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Year: 1876

A gentleman who has known the ven
erable Peter Cooper, a candidate
for the presidency of the United
States ever since he came to New
York city and is personally cog
infant of his business reyerses and sue
cesses, said a few days ago in conversa.
tion: A great many people seem to think
that Peter Cooper was always success
full and that everything he ever attempt
ed turned out profitable. This is not
so. Mr.. Cooper had hard row to hoe
when he first came to New York. |
knew him when he first came here from
the country. A tall raw boned young
n an with any amount of energy. He
was full Of new ideas, however, and
some led to disappointment, others to
prosperity.


He started grocery about where the
Cooper Institute stands now, with all
kinds of truck in it. All groceries sold
whisky in those days, and nothing was
thought of it. His wife tended the
store, dressed in q homespun petticoat,
with a white cotton short gown. The
concern was very popular, and Peter
made considerable money. Then one of
his brilliant progressive ideas took pos
ses ion of him, and he went to work with
q will to execute it.


His scheme was to provide rapid tran
sit from the foot of Ortley street EAST
Eighth street now to a point where
Bellevue hospital stands at present.
There was q clear stretch of water from
one point to the other, and Peter
thought a ferryboat run by an endless
chain would be very profitable. He
bought great ferryboat, purchased an
enormous chain, about two miles in
length, and started business. At first
the concern was great novelty, and
was well patronized. But by-and-bye
accidents happened, by which the
farmers and people using the ferryboat
were detained in the river. The traffic
grew lighter, and one fine morning the
sheriff pounced down upon all of Peter
Coopers possessions.


The next day he took walk early in
the morning out of town, up where the
Murray hill residences now stand. In
the midst of pasture stood the old
powder house, used for the storage OF
ammunition during the Revolution. He
thought what a fine building it would
be to occupy for the manufacture OF
glue. He went home, consulted his
wife, got his breakfast, and. calling upon
some of his friends, obtained the
requisite means. In that place the foun-
dation of his immense fortune was laid,
and when the growth of the metropolis
obliged him to abandon the building as
a glue factory, he was very wealthy
| man.
Year: 1876

The Albany Times says One of the
lodges of the innumerable multitude
which is always striving to live without
work is thus described by q resident A
strong, healthy looking man rang the
door bell and asked for few pennies to
buy him some bread. They were re-
fused on general principles, and then
the sturdy beggar begun writhing as if
in misery, and explained that he had a
pin sticking in his back, which hurt him
severely. He would like to 60 into the
house minute, III order to remove the
Troublesome thing. In the case re-
ferred to, suspicion was aroused, and
the man with a pin in his back was
ordered to move on. In others, how
ever, the impostor has been allowed to
go into O room alone, when he has helped
himself to whatever he could lay his
hands on. The trick was quite common
few years ago, and in one instance the
lady of the house, who was alone, was
rudely insulted. Our readers will do
well to beware of the man with q pin in
his back.
Year: 1876

Capt. Kengut, of the steamship
State of Pennsylvania, from Liverpool,
reports that while the steamship was in
latitude forty-eight degrees fifty min
utes north, longitude forty-nine degrees
fifty eight minutes west, the cry of
"sail ahead !" came from the sailor on
watch. In an instant all eyes were turn.
ed to the horizon, where large white
object, apparently vessel under full
sail, was outlined against the cloudless
sky. AS the steamer gained upon it, it
was seen to be an iceberg. The night
was clear and illuminated only by the
faint light of the stars. Towering fully
$50 feet above the sea, and sweeping
majestically onward in the current, the
iceberg glittered like huge diamond as
it reflected back the faint light of the
stars above, and borrowed an additional
charm. The iceberg had evidently been
subjected to the heat of the suns rays
for some time, because, to quote the
captains expression, "it appeared to
be literally rotting away" chunk after
chunk, and all perforated with crevices
from which miniature rivulets were
DCSuuuO iAOul tlG
main body of the iceberg, tumbled
down its sides with a loud, cracking
noise, and disappeared in the depths of
the ocean.


To the north of this iceberg were
many smaller ones, forming very
pleasing picture. This group of ice
bergs lay directly in the track of the
steamer, and she was consequently OBJ
liged to make detour in her course to
avoid them. They were safely passed,
however, and had almost ceased to form
topic of conversation among the pas
sengers, when word was again sent from
the sailor on watch that another ice.
berg was visible on the larboard bow.
This iceberg was fully twenty miles off,
but was such an immense one that il
could be distinctly seen from the deck
of the steamer. It had a wild, unearth,
ly appearance, and looked for all the
world like q mountain that was rent and
torn by assures and chasms. 1t was
tipped with snow, which sparkled in the
beams of the morning sun so brightly
as to render good long look at it ex
ceedingly painful.
Year: 1876

A correspondent of the Pittsfeld Qn.) }
Old Flag, writing from Deadwood, in
the Black Hills, says: Wages for COM
mon labor are from four to five dollars
per day, but great many are complain
ing that they can't get work. would
not advise any man to come to the Hills
this fall, as there will not be any great
amount of work going on this winter ;
but would advise them that are doing
well to stay where they are, for man
will have to travel further than / have
to find better place than old Pike, TAX
ing everything into consideration but
still, this is great deal better country
to make money in than 1 expected to
find it. To them that have money and
leisure would say, this is the place to
spend the summer and breathe the pure
air, and drink the clear, cold water, and
chase the red deer over the hills.
Year: 1876

SITTING BULL.-In our fight on the
Rosebud, says a soldier writing home,
we could see Sitting Bull standing on a
high point, out of gun-shot, directing
the movements of his warriors with a
small looking glass. twas noticed that
wherever he threw a reflection with the
glass, there the Indians would instantly
charge in force.
Year: 1876

before the light of reason and in- telligence. Not, we trust, to the darkness of atheism; for "the fool saith in his heart there is no God. but to a better conception of the goodness and mercy of the Crea- tor, who being Almighty, never made another being more power ful than Himself, to torture in 9 never ending birthstone hell the poor creatures that he called into existence, and for sins that they never committed

 Yes, that grand delusiOn is fast passing away, but many of the clergy still stick to it with great tenacity, because it is the great pillar upon which the structure ol priest-craft rests, throughout the

 world. There are many other de. Iusions which enchain the mind of which we would like to speak

 but we guess this article is as long

 now as we can afford space for

 We may recur to the suhjec again.
Year: 1876

and in whatever occupation he may be engaged. None are eX- empt. The shapes in which de- fusion presents itself to the hu- man mind are countless, but all having the same object and end to deceive and to lead from truth into error, and to mislead the judgement. In the very earliest history of mankind, as recorded in the bible, we have a case of de- fusion, the result of which, ac- cording to theologions, brought untold misery upon the human race, which must be transmitted from parents to children, through out all generations, to the end of tinei And these same theOlogi- ons tell us that it stops not there; but that with the unregenerated, it goes beyond the veil, into "that undiscovered country from which no traveller returns," there midst birthstone flames to torture it's miserable victims throughout eternity! Horrible thought And this the result of the first delusion. when the old he devil, in the shape of a snake, deluded old mother Eve and caused her to taste of the forbidden fruit. Oh terrible result! "Of mans first disobedience, and the fruit if that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste brought death into the world and all our woe !" Let those who can, believe in that theology; we do not express our opinion about it. We are speaking of delusion, and the liability of man to be led astray by false delusive lights. and it is not necessary that we should enter the domain of either theology or mythology to illustrate our points.

 Man is the victim of delusion from the hour of his birth. When the child first opens his eyes upon this strange world he is deluded in what he sees around him, and in every step in the cultivation of his intellect and the development of his perceptive faculties he is deluded by appearances, and finds that "things are not what they seem." AS his mind un1Olds and he grows up to manhood and takes his place in the great race of life. whether in the pursuit of love, money or fame, he finds that delusion awaits him at every step. Learning, science, even the high. est cultivation of the mind, pre- sent only partial bar to delusion. Men who have devoted their whole lives to scientific research are still the victims of delusion. How frequently do we see some new discovery in science which completely overthrows and eX- poses the falacy of something that had been received and taught as exiomatic truth, for ages |? This is especially true in the science oi medicine.

 Many people now living can we'll remember the time when the medical faculty strictly for. bade a sup of cold water to patti. eutS burning up With levers, and excluded from the sick room the fresh and invigorating air, thus compelling the invalid to breathe the poisonous exhalations of his own decomposing body, thereby hastening his dissolution !! By this terrible delusion they mur. dered their thousands and tens o thousands

 The great change that has taken place in the medical practice il this respect, is an open acknow iedgment of the fearful delusior under which they labored for SC many centuries. Theology, also has it's share of delusions, some o which, happily, are passing away
Year: 1876

In case of divorce heard by the
Franklin county court, Vermont, divorce
was asked for on the ground of intoler-
able severity, and was refused for the
time being. The st. Albans Messenger
gives the following account of the suit I:
The evidence showed gross ill-treatment
of the wife, the petitioner, by the hus-
band when intoxicated, and that he was
frequently in that condition. At the
hearing the court asked the petitioner,
the wife, if she knew when she married
her husband that he was drinking man,
and she replied that she did. After the
evidence was in the court remarked that
they were not prepared to grant the di-
vorce Mt the present time, but wished to
consider the case, and that they were in
clined to think that, when q woman
married drinking man with full knowl-
edge of his habit, she must stand by the
risk she had knowingly taken, and that a
divorce should not be granted on the
ground of abuse by the husband while
Intoxicated, ha at other times treating
her we'll. On the coming in of the court
n few days subsequent they further COM
mented on the case and the rule that in
the minds of the court should apply in
such cases and said that in this case
the habit in the husband had become 80
gross, having grown upon him during
the five years that the parties had been
married, and the wife had suffered 80
much from him that they would grant
the divorce in this case.
Year: 1876

E. ID. Holton, one of the Centennial
commissioners now in Egypt, writes
home that he has visited the minister of
state, who takes deep interest in the
Centennial. Mr.. Holton says The
main point had in view in meeting the
secretary of state was this {: Would the
khedive send Tuefik Pasha, his oldest
son and heir to the government, to
America9 The minister replied that the
khedive had announced his purpose to
do so, and in answer to my inquiry if
there was any objection in giving noto-
riety to that purpose, said there was not.
Therefore it is reasonable to expect that
this fine looking and accomplished
young Egyptian will be at Philadelphia.
Accompanied by our consul had an in
terview with this prince at his own
palace, and found him much interested
III his proposed journey. His father as
yet had not given him his orders, bat he
had many inquiries to make about his
journey, which was happy at being
able to answer.
Year: 1876

A murder case awaiting trial in India
was, according to the India papers, ex-
pected to give rise to much legal discus
sion as to whether the circumstances
justified the charge. A juggler who al
Legged that he possessed some power
which rendered him "bullet proof" in
vited the prisoner in the case TO aim at
him with loaded mu ket, assuring him
that he might do so without the slightest
fear OF producing any painful results.
The prisoner accepted the kind invita-
ton, and with loaded musket present
ed to him by the juggler Immediately
sent bullet through his head It is
urged that as there was no intention on
the part of the prisoner to kill the de-
ceased, the charge of murder cannot be
maintained. The juggler was thorough
ly confident Of his own invulnerability,
and several of his relations who were to
be called as witnesses for the defence
were prepared to prove that, although
several times shot at before, he was
never hurt. Some few years ago in
England a "wizard at one of the
theaters begged one of the audience as
favor to fire gnn at him. The spec
tator thus invited loaded the gun with
charge of shot he had brought with
him for the express purpose of tes sting
the alleged invulnerability of the wiz
ard. The result was painful in the ex-
treme. The wizards face Was peppered
with the shot, and the spectator who
fired the gun was given into the custody
of the police. Both narrowly escaped
death-one by the gun; the other by the
galiows.
Year: 1876

oh, wind fresh wind of springtime,
What hast thou borne away
A burden Of ight-winged moments
That hovered, and would not stay
The music Of children's laughter


From meadows all dewy and sweet,
Where primrose buds and cowslips


Are trodden by joyous feet.
Oh, wind soft wind Of summer,


What hast thou borne away?
A burden Of love and longing,


The dream Of golden day
The murmurs of passionate voices,


The exquisite perfume pressed
From the heart Of the rose that nestled
In the beloved ones breast,
Oh, wind wild wind Of winter,


What hast thou borne away2
A burden Of mournful remembrance,
The sigh of the years decay;
The skeleton leaves Of the forest,


The drift from the chill snow-wreath,
And the prayer Of a soul that is passing
Into the shadow Of death.
Year: 1876

GENERAL BABCOCK, in conversation with his friends, says he has no present intention of resigning his position oi Private Secretary to the President, nor does he at all consider it necessary 10 renew his request for an army Court Of Inquiry to vindicate him from charges which have already been disposed of, after a full and fair trial by the civil tribunal.-Washington Dispatch, Feb ruary 26
Year: 1876

JUDGE NEUGAss has removed his office, as clerk of the district court, to the room In the court house building next south Of the Recorders office. This and the adjoin- Ing offices are credit to the county, and look like "Old business"
Year: 1876

FINEST IN THE TERRITORY,

 and parties purchasing ANYTHING at all WOULD DO WELL

 to examine our immense stock BEFORE THEY BUY ELSEWHERE. We can assure them that our facilities

 For Buying are Unsurpassed, As members Of our firm reside both in san Francisco and New York, with nc other object than to watch the declines in prices there and take advantage of a fa vorable market.
Year: 1876

Billy O'Brein the great criminal lawyer, OF
Chicago, got off the following on some OF the
men brought in for jurors in the Sullivan
case the other day. We have one OF the Kind
in Mendoza:


They had brought IN twenty-five or twenty
six young clerks with their hair parted In
the middle and their little wsxed mustacEes
men whose brains were In their upper lip, and
whose estate was in their shirt collar. Boil
down dozen of these little coxcombs and
the whole lot would not make one decent
juror.
Year: 1876

stated it as well-founded report that


Governor Tilden was soon to be married
to wealthy Alabama widow, who is
now visiting Boston. 1t isisaid that this
information has been in the possession Of
a small circle of the lldy's friends in
Alabama for some time, bat has never
been limited to the public. The woman
Of the Governor Is choice is represented
as woman fully worthy Of his comran-
ionship. She is descended from fami


ly that has been one of the proudest in
her native State sinse its formation
Their great estate, although much di-
minished by the abolition of slavery, Is
still so large that the former elegant
style of life Is yet maintained. Beauti-
full, brilliant, and accomplished, we can
imagine that this daughter of Alabama,
is the realization Of an ideal which seems
to have wasted sixty years in coming.
Year: 1876

Perhaps the murder of the colored
State Senator Caldwell, which is made a
prominent feature of Boutwell's Mis-
sissippi report. may apper yet more
shocking when it is taken in connection
with the tact that Caldwell had "mur-
dered" four white men before his own
turn came
Year: 1876

CHIC.


With every advance Of emigration into the
far Wet, new demand Is created for Hos
letters Stomach Bitters Newly peOpled 70
sions are frequently less salubriOus than
older settled localities. on account Of the
miasma which rises from recently cleared
land particularly along the banks Of rivers
that are subject to freshets. The agricultural
or mining emigrant soon learns. when he does
not already know, that the Bitters afford the
only sure protection against malaria and
those disorders Of the stomach, liver and
bowels to which climatic changes, exposure,
and unaccustomed or unhealthy water or diet
subject him. Consequently. he places an es-
innate upon this great household specific and
merits, and Is careful to keep on hand . re.
storatiYe and promoter Of health 80 implicitly
70 be relied upon In time Of need.
Year: 1876

New YORK. Fec. lS.-In the Advisory
Council of Plymouth Church to-day, Rev
DIR. Storrs said he thought MIR. Beecher
should answer the question put by Mr..
Fessenden yesterday, whether he, Beecher,
was willing to have the interview between
himself and DR., Storrs made public.
Beecher said in reply that he was glad
that Mr.. Fessenden had proposed the
question. and in answering the first por-
ton of it he would say .that he knew of no
interview whatever about which such
question Should be asked. Mr.. Beecher
then said:


Now l wish you to hear the answer to
am willing that DR.. Storrs and DR.. Bud
dington should state anything they know in
regard to any facts. | should like to know
how much longer man need be at the focus
of polar microscope. with the sun in the
heavens concentrated upon him for six
months, and everything that could be
raked from the north pole to the south
pole and round the earth forty times
circulated, stocked up and brought in and
to have it raked up, and how much longer
does man want to have his willingness to
have the truth come out indicated. to be
put at that point. If there is man on
earth that has anything to say to my
deteriment. am here now and challenge
him to say it. Good, coed, and loud ap-
plause


Il 60 further than that. If there be an
angel Of God more prescient and omnici-
cient-I challenge him to say aught. [ go
beyond that, and in the name of our Com
mon Redeemer. and before Him who shall
judge you and mel challenge truth
from God himself. Great applause.


And what is all thus gong to do to-
morrow morning. 1t will be said in lum-
inous journals: Well, Mr.. Beecher, how
rhetorically he managed the matter An |
it will be put in religious papers, Oh yes
that was a very plausible statement, But
[ am in Judgment between two deyils
but" and ''if'' Laughter. Nothing that
| have said is taken to be true, and [ am
put on perpetual trial, on my veraclty
tor although | am willing TO be tried |
don't disguise from myself the possessing
every sentiment of natural honor that per-
tains to gentleman.


Il know perfectly we'll that this whole
| process is a continuous trial and crucihction
| of every sentiment of honor, and every
sensibiity of my soul, and that am ques-
toned and questioned, as | have been
through months and years on the suppoSi-
ton that the truth has not been got at,aad
| suppose it will be to the end my life; |
don't look with any hope for the result Of
this council; don't look for any hope from
the result of any council or tribunal. |
think there is hope only in the grave and
beyond. But as tor me. expect to walk
with clouded head, not understood unit
| go to heaven, and that is not far off; thai
is not far away, and | am content to beal
just that lot that my dear Lord has put CT


me; He knows what is best, and have


accepted it. Though the natural mar


rebels once in awhile ana bubbles out. ye


grace in human nature puts it down


but | am content 20 walk So All my sor


row is that the preciousness of the gospe


which has been given me to preach i


humbled somewhat by this trouble, but t


work for Christ and save men is my call
ing and not to vindica.e myself
Year: 1876

Last evening two young men, claiming to
he brothers. and giving their names as
Gibe, came to Moline in buggy with
team of horses, aud put up at A, John
sons near the Chicago depot. Their
actions aroused the suspicious of the land
lord, and Officer Olsen being notified was
ordered to watch the parties, Johnson being
impressed with the idea that the team was
stolen property. To prevent the men from
shipping out unnoticed the barn was secur-
ed and the harness carried into the house.
This morning one of the men atte npted
to skip without paying his bill. Special
Policeman McCains happened along just
in time and the two men were taken to the
calaboose They claim to be farmers, and
say that the team was given them by their
mother, VINO owns farm near Sheffield, in
this state, and that no wrong was intended,
but they refuse to enter into any details.
The are young men and look like unsophis-
ticated ruralites rather than adept horse
thieves, Their case will be fully investi-
gated by the authorities. They may or
may not be innocent, but as means Of
safety they will be confined in the Gala


bose until their story is substantiated ol
disproved
Year: 1876

The Southern Hotel is first class in all its appoint
ments. Its tables at all times supplied in th.
greatest abundance with all the deiicacies the ma


kets afford. Its clerks and employees are all poll
and attentive to the wants of the guests at In,
Hotel


There is an improved elevator leading from the
first floor TO the upper one.
Railroad anf Steamboat Ticket Office New


Stand and Western Union Telegraph Office in Ro,
nnda of the Hotel. 3-21tts1y