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Year: 1875

MR.. THURLOW WEED ON GRANT.


A correspondent Of the Cincinnati


Enquirer visited MIR. ThnrIow Weed
in this city recently. and obtained
his views of National politics. In
regard to Presidential questions. Mr..


Weed said: sYour party-Demo-
cratic-might obtain the power in
1876 if it had good leaders. I can't,
however, discover any within it. On
ly last week they sent two rebel Cen
erals up to New Hampshire to speak
in the canvass there. Had not this
been done you would have carried
all the Congressman and the Cover
nor in that State. The people still
fear in the North the ascendency of
the rebel element in your ranks if
they intrust you with the Govern
ment. AS to Grantism. I have told
Whitelaw Reid very recently that he
was wasting too much useful space
in the Tribune upon the subject,
Grant is politically dead, and his
party viii succeed or not as the meas
ures they may favor within the next
twelvemonth may give promise of
relief to the country. Speaking for
in reference to Democratic
candidates, could support Governor
Hendricks very well. As TO Mr..
Tilden, he has just made the boldest
coup in his canal movement that has
been made in politics within fifty
years. He will split hiss own party.
but the majority of the people are
with him beyond a Doubt
Year: 1875

1t began to drift dimly into the
Philadelphia brain some months ago
that too big a thing had been under
taken in the Centennial. They could
not raise money enough an6 bullied
the Government into subsidy con
trary to law. Now the people are
becoming painfully aware that they
have no hotel accommodations. The
only reason that New York has 90
suddenly commenced the advocacy
of the Centennial is because the vis-
itors will necessarily have to gothere
to sleep and eat. There is only one
first-cIass hotel in philadelphia.
Year: 1875

"The glad spring time has come
at last y soliloquized q citizen, as
he paved around with his snow-shov-
eI yesterday to open the gutter in
front of his house. YES, this is the
joyous season when the notes of the
red-Oreasted robin and the bluebird
fill our hearts with glee, and


The shovel slipped and he fell in-
to a pond Of icy slush, and when he
scrambled up he was heard by man
two blocks away saying he'd start
for thunder and Texes before he was
a week older.
Year: 1875

UNDER her new charter, the police
force OF Memphis cannot exceed '0rty-
one-or one to every thousand iuhabit-
ants. With 20 large an element OF float
ing population, double the number
would not be too many. False economy
IN that direction is ineffable folly
N1Shypic Union and american.


BY the last scholastic census we had a
population OF sixty eight thousand or
over. The restriction of the new char
ter liOrced upon an unwilling people,
therefore allows Us policeman to only
eighteen hundred persons; and
that in city located midway
between the lakes aud the gulf,
liable to incursions of thieves at
any season, and with territory extend
ing three and half miles one way and
mile and a half the other. And yet
we are asked to confer the title OF wise
men upon the trainers Of this charter.
Year: 1875

publican itself From Geneva emansted
an influence in favor Of liberal govern
ment which has been felt to the confines
Of the civilized world. Moreover, CAL
ViDism is the very mother Of fcivil liberty.
Calvin was the father Of the system Of
free EchO0lsU
Year: 1875

THE religiously inclined will find a
Efea- deal oi interesting reading in the
APPEAL OF this morning, not the least
being the report Of the international
suuday-school convention meeting at
Baltimore.
Year: 1875

A London dispatch announces the
desth Of Rev. John King, who was
noted for his love of the sports of the
turf, and under the assumed name of
Mr.. Lannde was widely known as the
owner of racing stock.
Year: 1875

A CoNtMUN1CATIoN has been received
from the mother and brother Of Il. IL.
Mcissenheimer, lately deceased, return
ing thanks to the Masonic fraternity of
this place for the care and attention shown
their loved relative during his last illness.
Year: 1875

ATTEMPTED STAGE ROBBERY Tues
day evening last another attempt was
made to rob the stage between Shasta and
Reading, which came near resulting IA
tally to Jerry Culvcrhousc, the driver
When the stage had reached two miles
below Shasta three men stepped from
the brush, just behind the stage, and one
OF them commanded "Halt" At the
same time shotgun was fired, the load
taking effect in the back part Of Jerry's
head and shoulders. Immediately on fir
ing the shot, which WAS probably acci-
dental, the would-be robbers broke for
the brush and scampcrcd out of sight
BY the time the team could be stopped,
Jerry was 50 weak that he could no long
or manage it, and one of the passengers
taking the lines. the stage was turned
about and driven back to Shasta that the
wounded driver might have medical aid.
Seventeen No. 3 shot were extracted from
the back ofhis head and body and check


Butalthough seriously injured his wounds
are not considered dangerous. For the
above statement ofthc affair we are indebt-
ed to Alfred Pryor. On Thursday night
Doc. GARDINER brought word that two
men had been arrested on suspicion Of be-
ing concerned in the attack. 1t is to be
hoped that the real culprits have been cap
tured and that speedy justice will be metcd
out to them by the people of Shasta.
Year: 1875

Many mothers forbid their toddling
children any intercourse with other
little people, because they suppose 1t is
not time for them to fully comprehend
the courtssies Of life. This il the very
reason why they should be taught to
be polite and considerate at the earliest
possible moment. We have seen pa
rents who seemed 20 suppose that the
first lesson bestowed upon child is
exactness Of statemsnt, and false
hood Is . cardinal sin, but to teach the
child to tell the truth requires prOc-
ess Of incomprehensible reasoning,
while an Infiiction Of pain upon an
other child has its immediate results
and the child can both see sDd feel the
consequences OF its unkindness. II is
very curious to observe little people
when they first meet They usually
look ct each other sharply, but Epeeu-
latively, and, after proper deliberation,
decide upon their line of action. 1t is
either war or peace, but never entire
indifference.
Year: 1875

When they came to the ring part in
. marriage ceremony the other day,
the bridegroom run his hand into one
breeches pocket, and then the other,
looked frightened and said, "Ah
there is hole in my pOcket, aud il
has slipped into my boot" He sat
down, pulled of his boot, took out the
ring, pulled on his boot, stood up like a
man, put the ring where it would do
most good, and walked out with his
bride.
Year: 1875

MONTREAL, October 29.-M. DOutrc
had an Interview to-day with the Mayor
as to getting protection at the approach
ing burial of Guibord. The Mayor in
tlmated that neither he nor the city po-
lice should go outside the city limits ana
that rs the Catholic cemetery WAS out
side these limits, they would not go there.
He then formally called upon the May
or as justice Of the peace, to oct as such.
The Mayor would give MIN no answer,
Trouble Is feared.
Year: 1875

We read an interesting account of the "silent system" which is in operation at the Holloway model prison in London: It is an otfense for prisoner to speak one word, and he is never addressed ex- cept in whispers, so that he may be in prison two years without hearing the natural sound of the human voice. The effect of this is so terrible on the mind that prisoners will speak out ill despera tion, at the risk of any punishment, rather than endure that horrible silence. They never see one another, but remain in perpetual solitude. There is a fine hole in each cell, and as the wardens wear India rubber soles they can never be sure of being unwatched. Every day the prisoners are taken to chapel so arranged that they can see no one save the chaplain, and him only through an iron grating. And thus is the order of devotion observed. Wardens are con- stantly on the watch, lest for single instant they, through the whole of the service, depart from the rigid rule of "eyes right" They must look stead lastly at the preacher; must raise and lower their prayer-book with the elbows squared, and all at once, like soldiers at drill. They may not scrape their feet without having afterward to explain the movement. They scarcely wink an eye or sigh without danger of rebuke or punishment.
Year: 1875

she was near me, as the squaw that had been good to me said: "Little sister with Stone Calf" Atlast Medicine Water came to my lodge and told me I was to be given up. I asked him to let me see Sophia, and he answered, "Sister dead. " did not believe him, and one day Stone Calf told me she was alive and we'll. About two weeks ago saw Q four-horse wagon coming toward our camp, and as soon as it was near enough I started to run out and meet it. The Indians would not let me, but made me go into tent. Soon Romeo came to me and spoke to me ill English. It was the first time had heard it for months. He said I might go with him and he would take good care of me. I got into the ambulance, and there for the first time in two months saw Sophia. We at once left the Indians behind and in two days came in sight of the soldiers tents, where I saw General Neil, Mrs. Miles and all the rest who were so kind to me. could not help crying. Mrs Miles is as kind as a mother to us.

 "Did they take all the clothes away from you at the time you were captured2"

 "Yes. and only gave me an old blanket to keep warm with.

 "Can you identify the Indians who made the attack on your family9"

 "I have seen them all fifty times since and can tell them al."

 "How many of them was there?"

 "Seventeen men and two squaws."

 Have you seen the squaw that hit your father with an axe since 2"

 "Only once."

 "Was Medicine Water one of the war party?"

 "He seemed to be the leader"

 "Did they scalp all the family after they were killed2"

 ''All expect Johanna. She had been sick and her hair was very short"

 "How was Sophia treated after she left you?"

 "From what she tells me she had much easier time than I had. She was only whipped once or twice, and did not have to carry so much wood and water"

 "Where will you go, now that you are rescued from the Indians2"

 "I don't know yet," she replied. 1T would prefer to remain here rather than go back to Georgia. If Sophia and I can get good school education here I would rather stay here than go anywhere they are so good to me-"
Year: 1875

A married lady, compelled to show her letters to her husband, sent the follow ing to Q friend:

 cannot be satisfied, my dearest friend, blest as I am in the matrimonial state, unless pour into your friendly bosom, which was always ill unison with mine, the various sensations which swell with the hveliest emotions of pleasure, my almost burning heart. My dear husband is the most amiable of men. have never found the least reason to repent the act, as my husband is in person and manners unlike the ugly, cross, disagreeable and jealous men, who think by confning to secure, A wife 1t is his maxim to treat as a bosom friend and companion, not as a menial, slave, or plaything the woman of his choice ----. Neither party, he says, should always obey implicitly, but yield to each other in turns. An ancient maiden aunt, near seventy, 8 cheerful, venerable and kind old lady, is staying with us---she is the de- light of both young and old; she is ci- vii to all the neighborhood around, generous and charitable to the poor. My husband likes nothing better than he does me; he fatters me more than the glass and his intoxication (for so I call the excess of his love) makes me blush for the unworthiness of it's object. I wish I was deserving of the man whose name I bear. To say all in one word ---- and to crown the whole--my former love is now my own husband, my fondness is returned, and I might have had a prince, without the felicity find in him. Adieu! Be you as blest, as r m un- able to wish that I could be more happy.

 AFFIRMATION. N.-Read the first line, and then every other only.
Year: 1875

A "blower's boy," employed at a Pittsburgh (Pa.) windowglass factory, became intoxicated, and when he came to the factory still drunk, the firm dis charged him. The other boys employed in Q similar capacity then refused to work unless the firm reinstated the boy in his place. A member of the firm sent for the boys and other helpers and told them that he intended to run that fac tory to suit the views of the proprietors. Two of the 'bOys " who happened to be married said that they would go to work anyhow. At this the others demanded that the firm should not only reinstate the drunken boy but should discharge the two men who had offered to go to work. The firm then discharged all the boys and told the men to hire others This, the latter said, was not their busi- ness, and, to bring matters to focus, the proprietors put out the fires and shut up the factory, with a determination not to reopen it until next September. Thus were seventy-five persons thrown out of employment by drunken boy.
Year: 1875

A story is told by Q farmer at Bloom field, Pa, which seems to indicate req soning power and bit of the heroic ele- ment in common rat. Two rats, an old gray matron of the corncrib and her off spring, had been caught together in a common box trap. Through crack the pair could be seen together within, lov- ing enough, till the farm dog was brought to the mouth of the trap. As soon as the mother rat scented the dog she seemed immediately to divine the approaching fate, and giving a terrible squeal, she caught the little rat by the neck and bit him sharply, causing almost instant death. The trap was opened an instant after, and the old rat, which had thus killed her offspring rather than have it murdered by the dog, quietly sub mitted to her fate.
Year: 1875

The death of this distinguished Irish
man, at this particular juncture, will
be received with regret wherever the
name and principles of liberty are
known and held dear; and yet it seems
meet that the spirit of one who had
led such an exciting and eventful ca
reer, should pass away amid the scenes
of his early life, and surrounded by
those exciting influences that have
made his name known and endeared
to Irishmen everywhere. More espe-
cially will the news of his death be re-
ceived with sorrow here in our own
South, where, with the strength of his
mighty voice and pen, he lent the
great talents which God had endowed
him with to our people in their great
struggle. A short time before his death
he gave utterance to the suhjoined par
agraph, the sentiment of which will
find responsive echo in the breasts
of many who struggled for the "lost
cause"


The London Times, indeed, has dis
covered third disgraceful crime of
which have been guilty-viz., that |
was a Southern Confederate during the
war in America. AS TO this last charge,
I own the soft impeachment. | was
confederate, and so were all the best
men met in America. (Hear, hear.)
Ny three sons served in the Confeder-
ate army, and two ofthem fell in hattie.
am not such craven recreant as to
affect to be ashamed of that cause.
Year: 1875

THE feeling in Arkansas under the
Garland government, since the action
of congress, possesses a moral sublim-
ity which, perhaps, has never been
seen in any American state. So great
is the feeling of relief, and so peaceful
and kind the relations of the races that
even the colored people partake of the
joy. The triumphant people, lead by
the wise and just Garland, have van
ished hate from the land, and inaug-
urated the genius of reconciliation.
The past is buried, and all hearts are
devoted to the one idea of a happy and
prosperous future. Everything shows
that the curses of the past were he
work of few bad men clothed with
power. Still the spirit of Grant thrusts
itself into the only spot open to it. In
the face of all these rejoicings, north,
south, east and west, he has appointed
the last revolutionary agitator, Brooks,
as postmaster at Little Rock.
Year: 1875

PROFESSOR GARLAND AND HIS WIFE STILL


ALIVE IN NEW BRUNSWICK N. j.


Contrary to the expectation of the five attending
physicians Professor James Garland, who made such
desperate attempt in New Brunswick N. j. to kill his
wife and then to destroy himself still alive yester
day, and there were faint hopes of his recovery
if hemorrhage did not set in. Mrs. Garland also
in condition which warranted strong hopes of her
recovery. Coroner Kibbe took Garland's mortem
statement yesterday In this the wounded man
described the shooting Of his wife and hacking Of
himself exactly already reported In it he
embodied letter which he had written and left in his
before he went home to commit his bloody crime
This shows that the murder and suicide premedi-
tated Garland declares that despair at seeing his home
broken up and his children torn from him drove him to
the commission of his dual crime
Year: 1875

ANOTHER PosTPoEEMEST-T MEN ORDERED
TO BE AT THE STARTING POINT TO-DAY.


SARATOGA, Sept 81 1875.
The O-Nein Engehardt race has been postponed until
tomorrow morning. AT one time to-day the water
sufficiently good TO row; but for some other
the race was put or referee was not agreed upon
until after two this afternoon, when both parties
accepted in the absence of MI Craft the gentleman
previously decided upon, Mr. Kali Mitchell


THE POsTPOSEMENT


Of the has given rise 70 great deal Of dssatisc
tion and numerous stories in circulation about
disagreement between Engehardt and his hackers
Both have been ordered TO be at the starting point
at ten O'Clock tomorrow morning.
Year: 1875

on board the HERALD yacht showing while burn
ing the colors red green changing from the other
in succession, and be several miles distant Cap
ains of upon seeing this signal win obge by pre-
pairing any marine they may have for the Ship News
Department Of the HERALD


BSPersons derous of communicating with vessels aiv
ing at New York do addressing such vessels
of HERALD news yacht pier No l East River New York
Letters received from all parts promptly de-
nvered. Duplicates required
Year: 1875

Macready in his "reminiscences records


a striking instance of a thin house. 1t


was at Berwick, where Macready had


been playing to crowded houses in the


old malt-house, on the night OF the
! general illumination for the triumph of
| the Allies: "To my surprise my father
| gave directions for a performance on
| that evening. It was in vain that


reasoned with him, stating my convic-
| ton that there would not be one person
present. He was pretinacious in his
| resolution but I could not believe he


would persist until saw the play bills


advertising Laugh When You Can ,


(the title a satire on the preceding)


and the Poor Soldier Ny father


took the part of Gossamer the players


could hardly be persuaded that he was


in earnest, but the night arrived and


they were obliged to dress for their


parts. At seven o'clock the prompter


went to my fathers dressing room,


knocked, and inquired, Sir, shall I


ring in the music? there is no one in


the house. Certainly, sir; ring in


the music, was his answer. The music


was rung the musicians went into the


orchestra, and began to play. 1
went into my fathers room, and in


formed him that, there were two boys


in the gallery and one man in the pit,


and l would go into the boxes that


there might be an appearance in all.
Accordingly, I took my place in the


center box, and, with difficulty preserv-


ing a demure countenapce, saw my


father very gravely and indeed sternly


begin the part of the laughter-loving


Gossamer, indignant with the per-
formers, who had difficulty in restrain


ing their disposition to make a joke of
the whole affair. A Scene or two was
quite sufficient, and left the remain
ing three quarters of the audience to
their amusement, preferring a walk
round the walls of 'our good town on
a lovely summer evening until the in
habitants should begin to light up.
About nine o'clock L thought l would
look in again to see whether the farce |
was really going on. The play had
just concluded, and the pit audience |
went out. The two boys remained in
the gallery, evidently tired out with |
the dulness of their evening but when |
the musicians reappeared in the orches- |
ira and began the overture of the after
piece, it seemed as If their power of |
endurance was exhausted, and, leaning |
over the gallery balustrade, one of |
them, with violent gesture of his arm,
called out: 'Oh, dang it, give over = |
and both walked out, leaving the play |
ers to undress themselves and go out in |
their own clothes to see the illumina- |
bion."
Year: 1875

The Pail Mall Gazette says How
much or little climate has to do with
the colors of horses 1t is very difficult to
| predicate at this age of the world, for,
| though we may be told that white or
gray and chestnut predominant in Ara


bia, that black is most common in Rus


sia, and that in England, France and
Germany bay is found to greatly out


number any other, there is no telling
how far fashion and consequent high
prices may have spurred on enterprising


breeders to tho accomplishment OF n
triumph over the primordial tendencies


of climate. We should be inclined to


cOnfine the colors of horses in this coun-


try to black, bay, hI own and chestnut


1t is true that there are plenty of grays,


but gray really belongs to composite


celors an l it is stated by an authority


that "all gray horses come into the


world chestnut, or more generally


black" Grays, notwithstanding Gray


Momus, are comparatively seldom seen,


and more seldom still to advantage, on


the race course, to which all questions


relating to the excellence of horses must


ultimately be referred. As for the


white horses, which are such "pretty


III bllo NNCD Va AAAV h'An'A.s


governess and her young charges, it


may be interesting to their admirers to


learn that they are said to be, for the


most part, gray horses whose hair IS


white with age. A white horse, born


white, with the pink nose and the piDky
eyes, is said to be as great rarity IN
Europe as an albino and there seems
to be no good reason why art should be
employed to make it increase and multi
ply. Though it might not be impossible
to give a list of black horses which have
distinguished themselves in England
and won undying fame in the Racing
Calendar, that color is most associated
in ones min | with the heavy household
cavalry and the undertaken. Roam, a
composite color, is the name given to
the appearance created by an intermix- |
ture of white, black, and bay or chest |
nut hairs, mingled in such different |
proportions that the coat may vary in |
shade from the darkness Of Erebus TO |
the liphtness of what is commonly called |
stra " berry. There lived good roam |
horses before Rapid Rhone, who ran |
third to Macaroni and Lord Clifden for
the Derby, and how likely the color is
to be reproduced is shown by his own
but there appears to be no
great reason for encouraging the multi
plication of what was, no doubt, origin
ally as much an accident or freak OF
nature as the piebald. OF your pie
balds, skewbalds, and the like it is
scarcely desirable to maintain the breed,
if they be capable of being reproduced
at will beyond the number sufficient for
The parade, the esplanade and the cir
Gus. 1t is desirable, however, to be
clear as to what constitutes piebald.
5appers of reputation, to whom nothing
is sacred, have gone so far as TO accuse
such great creatures as a Stockwell or
4 Blair Athol of piebaldness because
IF certain "blszes" on the face,
,r patches on the legs, or a
couple of white stockings. Be it known
o all such hereiics that a chestnut,
1ay, or a black must have the white
over parts of the body before
he charge Of piebaldness can be sus-
aimed.