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Year: 1872

For MoTHERs.-Send your child
rem to bed happy. Whatever cares
press, give it a warm good night
kiss as it goes to its pillow. The
memory of this in the stormy years
that may be in store for the little
one, will be like Bethlehems star to
the bewildered shepherds. My
father, my mother, loved me" ;"
Nothing can take away that blessed
heart-balm. Lips parched with the
worlds fever will become dewy again
at the thrill of youthful memories.
Kiss your little child before it goes
to sleep.
Year: 1872

There is man in Darby, Pa. who pur.
chased bulldog, which he proposed to
turn loose in his store at night In order to
scare away the burglars. The first even
ing after he obtained possession of the an.
lmal he locked it in the store and went
away happy man. The next morning,
early, he went around to the store and un-
locked the door. The dog was .vigilant---


the man was surprised to see how exceed.


lngly vigilant that dog was--for no soon.
er was the door opened than the dog seized


its owner by the leg, suddenly, and SEEM
ed to be animated by an earnest and Wig.
orous resolution not to let go until it had
removed at least one good mouthful.
And the man pushed the dog back and
shut the door on his ribs until the animal
relaxed its jaws; a. 1 tE@n the man kicked
the dog into the store and shut the door
as If he was in hurry to do something.
Then he suspended business for week,
and spent the vacation firing at the dog
through the windows, and down the chim-
ney, and up through the cellar ceiling,


with shot gun, trying to exterminate


him. And that mercantile establishment


did not open for trade until the man had


paid twice the cost of the dog to the dog's >
former owner to come and take it home !;
and then, when he got in, he found that
during the bombardment, holes had been
shot through mackerel barrels and molas-
ses cans, and coal oil kegs. so that there
was misery and ruin everywhere. Dogs
have since no more charms for this man !;
and if you allude in his presence to the
noble work that is being done by the wo-
mans branch of the society for the pre-
vention of cruelty to animals, that mer-
chant is always observed to rise and swear.
Year: 1872

Capitalization through subsfdzess


New YORK, Oct. 17.-In the National
Board Of Trade this morning discussion
was had on a proposition of the Buffalo
Board of Trade to the effect that II any
proposition be entertained looking to an
appropriation by the Government in aid Of
any work in particular State, it should be
shown that such State is ready to abandon
to the Government its interest in such work
with unrestricted right of way and the re-
lease of all private ownership.


Mr.. Hazard, of Buffalo, said it was too
much to expect New York to give up the
Erie Canal for the sake of an appropriation
which would benefit other States even more
than it. He argued for the national char
acter Of the Erie Canal. Its enlargement
would be an inestimable boon to every
hamlet in New ENGLAND by cheapening the
staff of life, and to the West by furnishing
cheap transportation. #GE


The subject was ultimately tabled.


Gambling.


| The majority of the special Committee
on Gambling in trade, presented a report
cOndemning system of trade which sub
stitu.es reckless gambling for fair dealing,
and calling on the Banks to discourage
loans to parties engaged in cornering, by
exacting such securities as will confine
their transactions within their means.


Mr.. Branch, of Richmond, presented a
minority report condemning cornering in
stocks, gold and grain, as dishonest and in
jurious to national charaetef. l4a164sS1
Mr. Fairbank, of Chicago, objected to
the word dishonest, and doubted whether
they could be stopped, as it is gambling,
md gambling will always 60 on.


Several delegates denounced the pernici-
oJJs system of trade in cotton carried on in
Pearl street, by which some times three
times as much cotton is sold in one day as
there is in the country.


The majority report was adopted.


A report looking to negotiating treaty
with Great Britain for reciprocal trade
with Canada was set for tomorrow.
Year: 1872

To the Editor Of the Union and American:


Can you tell me what the Banner means
by likening such men as Henry, Caruthers,
Wright, Ewing, Burton, Black, Perkins,
Harris and Palmer to t'rheumatic old Wo-
men ?" Are its editors crazy F? What
have these men done to call for auch COM
parison? Are they too old to give advice
or make suggestionsp Do they alag super
fuous on the stage" and thus offend the
freshness and vigor of the Banner editors /?
But two of them are so old as the RanIeT'S
candidate for Congress for the State at-large.
And of these two It may be said that if they
have lost anything in energy Of intellect,
(Which doubt), full compensation Is made
to them In increase Of mellow wisdom aud
disinterested patriotism. But suppose all
of them were old and past the age Of active
exertion, are the words of sage experience
and accumulated knowledge no longer to
be heard in the land? Are we to have re-
peated the tale of Rehoboam and his eoun-
sellors? Such men are at least entitled to
respectful treatment and forbearanee for
what they have been.


But what is there in the letters referred to,
to call out from the Banner its ill-natured
sneer2 These gentlemen Were requested
to- I1e present and make speeches at re-
ception of Gen. Cheatham. They excuse
themselves and express their opinion as to
the proper action in the pending canvass
for Congress. Is there weakness or ser
Witty In their letters ? Let the Banner try
its hand to write anything better. Is there
in them anything malignant or undignifed?
Are these men alone to be denied the mod
est public expression Of their opinions?
Are they to be crammed away in a lumber
attic to make room for beardless tyros to
display their Unbalanced theories as the
basis of public action?


God forbid, that should deny to young
men, or to middle-aged men, their proper
place in the public arena; but there is
enough for all to do. The Republic needs
the fierce energy of its young, the collected
might Of its middls-aged and the sage eoun-
sells of its elders.


Fossils God save tie ularkI It might
be well, perhaps, to see an intellectual
wrestle between some of these men of past
renowns s.and some of the arrogant, pat
Year: 1872

It is said that seals hunt salmon in the
same way that hounds hunt hares. Seals
swim faster than salmon, and the fish es-
cape by doubling and evading their pursu-
ers. In clear weather, and with little
wind and no serf, salmon swim deep or
very close in shore, sheltering elves
in seaweed, as hares do in cover
Year: 1872

CoLUhBUs, Oct. IA petition from
the colored masons of Columbus for
equal recognition with their white brethren
was presented to the State Grand Lodge
to-day, but owing TO want of of time for lis
consideration it was laid on the table,
Year: 1872

The Bay Ridge and Hampstead Railroad will
be finished time for next Summers travel The South
Side Railroad Company will conduct its affairs. Com


modous depots will be built at Bay Ridge and New
Lots From Bay Ridge fast steamers will carry passen


gers and freight to the foot of was, NewYork. This
road will AFFORD outlet to rich section of the Island.
and cannot fail be Of great benefit TO the whole south
side now touched by the main ne BY controlling this


line Of road, the South Side Company will have to
the Brooklyn Underground Railroad II has been de-
extend the South Side road Morches and the
entire right of Is In possession OF the Company


The Long Island Railroad Company laying steel rails
the entire length OF its road Its smithtown and Port
Jefferson branch will be opened for travel about the 18th
OF December. Construction trains over IL as
far smhtown. The Company will also build branch
road from Farmingdale 10 Babylon. map OF the route
has filed In the Suffolk County Clerks Office Con-
siderable opposition is made ~ the building Of this
branch valuable building sites will have TO be used
Year: 1872

HOUSE AGENT.


Much discussion ensued In Wali-st. circles
on Saturday upon the announcement that there was
run on the Mutual Bank which Is situated on the east
side of Broadway, between Astor-paco and Eighthst
Inquiry elected tho information that the chatham
National Bank in Broadway which for some time past
has acted as the redeemng Clearing Agent OF
the Mutual, had informed the clearinghouse that II
would no longer oct in that capacity for It, Cheeks
on the Mutual Bank were consequently refused
by the banks associated In the Clearinghouse, thus
forcing holders present them over the connter TO
the paying teller OF the Mutual In the meantime
rumors derogatory TO tho bank had circulated, and
many OF the depostors fastened TO withdraw their
balances, that at p. IN the aisle
encrcng the clerical department OF the bank was ed
by anxious people, eager TO get their money The Dank
being obliged by law TO remain open later than TINS
hour avaled itself Of It's privilege. and man was sta
toned at the door to keep people out considerable
portion Of the banks reserve had been paid out, and
runners were dispatched friendly sources for add
tional funds


The President Of the bank, when questioned IN regard
TO the matter replied that it all owing to the CHAT
ham Natiopal Bank, which had informed the clear,ry
house that II would no longer effect cearances Tor The
Mutual but had failed TO give notice to the officers OF
the latter and thus allow them to make other arrange
ments. had the result and their ability to
Withstand pressure would depend the assistance
which they might derive. large part OF their assets
consisted OF real estate The capital OF the bank was
siOe OOo and the deposits sOOJ and had no circulation
IL was a State bank, and had been established ABOUT
three years.


Presumably the run will begin again this morning
The officers OF the bank William L. COnklln' Pres
dent, and william g. Carman, Cashier. The President
Of the Chatham National Bank stated that IL nd tIo"h
up the account OF the Mutual because the business was
not remuneratve He believed, however that the hu-
tua Bank was solvent
Year: 1872

law This intimatiop caused the Committee of the
Board which called upon him. Saturday In reference
the salary question TO infer that he Thought me AS
BILE surprise expressed that he had come to such
conclusion 1t took him nearly a year to do So


Assistant Alderman Geis made. on Saturday. legal
demand on the Controller for his salary for November,
and threatened 10 apply for mnndamus II 1t were not
maid tO-day.
Year: 1872

A St. Louis paper says that man
named Henry Neclcy wont down in
well on Saturday night at Bissell's
Point, for the purpose Of recovering a
hat which had been dropped in. In
short time he gavo a signal of dis.
tress which told those above him that
he was being overcome with foul
air. There was but little time for
dcliberation. a rope was hastily
procured by the bystanders, one end
of which was formed into moose
and let down to the sufferer. After
angling a moment tho man in the
we'll gave tho rope ajerk, and tho men
other end commenced pulling it up.
When about half way out they dis.
covered that the moose had fallen over
the mans head, and that he was
dangling by the neck. llorriiied at
tho discovery: they wisely concluded
that death by strangulatiou was nc
worse than death by suffocation, and
so they continued to pull away until
they landed. Nceloy Oh terra iirma in
an unconscious state. by the appli


cation Of proper restoratives he was
resuscitatcd and is nov doing we'll
Year: 1872

The Macon Telegraph and Mcsson.
scngcr, Of Thursday, says.


We heard last evening Of 4 well
authenticated case Of hydrophoIia in
a calf, the first of tho kind that has
ever come to our knowledge. If it
was not n case Of this kind it had all
the symptoms of it. On smelling
it jumped against fence with such
force that it broke through, tried to
bite, foamed at tho mouth, eat dirt
and made other manifestations that
left but little doubt on the mind of a
medical man as to the nature Of the
disease.
Year: 1872

A correspondent of the New York
Tribune is confident that only one of
tho throe counties in Delaware is
doubtful. This is Wilmington Coun-
ty where the Federal influences is con.
contratcd. There is no deposition to
split tho party, and tho State is good
for heavy Liberal majority.
Year: 1872

The Democrats regard with especial interest
the coming together of the Cincinnati Conven-
ten, and it is probable that they will not hold
their Nominating Convention until they know
what IL done at Cincinnati
Year: 1872

The Memphis and Nor hwesfern aad


Memphis and 81. Louis Railroads.


The Memphis and Northwestern Rail-
road Company, who are receiving a most
liberal support in Z Ansss, are at present
engaged in placing SONS seventy five
miles of their road, extending from the
State line of Missouri westward, in readi-
ness for construction. This much of the
line will be built during the coming sum-
mer In any case. It is also the intention
of the company to plsc5 the seventy


eight miles of line, which extends across
the southwest corner of Missouri to the
north line Of the State of Arkansas,
under contract early In the summer If
possible. The most expensive portion Of
the line to construct. lies in Arkansas
and this fact applies to all other
roads In that section. This and other
matters of location and of q financial ma
ture have tended to cause delay in the
operations of the Memphis and North
western company in Arkansas. Nearly
all the COMMITTEES of that State, along the
line of the road, have voluntarily ex-
tended assurances of hearty support but
It has not been the desire of the company
to accept them until time could be set
for the commencement Of construction in
the localities mentioned. As the local
support In Arkansas will at best form but
q small proportion of the total cost of the
road in that State, the company wisely
propose to avoid the expenses and sscri-
hces which usually attend the premature
commencement OF operations In ooun-
try like that of Western Arkansas, and
prefer to wait the termination of certain
financial movements in Europe which
promise most favorable results in behalf
Of both of the important enterprises
named in this article. The Inducements
which the combination or consolidated
companies are able to offer, are regarded
across the water as superior to those of
most American roads, and the prospects
are bright for the commencement of work
on both lines before many weeks, and up
on an extensive scale. No other line
prof sctsd in the interest Of Memphis Is
able to make better showing in variety
and importance of local products, agricul-
tural and mineral, than that of the Mem
phiB and Northwestern. No projected
road in the West gives promise of an
earlier reward upon a judicious invest
ment Of capital than this. Passing in the
rear OF st. Louis and Of Kansas City,
Missouri, to and through the garden of
the State of Kansas, it will bear to Mem
phis a supply OF products peculiarly
adapted to her trade, OF inestimable value.
There can be no line projected that will
possess the same facilities for thorough
and effective competition with the st.
Louis railroad system as that of the Mem
phis and Northwestern. The frlends of
the above named projects, united by
common interest, confidently expect TO
commence their work with Vigor. They
regard the chief difficulties in the way Of
aspeedy commencement as now overcome,
and when once undertaken, 1t Is the in
tention to push these great works through
to final success without q pause
Year: 1872

brought to light and eradicated as far
forth as possible. We should not he
constantly looking for some scapegoat
to bear the iniquitieS of society into the
wilderness. and having found one, flat
ter ourselves that oar fleece is white
and our back free from any such bur
den; but when warning and advice is
given. ask if we are not in danger and
when the faults. follieS and sins of the
people are spoken of, the question
should he asked. doesn't it mean me -
Year: 1872

According t" the Alaska Herald, the
Alaska Commercial Company, which
has Il monopoly of the fur seal business
for ~ years, get from so to Sl7 per
skin raw. while the Aleuts who capture
and skin the animals and cure the pelts
get only 10 cents per skin. The effect
of this is to give the company immense
profits on an article in which there is
no competition. and to keep the Aleuts
in the most miserable poverty and
slavery
Year: 1872

a young lady at Belfast, on dit, is
working hard to collect il million post
age stamps, on the strength of prom
iSe from her wealthy man that when
that end is attained he will give her an
education. Just TO crafty the whim of
a first class ass, the poor girl is spend
ing time and energy enough in use
less mania to give her, if properly ap-
piled. good education indeed.
Year: 1872

From the Popular Science Monthly.I


The ancestor from which cur present
chimney-pot hat takes most of its char
acteristics is the broad-brimmed, low
crowned hat, with an immense plume
falling down on to the shoulder, which
was worn during the reign of Charles III /.
At the end of the seventeenth, and dur
iug the eighteenth century, this hat was
varied by the omission Of the plume,
and by giving of the brim various
cocks" That these cocks" were
formerly temporary is shown by Ho-
garth's picture OF Hudibras beating
Sidrophel and his man Whacum, where
there is o hat the brim of which is
buttoned up in front to the crown with
three buttons. This would be hat Of
the seventeenth century. Afterward,
during the eighteenth century, the brim
was bent up in two or three places, and,
notwithstanding that these cocks"
became permanent, yet the hats still re-
tanned the marks of their origin in the
bStton and strap on the right side.
The cockade, ] imagine, took its name
from its being badge worn on one Of
the cocks"


The modern cooked hat, apparently
of such an anomalous shape, proves, on
examination, to be merely hat Of the
shape above referred to; it appears,
further, that the right side was bent up
at an earlier date than the left, for the
hst il not symmetrical, and the cock "
on the right aide forms a straight crease
in the (quondsml brim, and that OF
the left is bent rather over the crown,
thus making the right side Of the hat
rather straighter than the left The
hst pand here remains in the shape Of
two gold tasssls, which are just visible
within the two points Of the cooked hat.


A bishops hat shows the transition
from the three-eocked hat 10 our present
chimney pot; and because sixty years
ago heavy fur was the fashionable MAJ
terial for hats, we must now needs wear
silken imitation, which could deceive
no one into thinking it fur, and which is
bad to resist tbe effects Of weather.
Even in a LADY, bonnet the eiemssts Of
brim, crown and hat band may be
traced
Year: 1872

In the following outspoken article
the editor of the Madison Journal de-
fines his position


Some of our good friends have been
exercised about our position in regard
to State politics, heretofore, and now
about federal politics. Among them,
the editor of the OuaclIita Telegraph,
whom we recognize as one of the most
loyal, truthful gentlemen we have ev-
er known, either us editor or as pri-
vate citizen. For their edifcation and
instruction we will give them these ::


In our editorial life we have never
thought it our duty to abuse or vilify
men because they happened to dis
agree with lis in politics or religion.
We have never thought it right or
proper to denounce man as a thief
or even a dishonored official, unless
we could point to the act which made
him such.


Hence, we have not abused Gov.
Warmoth, or given currency to the
various charges affecting his official
character which have been made
against him, and never proved. We
have had frequent occasion to COM
mend and applaud him for acts which
we thought were in the interest of the
commonwealth under circumstances
that would have deferred good men of
Year: 1872

less courage !; and sometimes we have
censured him for acts which we thought
were almost objectionable usurpations
of power, and in direct contravention
of the constitution and laws which he
was sworn to support and execute.
| We do respect Gov. Warmotll. He is
the chief magistrate of the State. On
one or two occasions we have applied
to him for acts i'll his power to grant
OF grace and mercy. We were sue
cessful i'll those applications, and al
though we had no personal interest in
either, we were impressed with the
idea that he desired to administer the
government with which he is intrust-
ed i'll wisdom and mercy, and so far as
our knowledge extends he has done
so with very few exceptions. We do
not believe that Gov. Warmoth has
ever received Il bribe any more than
John Ray has; and if every politician
between here and the gates of hell
were to come up and swear before
Judge Hough that he had, we wouldn't
believe it; nor does our friend Nc
Cranie believe that Nh. Ray has ever
received one, yet he has been as in
dustriously and unscrupulously charg-
ed as the Governor has.


For the further editication and in
struction of our friends we will say
that John Ray is our choice, of all
men in Louisiana, for the office of
Gouernor. There are men whom we
like, personally better, but we know
of none who possess higher qualifca-
tions. He is capable and he is honest.


And now for little further instruc-
ton: We believe that Horace Greeley
possesses as much brain and as much
heart as is wrapped up in the hide of
any living man in the country. We
believe that Gen. Grant possesses the
nerve and will to execute the laws. If
we believed that Horace Greeley had
the administrative talent which his
lieutenant, Mr.. Brown, gives him
credit for, we would rather see him
President than any other living man.


If any Republican or Democrat ex-
poets us to say one word against the
grand old mar who, with all his
knowledge, is to-day as simple heart
ed and pure-minded as any woman in
the land, we think they are mistaken.


Gen. Grant is our candidate for
President !; beside him there is but
one, and he is HORACE GREELEY.
Year: 1872

have practically made to the North
through the Cincinnati platform and
nominations. The enthusiastic rati-
tication of these throughout the South
ern States-shaming our slower North
ern blOod-shows that the South has,
in one respect, learned a higher moral
lesson in it's defeat than the North in
its yictory-the lesson of warm
hearted fraternization with its former
foes


We are not ashamed, therefore, of
the alliance which we made with our
confreres at Cincinnati-the North
with the South, the Liberal Republi-
can with the Democratic party. Not
to have made it would have been to
forego the most Christian use to which
the craftsmanship of this generation
has ever. yet been put. This alliance,
if it prove worthy of the good genius
which inspired it, must remain based
on the Oblivion of hatreds, and the
forgiveness of injuries its object must
be to maintain liberty and order
among the people, and to introduce
integrity and purity anto the govern
ment; and its result will be the beat
ing OF the sworn into the plOwshare,
and manifest progress toward "peace
on earth and good will among men,


These aspects of the new political
revolution have led us to give our
whole heart to it, in the solemn con-
viction that the party issues which it
presents outrank in moral value any
former Presidential platforms ever adj
dressed to the American people.
Year: 1872

The editor of Republican paper
in North Carolina thinks it " funny to
Zee old secessionists and holders
throwing up their hats for Greeley"
His mirth is augmented by the retiec-
tion that only few short years ago
these very men would have considered
that they We're doing God q service to
tar and feather the aforesaid Greeley,
and he quotes in yerification II law
they passed making the second otfense
for circulating paper like the Til
.buRe within the limits of the old North
State punishable with death.
Year: 1872

Tally one for little Switzerland, as
being the only country on the face of
the earth were there is more money
spent ON education than on the army.
The educational budget amounts to
ten millions of francs, whereas the
military expenses remain below that
sum /; yet in time of need the happy
republic can raise an army of two
hundred thousand men.