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Year: 1873

The Late Panic and the Working


People.


The late panic which for the time created
general apprehension, and caused the banks
and individuals to rake together all the money
they could get and keep it locked up, proves
in the end more disastrous to the working
classes than to any other The bankers and
speculators who fail are generally provided
with some means, through previous assign
ment Of property to their families or other
wise. In fact, they live generally in much the
same style. But the locking up Of money
through fear in such o crisis closes manufac-
turing establishments, stops industry and
+, throws out of employment great numbers of
work neople, who have nothing to live
upon but their wages from week to week.
ALI round we hear Of susperssson OF iaoof,
because employers cannot get the money
necessary to pay their hands. Employers
take advantage too, Of such state of things
to reduce the rate of wages. Every way,
therefore, the worhngmen are the greatest
sufferers. This stringency in the money mar
ket, and consequent interruption of industry,
occur, unfortunately, at time of the year
when the prospect is more gloomy than at any
other season-when the winter is about to
commence and when families want to lay in q
supply of fuel and other necessaries. But the
tradesmen and small dealers must also suffer
from the means Of the most numerous class of
society being cut off However, the winter
has not set in yet, and there are indica-
tions Of an improvement in the financial
affairs of the country. The effect of the panic
is passing away, and it is to be hoped the
banks and individuals who have locked up
money will let it out again, and thus enable
the manufacturers to resume or continue
work. The state of things caused by the re-
cent disturbance Is only artificial Still it will
take little time to bring the current back to
its ordinary channel In the meantime we
advise employers to be considerate to their
workmen and the workmen to be patient and
reasonable The country is prosperous, not
withstanding the temporary panic, is full Of
resources, and never had since the war bet
ter prospect as regards trade with foreign ma
tions. We hope the consequences of the panic
will pass away before the severe winter weather
sets in.
Year: 1873

however, are not worth controversy, as they
can be practically determined whenever it may
be necessary to decide them. The main point
of interest to the public in Mr.. Orton's COM
municaton is to be found in the admission
that the Western Union monopoly will make
no reductions In its tariff for some time to
come, and in the attempt to justify tho exist
Ing high rates this declaration will increase
the desire for postal telegraph In the United
States, and will excite the hope that Postmas-
ter General Creswell viii psrsevere in his Of
forts to secure this great and popular reform
Year: 1873

The lato OHIO election, therefore, upon q
vote less than full vote by nearly ninety
thousand, going by default as indicating the
strength of either Of the two great parties
signifies nothing
Year: 1873

EXECUTIVE PRoCLAMATIoN.-The proclama-
ton of Governor Walker in compliance with
a resolution of the General Assembly inyit-
ing a conference between the bondholders
and a special committee Of the Legislature
appcars in another column this morning.
Year: 1873

Several Bodies seen In the Wreck by .


Diver.


80, 49, HALIFAX, N. s., Dec. g. 1873.
Another quantity OF goods has been recovered
from the Atlantic wreck and has been brought to
this city. Previous the late gale one OF the divers
operating on the wreck saw under the gangway
the bodies of man evidently an officer of the
ship, woman and little girl The edlyerintended
sending them up, but when he went down the
next time, after the storm, several tons OF iron
had fallen on the bodies. Operations on the wreck
win be suspended during the winter.


large quantity OF cargo is still believed to be
In and about the wreck. The owners OF the hull
are using dualin in blasting the machinery OF the
wreck.
Year: 1873

A German miner living at Excelsior,
Northumberland county, has made one Of
the most wonderful clocks On record, and
when it is considered that he never learned
a trade and had no other tools but peck
ct knife and little hammer. II is surprising
how he could produce such an intricate
piece of mechanism The clock is Octa-
gonal in form about thrt g feet in diameter
The whole is carved out of wood. the out
side, including dial plate and all, is very
finely carved. Above the dial is plat
form surrounded by fine railing In the
middle If this stands a figure representing
the Saviour and the figure of rooster.
When the CLOCK strikes twelve the twelve
apostles come one after another marching
out of the door, passing across the platform
and each one Of the first eleven making
bow facing the Saviour. and then passing
on to another door which they enter and
close behind them. The last one is Judas
with bag of gold in one hand. He passes
on without designing to notice the Saviour
During the passage Of the apostles, the
cock crows twice and chime Of bells plays
music inside The clock shows the time of
day, the days Of the week, the months Of
the year and the four quarters of the
moon. Altogether the clvck Il of a most
wonderful and beautiful construction. The
time occupied in its construction was about
three years. the dial plate alone taking up
two months. being splendidly carved II
is now on exhibition at the residence Of
the maker. who intends, we believe. to ex-
hibit il IA al the principal critics and towns
of the country
Year: 1873

On saturday forenoon last, says the
Shiawasse (Mich.) -4mc,tcda. a calamity
occurred at the coal mines in this city, by
which the mines were almost completely
filed with water and quicksands, and from
which twelve or fifteen miners narrowly es-
capped a terrible death At the end Of the
main entrance the miners struck what they
supposed to be a spring the water gush
ing from the rock IN large stream but
to this they paid little or no attention. and
finally went ont Of the mine to dinner
The men in the north entry had inst put
off their bias ), and also gone out but
those in the south entry remained III the
mine. Scarcely had the men got ont.
when the roofing near the supposed spring
gave way, and the water and quicksand
came rushing into the mine IN a torrent,
completely filling up all the entries with
the exception Of part Of the south entry,
which Is considerably higher than the 9th
ers A miner named David Williams. a
young man sixteen or seventeen years old,
was Just entering the main entrance from
the south entry, when he saw the sand and
water coming, aud, instead Of making his
escape through the main entry, as he could
have done. ran back and told the men
what had happened. They then immedi-
ately started to make their escape. but on
reaching the mouth Of the entry they
found it closed


Fortunately an air passage leading from
the South entry TO the slope had been cut.
and through this the men made their es-
cape, crawling on their hands and knees
not, however, until some of them we're
half buried in the quicksand. One Of the
noble fellows was SO far buried in the sand
that be called out To his comrads. who
were about to offer assistance, to ''l let him
alone. AS it was all up with him, and to
save themselves" BY the greatest mira
Gle, however. he succeeded in etfecting his
escape after being nearly up to his shoul-
ders III quick sand One of the mules was
in the south entry at the time, and could
not be cot ont, though he can be reached
through the air passage, and feed is carried
to him. Although nearly one hundred
feet ia depth, the surface If the ground
over which the cave-m Occurred-a space
of about one hundred feet square went
down some twelve or fifteen feet, CARRYING
trees, stumps, etc, along with it. Work
was Immediately commenced clearing ont
the mine, and it Is thought that by the
first Of next week the south entry will be
clear aud the miners will resume work i'll
getting coal. The damage to the company
il estimated al =, 900, but now that they
know more thoroughly the character Of the
treacherOus soil above. another such scci-
dent will be avoided
Year: 1873

My hands are so stiff can hardly hold
pen, said farmer Wilber, as he sat
down to figure out" some accounts that
were getting behindhaud.


Could l help you father r. said Lucy,
laying down her crotchet work II should
be glad to If only knew what you wished
written.


"Well, shouldn't wonder if you could,
Lucy" he said reiectively. Pretty
good at figures are you n


." 1t would he fine story if | did not
know something II them after going twice
through the arithmetic, said Lucy, laugh
ing.


"Well, | can show you in hye minutes
what have to do, and it'll be a powerful
help il you can do it for me. | never was
a master hand at accounts in my best days,
and It does not grow any easier, as ] can
see, since put on specs


Very patiently did the helpful daughter
plod through the long. dull lines of figures
leaving the gay worsted work 70 be idle all
the evening, though she was IN such haste
to finish her scarf II was reward enough
to see her tired father, who had been toll
ing all day for herself and the other dear
ones. sitting So cozily IN his easy char, en-
joying his weekly paper, a. Il only can be
enjoyed in a country home, where news
from the great world beyond comes seldom
and is eagerly sought for


The clock struck nine before her task
was over, but the hearty Thank you,
daughter, Thousand tunes, took away
all sense Of weariness


T" Its rather looking up. where a man
can have an amsnuensIs, sand the farmer.
1T is not every farmer that can afford it.


Not every farmers daughter that il
capable If making one. said mother, with
a little par,lonable pride


Nor every one that would he willing,
if they were able. said Nr WILDER
which last was a sal truth How many
daughters might he ~ use ~ their fathers
III this and many other Ways, who never
think of tightening = care OF labor. II
asked to perform some little service. it is
done at best With reluctant step and un-
willing air which robs II Of all sunshine Or
claim to gratitude


Girls, help your father; give HIM a
cheerful home e. rest in when evening
comes and do not worry his life away BY
frettlng because he cannot afford you all
the luXuries You covet. Children exert as
great an influence on their parents as pa
rents do ON their children.
Year: 1873

From th, Louisville CouiilerciaI


Ii Was On account of his administrative
ability and his familiarity with military
law and precedence, as well as his great
prudence, that he was placed in command
Of the Department Of the Gulf, with head
quarters at New Orleans During these
wears he was IN command in the South
no breath Of accusation was ever raised
against him. and not a shred of COTTON
ever cleaved to his garments. His stern
aud msulied integrity Indignantly spurn-
ed hribc.


General Candy was not only well-edu-
Gated soldier but man Of fine literary
attalnments, and III general culture and
refinement. In his personal appearance
he was tall graceful and commanding.
having fine military bearing. In dIspo-
sitIon he was remarkable for his reticence.
his modestv, gentleness, and extreme re-
tinement and delicacy ~ feeling As an
evidence Of this delicacy We have Just been
shown, BY Colonel Bullock, an army order
issued from General Canby's headquarters
at the time of the surrender of General r.
Taylor, in which the subordinate officer
who had drawn it had used the VOID len
iency in referring to the treatment of the
people.


Gen. Candy, in revising the order when
it passed through his hands, crossed out
the humihating word, ''leniency." and
substituted, with his own hand the gen
tier terms discretion and respect. Gen.
Taylor, in his order Of capitulation, a copy
of which we have just seen, assures his
command that Gen. Candy will be found
liberal and Just, animated by an honest
desire to do all in his power to prevent IN
necessary hardship and suffering
Year: 1873




About II o'clock, last night
HERALD reporter visited the Jail,
hearing that Chinaman lay there
murdered. 1t appears that the police
found him on the sidewalk. He has
three stabs in the head, done with q
double-edged knife apparently, and is
literally cut to pieces. He was still
breathing, but unconscious. His as
sailant is unknown, and a dozen China
men who came in to the Jail said they
did not know the name of the victim
of the assault. The police are inves-
tigating the matter as we go to press.
Since writing the above the police
have reason to believe that he belongs
to the Sam Yup Company. He was
found lying in the road between New
Commercial and Los Angeles street,
in the crossing between Slaney's store
and the White House
Year: 1873

This was a grand feature last year. and the
Hall was crowded every evening. There will
be music every night, this year, and the Hall
will be we'll lighted. At all times there Will
be q superintendent and Watchman in at
tendance.


The Rink will be opened for the reception of
and Exhibitors have until MONDAY AFTER.
NOON, the 10TH, to arrange their things.


An efficient corps of Police has been select
ed, under the management OF the Sheriff OF
the county, and no prol;ine or boisterous lam
guagc or conduct will be permitted near the
Grand stand or Quarter Stretch.
Year: 1873

A rural youth lately went to claim his bride
and conduct her to the altar, only to find that
she had eloped and married another fellow the
previous day. He didn't tear his hair, but
just remarked, :" I'm glad she was married
yesterday instead of to day, if that's her
disposition i'
Year: 1873

The first prize for the best conundrum was
awarded to Vermont printer at the conclusion
OF an entertainment the other evening. Itwas
this: Why was the Shah of Persia, during
his recent visit to England the best card-play-
er in the world? ?" Because the swells gave up
their clubs, the workmen threw up their spades,
and the ladies were within an ace of losing
their hearts when he came to show his
dinna0nds
Year: 1873

The friends Of wit expressing some surprise
that, with his age and Iouduess for the bottle
he should have thought it worth while to mar
ry. "A wife was necessary" he said they
begin to say of NE that drank too much for .
anQle man."
Year: 1873

1t is now discovered that the account of
" balloon p" being found in a tree in North
Africa, and supposed to have travelled south
ward from France during the Franco. German
war, is founded on a typographical error The
word should have been printed "baboon."
Year: 1873

A gentleman who rather suspected some one
was peeping through the keyhole Of his Office
door, investigated with a syringe full of
pepper-sauce, aud went home to find his wife
had been cutting wood and "a chip had hit her
in the eve
Year: 1873

We have heretofore called attention to
the difference between Republicans and
Democrats in their methods of treating
corruption within their own ranks. The
Republican party has shown no mercy to
its corrupt members, whenever proof
could be presented showing the least
taint of corruption, They have expelled
members of Congress, turned out great
many other officers, and are now engaged
in exposing scheme of corruption
which is calculated to weaken and de-
stroy some whom they have been accus-
toned to count in the ranksOf their best
men. They never stop to Inquire the
politics of an officer whom they suspect
of guilt. But when has the Democratic
party pursued this coursei When has it
not been ready to shield its own members
from merited punishmentr Take the case
Of Bogy. There is little doubt that he
defeated Blair for the Senate by the use
of money, yet Democratic committee of
the Missouri Legislature has decided that
he is innocent as an unborn babe. There
was one Republican on that committee.
He dissenIed from the report Of the ma
iority, and will make a minority report.
This looks as though the Democrats had
been at their old washing busi-
ness,-IoEe.to Blade. 30 Itfttm r
Year: 1873

An American lady who has been
shown through one of the shows of
London-Newgate-the other day, eX
pressed herself rather forcibly to the
warder concerning several features of
the prison which hardly appeared to
her to be human. She was grieved to
see the elaborate and new machinery
for holding the prisoners tight while
being flogged with the eat, stocks for
holding their feet, and similar ar
engagements for the body and hands.
The lady asked where the thumb-screw
was. The warder innocently replied
that they hadn't any. However, he
must afterwards have pondered more
profoundly over the sarcasm of the in
ouiry, for more recently another Amer
lean lady, upon giving expression of
a similar feeling about the resuscitated
stocks, was told by the warder that
they had managed to get along there
without tlogging for many years un-
til some Americans came over and be-
gan to garrote the citizens, and this
was found to be the only way of deal
ing with them. The lady replied that
it must have been because the Eng
lish came over there and took their
business, since American prisons Were
full of Englishmen. However, she
added, tive don't torture them.n


On coming to the small alley in
which executed criminals are buried,
this lady-whO is n good Quaker
shuddered at that, and the warder
said:


"You will notice here that ours is a
great improvement over the Ameri-
can plan. In America they give
the bodies of executed criminals to
their friends, who, as likely as not,
make hero of him, and bury him
with pomp. But these scOundrels
dread being buried away in this alley
almost as much as they dread the
gallows. This is chief part OF their
punishment


The lady having suggested that exc
cution was quite enough, the warder
replied: "NOt bit of it. |
was showing our place the 9TH
er day to remarkably Intelligent
American, whot tadmired our arrange
ments exceedingly, only he thought
we were too lenient. The gentleman
said that the great mistake in America
was leniency. Would you believe
it" said he, we caught rascal in
America the other day, whom we
ought to Immediately have burned,
and we only hung him. But we are
coming to our senses, and are now
making arrangements to burn certain
men for whom the gallows is too good"


"Will thee be good enough to tell me
the name of the American gentleman
who made that remark to thee"' said
the Quakeress.


"Ah, yes" said the ward. reflective
ly, ''let me see--it was Mr.. Mark
Twain Correspondence Of the Gin
einnat.
Year: 1873

IN rne political platform or their party would No
fuse to subscribe 70 It,; but the mighty army or
veal. would regard it with unmttlgated pleasure.
for perpetual presidency might mean perpetual
clover the rest OF their days The financial interest
OF the country, which always opposes change
would acquiesce In 1t, and thus insensiby the body
poitic would glide from q republican to an i'm
perialistic dynasty.
Year: 1873

1t is the essential nature of all wines
and spirits to send an increased amount
of blood to the brain. The first effect
of taking glass of wine or stronger
form of alcohol, is to send the blood
there faster than common, hence the
circulation that gives the red face. 1t
increases the activity of the brain, and
it works faster, and so does the tongue.
But suppose a man keeps on drinking,
the blood is sent to the brain so fast,
in such large quantities, that in order
to make room for it the arteries have to
enlarge themselves; they increase in
size, and in doing so they press against
the more yielding and faccid veins
which carry the blood out of the brain
and thus diminish their size, their pores,
the result being that the blood is not
only carried to the arteries of the brain
faster than is natural or healthful, but
it is prevented from leaving it as fast
as usual hence double set of causes
of death are in operation. A man may
drink enough brandy or other spirits in
few hours, or in a few minutes, to
bring on fatal attack of apoplexy.
Year: 1873

The Duke of Clarence, after William
", having served we'll and faithfully
through long and active apprentice
ship in the British Navy, was, in 1856,
from the recommendation of absolute
personal merit, raised to the rank of
post-captain, and appointed to the COM
mand of the frigate Pegasus. 1t was
on bright morning in April, when the
Prince, having received his commission
and his ship, was on his way to his
tailor's, in Plymouth, to get the new
uniform which he had ordered. At a
street corner he saw boy crying, and
stopped to inquire the cause The lad
looked up through his tears, revealing
q handsome, winning, and intelligent
face, and replied that his mother had
died only few days before, and that
he had been cast homeless into the
streets.


"Where is your father ?" asked the
Prince.


He was lost in the SUSSEX, on the
Cornwall coast, two years ago"


"And you have no friends?"


"Not friend in the world, SIR"


"Then 1 must find one for you. How
old are you?"


az am lve,-almost thirteen"


How would you like to go to sea in
irst-rate man-of-war?"


The boys face frightened as he an
swered that he should like it very well.


The Prince took out his pocket-book
and wrote something upon a slip of
paper, which he gave to the boy, with
shilling.


eco down to the dock" he said,
"and with this shilling you will hire
boatman to carry you off to the Pegasus.
When you get on board the ship you
will give this paper to the officer whom
you find in charge of the deck, and he
will take care of you. Cheer up, my
lad. Show me that you have q true
heart, and you shall surely find true
friend"


Murmuring his thanks as best he
could, the lad took the shilling and the
paper and went his way. Arrived on
board the Pegasus, the officer of the
deck received him kindly, and sent him
to sit ON q gun-carriage under the break
of the poop. In less than an hour the
Prince came off in his new uniform, and
the boy was strangely moved upon dis
covering that theIman who had promised
to be his friend was none other than
William, Duke of Clarence, and captain
of the frigate.


The boy, whose name proved to be
Albert Doyer, was taken into the cabin,
where his highness questioned him un-
til satisfied of his worthiness, and forth
with he ordered the lad to be rated as
a midshipman, and from his own purse
he procured an outfit. During the voy-
age to the American cost the Prince
became strongly attached to his youth
full protege, keeping him about his
person continually, and instructing
him in general branches of education,
as well as in the principles of seaman
ship.


Time passed on, and the boy grew to
be man, and his heart had been true J;
and in the after years, when William
was king, he signed with his own hand
the commission which made Albert
Doyer Rear Admiral and he exclaim-
ed, as he put his signiture to the docu-
ment,-


There,-if I have done a good deed
for England it was when [ saved to her
service that true and worthy man p