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Year: 1872

A London letter to the Cincinnati
Commercial says INV


A great deal OF the licentiousness Of
aristocratic families arises from the
false position in which the young lords
are placed during all the earlier part of
their lives, while waiting to enter on
their estates and occupation They
must be idle. 1t is unconventional for
them to engage in any business or pro-
fession. Just in the proportion tsat
they are clever and vigorous there is
probability that their powers will run
to waste or be spent upon improper ex-
citements. have to mind as ] write a
Young lord of great deal Of wit and
force. who for some time kept the
neighborhood in which he lived in per-
petual scandal by his behavior. He
was in the habit Of playing the ooarsest
practical jokes on anybody, and when
he had nothing else to do, would 90
around the village after midnight ring
ing the doorbells. He was very strong
young man physically, and on one oc
casion, when he was passing country
gentleman's house, he stopped to speak
to the ostler. Observing that the ostler
was strong fellow the idea struck him
that he would like to have a pugilistic
encounter with him. Ny good fellow,


said the lord should like to have q
fight with you. think ] can lick you.


II dunno o you be, answered the
ostler, but you must be the best man
in these parts if We canliek me" Very
WE'LL says the lord let's go al II,
and If you can whip me IN give you
Eve pounds" And at it, there in
the stable yard, they went for
half an hour, at the end Of which his
lordship was fairly used up. The ostlar
had to take him home in wagon, and
was in much CONSERVATION aud anxiety
when he found that the pulpy mass he
was conveying had tG he conlided TO
weeping relations at a neighboring castle


However, his lordship recovered slowly
and no, sooner was ko able to do any,
.hing than he sent the ostler ~ho had
punished him not five pounds but fifty,
Well, after that his loFdship got into va
rious scrapes and was brought up 10 the
Police Court several time. But sud
denly, by the death of Lord W. in Ire
land, he came into The occupation OF
immense Irish estates, and | belieYe he
now has tho reputation of being one Of
the most faithful, excellent, and philan-
thropic noblemen that bsg ever lived in
that eopntry. So soon as he had some
thing to do he became man. It is a
rather droll circsms.ance that when he
came into possession be seat for the
ostler who had thrashed him, and gave
him high position on bis estates. Not
long ago this eccentric nObIema9 had
his neck broken by the fall OF his horse,
and he was deeply lamented by the poor
of his neighborh0od. asfsaegsE.


The fact of the decay Of the nobility is
shown in the vanishing away of the feel
ing of nobility. The aristocrats know
nothing OF the personal pride and dig.
nifty which are the soul Of caste. For
instance, when lately
Year: 1872

AGooD JoKE.-It ia related Of Fred
erick the Great, of Prussia, that in 60
ing through the reception room Of his
palace at Sans Souci, he encountered a
workman, who busted himself to get
on top of a ladder to take down a clock
from the wall, but owing to the smooth
ness of the marble floor the ladder
could not be kept firm. "What art
thou doing here?" inquired the King.
81 am matchmaker" answered the
workman, sand have received orders
from the superintendent Of tho palace
to repair this clock have been trying
to take 1t down, but cannot succeed, as
the ladder does not stand firm" "As.
cend the ladder" said the King, sand
| will hold it while you are at work. "
This done, the workman departed with
the clock. On the following morning
the King was informed that the CLOCK
had been stolen. No sooner had hi;
Majesty heard this than he found. to
his chagrin, that instead, as he be,
lieved, of assisting q matchmaker, he
had been made the dupe Of q thief
The King at once issued an order,
saying: "Let him 60; have been al
accomplice to the theft"
Year: 1872

A CHICAGO paper says children are
so plenty in the neighborhood Of the
Third avenue school that small boys
are used to stuff up the broken win
dows, In which pane-ful position they
are compelled to recite their lessons.
Year: 1872

FAST HORSE FARM1Na.-Maior Moore
tells us in his Journal how well-to-do
farmer rode straight to the poor-house
on fast horse. The animal was really
fine one, and gave its owner great de
light, and nothing would answer hut an
exhibition of him through the profess
sionals. lie put up his money and
won. This gave a higher fight to his
ambition, and induced bolder opera
tion. Success rewarded his adventures.
He neglected his farm, imperceptibly
acquired habits to which lie had before
been stranger, and, spurred on by
past success and the Vaccinations OF
the crafty, whose aim is to fleece the
green aud unwary, placed his farm in
jeopardy for the purpose Of raising
money to stake on the result Of race in
which his pet horse was to contend fol
the prize and mastery. The profession-
ais had now got the over confident
iarmer in the precise position desired,
aud the result was, as they intended il
should be, the defeat of the farmers
horse and the ruin OF his owner. The
animal changed hands, and SO did the
farm. It was all down hill with the
farmer after this. His family wal
broken up and dispersed, while he
reckless and maddened by disappoiDt
ment and remorse, found q premature
grave.
Year: 1872

A JOLLY TME.-Some queer customs
came into play on the occasion of
Nil,son's marriage. After the wed ling
breakfast, as M. and Nine. Rouzaud
stepped from the door, cupful of dry
rice was showered on their heads from a
window above, and as the carriage
drove off all OF the old foot coverings
about the place were thrown after it.
One enthusiastic gentleman threw a
broom on top of the carriage, and the
crowd shouted themselves into q very
hot and hoarse condition. When the
bridal party reached the hotel, the bride
sang, at the request OF some friends,
some OF the songs she had learned IN
this country. accompanying herself mp
on the banjo which was presented to her
while In New York,
Year: 1872

A TRUE P1cruRE.-How many men
there are who have ground aud ground
to make money, that they might be
happy by and by, but who, when they
have cot to lie so or go years old, hive
used MP all the sni ,yahle nerve that was
In them During their early lite they
carried toll, and economy, and frugaliey
to the excess of stinginees, and when the
time came that they expected Joy, there
was no Joy for them. -BNoAe'A
Year: 1872

The wife of wealthy cigar manufacturer in
New York lately died the victim of strong drink.
With the exception of her passion for liquor she
was most estmablo woman, but would act in
violent manner when giving way TO this weak
ness. About two years ago she left home under
its influence to throw herself under the wheels
of railroad train. but was followed by her hus-
band, who prevented the terrible act at the last
moment. She has often threatened to shoot her
husband and son, and frequently taken revol-
yer to bed with her At such times her husband
would fasten himself in his sleeping room away
from her until the frantic mood was over. About
year ago Mr.. Ebert was troubled with headache,
for which his physician recommended aeonite,
deadly poison. About ton days ago a one ounce
vial, sufficient to kill ten persons, was missed
from the usual place. few days after, upon
returning from one of his business trips, his
wife was so furious that he, with his son and
two other young men. barrcaded themselves in
a room, which she tried vainly for two hours to
force open She then bade her son goodbye
and went to her bed room, whers she was found
dead the next morning. and the empty ac .nite
vial standing on tho piano near the door,
Year: 1872

The solemn testimony which Mr.. Sumner so
elOquently adduces from the dying lips OF Edwin VI.
StantOu"I know Grant better than any other man can
know him, and he cannot govern this COuntry"-was an
"Open secret in the possession OF other persons be-
side Mr.. sumner. Before Mr. Stanton was stricken so
low rs TO be on his diving couch he made similar state
ment ourselves Indeed, in large measure, the crlti-
cisms which formerly The Independent and atterly The


Golden Age put forth against the civil unfltness OF
President Grant for his high station were the product
OF "A conviction inspired within us by the strong
words and warm feeling with which Mr. Stanton occa-
sionaly and sadly expressed himself this subject,
when IN confidential intercourse with familiar friends
We are glad that Mr. Sumner has taken off the njunc-
ton or privacy which have hitherto considered as
resting Sr. StaDtOns opinion. The late Secretary OF
War dn our judgmcnD the abest administrative
officer who sat in American Cabinet, and to him,
more than any military commander In the Held does
the country owes its victory the Rebellion. His
prophetic sagacty concerning President Grant has been
80 painfully verified by subsequent events that we beg
our c0ntrymen give heed TO the warning which thus
comes To- them from the tomb.
Year: 1872

To the Edft0r OF The Tribune.


SIR: The Arkansas delegation are pursuing


course here which will not be forgotten by some of
their constituents. number Of their friends are here
from ,he State. who for the purpose OF wit
messing the proceedings OF the Conventions but imagine
the disappointment OF these friends when they were re-
fused tickets TO the Convention on the ground that the
Philadelphia relatives and friends had to be tcketed
first. This great slight the part Of Senator Clay
ton and others Of the delegation and the Arkansans
are quite indignant over The present Administration
Of Arkansas differs from the National only in this one
particular, that the former forget their real friends
while the latter remember theirs too well for the inter
Of the country Several letters have been written
this place to the journals in Arkansas by people
from that state cOndemning the manner In which the
delegates manage their representation OF the state.


PhdddeDhG, June G, 1872. SIGMA.
Year: 1872

There is not one single ad-
vantage to be claimed in favor
of big hogs. There never was a
monster hog which did not make
the man who raised him pay for
every pound he weighed. They
do not furnish an ounce Of meat
gratis, but charge full price for
every atom of their carcass
When slaughtered, it takes a
long time to get one cool to the
marrow in the bone, and then
when the hams are put in salt it
is troublesome to finish them to
the centre. Four hundred live
weight is as large as hogs should
be, in order to make good bacon.
Beyond this size there is a loss
somewhere. Either the feeder,
butcher or consumer is cheated,
and as a general thing every one
who has anything to do with the
big hog will find, if he observes
closely, that they are not SO
profitable as the smooth, nice
hog Of $50 pounds weight. A
small head, with little, upright
ears, and legs and ears delicate
to perfection, are marks which
indicate. the greatest amount Of
food consumed; /; and it will al
ways draw more readily the at
tention of every butcher Hart
ford Times.
Year: 1872

What a mistake it is for
any poor man to deprive him
self and family of a good live
newspaper. Some men say they
cannot afford to take a newspa-
per-this is a sad mistake, and
one we know too many make
If you are a poor man, you need
a newspaper to cheer you in
your lonely hours and to take
the place of books, which cost
much more, If you have no
children your wife wants the pa
per to interest her in her home
when you are compelled to be
absent. If rich Or poor, you
need a live and interesting pa
per, and no family should be
without one, or as many as they
can find time to read, and there
is no better season of the year
than winter to have a good news
Exchange. iao
Year: 1872

He said he had not got the money, but
would try to get it from New York. 1 told
him needed the money to get another YES
sci in its place, but if be would promise to
take her on the terms offered as soon as he
could get his money from New York, he
could have her, but be would not give such
promise. He came atterward and wanted
me to let him have the Nassau back for the
amount had paid him for her, and to take
payment in New Orleans funds, which
declined TO do, but told him / would like to
have him find me a purchaser for her, as
she was like an elephant on my hands, and
he left me, making a reply of a jocose and
friendly character. Admiral Farragut was
not in New Orleans during the month of
September, 1862, and Hunnewell could not,
therefore, have seen him at my Office at the
interview between Hunnewell and myself


This evidence is important in view Of the
fact that it contradicts the direct and posi-.
tive testimony Of Hunnewen that he saw
Admiral FarragUt and staff at General
Buffers office about the middle of Septem-
Der, 1852.


Documentary evidence was here read
Year: 1872

THE STRAINS IN TRUSSES,
COMPUTED BY MRAYS OF DIAGRAMS with Twenty Examples
drawn to scale BY Francis A. Rsnlen r. vol aVO Cloth
Price 81 so.


There can be no doubt value Of this graphic substitute Tor
ealcuson not only mechanic but for tie engineer who may
thus take short many important combination
either q, the above when not to Bookstores sent postpaid
b mail to any part Of the United States receipt Of the price
Year: 1872

There was a yong man once in the
Office Of western railway superin-
tendcnt who Occupied position that
four hundred boys in that city would
have wished to get. II was honorable
and it paid well, besides being in
the line OF promotion. How did he
get it? Not by having rich father,
for lie was the son of n poor laborer.
The secret was his beautiful accu-
racy.


lie began as an errand boy, and did
his work accuratcly-his writing and
arithmetic. After n while no learn.
ed to telegraph; and at each step his
employer commended his accuracy
and relied on what he did, because
he was just right.


1t is thus with every occupation.
The accurate boy is the favored one.
Those who employ men do not wish
to be OIL the constant lookout as
though they were rosucs or fools.
II n carpenter must stand at his our.
neyman's elbow to be sure that his
work is right, or If a cashier must
run over his bookecper's column, he
might as we'll do the work himself
rs to employ another to do it in that
way; aud it is very certain that au
employer will get rid Of such an i'll
accurate workman rs soon as he can
Year: 1872

EDITOR SFNTINEL.-The argu- ment in the matter of ex-parte Gertrude, before his honor Judge Porter, for the privilege of the writ of haDeas corpus, by Messrs. Burns and Reavis for applicant, and Clarence Gray, Esq, for Ter ritory, has brought to light some- thing in which every man, woman and child in the Territory has a direct and certain interest. It was clearly shown that the people have q lawful right, with the aid of the Legislature, to have 8 Ju- Gic.ary of their own, independent of the Judges of the Federal Courts established here by the President with the consent of the Senate. The act creating the Ter ritorial Government of Arizona provides that the Judiciary shall be vested i'll Supreme Court and such other inferior Courts as shall be established by the Legislative Council.

 The words of limitation con- tained i'll the latter subdivision of the act, with reference to the Judges of the Supreme Court, give them no uthority to hold and preside over any other Court than the one provided by that and other acts Of Congress for the transaction of business in which the United States is a party.

 It is beyond question that our
Year: 1872

The President has issued a proclamation in
accordance with the Amnesty act, dismissing all
penal prosecutions against those coming under
4; provisions who hold office in violation Of tile
fourteenth Amendment
Year: 1872

CINCINNATI, February H.-The ar
rival OF the steamer Potomac at two
O'Clock this evening was made the Oc-
casion for firing a salute at the land
ing. A keg of powder was burned.
The special ground of rejoicing was
that she was the first arrival here of a
boat that had passed through the new
canal locks at Louisville. The boat
that was first to pass through these
locks, the Mollie Ebert, from New Or
leans, will arrive tonight. This will
bring the largest class Of boats to this
port.


There was no truth whatever in the
report which was circulated last night,
of the accident to the steamer United
States. Exactly how it originated is
not clear, but it seems to have been
started actively by some malicious
person, or one who little calculated or
cared for the solieitude that would be
awakened. There appears to be more
significance about it, inasmuch as a
similar false report was in some way
put in circulation concerning a boat
of the mail line sometime ago. Much
anxiety was felt here for a few hours.
The newspaper Offices dispatched mes
sengers, who travelled down the river
till late hour In search Of the truth
concerning the rumOr.
Year: 1872

WITHIN the year made memorable
by the completion Of the Kansas City
road the mili-owners of that and In
teryening cities will transfer to Mem
phis their Touring mills. Here wheat
will be most abundant and cheapest
brought in bulk from the new North
west, and here there is a bOundless
market for hour. rood will be cheaper
here than elsewhere on the continent,
and then manufactures of all deserip-
tions viii be multiplied.
Year: 1872

WE DID not pretend to approve OF
condemn one Wcrd of the letter irom
the Upton Record, reierring to sew
ersl gentlemen as future candidates
for congress, and least of all did the
APPEAL approve criticisms upon the
couduet Of cur tirelessly lab0rious and
efficient member of congress, Mr..
Vaughan. No one could do US great
er practical service in the house than
this excellent gentleman.
Year: 1872

From the Macon Miss. Beacon, Of
the oath we extract the following &C
count of the Warsaw tragedy:


Certainly one Of the saddest events
occurred Thursday, at one o'clock, in
Warsaw, Alabama, that Is upon
record. 1t was the killing OF Captain
J. J. Little and Ross Bearden.


Captain Little and Cad. E. Tart had
a difficulty some ten days ago, at
which time Little struck Tart, and
to-day Captain Little rode into town
and Tart stepped out of store with a
double barrel gun, presented it at
Captain Little and told him that he
had him in his power and. would use
1t, at the same time disehargiug one
barrel loaded with buckshot, the con-
tents entering his head. He fell dead.
Tart made his escape at once.


W. I. Little, nephew of Captain
Little, came up and called for Ross
BeardOn, suppOsing him to be the
slayer of his uncle, on account of a
previous difficulty. BeardeD stepped
out of a store, and a rencounter occur
red between the two which re ulted In
the death of Bearden. Little was
slightly wounded.


Captain ]. J. Little was about fifty
five years old, and leaves a wife and
nine children. Tart Is an old man
with a large family. Both of the
others were young men. Such q
mournful exhibition OF uncontrolled
anger, attended by so tragic a result,
is rare indeed.
Year: 1872

DENMARK, Centerville and White
vile, ancient little villages along the
line OF roads proposed to be built
through Fayette county, have given
TO this city some Of its wisest and
most enterprising citizens. These
should exert themselves in behalf OF
the subscription to be made by Fay
ette county on the 2ud prox. New
life and energy viii thus be infused
into those old towns, and they will
give birth to q new race of men, fred
with the progressive spirit that dis
tinguishes the age and country in
which we live.
Year: 1872

OUR WASHINGTON correspondent
says he lives like prince at the Ma
tional hotel, and that it is the head
quarters Of the Democracy and of the
SchuTz- Brown P0ssumists. Possum-
and Potato Plowhsndles Democracy
will yet restore honesty and purity in
the conduct Of the UNANIMOUSLY corrupt
government.
Year: 1872

The Democratic convention of De Soto
parish adopted the following resolutions:


Resolred, That, in the opinion of this
meeting, it is unwise for the Democratic
party of the State of Louisiana, at this time,
to abandon its organization and name.


Rcsolced, That it will be unwise for the
convention Of the Democratic party to be
held in New Orleans on the eighteenth in
slant to nominate State ticket.
Year: 1872

The Republican State Convention for
the nomination of State officers will
meet in MONTPELIER June Goth, and it is
time that the minds of the people were
made up in regard to certain questions
which must unavoidably arise on that
occasion. Foremost is the question in
regard to the Governorship. 1t must be
decided at this convention whether the
rule be made two or four years and the
rule ought to be fixed for the best inter
ests of the State, without regard to the
candidates for the Office at the coming
election. We regard the rule to be estab-
lished as of much more consequence
than the question of who shall be gov
ernor for the next term.


In offices where there is large
amount of important business to be
done, requiring peculiar skill and knowl-
edge which can be only acquired by eX-
perience there is no doubt of the pro-
priety of keeping good man in as long
as he will stay, or until circumstances
render change desirable, but the office
of Governor OF Vermont, in ordinary
times, is not of this character There
is very little to be done and that of a
kind that one man of good common
sense can do as well as another. This
makes the Office rather honorary than
otherwise and regarding it in this light
there are many men in the State who
deserve it as much as the present Cover
nor did, at his election two years ago.
and we think far more than he deserves
reelection. Not that we find any
fault with Mr.. Stewart, he has filled
the office as well as any man in the
State could have done, and we do not
now remember single act of his while
Governor, that we should wish to cen
sure, but he has held the office as long
as his predecessors have done for many
wears, and his reelection would establish
the rule of -four years, which we are to-
tally opposed to, under the existing cir
cuInstances. From personal considera-
tions we wish it weredr. Stewards first
term and we would go for him heart
and soul, but the question with US is not
Mr.. Stewart, but the establishment Of
a rule for'our government in years to
come.


Provided the people of the State
take this view of it, by the established
rule the next Governor will be selected
from the east eide OF the mountains and
whatever candidate they may select, it
al .ba right stamp, we viii support.
Year: 1872

How WAS IT Captain Daniel Ian
don was native of Hinesburgh, as was
also his first wife, and his awful death
and the many unexplained things con-
nected with it, have caused much inter-
est among his friends and acquaintances.
II is believed by many that no man,
drunk or sober, could have fallen into
the trap in which he was found dead.
One leg was bent over the double Whit
fietre of the wagon and the toe of it
caught under the draw iron, the body
having fallen between the traces, behind
one of the horses, and bent back partial
.ly sideways and under the wagon, so
that the wheel had worn through his
clothes, and through the walls of his
chest, exposing the vitals. But no bone
of his legs was broken, no Joints dislo-
Gated, the arms were outspread. but the
hands were not bruised nor soiled. and
ihere was very little to indicate any
dragging of the head or body on the
ground. His hat and the cushion of the
seat were found mile or so back in the
street. The horses are said to be entire
iy gentle. They seem not to have run
at all, but quietly to have walked home,
into the yard and under the shed to their
accustomed place where they were found.
with the body of Mr.. Landon, as al
ready described Neither his kindred
nor his friends can as yet form theory
how the body came in this position.
Their convictions OF the real cause of
death are yet to be formed. Free Press,