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Year: 1874

MEMPHIS, Dec. 2S.-Y Yesterday Jack w.
Smith, a planter living near White Haven,
ten miles south of this city, and his broth
er, while returning home, discovered two
negroes hunting in his field. Telling his
brother to ride on to the house, and that he
would tell the negroes to stop hunting, his
brother proceeded to the house. Shortly
after reaching it he heard two shots.
After waiting for an hour, his brother
not having arrived, at the instance of his
wife, he went to look for him and found
him lying dead in the field with portion
of his head shot off and large hole through
his breast, showing that the gun had been
discharged close to him. A dog that he
had seen with the negroes was with the
body, but they had fed. 1t is believed they
can be traced by the dog.
Year: 1874

THE officers of the Treasury Depart
ment say that after a careful examina-
tion Of the provisions of the new FL
nance Bill, they are convinced that sill
yer coin can be readily substituted for
fractional currency without any en-
barrassment to the Treasury or dis
turbance of commercial relations.
Year: 1874

ABOUT four hundred clerks were dis
charged Saturday from the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing in the Treas
ury Department at Washington, nearly
all of whom are women. Many of
them have not the means of support
ing themselves two weeks. This harsh
policy resulted from giving the printing
TO the Bank Note Company, of New
York, a Job in which Ben Butler has a
hand.
Year: 1874

THE telegraphic intelligence from
New Orleans is worth reading. With
prospective ride by Sheridan, events
cannot but take q v turn, and the
situation will be shed with more
interest than ever.
Year: 1874

A GENTLEMAN sitting in pew with a
lady with whom he had formerly been on
terms of intimate acquaintance, hand ed her
Bible with pin stuck through the fol-
lowing verse: "And now 1 beseech the,
lady, not as though wrote a new COM
mandment unto thee, but that which we
had from the beginning, that We love one
another" After reading it she stuck the
pin through the following verse, and hand
ed the book back to him: "Having many
things; to write unto you, would not
lcTite with paper and ink; but L trust to
come unto you, and speak face to face, that
our jOy may be full.n
Year: 1874

A STORY is told of two pretty Baltimore
girls, who were out rowing on the Lake OF
1ucerne, and when the barge Of the King
of Holland came along, instead Of trailing
oars and respectfully falling behind royalty,
actually raced. The King was evidently
amused with this exhibition Of American
independence, and made sign to his oars
men to let the young ladies 60 ahead. Com
ing to the quay second, he told his cox
swain to moor the victOrs' boat, and said
"He knew they were Americans"
Year: 1874

New ORLEANS, Dec. 2S.-The Byerly
inquest will be held tomorrow. Drs.
Schumacher and Stone held post moTtem,
which was as follows: There were found
six wounds, only one of which was super
fetal, being slight flesh wound over the
abdomen. ANY one of the other five
wounds would have caused death, two OF
which were in the back of the left side,
penetrating the spleen. These were the
Immediate cause of death. The three
other wounds penetrated-the side between
the fifth and sixth and seventh and eighth
ribs, and would have caused death in 9
couple of weeks from pneumonia, though
they were not of an immediate dangerous
character.
Year: 1874

HHIS WELL-KNOwN COMPANY COD Q


i tinues 70 insure property against loss OF dam
age by fire. It's usefulness and willingness TO
meet It's engagements have been shown by the
pavmens Of over
Year: 1874

BETTER.-A lady in New York is the mother of
a large family of children, and they are all rather
diminutiye. few days after the birth of the
youngest, not long since, little niece Of the lady
called to see the baby. After looking at the tiny
specimen for few minutes, the little girl said
TO have less of 'em and have 'em bigger?p
Year: 1874

A fellow who was before justice at Rutland
VT, the other day, on charge of theft, pleaded
chat he was drunk when he committed the crime,
and was not only put under bonds for stealing
but was fined for intOxicatiOn, while the man who
sold him the liquor was hauled up and forced to
cut ats $50
Year: 1874

The Atlanta Sun is responsible for the
following Several days ago gentleman
in this city went out into the country
fOwling' taking with him an experienced
pointer. After hunting some time he Oh.
served the dog come to sudden stop,
and supposing the dog had istood" bird,
advanced to shoot it. But coming near,
er he noticed that the animal was foaming
atthe mouth, as if suffering from an at,
tact of hydrophobia. Under closer oSserS
vation be discovered that the dog was the
victim OF an enormous snake, which was
charming it and steadily advancing upon
its prey. The dog stood immovable, per-
feOtly transfxed. The gentleman spoke
to it, but it gave no heed, so completely
was it under the influence OF the dread
charmer. Seeing that the dog was in the
most excruciating agony, the gentleman
raised the gun and shot the snake dead.
Instantly, and simultaneous with the shot
and death of the snake, the dog fell per.
fectly helpless, and to all appearances
dead. 1t revived after some little time,
but had it not been for some timely as
sistance from the master it is believed
that the poor animal would have died.
The snake was blue racer, about four
or five feet long, and was killed near Or
lethrope Park.
Year: 1874

To The Editor of the New York Sun:


The following -am4eaied- lately i'll yonr
couIrnns:


"When George Francis Train was candi-
date for Dictator OF America he used to tell
us of five millions worth of lots that he
owned in the city of Omaha; and now the
Sheriff of Douglas county, Nebraska, offers
for sale twenty acres of these splendid lots
to raise money to pay an execution for $3,-
500 taxes and interest Alas for Train and
for Omaha, too! He says he is tired of
being pauper millionaire, and considers
Omaha u fraud


With pestilential financial communistic
uncertainty shooting through the air, sup
pose | ought to be indebted to the San for
starting this paragraph through its several
thousand exchanges, more especially as
millionaires will soon be at discount. In
asmuch, however, as it is not true, no por-
ton OF my five thousand lots being in the
hands of the Sheriff, nor offered for sale,
perhaps you will allow me to remain q
"pauper IL. illionaire" by making the amende
honorable. He who steals nay good name
steals that the press have never gwen me
but he that steals my purse steals mortgaged
property i'll the city Of the future of great
value.


am willing to make this offensive and
defensive compact with the newspapers.
IL they will let me severely alone will agree
never to speak again in public, to publish
another book, OF write another letter to
newspaper.


am now satisfied that the many strange
events of my ever-changing life, which |
supposed was enacting out of some grand
principle to benefit humanity, had no motive
higher than that thing they call fame,
ambition, popularity, self, or a morbid love
of notoriety! did not know this at the
time, and only discovered it since abstaining
from all kinds of animal food.


Should the coming disasters elevate the
moral sense of the people to my standard
am willing to shake hands with them again.
Meanwhile am not at home to friends or
foes, simply asking to be let alone.
GEO. FRANCIS TRAIN.
Year: 1874


1t was a Wild srquastered spot


On th' bank OF the Buis Boree,
Whose rushing waters tirried not


III her lace tOr ST. Louis Bay.
And there Eat by the side ot the yellow stream
A fisherman bearded and broad of beam
And he analed for perch with skill supreme
The whole Of that summers day.
The fish were shy, or the bait was stale,
Or the water to muddy. ween,
For never perch tapped his silyery tail
On the bank where the fisher was seen
Not bite, not q sign of a nibble. TO show
That here in the depths of the broad bayou
Was perch, or pike, or pompano.


Or garfsh peariy green
As the yellow alln was going down
To the sound of the marsh hens cry,
The fisheIman's brow was marked with frown
And his broad breast hcaved with n sigh
For his hook was fast in hidden Gag,
A watcl-logged bOugh, or the root of flag
Such as wave where the naiads lie
To his feet arose that fisher brave
That fisherman broad of beam
And with delicate care essayc.i to save
His dipsy and hook from the stream.
Twas delicate care and delicate touch,
But more than littie much too much:
A jerk TOO many, pull too strong,
And prone Oh his back he lay along
With prIckiy prom, of cactus plants
That picl eced the linen of blouse and pants
IN band and body and seam.
Did he rave and tear his shaggy hair,
As men are wont to do?
This fisherman did he curse and swear
Until he air turned blue7
Fan from 1t One brawny haId he laid
On port side aft where many blade
OF cactus had gone through:
The other he slowly raised aloft


As he heaved heavy sigh.
And then in accents sad and soft,
'.Helen Bazes!" heard him cry.
How sweet. methoaght. is the love which ques
The evil passion that ris and swells
Within the troubled soui,
When pain excites the wicked swear,
Or disappointment corns or care.
Leave woe instead OF comfort there,
Aud misery holds control
Sweet Helen! May thine influence
B,de ever with him thus
Thy spirit soothe the rage intense
That prompts the spoken cuss:
For men will "a e, and men will swear,
And carry or. and rip and tear,
And brt ak the decaoeue everywhere,
II thou dear woman. he lot there
To counsel and to keep them clear
Of things iniQnitoua
Year: 1874

The situation in Brooklyn with regard to the
Beecher-I1lton scandal remained unchanged.
There were Eo developments to chronicle. The
subject was discussed with considerable warmth
by the people however whose interest was some-
what sharpened by the publication OF the record
OF the case alleged to have been procured from
Mr.. Mouton and Mr.. Tton by correspondent OF
Western Journal The friends OF Mr. Beecher
are indignant at the charges in question.
Mouiton stood upon his statement made before
the committee and would neither say yea nor
nay as to the truth or fasity OF any Of the Town
send statements. Tllton took his departure from
town early in the day for the purpose or Keeping
out of the reach OF the members or the press. He
went TO Long Branch.


MoNAHAN ON THE MOULTON SrATEANNT.


humorous man is Tom Monahan. the stenog-
rapher who assists Ellenwood, the onlcial short
hand man OF the Beecher Investigating Commit
tee. Though cautious In bis responses to the i'm
rortuning seekers after information, he is very
anxious to avoid giving the impression that he
h as fallen into the ways OF the committee, e.,
prevarication and curosities in the way OF truth
ful cout0rtlon Of facts Yesterday reporter met
Monahan at Mr. Shearman's house and proceeded
70 interview" him touching the statement which
was made BY Moult0n before the committee On
Monday last and which was to have been given
the press next day. lie said "All can say Is that
the abstract which was published in the HERALD
yesterday was correct ana must have come IRON
Information furnished by Moult0n. Mr.. WinslOw
has charge OF the document, which will make
about one column, or about one half column
OF introduction TO the letters which are appended.
The committee will soon wind up now, as believe
That Mr.. Beecher will be 'wnat the shoemaker
struck his wife with--the last do not think
that he VIII present q written statement He has
simply prepared "a heading OF answers and win
answer such questions as may be put to him. Il
IS not TO be expected that grea: man such as Mr.
Beecner would have prepared statement. he
mas good memory and Will be able TO repiy with





counsel for Beecher remark ed that the action OF
the committee IN Withholding the statement from
puDncatlon was contrary to his Judgment and "a
grave and serious mistake.r Mouton at first In
tended to incorporate all his letters and docu-
ments bearing on the case OF Beecher ana Tilton,
out General Butler convinced him OF the tnad-
instability or such q course and prevailed upon
him TO acquiesce In his opinion. Mr.. Tracy said
yesterday That he had known all OF Mr. Beechers
Gaze from the first and never had a thought OF
Withdrawing from 10, sensational stories 10 the
contrary Notwithstanding.
Year: 1874

How THEY KILL CATTLE IN TEXAS.
The ordinary plan of drawing the
steer down to the block and striking
him on the head with an AK is too slow
for the wholesale butchery carried on
here. About one dozen head are driv-
en- into a pen, just sufficiently large to
hold that many closely packed, and a
gate forced to behind them. The pen
has an open platform across the top Of
it upon which two men are stationed
with poles and arp-pointed knives
fixed on the end of them With q ra-
pidity acquired by long practice they
plunge their spears into the necks of
the affrightcd and struggling animals,
cutting the jugular vein, and each sue
cessively falls as If struck with an az


The blood spurts out in streams as if
from dozen fountains, and in less
than minute the whole penful are
down, ,quivering III the throes of death and
covered with blood. The door of the
pen leading to the erendering room is then
thrown open and the animals drawn out
successfully, and knife rapidly slits
open the skin around the neck and
down the stomach. A rope is attached
to the upper part of the hide by clamp,
to the upper end of which is a mule,
which leisurely walks off down the yard
carrying the skin of the animal with
him, and leaving the carcass quivering
with animal life. A tackle hoists the
body to \ level with one of the immense
caldrons, and in less time than we have
taken to describe the process it is in the
seething and boiling mass. There are
four or five of these caldrons, each large
enough to hold a dozen beehives. and
they are kept constantly going during
the killing season. The tallow is drawn
off into large hosshead and the re-
mains Of these great SOUP kettles are
carried out on what is called the ..hash-
pile" consisting of bones, horns and
animal matter from which the fatty
substance has been exhausted.
Year: 1874

People familiar with the snow storms
OF the East can form but poor idea
of the terrible storms that sometimes
rage in our Sierras. There the snow
falls at times to the depth of twenty
feet, and piles up in the canyons fire.
quently to the depth of hundred feet
or more. 1t is with such obstacles as
these that the Central Pacific Railroad
Company has occasionally to contend.
Not long since fearful storm ragged in
these mountains, lasting whole week.
The manner in which it was overcome
is thus described by one of the editors
of the Oakland (Cal.) Transcript of
Feb. 7th who was an eye witness.


The snow had fallen in great sheets
to depth of about eighteen feet, and
had drifted in vast piles upon the
track, banking up the highway and
commerce between the extreme East
and the far West. The Storm King
was abroad upon the Alpine heights, IN
all his sublimest majesty; the iron
horse with his heavy burden stood at
the foot of the winding slope, baff1ed
and painting in dismay; and between
the people of the East and West the
Sierra Nevada had reared his majestic
front of snowy ramparts in all his WIN
try grandeur.


The mighty problem was to break
through and overcome these terrific
barriers, that rose more than seven
thousand feet above the level OF the
sea; and to that end, the most awful
forces of steam were created and COM
bined. At the village Of Rocklin, on
this side, the one Eastward locomotive
was joined by two others, and the three
monsters, with hearts of fire and breath
Year: 1874

of boiling vapor, dragged the train
along up the increasing slope. AT
Colfa1, the three were recruited by
two more of equal magnitude, and the
five toiled on up the snowy heights,
At Blue Canon the FIVE mighty travel
ers were brought to stand-stiIl by the
forces of the hostile Winter King, and
in their extremity seven other enormous
engines, of ffty-fve tons esch, came
to their assistance and relief, and
twelve black monsters, red-hot with
exertion and inspired with boiling
wrath, united their tremendous strength
and tore through the blocked-up gorge
for more than ten miles.


Once more the twelve mighty and
resolute travellers were brought-to by
huge mountain of snow. They dash
ed at it with all their might and a
speed of thirty miles an hour, but the
rampant was immovable they were
flung back in contempt and disdain, and
the Storm-King laughed in triumph
and derision from distant pinnacle of
rock. Here a poor weak mortal, but
endowed with immortal Mind, having
been spectator of the awful contest,
came and hitched on the train of heavy
cars, giving their next onset greater
momentum. Then the tremendous
twelve, together with their additional
force, moved back a distance of mile,
and stood still gathering up their
strength for more prodigious onset,
and from each kissing valve the Song
of Steam was heard issuing in all its
fierce significance:


Harness me down with your iron bandsl


Be sure of your curb and rein;


For | scOrn the might of your puny hands


As the tempest scorns the chain"


At length all is ready. Each valve
is quiyering with the throbs of the
prisoned giant within; each furnace
glows with its deepest intensity. The
huge engine in the lead gives a quick,
sharp call. Forward !" 1t is quick
ly answered by the next in distant
tone; and so the word is passed along
Ine line, II ONWARD ALL TOGETHER
The wheels creak and turn at first
slowly, then with increasing swiftness
and the whole immense battery of
more than 600 tons plunges into the
drifts at the velocity Of forty miles an
hour The rampant yields little ;
the besiegers back away, regather their
forces and charge again the sheets of
snow flying high in the air, like sea-
foam at the base of an Interchangeable
rock. And so, all night long, for more
than ten hours, the battle ragged on the
heights, the winds moaning and roar
ing among the sombre frs, the driving
snow-sheets enveloping the surrounding
cliffs. At last the blocked-up pass was
broken through, and the conquest of
science and invention was complete.
Year: 1874

We regard the woman's temper,
ance movement as the most signal
event of the age, next after the great
uprising against American slavery
And it seeks the overthrow of a vastly
greater evil than did the latter. The
bondment of the South might be the
Lords free-men, but the rum power
Year: 1874

makes its very victim the devils slave.


The former were from a race originally
degraded, and in tens of thousands of
eases had risen above their original
status; the latter have been recruited
from the very best blood of the nation,
and their course has ever been down.
ward, socially and morally, body and
soul, with nothing before them but a
drunkard's grave here, and drunk
ards doom hereafter. Hatchman and
Reflector.
Year: 1874

The majority of people who come
to church want simple, direct, Gospel
preaching. This is true of men of
high or low estate. They want what
comes home to their business and bo-
SONS, what addresses their hearts rath-
er than their heads. They are heart
hungry for Gods pure Word.
Year: 1874

Judge Poland, it would appear. is likely TO ind
the press gag bill coming hack 10 plague Tue ln-
yentor. The Montpelier tNt.) Argus says that a
formidable opposition is gathering against his
denomination for Congress. The candidate mani
ed in opposition is Colonel John b, Mead, who Is
said to he popular in that district, and who will
make Judge Poland's press bill an issue In the
contest How far the righteous sentiment against
the law will avail against the "money and the
secret influences" winch the Administration Con
cressmen sometimes have at tLeir back cannot be
we'll estimated. 1t is gratifying, however, to see
an effort ut retribution begin with the author aud
promoter OF bill which, as the Argus truly says,
'strlkes blow at the liberty Of the press, which
ought to cost every man who voted ior it bis OH
cal position" The measure which Judge Poland
pushed through, as our readers are aware. has


already been used, in tue cass oil the editor OF tue
New York sun, to intimidate the public press OF
| the country, but happily IN vain
Year: 1874

Simultaneous was the attack and so un.
prepared was the escort for any imme-
diate rescue that some distance had
been gained by Cochise, followed by his
entire band, before tie captain presence
of mind returned to him, and a charge
was ordered. 1t was too late, however,
to save the poor Scotchman Taken at
the terrible disadvantage he was, he yet
strove desperately and tried to draw his
revolver and make the best fight he could
for his life. Once he nearly succeeded,
but, with the strength of a giant, and a
rapidity that almost defied calculation,
Cochise stabbed his victim seven times
in the neck and breast, and even while
holding him up upon his horse, and that
horse rushing'along over broken ground
at the top of his speed, managed to tear
the reeking scalp from the still breathing
yet dreadfully mutilated interpreter.
Waving this three times in the face Of
his pursuers, and dropping the CORY
corpse like log in the road, he easily
bafled the detachment of soldiers, and
made his escape without the loss OF a
single follower.


For this deed the price of $4,000 was
put upon Cochise's head, and many was
the borderer and the plainsman who en-
tered into his domain to look for him,
and to lie in wait upon the road that he
sometimes travelled. They did not find
him--certainly none ever returned to
claim the blood money, and many there
were who returned not at all.


In report made to- the War Depart
ment some three or four years ago, the
actual statistics were given Of Cochise' s
own killing, and from the figures there
presented the almost incredible total
was figured up of twentY-seyen kmeri-
cans, four Apache Indians, three Ger.
mans, two Englishmen, one Frenchman
and forty nine Mexicans and half-breeds
who had come to their death at the
hands of this monster alone.