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Year: 1871

No municipal contest in New-York City for
many years has attracted the general and eager attention
Of all elasses and particularly Of tho taIpayng portion
or the people. more than that which takes place 20
MORROW. While the state tickets viii receive the full
support OF the respective parties In this oty In the
merely local. County. Senatorial and Assembly elections
'nas AL ara most deeply Interested


AUS interest La manifest in tho enthusiasm and num-
Oefs OF tho various public meetings held the general
resolution OF the merchants to close their places Of bust
ness on election day. and devote ono DAY 70 the reform
OF tne cityi and st moro significantly in the magnitude
OF the registration, larger BY nearly 1000 than that Of
last year. The full numbers Of the legal voters Of the
city have very probably been registered the total ON
Saturday having reached o. S09 against Ia .n
1868


In some Of the districts notably that Of Bradley ana
OBren this intense interest in the election threatens 70
disturb the peace whilethc prospects Of quiet election
generally are not encouraging The Of the past
two months has been noisy and vigorous In contests
where the struggle is narrowed down to single candi
date on Ring and Reform tickets frequent disturbances
are almost certain though It s hoped that the police ant
military preparations to suppress factiousness will pre-
vent the general riot which some have threatened ant
more have feared The disposition evtnced by both 20


TABLE OF NOMINEES N COUNT
Year: 1871

n Sharfutns Optnf00 OF captain temple and


His Gflcers.


UNITED STATES RECEIVING SHIP VERMoNTl
BROOKLYN NAVY YARD, y. Y, Feb. II, 1871.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD


AS the HERALD OF this morning contains an article
rejecting upon the seawortbness OF the United
States steam frigate Tennessee-a vessel which
previous TO her departure from this port was looked
upon by distinguished naval officers as the pride OF
the American Navy-a vessel stanch and IN every
way competent TO battle with the stormy elements
OF the rough Atlantic-I beg leave at this hour Of
momentous anxiety to state a few facts concerning
the ship and her officers.


In regard to the commanding ofacer Captain
William G. Temple, sneak OF him from personal
experience as being one of the best and most
efficient commanders in the navy During the late
war served under him as watch and navigating
o6cer ana on our way TO J0in IN the attack Fort
Fisher ship the Pontoosuc) encountered one of
the most terrible gales that ever swept across the
Atlantic. And amid cracking plank and rending
sail, and with the seas sweeping over him, he stood
calmly and bravely at the post OF duty, and through
his thorough knowledge of seamanship our vessel
was brought safely to port. II was his GOODNESS in
battle and his weli-known abilities that prompted
lhe Navy Department to give him COM
not conceive why any fears should be
entertained in regard to the safety OF the Tennes.
see, 1t is not unusual for sailing vessel TO take
from twenty to thirty days 10 reach ST Domingo
City: and as the Tennessee has only been out about
TWENTY-FIVE days II may be week yet before news
o her arrival can be expected. similar rumor
was in circulation last summer In regard 10 the
safety OF the United states steam sloop-ofwar
Shenandoah which vessel took sixty days rrom
Boston 10 Lisbon. when the passage is frequently
made in less than twenty days. Ii is cruel to crc1-
late premature reports OF the loss OF the Tennessee
causing intense anxiety and needless suffering to
those having relatives and friends on board


l have also been shipmate with several OF ths
watch officers OF the Tennessee, and they are con-
sidered among the best in the service.


II any man can bring ship through storm and
danger, that man is Captain William G. Temple.


JAMES j. KANE,


Chaplain United states Navy.
Year: 1871




Madam, it is my duty to arrest you I


" You dare notP


The lips were white with passion rathe
than fear, and the lady stood before m
like lioness at bay. Even then coul'
not but help note the splendid beauty o
this grand lady. Tall and slender, eye
black and flashing, almost lurid now, tn
spectacle she presented, standing ther,
in the middle of the apartment, wa
more the appearance of queen than
hunted criminal,


'sI must2 Ireplied I" I do not doub
your innocence. Looking into your face
it is strange that any one could couple
it with guilt; but / am compelled to DE-
my duty, madam, however unpleasant i
may be to my feelings.


Twill you allow me to change my
dress2' she said in to-e almost pleas
ant The hard lines around the mouth
relaxed, and the passionate glow on the
face gave way to more pleasant smile


Certainly, will wait here


!" wish, also, to send messenger "a
friend-will you permit him to passH


Certainly" m siais


This was my interview with Eugenia
Cornille. / had seen her for months the
leader of our gayest and most fashiona-
BILE society. In her splendid mansion
she dispensed the most profuse and ele-
CANT hospitality. ..s


A Spanish lady-a widow, she bad
represented herself-an6 had been a
resident here almost year. No one
ever suspected her of being aught than
what she seemed, until one day | was
ordered to arrest her as a murderess.


1t was now alledged that this young
beauty was no other than a woman who
had poisoned her husband in Havana,
and fed with all his wealth,


An immense reward was offered for
her apprehension, aud the circumstances
that had come to our knowledge pointed
her out beyond all doubt as the person
we were in search Of Yet the person
who recognized her the evening before
at the theater advised us to be careful
lest she should escape Us. laughed at
the idea. Mr.. /. and myself were surely
sufficient to arrest lady. We were old
enough in the ways of cunning to defeat
such an attempt. When the lady left
me stepped to the window and said to
Mr.. l., who was waiting at the door:


"The lady desires to send messen-
ger for friend; suffer her to pass.
| Almost at the same instant the door
Of the apaFtneDt opened, and a youth
apparently a mGlstto boy-came out,
passed hurriedly through 'tkG room into
the hall, and was, no doubt, the messea-
ger, / thought and ] picked up book
and commenced reading. Nearly an
hour passed, and still the lady did not
make her appearance, nor did the boy
return. The friend she bad sent for
must live at some distance, thoaght, or
the lady is unusually careful about her
toilette; and so another hour went by.
AZ last / grew impatient and knocked
at the door.


Madam, | can wait no longer.


There was no reply. J knocked re-
peatedly, aud at last determined to force
an entrance. Strange fears harassed
ms. IbegsH to suspect know not twhat
II took bat moment to drive in the door,
and once in the apartment the mystery
was revealed. The robes Of the lady lay
Year: 1871

WE HAVE GREAT PLEASURE IN AN
w nouncing TO the public an extensive sale
of some of the best property in East Memphis,
on terms in which every possible inducement
is held out to purchasers. The properly Is
that portion of the original Overton tract be-
longing to Mr.. Brinkley, situated on the site
Of the original Fair Grounds. lying between
the RALEIGH road and the Louisville railr0ad--
q beautiful and extended plateau OF ground,
Immediately on the present east limit of the
city. Wishing to keep pace with the progress
of the age, il is laid off in lots of ample size,
with spacious streets and public squares, do
signed to beautify the grounds and TO promote
the health and comfort of the population, on
a scale OF liberality which places East Mem
phis far in advance of her elder sister on the
river bank.


The terms OF the sale are intended to be as
liberal as the property is valuable, and are
fixed at one-fourth cash on delivery OF the
Of ten dollars, without interest before ma
turity, secured by trust deed, Eot TO be fore
closed until default of six installm ents; and
if fahe proper should be sold under the trust
deed, the sale to be made only to carry out the
terms of the original contract, and not for all
cash, thus protecting the original purchaser
from the possible sacrifice Of q cash sale. We
cannot too earnestly direct public attention
TO this sale as presenting inducements alto
gether unprecedented by any former sale in
this market, both as TO property offered and
the terms Of the sale. Plans are in prepara-
tion and will be issued from our Sfice, and
the lots and streets marked of so as to be ex-
amined before the day Of sale.


RoYsTER. TREzEvANT & CO.,


Aurffouooro.
Year: 1871

A lady of Cambridge, Mass, left her
little baby in its cradle the other day,
while she went into the next room, and
Immediately after, hearing it cry, rushed
back just in time to see large rat leap
from the cradle, and found that it had
bitten the child hand in a terrible man
Year: 1871

A Naval Asylum is located in the


Southwestern part of the city, it being


the only one in the United States, it is


something over 800 feet long with a hall


extending the entire length the grounds
are very spacious and beautifully arrang-
cd shaded with venerable trees One


bright Sabbath morning. in July, your
correspondent wendcd his way to the asy-
lum, ostensihly for the purpose of attend
ing divine service in the chapel connected
with the building, but possibly fraction
al part of the motive might have been to
get glimpse of the old "Tars; :" be that
as it may, after service (thc Protestant
Episcopal form,) [ casually entered into
conversation with one of the "Old Salts.


L soon found him to be one of the loqua-
cious kind he related many experiences
and exploits in tho distant waters and
ports of the earth, both in war and in
peace, with which / was much interested;
after about an hours conversation, or
rather listening, as | arose to bid my
newly made friend adieu the dinner gong
sounded, and as DO excuses would prevail
to dinner | went. My naval friend es-
corted me into the large dining hall, and
with true naval courtesy placed me at the
head Of table, or tables, as there were
two, and long ones at that. | assure you
Mr.. Editor | felt somewhat fattered,
coupled with sense Of my own littleness
in being so suddenly ushered into the pre-
sence OF such number of Scared veterans
Of the sea, and in position a sort of pre-
siding genius withal, over them. There
were about one hundred Of them, some
had passed the line of fore score years,
and | understood two or three we're over
ninety years Of age. | never before, sud
perhaps never shall again, meet such a
number of aged men as did on that day.
After dinner my veteran friend showed
me through the entire building, after which
| extended to him my cordial thanks for
his kindness, attention, and hospitality,
and turned homeward, well pleased with
the incidents of the day. p. W. II.
Year: 1871

never made any complaint to the set tiers above on the river about the scarcity of water, for they knew very we'll that if all the water in the irri- gation ditches, were turned into its natural channel, that it would never reach them. In 8 conversation tat 1 had with John D. Walker land there is no one better informed or posted on this matter) the Indians informed him that the river went dry in 1862, and they had no water to irrigate their summer crops with. Now 1 should like to ask of Indian agent Stout, was the water then taken possession of by white men above on the river !? No, at that time, there was not a white settler above on the river, and do not think any better argument could be used than this. It goes to prove what everyone here knows, that if the wa ter that is used above in irrigating in dry season were turned into the river, it would never reach below to the Pima Reservation. So much for the white settlers depriving the In dians of the water.

 I come now to another subject that Agent Stout treats of in his letter, and that is in regard to one of the chiefs asking permission to take 127 men up to the settlement and " cleaning out the settlers. I do not know whether the agent gave them permission or not, but from present appearances l should judge that he did-that is, if the "cleaning out means that hun dreds of Indians from the reservation should come up above and steal all the pumpkins, corn and beans that they could pack off.

 MT. Larkin, who lives near the reservation, and Dr. Wilbur, Agent for the Papagos, told me that there were very few Indians on the reserva- tion, but very near all of them were up in our settlement. I do not blame the agent for not keeping the Indiana at home, for I know very well that he cannot do it, and I am credibly in formed that he has said as much to certain friends of mine.

 If the Government of the United States intends to protect us on our lands against marauding, thieving In dians, and keep them on their reserva- tions las I understand General Scho- field is ordered to dol, why then 1t would be well enough to place com pany, or two if necessary, of cavalry on the reserve to enforce the orders of the agent and have him respected and obeyed. AS it is, the Indians pay no respect or obedience to the orders of their agents, and never have, but treat them with the most supreme indiffer- ence.

 Excuse me, Mir. Editor, for occupy ing so much of your columns, but truth and justice demand that some explanation should be made in regard to these matters. Respectfully, P. R. BRADY.
Year: 1871

| position, or to cause the lady tC


conceal aught from her parents, the
! young man frankly and manfully


asked Mr.. C. for his daughter


hand. Very angry grew the plant


er as he listened to the audacious


proposal. He stormed and swore


furiously and denounced the young
man as an ungrateful and insolent
upstart.


my daughter has always been
! accustomed to ride In her carriage, -
he said. "Who are you, sirY'


"A gentleman, sir" replied the
young man, quietly, and he left the
house.


The lovers were parted. The Ia
dy married soon after a wealthy
planter, and the young man went
out again into the world to battle
with his heart and conquer his un-
happy passion. He subdued it,
! but although he afterwards married
a woman whom he loved honestly
and truthfully, and was worthy of
his love, he was never wholly dead
to his first love.


The time passed on and the young
man began to reap the reward of
his labors. He had never been to
the house of Mr.. c. since his
cruel repulse by the planter; but
the latter could not forget him, as
his name soon became familiar in
every Yirginian household. High
er and higher he rose every year IN
til at last he gained position from
which he could look down upon the
proud planter. Wealth came to
him, too, When the great strug-
gle for independence dawned he
was in his prime, happy husband,
and one Of the most distinguished
men in America. The struggle
went on, and soon the ''poor sur
veyor' held the highest and proud
est position in the land


When the American army passed
in triumph through the streets of
Williamsburg, the ancient capital
Of Virginia, after the surrender Of
CORVALLIS, the officer riding at the
head of the column chanced to
glance up at one of the neighboring
balconies, crowded with ladies'
Recognizing one of them, he raised
his hat and bowed profoundly
There was a commotion in the bal
comics and some one called for wa
ter, saying that Mrs. Lee had faint
ed. Turning to young man who
rode hear him, the officer said
gravely:


Henry, I fear your mother has
tainted. You had better leave the
column and go to her."


The speaker was George Wash
ington, once the "poor surveyor"
but then commander-in-chief Of the
armies of the United States. The
young man was Col Henry Lee, the
commander of the famous Light
Cavalry Legion the lady was his
mother, formerly Miss C., the
belle of the Northern Neck.
Year: 1871

The man who marries the pretti-
est girl Of the place is said to be a
'lueky fellow and 50 Of him who
draws the highest prize at a lottery,
or, by the fortunate" turn Of af-
fairs clears the gulf between wealth
and want in an hour. And yet the
histories tell Us of all times tat,
with a terrible uniformity and eer-
tainty the men who come suddenly
possessed Of unearned Millions die
in misery,


Within five years a weil-to-do far
mer drew a quarter of a million dol
lars at a prize at lottery. The
whole country envied him his luck.
But he has since died from q style
Year: 1871

common ornaments owned by the


ladies, are produced by a singular
/ process. In 1856 a Venetian, nam


ed Jaqain, discovered that the
scales of a fish, called black-fsh,
possessed the property of commu-
nicating pearly hue to the water
He found by experimenting that


beads dipped into this water as
sumed when dried the appearance
of pearls. It proved, however, that
the pearly coat when placed outside
was easily rubbed of, and the next
improvement was to make the beads
hollow. The making of these
beads is carried on to this day in
Venice. The beads are all blown
separately. By means of small
tube the inside is delicately coated
with the pearly liquid, and a wax
coating is placed over that.


It requires the scales of over I, ;
900 fishes to produce half a pint of
the liquid, to which a small salam-
monia and isinglase s:se afterward
added.


Lunday Foot, the celebrated
snuff manufacturer; originally kept
a small tobacconist shop at Linn
merick. One night his house,
which was uninsured was burned to
the ground. As he contemplated
the smoking ruins on the following
morning, in a state bordering on
despair, some of the poor neighbors
cropping among the embers for what
they could find stumbled upon sew
eral canisters Of unconsumed but
half-baked snuff, which they tried
and found so pleasant to their noses
that they loaded their waistcoat
pockets with it. Lunday Foot,
aroused from his stupor, initiated
their example and took a pinch of
his own property, when he was
struck by the superior pungency
and flavor it had acquired from the
great heat to which it had been ex-
posed. Acting upon the hint, he
took another house in a place call
ed Black Yard, erected ovens, and
set about the manufacture of that
highly dried commodity which
soon became widely known as Black
Yard snuff. Eventually he took a
larger house in Dublin, and making
his customers pay lite: ally through
the nose, amassed a great fortune
for having been ruined.
Year: 1871




A New York journal makes men
tion of a fashionable lady of that
city, the mother of several daught-
ers, who remarked, not long since,
that if it devolved upon her again
to rear another family of girls, she
would prefer to let them run wild
on the prairies to educating them
within the pale of what is called
New York fashionable society,"
This prompts the Washington Pa
triot to the following true but sad
reflections: Fashionable society,
not only in New York, but every
where else where it exists, means
the mingling of money, vulgarity,
ignorance and gilded vice, and in
some quarters it would be, to our
thinking, quite as dangerous to
rear a young woman amid its asso-
Citations and coarse culture as to en-
trust her education to persons of
pronounced bad character. In re-
gard to those so-called ''fashiona-
ble'' young women one thing is GER
tain, and that is that there are many
thoughtful, observant and expert
enced men who would utterly reject
the thought Of selecting a wife from
among their number. This is not so
pleasant to reflect upon, but it is
very true"
Year: 1871

What is the world coming to?-
The Millennium must be nigh at
hand! There is a rich Editor at
Gallatinl Col Boyers, Of the Ex
aminer, appears to be the fourth lar
gest taxpayer on the books Of the
Revenue Assessor, and we know
that be was as poor as q church
mouse when the Confederate ban
ner went "ghere the woodbine twin
eth" We never expected to live to
see the day to announce the above
extraordinary intelligence. The
Examiner started out "to win and
has done it. Il owns its large f. e
proof building on the square, erect
ed since the war expressly for s
printing Office, and is chock fuIl Of
type and material, with splendid
modern fast machine presses, with
every appliance for the perfection
Of the "art preservative OF all arts.'s
In the extent Of its appointments
It equals or excels many a metro
poIitan establishment Of high pre-
tensions. And this is what good
pluck has donet But still-wbat
IS the world coming tor A rieA Ed
itor is such a rare bird shat the idea
sets Us laughingl VIII there ever
be Hartsui2is VidstEs.


How can you talk so1 Dent
you know that your story Is too IN
credible for people to believe. A
rich Editorl Who ever heard of
such q thingY
Year: 1871

That enterprising dealer who re-
Gently sent a job Of printing to an
Eastern city because he could save
three cents and one mill Oh 3 bill of
ten dollars is now engaged IN pick
ing up second hand carpet taeks for
spring use. He says be intends to
have a few cents ahead when he
shufFies of this mortal coil
Year: 1871

Boy Wanted.


boy Wanted-=at this Office to-
morrow morning"


At the time indicated a host Of
boys were in waiting at the gate.
All were admitted, but the overseer
was perplexed as to the best way of
choosing one from so many, and
said he


"Boys, I only want one and here
are a great many; how shall
choose?"


After thinking q moment he invi-
ted them all into the yard and driv-
ing a nail into one of the large
trees and making q short stick, told
them that the boy who could hit the
nail with the stick, standing a little
distance from the tree, should have
the place. The boys all tried hard
ard after three trials each signally
failed to hit the nail. They were
told to come again next morning,
and this time when the gate was
opened there was but one boy, who,
after being admitted, picked up the
stick and throwing it at the nail
struck it every time.


"How is thisT' said the overseer; ;
"what have you been doingY'


And the boy, looking with tears
in his eyes, said:-


"You see, sir, have a poor old
mother and I am a poor boy; I have
no father, sir, and I thought I
should like to get the place and so
help her all can, and after going
homeyesterday 1 drove nail into
the barn and have been trying to
hit it ever since, and I have come
down this morning to try again"


The boy was admitted to the
place. Many years have passed
since then and now that boy is a
prosperous and wealthy man and at
the time of the accident at the Penn
berton Mills he was the first to step
forward with a gift Of one hundred
thousand dollars to relieve the suf-
ferers. His success came by perse-
yerance.
Year: 1871

ofliving Induced by his good for
tune, and his only son has turned
ont a drunkard.


The man whose first bet on the
race course. whose first deal at the
card table, whose first risk az faro,
whose maiden lottery ticket, brings
money largely into his pocket, is a
ruined man at the very instant the
world pronounces him "lucky"
Any man, especially any young
man, who starts outin life with the
conviction that money can be tetter
made than by earning it, is q lost
man-lost already to society, lost
to his family and lost to himself


An alarming number of the sons
Of the rich men of New York are at
this time helpless drunkards. We
know many of them are young men
Of education, of many qualities Of a
generous nature, honorable and
high-minded; but the demon Of
drink has taken such possession of
them, that 3 fathers breaking heart,
q mothers tears, and a sisters ago
ny, avail not to draw them from
deep damnation. Elegant leisure
was their ruin.


The best way to save a child from
ruin is to bring him up Ito help
father" Make children feel that
they must do something to support
the family, to help them along; then
two feelings arise which are their
salvation-those of affection and
pride: for we naturally love those
whom We help, or those with whom
we struggle together for a desired
object, and nothing so improves
q child as to make him feel that he
can do something and that which he
does is appreciated.