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Year: 1867

Ii you invest your money in
a fine house and do not cult
vate your mind and taste so a.
to adorn it with intelligence
and refinement, it is as if you
were to wear broad cloth and o
silk hat 10 the mill.
Year: 1867




This Is an appeal from Judgment absolute against
the plaintiff rendered by the General Term OF the Supe-
ior Court OF the City OF Nel ork reEersng costs d
for S2l9G 5jlO0 and dismssing MS complaint IN nOe
stating facts sufficient to constitute cause or action
The fully reported NJ the l the benefaI err
holding that the contract indefinite to be enforced
Thsagrcemcnt provided f0rthe use OF machine 10 ccn
coffee, and pay the inventor royalty on me an9uht
cleaned The defendants also agree TO Keep the achne
fully employed, but had the option TO commute the royal
" for fixed The court below also reversed the
Judgment, on technical grounds


The appellants claim that the whole theory on which
the General Term acted erroneous and claim that
their original Judgment shall stand. ~
Mr.. Gerry for plaintiff appellant; Mr Booth Tor de-
fendant, respondent.


AN IMPORTANT QUESTION TO COMMON CARRIERS.


This action was brought TO recover the value of
certain goods delivered by the plant 10 the defedanS
searcwarrant was got ont under chafge against le
plaintiffs, under which the goods were taken ana DENY
cred TO third party without any notice whatever to the
plaintiffs. The goods wore thus lost 10 the paDtIs'
though the Justice who gave the warrant entirely exon
Grated them from the charge


The principal il not the only question in this is
whether common carrier can discharge hmset rom
the liability which by law deYOYes upon MN TOT tne sio
keeping and transportation of property ntrusted to him
showing that Ii has been taken from his possession D
means OF search-warTant regular upon It's race even
1t improperly, illegally or cOrrupty lssued anu
employed by third party having no just claim to the
property
resist the warrant and were entitled To deliver II 10
the true owner In case yet nothing can excuse them
from their duty OF delyerng ~ 70 suca owner OF unuc
his direction according to their contract but the act OF
God or pubic enemies and that when the property was
unlawfuly TAKEN in this case, thef duty was to nst
tute proceedings for recovery They therefore appeal
from the decision against them in the Court below


The defendants contend that the goods having beeu
taken of the custody defendants by valid legal
process the contract between the plaintiffs and defend
end. and the defendants no longer rested
under any legal liability whatever.


Decision reserved.
MI Van Pelt for plaintiffs; Mr.. Reynolds for defend
ants
Year: 1867

We have already given an account of the new
invention for killing whales by poison. The
London Post is rather alarmed at the plan. 1t
says:-"A single ounce of the compound suf-
fees TO kill a whale in the course OF a few
minutes-a fact whence one may judge of the
potency of this new poison. Compared with
the prolonged torture Of harpooning, the new
method may be considered as really humane
even as regards the whale; but as regards the
fishermen, whose lives were exposed under the
old system to such proyerblally imminent peril,
the two methods will not bear a comparison.
II there were no other CONTINGENCIES to be taken
into account, the reported invention would be
one of the most useful kind. But if an ounce
OF the poison Will kill a whale in a few
minutes, it would be adequate to the destruction
OF whole shoal OF small fish, which themselves
would be devoured by others, and so on inde6-
nitely. Even supposing that there were no fish
on the spot TO consume the otfal Of the hun
0reds of whales caught and thrown into the
sea, there may be undercurrrents of which we
know nothing to carry 1t to any distance
1t may be said that the fish eating the poisoned
oiial would die themselves, so that no poisoned


fish are likelyto find their way to Billingsgate.
Such destruction OF fish would be deplorable
IN itself; but as the quantity of the poison
would be continually diminishing according to
the number of ish through which it passed,
the dose at last might become so small as not
TO kin for hours, or even days, and the fish
might be caught while yet alive and brought
TO market. The method appears adapted to
diminish the risk OF human life incidental to
whaling, and to be humane as regards the
whale ITSELF which 1t kills so rapidly; but even
these advantages would be purchased at too
dear rate il all the fish of the sea are liable
TO be poisoned as well as the whale"
Year: 1867

"A correspondent of the London Guardian
gives the following anecdote In the course OF a
letter on hymn tunes;-"At an early period of
the recent war detachment of Grand Ducal
Hessian troops, charged with the defense of
to face with a much superior Prusslan force !.
Their commanding officer was Captain KOnig,
who, as politician, had been a strenuous adVO-
cate OF Prussian alliance, but whose only
thoughts as a soldier were those of military
duty. Determined to hold his own 70 the last
ne prepared his men for the engagement, In
which he himself was one of the first TO fall, by
bidding them all join together in hymn. The
people of Grand Ducal Hesse are partly Roman
Catholic, partly Protestant ana II became
needful to choose the one hymn which all the
soldiers whatever their religious confession
could sing. That hymn was 'GrOsser GOtt, Wlr
lObe1 diCh.5
Year: 1867

ASS ASSN ArEp-On Sunday morning last man
answering To the name Of llr. Cameron. but whose
real name is supposed to he Scott. was assassina
ted near Free Stone. Our informant says that Cam
eron was living in open adultery with Mrs Leigh
ton. and that on the morning in question he was
passing along the road when some one concealed IN
the brush shot him through the neck and head,
with a charge of buckShot, killing him instantly
The killing was evidently premeditated, as the
brush had been cut away apparently to make A con-
venient place for the assassin u stand As Came
ron appears to have been regarded as desperate
character his death seems II have awakened but
little feeling and not much effort Is being made TO
find out the perpetrator Of the deed.-Pstalum1
Journal June 31th.
Year: 1867

CURIoUs DIscovERY.-In the great Pyramid Of
Egypt is small opening al the top, the depth Of
which has never hesn sounded. Another aperture
of the same size exists at the foot of the pyramid
II was long conjectared that these two openings
communicated with each other, but no means could
be devised establish the fact until the problem
was solved recently by the ingenuity of an Arab.
He took cat and her kittens, placed the old cat in
one aperture and the kittens in another and stop
ped up both with stones. The next day be opened
them and found and kittens all together al the
foot OF the long passage.
Year: 1867

Flour, Sugar and Saw Mill Machinery, House
Castings and Iron Railing, Lard Kettles, Bells
and Brass Castings. Boring apparatus forged
and finished for boring Artesian Wells of any
kind made of the best material-made to order


Farmers who will be in want of Cane Mills
this year. would do well to give their orders soon,
in order to have their mill in proper time


/ have lafGa- mill patterns, that can be only
Year: 1867

just now there seems to be kind OF pas
sion to commit unusual and before unheard
of outrages. The quantity of crime is not
probably on the increase, but there seems
to be much ingenuity displayed in varying
the manner of committing it. The follow
ing is case in point:


At the early hour of two o'clock on Mon
day morning, strange man appeared at
the door of Mrs. -, a midwife, living not
far from the corner of Observatory road
and Baum street, stating that her services
were needed at place on Mt. Adams, and
that he had been sent to bring her to that
place. As Mrs. - is regularly employed
in that profession, of course she was soon
dressed and ready to start to the place indi-
cated-her husband accompanying her at
the same time.


The trio ascended the hill, and finally
reached a place on which there were no
houses when two other men appeared, and
ordered the husband away. Of course he
was not willing to allow his wife to remain
with the three villains unprotected; and he
resisted, when he was knocked senseless :;
whereupon the three men commenced a
course of abuse almost unparalleled toward
the woman, who screamed loudly, despite
the efforts of the villains to keep her quiet,
and thus attracted the attention of some
butchers who were on their way to Deer
creek slaughter house, and they ran to the
spot and drove the seoundrels away.


Mrs. - then returned to her home, and
laid the matter before the authorities, but
as yet her assailants are unknows.-Gazette.
Year: 1867

This is certainly one of the most aston
ishing instances of credulity on record
In reading it one would suppose the victim
must have been insane. But when we con-
slider that Mr.. Reeves is an upright, sober
and Industrious farmer, the transaction
seems almost incredible. 1t can only be
regarded as an additional confirmation of
the adage of old: There is nothing new
under the sun"
Year: 1867


diplomatic representatives Of the different European
Powers at rhe City OF Mexico addressed protest to Max
imap describing the true character OF those with
whom he had leagued himself, pointing out the peril 10
which the foreign residents in Mexico
posed and demanding the dismissal from his councils OF
the desperate whose hands were stained with the
blood of numerous butchees IL was too late, however
for MACMILLAN to eXtricate himself from his unhappy
position He made the best disposition he could Of the
Imperial army, which did not on the whole, number
more than 10000 men, and took up his headquarters
at Queretaro, the capital OF the state OF that
name Ito miles northwest or Mexico and
famous as the place where peace between the United
States Government and Mexico was ratified by the


Mexican Congress in l843 But vigorous ana so sue
cessfu were the military operations OF the Republicans
that the Emperor found himself unable TO move.
The incidents Of the siege Of Querearo have been SO
recently published that need not recapulate them
here The treachcry OF Lopez fastened the inevitable
catastrophe Maxmilians brief but trOubOus reign
and with the vOey which stretched him feess on the
pgza at OucrcarO finished the last lingering hopes OF
the reactonlss of Mexico While his execution Is TO be
deplored no true Republican can behold with ndifer
ence the triumph of the Liberals Of Mexico who Tor SIX
long years. fought nobly TO save popular government
IN that country 70 what extent the United states Gov
ernment contributed by its moral influence to sustain the
national cause in Mexico and to hasten that triumph
will be from the facts briefly stated In TINS sketch
Year: 1867

Alone in the dark and silent night. -'a
With the heavy thought Of q vanished year.
When evil deeds come back TO sight,


And good deeds rise with welcome cheer,
Along with the spectors of the past,


That come with the old years dying chime.
The glooms the shade dark and vast


The shade of Wasted Time.
The chances of happiness cast away.


The opportunities never sought.
The good resolves that every day


Have died in the impotence Of thought.
The slow advance and the backward step l5
In the rugged path we have striven to climb
How they furrow the brow and pale the lip,
When we talk of the Wasted Time.
What are we now ? what had we been


Had we boarded time as the miser's gold,
Striving our noble need to win, "a.


Through the summers heat and the winters


cold
Shrinking from naught that the world could do
Fearing naught but the touch Of crime;
Laboring. struggling all seasons through,


And knowing no Wasted Time.
Who shall hall recall the vanished year?


Who sh all hold back this ebbing tide
That leaves US remorse, and shame, and tears,
And washes away all things beside
Who shall give us the strength, yes even now,
To leave forever, this holiday rhyme.
To shake of this sloth from the heart and brow,
And battle with Wasted Time?
The year that passes comes not again,
The things that die, no life renew
But cen from the rust of the cankering chain
A golden truth is gimmcring through;
That to him who learns from errors past .f
And turns away with strength sublime,
And makes each year outdo the last,


There is no Wasted Time.
Year: 1867

The following extract from a recent
letter by an ocean VOyager to the Gin
cinnati Commercial will be found inter
esting as graphically describing the ex-
perienees and impressions of a June
vOyager over the great deep.


A voyage across the Atlantic does not
enlarge ones ideas of its vastness. In
this respect the ocean is more impress
siVely seen from any high head-land.-
Imagine yourself in the center ofa disc,
with ranging vision in any direction
of ten miles. You know bv the log and
by daily observation that you have
made certain mum Der of knots an hour,
but by nothing else. The disc moves
under you as you move, presenting an
ever varying yet never changing per-
iphery to the eye. You are a fly in the
center of a slippery dish, forever climb
ing, yet never getting out. But the sur
face of Iris disc, which moves with you
day afEor day, is capable of infinite
change. As, behold the morning after
the land had vanished, it was glorious
with life. The heavens, splendid with
light, unspecked by cloud, undimmed
by mist, sharply defined the circIing
line of the horizon, between which and
the observer, spread on all sides the dark
blue sea in lively commOtion of waters,
out Of which rose tumult Of crisp
waves, each tossing its white cap in the
air and disappearing to give place to
another. The keen, fresh nOrthwester,
blowing steadily, filed the sails and
sped us gaily onward. And so, watch
ing the many tinted waters, delicate
shades of greens cleaning white of
frosted silver, splashes of FURNISHED
gold, and hues of richest amber and
violet, an intimate change and cOmbina-
ton Of colors, the day passed like
fairy vision. Once we came upon the
track of a storm, that had moved from
north to south. It was the only occa-
sion during the voyage that I saw any
thing like succession and regularity in
the movement of the sea. Looking to
the north you beheld long roller, miles
in extent, advancing toward you, and
gathering the waters as 10 came, with
an indesCribable sense of majesty and
irresistible power, slowly upheaving
and towering its burly front, wrinkled
with many folding waters, and as IL APP
preached, you felt yourself rising with
the ship that was lifted as it were a
cookie shell into the air, till riding the
the crest Of the league-long wave, you
looked over 10 into a vast valley bound
ed on its opposing side by another adj
vancing wave, upon whose broad back
YOU would in turn be lifted again to be
let down into the seething trough of the
sea, As our course ran parallel with
these heavy seas, we were literally
''rocked in The cradle of the deep"-a
very distressing motion to those whose
stomachs on slight proVocation become
as restless as the sea.


There is no life SO utterly vague and
idle as this aboard ship. 1t is with some
Year: 1867

A great many loves, and a great many


dears
A great many hopes, and a great many


fears;
A great many tender, most tender


Rdieus,
Mixed up with a great deal OF nonsense


and news;
A great many postscripts, some long


and some short,
To prove that the writer IS fruitful In


thought.
Year: 1867

At home again I softly stand,
Watching my wife bE the freside there
Her fair head resting on her hand


Fast asleep in the easy chair
Poor little bird! did she weary grow
Watching so long my cunning 70 greeIE
Watching the shadows come and go,


And listening for footsteps in the street?
I've no Fifth Avenue mansion fine,


With costly mirrors and pictures rare;
There's but one picture can call mine,


TTis by the freside there
Surely a fairer ne'er was seen!


All, Raphael never painted face
So gentle and pure and sweet Ween,


Nor a form so full Of grace!
Ny cheerful home, so cozy and neat,


Is an Eden made by my little wife;
The last, best gift, most WondrOus sweet,
With which God crowns my life
Our little table is set for tea,


With simple china gilt and white,
But tits better far than Seyres to me,


AS it CLEANS in the nre-Hght.
am only a clerk with a salary small,
But Mabel and ue'er wish for more
We never go to concert or ball,


Nor care q whit for fashion or show.
But have music-1IabeI sings


Low to me at eventide,
When like bird with weary wings


rest me here at my darling's side.
"Come back, come back from dream-lanc


now,


Mabel darlingr' softly call
While on cheek and lip and snowy brow
Tenderly my warm kisses fall.
draw the head, with its curls of gold,


Down to this loving heart of mine;
Oh, never did monarch q treasure hold
Like that round which my arms entwine
Year: 1867

THE FISHING SEASON OvRR.-The Alexan-
dria Gazette says The fishing season may
now be said to be over, as we understand the
few seines which have been woI ked since the
goth of this month will be closed and cut ou
to-day. During the last week q uite large nR n
bers OF shad and herring have been sent to
market. and the hehermep cay there are plenty
of fish In the river yet. The gillers will still
continue to catch shad. Sturgeon are now
caught in numbers.
Year: 1867

been duped by political quacks into si,
lent acquiesence Of ruinous events events
in which our very existence as a prosperous
and happy people are Involved.


IL we pass this Unconstitutional Amend.
men" by as au idle requsition, the day
is not far distant, when the powers tb at
be, will c!othe the negro with authority
to cancel our votes and plant our lands
Then these wise dignitaries Of the State
may look upon tie wreck as an act OF
their stupendous folly.


MACK
Year: 1867

DoS'T BoRRow Sometimes
] compare the troubles we have to under
go IN the course OF year to great bun
die OF faggo's. far too large for US to lie
Bot God does no, require Us to cary the
whole a. once. de msrcifully unites the
bundle, and gives US one stick, which we
are able 10 carry to day. and then ano,h
81, which Ne are to carry to morrow, and
so on. This We might easily manage il
We would only take the burden appointed
for us each day but We choose to In
crease our trouble by carrying yesterdays
stick over again to day. and adding 10,
morrow's burden to our load before We
are required to bear IL.
Year: 1867

chiefly speculative both the spot and to arrive prices
have rapidly improved, and with large increase In tho
consumption and limited supply, sellers have had q
great advantage and quote advance Of a15c per
bush with large purchases for future delivery Today
there is a further Improvement both in demand and
delivery; the sales 10000 bush. Ohio and
Western at 81 i5GS so. Indian Corn has been IN
good demand for the home trade and for investment.
and we have had fair inquiry for EXPORT prices have
huctuated almost daily Influenced by the fluctuations In
gold the larger arrivals the Lake Ports, and the mate
rial advance at Liverpool The weather has proved
favorable for the growing crop and this with the larger
estimate of the growing crop, has served to check te
speculative inquiry somewhat at the close the market s
frm but quiet Today the market was quite active, and
prices advanced.


EXpnRIs OLE GRAIN PROM sEPT J. 1851 10 DATE.
Year: 1867

CoIORED STATE CONVENTION AT MOBILE.


In The Mobile Nationalist a cOlored journal, we find
q cali for Convention of COOred People to meet at Mo
bile May l. issued by Committee appolntedat meeting
March 90 The object Of the Convention is defined to be
The devlsing and adopting Of such measures rs will
IaOst eeouay advance the interests OF the oo0red peo
Die uf Alabama" The call says:


1t il unnecessary hee TO enlarge upon the importance
OF this Convention our people have just been given te
right To vote and we be careful not to misuse that
great many who profess TO be our fI1ends-some
~ them advise TO do one thing ana some anoher ana


great many are therefore at a loss what 10 do. Now
Solomon said that IN the multitude Of cOunselers there
from all parts o the state attend the Convention,
they and will adopt plan OF action which VIII re
IN is HerOfirfY necessary that trc act anued In union
there strength. Let our people calmly and without
prejudice talk over the whole subject and when the Con
TeniOn has decided what Is best 10 be done, then let
every cOOred throughout the length and breadth o
4be State nut his shoulder to the wheel and push the
glorious car OF progress.


THE GRAND COUNCIL OF THE UNION LEAGUE


The Montgomery dGrGtiSey of the Sd inst. says that
the Alabama Grand Council Of the Union League Of
America had uSt completed a session in that city Dele


gates were attendance from the greater part Of the
state representing upward of 200 subordinate councils
and 30 OOO members series Of resolutions adopted
Ihaukug for It's patriotic action in passing the
Reconstruction law hang the equality Of all men, in
ying all sincerely Tepentant Rebels 60 the Republican
Union party, and closing with the following:


"That II the paCifcatOn proposed by Congress be
Dot accepted in good faith by those who saked and for
feed their lives their fortunes and their sacred honor
in rebellion it VIII be the duty Of Congress TO enforce
that forfeiture by the confscaton Of lands at least Of
such a stiffnccEed and rebellous people.


dThat the assertion that there not enough ntei
gent loyal men in Alabama 10 administer the government
s. false in fact and mainly promulgated by those who
aim 10 keep treason respectable by retaining power IN
the lEuls Of It's friends and yOtaTie5."
Year: 1867

E.g-A stump orator Of New York State
wanted the wings Of bird 20 fly to every
town and county, to every village AID
hamlet, in the broad land but ho wiltcd
when naughty boy in the crowd sang
out; "Dry up you old fool you'd get
shot for 4 goose before you flew mile
Year: 1867

Generations, says a fine writer,
have felt as we now feel, and their
lives were as active as our own


They passed like o vapor, while
nature wore the same aspect ol
beauty as when her Creator com
manded hcr to be. They will have
the same attraction for our off.
spring yet unborn that she had
once for us os children. Yet Q
little while and all will have hap


pened. Throbbing hearts will be
stilled, and we shall be at rest
Our funeral shallfind its way and
prayers will be said, and we shall


be left alone in silence and in dark


ness for the worms. And it may
be for o short time we shall bt
spoken of, butthe things of life vii


creep in and our names will soor
be forgotten. Days will continue
to move on, and laughter and sons
will be heard in the room in which
we died; and the eyes, that mourn


ed for us will be dried, and glisteI
again with JOY and even our chill
dreu will cease to think Of US ant
will not remember to lisp ou'
names. t n