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Year: 1870

JUDGE GUIGoS's CHARGE TO THE GRAND
JCRY.-At the opening of the Hastings
Court yesterday Judge A. B. Guigon de-
livered the following charge to the grand
jury:


s' Gentlemen Of the Grand Jury:
"The law Of the land imposes upon me
the obligation of giving you charge-the
important and responsible duties which de-
volye upon you. Otherwise it would be


unnecessary, for I see before me body of


gentlemen familiar with the functions of the
office of grand juror, and entirely efficient
! for their discharge-by reason Of expert
ence and abiity-without instruction from
| any source.


le "Some of you, indeed, date back your


valuable services to period anterior to that
when | came to this bar to commence my
| professional career.


Il shall therefore content myself with


calling your attention-1St, To the oath


which YOU have sworn as the best index


and compendium Of your general obli"a-


tiou and I'd, To those sections of the law


which prescribe the offences which it is in


cumbent upon you to inquire of and pre-
sent.


at is proper that should say that the


new Constitution which has been adopted


and the laws made in pursuance thereof


give TO this court jurisdiction in all cases of


miSdemednor as well as of felony, thus


combining the criminal Jurisdictions for


mery exercised by the Court Of Hastings


held by the judge and the Court of Hastings
| held by the magistrates. and that the Sec


tions have read to you are those taken
| from the general law, and not those apply
ing to the former Hastings Court, with


which you are familiar, that court having
been abolished by the Constitution.
cit would ordinarily have been appro-
pirate for me to congratulate you, coming,
as you do, from the body OF the people, and
representing their interests and feelings


upon the restoration of our beloved State
to her relations with and her rights in the


Union; upon the withdrawal Of military


authority and control from our borders,


and the reinstatement Of government
| under which the laws are made by the re-
representatives. Of our own people, and whose
| functions are performed by agents of our
| own selection. But resting, as we do, I'M
| der the shadow and pail of that fearful ca
lamity which has filled all our homes with


mourning and our hearts with grief and
| our very souls with fear and dread. any at
! tempt ut congratulation would be in vain,
| and / can only invoke you to 4 faithful and
earnest discharge Of the duties Of the hour
as the best palliation Of our common afflic-
tion."


The grand jury found true bills on in


dctments against William Gibbs for felony
and Archibald Dyer for misdemeanor, and
then adjourned until Monday next at II A.
N.
Year: 1870

MIR. EDITOR:-I will give you an item for
your paper concerning a remarkable little bov
whom saw at the railroad meeting at Moscow.
in this county, on Saturday, Feb. the 10Th
The child IS just eight years Old He seemed
to listen with the deepest interest to what was
said in regard to the road, and when the peti-
tloners were signing their names, some one ask
ed little George B. if he could write? he re-
piled Yes, sir, and stepped up and wrote his
name perfectly correct and with all the gravity
of man. He said afterwards that the reason
he was so anxious for the road was that he
wished to visit his grandma in Warren county.
whom ne has not seen for four years, but whom
he recoects and seems to entertain the great
est devotion and reverence for.


This boy can write well, and is making rapd
progress In geography, grammar, history, &C.
His style OF reading is perfectly astonishing
have seldom heard grown men who could read
so well. During the early part of this winter
he went to school at Moscow, to Mr.. G where
he stood head for days together in an inte-
gent class of large scholars. some of them over
twenty years of age. He has only been to
school about so days. He tells his ma she need
not waste money sending him to school, that
he can learn just as well at home. He has,
from very small child seemed to regard lazi.
ness and ignorance as very disgraceful. [ could
tell you much about Georges passion for farm
life, the work that he has performed for several
years past belonging to that occupation, his un-
firing industry, &C., all Of which are truly as
tonishing. SPECTATOR.
Year: 1870

GET READY.-Farmers, get ready for the
spring campaign. Get the plows, harrows and
cultivators ready to do their work we'll. If you
save them, see that they are all in repair; new
coat of paint will do them good and it can be
given any of these days See that they all have
sharp teeth so as to bite the soil well and thor
oughly. The thorough preparation of the soil
is half the battle towards raising big crop;
without it you can't raise good crop. Get
your harness, teams, double trees, single trees
and everything you will need. ready, so that at
the first opening of the spring you can take
time by the forelock and lead him and not let
him lead you
Year: 1870

To MAKE Cows GIVE MlLK.-The agricul-
tural editor of the ''Beekeeper's Journal
vouches for the following, handed to him by
friend:


IF you desire to get large yield of milk,
give your COW, three times day, water slight
y warm, slightly salted in which bran has been
| stirred at the rate of one quart to two gallons
OF water. You will find that your COW will gain
Twenty-Five per cent. Immediately under the eff
fects of it, and she will become so attached to
the diet as to refuse to drink clear water, un-
less very thirsty; but this mess she will drink
almost at any time, and ask for more The
amount OF this drink is an ordinary water pail
tul, at each time, morning noon and night
Your animal will then do her best at discount
ing the lacteal"
Year: 1870

King Day and his court have grown weary
The gates of his castle are barred,
And Sunset. the warden, is keeping,
10. A careless and drowsy guard.
The purple and golden banners
8 That foated in gorgeous array
From the top of the western tower,


Are unfurled and fading away.
And over the silvery turrets,


And over the roseate walls
And the ancient golden drawbridge,


The shadow of Twilight falls;
And as it grows deeper the Warden


Abandons the western height
And the beautiful Castle Of Daylight


Surrenders itself to Night.
No footstep is heard on the terrace
Or stair, and the banquetting hall,
Where the king had his riotous wassail,
Is silenter now than all.
The tongue of Contention is palsied,


The anvil of Labor is dumb,
And Clamor has grown too feeble


To rattle his noisy drum
And below from the spacious courtyard
There comes neither stir nor tone,
And the king in his royal chamber


Has fallen asleep on his throne.
His light golden crown of sunbeams


Has melted away from his head, hn
And his brow bent heavily downward.
Seems crowned with crown of lead.
His scepter of Light has faded


And Slipped from his open hand,
And yainly in dreams he mutters
Some idle and vague command;
For his ministers, Thought and Action,
From morning till eventide
His busy and loyal subjects,


Sleep heavily by his side;
And h;s uray.haardad sccratarv
That very old servant, Lord Care.
With his wrinkles and STOPPING shoulders,
Mods peacefully in his chair.
The whole of the court is sleeping
Even the favorite fool,
Poor Folly, snores loud and soundly,
His head on the king s foot stool.
No sound but of heavy breathing
Is heard through the stately room:
From basement to turret the castle
Is wrapped in slumberous gloom.
And the eyes of my muse grow drowsy,
The lips of my muse are mute,
And the heart of my muse is dreaming
Over her slumberous lutte.
HABoLocHITo, MISS, JAN. 1870.


Home Journal.
A local poet has produced the following line
IN Niagara
FEY countries lax their catprax


With straddes that II stagger ZEE,
& low & high such lesser fry
es On smaller scales may switch their tales
AS sasse like u swaggery:


But for the beller that skeers a fellow,
u slams q smaX on persons bax
& Stratch let loose and general juice,
& fox in pax y squaws in sax,
Again the raft of such small craft,
On all these tax, our people bax


The fxins of Niagara
Year: 1870

Marriage offers the most effective opportun-
tiles for spelling the life of another. Nobody
can debase, harass, and ruin woman so fatally
as her own husband and no body can do tthe
so much to chill man aspirations, to paralyze
his energies, to draw sap from his character, as
his wife.
Year: 1870

naA We are offering our goods at the lowest
CASH PRICES, and we are determined to
give satisfaction to all who may need anything
in our line Of business.


We solicit the citizens and Farmers gener-
ally who have not tried US to do so. We thank
all our friends for their past liberal patronage,
and respectfully request continuance of the
same. Do not forget the place. Be sure to
call on


RICHARDSON & WHEAT.
Year: 1870

not have been here to have told the tale.
Many of the ladies cried bitterly, while
Others tainted, and, / must confess. |
have faced death in variety of shapes
since that occurrence, yet none has
made such deep ard lasting impression
as the one described, and which will live
in my recollection as long as life shall
last.


After being out of danger Captain
Smith remarked to us all he had braved
many dangers, and had crossed the At
lantic many times, but his vessel had
never before been in so much danger,
and to the skillful handling of the wheel
by the sailor in question we are all in
debted for our safety. On the next voy-
age, if my memory serves me, saw an
account in the English papers in which
the Ocean Queen, commanded by Cap
tain Smith, was lost in the English
Channel with every soul on board, and
no one has yet informed us how that
magnificent vessel with her gallant com
mander went down. Z. W. w.


Maxwell House, April 9, 1870
Year: 1870

To the Editor of the Nashville Banner:


notice by the cable dispatches thi;
morning a communication copied fir IN
Mitchells Maratime Register, in which
Mr.. lnman expressed disbelief that the
City of Boston foundered in a gale, but
that she collided with icebergs, so numer
ous off the north coast of Cape Race
This seems to be the unanimous con
currence of those who have so often
crossed the mighty deep, for this
reason: ifthe vessel had been disabled in
a gale, while on the Atlantic, some YES
tage of the steamer would have been
found ere this by which her horrid fate
would have become known, but as it is
not a soul can relate the cause Of the
fearful calamity by which one of the
finest steamers in the line has, doubtless,
gone down meath the dark waves of the
briny ocean, with her pile Of human
freight. But, alas, for those poor crea-
lures, only to find a watery grave.


A case in point of similar nature oc-
Cured on the 29th of May, 1854. Your
correspondent was on his way to New
York in the sailing ship Ocean Queen.
| left Portsmouth, or shipped in the
above mentioned ship, in which Captain
Smith was master, on the day above
mentioned. Our vessel was making
thirteen knots an hour, which is consid-
cred good speed for sailing vessel
About noon, being in a dense fog, off the
banks Of Newfoundland, happened to
be on deck in conversation with some
ladies, when suddenly the lookout dis
covered what he at first imagined to be
on island. on our larboard side, and SO
cried island ahead island ahead, on the
larboard


This was no sooner said than he saw
his error, and cried at the top of his
voice, Iceberg, iceberg on the lar
board" Let me here mention that
Captain Saith had been on the lookout
for icebergs for two days previous, on
account OF the eOOlness of the atmos-
phere at the time and place alluded to,
but on that occasion was in the cabin
along with most Of the other officers.
The iceberg was one Of the grandesi
sights | ever beheld. being about, as near
as ] could judge, FIVE miles IN circum-
ference and one in diameter. II hap
pened very fortunately that one Of the
best sailors was at the wheel; for, had
the vessel struck. We should all have
gone doEn and the writer Of this would
Year: 1870

Tours Cor. New York Tribune.l


1t is difficult, for me impossible, to
look upon this man without horror. The
murderer of six or seven men, in cold
blood, the violator of women, the politi-
cal renegade, the deserter the victim of
the most brutal passions-how is it pos
sible to see him come into court, sit
at his ease, irreproachably attired, ad-
dressed by the judge with gracious
politeness that contrasts most strikingly
with the treatment accorded the wit
nesses for the Noir family, and allowed
full liberty to hurl insults and furious
abuse at the witnesses, and even at the
very advocates, not having been even re-
buked until to-day, and then, because it
was necessary, as will be seen, to cover
up the undiscovered severity of the court
to Monsieur de Fonvielle by show of
severity to the accused, who was the sole
cause of the difficulty. How is it pos
sible to sit and see and learn all these
things without natural sentiment of in
dignation, without feeling of disgust?
Still, wish to be just. | desire, being
sent here as chronicler, to chronicle
truly, and | will attempt to describe the
so-called Prince as he really looks. He
is man of powerful build, with a broad
chest, broad-bottomed, large arms and
legs and a small, fat head - small,
that is, in proportion to his immense
body. His hair is thin, and what little
he has in front is so arranged as to make
his head look still hatter than it is, being
drawn in straight line at the top Of
his forehead from side to side He
wears a greyish beard, and mustache
that nearly covers his small mouth, with
its thin, white lips, that are often made
winter still by a deadly, inexpressible
smile. His eyes are small and mean,
and he rarely, if ever lifts their lids, but
sits bolt upright, with his small, neatly
gloved hand upon either thigh, and looks
down upon the floor. As he sits there
still, silent, impassive-he is simply re-
pulsive looking / should think little
child would be afraid to go up and touch
his knee, But when, as he has repeat
edly done he bounds out of his seat in
violent rage at something said by wit
ness, or by one ofthe advocates, his arms
close to his side, and his whole body in
clined strongly forward from the middle
always the same attitude sitting, and
the same attitude standing), while his
thick, muffled, disagreeable voice comes
out in stutter of blind rage-a thrill Of
disgust cry of shame, runs through
even this imperialist hall, that all this
must come in its proper place. At first,
after the jury had been drawn by lot,
and had taken the OATH and while the
president was reading his address to the
jury, in which that French justice which
is so much talked about and so seldom
seen was again lauded to the skies; even
while the Prince was undergoing his ex-
animation there was nothing to complain
of in the Princes manner and, indeed,
the impression that he made upon the
audience was rather favorable than other
,vica
Year: 1870

Carry the radiance Of your soul in
your face. Let the world have the ben
eft of it, Let your eheerfulness be felt
for good wherever you are, and let your


smiles be scattered like sunbeams, on


the just as well as the unjust. Such a
disposition will yield you rich reward,
for its happy effects will come to you and
brighten your moments of thought.
Cheerfulness makes the mind clear gives
tone to the thought, adds grace and
beauty to the countenance. Joubert says,
When you give, give with JOY and
smiling Smiles are little things, cheap
articles to be fraught with so many bless
ings both to the giver and the receiver,
pleasant little ripples to watch as We
Stand ON the shore of everyday life,
They are our higher, hetter natures re-
sponses to the emotions of the soul. Let
the children have the benefit of them;
those little ones who need the sunshine
of the heart to educate them, and would
find level for their buoyant natures in
the cheerful, loving faces of those who
lead them. Let them not be kept from
the middle-aged They come to them
like the rain of summer, making fresh
and verdant the long, weary path Of life.
They look for them from you who are
IN the fullness of life. BE
gentle and indulgent tc all. Love the
true. the beautiful, the Just, the holy.
Year: 1870

FROM the New I Ofk lelegram.J


Mercifully the time of waiting was
very short, and when B. W Rosenberg
put the moose round his neck, Reynolds
said, with half laugh: Don't make it
too tight" Immediately after the black
cap was drawn over his face, and he
stood moment awaiting the final jerk


He went up with quick movement
but the fall was not enough to break his
neck, and the knot slipped up too high.
The consequence was that he struggled
fearfully seven minutes, his hands clutch
ing and distending, and making vain
efforts to join again. The legs were
drawn up beneath him in quick, spas
modic movements, and his body doubled
up, almost, at one moment, and swung
from left to right. 1t was very hard
death, and the most dogged present
seemed to have compassion for the
dying man.


Not till his struggles had entirely
ceased was he lowered and the pulse felt
by the doctors in attendance. Then the
body was further lowered, and the oscu-
lations of the heart took place. This
lasted ten minutes, and he was finally
lowered into the coffin and the black cap
taken off


Thirty minutes after the hanging the
features were calm and tranquil, and, ex-
cept a little pallor, had their natural
color After an inquest, held by Coro-
ner Flynn, the coffin was closed and the
body driven away to Calvary Cemetery,
where it will be inferred this morning.


No post-mortem examination was held,
at the request of the sister and brother of
the dead man. The name of the man
who put on the black cap is Rosenberg,
that of the man who cut the rope, Simon
son. These names are worth remem-
harinp
Year: 1870

One of the most ingenious inventions
of the age, for gamblers, has recently
been constructed. A New York paper
thus describes it,


The electric faro box is very similar in
construction to the box now in ordinary
use among gamblers, except that it is in
variably made of iron or steel, ard the
springs for pressing the cards up are
spiral instead of elliptic. Through one
of these springs runs wire which con-
trolls the magnet in the box The table
upon which the box rests is fitted in the
usual plain way with the layout, the
check-rack, and cases. Upon the lay
out, however, depends very much the
success of the fraud. This unpretending
article is usually only board covered
with cloth, upon which is fastened one
of each of the several denominations of
cards in full pack These cards, when
used in connection with the electric faro
box, are oxidized and placed upon the
cloth in such way as to completely
dispel all suspicion of their character.
This is part of the secret Of the inven-
ton, and is claimed to be an entirely
new thing in the science of electricity.
Attached to these cards, and running
from each separately, are fine copper
wires, which are placed under the lay
out board and run down through one of
the table legs, where they connect with
battery under the floor


The cards used may be of the common
kind, but before being placed in the box
they are immersed in a powerful mag
netic solution, which is also held as a
secret When the game is about to open,
and the dealer takes his seat, the table
has the appearance of a very ordinary
piece of gambling furniture. The box is
produced and placed 1pon the table, i'm
mediately over a strip of oXidized cloth,
highly charged with electricity, and the
game begins. All the cards being mag
netized, both in and ont of the box, the
current of electricity is made complete
by magnet skilfully adjusted in the
box, which is always under the control
of the dealer. As all money at faro
bank is usually represented by chips,
some weight is placed upon a card when
a bet of any importance is made-for ten
or a dozen chips will weigh several
ounces. So sensitive are the cards on
the layout that the slightest pressure is
at once telegraphed TO the representa-
tive cards in the box, and in consequence
of their becoming magnetized they can
not be made to win unless the dealer
breaks the current of electricity


This is done by an ingenious contri-
vance which detaches the magnet
in the box, when the current is of.
QtherRise the cards, having been pre-
pared for the purpose, would come out
in pairs or dohble, veg mnch afer the
fashion Of braces used in all skin Raaes.
This is not easy Of explanation, except
that every card on the layout cores
ponds with four similar cards in the
pack, and that they are severally mag
heiized SO that any card upon which
bet is made must lose if permitted TO
come ont double with another card
This is done through the slat which is So
arranged that q slight piece Of steel can
be moved as 10 increase OF diminish the
aperture. In this maRaeF the deal can
be changed proceeding that all san.-
blers viii readily understand.
Year: 1870

We are requested to announce MOSES
WHITE as a candidate for Attorney General
of the Criminal Court.


We are authorized to announce B. NEW
TON HART as q candidate for the Office of
Attorney General of the Criminal Court. sub
ject to the action of the Democratic Conven-
tion of Shelby county. Election in May.


We are authorized to announce JOHN s.
KERR as a candidate fore the office of Attor-
ney General of the Criminal Court.
Year: 1870

Sautn says "the glory OF man does not con-
sist in his being master, rich man, noble
man or king 1T consists IN his being man.
in his being iormedn the image OF his Crea-
tor" and capable cf the most exalted lntel'ec-
tual and moral development. To be truly great
he must be intellectually and morally strong.
he possesses intellectual and moral strength
he must and will command respec: from what
he is IN himSelf-if on the other hand he pos
sesses wealth 10 dollars and cents, he IS too
often hattercd and seemingly honorcd from
mere selfish motives, for what may contribute
to the mere qualification Of tho physical wants
of his seeming admirers. Wealth itself is not
to be despised, but the inordinate love OF it
contracts the noble faculties Of the soul, max
ing the man proud narrow minded and uDchar
liable, unbecoming being made In the image
of God, and destined Tor immortality. The
world would he much happier and holler II
men would endeavor to acquire wealth IN order
that they might possess the means ot dong
good to ''thc poor whom we have always with
U.s." than to foster ialse pride so common to
man. The best remedy for the inordlnste love
of gain is to be found in the acquisition OF
kpowedse-a love for all that is beautiful and
true-a love of nature and of natures Cod
This bciCg the case who will not hail with dc
light the movement of our State in the direc-





not bid her God speed in her truly commenda-
bio efforts to afford her children who have been
reduced to poverty by the late war, as we'll as
all others, the opportunity OF obtaining that in.
estimable blessing which wealth had made &C.
cessible to many who arc now suffering from
abiect poverty. and arc logging 10 repair to the
old country school house hai!owed by so many
pleasant associations. Who does not love the
old school house, and think often OF his OLD
teacher; what lie said and what he did? Is
there not truth in the adage, as Is the school
90 is the character Of the man who receives his
education within its walls? If the character OF
the teacher be worthy Of imitation we may ex'
pcct the scholar TO bear the impress CT that
character-it the contrary ho the CASE the pas'
tic mind will be but too easily influenced d in the
direction Of evil, and perhaps receive impres
sions never to be etfaced. The great impor-
tauce of moral example aud teaching in connee
ton with our public schools must strike the
minds of all thinking men. II we are blessed
with such teachers we have every reason to
expect glorious future for our dear old State,
the mother of Washington, a Jefferson,
Madison and Monroe-men of whom any ma
,ion mig we'll be proud. We must have the
moral and intellectual pillars 10 bear up the
temple OF fame and true greatness. II.


ALEXANDRIA COUNTY, Dec. s.