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Year: 1873

very serious charge has been pre-
ferred against Mr.. Center, one Of the
jurors in the last trial of Stokes, a
member of that jury which has earned
for itself a reputation rather peculiar than
fattering 1t appears from the evidence
in the hands of the District Attorney that this
particular juror, at the hour he was supposed
to be in bed, dreaming Of the time when a
case Of life or death should be unreservedly
committed to his hands and those of his COM
panions, was on a tour through the slums Of
the metropolis, expressing publicly, with unu-
sual frankness, his individual opinion of the
merits Of the prisoner. The case is q
very serious one, involving grave ques-
tons regarding the duties Of jurors. Of
course no definite opinion can be expressed
Of the culpability Of Mr.. Center until the
grave charge against him is disposed of by due
process OF law; but it must be regarded as a
terrible disgrace to the metropolis of America
that there should be any grounds for such an
accusation. II gives a significance which can
not be overlooked to the assertion that human


life Is marketable commodity in this city,


and that murder is luxury in which the


wealthy may indulge with impunity. Every


right thinking citizen will hope that the Dis
trict Attornev will do his duty in this instance
Year: 1873

An October Cyclone-A Herald Warm


ing Verified.


On the 9th day of October last. in q
HEnALD editorial on ''The Equinoctial Storms
on the Atlantic Coast" the following warming
was given to outgoing sailing vessels and
steamers from New York in reference to the
cyclone which, on the line of the Gulf Stream,
swept by the coast of Florida the day before: =


Although we have escaped the usually severe
Equinoctial storms this year, the phenomenon has
not been wanting In the atmospheric disturbances
OF the two days past, and, perhaps, also, in the
great storms OF the last OF August it was present
prematurey. The storm warnings which we're
displayed at most OF the Atlantic ports yesterday
were doubtless iully justified by dangerous winds,
felt especially svme distance or the immediate
coast. Sailing vessels and steamers leaving New
York to-day will do well to keep sharp lookout,
lest, after leaving sandy Hook, they should come
up with the Florida cyclone Of yesterday morning.


A passenger by the steamer Russia, which
left this port for Liverpool on the morning of
the 9th Of October, in writing home an
account Of his trip, says :-''After passing
Sandy Hook we began to feel the ground
swell, which, owing to the late high winds,
was very rough, and by the time we passed
Long Island we were plunging along at fear
full rate. Ere morning the storm was upon
us, and for three days we were in it-a
regular cyclone. We lost our jib, foresail,
foretopsail and mainsail, and shipped sea
after sea over our bulwarks. One sea broke
over them as one of the stewards was coming
out on the deck, and, rushing through the
open door and down the stairs, it flooded my
room with about two inches of water. As the
vessel would plunge in some huge wave, and
the whole bow, and aft almost to the fore
rigging would be covered by the rushing
waters, it was grand; but it was rather un-
comfortable at meals, as it necessitated the
holding Of everything in our hands, soup
plates, &c, &c. But like all things it came
to an end, and now October 15) we are
bowling along at the rate of fourteen knots an
hour towards our destination, with the sun
shining brightly and the air as mild and
balmy as in May


We submit this testimony from passenger
by the Russia as remarkable verifcation OF
our warning of said cyclone published on the
morning OF the steamers departure from this
port.
Year: 1873

TIE Loss or THE STEAMSHIP ARIEL. New
York built steamship. was reported to the Pa
cific Mail Steamship Company yesterday. II
appears that the steamer was employed
by tho company to run between the
ports Of Yokohama and Hakodadi, Japan.
She had ON board q number of pas
sengers and full crew at the time she struck,
all Of whom escaped The vessel is said to be
q total loss.
Year: 1873

extent OF our present financial troubles, and


while we admit that the crisis is full OF peril,


coming as il does ON the eve Of winter. and


Of deserving citizens, we yet soc no


cause for serious alarm. if people will


have courage and patience and will


exercise fair share Of common sense.


It is unquestionable that the effects of the


financial disturbance will be more extended


than many are disposed to believe, and hence


the first lesson to be learned by those OF mod


crate means is the wisdom of o closer and


more prudent style of living. Economy should


be the order of the day, and in our recent


American life economy may mean little more


than q retrenchment which will bring our
living within our legitimate means. Charity
should be more open-handed and more dis
creetly bestowed than ever; for the time may
soon come when the most extended charity
may be the wisest investment the wealthy
can make Those who may be thrown
temporarily out of employment by suspensions
and curtailments should exercise patience
and carefully guard against any indiscreet
acts that can only add to their sufferings in
the end. There is no cause of alarm for the
future. The country is prosperous and grow


ing in prosperity year after year. Our prod


ucts command the markets of the world, and


our national wealth increases with every
acre of Western land that is settled
and with every new mine that y worked.


Our crops were never more abundant, and the


demand for them was never greater than
at the present time. What we need is
clearing up Of our financial diff
culties, a complete publication Of our
business atmosphere, An epidemic has
prevailed among us for the past few years,
and we have given 1t the name of Buddhism.
We have been living under its influence
in an unhealthy, unnatural condition, and
its evil effects are everywhere apparent.
It has built our business palaces of
magnificent exterior, but hollow and rotten
within, and our princely dwellings filed
has foisted into notoriety the charlatans and
cheats Of the financial world-the men who
would rob widows and orphans under the
garb of piety, or work the ruin of thousands
for the mere love of rascality. Now that the
storm has come the air will be purer from its
effects. the more so since it has swept away
the weeds of mushroom growth that have so
long choked the legitimate business of the
country. When it has passed we shall
have better condition of affairs every
where n more healthful credit more le-
yitimate trade, more honesty, fairness and
5olidity in all our commercial relations. The
rial may be and doubtless will be severe but
It will bring its recompense in greater con-
idence among men and more sincerity in our
ives and in our business transactions.
Year: 1873

The FINANCIAL TRoUDIEs OF RHODE ISLAND
move but slowly towards adjustment. The
declination of Governor Howard to act as one
of the trustees Of the Sprague estate necessi-
tates delay and change. The mills have
not yet stopped. and meanwhile the friends of
the house are busy with their measures of
relief, which, however, cannot take complete
shape for few days.
Year: 1873

A LITTLE Historic RECOLLECTION THE
inlntand used by General JaclSon at the bat
tie Of New Orleans" is said to be in the posses
sion of gentleman in Nashville. 1t has been
generally supposed that cotton bales had more
TO do with the battle Of New Orleans than ink
stands. A great deal of ink, however, was
subsequently shed on the subject, after Jack
son was censured for his conduct on the occa-
sion, and which led TO the great "expunging"
movement of old Bullion Benton in the United
States Senate.
Year: 1873

The temperance OF Edwin Booth at this house
last night marking the Inauguration OF the winter
season, viii long be remembered by the spectators
present as distinguished by popular reception OF
the actor only accorded to an esteemed favorite
after long absence, and by an old and familiar
performance which was throughout welcomed
with all the enthusiasm OF new sensation and
pleasant surprise. There was full house, and the
generous spirit OF the audience was that OF
cordial welcome TO Booth and TO sfHamlet'', and to
Booth as Hamlet. From the first act to the last,
at every salient point In the play,
there was manifestation OF fresh and
hearty applause, and at the close or each act our
popular Hamlet was recalled before the curtain.
With his house and his reception Mr.. Booth had
every reason TO be highly gratined. With tho
magnificent mounting ana the completeness OF
the accessories OF "Hamlet and OF all other plays
produced at this house our playgoers are familiar.
In the general cast OF the characters Of .amlet,v
as reproduced, IT. is sperhaps sufficient to say that
there are lew calling for any severe objections and
none entitled TO any distinguishing praise. Mr..
DAILY makesa respectable King, though he may be
pronounced little heavy. Mr.. Stock, as Polonius,
impress himself as philosopher upon him who has
known many Pooniuses. Mr.. Maynard as Horatio
and Mr.. Wheelock as Laertes give us much OF the
spirit ana vigor OF those admirable young gentle
men; and last, though not least. the house
distinctly expressed itself In commentator OF the
Ophelia OF Miss Pateman and the queen OF MISS
Wells. The performance was marked success
and Mr.. Booth from this opening VIII dOubtlcsS
have very brilliant week OF "Hamlct.n
Year: 1873

The result of to-day's elections will be pub
lished on bulletins by the HERALD this evening
at the following places simultaneously by means
of the HERALD special telegraph wires At
the HERALD Office, Broadway and Ann street
at the HERALD Uptown Branch Office, 1,265
Broadway, between Thirty-frst and Thirty
second streets at Twenty-third street and
Broadway, opposite Madison square, by the
stereopticon at the Brooklyn Branch Office Of
the HERALD corner Fulton avenue and
Boerum street. and at the HERALD Branch
Office at whitestone, L. l. The dispatches
will be forwarded instantly on their arrival,
the arrangements obviating any delay in their
transmission or publication.


BY these means the public will be enabled
to learn the figures of the city vote as fast as
they are reported at Police Headquarters, and
TO reach the result in this and other States as


earlyas the telegraphed information reaches US
Year: 1873

The FRENCH SITUATION is one at present of
silent anxiety. Tomorrow the Assembly
meets and the battle between monarchists and
republicans will begin. 1t is no longer mat
ter of doubt how President MacMahon stands
on the great question of the hour. In another
portion of the HERALD his determinations are
stated on what is given as good authority.
He has no sympathy with the republicans;
but, while evidently favoring the election of
Chambord as king, he does not wish to act as
the monarchical stop-gap. If these were his
views fortnight since it is possible that in
the interval, he will have acknowledged the
pressure from both sides, which would keep
him where he is. He may thus consent to be
q stop-gap little longer.
Year: 1873

REMEDY FOR BEE RoEBERs.-A cor
respondent says: "The most com
plete check upon robbing bees is to
place bunch of grass, or wet hay,
over the entrance of the hive. The
bees will fud their way TO the en-
trance OF their own hive, the robbers
will be caught by the sentinels in
passing through the grass, and soon
cease their piliering."
Year: 1873

The Iron Mountain Road for Sale.


ST. LOUIS, June 6.-The Iron Noun
tain railroad will also be advertised for sale
by Gov. Woodson in connection with the
Atlantic and Pacific road. The railroad
companies will probably apply for an in
junction to restrain the sale and the whole
matter of the Constitutionality OF the act of
the legislature in releasing the State lien be
brought before the courts.
Year: 1873

A strike by the freight train brakemen on
the eastern division of the Atlantic and
Pacific railroad is now in progress, and
trains have been somewhat delayed for q
couple of days. The strike was occasioned
by a change made by the company in the
mode OF payment for service. Heretofore
the company has paid the brakemen fifty
five dollars per month; now they propose
to pay each man two dollars for the round
trip, which will reduce the wages three or
four dollars per month and increase their
night work. Some Of the men have ac-
cepted the new terms while others hold out,
but their places will be fled in day or
two and no farther detention to business
occur.


The striking brakemen on the Atlantic
and Pacific Railroad have made some riot
Gus demonstrations at or3 points on the
road to-day. No one has been hurt. Ad-
ditional squads of police will be sent out on
trains to protect them TO morrow and nc
serious disturbance is anticipated. .
Year: 1873

A medicine that has done more than
all the prescriptions of the pharmacopeia
to protect the human system against the
bodily ills superinduced by unhealthy
surroundings, is certainly worthy of uni
versal confidence. 1t is mainly on ac-
count of its extraordinary preventive
properties that Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters is so exceedingly popular in localities
subject to the visitation of miasmatic fe-
vers'and other diseases produced by en-
poisoned air. A family that has escaped
sickness during sickly season in conse-
quence Of using the Bitters as a safeguard
is living advertisement Of the virtues of
the preparation. The whole neighbor-
hood realize the fact. 81 couldn't have
believed it," says one. " l scarcely cred
tied the advertisements but one must
believe what one sees," says another
1t Is the very thing we need in this un-
wholesome section of country" remarks
a third. And the result is that the in
stinct of self defence, the first law of ma
ture, induces three-fourths of that COM
munity to obtain a supply of the great
vegetable antidote before the next sickly
season sets in. In winter, when the sys-
tenn requires extra vigor and elasticity to
enable it to battle the effects of damp and
cold, the Bitters will be found particular
ly serviceable. Rheumatism will not be
apt to fasten upon muscles and nerves
that have been braced up by this excel
lent invigorant and nervine nor will the
seventies of the season, which have such
a disastrous effect on the pulmonary or
gans of the feeble and delicate, be likely
to exercise the same untoward influences
in cases where the stomach and the ex-
ternal surface Of the body (Which always
sympathizes with the digestive organs),
have been toned and stimulated by
course Of this restorative. The fits of IN
digestion and irregularities Of the bowels
which proceed from sudden changes of
weather may always be averted by
timely use of the Bitters.
Year: 1873

AND STILL ANoTHER.-LastS Sunday
evening the alarm of fire was again sound
ell. Of eourse it was in Chinatown
The roof of house down there had taken
fire, but was fortunately soon discovered
and extingushed. This thing occurs in
that neighborhood about once week of
late, and it is only question of time as
to when the Chinese will again be the
capse Of DESTROYING Weaver BY fire,
Year: 1873

We have an apt illustration Of the ingra:.


i.ude, bisotry and bitterness of the Lousi-
ana Democracy. A pamphlet by the editor
OF the Shreveport Times, painting in glow
ing colors the gorgeous future of that city.
aud4ut forth to invite Northe m immigra


ton. contains an account of the origin of
the Southern Pacific railroad and tribute
to all who have had a hand in it except one.
That one was the soul of the measure. He
introduced it into Congress and carried it
through. He made Shreveport its terminus
and also secured it an appropria ion to
build another road to this city. His name
is William Pitt Kellogg, who, up to the
time lie became the Republican candidate
for Governor, was praised in the highest
terms in the Shreveport Times itself for the
great services he had rendered its town.
Year: 1873

A SEVERE TEsT-The Commissary
General of the United States, after trial
of all the principal starches in the country,
decided that Duryea's Satin Gloss
Starch" was the best that could be procur-
ed, and the government from that time to
the present are buying this article. This
is fact worthy the attention of consum-
Year: 1873

From lands end TO lands end, that all may read,
and reading, believe, that for the countless mil
lions who are on the road to untimeiy grave
with bilious complaints, there is but one truly great
and reliable remedy, and that Is
Year: 1873

precipitous side-hill to Senator John K. Shepard's and obtaining for kim nights lodging; and finally fixing him the best sleeping place possible 10 be made on the car seats. May blessings rest on his head for his whole-souled kindness. Every other passenger was patient, cheerful and quiet. Each one contrived to double him self up or stretch himself out on some lying or roasting place, and enjoyed such sleep as an easy conscience and peaceful nature alone can secure, More than an hour passed, :with no other noise but the distant clicking of the stone-dril Then came an explosion, removing portion of the rock, for removing which from the track the locomotive was substituted for an OK team. Then the drilling began for n second blast. Another fifteen-inoh hole was drilled in another hourand a half Another blast removed the remaining obstruction. But by this time tue quicksand had for a consider able distance covered the track to depth of three or more feet. The trackmen worked with will at shcveling out this gravel broth, SO that in another hour the train crunched and jolted through the remaining mud and reached Winsted at i've o'clock on Thursday morning with out further detention. Much praise is due to the road-master and his gang of hands for their vigilance in discovering the dan ger and their prompt and efficient efforts in surmounting an obstacle. which under ordinary railroad direction would have in terrupted the traffic of the road for at least a day. The passengers have abundant reason tor thankfulness that in having a cheerful and obliglng conductor and not having among their number single grum- bier or boisterous swearer there was SO lit tie to disturb their serenity.

 UNCLE JOHN.
Year: 1873

Cornwall Bridge has big fish story to relate, which is as follows: As MT. Franklin Wells was walking along the road few rods above this village he notic. ed quite commotion in the river, and al. most the next instant two pickerel jumped upon the bank, one of them some six feet from the lwater and the other less dis tance. He sprang for this last mentioned but did not succeed in capturing it, but the smallest one was so far from water that be bore it away in triumph. The pickerel weighed two and one half pounds. ....As the stage was coming down the hill from Ellsworth it ran into washout, throwing from the wagon lady going to Falls Vil lage, bruising her so badly that she was not able to continue the journey further than this village..... Drowns has become 6isgusted with Cornwall Bridge and it's in- habitants, so much SO in fact that he tried to get away under cover of night, but a kind friend, not thinking it advisable when there is such bad going, read to him little document which induced him to wait till morning and pay some little bills that were unsettled. We all wish him success, as he says that at the place he has gone there has been but two sick in more than year.
Year: 1873

In every sense of the word, we can use trulhfully the stereotyped phrase. "election passed off quietly In our village" as last Mondays election was indeed quite one, hut very little drunkenness being visible, and that at the latter part of the day. Not withstanding the almost unfathomable depths of mud everywhere, . very large vote was boiled. We give below the vote of the towns in this immediate vicinity.
Year: 1873

A woman's determination to part her hair at the side broke up wedding at Bangor, Me-, last week. The company had all assembled, the clergyman was in his place, and the groom proceeded up stairs to escort his chosen one to the altar. The lady was splendidly dressed, but in arranging her hair she had adopted the new style. To this the young man object ed in the strongest terms, saying that it looked too brazen and "fast;" that the hair of bride should be parted modestly in the middle. A sharp war of words fol- lowed, which resulted in declaration on the part of tho angry youth that he had taken firm stand that the hair must be redressed or he would never look upen it again. To this the girl replied that he might leave as soon as he pleased, an6 leave he did. much to the disgust of the people who came to partake of the we'd ding supper and were turned out of the house without it.
Year: 1873

PASS HIM RotND: A man calling him
self James Stanley, and representing
himself as having been connected with
the press under the non de pt'taae OF
.s.Reefer," also that he is Mason and
Odd Fellow, and soliciting aid to get
from one point to another, at other times
desiring employment as collector has
been operating in Bennington The
Gazette says he is frapd and unworthy
of any ones charity or assistance. lie
pretended to go north from there.
Year: 1873

The Pella Blade says some young
scamp, minus tho tear Of the law, and
possessed with more than ordinary
share OF meanness, stepped in about
hundred and fifty fresh moulded
brick, on the brick yard grounds for
the new Baptist church in that place,
last "Wednesday night running them,
Of course.
Year: 1873

at them again with a clothes pole, and


missed them again, although he made
another pole by hitting that on stone.
Anyone who has helped to drive one or


two pigs will readily understand the
number of articles that passed through
the air, and the style of cenver-
sation the man kept up during
the chase. Finally, he got one Of
the animals in corner, and being by
this time utterly regardless of personal
appearances or consequences, threw him.
self upon the brute, neatly scraping the
fence with the top Of his head, and fall
ing upon the pig in such way as to hold


in abeyance every one of his muscles ex-
cept those in the throat. These were at
once put in active operation, and the man
for moment thought he had captured a
planning Then he raised slowly,
keeping tight hold of the animal, and
getting on his feet, and the pig in his
arms, struck out for the pen, preceded
by his wife and the other woman, and
closely and anxiously observed by all the
neighbors for half mile around. In this
way the procession laboriously moved;
the pig, having worked its head to within
two inches of the mans ear, was pouring
therein a tale of unparalleled distress,
which, if not calculated 10 melt the
stoutest heart actually threatened to
split open the stoutest head. The
man was utterly powerless to
remedy the horror, having both
hands engaged, and could only twist his
ear a little out of range, and scream at the
top of his voice his plans for the future
of "them hogs" On reaching the pen,
and while in the act of dumping the
bowling viper over the side, the woman
next door made an unfortunate discovery.
Their hogs were in the pen; the truants
were hers. The man, who was still hold
ing the pig, and might have, with reason,
taken prominent part in the debate, con-
tented himself by merely using some
strong eXclamatiOns, and then trudged
around to the other pen, where he arrived
after much unlooked-for tribulation, and
again hoisted the bowling monster up to
the top, when the woman next door made
another and still more remarkable discov-
cry. Her pigs were in the pen. whats
that? ?" screamed the man, who was so
fixed he could not very well see into the
pen, and was obliged to lift his voice to
make himself heard above the din. Them
amt my pigs" screamed the woman.
why amt they?" he yelled. "'Cause
my pigs are here" she shrieked back. 1t
is needless to say that the strange animals
were urged out of that garden without the
use of subterfuge Ne,rs.