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Year: 1873

In pursuance of the action of the German
Democratic General Committee previous to its adjourn
meut sine de, and Of the German Liberal Republican
Central Committee relative TO the formation OF new
German political organization for ls73 TO be known as
the German Democratic Liberal Reform Organization,
call has issued in the different Assembly Districts
An election of officers and delegates will be held January
49, when Central Committee, composed Of delegates OF


the different district associations, will meet to consider
the subject. Organization will be effected on platform
OF adherence to the principles OF the Cincinnati
and Baltimore platforms and OF opposition 10 the use
the Government patronage for partisan purposes IL
will demand IA thorough Civil Service Reform, and urge
that the appointment Of persons to office honesty ana
ability shall the ground OF elevation IL VIII
hold that the question of capital and labor should be
regulated In such manner that capital shall be pro-
tected in its rights while labor shall have full power 10
develop itself aud be guaranteed full share Of its pro
ducts. At organizing an Executive Committee
will be formed composed OF delegate from each AS
semby District The representation OF the different As
semby Districts has been divided three classes nine
delegates OF the first class to from each Assembly
District II OF the second class and Is Of the third.
Year: 1873

his appearance at the breakfast table, and when the
alarmed family burst open the door OF his chamber they
found him lying a bed in pool OF blood ana tne
upper portion of his head completely blown on. Inc
pistol found lying beside the Dody' Deceased was
in comfortable circumstances and no cause can be as
signed for the act
Year: 1873

NEw-BRIGHToN.-The Board of Village
Trustees will meet Tuesday next for the purpose OF
taking action in regard TO the claims OF the JUS
tiees and constables Of the town Of Casteon in the
years 1866 and 1861 whose bills were dsaowed by the
Board at that time.


sTAPLEToN-The Richmond County Free Police WIZ
hold a grand vocal and musical entertainment al the
Iyceu on Jan a. to raise funds TO pay the balance
due on the large frebe which placed In the village
park some time ago.
Year: 1873

Several delegations from the country
called upon Governor Kellogg yesterday for
the purpose of having matters straight
ened in their parishes.
A delegation from Grant parish repre-,
eents comparatively peaceful condition
there at present. 1t is said there are not
moro than six OF eight persons in that par
ish 1t this time who are disposed to be VIC
lent, or interfere with the political rights OF
those opposed to them in politics., The last
demonstration made by these parties was
when the Judge of the district court for that
district attempted to hold court short
time since. The rOwdies were then suf6-
eiently demonstrative to cause the Judge to
adjourn the court cine die before disposing
Of any of the business that had accumu-
lated on its docket. ..


The Governor was inclined to think the
judge saw more danger than really existed,
and that he acted unwisely in adjourning
before going through the docket. Captain
Ward. the representative of Grant psrieh
in the Legislature, was disposed TO excuse
the conduct of Judge Osborne. He be-
lieved there was some danger, but the ar.
rest of few men would obviate this in
future. The particular business of the
delegation was to secure the appointment
Of Mr.. Hawthorne to an important parish
office. His appointment was pressed upon
the Governor, but he declined giving an
answer before Monday next.


A delegation from Brashear City. among
whom could be seen State Senator Sypher,
was there to mend matters connected with
the administration of that town. The del
egates from the country all bore an intelli-
gent appearance, and seemed duly i'm
pressed with the importance Of their mis-
sion to the Governor. Almost every day
similar delegations are calling upon Gov
ernor Kellogg, which fact augures that
there is growing feeling in the country
parishes to cultivate his acquaintance.
Year: 1873


Tho Journal says that a proposition for the
restoration of the monarchy on tho basis of the
Charter of 1914, in modified form, will be pre-
scented in the opening day OF the Assembly.
Year: 1873

WHAT CAUSED THE ATLANTIC DIsAsTER?-
The late verdict of the Nova ScOtian Court of
Inquiry, at Halifax, into the steamer Atlantic
disaster, with its loss of hundreds of lives, has
been sharply commented on in some quarters
10 the conclusions come to-that Capt. Will
lams's license be revoked for two years, and
that the fourth officer be suspended for four
months-some have thought they saw q de-
IlOerate encouragement to recklessness, negli-
gence and incOmpetency on the part of the
captains of passenger ships. This is probably
too sweeping Judgment, though there can be
no question that the captain exhibited a lack
OF that excess Of caution amounting only to
the highest requisite prudence, which is ne
ceS5ary In commander in approaching a
dangerous coast, by leaving the deck at mid
night even with orders to be wakened up at
A. M. AT the same time 1t must be consider
ed whether the company which sent the ship
to sea with an inadequate supply of proper
coal, thus compelling her~to head for Nova
Scotia, Is not primarily to blame for the Gala
mitOuS result.


There are some elements, however, to be
| considered in connection with this matter
which have subtler and more far reaching
Importance than any mere question of com
mand or supplies to the ship. These are sug
2ested by that able, practical journal, The
| Financial Chronicle, of New York, in an aTti
Gle in which it raises the question whether the
| ship, being wholly of iron and having alWay,
ossAASN Nesos w WOoe ouu WCsb W Ctbos uPOA
the same curve, her cOmpasses were not i'm


mediately deranged by her new movement


when, on the 31st of March, she came nea
the land and turned her head north, at Iigh
angles to this east and west course. A western


error Of one quarter of a point in her compass


from her starting for the north would llav


taken her directly to the rocks on which sh


struck. 1t is clear from the testimony that tn
local currents do not account for the shil


being drawn from her true course. During


the past twenty years many iron steamship


have been wrecked on the coast of Nova Scotia


and the immediate cause of the wreck was a
mysterious as that OF the Atlantic. The mas


netic influences of an iron ship upon her con
pass needle are varied by local circumstances
: and some Of the causes which operate at Sc
are yet unknown. This Is an intereStin
: question, especially In its bearing upon tn
future.
Year: 1873

NOTICE--TheTe are two or three persons in this
IN city Who, instigatsd BY the devil and mate NAL
ice, have been recently circulating reports concern
ing me detrimental to my business. They have
said in several quarters that not in reality
constable at ALL not having given bond TO the Levy
Court. Nov, upon this subject long ago got legal
advice having consulted several Of the best lawyers
in the State on the matter, and their opinion was
that not only was not obliged 10 give bond. but
would be acting illegally il gave one. The term OF
Office for which was originally appointed had not
yet expired when the validity Of my acts eonsta-
BILE was called into question some few months ago,
and my Continuance in once by act OF Legislature
does not therefore constitute q new appointment
The malevolent parties TO whom alluds know this,
or should know il. and IL they value their standing


in the community and the reSpeetof gentlemen. they
will for the future hold their peace and discontinue
the circulation Of ISLANDERS calculated temporarily
injure me. but eventually. bOOmOrAnglke. 10 reeOi
upon their own heads With accumulated force.


APPS. WILLIAM DORIAN. Constable.
Year: 1873

A dispatch from Minister sickles to Secretary
Fish states that the Government Of the Spanish
Republic has ordered the liberation of ten thou
sand slaves held in Cuba in violation Of the law
OF 1870. They are Of the class called emancipa-
dos
Year: 1873

ANYBODY who has visited what the park
commissioners are pleased to call the
geological collection" must have noticed
the large wire inclosure, with its gaunt,
leafiess trees and small oval pond assigned
to the eagles The sight-seers generally
treat this part of the show with cold con
tempt. Whether it was this, OF some pri-
vate and domestic rivalry that aroused the
ire of the eagles, is not known; but it is
certain that Yesterday a most contentious
spirit was exhibited by the birds Hostil-
tiles commenced early in the day but
after individual combat without any other
result than great scattering of feathers
and the spilling of some blood, it was APP
parently decided to settle the matter by
selecting a champion from each side to
contest for victory. A little after noon


two eagles advanced from opposite ends
of the cage to the centre. One was a com


paratively small bird, with white head;
the other was splendid specimen of the
large gray eagle. The met near the little


pond, and after glaring at each other for a
few seconds, commenced the battle. The
movements of the combatants were not
unlike the unfeathered bipeds who some
times contest in the roped arena. Five or
seven minutes were consumed in what,
in ring parlance, would be styled


fighting for an opening At length
the champions rushed in, and for a mo-


ment there was a terrible screaming, flap
ping of wings and flying of feathers.
The round" however, was completed


without any serious damage to either of
the contestants. After little more fenc-
ing, the smaller of the two-the birds be-
ing at this time at the edge of the


pond-succecded in fastening his talons


in the neck of his opponent and dragging
him into the water. The utmost
| efforts of the gray eagle failed TO throw off
his adversary Somebody called for
keeper, and in few seconds one of those


officials arrived and rushed into the cage,
armed with a large stick The smaller


bird he beat on the head with all his
| force, and even lifted both birds up out Of
| the water with his stick His efforts were
| not attended with success. The small bird


held on with the tenacity of bulldog,
! and never rclinquished his hold until he


had, partly by keeping it under water and


partly by tearing it with his talons, killed
| the large eagle. After the battle the


ite-headed champion stalked with dig


nified steps to an adjacent perch, and,
spreading out his plumage to dry, glared
tiercely and proudly around at his fellows,


who signified their approval or otherwise
by the most unearthly screams. The dead


eagle was carried away by the Keeper
| Ne,r York Times
Year: 1873

WIEN daily tasks are done and tired hands
lie SUI and folded on the resting knee
" hen loving thoughts have leave to loose their


bands


ana wander over past and future free:
men visions bright of love and hope fulfilled
BRING weary eyes spark of olden fire:
one castle falrer than the rest we build
Onc blessing more than Others we desire:
a nome our home, wherein ali waiting past,
w two may stand together and alone;
our patient taSk-work finished. and at last
Loves perfect biessedness and peace our own;
Some little nest of safety and delight.
Guarded by Gods angels day and night
We cannot guess if this dear home shall lie
In some green spot embowercd with arching


trees.
Where bird notes joined with brook notes gliding


by.


shall make music a. we sit at ease
Or If, amid the city's busy din


Is built the rest for which we look and long
No sound without shall mar the peace within.
The calm of love that time has proved so strong
OR f-ah. solemn thought,-ths home Of ours
Doth lie beyond the worlds confusing noise:
And if the nest be built in Eden's bowers
What do we still, but silently rejoice:
W e have a home, but of its happy state
We know not yet We are content TO wait.
Year: 1873

THERE is one thing no family pretends
to be without. That is hammer. And
vet there is nothing that goes to make up
the equipment of domestic establishment
that causes onehalf so much agony and
profanity as as hammer. 1t is always an
old hammer, with handle that is inclined
to silver, and always bound to slip. The
face is as round as a full moon and "a
smooth as glass. When it strikes nail
full and square, which it has been known
to do, the act will be found to result from
a combination of pure accidents. The
family hammer is one of those rare articles
we never profit by. When it glides off a
nail-head and mashes couple of fingers,
we unhesitatingly deposit it III the yard,
and observe that we will never use 1t
again But the blood has hardly dried on
the rag before we are out doors in search
of that hammer, and ready to make an
other trial The result rarely varies, but
we never profit by il. The awful weapon
goes on knocking off our nails, and mash
ing whole joints, and slipping off the
handle to the confusion of mantle orna-
ments, and breaking the commandments,
and cutting up an assortment of astound-
ing and unfortunate antics, without let or
hindrance. And yet we put up with it,
and put the handle on again, and lay ii
away where il won't get lost, and do up
our mutilated and smarting fingers, and
vet if the outrageous thing should happen
to get lost, we kick up regular hullaboo-
loo until it is found again. Talk about
the tyranizing of bad habit. 1t is not
to be compared to the family hammer
Dat5ury Meas.
Year: 1873

AT an auction sale of a house in Taun-
ton. y. J. a few days ago, says the Gazette,
the building was bid off to an unknown
man who seemed determined to purchase it
above all others After the sale ne called
a Young man to his side and told him that
he would give him the house. TWAS sup
posed TO be a-joke by the young man, who
was lust married; but his young wife be-
ing summoned, the old gentleman explain
ed that he was the young brides uncle
from the West and that the house was his
present 10 her. OF course. after so happy
!. denouement, q good time took place in
the house.
Year: 1873

might have that meaning occasionally in
poetry, but never in Court of Chancery
-Neao York Tribune.


REGULARITY OF THE Mules HooF-
The hoof of the mule has been said by
some writers of limited information to be
small and contracted. Parker however
says that he knows better. He examined
the hind heel of a mule of very moderate
size, and found that it extended quite
across the hard floor to the hay-mow op-
posite He states that, being brought in
contact somewhat hastily and earelessly
with his head, he availed himself of the
fact as means of measurement 1t
seemed to him to possess about the weight
and dimensions of a planet of the third
magnitude. 1t had at all events sufficient
area to shut out the light of Heaven com
pletely for some minutes, and if there was
any unoccupied space in the barn during
those few minutes of observation not filled
by the animals foot, or any appreciable
space left between himself and 'kingdom
come he parker was not aware of it.
Year: 1873

To tell man to his face TO mind his
own business would be considered about
equal to knocking him down. Yet It Is
one Of the simplest rules of conduct, and
the most useful that mankind can adopt
in their intercourse with each other.
There is a great deal Of Paul Pry spirit
in the human heart, or wonderful in
quisitiveness in regard to the personal
affairs of friends and neighbors. The
spirit makes more mischief in the com
mu1ity than almoet any other cause,
and creates more malaee, envy, and jeai
ousv than can be overcome in a century
Let every man mind his own business
and there win not be half the trouble
in that there is at present.
Year: 1873

THE Governor of Wyoming bore un-
qualified testimony, in his recent mess
age, to the favorable results of woman
suffrage in that Territory during the
past four years. He said: Il have hitherto
taken occasion to express my views IN
regard to the wisdom and justice of this
measure, and my conviction is that its
adoption had been attended only by
good results. Two years more of obser-
walton of the practical working of the
system have only served to deepen my
conviction, that what We, in this Ter
ritory, have done has been well done,
and that our system of impartial suff-
rage is an unqualified success" The
privilege in danger, however. The
Democrats who originally gave the La
dies the right to vote, partly to please
them and partly to advertise the Terri
tory and to bring in settlers more rapid
Iy. have discovered-to their sorrow that
the woman can not be reconed among
their constituents. They are too lnde'
pendent to be led and too much on the
side of good morals to be good Demo
Gratis. So the power that has made the


woman full fedged citizens proposes t'
reduce them to SLAVERY" again. Revo
Iutions should not be suffered to g


backward on Rocky Mountain soil


Ioz.ffa
Year: 1873

A good joke is told Of little TOUR
wear old fellow who having disobeyed
his father, was about to incur the penal
ty-a switching. The father deliberate
ly prepared rod, while his son stood a
fad and silent spectator. As the parent
approached to the unpleasant duty, the
boy started at a brisk run toward a
neighboring hill. The father pursued,
and for time the youngster increased
the distance between them; but gradual
ly his strength began to fail, and wen
he reached the hill and began to ascend
he soon lost his vantage ground. Near
er and nearer the irate father approach
ed, and just at the top of the hill wa
reached, and as he came within arm
length of the little fugitive, who wa
ready to fall with exhaustion, the boz
quickly faced about, dropped upon tn
ground, and with an undescribable cas-
of countenances exclaimed; Papa
that-makes a fellow-blOw--don't itf'
This changing Of the subject was so e1
tremely ludicrous that the father laugh
ed heartily over the strategy which nj
hopeful son exhibited and the rod wa
not used.
Year: 1873

A projected elopement in the West
the other day met with an interruption
which must have made its successful
termination all the more agreeable to
parties. The San Francisco AhG tells
the story: "a young couple entered the
cars at Omaha, and were assigned to the
section designated on their tickes. So
far, it was only the ordinary case of
bridal party on the5--usual tour. The
bride (for so the young lady was at once
classi6edsby the other lady passengers)
was progressing, complaisant, and evil
density devoted to her liege lord. The
groom was young, tolerably handsome,
and very proud of the trusting young
woman nesting by his side, and SO they
passed the very delightful hours that
intervened before reaching Grand Island,
but here the dreme of ofhappiness was sud-
denly disturbed A midde-aged' man
busseled into the car, and as he confront
ed the young couple there was look of
establishment on the part of the young
man, and a scream of terror on the part
of the young lady. The intruder was
the .tep-father of the young lady, who
not yet bride, but hoped TO be on
reaching the first station where an officer
could be found to perform the ceremony
that would unite her to the man of her
choice A few threatening words from
the irate father caused the brave young
knight to succumb and leave the train,
his weeping affianced giving herself re-
luctantly to the charge of her father.
But though defeated, the young knight
was not subdued, for he silently stole
away to tbe baggage car, told his sad
tale to the sympathetic baggage master,
was permitted to ride concealed among
trunks, and when the train reached Sac
ramento he managed to apprise his
sweetheart of his presence in time to


whisk her away and get the knot tied


before the parent discovered that the


young man had heen fellow passenger


all the time that he supposed him to DC


in the neighborhood of the Missouri
! river ~ --e
Year: 1873

Congress is warmly in favor Of re-
trenchment. That is to say, the mem
bers collectively are convinced that re-
trenchment ought to take place at once
but it must not affect them. The same
curious unanimity prevails in all the
departments of Government, each one OF
which, while confident that no retrench-
ment can be made so far as its own ex-
penses are concerned, believes that all
other departments ought to retrench--
The result will, of course, be that nc
retrenchment will take place in any
branbh of the Government-unless il
may be that the wages of few night
watchmen in the Custom House or mail
carriers in the Post-office may be slight
ly Graphic.
Year: 1873

A curious mode of fish Matching is
said to be followed in China. Having
collected the necessary spawn from the
waters edge, the fishermen place GER
tain quantity in an empty hens egg,
which is sealed up, with wax and put
under a setting hen. After some days
they break the egg and empty the fry
into water well warmed by the sun, and
there nurse them until they are sufii-
ciently strong TO be turned into lake
or river.
Year: 1873

Near Knoxville, Tenn, it is said there
is a mule which has been but one time
outside of its stable in twenty years,
and then it was taken out by the soldiers
during the war, and as they could not
use the animal, it was Immediately re-
placed. 1t is said that it's hoofs have
grown to the length of about twelve
inches, turning up at the ends, while its
name reaches to the ground
Year: 1873

Reject that a sound mind and body are tn
most necessary requisites to promote connubisl
bapplncss Indeed, without these the journey
through life becomes weary pilgrimage, the
prospect hourly dnrNcns to the view, the mind
becomes Swallowed with dcspair, and filed With
the melancholy reflection that the happiness OF
anulicr is hligntad with our own
Year: 1873

Fresh Taxation and n Further Increase
OF the Public Dcbt-ISeaction In stocks
The Situation i'm the Canals.


Affairs on the street yesterday wore an agree
able aspect, until the announcement Of Secretary
Richardson's new policy in regard TO taxation.
Then there was ''hurrying to and lro." and NUT
terings not loud, but deep, in regard to financial
policy that had begun 0stentatiously in reducing
the public debt and reached such an impotent con-
cusion in the shape OF more taxes. Irreverent men
were found whose estimate OF the situation trans
cends the power OF an evangelical pen to record;
but above and beyond this special grievance the
inquiry was often put in less figurative language,
II such things are found in the green WOOD what
may we expect in the dry To help out this
anxiety an evening paper published the following
table, showing the outstanding principal OF the
puDlc debt the 1st of January OF each year men,
toned for the last 80 years and the gross expen-
ditures OF the government Tor each fiscal year,


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