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Year: 1872

lis REPORTED APPEARANCE IN THIS CITY.


Much excitement has existed since yesterday
morning, over the reported appearance of the
horse disease in this city. DR.. Vandever in
forms us that he had two cases of the disease in
charge yesterday Some time ago two very val
liable horse, belonging to gentlemen in this city,
we're sent to New York to be sold. It has been
also reported that these horses were sick with
this disease, and since their attack, had been
shipped, on the Electric Line, for Wilmington.
The horses have really been shipped, and are
now on their way to this city, but the report of
their being attacked with the epidemic, we have
it on the best Of authority, is entirely without
foundation.
Year: 1872

days


CoTTos-Thcre was but small inquiry for spot cotton,
and with more liberal offerings the market ruled dull
and heavy The quotations appended show decisne OF


&c per b on good ordinary, strictly good ordinary and
low maaimg unc grade OF ordinary and the graues
tame. Future deliveries fairly active, but lower
and somewhat unsettled and closed with continued
downward tendency The sales sum up as follows
Year: 1872

SATURDAY EVENING, Dec. IA.


The progress toward an easier condition which
HaB noted at this time last week, continued up
to about the middle OF the wesk. But as aoon
as it came to be- generally understood that de4
p6sits in the banks were increasing; the demand
for bank accommodation, which had been held IN
abeyance for a week or two, began to increasej
SO that at the close OF this week the dispropor-
tion between the applications at bank, and the
ability Of the banks to loan, is about as great as
it WAS two weeks ago. The prospect for the
next few Weeks, however, is more favorable, as
the marketing Of hogs and cattle, and the large
shipments from here Eastward, are
lquidating indebtedness rapidly. In the open
market We eee Indications Of an easier condi-
ton in the fact that there is less commercial pa
per offered. There are some instances OF the
paper of first-c1assmercautileh houses in Chicago
being offered here at IL per cent per month by
New York merchants to whom the paper was
given for goods but this shows the necessities
OF New York merchants rather than OF the
makers of the paper. The middle Of December
has generally been regarded as about the time
when the usual winter stringency Of
money eliminates. It may therefore be-
assumed that the worst Of the stringency
for this winter is over. After the lat Of January
the interest and dividend disbursements in East
ern cities will make money easier and also relieve
this market.


New York exchange sold between banks to-
day at par and at 25c per 1000 premium.


The following quotations Of local stocka are
Year: 1872

AS the investigation into the alleged
printing frauds" ordered last winter and
prosecuted during the summer, is mat
ter in which our West Virginia readers
have felt some interest, we would direct
their attention to our Charleston dispatch
announcing the report Of the Committee
The Committee consisted of Messrs
GRANTHAM Of Jefferson, LEWIS Of KanGw'
ha, WEST Of Harrison and BARCLAY oI
Brooke, with Gov. JACOB as Chairman
Mr.. BARCLAY was the only Republican
on the Committee and he was selected
probably because 1t was expected he would
not be returned this year and would not
therefore be present to make a minority
report or look alter the report in any way
We were informed at the time the Com
mittee was appointed that, with the ex-
ception OF the Governor, the gentlemen
selected were those whom It was Mr.
WALKERS wish the Speaker should ap-
point. Mr.. WALKER cannot therefore
complain of any want of friendliness or
the part Of the Committee. A short time
ago we were advised in a general way o.
the results arrived at by the Committee
and that their report would be unanimous
aud We presume 1t has been Of that char
acter,
Year: 1872




A private letter from Charleston re-
ceived in this city yesterday, says that
the whole delegation from Berkeley,
Morgan and Jefferson counties, except
POTTER, are operating against removal
OF the Capital from Charleston. "The
course OF the Eastern Pan Handle"
the writer says, is outrageous. BUTCH
Err, Of the House, is being toasted by the
Charleston folks, and will champion
their cause in the House." This letter is
from friend Of removal, but not from a
Wheeling man. We make this quotation
from it in order that the people in the
eastern counties may see what their dele
gates are about. II the tone OF the press
in that section is any indication, the peo'
pie in those counties are almost unit for
removal. Why their delegates should
be against it is question in which those
people may feel some interest.
Year: 1872

PARIS, November 27.-The Cabinet 10.
day will deliberate on the report OF the
majority OF tho committee on the address
and resolutions oil the minority. Thiers
will attend the Assembly tomorrow,
when the report OF the majority will come
up.


Thirty members are to compose the
committee who are to prepare the neces.
sary retormAtOry constitutional measures
in reply to Theirs message
Year: 1872

THAEKsGIv1NG.-President GRANT and
Gov. JACOB have both set apart to-day
for purposes Of Thanksgiving (which
means no work and turkey for dinner
We don't have go much to be thankful
for as they have; but still days rest for
hard-worked humanity is something
TO be grateful for; aud this, with some
other minor mercies, we set down to the
credit side Of this days account. The
plain English OF all which Is that
this establishment don't intend to
perform any secular labor today or issue
any secular paper tomorrow morning,
For ourselves We don't know just how It
will be about the turkey, but the best we
can wish our readers Is that theirs may
be as big as the aforesaid resolution Is In
our bosom at the moment Of indlting
"these presents" and as tender as our
conscience will be in keeping it.
Year: 1872

The Republicans Washington special
Of the 20th says: The house was to day
the scene Of a most extraordinary move
in legi, latiou. The chairman Of the
ways and means committee proposed a
suspension Of the rules and the imme
diate passage Of the tax and tariff bills
without further amendment or debate
The proposition not being detatable, was
carried by nearly three to one. and to
morrow the measure will be submitted to
the senate. That portion of the bill
abolishing the income tax, the tax on il
Illuminating gas. the stamps on bank and
checks and drafts, and the bill providing .
for the tobacco tax, and the consolidated
whisky tax, were not even read, nor
have they even been debated. Members
however, became satisfied that the house
could not improve the bill reducing
internal taxation, and therefore accepted
it just as it came from the committee
The tariff stands jus, as it was finished
in committee of the whole on Friday
and provides for horizontal reduction
of ten per cent The bill as it stand:
reduces taxation about $50 600, 600
There are s29, 1000 900 Of reduction OF
The tariff alone. 1t is probable chat the
senate will accept it substantially as il
came from the house
Year: 1872

A few mouths since any allusion to
the possibility of the Philadelphia con
vestien nominating any one other than
Grant would not have been listened to by
His supporters, but now the matter is actu
ally being discussed. The strength Of the
Cincinnati nominees has surprised them
Any other nomination, however, won,
mend the matter. Grant is probably the
strongest man Of his party that is Dau ed
for the doubtful honor; but should any
one else be nominated in the belief that
the contest Is waSed solely against the
man and not against the policy he repre-
sents, they will find that this is o mistake.
The opposition to the nominee will be
just the same. The party that expects
to make him its leader is responsible for
such measures as the Federal Election
bull, the Ku- klux legislation, the tyran
nIcal policy pursued toward the South,
10. Grant was only the tool used to en-.
force the measures and whether he, or
some other Of the clan is nominated, the
damaging record will bang to the party
all the same.


"You may break you may ruin tho vase il


But the scent Of tho rose will hang round il


still"
Year: 1872

The graveyard laughter with which
the othceholders received the news Of the
nomination Of Or. Greeley has given
place to iuueral despair. The bread an6
butter brigade are evidently in 0 state Of
trepidation, and few even Of the most
saDguins dare to express any hope Of
Grants reelection if Greeley is endorsed
at Baltimore. In some Of the states the
ofhce holders are actively at work to
secure the nomination OF delegates to the
Democratic National Convention who will
be 10 favor Of raising up some man to be
Knocked down, so as 10 secure the re-.
election Of Grant.-N Y. sun.


And this very move Of the supporters
OF Grant ought to deter the Baltimore
convention from making q nomination.
Some Of tho leading Radical papers have
gone 80 far as to advise the Democrats to
put ticket in the field, intimating that
it would be successful. But the russ is
too thin, and any sensible mau can see
through it. Ifunder present circumstan
ces there Was shadow of success for TIE
Democracy, these same papers would
be the last to give such advice. Then
why do i, now? They know full we'll
that nomination by the Baltimore con.
vsntion would cause wider breach in the
Dem ocra,ic party than has been made in
their own ranks, and that Grants chances,
now on the wane, would be much better.
They see the hand writing on the wall,
and tbsir knoes begin 20 quake, hence the
dodge TO secure a nomination at Balu


more. Bat We believe that body will be
sharp enough for them.
Year: 1872

It has been stated that sixty Of the one
hundred and Eve Democratic members Of
Congress, had signed paper protesting
against tho nomination Of Mr.. Greeley at
Baltimore but correspondent. Of the
Republican has been making inquiry into
the matter, and be Gays that each member
denies having signed any such paper


For our part, We don't see why the Bal
tmore convention should nominate Mr..
Greeley or any one else. Let the dele
gates meet and issue an address, If they
see proper, ple]ging themselves to the
support of no presidential candidate,
but leaving Democrats all over the
country to exercise their own judgmen,
as to whom they will vote for, and then
adjourn without making o nomination.
1t is useless to put man forward, simply
that he may be defeated, aud that Grant
may be elected. No matter who might
be nominated by the Baltimore conven


tion, however good man he might be,
he cannot command tho support Of the
whole Democratic party, because many
look upon such q proceeding as uuwise
in the present emergency, and would
oppose it on that account, even though
tho nominee were one Of the best men in
the country. Why, it is nothing uncom
mon to hear life long Democrats declare
that they will not support the nominee o
the Baltimore convention, should one b,
made, against Mr. Greeley. They have
higher aim than mere party victory.
Year: 1872

A great discovery is said to have been
recently made by a surgeon of the
british army in China, in the way of an
eifeetual remedy for smallpox. The
mode OF treatment is as follows:


when the preceding fever is at it's
height, and just before the eruption ap-
pears, the chest is rubbed with croton oil
and tartaric ointment This causes the
whole OF the eruption to appear on tha,
part OF the body to the relief of the rest
1t also secures full and complete erup
tion, and thus prevents the disease from
attacking the.intcrnal organs. This i,
the established mode of treatment in ths
English army in China, and is regarded
as q perfect cure A."
Year: 1872

A CALIFORNIA SENsATIoN.-San Fran cisco has lately enjoyed sensation little outside the general run. It appears that recently a book-kceper of large four mill of that city was in the habit of giving ''good day." to an individual who often passed the mills. One day, after conversa- tion the unknewA man requested the pleasure Of the book-keeper's company at dinner. The offer was not refused and both enjoyed sumptuous repast, during which sundry bottles of champagne were disposed of. This performance is the last the book-kecper rccollects until the follow ing morning, when he found himself on board an outward bound ship. He was of course confined and when he had partially collected his senses, he demanded an ex- planation from the mate and afterward from the captain, the latter officer produced papers of agreement signed by the book keeper to make voyage in the ship as a common sailor. The young man could not deny the signature, though he satisfied him that he had been uncsnconsciou

 when it was obtained. As 1875 had been paid by the ships company for that sigma ture the ufortunate young man was com pelled to produce and equal amount before he was permitted to depart. This we conceive to have been one of the boldest cases of s'shanhaeing' from Q civilized port that we have record of. The case IS being worked up by detectives, and if the rascal who abducted the young man is caught he will find that all is not lovely in villainy
Year: 1872

Many valuable horses die from the effects of collie. The best thing to do in case of this kind is to pour bottle of JoHNsoN's ANoDINE LINIMENT into long-necked junk bottle, add half pint of molasses and water, then pour the whole down the horses throat. In ten minutes the horse will begin to eat.-Com.
Year: 1872

CAUGHT 1T.-An Iowa editor took home his fishing tackle the other day, and laying them down, proceeded about other matters. After while, he discovered his fishing pole gyrating through the grass, and following up, found that with bait left on the hook he had caught cat very black and very heavy. The beast actually sat still until he cut the hook out of its lip, and then "scatted" upon the double quick, and never more has been seen or heard.
Year: 1872

A CoMPAR1soN-Whil we are over powered with an ordinary summers heat it might be worth while to try to realize the disagreeable effects of the in- tolerable heats to which men working in puddlipg- furnaces and foundries daily submit themselves for living. Not only have they the oppressive atmos pheric heat to suffer, but the additional heat of the furnaces and molten metal with which they work, which often car ries the temper ature of their workshops up to 1859. The prostration suffered by these laborers may be imagined, but can hardly be realized.
Year: 1872

HEALTHY HoUsEs-The following val uable suggestions relating to the construc- tion of suburban houses are from paper read before the Edinburgh Architectural Association; they will apply with equal force in this country. To keep suburban dwellings from contaminating influences, the sub soil upon which the house rests should be thoroughly drained to such a depth as will secure crust of dry soil upon which to erect the structure. The walls below the floor level should be sep arated from those above by ipterposing some substance impervious to water, in order ts prevent that capillary attraction which the walls of the building, when in fluenced by the isternal heat of the rooms exert upon anything which would supply moisture. The external walls of a building should be of such thickness as will allow of house being kept at an even tempera- ture. The walls of gables containing tireplaces require to be made thick, as thin walls, especially at the chimney head, are sure to produce smoky vents. Bedrooms and kitchens should be of the largest dimensions compatible with the size of the house. No drains should be permitted under a dwelling, whatever the straight in which the architect may find himself in their arrangement. As best constructed they are liable to leak, and if under the house the carnations from them become sources of annoyance, and probably of disease to the inmates. Nsr should drains be allowed to pass further into the house than half the thick ness of the cutter wall. Cisterns require to be placed where they can be easily reached and where they will be free from contamination of any kind. The main cistern of building should be located in room exclusively devoted to that pur- pose, in which there should be plenty of light, and into which the occupant could go as freely as into any open part of his dwelling, and where he could observe that such an important element as water was pure and wholesome. There should be no limit set to the number of windows in house, and the position of the rooms in regard to light should guide the archi- 4ho;.
Year: 1872

A MAN CRUSHED BETWEEN Two
HEAVY RoLLERs.-In the Burden iron
mills at Troy, n. Y, on Tuesday eve
ming, Frederick Best, young man en-
ployed at one of the rolls, had occasion
to get drink of water, and while reach
ing up to pail which was elevated some
feet above the roll, his pantaloons were
caught by the gearing. Realizing lis
terrible danger, he endeavored to extri-
cate himself, but the stuff of which his
pants were made would neither tear nor
give, and his efforts to avert the danger
were unavailing. The ponderous ma
chinery dragged him in and he was car
ried between the rolls. His horror
stricken fellow-workmen looked on in
dumb amazement, inpotent to assist him,
while his form was being forced through
this terrible vice, the creaking and
breaking of his bones was plainly heard,
and when it was thrown out by the ma
chinery he presented fearful appear
ance. The tremendous pressure to
which he had been subjected had crush
ed the head and body into thing al
most without shape.
Year: 1872

The Discovery OF GREAT SALT LAKE.
"A party of beaver trappers who had
ascended the Missouri with Henry and
Ashley found themselves in pursuit of
their occupation on Bear river, in Cache,
or Willow Valley, where they wintered
in the winter of 1S24-25, and in dis
cussing the course which Bear river ran,
bet was made between two of the par
ty, and James Bridger, who is still alive,
was selected to follow the course of the
river and determine the bet. This took
him to where the river passes through
the mountains, and he discovered the
Great Salt Lake. He went to its mar.
gin and tasted the water, and then re.
ported the discovery. The fact of the
water being salt, induced the belief that
it was an arm of the Pacific Ocean. In
the spring of 1926 four men went in skin
boats around it, to discover if any
streams containing beaver were to be
found emptying into it, but returned
with Indifferent success-Cincinndtl
Enquirer. a
Year: 1872

A POINTED SERMoN.-More than one
hundred years ago, graduated at Har-
ward University man by the name of
Grindoll Rawson, who subsequently set
tied in the ministry at Yarmouth, on
Cape Cod. He used to preach very
pointed sermons. Having heard that
some of his parishloners were in the hab-
it of making him the object of their
mirth at the grog-shop, he one Sabbath
preached discourse from the text
''And I was the song of the drunkard. .
His remarks were of very moving char
acter, so much so that many of his hear
ers rose and left the house in the midst
of the sermon. A short time afterward,
the preacher delivered discourse still
more pointed than the first, from the
text: "And they, being convicted OF
their own consciousness, went out one by
one" On this occasion no one ventured
to retire from the assembly. but the
guilty ones resigned themselves with as
good grace as possible, to the lash of
their pastor. @
Year: 1872

STANDING IN THE WAY.-There are
a few men in every community-to use
the language of an exchange-who new
er do anything to assist in public i'm
provement in the way, Of building up
their town. They always protest that
such improvements do not profit them
Individually nickle. We notice how
ever that every time town secures a
public improvement of any Importance,


these same men, if they have any real
estate or building to rent, put up the
price. A place wholly composed of such
individuals would be about as lively as
graveyard. i.e ae1f 80 $50 t=fsr
Year: 1872




A FEARFUL CRIME.-A Georgia cor
respondent of the New ork Times gives
an account of an attrocious crime that
was committed lately in Montgomery,
Ala. A colored man had married white
woman-which, by the laws of the state
of Alabama, he had a perfect right to do
land was living with her on the outskirts
of the city. The citizens living near
this colored man and his wife, as we'll
as many others, had expressed their dis
satisfaction at his course, and threatened
him with violence unless he put away
his white bride and agreed to forever
live apart from her. This the negro
would not do, believing, no doubt, that
he had as good right to please himself
in the selection of helpmate as any of
his white brethren. Consequently a
number of men collected, one night about
week ago, and, in accordance with their
previous proclaimed intentions, proceed
ed to the house of the negro, surrounded
it to prevent the escape of the inmates,
and then deliberately set to work batter
ing down the door, This, being frail
and poorly made, opposed but a slight
barrier, and soon gave way, revealing to
the two terrified occupants of the cabin
the murderous gang outside, who now
quickly crowded into the apartmen.


The negro 50 startlingly aroused from
his slumbers, and without weapons for
defense, was able to make little resist
ance against the we'll armed misereants
who had come thirsting for his life, and
it was but few moments ere his bloody
and mutilated body lay corpse on the
floor. Meanwhile others of the attack
ing party had secured the trembling and
helpless partner of the poor negro's So
cial offense, and firmly bound her with
cords upon the bed. The next step OF
the heartless miscreants was to saturate
with turpentine the garments of the poor
woman and the bed ON which she lay
Then setting fire to the cabin, with it:
one dead and its one live occupant, the
human fends withdrew short distance
whence they watched with demoniacal
delight the completion of their handi
work, the screams of their tortured vic
tim falling unheeded upon their ears
and awakening no sentiment of mercy OIL
pity in their callous hearts. With tn,
falling of the roof and sides of the burn
ing building, this band of wretches wer,
satisfied, and they dispersed.
Year: 1872

When, in the course of human events,
it becomes necessary for one body of
people to dissolve themselves from an
other, and assume among the numerous
societies of the earth the seperate and
equal stations which the laws of nature
entitled them to. decent respect for the
opinions of mankind requires that they
should declare the causes which impel
them to separation.
Year: 1872

A baby recently had the misfortune
to swallow the cotents of an ink bottle.
It's mother, with wonderful presence of
mind, Immediately administered box
of steel pens and two sheets of foolscap
paper, and the child has felt write inside
ever since.
Year: 1872

Having learned that somebody is
going to build hotel in Rhode Island
ninety-two feet long and sixty feet wide.
the Louisville Courier Journal express
ses its surprise "that the authorities
should permit anybody to put the whole
State under one roof in that way"
Year: 1872

The Boston Journal will do well to
brush up its geography. It says: "a
severe rain-storm in New Hampshire has
raised the Merrimack river at Littleton
to higher point than ever previously
known in the summer" The people Of
Littleton will be surprised to learn that
the Merrimaek river is up SO high.
Year: 1872

PAPER PILLow.-Save all your scraps
Of writing paper, cast away copy books,
old envelopes, old backs of notes, Sc
Cut them into strips about half an inch
wide and two inches long; curl them
well with dull penknife. Make a pill
low case of any material you have, fill it
with your curled paper, mixed with
few shreds of flannel. Stuff it quite
full, sew the end up and cover it as you
please. These pillows are very useful
in cases of fever, as they keep continu-
ally cool; they are a cheap and good
substitute for feather pillows, and any
little boy or girl can make them.