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Year: 1872

credit give you guarantee for the proper performance
of the work. SO it with the Navy-}ards,
wheu after the Tennessee returned from
her unlucky trip TO Santo Domingo, IL was de-
termined TO exchange her worthless machinery and
boilers for the new compound engines now being made
for her by Mr. Roach who IL acknowledged TO he better
prepared for such work than other builder in tho
United states and desire 10 express the opinion here
That Mr. Roach was the only engineer In this country
who had obtained the data in advance which would
enable him 10 determine the proportions for such en-
glnes and boilers so correctly to justify guarantee
OF result In speed and capacity for coal such as was in
eXOraby demanded by the Secretary OF the Navy. III
tie engines bad been produced III the NavyGards there
could have been no guarantee for cannot exact forfeit
from ITSELF 1t should be remembered aso that the law
makes eight hours days work i'll The Navy
Yards while outside shops have ten for the
wages, and in the Government shops,
when only short job is in hand, IL is "nursed by
the employees 1t would take five years TO build such an
engine In the Nayy-Yards il no other work could be
shown as certain to follow its completion and prevent
the discharge OF those employed


There are many other reasons Tor not Undertaking
single any number of engines IN Yards and TO
mention one may he sufficient. The Government ought
TO OF the manufacturing business and out of COM
machne-shOps especially But everybody knows you
believe this Yours truly, NV.


we thank our correspondent for his demonstra-
ton of the general wortblessness of our NavyYards
AS to their capacity for building engines, his state
ments are not in accord with the testimony OF our
Government experts, as we read it.-Edl
Year: 1872




BERLIN, Monday, April 9, 1872.
The session Of the German Parliament was
opened to-day. The Emperor not present, and tho
speech from the Throne read by the Chancellor Of
the Empire, Prince Bismarck. The speech enumerates
the various subjects Of legislation to be submitted to tho
Parliament for the regulation and development OF tho
national Institutions Among them military
and penal codes uniform beer and malt taxes, and tho
ratification of the Commercial Treaty with Portugal OF
the Consular Convention with the United States aud OF
the Postal Treaty with France. The increase OF
to raise its estimates OF the revenue and
respondingly reduce the rates Of taxation. Bills
are promised to provide for the disposition Of the largo
surplus OF lSl and of the received account Of
the French war indemnity. Alsace and Lorraine arc
recovering from the shock of the late The founda
tions OF German administration have BIZ laid in those
provinces. The new University OF Strasburg opens on
the lst Of May and grants will be required TO provide
for the scientific establishments connected with that in
stuton. The speech concludes follows: You will
share the satisfaction felt by the Federal Governmeno
at the results Of the first year Of the Empire
and oyfully anticipate further developments You VIII
also receive with satisfaction the assurance that tho
policy followed by that Government has proved success
full In retaining and Strengthening the confidence OF all
foreign powers The strength acquired by imperiaza-
ton the buwar of the Fatherand and the guarantee
OF peace to Europe"
Year: 1872

THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT SAID TO
HAVE WITHDRAWN THE CLAIM FOR NDI-
RECT DAMAGES.


LONDON, Monday, April s-EveninG.
A rumor that the Foreign Office had received a
dispatch from the United States, which promised q
solution Of the question of indirect damages is pro-
nounced by authority to be without foundation
The report was first published in The Morning Post
and was copied and widely circulated by the even
ing papers. Its contradiction produces general
feeling of disappointment
Year: 1872

ALMOST A FIRE.--About one o'clock
this afternoon gentleman who was stand
ing at the corner of Sixth and Main streets
saw the roof ..of the planning mill of Messrs.
John Il George Gibson, on the corner of
Sixth and Cary, burning. He Immediately
ran to the mill and notified the inmates of
the danger. The hands in the various de-
partments of the establishment were hast
lily formed into a fire brigade, and ascend
ing to the top of the building, soon extin-
guished the flames. The fire originated
from sparks from stove-pipc. They fell
upon an old canvass sign which was lying
on the roof, and thus communicated the
fire to the building. The workmen de-
serve much praise for their promptness in
saving one of the most valuable and inn
portant establishments in our city.
Year: 1872

OUR CITY SCHOoLS-LAsT MONTH
OF THE SCHOLASTIC YEAR.--Our city
schools have now entered upon the last
month of the scholastic year, and we arc
gratified to know that both scholars and
teachers are well prepared to give good
account of the use they have made Of the
year. One very commendable feature of
our school system, to which we have often
referred, is the weekly meeting of teachers.
This has been prolific of good results.
Both the white and colored teachers have
been largely benefited by these meetings,
and are indebted to them for much of the
proficiency shown during the past year in
the conduct of their various grades. They
have been conducted by Mr.. Binford, as
between the white and colored teachers,
with entire impartiality, and all have alike
made creditable advancement.


The late reviews in the various schools
of the city have developed good, and in
some cases wonderful progress among the
scholars, all of whom recognize the respon-
sibilities of the last month of the term.


Oial examinations in the primary depart
ments of the schools will probably begin
next week. These will occupy about ten
days. Written examinations in the higher
departments will begin about the 18th, and
occupy three or four days, and general
examination will take place about the 9th.
The 2sth will be devoted to general exerci-
ses, including the award of medals, diplo-
mas, &c. Considerable rivalry exists
among the scholars for these honors, and
every endeavor will be made during the
remainder of the term to stride forward
and grasp the prizes.
Year: 1872

Mr.. Sumner substantiated his claim yes
terday to be regarded the foremost man in
the country in his abuse and denunciation
of the President, and occupied four hours
time Of the Senate in pouring one continue
Gus torrent of philippe upon his head.
The speech is too imperlectly report
ed to enable us to give any satisfactory
review of it to-day. Schurz followed
Sumner in the same strain, and made the
French arms business pretext for pitching
as much of his Teutonic fire into the Presi-
dent as possible. These fierce personal as
saults upon General Grant, made at this
time, can have no other effect than to make
his nomination and election thing Of more
absolute certainty than ever.
Year: 1872

SENATOR SCHURZ declares in a long article
in his paper-the st. Louis Westliche Post
that Bismarck is by no means the greatest
statesman of the time, and in fact that he is
small beer politician, about on Gen. Grants
level. This must be very painful to the Ger
man Premier, who has been brought under
this distinguished disapprobation by speaking
contemptuously of Mr.. Schurz's effort to ex-
cite unpleasant feelings between the United
States and Germany and by calling him
mischief maker. Now that the Missouri
statesman has annihilated the President of
his adopted, and the first statesman of his
native country, he is in condition to indulge
in an Alexandrian flood of tears for want of
more rulers to demolish. He might, to be
sure, emigrate and administer the coup de
grace to Gladstone, Theirs, Gortschakoff, and
so around in turn. Or, perhaps, he can do it
just as effectively from his standpoint in Mis-
souri,. There is one very gratifying result
from this attempt of Senator of the United
States to bring the country of which he is a
citizen-by naturalization-into unpleasant
complications with friendly nation. 1t
demonstrates theexistence of firm and DOS
tive amicable feeling on the part of the Ger
man Empire towards us and proves the impo-
tence for harm of man however exalted in.
station, whose motives are evidently, like
those of Catilne, to aggrandize himself even
at the peril of serious injury to his country.
Year: 1872

number Of persons in this city who are en-.
gsged in the sale Of liquors, and who have OBJ.
tanned license from the city Tor that purpose.
and who have given their bonds, approved by
the city council, in the sum of $500 to the city,
As required by the city ordinance, and in the
SUN OF $4,000 to the people Of the State of Hi.
nos, required by act Of the last legislature,
have formed themselves into society called the
Liberty Union League of Ottawa" The Oh.
jects Of the League are to protect its members
from imposition in the prosecution of their law.
full business and to see that the laws of this
state IN regard to the sale of liquors are not
evaded.


To this end, the members of the league. being
ing desirous to conform to the law in good faith
in regard to the sale of liquors, regardless Of
their opinions as to their merits or demerits, re.
spectfully ask all persons who have husband.
or friends in the habit Of getting intoxicated.
t. whom they do not wish intoxicating liquors
to be sold. to inform the league of the names of
euch psrrous. All requests of this kind made
in good iaith will be gladly received and carried
out by the members Of the league in the high.
eat honor.


Such requests may be made by letter, ad.
dressed, President of Liberty Union League
Of Ottawa Box 619.


This request is made on the part of the league
for the reason that it is frequently difficult for
its members to tell what persons they eau law.
fully sell liquors to, and from the desire of its
members t comply with the law in the sale Of
liquors. By order of


The EXECUTIVE CoMMITTER.
Year: 1872

The OPERA HOUsE.-Opcrations upon the
Opera House are being pushed forward by Col.
we'll, Clark & Co. with commendable rapidity,
and have so far advanced as to allay any fears
that may have been entertained that the Opera
House would not be ready for occupancy by the
time the State Fair is inaugursted. The build.


ing Is being pushed forward as fast as 200 men
can do it, and that portion Of it to be occu-
pied by the Opera House proper will ba rooted


in three weeks, the scaholding for plastering the
ceiling and erecting the roof being already
nearly complete, while the walls of the second
story loom up to near their full height.
In this connection We may state that the same
enterprising contractors will have Holdings re-
burnt block in Chicago finished in three or four
weeks, and the brick work of the Oriental Hall
will be completed in about the same period
This firm has also about finished the excava
tions for Hollecker's building on La Sale street
in this city.
Year: 1872

We understand that some important improve.
ments and alterations are contemplated with
reference to the head.race of the Illinois river
dam. The gates are to be enlarged to width
Of seventy feet, the race itself to have the same
latera! dimensions. The latter is to be deepened
to depth Of Elk feet below the combing of the
dam. These engagements would, OF course,
vastly increase the available water power, and
afford greater facilities for manufactures that
may be established.


Since the above was written We learn that
operations have begun. and q force of some
twenty men is employed by the company in
carrying out the extensions indicated.
Year: 1872

Indians, and to guard against accidents
he carried it uncapped Mr.. George
Bemis was dismally formidable. George
Bemis was our fellow traveller. We had
never seen him before. He wore in his
belt an original 'Allen revolver. such
as irreverent people call a pepper
box" Simply drawing the trigger back,
cooked and fred the pistol.


As the trigger came back, the ham.
mer would begin to rise and the barrel
to turn over, and presently down would
drop the hammer, and away would
speed the ball. To aim along the turn
ing barrel and hit the thing aimed al
was feat which was probably never
done with an ALLEN" in the world,
But Georges was reliable weapon,
nevertheless, because, as one Of the
stage drivers afterwards said, If she
didn't get what she went after, she
would fetch something else" And SC
she did. She went after deuce oi
spades nailed against tree, once, and
fetched mule standing about thirty
yards to the left OF it. Bemis did moi
want the mule; but the owner came on
with double barreled shotgun auC
persuaded him to buy it, anyhow. i
was cheerful weapon-the Allen.
Sometimes all its six barrels would g
off at once, and there was no safety il
all that region round about it, bnt be
hind it.
Year: 1872

A new story of joaquin Miller is told
by the Portland (0regon) Bulletin,
which has all the ferocious features
incident to life in the far West. Two
brothers, twins, Sam aud Henry Lock
hart, were owners Of ferry across the
Pit river, in 1852. The winter following,
while Sam was absent at Shasta, the
Indians made raid and killed Henry
and all the white settlers in the vicinity
Of the ferry. This shock TO the surviy-
ing brother served to transform him into
fend. He became a hard drinker,
and vowed to devote his life to the dis
eovery and slaughter Of every Indian
that he had any reason to believe had
anything to do with the murder Of his
brother. And he carried out that rur-
pose till his very name was terror to
all the Indians within hundreds of miles
He was wanderer, and could not be
restrained by law or the entreaties of the
whites. On one of his expeditions he
met Joaquin Miller, whom he had sus-
pected Of completely in his brothers S
murder. He had not yet proofsenough,
however, TO justify the shooting of him
on sight Whether Miller resisted
is not stated but certainly Sam
made him prisoner and marched
him to Yreka where serious consulta-
ton was had with Judge Rosborough, in
whose judgment the avenger had great
confidence. It was only with difficulty
that the Judge, then only practicing
lawyer in Yrcka, could persuade Sam
that he was mistaken in his suspicious,
his only remark being, " II he is guilty
| shall kill him, sure" After question
ing and cross-examining that would have
done credit to member of the bar
Miller having been directed by the judge
to be perfectly frank and truthful-Sam
was at last satisfied with his innocence
and permitted him to go unmolested.
The lovers and admirers of Joaquin Mil
ler's poetry may thank Judge Rosbor-
ough that their favorite did not receive
his death from Sam Lockhart's unerring
rifle nearly twenty years ago. Poor Sam
continued in his lawless course until he
met a bloody death in Idaho, while en-
gagged in.one of those mining disputes
which were decided by the law of the
knife and pistol. f9I
Year: 1872

11a Rowing. I'VE


Writing of the race between the Lon
don Rowing Club and the Atalantas, the
Times saws: "The race resulted in a
defeat of the Americans far more de-
cisiye than that of Harvard by Oxford,
and the issue seems to have been set
tied from the first. The London men
rowed straight away from their antag-
onists, and gradually increased their
lead at their ease. 1t was expected
that the dash of the Americans would
give them an advantage at the start,
but they never seemed TO have chance.
The distance between the boats at the
finish was, indeed, increased by the
abominable stupidity and selfishness OF
the crew of a rowing boat, who was in
the way Of the Atalanta and stopped
them for few strokes. 1t is pity the
Thames Conservancy has not the power
to deal summarily with these preverse
craft. But this accident happened after
Hammersmith bridge was passed, when
the race was two-thirds over.


The simple fact is, that the Americans
have not yet learned, or that they have
lost, the true style of rowing. Few arts
seem so easily unlearnt, and the Ameri-
cans need not hesitate to recognize the
same deficiency which subjected Cam
bridge for several years to an unbroken
succession of defeats. We are inclined,
indeed, to suspect that there are far few
er advantages in America than in this
country for bringing such arts to perfec-
ton. There is plenty of wealth in the
United States, but the classes who can
command sufficient leisure to carry
sports to perfection are not so numerous
as among ourselves. English rowing IS
the fruit of the elaborate aud intense
care of generations of oarsmen. 1t is
;mpossible to Judge whether the relative
strength of the two crews corresponds to
any difference in physique between the
classes from which they were taken in
the two countries; but, even with the
same physical advantages, the Ameri-
cans can scarcely have had our OPP
nortunities of acquiring perfection
in the art of Craftsmanship. 1t seems
obvious to every English oarsman
that they neglect the cardinal requisites
for effective rowing. and it is only won
derful that their energy should enable
them TO make such gallant fight with
such defective method. 1t is said that
thew are going to try their strength with
other crews. We heartily wish them, il
possible, success, and, if not, an exact
appreciation of the reasons for their
/ failure. 80 y go


Every true sportsman welcomes a
new competitor, and we hope the day
will come when the Americans will put
our oarsmen to seyerer test. They
have already given us one hint in setting
us the example of dispensing with cox
swaius, and, after the success with which
the English Four adopted this plan, ii
will probably supersede, at any rate in
such boats, the old custom. The Alta
lanta Crew did full honor to the United
States in the courage and energy with
which they contended against all the
disadvantages they had to encounter


and they are evidently the men 70 learn
how to turn defeats into the material for
future victories. aaH
Year: 1872

When the late Tom Corwin was quite
a young man he.was elected a member
Of the General Assembly of the State Of
Ohio, and early in the session he brought
bill for the destruction Of the public
whipping posi-. He made an earnest
speech in favor Of the measure, TO which
an elderly member replied as follows:
" Mr.. Speaker. the gentleman Is not as
old as / am, and has not seen as much
Of the practical operation of the system
of punishment which he desires to abol-
ish. When / lived in Connecticut, if a
fellow stole q horse, or cut mp other an
tics, We used to tie him up and give him
real good thrashing; and he always
cleared right out and We never saw any
thing more of him. It's the best way
of getting rid Of rogues that ever was
tried and without expense 10 the State. y


Mr.. CorWin, who never failed to carry
his point by q joke, if the argument was
Year: 1872

From Koughing II. n


Twas armed, to the teeth with a pitiful
little Smith & Wesson's seven-shooter,
which carried ball like homeopathic
pill. and il took the whole seven to make
a dose for an adult. But ! thought it
was grand. 1t appeared to be q danger
Gus weapon. It had only one fault-you
could net hit anything with it. One Of
our conductors practiced while on
a COW with il, and as long as she stood
still and behaved herself she was safe.
but as soon as she went 70 moving about,
and be got to shooting at other things,
she came 70 grief. The secretary had a
small-sized Colts revolver strapped
around him for protection against the
Year: 1872




If had lain thee low in the mold,
With the sods on thy fair, frank face.
And prayed my prayer, and made my moan
And turned TO my dcsolate hearth alone,
To stare at thy vacant place; l0t
Why / had mourncd the long hours through
With a SORROW that would not die;
Yet thinking, my love and at last.
When the fret and the fever of life is past,
May meet in our house on high. o.
If had seen thee turn away
From this passionate love of mine.
To WOO another. for treth and faith,
To give another, for life and death,
True hand and name of thine:
Why had felt though not for me,
To win that noble heart.
may watch his steadfast course afar,
/ may JOY in the light of one proud star.
AS / sitin the shade apart.
But to know our trust was baseless,
To know our hope was vain;
All, who that awakens from visioned bliss,
To truth, cold, bitter and hard as this,
Would venture to dream again.
Year: 1872

II General Grant had been equal in
mind and heart to the exigencies of
the times, he could easily have made
himself great public beuefaotor. lie
might have purified official and politi-
cal morals by simply setting the ex.
ample in his own person Of clean
handed devotion TO duty. His own
obedience TO the laws would have res
torcd them TO universal supremacy
Ali the objects Of the constitution as
recited in the preamble would have
been accomplished but for the obstruc.
tions with which he himself impedcd
them. Unfortunately the interests OF
certain rings were in conflict with the
interests Of tho country, and they, by
large presents seduccd bim into their
service. The public contracted to
give him the salary which his predc.
cessors had been content with /; the
rings offered him more he accepted
their bounty, fell over to them and
took the government into bis hands MS
"a black Republican job"
Year: 1872

The Calcutta merchants have adopted
a novel plan for Willing away idle
hours. According to the Pioneer, bet
ting on drops of rain is just now the
fashion in Calcutta, where even respect
able native merchants bet very large
sums about the rainfall. When the
weather becomes cloudy wagers are
laid as to the time within which the
downpour may be expected. The wager
being laid, the crowd wait patiently to
see the water run out of the spouts, for
drizzle is not recognized, and unless
the water drips from the spouts, the
party who bets that it will not rain has
not lost. Some times the utmost confu-
sion prevails ;it rains for few minutes
and the crowd look anxiously at the
spouts; If the water does not drip the
veil Is terrific, losers attribute 1t to foul
play, and boys are Immediately sent up
to the top of the house to see whether
the spout has been tampered with.