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Year: 1879

THERE will undoubtedly be a
very hearty accord between the
Democrats and Workingmen in
the coming Legislature. Great in
terest attaches to the attitude
which will be assumed by the nom
Partizans. The probability is that
they will quite generally act in
sympathy with their previous po-
litical affiliations in organizing the
house. Should some acceptable
non-PartiZan be nominated for
Speaker by the Democrats and
Workingmen this natural gravita-
tion might be suspended, with the
result of giving that body an anti.
Republican organization.
Year: 1879

THE traditional Thanksgiving
dinner has at last settled into as
general recognition in the United
States as the Christmas festivities
which have been sanctioned by
nineteen centuries of observance in
all quarters of the world. 1t is
probably true that we have too few
festivals in this country. There is
q golden mean in everything, and
it lies somewhere between the ill.,
Vulnerable feast days of Italy and
Central and South America and
the three or four days during which
the Yankee permits his restless
hands to lie idle. There is such a
thing as too hard and penurious q
pursuit of money-a pursuit during
which the souls and bodies of men
yearn for something above the
Gradgrind of practical, work-a. day
life. A half a dozen new feast days
would be really of benefit to our
people. The large Latin and Ger
man element which is lately max
ing itself felt here will give them to
US in time, without doubt.
Year: 1879

THE number of railways which
are converging upon Los Angeles
and San Diego from the East is al
most bewildering. One thing is
assured, quite general attention
of wealthy and powerful men is
riveted upon this coast. 1t must
result in something beneficial tt
the section.
Year: 1879

THE great peril to the sanguine
hopes which our Republican friends
indulge in as to the future of their
party in this State is that they are
perforce obliged to frame the laws
under the new Constitution. This,
under any circumstances, would be
a delicate and difficult task. 1t is
perfectly safe to take it for granted
that great dissatisfaction will result
from the labors of the Legislature,
no matter how honest might be the
intentions of its controlling ele-
ment. The Republicans are so
numerous in both bodies, as COM
pared with any of the other parties,
that they will be responsible for
the whole legislative outcome. In
addition, the public have strong
suspicion that that party will do its
best to please the moneyed interests
of the State. The slightest misstep
-one that would ordinarily be con-


doned by the voter-will be accept


ed by the masses as confirmation Of
the charges rung impartially by


George G. Gorham, by democrats,


Workingmen and non-Partizans,
during the last campaign. Occa-
sionally such suspicious are ground
less, and legislative mistakes
spring rather from the force of cir
cumstances than from guile, but
the political consequences are the
same. The voter looks upon q
blunder as worse than crime and
its perpetrator is sent to Coventry.
Year: 1879

pTRArE IN THE ASSEMBLY OVER THE APPOINT


MEyr or A CLEgK-REDUCISG LEGAL RATE OF


IyTERFsI-Cosr OF GOVERNING NEw-YoRK


resolution providing for the appointment OF
clerk 10 the AppOrtionment Committee gave rise 10
discussion in the Assembly yesterday on the IN
creased expenses of the Legislature; but tho clerk
was appointed and nearly all the Democrats
voted for q second clerk. There was debate IN
tho Senate on bill for the reduction OF
the legal rate of interest to per cent.
A resolution was presented to the Senate for the
appointment of a Joint Committee to investigate III
relation to the cost of governing New-Iork City.
Year: 1879

by this time to have Joined those
who Were defending the camp and the company of
the Twenty fourth which had been sent up to
the neck had retired, but il cut OF by the Zulu
centre and never rcoined the rest. Young and old.
regulars and volunteers. alike fought calamity
British soldier did side by side cannot learn
that the ammunition ran short. II may have IN in
dividual instances through reckless firing, but
think the end came too for it To have dono in
the majority OF cases. As the Zulu main
body saw that its wings were approaching each
other ii rushed forward with the assega and despite
the heavy fire it encountered, bore down all oppo-
sition by sheer weight Of numbers of utter
confusion seems to have occurred-horse and
foot. black and white. English and Zulu, all in a
struggling mass, making gradually through the
camp toward the road. where the Zulu right already
closed the way of escape. OF what happened during
that half-hour even those who live to tell re-
member but little Every man who had horse at
tempted to escape toward the river those who had
died where they stood. But to mounted
men escape was nearly impossible. The country
rugged broken and covered with boulders
which the active Zulus could run as fast. if
falo, which had to be crossed where no ford was
and where many brave who had so far made
his escape succumbed. Many drowned. many
were lssegaicd, few shot. And the pursuit went
on. into Natal. Not a few died after the colo
NAL side had been gained for many lost their horses
and arms in the river, even when they succeeded in
crossing in person.


Such the bare outlines of the greatest disaster
which has happened to British arms in South
Africa.


THE IsANDULA BATTIEFIELD.
Year: 1879


WILLIAM +. SMITH. Esq. President of the Board OF


Police Commissioners


DEAR SIR-Appendcd to charge against Captain
Williams which has been made to you by the Board
OF which you are president and which is printed in
several of tho morning papers. lind my name in
list OF Witnesses by this is meant only that there
is some likelihood that shall be calledEas.a wit
when the matter is brought to q hearing
before the Board have no objection to make to tho
of my name. II Is not an unnatural Inference,
however from the form of the charge that the wit,
nesses whose names subscribed to it, had volun
tecred to give their testimony or were in some way
interested in bringing about the removal OF the
officer against whom the charge IL made. The idea
thus conveyed far as l am concerned ut
least. is quite erroneous, and the usc OF
my name, II used in any such connection is
wholly unauthorized by me. Without expressing
any opinion ut this time to the relative merits of
Captain Williams and Mr.. Blake, beg leave to add
that shall always be most happy to testify to any
occurrence that may have seen. To correct any
possible misunderstanding in regard to my position
in this matter have written this letter. copy OF
which I have sent to the papers in which my name
appeared have the honor. sir, to be your obcdient
servant II. 3. CRAM, No. 90 Wall street.


MARCH lS
Year: 1879

IN conversation today with MT. J. H.

 White, Superintendent or the Contention fiiine, wo learn that he signed contracts last Saturday in San Francisco for the ma chinery and construction on the ground, including the timber and lumber. Of a D. stamp mill. As at first constructed. the working capacity will be but twenty stamps, but the engine and all machinery Is to be of such power that the working cap aeity can at any time be largely in- creased at little expense of cash and time. The work Of ofshipment will begin within forty days and the mill will be completed ready for work in four months. This IS a san Francisco enterprise and will be put through with characteristic energy and good order. IL is about decided to put the mill on the Company's site below Charles ton on the San Pedro. He says he could not prevail on members of the Company to come down at this tfme-a trip that in- valid women and children make safely and alone; but they are willing to put their cash Into mines and reduction works and thatis evidence Of good will fin busi- ness way 1T they don't amount to much as travellers.
Year: 1879

GAIT. JEFFORDs says the artesiar

 we'll borer for the Tucson Water Works has been on the way here sev

 eral days from Casa Grande and is now

 due. We know of no enterprise on foot in Arizona, of more importance

 and none which the public in general

 more heartily wish to be a success

 It is in energetic hands and will not fail for want of cash and intelligent effort. If it proves a good success, as It IS almost certain tO do, then one of

 the most important developments in the Territory will have been begun, viz; Development of water. Should |artesian water be as largely developed .Out here as in San BernardinO county "a section much like this in its tOpO- graphical features-a most wonderful impetus will be given to stock raising, farming and mining.

 FRANK CURTIS, who once worked in THE CITIZEN and Sentinel offices, came to town yesterday from Myers district, south of Gila Bend. He regards that as valuable district; says of the four teen mines bonded by MT. Geo. Tyng, all of them have been developed some what and that they mostly show rich ore and plenty of it. Mr Tyng is now in New York and it is believed the sale will be perfected, and if it be, much work will soon be done down there and make Gila Bend more of noted place than heretofore.

 MR. HARRINGTON and wife, of the Lower San Pedro, have been in town this week doing some shopping. He says he grew crop of most excellent wheat and that his corn is coming on frstrate. He went there a couple of years ago from California and has done q good deal of work in making a new home and is getting on quite as well as he expected.

 YESTERDAY afternoon and evening, the sky was covered with black clouds, and there was considerable lightning and thunder near night with light rain here and very heavy fall southwark This forenoon the air was cool and sky almost clear.

 AMONG the names registered at the Cosmopolitan Hotel yesterday, are Paul Moroney, ST. and Jr., and Chas. P. MOroney, of San Francisco. They an ice factory here The matter of ice in Tucson at all seasons, Is simply question of little time.
Year: 1879

1t is impossible to disguise the fact
that the love of money is our natural
failing.The desire to grow rich the wish
to possess the money, ,absorbs the Amer
lean mind almost to the exclusion OF
everything else. This is the moloch to
whom we sacrifice health, time, honor
aud reputation. We throw all into the
balance, even our immortal souls and
care not if we loose that so we gain the
world. Money has been the root of all
our evil, ard to grasp the glittering
treasure we have ruthlessly trampled on
what we once deemed sacred and pre-
cious. The church, the government,
business, society, the home. all show
the trail of the serpent; and it is time
the watchman on the tower should
warn the people of the danger ahead
We are drifting away from the strong.
holds of integrity, as nation we are
losing caste; let us return to the safe
harbor of honesty aud honor before we
make total wreck of what is of more
value than money, our good name here
and our immortal souls hereafter. The
decay of Greece can be traced to the
luxury of her people. 1t must not be
said in future ages that Americas decay
was due to her love of money.
Year: 1879

The hardest working man in the
State lives in Norwalk. By birth he
is Swede. and by occupation an iron
molder. He il occupied in N'rwalk
foundry. and every day does what ia
considered fair days works for two
mon. Commencing work at four o'clock
in the morning, he keeps busy until
after seven ut night, not even stopping
for his meals. When he goes to his
work in the morning he carries with
him pail containing soup and black
bread. This pail he places on a shel
over his bench, ani when hungry he
grasps the pail in his teeth. and throw
ing head back drinks the soup. While
he is drinking his fingers are busy
packing the sand into the mold. and
when he stops for bit of black breast
il is but for an instant. His days
work is always two hundred molds,
while one hundred and twenty molds is
considered a good days work for a
first>class workman. This man seems
to have no interest IL any thing bat his
work, makes no unnecessary acquaiut'
ances, and discourages all of his com
pauions who show a willingness to as
sociate with him. He is evidently try


ing to destroy the remembrance ol
some calamity which has befallen him
or works necessarily to gain money to
accomplish some cherished design.
Year: 1879

Silver continues to pour INTO the
vault of the sub treasurer until there
is no counting it. The fact is the peor
pie want paper money. and absolutely
refuse to hanlle the silver. They will
even undergo delay and disadvantage
to get the paper. and are not satisfied
until the m Utter ls attended to. They
bring their silver in to tho amount Of
81, 900 or 5000 every day, and the
vault is jammed full. 81 rapid is the
increase that the clerical force is five
days behind iT tho COUNTING and re-
ceipting thereof. After the money is
counted the receipt is given, aud that
receipt exchanged for paper money.
The remarkable point about all this is
that the maior part of this infnx is
made of halves. quarters and dimes.
Oae would think small change is at all
times needed, but the readiness of the
peopel to part With it would prove the
contrary.
Year: 1879

Addison says that dog has been the com. panion of mankind for nearly. six thousand years, and that dog only initiates 8. man in one particular You attach a tin kettle to Q dogs tail and he will run yelling through the streets, and hundred dogs will pitch upon him; so with man when be becomes unfort- unate hundred men will pitch upon hlm.

 Some careless reader of your valuable journal may sheer at the idea that cat is significant enough to be brought into notice, but let me tell you, gentle reader, I have spent many years in this world, and have never grasped the hand of unsulled friendship; there is an alloy in all of it. What brings it forth in

 greater strength and vividness, is my solitary in behalf of my old cat, this will suffice for an excuse. My old cat has been a faithful com panon of mine for many years; in my lone- ly solitude she has been happy comforter. When these nearly arctic winters imprlson us in our houses with no social friend to brighten the gloom of solitude, how doubly endearing to the heart was my old friend, the cat named her Heromine, the affianced wife of the noble Pythias; hereafter I shall call her Heromine. That cat, q forgot, Heromine), in these long winter nights have witnessed her aSsiduous attentions to me, how she would leap upon my lap, as if to cheer my solitary life; Ter purr was musical her very look was and she seemed to say, in the very of her eyes, "Can do anything ?" and even she would follow me wherever l went. The cold blasts of Rwinter could not prevent her following me and gamboling be- fore me, so as to make cheerful everything I shall never forget, while memory holds a seat in this brain," one incident of the life of my Heromine. It was in spring time, l was alone and taken suddenly i'll, prostrated upon my bed; I had no way to communicate with friend. Heromine surveyed the situa-

 ton, and was beside me on the bed. She

 would jump to the floor, then back, then she left me, and in twenty minutes, came with a
Year: 1879

It is fifty years since that old school house

 was built, and it's doors opened to the young

 learner. The humble and forsaken structure

 is like dead body now, but it had soul once,

 full of intellectual and moral life. The body

 IS silent and dosolate, but the life, winch be- gan in it fifty years ago, has not gone out. The mental culture of the young never dies

 That life has expanded, and has given char acter and activity to wide and widening cir cle in the social world

 The fathers in this intelligent rural commu nity felt the need of 8 higher education for their children, and they wisely determined to set up among themselves a suitable school, where they could safely place their children near home, and where all the young people of suitable age might enjoy the advantages of superior instruction. In 1929 they built the house, of which the lower room was for the district school and the upper room for high school, which was sometimes called an Acade- my. Thus they anticipated the public spirit of the present day, by almost half century Near the close of the year, MT. Samuel Jud- son of Goshen was installed in the upper room as preceptor. In the following summer Miss Frances Cowles was the teacher, and in the fall of 1880 Newton Reed of Amenia, N. Y. became the teacher in the upper room, and in the next winter he had both schools united in one. In the autumn of 1883 a large number of pupils were gathered for his instruction in the upper room, and those in the lower room were taught by MT. H. Mil ton Hart of Cornwall. The pupils in the up- per room were, a considerable number of them, young men and women who came to- gether with such high sense of the value of a good education, that it was pleasant task to lead them in the way of it, and all the pu- pills of these schools came out of such home training, that there was required in the school room no severity of discipline.

 The personal history of the members of this school is traced with affecting interest. The
Year: 1879

Kent.

 About three inches of snow fell last night.

 We were favored week since by a visit from the cornet band of Amenia which seems to fraternize very cordially with our Kent band We are indebted to them for some very pleasing music. " %" An interesting missionary concert'' was held last evening in the Congregational church in which some novelties were intro duced. A short history of missions wasselic- tied by means of series ofquestions and an- swers, giving opportunity for large portion of the congregation to take part; and the pastor and choir rendered a psalm by respect ively reading and singing alternate verses. But perhaps the most effective part of the ser- vice was in the few plain, earnest remarks of the pastor in closing.

 The election tomorrow will include the choice of several town officers to fill vacancies caused by ties at the recent town meeting. MT. c. Smith (dem.) and Mr. E. Skiff (rep) ) are nominated for representative.

 The question of the new village street which was voted upon at the last town meet ing and not settled to the satisfactit ofcertain parties and we understand they are going to stir up fight about it. Should the one chance ID ten turn in their favor and they gain their point, we would like to commend to their notice few lines from celebrated poem of Southey's:

 And everybody p aised the duke,

 Who this great fight did win,

 But what good came of it at lastf

 Quoth little Peterkin;

 Why that l cannot tell saith he,

 But twas famous victory"
Year: 1879

MIR. EDITOR Will you allow me to correct your Lakeville correspondent in several mis- takes in his last weeks letter? Such item

 pest in tea kettle" would be exceedingly amusing if it were not so annoying It is a case of mistaken identity, as it is very plain that "Fair Play" is not the person St. Elmo supposes him to be. Truth and common sense in your correspondents letter are con- spicuous by their absence although do not think it due to the i'll will of St. Elmo, but merely to his mistake, and have no doubt he will cheerfully correct his statements when shown their inaccuracy. Of course I congrat- ulate St. Elmo that he is not woman, al though his assertion that he is not, shatters one of my sweetly cherished ideals. I am sorry, although somewhat amused withal, to see that my feeble attempts to give him ''taffy" have exasperated one whom from his writings I should suppose to be the most good -humor- ed of men. l refer to the first part of my communication, as the latter part had not the remotest reference to him, and I said what did with the pleasautest feelings toward him, not supposing that my amiable friend would make such a circus of himself For in his last correspondence his usually graceful die tion and iuency are absent, or at least ob- scured by his literary contortions and gym nastics which would do credit to an erudite, Tom Corwin. Now, I respectfully suggest to St Elmo that he make no attempt to wrestle again with any communication of mine, as other people than he have made just as un- satisfactory work ofthem as he has. Now to show the fallacy of his: am not voter in the town ofSalisbury and have never taken any interest in the politics of the town, there- fore St. Elmo can see did not take part in the debate about taxes, in the town hall, nor am seeking political office, nor to increase my popularity as he insinuates. Undoubted- ly St Elmo is thinking of another person, and it would be exceeding proper and manly, now that he is corrected, to withdraw his very un- fortunate and uncalled for insinuations against a third party. do not pay even a poll tax, therefore I shall not answer his question: and it is totally foreign to the subject we are dis. cussing. Moreover I did not see him at the debate in question, or the person whom
Year: 1879

way it ran into a house car. Flynn was struck on the head, but whether by the house car, the flat car, the brake, the bumper, or the track, am unable to learn, as there are sev. eral witnesses to the accident, all of whom have different version of the affair, but any, way the boy was struck on the head by some part of the car, which produced two very se- were scalp wounds, one over the left eye, and the other on the back of the head. Dr. Or ton was passing by at the time, and being called in, he dressed the wounds and left his patient quite comfortable, This ought to be a warning to parents, to keep their children from fooling around the cars

 St. Elmo seems to be Tiled about something
Year: 1879

The whole law for a noble and de-
YOut life is not altered by reason Of
any new ewcircumStance. ltStill remains
true that 4 mind silently waiting he
fore God is the condition without which
such life is impossible. As the flowers
follow the sun and silently hold up
their petals To he tinted and enlarged
by His shining. so must we, ii we
would know the joy of God. hold Om
souls, wills, hearts and minds still
before Him whose voice commands.
whose love warns. whose truth makes
fair our whole being. God speaks fnr
the most part in such silence ONLY. Il
the soul is fun of tumult and and
jangling noises. His voice IS little
likely To hr heard As in some kinds
Of deafness a perpetual noise in the
head prevents hearing any other
sounds. the rush of our own fcvercd
blood and the throbbing of our own
nerves hinder Our catching his tone
1t is the calm lake that mirrors thC
sun: the least catspaw wrinkling the
surface wipes out all the reflected
gl0ries of the heavens. If we would
mirror God, cur soul must be calm
If We wOald hear God, our soul mus
he in silence.
Year: 1879

Complaint is made that the persons
who attend the meetings of the Moral
Suasion association over the Third
street market, spit tobacco juice out OF
the window and lady and gentleman
had their dresses badly be fouled with
saliva and tobacco on Thursday even
ing, The habit should be discontinued
as it is q very bad one, and if persisted
in may led to trouble.
Year: 1879

The President of the Fame Hose Fire
Company, states that he will bestow
the thanks of the company on the find
or of two brass couplings that we're lost
a few evenings ago while at fire, by
leaving the same at Christy's cigar
otoro No. Q +, Second street.
Year: 1879

Everybody may not know it, but it is
no secret amongst the trading public
that Russell g. Spencer, Of the Bee Hive,
are selling new and desirable styles of
Dark Prints at cents per yard.
Year: 1879

eclal meeting Of the Board of
Pn Of Fall River was called yes
to act upon a request Of the
fshal for an immediate increase
|olice force. Two Aldermen did
hd, and a third left the meeting
asa melton was made to add one
men to the force. The Board
len without a quorum, no action
fn. A dispatch says that the
daily violated, and that " the
at the mercy Of the strikers. -
y Marshal has determined to
the responsibility Of Increasing


without waiting for action by
I'd of Aldermen, and has also
the time for the men to remain


Secretary Howard sent a note
Ryor Offering the whole force Of
plnners to serve as special con


The manufacturers yesterday


the report Of a committee
commended that no change b-
presentin the rates Of wages
peratives.