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Year: 1873

Pittsburgh brings out the first
authenticated case of man mur-
dered by jury service. Mr.. Henry
Duff is probably not the only un-
happy individual whose life has
been sacrificed to the abuses Of the
jury system, but in his case the re-
lation of cause and effect-the jury
box and the cotiin-seems to be es-
tablished beyond question. Mr..
Duff was summoned to try case of
murder, and the jury did not readily
agree upon a verdict. They were
shut up two nights in the den ap-
propriatcd to the purpose of punish
ing conscientious jurymen, and when
released, the gentleman in question
went home and died from disease
contracted in the court house. 1t is
not surprising that, under the stim-
ulus of this unfortunate occurrence,
the local papers are demanding
moro humane treatment for the luck
less people who happen to be called
to serve the State in the imminent
deadly breach Of tho jury room.-
Whatever may be thought about
the substitution of other penalties
than the gallows for the crime of
murder, there is hardly room for
two opinions as to the expediency
of abolishing capital punishment Of
disagreeing jurors. - Chicago Post.
Year: 1873

AS yONAS tOANuOtOA III
reply, but gave vigorous pull upon
the bell-rope. AS the train checked
its speed, and the father saw he was
about to be treated like other pas
sengers, and was really liable to be
set down beside the track midway
between stations, he pulled out his
wallet and paid his fare. This
little episode gave him new in
sight into his sons character, and
he forthwith commenced casting
about for some business occupation
for him. The two while on west
ern trip came to Dubuque and the
father purchased the elevator for
the son and gave his check for the
requisite amount to carry on the
business. But in connection with
the purchase was another trans
action, in which Mr.. Richmond and
the Dubuque and Sioux City Rail-
way were the parties. The cor
pora-ion was new and anxious to
sell Its bonds. In consideration of
his purchasing 100000 of the
bonds of the company at $l.o24
the railway contracted to send all
through grain passing over their
line into the elevator and to pay
one cent per bushel for the privilege.
The contract was good one for the
elevator, and by its terms was to
continue in force for fifteen years
from August %, 1860. 1t was also
advantageous to the railway, for the
seeming endorsement of their road
by Mr.. Richmond in his purchase
of their securities above par enabled
them to sell all their bonds in New
York at high figure. Until the
leasing of the Dubuque and Sioux
City Railway by the III. Central in
1867, the contract had been care
fully observed by the parties max
ing it. But after the first few eeks
from the advent of the new manage
ment no attention was paid to the
contract, and the grain from over
the Dubuque and Sioux City line
was transferred across the river
without passing through the cleya-
tor. The business of Richmond
and Jackson was damaged, was, in
fact, destroyed, for this was the only
source from which they could ex-
pect or obtain patronage. They
were, and have been at all times,
ready and willing to perform their
part OF the agreement, and hence it
is that the elevator Is kept in a con-
dition to start ut moments notice.
On several occasions the Illinois
Central has switched cars off at the
elevator with the expectation and
hope that it might not be found in
running order, so that the proprie-
tors might be charged with a viola
ton of their part of the contract,
but to no purpose All efforts to
compromise the differences between
the parties have failed. The cleva-
tor firm have brought several suits
against the Illinois Central for
breach of contract, and have re-
covered judgments in all the actions
which have been tried The first
judgment for $4,000 the railroad
company paid; the second Judgment
for $4,000 they appealed; and the
third suit for 100000 has not yet
been tried. The attorneys for Rich
mond and jackson, the plaintiffs,
are confident of ultimately obtain
ing decisions in their favor in all
these cases, and Of collecting the
amounts recovered. The contract
will not expire until 1875; and in
the future, as in the past, they will
claim one cent upon every bushel of
grain passing through from the
line Of the Dubuque & Sioux City
Railroad.
Year: 1873

A therapeutist Of London thinks
he has discovered an infallible cure
for rheumatism, namely, the admin
istration of hot sand baths. He
claims that the advantage of this
mode of treatment consists, especl-
ally, in the fact that it does not sup
press pcrspiration like the hot water
bath, but rather increases it; and
another advantage it possesses is,
that it does not interfere with the
respiration of the patient, as does
the steam bath or Turkish bath. 1t
is asserted that the body can endure
the influence of such a bath for a
much longer time, and much high
er temperature can also be applied.
1t can be used for infants, and per-
mits of easy application to a part or
to the whole body. If this remedy
shall prove efficacious for so serious
an ailMcnt, it will indeed be boon
to a large class of sufferers.
Year: 1873

In about two weeks an attempt
will be made from this bay to navi-
gate the Pacific ocean which has
not been surpassed by any of the
daring teats accomplished on the
waters of the Atlantic. 1t is moth
ing more nu' less than voyage
from here to the coast Of Japan in
one of the smallest sailing craft
af1oat on the waters of our kay.


The sloop Dolphin, by which this
perilous voyage is to be made, is in
fact Il mere cockle-shell, measuring
only thirty feet in length from stem
to stern, tn feet beam, and three
feet three inches depth Of hold. She
is built sharp at both ends, and is
capable of carrying about eight tons.
The Dolphin is not much longer
than an ordinary sized whale boat,
only instead of being open she has
been decked over. There are two
hatchways in the deck; one, the
main hatchway, being in the center
of the deck; the other over what is


intended to represent the cabin.


The cabin is simply three hunks
built in triangle, the hunks form.
ing the sides of the vessel and join
ing the feet; the bunk forming the
base Of the triangle extending from
side to side. Above the latter there
is still another bunk, between which
and the deck there is barely room
for mans body. A man-hole in
the deck Immediately astern of the
hatchway has been provided for the
helmsman. The deck is flush with
the gunwale.


The Dolphin was built in San
Francisco, and is commanded by
Capt. Davis. In her voyage to Jap
an she will be manned by four men,
including her commander. She will
be supplied with water and provls-
ions to serve six months, the supply
Of the former amounting to 800 gal
Ions. Her cargo will consist of two
tons Of coarse salt, implements for
hunting the otter and curing the
skins, and provisions for the cruise.


This hazardous voyage is under
taken by these hardy and daring
men for the purpose OF hunting the
sea otter, the skin Of which is very
valuable on account of the excel
lcnce of the fur. The<sca otter is
exceedingly plenty off the coast of
Japan, and the adventures expect
to succeed in securing full cargo
Of skins. With fair wind and
weather, Capt. Davis expects to
make the passage in six weeks time,
rs the Dolphin is fast sailer, be-
ing regarded as one Of the fastest
vessels, large or small, on the Pa
cific coast. He has every confidence
Of making a safe and quick voyage.
The little vessel he regards as be-
ing safer than larger vessel. She
IS certainly as staunch as vessel
we'll can be, and has been thorough
y overhauled for the present voy-
.ge. A few months ago she was
engaged in cruising around the
wreck of the Sacramento, off Sacra-
nento reef. Before sailing for Jap
IN, she will run down to Ensenadas,
md from thence to Coronado ISL
.nds and back, with a party of Off
,ials and others interested in the
.ecent purchase of the islands. The
ate and fortune ofthe Dolphin will
,e carefully watched.-iSan Diego
Gul.) Union,
Year: 1873

Imagine all this uttered in the
most impassioned manner, the tears
at times streaming down the preach
er's facd, and the quotations-psalm
book, book, Mother Goose or Frank
Inns aphorisms-chanted with a
rich, full voice, and you can get a
glimpse of Father Carter in his
palmy days.
Year: 1873

\ story is told of a French gen.
tlcman, who, having lost the bulk of
his property through the rascallties
of friends in whom he trusted,
crowned it all by the loss of his
mental balance, and for the remain
der of his days found his only de-
light in riding in omnibuses and
passing fares from passengers to
the driver, taking care when change
was returned to add to it a SOU or
two from his own pocket, and watch
the effect on the receiver. In nine
cases out of ten, as the story goes,
the passenger, counting over his
change, and finding, as he supposed,
that the driver had cheated himself,
would look bewildered for mo-
mcnt, and then pocket the change
with Il quiet chuckle. The special
delight of the lunatic was satisfying
himself in this way that nine-tenths
of his fellow men were dishonest, it
they only had the opportunity.
Year: 1873

a story is circulating which tells
how fair young thing went 70 a
Hartford drug store and told the
man to fix her up a dose of castor
oil, and to mix it with something to
take the taste away. The man told
her to wait. In few minutes he
asked her if she felt like taking a
glass of soda water. She accepted
the invitation, and drank the bever-
age. Presently she asked the roller
of pills why he ditn't give her the
castor oil. The man smiled tri-
umphant smile, and said: "Madam,
you have taken it; | mixed a fearful
dose with that soda water" She
turned pale; she sank into a chair;
she gasped: "Immortal Jove! l
wanted it for my mother!" Then
she suddenly went home, and the
druggist is not so certain whether
his maneuver, after all, was so very
smart.
Year: 1873

THE COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY AND THE REPUB-


LICANS NOT ACTING IN CONCERT.


A reporter of THE TRIBUNE called, yester.
day. on several members Of the Republican party and
the Committee Of Seventy The Republicans stated that
their charter still incomplete. The rough draft
in the hands of the printer but would undoubtedly be
amended or modified at the next meeting OF the Sub
Committee Of the Republican General Committee None
of the statements which have appeared in print purport
ing tc give the outline of the charter correct,
although there have been grains OF truth In all OF them
The latest version gives Of the features Of the
nosed charter and adds Others which totally al va-
apce with it. Those having 1T in charge say that the
Committee will again the latter part OF this week
and will then give the charter the final touches before
presenting 1t TO the Legislature. There ia no intention
of keeping it after this meeting, and 1t will be
given ample publicity before being submitted 70 the
Legislature


The members of the Committee cay that they invite
rather than deprecate criticism Of their work. They
saw Also that the charter will be ready for presentation
to the tue first day OF the session IL Is
claimed by the friends of the charter that great fe
tnre n IL will be its advocacy of rerenchment In all the
Departments. The number OF Commissioners, OF heads
OF Departments, is reduced, and the salaries will be
largely cut down II is intended that shall exceed


10000 The salaries OF the chief clerks and other sub
viii also be largely reduced. The total saving
eaected in this manner will be very great


The union OF the Republicans and the Committee ef
Seventy upon charter ysfy YER Rrban, SISe bs sye
tested partisan spirit throughout, and have been only
100 au rous egSlate such manner as 10 I'LL large
majority OF the oces with political friends. in order to
build up the party In this city, This course the Com
mttee OF Seventy strenuously oppose and refuse TO
unite on which has this for an object Rather
than this It will present rival charter 10 the Legis
lature and leave that body 10 Judge OF the comparative
merits OF the two schemes OF municipal government.
Furthermore the Committee will call mass meetings,
and ascertain the feeling OF the public In the matter.


few OF the members OF the Committee OF Seventy
are very outspoken regarding the question at Issue.
They cav that the Republicans persist IN presenting
their charter the Legsature they will appear before
the Committee whom IL may he referred, and present
AT length the objections 10 the charter.


Tbete members claim that they have received as
surances from Of the Assembymen elect that
far a. tbey are concerned they will aid pushing
nartssn charter through the gslature In any event
he ne nbers OF the Committee Of Seventy that the
public viii be kept fully informed IN regard " charter
Scnf
Year: 1873

General Van Buren swtars most positively that
he is not guilty of the charges preferred against
lin in connection with his official duties OF tho
Vienna Exposition while Secretary FISH assefls
he has the proof that fixes the charges on Tue
General in such manner that there is no escape
Here is a question of verAcity which ought 10 be
solved. Certainly this Administration ought 10
be able 10 be select men for such high positions
who could be believed On their oath and yet
here Is a case in point where we are asked not to
credit even the oath of one of the Presidents
companions. We take it for granted that the ad-
ministraton is acting upon the Spartan principle
and depounces the General not so much be-
cause he was SO corrupt as 10 commit the acts
complained of, but because be had not the tact
to cover his tracks and hide his crimes. We shah
wait and sec who tells the truth.
Year: 1873

The LynchbuIg Neios enters its protest
against duelllng in the abstract, and winds up
in q very able article with the following strong
points


The duel has gone out Of vogue in England,
yet there are no braver people than the Eng
liSh. The duel was unknown among the RO-
mans and Greeks, yet what race has surpassed
them in hcroism? While 1t may require cour-
age to fight duel, it requires a great deal
more in brave man to decline challenge
Gen. Washington was a man Of this stamp
Does any one suppose Robert 4. Lee would
have fought duel? Does any one suppose
Stonewall jackson would have fought a duel7
Is there no way of putting an end to the prac-
tee? Are we willing to admit that We can
o My be taught to keep civil tongues in our
heads by the principle of fear? Let the press
and the pulpit speak out
Year: 1873

THE BALTIMORE GAzErTE.-This highly prized
and deeply interesting paper came to US Yesterday
in an entire new dress and quarto form. In its
New Departure its cd friends would never kno"
that L was the same journal were they not so in
formed by an examination. The GAZETTE is the
frst Baltimore journal to exchange the folio for
the quar;o form. 1t now has the Nir and appar-
entity the style of the New York journals, and in
SO far represents more fully the large population
in whose intcIcs.s ii has SO long b2en laborIng.-
We hope ii will now be m pro literally supported
than ever ana that its efforts in behalf of Balti
more and the party which it ably supports will be
richly rewarded.
Year: 1873

Many an unwise parent labors hard md lives
sparihgly all his life for the purpose Of leaving
enough to give his children start IN the world,
as 1t is called. Setting young man shoal with
money left him BY his relatives Is tying blAddeu
under the arms Of those who cannot swim; ten
chances to one, he will lose his bladders and 50 e
the bottom. Teach HIM to swim, and he VIII
never need the bladders Give your child soand
education, and you have done enough for HIM.
SSe TO it that his morals pure, his mind Guilt
waited, and his whoie nature made subservient to
laws which govern man, aud you have given that
which will Ge Of more value than the wealth OF
the Indies
Year: 1873

that gang Of horse thieves would be preferable to
Quakers in dealing with the Indians From every
source comes praise of Gen. Candy. No officer ever
on duty in Washington was so popular as he during
the war lie was long in command here, and was
of the most trusted advisers of Stanton and Lin
coin.
Year: 1873

oXLEY By LYNDON. l2no pp AL SerbDer Armstrong CO..


The author of the present story, who IS un-
dersood to be the daughter of distinguished clergy
man in this vicinity. has already won an honorable
distinction by quiet portraturcs OF domestic life,
and her fecItous sketches OF character Her previous
successes in this kind have doubtless prompted
the new venture, which, we can safely say, VIII
enhance rather than diminish her well earned
reputation. Tho plot IS sknfuly constructed
ard abounds in situations Of deep interest
though without aiming at any preteatural excitement
1t indicates quick and accurate observation OF real


life the scenes of which transferred TO the nara
tive and lighted up TO certain degree with the colors
of imagination but at the sacrifice OF the sense Oh
reality There is no striving after effect but the winter
trusts TO her faithful descriptions OF Nature for tho
sympathy Of her readers. In the course OF the story
the scene is shifted to Europe but the same tone pre-
served throughout and even the eloTes switzerland
have tempted the indulgence Of eXravagant ectacies
while fresh local cOlorng gives new interest to the III
artificial narrative. The greatest strength OF the work.
however as it us, is the dialogue. Not little
dramatic power is shown in the conversations which arc
uniformly spirited and characteristic limiting at an c


celent command Of the most difficult elements OF
effective composition. The writer has certainly higher
faculty than she has yet fully made Of and we shall
look for more daring flights i'm her future productions
Year: 1873

Ar5solution has passed the Senate in
struc.ing our members Of Congress to vote
ten millions of dollars TO the centennial
celebration of our national independence in
1876. The resolution went through the
Senate with but little opposition. 1t will
probably come up in the House to-day or
tomorrow. We hope that it will be thor
oughly scrutinized and discussed, The
General Assembly should not undertake to
instruct the members Of Congress except
upon grave occasions. Ten millions of
dollars is a very large sum of money to take
from our over-taxed and impoverished pee
pie. Let US pause and consider before we
proceed farther with this business.
Year: 1873

NJ. Blanchard Jerrod, in his recent little
book On Dickens, quotes one of that authors
letters to him touching the g Child's History
Of England and from the letter we see what
a thorough radical the author Was. Mr..
Dickens writes to his friend:


81 am writing little history of England
for my boy, which | will send you when it
is printed Tor him, though your boys are too
old to profit by it. 1t is curious that | have
tried to impress upon him (writing, | dare
say, at the same moment with you) the exact
spirit of your paper The Preacher Parrot
Tor L don't know what [ should do if he
were to get hold OF any conservative or High
Church notions and the best way of guard
ing against such horrible result is, | take it,
to wiring the parrots neck in his very cradle.
y, heaven if you could have been with me
at the hospital dinner last Monday. There
were men there your city aristocracy-who
made such speeches, and expressed such
sentiments, as any moderately intelligente
dustman would have blushed through his
clndery bloom to have thought Of Sleek,
soldering, bow-paunched, overted, apoplec-
tic, sn0rtlng cattle-and the auditory
leaping up in their delight | never saw
such an illustration of the power of purse, or
felt SO degraded and debased by its contem-
plation, since | have had eyes and ears. The
absurdlty of the thing was too horrible to
laugh at. 1t was perfectly overwhelming.
But if l could have partaken it with anybody
who would have felt it as you would have
done, it would have had quite another as
pect, or would, at least, like classical
mask, have had one funny side to relieve Its
| d small features"
Year: 1873

The ASCENT OF CoToPAXI.-This, the
highest active volcano in the world, had
never been scaled until recently, when
that great feat was accomplished by DR..
Reiss, who has made report of the cir
cumstances attending the ascent to the
president of Ecuador He commenced the
ascent early in the morning, anu reached
the snow line in the afternoon. Here he
encamped for the night. 1t showed during
the evening and night, and the next morn
ing the sand and lava were covered by a
coating Of ice as smooth and hard as glass,
and they were forced to wait until the sun
had melted it. DR.. Reiss then pushed for
ward with the greatest ardor and arrived a
little after ten O'Clock at the base of the
rocks which crown the summit of the
mountain. He turned to wait for his
companions, and found that all had fallen
discouraged by the way except his major
domo and his dog, who were toiling pain
fully after him. The rocks among which


he mad now arrived were the huge relics of
former lava deposits, from the assures of
which came occasional gusts of sulphuric
acid, while the climbing was made dan
gerous by the fall of disiodged fragments,
one of which actually struck the doctor, in
hicting troublesome wound. But he and
his faithful attendant clambered on and
upward through the mist, until about noon
they found themselves suddenly and unex-
peatedly upon the southwest point of the
rim of the crater, which. stretching 1900
feet below them, revealed itself probably
for the first time to human eyes. Its form
was elliptical, its longer axis running from
north to south. From all its circumeer-
ence, rocky slopes descended in broken
lines to meet in the center, there being no
plane of any extent. The northeast por-
tion was thickly covered with snow, from
which the rest of the crater was free. The
air was filled with the roar of falling frag-
ments from the sides, and with white jets
of sulphurous vapor from the southwest
portion of the crater. The barometer gave
hight of 1898 meters, an estimate consid-
erably larger than that of former writers.
A noticeable observation of DR.. Reiss is
that chlorides are found among the depos-
its of this crater; thus contradicting the
statement of Humboldt that the absence of
this acid was characteristic of South
American volcanoes. The intrepid sayant


did not finish his observations, however


for while he was examining a handful OF
earth, gust of wind filled his eyes with
dust impregnated with sulphuric acid
causing immediate and acute Inflammation
and driving him at once down the cone
He thinks that the tremendous foods which


often devastate the neighboring valleys
have their origin in the sudden melting Of
the ice and snow in the high ravines BY
bursts of lava and hot air from the crater
Year: 1873

BRAIN WoRRY.-Many of US pray to be
delivered from sudden death, and do we
worry ourselves into it? If we do, can we
help it? To most of US it is not given
to choose our lives, TO avoid the rough
places, to gently shoulder to one side disa.
greeable facts. We must climb over the
rocks though they hurt us sore, and the diff
ficulties, however they may annoy US, must
be met with brain fret and wear until they
are conquered, or we have passed them.
They are as real, living, annoying as any
tang gible ache or pain could be: as bruisng
and irritating as the peas in the shoes of the
pilgrims of old Nervous health is one
thing, and moral health, and purely physical
health, is quite another and different thing
Calm and steady mental work is conducive
to long life; but nervous emotion. mental
work that is constant urging, and, at the
same time, is an unhanging of the even tenor
of the mind, eats away the brain faster than
any mental labor. no matter how hard, that
is systematic As men do not really die oil
heart disease as often as is supposed. but ol
apoplexy, or congestion of the lungs, so they
do not die of brain work, but brain worry.
Scott died of it, Southey, Swift, Horace
Greeley. and probably Thackeray.-London
Times.