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Year: 1874

Owing to the inclemency Of the
weather, the farmers are lying on their
oars.


The people of this vicinity wssS
blessed, last Sunday and Sunday night.
with beautiful shower of rain, which
was greatly needed by the fall crops.


Predicting from the number Of buy.
ers that are riding through the country.
hogs must be in good demand.


Shooting matches are becoming pop
ulsr again.


The schools Of this township
throughout, will begin on Monday next.
Owing to some cause, we know not
what, the term of school will be only
three months.


Sylvester Slough has returned home
again from the Valparaiso school. As
the school is one of good repute, NO
doubt he has speut his time WE'LL We
learned that he purposes tending the
second term; any one wishing to spend
their time and money in this way, We
would highly recommend them to the
school.


Either owing to the fastidiousness,
or Sc Z other cause, on the part of the
house holders, we know not what, there
is considerable difficulty existing between
the patrons and the teacher employed for
one of tue schools.


There will be church at the Wade
School house next Sunday services by
Rev. Hutchins.


There has been q protracted series
of meetings at the Buffalo school house
during the past week, under the auspice
of Rev. McElvan, Campbellite minister.
AS the winter season is approaching. the
season for the servants of the sacred
truth is also approaching; moving SIM
ners to repentance may it ever prove BEN
efcial to the community.
Mrs. Microuce and daughter, are on
visit to this place, Elijah Mosholder and
family are the recipients of the visitors.


-Presuming from the noise made BY
the train on the B. g. o. R. r. it must bt
busily engaged in its routine Of business.


The lumber business Of j. Seldenrigh
and Slough Brothers, appears to be hush
ed, as they have not been engaged in
their works for some time.


Now is the Eleventh month of tn
year, the child E. sought diligently in tb'
flowers of fashion, and hesitating lest h'
be thought vain; yet his spirits of low
could not be subdued, and in the journey


ing thereof wrought he mighty works
G and his mouth gave utterance TO might


sayings of some of the fair maids, and no
!. aware of the city projections by sent


nels, and on certain night of the weel
this same spirit which gave utterancs
to the mighty sayings was seized upo


by guard.
Year: 1874

The DoME OF sr. PAuL's.-The dome
of the st, haul's is the original of our
dome at Washington; but externally
| think ours is the more graceful Of
the two, though the effect inside is
tame and fiat in comparison. This is
owing partly to our hard transparent
atmosphere, which lends no charm or
Illusion, but mainly TO the stupid unim-
aginative plan of it. Our dome shuts
down like an inverted iron pot; there
is no vista, no outlook, no relation, and
hence no proportion. You open door
and are in a circular pen, and can look
in only one direction-up Ifthe iron
pot were slashed through here and
there, or if Il rested on row of tail
colums, or piers, and was shown TO be
a legitimate part Of the building, IL
would not appear the exhausted re,
ceiyer il does now.


The dome Of ST, Pauls is the culmi-
nation of the whole interior Of the
building. Rising over the central area,
il seems TO have, the aisle, the transepts,
the choir, and give them expressions
and expansion in its lofty armament,
Year: 1874

IeE GOLD.-Mr Geo. Heintzelman ar

 In town last night, from Big Bug min |stnct, with about seven ounces of gold

 which he sold at the rate of SlS.25 per

 thus giving himself and three part ESl2'.75 for less than weeks work.

 are working the old Mexican gulch, lt

 oeio" the Big Bug quartz mill.

 leIy time on Goodwin street, last even between woman of the town and an pdual of the male persuasion. Cause fe on the part of the woman for back
Year: 1874

Through the length and breadth of the land the celebrated SILVER TIPPED Boots and Shoes are sold by the million-for parents know they last twice as long as those without Tips. Try them. For sale by all dealers.-Co Com. G
Year: 1874

The enchantment has vanished.
In my dream my hair was black and
glossy, now it is dry as leaves Of
autumn, and as white as the focks
on the hill side. am passing away
to meet the friends that have gone
before. 1t Is well. Bear my bless
inos to those who remain with you,
and ask them to remember me when
kneeling before the Father.
Year: 1874

MONTGOMERY, ALA, Oct. 3, 1874.


The knowledge that the United
States Government has n, last taken
notice of these outrages in the South
will do more toward stopping them
than anything the State Government
could devise. In fact, one motive
which led to them has been the hope
that Governor Lewis would organize
and cll out a State militia, which
must be composed aim st entirely of
Republicans, white and colored, and
there could he inauyurated what the
Democrats are working for
Year: 1874

An aged resident of Flushing, who
was present at the new water works
celebration there yesterday, was heard
to remark, after taking q sip Of the
fluid, that on the whole, he rather liked
it as beverage, aud hoped It would
some day come to be generally adopt
ed by Long Islanders.
Year: 1874

England Will De regarded ns INC uefinoA'1


insisted upon regarding the frdnc-tireirs in


France, as spies and mutineers to be captured


and shot II at once becomes incumbent for


England and Holland and Belgium, and other
nations, where there is not large standing
army to arm at once A principle like this
would make America powerless in the event Of
the landing of an attacking army, and give the
German columns clear and practically unde-
Tended road from Dover to London.


Furthermore, we have maritime questions to
be considered. England and France have q
large navy. England especially is powerful
enough to drive the flag of any other nation
from the seas. Suppose this Congress enacts
that no vessel belonging to country with
which another country is at war shall be at
tackled, provided she is a merchantman on a
peaceable errand and not carrying stores to
the enemy. The effect of such q law would be
TO limit and practically destroy the influence
'of England's naval power as an antagonist of
her enemy's commerce. If a nation can make
war and at the same time, continue her CON-
merce unmolested, then there is renewed
temptation to war in the removal Of one of its
most formidable dangers And so from this
to other questions These are the three rules
in reference to the rights and duties of neutrals
adopted in our Washington Treaty and result
ing in the Geneva Conference. What is to
become of them9 England has not shown
any undue enthusiasm in their behalf Will
the Congress be more consderate? So long
as the Congress confines itself to explosive
bullets and the treatment of newspaper cor
respondents its deliberations will be Of about
the same value as those of our own MIR.
Bergh and his Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals. So long as its
members confne themselves to the sentiment
of war and the passage Of humane and
Christian resolutions no one will criticise or
complain. Such meetings do good in this,
that they give the essayists employment But
war is war, and no Congress can invent a
panacea by which it can be made as harm
less as peace. War means destruction and
overthrow, and the only Congress that can
moderate it is the army which has the largest
number of guns. We are convinced that this
Congress has some graver purposes in view
than any that have been alleged; that its in
tention is to commit the Powers represented
in its sessions to some new policy on inter-
national questions. Such decision, how
ever, would seem to be impossible consider
ing the jealousies and distrust that now per-
wade the diplomacy of Europe, and the reso-
luton on the part Of England, at least, to
consent to no such amendment of the laws of
war as will place her wealth and unarmed
population, and more especially her tremen-
dous navy, at the mercy of great military
nations like Germany, Russia and France.
Year: 1874

Mr.. STANLEY's EXPEDITION. We acknowl-
edge the receipt of large number of COM
munications from all parts of the country and
from people Of various accomplishments and
adventurous character. These correspondents
have been inspired by the successes and the
fame of Mr.. Stanley in his former expedition
in search of Livingstone and are anxious to
accompany him in the expedition which he
now commands in behalf of the London 7ele-
graph and the HERALD in search of the haunts
of the slave trade and the sources of the Nile.
Some of these wish to attend to the astronomy
of the expedition others are physicians,
who would like to look after its health.
Two or three are enthusiastic mission
aries, who would be happy to convert the
heathen Africans. Some are journalists eager
to write the history of the enterprise, but the
majority are young men possessed with the
spirit Of adventure. One wretched person
whose domestic life is unhappy would like to
bury his sorrows in Ujiji. We cannot make
personal responses to these applications, and
we say now in a general way, and as an answer
to all such letters, that Mr.. Stanley's exped-
ton is complete, that there are no vacancies
and that it Is impossible to consider any
OF the applications with which we have been
hOnored
Year: 1874

state Assessors and tho City Assessment.


The report of the Commissioners of Tax and
Assessment answers completely the complaint
so often made by country politicians that this
city is not sufficiently taxed on its valuation.


So far from this charge being true the figures
prepared by the Commissioners show con-
clusively that both personal property and real
estate are taxed in the city on much higher
valuation than is country property. The
State assessors seem to labor under the idea
that because New York is rich she should be
taxed at much higher rate than less pro-
gressive districts In fact, there is something
like desire to impose fine on our CONNER
cial activity. If New York possesses
great wealth, she has right to
contribute proportionately to the ex-
penses of the State government; but
there can be no justification for imposing a
higher rate Of taxation on Es~ York assessed
property than on property in any other city
Year: 1874

THE ENDORSEMENT BY THE ASSISTANT AL
DERMEN of the charges preferred against the
Mayor by the Board of Aldermen gives addi-
tional force to the action OF the latter Board.
The charges now stand as the indictment of
the Mayor by the Common Council, in both
branches. Is tho direct representatives of the
people Of New York Of al political parties.
Year: 1874

appear before such tribunal, and he cannot
fail to appreciate the fact that the genuine.
ness OF the letters is to be assumed until he
traverses it. If he fails to prosecute Tilton or
to answer the charges he must accept the
popular verdict, but it would be an outrage to
drag him into police court and question him
concerning his own and another honor
Year: 1874

The ENGLISH AGRICULTURAL LABoRERs
The strike among the agricultural laborers in
England begins to show signs which encourage
the belief that the end is not far distant. As
the harvest season approaches the power of
the masters becomes more apparent. Tho
lockout has proved much more effective than
at first was believed possible. The Laborers'
Union Committee have decided that the locked.
out laborers in the eastern counties must ac-
cept the alternative of emigratlng to Canada,
or depending on their own resources. This
resolution has been come to because tho
gentlemen of the Union Committee feel that
they are no longer justified in appealing to
the public for support. Emigration to Canada
is not popular among the English laborers.
This is the less to be wondered at, as Mr..
Joseph Arch, the oracle of the agricultural
laborers has spoken Of Canada in terms the
very reverse of encouraging. The presump-
ton is that the harvest season will sec the end
of the lockout Left to themselves the men
will seek employment the masters will mako
their own terms, and thus another strike will
have ended disastrously to the workingmen.
Another victory for the masters, however,
does not imply that the fight will not be re-
eu1ned
Year: 1874

or town in the Safe. 1t might be imagined
that even students In political economy would
understand the injustice and inexpediency of
establishing SO dangerous precedent as in
equality in tax.tion, and yet men charged
with the important functions of assessing the
property of the State allow their jealousy of
this city to so blind them to the principles of
right and justice that they insist on continuing
vicious and unsound system. 1t will be
seen by the report that, while the assessments
on personal property in the country districts
have only increased about fifteen per cent in
thirteen years, the increase in New York dur
ing the same period has been seventy-seven
and half per cent. This is sufficient answer
to those who pretend that New York does not
contribute her fair share of taxation to the
State expenses.
Year: 1874

TIE GREAT UNION MEETING on MONMOUTH
BATTLE FIELD.-Our patriotic readers, we are
sure, will peruse with interest and pleasure
the special report which we publish this morn
ing of the reception Of the Fifth Maryland
regiment yesterday, and of the honors show
cred upon it in behalf of the State, the people
and the soldiers of New Jersey, at Freehold
and on the famous revolutionary battle field
of Monmouth. The spirit Of patriotic har-
mony and fraternity which governed this re-
markable assemblage of republicans and dem
ocrats, of Northern and Southern men, of
Union and Confederate soldiers, in the name
and for the cause of the Union, is certainly
calculated to make the day of this cordial
meeting on the historic field OF Monmouth
memorable in our political history.
Year: 1874




The abduction of poor little Charley Ross
does not appear likely to yield profit to tho
perpetrators of the crime. The notoriety
given to the affair, the means of the bereaved
parents, the time that has elapsed since the
child was stolen, all render it unlikely that
the sum demanded as ransom, or indeed that
any money whatever will be paid for his res.
toration. The sense of the community is
opposed TO such compromise, and even the
sad alternative of the death of the little inno-
cent would be preferred to the terrible evil of
allowing the criminals to succeed in their
object and thus encouraging repetition of the
crime Every heart would bleed for Charley's
parents, it is true; but better that one family
should be thus stricken than that every family
should be exposed to q similar danger.


word Of advice to the cruel men who
have caused all this misery does not seem now
out OF place. We presume them to be calcu.
lating villains, who will adhere remorselessly
to their plan so long as there may be the
slightest prospect of securing money, but who
will not heedlessly incur risk They are
not the sort Of ruffians to crafty revenge
when they find themselves foiled, if by so
doing they increase the chances of detection
or the penalty to be paid in case detection
should come. They would gain absolutely
nothing by taking the life of poor little
Charley. murder would be difficult to
cover up and would insure the hanging of
the murderers if they should be discovered.
The living child could be turned loose in
dozen safe way S, and on his restoration the
hunt after the kidnappers would prob
ably cease At all events, if afterwards
found their punishment would only
be imprisonment, and the fact of the restora-
ton would no doubt be successfully pleaded
in mitigation of the sentence. Under these
circumstances we think we may safely appeal
to the seltishness and common sense Of the
men who have Charley Ross in their posses
sion to restore him at once to his parents.
Should they delay until their arrest takes
place, with the child still in their possession,
the people will take it for granted that mur-
der was intended and the utmost penalty Of
the crime will be exacted.


The SARATOGA RACES. The second day Of
the races under the auspices OF the Saratoga
Association passed off successfully, the weather
yesterday being favorable, though the track
was little heavy. Under the influence of the
fine weather the beau monde turned out and
enjoyed the spirited contests between tho
favorite stables. Seven horses started for the
Alabama Stakes, the race being won BY
Regardless, o flly that before the start
was not looked on with much favor.
The organization of these popular sports will
do much to increase the attrnctiveness Of Sara
toga by giving that variety and excitement
which is so essential to the thorough enjoy.
ment of life by our pleasure-loving people.
Year: 1874

The most successful breeders Of
horses, cattle, sheep or swine, know
from experience that although they
may possess the best breeding ami
mails, they will not be successful in
producing superior stock, if a CON
tinous growth ofthe young animals
is not kept up. In order to begin in
time at this indispensable preparation
for success, the bIooded mares, COWS,
ewes and sows are most carefully
and suitibly fed while with young,and
as soon as the young animals make
their appearance, they sre taken the
greatest care of, they being suitably
fed while sucking, and when the
young ones are weaned, they are not
supposed to want for food or drink.


By this means a continuous and
rapid growth is kept up, and the
animals attain large size and heavy
weight at an early age. When breed
ing animals are not properly fed and
comfortably sheltered in WiRter, the
bad effect Of such treatment is not
confined to their own want Of con-
dition-it is shared by their progeny
and can never be remedied, When
Young stock are not fed well and
comfortably sheltered in winter,
their growth becomes stunted, and
no subsequent amount Of good treat
ment can repair the damages. Young
animals may suffer for want Of proper
provender in summer and autumn, as
well as in winter, and when this hap
I pens it stops continuous growth, and
nreyents ultimate success IN the
object of the breeder


= Working FaTRsr.
Year: 1874

.


The record of the year which is
about to close, while it does not so
far present so formiablea catalogue
of losses by fire in the great centers
of population and industry as some
of its immediate predecessors, is not
after all very encouraging one in
respect to the recurrence Of such
disasters. No one can examine it
without concluding that, in this
country, fires are increasing much
more rapidly than is warranted by
the increase Of business done and
values exposed to loss.


The statistics of insurance show
that-leaying out of the account all
the losses Of companies which have
baukrupted them-the losses by fire
in foreign countries bear the same
proportion to the premiums received
by insurance companies as in this
Country. But while these percen-
tages Of loss are so very nearly equal
the rates Of premium are very un-
equal Without going into detail, it
is sufficient for our present purpose
that the premiums for 6re insurance
charged in this country are at least
double those charged abroad, and
they are steadily and necessarily in
creasing. 1t follows that the ratio
of loss by fire to amount insured is
in this country twice as great as in
foreign countries, How far this dis
proportionate loss is preventable,
what are its causes, and what the
remedies, if any, are questions quite
as vital to the citizen as to the fire
underwater. Ultimately the loss falls
upon the community, whether in
surance iutervenes to protect the
individual or not; and it is better to
spend our energies in discovering the
lcauses of the loss than in disputinc
whether it shall be paid in the shape
of increased premiums on our in.
lsurance, or an increased tax upon
our industry.


The headlong haste with which all
our enterprises are begun and carried
forward makes US a reckless people
A majority Of all the fires, the cause
Of which are ascertained with GER
tainty, originate in sheer careless
ness in the construction of buildings
in tue arrangement and use Of heat
! ling and lighting apparatus, and il
the handling of dangerous substan
ICES. Reckless haste and still more
, RECKLESS greed, in the absence Of th'
: lyigilant control of law, putup build
/. lings Of such 6imsy material, witt
Year: 1874

Ladies, has it ever occurred to you what
commentary upon our civilization are these
lost women2 A child strays from the home
enclosure, and the whole community is on
the alert to find the wauderer and restore it
to its mothers arms. What rejoicing when
il is found what fearful sympathy, what
heartiness of congratulation There is no
harsh comment upon poor tired feet be they
never 80 miry, no reprimand for the soiled
and torn garments, no lack of kisses for the
tear-stained face. But let the child be
grown to womanhood, let her be led from
the enclosure of morality by the voice Of
affection, or driven from it by the scourge
Of want-wbat boppens2 Do Christian
men and women 60 in quest Of herr Do
they provide all possible helps for her re-
turn, or, if she returns of her own motion,
do they receive her with such kindness and
delicacy as secures her from wandering
again2 Far from IL AT the FIRST step
she is denounced as lost-lost, echo friends
and relatiyes-we disown you don't ever
come near us to disgrace us. Lost, says
society, indifIerently How bad these girls
are! And lost, irretrieyably lost, is the
prompt verdict, boiling every door between
her aud all respectability. Ah ! will not
these lost ones be required at our hands in
the world hereafter2
Year: 1874

The fuss the papers make over the car
riages and outfit Of the President i'll pre-
pares one for tho quite ordinary stud Gen
Grant keeps for his own use and that of his
family The old stable Of Buchanan's time
is now partly conservatory and partly
wood.shed. Nearly a quarter of a mile
away, on new and yet uncultiyated part
of the public grounds-outside the Presi-
dental gardens-stands a low, brick edi-
fee, somewhat castellated, and this is the
Presidential stable. A coach Of modern
style, trimmed wholly in black, except the
handles, with no ornament of any kind but
"U. s. g." on the panels, is the state and
family carriage Of the Chief Magistrate.
1t would not be fashionable coach for n
New York snob 1t would need but little
change to turn it into 6rst-cass mourning
carriage. A small, light-driving wagon is
the favorite for the President when he
drives himself, To this is hitched small
black mare, of marvellous speed, that came
from the state Of Maine. The carriage
horses are beauties. One Of these is over
sixteen hands high. lie was picked up in
hack in this city, where he attracted no
attention. He cost but s400. He could
not now be purchased at any price. A fine
sum would be paid for mate. A pair Of
black ponies, Of great speed and grit, driven
to low basket wagon, with a rumble be-
hind, is the favorite team Of Miss Nellie
Grant The horse of mark in the stable is
Cincinnatus, the old war horse Of the Presi-
dent. This animal is deep mahogany
bay, slender and of wonderful symmetry.
His liie-work is done. He is eighteen, a
cripple, and will live in clover to the end of
his days. A four. year.old colt of great size
and speed, completes the horse outfit of Gen.
Grant Washington Letter.