe everything to him." It is
very evident that Morton, Logan,
Blaine and others, have determined
TO stock the cards on the President
They have no further use for him.
Year: 1874

The following is the substance of
the speech made by Davenport, the
colored Chancery Court Clerk in
Vicksburg, which excited SO much
Indignation among the white people
of that city. Referring to the elope-
ment Of white girl of Port Gibson
with negro member of the Legis-
lature, be said: "The time was not
far distant when the Port Gibson af-
fair could be repeated daily-it would
be nothing to see large numbers fol-
low the example of that young lady.
He would go further and say that
there were thousands of Southern
women, many here in Vicksburg, of
the most respectable families, who
would do so to-day were they not
afraid. But these things would
change, barriers would be broken
down, for the white women now see
that the negro Is the coming man
and that they have control of the
city and State Governments. If he
were not married man he could get
the daughter of one of the best fam
lilies in Vicksburg, and were he in
the matrimonial market, he would
buckle on a pair of revolvers and
meet the woman's brothers or father
who would dare to interfere with his
love affairs, or rather attempt to pre-
vent daughters and sisters from their
choice in the selection of a good hus-
band Whom they we're anxiaus to
have) among the colored men,"
Year: 1874

ERr On Monday week an event
transpired at st. Louis that deserves
special mention. The last rail was
laid, and the last spike driven in the
line of iron that extends across the
wide continent, from ocean to ocean.
When the last rail was laid near the
great bridge at st. Louis there was
unbroken railroad connection be-
tween New York and San Francisco.
What a miracle, what a power, those
long threads of iron arei
Year: 1874




TON.


TRENTON, Aug. 3.-The main res
orvoir which supplies the city with
water, gave way this afternoon, and
sent about thirty million gallons of
water over the city, and down Pen
nington Avenue, with mighty rush.
filling the cellars of most of the
houses for a quarter of a mile dis
tant. The chasm in the south end
is about 25 feet in extent at the top.
There is no serious damage aside
from the filling of cellars, drowning
of chickens and carrying away OF
fencing. The accident was caused
by leakage around an old pipe which
had been left imbedded in the soil,
ever since the new reservoir was
built. One thousand dollars will
pay all damages aside from that done
by filling cellars.
Year: 1874

who did stone Stephen he had positive
genius. He went back 10 his cOnstitu-
ents and told them in mournful numbers
that he had stood by the Administration,
and as for the stoning of Stephen, Ste
phen had not been stoned, and he had
only held the clothes of some persons
who had thrown boiled peas-not at
Stephen but at some maleiactOrs who
were passing that way.


And so these Vermont supporters of
the Administration refusing TO renOm-
mate the only member in their delega-
ton who had refused the back pay, and
been honest and upright and talked all
the time the best and sOundest Of good
sense, did renominate this supporter of
the Administration who stood by and
supported Carpenter and Conkling, and
put the back pay right into his breeches
pocket under all his brass buttons, so as
not TO annoy his friends by putting on
any airs Of superior virtue. All there
are tides even in Vermont. Even in
Vermont, people hear of things and dis
cuss them, and have opinions of their
own. And so the other day when they
had an election, they said by q very
striking and significant vote "Judge
"Poland, you are doubtless q well-mean-
"ing man, you did not suppose that the
"people whose clothes you held were
"about TO stone Stephen. but you dear
"old brass-bgttoned patriot, you ought
mot to be exposed in places where peO-
"ple obviously know more than you do
"and impose on your good nature. Stay
"at home with US, Judge, where you can
"do no mischief, and we win send some
zone in your place who knows what it
"means when he is waited on by such
"men as Carpenter and Conkling with a
"request TO stand by"


Itis barely possible that the result in
Judge Poland's district is lesson for the
supporters of the Administration in 9TH
er districts and other States. Who
knOws?"
Year: 1874

HONEST MONEY is what the people
want and need for q circulating medium.
Honest money win rate at par-will not
Be depreciated-will not be irredeema-
BILE. Honest money is not a sham, not
fraud-does not promise dollar and
give ninety cents, or less. The Demo
cratic party, when in possession of the
General Government, paid 100 cents on
the dollar. They recognized nothing
but honest money The United States
Constitution is explicit for honest money,
and the Democracy stand by the Con-
stitution, which is the fundamental law.
Our financial embarrassments are the
result Of an entire disregard of the plain
requirements Of the Constitution, and
the plain dictates Of honest justice. The
present policy Of the Government in the
hands of the Republican Grant party, is
a melancholy specimen of unprinclpled
mismanagement.and disregard of right.
To show the dishonesty Of our currency
we need only mention that the govern
ment greenback currency is not receiva-
bic for import duties Thus the govern


ment itself discredits its own currency,
and makes no effort to remove this dis
credit. How long,shall this condition of
things continuc7 Why do not John
Sherman and the other spokesmen Of
the Administration, inform ua how long
this financial fraud is to continued Of
course this wretched currency situation
works to the great detriment of labor.
and to the injury Of honest business.
The country is now suffering deeply
from the effects Of this evil system. y
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Year: 1874

heavy granite balustrade extends up the
outside of each stairway and forms a
parapet around the large terrace and
over the catacomb and Memorial hall.
The central shaft at the top of the ter
race is twelve feet square, and tapers to
eight feet square at the apex, ninety
eight feet four and hall inches from
the ground. 1t is hollow from the ter
race to the top, the outside being dressed
granite, lined with hard burned brick.
Entrance to the obelisk is made from
the terrace. On the south side of the
shaft, nineteen and half feet above the
terrace and seven feet above the four Pc
destals sustaining the statuary groups, is
the pedestal for the statue, with the
United States coat of arms sunk in
bronze in its front. Upon the pedestal
is the crowning work of the monument
the bronze statue of Lincoln, which was
cast at the Ames works in Chicopee. 1t
rises in colossal proportions, figure
holding in the left hand scroll upon
which is written Emancipation, and
in the right hand the pen with which
Lincoln blotted from American history
the stain of slavery. As symbol Of
the Union to which he devoted his life,
the banner of the Republic is thrown in
bass relief upon the fasces near the stat.
ue, at the foot of which is a crown Of
laurels.
Year: 1874

On a cruise the sailors saw a comet
and were somewhat surprised and alarm
ed at its appearance. The hands met
and appointed committee to wait on
the commander and ask his opinion Of
it. They approached him and said
" We want to ask your opinion, your
honor" Well, my boys, what is it
aboutl" We want to ask about that
thing up there" Now, before answer
you, first let me know what you think it
is ? " Well, your honor, we have talked
it all over, and we think it's a star
sprung leak"