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Year: 1872

From politics / pass to q more congenial
theme. Every once in while some curious
investigator brings to light relic of ave
olden time - even in New York, and it is
right pleasant to find some old place with
a history going back beyond q score of
years, to have brought back to our recol-
lectiOns some "reminiscences of the revOlu-
tionary time, or even back further to the
DAYS when the phlegmatic Dutch burghers
made laws for Manhattan. We go ahead
fast enough, we almost forget how few the
wears since our Country was but wilder
ness. The other day went out with
friend to lunch and we directed our steps
toward "Old TOMS Coffee House." But a
few doors from Broadway and in little
lane stands the old house which has a re-
cord dating back nearly century. Every
thing in and about the place savors of an
other day and time. For seventy years
no broom has swept the floors of the an
cient "coffee and chop house," cobwebs
many miles in length are festoOned about
the ceiling; everything in the room is at
least seventy years old, and the ''toby' out
of which you drink your beer may have
been the favorite drinking mug of Died
rich Knickerbocker. Old swords and pis
tolls, copies of the Declaration of Indepcn-
dence and records of the dOingS of the





of Dutch and English worthless, serve to
adOrn the ancient walls of this most an
cient spot. Although within pistol shot
OF old Trinity, the house once marked the
limit between city and country, and the
Wall street gallantS here took their even
lng's refreshment before starting on their
homeward journey. A queer old place,
ana one but little known even to New
Workers.


suppose that in order to do my duty as
a correspondent ought to give you the
latest fashions. But that is a task far be-
yond my capacity. / might say that
dresses are worn much longer than usual
at the bottom,-and then be accused of
slanderlng the other sex. So 1 prefer to
refer your lady readers to some journal de-
voted to chronicling the habiliments of the
fair.


The raw and clustering weather with
which young March has hitherto favored
US, has rendered winter costumes still i'm
Year: 1872

A young lady swooned in Wisconsin
church, and the doctors gave her up for
dead. At the funeral she arose and gave
reasons for postponing the ceremony,
which were acknowledged by all the
mcurners 10 be convincing.
Year: 1872

THE Moon UNINHABITABLE.-B
here the question is naturally suggested
whether our moon, which is but 250000
miles from US, ought not first TO be ex-
amined for signs of lite, or, at least, Of
being fitted for the support of life. When
the telescope was first invented, it is GER
tain that astronomers were more hopeful
10 recognizing such signs in the moon
than in any other celestial body. AS tele-
scopes OF greater and greater power were
constructed, our satellite was searched
with more and more eager scrutiny.
And many long year elapsed before as
tronomers would accept the conclusion
that the moon s surface is wholly unified
for the support of any of those forms of
life with which we are familiar upon earth.
They know that if our satellite has an
atmosphere at all, that atmosphere must
be so limited in extent that no creatures
We are acquainted with could live in it
They know she has no oceans, seas, riv-
ers or lakes, neither clouds nor rains, and
that if she had, there would be no winds
to watt moisture from place TO place, or
10 cause the clouds to drop fatness upon
the lunar fields They know, also that
the moons surface is subjected alternate
ly to cold far more intense than that
which binds our arctic regions in ever
lasting frost, and to heat compared
with which the fierce noon of tropical
day is as the freshness of spring morn
ing. They search only over the lunar
disc for the signs of volcanic action, feel
ing we'll assured that no traces of The ex-
istence of living creatures will ever be
detected in that desolaie orb.-IAe Corn
hill Magazine.
Year: 1872

We learn from the New York HerGld's
latest accounts from the great Plains
and the Rocky Mountains that intellI-
gence from those quarters. from day to
day. still adds to the melancholy list OF
farmers, hunters, trappers, miners and
travellers lost and frozen to death in
those terrible Western snow storms,
ayalanehes aud drifts. We are glad to
hear, however, that wagon train Of sup
plies bound for Spotted Tail and his
baud at their new reservation made its
journey of two hundred miles without
the lost of man, though the brave men
OF this expedition were six weeks on the
journey, cutting in some places through
saow drifts hundred feet deep, and
though many-of the men were severely
frost bitten and several dangerously


The snow through which Napoleon
grand army had to fight its way in its
retreat from Moscow were mere trihes
compared with these Western drifts
hundred feet deep aud with these blind
ing Rocky Mountain storms Of snow
finer than the finest flower raging for
several days and nights in succession
without abatement, and with the ther


mometer at twenty degrees below zero.
Year: 1872

Is without doubt the best Political and
Family Journal in the State, and the best
evidence Of its character and appreciation
of its readers is found in the fact that but
few who subscribe for il ever cease taking
il. Each number contains thirty-six col
umns of choice reading matter.
Year: 1872

shall be, as FAR az liberal expenditure Of
money, and unremitting editorial labor can
make il the best daily telegraphic. COM
mercial, general news and political paper
to be had anywhere between the Ohio River
and the Gulf. Terms below
Year: 1872

and upon the most momentous political
year Of its existence year Of important
local, State and National elections.


Tie history Of the BANNER is the history
of the political, commercial, materi al pro-
gress OF Tennessee for over half century.
Year: 1872




nder the skilltul manipulation of
INSCRIPTIONS wire workers and caucus
managers, body of Packard's adherents
met at Plymouth, and after excluding fair
representation in several of the counties
declared Packard nominated We were
excluded from that Convention, and do
not feel bound by its action We do not
know to what extent others may share our
1IsguSt at the shameless and indecent
fraud which was called a nomination 1t
Is our deliberate judgment, tnat if the Re
publican party has become so corrupt as
to permit packed conventions to succeed
in nominating their favorites, then the
sooner the Republicn party reforms the
better. The V5dette has been, by the
deliberate action of the convention, re-


leased from all obligations to support
Gen. Packard, and decent self-respect
leads tolsay US to the Republicans ofPorter
county that we deem his defeat prefable to
the perpetuation OF the kind of work that
secured his nomination. We hope that in
a short time, a convention will be called
OF the opponets of Gen. Packard in this
district, and that movement will be
made to teach wireworkers that the peo-
pie will not be cheated out of their fights
by packed conventions. The people of
Porter county can all speak for them
selves They are not bound by this con
vention. If they choose to vote for Pack
ard, they have the right to do So We
cannot work or vote ior him, ana shall
reserve the right to vote and work against
him, iii suitable candidate shall be nom
mated by the opponents. While we say
this we announce our determination to
support, with voice, vote and pen, Grant
and ColtaX, and the state and county
Republicn ticket. Gen Packard dose not
need our support, nor dose he deserve the
support, Of any man who is not willing
TO be the tool of base and shameless
conspiracy to nominate him against the
will of the DeOple
Year: 1872




The Congressional convention at Ply
mouth yesterday re-nominated General
Jasper Packard. We have only room to
say this week that this result was wholly
unnecessary. and was brought about by
the hasty ara unwise course of part of
the opposition. The full proceedings of
the convention together with careful
analysis ofthe elements composing it, will
appear next week, when we expect to
prove by tiguers that cannot be gainsaid
that Gen. Packard might have been set
aside had the opposition acted in concert.
AT the present we will not dwell on
what might have been" but proceed to
say that ourvoice and heart will be entirely
with those who support the nominee of
the convention in the ensuing campaign.
Yesterday, that nomination was extremely
distasteful to US, we do not deny; but to-
day we are for him as against any man
our opponents may propose or soreheads
suggest.
Year: 1872

From the Bourbon Mirror


We opposed General Packard S nomina-
ton, but as he was fairly nominated we
yield gracefully to the will of the majority
and will give him generous and hearty
support, not because our opinion of the
gentleman has changed, but because
he has been made the standard bearer of
the party.
Year: 1872

DRESS PLAINLY on SuNDAY.--1t
would Lessen the burdens Of many who
find it hard to maintain their place in
society. It would lessen the force Of
temptations which often lead men to
barter their honor and honesty for
display. If there was less strife in
dress at church people in moderate
circumstances would be more inclined
to attend Universal moderation in
dress at church, would improve the
worship of many wandering thoughts.
1t would enable all classes Of people
to attend church better in unfavorable
weather. /. would lessen, on the part
OF the rich, the temptation Of vanity.
1t would lessen, on the part of the
poor, the nrtation to be envions
malicious 1t would save valuable
time on the Sabbath. 1t would re-
lieve our means from serious pressure,
and thus enable us to do more good.


Work AND WIN.-Whatever YOU
try to do in life, try with all your
heart to do we'll; whatever you de-
vote yourself to, devote yourself COM
pletely in great aims and small, be
thoroughly in earnest. Never believe
it possible that any natural or improv-
ed ability can claim immunity from
companionship Of the steady, plain
hard working qualities, and hope to
gain its end. There is no such thing
as fulhllment on this earth. Some
happy talent and some fortunate op-
poriunitv may form the two sides of
the ladder on which some men mount,
but the rounds of that ladder must be
matle Of stuff to stand the wear and
tear; and there is no substitute for
the thorough going, ardent, and sin
cere earnestness. Never put your on
hand on anything on which YOU can
not throw Your whole self; never
effect depreciation of your work
whatever it is. These YOU will find
to be golden rules,
Year: 1872

YoUNa LADIES SEM1NARY.--A gentleman and
his wife, who have spent long years in teaching
and other literary pursuits, are contemplating
the establishment of young ladies seminary on
the system of that of Granville, Ohio, here at
Auburn, if proper encouragement is given by
our people. The lady was the Principal of the
Granville Institute for many years. No better
point for an institution of this kind could be
found on the whole Pacific coast. In climate,
Temperature health, water and moral surround
ings, Auburn far excels any other. point in the
State where institutions of learning have yet
been established, and such an institution here
would draw support from all the cities and val
leys of the State, as we'll as from the mountains
and over the mountains. Mental labor is a Sc
we're tax on youth, and often initiates against
physical development and health. and intelligent
parents will always select such n climate as this
for their children's years of severest studies
The immoral and noxous surroundings of
schools and colleges located in or near cities are
also matter of deep concern to parents, and
always to be avoided if possible. But this is
not what we started to say The gentleman we
refer to will again visit Auburn next weok, and
in the meantime wish parents and property
holders in Auburn to think of and talk over the
profits and prcpriety of aiding in the establish
ment OF such an institution here. We shall re-
fer to the matter again.
Year: 1872

TREES AND VINEs.-Elsewhere in our columns
will be found the advertisement OF the old and
popular Nickerson Vineyard and Nursery. Ev-
erything in the line of fruit trees and vines,
adapted to this climate, can be supplied from
this nursery, and of the best and choicest varic-
ties. The season is now here when transplant
nng should be DONE to be well done, A tree or
vine transplanted while the sap is down will
make as rapid and healthy seasons growth as
at would if not removed ut all, and with rs little
danger of dying; while those re-planted after
the taas have swollen or the leaves started
make but puny growth, if they do grow, and
Will require irrigation to keep them alive through
the long dry season. Heavy rains arc necessary
after transplanting to pack and cause the soil to
adhere to the roots and fbrss, and give the tree
an early start and vigorous growth while the sur
lace moisture lasts; this secured, the tree vine
Will force Its roots deeper and deeper, following
'he moisture as it recedes, and thus make full
and healthy seasons growth. Too little atten-
ooh is paid to early transplanting, especially
where the soil is high and dry Turn to the ad-
Vef'iSement, make your orders and plant as soon
as possible
Year: 1872

SELECT PARTY.-A select ball was given ut the
house Of J. G. Peterson, Blue Canyon, last even
ing. We acknowledge the reception of polite
invitation to attend, but found it impossible to
do 50, as it was publication night with us.
Year: 1872

At the hands of Capt. Ed. c. MoRToS, Sec
rctary OF the above Association we have be-
fore us the Catalogue of Premiums. etc, etc.


Every part of the State should he interested
to make this State Exhibition of Agricultural
and Mechanical Art a success. 1t only needs
a little effort on the part of old citizens of the
State. to make this Association what it should
be-permancnt and profitable as well as Il
source ofuniversal pride


All the Counties in the State should have
an Auxiliary Society, which should be feed
er to the Main Association at Little Rock.
with very little effort in season, an EXhibi-
ton can be had at the State Fair. that will
far exceed any previous effort, and be alike
creditable to the State and to its projectors.


lhc premium list is large. For the best
Dale of bottom cotton, Sl00; second best
5000; third best 500. The same premiums
are offered for the three grades of upland
cotton.


Crawford can do something.
Year: 1872

VAN BrREN, ARK, July ~ 1877.
EplroR VAN BuREN Pass:


: | wish through your paper TO state to the many
KIND friends in the Third Congressional District,
1 who brought out and urged my name for candidate
for Congress for this District that they will please
accept my thanks for their confidence, that although
I encc consented to be candidate circumstances
have since transpired which preclude me from doing
So there being two of us spoken of from this County
in this connection and feeling that success in this
campaign to be preferable TO individual prcfcrment,
that we have had amicable arrangement and |
have Withdrawn. | shall not be a candidate before
the nominating convention and, of course, il is but
natural that would prefer to have the candidate
for Congress from our own County and il being
ceded by all part. of the District that he should come
from the West and without attempting to dispaTage
the claims Of other gentlemen who are asprants, or
to dictate in tho matter, | would recommend to my
friends in this District Hon, q. Wilcox, ofCrawiord,
asaman in every way worthy of their support, |
propose to work in this campaign for the success of
the great reform movement and can probably do so
more successfully untrameled | again return thanks
To- my kind friends and would say in respect to my
political aspirations now. in the words of my friend
Col. Cravens, of Clarksylle let us got ont Of the
woods first b. j. BROWN.
Year: 1872

1t win be seen by a card from Col. BROWN
that by an amicablc arrangement he has with
drawn from the congressional race and
throws his strength to Hon. G, WILCOX We
are truly glac that he and Mr.. W. has ar
ranged this matter so as TO prevent any op-
position among their mutual friends. Col.
Brown would undoubtedly have made Us a
good Representative and the same may be
said Of the gentleman who remains on the
track, but harmony is what we now most de-
sire, and the time will come when Col b.
will meet his reward.
Year: 1872

70" The Pope county murderers were all
turned Loose by Judge May. And the Gov
erno? has well armed them now, that they
may not make such bungling work in Shoot
ing at three or four-not to kill but one.
Year: 1872

The Pail Mall Gazette, after its own
delicious manner, tells ms that 0 subject
of more than national Importance was
discussed recently at a general quarterly
meeting Of the vestry Of one of the
largest and most important parishes OF
London-St. Pancras. A question arose
concerning the loss of an umbrella by
one Hoppey, vestryman. The chair
man stated, we are told, that at the last
meeting of the yestry Mr.. Hoppey lost
his umbrella, and he 1.-THE chairman
trusted that If any gentleman had taken
it by mistake he would return it. He
mentioned the matter with considerable
reluctance, and he hoped no gentleman
would be offended with him for doing so;
but it was most important that every
member of the vestry should feel that
any property he brought with him to
the Vestry Hall was perfectly safe there.
Mr.. Hoppey, the Pail Mall informs us.
himself next addressed the meeting and
spoke with considerable feeling and
effect. he had, he said, when Neating
the parish bounds lost another umbrella,
but he did not mind that SO much as
many strangers were present, as he
did losing his umbrella in the Vestry
Hall. The umbrella which he lost in
the hall, was. he added, green silk one
the handle forming knob. 1t is
much to Mr.. Hoppey's credit, the
Pail Mall thinks, that he grieves
more over the loss of the second than
the first umbrella; it is evident that his
feelings are wounded not so much at
being deprived of the useful article re-
ferred to as at the fact that ii was lost in
the Vestry Hall. 1t was not an enemy
who did Mr.. Hoppey this dishonor, but
one of his own familiar friends with
whom he was in the habit of taking
sweet counsel, and whom he implicitly
trusted as brother in the great local
selfgovernment family Nor has Mr..
Hoppey alone suffered, for another YES
tryman complained that he had lost his
umbrella on former occasion, aud
once nearly lost his hat. Some symp-
toms of levity we're displayed by the
vestry during the painful discussion, but
were promptly repressed by the chair
man, who expressed regret that the sub
iect should be made matter OF Joke,
and hoped that tho umbrella would be
returned to Mr.. Hoppey. In the chair.
mans hope. likewise let us hope the
whole civilized world will heartily join;
but the laxity of conscience generally
displayed with regard to umbrellas leads
us to fear that there is little prospect of
Mr.. Hoppey again meeting his umbrella
in this world of sin and sorrow.
Year: 1872

The German words lager beer signify
stock beer that has been stored away,
The story as told in Germany is an old
one, and runs thus, "Very many years
ago shoemaker near Bamburg sent his
apprentice to get some Bamburg beer
which was sold at that place, but the
boy, not knowing this, went to the city
itself. On returning he met an &C
quaintance of his, who told him that
when he would come his boss would
whip him for staying so long. The poor
boy, who was frightened at this, thought
it better not to go home at all but
took his bottle, buried it under a tree,
and ran away. He went among the
soldiers, where he. distinguished him
self, so that in a short time he became
an officer. When one day his regiment
was quartered in this town, the officer
thought proper to pay a visit to his old
boss, but not before he had got the bot
tie of beer which he had buried some
years before under the tree. When he
entered he said: "Well, sir, here l bring
you that bottle of beer you sent me for. I"
The shoemaker, not knowing what he
meant, was told by the officer all about
it. The bottle was then opened, and the
beer was found to be of superior quality.
When this was known some of the brew
ors built deep vaults where they put
their beer, and called it, after it had lain
there some time, lager, which meant
nothing but lying The officer after
wards married the doughter of the shoe
maker, and drank good deal of lager
beer, receiving in that occupation the
assistance of his fatherin-law.
Year: 1872

IrB sAID that the Pirate Of the Press"
will arrive this morning by tho early train.
Il is hoped that tho superintendent of police
win have his men we'll instructed as to the
manner OF man we will then have In our
midst
Year: 1872

part OF tho Judges. is manifest when its bearing
public security and public morality is considered


The following q fun list OF the criminals who
their release without examination to the two Judges.
1t will be that the prisoners let loose by Cardozo
numerous than those set free by Barnard.
This is accounted for by testimony which shows that
AFTER Rarnards first term judge Cardozo had virtual
monopoly OF the business of granting habeas copuses
for Howe & lIunmCl
Year: 1872

Twas whispered one morning in hea'


en-,


That the little child-angel May,
In the shade of the great white portal
Sat sorrowing night and day;
How she said to the stately warden,


He of the key and bar,
80 angel! dear angel I pray you


Let the beautiful gates ajar."
II can hear my mother weeping


She is lonely, and cannot see
A glimpse of light in the darkness


Where the gates shut after me;
O turn once the key, dear angel,


The splendor will shine so far"
But the angel answered, II dare not
Set the beautiful gates ajar."
Then up rose Mary the blessed,


Sweet Mary, Mother of Christ,
Her hand on the hand of the angel
She laid, and the touch sufficed-
Turned was the key in the portal,


Unlooscd was the golden bar
And 10 ! in the angel child's fingers
Stood the beautiful gates ajar.
"And the key for no further using


TO my blessed Son shall be given,"
Said Mary the Mother of Jesus,


Tenderest heart in Heaven.
Now there's never a sad-eycd mother,
But may catch the glory afar
Since safe in the Saviour's bosom,
Are the keys of the gates ajar.
Year: 1872

CHEAT SALE OF BUILDING Lors.-The most
important sale Of real estate ever offered by the
Christiana River Improvement Company, will
take place tomorrow afternoon. The lots offered
are IS in number. embracing some of the finest
sites for factories and shops, and lumber and coal
yards 1t is quite evident that/a large trade will
ultimately BE- carried on in in this vicinity Of the
city, as the Wilmington and Western Railroad,
whose shops and depot will he close by. is ulti
mately to be a continuous line with the great
West and South. See the advertisement
Year: 1872

| sat alone when Clayton left me,
the past passing wildly before me,


The present with all its untold bliss
faded like an unsubstantial shadow.
aud the past was busy in my heart.
1t all came back, from the hour when
|, an unloved, dependent menial in
my uncle's household was made to
feel hundred times a day my bitter
dependent lot. TO the hour when Ger
aid Arnold, ''the millionaire and great
catch Of the season" {" in the dreamy
twilight of an Indian summer dlay,
had brought me TO this grand old
home happy exultant bride.


Two years later, | stood beside him
and wiped the chilling moisture of
death from his brow. When the sands
of life had nearly run out he whisper
d,-"LiIlia have given you all, aar-