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Year: 1871

RICHMOND, Jan. 10, 1871


am In receipt or the following In regard TO the
lynching OF the negroes in Union county, s. U. II
appears, Us mas already been stated In the HERALD
that stevens was met In the road. taken from his
wagon and cooliy murdered 1t is said that ne re.
fused to give the whiskey which he Ind in his wagon
to those demanding II, and for ths refusal he was
killed. The people OF Union, hearing OF this murder,
became very much excited, and suspicion falling
upon the Ellis negro brothers as being engaged In
tho murder warrants procured for their arrest
The officer and those accompanying him get up an
indiscrimnate firing on the house, the former In
the meantime being wounded badly that he has
since died. Finally the Mayor OF the town Mr.
Goss, and Colonel Mckissick arrived upon the spot
ana volunteered 10 20 and arrest the ELLIS brothers,
which they did, ana conducted them to jail.


After this atrair Of Sunday everything was quiet
up to Wednesday night. About one O'Clock In tho
morning OF Thursday company Of disguised men
appeared at the jail and demanded OF the keeper or
SheriY tho keysi these he Refused surrender but
the attacking party entered the JAIL broke the locks
OF the doors, took SIX men from the Jail to dis
tance therelrom and shot two OF them 10
death, left two more badly wounded, while the
other two have not been seen since. Ono
Of the murdered men was EIliots Walker,
the captain OF the militia company In Union, the
one who was arrested on the railroad train on MoD-
day last and the other was Charner Gordon. The
two wounded men were Joe Ellis and Andy Thomp-
son. The acco"nt says thar ons knows who any
OF this band OF ruifans werc but 1t Is quito evident
70 every thinking man that they are people fully
posted III regard to everything that is going OH
In that vicinity. We have no doubt thaa
they were, many Of them, citizens OF that county,
and some OF them probably Of the village. large
number OF the citizens ut Union to ask assist
ance In the matter, ana oil parties seem anxious
that garrison should be sent there at once. We
can SEQ no way out Of this terrible state OF affairs
but for the people OF the country to rise in their
might aud determine to shoot down sight the lrst
disguised man who s seen prowlln9 about.


It is an awful state OF uncertainty for people to
live In; no one knows how soon lie may be dragged
from his bed at the dead OF the night and murdered
In cold blood. Every day these matters seem to
grow worse instead OF better. The people Of that
county owe 1t to themselves, TO the credit OF the
State, that everything should be done that be
done 10 put stop TO these inhuman barbarities.
humanity shudders at the mere mentten OF such
fendish cruelt!es. They must organize vigilance
committees whose duty il shall be to arrest all per-
sons eeen prowlng about the country and bring
them at once to justice. Every outrage like this
puts the country back ut least quarter OF q cen-
turY in the scale OF progress VIM the people rise TO
the necessity OF this occasion?
Year: 1871

Mary Ann Walsh, residing at No. 45O Kent avenue,
died on Monday afternoon as alleged from the in
human treatment Of her husband. Coroner Jones
was notified OF the death OF the woman, and, on
making inquiries into the cause, was informed that
the husband Of deceased was q man OF dlssipated
habits ana had been In the habit for some time past
OF beating her.


About q week since the unfortunate woman gave
birth 10 Oh infant and owing 10 the lack or proper
care she grew very weak The ill-treatment OF her
husband, II Is said. was continued ana on one occa-
slon he attempted TO throw the infant at her, when
his sister.inlaw selzed 1t from hum. On another
occasion, when one OF the negnb0rs was about TO
take the poor woman some food, her husband said
"Dont give Il to her: let her die.n


The Coroner is investigating the case. eN
Year: 1871

An Insane Girl Shot as a Chicken Thief


nexcusabIe Homicide.


The Baltimore Gazette of yesterday has the
following particulars of shooting affair
reported by telegraph last evening"


One OF the most reckless and cold. blooded homi-
cides committed In this vicinity for long time
perpetrated on the line OF the Philadelphia Railroad,
near Chase's Station, about twelve miles from this
city, on Saturday morning. 1t appears that during
last fall rumor prevailed In the neighborhood in
the author OF the robbery OF the henneres there
abouts, but the robberies ceased and no more was
thought Of it. On Friday night female, about 70
In the neighborhood and three white men, two
of whom were named Wilson and Hughes, and
negroes started In search OF her. pretending to
suppose she was the hen-roost robber returned and
went to the house Of Joseph League and impaired
their suspicion OF the woman to MIN. League i'm
mediately got up from his bed, and after having
heavily charged his gun started In pursuit with
they discovered an object on the railroad and ap,
preached 1t, and when they got sufficiently near,
in the grey Of the morning l discovered It was a 2
shoulder, but the weapon was caught by one OF
the negroes, who told him not to shoot, but give
her. AS soon as the pistol was discharged
the woman, without raising from her position.
turned her face towards the men and remarked that
if they followed her she would shoot one OF them.
League at once stepped back and remarked, "pn
oYey sDd " s snnnoSed sSe was instantly sed
Neither League nor any OF his companions went
near her, but left the place and went to their
party who was passing, and the magistrate
Of the district notified, VINO held an Inquest
on the body, when verdict OF death at the
hands OF some person or persons unknown
was rendered. The remains were then Inferred.
The fact OF the homicide reached this city and Mar
shall Gray sent Detectives Mitchell and Pointer to
the place to make an investigation. The result was
the arrest OF League and all his confederates, who
are now in the jail at TOwsontown. The woman
was a stranger In the neighborhood, and was seen
to inquire on the evening before her death for the
house OF a man named Mitchell, and agaH it was
said she was a woman OF il-repute walking from
Philadelphia to this city.
Year: 1871

given categorical answers to all sorts
of medical questions, such as whether
he had pain in his back, (which
would have been quito astonishing if
he hadn't, and if his head felt all right,
(Which it would have been quite as
tonishing if it had, !, and if he felt as
though he could 90 to sleep now,
(Which he solcmnly swore he could
if they'd let him.) About daybrcaR
the poor fellow was permitted to get
back to bed so thoroughly parboiled
that he don't know when he will be
able to put on his clothes, and is think
ing of ordering dress suit of mosqui-
to netting, positive he never had any
spotted fever, but he hopes he may
have before he ever allows campagne to
get him into scrapc Ike this.-Riea-
moRd Dispatch.
Year: 1871

1t is more than likely that the pres


ent alarm about Spotted fever" is


likely to do more for the temperance


cause in this city than any agency yet


discovered. A case to the point took


place at the West End few nights


since. The symptoms of the new dis


ease had been thoroughly canvassed


at the tea table, and each member of


the family had retired fully prepared
for death. About midnight the gem


tleman of the house, who had been


down to "see a man." and had seen


him once too often, returned home and


retired. In few minutes his heavy


breathing (which is symphony attract
ed his wife's attention, and she nerv.
ously inquired what was the NATTER
The unconscious patient murmured
"pain-i-head." That was enough
The alarmed wife tore into the next
room, consulted lady friend, who had
once seen a case, found it was sure
thing, and they rushed in together to
save his life A frantic excursion into
the kitchen, brought up all the mus
tard there was in the house and near.
ly all the water there was in the hy-
drant, boiling hot, and in very few
the victim, who was dream
ing of Gerot's and other champagne
punch, was walked up, and up to his
knees in hot water, with three or four
yards of red hot mustard plasters fcs-
tooning his proud form. Under the
that he had walked in that
other and hotter world, he feebly muir
INJURED, "sparc my life," which his anx-
ious wife taking to be farewell my
wife, burst into tears, and at once put
on yard or two more Of plaster. AS
il is well known fact that where two
women have man all to themselves
to doctor him, his hold on life is of the
frailcst kind. The spotted fever"
sufferer begged to be let out, which
was not done, however, until he had !
Year: 1871

on the other, and a pail in each hand,
ard a bottle of vinegar in my coat
skirt pocket. There was camp chair
hung on me somewhere, too, but ] for
get just where.


"Now," said Maria Ann, eve must
run or We shall not catch the cars"


"Maria," said |, "that is a reasona-
bic idea. How do you suppose l can
ruu with all this freight?'


"You must, you brute. You always
try to tease me. If you don't want a
scene on the streets you will start, too"


So | ran.


l had one comfort at least. Maria
Ann fell down and broke her parasol
She called me a brute again because |
laughed. Maria Ann drove me all
the way to the depot on a brisk trot,
and we got on the cars; but neither
of us could get seat and l could not
find place where / could set the
things down, so | stood there and held
them.


"Maria,' | said, chow is this for a
cool morning ride?'


Said she, "you are brute, Jenkins y


Said /, "my love, you have made
that observation before


kept my courage up, yet l knew
there would be an hour of wrath when
we got home. While we were getting
out of the cars the bottle in my pock-
ct got broke, and consequently l had
one boot half full of vinegar all day.
That kept me pretty quiet; and Maria
Ann ran off with big-whiskcred mu-
sic teacher, and lost her fan, and got
her feet wet, and tore her dress, and
enjoyed herself so much after the
fashion of picnic goers, and Maria
called me a pig because l wanted to
open our basket before the rest of the
baskets were opened.


At last dinner time came-the mice
dinner in the woods" you know
Over three thousand little red ants
had got into our dinner, and they were
worse to pick out than fish bones. The
ice cream had melted and there was
no vinegar for the cold meat except
what was in my boot, and of course
that was of no immediate use. The
music teacher spilled cup of hot cof-
fee on Maria's head, and pulled all the
frizzles out trying to wipe off the cof-
fee with his handkerchief. Then I
sat down on piece of raspberry pie,
and spoiled my white pants, and con-
cluded didn't want anything more.
| had to stand up against tree the
rest of the afternoon. The day af-
forded considerable variety, compared
to everyday life, but there were so
many drawbacks that / did not enjoy
it so much as l mil ght have done.
Year: 1871


You're gliding down lifo's stream, mother,
Your head is silvering DER.
And by and by your dear loved face
shall behold no more.
The tender voice. the gentle smile,
That have loved so long.
Will soon no more my grief bcguile,
No more inspire my song.
But oh tho works of truth and right
Which to me you have given,
Will lead me in Gods holy path,
Will guide me home to Heaven.
My mother, oh thy gentle love,
How tender and how true;
Like softly falling summer showers,
Like early morning dew.
In childhood's hour, in girlhood's morn,
In sickness and in tears,
To sympathize and comfort me
In all my gloomy fears.
Thou, mother. hast true friend been,
And many burden borne
And many a cloud Of grief for me,
Thy gentle face hath worn.
What tribute can bring to thee;
What words so fond and truei
All love. affection, tenderness,


Most surely art thy due.
And may the loving father give
Thee many a blessing rare;
And may thy life on earth be bright,
Thy path to Heaven most fair.
Year: 1871

SAVED HIS WnrppINd.--A little
urchin seven or eight years old, in one
of our schools where a Miss Blodgett
was teacher, composed the following,
and wrote it Oh his slate at PRAYER
time, to the great amusement Of the
bovs
Year: 1871

Low WATER IN THE RIvER.-The high
westerly winds Of the last few days has
driven the water out of the river, causing it
to fall to lower depth than has been known


here for the last twenty-five years. AS a
consequence, the Baltimore and New York
steamers advertised to leave on Monday and
Tuesday had to remain at their wharves
for twenty.four to forty-eight hours behind
time. The former steamer hung her bow
in attempting to turn round, and remained


in that position during the whole Of Tues
Year: 1871

was much Mortified in going over the
battlefield of Gravelotte to find many
OF the corpses of the poor soldiers quite
exposed. The soil in front of the Wood
de Jaumont, which lies between the
village of Gravelotte and ST. Privat,
lsvery stony and have no doubt that
in the month of August the ground was
then so hard as to make it almost i'm
possible for the Germans-upon whom
alone fell the task Of interring the heaps
OF slain-to spare the time to bury them
deep. l could distinctly identity one
poor fellow as a Zouave, and could make
out the position in which he fell The
whole OF his face had quite disappeared,
but his blue jacket and red pantaloons
and boots were scarcely injured. Icould
also discover another to be a Prussian ;
and from many OF the graves one could
see hands and feet appearing. For the
sake OF decency and humanity, measures
ought to be taken at once las l believe
has been the case at Sedan) to bury these
corpses deeper. The distress in the
villages around is something too terrible
to be described, especially at Recon
vile, Gravelvtte, and st. Privat. The
houses have been denuded of everything
windows, doors, cupboards, and
hoors-all have heen perfectly destroyed.
So one may imagine what they have had
to endure this terrible winter. One
poor woman in the village of Gravelotte
begged me to go into her cottage to see
her daughter, a girl of 12 years old, who
was dreadfully i'll with typhus fever.
She could get no doctor. The woman
had nothing to give the child. There is
no work to be done. The men cannot
repair even their own houses, for they
have no tools and no money. The
farmers have lost all their horses and
cattle and corn, and are therefore almost
ruined. There is one loud lament
throughout the land, and the poor say
the worst is yet to come Z; for as many
OF the bodies have been buried in the
little courtyards and gardens of the
cottages, and with all the decaying
humanity around them, they quite dread
a pestilence during a summer, and
doubtless one fears such must be the
case unless immediate steps are taken to
prevent it. Horses and seed are here
the great demand. A French gentle
man told me that unless the farmers can
get the land ploughed and sew well in
this district by the middle of March, they
will get no harvest at all this year
Var Correspondence.
Year: 1871

The Erie On. W Dispatch tells a fun
ny story about railroad train getting
foul OF lot OF dogs:


"The single track trestle-work over
State street, used by the Lake Shore
Railroad passenger trains, is remark
ably uncomfortable crossing place for
man and beast, if q train happens to be
approaching. 1t is too narrow for stand
ing room at the side, and there is from
twelve to twenty feet OF jump to moth
er earth. A day or two ago a squadron
of vagrant dogs, numbering upwards OF
a dozen, took it into their canine crani-
ums to cross that bridge, and away they
went, skipping over the ties as lively rs a
lot OF crickets. The poor brutes had
failed to consult the time card, or they
might have seen that the day express
was Just due; but perhaps that did not
matter much, as they had visual infor-
nation of that fact about the time the
leader had reached the centre of the
bridge. The train came laundering
along, its cow-catcher protected by n
snow-plow, and the ours, after one mo-
ment of bewilderment set up chorus OF
frightful howls. Some OF the dogs tried
to slip past the monster and Others
turned tail and made a run for it, but
the result was all the same, and the snow
plow scooped them up by twos and threes,
keeping hundred weight or so OF ami
mated sausage meat turning handsprings
and triple somersaults, until the last
yelper had been pitched of. Quite a
crowd of persons collected to count the
dead, but the dogs disappointed them,
as every one had sufficient life left to
limp away.
Year: 1871

The Biddeford (Me.) Journal says a
family troubled by a neighbor in the
same building borrowing things without
leave in their absence. lately tried the
experiment of leaving their kerosene can
filled with water. The lady ofthe other
part of the house, not long after, called
in to inquire where they bought their
kerosene, for hers wouldn't burn. She
had wasted nearly bunch Of matches.
but could not light her lamp
Year: 1871

How To CooK.-In almost every Scotch
farmhouse and kitchen is to be seen the
big earthen pot, in which bits OF mutton,
pork, beef, every vegetable almost thai
can be named, together with liberal
amount OF barley, are thrown. This
furnishes the nourishing and savory
broth for which the Scotch are famous.
With the less carnivorous French it is a
more simple affair. A Partisan dame
described it as follows Any quantity OF
beef from one to five pounds must be
put into an earthen jar or pan having
a close-ftting lid, with little salt, and
water in the proportion of a quart for
each pound. Boil it so as to skim the
grease of, and then add carrots, a pars-
nip, leeks in abundance, turnips, celery,
four ground cloves, and let it simmer on
the top OF the oven for from seven to ten
hours. Only simmer-for q bouillon
boiled is a bouiIlon spoiled. The meat
and vegetables may be served on one
dish, and the soup in another, with
bread. The beef when cold next day
can be eaten with shalot or tarragon
vinegar.
Year: 1871

A CALIFORNIA paper says it is deeply
indebted to Congressman for copy
of his great speech against the franking
privilege, which, as he justly observes,
entails an expense OF millions of dollars
annually upon the people to crafty the
vanity or advance the personal interests
of garrulous members OF Congress " In
a private note," adds the Journalist,
1.-The honorable Senator informs us that
he has franked ten thousand copies OF
this document to his constituents, and
he cannot entertain a doubt that it will
be the means of his triumphant re-elec'
ton. He may count upon us; we pledge
him our enthusiastic indifference.
Year: 1871

Many people suppose that, in order
properly to ventilate room, openings
on opposite sides must be provided, so
that passage of AIR through the apart


ment may take place. This doubtless
gives a more rapid change OF air than
any other method, but it exposes the oc-
cupants to the action of currents, and
thus frequently becomes the source of
colds. That an active Interchange be-
tween the external and internal air will
go on through n single opening may be
readily shown by very simple expert
ment. Raise the lower sash of u window
in Il room otherwise closed, and let Il
person who is smoking station himself
in front OF the opening. When the
cloud of smoke is directed toward the
upper part of the open space it will be
seen to escape outward when on the
contrary it is directed toward the lower
part of the opening, it will be carried
inward and toward the floor. As long
as there is any density OF the external
and internal air, such circulation will
continue. Provided the inmates of the
apartment avoid position Immediately
adjacent to the aperture, no currents will
be felt, as the air in the other parts of
the room will be moving in much larger
masses, and at greatly reduced rate OF
sneeu
Year: 1871

There are fewer people who are correct
in their orthograph than one would sup
pose possible, and the mistakes made by
the large majority of people III spelling
the words Of which the subioined SEN
tences are composed are by no means
few:


1T is an agreeable sight to witness
the unparalleled embarrassment OF har-
assed reddler in attempting to guage n
peeled onion which n Sibyl has stabbed
with pionard regardless of the lnuuen-
does of the lilies OF the carnelian hue.


Considering the canehan hucs and
separating the inneundoes from the incip-
lent beginnings, l will simply state that
the cobbler's pony ate n pot;'to from n
peddler's wagon which was gnuged by n
Sibyl Oh an unparalleled tres lie work
These sentences are old, and may look
very simple but there are very few per
sons who can write them of quickly and
correctly without references.
Year: 1871

FIFTEEN YOUNG ladies took the vail in
st. Louis last week. OF the ceremony
an account says The fifteen novices
who desired to assume the habit, ap-
peared before the altar dressed in white,
each wearing n wreath of orange BIOS
SONS. from which descended delicate lines
of stems and leaves. Their appearance
was exceedingly interesting. In the
placid fair young faces there was hardly
trace to be detected of girlish embar-
rassment at being subjected to the gaze
of the audience. The religious sacred
ness of the occasion to them doubtless
absorbed every other thought"
Year: 1871

A leading Boston architect is contidsnt
that in less than twenty years all build
inrs there will be built of brick. stone
and iron. Timber is growing each year
relatively scarce and high.
Year: 1871

A GERMAN living in Ohio, after "A three
years residence in this country, recently
received information from his parents IN
the old country that if he did not return
and join the army his property would be
conhscated. The poor fellow took coun-
sci of the German Minister at Washing
ton before starting, and found that, if he
wants to save his estate, he must go. He
departs now for fatherland, with the
mournful consolation that he has not had
to become soldier before the cruel war
was over.
Year: 1871

John McDonough, the millionaire of New Orleans, has engraved upon his tomb ,erles 1f maXims he has prescribed as the rule Tor las guidance through life, and to which hls success in business is mainly attributed. They contain so much wisdom that We copy them RULES FOR THE GUIDANCE or MY LIFE, l6Oi.

 Remember always that labor is one of the conditions of our existence Time is gold throw not one minute away, but place each one Co account. Do unto all men as ye would be done by Never put off till tomorrow what you can do to-day. Never bid another do what you can do yourself Never coyet what is not your own Never think any matter SO trifiing as not to deserve notice. Never give out that which does rot at first come in. Never spend but to produce Let the greatest order regulate the transactions of your life. Study in your course of life to do the greatest amount of good. Deprive yourself of nothing necessary to your com fort but live in an honorable simplicity. La bor, then, to the last moment of your exist ence Pursue strictly the above rules and the Divine blessing and riches of every kind will flow upon you to your hearts content. But first of all, remember that the chief and great duty of your life should be to tend, by all means of your power, to the honor and glory of our Divine Creator

 The conclusion to which have arrived is, that without temperance there is no health without virtue no order; without religion no happiness and that the aim of eur being is to live righteously, wisely and soberly.

 JoHS McDoSoUGH.

 NEv ORrrANs March q ISOI
Year: 1871

How TO Cook BEETs.-Beets should be carefully washed, but not cut before boiling, as cutting then allows the juice to escape, leaving them white and hard. Tn summer boil them an hour in salted water, and in winter boil them four hours. After boiling. scrape off their skins and cut off the threads hanging from them
Year: 1871

How TO Cook CABBAGE-After taking off the outside leaves, quarter the cabbage and wash each quarter separately in water rather more than tepid-as water of this tempera- ture makes insects drop out. After rinsing in cold water, boil in plenty of salted water in which little soda has been dissolved. Boil little over an hour.