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Year: 1874

The Empire statc-Senator Fenton and


the Liberal Balance OF Power.


The powerful oratorical proclamation to the
liberal republicans of the Empire State
recently issued by General John Cochrane
will, we are inclined to think, bear the inter-
probation that his party is not to be sold out,
disbanded and dispersed, as were the Know
Nothings, for mess of pottage, but that the
liberals are still to hold the field as distinct
organization, which, though small in num-
bers, stands as balance of power, in full
view of the millennium. In short the success
of the liberal programme Of last year on the
State ticket encouraged General Cochrane to
anticipate some glorious results from our
November State election this year to the
liberals as a balance of power. And why not
The liberals may, perhaps by swinging to the
right or left, elect the Governor, and by out
ting in or cutting out, in this or that Con-
gressional district, they may determine the
majority OF our State delegation in the next
House of Representatives.


Best of ALL by adroit engineering and ac-
tive work they may secure such balance Of
power in our next State Assembly as will ena-
BILE them to control the Legislature in
the important matter of the election of
United States Senator in place Of Mr. Fenton,
whose term is drawing to close And here
Senator Fsnton comes to the front again as
one Of the most important men in the State.
The republicans are apprehensive that in our
nNi ole tv,ro b<x1J
the winning hand, and they are said to be
coquetting with him in order to bring him
back into the party fold, with or without the
consent of Senator Conkling Expelled from
the fat pickings of the Custom House, it is
noised abroad that Mr.. Fenton by and with
be admitted again to the inner temple if he
will only help Mr.. Conkling to carry the State
for the administration and to carry in a re.
publican Senator.


But it further appears that though ap-
preached from Long Branch with these afore-
said fattering overtures Mr.. Fen5on still
''looks to the Senate Consequently there
is hitch in these negotiations, and so it is
possible that the ostracized Senator, against
the Custom House, against his powerful col
league and against the administration, may
obtain ample satisfaction "Time at last
makes all things even" Unquestionably the
position Of Senator Fenton at this time is
anything but that of a politician lett high and
dry beyond the reach of the changing tide.
The triangular, or rather the quadrangular
game, including the temperance party, es-
pecially for the Governor and the Legislature
in our November election, will, doubtless, be
one Of the most exciting, interesting and COM
plicated contests of many years; and Senator
Fenton, according to the results of our last
November struggle, will hold the balance of
power, and for Fenton.
Year: 1874

may become power again in French politics.
Had he been left alone it is probable that he
would soon have disappeared from the politi-
cal feld Looking over the policy of the
existing government for the last six months it
is impossible to feel astonished at any vagary
that may be committed by the people in
power Their whole course has been little
better than q succession of blunders
Year: 1874

Two MORE charming excursions have been
made on the Sound by the barge New Balti-
more and fourteen hundred children and
summer and breathed the pure air Of the
sea. The tenth excursion is announced for
Tuesday. The blessings of this charity are
so great that it is strange New York was 80
long without them.
Year: 1874

In AUGUSTA, Ca, another instance of
the increasing hostility of the whites and
blacks is furnished A negro who had killed
white man on street car was taken out of
Jail by mob and riddled with bullets The
negro was the first offender, having insulted
the wife of the man he murdered
Year: 1874

The PLYMOUTH CHURCH prayer meeting last
night was more in the frame OF mind to swear
little than to supplicate. There was strong
feeling in favor of receiving the report of
the committee in private, but Professor Ray
mond suggested that the amateur religious
reporters might misrepresent the proceedings,
and his superior wisdom was acknowledged.
Nothing was said Of Mr.. Moulton's statement,
but it does not appear to have shaken the faith
which the church reposes in Mr.. Beecher
Year: 1874

The WESTERN GRAssHoPPERs. An intelli-
gent correspondent who has lately visited a
district in Kansas infested by the grasshop-
pers recommends the English sparrow for
their destruction But the English sparrow
is also grain eater, and sufficient army of
these spaIrows to overcome and keep down
those Western clouds of grasshoppers would
require immense quantities of grain for their
support through the winter Besides, thev
would probably be destroyed in the North
west in a single night in one of those fierce
prairie snow storms, with the temperature at
from twenty to thirty degrees below zero.
Turkeys, guinea fowls and chickens, on the
other hand, can do the work and can be
turned into a cash article in supplying the
Eastern markets in winter with cheap poultry.


THE MosBY-PAYNE DUEL.-The people at
Washington appear to be gr eatly excited over
what they call the Mosby- Payne duel, al
though no duel between these gallant repre-
sentatives of the chivalry has yet been fought
Indeed, the would-be combatants have been
put under bonds not to fight in Virginia or in
the District Of Columbia. 1t is therefore
doubtful whether the duel will ever be duel
at all II would be an easy matter, it is true,
for the two angry gentlemen to jump on o
train of cars, get off in Maryland,
my Maryland" or on any other hos
pitable SOIL make an excursion into
the woods or fields and fire off their
pistols In accordance with the code, without
being interfered with or interrupted until one
or both had received satisfaction in the shape
OF an ounce of lead But somehow these
duellists, whose little affairs are heralded in
advance, are seldom practical enough for
these commonplace proceedings, and so prob
ably the Mosby-Payne duel will end without
q waste of bullets.
Year: 1874

Sir Samuel Baker tells us of a new
way of kindling fire, which he often
tried when in the desert wilds Of fAfrica.
Having first collected an abundance Of
dry leaves and grass and small twigs,
he would bruise with a stick about
half teaspoonful of gunpewder; In
this he would rub a rag Of dry cotton or
linen cloth until it was perfectly black
ened. Then he would place an end Of
this rag in the pan of an unloaded mus
ket-remember that, boys, unloaded,
there should be no careless handling Of
fire arms-and pull the trigger. In an
instant the rag would unite and burn
freely. Then quickly gathering the
rag and few of the dry twigs together
in his hand, in the form Of boquet, he
would swing it rapidly reund to make
a good draught of air, and the whole
would be in blaze in moment. Lay
ing this flaming bundle of twigs on the
ground our ingenious travdler woulo
place over it some sticks of weod, and
cautiously pile ON larger sticks until
fine, roaring, cracking fire was obtain
ed by which he could warm himself,
drive away the swarms, of mosquitoes,
and roast wild birds, or toast thin slices
of hippopotamus meat for his evening
meal.
Year: 1874

The latest snake story comes from
Connecticut. Some workmen building
a mill among the rocks on Westfield
River killed rattlesnake, and after sew
ering the head from the trunk and cut
ting the rattles off the tail for keep
sake, kicked the head away into the
sand and threw the trunk into the sun.
A booted boy came along and could not
resist the temptation to worry the dead
snake. He trod on Its tail, and the
headless trunk of the reptile turned
and struck the boy as if to bite. The
frightened youth soon had an audience
around him, and the experiment of
treading on the snakes tall was repeat
edly tried, with the same result. But
another startling thing was observed.
As often as the carcass coiled and struck
the offending boot, so often, and at the
same instant, the grim head, lying dis
severed in the dust, opened its jaws, the
deadly fangs protruding, and closed
them with a snap. There was no scien-
tist to see, but these simple mill-build-
ers want to know the philosophy OF this
sort of -mortem snake life. The
experiment may be tried until the
snakes run out.
Year: 1874

not whirling as one might think it
would, but going as straight in its
course as an arrow. The noise was
deafening. You would see-I saw it all
in second-a tree or house standing,
and then the half sight of It's bend
ing or topping over, and then it would
disappear, whirling in and out of the
flood. Spellman's factory seemed,
though, to be lifted right eff its foun-
dations, and sailed down on top of the
swollen river that now looked like a
long black slippery serpent wriggling
down the valley with frightful velocity.
1 followed along as swiftly as possible,
and it seemed as though the whole vii
lage ran away from me. But it was
engulfed and swept away. l saw tall
chimney standing alone, and a man
hanging head downward from a big
hole in it, and saw other bodies that
had been pushed fiat against things too
strong to give way, and remained there
crushed all of a heap,and dead Of course.
1t may seem improbable. but I could
swear that 1 heard the shouts and
screams of men and women above the
roar of the torrent, but it made all sorts
of noises and sounds, and there was a
wind with i'll thought created by it
for before tree would be struck its
branches would move away from the
waters as with wind or from a pre-
sentiment of what was coming. AZ
terward l heard some people say that
there had seemed something the mat
ter with the morning before the dread
full disaster, as if it had been foreshad-
owed in their feelings or in the air its
elf. But it is impossible to tell accur-
ately of what l heard and, for what
was as if in a flash of lightning where
everything was picture.


Afterward I went below and assisted
in getting the bodies OF the dead out Of
mud and dirt and debris, and on my
way to the village saw sights enough to
last me till I die. Two children were
but one was headless and
driven under legs of the other. which
were jammed into the earth behind in
a way that seems impossible. 1t was
a hateful sight. But the wreck Of the
villages that 1 saw has been described
by your reporters, whom l saw and
who asked me to write this letter.


L. P. LARKINs.
Year: 1874




From Northampton Letter.


Among the multitude of singular and
touching events incidental to this ca
lamity is one showing the remarkable
sagacity and intelligence of the canine
race which is worthy of record. Col
onel Hayden, one Of the sons Of the
late Lieutenant-Gevernor Hayden,
owns a noble dog of the st. Bernard
species. He has for a long time been a
village favsrite and pet of the school
children, who were taught near the
Hayden residence. He was as punctual
at his recesses as the foremost child.
The little ones could adorn his tail with
fancy ribbons, wind their jumping ropes
all around him, and threw him upon
the ground captive; send him to fetch
sticks, push him off the bank into the
river, harness him up and run the streets
with switch in hand, and, in fact, do al
most anything with him, and yet he
was their close friend and protector.
It is said of him that he had special
liking for little girls, and that enc of
his greatest favorites was the little Bir-
mingham girl who was swept down
and lost with her father, mother, and
all her brothers and sisters. A pat from
her hand was seemingly enough to re-
pay him for waiting until school was
out, when he would almost invariably
accompany her home. But the mastiff
had another friend In Mr.. Eli Bryant,
the father of Mrs. Col. Hayden, and a
gentleman something over sixty years
of age. He was delighted to be with
him, uneasy when he was away, and
always when lie could he would ac-
company the old gentleman in his walks
about the village. Mr.. Bryant was
among the victims of the disaster and
SO were many others of the dogs old
friends. 1t is said that ne human being
every expressed keener sense of the
general surrounding sadness than he.
His movements, even in the hustle and
confusion of the occasion, were notice.
able. He went to the school house, but
came almost directly home again. He
introduced himself upon the domain Of
the family, and was in every part of the
house snuffing about. An old pair of
bosts of Mr.. Bryapt's attracted his re-
peated attention, as did also several ar
ticles of clothing of his lost friend.
Sunday afternoon he started out and
followed the searchers for bodies on the
Year: 1874

4 MAN in Germany who calls himself
professor without possessing diploma is
hauled over the Goals by the police. II
such rule held good in our dominions
the police would have more TO do than
they have ever had before.
Year: 1874

BEWARE OF THE COUNTERFEIT NoTEs.-
There are any number of counterfeit five
dollar notes on the Traders National Bank of
Chicago in circulation in the city. We bave
already called the attention of our citizens
generally to the fact. On Saturday the bank
tellers were throwing out large number Of
these notes which had been received by rrer-
chants and others over their counters during
the latter part of the week.
Year: 1874

A gas explosion iu house adjoining the
opera building in Wheeling, tore out the cell
ing aud floor, aud demolished tie plate glass
windows in the front No person wac serious
ly injured.
Year: 1874

General Imbojen discovered, while operating
in West Virginia during the war, tract Of
land containing large growth Of black wal
nut and other woods A company has now
been formed to cut aud ship these woods to
market, It's thought that this increased sup
ply will have marked effect on the prices
Year: 1874

Sister, all,
God and myself have lost by my fall
The veriest wretch that goes shivering by
VIII make o wide sweep lcstI wander too nigh
For oil that is on or above me know
Thcrc's nothing as pure as the beautiful snow.
How strange it should be that this beautiful snow
Should fall on sinner with nowhere % 90!
How strange j, should be when night comes again,
II the snow and the ice struck my desperate brain!


Painting,
Year: 1874

AN ENERGETIC MAN WITH ABOUT $1,000 TO
"A take an Interest In make loan TO the proprietor
OF live newsplp aud printing Office can secure
good position this IS no sham; Investigate Address
SECURITY, box i4I Herald Office


A VERY DESIRABLE POSITION WORTH Al 600 PER
N annum, is open TO energetic young man WHO can
invest $3.50 cash; business established Address PAPEk
box z, 592 Post Office
Year: 1874

THE COURTHOUSE COMMISSION.


ARGUMENT ON THE TENTH NATIONAL BANK CLAIM.


The argument on the claim OF the Tenth
National Bank against the city for s2i2o for ad
vances made to the Courthouse Commissioners
continued Saturday before Judge DOnohue IN the Su
preme Court, General Term room pursuant to adjourn
ment Friday. Mr.. Anderson argued that this case
must not be cOnfOunded with proceeding 70 OBJ
tain the money 1t not the bonade nature OF the
claim which to be passed but whether they
had claim under which there right TO call on the
Board Of AppOrtionment place the money in the Con-
troer's hands, 30 that proceedings might be taken
against him to compel him TO pay the bank. In that
proceeding which be taken otter this, the Justice
Of their claim might be in issue to be tgated but the
craft the Controller seemed to be a,polcy Of delay
Under the act now disputed the Controller had issued
some g. bOOO OF bonds and further sum OF S,
O all payable this Autumn Chapter Of the laws Of


1879 directed the issue of bonds to pay this
Chapter % amended this by providing that where bonds
were already authorized the dt should be paid out Of
snch bonds and not out Of bonds specially authorized
by Chapter Judge Barrett had decided that they were
entitled TO be paid out OF any nnexpended portion OF
$4,000 OF such bonds in the hands OF the Controller
after the bank had begun the proceeding and alter the
decision the Court in its favor gwen, yet the
Controller had paid out nearly all OF the proceeds OF
right OF the bank to that portion had been made
evident An extraordinary suggestion had been made
by MI Greens counsel Inat tne aSt On wi ~nm & S,
unconstitutional, ana so the bonds were Vold 10
maintain such "a plea would be dlsgracefui repudla-
toD worse than the Mississippi repudlatOn which once
east much obloQuy American Lnances since t was
without the of necessity.


Mr. strahan said he had not contended that
the law was unconstitutional put only that particular
clause was.


Mr.. Anderson, resuming, said that no one had been
fertile constitutional bectons than the present
Controller yet the Croton Aqueduct cases where the
question raised by himself the courts had decided
substantial unity of interest of the city and county
with reference this particular constitutional PROVISION
The title Of the Clerk Clerk OF the City aud County
OF New-York; the Chamberlain belonged TO both city
aud county the Controller himself Controller OF
both; the financial business OF both was 50 nteraeed
that acts providing the debts of the City and County
Of New-York really related 10 but one subject Mr.
Anderson discussed at length certain minor points,
aud the Court took the papers, reserylDs DECISION
Year: 1874

From the Inyo Independent, July ith.


The prospects for great future for
this camp seem to be as well assured
as it is possible for lodges of monstrous
size and wonderful richness to insure
such result; it is only question of
time, and very brief at that, unless
ties should be encountered when it
commensurate with the size and num-
Year: 1874

nA- The tide ofjmmigration is steadily set
ting in, and the first thing eastern people do
Is to throw away their ~ fork Hats and buy
u new one of DESMOND. They say there is no
comparison between the two. ~,
Year: 1874

time to do so: His impression was that
he would vote against it.


Mr.. Ferry said he would vote to make
the volume of iegal-tenders $4OO, ,OOO.-
600 and for free banking.


Mr.. Thurman said this bill fixed the
amount of greenbacks of 1892 600. 900 and
only increased the National Bank circuia.
ton to the extent of $1l0,OOOOO0 Free
banking meant an extension of the Nation
al Bank circulation to many millions of
dollars. The only limit would be the
amount OF Government bonds which could
be procured to put up as securities. II
meant an indefinite extension of ire
oeemaole paper currency and the perpet-
ustlen OF National indebtedness. If Ma
tional banking was to be perpetuated Ma
tlonal indebtedness must be, and with this
high taxation and high tariff would con.
tlnue. The perpetual National Banking
system meant that the people of Ohio
must pay three or four dollars more per
thousand for their lumber from Michigan
than they would have to pay ifthey could
get 1T from Canada. 1t meant death to
free trade, and if the Senator (Ferry) was
IN favor OF extending the system Of Nat
lonal Banks he was in favor of extending
National indebtedness He denied that
the bill just reported made the currency
elastic. On the contrary, it fixed the a.
mount by just as arbitrary rule as that
OF the present day. Though he felt ad-
verse to the bill now. he thought it indef-
nltely better that imitation.


Pending the discussion the Senate went
into Exesutive Session aad soon after ad.
journed.
Year: 1874

Vegetable food furnishes the capacity
for long continued WORK; but flesh food
yielding its supply of force more lnstanta.
neously, Is better for rapid muscular action
Of short duration. In a long race arabLit
will outrun a cat. In a short race the cat
Will win. In long race the deer will
distance the leopard. In shert race the
leopard will be the victor.
Year: 1874




A party of long-taile6 monkeys wanted
to cross narrow river, over which there
was no bridge, After discussing things
among themselves, the Ingenious creatures
ran to tree that grew on the bank Of the
river, climbing the tree the largest ofthem
graspedssa strong branch, a second mon-7
key laid firm hold of that ones TAIL a
third took hold of second monkeys tail,
and so on until they formed long string,
hanging nearly To the suFfaee Of the
river. '--z


AItraveler, who was in the distance
then began to see them swing backwards
and forwards, until the last monkey was
able with his claws TO catch hold of tree
on tbs opposite side ofthe water. A loud
challenge ofjoy was heard, and in mo-
nent the monkeys were capering about in
all directions.


How much may be done by union and
brotherly kindness How few quarrels
would happen between brothers and sis
ters if they would only be like the long
tailed monkeys, and "help one another .
Year: 1874

DISTRESS IN BosToN.--T Boston Iranscrirt says that persons in position to know of the matter, state that the loss of interest and dividends and the shrinkage on railway shares and securi- ties of railroads at the South and West, have accustomed much more personal distress in Boston than was caused by the great fire in that city.
Year: 1874

A great improvement on the ordinary waterproof cloak is seen in n long Rag Ian, and also in shape similar to the demi-cape garment, once in favor with gentlemen as an overcoat pattern. Hoods are rarely seen upon these neces- sary wraps now-a- days, while stand ing ruffie, pleated, is something very comfortable to have and to keep at the back of ones neck when storms beat from the four quarters generally.
Year: 1874

For the rich with few children it may do to buy shoe without Tips, but those who are blessed with little money asad many childrer it is ruinous to buy any others than SILVER TIPPED es.-TCom.
Year: 1874

a STARTLED BRIDEGRooM.-Not ma
ny weeks ago Il wealthy and middle aged
bachelor of San Francisco espoused one
of the tairest daughters of that city, and
the wedding was celebrated in one of the
most fashionable churches, and in the
presence of the creme de td creme of San
Francisco society. The bridegroom was
a Fortyniner, and he had once been any
thing but sober and industrious citizen.
There had even been rumors TO the eff
feet that when he made the overland
journey he left behind in the States a wife
and two children, and these rumors were
awkwardly revived, when his recent mar
riage was first announced. The Forty
miner was now undeniably rich and re-
spectacle, and people were generally dis
posed to pass over his antecedents with
out subjectiDg them to n scrutiny that
might prove disagreeable. And so the
wedding day arrived.


When the Forty-nner and his bride
turned from their places in front of the
altar, after the clergyman had pronounce
ed them man and wife, the spectators
were astonished to see tall, dismal look
ing and sable habted man rise from Il
place in one of the front pews, approach
the bridegroom and gently tap him on
the shoulder. The effect Of this proceed
ing on the Forty-niner was rather singu-
lar, for his countenance assumed a ghast-
ly expression, and he quickly resigned
his newly made wife to her friends, and
turned anXiously to the stranger, who
simply remarked, l wish to talk with
you moment privately, sir" The For
ty-niner struggled hard to conceal his
emotion, and finally said: Il assure
you, sir, that-that-wha in the thunder
did you come at such time as this tor?"
ga moment will Suffice" replied the flu
neral-looking gentleman firmly; please
stay in the pew" The Forty miner did
so, while the assembled company busted
itself in winking and whispering, and
looking alternately at the fainting bride
and the agonized bridegroom. when
a man gets married sir" said the dismal
gentleman, sit is necessary for him to
look with prudence upon the future, and
he cannot begin too soon. Now, sir,
lot in the Oakdale Cemetry, which asso-
citation l repre-" The sentence was
never finished. There was a chorus of
female shrieks, a general rush Of gentle
men, and the Forty-niner was suddenly
observed to seize his interviewer by the
collar and kick him into tho aisle. The
enterprisng cemetery agent was quickly
disposed of, the trembling bride regained
her color and composure, and thereafter
all went merry as marriage-bell.