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Year: 1871

THE RAILROAD TO TIE NoRTHwEsT.-


We would direct the attention of city


readers to the letter Of a correspondent


elsewhere, who reOpens the discussion Of


the proposed railroad from this city north.


westwardly. he thinks Wheeling will


best-promote her interests by favoring a


line starting from point on the Central


Ohio, two miles from the river. He ar


gues that q road terminating on the Is.


land would not be success for Wheeling,


because freights would still have to be


draycd thence to the business part Of the


city; nor for the road, because it would be


only local road and would not pay; and


he is Of opinion that il built down to


Bridgeport, the management Of the road,


which Wheeling could not control, would
soon seek Eastern connections UtG the
BellairC bridge. Heargues that the $780,
600 which Wheeling proposes to give to
the Wheeling Creek route would not
secure the success Of o road on that route,
and if it would and the road were built,
it would go to Bellaire anyhow to effect
a crossing and secure through connec.
tions. He thinks Wheeling will be the
terminus Of any road crossing at Bellaire;
that there is no real rivalry of interests
between the two places; that the same
100000 would secure q road terminating
here on the route advocated by the Bell
afro people, and that therefore the efforts
Of this city ought to be directed to that
route


Theqe are the leading ideas Of our cor.
respondent, and he certainly urges them
with a good deal Of force. The promi.
nent idea expressed in the railroad meet
ing at the Court House, u couple OF
months ago, was that Wheeling and Bell
aire arc rivals for the terminus Of
this proposed railroad; that il the
road went to Bellaire, that city
would be tho terminus and would
deprive Wheeling Of its benefits. The
soundness of this proposition has been
generally accepted, though doubted by
some. 1t is tho turning point of tho con-
trovcrsy. If tho superior size and at.
tr0ctiycness Of Wheeling will bring busi.
ness past Bellairc and set 1t down here,
then Wheeling need have no lear in hay.
ing this road come through Bellairc. II
Bellalre could stop tho traffic Of the road
there, then Of course Wheeling could not
be expected to help bring it through that
place.


If our correspondents view is correct,
then the BGllaire route offers us the ad.
vantages Of bridge already built, where.
by trcights may be brought directly into
the business centre Of tho city, and two or
three miles Of road already made. The
want OF a bridge has been felt all along
to be the real lion in the way Of the pro-
ectcd road. If the people of this
city can be satisfied that they can use
he Bellaire bridge and still have the real
business terminus Of the road, It would
DC along step toward tho building Of
I. But the belief is so prevalent in |
he city that the road coming through
3ellaire would drop its business there, to
he great advantage of that place and i
'qual detriment of Wheeling, that we
'enture no more at present than to com. I
mend the opposite idea to the careful
consideration Of our citizens. We trust !
his feature of tho question will receive ]
heir careful scrutiny.
Year: 1871

The Death OF General Besson.


General Besson's death forms enc of the most
painful incidents of the French civil war. After
the taking OF the barricade on the 9Th inst, he
was riding at the head Of two regiments along
the high street leading to the Ternes Gate,
when he saw an ihsurgent, who wore the uni
form of a marine, taking aim at him from q
window. He snatehed Chassspot from one of
bring down that scoundrel." But the Wsrds
were scarcely out of his mouth when the insur-
gents shot brought down the General who fell
dead with = bullet which went through his
many campaigns in Africa, was a major before
Sebastopol, served as head of the staff of an
army corps in Italy, and again as head of the
staff of an army cerps of the Army of the
Rhine. He had only returned from captivity In
Germany few days before.
Year: 1871

In the Philadelphia money market there is a
very sharp demand for call loans to meet the
wants of the brokers, who are having very
lively time in a succession of scoops which have
been managed with unusual adroitness, and with
large profit TO themselves. The money supply,
however, is quite large and much in excess of
current wants, making rates easy at 5@6 per
Year: 1871

The evening of every mans life is
coming on apace. The day OF life will
soon be spent. The sun, though it may
be up in mid-heaven, will pass swiftly
down the western sky and disappear


What shall Light up mans path when
the sun of life has gone DOWN. He
must travel on to the next world, but
what shall illumine his footsteps after
the nightfall of death amid the darkness
of his Journey What question more
important, more practical, solemn for
each reader of our journal to ask him
self? That is a long journey to travel
without light, without guide, and
without a friend. Yet every man
must perform it. The time is
not far distant when all men
will begin the journey. There is an
evening star in the natural world. Its
radiance is bright and beautiful, and
cheering to the benighted traveller. But
life's evening star is in a good hope Of
heaven. Its beauty and brilliancy are
reflected from the sun Of righteousness,
whose bright rays light up the evening
of life, and throw their radiance across
the darkness of the grave into Imman-
uel's land. 1t has illuminated the foot
steps of many a traveller into eternity.
1t is Of priceless value. A thousand
worlds cannot purchase it, yet it is Of
fered without money and without price
to him who will patiently and thankfully
receive it. 'N
Year: 1871

Those who expect to think, says the
chronological journal, should not eat
much food which simply produces warmth
and fat, such as ham, fat pork, white
bread, butter rice, tapioca and starch.
These contain very little phosphate food,
being carbonaceous.


The proper food for laboring men-we
mean those who have to exercise muscu-
lar strength chiefly should be that which
contains the greatest amount OF nitro
gen. Among these barely and cheese
stand high. The red flesh of the OK or
sheep and unbolted bread, are the lead
ing articles. Men who train prize fight
ers seem to understand much better than
others how to build up physical strength
and endurance. When their battle or
their race is endured, they lay aside their
nnbolted bread and fruit, their lean beef
and mutton, and fall into their old hab.
its of liquor-drinking and of eating
STRENGTHENING articles, such as rice, fine
bread pudding, with fat meat and butter,
and they soon become as fat and lazy as
these carbonaceous articles can make
them.


If a man wants to stand the cold he
may eat buckwheat cakes with butter,
syrup, fat pork and white beans; but let
him look out when hot weather comes
for bilious fevers, pimples on the face,
and rank smell of the whole system,
and muddy, dirty complexion. Men
living at the north pole, or near it, can
drink fish oil by the quart, or eat pounds
of cake tallow, and the cold climate will
burn it out; but in warm or temperate
regions the food should be so selected as
to furnish nourishment for muscle, bone,
brain, and warmth in proper proper
tions


The student should eat articles which
are pretty largely charged with phos-
pilates or brain food; the laborer, those
articles containing nitrate or food for
muscle; and those who are much ex-
posed to cold but not required to exert
muscular strength, that kind of food
which is largely charged with carbon
ates or heat producers.
Year: 1871

From the flttsDurg POst.l


The dispatch from London the other
day, speaking of the projected alliance
between Frederick Dent Grant, the
President eldest son, and the youngest
daughter of Queen Victoria, only goes
to confirm General Blair's estimate Of
President Grant. Although it comes
only as tolerably we'll defnedrumo ii
goes far toward explaining a number OF
things which have hitherto been but
partly understood-or rather have not
been understood at all.


1t is now perfectly clear why Mr..
Seward has been travelling around the
world with such ostentation in semi
official capacity. He has been hunting
up suitable alliance for the royal family
of the United States. History is replete
with Just such instances of wife hunting
and husband hunting among the blue
blooded.


The hitherto dark points in the Joint
High Commission will now become clear.
The remarkable complaisance of the ad-
ministration and its friends, the grave
surrenders of the treaty, the un-Repub-
lican aunkeyism of Congress and the
Cabinet, the royal feasts and the court
liveries are no longer enigmas.


They were all to secure the favorable
opinions of Her Majesty's representa-
tives, and promote the interests of Prince
Frederick. OF course, this proposal for
royal alliance came from Grant him
self. He knew that his only chance to
set up an empire ard found a dynasty
was to unite with some one of the royal
families. There are various reasons why
the English branch of the House Of Han
over would offer the greatest induce
ments.


By making this union one of the royal
House of Grant would Immediately come
TO the throne in America. One Of the
stipulations of the proposed contract is
that the younger Grant is to be made a
citizen and prince of England and
Viceroy of Canada. From that moment
the Grant dynasty is fixed in America;
Under any circumstances the United
States would be annexed to Canada, and
Frederick Grant would be what George
Washington refused to be, Viceroy Of
America In this may be seen the ad-
vantage or disadvantage, as the case
may be, of owning little hatchet when
one is young.


But in the. meantime the elder Grant
will proceed in another direction to es-
tablish the dynasty. He will suspend
the writ of habeas corpus under the ku-
Klux bill in all the States in the Union
between this and the Presidential elec-
ton in 1872. The whole country then
being in state of insurrection, no elec-
ton can be held according to the Recon
struction acts. The country cannot do
without a head, and proclamation will
be Immediately made that, as self-gov-
ernment has proved failure, nothing
but constitutional monarchy can save
the country. Thereupon Ulysses S.
Grant will have himself declared the
ruling monarch, and enforce his author.
ity with the assistance of the army and
navy, assisted by his son, the Prince
Regent, and the Prince Regents moth
er-in-law, Her Britannia Majesty. Here
is the whole programme in brief. Its
minor details may be a little different
but this is to be the practical result
Year: 1871




From the San Francisco News Letter.l


Sir Roderick Murchison is hereby in
formed that DR.. Livingstone is very
dead indeed. An intelligent gorilla has
recently been imported to this city, who
had the good fortune to serve the doctor
as n body servant in the interior of
Africa, and he thus describes the manner
of his masters death. The doctor was
accustomed to pass his nights in the
stomach of an acquaintance crOco-
die about fifty feet long. Stepping out
one evening to take an observation of
one of the lunar eclipses peculiar TO the
country, he spoke to his host, saying
that as he should not return until after
bedtime, he would not trouble him to
sit up to let him in; he would just
leave the door open until he came home.
BY way Of doing so, he set up a
stout fence rail between his landlord S
distended jaws and came away. Re;
turning about midnight, he took off his
boots outside, so as not to awaken his
friend, entered softly, knocked away the
prop, and prepared to turn in.


But the noise Of pounding on the rail
had aroused the householder, and so
great was the feeling Of relief induced
by the relaxation of the maxillary mus
cles, that he unconsciously shut his
mouth TO smile, without giving his ten
ant time to get into bed. The doctor
was just STOPPING 10 unite his drawers,
when he was caught between the floor
and ceiling Of the reception room, like
a lemon in a squeezer. Next day the
melancholy remains were given up to
our informant, who displays a singular
reticence regarding his disposition Of
them; merely picking his teeth with bis
claws in an absent thoughtful kind Of
way. as III the subject was too mournful
TO be discussed in all its narrowing de-
tails. None Of the doctors maps or
instruments were recovered; his be-
Year: 1871

"Clara writes from Brooklyn to say
that she has no sympathy with those
sham modest girls who complain be-
cause young men gaze at them in the
street. Clara says she is a pretty girl,
and is perfectly willing that poor young
men who admire beauty and cannot af-
ford to get a specimen for themselves
should look at her square in the face,
provided they do it in a delicate man
ner. Clara adds that she has beautiful
feet and wears short dresses. and that
her object in wearing such dresses is tie
same as that Of all other pretty girls in
the world.
Year: 1871

reaved landlord holds them as security
for certain rents claimed to be due and
unpaid. 1t is probable that Great Brit
ain will make a formal demand for
them, and if they are not surrendered


will submit her claims to conference.
Year: 1871

Young couples about to enter upon the
responsibilities of housekeeping might
learn some useful hints from these DWELL
ers of the clouds. The little snuggery is
made to serve not only as u kitchen, d.
ning-room, sleeping-room, sitting-roomt,
parlor, library and study, but also as an
observatory and telegraph office. Every
inch of space is utilized. The telegraph
instrument, battery and other appurtenan-
ces of lightning communication with the
outside world, are in one corner Of the CO.
sy apartment, beneath one of the windows.
At the same end of the room is bedstead
while above it is wide bunk, arranged
after the manner of an upper berthsteam-
boat. The most prominent objects that
greet one upon entering the door are tive
stoves which occupy the the middle Of the
floor. One is an ordinary cook stove,
and the other is Magee parlor stove


The latter is priced very highly on acc
count of its marvellous heating properties


A story was published not long since tc
the effect that it required seven dampers
to regulate the draft, and also that consid'
erably more than one-half of the coal was
already consumed. Neither of these state
ments are true. The stoves are easily
enough governed by single damper, and al
for fuel. Prof. Huntington has enough OF
hand to last until next summer The di


ming table, which is generally covered
with books. papers and writing materials


when not otherwise in use, occupies on'
Year: 1871

There will be transit of Venus ac-
cross the sun in 1874 and astronomers are
already busy making arrangements for its
careful examination, as by it the distance
Of the sun from tie earth is determined
The last transit ofVenus was in 1869, and
snce that time instruments of greater ex.
actness have been made. Its results will
be watched with great interest by scien'
tifc men.
Year: 1871

PRESIDENT ANGEL. Providence
Journal, after alluding TO the fact that
President Angel has consented to 60 from
the Vermont to the Michigan University,
says:


This is one of the consequences of
work well done where he is. His FIVE
years of service in Vermont has made
him known, and made it sure that he
would be in demand in yet larger fields.
1t is one of the penalties which Burling-
ton must suffer for having drawn away
from Rhode Island one of our citizens ca
pable Of so much greater work than they
have for him to do. And now having set
his mark upon the small college where he
has tried his hand, and purchased a good
degree, he goes to the great University of
the West, where his brilliant powers and
his ample academic experience will find
opportunity large enough to satisfy all rea-
sonable ambition. He will take with him
great hopes and abundant good wish, S
from troops of friends in his native state,
who count his honor their own. He goes
fresh in the forenoon of manhood, taking
with him the promise of many useful years
He takes thorough New England culture
to that great seat of education where
boys by the thousand are to feel the force
of educational processes which he will di-
rect"
Year: 1871

Prof Huntington informed us that it
was magnificent weather that morning at
the summit. and that we could not have
selected a better day, apparently for the
trip. He knew better than to promise us
good weather all the way through, howcv-
ever, for the changes about the mountain,
and especially at the summit, are some
times very sudden and unexpected. In
few minutes our preparations for the
upward journey were completed, for they
comprised nothing more than the buck
ling on Of knapsacks, the putting on OF
buffalo overshoes and the grasping of AL
pen.stocks. The latter is an almost in
dispensahle assistant in mountain climbing
in the winter. We had brought snow
shoes for use through the woods if necces-
sary, but we found they could as we'll be
left behind. As for overcoats, we strap
ped them upon our knapsacks or disposed
of them as best we could, for the exertion
of the walk was likely to keep us warm
enough until we got near the top, and so
it certainly proved. Our party, four in
number, left the. base of the mountain at
quarter past ten o'clock. No travellers
ever had safer, surer, more experienced
or more intelligent guides than we two
newspaper men could boast Of.


We had received ample directions in re-
gard to the ascent in case we undertook
it alone, but with two such guides as Prof
Huntington and Mr.. Clough, we could not
90 amiss. Here let me add that no per-
son ou ght attempt the ascent of Mount
Washington in winter unless he is blessed
with more than common physical strength
and hardihood, for although under favor
able circumstances and with good weather
(which means the absence of adverse winds
moro than anything else,) the trip may be
accomplished safely enough and. in truth
with greater ease than in summer, yet the
sudden and severe changes liable to occur
are in themselves dangerous, while physl-
cal exhaustion in any case might lead to
serious results. There have been two in.
stances, at least, the present season, where
Year: 1871

1t is now proposed TO improve the
condition of the north branch of the
Chicago river by constructing 500
foot apron at an angle fifteen degrees,
sloping from the lake, by which the
water would be forced upward by the
action of the wind and waves into
converging basin, and thence into the
river through ten foot diameter sew
er. BY uch a arrangemen it is ca M
ed that about 60.000.0 900 gallons of
water could be forced into the river
every twenty-four hours. The cost is
estimated at $50.
Year: 1871




il they come into power, ever consent to


tax themselves to pay pensions to the


Northern soldiers who took part in their


subjugatiOn, while their own are unprO-


vided for? tell you they will


not, and the power which will
justify universal amnesty will iusti.
iy pGnsOning rebel soldiers, and nut.


ting them on the same footing with


Union soldiers, and which would be n


greater cOncliatiOn than even general or


universal amnesty. And they will use


the same argument in regard Ia the


payment of the national debt. They


probably would not insist upon paying


the total debt, but would put Il in another


way, and refuse IL vote dollar for the


payment Ofthe national debt except on


the condition that the slaves of the


South be paid for Reverting to affairs


in Missouri, he SAID hc did not come here


to take part in any local trouble. He


would bring them out right. l want all


Republicans, regardless Of past differ
enccs, to rally for the great principles of
the Republican party. believe the
dominance of that party Is necessary for
the salvation OF this uOuntry. Whatever
may have been your opinions of that
party, 1t Is tonight simply a question be-
tween n Democratic and u Republican
President. There is no middle ground
for you to occupy. You are either upon
one side or the other. II you fail TO vote
on the Republican side II Is half n vote
for the Democratic candidate. | ask
you in view now OF these considerations,
to lay aside all your past differences, and
come together in the great contest which
Is now before you for the nominees of
the next National Republican Conven.
tion, whoever he may be Immense ap.
plause. do not believe 1t will nOmi.
nate anybody but good Republican, and
| pledge myself in advance to support
him, whether it be Mr.. Greeley or Mr..
Mr.. Trumbull or General Grant.


Prolonged cheers. voice" 90 for a
nigger." Mr.. MortOn-Well, / think
this Government would DO safer in the
hands Of n great many OF them than in
the hands Of any Democratic President.
lie thought Grants chance q little the
best ut present. He denied the assertion
That Grant had violated the Constitution
in the San Domingo matter, and defended
his action In protecting American inter.
csls pending tho negotiation Of tho treaty.
IlO opposed State sovereignty US taught
by tho Democracy, and said there was no
safety for the people as long As it existed.
There was no danger OF Capitalization.
Tho greatest idea Of the Republican party
was that OF national unity. II we ever
abandon that we are not nation, but
simply M aggregate Of independent
States Then we will in some why go to
pieces
Year: 1871

A gentleman Of Jonesburg, Missou-
ri, recently returned from Texas, re-
lates an extraordinary occurrence
which took place short time since
in the Indian Nation. lie was an eye
witness of the scene. A Choctaw
Indian having committed n wilfiil
murder, was arrested, tried, and SEN
fenced to be shot to death. He asked
for twenty days in which to prepare
and visit his friends, giving his word
of honor as "brave" to return at the
appointed time, ..and wasi allowed to
go forth without guard or bail.


AT the expiration of the twenty
days, according to appointment, the
hour for the execution arrived, and
the Indian, true to his word, at the
very hour and minute galloped up to
the place where the sextence was to
be carried out, in company with three
of his sisters and brothers, all appear
ing as cheerful as though they had
come to dance or frolic. The cof-
fin was then brought on the ground,
but some one remarked that it was
too small, upon which one of the
doomed Indians brothers told him to
lay down in it and measure, which he
cheerfully did, and laughingly said,
at fits all right" The crowd mean
while appeared to be in the most
cheerful spirits, and cracked jokes and
laughed. At last, when all was
ready, the doomed man was ordered
to sit on the ground. A handkerchief
was then then placed over his eyes by
his sister. While the Sheriff held one
hand, one of the condemned Indians
brothers held the other on each side
Of him. The Deputy Sheriff then
stood in an old house about ten steps
in front of the condemned, with a
rifle. From some cause the rifle went
off accidentally, the bullet passing up
through the roof of the house. The
Indian, believing he was shot, drew
himself and shnddered, but did not
speak or move from the spot. A
black mark was made over the In
dams heart with spittle and powder
by his brother while the Deputy
Sheriff reloaded his rife, and at a Civ
en- signal he took steady aim, fired,
and pierced the centre of the mark
The Indian, with a few struggles, fell
back dead, with his brother and the
Sheriff still holding his hands. No one
seemed to be in the least affected, ex-
cept the doomed Indians mother,
who shed tears but was told to "shut
up" by her son, that all was over
Thus ended the extraordinary execu-
ton.
Year: 1871

a REFRESHING SUMNER DRINK
A friend states that the most thirst
quenching drink that he found during
the unusually hot summer was strong
cold black tea, to which lemon Juice
and sugar were added in quantities to
suit the taste. We have often used
cold or iced tea, and found it an ex-
ceedingly grateful summer beverage.