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Year: 1874

a correspondent of the Richmond
Dispatch tells the following interest
ing incident of Gen. Fitz Lee:


Il have found it, too, very delight
ful to get out on the pOrtIcO with Il
party of old COnfederatcs, and join
theu in fighting our battles DER again.
One incident told by our gallant and
distinguished cavalrymuI, Gen. Fitz
Lee, is too good to keep, and he will
pardon me for repeating il. Durig the
second Manassas movement Gen, FitZ
was making Il scout down the Little
River turnpike, when he learned from
lady that Il party of Federal cavalry
had just passed down the road. and
that she had leard an officer say that
they would get dinner at certain
house below. "Ah! ~ said our gay
cavalier, II am glad To hear that, and
as it is about my dinner hour | think
that will ride down and dine with
them"


NO sooner said than done. The
house was surrounded, the men all
Captured, and the thing Gone SO quiet
~ that the officers who were in the
house were unaware of what had hap
pened until Gen. Lee stepped on the
porch just as they were starting in to
dinner, and slapped an old West Point
cOmrade on the shoulder, said: "Hel-
lOa. Bob! l am delighted to see you
old fellow, heard that You were here,
and have come down to dine with
YOU" Recognizing "Fitz," the officer
drew pistol, but our jovial cavalry
man assured him that he had better
stop that fOOlishness,' rs they were
completely surrounded. They of
course yielded, and after their char
gin had somewhat subsidized their cap
tor said: Well, | suppose that as I
have captured this party | have cap
tured this party have captured the
dinner too, and l therefore invite you
to be my guests and join me in the
feast Three of the captured officers
were his old West Point comrades.
and the gallant Confederate did the
hOnOrs with becoming courtesy. He
then parOlled them, and they stayed
at his headquarters during the whole
of the second battle of Manassas. At
one time during the battle, Gen. Lee
wanted to send an important dispatch.
and looking around, lie could find
none of his staff or cOuriers. II will
carry it for you Fitz," said one of the
parolled prisoners. ''AlI right! but
you must be sure and carry it
straight" The gallant fellow dashed
off, and at great personal peril, deliv
cred the message and returned to his
generous captor. After the battle Gen.
Lee sent his prisoners under escort 10
the chain bridge and they sent back
10y escort their horses"
Year: 1874

Lead thy mOIher tenderly


Down life's steep decline;
Once her arm was thy support,
Now she leans on thine.
See upon her loving face


Those deep lines Of care;
Think-it was her toll for THE
Left that record there.
Ne'er forget her tireless watch
Kept by day and night,
Taking from her step the grace,
From her eye the light,
Cherish well her faithful heart,
Which, through weary years,
Echoed with lis sympathy


all thy smiles and tears.
Thank God for thy mothers love-
Guard the priceless boom;
For the bitter parting hour


Cometh all too soon.
When thy grateful tenderness
Loses power to save,
Earth will hold no desrer spot
Than thy mothers gravel
Year: 1874

colored people living in agricultural districts
Of Alabama1 from being entertained by our
Northern friends, and to ask aid from them in
plan that we would risk to adopt TO benefit
the colored people and give them fair
chance, untrammeled by the hostility of those
who look with hatred or contempt upon all
efforts TO better his condition made by the
colored man, that we address the people of
the United States favorable TO the real eman-
cipation of the negro from practical slavery.
We have therefore organized an Emigration
Association and given TO them authority to
take such steps as will best effect the early
settlement Of a colony of eolored families in
the far West, which, In case of success, may
be nucleus around which many thousands
of the hard working colored families Of Ala
baina may build up for themselves happy
homes. The continued spoliation of the
colored people of their earnings has
rendered them unable to pay for
the transportation of their families
to the localities where they desire to go; and
we therefore ask the assistance of all lovers
Of freedom and enemies to human slavery to
carry us TO a portion of the country where we
may have an equal chance in the struggle for
life and fortune To carry out the foregoing
object we have appointed commissioners to
visit Northern cities and solicit aid and lecture
upon the true condition Of the colored people
Of Alabama at the present time.


The foregoing address was adopted by the
unanimous vote of the convention, forty coun-
ties of Alabama being represented at the time
of its adoption by regularly-elected delegates,


A resolution was then passed, asking Re-
publican and Independent papers favorable to
the amelioratiOn of the condition of the col
ored people of Alabama to publish this ad-
dress. PHILIP JOSEPH,


President of the Convention.
Year: 1874

quence men are rarely bitten by their
own dogs. The voice of the master
seems to overcome the fury of the dis
ease for time at least, and an animal
restless with madness will be quieted by
the sound Of his masters voice, and inn
mediately obey him. In fact, M Bonley
seems to think that in cases where obedi-
ence does not follow the call of the
beloved voice the fault is not due to the
dogs unwillingness, but to the fact that
disease has blinded his senses, and he
does not hear. Not less remarkable is
the explanation given Of rabid dogs
tendency to roam. Controlled as such
dogs are by their affectionate regard for
their friends" says M. Bonley, p" am
inclined to believe that the poor beasts
strive to obey these nobler impulses
when, before giving way to the disease,
they run away from home and disappear.
1t seems as if they were conscious OF the
harm they might do, and to avoid in
flicting this inIuty they run away from
those they love-"
Year: 1874

Dogs are usually credited with good


deal of intelligence and feeling, but
never, perhaps, have their higher facul-
ties received such marked recognition as
from M. Bonley, veterinary surgeon
of such prominence as to be member OF
the French Institute and general in
spector of the veterinary schools in
France. In lecture on hydrophobia he
points out that the comparative immuni-
ty of masters from attacks by their dogs
is in great part due to the affection the
animal feels for those about him. THE
affectionate feeling of the mad dog to,
ward his master is so powerful and
enduring that it governs him even in the
raving stages of his disease. 1t controls
him, and even his fatal desire to bite is
overcome by an effort of his will, oI
rather by the power of his attachment


In this the nature of the dog seems
almost human, for man, under similal
diseased circumstances, is conscious OF
the harm he may intiict, and Is caretu


TO avoid it," The power of this affection
| is SO great as to control the dog even II
his most rabid moments, and as conse
Year: 1874

LORD KINNAIRD, in the course of a
long letter to a contemporary regarding
the ventilation of dwelling houses, says


People imagine that as foul air is light
it is only necessary to open a hole In the
ceiling or open q window at the top to
allow it to escape, and are surprised
when these openings are closed by the
inmates to feel cold air beating down on
their heads. The fact is that the foul
air emitted from the lungs of the occu-
pants of a room ascends while warm,
but when cold it falls to the ground.
Anyone taking ladder and going to the
top of a room where a number of people
are sitting would find the vitated air
unbearable. A bird could not live long
in it. When there is a fireplace in a
room the foul air first ascends, and then
when it gets cold descends, and is then
drawn up the chimney, so that person
sitting near the fireplace inhales this bad
air. The remedy is to take off the viii
ated air at the ceiling by syphon acting
on the reverse system of water syphon.
Where there is no fireplace in a room the
case is serious indeed We found that a
bird placed on the floor of such room,
where two people slept, was dead in the
morning. Were not our ancestors wise
in having high bedsteads, and they were
higher than the iron bedsteads now com
monty used. Shakedowns" are there.
fore most injurious to health. The great
difficulty in ventilation is to make the
air move. One plan may be seen carried
out on a large scale in the Houses OF
Parliament. A huge furnace at the top
of the house, kept constantly burning
draws its life from the Houses, libraries
dining room, tea-rooms, committee rooms
and Kitchen of the Palace of Westmin
ster, and such is it's power that burnt
pieces of paper have been drawn from
the Victoria Station to the Palace. The
real difficulty is the supplying of fresf
air to fill up. the vacuum, which in oul
dwellings is drawn from the window
sashes, and doors and key. holes.
Year: 1874

WHEN we see man down and are
seized with an itching to kick him it is
well to make sure that he will not get
up again, for if he does get up the situa-
tion becomes embarrassing and some
times unsafe. Exchange.
Year: 1874

A Saratoga correspondent writes :
''The old beaux at Saratoga are very
numerous at present. They come here
and dangle parasols and fans in return
for invitations to parties and Germans
during the winter. This is easier than
calling now and then, which gets to be
terrible bore with the old beaux, who
like their cigar and newspaper and home
comforts of m evening, and are not to
be coaxed out unless there is swell
affair with q wine supper to repay them.
So here they are dangling fans and
doing penance, and next winter they
will be invited again, because they were
$50 attentive at Saratoga The old
beaux are growing a bit heavy in figure,
and show few crows feet, but on the
whole get themselves up well, and, as
they are acknowledged society men,
the young ladies are satisfied to have
them at their heels, .sz-a-


"The old girls who are hawked about
from one wafering-place to another are
also well represented this season. These
young ladies are expert in casting
die-a-way glances, hanging bheir hands
fin-fashibn, and in all the gushing tricks
of r,aaiden-hood. They arc striving TO
make the most Of themselves with q
deadly effort, and are really very stylish
in their fine toilets, with escalloped
foreheads, hair parted on one side, and
bonnets pinned on captiyatingly. This
old stock have been waiting in the
market for rich husbands, and could
now be bought cheap.
Year: 1874

The Saturday Review has a sharp ar
| ticle ON a certain superficial type of crit
iCism that has become the stock-in-trade


of class of modern young. men-more


especially those who fondly believe
themselves to have strong aesthetic
sense, and to be capable of art-iudgment
of asort unknown to their fathers. Thgs
it says "Phe most irritating section of
the intellectual school consists, perhaps,


of those who are judges Of pictures, and


taking the technical terms of painting
and music, with neither of which arts
probably they have more than super
fetal acquaintance, mix them together
into a new and horrible iargon. Follow
ing the unpleasant fashion set them, it
must be allowed, by some to whom they
may rightly look up, they describe pic
lures as symphonies in green, harmOnles
in white, and 7IOttlEYTOS in all sorts of
colors. Their delight in this new meth
cd of expression leads them to carry it
further, it may be hoped, than its orig
inators intended. They will beg you to
admire the tremulous tones of an at
mosphere, the swell of foreground, or
the diapason Of scarlet in q sunset.
They discourse Iearnedly of ascending
and descending scales of color, of melo-
dious passages running through the
middle distance, of the phrasing of q
picture, and of the key In which it is
set. When they wish to praise painter,
they say that he has fine eye for har-
mony. It has not yet, we believe, come
to pass that those who more particularly
affect musical knowledge speak of a COM
poser's possessing q fine ear for color.
It would be no more ridiculous, how
ever, to hear of the middle distance and
n1orbidezG of o quartet than OF those
things which we have mentioned above,
and of others like them. The extraOr-
dinary fuency and extraordinary unln-
telligiblity of these philosophers dis
QUESTIONS remind one of the nonsense
rhyme concerning the old man who
walked by the Trent, and talked to
himself as he went but so loud and SO
much, and moreover in Dutch, that no
one could tell what be meant. After
listening to them for some time one Is
inclined TO doubt whether the universal
spread of art, or rather of superficial
acquaintance with art, is an unmixed
blessing. They are so well contented
with themselves, so Thoroughly convinced
that the words which they speak are the
words Of wisdom, that there seems no
hope of their ever straying from the
paths which they have made peculiarly
their own. shop of all kinds is apt to
be tiresome even when talked by those
who are we'll versed in their subject;
when talked by those who are not 50
we'll versed, its weariness assumes gi-
gantic proportions. 1t is an old and
true saying that little knowledge is q
dangerous thing. Certainly little
knowledge in the matter of art is dan
gerous thing for the friends and ac-
quaintances Of those who possess it.
Year: 1874

lying unseen in a bureau-drawer for


over five years. Richard very reason


ably thought the. watch was completely


forgotten by that time, and that he had


made very judicions disposition of it.


But the very next Sunday, as ill-luck


would have it, the old gentleman, on


dressing himself to go to dinner-par-


ty, said to his good wife, Well, I


guess I'll wear my watch to-day" and


Ruthless search being made for the


chronometer, Richard fed the spot and


played hockey" both from school and


home for the next six weeks.


It has been mentioned that the colo.
mel was fond of the canal. So he was,


and jolly lot of trouble it used to get


him into, too. He was going homo
from " school, one day with his shoes
in his hand, when it suddenly occurred
to him to make boat of one of the
pedal coverings, and straight into the
lock it went, Then the other boys
commenced to "waft" it to the other
end of the lock by throwing stones,
etc., at it, and the result was that the
ship. went hopelessly down. Richard
trelnbled at the thought of going home
with one shoe. It would be known that
he played truant. and q good stout
stick would await him. Various expe-
dents were Thought of and suggested
as means of getting him out Of the
scrape, but they were all failures. The
last one was to induce a shoemaker in
the neighborhood to make mate for
the shoe inside of an hour, and for the
handsome remuneration of two cents,
but Richard was astonished to learn
from the artist that it could not be done
in that brief space of time, and partic
ularly for that sum of money. The on
ly thing remaining was to hook a shoe
belonging to a mill-hand, which was
about five times as large as the other.
This disparity in size was discovered the
very first thing on his entering the
house the mi1I-hand came, making a
terrible fuss about the larseny of his
shoe. Richard was in disgrace again,
and had to flee once more to the noun
tains. And "sich," as Sairy Camp !
would say, "sich is boys. Cincinnati
Go7aallerCinL
Year: 1874

An extensive stock dealer informs the
ST. Louis Rural World thet in his re-
cent travels ha has seen much of the
rayaaas of the chinch bug, and that the
following ID the best way 20 destroy
them When they first appear, as they
usually sio. Oh the side of the corn field,


and before they have entered II, eut five
or SIX ross of The corn and clear tue
ground then plow strip u land eight
az ten feet wide, leaving deep dead
furrow, and the trap is complete. When
the bugs approach the field, they will
PASS III unfar the corn placed across
fhe dead furrow, and prefsrring the
shade and moisture, remain there until
sha stalks become perfectly dry, when
Year: 1874

Tea culture is very simple. First the
seed is deposited in hollowB four or tive
inches deep and eighteen inches wide,
made in the ground at intervals of four
or five feet: then the earth is sprinkled
lightly over the seed. The sowing IS
usually done in November or December,
and after the spring rains have fallen
the plants rise in 0 cluster from each
seed-bed. Manure is occasionally ap-
piled TO them, but aside from this they
require little care except to be kept free
from weeds. The first crop Of leaves is
not yielded till three years after the
planting. They are then transplanted
In order to give each plant more space
for growth, and are placed in rows SIX
or eight inches apart. Sometimes the
bushes are kept low by pruning and TO
prevent their spreading and overgroW-
ing each other. After seven or ten years
they are cut down, 50 chat the young
and tender shoots below may have a
chance TO grow. The critical season in
tea. culture is when the leaves have to
be picked, the time for which, in two or
three pIuckinas between March and
Anoust. varies in different districts and
with different plants. The picking 1s
generally done By women, children, and
old men, working in gangs Of ten OF
twelve each, hired for the harvest, and
paid according to the amount of tea
picked. With hard work forty pounds
per day may be gathered, which quan-
tity will yield ten pounds of tee when
dried. First the leaves are placed in
broad sunlight /; they are then Drowned
and roasted over furnace.
Year: 1874

they can be put through a process of
cremation that will prove effectual in
destroying them. Should they first ap.
pear in the middle of a field of corn Gas
it not unfrequently happens they do),
they can be surrounded on the forego-
ing plan and destroyed in the same way.
Year: 1874

ANTICIPATION.
sam take the orchard path, " she said,


Speaking lowly, smiling slowly;
The brook was dried within its bed,
The hot sun flung fame of red
Low In the West, as forth she sped.
Across the dried brook-course she went


Singing lowly, smiling slowly:
She scarcely saw the sun that spent
Its fiery force in swift descent
She never saw the wheat was bent, .
The grasses 'parched, the blossoms dried
Singing lowly, smiling slowly:
Her eyes amid the drought espied
a summer pleasance far and wide,
With roses and sweet violets pied.
Year: 1874

l.


IT, onr walks and talks of late with financial men
we have been struck with the general prevalence Of
the idea that Notwithstanding the apparent recuper-
alton since the late panic, not yet out OF all
danger of relapse. The more common opinion is
that our trials have failed to impart any useful les
son. or that We have resolved not to be taught even
by hard experience. In dscoursing upon the
financial situation, an experienced observer, whose
mmd We are confident is not sweryed by
interest. remarks that he cannot that
our banks are in any better position than
they were i'm before the crisis IL will be remcm-
bcred that in that extraordinary time it was found
that those Of our city banks whose funds had been
loaned almost entirely upon the security of merean-
tile paper, were III less precarious position than
the Others whose loans secured by stocks. The
mercantile paper had suffered no material deprecia
ton. and was daily furnishing new money TO the
banks by the regular daily maturity of the notes
These institutions were, as u rule. Llt to be as
strong as they ever had bcrn because there was
bass of real value 10 the great ball, of Their sesur


tics On the other hand the banks whose collaterals
were chiefly stocks found their securities suddenly
doprocat'd 10 an extent that mncriled i large part
ii not the whole of their capitals. 1t IL held by
many vi tuOse NitL whom yc have conveyed. that
Year: 1874

The strawberry festival at Odd Fellows
Hall last night, given under the auspices of
the Sons of Temperance in honor of their
twenty-eighth anniversary, proved a very
pleasant affair. The elegant hall engaged
for the occasion fairly sparkled with the
bright eyes of lovely women, and under
this inspiration-far better than sparkling
champagne or alcoholic drinks-the Sons of
Temperance tripped it on the light fantas-
tic toe to their hearts content. The dane
ing commenced early in the evening, and
about twelve O'Clock the party retired to
another room and partook of straw berries
and cream, etc. There were just enough
present to make the dancing pleasant, and
the party was a decided success in every
Year: 1874

By the published proceedings in another
column it will be seen that meeting has
been. held by landholders along the line OF
the proposed road between Carrollton and
Kenner, and they have adopted resolutions
strongly condemnatory of the movement,
and threatening violent opposition thereto.
Believing the act of the Legislature author
izing the building Of the road to be uncon-
stitutional, it is probable that these gentle
men will resort to the courts for settle
ment of the question.
Year: 1874

Last evening, on the occasion Of Manager
Canonge's benefit, there was very large
attendance. M. Canonge has good reason
to feel proud of this recognition of his eff
forts in the cause of the lyric drama. There
were many floral tributes presented to the
beneficiary, and we record with pleasure
other and more substantial offerings.


Tonight LA Favorite" will be performed.


Next Sunday night marks the close of the
opera season.


Today q special matinee performance
will take place by particular request as a
testimonial of regard for Manager Canonge.
Year: 1874

Several interesting civil rights suits are
fixed for trial in the Fourth District Court
on Thursday next, the most important
being that of Peter Joseph, captain of
police, against Manager Bidwell, of the
Academy of Music.
Year: 1874

Before the grand drawing for the
Before the grand drawing for the
Before the grand drawing for the
Twenty thousand dollar prize.


Twenty thousand dollar prize.


Twenty thoqeand dollar prize.
Year: 1874

a MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTI0N.-Se
curing the appointment of Miss Smith as Post
mistress for Dover was the fair thing on the
part of the Republicans of that town. 1t is
the proper concession to civil service reform
and to the claims of females in the pursuit of
honorable employment, while it repudiates the
partizanship heretofore attached to the office


1t shows a recognition of the fact that the
office is to serve the people, not the party.


But suppose the Democrats had had con-
troll OF the office. Does any one think, for a
moment that this 81 200 place would hvae


been frittered away upon lady-upon per-
son who has no Democratic vote and no politica
infuence-when there are so many pharmacies"
cllnging to that party in the town; men who
hang upon prince favors," and expect the
Democratic party to give them a living men
who bully the Levy Court and try to keep the
negroes and other Republicans out of their
votes; men who do the dirty work of their
masters and claim that the offices are set apart
for their reward. By no means. All these
men are promised their reward by the ring
they serve, and are taught to look upon the


offices as their political inheritance For the ring
to have done such an act, even if they had felt
so disposed, would have led to open rupture.