smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1872

We copy the following editorial from the
New York Tribune:


The simple fact that the report Of the
Congress committee which investigated the
New Orleans outrages is suppressed in the
Congress printing establishment is much
more damaging than the publication Of the
report could possibly be. That the Presi-
dents brother-in-law, Collector Casey, and
the rest of the distempered officials of his
party, disregarded law and decency in their
attempts to get possession Of the party
machinery of the State, is now notorious.
That these men carried off on revenue
cutter enough members Of the Legislature
TO destroy quorum, and used the govern
ment authority to shield these fugitive
legislators from civil process, is equally
well known. That Messrs. Packard, Casey
and their colleagues used the Presidents s
name and authority TO coerce the timid and
seduce the weak can not be gainsaid. Con-
gress sent, at considerable expense, a com
mittee to inquire into this business, and
their report, completed several weeks ago,
is detained in the government printing
house under the pretext that press of bust
ness prevents its being put into type. We
are not told who is directly responsible for
this evasion of law, but if it is not clear
confession Of the whole case against the
New Orleans administrat ton officials, actions
do not mean anything.
Year: 1872

In Boston. DR.. Samuel A. Green, the city
physician, states that seven cases OF small
pox had come under his observation the
past winter, where the patients had before
had the disease, the results of the former
attack distinctly marked. This fact some
what disarranges the generally received
theories that clear cases of smallpox do
not more than once afflict the same person,
Is the doctor remarked in making the state
@eat
Year: 1872

A Boston girl being asked if she had not
once been engaged "to party by the name
of jackson, who was at the time Harvard
student, languidly replied: II remember
the circumstance perfectly, but l am not
certain about the name.'
Year: 1872

There were rumors about town, at late
hour last night, that dispatch had been
received from Frank Blair, urging the
Democratic convention here to postpone
nominations in Louisiana until after the
Cincinnati convention has been held. We
can trace these rumors to no authentic
sOurce
Year: 1872

A ten year old Keokuk boy used his
mothers new dolly Warden" dress to color
Easter eggs with. In return the indignant
parent colored her sons flesh into yariegated
hues with her slipper.
Year: 1872

fore to be kept in view that a fixed


income is less desirable than an in
come derived from real estate or in
dustrial undertakings, for it under
goes a diminution in its purchasing
power through a constant, if slow,


process, which must, however, be
felt severely at the end of ten or
twelve years" Without asserting
to the full scope of this proposition,
since there will no doubt be re-
stored activity in the production of
commodities, which will tend to
compensate for the increase of the
precious metals and maintain an
equilibrium, there is no doubt but
the part California is to play in the
worlds operations will be more i'm
portant in the future than the past.
Year: 1872

For some time past John Boertsche, q German,
sixty-seven years Of age, has been employed as
night watchman In the extensive silk ribbon manu-
factory Of John Kurstener SO and 81 Goerck street.
and attended promptly to the does assigned him.
On Tuesday evening Mr. Bocrtsche was found
asleep while on duty by his employer, who said he
did not want man to guard his property at night
who could not keep awake. This remark excited
the watchman who threatened to leave the
next day. Nothing more was said, and
everything remained quiet about the prem
officer OF the thirteenth precinct, in going his
rounds heard the report OF pistol in about the
factory, but he was unable to locate 1t. AT later
hour Mr.. Kursteiner, in unlocking the door and en-
tering hts place, was shocked at finding Mr..
Boertsche, the watchman, dead In his chair, with
pistol shot wound In the left side, In the region OF
the heart. The pistol lay on the floor, near the
chair. No cause for the act except the occurrence
OF the previous evening seemed to be known. The
body was removed to the MOrgue and Coroner Herr
man notified Deceased has left q widow and sew
cral adult children who will take charge Of the re-
mains for interment.
Year: 1872

coroner's jury have inquired into the crcum-
stances attending the death Of the woman Palmer,
late housekeeper to Mr.. severns, In Morrisve. and
returned verdict that she died through having
knowingly taken poison. Mr. severns concluded
to give up housekeeping, and finding that Mrs.
Palmer was sick he left her the few, articles
OF furniture that were found In the
house. She was found dead IN the
house, and the medical testimony proved
that her grief was great and that her sickness was
in consequence Of mental depression. She had
three children, two OF whom are In the "Home,n -
and the Thought that she had no home, with
trouble that was forthcoming through her inais-
Greet conduct, made her weary Of life, which she
quilted by taking laudanum. She had not been
long in Morrsville, and little appears to be known
OF her except that shebrooded over her troubles.
which led her 10 c0mmtt suicide.
Year: 1872

1


About a year ago Henry Clay
Dean: now rampant Greeleyite,
wrote to the New York Tribune u let.
ter contradicting the rumor that he
was favorable to the new departure.
He gave reason Tor opposing which
has great force. It IS as follows:
This I hold logically true: That if
'the Republicans were right in max
sing the war, creating the debt, and.
changing the Constitution, l can see
"no reason why new set OF leeches
should be applied to the body polite
for mere variety of change" The
force Of this reasoning Is irresistible.
II Republicanism is all right; if there
is no issue of principle raised by the
| Opposition, what ground is there tor
| demanding change? BY adopting
platform protesting full Endorsement
of the doctrine of the Republican
! party, the Democracy said to the
country: We have been all wrong
ever since the Republican party came
into existence, upon every party issue
raised,whlle our opponents have been
all right. Our errors were five fold,
namely: Opposition to slavery re-.
strictions; opposition to the wars
opposition to emancipation opposl-
ton to universal suffrage and opposi-
ton TO the payment of the national
debt in good faith. The people did
we'll to keep us out of office these
twelve years, bat now we proposeto
turn over new leaf; please give MS
chance at the public crib" This is
equivalent to saying: am thief,
therefore trust me; arm a dog, for
shat reason let me watch yoor din-
"ner basket" In pronouncing the
men who occupy such disreputable
position a G set Of leeches," Dean
foreshadowed the verdict of the peo
pie to be rendered two months
hence Chicago Journal.
Year: 1872

| lea for their noble devotion to the cause of
! freedom their admission to wider fields Of
usefulness is received with satisfaction, and
| the honest demands, Of any class of citizens
! for additional rights should be treated with
respectful consideration.


Is. We heartily approve Of the action Of
Congress in extending amnesty to those
lately in rebellion, and rejoice in the
growth of peace and fraternal feeling
throughout the land.


'6. The Republican party propose to re-
erect the rights reserved by the people to
themselves as carefully as the powers dele-
gated by them to the State and to The Feder-
al Government. 1t disapproves of the re-
sort to unconstitutional laws for the purpose
of removing evils by interference with the
rights not surrendered by the people to
either the State or National Government.


II. 1t is the duty of the General Govern
ment to adopt such measures as will tend to
encourage American commerce and ship
building.


1S. We believe that the modest patriot
ism, the earnest purpose, sound judgment,
practical wisdom, incorruptible integrity
and illustrious services of Ulysses s.
Grant have commended him TO the hearts Of
the American people. and, with him at our
head, we start to-day on o new march to
victory.
Year: 1872

DR.. Chalmers is said to have known
little about domestic matters. beng
absorbed in study and BRAN work
A sister energetic and practical in
all her ways, used to look after his
horse when he went on parodhial
visits. Coming home one day from
horse back ride, he found she was
not at home. Leaving the horse at
the door he hurried to write out a
sermon Of which his mind was full. =
The horse finding himself at liberty,
walked into the garden and had a
good time among the flowers and
vegetables.


When the sister returned and saw
the mischief that had been done, she
rushed into the study and exclaimed:


"Why, Thomas, how could you let
the horse into the garden He has
spoiled all my nice beds"
"Has he n was the doctors aston
,shed reply II thought lie was too
intelligent TO walk any where but on
the pa-hs."


Nothing more could be said after
such confession.
Year: 1872

II wish you shouldn't give me such
short weight for my money" said a
customer to grocer who had an ac-
count against him of long standing.
e And I wish you would not give me
such long wait for mine" replied the
grocer.
Year: 1872

You smiling, too you naughty Rose
wonder now if you suppose
I'm not aware what sort Of beaux


Around your beauty tarong?
know the husband hunting crew,
And all the pretty tricks they do,
I'm old-but much too young for you!


Girls pass along!
Year: 1872

The undersigned does hereby most respect
fully offer himself TO the voters of Monroe
County as candidate for the Office of Associate
Jude If elected L promise to discharge the
duties of the office with fidelity and to the best
of my ability. PETER GRCBER.
Ross Aug 22 '72*
Year: 1872

AADAOSb CertdIn Ea1Iure Oh .


WASHINGTON, June 14,-The indications
are almost positive from special and regu-
lar sources and semi-official Outgivings
here that the Washington Treaty has
failed. The British Ministry decline at
present to answer the question in Parlla-
ment whether or not the Geneva Arbitra-
tion is a failure.


The report of the Agricultural depart
ment to be published early next week Will
show an increase Of cotton acreage. Com
putatiOn is not yet made of the probable
amount Of the crop.


The commissioner Of patents will render
his decision tomorrow in the celebrated
Durham tobacco case. The decision will
say if the case was a proper one for Judg-
ment of priority, 81 should unhesitatingly
give it to Armistead, but it is not such a
case, las the words Durham smoking tobac-
CO. cannot constitute legal trade mark,
and therefore cannot be registered as there
is nothing registered. There is nothing
registerable in either Blacllwell's or Armi-
stead'S labels and the office blundered
when it gave a certificate of registration
to Blackwell"


The signal service weather reports which
were only intended originally for the ben
eft of commerce, have proved so useful to
the agricultural interests of the country
also that Congress has authorized the War
Department to extend the working of the
system so as to provide specially for those
interests by the collection of reports from
various points in the interior.
Year: 1872

The Nashville Banner makes the fol-
lowing allusiOn to the solicitude of our
neighbor for the dying Democracy:


1t is just a little pathetic to observe with
what carewOrn sOlicitude our amiable
friend Fleming, of the Knoxville Press
and Herald, and State Democratic Elector
for the Baltimore Convention, stands by
the invalid couch of that interesting con-
sumptive, the Jefferson Democracy of
1860. When that interesting consumptive
attempted suicide at Charleston a dozen
years ago, our Knoxville contemporary
was hardly so sOlicitOus to interpose and
save it; and only the stOmach-pump of
civil war, with four years pumping, was
sufficient to eradicate the liquor from its
constitution which, now being shattered
our Knoxville friend relenting generously
consents to be in at the death. We would
not do him the wrong to suspect him of
looking for an inheritance in the an
cient invalid's will, but, if not, there is
something very beautiful in his self-sacri-
ficing devotion. How tenderly he brushes
away the rude, Unfeeling, "disorganizingr
flies who will persistin tickling the patients
groggy old cauliflOwer of nose, flaming
above the immaculate patch-worked
counterpane of chow-chow politics, like a
bon fire of distress. The anxiety of our
friend to promote the interests of the
party is even more touching than the
party's patient suffering while its end
draws nigh. He is perfectly sincere too, in
his faith that the patient aCiU get well and
rescue the country from the spOiler, and
route the vandal horde, and make every
thing serene and lovely, and this is what
is so sad about it all-the certainty of his
disappointment. The invalid will never
get well! Its monument shall belts name
alone. And with no irreverent heartless-
ness let us hope that that label will be con-
fined to its own tombstone, and cover no
sarcophagus but its own. And then? De
DlOrtHiS nil 1lisi bOTlunl.
Year: 1872

From the New York Evening PostI


To call Mr.. Bennett a "great journalist"
is an entire mistake; he was great news
vender, and made in his calling world
wide notoriety, but he never discussedan
great public question, either social or poll
tical, with knowledge or sincerity. He
never enlightened the public mind by the
variety or extent of his information, nor
directed it by the earnestness of his con-
victiOns. He was not statesman, nor a
scholar, nor a philanthropist, nor even a
politician. What he said from day to day
was said merely to produce a sensation, to
raise laugh, or to confirm vulgar preiu-
dice; and so far as he had any influence at
all as writer, it was one that debased and
corrupted the community in which his
paper was read.


He did more to VulgariZe the tone of the
press in this country than any man ever
before connected with it; and the worst
caricatureS that the Genius of Balzac,
Dickens and Thackeray has given us of
the low, slang-whanging, dissolute and
unprincipled Bohemian, of the Lonsteaus
Jefferson Bricks, and Captain Shandons of
the journalistic profession, fail to depict
what Bennett actually was. His earlier
career indeed was SO shameful and dis
gusting that he was banished from respect
able society, and the impression it left was
so strong that, with all the wealth he sub
sequently made by the prostitution of his
energy and talent, he could not procure
social recognition anywhere.
Year: 1872

BOnfires were lighted on Long Island
on Tuesday night by the Catholics i'll hon
or of the decision of the New York State
superintendent against excluding children
from public schools for refusal to read the
Bible. This decision does not affect
BROOKLYN
Year: 1872

I asked prominent Republican leader
at Philadelphia how he felt about the
Greeley movement. "Well," said he, 81
know Greeley is very anxious for the Bal
timore nomination, and [ would like to
see. him defeated just to sour him. But as far
as the campaign is concerned 1 would
rather than not they would nominate him.
1t would make the canvass amusing l
would like to stump my State and have
my old Democratic antagonists meet me.
How do you suppose they would make out
canvassing for Greeley? Why, [ could
laugh them down every time. l would
run them from the field. tell you man
familiar with Greeley's record could worry
the life out of the best Democratic speaker
in the country. We can whip them and l
Year: 1872

Jail to await the action of the grand Jury
He was brought before Judge Dunn upon n
writ OF habeas corpus, who, after a full nves-
tigation, admitted the prisoner to bail, which
he obtained, and was set at liberty. The in
habltants in the vicinity OF the murder were
very much incenscd, and assembled in large
numbers, with the avowed intention of lvnch-
ing the accused who only saved his life by
fight. His suretics were also compelled to
leave the Territory at the hazard of their lives
The mob, in which were some very respect
able citizens, also passed resoution--of
which they notified the Judge--that if he at
tempted to hold another court in that county
II would he at the risk of his life.


On the day appointed 10y law for the hold
ing of the court the Judge appeared, as
usual, without guard or escort, rs calm and
undisturbed as though he was entirely ignor-
ant OF the mcnacea of the mob, ma of
whom as he knew, were in attendance, and
without having even spoken to any member
OF the bar, or to the sheriff. of the danger
with which he was threatened, he took his
seat upon the bench, with his accustomed
quiet dignity, and ordered the sheriff to open
court. 1t WAS observed that he took with
him, to his seat, his saddle bags, and placed
them Immediately by his side. This was his
arsenal, The firm, determined and reSolutc
purpose OF the Judge to hold that court, ut
that time and ut that place, in despite of all
threats of personal violence, was so unmis
takably developed in every lneamcnt of his


nblanchcd features, that all appearance of
mob violence was electually subdued. The
sheriff opened court and its business was pro-
cecdcd with in the usual orderly manner.


The resolutions were ordered spread
upon the Court records; the hymn "Thy
Will be done was sung and the exercises
terminated.
Year: 1872

THE Galena Gazette says a man named
VIM. CARRIER was killed by lightning last
Sunday afternoon. He was lying on a
sofa in the house of Capt S, Z. Porter,
in East Galena. The lightning came
down the chimney, struck him on the
temple, cut his throat, and tore his
clothes from his body, killing him in
stantlv.
Year: 1872

JOHN JEUcK, determined that the
Natal Day shall not pass entirely un-
celebrated, has made arrangements for a
grand time at his Garden, near the Brew
cry The Mineral Point Band is en-
gagged, and every other arrangement
made for the amusement and comfort of
those who visit the Garden to-day.
Year: 1872

The Platteville fitness says a great
many orchards are being ruined this
year by worm something like cater
p'ler. After stripping The trees of their
foliage and young fruit the worm will
leave it, after which the leaves will start
again and assume their accustomed
GreenneSs
Year: 1872

Since the CrotOn water mains were put
down the character of the lower part OF the city has
entirely changed. 1t is longer place OF residence,
but of manufacture and trade and in almost every other
building there is engine, the boiler of which Is
supplied from the CrotOn Aqueduct. while countless
steam craft obtain water from the same source at the
wharves. As consequence, there is much larger de-
mand for down than there was 30 years ago.
Meanwhile the growth of the upper parts OF the city
so increased the amount of water drawn from the
upper end of the old water mains that there Is actually
a smaller head Of water down town than IN former
years. The average hight, moreover, OF downtown
buildings into the upper stories OF which water Is car
red has increased to such a degree that were
the demand no greater than OF old, greater
head of water would be required To rem
edy this twofod difficulty. the Water Board
is laying threefoot water main which VIII not be
tapped to any considerable extent till 1t reaches Cham
Ders-st and which will be connected with the old
mains greatly TO increase the present force of the
water 1t starts from the great fouroOt main in Forty


secOndst-its connection with the Central Park Reser


Voir-and is 70 through Madison-ave. Twentysxth


NewBOwerS, Madson-st, Pearst., and Chambers-st,
Broadway. Where may be branch two from il above
this point the plans for the lower end have not been
definitely settled but the general purpose will be to
distribute the stream into several OF the old mains
the best advantage crcuitous course Will be followed
partly 10 avoid rock-cutting The pipe has been laid
far down as the neighborhood OF Cooper Institute
Year: 1872




SIR: My attention has been called to an
article in paper Of to-day headed Sale OF the Man
haitian Market" Permit me to state that the statements
are incorrect No negotiations pending and no
proposition has been made by Mr. Vanderbilt for the
purchase OF the Manhattan Market The building now
almost completed viii be opened public market"
originally intended aud the prediction OF an old
marketman is myth and has foundation in fact for
we have already rented large number Of stands
tirely responsible marketmen. The farmers Of Long
Island and NewJersey deeply interested in the sue
cess OF this market, and have pledged themselves to
bring their produce it, their good tells them
they can sell in half the time they at Washington
Market am free TO admit that the property is desira
BILE and we deem the situation most fortunate instead OF
unfortunate as you pleased TO style IT, for Thirty
fourthst is lO0foot street. In central and very desr
able location and lower down town to-day than wash
ington Market 10 years IL the writer OF your
article will the trouble 10 stand In front OF our Du
ing few moments morning. he must as an honest
man. admit that there Is wonderful amount OF travel
through Thirty yourth-s 10 the North River Very re-
spectfully your obedient servant, PAUL J. ARMOUR,
q President Manhattan Market Company.


Yelo- York, Aug. so, 1874
Year: 1872

The plan of The TRIBUNE to test the man


agemenf BoOmDgdaie Hospital for the Insane Is
condemned by papers. THE TRIBUNE employed a
reporter who teigned insanity az New YORK hotel was
Year: 1872

Here the narrative ends, the recital OF the
reporters experience while in the asylum BENG re-
served for another DAY But in this there is surely
enough 10 show the necessity for radical changes IN the
present loose regulations the subject OF cohslghg
persons 10 lunatic asylums Within 4S hours from the
lime the reporter commenced his fegned lunacy ne was
lodged in an asylum the testimony OF TWO physl.
clans neither OF whom knew him and one OF whom had
only seen him for 20 minutes, and upon the order OF
pclice Justice before whom he not even Obliged 10
snDear Such condition OF things this Is disgrace
10 civilized community and IL Is devouuy 10 be hoped
that the present ventilation OF the subject VIII lead 70
the enacneut and execution OF regulations which shall


not offer such terribly easy opportunity Tor lncarceIahS
perfectly sane persons in lunatic asylum.