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Year: 1872

Joe was brave boy. He never knew
what fear meant-as far as other boys, or any
common danger, was concerned. BE was
FIRST 10 study, first in play, and not second
hest in work. He had a pleasant home, a
capital school-teacher, who would have told
you Joe was the best boy in doors or out.
What, then, is the matter with him now ?
For this surely is Joe and he isn't in his
mothers parlor tonight. No. be is in Jail /;
and, as he cannot 60 to her, she and Fanny
have gone to him. 1t was terrible shock
to poor Joe's mother when she learnt that he
had been arrested for stealing a ten-dollar
take the money! 1t was missed from the
drawer, and it was also proved that Joe chang
ed ten-dollar bill-a new, crisp greenback
at grocery in another part Of the town
the same night it was missing. The officers
believed Joe stole the money. Frank Nevi-
naugh was very certain Of it but Joe's moth
er and Fanny did not believe word of it.
They we're sure he told the truth but he had
been found in bad company, and laid himself


liable to be charged with anything which bad
boys may be accused of doing Joe had been
u ittlc tOO lcuTlchS- ne was uOt hlIulu VI
wine, and not afraid of boys who could smoke
and chew, and drink beer and cider. So one
night when five or six Of these boys we're to
have grand time, some one of them had ten.
dollar bill to be changed. One of them got
Joe to get it broken, and then all shared the
cigars, nuts and cider, with something lit.
tie Stronger for that once.) The bill was
missed. Frank Neviuaugh, who was in the
store, had heard boy say Joe changed a
bill at certain grocery. The bill was found
and Joe's plea that he changed it for Fred
Morlette FRANKS friend) did him no good
OF course Fred denied it, and Joe went to
Jail. He could have been very happy even
in Jail, knowing he was innocent of theft
had it not been for the wine-drinking and the
bad company and the disgrace they brought


When the trial came, Joe was cleared. but as
long as he lived he never forgor that week in
the Startled Jail. 1t was a hard lesson, but
Joe never again tasted wine or tobacco, and
avoided " bad company" as carefully as he
would shun an iron wolf-trap.
Year: 1872

hand in settling too, II you and your
mother will come with tho boys, I'll take en-.
Not without. I've enough and to spare for
us all my wife asks il Of you to come and
be our dear sister, and the boys mother
ask 1t of you; and " you'll say yes, you'll
make glad hearts. There isn't no obligation


IN 1t, for We owe You more'n money can pay
Tor saving our nephews from the poor.house
and bringing EN- up to be what they are.
Come, Miss Doremy, say yes, and don't part
me and my only kin for won't take EN-
without you, and want em as only man
can whose own baby went back to heaven
fore it could speak his name. Lets make
one family and be happy, as the Lord meant
we should when he sent me here to find you. Z"


"Of course Doremy made objections, but
my she came TO see it was the only sensible
thing for her to do. SO she's going next
week, and her toling days are over Folks
don't generally get paid of here below, and
| do say Doremy has big treasure waiting
ahead But its kind Of satisfaction to
know she's beginning to reap some reward
here, before its time for her to hear the
voice calling her up higher, and saying,
"ie did it unto Me. e."-ChriStian Weekly.
Year: 1872

Suppose we saw an army sitting down
before granite fort, and they told us that
they intended to batter it down, we might
ask them Howl" They point to cannon
ball. Well, but there is no power in that
it 10 heavy, but not more than half hun
dred, or, perhaps a hundred-weight if all
the men in the army hurled it against the
fort, they would make no impression. They
say, No, but look at the cannon" Well,
but there is no power in that; child may
ride upon it, bird may perch in its mouth.
1t is machine. and nothing more. But
look at the POWDER Well, there is no pow
er in that a child may spill it, sparrow
may pick it. Yet this poweress powder aud
powerless ball are put in the powerless can
non one spark of fire enters it, and then, in
the twinkling of an eye, that powder is n
flash of lightning, and that cannon-ball is a
thunderbot, which smites as if it had been
sent from heaven So il is with our Chris.
tian machinery of this day; we have all the


instruments necessary for pulling down strong.
holds, and oh for the paptism of fire :
Arthur.
Year: 1872

do not ask, Lord, that life may bo


pleasant road
do not ask that thou woudst take from mo


Aught OF ts load,
do not ask that flowers should always sprlng


Beneath my feet
know too well the poison and the sting


or things too sweet
For one thing only, Lord, dear Lord, plead


Load mo Alright
Though strength should ater and though heart should
bleed


Through peace to light
do not ask, Lord, that thou shoulds shed


Full radiance hero;
Give but ray Of peace that may tread


Without fear.
/ do not ask my cross 10 understand,


My way TO seei
Better In darkness Just 10 feel thy hand


And follow thee,
JOY is like restless day but peace divine


Like quiet night;
Lead me, . Lord, I'll perfect day shall shine


Through peace 10 light.


--1asidde A. Proctor.
Year: 1872

THE SPIRITUAL LIFE.
There's awidoness IN Gods mercy,
Like tho wilderness Of the sea
There's a kindness In his Justice
Which Is more than liberty.
There Is no place where oarths sorrows
Are more felt than up In heaven
There IL no place where earths faillngs
Have such kindly judgment given.
For the love Of God Is broader
Than the measure Of mans mind
And the heart Of the Eternal
Is more wonderfully Kind.
II our love were but moro simple
We should take him at his word
And our lives would be all sunshine
In the sweetness Of our Lord


-FabU.
Year: 1872

and went down. Being good swimmer he came
TO the surface and succeeded In getting hold OF the
spar once more. Thus they succeeded in keeping
afoat. At one lurch the spar gave, the man and
wife who were on one end OF IL, let go, and we did
not see them again. They were drowned. AS day
light became more clear he saw the beach not far
OF, and he saw that he was gradually getting near
II. lie still held the baby; but finally when the
spar gave another lurch and he for the second
time lost his hold he


LEFT co THE BABY


to save himself. He regained the spar without it.
The mother saw he had lost her child and wanted
to follow it, and he had the greatest difficulty in
preventing her. IL was only by holding tightly
to her that he made her remain. Both
women were getting exhausted as the spar
neared the shore and could not have held on much
longer, when he all at once touched ground. He
says he never had such feeling OF joy in his lie.
He then told the women to keep hold OF the spar
and to wade their way In shore. Sometimes the
violence OF the waves would make them lose their
feet but they kept good hold and at last were res
cued by people on shore rom their perilOus posi-
tion. Mccullough was taken on shore and kindly
treated, furnished with clothes and forwarded 10
Stonington, where he took the Narragansett to
come on here.
Year: 1872

The steamer Thetis a freight boat belonging to
the New York and Providence line, arrived in New
York yesterday afternoon. She started for Boston
on the same evening as the Metis, only about an
hour after her, and took substantially the same
course. Though she must have passed within q
very short distance OF the OF the disaster she
knew nothing Of 1t, and the first intimation her
Oficers had OF the loss OF the Metis was In Provl-
dence.


reporter OF the HERALD interviewed Captain
Gale, the Commander Of the Thets, yesterday
afternoon. Personally he knew nothing Of the de.
tails Of the wreck except what he had seen In the
papers. He, however, saw the pilot OF the Metis,
Abram Torrey, in Stonington, on Friday night.
TOrrey had given him some details Of his own
escape and the scene on board when the collision
took place with the unfortunate schooner. Torrey
was steering at the time, and found the vessel so
dark that he says he could not see ten
feet before him. The steamer. was going at
full speed, when all at once he was thrown
or his feetby the shock Of the collision He did not
leave his wheel, but kept the boats head straight
sinking. He could only guess at this but he knew
It as positively as II he had seen. He ran down
a
fusion. Everybody but the ofiicers OF the ship
seemed to have lost his head. All were rushing
cape from the deck, which seemed about
to overwhem them. The boats were
lowered promptly, and the men helped the women
down first into the boats. This took some time,
and he stood at his post till 1t became apparent the
vessel was about to sink for good He then ran
down in his cabin and got two cork mattresses
which were in the berths. He gave one o
these to friend OF his named Palmer and the
other he kept for himself and, with it inf
his grasp, threw himself into the boiling
surf For time he thought IL would be impossible
for him to keep hold, but gradually he grew accus-
toned to the feeling. He had not been on the mat
tress two minutes when the Metis sank out or
sight. He could not see II anybody sank with her.
He remained on the cork mattress from five O'Clock,
when he jumped into the sea- until twelve the next
day, when he was picked up, almost exhausted, by
the cutter MOccasin.
Year: 1872

The following letter has been received by Mr. F.
b. Stone from his BROTHER passenger on board the
Inflated steamer Mets:-


LARKIN HOUSE. WATCH HILL II. I,(


August 30, 1872. I
DEAR BRoTHER-I have been through something
never want to go through again. We struck the
schooner ut haltpast three this morning and the
steamer Is total loss, the hull sinking and leaving
us nothing but the hurricane deck TO stay on. for
nearly four hours in very rough sea off Point
Judith, and when daylight dawned Tor nearly two
hours afterwards not q sight OF land to be seen
Finally we discovered land, which proved to be
Watch Hill, and we drifted ashore terribly
hurt, but escaped without scratch. or cOurse1
was drenched to the skin and chilled through. l
had no clothes but those had on my back. ! am
drying them and shall 90 to Reading this afternoon.
have every reason to thank God my life is spared.
suppose nearly forty were lost, as nearly as we
can get at it. shall 60 home by cars


C. T.. STONE
Year: 1872

MADE HIM PAY.-When General
Jackson was President, heartless
clerk in the Treasury Department ran
up an Indebtedness with a poor land
lady to $50, and then turned her off
as he did other creditors. She finally
went to the President with her COM
plant, and asked him if he could not
compel the clerk to pay the bill.


He offers his note, she said, "but
his note is good for nothing"


Said the President, SECT his note
aud bring it to me-"


The clerk gave her the note, with
the jeering request that, :" she would
let him know when she got the mon
ey on it."


Taking it to the President, he wrote
"Andrew jackson" on the hack of ity
and told her she would get the money
at the bank.


When it became due the clerk re-
fused to pay the note, but when he
learned who was the endorser, he
made haste to "T,ise the wind.o The
next morning he found a note on his
desk saying that his services were no
longer required by the government
and it served him right.
Year: 1872

The vote passing the redistrIcting
bill on third reading In the house was
45 ayes TO "A nays. The fight in the
senate will begin tomorrow and the
bill will pass without an amendment,
but lively opposition may be expected
not only from the Radicals but from
few discontented Democrats.
Year: 1872




We most heartily commend the action
Of the Territorial Delegates in Congress
In protesting against the appointment
ofcarpet-bag politicians to fill the Off
ces in the Territories, as simple rewards
for party services, and with little or no
regard to the personal character OF the
appointees. The Territories Of the Uni
ted States have come to be regarded as
mere colonies or dependencies of the
General Government, instead of integral
portions of the United States, in the pos
session of. American citizens who have
in theory the inherent right Of self-gov-
ernment, and who are by the Constitu-
tntion guaranteed in all the rights and
privileges in every portion Of the Union
secured to them in any other portion of
the Union. The right of citizens to self
government and to regulate their own
domestic affairs, is an inherent and in
aIienable right. The right of the Fed
eral Government to exercise exclusive
Legislative Judicial and Executive au-
thcrity over the citizens of the organized
Territories is an assumed or usurped
authority unwarranted by any specific
or constructive grant of power to the
Federal Government. It originated in
prudential concessions by the people of
tie Territories for corresponding advan-
tages, and like all popular concessions
of personal rights to power, has resulted
in the most fragrant abuses. No such
thing as Territorial Government is in
the letter or purview of the Constitu-
ton or in any of the early Ordinances
relating to territory outside the limits
Of the organized States. That clause
in the Constitution-the only one which
gives Congress any control over the
territories-applies with equal force
to the public domain within the States
-sto make all needful rules and regula-
tions respecting the territories and other
property of the United States" Unless
the people in the Territories are chattels
sf the General Government, they have
on the reserved rights of the citizens
of the States. That the people of these
Territories are regarded by the Federal
authorities as property is manifest from
the fact that less regard is paid to their
choice of rulers than is conceded by
the Imperial Government to the inhab-
itants of its penal colonies.
Year: 1872

A correspondent of the Vermont Journal
believes it is of the greatest importance to
the dairymen that the milking should be
done in proper manner and at regular
intervals. If the cow be kindly treated
she will give down her milk with pleasure;
but if roughly used she will hold up some
part of it, and the quantity will gradually
diminish till it will hardly pay for milking.
Everything should therefore be calm and
quiet about the milking stable. The
the pail in his left hand; commence brush
ing the udder and teats with the right,
carefully for few seconds. In this way
the udder and teats will become clean, and
the COW will be ready to give down her
milk, and no time will be lost. Then be-
gin by shutting the upper part of the hand
close to the udder, gradually closing it
toward the end of the teats, repeating,
without twiching or jerking as some do
until clean. In Summer nights the COWS
may be stabbed or allowed to run in the
pasture according to the choice of the
dairyman. We choose however to let
them run in pasture night and day. chang
ing pastures often. When the nights be-
come cool II sy should be stabbed and fed
regularly. The stable is best situated on
the south side of the barn, well lighted, and
with suitable means for ventilation.
prefer to fasten milch cows in stanchions,
for various reasons; it is quicker, neater
and safer, and when they are accustomed
to lie in them, they appear perfectly COM
forable. Calves and heifers should be
fastened with chaine, because, when their
horns are soft, the stanchion will often
cause them to grow crooked. The floor
planks on which the COW lies should be of
such length that when she is down her
whole weight will rest on the PLATFORM
This platform, for il large-sized COW.
should be four feet nine inches long, but
slightly inclined, and raised six inches
above the trcnch. When fastened with
stanchinons upon a raised platform Of
suitable length, it is very little trouble to
keep api1HG1S clean. If one prefer to
- 6, the floor must be long
7sssesssggAss. ~
Year: 1872

take leave to inform eur saloon keepers and the
public at large that the new installation for the
manufacture Of Lager and Ale on the ICB AND
COOL AIR PRINCIPLE is now in full operation. I
can furnish the public with article inferior to
none manufactured in the West or East, and supe-
rior to any beer manufactured here, and at 8 rate
much cheaper than the imported lager from abroad.
Facts will prove the truth ofmy assertion.


Orders filed with ali necessary oarefGlness and
promptness, and particular attention is paid to the
shipping for country customers. Come and try,
and you win BE- satisaed in ell and every respect.


Rp16 On
Year: 1872

Those persons who would revel in the de-
lights of good fortune should not forget to
purchase tickets in the drawings of that
solid and popular. home institution presided
over by Charles Howard, Esq, and widely
known as the Louisiana State Lottery. The
fame OF this institution justly excels that of
the once famous Havana Lottery, conducted
under the auspices and for the benefit Of
the Spanish government. The Louisiana
Lottery is conducted for the benefit of our
own people The chance of prize is Sc
cured by the purchase of a ticket.
Year: 1872

A new metallic compound, which bears
the somewhat fanciful name of Abyssinian,
or Talml gold, ha lately been manufac-
factured in large quantity in Germany, for
the purpose of fabricating Imitation gold
jewelry and other objects. This is a brass,
composed of about ninety-One parts of cop
per and eight of zinc. The appearance Of
gold is obtained by causing a very thin
sheet OF gold to adhere by pressing it
through rollers. This gilded sheet is then
cut and formed into ornamental articles by
struments.
Year: 1872

Were the greatest people for talking
over a new thing and the smallest to carry
it out in the country" suggested one of the
iron barge progenitors,. who surveyed
with melancholy satisfaction a volume of
resolutions as all that remained of the
project.
Year: 1872

A Washington telegram to the
New York Herald says: cit is
probable that Judge Settle, of
North Carolina, will succeed Jus.
tice Nelson of the Supreme Court,
who is about to retire on account
of old age. The South has had
no representative on the Supreme
Bench since the death of Justice
Wayne, who was from Georgia"
Year: 1872

~ Subscribers remitting money for
The Wing will please examine the label on
the next paper they receive, and see that
they have the proper credit; and if they
have not, notify us Immediately, in order
that it may be corrected.
Year: 1872

SOMEBODY TO NoTE FORA Boston colored
man, OF Southern birth, writes to the Post


"At last the blacks Of this broad land have a
man 10 vote for whose record ~ their friend and
the friend Of labor is mnin'leachalhe G"l bless
the day when the great democratic party noni.
mated The man who dared I've Just and true To all
black aud white alike-in spite ofop,n~ition
Every man of color who values his manhood
will vote for Horace Greeley. At all events the
world pay bel its life that wilt
Year: 1872

Among the diverting features Of the Fourth
of July celebration in Boston was a goose race
Each man who competed took his place in {.
tub drawn by six geese. In the case Of the
winning tub, the one who rode received priz'
while the res, ot the geese. who did the acua
work, had to be content with the glory
Year: 1872

ANOTHER JArANEsE EMPIkE-A surprising
report comes from japan TO the effect that the
Mikado Is going To Europe. Since the empire
entered upon its path Of progress it has Become
nation Of surprises, but few Of its examples
Of advancement have been 40 marked as this
No spiritual or temporal chief ruler Of Japa,
has yet gone outside the boundaries Of his enl-
pire.
Year: 1872

The City Council-LIberal Action of the X e.
publican Party of Petersburg.


PETERSBURG, VA, May %, 1872.
To the Editor Of the State Journal:


In the Progress of this morning it is sta
ted that Mr.. Richards and other Republ-
cans of the City Council stated, at its
April meeting, that they would oppose the
proposed equalization Of the ward limits
if they thought it would make all the
wards Republican, as they desired to have
six or eight Democrats in the Council, in
order to have healthy opposition, beiev-
ing it to be better for the city and the par
ty to which they belonged.


No promise was made in the Council,
by any member of it, that they would
place a Democrat on the Republican
ticket in each of the wards, if they
found the wards We're all Republican,
but such liberal course has been favored
by Mr.. Richards and many other Republic
cans in and out of the Council, and as
result of it two Democrats were placed
upon the Republican ticket when it was
thought to be very doubtful if they would
have two-thirds majority. An offer was
also made to place a third Democrat on the
Republican ticket in the fifth ward, but
the party to whom it was offered, declined
the use of his name. IF the Democrats of
this city had done their duty to their party,
at least six members of it would have been
elected to the City Council. Let them put
a little more elbow-grease into their work,
before they find fault with others for not do
ing their work for them. If the Democrats
of this city had made good their promise
to refrain from putting any ticket in the
field, they would have had much larger
in the Council than now.


OCCASIONALLY.
Year: 1872

In the course of a day or two, at farth-
est, we expect to have sufficient force in
our composing room to give our readers the
usual amount of editorial and news matter
in the columns of THE JOURNAL. A
"strike" is not always so easily bridged
over as that which occurred at our office on
Monday has been. A firm, resolute and
determined stand, when taken with refer
ence to ones own business, is very apt to
win
Year: 1872

TEMPERANCE.-A public temperance
meeting will be held in Harmony Hall,
Broad street, between six and seventh, to-
morrow evening, under the auspices of
Harmony Division Sons of Temperance.
The public are earnestly invited to attend,
especially the ladies. Good speakers will
address the meeting.
Year: 1872

A LITTLE LIFT FOR GREELEY.-We
understand that some of our adopted
Italian citizens are forming a Greeley club.
They have secured a few names, and will
probably have an reorganization meeting next
week.
Year: 1872

PERsoNAL.-Major N. II. Hotchkiss,
travelling agent of the Chesapeake and
Ohio and Richmond and York River Rail-
roads, has just returned from an extensive
trip South. We learn from him that the
arrangements for the editorial excursion
North are now about complete, and that
the affair is bound to be a gratifying sue
cess. As we have before stated, those who
accept the invitation to accompany the
Major must report at Ford's Hotel, in this
city, on the 18th of June, as the party will
set out at P. NJ, on the 10Th. Major
Hotchkiss was kindly and cordially received
by the newspaper men of the South, as he
always is by those of the North, and he is
bending his energies to establish a true and
enlarged national sentiment between these
representative men of the two sections of
our country. He has our best wishes in
the undertaking. All who have received
invitations should put on clean paper col
lar and report at Ford's on the day men,
toned, s...
Year: 1872

Among the colored people of this parish
prevails a general desire to become prop
erty holders. They should be encouraged.
Sell them small homsstseaqs, s th and they viii
labor will soon become obsolete. If they
are compelled to go from pillar to post
year after year they will be unthrIftv


careless and wandering laborers,
Year: 1872

The Prospect Frightening In Sussex.


private letter received by gentleman in
this city, from a friend at Laurel, who is in a
position to know whereof he speaks says that
Grant will carry Sussex county by a large major
ity. He has always been Democrat, but aayt
he shall vote for General Grant, and that there
are many other Democrats there who will do the
same thing, some of whom he Names He pre-
fers this course to voting for either Greeley or
O'Conor.