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Year: 1873

OF half mile, scattered about the waters
edge. quietly looking on while two six-pounders
were throwing shells. The Khivan artillery
worked nearly as last as the Russian, and was
astonished to see that their cannon balls so far
from falling IN the water, 1 should
have expected at that distance, seemed to
plough up the ground right among the Russians,
although ] could not at the distance see their
effect, and some OF them, as / afterwards learned,
carried fully quarter of mile further. The effect
OF the Russian shells was very easily observed as
they tore up the earth and Knocked the mud walls
OF the little fort into flinders The Khvans stood
their ground pretty well considering the disadvan
tage under which they were laboring, in having
only solid shot instead of shells. This had been
going on for about an hour. The Russian shells had
been tearing up the ground all around them during
this time, and still the two pieces, down az the
waters edge. held their ground. 1t was a curious
scene, and suppose the Old 0xus, since the be-
ginning OF time, never saw anything Ike it.
Never since the time it first broke from the
ice-oound springs OF the Pameer, millions OF
years ago, had it heard such music as
this. Three times before, since Peter
the Great had the Russians attempted to reach
this very spot, and three times had they failed
Three times had they been driven back beaten and
demorallzed either by the difficulties OF the way
the lDclemency OF the season or the treachery OF
the Khivans. One whole detachment which had
succeeded in capturing Khiva, was at last slaugh-
tered to the last man; and now they stood at last
this bright May morning, on the bank OF that his
torc river, with their old enemy once more before
them.


THE BATTLE.


For my own part sat on my horse watching the
progress OF events with an interest all absorbing
sense OF difficulties overcome and dangers
passed after my 80 days. chase-lnd I
thought how curiously fortune had favored me. If
had had the selection OF the moment when 1
should arrive at the army could not possibly nave
chosen more favorable one than the present.


watched the cannonade Tor half an hour, each
side fring about two shots minute, when sud
denly shell, which exploded among The cavalry
up on the bank, seemed to produce great panic
and confusion. There was a scamperipg of IN
every direction, and a moment afterwards horses
were brought down, the two pieces at the waters
edge were quickly hauled Of, and in another min
ute there was not soul to be seen on the other
shore. And thus ended the battle OF Sheik- Ark
Year: 1873

The Supreme Court of the State of Ohio has
just made decision that is causing great deal
of comment. II is to the effect that the school
board Of any city have, by virtue of their office,
such control Of the public schools that they have
the right to determine whether any religious in
structiOn whatever shall be given in them. The
court decides that it has jurisdiction over the
board in such cases, and that it cannot compel
the Bible or any other religions book to be used
in the schools against the wishes of the board.
This, in effect, leaves the decision Of this vexed
and difficult question where it ought to be left
with the people. In their choice Of School Trus-
tees they can efectually determine whether the
Bible shall be used or net. Much rs We rever-
ence the Bible, and valuable we deem its
truths rs an element in tho education and the
training of the youth Of our country, we could
scarcely wish to have it forced upon the children
Of any community opposed to its Introduction as
. text book by m arbitrary decree Of the court
The world has tried . compulsory religion long
enough to know that it is no religion, and that
snch compulsion is the very worst form of tyrau-
ny y-Leaisrille Commercial.
Year: 1873

az Were it not that We have strong faith in
the practical good sense and patriotism of large
majority of the farmers of the West, we would
look upon their movement Is virtually gone to the
dogs. Already sll the playedlsut Democratic
politicians are into the movement, and are the
loudest frogs in the puddle; and they are clam
orously proclaiming that the exploded doctrin~s
Of their party, which have been time and again
repudiated BY the people, are the foundation and
the life-bleod Of tho farmers' movement. just in
that way they smothersd out the Liberal move
ment; and now, together with their Liberal
dupes, they are coming down upon the farmers
like the Hessian fly and the army worm.
Year: 1873

| The grand jury have already shown their
| work in suppressiug the gambling houses
| by indicting young Miller. He is popularity


supposed to be the most dexterou. and in
defatigable of the clan of ropers, and the


manner in which he inveigled the imprcssi-
bic CARRIER, by introducing himself as the
| son of q storekeeper within two doors OF
the professors own place of business, de-


tracts nothing from his reputation. His bail


was fixed at $2500, which is not heavy. but he
instantly furnished it. His counsel claimed
to have been taken somewhat by surprise
on the multiplicity OF counts, and desired
time to plead. To-day, he said, he would
challenge the array Of grand jarors. This


is favOrite move with that counsel. and


he has once been successful. If his grounds


Of objection are sound he ought to be sus-
tained. Every time an illegal formality is


mentioned step is made toward certainty
of justice in the future. The purity of


courts and juries is secured by exposure of
corruption. The keener the counsel of an
acquitted prisoner the more cert ain and 1igid
"a the prosecution of the succeeding felon


The counsel for Miller is learned and indie
fatigable. He is exceptionally familiar with
the exact points which are material in this
issue. If he has sound grounds for his op-
position to the grand jury, his client should
be free as air. But at this moment his OBJ
lection is a blow at the yitals of the moral
prosperity of the city. This grand jury has
undertaken a work which should have been
completed years ago. 1t is proceeding
about it with such zeal and honesty as will
accomplish wonderful results. 1t is in
earnest. The good people of the city
who suffer from the incubus thev
are trying to throw off are watching
with anxiety for the result. It will be
difficult thing ever again 10 get such body
together with such temper and unanimity
The first evidence Of their work is the in.
dictment of Miller. II does not matter the
weight Of q straw whether this insignificant
sponge is squeezed of his fraudulent absorp-
tions and fang into the Penitentiary or not
Lis existence is SO trivial that il can not
affect the balance, no matter which side of
the scale it is placed. But If his counsers
objection is sustained, this useless little
wretch will have the disreputable honor of
being the cause of preventing the redemp-
tion Of New Orleans from the reputation
Lonest travellers have given it. 1t is the
opposite Of the noble dust of Alexander
stopping bunghole, for here it is the grow
cling culprit that trips up the feet of Jus
tice that her garments may be stained in
the 1nire he wallows in
Year: 1873

north and south, with which Juarez had to
contend, and which before his death he sue
ceeded in breaking up and dispensing. Presi-
dent Lerdo, to greater extent than Juarez
possessed them, has the troops, the sinews OF
war and the confidence of the country, while
in the fact that instead Of the occupation OF
States and large sections Of the country, as
heretofore, by revolutionary leaders they have
now in Mexico only these local riots over mu-
nicipal elections We have the evidence that
anarchy in our sister Republic is passing
away, and that the days Of revolutionary up
starts therein are numbered. All that now is
wanted to secure law and order throughout
the country is railroad system which will
connect the principal frontier States with the
national capital, and this railroad system will
within few years be established.
Year: 1873

The New York Harb0r Distractions.


The removal during the winter months of
the iron buoys from the harbor has called
forth o protest from the underwriters and
pilots. These classes have a practical ac-
quaintance with the necessities of the naviga-
ton of the harbor which entities their repre-
sentations to the careful consideration of the
Lighthouse Board at Washington. We have
already called attention to the increasing
danger of navigation in New York Harbor,
and suggested that measures should be
promptly taken to remove all distractions to
navigation. The difficulty of bringing large
ships into our port grows yearly greater, be-
cause, while the depth of water decreases, the
large ocean steamers, which now carry on the
chief commerce of the world, draw twenty
three and twenty-six feet of water-a draught
quite unknown few years ago. But, while
the tendency is to ships of greater draught,
the navigable channel is growing shallow with
alarming rapidity. 1t is only few days since
public attention was called to this most
important subject by the grounding
of the Greece in spot where few years ago
there was ample water to float the largest ves-
sci even of the present day. These growing
distractions are due to the negligence of the
harbor authorities in enforcing the port regu-
lations, but chiefly, perhaps, to the defect Of
the law which deals with breaches Of the regu-
lations for preventing distractions. The evil
can perhaps only be dealt with effectively by
legislation, and by severe laws which will
make the throwing of cinders and other refuse
into the harbor crime punishable by heavy
fine and imprisonment Under the present
system all that captain or company has to
fear is the imposition of fine Of fifty dollars
in case of detection, while the difficulty Of
making ont case against the offenders is very
great. This ought to be at once remedied
and such power given to the harbor authori.
ties as will enable them TO punish severely
any parties who are guilty Of throwing refuse
of any kind into the harbor. The suggestion
of the pilots that the number of buoys should
rather be increased than diminished appears
sound, and ought to be acted upon by tht
Lighthouse Board.
Year: 1873

There were no new developments In the Genet
case yesterday. As usual, 1t is understood that
the Sherir,s deputies have been indeiatigabe as
ever out that the odds have been against them. ~
they have been from the start What will be tho
result OF the non production OF Mr.. Genet IN the
Court OF Oyer and Terminer this morning Is .
question which agttated the friends OF Mr.. Brennan
considerably all day yesterday. II Is said, how
ever. that Mr. Burrill his counsel, Is fully prepared
to meet the issue, and that the grand finale will
not be OF q character that the sheriff need be over
anxious about-the idea Of his counsel being that
the Deputy and not the Sheriff himself. Is the re-
spOnglble party.
Year: 1873

There is, unfortunately, some prospect that
the strike Of the railroad engineers will
extend to the main line of the Pennsylvania
Railroad in consequence of determination
by that company to reduce the wages ten per
cent after January 1, 1874, as they have been
reduced on the lines running west from Pitts
burg. The community cannot afford to have
widespread snow storm which blockades the
roads for day or two causes considerable in
convenience, but then we are conscious that
every effort is being made to extricate COM
merce from its snow fetters, and we wait with
the best humor we can muster. In the pres
ent cases of disagreement we should be glad
to learn that every effort was in progress
which could bring about an early settlement.
The strike of the London gasmen, which
threatened whole city with darkness, gave
the world an instance of where labor and capl-
tai in their fight get the public between them
to bear the blows The companies should
make their case as clear as possible, and, if
the reduction is necessity, the men should
not be stupid enough to think they will better
their case by holding out an hour longer than
their becoming aware of the state of the case.
The men, unless they worked by contract,
could not be compelled to labor, and, even if
the law reached their case, it would certainly
be inadvisable to trust the lives and proper
ties of citizens to the care of men laboring
under such sense of oppression. The par
ties concerned must find their way out of the
difficulty as rapidly as possible. The sue
cess of strike consists in cutting off neces-
sary labor supply If capital cannot procure
the needed supply from other quarters at its
own rates it has to consider the duty it owes
to society. In the case of the railroads there
is an undoubted obligation on the part of the
companies to provide travelling facilities for
the public, and the excuse of their inability
to force reduction Of wages upon their en-
gineers will not suffice.
Year: 1873

The Committee of the Senate, which has
been peramubulating about in many parts of
the country to investigate the matter of trans
portation by water and railroad routes, has
now arrived at most important point 1t is
at New Orleans, the greatest and cheapest
outlet for the lower Mississippi Valley and the
great cotton producing region embraced
within it. There never has been question as
to New Orleans being the cheapest route, by
means Of the Mississippi River and its tribu-
taries, for the bulk of the cotton of that
region, as we'll as o large portion of other bulky
water, and especially by natural water courses,
is necessarily much cheaper than by rail-
roads. But it Is not so rapid,
and some products are not delivered
in as good condition by water carriage
as by land. The drawback to New Orleans
has been the bar at the mouth Of the Missis-
sippi and the tedious voyage down that
river to the Gulf of Mexico To obviate this
ship canal has been proposed from the river
at New Orleans to Lake Pontchartrain. This
would shorten the voyage to New York and
other ports, as well as to Europe twenty-four
hours under ordinary circumstances, and save
days sometimes when the water at the bar is
very low, besides saving great expense of tow
age. The committee will, no doubt, look into
this matter. Such o work as proposed would
be Of great advantage to commerce. What the
government should do to promote it must de-
pend upon facts to be investigated by the COM
mittee. We are opposed to internal improve
ments generally at the cost of government
and this is not the time to think of spending
large sums of money in that way. Then, it
has been intimated that there is company
Of shrewd spectators who want to make q job
out Of this canal scheme Still, If encourage
ment can be given to the work, while avoiding
jobbery or any considerable aid from the
Treasury, il deserves the consideration of
Congress-
Year: 1873

The English Attempt To Tako Coffee.


Coffee Calcali evidently made upehis mind
that he would not be captured by Sir Garnet
Wolseley without making respectable AshSn-
tee resistance, as our graphic correspondence
from Cape Coast Castle indicates this morn
ing. The campaign, as we have frequently
predicted, has not been brilliant success,
and it does not promise to be so, if the fight
at Dunquah and the siege of Abracampa be
taken as exemplitying the relative strength of
the combatants. So we are not surprised to
learn that Quaker policy is to be pursued by
the British government, and that an attempt
is to be made to settle the questions in dispute
by treaty stipulations with an irresponsible
negro chief, whose most imposing ceremonial
is to drink wine from the hollow of an
English generals skull. Our correspond
ent with feeling natural to journalist
equipped for war. deplores this con-
templated action, as the brave English
officers do who have jeoparded health and life
in an expedition which would seem to be the
most unwieldy enterprise ever undertaken by
the British Empire. 1t is plain that England
did not know exactly what she was doing
when she set the enterprise on foot, and it is
also clear that the difficulties and obstacles
which would embarrass her on the Gold Coast
were underestimated. We can perceive no
other possible issue to the campaign than a
protrac.ed war, followed by conquest and per-


manent military occupation, unless the re-
Inducements sent from England since
the HERALD correspondent mailed his
last;letter are strong enough in numbers and
physique to overcome the Ashantee army and
the destroying climate. The reader will read
lily understand the severe character of the
operations by perusing our excellent account
of the bush fighting at Dunquah and Abra-
campa. Jungle warfare to civilized troops is
and even when severe losses are inflicted on
the enemy the results are seldom more than
negative, because it is difficult to follow up
success. 1t would seem, however that Sir
Garnet, though attacked by the native NAL
ady, is a fine commander, energetic and de-
termined to do his best The proclamation
to the tribes of the Protectorate at Beulah
Camp is a serious piece Of business for every
able-bodied man is summoned to do labor or
bear arms, refractory subjects to suffer the
punishment of fogging We shall watch
with great interest the progress of these opera
tons on the Gold Coast, feeling sure that they
will add much that will be new to military
history, if they supply also fresh chapters of
misery, disaster and inhumanity.
Year: 1873

Until we have more light good men and
true-the salt Of the earth-will continue to
believe that the effectual fervent prayer OF the
righteous man availeth much. We speak a
word for the meetings in advance, and we
shall rejoice to learn that up town, as well as
down town, the week Of prayer has been faith





fully observed. 80 ---,--.-s~r
Year: 1873

shores our correspondent recommends


the following preventive, and says
that it will be found of great value.
as he has seen it successfully applied !:
"All water for drin6ing purposes
should be well boiled and kept tightly
covered; for it is in the water whe e
the greater number of animalcula
are found. We should also carefully
abstain from all Ii luids which have
not been thoroughly purified by fire
A judicious use. internally, of a few
drops of spirits of camphor, daily,
destroys the animalcula as fast as
they enter the system. thereby ar
resting the disease" 1t will thus be
seen that our correspondent in the
premisesi really convinced that the
animalcul9 theory solves the mystery
as to the real character of this Asiatic
pe>tlence apd the testimony he has
given us from his own observations
upon the subject is entitled to the
special attention OF scientific men, oi
Europe, who have tie opportunity
fer The full investigation We have
suggested,
Year: 1873

A young man named Harvey Wells,
living at Milwood Station. on L. and
7. railroad, went out on q hunt recent
ly and succeeded in getting up a lively
fox chase. The fox ran in a hollow log
ana dog followed. Both dog and fox
were now lost to the.hunter; and after
blowing his horn and searching the
woods IN vain, he went home, wander
ing what could have become of his
faithful animal. Nine days after
wards it happened that the master
went to the hollow log, and, upon ex-
amining 1t closely, found his dog
wedged inside. In his eagerness to
catch the fox, he had goue too far and
could not retreat; and also made the
FOX a prisoner. The log was split
open, aud, strange TO say, both dog
ana fox were found to be alive, though


very much emaciated and weak. The


ISN was permitted to go in peace, and


Ine uog was kindly taken in the arms


Q! ms master, who took him home.


anu doctored him with bread and


strength.
Year: 1873

full arrangement = what terrible
thoughts must have rushed upon him
when he received the leaden messen-
ger of death in his breast from the
hands of his eldest boy! l shudder
when | think of it, and l think YOU
ought to devote your whole life to a
repentance such as God only can accept
for SO terrible crime. The sentence
of the Court is that you be imprisoned
in the State Prison at Sing Sing, at
hard labor, for the full term of your
natural life.


HOW WALwORTH TOOK THE SENTENCE.


There was the same look on the
young prisoners face throughout the
delivery of the sentence. He looked
all the while steadily at the Judge
Not tremOr of emotion did lie evInce
from the beginning to the end. As
intimated in the outset of our report,
it was the same throughout the circle
of his family attendents There was
no show of feeling on the part of any
of them.


THE CLOSING SCENE


A few minutes more closed the
scene. AS already said every body
looked on astOnished. The condemned
young man after the sentence spoke to
his mother, then shook hands with
his counsel and some friends. Then
all officer took him in charge, and con-
veyed him to his quarters in the
Tombs.
Year: 1873

The cholera at Greeneville has de
veloDed few cases of monstrous de-
pravity, one of which / will relate
without mentioning names. An cid
gentleman, probably nearly seventy
years of age, who lived a mile or
two in the country and noted for his
recklessness and his utter defiance of
the laws of God. came into town one
day, and passing down the street,
cried out that he intended to spread
the cholera over the town. He then
went to an undertaken and wanted to
know if he could make him a coffin
and what he would charge. The re-
ply was that if he wanted it bofore his
death, he would charge him twenty~
five dollars, but if after, he would only
charge fourteen dollars. He told him
to proceed with the matter, bat to be
sure to make it out of two-inch plank
aud leave it open at both ends, so that
if the devil comes in at one end he
could escape at to other That night
lie oOds stricken dOtUn 1Cith the cholera.
and 6y morning aOds q corpse.
Year: 1873

TIE English House Of Commons
has passed by the castitg vote of
the Speaker on tie vote of ninety
eight, resolution to address a note
to foreign powers to settle by ar
bitraton, instead Of the sword, all
future differences