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Year: 1872

of Washington the arbitrators were


only empowered to consider claims


in relation to money award, and


that hence these indirect claims. for


which the Americans avowed no money


award was sought, must be rejected by the


Court. Our counsel caught at this suggestion


and agreed that the tribunal should give its


judgment on the point raised by the British


side, our desire all along having been to bring


the subject of indirect claims to decision by


the Court, with which object we had refused to
accede to the demand of England that they


should be withdrawn altogether from our case.


Upon the whole, we suspect that the English


government will not regret having been out


generalled by the Yankee lawyers at Geneva.


The affair having been thus definitely set


tied, and the curtain having fallen on this SEN


sational drama of ''Much Ado About Nothing"


we are told that all the members of the Court


English, American, Italian, Brazilian and
Swiss, have packed up their valises and fled to
the Valley of the Pennine Alps. There, three
or four thousand miles above the level of the
sea, cooled by the sight of old Mont Blanc,


with his mantle of perpetual snow, and sweet
ened by the taste of the white, aromatic


honey given by the bees of that won


derful region, they will forget the heat and
sourness of embittered controversy, and grow
as amiable as turtle doves The jovial coun-
tenance Of Count Sclopis will beam with more
than its customary good humor; the brown
cheeks of the citizen Staempfi will glow with
more than their ordinary color the bland
Sir Roundell Palmer will be more courteous
and graceful than usual; the Baron Itajuba
will shrug his round shoulders with delight,
and even the little old English Judge with the
long-shaped visage and red face will look
pleasant and agreeable. As to the Ameri-
cans, they will all be in high feather, and
will chuckle at the thought of England having
at last after oil her bluster and fuss, submitted
the indirect claims fairly to the Geneva Con-
ference and accepted formal decision of the
Court upon their validity. One of the
great sights of the Chamounix valley
is the flowery island called the Jardin,
which stands smiling in the gayest
colors and the most fragrant perfume in the
midst of sea Of ice. The Geneva party will
probably recognize in this symbol Of the
bright and pleasant spot called up by the
Court of Arbitration in the midst Of diplo-
matte desolation created by Lord Granville
and Secretary Fish, and when they return
to their labors at the Hotel de Vile
they will probably be careful not to risk again
the disturbance of that harmony and good feel
ing which the sensible action of the arbitrators
seems to have brought about Here, in New
York, with the thermometer at ninety seven in
he shade, we may at least be thankful that
his Alabama nuisance is in fair way of being
inally abated.
Year: 1872

a candidate for the republican nomination in
1864, for the democratic nomination in 1868
and for the democratic-republican nomination,
are nothing, principles are everything; but
where both the great parties have used up their
distinguishing principles, other things being
equal, one man is as good as another and
sometimes great deal better. This Is mani
testify the case with Mr.. Greeley as the demo-
cratic candidate. He bridges over the chasm
between the old departure and the new, be-
tween the liberal republicans and the democ-
racy, between the South as it was and the
South as it is. Before the war in venturing
down South he would have ventured at the
risk of his life now some of the most ultra of
the old Southern shareholders come up to
New York to endorse him in o free trade con-
ference.


These things are wonderful; they belong
to that class of wonderful things which Lord
Dundreary says ''no fellow can understand"
They are the groupings out of great revolu-
tionary agitations, when old party leaders are
thrown into the rear and new men come to the
front. We see that there is great and spon-
taneous democratic transformation going on
all over the country in favor of Greeley. We
see that there is q tremendous power in this
movement, and that, with Greeley as the
democratic candidate, we are on the threshold
of one of the most exciting and most hotly
contested Presidential battles in the history of
the country.
Year: 1872

PROVIDENCE, Sept. 12.-The investigation OF
the Mets disaster continued to-day The testimony
of Edward ID. Doane, second engineer in charge OF the
Metis at the time of the disaster showed that the pumps
were all in good working order but embodied no new
facts bearing on the OF the catastrophe. William
smith Young, the captain OF the steamer Doris the
ship OF the MeIs testified that he went from
Providence NewYork that night; the weather was so
bad tnat he, with the mate and one wheels.
alter O'Clock; considered IL rather rough
night 10 leave only In the piiotnouse and felt
that he had better stay longer could steer one
of these boats well enough but in such night want
more men, order that they may jump out and put the
wheel right around II out for vessel.


o. IL you going down the Sound with passenger
steamer $50 people board, would you have felt
IL incumbent upon YOU have used extra aud stay
In pour pilothouse A. Yes. Sir should have coasid-
cred IL my duty 10 do so.
Year: 1872

has set up to be knocked down next November Mr.
Cox is such favorite in the city that ms speech,
which came last on the list, detained the immense
audience clear to its close. Then came the nevlta-
bic crushing of people anxious to get INTO the open
air, and soon afterward Tammany Han was once
again nnet
Year: 1872

Of the cause; as if all felt at peace
where peace was the chefest aspiration. Al no
time was there any demonstration incompatioie
with the sentiment of peace which was breathed on
all sides and shouted from every platform.
Year: 1872

GusrAvR DoRE is about to challenge
the opinion Of the world Of art on a
large scale. He has just finished q
picture thirty feet long by tweRty feet
wide. at which he has been working
pretty constantly for four years. The
subject Of this large composition Is
Christ Leaving the Temple" and 1t
contains about four hundred figures.
This picture Is to be shown for few
days in the painters studio In Paris.
and then to be sent to London for pub
lie exhibition. n IN a.
Year: 1872

The JOIN Haa a FaUS PrssbyaH c'arcA-Ia Part


feel the death of the eminent Journalist
who has just passed away TO be event OF 30 much in
teres to every that may with propety touch upon
IT, have always been interested In the life of Horace
Greeley this interest arose. perhaps from the fact that
he was declared 70 be Of Scotch descent fact
which seems confirmed from the nature of the character
which his Life exhibited.


/ was alto deeply interested in him because knew
him as an earnest advocate OF total abstinence Three
or four years ago he expressed his willingness devote
the Monday evenings OF the Winter to this great cause
and counted honor 10 be associated with him
that work. .t.


II was there that received some Of my impressions
concerning Mr.. Greeley, ana no moro pleasant and
grateful memory remains than the simple, manly,
straightfo ward manner In which he spoke 10 the people
on those occasions.


In every respect be was simple, manly, straight
forward. benevolent map have been assured by his
intimate friends that bis domestic life was most alec.
tIonate and his grief at the death OF his wife all
know was most touching.


m was his incesstnt and unwearying devotion 10 her
In her last illness that doubtless caused the disease
which proved fatal and IA tne eye " God there was
probably nothing more tenaer Or OOuouinG IA the death
OF that nian than ths
Year: 1872

The work of the photographic Office has
progressed satisfactorily during the past year. to
the full extent of the at its command The De
partment is graned at the energy which has been dis
played in this Office and Is glad to state that the boards
OF underwriters and those connected with In
our principal cities fully alive 10 the Importance OF
this of the public service and to the necessity Of
other maritime countries The preparations ana outfits
for the survey OF the Pacific Ocean have been
and every facility the command OF this Department.
nas been given and every means taken to insure is


added 10 the photographic OF the world and
yaiabe accessons made 10 stock OF knowledge in
the various branches of natural science.


Tie United States ship Portsmouth, detailed for this
survey Is now Oh her way and will commence opera
tons upon her arryG Ia the racine ocean, where she
Year: 1872

How TO ACQUIRE A Coop MEMORY
We read too much and think about
what we read too little; the consequence
is that most of the people We meet, know
something, in q superficial Way about
almost everything. Not ! tenth part Of
after the book or newspaper is laid aside.
Daniel Webster, who had rich store Of
information on almost every subject Of
general interest, said that it had been his
habit for years to reflect for short time
On whatever he read, andso fix the thought
and ideas worth remembering in his mind
Any one who does this will be surprised
to find how retentive his memory will be-
come, or how long after reading an
interesting article the best portion Of il
will remain with him.
Year: 1872

~ A story is told Of a man in Connect.
icut who fell from the roof of five.story
building to the sidewalk but as he struck
on the thick soles of his rubber shoes, he
Sounded back within quarter of an inch
cf the roof, and so continued to bounce,
the distance decreasing by only quarter
Of an inch at each journey. He subsisted
on hash enclosed in rubber balls, which he
managed to catch on the bound, and at
the end of the month was stopped and
returned to his family.
Year: 1872

MUTUAL HELps.-Walter Scott wrote
"The race Of mankind would perish did
we cease to help each other. From the tune
that the mother binds the child's head
to tho moment some kind assistant wipes
the dew of death from the brow Of the
dying, we cannot exist without mutual
help. All, therefore, that need, have a
right to ask it of their fellow mortals, aud
no one who has it in his power to grant,
can refuse without incurring guilt"
Year: 1872

A Western woodsman recently
found himself helpIessly pinned to
the ground by a prematurely falling
tree. He was a great distance from
home, and in a few hours would
doubtless have died from pain and
exposure, had not a little whining
cur who had missed his master and
tracked him to his wood prison,
began q mOurnful howl as a pOssi-
ble reHet from the dreary mOnotony
of the situation. This suggested to
the suffering man something of the
story book kind, and calling to his
little pet, he smeared his shaggy
face with blood and bade him return
home for help. The little creature
evidently realized the Importance of
his mission, for he trotted home
ward forthwith, and breaking in
upon the astounded household, gave
the first alarm. He smelled the way
back to the wounded man, and in
an ecstaey of whines attested his
satisfaction at the deliveranoe.
Year: 1872

The New York Commercial says:
"Of all the dirty-lOoking Jolly tars'
that ever landed at this port, those
Of His Imperial Majesty the Gar OF
Russia are about the dirtiest. They
are so to that degree that it would
be an objectionable barbarity to
wash them while the cold weather
lasts"
Year: 1872

Can smallpox be communicated
by mail? The Wheeling Intelligen-
Ger mention a case which seems to
imply thatit can. A young lady in
that city recently received a letter
from a sister in Pittsburg, who
wrote that she was quite sick
with the smallpox. Exactly eleven
days after the letter arrived, the la
dy who received it was taken with
the disease. She was not exposed
to it in any other way, and there
seems no doubt the contagion was
communicated by the letter.
Year: 1872

With shsnks Of steel and fancy toe,
Our French Calf Boots are all the 90.
or the best stock they are made it's true,
By hFBt-elsss wOrkmeR at the Golden Shoe.
IT you call on rs before you buy,


We will fit you to an Oxford Tie,


They will ease your corns and bunions too
If you have them made at the Golden Shoe.
We make every style to fit the foot,
A Webster Tie or Congress Boot,
In this county there are but few,


That can beat the style Of the Golden Shoe.
And Ladies, too, if you give US a call
We will it your foot whether large or SMALL
And about the price Wen make no ado,
For we are selling cheap at the Golden Shoe.
Our French Kid Boots are very nice,
They are high in style, but low in price,
And for ready cash, between us aud you,
You will find cheap goods at the Golden Shoe.
Our store is email, but our stock is nice,
OF any style you can have your choice,
II on the shelves there's none that will do,
You can have them made at the Golden Shoe.
If your Boots s=e worn at the heel or toe,
To the Golden Shoe is the place to go;
We will make them look as good as new,
II you leave them IN at the Golden Shoe.
Hillsboro, Sept 7, 1871 SEPT
Year: 1872

The science of advertising is not
generally comp1ehendad. Amateurs
in tie art strike out blindly,and, be
cause there are no immediate returns
for their injudicious efforts, conclude
that advertising does not pay. The
following words of wisdom are
worthy Of being treasured up.
Judicious advertising always
pays


Ifyou have a good thing, adver-
tise it. If you haven't don't.
Ifyou don't mean to mind your
own business, it will not pay to ad-
vertise.


Never run down your opponents
goods in public. Let him do his
own advertising.


It's as true of advertising as of
anything else in this world. If it
is worth doing at all it is worth do
ing well.


You can't eat enough in one week
to last whole year, and you can
not advertise on that plan either.


A large advertisement once and
then discontinued, creates the i'm
preston that the man has fzzIed.


Injudicious advertising is like
fishing where there's no fish. You
need to let the lines fall in the right
place.


If you can arouse curiosity by an
advertisement, it is a great point
gained. The fair sex don't hold all
the curiosity in the world.


People who advertise only once
in three months forget that most
folks can't remember anything long
er than about seven days.
Year: 1872

inquiring searchingly and minutely


into the matter about which the


Congressman had called. When he


was thoroughly informed he took


his leave. AS he was leaving the


building the door-keeper, who had
served under many administrations,
remarked: "General Grant is the
only President in my time who ever
took the trouble to come to the De-
partment and look into matters
he wished to have explained. p
While partisan papers are filed with
filthy personal abuse of this man,
ne is quietly, honestly and manfully
administering the affairs of the ma
iion, always attentive and genial,
showing the same equal and exact
attention to the rich and the poor,
and the high and the low. Bits of
personal gossip (some not even re.
specting the privacy Of his family
mean and vulgar in the extreme,
are relied upon to weaken this man
before the people. An enlightened
public would sustain a private citi>
zen in the prosecution of such SLAM
ders, but the President of the United
States can only appeal to the deliber-
ate Judgment of the people. Their
verdict will be, "well done, good and
faithful servant"
Year: 1872

The capital of Japan has been
partially consumed by a terrible
fire. A fierce gale blowing when
the fire was first discovered, all eff
forts to extinguish it were useless,
and it quickly spread over a space
of nearly three miles square. Dur
ing the conflagration the soldiers
put many lame and dscrepit persons
to the sword to prevent their being
burned to death "a proceeding
which would seem at least curious
in any country but The Mikado's.
Thirty thousand people were rem
dered homeless. The government
opened its storehouses and supplied
with rice all who applied for it.
Year: 1872

In an article in the New National
Era, of which he is editor, Fred
Douglass strenuously opposes the
Greeley and Brown ticket, and an.
nounces his intention TO give an
earnest support to the nominations
to be made at Philadelphia on the
5th of June. The article concludes
with The following forcible array OF
facts for the consideration of colored
voters: r.r. T.sz


Colored men are not so rich in
political influence and power that
they can afford at this time to throw
either away upon men who, how
ever excellent, plainly can not be
elected. We have no votes to throw
away. When we vote now, we
sh hOuld, and will, vote for victory as
well as for q great principle. The
fire is kindled for the colored child's
school-house in all the Gulf States,
the knife of the Ku Klux assassin is
ready for the threats of the colored
men of the South. Cincinnati holds
out no assurance of protection from
fire and death. In fact, the Cincin.
natl movement Wrests the colored
mans liberty from the custody OF
the nation, the only power that
cares for it, and puts it into the
hands of local governments, which
would gladly destroy it. Can any
colOred man mistake the meaning
of that plank in the Cincinnati
platform? No; the time has not yet
come to exchange old friends and
trusted nstrumentaIities for new
ones. What is an Office here OF
there in comparison with the main.
tenance of the freedom and progress
of five millions OF people, so beset
with hardships and dangers as ours
are? From the depths of our soul
we entreat every colored man to
stand firmly by the Republican flag,
and by the men that party is bound
to offer for your suffrage.
Year: 1872

A letter from Margaret w. Camp
bell, written in Chicago, says:
Building is the order of the day
here. At the dry goods openings
no one would have guessed that a
few months ago that whole city
was reaching out arms imploringly
for help. The most extravagant
purchases were made by ladies who
reside in the city and who must be
aware of the need of economy. Ii
will take more fire than they have
yet seen to burn up the vain pride
of foolish women"
Year: 1872

They tell of a sharp Yankee down
on Cape Cod, who, being told by
the postmaster that his letter
weighed a trifie over half ounce,
and therefore required another
stamp, with his pen-knife cut off the
corners of the letter, and thus re-
duced its weight to the single-stamp
standard.
Year: 1872

What Horace Greeley ThOughI


OF II before and during ths
War.


From the N. Y. Tribune, Of Nov. 9, 1889.


1t the cotton States shall become
satisfied that they can do better out
OF the Union than in it, we insist on
letting them go in peace. The right
to secede may be revolutionary
one, but it exists nevertheless. =


y We must eve- resist the
right of any State 10 remain in the
Union and nullify and defy the laws
thereof.


To withdraw from the Union is
quite another matter; and whenev-
er a considerable section of our
Union shall deliberately resolve to
go out, we shall resist all coercive
measures to keep them in it. We
hope never TO live in a Republic
where one section is pinned to an
other by bayonets.


From the N. Y Tribune, Of Nov. 26, 1858.


If the cotton States unitedly and
earnestly wish to withdraw peace
fully from the Union, we think they
should be allowed to do so. ANY
attempt to compel them by force to
remain would be contrary to the
principles enunciated in the immor-
tai Declaration of Independence,
contrary to the fundamental ideas
on which human liberty is based"


EFrOm the N. I. Tribune of Dec. IT, 1860.


'If it (the Declaration OF Inde-
pendence) justifes the secession
from the British empire of three
millions of colonists in 1875 we do
see why it would not justify the
secession of five millions of South
rons from the federal Union in 81.
If we are mistaken on this point,
why does not somo one attempt TO
show wherein and why? For our
own part, whilo VIC deny the right
of shareholders to hold slaves
against the will of the latter, we
cannot see how twenty millions of
people can rightfuIIy hold ten, or
five, in detested Union with them
by military force.


From the n. Y. Tribune, Of Feb. %, 1864.


We have repeatedly said. and we
once more insist, that the great
principle embodied by Jefferson in
the Declaration of Independence,
that governments derive their Just
powers from the consent of the
governed, is sound and just, and
thus if the slave States, the cotton
States, or the Gulf States only,
choose to form an independent ma
tioD they have clear moral right
to do so. K x


Whenever it shall be clear that
the great body of the Southern peo-
pie have become conclusively alien
ated from the Union, and anxious
to escape from it, we will do our
best to forward their views"
Year: 1872

the wound was reached, and in
this manner the head had be-
come entirely covered with a
new growth of skin. All
kinds Of wounds heal from the
and not from the center,
and the growth from the old
skin in this case, all round
from the back of the neck to
the eyebrows, has been only an
inch in. twelve months. IF
this grating or 'transplant>
ing" had not been resorted to,
the wound would have remain.
ed a running sore and soon ex
hausted the life Of the victim.


On examining the head the
action ofnature can be seen in
the development of new blood
vessels OF veins, which branch
out and unite with each other,
the original "seed skin" form
ing no impediment to the
growth Of the veins. The de-
velopment of veins and blood
vessels. also indicates a healthy
action of the skin.


1t is doubtful if a case so re.
is on record. If the
experiment proves as success
full as present indications prom
lse, the skill of Dr.. Bartlett
will be as profitable to him as
the recovery of his patient will
be gratifying.
Year: 1872

the locality. Before turning


the key, however, the us


ual search was made Of Ap-


pleton's person, and it was


presumed that his pockets were
empty. Had such been the
fact there would have been no
necessity for writing this para~
graph. Unfortunately match


was left in one pocket, and aft
er the officer had gone away,
The prisoner laid down on his
bed, lighted his pipe and be-
gan to smoke, throwing the
match on the floor. II fell on
pile of straw, which became
ignited, and the flames slowly
spread to the bed where the
unfortunate man was then in a
drunken slumber. The smoke
soon began to pour through
the windows, attracting the at
tention of people outside, and
the fire was soon extinguished.
The fireman entered the build.
ing and broke open the door of
Appleton's cell, finding him in
a horrible condition.


His clothing was nearly
burned off his body, and with
the exception of a small speck
on his breast he was literally
covered with blisters. He was
promptly removed to the City
Hospital, where the physicians
ascertained that, notwithstand-
ing, the fearful ordeal through
which he had passed he was
still intoxicated. An examina-
tion developed the fact that the
burns were only Of superb
cial character, there being no
evidence Of internal injury, but
that they were SO extensive
that it would be almost impos.
sible for the patient to survive.
His system is in a prostrate
condition from the use of in~
toxicatiug liquor, which will
probably incapacitate him from
recovering from the shock.
Year: 1872




Walter Scott, in a narrative
of his personal history, gives
the following caution to youth
Gift should even fall to the
lot Of youth to peruse these
pages, let such readers remem1
ber, that it is with the deepest
regret that | recollect in my
manhood the opportunities of
learning which | neglected in
my youth; that through every
part of my literary career, |
have felt pinched and hamper.
ed by my own ignorance and |
would this moment give half
the reputation that it has been
my good fortune to acquire, if,
by doing SO, l could rest the
remaining part upon q sound
foundation of learning and
science.hi
Year: 1872

Poor Colfax is as much O
victim Of misplaced confidence
as the boy we read of. Schuy-
ler said no when he meant yes,
and was taken at his word
He saw the presidential shad'
ow in the water, dropped his
bone and made a dash for it.
When he came out he found
that q Yankee Know Nothing
had carried it of. With a
smile on his lips and a tear in
his eye, he let's on he is satis-
fed.