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Year: 1870

WE trust our readers will not forget
the entertainment to be given in Wash
ing,on Hall this and tomorrow evenings
BY the Swiss Bell Ringers. The Berger
family have no suPeriors in this country
in their special department OF public en-
tertainmcnL
Year: 1870

An agoniZing incident of social life, full
Of warning and instruction for young men,
is reported as of recent occurrer ce in Nash
Vile, Tenn. There are frequent fashiona-
BILE parties in Nashville, and it was at one
of these gatherings that n handsome and
happy young man stood ut the side of n
stylish young lady dressed elegantly in
lavender and rose, and with gold powdered
hair flowing felicituusly down over her
Junonine neck. Ii was warm evening,
and the youth rashly proposed stepping
out of the heated room and the glarlng
lights to the umhmgeOus GOODNESS of IN
arbor close at hand They did so, and
found il a delightful place, and their they
sat mid breath of roses, while sweet strains
of music rose and fell 70 the ripping mur-
mur of the marble fountain. TIN hours
flew bV on the golden wings-abotf three
of them-and. after such extended absence,
the couple returned to the cbrilliantlY-light-
ed parlOrs. The lady passed on In the
dance, but the young man-and mere comes
the WuTning-was stunned by his next
neighbOr's informing him that around his
neck and coat collar was the unmistakable
print of two arms in chalk and diamond
dust, on one shoulder nice little heap of
yellow powder, on-his upper lip and cheeks
diamond dust, bloom Of youth, and yellow
powder in "A general mixture. Fancy that
Young mans feelings. The moral for the
Instruction of young men Is this: Carry
whisk brOoms in your pockets, and, attera
long and interesting tctc-d-tefc with young
ladies of the period, just " get right upand
dust"
Year: 1870

NOVELS believe in them. ! think
that if they are good they are useful l
believe that they are no more To he uiSal-
lowed than any other part of literature.
They can bc made to serve the very hest
ends of economy, of virtue and morality,
to say nothing Of religion but man who
feeds on nothing but these-how miserable
and wretched he is These are the whips
and svllabubs of life. They are not the
bread nor the meat. They are the COM
forts of life. But ought man TO sit down
and eat sugar-plums for his dinner, and
nothing but sugar-plums ?-BcCcher.
Year: 1870

No ScoLDING.-Ii you wish to make
your neighbors and family happy-if you
would see calmness and evenness of tenn
der developed in your children-if you
would tighten the cares and smooth the
path of the companion of your bosom
do not irritate or scold, or be in a passion
when your humor is crossed, but remem-
Der that others have hearts as soft as
yours, and let the sunshine Of Christian
meekness and gentleness always beam
from your eye. How happy will be a
circle in such a case. Oh this Christian
temper is about the only requisite to make
fresides happy-places which husbands
and children will regret to leave, and be
glad to return to. Let the husband be
indulgent then to the annoyances of his
eyer-workins and often oyer-working wife;
and let the wife always meet him with
smiles when he comes home perplexed
with the cares of business; and let both
he forbear:ng under their mutual imper-
fections, and homes will be more as God
designed them.
Year: 1870

Henry Ward Beecher says: "A news.
paper is window through which men
look oat on all that is going on in the
world--without q newspaper man IS
shut up in snail room, and knows
little or nothing of what is happening
outside of himself. In our day, ncwspa-
pers keep pace with history, and record it.
A good newspaper will keep sensible
man in sympathy with the worlds cur
rent history. 1t is an unfolding ehcyclo-
psedia an unbound book forever issuing
and never finished.
Year: 1870

Following is the schema of the dogma
of Infallbility, as furnished to the pre-
lates composing the Council:


/. If any one should say that the epis-
eopal chair of the Roman Church is not
the true and real infallible chair of Bles-
sed Peter, or that it has hot been divinely
chosen by God as the most solid. indie
fectible and ineonuptible rock of the
whole Christian Church, let him be
anathema.


g. If any shall say that there exists in
the world another infallible chair of the
truth of the Gospel of Christ our Lord
distinct and separate from the chair Of
Blessed Peter, let him be anathema.


3. If any one should deny that the di-
vine mdgiSterilm of the chair of Blessed
Peter is necessary to the true WY of
eternal salvation for all men, whether
unfaithfnl or faithful, whether laymen or
bishops, let him be anathema.


3. If any one should say that each Ro-
man Pontitf, legitimately elected. is not
by Divine right the successor of Blessed
Peter, even in the infallibility of mdgis
teriuH, and should deny to any one of
them the prerogntive of infallibility for
teaching the Church the Word of God,
pure from all corruption and error, let
him be anathema.


8. If any one should say that general
councils are established by God in the
Church as power of feeding the divine
flock in the word of faith, superior to
the Roman Pontifi, or equal to him, or
necessary by divine institution in order
that the magisteriun, ofthe Roman Bishop
should be preserved intallible, let him be
anathema.
Year: 1870

Erie, Pa, was lit on Wednesday
night by natural gas obtained by the
Erie Gas Company, from we'll sunk
near their works. Thirteen gas wells
are now in successful operation in va
riOus parts Of the city. They are used
mostly to furnish fuel and lights for
manufactures. Other wells are being
sunk. The gas is found at an aver
age depth of five hundred and fifty
feet, and the average yield per well is
upward of twenty thousand cubic feet
per day.
Year: 1870

A young lady at western temper
ance meeting said: "Brethren and
sisters, cider is necessary to me and 1
must have it. If it IS decided that We
are not to drink cider, shall eat ap-
Piles and get some young man 10
squeeze me, for can't live without
the juice Of the apple"
Year: 1870

CHICAGO, March TO- AT EIkhorn,
Wis. Sto-day, DIR. Duval, charged with
killing his wife, was found guilty oil
murder in the first degree. A motion
was made for an arrest of judgment
on account of the inSufficiency of the
indictment, and the question was sent
to the Supreme Court, and the SEN
tenee of the prisoner is reserved till
after a decision is given by that tri-
bunal.


The Illinois river bridge at Peoria
will be formally opened to the public
tomorrow.


The grand jury now in session here
will investigate the late Blonde riot
on Wabash avenue.
Year: 1870

We have splendid stock Of everything in
our line


We think our assortment is just about per-
feet.
We are Selling at remarkably low prices
We give the fullest value for your green
backs


Fluctuations in gold have not affected US.
Come and price our goods.


We can suit you for ali kinds of wear
And in such quantities as you like.
To country merchants who have cash, or
who pay promptly according to promise, we
offer superior Inducements.


No one can treat you better than we will.
Our facilities for laying in goods are not
surpassed by any.


II you wish to sort up" or buy new
stock, you cannot do better than 10 give as
a call.
Year: 1870

We extract The following from the
series of resolutions adopted at recent
meeting in McAIinn county:


Whereas, The Constitution of the State
of Tennessee provides for the reorganiza-
ton of the judiciary of the State; and,
whereas, an election for that purpose
will be held ON the first Thursday of
August next, and as said election, like
all other popular elections, will inevitably
be conducted under the control and man
agement of political organizations, how
ever much we may deprecate a resort to
political management in judicial elections;
and, whereas, there are now in the field
rival aspirants, in the Conservative ranks,
for nearly all the Judicial offices to be
filled at said election, the material and
inevitable consequences of which will be
disorganiZadon, arrangement and defeat,
unless the aspirants con be reconciled and
harmony restored, by the party present
ing single candidate for each of the Off
ces to be filled at said election; therefore,


Resolved, That we regard the mainte-
nance of Conservative principles as inf
nitely more important to the country than
the success of any individual, and there
fore hold that no member of the Con-
servative party has right to hazard the
success of its principles to promote his
own individual purposes.


Resolved, That it is the opinion of this
meeting that a Judicial Convention for
this chancery division and judicial circuit,
composed of delegates from each county
in the division and circuit for the pur-
pose of nominating candidates for Chan
cellor, Circuit Judge and Attorney Gen.
eral, should be held al some suitable time
and place, and for that purpose suggest
Cleveland, Bradley county, as the most
suitable place, and Saturday, July Q, as
the time for holding said convention.


Resolved, That the Conservative voters
of McAIinn and of all the other counties
composing this division and circuit are
hereby requested, at the same time that
they appoint delegates to the District
Convention at Cleveland, also to appoint
a suitable number of delegates to attend
and represent their respective counties in
the State Judicial Convention, proposed
to be convened at Nashville on the second
Monday in July next for the purpose of
nominating six candidates for the Supreme
Court of Tennessee, if such Convention
sb ould be held.
Year: 1870




The second Monday in July, the 11th,
is the day appointed to hold State Con-
vention, to be convened at Nashville for
the purpose of nominating six candidates
for Supreme Judges, from the three di-
visions of the State We do not under
stand the proposition to be political
move of any description, only so far as it
is designed to secure the country against
the possibility of being cursed with a
purely partisan Judiciary, such as we
have been blessed with since the war.
The sure and certain defeat of Radical
ism is the intention of the Convention.
1t is urged by some of our contemporaries,
that convention would be forestalling
the wish of the people of the State. We
cannot think SO; if the Convention is
fresh from the people they would be.
likely to reflect the wish of the constitu-
ency they represent


A number of the counties have ap-
pointed their delegates to the Convention.
Warren county has taken no action in the
matter. 1t has been suggested, ard we
indOrse the suggestion, that our people
meet at the Courthouse on Monday, the
4th inst, and appoint delegates to repre-
sent them in the Convention. We hope
TO see this matter given the attention it
demands
Year: 1870

Which is the most calculated TO do
harm-a call for a convention, or a vio-
lent opposition to it, weeks after the call
This opposition without healing a wound,
or effecting particle of good, will not
fail to produce discord among those to
whom harmony and mutual confidence
are vital at this juncture in our affairs.
As long as there are parties, there will be
conventions, and no appeals to passion or
prejudice can strike down so powerful an
agency in party organization.


Opposition antecedent to the call, and
any response to it would have been ad-
missible and, perhaps, harmless; but op-
position now, it seems to us, can only be
mischievous. We hope we are mista-
Chronicle.
Year: 1870

The following resolution was offered and
unanimously adopted at meeting yester-
day afternoon of the Swiss and German
Societies participating in the celebration:


Resolved, That our thanks are due and
are hereby rendered to Capt. Everett and
his efficient and able Police force for their
participation in the celebration of our
nations birthday.
Year: 1870

retired in good order without the compii-I
ment of blanket to keep him from taking
cold. There was no rubbing down f the
other mules between heats, and without
these addendas they managed to come to
the score handsomely Below we give a


summary of the race, for which a premium
of silver basket was taken down by the
Year: 1870

TOW OFTEN Is THE HOUSEHOLD


II loaf buried with the household head, and
families that might have been comfortably
pl divided for, lett destitute by the want OF Il
proper foresight in its deceased protector?
Year: 1870




The Chillicothe (Ohio) Tribune, of q recent
date. says:-"An interesting scene occurred at
the Browning House on Wednesday morning,
which drew together a considerable concourse
of witnesses. 1t was nothing less than the
spectacle of a woman cowhiding two men. 1t
seems tLat Mrs. Gray, an agent engaged in SELL
ing Mark Twains book, The Innocents Abroad
has been stopping at the Browning House for
some time. For some reason or other, the pro-
prietor notified her. few days since, to leave
the premises as he would not board her there
any longer She accordingly left, but returned
on Monday morning to pay her bill and take
and, in the course of conversation with the pro-
prietor, took offense at something he said to her
and struck him several times with her weapon.
He bore the strokes with considerable forti-
tude for while; but finally, getting tired
of them, he struck hersin the face, and at the
suggestion of the clerk pushed her down the
hall stairs. Arriving at the front door in this
hasty and summary manner, she got her eye on
the clerk, who was about mounting to go to the
cars, when she went for him with renewed
vigor. Selling him by the coat-tail as he was
climbing TO the drivers seat, she pulled him
back and lashed him furiously over the face.
For time he attempted to evade the blows
then he undertook to rush up to her, in the
hand; but she piled the weapon so vigorously as
to keep him at bay. At length, however he
succeeded in approaching her. threw her down
on the pavement, and gave her a few kicks by
way of emphasizing his earnestness. He then
retired from the field. The woman gathered
herself up from the ground. put her cowhide
under her arm, and coolly walked off down the
street. The parties were Immediately arrested,
taken before the City Recorder, and fined.
Year: 1870

Cellars Filled with Water and Houses Blown
Down-The Tracks of the Long Island and
Flushing Railroads Washed Away.


The storm of wind and rain of yesterday
morning, and which may be set down as the
second of the series of equinoctal storms, did
much damage. The wind blew gale from the
east and the rain fell in torrents, flooding the
Streets washing away the snow, and overtlood-
ing the sidewalks, in many instances doing
much mischief along the docks and in the lower
part of the town. The tide in the North and
East rivers and in the Bay was very high, aud
along Greenwich and South streets the cellars
were nearly all filed with water


Early in the morning the gable wall OF the
three-story brick building on the northwest
corner of Thirty-frst street and Fourth avenue
was blown down by violent gust. The house
was occupied by two families but no one was
injured.


THE EFFECT IN BROOKLYN.


In Brooklyn the streets were miniature rivers.
The huts at Hamilton avenue point were com
pletely swamped, and the foundations of several
buildings in Fifteenth street and portion of
the sidewalk on Fifth avenue were washed away
by the flood. In the upper districts number
of houses were unroofed.


RAILROADS WASHED AWAY.


In the vicinity of Hunters Point much
damage was done. The track of the Long Island
Railroad at Dutch Hills was washed away, and
the Flushing Railroad was also injured at the
same point about five rods of its embankment
being carried away. The early trains rom
tluSnlnS passed over, out as Lne o 'oU train az
tempted to pass the track gave way. settling
about four feet. The rails being connected held
together, but the cars uncoupled, and the patent
steam-brakes stopped the train almost instantly,
neither the engine nor any of the cars going off
the track. The train arrived safely at Hunter s
Point, and the track was repaired by the middle
of the afternoon.


The low land along the roads was covered with
water, and for time it was thought that New
town bridge would be swept away. The roads
leading to Calvary Cemetery were inundated,
the ferry boats to New York did not run regu-
lary, the passengers had to wade through mud
and slush two and three feet deep who came in
by early trains as far as the break, and, last of
all, hire conveyances at enormous rates to carry
them to Hunters Point.


TROUBLE IN NEW JERSEY.


In New Jersey the storm was equally violent.
The flats were inundated, and the people living
in the shantes located there fled for their lives.
frame building in Jersey City, just finished,
was blown down, and dwellng-house in Grove
street was completely unroofed. Trees came
crushing down in the streets of Bergen and
Hudson City, and for time it seemed as though
many houses would be prostrated, but the fierce
gale abated fortunately, without injury to life
or limb.-N. Y. World to-day.
Year: 1870

Itself.


The Cincinnati Commercial says


For time, the all-absorbing questions we're,
Who runs the administration? who is Grants
confidential adviser? The conundrum died out
for lack of interest, for it was discovered that
Grant had nothing to do with the administra-
tion. The king smoked and said nothing, and
the Government run itself.


''If this matter belonged to Cox's depart
ment, said an influential gentleman to me one
day, 'he could accomplish something, but 1t
pertains to the State Department.


"But can't we get some influence to bear upon
Grant?"


'It would not do any good. He would turn
it over at once to Fish, and that would be an
end of it."


"But are not grave questions like this dis
cussed in Cabinet, where Cox and Belknap can
have an iniuence?"


''Well, yes, when the heads of department see
fit to introduce it. But each member feels that
he is running his own machine, and there is an
understanding not to interfere with each other.


On further investigation l found this to be
the fact:-We have seven Presidents; Fish con-
trolls the State Department, without reference to
any one; Boutwell, is lord of the Treasury; Cox
conducts the Interior, and Belknap the Navy
Department, and so throughout The President
If q solemn silent, smoking fgure-head with
abundance OF time TO put on white choker and
swaow-tail, and attend every entertainment to
Which any one may invite him. meet him fire.
que elty upon the streets, incoming along with
C gar in mouth, and ungloved hands behind his
back.


When we come to look further, we find that
the State Department is worked by that learned
old muff, Caleb Cushing.


We all know that when the morbose Fish
finds himself in trouble, he calls on Caleb. Caleb
walked up friend of mine to read him that fa-
nous Alabama despatch, and tried after to
wake up the venerable Sardine for the same
purpose, but failed. We cannot be said to have
any foreign policy, but we have Caleb and that
is quite as good


If the resurrected statesman of the State De-
partment could only be induced to call on that
other old case of pigeon-holes, called Governor
Black, and add the erudite Sumner, they would
fetch the department to within about century
of the present time.


The breezy Porter is master of the navy, while
an absurd law and an unjust rank make Gene
raj Tecumseh obnoxious to the War Depart
ment; and he would be master there, but for
Belknap, who stands very obstinately on his
own heels


For the first time l say, in our history, we
make an approach to the bureaucracy of France,
under the monarchy. Such Government means
routine at home and drilling abroad. In our
foreign affairs we have no policy, and, at home,
his Serene Highness fires another cigar, and
says:-'Better move on without change" for
another year, although the people are burdened
to the death with heavy taxation and hard times
We have had q year of this sort of thing, with
the grim prospect of having, in another, the
Democratic party intervene; and, when it does
our excellent President will quietly swing over
and smoke silently on the other side.
Year: 1870

farmer, Mr.. Matthias Hummel of Freeburg, was
unhurt, but the other occupant of the vehi lie.
his aged relative, Mrs. Gracer, had both limbs
broken below the knee, and received severe in
ternal injuries besides. She was at once removed
TO proper quarters and surgically attended to-


In the event of her death there will be, of
course, a legal investigation of the circum-
stances attending the accident and 1t may then
be learned who If any one, is to be blamed. 1t
is not an unusual occurrence for trains to cross
Broadway without the ringing of the engine
bell; but persons who were present on this occa-
sion say that in this instance the bell was rung,
and that the watchman, the conductor, and the
brakeman on the train shouted out TO Hummel
and in time, to keep back, but that he paid no
attention to the warning. Apparently he failed
to understand it.
Year: 1870

An Insane Man Takes Strychnine and then


Cuts His Throat with n Razor.


The Louisville Journal of the 14th instant
says


Vass, and who says he is from Danville, Va,
arrived in this city and stopped at the boarding
house of William Balmer, on Market street,
between Fifth and Sixth. Saturday night he
talked and acted strangely, but no one paid any
attention to him.


Early yesterday morning, as one of the SER
wants was passing the door of the room occu-
pied by Vass groans were heard. The pro-
prietor proceeded at once to the room, and
found Vass lying upon the bed bleeding pro-
fusely from wound in his throat and groaning
as If in great anguish. He stated to Mr.. Balmer
that he was tired of living and wished to die
and had taken strychnine and then cut his throat
with n razor. DR.. Rogers was Immediately
called in and autidotes administered, and the
wound in his throat, which was about two inches
long and half an inch Deep dressed.


He says that during the war he served in the
Confederate army, and was member of the
18th Virginia, Colonel Robert E. Withers; that
he lost his property and relations during the
war, and that about two years ago his wife died,
since which time his mind has been affected.
Sometimes for days together he is perfectly
rational, but at other times he becomes insane,
and while in this state he is seized with an un-
comfortable desire to take his life. This, he
says, is the third attempt he has made at self
destruction. Two weeks ago, at Bowling Green,
KY, he twice took strychnine, but each time 1t
was discovered in time to save his life. He says
that yesterday mornin , after the poison he had
taken began to take effect, the pain was so in
tolerable and the spasms SO severe that he tried
to cut his throat to put end to his life but the
frequency of the spasm prevented the successful
accomplishment of the deed. When rational he
seems sorry that he attempted to take his life
but says the moment reason begins to totter on
her throne he is unable to resist the desire TO
commit suicide. He says he believes that If he
could get employment, SO that his mind would
be diverted from the sad past, his mind would
recover its balance. From his manner aud con-
yersation 1t is evident that he has seen better