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Year: 1870




NEW YORK, May 6.-The anr,,urAnma,t q, a,
the counsel for the defecS.. wonid sn,n nm toaay
attracted an immense thrsng to the courtroom,
unknowH to the public, Judge Davis would not
sum up for the prosecution, and that his con-
nection with the case was thus virtually ended
This rumor caused much sensation among the
friends of Richardson, and it was unhesitatipgl
asserted that outside influence had been brouSht
to bear to preclude Judge Davis from summing
1.-THE Associated Press dispatches have been
so continuously and so disgracefully partisan in
behalf OF the Richardson free-lovers that this
reference TO Judge Davis is doubtless entirely
When the Recorder had taken his seat, the
counsel for the defence commenced the closing
speech amid breathless silence.


Mr.. Graham said that for manv wears the pri-
soner had borne the pitiless pelting of misfor-
tune and wrong, and now he had at last found
nnSsey but TSe sosy Of Ss oss
must have gone to the depth Of their souls
Could not the prisoner ask with confidence,
one Geu,d have "a don done less and ought not have
ton was not that the individual who had psssed
to his fate bad not nefited his doom, but that
however righteous had been that doom, he had
agent. l- lf.i 4-I.| II =,
The question then for the jury wa the mental
condition OF the accused when the deed was
committed. After speaking OF the power Of
good women for good, the counsel went on to say
there were two incidentsin the trial well worthy
OF observation; one was the appearance Of
private counsel in the case, and the other as
the objection of three Jurors who happened to
be countrymen of the prisoner.


Those men, good and reputable citizens, were
eligible as jurors, and their exclusion by the
District Attorney was utterly indefensible
Questions asked by the private counsel prove
that private malice was at the back of the pros
ecutiOn.


He wished to impress upon the jury that this
was case OF murder or nothing. Any such
compromise as sending the prisoner to the State
PRISON would be a violation of their oaths The
Jury should remember q man might be insane
towards one individual, and sane towards ALI
others.


The counsel then read portions Of the Scrip
ture, proving thereby that Richardson had yio-
lated the Ith and 10th Commandments for not
satisfied with debauching McFarlands wife, he
had coveted her for himself. Under the old
law adulterers were doomed to death.
The remainder of the speech up to the hour OF
recess occupied by reviewing the evidence and
showing the insanity which the counsel had i'm.
pressed upon the jury had been fully proved.
Year: 1870

The SENATE District of Columbia Committee
is much disturbed daring Its sessions by mum
Der OF well-known ward politicians, who will
not leave the room I'm order that the committee
may consider measures before them, although
frequent suggestions are given by the members
and chairman Of the committee for these inn
portuning politicians to retire. ~
Year: 1870

We have just returned from the
Hm Eastern market with new aud com
HS Plete STOCK OF GOODS, and a,e
6AS offering them as in days Of yore, at


the Low est possible price. Our stock
Is of every variety, usually kept ia a country
house. We therefore ask all who are in want
OF something i'll our line 10 give us call. We
consider II pleasure as well as a duty TO ex-
hl1lt our wares and make no charge for doing
SO, We are now SELLING FOR CASH, so
come along with your Greeubacks or their
equivalent, anc We can satisfy YOU that our
statement is correct. Determined not 10 be
unGersold by any neither Jew or Gentle, we
have gone to work with Will, and will do all
GOOD who may favor Us with j call.


We here take occasion to return our hearty
thanks for past favors, earnestly soliciting a
share Of patronage from the citizens Of DUFF
fields aud vicinity. We can always be found
on hand. Respectfully.


a. LINK & co.
Duifelds, Nov. 6, 1869, If
Spirit copy.
Year: 1870

A CUNNING DoG.-There was once o
convent in France where poor folks could
20 to certain window, and ring a bell for
food. Then little slidingdoor was push
cd away, and plate Of food thrust out


10 spare the feelings Of those who came
as beggars, the person who put out the food
did not look to see who they might be.
Over the sliding door were the French
words, Pour Los Pauvres which mean,
4" For the poor"


There was cunning dog who availed
himself Of this custom to get good meal
for many days. He would go, when no
one was looking. and ring the bell the
plate Of food would then be thrust out, and
he would clean it oil with three or four
lisks of his big tongue.


At last he was found out but he was
thought to be such clever dog that he
was for long time allowed to come and
ring for his dinner every day"
Year: 1870

There is something unusually exciting or at
tractive going on at Reddick and Giflea's, tor
considering the state OF the weather and roads,
the place is besieged by unaccouutable crowds
of custonaers We have not had time to run
down the secret but scspect that Hughey is
carrying oat the threat he made some time ago
that his shelves must be cleared for the spring
trade il he had to give tie goods away. We ad-
wise all h@ing little spare money aboEt them
to go and double it Immediately by investing at
Reddick s. G.illen's.
Year: 1870

The Oratorio Of Daniel, as will be seen by the
advertisement in another column, will be given
at Turner Hall on Thursday evening of next
week, by selection Of Ottawa's best musical
talent. The interest in this composition 10 some.
what heightened just now by the fact of its
known faithfulness to historic truth as is illus
trated by the recent lectures of Mr.. Punshon in
the eastern cities, the theme of which was Daniel
and Bahylon
Year: 1870

PINE BERF.-The common notion, that Otta.
va only gets second rate beef to eat, all the first
class beef being sent to the eastern market, is
fatty contradicted by the beef now on sale at
the City Market Of Elon Weaver, north of the
Court House. Finer beef was never eeen any.
whore. though it is NO better than can almost
any time be found at the same place.
Year: 1870

Osman & Hapeman have just received their
spring stock of Wall Paper and Window Shades,
which for extent and variety exceeds anything
to be found in the city. They call particular
attention to their stock of Fine Gold and Satin
Papers and Borders, which they have taken great
care in selecting, and have = very complete
assortment.
Year: 1870

DIsGRACEFUL.-It is reported to US that a lot
Of yeung bloods gather at the Grove school house,
in Rutland, every night when there is singing
school, and insult and annoy all who attend. Do
not these young men know how to be gentlemen,
or are they naturally depraved3
Year: 1870

OTTAWA AND VICINITY AS A FRUIT REGION.
The preoccuped state Of our columns last week
prevented us from publishing a notice We had
prepared of the recent lecture of Dr. Hull, the
state horticulturst, delivered in the Court House
at Ottawa. The Doctor had come here on
friendly visit to j. E. Porter, Esq, by whom he
was prevailed upon to give US lecture on the
culture Of fruit in this vicinity. While here,
Mr.. Porter constructed under the Doctors super.
by which he has been SO successful for several
years past in driving the "litte Turk from his
plum and peach trees.


The lecture was listened to with deep interest
by quite number of our fruit grows, and with
evident profit. The doctor gave them many new
ideas on the subject of the care and management
of fruit For instance in regard to root prun
ing his remarks on the rationale of the practice,
and when and how it should be performed were
new to his hearers, and of great practical i'm.
portance. The doctor having, during the day
previous to his lecture, visited several of the
graperies on the north bluff and at other locali.
ties about the city, gave it as his opinion that
there are few localities in the country better
adapted to grape raising than this immediate
locality, if properly pruned and taken care Of.
He insisted strongly on the advantage of careful
covering in winter. He had stock and vine on
the stand and gave some clear and practical ideas
on the subject of pruRing.


The lecture had the effect of Inspiring so much
confidence in the adsptability of our soil and
climate, particularly to the grape and plum, that
DR.. Paul anl Mr.. Ho.sack have already ordered
some 10000 grape roots for spring planting, and
others will doubtless follow their example. Not
only in grapes but in plans are we to have deci.
ded revival here, the deetor having demonstra.
ted that, by the use of the curculio catcher, the
latter fruit eau be raised in this vicinity in the
utmost abundsoce and at IA immense profit.
Year: 1870

A little hamlet known as Little Ferry Farm,
located upon the Hackensack river, about mile
from Ridgefeld, in Bergen county, was yester-
day the scene of a terrible explosion Upon one
bank of the river at that place stands Tai p.
Shaffner's nitro-glycerine factory. 1t is long,
low building OF brick, one story in height,
nestled in among several little hills. Several
men have been engaged in the place in some
capacity or other, and most of them were at
work there yesterday. A few were absent from
their places, either witnessing or participating
in the celebration of st. Patrlck's Day.


A large quantity of the explosive material
made at the factory was to have been shipped
from there yesterday, and a number of men
busted themselves in removing it from the
storing-rooms in the factory to sloop lying at
u wharf near by, which was to carry it away.
The material was packed in bags, and SO packed
was thrown over the backs of workingmen and
borne to the vessel. According to one account,
one of these men, less cautious than the rest,
while carrying bag upon his shoulder lost his
hold upon it. 1t fell and exploded, and the ex-
ploson started second explosion more terrible
than the first. The bulk of the material stored
in the building exploded.


The consequences are beyond description.
The building lay mass of ruins, scattered for
rods around. Bricks and mortar were hurled in
every direction. Rafters, broken in pieces,
were scattered everywhere. The boiler, broken
| in some places and indented in Others lay many
teet from the spot where it had once stood.
Nothing but the chimney of the factory re-
manned intact. The explosion was heard for
miles around, and its force broke the windows
of houses mile distant upon the neighboring
hills. Frightened by the noise and the shock
which the explosion occasoned, people rushed
from their houses to find out what had occurred,
and when told, repaired TO the spot to see the
ruins.


Mr.. Shaffner, the owner of the materials in
the building, estimates his loss at $75, ,000 and
says it is not covered by insurance. He states
that the explosion was caused by the inunda-
tion reaching the high grade of acids required
in manufacturing nitro-glycerine, the combus-
ton of which led to that of the nitro-glycerine,
of which there were 1000 pounds on hand But
the loss of property was not the only loss sus-
tanned by the catastrophe. -Four lives were sacri-
feed to the carelessness of the incautious work.
man. The bodies of these unfortunate men were
torn limb from limb, and scattered like the
mason work all over. High up in the air one
was thrown, and it descended into the river.
One of the legs of one man was found lying 200
feet distant from the scene of the catastrophe.
Many of those who were not killed were more
or less injured. One was struck upon the head
by a flying brick-bat and severely cut and
bruised. Another sustained fracture of the
leg,


The sloop itself, considering the amount of
damage elsewhere, escaped comparatively un-
harmed. Her mast was broken off, but beyond
that she suffered little or no injury.
Year: 1870

Nuggets of considerable size have been found
upon the farms of several persons in the vicinity
OF Colfax. A hired man in the employ OF
one of the farmers discovered some small
nuggets among the sand and gravel that were
thrown out from a well. He kept the matter
secret, and sold the gold to Jeweler in the city
for nine dollars. About one mile from this


is presumed the chickens picked up the gold in
eating the gravel thrown out, as the women
upon dressing them discovered several small
Jumps OF metal, which they supposed to be brass,
crop out Oh tne table. third farmer in the
at any time by calling at his house. These dis
coveries were made during the last summer and
fall but the parties attached no particular i'm
portance to them, and in fact were not aware of
they allowed their children to have them. and
thus the largest and best specimens were lost.
Year: 1870

About nine weeks ago. says the Harrisburg
Patriot of yesterday, while passing along the
street, Miss Margaret Dabaugh, aged between
eighteen and nineteen years, was bitten in one
of her fingers by small dog. The wound pro-
duced was slight, the teeth of the animal
scarcely penetrating the flesh. The finger
quickly healed and the occurrence was soon en-
tirely forgotten. On Friday last the young lady
experienced a priclling sensation in her right
arm, extending from the finger in which she
had been bitten to the farthest extremity of her
shoulder, and noticed that the tip of her finger
was slightly inflamed. When called upon to do
some domestic work she complained that her
arm panied her so badly that she could do
nothing that required its use.


Up to this time no fears of serious conse-
Quences were entertained by either the lady or
her friends. On Saturday afternoon she grew
worse, when physician was summoned TO ale-
viate her sufferngs. On examining her he
thought he discovered symptoms of hydrophobia,
but he was not fully confirmed in his mind as to
the correctness of his conclusions. During the
night she became alarmngly worse, being
thrown into spasms which continued at intervals
until half past II o'clock yesterday morning,
when Supplying drugs were administered and
she was put to rest.


Another physician was called to her early on
Sunday morning who had treated a case of
hydrOphobia. On seeing her condition he said
she was afflicted with the incurable malady.


When in paroxysms she was sad spectacle
to behold. She foamed much at the mouth,
exhibited great nervous irritaoility, hreathed
with much dlfhculty, ana appealed plteously 10
those about her to keep at distance, as if fear
full that she might do them personal injury.
During one of her spasms dog entered the
room in which she was lying. As soon as her
eyes fell on the animal she became perfectly
furious, and not until it was removed did her
agitated feelings undergo subsidence. The
sight of water also increased the violence of her
convulsions. From the time she got the first
severe spasms until drugs were administered
she was tied to rocking-chair. Occasionally
she would spring uD violently, carrying the
chair with her, although held by gentleman.
When her agitated feelings were subdued she
was laid on sofa, to which she was secured
until She died.
Year: 1870

Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad, and, becom-
ing fatigued with the weight on his shoulders
slipped the leather strap off and permitted his
treasure to remain beside him on the seat
On arriving here he picked up his traps
and took carriage to go to the residence
of a friend, No. 144 huntington street,
where he intended to sojourn for a few
foreign scenes, and at twelve O'clock after the
Captain had retired to rest it occurred to him
that he had left in the cars the satchel contain
ing his money. In a few moments all the bag
gage there was examined and the desired
satchel nowhere found. The gentleman of the
house was at once called, an officer of the road
aroused from his slumbers and the ear visited
and examined. search was made, not only in
and under and above the seat where the Cap
tain sat, but throughout the car, and no trace
whatever of the treasure was discovered En-
ployes of the road were questioned, but they
were all as ignorant of the Captains lost dollars
as Fenians on the war path are of their destina-
ton.


Yesterday morning the matter was placed
before the police, and the Captain was ques-
toned as to all the circumstances. He was
seated, he said, with his wife at the cardboard"
OF the car, and there were persons to the Star
was light about half way ''abaft," " and another
just ''aft' of where he was sitting. He was the
last man, he said, to leave the car, being de-
tanned long time in getting together his pro-
perty. He always had carried his satchel at
tached to his person, and couldn't understand
how it swung clear of him on this occasion.
Not the slightest clue could be had and the
Captain, in return for his gold, has learned that
there are sharks on land that "nab' up loose
articles as quickly as those of the deep will lay
hold of a corpus that happens to fall in their
Year: 1870

Court of Oyer and 1erminer--Judges Allison and


PdGSOn.


The trial of Susan Green for the murder of Ann
Gordon still engages the Court. The defense main
tanned that the congestion of the brain, from which
Mrs. Gordon died. was not the result of any act of
the prisoner but was produced by the extreme pros
tratiOn OF her system and the excessive labor she
underwent on the Wednesday before her death.
Year: 1870

The grand combination of almost every
kind of talent for amusement now presented
nightly at the Academy of Music, continues
to attract excellent houses, and we do not
wonder, for spectator can sit half hour,
an hour or four hours, and get perfect and
entire satisfaction for bis investment of time
and money. Everything about the perform
ances, which embrace gymnastics, comic
singing, jig dancing, ballad singing, Dutch
PRESENTATIONS, @ria trapeze exercises, banjo
music, the ballet and light comedy just
Kiralfy troupe of Hungarian dancers have
arrived here, and win shortly appear to add
still more to tho nightly ATTRACTIONS.
Year: 1870

QUALIFICATIONS FOR COUNTY JUDGES
The Senate Committee on Courts of Justice
in response to resolution of inquiry, re.
Gently reported concerning the constitu-
tional qualifications of county judges. We
have received many inquiries in relation te
this report, and we have only given synop.
sis of it. We now produce it in full. 1t il
as follows:


"The Committee for Courts of Justice;
to whom was referred the resolution as tc
the constitutional qualifications for county
judges, beg leave to report


"That the Convention, desiring to make
q radical change in the efficiency Of the
county court system as heretofore existing
in Virginia, used the language of the Eng
lish statute in regard to the English judges
more clearly to define the important and
thorough change intended to be made
Judges learned in the law of the realm
was changed to Judges learned in the law
of the State The mere knowledge of the
statute law of Virginia is certainly not
being learned in the law of the State, be.
cause the statute law is very inconsider.
able part of the law of the State.


"The statute law of England to the time
of the fourth year of James First and the
common law (not inconsistent with our
statutes) are by express enactment made q
part of the law of Virginia.


Looking to the end to be attained, it is
manifest that the constitutional require
ment for county judge is that he should
either have practiced the law as profes.
sion or had made it special study, and
therefore he should be one who had received
a legal education-the best criterion OF
which is that he has obtained license as a
laWyer.n
Year: 1870

TIE CHAPMAN SlsTERs.-The Chairman
Troupe closed their successful engagement
on Saturday evening, and are ere this on
their way to Philadelphia, where we wish
them brilliant success. It is seldom that
any combination of talent meet with such
unabated success for so long period as
has marked the sojourn of these yeung
ladies in Richmond. Our people part with
them with sincere regret, and there are
that they may before very long be induced
to return. So for the present, young ladies,
we bid you a, warm goodbye; and 70 you,
genial, lively, and healthy Bishop, we e1-
tend our paws with tears in our eyes. Fare
thee well, large mortal may oil Joy attend
you, and may your hotel-keeperT see that
your shadow never grows less. .sa
Year: 1870

Dir. OLIVER AS A MEsMERlST.-Someo one
has culled from newspaper and published
in the Alexandria Gazette the following:


Nesmerism an Accompl;ce Of Crime.-
Som. people profess not to believe in So
called :" mcsmerism" and the power of the
mesmcriser over his victim. But "know-
ing" is better even than "seeing" in this
case, and we know that it is true. DR.. Oil
yer, the mcsmerist, was quite equal to any
thing Of that kind that WAS possible at all,
and could compel those who submitted to
his practices to do exactly what he told
them to do whilst they were in the abnOr-
NAL condition called coma, induced by his
manipulations. We CHANGED to meet the
man in England, when he was respecta-
BILE practitioner in Newcastle-on-Tyne, and
we have seen him compel his "victims to
believe and to suffer all the agony of burn
ing-that they were sitting on red-hot GOALS
when they were sitting on common
chair-to believe that they were drink
ing brandy when they were drinking
water, and 60 through all the antics
of drunken man, and wear all the
semblances of the same in their faces,
eyes, and demeanor. We have known a
young man compelled to come to the mes
mcrist at IL o'clock ut night for distance
of eight miles because he was told to do
SO when in the mesmeric state. This hap
pened at Leeds. The poor fellow that
came the distance was O Pudsey "Slub-
ber," and he had to walk Oh the snow oil
the way; and what made it all the more
cruel was that his wife was confined on that
very night and was dangerously i'll. We
were in the room of the mesmerist at the
time, having been induced to go there to
see private experiments by way of testing
the truth Of what was then "new thing
in Israel" The man came in, cold and
weeping, and told his story, bitterly up
braiding the meBmerist for his cruelty {;
and we we're 60 touched by his suf1erings
that we sent for q carriage and caused him
to be driven homo at all speed, otherwise
he would have had to walk back over q
bleak and rugged country, knee-deep in
snow in many parts.


We name this fact because VIC "know !"
it to be true. The man said he could not
help coming: he seemed TO be drawn to
Leeds and, as an will readily suppose,
yerv much against his will.
Year: 1870

"WALKING Down BROADWAY" Is very
popular song at present, but every gentleman
walking down or up Maiu street should call in ut
BALDwIN's, corner of Main and Tenth and clothe
himself in garments that are both In season and
in fashion. BALDwiN's clothing will give the
wearer not only the right, but the humor to sing
the merr!est songs Of the day. His clothes will
not merely keep you warm, but insure you q warm
reception everywhere.
Year: 1870

WHILST THE BASIN MERCHANTS are continu-
ally blowing about their cheap fuel thalfseasoned
old-feld pine and green oak wood, and thinking
the people, not hearing from US, tas we have no
clerk Of tue weather) light think we had no fuel,
we will only say to those in want to go to w. j. Nc
DOwELL, First ana Broad streets and get 10 oad Of
his seasoned oak or pine wood. They surely will
discharge their clerk for misleading them long.
Year: 1870

At Nineteenth and Cary and Seventh and Grace
streets, at PAGES. you can buy anthracite coal
at from 81 and IS to $3.50 for best per ton. Oak
and pine wood and Clover Hin coal cheap for cash
Year: 1870

TIE LATE FIRE IN MISUNDERSTANDING
are pleased to learn that the fire of Thurs
day, though very damaging, will not be as
disastrous in its results as was at first sup
posed. The principal loss is in the picking
room-this room, with the machinery and
stock, being total wreck. The machinery
in the dressing room, below this, was da-
maged by water, as was that in the carding
and spinning room and the machine shop.
Building A, or No. ], on Hull street, is not
injured. The passage connecting buildings
A and B was badly burned. A number OF
hands are employed in cleaning up, and wc
are pleased to know that efforts are being
made for on early resumption.