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Year: 1871

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PoUGHKEEPsIE Nov. 30 1871.
There has been gale OF wind blowing from the
northwest all day long, and tonight the weather Is
intensely cold. The news from the Upper Hudson
is certainly bad for freignters generally The river
is frozen from Catskl to Albany, and it may now
be that navigation to the latter point Is
effectually closed.


The steamer c. Vanderbilt got as far as
Oak Hill last night, and this morning was CON-
PEELED TO land her passengers at railroad
station, from whence the cars Of the Hudson
River road took them to their destination. The
steamer then managed TO get as far as Athens when
she took on some freight and turned back for New
York, passing here bound south later In the day.
The steamboat City OF Hudson tried to get
through to Albany but failed. The steamer Eagle,
Of the Newburg and Albany line, got far as Ron
dout gong north to-day and then gave up the idea
of going any iurther. Scarcely a sail vessel has
been on the river under way to-day. All boat
men are hurrylng TO get into winter quarters.
Floating masses OF ice are already visible as far
south as Tivoll


Navigation Closing Above Hudson-The


Steamer Vanderbilt Icebound.


HUDSON, Nov. 80, 1871.
The steamer Vanderbilt Is icebound opposite this
city. Her passengers were transferred to the Hud-
son River Railroad this morning. The prospect is
that navigation Will be closed above this city to-
night


Its intensely cold and ice Is forming rapidly.
Year: 1871

LIFE is more precious than silver or
gold, and to preserve it as long as possible
is our duty, consequently no plausible
scheme should be left untrisd to secure an
end so devously desired. DR.. Bells BAlsaml
of Alpine Moss for Consumption and all
diseases of the Throat and Lungs, has be-
came very popular within few years, and
we attribute its fame, to its success. See
advertisement in this paper.
Year: 1871

Reflect that sound mind and body are the
most necessary requisites to promote connublAl
through lifo becomes Il weary pilgrimage, the
prospect hourly darkens to the view the mind
becomes shadowed with despair, and filled with
the melancholy reflection that the happiness OF
onotbor 10 h1iphtcd with our own
Year: 1871

A correspondent of the Springfield
Record, that sterling Robertson county
journal, in speaking of taking newspapers
and their effectin and on family, uses the
following sensible and significant language:
''The evening lamp and the newspaper,
what treat And yet is it not strange
that so many families take no paper.
Every business man of course, should take
his county paper and every church men,
ber should take the organ OF his church.
We take six. Yours comes TO Us like q
member of the family. Then one halls
us from our county site the title
of which is always suggestive of
the weed" most cultivated here. We
asked q plain man the other day what pa
per he took, and he answered with entire
sincerity, 1.-THE Peoples Paper" After q
moments thought we said, ''you mean the
UNION AND AMERICAN" to which he as
sented. 1t Is good paper. 1 am cutting
out those fine peices on agriculture and
pasting them in q scrap book for future
reference. For the time may come when
it may be necessary for me to peck q start
from among blaokjscks and post oaks.


While thanking our EXCELLENT friend and
brother for his good opinion Of the '.Peo
pies paper" we confess our obligations
for his many efforts in behalf Of the paper
Of his choice.
Year: 1871

A couple Of humorous gentleman, resi-
dent in South Nashville, but neither
of whom is greatly troubled with Off
cial duties or the cares of State, have
lately enjoyed some pretty good sport by
having bogus warrants served on an unof-
Tending party engaged in business on
Cherry Street. They are now kindly, but
seriously admonished that if one of them
is again guilty of making out warrants,
and the other commits the ipdiscretion of
serving the same, representing himself as
aDeputy Sheriff, that the latter will be
arrested for personstion Of an officer, and
the former proceeded against for aiding
and abetting. Our Cherry Street friend
is determined that the dignity and majesty
of the law shall be fully vindicsted, even
at the risk of personal safety or pecuniary
loss. Himself law abiding man, he is
determined to make others so, no matter
if he has to see in person that they do not
personate Deputy Sheriffs and commit
other indiscretions just for the fun OF the
thing,
Year: 1871

The tedious monotony of criminal prose
cutions aud civil suits common to JUS
tees office is now and then happily re-
lieved by the presence of parties who come
to make suits Of love instead of seeking to
prosecute or persecute some object Of hate.
An instance OF the pleasant character men
tioAed occurred yesterday at the Office Of
Justice Baskette, who, being called upon
to unite in marriage loving couple, per-
formed the ceremony necessary to make
James Mccoy and Maggie Graham hus-
band and wife. The two thus made one
appeared very happy. May they forever
rorno an
Year: 1871

The 'Lee Memorial Volume" prepared
under the authority of the Faculty Of
Washington College, will soon be issued
from the press at New York. The profits Of
this work are to be devoted to the Lee
Memorial Fund for the erection of tomb
and monument over Gen. Lees remains.
It will be an authentic memoir Of the
Great Southern Captain. The work will
be sold by subscription alone, and Nash
vile will be canvasssd for subscribers in a
few dava
Year: 1871

The Submarine Railroad 20 Little


Rock.


MEMPHIS, April Notwithstanding
the last spike was driver IN the Memphis
and Little Rock Railroad some ten days
since no trains have yet passed over the
road as the water near the st. Francis
river is still two feet over the track,
which will have to be raised several feet
from Hopefeld to Madison before the
road will be safe from overflow.


Another Attempt at RatIrOad MO-


noPOly.


An Injunction was Issued from the
Second Chancery Court to-day restraining
the officers of the Mississippi and Ten
nessee Railroad and others from selling or
voting on the 5000 shares in that road
belonging to the city, TO McCombs or the
Southern Railroad Association. The
Chamber of Commerce also tosk action
to-day to prevent McCombs from obtain
ing control of said road, on the grounds
that the two could be used to the detri-
ment of the commercial interests of this
city. -s---
Year: 1871

The Board Of Managers Of the spproaeh-
ing Industrial Exposition are actively en-
ployed in the grand work before them, and
are leaving nothing undOne which will tend
to make it successful in the highest de-
gree. Yesterday Maj. Msssengale called
on Gen Pennybacker, the Post Command
ant, and had q consultation with him IL
regard to bunting for the decoration Of the
building, and the General promised to
furnish all that was necessary foE inside
and outside decoration. The General also
consented to fire 9 salute from the building
on the morning Of the opening, and give
sny other assistance in his power.
Year: 1871

The House received message from
the Senate, announcing its agreement to
the conference report on the Ku Klux
bill, and the passage of concurrent reso-
lutiOns for final adjournment at 2 O'Clock
IN day
Year: 1871

NEW YORK, September S.-The OBJ
ject Of the visit of Jones and O'Brien
to Long Branch was to represent
properly the condition of the munich
pal government, and say that it is in
such a state Of chaos as to lay fOUn-
datiOn for calling upon the General
Government 70 interfere and appoint
q provisional mayor. Hall asserts
that it is his intention to fill out his
present term of Office and run again,
and let the people pass judgment on
his administratiOn.
Year: 1871

Has acquired q reputation for enterprise and
progresstveness which they purpose main
tanning; and Buyers visiting New Orleans
wiz always and their prices much lower and
more regular than competing establishments


Their stocks are OF
Year: 1871

\ soldier, patient at Herbert Hos
pital England, few days ago wrote
the OllOwing advice to his cOmrade {:


Previous to going to the hospital


40 your tongue with chalk, ready for
the word, sPutout your tOngue;" then
when the doctor is going to feel your
pulse, be sure TO knock your elbow
against the wall, and it will beat to
any number in a minute; then if you
wish to perservere to be an invalid, be
IN the look out for a friend to bring
you a bit of raw bullOck's liver every
morning to spit blood for the doctor
OF course, have a little bit Of the liver
in your mouth, under your tongue,
'resh, ready for him when he comes
.Ound the hospital ward, and have a
piece ready to spit out for him
when be approaches your cot.
IIen give a great sigh and a
grOan, and you are sure to be ordered
lamb chops, chicken, rice pudding,
port wine, Guinness stout In fact you
may live on the fat Of the land, for the
rest Of your soldering, which will not
be long; but depend upon 1t, you are
sure of a pension, even luder ten
years service" -.-


We hope there are not InaHy in the
hospital quite so clever as this old sol
dier
Year: 1871

Those who raise colts, usually eXer-
else care in the selection of good stock
to breed from, but many greatly neg
lect to give the colts proper attention
during hot weather, while they are
running with dams. IL is not uncOm-


mon to see those that were healthy
and well developed in early summer
looking puny and poor and their hair
falling off before autumn. This trOub-
le arises from allowing the colt TO draw
milk while the blood of the mare is in
high state of heat from violent eXer-
ton.


When the dam is is used in hot
weather upon the farm or road. so as
to heat her blood, the colt should new
er be allowed to suck until she has full
ly cooled off. Let him fill himself be-
fore the mother is put into the har-
ness, and if it is important that he
should accompany the dam, tie him
at her side so that he will be unable to
draw milk until he is liberated; for it
is much batter that he should go
hungry few hours than to take his
food while it is in n fevered state.


If the mare is to make a long dis
tance in Otday, and return at night,
it is the best to leave the colt at home,
and draw the milk from the udder by
hand once or twice during the day and
upon returning then allow the colt to
fill himself gradually as the milk is
secreted.


Colts injured by heated milk seldom
recover from it for a year or two and
many times never. They become re-
duoad in flesh oct lousy in tho fall
and during the first winter of their
existence, when they need health and
strength, as under any circumstances
it is the most critical period of their
growth, they have life just enough TO
enable them to move, and the second
summer, the proper time for develop
ment, is spent in the recuperation of
lost vitality.-HOrsemda's Manual.
Year: 1871

A curious aneedote was related to US
a few days ago by an old settler of good
repute, of a fox that showed instinct
which approached reason very close
ly. y gentleman is passing through a
woods beanie weary and seated him
self on a log to rest; while he was ad-
miring the beauties of nature he OBJ
served fox busily engaged in gather
ing his mouth full of grass; when he
had gathered what he could well hold
he made his way to the creek and
started backwards into the water, but
moved very slowly, till nothing could
be seen above water but his nose and
the grass which he held in his mouth,
when suddenly he let go the grass and
swan out another way ard went off
through the woods well satisfied with
what he had done. The gentleman.
feeling a curiosity to know the cause
of such a feat, examined the bunch of
grass, and found it almost covered
with fieas. The fox had doubtless tax
Ell that plan to rid himself of the YER
min.-BdrReSUill Enterprise.
Year: 1871

The fOllOwingst0ry appears II TheO-
dOre TiltOn's Golden Age, oi New
York, which journal vouehes fOr it:


A young lady of Philadelphia, of
marked talents, of many accOmplis
ments, and of high moral worth, al
lacking only two or three months o.
her majority, had formed an engage
ment of marriage with a young man
to whom her mother did not wish to
see her allied. The mother had long
been upon her bed, confined with ILL
ness through which the daughter had
attended her with the most filial de-
vOtiOn.


On learning the fact of the unshak-
en- resolution of this daughter. the
mother sprang from her be-, and,
clutching her child bv the thro It, told
her she should not leave the room
alive; that she would send her to
heaven and her lover to hell. Thep pOOI
half-strangled girl, knowing that her
mother had within reach d siX-baT-
relied revolver, passively resi- gned her
self victim. She was taken to an
upper room and made \ close prisoner


A midnight came, when, after hours
of suffering, she had fallen into a
troubled sleep. She was walked by
her mother entering the room, aud Or
dered to get up and dress herself. a
carriage was at the door, and, with
her father and another man, she was
taken out, and soon found herself
moving away to the sound of carriage
wheels.


Soon this was exchanged for the
rapid motion of a steam ear, and in
the morning she found herself pris-
oner in a hotel in New York. It
would seem that a plan to put her on
board of n steamer sailing to Europe
did not succeed, and her next eXpe-
rience was TO find herself in the cars,
on her way back to Philadelphia.
Here again she was locked up for a
day or two. Again, at the midnight
hour, she was taken from her bed,
conducted to New York, and now put
on board a steamer-with no eXplana-
ton whatever as to what was to be
her fate or destination.


She had imagined she was to be
taken to Boston, and it was not until
she found herself out upon the ocean
that she could have learned the fact
that she was on her way to Europe.
1t is left to conjecture as to what may
he -.tbR,.f3tRs $50 be- IIY6IJng,4 lafys.
convent or a lunatic asylum is not
known to Others, and is probably rs
little known to herself.
Year: 1871

The Nj. Vernon Free Press says =
We recently had our attention called
to the old horse Jackson" formerly
the property Of Gov. Casey of this
place, but now in possession Of his
son, S. X. Casey, upon the old home
stead. After a searching iIvesdga-
ton into the facts in the case, we be-
came fully satisfied that he was at
least forty years old last spring, and
the facts would indicate that he might
be several years older. He is q small,
dark bay horse. One of his eyes had
a part Of the upper lid torn OF many
years since, which causes it run wa
ter almost constantly. His other eye
is good. His leZs arc small, elegant
ly formed, and without q blemish Of
any sort. His teeth appear to be
sound. He eats heartily of corn, oats,
hay, &c. He was never known to be
sick; is spry and active as most hOrs-
es at the age Of twenty. He has been
working upon the farm as occasion
required until this year, when it was
thought he was entitled to his time
and feed, and WAS hOaOTably retired
the remainder OF his stay on earth.
Year: 1871

IfyOu should see a man digging in
a snow drift with the expectation OF
finding valuable ore, or planting seeds
upon a rolling billOw you would say
at once that ne was beside himself
But in what respect does this man
differ from you, while you SOW the
seeds of idleneSs and dissipation in
your youth, and expect the fruits Of
age will be a good constitution, eleva-
ted affections, and holy principles! II
you desire a virtuous and happy life,
in youth you must plant in your bosom
the seeds of virtue.
Year: 1871

We think not. Leaving out the
question of morality, as a matter of
taste and refinement, we think not.
How cheap an accomplishment is
swearing! Any vagabOnd in the
street, or the tap room, can outdo you
at it, in two minutes; any beggar at
your area door, disappointed of his
usual crust; any unreasonable cart
man, who is indignant at his lame
horse for not being n sound one. In
TACT, swearing is, and always has been,
the chosen vocabulary of Ignorance,
vulgarity and brutality, the world
over
Year: 1871

The stranger visiting the South is
particularly impressed with the vast
wealth of a country that can support
in idleness so large a portion of its
male inhabitants. TwO-thirds of our
citizens are only nOminally employed,
and under a pure pretense of employ
ment manage to pass their time in
complete incidence. This will apply
to whites as well as colored. There
are numbers, of both classes, out of
work and money, and yet who will
not work. Offer 4 negro a dollar to
cut up a cord of wood, and he has not
time, he has something to do for some
body else; yet that something is not
done. Offer job to a white man and
the chances are ten to one your an
swer will be a shot from pistol or a
thrust from a bowie knife. OneOfthe
two the negro IS the only one ashamed
of his laZiness, for he excuses him
self, but the white man is insulted.
Yet neither of them has seen a dollar
for week, perhaps, and both are ly-
ing around u dram shop waiting to be
asked to drink by some acquaintance
who has a few dimes.
Year: 1871

/ That Summers day is in memory yet,
I Though its golden sun Is forever set.


And through the fields Of remembrance
stray,


The fragrant scent or the nswmOwn hay
Still lives for me In its sweet.surprise
I The kindly glance Of those stranger eyes.
But our paths in life were wide apart,
7 And what 70 thee was this simple heart?
A different speech'and a dress more gay
We're theirs who dwell on your daily way.
For me the task and the endless toll;
For thee Of fortune the richest spoil.
For me the walking at breezy morn;
For thee the dance and the song till dawn.
For me the faces with sunshine burned;
For thee the beauty that mine had spurned.
For me vain struggle and valner pray yers;
For thee the freedom Of grOsser cares.
For me the place Of lowIy birth
Gave mid the unheard Of men OF earth;
For thee the stamp OF an ancient name,
And a path from Thy childhood smoothed TO


fame.


What lay between Us when by thy side
I stood in that atsummere Naught but pride.
My check with the suns warm kisses brown
Had been but a jest for the fair Of the town.
And gentle lips had a taunt soon found
II mine had uttered rustic sound.
So the sIavish fear that with you rode,
Kept back the speech that your manhood


owed.


And rather than brave your k'ndred's


sneers,


You turned the smile OF your heart to tears;
To tears that tricl,Ie with bitter weight,
Because they fall on your cheek too late.
For sad as Is mid the grlefs OF men,
That cry Of the spirit, at might have been,
sadder and laden with darker fate
That cry OF the spirit, "It IS too late."
Too late mid tresses but thin and gray
To twine the garlands Of blushing May
Too late 10 wiring from hopeful youth
The gift Of a fond hearts trust and truth;
Too late to lean on an arm whose hold
Had closer clung when the world grew cold;
Too late TO gather, to stoop, 10 find
The flowers now scattered and left behind.
'Tis well to dream that beyond the sky
Revive the blossoms we left 10 die.
But what shall give rs while living on,
The truth and passion forever gone;
Or pour the cup that we idly spilled,
That once, but once, for our lips is filled ?
Why hope hereafter to see arise
A living light in the faded eyes,
When you in your youth-tlme turned away
From the timid glance of their first love


ray?
Year: 1871

a sly old deacon, wishing to give
MS pastor hint to put more juice in
TO his sermons, said to him one day,


4 must get a seat nearer the pulpit,
for by the time your words reach my
ears, the people in front Of me have so
taken the pith out Of them that they
are as dry as dishwater."
Year: 1871

"Mr. President-I rise to get up, and
am not backward to come forward In
the cause of education, for had it not
been for education, ! should be as
ignorant as you are, Mr.. President" "
So said an eloquent advocate Of pOpu-
lar education, At a public meeting in
Year: 1871

\ lady fio-ist says that q pretty
house vine is the sweet potato plant.
Put a tuber in pure sand or sandy
loan, in hanging basket, and water
it occasionally. 1t will throw out
tendrils and beautiful leaves, and
viii climb freely over the arms OF the
basket and upward toward the top Of
the window. Not one visitor in a
hundred viii know it, but will sup
pose it to be some rare foreign plant


Mainland FlTrner.
Year: 1871

"Wife, do you know that I have got
the Pneumonia ?' New mOnia, in
deed Such extravaganza! You're the
sPendthriftiest man I ever did see, to
go and lay out money for such trash
when | do need new bonnet so
much"
Year: 1871

Some one advises young ladies to
beware of marrying q man the initial
of whose name is the same as their
own, because there is an old saying
which tells us that
ITO change the name and not the letter,
Is 10 change for the worse. and net for the


bAtterW
Year: 1871

SPECTACLEs.-Spectacles are worn by SO
many people nova days that we are often in-
chned to wonder how former generations man
aged to get or without them before they we're
invented. The old Greeks and Romans do not
seem to have known the LUXURY but then,
perhaps, their eyes were better than those OF
the present shOrt-sighted race of mortals. One
thing, they had not so many newspapers to
trouble them as We have. But spectacles af.
ter all, are not such recent invention as mig ght,
perhaps be thought. They did not come into
use in Europe until about the year 1900, but
they are of unfathOmable antiquity in China
not, indeed, of glass, but of rock crystal We
affect to dispite the humble efforts of the un-
tutOred E>quimaux, but even they have had a
sort of Spectacles of their own long before they
had an opportunity of seeing any from other
lands. They are ignorant OF the manufacture
of glass, or even of pOttery-and they, there
fore, cannot construct lens but they have
constructed an instrument Of wood and bone
an eye shade-which is not only a protection
to the visual organs, hut assists the visual pow
er of the eyes The E>quimaux term il
: lite yIya - far sight"-the very synonym
Of our word telescope.