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Year: 1873

Neither Mr.. James f. Wilson nor MI.
Reniamin M. Boyer deny that they had
willing relations with the Credit Mobiier
Association. Indeed, Mr.. Boyer, who was
member of the House for four years. only
regrets that he had not more shares OF the
much-coveted stock. He had 100 shares, on
which he made fabulous profit; his position
on the House Committee on Pacific Railroad
was no bar to his prosperity. MIR. Wilson,
who was a prominent member of the House
from Iowa, and at one time Government
Director of the Union Pacific Railroad, is less
confident of the moral right of Congress
man to hold such stock. He was anxious
to get some, and he made some 200
per cent profit on what he finally
did get. Still, cloudy sky influenced
him to sell after while. But the most
startling evidence brought out in Saturday Is
investigation is that which relates to the
bargain of the directors and stockholders OF
the Union Pacific Railroad Company by which
they let to themselves the contract for building
the road. That the profits on this gigantic
Job were enormous is matter OF
course it is estimated at $3O,OOO,OOO ;
it would have Unidentified the Gov
ernment for its loans to the Company.
Yet here is the road burdened with debt and
in arrears to the Government. No wonder that
men are asking if the Government should not
seize the road for the benefit of itself and first
mortgage bondholders. Why did not the Gov
ernment Directors vigilance prevent this great
swindleH Did the shares they held have any
thing to do with itf
Year: 1873

which it is the duty of his Government to
guard sacredly from publicity. A few more
occurrences like this will be enough to cause
every Envoy in the service to shut up MS
writing desk and forswear dispatch writing
forever more
Year: 1873

correspondent asks THE TRIBUNE if it is not the
District-Attorney's duty to call Capt. Thorne to
account for gross neglect of duty manager of the
Street Cleaning Department Certainly not; for
two reasons 1t is none of the District-Attorneys
business In the second place, Capt Thorne has not
neglected his business. We have seldom had such
difficulties to encounter in this city as the late
storms and we have rarely had greater efforts from
any street-cleaning contractor to relieve us from
their consequences. Capt, Tbone has not done all
we could have wished possibly not all which, with
LONGER experience and greater force, he might have
done: but he has done well. Our discomforts have
been great, but we hope not great enough to make
us unjust.
Year: 1873

Considering how charming and excellent thing
is matrimony one is surprised at the constant
shower of bes and jokes which are thrown at it, not
merely by bachelors, for this we should expect of
them but even by the sacredly joined themselves.


story with rathera piquant flavor comes TO us from
Paris. At the Morgue, man and woman presented
themselves. The former said he wished to find out
whether the body of woman named Virginia D.
had been brought into the Morgue since May, 1871.
No trace of such body could be found 6 was
sure of it," said the woman, Z" for am Virginia, and
wanted to prove to my husband here present that
| was not dead" "Ah, Virginia" said the husband
sadly and so, alas it is true that you are not
dead" The puzzled official demanded an explana-
ton. The husband answered that while his wife
lived with him he was the most unhappy Of all NOR
tails Frequently she would desert his bed and
board and at last, in May. 1871 she went away and
did MT come back again. story reached her enrap
tured husband that she had been killed, during the
siege, by she'll and lie was told that her remains
were at the Morgue. Suddenly she came home. con-
sderaDly altered, so that he did not recognize her.
and he therefore brought her to the MOrgue to
prove that she was not dead, which it appears,
greatly TO his dissatisfaction she able to do. He
went away, moaning, "What misfortune" Poor
fellow!
Year: 1873

Wizards seem to prosper in England almost as
fatty as they used, but they not quite of
civil immunity. Here is wonder worker sentenced
to six months hard labor for his mysterious per-
formances. A poor laboring couple who had an
idiot son became convinced that the boy was merely
possessed by an evil spirit, and straightway made
pilgrimage to the said wizard. He weirdly observed
that he'd see what he could do" and instantly de-
manded ten shillings. Soon after, the father mag
ined indications of evil spirits about himsef-per
haps with reason-and besought further aid from
the wise man. 'Twould cost more gold, that worthy
said the infatuated being did MT object. For
eighteen months the wizard continued to fight the
evil spirit and the aborer to pay for the same until
the remorseess and benighted authorities appeared
and stopped the affair.
Year: 1873

IL ia not often that we see such beautiful unsesh-
ness such tender care for the feelings of another
was exhibited by an Englishman lately prosecuted
for breach of promise. This young man and his
promised one were respectable working people
whose marriage was only delayed at first by the
prudence of the lady who wished to wait until they
were able to establish a comfortable home. Yield
ing to her excellent judgment, the rustic Romeo re-
paired TO a distant situation. and solaced himself
for some time by writing to her daily letters full Of
sweetness and indescribaby bad grammar But
soon a golden change came DER the spirit Of his
dream; there appeared another young woman,
graced and glOrfed by the possession of milners 3
shop. Think you that Romeo's heart-and pocket
could long resist enchanting spell like tbisf He
straightway transferred his precious affection to
the shop, and bethought himself as to the way in
which he should communicate the same to the lair
deserted. The truth would have been good, but not
soothing and sentimental therefore, he did MT tell
it. With touching particularly he went into con-
sumption-on paper-declaring that his unselish
soul and the medical man would not allow him to
bestow sick husband upon the woman he loved,
and that he was about to leave his situation and
proceed to another climate, perchance to die. Hav-
ing accomplished this noble renunciation, he imme-
diately married the milliner's shop, and began to
revel in the glittering gold of the establishment.
But civil retrbutiOn came the girl he left behind
him discovered his perfdy and the self-sacrlilclng
consumptve was forced by the jury to amelorate
her wretchedness with $3.50.
Year: 1873

What are we TO think of a religion of which the
best that can be said of it is that it is doing little
harm i'm the world ~ This is the plea which Mr.
Fitch makes for the system, or want of system OF
the Latter Day Saints. " 1t draws" says Fitch, no
converts from the moral or cultivated 1t operates
on people worse than ITSELF to whom any religion
is an improvement, and any system of marriage a
social advance. Brigham Young has taken these
people from the slums Of Europe, and given them
good homes. Is not this something in his favor !"
Yes it is undoubtedly something in his favor, look
ing at the matter from merely material point OF
view. There would be no question at all If what
we are to eat and drink, and wherewithal
we are to be clothed, were everything in
this world, and true religious culture nothing Ii
may be doubted, however whether that religious
system is the best anywhere near the best which
looks mainly to worldly prosperity and comfort as
the chiefest things to be sought for. But how far
does MoImOnism go in developing, refining, and ele-
waiting either the religious or the intellectual ma
turel To what extent is it justly chargeable with
a sensualzing tendency9 How does poygamy affect
men as men and women as womeni What is its in
fuence upon the parental relatiOnl How does it
influence family ties, and what kind of homes does
it creates Does it diminish increase happiness OF
the highest Orderl Mr.. Fitch takes rather super
fetal view of the matter suspect. His is the old
extenuatiOn of Slavery over again.
Year: 1873

THE unerring exac;ness with which the sperm
whale will pursue his way across the trackless
ocean for whole day without deViating from
his course single point Of the compass, as
whalemen have often remarked them to do IS
truly astonishing. The manner in which their
reason or instinct guides them on such an uu-
varying course must needs be matter of con-
lecture. May it not be that their visual organs
being as we'll adapted to the watery elements
il which they move as ours are to the air they
are able to penetrate the watery depths and re-
cesses, and are guided by the visible objects
beneath them? Without some such guidance
no animal, not even that reasoning CREATURE,
man himself, can long pursue an unvarying
course. Instinct may urge an animal when TO
move, but something discernible must aid it's
way through the deep with such precision.
He
Year: 1873

1aN~e N1EVIIIr1
Nothing imperfect or deficient left
OF all that he created
has made the hidden highways OF the seas they
inhabit as clear to their perceptions as are the
highways Of the land to ours.
Year: 1873

A REpEEMABLE CURRENCY term
'irredeemable" is not misnomer when
applied either to q greenback or na-
tional bank note. A bank note for ten
dollars is promise by some banking as
sociation to pay the bearer ten dollars on
demand. Let the holder Of such a note
present it at the counter of the bank is.
suing it, and what will he get? II the
bank happens to be in an obliging frame
of mind, he will geta United States note
for ten dollars. Is that payment? The
laws of the United States says so but
that doesn't make itso. Congress might
declare by statute that a frog was a tur.
key cock. A greenback note for ten dol.
lars is simply promise by the United
States to pay the bearer ten dollars.
Now let the man who has received q
greenback from bank in exchange for
a bank note present the greenback at
the Treasury OF the United States and
demand payment, what will he get? Most
likely he will get laughed at, and admon-
lshed to be off about his business and


not make himself ridiculous. Is that
payment? Most people will say no. The
greenback is not rsdeemable, neither is
the bank note, which is payable only in
greenbacks. When bank gives a green
back for one of its own notes, it doesn't
redeem anything, or pay anything, the
law to the contrary notwithstanding, 1t
simply gives the bill-holder q claim
against the United States in place of
claim against itself. Aud when the hol-
der OF the greenback goes to the treasury
and demands that his claim be satisfied,
ne gets nothing, except possibly another
claim that is no better. There is no re-
aemption in the case. People receive
noth Kind of notes (the one kind as read
lily as the other in their ordinary trans
actions, not because they are redeemable,
oa, because it is believed they will be
fedeemable at some indefinite future
hme.-[ Chicago Times.
Year: 1873

Done at the RECORD office in the best style
known to the art; and must be paid for ON de-
livery. unless persons having the work done
have standing accounts with the Office. No do.
Walton from this rule.
Year: 1873

"Now, Aunt Sallie, do please tell us why
you never got married. You remember you
said once that when you were girl, you was
engaged to minister, and promised you
would tell us about it sometime. Now, aunt,
Llease tell US"


"Well, you see when l was about seven
teen years old 1 was living in Utica, in the
State of New York though say it myself.
l was quite good looking girl then, and
had several beaux. The one that took my
fancy was young minister, a very promising
young man, and remarkably pious and steady.
He thought good deal ofme, and kind of
to him, and things went on until we were
engaged. One evening he came to me and
put his arms around me, and kind of hugged
me, when l got excited and some frustrated.
1t was long time ago, and don't know
but what might have hugged back little.
was like any other girl, and pretty soon
pretended to be mad about it. and pushed
him away. though l wasn't mad bit. You
must know that the house where | lived was
on one of the back streets of the town
There were glass doors in the parlor, which
opened on the street These doors to, I step
ned back little from him, and when he
came up close I pushed him harder than l
intended to and don't you think, girls, the
Door fellow lost his balance and fell through
one of the doors into the street"


"Oh, Aunty! Was he killed?


"No. He fell head first, and as he was
going caught him by the legs of his trou-
sers. | held on for minute and tried to
pull him back, but his suspenders gave way,
and the poor young man fell clear out of his
pantaloons into parcel OF ladies' ana gentle
men along the street"


ooh! Aunty! Aunty Lordy"


"There that's right; squall and giggle as
mucb as YOU want to. Girls that can't hear
a little thing like that without tearing around
the room and he-he-ing in such way, don't
know enough to come in when it rains. A
nice time the man who marries one OF you
will have. won't he? Catch me telling you
anything again" .


but, Aunt Sally, what became Of him
Did you ever see him again


mo; the moment he touched the ground
he got up and left that place in terrible
hurry. tell you it was a sight to be re-
membered. How that man did run! He
went out West, and believe he is preach
ing out in Illinois. But he never married
He was very modest, and l suppose he was
so badly frightened that time, that he never
dared trust himself near woman agaln.-
That, girls, is the reason why | never mar
ried. I felt very bad about it for long
time-for he was real good man, and
have often thought to myself that we should
have been very happy ifhis suspenders hadn't
given way
Year: 1873

The best adornment which any one, how
ever knowing or skilful or active can bring
to any babitation is uniformly cheerful,
smiling face, and the loving spirit which ir
rrdiates it. That brings sunshine within
the household, better than any which can
come from without, and peace to its happy
possessor, as well as to all beholders. One
who bears within him, wherever he goes,
genial and generous disposition, benign as
pcct, kind words and gentle manners, with,
when tenderly appropriate, the sweet inau-
ence of golden silence also, possesses de-
gree of mortal beauty which reflects itself
to all eyes, from everywhere around him
The home, where such one goes out and in,
at morning and at evening, is to the weary,
aching hearts of others the very gate Of
heaven.


But there are physical, intellectual, artis-
tic and moral adornments that belong to
perfect home-to the preparation Of which,
in the end, all the growing family history
should, at all times, powerfully tend. Even
plain home can be made to have an air Of
universal welcome in it, by scrupulous neat
ness and order, and by few trailing vines
without, and summer flowers within. and
with plenty of light and air in its scanty
apartments.


In most homes, in these privileged days,
engravings can be, at least few of them,
easily obtained, to be hung upon the walls or
placed for more careful and studious obser-
vation, in wcll-kept portfolios. Stereoscopes
are cheap and promotive in their way of the
aesthetic enjoyment and culture of family.
Music can be brought in some form to lend
its charms to the common centre of family
g!adness. Pleasing effects can be secured
by little skill in adapting colors to each
other, in the choice of carpets, wall paper
and furniture, and in their harmonious dis
position. Much do books, choice books,
grace any home, or any hand in which they
are found A home, however lavishly gar
nished with wealth or art, and all the more
so for any such pleasing and gratifying con-
trast, seems to be utterly tame and spiritless
to one visiting it, who finds it void Of books,
or of all books but those which are cheap
and frivolous. Even newspaper or month
ly magazine of any character, lying around
in a house, advertises the fact at once, that
there is some intellectual vitality within Its
walls, and that mere material things do not
shut out all higher thoughts from the hearts
of its inmates.
Year: 1873

The heaviest corn crop ever grown in the
United States was that of last year which
the Agricultural Report states at the huge
total of l, 100, 100000 bushels. Not only is
this the largest crop, but it is said to be corn
of better quality and of greater intrinsic
value than usual. Iowa was the banner corn
growing State, her average being nearly
forty-one bushels an acre. Unfortunately
for some of those who would not like to have
Iowa corn, it takes the price of four bushels
of said corn to get one bushel to the Allan
tic markets. This is one Of the reasons why
the people are demanding cheaper transpor-
tation between the West and the East.
Year: 1873

of strength and advantages Of civilization,
should make us lenient to the Indian. The
wrong already inflicted upon him should be
taken into account, and the balance placed
to his credit. The moral view Of the ques-
ton shonld be considered; and the question
asked, Cannot the Indian be made useful
and productive member of society: by proper
teaching and treatment? IF the effort is
made in good faith, we will stand better be-
fore the civilized nations of the earth. and in
our own consciences, for having made it:


All these things are not to be accomplish
ed by one individual, but they will receive
my support, and such recommendations to
Congress as will, in my judgment, serve to
carry them into effect. beg your support
and encouragement.


1t has been and is my earnest desire to
correct abuses that have grown up in the civil
service of the country. To secure this re-
formation, rules regulating the methods Of
appointment and promotion were established
and have been tried My efforts for such
reformation shall be continued to the best of
my judgment. The spirit Of the rules adopted
will be maintained. .r4


I acknowledge before this assembly, rep
resenting as it does every section of our coun-
try, the obligation am under to my country
men for the great honor they have conferred
on me by returning me to the highest office
within their gift, and the further obligation
resting on me to render to them the best SER
vices within my power. This 1 promise,
looking forward with the greatest anxiety to
the day when 1 shall be released from re-
sponsibilities that at times are almost over
whelming, and from which have scarcely
had a respite since the eventful firing upon
Fort Sumter, in April, 1861, to the present
day. My services we're then rendered and
accepted under the first call for troops grow
ing out of that event. 1 did not ask for place
and position and was entirely without inau-
ence or the acquaintance of persons of in
Anence but was resolved to perfom my part
in struggle threatening the very existence
Of the nation. performed very conscien-
tious duty without asking any promotion or
command and without revengcful feeling
towards any section or individual.


Notwithstanding this, throughout the war
and from my candidacy for the present Office
in 1868, to the close of the last Presidential
campaign, have been the subject Of abuse
and slander, scarcely ever equalled in politi-
cal history, which to-day, l feel that | can
afford to disregard in view Of your verdict
which I gratefully accept as my vindica-
tion. t~i-f II
Year: 1873

An Iowa doctor, last week, thoughtlessly
lanced pimple on patients nose with his
vaccinating lancet. 1t took beautifully, but
the patient says that both for appearance
and comfort he would almost as lief have the
smallpox.
Year: 1873

Mr.. George S. Fuchs, the we'll known
Merchant Tailor of many years expert
ence in the Knoxville Merchant Tailoring
business, has just received the largest and
finest assortment of piece goods ever
brought to this market, of every variety
and to suit the taste of every customer that
may favor him with a call, at the old Bis
streets. He is well known as a first-class
Merchant Tailor, and we feel confident
that he will give thorough satisfaction in
either fit, quality of goods or price.
Prompt attention to all orders is one of his
characteristics, and those who have not
heretofore given him call would do we'll
to examine his goods. iii4dtf
Year: 1873

District Court of the United States for the Eastern


District of Tennessee.


In the matter of Isaac N. Brown. Bankrupt Eastern


District Of Tennessee.


A WARRANT IN BANKRUPTCY HAS BEEN
IA issued by said Court against the estate of Isaac
N Brown, of the county of Sullivan and State of Ten
lessee. in said District. who has been duly adjudged
bankrupt upon petition of his creditors and the pay
of any debts and the delivery of any property be-
longing to said bankrupt to him or to his use and the
transfer Of any property by him is forbidden by law
meeting of the creditors of said bankrupt to prove
their debts and choose or more assignees of his
estate viii be held at court of bankruptcy to be hol
en- at kn9xville in said District the 4th day of
liam Aiken, one of the Registers in Bankruptcy of said
District S. p. EVANS,
mhl3d2t U, S. Marshal for said District
Year: 1873

No, my dear--Goodness be thanked l.
no person can say that | ever scandalized
any one, or even my worst enemy, no mat
ter what she or he may do! I've had
chances enough to talk, if had mind to,
as everv one in the town knows full well.
OF course, living here right in the High
Street of the town, l can't help seeing a
great many queer things; and when our
windows are open and our blinds shut in
the summer time, / can hear them, too
But l never repeat them-I scorn to make
mischief. / never lisp word, except when
get hold of some safe person, like you,my
dear, that / know can trust. And if a
body is never to open her mouth among
her most intimate friends, why, the world
isn't worth living in-is it? But that isn't
scandal, you know hate and abhor that
just as much as you do, and l don't think
any one can say was ever guilty of it in
my life.


But then, as | said before, it isn't for
the want of a chance. Why, only last ev-
ening who do you think saw walk
up by here, in the bright moonlight,
as brazen as you please, but Miss L. and
ColonelP. Fact, as sure as you sit in
that chair and they were walking close
together, and talking SO confidential


/ suppose you know all about the dis
graceful affair with the school girls? MOI
My DEAR you must really live in the dark
Why, they have been writing lot of an
onymous letters to people here in town, and
the Postmaster suspected what was up at
last, and he just kept quiet lookout, and
caught some of them putting the letters in
don't know what Miss @. will do. Expe
them, hope great girls like those have nc
business to act SO


There's Mrs. p. going by. presume she
has been down to cheaper fowl, or get a
half-penny or two taken off of joint Of
meat. She's the stingiest thing, my dear
it would really make your heart ache to
hear how she manages and contrives And
there is her husband one of the richest meI
in town, and folks do say that he can't gel
a decent meal of victuals in his own house
Wouldn't you


What going? Can't you stay any long
ers Well, do come again very soon, won't
you? Goodbye


Thank goodness, she has gone ! really
thought she was agoing to stay all night.
l heard nice story about her, by the way,
last week-how shamefully she treats al
her servants Suppose she thinks dom
know it. might make mischief enough
in her family, if chose. But / abho
scandal.
Year: 1873

A PARABLE.-A certain man going up
from youth to manhood, fell among grog-
shops, where he was stripped of his mon
ey, his character and his friends, and


left poor and half dead with disease.
And by chance there came down a mod
crate drinker that way, and when he
saw him he passed by on the other side,


and likewise friend of Temperance
came where he was, and when he saw
him he passed by on the other side.
But a Temperance man, as he journey
ed, came to where he was, and when he
saw him he had compassion on him, and
wept over him, and besought him with
tears to repent and reform. And he per-
suaded him to sit upon his own beast,