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Year: 1875

Washington Irving gives a pleasant
sketch Of Christmas in England. from
which we take the following:
While l lay musing on my pillow,
heard the sound of little feet pattering
outside of the door, and whispering
consultation. Presently choir of small
voices chanted forth an old Christmas
carol, the burden of which was
Rejoice. our Saviour he was born
On Christmas day in the morning.


rose softly, slipped on my clothes,
opened the door suddenly, and beheld
one of the most beautiful fairy groups
that painter could imagine. 1t consist
ed of boy and two girls, the eldest not
more than six, and lovely as seraphs.
They were going the rounds of the house,
and singing at every chamber door; but
my sudden appearance frightened them
into mute bashfulness. They remained
for moment playing on their lips with
their fingers, and now and then stealing
a shy glance, from under their eyebrows,
until, as if by one impulse, they scamp
cred away, and as they turned an angle
of the gallery, | heard them laughing in
triumph at their escape.


Everything conspired to produce kind
aud happy feelings in this stronghold of
old fashioned hospitality. The house
was surrounded with eyergreens, accord
ing to the English custom, which would
have given almost an appearance of sum-
mer; but the morning was extremely
frosty; the light vapor of the preceding
evening had been precipitated by the cold,
and covered all the trees and every blade
of grass with its fine crystalizations. The
rays of bright morning sun had daz-
zling effect among the glittering foliage
A robin, perched upon the top of a
mountain ash, that hung its clusters of
red berries just before my windows, was
basking himself in the sunshine, and
piping few querulous notes and pea
cock was displaying all the gIories of his
train, and strutting with the pride and
gravity of a Spanish grandee, on the
terrace walk below.


l had scarcely dressed myself, when
servant appeared to invite me to family
prayers. He showed me the way to a
small chapel in the old wing of the
house, where | found the principal part
of the family already assembled in a
kind of gallery, furnished with cushions,
hassocks, and large prayer-books; the
servants we're seated ON benches below.
The old gentleman read prayers from a
desk in front of the gallery, and Master
Simon acted as clerk, and made the re-
sponses; and | must do him the Justice
to say that he acquitted himself with
great gravity and decorum.


The service was followed by Christ
mas carol. As there were several good
voices among the household, the effect
was extremely pleasing; but | was par
ticularly gratifed by the exaltation of
the heart, and sudden sally of grateful
feeling, with which the worthy squire
delivered one stanza; his eye glistening,
and his voice rambling out of all the
bounds of time and tune.


It's thou that crown's my glittering hearth
With guiltless mirth,


And giv'st me Wassaile bowles to drink
Spiced to the brink;


Lord. tits thy plenty dropping hand
That soiles my land


And givst me for my bushell sowne
Twice ten for one"
Year: 1875

LUsTRE SHEEP, A New BREED All
a recent exhibition in Bremen a fleece
was exhibited from South Australia of a
yearling ram, which was so remarkable
for its fine silky lustre and softness, and
the unusual length lover five inches, Of
the smooth fine wool, as well as for its
beautiful and almost dazzling whiteness,
that all were satisfied that fine, firm
yarn and very superior cloth could be
made from it. 1t was stated that it was
a result of in and in breeding of Ne.
gretti sheep with Leicester (Lincoln)
rams the number of generations requir-
ed was not stated, however.
Year: 1875

RICHMOND PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION
Tonight the rehearsuls of the philharmonic
Association will be resumed at Philharmonic
Hall. They have been suspended for the
past two months, and it is now the desire OF
the members 10 commence work in earnest
for the winter season. The music loving
public has been frequently favored with Sc.
lect entertainments by this Association, and
we are assured tba. every effort will be made
TO equal, if not surpasS, during the season.
all the entertainments previously given by
the Association. ..
Year: 1875

THE QUICKSILVER POISONING CAsE.-Dr.
Taylor made a more thorough examination


Yesterday of the coffee which was said to
have been poisoned by Julia Sweet and given
to Mary Carter few days ago. He found
that it contained quicksilver, and will so
testify before the Police Court this morning.
The two women have been employed by a
citizen for about four years, and Mary says
that Julia has on other occasions eudeavored
to get rid of her. She states that last winter
Julia put quicksilver in her soup, and de-
clared that if she didn't get rid of her by


her tongue she would by means Of cofhu.
Year: 1875

DISPATCH PRINTIEG-HoUSE.-In order b meet


the constantly Increasing demands Of our trade we
have added wel1seected assortment of NEW
TYPE, which, together with our IMP PaovED MA
CIISERY and skILFUL MECHANICAL TALENT,


warrant us IN guaranteeing the VERY BEST CLASS
OF WORK at moderate figures and in the most ex'
pcditious manner.
Year: 1875

There is tradition among the
Spanish peasants that contains a
beautiful lesson for all young people.
Their favorite Saint, Isidore, as boy
seemed hopelessly dull and ignorant.
No one could teach him anything. He
was so scolded and grumbled at, that
he one day determined to run away
from his teacher and give up all at
tempts at becoming what his parents
wished--a good scholar. He wan
dered from school i'm very sad and
disheartened mood, until at last he
sat down on the steps of an old road
side well. There his eyes happened to
fall on its worn marble sides. He saw
that the continual friction of the ropes
had worn quite hollow groove in
the hard, white stone. A bright
thought struck the boys mind: +" If a
cord by constant rubbing can thus in
dent marble, merely perseverance and
study would make even me remember
and profit by what / learn. / will try
what can do.n So young Isidore
went back cheerfully to his school, de-
termined to study with all his
strength. He would be the rope and
make his mark; and he did it so well
that he afterward became celebrated
all over Spain for his learning and
wisdom.
Year: 1875

The Anaheim train, with an extra
coach ttached, was crowded to its
full carrying capacity yesterday morn
ing with visitors to the Artesia land
sale. Some went down, perhaps, to
satisfy their curiosity or to take al
vantage of the free ride, but the great
body of the passengers were intending
purchasers, comprising many of the
monied men of the city. The number
of attendants at the sale was larger
than that of the preceding day, and
there was a noticeable increase of
spirit in the bidding. The sales were
as follows:
Year: 1875

The terms on all sales of lands outside the
town plat, and on town lots exceeding one
acre in size (three-fourths of the town plat,
will be ONE-FOURTH DOWN AND THE
BALANCE IN ONE, TWO AND THREE
YEARS, at one per cent. interest per month.
On town lots of q less size than one acre, one
half down, and the balance in one year with
Interest at one per cent per month.


j. Z. McComas will be on the grounds daily
to show the land to those who desire to exam
inc the same up to the day of the sale.


During the sale free transportation will be
furnished those in attendance, from the cars
to the lands and return, and reduced fare for
the round trip will be secured on the railroad
from Los Angeles and return.
Year: 1875

The great desideratum of Southern Califor-
mia, without which the richest land is con-
verted into desert, and with it the desert is
converted into garden, IL here easily obtain
ed in great abundance surface water is found
at depth of ten or fifteen feet, and
Year: 1875

A RIGHTEoUs DECISIoN.-TwO men had
quarrel in a public house, and they adj
journed outside to settle the dispute. The
first man seized stone, and let fly at the
head of his opponent, who dipped, and
missed the stone, which went through an
expensive plate-glass window. and did
much damage. An Irish magistrate was
called upon next morning to determine
which Of the two should pay the cost. The
evidence clearly showed that the aim was
good one, and that if the second man had
not dipped his head he would have been
struck. "Therofore," said the magistrate,
he must pay the damages, as it is certain
that the first man didn't intend to injure
the window, and the window would not
have been injured if it had not been for the
act Of the second man.
Year: 1875

Z Ii General Sheridan knows what the
reputation Of Haynau is, and desires
to emulate II, he has taken the readiest
way His operations against the Pie
gans, whatever view we take of the
propriety of them, have shown-as did
also his devastation of the Valley of
Virginia-that no considerations of
humanity are likely to deter him from
answering whatever seems to him q
military necessity. What was extreme
harshness when it was expressed in
action during time of war, shows it.
self as simple brutality when 1t is ex-
pressed in words during a time of
peace. The proposition to declare the
leaders of the White League banditti
could only have proceeded from man
Of weak head or bad heart, or both.
This proposition, be it noted, is among
the things thoroughly approved" by
Belknap and by Grant. Think of it
for moment. In time of peace this
man proposes to apply to whole COM
munity the laws of war. He asks for
a general bill of outlawry which will
enable him to devastate the Valley of
the Mississippi in 1875 as he devastated
the Valley of Virginia in 1864. He
asks to have the people of Louisiana
| reduced to condition of homeless
and friendless tribe of savges, that he
may perpetrate upon them fresh Pie
gan massacre. That man holding
the highest position but one in the
military service of the country, and
by his position presumed to hold the
sentiments of soldier, a gentleman,


and a Christian, should TRANQUILITY
make and publish such proposition
as that, is a monstrous and horrible
thing That such IA proposition,
worthy as it is only of murderer,
should be thoroughly approved" by
the President of the United States and
one of his Ministers, is if possible,
more monstrous and more horrible
still. Sheridan knows his man, but lie
mistakes his position. He was promo
ted with a rapidity and to a height
out OF all proportion 10 the brilliancy
or the value of his military services,
over the heads of many better soldiers
than himself, as the personal friends
and the personal protcge of the man
who is now, to our shame and sorrow,


the President of the United States. AS
he received his promotion through


personal favoritism, he has sho Nn that
he intends to pay for it with personal
services. lie means not to serve his
country, but to serve his creator. He


has proposed to complete the tale of
outrages in Louisiana by declaring TO


be "banditti" all men who have resent.
ed those outrages, and the thorough
approval of the man whom he has
sought TO please shows that he knew
his man. y. HO{d.
Year: 1875

The reason for the friendship to the
white race of Spotted Tail is made
known to the public as follows: Some
years ago tho family ofthis chief werc
living at Fort Laramie, garrisoned at
that time by companies of an Ohio
volunteer cavalry regiment. Ono
member OF tho family was tho chiefs
favorlto daughter, girl just entering
upon her woman hood. The girl fell


violently in love with ono of the Ohio
officers, fino looking young fellow,
who did all ho could to convince her
that her affection was foolish and
hopeless. Day after day she hung
around his quarters, waiting hours to
catch sight of him, and perfectly hap>
py If only able to follow him about.
1t puzzled her that she, q princess,
was not able to win tho love of this
young soldier. AT length her father
learned how matters stood, and COM
ing for her, sent her away among
friends in the Rocky Mountains
There she gradually pinod away till
finally the chief was summoned to
receive her dying message When
no reached her side she urged him for
his own sake and for the sake OF his
people to be at peace with the whites


This message given, she died. Her
father had her body conveyed to La
ramie and buried among the pale
faces. Spotted Tail often speaks of
his dead daughter, and once in a
great council with tho whites said:
"Were not the hopelossness of policy
sufficient to restrain mo from acts OF
war, tho pledge made my dead child
III hor dying hour would cause me to
keep at peace with your childron."
Year: 1875

A beautiful and easily produced OK
hibition of crystal formation may bo
seen under tho microscope, as follows
Upon slip of glass place a drop of
liquid chloride of gold, or nitrate Of
silver, with particle of zinc in the
gold and copper in the silver. A
growth ofexquisite gold or silver ferns
will spring up under the obsoryor's
delighted eye.
Year: 1875

BY THOMAS HOOD.
Love thy mother, little one!
KS and clasp her neck again.
Hereafter she may have son
Will kiss and clasp her neck in vain.
Love thy mother, little one!
Gaze upon her loving eyes,
And mirror back her love for thee;
Hereafter thnu mayst shuddrr signs
L" meet them when they cannot see.
Gaze upon her loving eyes
Press her lips the while they glow
With love that they have often told
Hereafter thou NAV 81 press i'll woe
And kiss them till thine own arr. cold
Press her lips the while they glow
oh, revere her raven hair
Although it be not silvrr-gray-
Too early death led on by care
MAY snatch save one dear lock away.
oh. revere her raven hair
Pray for hcI al eve and morn.
Thai heaven may long the stroke defer
For thou mayst live the hnur fnrlurn
When thou wilt ask To- die with her.
PRAY for her at eve and morn
Year: 1875

n An irrepressible boy of FIVE
years, who was always compelled to
keep quiet on Sunday, having grown
inexpressibly weary toward the close of
Sabbath day, frankly and honestly
approached his excellent but rather
over strict father and gravely said: PA
let's hare little spiritual fun" This
was too mucLnot only for, the gravity.
but also for the strictnsss of the father,
and for once he "let mater caper" till
bed time. -
Year: 1875

A1ORDEh W ALL =N'lIs oAc "a sAs
most remarkable cases in the criminal
annals Of Indiana was terminated yes
terday IN the Supreme Court. In brief
the circumstances are as follows:


Some time during the year 1865 mar
by the name of Morgan started from
Wisconsin to this Stats in covered
wagon. He was to be accompanied by
friend, McOolloch by name. McCol.
loch was not with him when the Journey
was commenced, but before many miles
had been traversed q man like him il
size and bearing was seen to jump into
the wagon, and take seat as though he
belonged there. Morgan never reached
his destination, and has not been heard
from in the land of the living up to
this day. His friends at last gave him
up as dead, and as time wore on, and he
gave no indications of being alive, he
was gradually forgotten by all but his





Nearly three years after Morgan's
departure from Wisconsin, the skeleton
and decomposed remains of q man were
found in the bed of dried up pond in
Benton County. A careful scrutiny re-
vealed bullet-hole in the back of the
skull, and close to the orifce was a
depression in the bone, which gave in
dications. of terrible blow having been
received there Intense excitement was
occasioned by the startling discovery,
and speculation was rife as to whom
and by whom the murder. for such it
was undoubtedly, had been committed.
The friends Of Morgan heard Of the
story. and at once came to the conelu-
sion that the, remains were those of the
missing man, as the Lake or: pond was
directly on the road by which he was
expected to travel. They made IN ex-
animation and became convinced that
their suspicious were correct. The
next step was to ascertain the where
abouts of McCoaoch, who was looked
upon as the murderer. He was found
in short time, arrested. and brought
to trial. 1t was, in vain that he tried to
escape the penalty of his crime; the
chain Of ycircumstantial evidence was
too strong, and years after the commits
sion of the murder the guilty homicide
received o life sentence. The case was
appealed, and yesterday the Supreme
Court affirmed the Judgment of the, low
er court, and, held that beyond A. rsa-
sonable doubt McColloch was guilty Of
the murder of Morgan. "-Indianapolis
journal. .e.lgs . ~ = a9sU $50 g r
Year: 1875

CHANGE OF AsENCIES.-lt will be seen bv

 the dispatches which we publish to-day

 that pr. J. A. Tonner has resigned the Agency of the Colorado Indians and Mir.

 Morford is appointed in his place. This

 would seem to be sort of tub to the

 whale" Morford was sent to White Moun-

 tain, and there found himself in the condi-

 tlon Of the Irishman who caught the flea,

 when he put his finger or it it wasn't there.

 Agent Gum had been there before him and

 burned up all the buildings and taken a ma jority of the Indians to San Carlos. Mor- ford of course felt as if he had been trifed

 with, sent on fools errand and it should not be matter of any special wonder that he attached himself to the military side of the controversy now going on. In fact it was natural that he should "kick," in the language of the vulgar. Under these cir cumstances it was opportune that Dr. Ton ner, who has had more curses than pennies, should have sent in his resignation just in the nick of time to make room for Mir. Nor ford in a more important Agency than the one to which he was first appointed If the military will now support him as warmly in his new position as they did in bis contro- versy with Cum, we shall expect to see the Colorado lions and lambs occupying the same blankets, and hear of no more growl- ing or snarling in that quarter. It seems odd to contemplate the Indian agent and his employees at one agency agreeing in every thing with the military officers and men, and the latter content with all the formers | lcts, and yet such thing may be-
Year: 1875

ToNTo BAsIN.-In addition to what is said

 of Tonto Basin in the communication of E. S.

 Junior we give these facts, gatherd from a conversation with Archie Mcintosh, who was one of General Crooks scouts and guides, both here and in Oregon and Idaho. He as- sures us that he has seen no place in all his travels where there are so many advantages for settlers as Tonto Basin. Grazing lands can be had everywhere, and there is plenty of alluvial soil intersperced in small valleys, for all the purposes of raising feed for ani- mals and bread and vegetables for large number of people.

 One draw back to immediate settlement is the fear of the Apaches which Archie says is entirely groundless so far as the taking of life is concerned, yet Tn the absence of troops they may steal occasionally and he thinks there ought to be company of troops stationed at old Camp Reno, in the lower end of the basin, where the quarters still stand in good state of preservation. This he thinks would inspire confidence and soon in- sure sufficient settlement to be able to pro- tect themselves and induce many to settle there with their families who are afraid to go at present. In addition to its agricultural and grazing facilities he is quite sure that it is rich in minerals.
Year: 1875

lMrRoBABLg.-Our dispatches to-day con- tain a statement taken from letter from Pennsylvania, published in the San Diego Union yesterday morning, to the effect that Col. Oaks, of the Sixth Cavalry, has been ap- pointed Commander of the Department of Arizona, with Headquarters at San Diego, in California. It ishardly possible that General Scofield has so suddenly parted with his sen- ses as to commit so gross an error. We can conceive of no possible reason either for sue ceeding General Kautz with stranger or for removing the Army Headquarters away from the field of the Commanders duty. It might be that the division commander had particular friend whom be desired to favor, but it is not at all likely he would carry his partialality to the extent of withdrawing Ar izona's Headquarters clear away from Arizo- ma. If General Kautz is to be superceeded, which we would very much regret, let his successor at least be soldier who is not afraid to live in the country whose army he com mands. The chances are that the whole thing is capard,
Year: 1875

Las Cruces, Sept. 13.-Friend Wasson Last Saturday (the 1Oth,) proved an unfortunate day for this town. Towards evening large body of water rushed in from | the mountains flooding the town, and in less than twenty minutes fifty houses were wash ed away. The rushing of water through the streets lasted until 10 o'clock at night, and during these few hours many family lost all they had. You remember my house and the adjoining one of Mr. Ashenfelter We have since you saw them added several buildings in the rear lot, and nice porches in the front, all of which are heap of ruins now. We had hardly time to save a few pieces of furn- lture and what we did save is more or less damaged.

 Whole fields of corn are also destroyed an1 the losses are heavy. The town looks horrible. You know it did not look very nice before now there is nothing but heap of mud wherever you turn.

 hope your town will never be visited by such an unwelcome visitor.

 Yours truly, CHAs. LEsINsKY.

 From The Las Cruces Borderer of the llth, we get these additional particulars

 Darkness came on with heavy rain, and the progress Of devastation could be marked m the vivid flashes oi lightning and the sound of falling buildings.

 It was midnight before the flood abated. and this morning our town which was yes terday one of the most fourishing in the southwest, stands mass of ruins sad to con- template.

 A portion of the Convent and Academy of Visitation is down, and the furniture is being removed from the other portion. The two story residence of J. D. Ochoa fell with a crash. barely giving Mr. Ochoa and wife time | to escape. The Masonic hall is still standing. but the stock of hardware from the ware. room of Lesinsky < Go. below, has been re- moved and the whole building IS expected to fall.

 Itis impossible to give an estimate of the value of property destroyed, but it is thought to reach as high as $75,0O0. There are about fifty buildings down, many of them of not much value yet the poor people living n them have lost their all. We hear of no lives lost.-ICitizen Sept 18th.
Year: 1875

was one of those men whose hands have
faculty in them. He was master in the
Use OF them, and accordingly he loved to
use them. 1t was his practice to go over
with his own hand the surface of the
marble of every work which left his
studio. But he was not contented to do
this in the manner and with the tools
which had been used by so many genera
tions of sculptors before him. The de-
clded bent of his genius to mechanical in
vention led HIM to perceive that an
improvement might be made in this
respect. For giving the last finish to
the marble, for removing from the sur
face quantityNso small that no chisel
could be trusted to do the work, it is
obvious enough to suggest the use of
file. And no doubt files are used for the
purpose, but they are liable to a special
and very troublesome source of ineffi-
cheney. They become clogged with the
excessively dust of the marble in
very few minutes to such an extent as to
be rendered useless, especially as the
file must be of an exCeedingly-fne de-
scription- Powers therefore set his mind
to the problem of inventing some means
or some instrument by which this source
OF trouble could be avoided; and after
considerable vexation, not so much in
perfecting his own conception of the
thing needed as in getting careless and
not very competent workmen to execute
his orders, he perfected file of the nee
essary fineness upon the principle of
nutmeg-grater. His studio was at all
times full of ingenious little contrivances
of all lsorts-contrivances for readily and
conveniently modifying the light in the
exact degree desirable; contrivances for
the due collocation and distribution of
artificial light; contrivances for the more
ready moving of marble, ETC., etc.