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Year: 1871

Tho. Fns.on OF the Bourbons The Count
do Chamsord.


A cable despatch which we print this
morning, states that the long expected Bour-
bon fusion has at last taken place, and that
by the full consent of the members Of both the
elder and younger houses the Count de Cham
bord is to be the acknowledged Bourbon
bord, If report speaks truth, the claims of the
Legltimists and of the Orleanists centre.


Whether the arrangement is wise or unwise
1t is really difficult In present circumstances,
to decide. 1t is bad thing for France to
have too many pretenders. One is bad enough.
There are too many. Great Britain had for one
or two generation, trouble enough from one
Pretender. The Battle of the Boyne, and the
later movement under sBonnie Prince Charlie"
have left an impress on the English-speaking
races which is felt in the New World almost
as much as in the Old, aud which
is not likely soon to be efaced.
All that trouble came from one source. If one
Pre.ender can work so much mischief what
must be expected from thrce2 The House of
Bonaparte will never give up its pretensions.
1t cannot it dare not. The Bourbons will
never give up their pretensions. They cannot;
They dare not. But the House of Bourbon is
divided; and it is felt in this case, as it has
been felt in all similar cases for the last three
thousand years, that house divided against
itself cannot stand. The fusion of the two
Bourbon branches has long been contemplated.
1t was announced as far back as 1853 that q
satisfactory compact had been entered into;
and we were taught to believe that hencefor-
ward we should hear no more of Legitimists
and Orleanists, but only Of the Bourbons.
Somehow the compact proved failure; and
tho Legitimists and the Orleanists divided
, have continued to present their rival claims
AS pretenders we have had latterly the
Count de Chambord, the Count de Paris and
the Due dAumale. 1t cannot be bad thing
for the Bourbons to concentrate their strength.
So far as they are concerned they have done
well to unite.


The question is whether the French people
will sanction the arrangement. In our judg-
ment the fusion is wise but the result Of the
fusion is unwise. The Count de Chambord, it
is true, represents all the Bourbons, and, the
Count having no family, the presumption is
that at his death the House of Orleans will
represent all the interests Of all the French
Bourbons. But retrogression is seldom popu-
lar with any people. Can France 60 back to
the discarded Le2itimists? Can France sign
her name under q bill which favors divine
right2 We think not. If there is to be q
fusion of the Bourbons the fusion must reflect
the grace of God and the will of the French


people rather than legitimacy or divine right.
The Bourbon compromise, so far as we can
see, is to be a gain to thu Bonapartes. The
House of Bonaparte is the only house that can
give France the semblance and comforts, with
permanent and hereditary executive head.
This Bourbon fusion encourages US in the be-
hef that the restoration Of the Bonapartes is
| almost a certainty in the not distant future.
Year: 1871

THE HEATHER CHINEE IN TUE SoUTH.-About six
hundred Cinnamon came down the river on the
steamer Jennie Rogers, from Tuscaloosa, yesterday
morning and left for louisiana on the New orleans
Railroad In the afternoon Reports vary as to their
ultimate desiination-onc report being that they
they have contracted TO go TO work on the Texas
Railroad Their appearance upon our streets caused
no small amount OF excitement, such large num-
Der OF Orentals in sight at one time being matter
entirely out OF the usual run OF things down this
way.-M00tte Tribune MLrCh ~
Year: 1871

1t is related of a clergyman
from Vermont, who years ago paid
a visit to New York, and was In
yited to fill a city pulpit during
the time of dog-day pastoral va
cations, that he had never had
the privilege Of listening to a
church organ, and was totally un-
acquainted with the fashion of
hiring a few yocalists to do the
singing for the congregation.-
Giving out his first hymn, the or
ganist played a fancy prelude, and
in the highest style Of the art, the
choir rendered the four verses
Addressing the throne Of grace in
"a feryent invocation which
stamped him as a man of intel
lect and power with his audience,
he coOlly reopened the hymn book,
ard turning to a page, exclaimed,
"The audience will now join with
me in singing good old Metho-
dist hymn; and those personsrun-
ming that bag of wind in the gal
lery will please not interrupt"
Year: 1871

Editors have a first rate time


out in Texas. The ladies of a
town out there have given to the
editor of a paper, an embroider-
Jed shirt, which eontains the his
tory of Texas, including the
war with Mexico, and the meet
ing Of the first Legislature, and
also pictures of the State, all
worked in red worsted. The
editor never wore a shirt in his
life, andihe Thought this was a
flag for the temperance process
sion which waste come off next
week. So he made a little
speech of thanks, in wkichhesaid
he, would fling it out forever to
the breezes of heaven, that they
might kiss its folds, and that un-
til his hands palsied it should
never be tfailed in the dust
never. The ladies didn't tunder-
stand him, and when he talked
about its trailing, they blushed
and said they were sorry they
made it too long. But a COM
mittee-man took the editor aside
and explained the shirt to him
in a whisper, and the next day
he appeared in the office with
the shirt mounted over his coat,
and wrote four columns of ex-
PLANTATION for his paper. The
shirt is much admired by the
beysof the town, and whenever
the editor goes out for a walk,
they follow him in regiments,
studying the history of Texas
and the fine arts on the back of it.
Year: 1871

A late quotation of the price
of votes states that in the South
Carolina Legislature the average
is 5000, but that in the New Jer-
sey Legislature $4,000 was paid
in one instance. This seemed
quite cheap, for member at Har-
risburg not long ago said that if
he did not get at least $4,000 at
this season that be would consid-
er that he was losing money.
Year: 1871

In newspapers we have the
Golden Age, Iron Age. the Licing
Age, and the Philadelphia Age
1t was thought last week that the
Sdats Age had been added to the
list when The Three Links was an.
nounced at Providence. r. l.; but
it proved to be only a new paper
devoted to Odd Fellowship.
Year: 1871

A Springfield (Mass.) woman
left her little boy at home to a,
muse himself with matches, and
when she returned, met him in
the street crying. He said he on
ly made a little fire in the bureau
drawer, and a lot Of red-shirted
men came with a great big tea-
kettle and squirted water all over
the house. They saved the cellar
door.
Year: 1871

A reverend divine, being accused
of negligence in bis calling, and
styled 'an hnfaithful shepherd
for scarcely ever visiting his flock,
defended himself by saying that
he was always with them at
'shearing time
Year: 1871

An Illinois womaD committed
suicide by hanging herself to an ap-
pie tree. At the funeral a neigh
Dor noticing the sad appearance Of


her husband consoled him by say
ing that he met with a terrible
loss. EYES," says the husband,
heaving a Sigh, ''she must have
kicked like thunder to shake off


six bushels of green apples that
would have been worth a dollar a
bushel when they got ripe!"
Year: 1871

p


Circumstantial Evidence.


A remarkable case, showing the


danger, of trusting impiieitly tr


circ1mstantial evidence, has Just


been concluded in Toledo, o.


Nearly three years ago, Robt.


Sharp was found dead, with shot
! and slugs In his brain. A man


named Harrington, who had beer


on intimate terms with the de-
Eceased, was arrested for the mur-
der. The testimony was wholly
fcircurnstantial, but so skillfully


worked up by the detectives,
THAT Harrington was convicted


and sent to the penitentiary. His
lawyers had become interested in
the case, and although Harrington


was a poor man, they determined


to fight bis cause to the end


After a long and arduous struggle
through the District and Supreme


Courts, an order for a new trial
was obtained, and that trial has
Just closed.


The main points in evidence or
which he was convict I'd where
the Observation-Disclosures of the
shot in the body of the dead man
with that in the shot-bag belong
ing to Harrington; the correspon-
dence of pieces of newspapers
found near the scene of the sup
posed murder, and assumed to
be part Of the gunwadding, with
a torn paper in Harrington's resi-
dence and piece in his vest pock-
eft, and that the motive for the
murder was to be found in the al
ledged fact of Sharp having come
to Toledo with several hundred
dollars Of money, which Harring-
ton knew, and that no one else
was SO intimate with Sharp. On
the second trial it was rendered
doubtful whether there was a
similarity in the shot. 1t was
clearly proven that the pieces of,
paper alleged 10 have been picked
up at the scene Of the murder were
not there at the time Of the find
ing of the body, nor for day or
two afterward, and the inference
was unavoidable, that they were
put there by the detectives to aid
them in working up" the case
against Harrington.


1t was further proven that
Sharp was destitute when he ar
rived in Toledo, and that Harring-
ton was doing his best to aid him
in procuring employment. To
crown all, an alibi was clearly and
satisfactorily proven. Haring.
ton was declared innocent, ami
the jury voluntarily gave him a
letter, signed by every member
repeating, in emphatic terms,
their belief OF his entire inno-
eence of any knowledge Of tie
murder, and bearing
testimony to his uniform good
character. The public sentiment
unanimously conceded with this
verdict. The former employer Of
Immediately took him
back into his service.


1t causes an unpleasant shud-
der to reflect that a perfectly in
nocent man, of good character,
suffered two years of degrading
punishment, and narrowly escaped
an ignominious death, for a crime
Of which he knew nothing. 1t IS
another warning of implicit trust
in wholly circumstantisl evidence,
and protest against the detec-
tives in working up a case"
against one they choose to suspect.


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Year: 1871

~ st-s t Thanks fR
A little boy had sought the pump


From whence the sparkling water burs
And drank with eager JOY the draught


That kindly quenched his raging thirst.
Then gracefully he touched his cap
Ithank you, Mr. Pump. he said,
For this nice drink you've given me


(This little boy had been well bred.)
Then said the Pump my little man,
You're welcome to what have done;
But am not the one to thank


l only help the water run.
Oh, then, the little fellow said,


polite he always meant to be,) r
Cold water, please accept my thanks,


You have been very kind to me.
All said cold water, don't thank me;


Far up the hillside lies the spring
That sends me forth with generous hand


To gladden. every living thing.
pll thank the spring, then, said the boy,
And gracefully he bowed his head,
Oh, don't thank me, my little man,


The spring with silyery accents said.
Oh, don't thank me-for what am


Without the dew and summer rain ?
Without their aid he'er could quench


Your thirst, my little boy, again.
Oh, well, then, said the little boy,


Pll gladly thank the rain and dew,
Pray, don't thank us-without the sun


We could not fill one cup for you.
Then, Mr.. Sun, ten thousand thanks


For all that you have done for me,
Stop said the sun with blushing face,


My little fellow, don't thank me,
Twas from the oceans mighty stores


drew the draught gave to thee.
Oh, ocean, thanks then said the boy


1t echoed back, Not unto me.
Not unto me, but unto Him


Who formed the depths in which lie,
Go, give thy thanks. my little boy,


To Him who will thy wants supply.
The boy took off his cap, and said,


In tones so gentle and subdued,
Oh, God, l thank Thee for this gift,


Thou art the giyer of all good.
Year: 1871

ARITHMETIcAI PRoBLEM.-Roch-
ester is distracted through the col
umns of its papers over arithme-
tical problems: Here is the la
test: If one hundred yards of


cord be wound in a single coil up
on an upright post an inch in di-
ameter, what time will it take a
man to unwind it, he holding one
end in his hand travelling in a
circle whose radius is the un.
wound cord, supposing he walks
four miles an hour, and what is
the length of ground walked over,
Year: 1871

An old lady in New Jersey, hav-
ing read the account of the burst
ing of a grindstone in a manufac-
turing establishment, became ter
ribly alarmed lest the grindstone
standing in her cellar should burst
and blow up the house.
Year: 1871

awkward in their movements, and
gave the hunter additional advan
! tage.


Had it been during the spring o
the year, these animals always art
lean and active, it cannot be suppos
ed that the fugitive could have made
any thing like successful resistance
If they had not succeeded in over.
taking him before hereached the tree,
they would have crowded him so fast
that he could not have made any
thing like an advantageous fight
against them.


By the time the second bear was
upon the ground, the first was climb
ing the tree again, roaring and growl-
ing with rage and pain, while his
fierce eyes were fixed upon the au-
dacious hunter in a manner which
showed that he had no disposition
to yield the battle to an unarmed
man like him.


Ihe tree was quite small, and Car
son found him self driven to the very
topmost boughs. Here, as he could
retreat no further, he firmly braced
himself, and awaited their onset.


He was not kept long in waiting.
The tree bent under the weight of
the monster; but he pressed for
ward until he could touch the feet
Of the hunter with his claws. At
this juncture a number of blows were
again rained upon his nose, with
such power and effect that the brute,
as before, relinquished his hold,
and retired to the ground. The
bears now took Temporary breath
ing spell, during which their growl-
ing screeches made the solitude hid
eous, while the valiant hunter pre-
pared himself, as best he could, for
another assault from his enemies.


The next time, the two assembled
almost together; but by this time
Carson had warmed up to his blows
with such energy that one of them
was seen to lachrymate, and to give
such evidence of pain, that when he
retreated once more it was plain that
he had got enough of the fight.


The other one however made one
or'mOre attempts. But the trapper
was as strong as ever and his knobby
club came down the with the force
Of a sledge-hammer upon the tender
nostrils Of the animal when, he. too
withdrew completely vanquished.


The first bear, growing and
lachrymating left the spot without
once looking back at the diminutive
foe who had SO thoroughly beaten
him. The second lost no time in
following him and a few minutes later
Carson was left alone. Waiting
until the bears were out of sight he
descended the tree and regaining his
rifle, reloaded i without DELAY.
Then cutting several pieces from
the elk he made his way back to
camp, reaching it just as night set
in. This adventure of Kit Carson, s
which is entirely authentic was GER
tainly a remarkable one, and it may
doubted whether a solitary man
without using gun pistol or knife
ever before or since succeeded il
vanquishing two large and fierce
grizzly bears.
Year: 1871


The following lines were written by a con
vict in the Ohio Penitentiary, in 1850, and
published at the time in the Ohio State Jour.
nal AT a recent meeting in the prison, con-
Quoted by committee of the Young Mem
State Christian Association, they were re
peated by one of the visitors. They were no
only listened to with deep attention by the
thousand convicts present, but q shower o.
tears from eyes unused to weep, told NOR,
plainly than words that they touched a T,
sponsive chord of sympathy in many heart
I've wandered far from thee, mother,


Far from my happy home;
I've left the land that gave me birth,


In other lands to roam,
And time since then has rolled its years,


And marked them on my brow,
Yet have often thought of thee


I'm thinking of thee now.
I'm thinking Of the day, mother,


When at thy tender side,
You watched the dawning of my youth,


AHu A4sSeu u5 III your pride,
Then brightly was my heart Lit up


With hopes of future Joy;
While your bright fancy honors wove


To deck your darling boy.
I'm thinking of the day, mother,


When with such anxious care
You lifted up your heart to heaven


Your hope, your trust, was there.
Fond memory brings thy passing words,


Whilst tears stole down thy cheek;
Thy long, last loving look told more


Than ever words could speak.
I'm far away from thee, mother,


No friend is near me now,
To soothe me with tender word,


Or cool my burning brow.
The dearest ties affection wove


Are now all torn from me-
They left me when the trouble came;


They did not love like thee.
I'm lonely and forsaken now,


Unpitied and unblest;
Yet still would not have thee know


How sorely I'm distressed.
know you would not chide, mother,


You would not give me blame,
But sOothe me with your tender words,
And bid me hope again.
would not have thee know, mother,


How brightest hopes decay;
The tempter with his baneful cup,


Has dashed them all away;
And shame has left his venom sting,


To rack with anguish wild
Yet still would not have thee know


The sorrows of thy child.
OH have wandered far, mother,


Since deserted thee,
And left thy trusting heart to break


Beyond the deep blue sea.
Oh, mother, still I love thee well,


And long to hear thee speak,
And feel again thy balmy breath,


Upon my care-worn cheek.
But OH there is thought, mother,


Pervadss my beating breast,
THAI thy freed spirit may have flown


To its eternal rest.
And while wipe the tears away,


There whispers in my ear,
A voice that speaks of heaven and thee,
And bids me seek thee there.
Year: 1871

we udFC OdllOl id1Ay ONOApANA "NA' little space recently on military oper- ations in this Department. It has seemed useless to do so. Before Gen. eral Crook was assigned to this De- partment, we declared him to be pre- eminently the best officer in the army for the position, and we still hold the same opinion. His work after his arrival inspired renewed hope in the people of Arizona, and the press with one accord everywhere west Of the Missouri river, and to some extent east of it, rejoiced with us from the day the lightning flashed the good news of his assignment from Wash ington. We have used various means of advising the nation of the faithful, hopeful and earnest labor of General Crook. He was not in the Department two months until he had order out of disorder, and the power of the force at his command aroused from inutility to acknowledged progress in the right direction. Officers and men alike generally exhibited g. share of that earnestness in duty and desire for success which so prominently distin- guishes General Crook. The available strength of his command was soon ascertained and with all dispatch ef- Actively organized; hundreds of miles of the Indian haunts were secuted under the personal supervision of the intelligent and observant commander the important fact that horses could without grain do the necessary cam paigning, was fully demonstrated independent commands, embracing in all some seventeen Troops of cavalry, to be assisted by friendly disposed In- dians, were ready to be hurled upon the hostile Indians under a well con- sidered system, and with General Crook untrammeled, the people had not the slightest doubt of lasting peace being conquered in a compara- lively short time.

 At this juncture of affairs, the au. thority of the Peace Commission wa; introduced, and more than ever before despondency pervades the people; and with the same unanimity that tht assignment of General Crook wa: commended, the press of about half the nation deprecates the substitution O the Peace for War management, anC the other half appear silent. Even Tht New York Tribune now takes new departure in the following pointed i not sarcastic and unfeeling language

 But it stands to reason that Mr. Colye and his peace agents have no business looking after Apaches while Crook an( his fighters are hunting them also Eli ther give up the Indians to Genera Crook, or give up Colyer to the In dians.

 No sensible man can come to any other conclusion. The farce of peac and war can't be successfully played at the same time on the same stage especially when the objective party ask for no peace, and only conside themselves at peace with the military nOst which pives them food clothe and protection. General Crook evi dently intends to give Colyer th' full responsibility of making peac or have it himself. He is willing t bear the whole responsibility, but h. wants to have it all fairly or non, placed upon him. In this the peopl here say amen, and the country a large should and we believe will sus tain him.

 JOHN G. CAPRoN and J. c. Cos
Year: 1871

Our facilities for purchasing and ar engagements tor selling are fully completed and we now offer to the trade Full Stock of Merchandise in each department, com prising all articles enquired for, and sala- ble throughout the Territory.

 We sell at small advances FOR CASH, and are positive that it is to the benefit of every Interior Merchant to buy of us-in- stead of San Francisco or elsewhere
Year: 1871

LAwNs.-We are sadly deficient in fine
lawns in Virginia, yet there are no
defects of soil or climate to prevent their
perfect development here. No object is
more delightful and refreshing to the eye
than the fresh green of well-kept lawn.
To obtain it, is one of the first efforts Of
landscape gardener, and requires no small
degree of care and patience, both to secure
and protect the growth. The ground must
be deeply stirred so that the grass roots can
strike deep ard secure the plants from
dying. The surface must be finely culti-
vated and well leveled, to secure evenness
for moving and even distribution of the
seed. A top dressing Of fine stable manure
or super-phosphate is necessary If the land
is poor. Then SOW either mixed lawn
grasses, to wit: white clover, blue grass,
red top and timothy, each one peek the
acre, or one busbel of red top alone.
Brush over thoroughly, and roll with a
heavy roller.


As soon as the grass is high enough to
be clipped with the lawn mower, cut it
over and follow it up every few weeks,
never letting it bloom or go to seed. Do
this, and you, will have lawn that will
delight you and II a perennial source OF
admiration. Of course nothing should ever
be permitted to pasture upon lawn, if
you would preserve its beauty. If well
kept it will last hundred years. Now is
the time for sowing gress for lawns; it
will soon be too late.
Year: 1871


THE APPoRTIoNMENT BILL passed the
Senate last night, substantially as first re-
ported. 1t virtually disfranchises one
sixth of the people of the State, so far as
their proper representation in the Leglsla-
ture is concerned. 1t is most fragrant
violation of the constitution Of the State,
and a reckless and wanton assault upon
the right of equal representation. Ii
Governor Walker has not forgotten the
Inspirations Of his youth" and still looks
forward to some crowning height worthy
Of himself, as he once did, now is his time.
This. to him, is one Of the great hours
which come to every man. He may make
for himself great name, shield the people
from wrong, and arrest the madness OF
partisanship, which is bringing disgrace
and ruin upon the State.


Let him veto this bill as The guardian oi
the constitution and in the interests of JUS
tice. All good men will sustain his action,
and the way be paved for harmony and
good feeling throughout the State.
Year: 1871

The Religious Herald, of this city, the
organ of the Baptist denomination in Vir-
ginia, comes to US this week filled with
excellent matter of general as well es de-
nonlinational interest. We are glad to
see that it devotes large space in lis COL
umns to agriculture and education, and
commend it to cur readers as good family