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Year: 1872

1t has been deemed worth the while
by somebody to suggest to President
Grant that it might prove an adyan-
tage to him politically if he would give
the country an assurance that his Cab
met should undergo thorough recon
struction in case OF his reelection,
The answer reported is sufficiently
vague to supply all the electioneering
requirements of the Grant speakers


and journals. Straightway they give
it an Interpretation best suited to their
local wants, all the time calling on
their hearers and readers to admire


the political profundity that sleeps at
the bottom of the Grant intellect.
One says that he is willing to let his
whole Cabinet 90 save single mem
ber another, that Harlan aspires to Il
place, with an excellent prospect Of
securing it in case of Grants success
while third has it that the President
will consider his present Cabinet prac-
ticallv yindicated by the reelection.


The latter is much the more natural
position for him to take. There are
no visible symptoms as yet in Grants
character of readiness to abandon
either persons Or purposes to which he
has attached himself for interested
reasons. He would much more read
lily accept his second election as a
popular approval and endorsement of
the heterogeneous Cabinet through
which he is known to the country,
than consent to change it with the
view Of placating the universal dis
satisfaction.


The truth is, he has no occasion to
90 further with his experiments in
Cabinet reconstruction. Beginning
with Washburne and Stewart and
Borie, he made personal traffic of the
State Department, discovered that he
was ignorant of the law in reference to
the Treasury, and permitted the Secre-
tary of the Navy to appoint success
sor entirely to please himself. Gen,
Cox was reconstructed out Of the ln-
terror Department because ofhis too
honest ardor and efforts for civil serv-
ice reform. And Judge Hoar was
pcremptorily invited to leave the At
tomey-Generals office to make room
for an Akerman, who subsequently
vacated his place for Williams. 1t
would tire one to recall the protests,
the criticisms, the ridicule, the out
right scofling, and the deserved de
nunciation Of the business men Of the
country, from year to year, that have
regularly opposed the action Of the
narrow financial comprehension of the
Secretary of the Treasury. And to
ask the intelligence Of American citi-
zenship to approve Of all this indlges-
tible mass Of Cabinet work, and to ask
for more of it besides, is a proposal
that argues so slight an acquaintance
with the public mind and want as at
once to place the one making it out
side the pale of popular approval him
self Finally, and worse than all, to
be assured that Harlan asplres to a
Cabinet place in certain contingency
for which he is laboring with might
and main is 50 much stronger proof
of the peril Of continuing the Grant
Administration, by packing it with
those whose Congressional service has
loaded them with wealth, that it can
not but decide the question once for
all with those who intend to improve
this opportunity to place Reform on
permanent basis.
Year: 1872

-Remember in all things, that if you
do not begin. you will never come to an
end The first weed pHlled up III the
garden, the first seed in the ground, the
first shilling put in the savings bank, and
the first mile travelled on 4 journey, are
ali important things; they make be.
ginning, and thereby y hope, promise,
pledge, an assurance that you are In
earnest with what you have undertaken.
How many poor, idle, erring. hestat.
ing outcast is now creeping and crawling
through the world who might have held
up his head and prospered, if instead of
putting OF his resolutions OF industry
and amendment, he had only made
beginning
Year: 1872

purchased up with mortgages and il was sold from
him. He was left in destitute circumstances and reduced
low that it WAS with difficulty procure the commonest
neceSsaes OF lite The brothers residing
similar fate But two weeks OF them applied
coored family potatoes saying he would endeayor
TO make out with them until he could better Their
don became known to THEFT neighbours kindly
their means to relieve their But how
1t now reported seemingly good authority
government at Washington paid
and Mrs SeatOn, the legal Of
ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DOLLARS derived from
the government OF Spain indemnity for spOaOns during
the war Of 1872 and that the entire claim
ONE MILLION DOLLARS How strange areIhe
tune ?-Dentun Union.
Year: 1872

The Greeley ratification meeting at Dover
yesterday was little more than failure, and
would have been better in the breach than
in the observance 1t was Hamlet with
H4mlet left out 1t was Polly enough to keen
the Salisbury element ont of it, and yet not
Polly enough to show its hand Not over two
dozen persons, in ALL were interested in the
meeting, and some even of these did not know
of it as Polly movement until their arrival
upon the scene. As an effort to get control of
the party machinery it was forlorn hope, and
well calculated to produce the smile of derisive
complacencv that the Sausburyites wore in
their positions on the back seats One of the
pillars of the temple was Out-John O'Byrne.
The Dover lights, who showed bold front,
were left with the bag to hold" Even the
party who drew up the calls, prominent legal
gentleman of that town and an ex-U s. s, was
off on a summer trip, while none Of the friends
from this part of the county put in an appear
ance.
Year: 1872

This is to certify that family has been using the
Lady's Friend Washing Machine. during lie past
year, and it has given entire satisfaction. III washing
clean and IN much less time than get dune IN
any other way II is easily worked my little hoy Of
fourteen years does the washing, and he could do II
il he several wears younger I would not part
with II hardly at any price il could not get another
Of the same kind. | have never seen any other
Washing Machine that would have


WM H. BAGGS.
Year: 1872

Subtract from great man all that
he owes to opportunity and all that be
owes to chance, all that he has gained
by the wisdom Of his friends and BY the
folly Of his enemies, and the giant will
often be left pigmy.
Year: 1872

Danger to the Legislative Ticket.
To the Editor of the Union and American:


HUNTINGDON, Oct. 81, 1S72.-Messrs.
Brown and Freeman spoke to-day TO an at
tentive crowd, at Huntingdon and at night
at Mckenzie. Freeman appealed TO the
Radicals of Carroll county and Of the State
to poll their entire strength on next Tues
day. Referring to his observations through
out the several counties Of the State, he
told bis friends that the Radical party of
the Slate was under the most perfect con-
troll ard entirely harmonious, that from
Carter to Shelby the chiefs of the party aud
each of its members, night and day, with
unremitting z5al, ardor and confidence,
were working in the sincere belief ofa full
and complete success on the day Of election.
Gov. Brown made most powerful and ef-
fective argument, vindicatiDg completely
his own administration and the claims of
the Democratic party TO support.


He called the attention of the thoughtful
men of Carroll county to the thorough or
gan ization of the Radical party and their
extraordinary zeal in the present canvass.
He referred to the danger to the State of
Tennessee of dividing the strength of the
party among a multiplicity of candidates.
His speech to-day has had the effect to
arouse to action the good men of our coun-
ty TO the necessity of putting in the Legis-
lature good and true men from our county
and Senatorial district.


We are sasisied that the danger of a Re-
publican Legislature or one strongly tine
tured with Radicalism is not properly ap-
preciated nor urged upon the people OF
Tennessee. a Legislature of true men,
heartily in accord with such an Executive
as Gov. Brown, is of far more importance
to MS than the questions now so agita
ting the public mind. Tennessee cannot
afford to submit the important interests
now demanding the action of the State
Legislature 10 the Radicals. In the lam
guage Of Gov. Brown, the gallant stand
ard bearer of the Democracy, ,"In Gods
name, have we appreciated our freedom 50
little as to throw it away after only three
short years of peace? Do you wish to give
the State government again into the bands
of the Radicals? If you do not, then Or
ganize; lose sight Of the side issues forced
upon you to waste your strength and tri-
umph from your divisions, and go to work
like men--men who know the needs of tho
hour and the dangers which threaten; men
who are determined 10 save the S ate and
country from Radical rule"


Look out for a Democratic gain from old
Carroll and for true men in the General
Assembly, 5.
Year: 1872

The GALAXY sees trouble shead if
something is not done to reduce the
cost Of living. 1t says marriage is
becoming less frequent since the
late war, and the increased expense
of living, which has grown out of it
With the social necessity of having
a whole house, with rents at the
price they are, with taxes at a figure
never before equalled, how can an
American young man undertake
matrimony? There are thirty
thousand bachelors in the city Of
New York alone.
Year: 1872

The following is from the Philadcl-
phia I,tquirer. We commend it to
the consideration of the Home
Guards who cannot find it in their
hearts To forgive the Southern peo-
pie for having -ebelled:


There were some brave soldiers
among those who during the rebellion
marched away from Waterbury, Con-
nccticut, and by this token are they
known: Buried in the grave yard of
that town lies q young fellow, na-
tive Of that place. who died, not in
the Union blue, but in Rebel gray -
fighting, not under the Stars and
Stripes, but the bonnie blue flag that
bears single STAR Whenever dec
Grafton day comes round, and the sol
diers of the Union who survived
march out TO the little cemetery to
cover with the fragrant spring flowers
the graves of those who, in heroic sac
ritice, died to make men free under
the folds Of their beautiful banner,
they cover the mound OF the rebel as
deep with bud and floweras any other
there. He, too, had cause to fight
for; it might have been ever so bad a
one, yet to his simple seeing it was
good and sublime enough to die for.
1t seems to us that those Waterbury
men, who for four years stood face to
face with rebels, meeting their hail of
lead and iron with calm, true daring,
can Judge as fairly of their old enc
mics as those old members OF Con-
gress who spent the period of rebell-
ion In Washington. If our soldiers
can honor the dead rebels grave, can
not we agree to pardon tie living one?
The long years of peace, if nothing
else, have condoned his otfenses
against his country. He wants citi-
zenship, the right to make the laws
which he submits to, the right to stand
on equal ground with his late slave.
1t is not much he asks for, nor more
than a generous people, who have won
the victory, should be willing to
grant. The greatest people are not
those who are strongest in battle, but
those who when the battle is won, can
forgive the vanquished enemy.
Year: 1872

When the damsel who proposed
herself as wet nurse to the yonng
sprout that subsequently got to be
known to the world as 'MIdshipman
Easy" says the New Haven Register,
the accident by which she became
qualified for the duties of that posi-
ton was urged rs a reason for reject
ing her application. Her excuse was
readily accepted by the lady having
the matter in charge: please. ma am,
it was such little onem There was
no denial of the charge. She admit
ted the irregularity, but the conse-
quences were SO inconsiderable as to
exempt her from the penalty.


Grants office-holders, who have
been plundering the treasury, virtu-
ally without hinderance or molesta-
ton, excuse themselves on the same
plea, when accidentally detected and
exposed. They are all the time steal
ing, but as no single peculation or de-
falcation equals in magnitude the sums
of which New York is alleged to have
plundered, the cases are not worth
looking into. We intend to make up
a list Of these "little ones,n and it will
then be seen that the amount of mon.
ey of which Grants friends have
robbed the people will sum up some,
thing handsome after all.
Year: 1872

The cost of criminal trialg,is, becoming
matter of very serious moment, of
which fact the Wharton case is a recent
and striking illustration. Before Mrs.
Wharton was accused of the murder of
Ketchum, she was in the enjoyment of
competency to-day she is penniless,
and must depend on her own exertions
for the support of herself and daughter,
every cent of her small fortune having
been absorbed by the expenses incident
to her defence. Certainly if she is
innocent Of the crime charged against
her, as we are bound to suppose that she
is from the verdict of the jury, this is q
very great hardship and injustice! On
the other hand the expense of the State
was very considerable. There were
sixty-six witnesses summoned and fifty
six examined, and for this and other
accounts, the total cost Of the prosecu-
ton was $4,000. Justice is really one
of the dearest commodities in the
1af
Year: 1872

| There appeared, few days since, at


boarding-hous in the southern sec


ton of the city, a natty looking young
man and engaged board, but was in
formed by the landlady9 that owing to
q pressure upon her accommodations,
she would be obliged to room the new


conner with one other best boarders un.
til such time as spare room could be


had. To this the young man assented,
but not without some reluctance, he


stating that he'preferred room to him.
self, but, under the circumstances he
would room with the "best boarder" for
a few days. The first, night that the
new boarder retired to rest he did so in


the dark, and insisted on sleeping next


to the wall, and it was noticed by the


best boarder" that his, chum occupied
but little of the bed, sleeping, as it
were, upon the rail. In the morning
the. newcomer complained of feeling
unweH, and did not leave his bed until
after his bedfellow had vacated the
room. For three nights this same pro-


gramme was followed, and on the fourth
morning a discovery was made by the
chambermaid which created consider
able excitement in the house, and
which, when made known to the" best
boarder,'' paralyzsd him with astonish.
ment. On the morning in question, the
chambermaid entered the room of the
new boarder, just as he was about ad-
justing his clothing and discovered that
the 'Ehe''a was "she.' She begged 4
not to- be exposed, but the chamber
maid being unable to retain within her
self such rich joke, especially after
what had befallen the "best boarder,"a
disclosed the secret which she had dis
covered, and, upon the landlady going
in quest Of the bogus young man, it was
found that she had fed the house.
Since then it has been discovered that
several articles of jewelry and clothing
have been missing from the boarding
house. ~ II
Year: 1872

Soft falls through the gathering twilight
The rain from the dripping caves,
ana stlrs with o tremulous rustic,


The dead and the dying leaves
While afar, in the midst Of the shadows,
hear the sweet voices of bells
Come borne on the wind Of the autumn.
That httully rises and swells.
They call and they answer each other
They answer and mngle again -. f
AS the deep and the shrill in an anthem
Make harmony still in their strain;
AS the voices of sentinels mingle


In mountainous regions of snow,
Till from hilltop to hilltop chorus


Floats down to the valleys below.
The shadows, the freight of even,


The sound of the rains distant chime.
Come bringing, with rain softly dropping,
Sweet thoughts of a shadowy time;
The slumberous sense of seclusion.


From storm and intruders aloof,
We feel when we hear in the midnight
The patter of rain on the roof.
When the spirit goes forth in its yearnings
To take all it's wanderers heme
Or, afar in the regions of fancy,


Delights on swift pinions to roam,
| quietly sit by the freight,
The freight so bright and so warm
For / know that those only who love me
viii seek me through shadow and storm.
But should they be absent this evening,
Should even the household depart
Deserted, should not be lonely:


There still would be guests in my heart
The faces of friends that cherish,


The smile, and the glance. and the tone.
Will haunt me wherever I wander,


And thus am never alone.
With those who have left far behind them
The joys and the sorrows of time
Who sing the sweet songs of the angels
In purer and holier cline ,.-.
Then darkly, 0 evening of autumn,


Your rain and your shadows may fall;
My loyed and my lost ones you bring me-
My heart holds feast with them all.
Year: 1872

We must call on her as soon as she
comes, and get her in our set before any
one else appropriates her. She is as
precious as gold!" .............. /


And so she was.


As for General Chatfld, when Lilly
came to the capital he left it, and has
never since been seen in Washington
society
Year: 1872

Good temper, with the majority OF
mankind, is dependent, upon good


health; good health upon good diges-
ton good digestion upon wholesome,
well prepared food, eaten in peace and
pleasantness. Ill-cooked, untidy meals,


are a great cause of bad temper and
many moral wrong; and a person of
sensitive physique may be nursed into
settled hypochondria by living in close
rooms, where the sweet, fresh air and
sunshine are determinedly shut out,
and the foul air as determinedly shut in.
Year: 1872

MODEsTY.-Nothing is more amiable
than true modesty, and nothing more con-
temptlble than that which is false the
one guards virtue, the other betrays it,
True modesty is ashamed to do anything
that is repugnant to reason; false modesty
is ashamed to do anything that is opposite
to the humor of those with whom it con.
verses True mo'lesty avoids everything
that is criminal; false modesty everything
that is questionable. The latter is only
a general. undetermined instinct; the form.
er is that instinct limited and circumscribed
by the rules of prudence.
Year: 1872

To COLLECT THE Doors OF FLOWERS.
Hoses, and all flowers containing per-
frmed oils, may be made to yield their
aromatic properties by sleeping the petals
or flower leaves in a saucer or in fiat dish
of water and setting it in the sun. The
petals should be entirely covered with wa.
ter, which by the way, should be soft or
rain water. A sufficient quantity should
be allowed for evaporation, and the vessel
should be left undisturbed f, days. At
the end of this time film W II be found
floating on the top. This is the essential
oil Of the flower, and every particle of it is
lmpregnated with the odor peculiar to the
flower. 1t should be taken up carefully
md put in tiny vials, which should be al
lowed to remain open till all watery parti
cles are evaporated. A very small portion
OF this will perfume glove boxes, al parel,
etc., and will last long time.
Year: 1872

A Washington correspondent says
the denomination of Grant is not so
certain as his relations are anxious to
make believe. The refusal Of the
Democratic party to disband, and the
enormous frauds Of the Grant officials
which are being brought to light it is
now conceded by the ablest of the Re
publican managers will have a marked
effect upon the country. The end of
these damaging disclosures has not
been reached. 1t is stated that new
instance of the Grant officials plumber
ing the treasury will shortly be brought
10 light. The amount involved is
upward Of four millions.
Year: 1872

The st. Louis Republican says that
the passive policy Democrats Of Mis-
souri, do not object to the holding of "A
Democratic national convention. On
the contrary, they favor a convention,
and think if the Democrats from all
parts Of the country can meet together
and exchange views, the passive policy
will be more generally popular. The
Republican points to the course OF
many of .;ae Democratic journals in
Ohio. which favored a union of all the
conservative elements upon some liberal
Republican against Senator Sherman,
as practical evidence that the policy is
well received.
Year: 1872

a crazy man having got into the
gallery of the Senate of the United
States during a rambling debate, was
taken out, the sergeant-at-arms telling
h i'm that he was "out of place in the
gallery" That's 80" said the lunatic,
81 ought to be on the floor with the
Senators"
Year: 1872

cans must first show that they are
able and willing to leave the presi-
dents ship and start out on the bark
of reform and relrenchment before
they can expect any cooperation on
the part Of democrats. The liberal
republicans Of Missouri have taken
the proper step, if only have the nerve
to 90 ahead.
Year: 1872

We invite all our old friends and customers who have done business with us since our ope, ing in 1850, to look through our unsurpassed assortment. We shall offer great inducements to our old customers in
Year: 1872

THE CONTROLLERS REP0RT-ALLEGED ILLEGAL


ITY OF THE WATER BOARD.


The regular sessions of the Brooklyn Board
OF Aldermen were resumed at p. yesterday Jacob l.
Bergen in the chair. A communication was received
from Mayor Powell recommending that the Board re-
ward the Fire Department for services rendered during
the recent violent rain storms in clearing submerged
streets Referred to the Finance Committee. The nom
iuation of John Cunningham as member OF the Boaru
of Education in the place of Daniel Hart resigned was
approved.


The Board received communication from Corpora
tOn Counsel De Witt, setting forth that Daniel cana
Cher whose contract for the grading and paving OF
Forrisst. had been rescinded by the Common Council
had recovered judgment against the city Tor S'lg
and the Corporation Counsel desired to know whether
or not he should appeal the case On motion OF Alder
man McGroary the city officers were directed TO pay
the judgment.


Controller Schroeder made the following statement OF
operations OF the City Treasury and OF the balance
Year: 1872

Boston, June 4.-The inquest called to inves-
tgate the OF the DEATH of Daniel Webster Apple
ton after finding that he died from burns received u the
police lookup Neponse close their verdict as follows


"A careful review Of the evidence shows the condition Of W Apple
ton afternoon in question that demanded police nte
ence that subsequent detention conservative
and that ordinary by the ocer searching the per-
son and providing prisoner The evidence also tends
cell dgnedy fred BY innate and for the
obtaining his isolated situation furnishing the
tuny and the jury cannot too seriously ensaEe system which per
bis charge unaeDdeA which
attended with danger and which, in this instance cost
felioH-ciIen his life"
Year: 1872

There is nothing more touching than
the absolute faith manifested by some
editors in the gullibility of the general
public. They relate the most astound
ing incidents with such confident air
of truth that one is at loss to know
what is the real editorial estimate Of
popular credulity. Here comes a story
from California, which informs US that
DR.. Fulkerson, gentleman of unim-
peachable veracity, had occasion to cross
kelsey creek soon after freshet He
found great difficulty, however, in ford
ing, the fish we're so thick in the water
There were salmon-trout from one to
three feet long, perch from ten to eigh-
teen inches long, and variety of sucker,
all in solid mass so dense that they
crowded each other on shore and died
by thousands. DIR. Fulkerson said that
one could shovel them out by the wagon
load, like grain out of bin. 1t is the
Sonoma Democrat that testifies to the
unimpeachable veracity Of the gentle
man who saw the fish, and now if some
person would kindly come forward aud
vouch for the Democrat, the authenticity
of the story would be fully established.
Until this is done we shall believe that
the mantle Of the redoubtable Munchau-
sen has fallen on a party by the name
of Fulkerson.