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Year: 1872

HORRIBLE SCENE.


From the st. Louis Democrat


To add to the horror, the Goals from the
overturned stoves ignited the splintered
woodwork of the wrecked cars, and in
less time than it takes to write the story
the train was in flames, a funeral pyre.
Those who were only slightly injured,
bat unable to free themselves from the
timbers that pinioned them, became raw
ing maniacs at the approach of the flames,
and died shrieking for aid that could not
be given then.


BURNED ALIVE.


A gentleman who was passenger on
the train says the scene was indescribably
horrible. Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben Raines
and there little child were seated in the
fore part of the car when the collision
occurred, and were thrown by the tele.
scoping of the cars to the rear. The hus.
band was eXtricated without great diff
Guilty, but it was found impossible to
remove the debris from the wife.
Her head and a portion of the body
were exposed, and her frantic
cries for assistance for the child were
heart-rending The little thing was finally
gotten out but the poor woman was soon
wrapped in flames, and her screams and
prayers grew weaker and weaker until
silenced in death. Raines' injuries, it is
feared, will prove fatal, as he was still un-
conscious when our informant left.


One man was caught by the foot only,
but all efforts to release him proved futile
An axe was sent for in compliance with
his request that the foot should be cut
of, but before it arrived the flames reached
him, and soon nothing but his charred
remains could be found.


THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT.


No doubt exists as to the cause of the
accident. The conductor of the freight
train, who is now in this city, states that
he left the last station before the scene of
the accident, behind time, but with the
belief that he could reach the next station
before the passenger train. He missed
his calculation by nineteen minutes, al
though running with valves open, and
every pound Of steam on,
Year: 1872

The conventional term which describes the
ceremony of yesterday at the City Han Is
singularly inappropriate for an occasion sucn
as that. For there were none OF the stately
paraphcrnalia of mourning about Horace Gree
ley,s remains when his cOuntrymen, TO the
number of forty thousand, came to take their
last look on the familiar and long loved face
He Law in his coffin, guarded only by few
friends. and there were few decorations, ex-
cept the loads of flowers placed at his hcad
and feet by tender hands. 1t was in keeping
with the republican simplicity of his life that
no needless parade should be permitted about
his bier. and no official mOurners should disturb
the real sorrow of his friends.


How many his friends were, and who they
were, may be seen from the descriptions
which we publish this morning of the extra
ordinary scene. A whole city mourns for him.
The poor shed tears over him; the widow
masses before his corpse with breaking heart
and streaming eyes the labOring man stops
work that he may pay last tribute Of respect
to him who, as one OF that class eAcialiheu
Yesterday in the crowd, spent forty years IN
working hard for the benefit of workers. A
more spontaneous manifestation of universal
sorrow has not been seen by this generation'
II is the highest eulogy of his virtues, it is the
sweetest consolation to his friends, that all
Glasses crowd with so much sympathy about
his grave. In the presence OF such demon
STATIONS the ordinary pOmp OF simulated woe
would be a shock to every ones senslDlltles'
Year: 1872




The Secretary of the Navy has recommended,
and bill was yesterday introduced in the
House of Representatives to make, an appro-
priation for the immediate construction Of
several new war steamers. Before Congress
enters upon an undertaking which is to absorb
probably from ten to twenty millions of pub
lie money, we hope they Will insist upon know
ing Just what is wanted, what it is wanted
for, whether it can be procured, and what 1t
viii cost. These circumstances, since the ap-
plication of steam as a motive power to men
Of-War, have not been sufficiently attended to
by our authorities. If we are to believe Mr..
Scofeld the Chairman of the Navy Com
mittee of the House Of Representatives, out
which compose our Navy, it is
impossible to keep 40 vessels in condition for
service in our various squadrons If this is
so, what testimony it affords to the incompe-
tency of those. who have had charge of the Navy
in the past Again, the Secretary of the Navy
asks for small cruisers, adapted for econOm-
&" cal and efficient distribution among our
" small peace forcep Mr.. Scofeld's bill pro-
vides for ten vessels, carrying ten guns Of
large caliber. Now we need not say that a
vessel, able to carry ten of our modern guns
of large caliber, is not small cruiser nor
can such vessel be built and fitted out for
100000, the amount which by Mr.. Scofeld's
bill is to be appropriated for the purpose.


1t is said that an important element in the
proposed new vessels is to be speed. If so
let the Secretary Of the Navy satisfy Congress
that it is in his power to obtain it. The
attempts of men in power at Washington to
provide their ships with suitable steam engines
have, as a rule, been signal failures. Some
vessels, we believe, have had TO be provided
with as many as three different engines before
they could be made to go and keep going.
One engine and then another has been taken
out and sold for old iron. Many of
our new war steamers are worthless SOLELY
because their engines are good for,nothing.
Immense sums have been wasted in experi-
menting with steam machinery, and we are
not aware that even now our naval construct
ors can form any close estimate of the speed
of a vessel until her machinery has been act
ually tested. This is not so in the merchant
service. If a steamship company orders YES
sci capable of making a certain number of
knots per hour, they get what they want or
don't pay. The United States can do the
same by having ships and machinery con-
structod at private yards, and this course ought
Year: 1872

Mr.. GREELEY AS Il NAN OF LETTERS.
1t is not strange that in making up an esti-
mate of Mr.. Greeley's character, men should
speak of him chiefly as a journalist, poll
tician, and statesman; for his life was


mainly passed in practical pursuits, and was


full of the comparatively coarse controversies


of party. There was a side of his nature and


peculiarity of his culture which were nat


urally not so open to the public eye, and only


the few knew how strong was his love Of the


best books, and how delicate, and even fas-


tidious, were his literary tastes. American


literature, when he was a young man, was


just beginning to have q somewhat distinct


character, and to exhibit something of original


vigor. We have before us file of The New-


Yorker, which was started in 1894. 1t was, we


need hardly say, miscellany of original and


selected prose and verse and we must admit


that what strikes us most fOrcibly upon in


specting volume of this journal is the ex-


quiste purity of taste which presided over
its columns, and which is not often


found in any young man, whatever may have


been his opportunities. The original verse. for
instance, a good deal of which was written by
Mr.. Greeley himself, may not be of high and
important order, but it always exhibits GER
tain degree of elegance and finish and careful
study of the poetical models then most in
vogue. Mr.. Greeley's verse shows what the
world hardly gave him credit for possessing,
though his friends knew VOL enough it was
his--a tender sensibility, if We may use that
word so often misused deep and unaffected
love of the beautiful, and an abiding reverence
for the most excellent Of our human affections.
Like many other men who find the business of
actual life too engrossing to permit con-
tinuance OF their young love of the ideal, Mr..
Greeley may have for the most part ceased 10
write but he never ceased to be a reader of
poetry. In this his taste was almost infallible.
While actually engaged IN the management of
a newspaper every day he was imporiuned
by Iietcr-mongers to give publicity 10 their
and the public knows how i'll
Year: 1872

Senators, yesterday, desired to propose reso-
lnfions in honor of Nh. Greeley's memory.
They stated their desire. and it was well
known that distinguished members OF the
body wished to make brief addresses. Sena-
tor Cameron thereupon moved an adjourn
ment of the Senate, Immediately upon its as
sembling, without even waiting for the read
ing of the journal. The contemplated action
was, therefore, neither taken nor proposed
Our dispatches indicate what Senator Sumner,
Senator Fenton, and others desired to say.
The action taken by the popular branch OF
the National Legislature respecting the death
Of Mr.. Greeley, to which we briefly alluded
Yesterday. is perhaps the highest honor ever
paid to the memory of a private citizen. 1t
was not the fortune of Mr.. Greeley to hold at
any time any Office under the General Gov
ernment, with q single brief exception. But
living, he was recognized as a power in the
State, and so will every man be who is TRUE
to the simple obligations of citizenship, and
who discharges them with cOnsummate ability
and singe-hearted patriotism. Now that Mr..
Greeley is gone, Representatives as well as their
constituencies begin to understand and frankly
TO admit that an honest, independent, aud ac-
complshed Journalist, being one who helps
to make and unmake public men, is just as
important a member of the body polite as if
he were intrusted with the enactment or with
the execution of the laws


1t would seem from the tone of the House
of Representatives in this and In some other
matters that we are Indeed, so far as the
people are concerned, approaching an era OF
good feeling Perhaps the death of the leader
of the Liberal party, if it was fated shortly to
occur could not have come at moro OppOr-
tune moment. 1t succeeds the animosities and
recriminatOns Of the canvass, to remind us
that we are brethren in our mortality and
that there can be no political honor so costly
and desirable as that which men, sooner or
later, spontaneously pay to him who works
well for worthy ends, and who, while little
Careless of the appreciation Of his fellow-citi-
zens, esteems the appreciation of his conscience
as of more value than the mightiest Of
maj0rities.


We are content with the action of the i'm
mediate representatives of the people, 1t
crowns with q certain historic dignity the
record of great and good life. 1t will do
much to remind the most private citizen of
the Importance of his position, and the re-
spectability of his public functions, just as


the career of Mr.. Greeley proves that political
success, as it is usually estimated, is not the
only condition of great and enduring fame.
Year: 1872

The State Senate has not yet reached any
decision in the case of Judge Prindle; at
least, not so far as the public know. Yester-
day, it took up that of Judge Curtis of the
Marine Court, who is charged with being in
partnership with a certain law firm practicing
in his court, and corruptly using his official
position to the benefit of said firm. The
usual exceptions to the jurisdiction of the
Senate were made and oveTuled; it will be
noticed, however, that it was decided that the
accused could only be tried on the charges
served on him by the Senate; this very prop
eIly rules out additional counts which were
prepared at the instance of the Bar Associa-
ton.
Year: 1872

AS there has been good deal said of the danger
to health of using the sewing g-machine, it is worth
while to mention that DIR. Parker recently read q
paper on the subject before the State Medical So
ciety of Virginia in which he maintained that
fatigue Is not disease; that there is reason TO
conclude that tho use of the muscles employed in
machine work for reasonable time is injurious /;
that machine may be used by woman for four or


five hours daily if she be in ordinary health, without
iniury that the damage to health in the factory is
duo TO the hygenic conditions under which the work
is done. In conclusion, 10 was affirmed that the
sewing machine ia great boon 10 womanlind n-
ereasng compensation protecting yigor, aud lessen
mg family la6Ors
Year: 1872

So far as the influence of the vote of Arkansas


in the Electoral College is concerned, it no


longer possesses any pressing importance; but


the prospect that the people of Arkansas are


to be cheated cut of their choice for State


officers is alarming. The Clayton Ring have


possession of the machinery of the election


and the returns; that they are capable OF
fraudulently handling those returns has already
been shown in the case of Edwards, who
received from Gov. Clayton certificate OF
election to Congress. This was done in such
open defiance of known and patent facts that
. the House of Representatives was obliged to
give Boles, the Democratic contestant the
seat. There is reason to expect some such
corrupt action by the Arkansas State Govern
Z ment they hesitate to make any declaration
of the result of the election, though Brooks
the Reform candidate, has a clear majority
1 This thing cannot be done in corner; 1T can
hardly be possible that the Clayton Ring VIII
dare to steal whole State election.
Year: 1872

The wholesale butchers of Washington Mar
ke have heretofore been the habit OF cutting of ribs
and steaks for the accommodation of their customers,
and selling them four five cents pound less than
the retail prices The retail dealers claimed that this was
encroachment upon their business, and last week
complained the Controller who issued an order FOR
bidding il. This caused considerable excitement among
the wholesale dealers and saturday they held an in
presiding and appointed Committee to wait upon the
Controller and endeavor TO have the order resclnded
Year: 1872

4 nice constitutional question has been
raised during the discussion of the APP
portionmeat bill by the Senate Judiciary
Committee. 1t is whether the number of
Presidential electors to be chosen next
Fall shall be determined by the old appOr-
tiOnment or the new. In preceding elec-
tions, after the decennial taking of the
census, the number of electors has been
determined by the new appOrtionment,
but the provision of theConstitution which
relates to the subject is in these words:


Each State shall appoint, in such man
ner as the Legislature thereof may direct,
number of electors equal to the whole
number of Senators and Representatives
to which the State may be entitled in the
Congress"


This evidently means the Congress now
i'll session, and as the Congress based on
the new apport:onment does not meet till
after the Presidential election, it would
seem evident that there is O chance of the
former practice being OverthrOwn and a
new rule established i'll its place Wash.
Cor. " Y Times.
Year: 1872

BABCoCK AND PORTER's DEFENSE
The officers on duty at the Executive
Mansion stand ready with a mass of verbal
and documentary evidence, which will be
presented to the custom house investigation
committee upon its return to Washing
ton, and which, it is said, will completely
and unanswerably refute any testimony
or reports detrimental to their character
Wash. Cor, N Y Herald.
Year: 1872

The noted Indian Chief, Spotted Tail, has
been persuaded that his name in English is
Dolly Warden and so allows himself to be
called. lfit is proper to call the Chief Dolly
Warden, will it be equally proper to call the
Dolly Vardens Spotted Tails
Year: 1872

These Machines are specially adapted for tn
use of farmers, being able to sew grain sacks an
heavy clothing with the same facility as the usl
al family work-making a more durable seam
not liable to ravel as is the case of the loop o
chain stitch
Year: 1872

For Diseases Of the Throat and Lungs,


such as Coughs, Colds, Whooping


Cough, Bronchitis, Asthma,


and Consumption.


Probably never before in the whole history OF
medicine has anything widely and so deeply
uDOn the confidence of mankind, as this excellent
remedy for pulmonary complaints. Through long
series of years. and among most of the races OF
men it has risen higher and higher in their estma-
ton, as it has become better known. Its uniform
character and power to cure the various affections
of the lungs and throat have made it known as re-
liable protector against them. While adapted to
mder forms of disease and to young children, 1t IS
be given for incipient consumption, and the dan
gerous affections of the throat and lungs. As pro-
vision against sudden attacks of Group, It should
be kept on hand in every family, and indeed as all
are sometimes subject to colds and coughs, all
should be provided with this antidOte for them.


Although settled Consumption Is thought in
curable still great numbers of cases where the dis
ease seemed settled, have been completely cured,
and the patient restored to sound health by the
CHERRY PectOrdL. So complete is its mastery
over the disorders of the Lungs and Throat, that
the most obstinate of them yield to it. When moth
ing else could reach them, under the Cherry Peo-
toraI they subside and disappear.


Singers aud Public Speakers find great pro-
lection from it.


Asthma is always relieved and often wholly
cured by it.


Bronchitis is generally cured by taking the
Cherru PectOrdl in small and frequent doses.
so generally are its virtues known that we need
not publish the certificates of them here, or do more
than assure the public that its qualities are fully
maintained,
Year: 1872

joice at this general application of the free school system. Nothing else can give the Territory better name abroad, nor establish within its limits a surer basis of good society. While a more liberal tax for schools would have accomplished more within a given period, yet the very fact that free, public schools are inaugurated in Arizona, insures their continuance, be- speaks their improvement, and is a guarantee of the undisputed good which everywhere follows the practi- cal application of the system.
Year: 1872

SAN DIEGO inhabitants are again apprehensive of lack of rain to mature the crops which looked quite we'll about ten days ago, and The Union expressed the belief that if rain did not fall before March, failure would be certain.
Year: 1872

The OLD SoUTH CHURCH.-NeSSrs Editors
The citizens are called upon TO vote on the
question whether the city shall accept the act Of
the legislature, comforting the power ON the city
government to buy this church whenever it may
be deemed eXpedent to do SO. This act was
applied for in 1871, but went over as unfinished
business to the legislature of this year; it is not
necessary to say that there is no likelihood that
any city council will take action in the matter
while the city treasury is in its present condition
but it would save the expense to the city and state
of doing the business over again at some future
time, if the citizens should now quietly accept
the act, and there let the matter rest till more
prosperous davS, or till some now unforeseen
event shall make the acquisition OF this property
by the city as convenient as it is desirable


Worcester, Nov 2S 1872. PROGRESS.
Year: 1872

The CITY ELECTioN.-Within the past few
days a number Of papers have been circulated
calling for mass meeting of all the voters in
the city at Mechanics hail next Wednesday. The
paper has received numerous signatures and
large meeting will probably be the result. All
voters, irrespective of party issues, are invited
TO attend and take part in the nomination of
candidates for the offices of mayor and alder
men TO be filed at the coming municipal elec.
ton,
Year: 1872

The FIRST Snow SToRM.-As a harbinger of
winter which by the almanac begins to-mor.
row, snow storm of sufficient magnitude as TO
leave no doubt of its genuneness, began early
yesterday morning. The fakes descended in A
quiet, persistent way all the morning, and at
three O'Clock some five or six inches had fallen.
The first sleigh Of the season made its appear
ance before noon, and during the remainder of
the day and evening the merry jingle of sleigh
bells was frequently heard in the streets. The
horse cars ran half their usual number of trips,
with four horses to a car, and the huge snow
plow Of the company was brought out to clear
the route On the railroads the trains, heavily


aden with the returning Thanksgiving travel
were somewhat though not seriously delayed
The storm ceased about three o'clock, and was
succeeded by clear and frosty weather.
Year: 1872

| The proposition of the Mayor to Abolish
| coroner's jury fees is not likely to prove
| very acceptable. As long as citizens are
! compelled to abandon their business and
serve on these inquests, they ought to be
| paid for it. The fact that number OF per-
sons do not claim their fees does not alter
the merits of the case at all nor does the
additional fact that the same persons ire
quently act as jurors. The object of the law


lis merely to develop the facts attending the
decease.


The Mayors parlor was this morning re-
plete with the sensation Of young girl res
cued from life of shame, and sent to her
home in the West. The Mayor himself was
the good Samaritan, and the fascinations of
one of his special officers the persuasive me-
dunn for the accomplishment of the deed of
benevolence


The plans drawn by Surveyor Bell for the
new sliding bridges to be thrown across the
Orleans canal, at the intersection OF the
Metairie ridge, and for the Marigny canal,
are by no means difficult to understand
where ordinary intelligence is brought to
the examination. They are, beyond doubt.
the best plans, and the bridges, when COM
plete will be the most serviceable in the
city. 1t is true they are entirely different
from those used over the small creeks and
bayous in the country. The cost of con-
struction will be far less than the more COM
plicated but less serviceable draw bridges
now in use.


The Orleans Milk Club has petitioned the
Council for permission to allow their cattle
to run at large in the area bounded by
street and the swamp. No action will be
taken in the premises. a protest against
the establishment of pound in the upper
portion of the Sixth District will probably
share the same fate.


The Administrator OF Improvements has
set to work large force whose business it
will be to fill the holes which, during the
recent wet weather, have been created in
the unpaved streets. Many of these thor
oughfares are in frightful condition, and
quite 1mpassable to vehicles.


Officers Of tie city government have as
yet only received their salaries for August,
six months pay being now due A majority
of the employees have been compelled TO
either sell their certificates Or deposit them
as collateral for money borrowed.


Fifteen gas lamps have recently been
placed on Berlin street. in the Sixth Dis
trict, much to the relief of citizens residing
on that thoroughfare.
Year: 1872

This lady will lecture in New Orleans
next week on Girls" and ''Nice Young
Men, A Baltimore correspondent says:


We had the rare fortune to hear Olive
Logan deliver her lecture on "Girls " in this
city, in Maryland Institute, before an au-
dience numbering little short of three thou
sand. Confident as we felt of being enter
tanned by lecturer of no ordinury talent,
yet we were unprepared for the revelation
of a splendid woman made OF the best ma
terials that God devotes to such creations; a
wit flashing like sunlight from the edges OF a
Toledo blade, an intellect strong in the III u.s.
clio of logic, a soul brave in the champiloG n
ship of truth and right, and, to crown all, a
grand self possesslon-a mark OF well
poised nature, enabling her to maintain her
own individuality, clearly outlined, against
any conflicting magnetic power of her au-
dence. The gentlemen Of tho committee
did an unprecedented thing in engaging a
woman to open the regular course OF lee
lures of the Maryland Institute.
Year: 1872

Providence is very proud of having one
resident who was born on the twenty ninth
of February. A town of several thousand
inhabitants which can boast of only one
such birth ought to be ashamed to look a
census-taker in the face.