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Year: 1872




Yard I'm Brooklyn.


At an early hour yesterday morning the body OF q
man, attlred In the garb Of labOrer, was discov-
cred lying in the rear yard Of tenement house on
the corner of Navy and Willoughby streets, ad-
Joining Prentice's hat factory. There was
q deep cut In the back OF the deceased's
head and the face was bruised. The remains were
taken to the Morgue, which Is within two blocks OF
the place where the body was found, and the COrO-
ner was notified. Subsequently boy visited
the Fourth precinct station house, Myrtle ave-
nue., and inquired whether the police had any
Information concerning his father, Patrick Quinn,
who had been missing since Saturday evening. The
boy was referred to the dead house. where he at
once recognized the dead body brought in In the
morning as his father The deceased, who was
forty years OF age, resided at 1913 Hudson avenue,
where he leaves wife and numerous family OF
children. He was employed as O labOrer In the
Navy Yard and upon leaving or work on Saturday
afternoon got intoxicated 1t is supposed. Quinn was
last seen alive about midnight when he was seated
on the stoop In front OF grocery store kept by
Mrs. Mccall, at l73 Navy street. He had dinner
can with him at the time and said that he was
looking for some milk. He complained Of pain
in his head, but Mrs. Mccall did not know
that he was drunk at the time she saw
named Bill sawyer q fish dealer, who resides In
WyckOr street, TO put the man on the sto0p This
was DONE and Mrs. Mccall saw no more OF him.
How the unfortunate man got into the yard where
Is a high board fence surrounding the place, which
would make 1t almost impossible for q man
under the influence OF liquor to climb over.
watch belonging to deceased was found on the
body so that robbery could scarcely have been the
incentive to MURDER IT, indeed, that crime was
committed. The inquest Will be held as soon al
DR.. Shepherd makes post-mortem examination
of the body. No arrests have been made by the
police,
Year: 1872

One Of the VermOnt's Sailors Crushed to


Death-Negligence OF the Engineering


Department..


On Saturday evening, at four O'Clock, as the
United states steamtug Rocket was going into her
dock at the Navy Yard, an accident occurred which
resulted In the instant death Of James Brennan,
one of the fremen on board, who was
sailor belonging to the receiving ship Vermont.
While the engineer, whose name is Miller, was on
deck, he ordered the deceased TO go below and dis
place the starting bar. The deceased, in obedience
to the order, proceeded TO do so, and while In the
act the engine revoved and the starting bar struck
deceased across the chest and abdomen, fracturing
three OF his ribs and Killing him instantly. Drs.
at the time, were quickly on the spot, but
life was extinct. II appears that number
Of men have already suffered, though less seri-
ousy, through the same means, as the engine Is
said to be defective and at times not under control
OF the engineer. Captain 5. Duva, VINO is In charge
says that although he has been master OF many
steam tugs he has not met with one that has en-
gine so dificult TO work. In his opinion the fault
can be remedied; but as at the most only
involved, IL Is not likely that the persons
entrusted with the power TO remedy the evil will
do anything till some higher pressure is brought to
bear on them. Brennan was buried yesterday sun
day a. the Naval Hospital and but for this notice
nobody would be the wiser for what had happened.
II may be well TO say that the space IN the engine
room Is so small that only one man can stand In It,
and IL entirely without the means OF retreat IN
case OF necessity.
Year: 1872

RELATIVE 10 the question whe,hcia con-
sumption is or is not contagious, . high


medical authority says, that q noxious infiu-
ence may pass from person in advanced
consumption to n healthy person, in. close
communication, and may produce the same
disease, q statement which AT once suggests
the query whether a similar proposition sis
not true in regard TO many other non-contaa- nttaa
Year: 1872

"If the national wealth. shall continue TO
increase at the rate of 3 per cent per annum.
the whole debt, principal and interest. will be
converted into currency in % years and s
months. without anv undue expansion oc the
currency. for it will hear the same relation to
the wealth and population at the end of that
period as at the time of the adoption of the
system and. to maintain uniformity of values,
will require to he increased thereafter in a
like ratio with the increase in the wealth and
ponulation. Thus the country will be pro>
vided with steady. uniform currency. pos
sessing the necessary fexibiitv to adapt ,it to-
the exieencies of trade, and the peonle will'be
relieved Of all taxation on account of the Ma
tional Debt"


Now, with this exposition of inst and easy
mode Of liqudating an enormous national debt.
if Congress. simply, uses its power to s'coin
money or regulate the value thereof as given
by the constitution of the United Sta,es. is it
not mons'rous-nay corrupt, fraudulent, and
vlllanous-that instead of doing so, it shall
hand over this sorereign nloncy power and all
its emoluments and profrs, belonging to all
the people, to a PRIVILEGED class of bond hold
ers and monopolists. thereby building up
mon'ed oligarchy in free country, while it is
grinding the people to powder, and prostrat.
ing the entire industry of the country?


Is this thing done in tile light of dav
through stupidity, or fraud and bribery? I
think the latter:


The people, then. should make it an issue
in this congressional canvass every where in
the State. to require their candidates to toe the
issue. and when elected if they failto vote for
1.-The true American monetary SYSTEM on
further light got when they enter Congress
hall. or in plain language: hribed by the bond
holders, then, they should have statute pre-
pared by which these men who sell the peopls
can be tried before jury Of the country when
they come home, and punished as felous by
the gallows or penitentiasy.


In regard to the State Senate and Legisla>
tnre, no man should he voted for who will moi.
vote to go far as he can in the same direc.
tion and bring down interest to six per cent. :.
| And if he fails so to vote or to carry ont the
ordinances of the new c0nst tuition in REGARD
to the railroads and other monopolies of the
State. the law should provide that he NAV be
tried and punished in like manner. Through
1.-The md Of cnncuss"s. the monopolies are now
sending their men to and controlling both
State and federal legislation by bribery, and
the only remedy of the people is to put it down
by condign punishment and law


OBSERVER.
Summit Point, June Goth, 1872.
Year: 1872

= Three years ago Gloucester lady made
her husband promise that he would give her
each day the fve-cent pieces he had in bis
pocket and on his birthday, a few days since,
she surprised him by making him present
slOO, which she had purchased win the
money thus obtained Itshows how fast little
savings will accumulate.
Year: 1872

God has written on the flowers that
sweeten the air; oil the breeze that rocks the
flower; upon the raindrop that refreshes the
sprig of moss that lifts its head in the desert:
upon every penciled shell that sleeps 10 the
cavern of the deep, no less than upon the
mighty sun that warns and cheers millions
Of creatures which live in its light-upon all
his works He has written, None liyeth for
himself"
Year: 1872

In the preceding quotation having sub.
mitted the true American Monetary Sys-
tenn" | promised to follow it up and show ,i,a.
among other advantages it would paw off the,
public debt without taxes / proceed now To
quote the argument of the address to that
claim:


The first questiorjto be considered in treat
ing this branch of ti,e subject is the rate of:
interest the gnvernIssni bonds should bear.s
LIN determining tlsi qdcstinrf, we must not
conhne ourselves its effects as applicable to
the national debt, apart from its Influence on
the general business interests of the country.
The government bonds bearing lien on all
the property in the nation as we'll as the most
convenient form of investment, the rate on
them will necessarily beisomewhat below the
average rate on other investments; but when
they are convertible into lawful money, and
the money interchangeable for bonds at the
pleasure of the holders,it will to a great ex.
tent regulate the rate in all Legitimate busi>
ness transactions by the law of supply and
demand. 1t is therefore of the highest im>
portance that the rate of interest established
on the bonds be such aswil effect the equita-
Bile distribution of the products of industry
and enterprise between capital and labor.


''All interest paid for the use of money
national, State, county or town bonds, bank
dividends. or for any purpose whatever-must
in the end be borne by labor, and is as much
charge on labor as the taxes paid for the
support of Government When the rate ex-
ceeds the aggregate rate of increase in the
national wealth. the inevitable result is to CEN
tralize the wealth properly in the hands of
the few non-prodncers, land to impoveriA aud
degrade the ,oe"1M producing classes"


The Governmens is bound to institute
money so that it shall distribute products to
non producing capital and productive industry
according to the service or labor performed in
their production. Therefore all interest paid
beyond such just rate swill effect the equita>
BILE distribution of products and property be
tween capital and labor is leynl;zed troua
on the producing classes. But the question
may be asked, how are we t. determine the
true rate of interest? Happily, we are not
without sufficiently reliable data for all prac-
tical purposes. Agriculture is the leo7in1
interest and .founaMioa of nat,onal wealth.
The increase in this important branch of in
dus'ry may, then. be taken as the true index
In all other departments and the division he
tween l"ndI"r'l and tenant adopted as the
rule of distribution between capital and labor
in all other hrsnches, Of productive industry"


1.-The i"llowing rs an inventory of the farms
aud prndncts of agriculture nf the nation as
per census reports of 1850 and 1850:
Year: 1872

IT is amusing to watch the Democracy
on our streets waiting, hat in hand, TO
'rah for Greeley as soon as the dictum
Of the Baltimore Convention is received
They would like to make W believe it q
pleasant duty, but alas, they cannot
Year: 1872

At hotel table in San Francisco lately
sat two young men, Telegraph operators,
who, to amuse themselves, clicked upon
their plates with their knife or spoon in
the language well known to telegraph Of
ficials, but unfamiliar to other people.
One would pick up his knife, and convey
to the ears of the other remark like this /:
why is this butter like the offense of
lIanlet's uncle p His friend replied, "
give it up" lie telegraphs, " Because it's
rank, and smells to heaven" At this ex i.
traordinary n,ima,on given at the expense
of the landlord, who sits by, perfectly un.
conscious Of the joke, the other is over.
come with laughter, in which the first
joins, while all wonder what may be the
cause Of their mcrrimcnt.


Opposite to them sat newly married
couple, whom they imagined to be from
the country. and the young lady, who was
right good looking, came next in order as
the butt of their tcleyraphic hits


What lovely little pigeon this is op-
posite, isn't she ?" clicked No. l.


" Perfectly handsome" answered No. 9 {;
g looks as it butter wouldn't melt in her
mouth. just married, guess. IF that
country pumpkin alongside of her were
out Of the way l would toss her crust of
bread"


"Never mind him" replies No. |.
"Give her nudge under the table with
your foot"


To the CONSERVATION of the foolish
young men, the bridegroom picked up his
knife, and on his empty glass clicked off
the following dispatch, his face flushed
and his brow set in a very determined
manner:


"This lady is my wife, and as soon as
she gets through with her breakfast, |
propose to give both Of you thrashing,
you insolent whelps."


This was enough to bring a very solemn
look upon the two faces opposite. There
was no more joking and no appetite for
the remainder of the meal, and the Offend
ers Immediately arose and slipped out of
the way, fearing to encounter again the
bridegroom, who was himself a telegraph
operator.


When young people seek amusement at
the expense Of others they are likely to be
matched in their mischief


Impudence, especially, cannot always
hide itself, and if INDUCED in, its fimsy
covering will bc drawn aside when least
expected, and shame will be the result
There are coarse and selfish people in
every vocation, and rarely do such find
themselves in the end I" at the head Of the
heap but generally at the bottom.
Year: 1872

u A modern fashionable wedding is
defined to be grand crisis Of clothes; the
" BRIDE peg on which fnery Of all kinds
IS hung; the bridegroom, sober black
object following tho bride, of no account
in particular, and yet without whom there
would be no fuss and the fun could not
20 on"
Year: 1872

should pay the fiddler, and this neglect of one
who has sung 80 concientiously for his native
land and Senator Oglesby is simply cruel. We
urge Mr.. Lumbard, therefore, to prosecute his
suit to the bitter end. Let him produce experts
to fix the value Of song as applied to the saliva
ton Of the country. Let him sing to the jury
all the songs which he sang during the CAM
paign, provided it is patient and
robust panel. Let him practically show
that music hath charms to soothe
the savage, to rend an oak and split a cabbage.
Let him show that the man who hath no music
in his soul is fit for treason, stratssen1s, and
Bpoi1s. Let him bring in the doctors and pro-
fessors Of music to explain the subtle powers
of their fa7orite art, and tho mysterious connec-
tion between dotted sixteenths and political con-
yictions, and show how cadenza may influence
q canvass, or slight halt at bar determine
the position Of candidate. Should he make
such a vigorous appeal and lose his case, there
by securing the banishment Of this tuneful
Troubadour from politics, it would be mourn
full result. Should he win it, it would be sig
nifcant, as showing that there is still taste for
high art among us, and would open new fields
Of enterprise for political warblers and patriotic
screamers.
Year: 1872

In the General Synod Of the Reformed Church
now in session at Cincinnati, during the debate
On foreign missions, the Rev. II. Bausch
stated that Senator Simon Cameron had placed
at his disposal the appointment of Consul to
the Feejee Islands that the climate there was
delightful one, and at the proper time he
would propose man for the place. Candidates
for the Consulship at the Feejee Islands will
therefore take notice that Simon Cameron has
already disposed Of the place, and that it is to
be given to such candidate Of the Reformed
Church as 11r. Bausch may designate.
Year: 1872

law imposing the obligation OF contracts" IN 80
far as they are applied to railway charters
ertn4sd prior to passage of such Legislation, is
published in another place. The argument Of
the Judge is strong one, and will, We think,
be sustained by the higher Courts, to which the
case will be ultimately taken. at I'll events, it
is worthy Of careful examination by the newly
elected members Of the Legislature and the
public generally.
Year: 1872

we think tho tax On blankets is even more out
rageous. There is not lumberman in Michigan
who does not pay three cents ta1 on the blankets
he uses for himself and his family to the one that
he gets from the tax On lumber. Ii the two taxes
we're repealed, the people engagedin the lumber
business, from the wood d-cutter and 1og-driver
to the wholesale merchant, would be large
rainerH
Year: 1872

There are several causes given by
those in the vicinity of the fire for its
origin. 1t is claimed by some that the
fire originated from the fire pans
of the timers, but it was first
discovered by them in the cnpola some
distance from where they were at work.
The carpenters employed On the cupola
say that the fire caught from the sparks
from the smoke stack in the rear of the
buildings. l.
Year: 1872




Many heart was glad when steamer
No. s appeared upon the grounds at
about quarter after three. 1t was
driven to the rear of the building, TO
one of the reservoirs, and at twenty
five minutes after three o'clock, an
hour and a half after the eonflagration
began, the first water was thrown on
the fire. AS the stream struck the
building a hearty cheer went up from
the crowd, which seemed rejoiced TO
know that it was no longer a one-side
affair. The efforts of, the firemen were
first directed to the saving of the rear
wing which escaped almost ,uninjured.
Abont four o'clock two. more steamers
arrived on the ground and were placed
at the. foot of the hill near. the creek.
The hose was soon laid and two more
streams of water We're quickly playing
upon the building. One of the steam
ers was No. 8, and the other was a new
steamer from the firm of Silsby, 3.
Bank street, which had been built for a
town in Kentucky and was awaiting
shipment.
Year: 1872

life made his way, by the aid of board,
to her assistance. He could only reach
her leg, and tried to pull her down, but
her other limb had broken through the
floor and he was unable to extricate her,
and warned by the flames, that if he
would save his life, he musf-fly, he left
her to her fate.
Year: 1872

life made his way, by the aid of a board,


to her assistance. He could only reach


her leg, and tried to pull her down, but
] her other limb had broken through the
floor and he was unable to extricate her,


and warned by the flames that if he


would save his life, he musf-fly he left


her to her fate.


A CRASH.


There were some four or five iron


tanks in the top of the central building,


which had capacity of about 5000 gal


Ions of water. They We're supported


by trestle work of wood, and the


flames soon made speedy work of this


which gave way beneath the tanks, and
they fell with a terrible crash clear


through the building to the Easements.
BOY AND OTHERS INJURED.


Just before the tanks fell some twenty
five persons were in the vicinity busily
engaged in removing furniture, etc.
One or two persons are. reported miss
ing. and it is feared that they were
crushed beneath tanks and timbers.
One person boy by tile name of Brown,
the son of the postmaster of Newburgh,
who had been working like hero, was
struck by falling timbers and had both
legs broken and suffered other injuries
which are of very. serious nature.
He was rescued and taken to the village.
About this time man was seen to em-
erge from the building who was evi-
IDENTIFY suffering from burns he had re-
eeived. He ran to the fountain pond
on the lawn and jumped into the water
to allay the. pain. Another man whose
name was not learned in the confusion,
was caught in the flames, and burned
fearfully- about the upper portions
of 0his person. = When he came
out of the building lie was wild with
pain, and the flesh was hanging from
his arms and hands in strings, and he
entreated that his life might. be taken
and his sufferings terminated.


600 SPREAD OF THE FIRE.


The falling of the tanks had carried
the fire to every floor, and, famed by
the strong wind and fed by the combust-
ibIe materials, the fiaaies ileaped upward
and outward and onward with a terrible
roar and rapidity thai bespoke the
doom of their structure. 1t was after
three o'clock, and no relief had come
yet. Eyes were eagearly watching
for the coming of the steamers but they
came not, and the crowd, unable TO
and devoid of every means to battle
with the fire were compelled to stand
and gaze helplessly upon the work of
destruction and havoc, which the flames
were making with the fine building.
The fire was rapidly spreading both
ways, and had reached the wings that
had been first added to the central build
ing. A galvanized cornice of fancy
pattern afforded nice amusement for the
risky fire. 1t would creep under the
lining, ignite the wook work, burn off
tire supports, and it would fall, hang
awhile suspended in the air, and then
drop TO the ground where its destruc-
ton would be completed, and the flames
would leap up against the walls, black
.ning and cracking the walls by the
immense heat, and when the reporter
left at night there was not an inch of
the half of mile of eorniee, that adorned
The building in the morning, on the
roof
Year: 1872

A woman wants you; don't forget
her. No matter if you are poor, don't
wait to be rich; if you do, ten to one
if you are fit to be married. Marry
while you are young and struggle up
together. But mark, young man, the
woman don't want you if she is to
divide her affections with cigar,
spittoon. or whisky jug; neither does
she want you if you don't care for her
and the little after-thoughts which are
pretty sure to follow. Neither does
she want you simply because you are a
man, the definition of which is too apt
to bean animal that wears bifurcated
garments Oh his lower limbs, quarter
sections of stove-pipe cn his head,
swears like pirate, and given to filthy
practices generally. She wants you
for companion, for helpmate; she
wants you to have learned to regulate
your appetite aud passions; in fact, in
the image of God, not i'm likeness of a
beast. you are strong in a good pur-
pose, firm in resistance to evil, pure in
thought and action as you require her
to be, and without which inward puri-
ty neither of you are fit to be husband
and wife; if you love virtue and abhor
vice; if you are gentlemanly, forbear-
ing and kind, and not loud talking,
exscting, and bru5al-young man, that
woman wants you; that modest, fair,
cheerful, right-looking, frank-spoken
woman, we mean, who fills your idea
of maiden and wife. 1t is she that
wants you; marry her when you like,
whether rich or poor; we trust you
both on the above conditions, without
any further security.
Year: 1872

The effect ofeverything that touches
the heart is multiplied by the intensity
of the hearts own chsnges. Hence it
is that it is so sensitive, SO true an in
dex of the body's state. Hence, also,
it is that it never wearies. Let me re-
mind you of the work done by our hearts
in a day, A mans total outward work,
his whole effect upon the world in
twenty-four hours, has been reckoned
about $50 fOot-tons. That may be
taken as a good "hard days work. !"
During the same time the heart has
been working at the rate of 12O foot
tons. That is to say, if ell the pulses of
a day and night could be concentrated
and welded into one great throb, that
throb would he enough 10 raise ton of
iron 100 feet into the air. And yet the
heart is never weary. Many of us are
tired after but feeble labors few OF us
can hold poker out at arms length
without, after few minutes, dropping
it. But healthy heart, and many an
unsOund heart, too-though sometimes
you can tell in the evening, by its
stroke, that it has been thrown off its
balance by turmOiIs aud worries of life
goes on beating through the night
when We are asleep, and when we
wake in the morning we find it at
work, fresh as if it had only just begun
to beat. 1t does this because upon
each stroke of work there follows a
period, brief but real period of rest,
because the next stroke which comes is
but the natural suspense of that rest,
and made to match it; because, in
fact, each beat is, in force, in scope, in
character, in everything, the simple
expression of the hearts own energy
and state.


Rev. Russell Clarke, very useful
Presbyterian Minister, died at San
Diego, Cal, on the 18th ult.