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Year: 1872

The Coffee County Democrat says
There was runaway couple at Tullahoma
the other day, and they sent a black boy
ND for license. Our worthy County
Court Clerk, not thinking for a moment
hut what the couple were black also, made
the black boy go on the bonds a good
;oke OH the parties.
Year: 1872

This journal is now thoroughly identified with the
greatest political necessity Of the ehour-uncOmpromis-
ing warfare against all kinds Of corruption whether IN
national or local government. For years past the
TIMES has been exposing the demorazing schemes OF
efnterested politicians, and its recent warfare upon
the Tammany Democrats has been received with uni
versal approval 1t has adhered to the pledge gwen
in its original prospectus than twenty years ago.
that the public should be truly represented and their
interests faithfully guarded through its columns Its
record has been pure and honorable and the highest
aim of its propreters is TO render it more and more
worthy of its past history and of the confidence which
the public repose in it. Two out of three Of the orig
nal proprietors still direct its policy and guide it on all
public questions. They purpose that the TIMES shall
continue to keep clear Of all narrow and unworthy IN


uences and cliques and aim to represent the great
body of the public as distinguished from all personal
factions 1t occupies perfectly independent position
and is free TO speak the truth all subjects and about
allmen It's greatly increased circulation throughout
the country adds to its power and nhuenceIt will con-
tinue to be faithful exponent Of Republican prnei-
pies and advocate with untiring energy every cause
which tends to further the welfare of the people,,


The utmost care will be devoted to gathering pOlti-
cal news from special during the Presidential
canvass This department Of the paper will be unusu-
ally full and trustworthy. Renewed enterprise will be
exhibited in every department of the paper and large
space will be devoted to reports Of speeches made du
ring elections or on other important political oeea-
sions. o..


very full summary Of news, and many general art-
cles of great interest, published in the Semi
Weekly editions; and in the Weekly edition there is
an unabridged report Of the proceedings at the Farm
ers Club, an excellent summary of political informa-
ton and great variety of matter suitable for family
| reading.


| Tho NEW YORK TIMES is pre-eminenily family
paper all Objectionable advertisements Ibeing risldy
excluded and it has constantly increasing cireua Ion
among the most respectable classes Of the community
Year: 1872

Urinary and Womb Diseases, Gravel. Diabetes Drop
ra and in cases where there are Brick dust deposits or
the water is thick cloudy mixed with substances like
the white Of egg, threads like white silk there
is morbid, dark, bilious appearance and white Bone
dust deposits and where there is pricking. burning
sensation and pain in the small of the back and along
the Oins. In all these conditions, Railways SarpaEl
liam Resolvent, aided by the application Of Railways
Ready Relief to the spine and small Of the back and
the bowels regulated with one or two of Railways
Regulating Pills per day will, soon make complete
cure. In few days the patient viii be enabled to hold
and discharge water naturally without Dsln and the
Urine will be restored to its natural clear and amber
or sherry color.
Year: 1872

There are too many in all sec
tions who are in the habit Of ne
gIcctiny matters and things about
the dwellings and outbuiIdings
which may be called small COM
forts. In many cases they are
overlooked and are not considered
Of sufficient importance to deserve
attention, at least any special at
tcntion. Among these there Is
nothing that adds more, not mere
~ TO comfort and convenience but
TO the health Of the family, than
good walks about the house and
premises. We have known these
in many instances to be utterly
neglected. They are regarded as
good enough when the weather is
dry, and when the weather is wet
they cannot be made better. And
thus year after year the members
Of the family are left to wade
through mud to the COW stables,
hog pens, wood or coal shed. to
the pump or spring house, to the
place ot'urylng the Wash, and so
or,
Year: 1872

Fight Your own battles. Hoe
your own row. Ask no favors Of
any one: and you'll succeed five
thousand times better than one
who is always bescecLlng some
ones influence or patronage. No
one will ever help you as YOU can
help yourself, because no one will
be so heartily interested in Your
affairs. The first step will be
such a long one, perhaps ; but cary
ing your own way up the noun.
tain, you make each one lead to
another, and stand firm while you
chop still another out. Men who
have mad, fortunes are not those
who have had five thousand dol
lars given to them to start
with. but boys vino have start
cd fair with a welI-earned dol
lar or two. Men who have
acquired fame, have never heen
thrust into popularity by puffs
begged or paid for, or given
in friendly spirit. They have out
stretched their own hands and
touched the public heart. Men
who win love do their own woolng,
and | never knew man to fail so
>ignaIIy as one who induced his
afectionatc grand mother to speak
a good word for him. Whether
YOU work for fame. for love. for
money, OF for anything else, work
with yonr hands, and heart. and
brain. Say Il WILL" ard some day
you will conquer. Never let any
man have it to say, II havedragged
you up" Too many friends some
times hurt a man more than none
at all.-GRAcE GREENWOOD.
Year: 1872

What the New York Tribune re-
porter, who fcigncl insanity to get
into Bloominedale A<;lum. said to
one If his attendants: Say: Jer-
r." he patient interruping with a
iumb,e something like the following ::
Il have just been thinking what a
fine meat pie a hippopotamus would
make; monkeys are very entertaining
company if;-the temperature of a
pond of frozen ice eliminates proper
ly in the co-eficient of expansion; it
will then be the duty of the procdros
to ascend to the rostrum and having
driven out over the shell road to
Pontchartrain to bet on the ace when
one is still out and three cards are
left; you know just as we'll as l do
that hate to speak cross to you
say, Jerry" "
Year: 1872

When we first became acquainted with Skin
ner he was the leader of the orchestra at one
of the theatres. And while he was acting in
that capacity they got up some kind of a fairy
spectacle, for which Skinner provided choice
music. He was particularly proud Of an over
ture arranged by himself. 1t was copied out
by hand, and it happened, most unfortunately,
that the copies were not finished in time for
the rehearsal, and SO Skinner had to take the
chances of the musicians getting it right on
the first attempt in the presence of the audi
ence. #'t*@


A couple of hours before the theatre opened
Skinner went around and placed the music on
the stands of the orchestra. Ten minutes af.
terward, when Skinner had gone away, a
friend of his named Brown, came in and saw
the music, and for the sake Of playing little
Joke on Skinner he gathered up all that music
and replaced it with an old lot of sheets con-
tanning fragmentary music of about twenty
different kinds, which he found in closet in
the orchestra room. After awhile the audi
ence assembled. Skinner brought in his musi-
clans, took his place,s and whispered to the
players to exercise exceeding care Then
Skinner gave couple of taps with his baton,
and the orchestra went into action in furious
earnest It was awful-There was a most
terrific discOrd, with six or seven different
kinds of time. twenty varieties of tunes, and
such a jingling. and footing, and scraping,
that all the women in the audience jumped to
their feet and screamed. The first viOlinlst
exerted himself to saw out passage from
|" "Martha;" )" the man with the flute strained
himself until he was red in the face over an
air from "Stabat Mater" the dOuble-bass
man engaged in futile effort to interpret the
"Last Rose of Summer; the claronet shrieked
out the Little Brown Jug" while the drum
mer, finding that he could not play the Faust
march, hammered away at random. Skinner
was wild with amazement and rage. Hel0Oked
cross-eyed for moment at the trombone man,
who was attacking "See the Conquering Hero
Comes" with intense earnestness, and then,
throwing down his baton, he gave one tero-
cious yell, and leaped upon the trombone man
with murder in his eye. They had it out right
there in the orchestra, and it lasted just five
minutes, amid the cheers of the audience, un-
til Skinner, having jammed one leg through
the drum, and torn away quarter of mile
of fiddle-strings with his fist, landed the from
bone man in the body of the base viol, and
smashed that sweet instrument into kindling
wood They had no overture that evening,
aud another man had to lead what was left of
the band for Skinner went home. He is still
hunting for the man who changed the music.
When he finds Mr.. Brown there will be still
more terrific combat.-Pitsburg Leader.
Year: 1872

SAUL AMONG THE PROPHETs-Even The
odore Tilton is forced to enter his protest a.
gainst the centralism of Grant. Here is the
way in which he speaks of the government of
robbers: 1.-THE worst thing about General
Grant is not his chronic stupidity and political
insagacity which wholly unfit him for any civil
position requiring political knowledge and In
sight. 1t is not the appointment of his half
imbecile and halfknavish relatives to Offices
which they disgrace. 1t is not his connvance
at corruption, his patronage of thieves, his
constant advertising for policy and never ad-
herring to policy when it is adopted, his tastes
and low associates. All these things, bad as
they are, are trivial in comparison with his
fearful usurpation of executive power and pat
ronage If he can carry convention by means
of cash now, what is it to hinder his carrying
the country by cannon four years hencee The
principle is the same, the means are of no ac-
count 1t is the principle that we protest
against as full of perils. And, if the Repub-
lican party had not lost the vigor of its early
virtue, it would throw the usurper from it with
scorn, and sweep his creatures from its conn-
ellis as so much Offal."
Year: 1872

ANNOYING WITNESSES s.-Lawyers thatwill
badger witnesses upon the stand often get cut
sharply, and among the numerous stories told at
the expense of the members of the bar, there
are none better than one that occurred at the
session of Court recently held in western
city. A prominent lawyer had an old farmer
upon the stand whom he undertook to brow
beat, and for an hour labcred hard to confuse
and frighten him by hismerciless style of cross
questioning. The lawyer has a large bald
head, that by stretch of the Imagination
might be thought to resemble pumpkin, and
wore huge standing shirt collar. During his
laborious badgering of the old farmer one side
of the collar wilted and lay down on the law
yer's coat AS the witness was released, he
stepped toward his tormentor and said, loud
enough for the Court and jury to hear; See
here. Squire, if you don't put up your side
boards you'll lose that pumpkin off the top of
your load!" Smiles were audible about that
time
Year: 1872

A SOLDIER SPEAKS-At the reunion of the
Army of the Potomac, which took place May
9TH, in Cleveland, Ohio, an eloquent and inter-
estng address was delivered by General Stew
art l.. Woodford, of New, York, from which
we Gull the following sensible utterances:


That Sabbath day, with tears and sorrow,
Southern men folded the banner of the lost
cause, and their bravest and best sought honor
ably to bury them from sight forever How sad
it is that poor ambitious jealousies of race, the
wretched greed of self and place, and the mis-
cradle hates of social rivalries should so often
disturb the hearty reconciliation of that sur
render, and for time revive the bitterness
which you then sought to bury in a common
grave. This hour is no time for politics; mine
is not the lip, trust, to introduce them here,
but when think of that heroic past, which
your faces and presence so vividly recall, and
then how trading. trickster. politicians, forget.
full of what baptism of blood sealed the new
birth of the Nation, seek to array races in need.
less hostility, to excite the ignorance of one
and the brutal prejudice of the other-I would
like to summon guard, half from the rebel
army of Northern Virginia, and half from the
loyal army of the Potomac, and take such NAL
contents out, give them a drum-head court
martial, immediate execution, and soldiers
burial under the apple tree at Appomattox
Let us have peace. No stealing by carpet bag.
gers, no midnight murders by cowardly Ku.
klux, but camp followers and suffers to the rear
and true men to the front.
Year: 1872

MEETING OF CITIZENS OF rHARvIE.-The pro-
performers Of the town OF IIaryie will hold
a meeting in their school building at / o'clock
OIL Saturday evening for the purpose OF con-
Sulting with reference to the opening OF i
street from said town to the terminus Of the
city railway. .
Year: 1872

The sorcst need of our City to-day is Rapid
Transit to her suburbs. We are n community
of Two Millions, whereof half live on this
island and the rest, working here throughout
the day. have their homes and spend their
nights along the railroads which radiate from
our stores, Offices, and workshops, like spOkes
from hub. If we could be carried ten miles
from the City Hall in twenty to thirty minutes,
our average comfort and prosperity would
be signally increased. We urgently need a
Bridge over the East River, ultimately, more
than one) a Tunnel under the Hudson, and
Rapid Transit by rail and steam to Harlem
and Westchcster County. And such Transit
is only possible by some tunnel bored under
or viaduct carried over our streets. Expert


ence has abundantly proved that an iron track
along the surface cannot be traversed with
safety, if carried along and across crowded
streets at any such speed as is Indispensable


The Viaduct has had fair trial. The last
Legislature passed the required Charter; the
City was to supply half the funds; strong
directory was organized; but the stock was not
taken. There was no serious opposition to the
project but nobody wanted to invest money


in it. The general verdict was, 1t will not pay.


The Beach Pneumatic, the Swain Three-Tier,
and the Central Underground are rival pro-
jects before the present Legislature. and there
are two or three others. These are old friends
with washed (or bleacled) faces. We wish
they did not clash, for we should be heartily
glad TO see any or all of them in operation.
But they uiH get into each others way, and
there is danger that, if all are endowed with
the privileges they seek, none of them will
be built We look with most favor on the
Central Underground, because there seems to
be most cash and most resolution behind it.
We bolieve the men who ask for il have tho
Year: 1872

The letter of certain New York Republicans
to Col. Grosvenor, herewith printed, is the
first unequivocal response from the East to
the overture of the Liberal Republicans of
the West for consultation at Cincinnati on
Wednesday, May 1. Others will soon follow.
There is no longer excuse for doubt that the
Convention will be held, and that it will be
inhuentially attended.


We presume that, should any important ac-
ton be taken at Cincinnati, those present from
each State would designate a portion of their
number to cast the vote of that State in the
Convention. But no one is excluded from at
tending and the invitation is so broad that
many will doubtless be present who have not
been delegated. Cincinnati proffers to all a
generous welcome.


Whether the Convention will determine to
put forth declaration of principles, to present
National candidates, or adopt some other form
Of appeal to the country, no one is entitled to
forecast. Whatever it shall do or PROFOUND
will necessarily derive all its force from its
accord with public sentiment. This COnven-
ton speaks with no authority, claims no power
but that which may be accorded to the in
trinsic worth of its acts and its declarations
Year: 1872

A mOrtifying expose of our national lack OF
good breeding was offered, We learn, at the
reception lately given by the japanese En-
bassy in Washington. Who the mob were
who were invited, it is difficult TO say; they
certainly bore the names of the leaders Of
Washington society; yet, before half Of the
guests had been presented to their stately en-
tertaincrs, these so-called ladies and gentle
men rushed into the suppcr-roOm, and not
only greedily began to devOur all before
them, as though half-starving, but tore down
the floral and other decorations, until when
their hosts arrived the scene was one OF as
general havoc as though the swine OF Gree
had been let loose in the hall. "One OF the
Embassy" we are told Preaching for a small
"Japanesc flag on the chandelier, to present
L" to a lady on his arm, L. s. officer showed
him aside, and taking out his sword, hacked
"and hewed at it to bring it down for him
"self, until the lamp shades were shattered
cover the table" Meanwhile, our uncivilized
guests concealed their disgust at the scene
under their usual grave courtesy.


With every fresh embassy from Il foreign
country, it would seem that our fashionable
society devised some new vulgarity as speci-





might be mortified by the report abroad.
When Alexis was here, our ladies, in their
subseryient anxiety to please, cOmp0rted them
selves toward him in every public place with
the demeanor Of waitng-maids rather than
wcll-brcd women. Young girls waited eagerly,
trembling for him to choose them as partners
in the dance, and il ncigllbOrinS city, where
q private suppcr-rOOm was furnished tor HIM
self and suite, at ball, the men took their
places first, and the ladies were huddled In
afterward, blushing under the honor.


In the present case, the Washington leaders
OF bon ton seem to have looked upon their
hosts as savages, and gladly embraced the
chance to return to their original nature.
Some explanation for this almost incredible
vulgarity may be found in the fact that our
society is so largely under the control OF boys
and girls, wholly immature in knowledge, good
sense, or good breeding. But the herd OF ad-
mirers who painted after Alexis, and the
hungry crowd who tore to pieces the japanese
supper-tablc, comprised q gOOdly number OF
matrons. Can it be that our women, in claim
ing Independent standing ground beside TIE
men, have not perceived that the grave self
respect and courtesy of gentleman wins
its way further than the boorshness of the
ruilian Must they begin at the lowest grade
of manhood to work their way up? Outside
of the limits of tawdry fashionable life, our
ladies retain, as we believe, the dignity and
reserve which is the brthright of every we'll
bred woman. But, unfortunately, neither
Japanese nor Russians penetrate into the
arcana Of American hOme-lile.
Year: 1872

THE JUDGES And TIE CRIMINALS


IL has been urged by the few Journals
friendly, for personal or political reasons, to
the accused Judges Barnard and CardOzo, that
il was incumbent on the aCcusers to establish
colusion in money matters between the Judges
and their Crates and with litigants. We have
held this was neither necessary nor important,
because we have felt that this kind of corrup-
ton was the least of the Ohcnses charged.
Something, however, has been done in this
direction which, if not conclusive, is at least
suggestive and very suspicious. Valuable fur
niture and at least one check OF $1,000, have
been pretty clearly traced from the Erie Ring
to Judge Barnard. The financial relations
which existed between Judge CardozO and his
nephew ratz, Mr.. Nathan, have not yet been
cOnclusivcly proven to be corrupt; but we are
much mistaken if they are not fully shown to
be Infamous before the session of Monday next
shall have been closed


But all this is as nothing compared to the
gross corruption which has followed the abuse
of the systems of References and Receiver
ships to which We have before alluded. We
can afford to lose all the filthy money which
these poor lawyers may have gotten, i'll or
otherwise; but the interests driven from New
York by the malpractice which the accused
have encouraged can never be restored it
will require years to cure the corruption of the
legal profession thereby cngendcred and the
gross injustice done litigants can never be un-
done and reparation made. These are among
the direct evil fruits of the Judicial corruption
of which these men are undoubtedly guilty,
and for which public safety requires that they
shall be punished by being divestcd of the
power to repeat the onenses.


Their removal would 10 warranted, indeed.
Year: 1872

At length, we hear from Texas that our long,
cold Winter has been hard on her vast herds
as well as those farther north. The season
has been dry as well as cold; the praircs are
bare of grass; and the cattle are dying by tens
of thousands. Whoever would buy hides cheap
will doubtless find them in Texas about these
days. We estimate the total loss at one mil
lion, while those that survive will be gaunt
and feeble, with their calves barely able to
stand up.


Henry Bersh is needed in all our great
Western pasture-ground. This covering the
land with herds that are never fed, letting
them take their chance of living or dying
whenever feed is short, is at once wasteful
and cruel. Any great cattle-grower might
have fenced (by ditching, if not Otherwise)
few hundred acres II year ago, moved and
stacked the wild hay, and saved Herewith
thousands of the cattle that have since starved
to DEATH Now that the stecd is stolen, shall
there not be at last q bolt on the stable
door
Year: 1872

money and tho will to put 1t through, and
don't want tho concession to sell. If they are
given what they ask, We hope to live 10 see
their road in operation-nay, to ride over IT,


As to Broadway. we prefer that the desired
road should run anywhere else; but should we
ever be forced to choose between QmcK
Transit under Broadway and none at oil, wo
shall vote for going under Broadway. And
we insist that those who wish to keep it out
of Broadway are bound to bestir themselves
to give us Quick Transit by some other route


Gentleman at Albany give us Quick Tran
sit! If passing twenty bills is requisite, pass
them forthwith! but one is probably safer, and
our best hope seems to be the Central Under
ornuu1
Year: 1872

a leading journal Of Florence, to publish q
series of articles from the pen OF Prof.
Vicenzo Beta of this city, which give
vigorous and accurate picture Of the workings
of the American Commune, and show how the
principles of municipal liberty and local self
government can be applied to the regeneration
Of Italy. These articles are widely read snd
copied throughout the Italian peninsula. The
effect of such propaganda cannot but be
salutary, and the action of such intelligent
and impartial observers as these is the best
answer to the utterances Of political atheism
we sometimes hear from recreant Americans.
Year: 1872

The Nebraska people, in their Convention n I'm
coin, yesterday, passed some very pointed rcson-
tions concerning the Omaha Bridge controversy
They claim that the law and the contracts Of tie
Union Pacific Railroad Company fix the terminus at
Omaha. This muddle is made still more confused
by the publication Of an explanatory note which il
is alleged President Lincoln attached to his procla.
nation fixing the terminus at point on the west
ern boundary of Iowa. That note is as follows:


Il deem it proper to add that on the 18th day q
November last an executive order was made upon
the subject and delivered to the President Of tho
Union Pacific Railroad, which fixed the point on tho
western boundary Of the State Of Iowa. from which
the Company would construct their branch railroad,
to the l00b degree Of longitude and declare il to 80
within the limits of the township an Iowa opposite
the City of Omaha, in Nebraska.
Year: 1872

so far the investigation into the manage
ment of the Navy Department has not brought
any serious matter to the surface, unless the
payment by the Secretary of about 100000 on
a So-called closed account may prove inde-
fensble The Secretary is yet to put in his
explanation of this business.