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Year: 1872

SATURDAY EVENING, Nov. ..
The change in the tone Of the local money
rnarEe: since this day last week is slight, what
there has been is in favor of easier condi-
tion though the banks disagree in their reports
On this point, and some Of them say they are
Just as short Of loanable funds as they were
8 week ago. The effect Of the hindrance
to trade from the horse-disease is percephble
in the business Of the banks. Instances are
cited by bankers in which their customers have
had to borrow, and others in which they have
been unable to meet maturing obligations, be-
cause they could not deliver goods. The condi-
tion Of the open market does not quite tally with
the report Of the banks. We find there is less
commercial paper offering in the street than
week or ten days ago, and rates Of interest are
lower than then, ~ per cent per month being
the ruling rate now, against per cent then.


The receipts Of currency from the country
have diminished some during the week, and, on
the other land, some considerable amounts are
being sent out.
Now York exchange continues scarce, and
1ntes are firm at 50@75c per 81, 900 premium for
Gales between banks


The clearings OF the Chicago banks for the
Year: 1872

Greeley stock is on the decline here.
The men on the fence are getting off on
the Grant side How about our county
ticket? Let lis know who are orthodox


We shall vote for no other unless we get
cheated At first we were not tenacious
about'the men on the ticket who preferred
some other man than Grant for the pres
idency, but the recent fusion of sore
heads and cOpperheads, we cannot en-
dure at all. We must have clean tick


ct of loyal Republicans, and if it cannot
be furnished ''by authority" it will be
gotten up without authority, by the peO-
pie, without reference to county COnyen-
tiOns or county committee. Under the
circumstances it i'll becomes us to endure
anything like Cancellation or cOmprom-
ise on our county ticket Let us have,
then. a straight-out Republican ticket.


The Montvcrt Hotel has now a
large number of guests, and they are
daily increasing. We saw on Thursday
last quite a collection of literary gentle
men, among whom were the editor of
Troy wing, the editor Of the MassaChu-
setts PI0ughD10n, and several newspaper
correspondents. They spent a portion
of the afternoon of that dayin the grove
on the hill in the rear of the MOntvcrt.
and unanimously voted it as one Of the
lOveiest localities in New England. The
Montvcrt Hotel, said one of those gen
tlemen, is, in its capacity for entertain
mcnt, equal to the Fifth Avenue. and
the inyigOrating air, fine scenery and
pure water, are hardly equalied any
where ETHAN.
Year: 1872

Solitary Vice, and dreadful and destructive
habits which annually sweep to an untimely
grave thousands Of young men of the most ex-
allied talents and brilliant intellect who might
otherwise have entranced listening Senates with
the thunders of eloquence or walked to extacy
the living lyre, may call with full confidence.
Year: 1872

Reflect that sound mind and body are tho
most necessary requisites to promote connubi,l
happiness Indeed, without these the journey
through life becomes weary pilgrimage tho
prospect hourly darkens to the view, the mind
becomes shadowed with despair, and filled with
the melancholy reelection that tue happiness Of
another is bligIted with our own.
Year: 1872

A little three year old boy, in attempt
ing to console his mother, who was watch
ing by the death bed Of his little sister,
said "Don't cry, mamma. If Nellie
wants to die, let her die; it'll be so nice
for her to have her own way just once


A lady who has = pretty hand 10 anx-
ious to learn whether some people are
more liable to "burn their fingers" than
others through their having taper ones
It is difficult to say it would be advisa-
bls not to lot = "spark" get at them.


A chemical dry goods man tells us
that there is enough arsenic in q green
tarlatsu dress to kill q fulls sized man
That may be 40. but We know dozen Of
more of full.sized fellows who won't sta,
away from any green tarlatan dress, with
q pretty woman inside Of it, notwith'
standing the poison.
Year: 1872

The new and reconstructed cars on the
Baronue and Jackson street line display
spirit of progress and accommodation on
the part of the man ayers worthy of imita-
ton. These cars are really fine, roOmy and
airy A large lamp beauties the centre,
and is above the heads of the tallest pas
sengers. On the sides and ends are tran
SONS, on which are painted the name of the
line plainly. At night these narrow win
dows show finely with bright light
Year: 1872

The Board of Police Commissioners N ade
a wise rule ordering the several captains
to, at stated periods, change portion OF
the force from night to day and from day
to night The change went into effect yes
terdaY.
Year: 1872

Not more than one in ten Of those
who enjoy the superior flavor of the
Baldwin apple knows from whence it
originated. For the enlightenment of
the ignorant nine, we will inform them
that this peculiar species of fruit came
from seeding planted by Josiah
rearce, Esq, of the town of Baldwin,
Ne. From this stock innumerable
CRAFTS have extended the fruit far and
wide; but from well.known law of ex-
tension, the Baldwin apple is rarely
found in perfection when far removed
from the place where it originated. In
Maine, the color, texture, aroma, and
sol dity Of the apple have nothing to
desire, being in truth so delicious, that
ii might have been akin to the one said
TO have brought difficulty upon our
mother Eve. In other localities, where
the soil, climate, or culture may have
proved unfriendly, what is called the
Baldwin apple may often be found a
total failure, being puffy, insipid, and
subject to early decay.
Year: 1872

The blossom cannot tell what becomes
Of it's odqr, and no man can tell what bp
comes Of bis influence and example that
roll away from him and 80 beyond his ken
Oh their perilous mission. What oukeep
by you, you may change and mend; but
words once spoken, can never be recall
ed
Year: 1872

New YORK, February A move
ment is on foot to build another Crystal
Palace in this city by the Industrial
Exhibition Company, and operators are
to commence as soon as 81 500, 900 can be
raised. The entire cost Of the building
will not be less than $4,5OO,OOO or
$5,000,000.


Of the japanese guests who have been
residing in New York at the st. Mich
olas Hotel, six started yesterday for
Chicago 10 meet the Imperial Embassy
and to await their arrival in that city.


The Weather.


A northeastern storm OF snow and
wind set in about four o clock yesterday
morning, continuing till late hour in
the evening, when it changed to sleet
and hail, and only ceased this morning.
It was the most severe storm in all
respects we have had this winter. The
snow was several inches deep in the
streets and travel was seriously impeded.
Owing to the violence of the storm
there was only one arrival from sea by
way of Sandy Hook yesterday. The
ice in the harbor is quite heavy, render
ing navigation by the ferry and other
vessels dangerous. The outward bound
steamers were also detained by the
storm.


About seven o'clock this evening a
very fine display OF


Aurora Borealis
was seen. One part OF the sky was
covered with a large sheet Of red as if
from the reflection OF great fire, while
in other parts streaks and sheets Of
light blue were visible. The
phenomena lasted half an hour, and
was one OF the grandest witnessed for
some time past.
Year: 1872

Especial Dispatch to the REGISTER by the


Pa A. Telegraph Line


WASHINGTON, February f.
Tne Tribune and the Administration


The independent position of the New
York Tribune toward the Admlnistra,
ton continues to excite alarm. To make
a little war on this end Of the line It
has been determined by Mr.. Conkling to
commence the prosecution against the
Washington correspondent of that
journal for refusing to testify where he
procured a copy of the Washington
treaty, which prosecution has been sus-
pended since last spring. The case
will be opened in the police court next
week and the correspondent in question
has been notified to be ready with bail
if he wishes to avoid arrest.


The Administration will have some
difficulty in getting its


Adjournment Resolution
passed in the House. The Ways and
Means committee, to whom this resolu-
ton has been referred, have decided
that no adjournment shall be had until
a bill to reduce the tariff has been acted
upon. It's further intimated that when
the struggle to pass this resolution does
come, the Republicans in the House
will divide as they have in the Senate.


Senator Davis,


OF Kentucky, will endeavor to get the
floor tomorrow to deliver his speech on
his resolution of inquiry as to the Presi-
dents connection with the Seneca sand
stone, &c. 1t is anticipated that Conk-
ling, Morton and other Administration
champions will try to head off this
speech, as they dread its effect upon the
country at the present time. ALPHA.
Year: 1872

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 9.-The Journal of
tomorrow will contain letter from Vice
President Colfax, in which he says no effort
is being made by his authority to make him
a candidate for the Republican nomination
for President; that be has invariably declar-
ed himself in favor of President Grants
denomination, and that he hopes that the
Republican State Convention, which assem-
bles in this city on 22d Of February, will so
declare unanimously, and that no friend of
his will hereafter mention his name in op-
position to President Grant.
Year: 1872

1t is believed in Washington that as Earl
Granville's note on the subject TO our Gov
ernment does not intimate any intention of
withdrawing from the Conference, back
down will be made, and be made on the
ground that no intention Of withdrawal was
expressed,
Year: 1872

The New Trial Granted Him ana Grounds
Upon Which IL Was Granted-OpiniOn
of the Supreme Court, General Term.


Precisely the same preparatory remarks are ap-
plicable to the case Of Henry Newman, alias
Dutch Heinrich, convicted In the Court Of General
Sessions OF bond robbery and sentenced to State
Prison for ten years. as those given above In the
case OF Rozenzweig. Mr.. william F. Howe, his
counsel discovered In the rulings OF the court "a
loophole upon which to hang doubtr as to his
having had fair trial. and accordingly carried the
case on appeal to the Supreme Court, General
Term, ana demanded OF the latter tribunal a re-
versal OF the judgment in the General Sessions
and new trial After hearing his argument the
Court promptly acquiesced IN his demand. The
Court yesterday embodied its decision In a written
opinion, which was prepared by Judge lngraham,
the Chief Justice The following Is the


OPINION OF THE COURT.


On The trial Of this case in the Court Of General ses
@ % M sh n ssgS aS q
s sss s q Of @ wsn tns ao
R s y s 4 Sss y ss R 81 s as
e
evy dead in law he was
nj ss$say Sssspt as ssy nl rs @ disregard
matter which was !. calculated to explain the
charge against him. This privilege to be enjoyed
rrespectys Of any matter that could disSaalify wit
credit TO which he entitled to be decided by the
jury and not the Court and yet the Court refused him the
privilege given TO him by the law because he was not
worthy o belief This question has been examined and
5Lansing, SS2 The Court In that says "Thc person
charged with any criminal offence matter how In
famous, should be permitted 10 testify in his behalf"
1t was





In the Court If the testimony could have been excluded
to admit the testimony and then direct the jury dsre
gard it However guilty the prisoner may be- no Ia
titled 70 al that the law gives him on his trial and where
ofthe Court to direct trial Judgment Is reversed
Year: 1872

Judge Setting Aside n Jury's Verdict.


Before Judge Barnard


William Fallon sued the Cross-Town Railroad
Company to recover $4,000 damages lor shat
tered arm. He was riding In car, with one OF his
arms on the verge OF the window, when a car pro-
ceedmg in an opposite direction rubbed against
the one in which he was the tracks being near to-
gether. His arm was thrown out Of the window
by the shock OF the collision and badly injured
There was testimony, however, which showed that
Fallon's arm was outside the car, and that there
was no collision between the vehicles.


Counsel for the company moved for nonsuit,
but the Court allowed the case to 90 10 the jury
who rendered verdict in favor or plaintiff for
$4,000.


Judge Barnard granted motion to set aside the
verdict on the minutes, remarking that he should
have granted the motion for nOnsuit, but he de-
sired the case to go to the jury to satisfy all par
ties The jury having failed to see that the action
was the result OF Fallon's own negligence he could
then do nothing but set aside the verdict.
Year: 1872

From tho London Telegraph.


"You would play upon me-you
would seem to know my stops-yo
would sound me from my lowest
note to the top of nay compass
When Shakespeare put those words
into the mouth of Hamlet, did the
poet know that he was stating an
anatomical fact-that the auditory
apparatus of n man is an instrument
of most exquisite musical compeXi-
ty compared to which the finest harp
of Erardt seems bat a clumsy fail
ure? For somo time past it has been
known that the human ear contained
n series of minute bodies, called the
"rods of Corti,' from the name OF
their discoy0rcr; but DR.. Pritchard,
in a PAPER lately read before the
Royal Society, has cast new light
upon tho curious appendages, and
given lis fresh reasons to admire the
wonderful arrangements of life.
When sound is communicated by
air waves to the ear, first the auricle
catches it up and transmits it to the
drum, which passes it by harmoni-
ous vibration through the middle to
the internal portion of the organ
Here it is appreciated merely as Il
sound, its direction and volume be-
ing also recorded; but to distinguish
the note Of the sound, it is passed
into tie cochler, u spiral canal from
the axis of which proceeds n tiny
plate of bone; this in turn gives out
two membranes, and between these
lie the "rods OF Corti." Looked at
from above, they resemble double
row of piano forte hammers; but the
outer rods as they wind up the
spiral axis increase i'll length more
rapidly than the inner, whereas the
latter augment in number, so that
near the apex the outer rods are
twice us long as the inner, while to
$500 outer rods it is computed that
there are $500 inner ones. Under
this delicate and perfect sounding
board are clustered nerves and nerve
cells, which serve to bear the impres.
sion of any vibrating rod or rods to
the brain, and with so vast key
board it is plain that not nero semi
tones, but tenths and even tiftiotht
of tones, must be recognized by the
consummate recording apparatus
1t is upon the lamina spiratis, then
or tiny plate of bone before mention
ed, that tho sound is thrown in or
der to decide its note, and however
fine or faint, that sound discovers
some one of the perfectly attunet
rods which will leap into vibration
in concert with the impulse, an(
send melodic or harmonic Telegram
TO the sensorium.
Year: 1872

1t il fact which should be con
tinually brought before the eyes of
every girl in the land, that the fash
ionable method Of committing sui
eide by wearing corsets should be
frowned down, Say anything to
one about wearing these ribs Of
whalehones aud steel, and they will
say they improve the form. The
idea Don't you suppose, you little
fool, that your Maker knew what
He WAS about when He fashioned
you with his own hands? Or do you
think lie made woman first, and af-
terward made a French modiste, to
get her into decent shape? Perhaps
that was how it happened that wo-
mon are left as nature made them,
and fools are shaped by the dress
makers. But it would be only JUS
tice to allow the girls to grow up to
womanhood before they decide
whether they would be women or
fools, instead Of putting them into
corsets when they are tender chill
dren.


1t is absolute cruelty to put cor
sets on a little child. No child can
wear them more than two or three
hours at time, at first, but they are
made to wear them as long as they
can endure the tortures, and then
take them off and rest awhile, and
so on uutil they become hardened to
tue torture, and can delight the
dressmaker with slim waist to suit
her eye.


But the next question that arises
is, whether anything has been taken
from the body during the process Of
slimming the patient? Certainly
tho waist was smooth and a little
tapering before the corsets We're
applied, now, it is longer, and not
more than half the size at the bot
tom. If nothing has been taken
from the waist what have the cor
sets done with the organs that filed
that portion of tho body before the
corset strings were drawn? They
have been squeezed either above or
below the waist, and, as those places
were already occupied with organs
of their own, those squeezed from
The waist must have been forced in
to the space allowed for something
else to grow III. SO tho logical con
clusion is, the organs that nature
placed within the waist have been
forced to yacate the premises, and
crowd themselves within the space
allotted to other and equally impor-
tant organs. No wonder the girls
lose their rosy checks, when the cor
set strings are drawn so tightly that
the blood cannot circulate freely
enough to run III the checks, No
wonder that the lungs refuse to do
their work when they haven't half
room to work in. And no wonder
the organs rciuss to perform Their
Office, and girls grow old before their
time, suffering from female com.
plants brought on by wearing cor
sets and dispIacing the organs oI the
body.


We lament the fact that American
women have SO few children, yet the
mothers continue TO prevent children
from growing up competent to rear
children, by the abominablo use Of
corsets And fathers look on and
say nothing Talk about the fool
ishness Of Chinese women crnmping
their feet. What are the feet III
comparison with the lungs and heart.
Home and Hedih.
Year: 1872

A SToREKEErER for tho Northern
Pacific railroad, at the second cross
ing of the Cheyenne river, writes
that during a severe thunder storm
an immense cloud of grasshoppers
darkened the air aud settled down
over the place; they covered the
whole ground, and desirous of find
out the extent of the vegetation, he
took a carriage and drove out, find.
ing that they extended about three
miles each way from him, six miles
in all. Millions Of them, he writes,
were hurled with violence against
the house and killed, so that he
"whoeled away ten barrow loads OF
them" They left not green thing
visible after taking their supper
They remained about twenty-four
hours.
Year: 1872

Dried fruits have been an important arti-
Gle of commerce since commerce had
place in the progress of human events
but, OF late years, drying has been largely
superseded by canning. By this mode the
quality of the fruit has been maintained,
and the public taste more fully met. But
now comes new mode Of drying fruit
called the "Alden process" that is like to
change all this, and again give us dried
fruit. Instead OF exposing tho fruit to
heat, in order to drive off the moisture, it
is exposed to a current Of heated air for
two hours, when the moisture is fully ex-
PEELED, and part of the starch changed to
grape-sugar, or glucose, thus improving
the sacharine quality of the fruit to the
extent that it only requires one-half Of the
usual quantity Of sugar to prepare it for
the table. The samples of fruit sent me
for trial are in all respects superior to that
prepared in the usual way, and correspond
with the claims that are made for it. One
serious drawback, is the fact that this pro-
cess cannot be used on small scale, but
must be run as a large mandatory. This
would be no objection in q densely settled
fruit country, but is, most certainly,
where the supply is small, as is the case in
most back settlements, where the orchards
are small. All kinds of vegetables can be
prepared in the same manner, and may
form part of the products of the new pro-
cess. Machinery similar to that used in
the mechanical bakery is employed, and is
consequently extensive but, notwith-
standing this, it must serve to add to the
profits of fruit-culturc when the market is
oyerstocked, or at least save it from total
failure. With the exception of strawber-
ries, all the fruits now present the most
tiattering prospect for an abundant crop,
and, should the season verify these pros
poets, this new process will have wide
field for usefulness.


In a more extended practice, it is proba-
BILE that some of the anticipations,may be
modified. Here is also an opportunity for
women to obtain their rights, as it is pro-
posed to employ women and girls almost
exclusively in this new branch of horticul-
tural industry. To prepare 900 bushels
of apples per week, will, it is estimated,
require the labor of some twenty five girls.


During the past thirty years, we have
seen one new product after another added
to our list, and now we are having one new
industry alter another to follow, all Of
which add to the wealth of the State and
give increased value to our farms.-R,ndl
IN CHica0O Tribune.
Year: 1872

IMPORTANT TO REAL ESTATE OWN
ERs.-As matter Of general interest to
the landowners of Virginia, we publish
the general import of the law recently en-
acted by the General Assembly, in relation
to the re-assessment of lands throughout
the Commonwealth.


This act is in force from the oath Of this
month:


Any person feeling himself aggrieyed
by the assessment of his lands or lots,
made under the provisions of this act, may,
upon giving notice to the assessor, or in the
event that there is vacancy in said office,
notice shall be given to the Attorney for
the Commonwealth, apply to the court by
which the assessor was appointed, at the
first, second, third, fourth, fifth, or sixth
term after the passage of this act, and not
after, to have the assessments of bis lands
or lots corrected, which notice shall be in
writing, and shall have appended thereto an
affidavit, that in the opinion of the affiant
the assessments of his lands or lots is
above the true value thereof, which affidavit
may be made by the owner or his duly au-
thorized agent. In all such applica-
tons it shall be the duty of
the Attorney for the Common
wealth, in such court, to attend to the
interests Of the Commonwealth, and if the
court shall be satisfied that the assessment
is too high, it shall reduce the same to
what is in its opinion the true value of such
lands or lots, but if it shall be of opinion
that the assessment is too low, then it shall
increase it in like manner, and such appl-
cation shall have precedence over all other
causes pending in said court. In any case
in which the owner of lands or lots, or his
agent, shall be dissatisfied with the value
assessed, because it is too low, the assessor
shall adopt the estimate of the owner or his
agent; but in cases of appeal from the de-
cision to the court, as herein provided for,
costs shall not be taxed for or against the
appellant or the Commonwealth
Year: 1872

The GRAND BALL To-NIGHr.-The
Grand Masquerade Ball, gotten up under
the auspices of the Virginia Singing So
ciety, which is composed of many Of our
most intelligent and cultivated German
citizens, will come off at the Richmond
Theatre tonight. A rich treat is in store
for those who attend. Nothing has been
left undone to render the occasion one Of
enjoyment. We are sure there will be
large attendance.
Year: 1872

AvmdrNA PAPER complains that although
the members Of the Legislature are loud In
their professloRs Of a determination TO re-
duce the burdens Of taxation and relieve the
dear people, and 90 forth, they have taken
very good care TO provide that they shall be
paid during tho holiday recess.