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Year: 1871

1t was some time after the first
cry of fire in the building before
there was any alarm outside-in fact
John Cooley, who came down the
street about this time and went into
a restaurant near by, informs US that
he could see no sign of fire in the
direction ofthe Spottgwood, although
he heard the cry. Subsequently he
came out with John Jackson the pro
prietor of the restaurant, and found
that the SpottsWood was on fire.
He does not think that fifteen min
utes elapsed before the entire build
ing was in 8 blaze, the flames reach
ing with a resistless grasp for the
Grant building adjoining and lower
down on Main street. This was IA
cilitated by the wind, which was
blowing in that direction.
Year: 1871




In accordance with the direction of the Con-
ventiO Of Colorcd Men and Of the Committee Of which
/ am Chairman, call the attention OF all Colored men
and voters to the pressing Importance Of the pending
canvass You need not be reminded that the Republican
party broke tho slaCkles OF three millions Of slaves
You need not be reminded that the Republican party has
given to US ali the rights Of citizenship which we possess
This party placed in hands the ballot, and VIC
must not and shall not abuse IT, At tho late Convention
we were refused admttance to The hotels and were thus
Denied equality. From tho Republican party cnly
can we expect legislation that will place
US In position to have our rights Mt
all times acknowledged The elections in other States
are being held and from all points Of the compass We
hear sounding the bugeDCes Of victory. Every Repub
can victory o step ard for the coored men. BY
acknowledge superiors; by circumstances
we have heretofore occupied inferior places Henceforh
We are to stand equal terms halls Of State and
already colorcd Senators have coped successfully with
the most talented in the land. The ballot God given
blessing improve IT, and let II always be used to for
ward the interests OF equal rights to oil and perfect
freedom. The Importance Of organization and unity
need not mention. Without any word from me, your
appreciation Of the situation III call you all to the polls
and the side OF right. The Republican nominees,
State and County, meet hearty approval, and we
must stand by them and assist In grand Republican
victory in the old Empire State. II. G. MoLsEN,


Chairman State CoOred Committee.
Hetc York, Nov. 3, 1871.
Year: 1871

An Italian association in New York
city has had meeting to consider tho
propriety Of celebrating the removal o!
the capital from Florence to Rome
The question ofa public parade came
up, and was disposed Of by the Presi-
dent Of the association in the following
sensible language:


1t is wrong. for tho sake Of empty
pageantry, that aliens should provoke
feelings of cnmity among classes and
creeds. In making any national dis
play we should remember that this is
America, tho frecst and greatest land
on earth where clannish demonstrations
arc insults. and where any cause OF
international disturbances provoked by
foreign peeuliarites means insratltudc
to the country that has sheltered and
been bountitul to so many millions who
knew no cemfort at home. Let u:
not therefore he even the rcmotcs'
cause Of any unkindly feeling among
onr fellow men in this broad arena o:
freedom.
Year: 1871

Henry Ward Beecher says, in the
Christian Union: The Orange soci-
etics should parade next year without
banner less or one inscription rubbed
out They should not do it on the im-
piled promise that if protected for once
they will do it no more. They ought to
move through the streets of New York
until nobody thinks Of molcsting them.
When that time arrives it will be n
matter of no public Importance whether
the annual procession is kept upor not =;
but as lorg as dog wags his tongue
against an Orangemen's procession, or
a bcwildered magistrate forgets his duty
towards them, the public good requires
their continuance If the Orangemen
of New York, do not, next year, march
through the streets of the city. they
will betray sacred duty. BY accident
they have become representatives Of the
principle which lies at the foundation
Of modern civilization. They do not
new represent spent fact in history,
but living principles it is not the bat
tie Of the Boyno in Ireland, but the
question Of liberty IN New York"


The effect upon the Mormans Of
building the Pacific Railway is beginning
to show. Tho oligarchy is becoming
shaky. Reforc the opening Of the
railroad the Gentilcs in Utah were few,
and we're not, generally speking, OF a
class likely to disturb the confidence of
the people in their scmi-rcligious gov
crnment. The first effect is the rapid
growth Of Norman seeders. There was
a time when these come-outers would
have pcrishcd by assassination at the
hands of the "avenging angels" But
the influx of Gentiles have given them
a physical and moral aupport, which
was impossible in past days.
Year: 1871

4 The schools OF EullOn county


The progress of education in the
County of Fulton is one of the most en-


couraging features of the day. Tht
Common School system is being worked
more efficiently than in any of the ada
cent counties, and the grade of school.
much improved. A Teachers Institute
has been permanently organized, under
the supervision of Commissioner Tyler
with Prof. F. f. Jones, President, and
c. D. Thompson, Secretary, which is op-
Grating very favorably, as can be seen
by reference to the published proceed
iugs in book form. The county is d.
vided into % school districts, and though
the school fund is not ample, it is even
now within the reach of every child, to
obtain something of an education, with
out cost and without price.


There are also number of private
schools in the county, which are worthy
of the highest commendation. In last
weeks WEEKLY COURIER we published
an estimate of the cost of education


Truly the figures look almost frightful
and the question naturally presents it
self: How are we to obtain an educa.
ton at all ?" The solution of this ques-
tion is quite easy. Let every man take
hold Of the cause of education with the
determination to build a good school in
his own neighborhood, and We will soon
find that our youths can be educated
just as we'll at home as abroad. The
idea has gone forth that a youths edu-
cation is not finished until few hundred
dollars are spent in the support of some
distant school or college. Let our people
keep their children at home, build up
good home schools, and they viii soon
perceive that children can acquire a
good education at home with one-third
of the expense that it costs to patronize
soma remote institution. More than
this, the youth is not exposed to the
temptations at a good home school which
beset his path in collegiate life. How
many parents have found, when ii was
too late, that they have educated their
children at the expense of moral charac-
ter? How often is it the case that our
collegiate youths imbibe habits that rem
der them unfit for the high stations
which their parents have expected them
to Gil? We once heard a politician who
had mingled great deal with the world s
great men say The nearer you get to
a great man, the smaller he is I" Just
so with distant schools. Distance lends
enchantment to the view" We hear
much said in praise of some school which
seems to loom up in the distance until
its dOmes pierce the sky, but when We
draw near and examine its workings, We
ind that it is only a school such as we
might have at home if We would only
make the proper exertion.
Year: 1871

We hope so if she is pretty. What
/ fun to be under petticoat government


without any immediate danger Of a
broomstick or a scolding Every good
looking chap would have a chance for
Office then. How glorious to be closet.
ed alone with the fair Executive Of the
nation, on business of private and con.
fdential nature The old custom of
kissing the hand might be revived; and
from the hand to the lips isn't such a
great distance, you know. The presi-
dentess must be either a widow or a
maiden lady, so as to give an ambitious
fellow a chance. Her bust in marble,
and her portrait on canvass, would look
well, displayed all over the country, in
stead Of some low browed, common look
ing rooster, with stubbed beard and the
air of " an ornery cuss." The fair head
of the nation would of course set all the
fashions. Her administration would in
augurate era of love and elegance, to
the utter confusion Of dusty politics.
Let us have lady president, by all
means, say we. The electioneering will
be rich when two rival lady candidates
are up for the highest Office in the gift
of the people. Fancy one of them a
plump, comely female, and the other a
lean, lank specimen Of womanhood. We
should have torchlight professions, with
banners bearing such notices as Fall
Bosoms Forever" ;" "Down with Paint
and Powder" " Hurrah for full Gar
ters;" " No Withered Shanks . " Pret-
ty Ankles are the Nations Bulwarks !"
g No Cotton Breastworks for our Coun-
try's Defence" )" "To Arms, Ye Brave,
when they are Fair and Dimpled;" and
so on. At the polls, huge placards
would be everywhere seen, with such in
spring legends as Vote for Full Cor
sets and Lovely Women )" Give the
kissing Candidate Chance !" Go to
the Belle Of the Nation" Those will
be high old days in the history of our
republic, and may we live to see them.
We speak for the berth of Private Secre-
tary
Year: 1871

On Sunday evening last party OF
young ladies' and gentlemen of Hickman,
while taking an evening stroll, attempted
to amuse themselves by scaling and
talking to the spirits" One young gen
tleman became terribly impressed. The
trapping" told him that he chad but a
short time to live" Laugh who may,
but the terrible warning weighed with
terrible weight upon his mind. One of
the ladies' confessed she did the rapping,
but reminded him ''how calous he had
been to the same warning from the "spirit
of the bridegroom"
Year: 1871

The State elections which are to take
place this fall will be looked to with in
terest by both parties, but the result is
not necessary to be taken as sure indi-
cation of the way the States will vote in
the Presidential election In 1872
Year: 1871

Bismarck has an income Of more than
two hundred thousand dollars per an
mum. He believes he was poisoned by
some unknown enemy during his recent
visit to Frankfort-oa- the Main. He has
lost his appetite, and has been in poor
health ever since.
Year: 1871

A YOUNG man in tIaine, who had
made all his arrangements to marry the
daughter of a hotel keeper in that State,
a few days ago, was astounded by de-
mand from her father for her board during
the entire time in wkich they had beer
"engaged," about four years. The youth
suddenly disappeared from town.
Year: 1871

The latest issue of Peters Counterfeit
Detector notices the appearance Of new
spurious twenty dollar greenback, againts
which business men should be on their
guard 1t is almost faultless in execu-
ton, the only weak point being the CEN
trail figure, which is little coarsely done,
Aside from this defect, however, the bill
will stand the test of the strongest sight,
and is one of the most dangerous speci
mems Of the ''queer" yet issued.
Year: 1871

We have not space in this issue to
notice separately our Daily advertising
patrons. They are the enterprising, liberal
hearted business men of Hickman, who
build up our trade, give bargains to the
people, and thereby wealth and prosperi-
ty to themselves. Read their cards.
Year: 1871

Further Partlcu1ars-The Coroner's In


vestigation-C Carelessness of the Drivers


Another Accident Barely Averted.


The Newark Advertiser of last evening says:-


The Coroners jury on the accident to Bar
NUNS caravan at Crawford, yesterday rendered
q verdict THAT Theodore Conklin and Edward
Dyer, on the 9th day of April, 1871, at Gran
ford, In Union county, accidentally and by mis-
fortune we're run over and killed on the New
Jersey Central Railroad; and we further find
that no blame is attached to the employees of
said Central Railroad Company" Certificates
of burial we're then given Nr. Cook by the
Coroner, and the bodies of Conklin aud DYER
will be inferred at once by Mr.. Barnum's mana
ger:


The locomotive struck the two hind mules and
the forward part of the wagon with the velocity
of q cannon ball, and scattered them in pieces
on every side. The wagon was smashed to
atoms and strewn with its contents along the
left of the track The two mules were instantly
killed and hoisted twenty feet distant into a
ditch on the right Dody Conklin was thrown
fifty feet into the air. He fell on his head,
making a dent in the earth two or three inches
deep and breaking his neck. The boy Welsh
was also flung into the air, striking on his head
in his descent. The others were scattered here
and there along the road. The engineer of the
train was bruised about the head by the flying
debris and some of the woodwork of the loco
motive was broken. Blood was spatered over
the engine and over the smoking car nearly its
entire length. The force of the collision was
such as to cut the traces OF the two for ward
mules like knife, and set them free uninju
They Immediately bolted, but were afterwards
captured several miles up the country.


Mr.. w. w. Cook. the principal manager of the
circus, on hearing of the accident, telegraphed
TO MIR. Barnum, who was in Bridgeport attend
ing lawsuit as witness. The following reply
was received


"Bury the dead dc Gently. Send the wounded to
Bellevue Hospital, New York Have them treated
well. Pay all expense. P. T. BARNUM."


In accordance with this Mr.. Cook had q
sleeping car put on the o'clock train aud the
wounded sent to New York. They were re-
ceived at Bellevue Hospital and placed under
the best surgical treatment at once. Little
Tommy Walsh is sinking fast.


The cavalcade we learn, also met with mar
row escape at the Jersey street crossing at Eliza
beth in the morning. The drivers were care
less, allowing the ponies and mules to follow the
wagon at the risk of being run over by the
trains The engineer of the New Bruins wick
train saw them in time to blow down brakes,
coming near to a stand STILL thereby saving the
animals The flagmen at the crossing could not
prevent their crossing ahead of the train.
Year: 1871

The large and intelligent black dog belong
ing to the Providence Police Department,
knewn as "Dan," is a valuable animal, and is
said TO have been the means of saving the lives
of no less than Eve persons since becoming the
property Of the city.
Year: 1871

Among Our new advertisemrments will
be seen Que for the concert to be given in
the Good TempIars' Hall on Monday
evening next. The admission has been
put at IS and so cents We assure the
public that the affair will be we'll worth
twice the amount Charged. Brsides the
object should be an iuducement for every
one to go.
Year: 1871

ExTENb1NG THE Wharf.-The owners
Of Union Wharf are having an extension
put on the outer end of the wharf, build
ing the whole front of the wha f "a feet
further into the bay. The pilr>driver
Avalanche commenced work to-day. This
will give the wharf much more room for
the accommodation of vessels.
Year: 1871

By your own profession you have passed
from death unto life, from darkness to light,
from the service of sin to the service of God.
You have hope which many others have
not. Returning TO God yourself, you are
called to tell others of his redeeming love,
and to invite them to join you in the jour-
ney heavenward. You stand between the
living and the dead, and to you God has en-
trusted the means of reclaiming others from
the downward road


If sincere and earnest Christian, you
have longing desire to be made blessing
to others. The question has arisen in your
mind, GLOW can | best honor my dear Sa-
viour by active service in his cause?" 1t is
not enough that you cherish such desire
You must decide to enter upon the work
which God in his providence has laid to your


in
house Of God or prlyaCo -neL.oe., you has
work to do which no other person can do.
These pages are written in the hope of fur
nishing you some "Aelps to tile discovery and
execution Of your work."


You are member of the Church, and the
interests Of Christ's cause as they are COM
mitted to his Church are in your hands. In
order that you may more lovingly, earnestly
and intelligibly engage in the Lords work,
We ask you to study not only the Organiza
ton of the Church, but the various forms of
service in which each and all of her men,
bers may be engaged. Looking at these,
choose at least some one department in which
you will labor habitually and with hearty
Year: 1871

A great many ways have been suggested
in various articles published on this subject.
And it is to be hoped that none of the good
advice is lost, for after all, there is no dam
ger that any of Christ's ambassadors will be
too we'll cared for. True we often hear that
''the preachers life is an easy one" &c.
But if those who say SO, will try that life
while, they will cease from talking on at
least one subject with which they have no
personal acquaintance. 1t is true also, that
such manner of talEers, do as little as almost
any Others to make the preachers life easy.


But now have a scheme to propose, in
which all can help, and at little cost. 1 am
not thinking of pocket books or any thing
of the kind. Yet I feel persuaded that if
this scheme can be well executed, there will
not be so much trouble in the pecuniary
question. Now for the scheme. 1t is only
this: Pray for yOWr minister Do this al
ways, everywhere. But there is one special
time and place for doing SO, and this is
when he stands up before you to deliver his
message from the sacred desk. One prepar-
alton for going to church never to be omitted,
should be prayer 10 secret for the minister
who is to oficiate. But the time of great,
earnest Importance is when that minister is
face to face with his congregation. In the
movement that he rises to announce his
text, let every heart So up prayer to the
throne of grace for At no other time,
in no other way can You help him 50 effect
ualy. Good results are to come, not from
the fashion of his words, not from his abil


ity, not from his eloquence, nay, not from
anything of this kind. Though he could
argue like Paul, or be as Apollos, Gan elo


quent man and mighty in the Scriptures,


he will do no good, and you will get no good


unless the Spirit of the Lord God is upor
him. If therefore you would have him tt
be indeed Gin Christ's stead" unto you il
his messages, dc not neglect giving him thi


help. He cannot save souls. He does no
know what to say in order that the hear
may open unto Christ No man is more
pless until the power from on high come
to him. Remember that And now if yol
who read this article, would have that powe
given unto your pastor, and feel and see it
glorious workings in your hearts, homes AM
,. churches, go to work. Talk the matter owe
to your brethren. Get them to unite wit
) YOU, until it becomes an established order Q
things, that when the minister gets up t
utter Gospel words, the whOze cOngregatio'
, at that moment lift their hearts in prayer
I be8eeching Gods Spirit for him. Try il
and your souls and his will rejoice.


SEWAH.
Year: 1871

How much is your Bible worth? Sci
entifc men are trying to show us, through
the newspapers, and through philosophic
papers, that our race is descended from the
monkey. Get out of my way with your
abominable Darwinian theories Scientific
men cannot understand the origin of this
world. We open our Bibles, and we feel
like the Christian Arab, who said to the
skeptc when asked by him why he believed
there was God: Chow do 1 know that it
was a man instead of camel that went past
my tent last night? Why, know him by
the tracks?" Then, looking over at the
setting sun, the Arab said to the skeptic:
"Look there that is not the work of man.
That is the TRACK of God" We have all
these things revealed in Gods Word. Dear
old book My father loved it. 1t trembled
in my mothers hand when she was nigh
four,score years old. 1t has been under the
pillow of three of my brothers when they
died. 1t is a very different book from the
book it once was to me. | used to take it
as splendid poem, and read it as l read
John Milton. took it up sometimes as
treatise on law, and read it as l did Black
stone. took it as fine history, and read
it as did Josephus. All! now it is not the
poem; it is not the treatise on law; it not
the history. 1t is simply a family album
that open, and see right before me the face
of God, my father; of Christ, my Saviour;
of heaven, my eternal home.


How precious is the book Divine


BY inspiration given


Bright as lamp its doctrines shine,


To guide our souls to heaven.


This lamp through all the tedious night


Of life shall guide our way.


Till we behold the clearer light


Of an eternal day."


AS take up my family Bible tonight,
bright with promises and redolent with boy
hood memories, and mighty with principles
that are to regenerate the world, I ask you,
ye men who are descended from those who
fought until they died in their tracks, for
the defense of this book; ye sons of the
Coyenanters, who were bounded among the
Highlands of Scotland; ye sons of men who
went on ladders of fire from English soil to
heaven, for this grand, glorious triumph, aad
God given Book, "How much owest thou to
my Lord ?"-T. d. Talmage.
Year: 1871

quay. There are also several large church


es, but it was plainly to be seen that here


as elsewhere the religion of this land had


ceased to affect for good the spiritual life Of


the people, who are perishing for lack ot


that knowledge which is only to be found in


the word of God, and that word made liv-


ing and controlling power in the soul, by the
outpouring of the Spirit. We carried with
US from Para some new passengers and a
small menagerie, consisting of several Varie-
ties of monkeys, birds and fowls. Among
the latter was the wild turkey of Brazil, but
from his diminutive size and glossy black
color, his relationship appeared to be nearer
to that of the crow than to his noble name
sake of our forests. Approaching Cape St.
ROGUE, in the early morning, we were great
ly interested in seeing the fleet of fishing
boats which was miles away from the small


town, Chara, just yis7 e above the horizon


These boats are ca atamorans, and are
simply RATS made lr or FIVE logs of
buoyant timber, laShed sether; in one end
small mast is placed, supporting three
cornered sail. The men-to the number Of
three or four-8tand or sit on an elevated
stool, exposed to the waves, which roll every
moment over their frail craft, and dash
against their bare knees. Thus equipped
they go far out to sea, remaining days and
nights, and there is no more beautiful sight
on the ocean-than these small white sails
fitting like the nautilus over the waves in
the light of the morning sun.


Touching at Pernnmbuco, we were inter
eSted in the harbor, which is formed by
coral reef-running about one hundred and
fifty yards frOm-and parallel with the coast
for two miles. Within the basin formed
by this reef, the shipping lies at anchor,
secure from the raging surf that beats with
impotent fury against this natural barrier.
This city ranks next to Rio in the extent
Of its commerce and general prosperity
A small English Church is established here
by the government, but this Of course is
little benefit to the native population, which
numbers one hundred and fifty thousand.-
May the day soon come when true herald
of the Cross shall go in out before them.


There is much to be said of Bahia-its
beautiful bay, and its strange people; but 1
must pass this by, for the present, with all
that was beautiful in the long coast range
of mountains, up whose sides the sand, white
as snow, had been carried by the Winds
Upon those we looked from time to time for
days, until on the morning Of the 26th of
October, our attention was arrested by the
dim outlines of the Sugar Loaf, and as we
turned from one magnificent scene to an
other, our vessel passed into a quiet bay,
and RIO de Janeiro, resting upon its many
and beautiful hills, was before us. To Him
who hath kept us, and brought us in safety,
be thanksgiving. B. LANE.