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Year: 1871

EVERY citizen of the State will be
compelled, by the action Of the extra
session Of the legislature, to pay, this
year, fifteen cents out of every hundred
dollars worth of property he owns toward
the upbuilding of Chicago, aud next
year, and the year after next, ditto, and
80 on; and this bat the commencement
of our spoliation When Chicago went
Up in fame and smoke every part Of the
State, except Chicago suffered. In the
long run, she will make a profit out Of
her ashes, aud balance of the State will
pay for the whistle she has lost-pay to
buy her a new aud better one.-Cttiro
Bulletin.
Year: 1871

THE rapacity Of man seems boundlss
The prevalence of small pox in Phia
delphia IS owing to the sale Of Buffalo
robes in that city which we're taken from
the B.aekleet and Pegan Indians during
she season of their affection wi.h this
dread disease The sale of these robes
were forbidden at the time, but they.
have disappeared aud it is said were not
destroyed The men who sold these
robes, knowing them to be infected should
be summari!y dealt With if ever they are
found
Year: 1871

This gifted western poetess died at her residence
in East Twentieth street yesterday, at the age OF
fifty. She was the daughter Of Robert Cary,
plain, substantial old farmer of Hamilton county,
Ohio, who died only late February IL, 1885, the
same day Of the year as that upon which his gifted
daughter has taken her departure. Alice was
promising poetess at eighteen, but was
known only by little fugitive pieces which
she hung here and there into out OF the way
corners Of country newspapers. The Louisville
Journal. we believe was the first to call
attention to the rising promise OF the young poetess


Her first volume Of poems was undertaken in con.
junction with her younger sister Phoebe, and was
heartily welcomed by the public. She next pub.
lished alone series Of "Clovernook papers, prose
sketches, which won decided popularity. In 1888
she published volume Of verses entitled "Lyra
and other poems" In later years she wrote
numerous novels. all Of which were warmly re-
ceived by the public. She has written very
copiously, g., although she has long been an
years past OF giving pleasant little Sum


day tea parties her literary friends at her and her
sister PhRbes cOsey home In Twentieth street. and


the select and exclusive MerdeurS OF the city usu-
ally gathered about her on these occasions. She
The fact is related by Horace Greeley that once they
saw with their material eyes the form and figure or
q little sister, standing on house some distance
away, when she was IN fact sleeping very quietly In
o room above thell, and that she died soon after.
From this incident they took their belief in Spiritu


Alice Gary never married. she leaves by her
death her sister Phoebe to mourn her loss and the
love between the two lone sisters was o strong tie
that has bound them closely together all their lives
Year: 1871

Young lawyers sometimes despair OF
defense which gives no encouragement;
but old practitioners-more especially
when the fees are remunerative and GER
tain-can see nc discouragements held
forth by the evidence not to be coun-
terbalanced and overcome by profess
sional acuteness and sagacity well paid.


A prisoner was once arralgned III Kent
county, Mich, for stealing pork. He
retained young and talented, and in
genious member of his profession for
his defense. Having listened to the
prisoners own story, and heard from
him what in all probability the peoples
witnesses would swear to, he candidly
informed his client that it was useless
to waste money on his defense.


"Never you mind" was the conf
dent reply; "you rgue my case good
and strong, just as if you believed me
prosecuted man, and I will give you
$50.


The lawyer worked up to the con-
tract, and before he had half summed
up he had the jury in tears at the bare
idea of snatching such a bright exam
pie of domestic and social worth from
the bosom of his family and the society
of his neighbors, to be thrust among
felons in the common jail.


To his astonishment his appeal was
effective; the prisoner was acquitted
Closeted together after the verdict
and discharge of the culprit, and the
$40 having been paid over, the lawyer
said


"By the by, B, that was a
most surprising verdict, considering
what the government proved. %


"Not at ALL was the cool reply
''six of them iurymen had some of the
pork"


The mercury in that lawyers bump
Of self-esteem fell to Zero
Year: 1871

The Sioux City Times of the 18th
instant gives a column biographical
sketch of "Red Handed Mike The
Times takes him out of the cradle, and
follows him up to his fighting estate
The passages are quite interesting. W,
quote as follows: "When Mike wa'
seven years old, his parents emigratet
to Canada, and settled down at ST. An
eselt, Mike developing no remarkable
qualities until he was ten years old
when the agent of a travelling circus
happened to incidentally see the sub
iect of our sketch in the act of throw
ing somersault, prevailed on the
youngster to join his circus company
Mike, liking the opportunity of seeing
something of the world, attached him
self to the company and soon estab
hshed reputation as an acrobat and
singer. Six months afterwards, while
performing in Franklin county,
N. Y, a Methodist minister, named
Blackman, happening to attend the
circus, heard Mike sing, and was sc
favorably impressed with the boys
abilities in this line, that he induced
Mike to sever his connection with the
saw-dust arena Going home with the
preacher, Mike was soon installed as
a leading singer in the choir of the
church of which the Rev. Blackman
was pastor Now, it happened that the
reverend gentleman had at one time
been drummer in the army, and more
over, had gained considerable fame as
sparrer with gloves. When the Rev.
Blackman joined the ministry, he still
retained his love for the use of the
dumb bells and boxing gloves, and the
youthful Mike was found to be an ex
cellent companion in assisting the
pugilistic preacher in taking his daily
glove exercise Under this training,
Mike soon developed an amount of tact
IN handling his bunch of fives that at
tracted the attention of some sporting
men in the neighborhood Unknown
to Mikes ministerial foster-father, a
prize fight was secretly gotten up
between a young man of the
village and Mike. In this fight
Mike displayed that rare tact, perseve-
rance and pluck which has since then
given him so many victories in tbs
prize ring. Mike soon blinded and
OGAoI WISE ulSIS uIeu Ills stltdSOulSG
A purse of twenty dollars was raised
from among the spectators and pre-
sented to Mike, which the latter took
home and showed to the preacher. The
preacher, while proud of his pupil, Sc
verely reprimanded him for giving a
public exhibition of his skill Mike
remained about six months longer with
his pastoral protector, who, dying very
suddenly, left it incumbent on Mike to
find some new means of support. He
therefore resorted to his old vocation
as a circus performer until 1865, when
he fought his first regular professional
prize fight with man named John
Dolan, in the Red River country, in
1865.


"He is quiet, unpretending and
unOstentat1Ousyoung man and gives but
little evidence to the casual observer
of the gritty material of which he is
composed. He woald like to settle
down and become thrifty and perma-
nent resident, and we hope he may con-
clude to become one of the growing
host whose energy and fame and sue
cess are adding new laurels to our city. ;"
Year: 1871

A Maine Judge has recently laid down
the law in regard to the obligations of
common carriers. The suit was brought
against railroad company, by a pas
senger, who, on being asked by the
conductor for his ticket, which had been
previously demanded and given up,
was, in consequence of the short mem
DRY of that official, greeted by him with
a threat of splitting his head open, ac-
companied by the shaking OF fist IN
close proximity to his face. There was
no physical assault, but such an attack
the law regards as a technical assault,
and as it was proved that the employers
of the conductor no being informed OF
the fact did not discharge the man but
still kept him in his position, the Court
instructed the jury that the case was
one of exemplary damages. The jury
accordingly returned a verdict for S.,
000 which the appellate courts, sus
tanning the decision of the first judge
refused to set aside.
Year: 1871

A POCKET has been invented for the
slveeve of a man S overcoat, so that when
he has woman on his arm, she can
put her hand in to keep it warm. 1t
will be long time before they will get
over the habit of putting their hands
into mems pantaloon pockets, where
the pocket-book is That overcoat
pocket will have to be baited with a
pocket book a few times before it will
come into general use.
Year: 1871

THERE is man who often comes to
Hamilton, Nevada, whose nose is such
extraordinary length that he can only
take liquids through straw or glass
tube which he carries with him-the
straw or tube having to be inserted in
the corner of his mouth, as his nose
will not allow it to go in the middle.
Year: 1871

The chief governess of the Emperor
of Austria's daughter is the sister OF
Sir William Throckmorton, an English
Roman Catholic Baronet of large for
tune. The Throckmortons have ever
been steadfast in the ancient faith, and
paid dearly for their devotion in hard
times.
Year: 1871

II any of our readers have the curiosity and
the time to make the necessary comparison
between the style of pulpit preaching indulged
In five years ago and now they must be con-
vinced that great advance has been made
of late; and, without egotism, we may claim
for the HERALD the merit of this advance and
Improvement. 1t was formerly the custom to
measure ministerial ability and success by the
numbers who might be attracted to hear any
particular preacher, and hence the sermons Of
only one or two men in this city or Brooklyn
obtained currency through the press But if
drawing crowd is an evidence of ministerial
success we can draw as big a crowd with an
organ-grinder and a monkey any day as
Brother Boccher draws. Il was left to the
HERALD to apprehend the fact that Mr..
Beecher did not monopolizs the whole, nor,
indeed, any very considerable part of Chris
tian truth, and then to demonstrate this fact
to the public. And we need not now argue
whether we have been successful In our de-
monstration or not. Our columns Of sermons
from week to week bear us sufficient evidence,
so that We have bat to state the proposition
and leave it for universal acceptance.


The elevation and Improvement Of the min
istry to which we refer reaches both to the
manner and the matter of the pulpit discourses
There Is an advance in the thought of the pull


pit and an improvement in the utterances OF
the minister. The weak have been made
strong. the thonghtless have been stimulated
to think, the idle have been encouraged to
work and to study by the friction OF their
own minds and thoughts with those Of others
which we have presented to them. Ministers
very rarely have an opportunity to hear one an
other preach; but we have given them all the
means of knowing what their brethren think
on the doctrines and precepts of the Gospel,
and the result is an elevation OF the mass OF
ministers and people to higher plane and to
purer and more spiritual ideas. The nearer q
man gets to the Sun the warmer he becomes
naturally, and the nearer man comes. to the
truth the bsaer and the holier will he be-; bu
no man unaccustomed to Interchange o
thought can rise much higher thah the plan;
on which he starts out. Hence. the HERALI
Year: 1871

THE PoPE TO YouEe AMERICA The letter
which we publish to-day from the Pope to the
Catholic youth of America will ba read with
general interest 1t gives us timely warning
that the ''honor and prosperity Of our coun-
try depend upon our preserving ''tbe love of
Justice, pure morality and religion" This is
not, perhaps, very new discovery, and it
reminds us somewhat OF Washipgton's Fare
well Address But the general wording OF
the letter is go kindly and genial. and it is
such delicate aud appreciative mark Of
affectlonate respect, that it will be cordially
welcomed by Protestants and Catholics alike.
The best thing for the Pope to do now is TO
come ane live among the most Intelligent and
loving OF his children; and we are sure the
Pope himself must have thought 50 when he
received the addresses of American Catholics
on Italian spolstios. His ietsee lust received
nroves t~
Year: 1871

TEE WEATHER PHILOSOPHERS, who have
been freezing to death on the summit Of
Mount Washington all winter in the interests
Of science, report that the weather there yes
terday was extremely pleasant, and that the
summit. being coated wita ice az clear as
crystal, would make a splendid skating rink.
Our fasaionables are not to be tempted to
visit it by any such representations as this.
They would prefer to let the hernits slide all
by thems elves.
Year: 1871

will become dearer to the civilizations Of man
kind than are ''the trophies of all who have
risen on Liberty's ruin to fame" and again
prove to the world the fact that


Accurst Is the march OF that glory


Which treads DER the hearts OF the free
Year: 1871

y beneating the ministry, as we'll a. tho pso-
pie, by Its weekly presentation Of the best
thoughts Of the best men In tho city
and country, and we believe the ministry fad
and acknowledge this fact and their obliga-
tions to us, and this Improvement must 90
forward until the Church shall command the
very best talent In the land, aud the men OF
feeble intellect who now flock into 1t as pre-
senting m easy and an idle life will have to
take to the plough or the plano for . living.


We know that at present and for some time
past the best class OF minds, the most talented
young men, have sought and do seek other
professions, and the ministry must take many
men Of second or third rate mould, and even
tho number Of these who seek admission to its
ranks do not equal the losses by death and
other causes, so that an average Of about one
half the churches Of the land are without
settled or regular pastors, and Of the appli-
cants larger proportion are nearer to forty
years of age than to twenty-five. But ws
expect to see all this changed by and by,
and when we do, and the best talent Of tho
Church and Of the world is given to the best
work In which mankind can engage. We shall
feel that we have been amply repaid for all
that We have done to bring it to pass. -
Year: 1871

Mary had little lamb,


Whose snowy fleece was stout,
And filled with ileas that asked her If


Her nanny knew she's out.
One day when Mary went to school,


The lamb felt SO bereft.
That it directly went for her,


And caught her-over the left.
But soon it found its way to school,


AId catching Mary's eye,
1t whisked its tail as il to say


And how is that for high?
The teacher tried to quell the school,


And keep the laughter down,
BY saying that such boisterousness


Would get all over town
And then he told tho little lamb


Such conduct would not do,
When quickly turned the lamb around


And asked him, Widow who9
This made the scholars shout so loud


The teacher grew provoked
And said that hcwould show them ail


Just how the whole thing worked.
And taking there the ferrule down
From on the little shelf,
He drew the lamb aeross his knee
You knew how It's yourself.
Year: 1871

MORE TROUBLE.--Since the grad
nal decay Of the niggcr question, the
Radical party has been having trouble
beyond measure. The very old scratch
is to pay. The Supreme Court OF
California has decided that the 18th
Amendment is null and void and hence
forth is q dead letter in California.
No more forever will the heathen
Chince and the beautiful shincy heel
be man and brother in the golden
State. lis sad.
Year: 1871

gerated, bat our informant is a reliable
gentleman, and not III the habit of be-
coming over excited on anything that msy
turn up. Of course it may be several days
before other developments transpire, and
it is to be hoped that all the rsbid crea-
tuIes have been killed. 1t is certainly
very fortunate that it has been no worse,
where such a beast was floating around
loose for two whole days.
Year: 1871

the Army.


The movement which has been in progress
for some time past in England with the view
of popularizing the army by effecting change
in its system of command and reduction in
the cost of the establishment gains in public
favor daily. 1t is democratic movement
directed against the aristocratic system Of the
purchase and sale of commissions, and also
against the royalism Of the maintenance Of q
huge standing army in time of peace. Mr.
Mundella has given it parliamentary form and
expression by his motion in the House of
Commons for the adoption Of the resolution,
which we report by cable to-day. The debate
which ensued-the points of which we have
also telegraphed-goes to show that Premier
Gladstone is placed officially between two
fires. He cannot afford to cut loose from the
members of the aristo-democracy who sup
port his Ministry. He is not prepared to lead
British radicalism. The motion for army re-
form was opposed by the Prime Minister and
lost by an overwhelming majority The poll
tical agitation in this direction will be main
tanned, Notwithstanding. 1t is likely, indeed,
to increase in force-crescH eundo-particu-
larly after the British people have attempted
to digest the huge money amounts-the mil
lions of pounds sterling-which it is proposed
to take from their pockets for the maintenance
of the troops during the military year of
1S71-72, as set forth in the HERALD to-day
Great Britain moves for legitimate economic
,reforms, in Parliamentary fashion, without
the "reds," and will thus triumph in the end


THE ADJOURNMENT HIToH in Congress
seems still as far as ever from settlement.
The Senate is dead set on making deadlock
Of it,
Year: 1871

the mother country. We are aware, too, that
England, with all her faults, has been the
home Of liberty, free speech and free press,
while the Continental nations of Europe have
been denied these blessings. 1t is the English
speaking people-the people of the United
Kingdom, of the United States and of the
British colouies-that have carried civilization
and commerce to every part of the earth, and
that now dominate, directly or indirectly,
nearly third of the habitable globe They
are the people of progress. They are the
great civilzers of all countries outside
of Continental Europe. They have a mighty
mission and future before them Why, then,
shoud they not be united and work in
harmony together? Let the High Commis-
sion take this broad view of the destiny of
the English-speaking race, and be prepared to
give to each of the two great branches its
proper role and position-to the United States
Continental dominion in America, and to
England wide Asatic and colonial rule in
other parts of the world. While some of the
great nations are decaying and others are
being consolidated into military empires these
two great branches of the same stock are
spreading commerce. liberty and civilization
to the uttermost parts of the globe. To COM
bine their efforts and to unite them more
closely together is work to which the states
men of both countries should now give their
earnest attention.
Year: 1871

In advance Of the completion Of this grand
structure the Brooklyn people are already
beginning to exult over the vast increase in
value which must accrue to property in that
city There is no doubt that, even now, in
prospect of the completion of the bridge,
property, especially on the high, airy and
healthy grounds in the direction of Prospect
Park, overlooking the bay, enjoying the ad-
vantages Of a superb landscape and q deli
cious atmosphere, is taking an upward ten
dency, and that purchasers of homesteads are
directing their attention thitherward. But
the first necessity is to build the bridge.
When that is done real estate in Brooklyn
will have reached a very high value, and the
population will undoubtedly grow in few
years, from its present figure Of four hundred
thousand, way up toward the census of the
metropolis. But we must have the bridge
before these dreams can be realized.


The work on the Brooklyn side is progress
ing rapidly and favorably. The caisson on
our side OF the river, we believe, is not yet
laid, owing to the addition of certain improve
ments suggested by the fire which occurred in
the Brooklyn caisson. It will not be long,
however, before the foundations will be
secured at both sides of the river, and then,
when the substantial piers are erected, the
rest Of the work will not be very difficult.
Year: 1871

The President yesterday issued prelimin-
ary proclamation, reciting the disorders pre-
vailing in South Carolina through the terror
ism excited by the Ku Klnx raiders, and
warning these unlawful combinations of
armed men, to dispense and retire peaceably
to their homes within twenty days. In his
Message to Congress some days ago Presi-
dent Grant, in treating of the general state of
disorder throughout the South, said that the
authority of the Executive for quelling such
disorder was not clear. In the present case,
however, he finds his authority clear enough
in the application of Governor Scott, the
Legislature not being in session, for national
aid to save the State from domestic violence
an application that places this preliminary
action of the President and the further
in harmony with article four, section four
of the constitution. There is no
doubt that this proclamation does presage
something further. 1t means the dispersal at
once of the Ku Klux Klans who have been
making life there hideous fright, the return
of the republican Governor in peace and
safety to his duties, and the restoration of
order and security at once; or else it means
the immediate rushing of United States troops
into the State and the enforcement of peace in
Carolinians of the notification days when
General Scott and General Jackson preserved
the Union, ''by the Eternal


The six years that have passed since the
close of the civil war have not served to
obliterate from the minds Of our loving
people their hearty hatred of causeless
rebellion, nor to teach them to be particularly
merciful to those unthinking or else un-
scrupulous spirits in the South who
threaten to get up new one Nor is
General Grant-who holds in his hands the
personal paroles, dated as far back as Ap-
pomattox Court House, Of the very men who
have been creating these disorders in South
Carolina-the man to rely upon any half way
measures in enforcing the law against them.
1t is to be hoped the Ku Klux remember that
and at once.


Our kilograms and correspondence, and the
official documents in the hands of Senate COM
mittees, show beyond doubt that the Ku
Klux have kept South Carolina and several
other Southern States in a condition of anarchy
equalled alone probably by the present Reign
of Terror in Paris. The fact that the demo-
Gratis, both North and South, condone, if they
do not openly endorse, the doings of this ''un-
lawful combination" is incontestible evidence
that such doings spring from old rebel hatred
of Northerners and ''niggers;" and therein
they contain the germ whence sprung the re-
bellion Of 1861. 1t is good and broad states
manship on the part Of General Grant, there
fore, as well as it is his official duty, under the
requirements Of the constitution, to put down
this spectre Of rebellion at once, before it be-
comes like the powerful giant Of flesh and
blood that has just cost the country so many
years of war and anguish and so many millions
of treasure and lives to overcome
Year: 1871

THE COMPLAINT is made in Boston that the
constabulary seize only the smaller liquor
saloons and pass by the large hotel bars,
just as the police here seize the little keno
dens and ignore the great gambling houses
about the Fifth Avenue Hotel.