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Year: 1870

General Thomas was nearly six feet
high, of large frame, and an imposing
stature. His limbs were massive
He possessed a firm mouth, a square
jaw, and a steady blue eye. He was
habitually grave. He was seldom
known to smile. He often seemed
cold and impassive, but certainly as
careless about his own feelings as he
was impervious to those of others.
After the battle of Chickamauga, and
when he must have been perfectly
conscious that be had saved Rosecrans
army and the whole region, he sat
down for half an hour drinking coffee,
and did not once allude to the fight
No one would have known that there
had been any. In battle he sat like
statue, with scarcely motion, heed
less of bullets, occasionally reused to
enthusiasm by the success of one of
his maneuvers, but bIushing if his
feeling was discovered. He was sell
dom moved to anger, but when it
came it was frightfuI. An infantry
Colonel stole a horse from a Union
farmer in Kentucky, who came to
Thomas and complained. He poured
ont torrent of invective upon the
officer, pulled him from the horse, tore
the epaulets from his shoulders, made
him return the horse, and pay the
farmer for his trouble.
Year: 1870

ers. Three or four times I did this,
with exactly the same result, when it
drew back its head out of sight.


"NOw I mean to unbutton your sus-
penders, !" said I, 'sand let down your
pants and get this fellow out of here"


go no, I don't want to see him, {"
said he.


"But it's the only chance" said I,
and unbuttoned his suspenders, and as
he sat down again on the log, almost
exhausted, I pulled down his pants
behind, when 10! bowling up from un-
der him was the back of the suake. I
reached down, caught hold of him,
and said, "Now, Pa, raise up" AS he
did SO gave the monster a jerk, and
landed him about fifteen feet off in
the grass. He darted under a root,
and we saw him no more. He had
found his hiding-pIace between the
pants and drawers of my father, where
he had darted from among the long
grass-rather a hot place; but Us were
hot and trembling tool


But this was not the last adventure
of that snake, I trow, for the same
fall a neighbOr was chopping near the
the spot, when a wicked looking black
racer chased him from the place. But
the end was not yet, though it came
that winter; for, incredible to tell or
believe, man, in passing along the
road near the spot, in a wagon, with
his son, was surprised to see a snake
running rapidly over the snow. He
got out of his wagon, procured a good
club, and approached his snake-ship.
who seemed nothing 10th to show
fight, and with head up and vengeance
in his eye, ran towards his enemy.
But well directed blow, dealt on his
head, finished his eventful career for
ever. Peace to his bones!


DIsCIPULCS.
Year: 1870

sNEFzING This is amusing game for young folks al


party or socabe. The leader forms the company in
circle and gives one Of these
each one; thus to the first person lash - to tbs
second, "ish " the third "osh " to the fourth ash
and so around. He then counts four slowly When he
pronunces four all must sound their syllaBIes at
which gives the effect Of a monstrous sneeze.


TURNED HEAD.-E laughable appearance is produced
by investing a lady in many wrappings possible
but cloak, shawl scarf put wrong side before
her bonnet only being put rght-thus giving the ap
pearance Of a turned head. Then let her carry muf
behind her as naturally as possible and enter and pass
around the room backwards. 1t is a droll sight.


oRTEN1AL.-A pleasant diversion is found in letting
all the company but five go out Of the while
each OF these wraps himself all but eye, with
sheet. Then let the company guess who they are.
Year: 1870

A swallow in the Spring,
Came to our granary, and meath the caves
Essayed to make a nest, and there did bring


Wet earth and straw and leaves


Day after day she toiled
With patient art, but ere her work was crowned,
Some sad mishap the tiny fabric spoiled,


And dashed it to the ground.


She found the ruin wrought,
But, not cast down, forth from the place she few,
Aud with her mate fresh earth and grasses brought
And built her nest anew.


But scarcely had she placed
The last soft feather on its ample floor,
When wicked hs nd OF chance again laid waste,


And wrought the ruin Ger.


But still her heart she kept,
And tOiled again and last night, hearing calls,
looked and 10 three little swallows slept


Within the earth-mads walls.


What Truth is here, 0 Mani
Hath Hope been smitten in its early dawnI
Hath cloud c'ercast thy purpose, trust, or plani


Have FAITH, and struggle onl
Year: 1870

Why is a man ascending Yesuvius like Trishman
trying kiss pretty girl? Because he wants to get
the cratuT's mouth.


Why is the earth like black board? Because the
children Of multiply upon the face Of it.
Year: 1870

The above are pleasant figures. Nearly
S93, 100000 decrease since Grant came in.
The people ought to note this steady de-
crease and take that comfort there is in
feeling that we are not only living within
our means, but that we are each month
making our debt smaller. Every day
since the lst day of March, 1869, the debt
has been diminished by an average daily
decrease of 1854, ,523.64. This sounds well
enough for Republican economy.
Year: 1870

Observation-Disclosures.


ADVICE to base balIists Never play 'fast
and lose"


In NEED OF DocToR-the ill wind which
blows no good.


ROME is being evacuated ed-organ grinders
are getting plentiful.


OLD maids don't believe in the proverb
'Man proposes, &c.


WOULD it benefit Prussia at the present
time to have change of Diet2


The Prussians may not be very sleepy,
but they want to take NAP" badly.


THE price of California wine has got up.
Wine always had an elevating tendency.


THE Scotch pronunciation of summer is
not far out of the way this season simmer.


The Illinois papers tell of recent tor
nado which strewed the ground with the
featherless corpses of hundreds of birds.


IEERE may have been no warrant for a
declaration Of war in Europe, but there
will be a plenty of war rant before it is
over.


A DIFFERENCE with distinction -Eu-
ropean monarchs travel to divert their
people; our President travels to divert
himself


MAN who went fishing in private pond
complains that he only got cne bite, and
that was from a dog whose master owns
the pond.


TIE difference between the French army
and an apple is, that apples have the core
inside, and the army has corps or two on
the Rhine.


Two certificates of death in the San
Francisco coroner's office read:"Dead from
rapture of the head" and "Sufrocated
from eating poison"


A MAN at Peekskill bet that he could eat
dozen green apples, and he actually won
the bet The coroner was of the opinion
that he died of cholera morbu:.


AN OK that died of sunstroke at Newark
WAS sold to the citizens of Orange as the
best kind of beef. The Orangemen seem
to doubt the honesty of that butcher.


ABsURD-After rolling all night in your
berth at sea, till you are miserably sick, to
have a steward ask you liz the morning il
you will have fresh roll for breakfast


On Long Island, the other day, wag
threw handful OF shot into a friend face
just as another man fired a gun. The
man struck fell insensible. and nearly died
| from fright.


RECIPE for making dark hair sandy-Gc
into the surf just after storm-your hai1
will be sandy enough when you come out.
cit is not dye" (die) unless you go out
too far.


A PARIS paper says that some fifteen
hundred Paris hackmen have enlisted to
| fight the Prussians. If they were only
New York hackmen, and charged" the
enemy at half rates, King William +
treasury would soon grow beautifully less.


A LARGE pane of glass, seventeen feet
high and ten feet wide and costing $500
was recently set up in a show window il
New York. A companion pane, seventeen
feet high and nine feet three inshes wide, il
also about to be set up. A ana of the
same size as the first mentioned was broker
in the attempt to place it in it's window
frame. These glass, it IS stated, are the
largest ever imported into the United
States.
Year: 1870

The prospect of the cutting off Of wine
importations from Europe has caused deal
ers and consumers to turn their attention
toward the prospect of our native wines for
this year. OF the condition of the crops
in California the San Francisco Bulletin
says:


The crop of the Mission fruit was very
short last year, and the wine was conse-
quently of very heavy quality. 1t is
therefore doubtful that it will turn out a
frst-class wine. This year promises an
extra abundant crop, and from all previous
results in California, when such is the
case, the wines are of a superior quality.
In 1866 and 1868 the vines bore luxuriantly,
and the wine was light and of a high class
Many of the foot hills and places where
mining was formerly carried on are now
for the most part largely planted with
vines; therefore it is expected that the
quantity Divine produced this year will be
almost double that of last season. Most of
the wine was also consumed in the quar-
ters where it was grown, but latterly it is
being transported to San Francisco. The
amount of fruit to the vines will probably
be not as large as in 1868, but the defcien-
cy will be made up by the new vines COM
ing into bearing. The Eastern market for
CoN'1AOiiAA" "AhSo 10 flioO SAdoudiIy 1ACIShS-
ing. There they require pure vine, and
know that they can obtain it from the Pa
ciic slope, consequently the prices are such
as to repay both the dealer and the wine
grower. The demand for the higher wines
comes almost altogether from the East, for
there they reject the inferior qualities and
are willing to pay good price for the bet
ter article. As the grapes all ripen in Cal
ifornia, the cost of the production of a
good and inferior wine is equal. There is
also great demand for Port wines and
clarets made from foreign grapes. Much
of the latter is used as imitation Burgun-
dy. There appears to be scarcity of two
year old Port wines at present. Last year
more than half of the Champagnes were
shipped East, over 5000 cases being man
ufactured by Landsberger & Co. This
year the firm expects to turn out as much
as 10000 cases. Last month the ship
ments were 500 cases of Champagne and
300 of still wines.
Year: 1870

A COMMON CAsE.--A lady concerned in
the publication of g periodical devoted to
''Woman's Rights" complains that she is
involved IN debts amounting to $4,000 by
the enterprise; and that the wealthy ladies
protesting sympathy with the movement


with only two exceptions, have declined to
give her penny toward the expenses. =
When the ladies who would revolutionize
the world attain little more experience of
its business ways, they will discover that a
periodical which requires donations to sup
port it is not likely to have much iniu-
ence. And they will discover further, that
those who make themselves responsible
for the expenses of party publications will


lind their patrons" much more ready to
raise" complaints of their management
than to raise" supplies to sustain themf
Year: 1870

The Disturbance at the Grave Of John Real


Husband Attempts to Murder His Wife.


The man who jumped into Real's grave and who
has given various names, was brought before jus
tice McKenna yesterday morning and held to await
the action OF the Grand Jury. 1t seems that the
party who came over the rerry consisted OF three
men, including the prisoner, and two ladies-two
men and the ladies riding in carriage and the
prisoner on horseback. The prisoner paid the fer
riage for the party. On his person When arrested
was found Derringer, Colts revolver Qarge
pockep and riding whip. The prisoner stated that
his first name was James, but that he had forgotten
his other name; said that he never had a father or
mother, and talked In very foolish manner.
Friends Of Smedck say that he Is not related to that
man and Is not known by them. The party who
New York. The impression OF those who saw the
man both on Sunday and at the trial yesterday is
that he Is insane and should be sent TO an asylum


Yesterday morning man named Henry Bur-
rOughs, colored, who resides In Williamsburg, but
whose wife lives IN Flushing at the head OF the
Weigh road, attempted to murder his wife, 1t seems
that for some time difficulty has existed between
the husband ana wife, AMI as often as the husband
came up disturbance has been created. Yesterday
morning Burroughs again attempted to persuade
his wife to live with him. but she refused which SO
struck the wife the head, cutting fearful wound
OF about four inches long. The wound was dressed
by surgeon. warrant was issued Immediately
by Justice Hamilton, Dut up to the present time
Burroughs has not been arrested. The injured Wo-
man, il Is thought, will survive the injury
Year: 1870

several Deaths From the Disease in the


Philadelphia LnzarcttO-AIarn in the


Quaker City.


From the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph. Aug. o.


The citizens OF the southeastern port on of the
City have been thrown into state of great alarm by
a rum0r that several deaths had occurred recently
at the LazarettO from yellow fever On inquiry it
has been found that the rumOr was true, but there
Is some consolation IN learning that the disease has
deaths have occurred Those still suffering with the
malady are reported to the health authorities this


Sease was as P1ug brosh ~ h are hv 4S Ine
Black river Kingston, Jamaica. She arrived or the
quarantine on the Goth OF June last, with cargo or
logwood 1t being reported TO the officers stationed
at that post that her commander, Captain Phillips
had died Of malignant fever on the passage, the
vessel was brought to ana examined.


She was found to be in perfectly filthy condition
and in addition to this lot OF loathsome rags were
packed away In the hold. These were taken to the
Quarantine wharf, where the match was applied,
and In short time nothing but cnders were left.
While this was being done the cargo was taken out
and brought up 10 Windmill Island, where 1t now


Shortly after the destruction OF the rags, the
eacsn 1 s jacSD repPse e keeper OF ine % hotel
1rom which they al Mrs tEnos te
and after having shown every symptom OF yellow
fever died during the early part OF last week. The
servant girl in The same family. after having ex.
hibited prominent symptoms of the same disease,
was taken to the residence Of some OF her relatives
near Darby, where she expired. Mr.. Pepper himself
Mary Johnson, a sster-in.law OF the deceased Is
now In Oed, suffering with the fever. Mrs Mary
Kugler, wife OF the steward OF the Quarantine was
also laid up, and In q short time died. Dr. Thomp.
son. the physician In charge OF the Quarantine after
working energetcaly to prevent the spread Of dis
ease, Is also now laid up Pilot J. Bennett, OF Cape
May, after lying few days In this city, died. -
Grlfliths second mate OF the Home, ana two of her
crew, also expired in the built up portion of Phila-
delphia. - Doggat, captain OF one Of the lighters
which carried the cargo to Windmill Island, died at
Port Carbon, and his wife and son fell victims to
the malady at the LaZarettO.


The Home, on being cleaned and fumigated, came
up to tho City during the latter part OF the week. but
the Health Officer directed her return to Quarantine
where she Is now anchored. The Health Officer Is
actively engaged In investigating whether there are
any other cases In the city that they may be re.
moved to the Municipal Hospital and the buildings
they have been occupying fumigated.
Year: 1870

Another Heated Term NJ Prospect-How W 'h'


People Felt-Tho TIL. .>rmometer.


There was an awful time among the fat folks yes
terday, and every other kind OF folks Who accord
Ing to Fahrenheit, might possibly melt away into
thin alr II the mercury could crawl up abov the top
Oh the weather gauge. In the language OF the pous
gentleman across the river 1t was-well, it was NOT
Inc clerks who measure tape behind couh
ters and who sport the best OF linen
on the smallest OF salaries as they hung up
their collars to dry for the hundredth time
more or iess-said 1t was hot; the newsboys who
slde OF the street swOre II was hot and everybody
VINO hadn't sun umbrella and had to walk the
streets on business intent declared that Mr. Juniper
Jones' idea OF New York being built very near q
place where good New Workers are not supposed to
60 10 when they die was not very uhtruthful idea
ater all In fact, the day was O scOrcher, and peo
PIE VINO were not obliged TO go out In the sun took
precious good care to stay In DOORS lest they might
WIND up at the Morgue before nightfal In the after
last long enough to allow fellow to get
Well cooled before 1t died out again
ana left him worse than before. How GOthamites
would have got through 1t if the thing
mad lasted TILL nighttime would be hard to say; but
tnanks 10 somebody or other who had influence with
tne clerk OF the weather the heat moderated late In
tne evening and everybody was able to go about
mnoa VIII M aanger OF slipping away into the the gut


Inc following record viii show the changes In the
temperature for the past twenty four hours IN
comparison with the corresponding day OF last
year. as indicated by the Thermometer at Hudnut's
pharmacy. a HERALD Building, Broadway, corner OF
Year: 1870

A capital start was erected. At the time OF the
signal gun the tide was almost food and the wind
due south. The competitors got or with astounding
raphity, and In q moment after the signal all the
competitors were In their element. Ten minutes
after they quilted the stakeboat the yachts could
not pe distinguished, but II was well known that
very quick time was being made. AT the start the
Mary Jane Tweed got the best OF 1t, and following
closely In her wake was the Bella one OF Mr.. Nc.
Giehans best boats, from which much was ex-
pectcd. The course for tho first ana second class
boats was from Mr.. Noah Taylors yacht Plover.
wnicn was generously placed at the disposal OF thc
TO Fort Hamit0n-the course TO be gone over twice.
The course Tor me third class was from the sane
Year: 1870

The heat to-day Is excessive, the thermometer
standing 100 degrees in the shade. This forenoon
was the hottest OF the season. Many outdoor
labOrers were forced to In the shade for several
hours In the middle OF the day.
Year: 1870

THE VIRGINIA ADMISSION BILL.-The Vir-
ginia bill reported from the joint Com
mittee on Reconstruction provides that the
State shall be restored to Congress on the fol-
lowing conditions, viz.:-That all civil and
military officers Of the State shall be held to
the terms of the fourteenth amendment Of the
constitution Of the United States, in relation to
certain rebel disabilities that the State shall
not 90 back on its citizens Of African descent
in the matter Of the equal civil and political
rights conceded them in the State constitution
adopted last summer as the basis of admission,
and that on these terms the two United States
Senators elected by the new State Legislature
last October shall be admitted. This bill, we
presume, viii be passed, and as it Is Hobsons
choice with the Virgiuians they will no doubt
gladly accept it. Moreover, as the fourteenth
amendment declares that Congress shall
have power to enforce Its provisions ''by
appropriate legislation, the virginians will be
apt to discover, between State rights as they
were enforced by the South under the old
constitution, and as they are limited under the
new constitution, there is the difference which
marks mighty revolution.
Year: 1870

Another Chance mt tho Spanish Gunbonts.


Twelve of the Spanish gunboats which sailed
from this port recently put into Delaware
Breakwater on Saturday. One of them went
on the beach, but was got off without difficulty.
The fleet sailed again soon after, and ap-
peared in Hampton Roads yesterday. We shall
now have another chance to decide where
tho question Of violation of the neutral
ity laws ends--where o case Of the kind
becomes res adjudica1 Tho gubs.1 psii-
yateer Hornet tie schooner Anna and num-
Der Of other vessels, we believe, which have
sailed from Northern ports after searching in
vestigations into their character by the Spanish
authorities, have usually been caught in q
Southern port by storm and tried over again.
Sometimes, as in the case of the Hornet the
last trial has resulted very differently from the
first, and ship which was declared innocent
of the crime in one port is found guilty and
condemned for the same crime and on the
same evidence in another. Perhaps it is a
matter of geography after all, and If the Cubans
are shrewd enough to bring suit against the
Spanish gunboats at Norfolk they may get the
satisfaction denied them in New York.
Year: 1870

TREASON IN THE RADICAL RANKs.-The
Buffalo Erpress (republican) seriously asks
the question. "Whether the party in the State
of.New York would not make votes and popu-
lar strength by entirely ignoring the existence
of any republican organization in the city Of
New York;" That "Cochrane salve," which
healed the breach in the Union Republican
Committee in this city the other night, does not
yet seem to have had similar soothing effect
in the interior of the State. But such isthe
whirligig Of politics-the radicals all in q
muddle and the democrats all crotchety.
Year: 1870

A donkey in rage or mad bull in china
shop is an impressive exhibition of reckless
and senseless fury; but the blind excitement
Of the combustible French radical Rochefort
over the late homicide in Paris is an exhi-
bition of stupidity on the rampage which sur
passes even that of mad bull among the
crockery Two of citizen Rocheforts friends
wait on Prince Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte at
his house, upon the business of a duel They
evidently come prepared, as will be seen by
our cable kilograms to-day and the statement
of one Of the actors. to provoke him to
fight and to shoot him on the spot. They in
suit him; but he is too quick for them with his
revolver. He kills one, and after cowardly
shot from the other puts him to flight; where
upon the infuriated Rochefort, in his newspaper,
denounces the Bonapartes as assassins, given
habitually to waylaying and numbering, and
feolishly rants Of ''the blood-stained hands Of
those cutthroats," and of 'sthe rufdan Pierre
Napoleon Bonaparte," and Of 'sgrape-shotting
republicans in the streets" and ssalluring them
into baited traps for the purpose of slaughter
ing them at home" The rufaanism here is
with the accuser; and the worst of it is that
this Billingsgate Of Rochefort must inevitably
react against himself and his party. His con-
duct in this business is certainly calculated to
convince his partisans that such reckless agi-
tator is capable Of nothing but mischief, and
is only o frebrand that ought to be put out.
Year: 1870

the Erie Railroad shops in Jersey City struck
yesterday, and probably the strike will extend
along the line to-day. The cause of complaint
is the old one of failure of the managers to
pay them their wages. This is the third time
such strike has occurred on Erie for the
same cause within short time. The managers
of Erie certainly ought to make money enough
to pay their employees, Notwithstanding the
lawsuits they carry on. If, however, they
cannot afford to pay them we advise them to
sell out to some one who can.