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Year: 1873

The two receptions given by Sorosls tins
Winter at Delmonicos have attracted nearly all the
women and many of the men most prominent in the pro-
fessons and phanthropic movements; they have been
agents Of refined enjoyment distinctly outside the bOr
ders of pOemics and purely social in their character
Possibly they have been the occasion Of meeting on
friendly ground of the most urgent advocate OF an
tended suffrage and the btterest opponent OF that doc
trine and they surely viii be remembered pleasantly by
all who attended them The last Of the given
last evening, and especially distinguished a
"Valentine Reception" The customary entertainment
Of readings rectaoDs, and music varied by the de
livery and reading Of letters addressed by members Of
the Club 10 gentlemen who it known would be pres
ent The developed and the merriment that ensued
brought the series Of receptions to happy close that


general desire was expressed for their repetition.
Year: 1873




Superintendent ThOrne of the Street-cleaning
Bureau depOsed from his Office yesterday. by the
Board Of Police The Board then elected him patrol
man Of the Police Force and successvey promoted him
through the grades of rOundsman and sergeant to the
rank Of captain. Thus metamorphosed he was assigned
tohe duties Acting Superintendent of sreetceaning
The Police Commissioners assert that tins change is due
TO desire their part to ecOnomize inasmuch they
are compelled by law to pay 5000 yearly to supeIin
tendent Of streetceanng, while police captain can do
the same work at the regular salary OF S0O yearly
Moreover, owing 10 the new plan Of having patrOmen
supernend the gangs of streetcleaners il has been
found necessary TO appoint commanding officer Of
the squad thus engaged. Capt ThOrne low readily
perform this duty and also that Of superintendent Of
street-cleaning.
Year: 1873

While in Rochester | met Mr.. Heb
bard, an old resident of Genessee coun-
ty, who saw Sam Patch make his famous
Jump off Genessee Falls, thirty or forty
years ago. He says that jump day was
a great day in Rochester. The people
gathered for miles around to see this
intermittent American jumper, as he
performed his last feat


Sam Patch had previously jumped
over Niagara. Then, saying "some
things can be done as well as others, ="
he slashed around like Sergeant Bates
through the Western part OF the State
to back up his proyerb Before his last
jump he bought a big black bear of a
curcus man, and led him over the turn
pike to Rochester.


The morning of the day came. Sam
had arrived in town with the black bear,
and the crowd rushed into Rochester
from miles around Twelve o'clock was
the hour to iump-to jump hundred
feet downtown the terrible fall into
the boiling cauldron below. A staging
had been built out over the water, and
Sam appeared on the staging dressed in
a sailors fancy jacket, His friends now
took up a collection on shore, while
Sam swung his hat and said, after jump
ing himself, he would return and throw
the bear over. Then, amid death-like
stiffness, he ran a few steps and gave
one leap into the air and fell, cutting
the mist, like a lead-sinker, two hun
dred feet into the seething whirlpool.
As he left the staging his body assumed
an oblique position, his head foremost,
but above his feet. As he struck the
water there was dreadful silence, while
the populace awaited with choking
breath his reappearance. One minute,
two minutes, three minutes, and no
signs of the daring jumper. Then the
people set up a loud wail-a long muir
mur of sorrow.


This was the end of Sam Patch.


They say he had been drinking during
the morning, and failed to keep his feet
together and his body perpendicular, as
on previous occasions. So when he
struck the water the breath left his
body, and he was knocked senseless. A
month or so afterward they found his
body away down below Rochester, drift
ed upon the rocks.
Year: 1873

The site selected by the old Athenians
for their city was a fitting one for the
capital of people keenly sensitive to
beauty, and destined to become the
leaders of the world in matters of taste,
especially in the important department
of the fine arts. Nowhere are there
more charming contrasts of mountain
sea and plain nowhere a more perfect
harmony of picturesque effect. The
sea is not dreary waste Of waters with
out bounds, but smiling gulf, mirror
ing its mountain walls and winding
about embosomed isles, yet ever broad
ening as it recedes,. and suggesting the
mighty flood beyond from which it
springs. The plain is not illimitable
expanse over which the weary eye
ranges in quest Of some resting-place,
but is so small as to be embraced in its
whole contour in single view, while
its separate features-the broad, dense
belt of olives which marks the bed of
its principal stream, and ancient Ce-
phissus, the vineyards, the grain fields,
and the sunny hillside pastures-are
made to produce their full impression.
The mountains are not near enough to
be obtrusive, much less oppressive /;
neither are they so distinct as to seem
insignificant. Seen through the clear
air, their naked SUBMITS are so sharply
defined and so individual in appearance
as to seem almost like sculptured
forms chiseled ont Of the hard rock.
Year: 1873

NOTHING is more amiable than true
modesty, and nothing more contempti-
BILE than that which is false; the one
guards virtue, the other betrays it. True
modesty is ashamed to do anything that
is repugnant to right reason; false mo-
desty is ashamed to do any thing that is
opposite to the humOr OF those with
whom the party converses. True mo-
desty avoids everything that is criminal;
false modesty everything that is un-
fashionable. The latter is only a gen.
eral, undetermined instinct; the for
meT is that instinct limited and circum-
scribed by the rules Of prudence.
Year: 1873

er and his wife. Matters went on thus for
some time, the mysterious disappearances
meanwhile becoming more and more frequent
Fathers, sons and brothers going to or from
Charleston would suddenly...b be missing, and
no possible clue to their whereabouts could
be obtained. Public excitement as may be
supposed, was wrought up to the highest pitch,
until finally there came sudden and horrl-
BILE solution to the mystery. ,


One night-so tradition saith-a belated
traveller, on his way to Charleston, stopped at
the inn. Sitting at the inn, in the bar, sip
ping his toddy, it suddenly occurred to him
that the actions of his host and hostess were
somewhat peculiar. The fate of other travel:
ers in that section probably made his sense OF
danger more than usually acute, and he re.
solved to be sharply on the alert. He was
shown to his room by his obliging host, and
when the steps of the latter died away on the
stair, he made careful inspection OF the sur
roundings. He discovered, among other
things, that the bed on which he was expect
ed to sleep was ingeniouslv fitted in slides, so
that it could be lowered with ease to the
ground-hoor beneath. Other circumstances
convincing him that he was in trap of some
kind, he blew out his light and patiently
awaited developments. A little after mid
night, he Heard stealthy steps on the stairs,
and he Immediately put himself in position
to defend himself The steps drew nearer
and nearer, and finally the door, which was
guiltless of either lock or latch, was cautious
" opened, and the hospitable host stepped in.
The traveller felled him with chair, and
made his escape to the city, closely pursued
by both man and wife, who followed him near
ly to the city limits. Information was at once
conveyed to the authorities, and guard was
sent out to the inn and the wretches arrested.
The investigation that followed revealed a
pit below the room in which the traveller was
to have rested. In this pit we're found the
remains of all who had so mysteriously dis
appeared. The spectacle was most ghastly
one, and the revelation of such atrocity
created, in that primitive day, much more
intense thrill of horror through the country
than the Bender butcheries, and justice was
swift in overtaking the murderer and his &C
complce.
Year: 1873

THE REQUIREMENTS OF A TEACHER.


The profession ofa teacheris something most
beautiful-most sublime to love the youths
under his care as parent, to fit and prepare
them for life, to elevate and make them good
men.


What ought he to be? He has to know
all that he will teach, and still more. He
must be pious, and diligent in every thing
earnest and friendly toward his pupils, just
and reasonable, strict and attentive. His aim
must be to bring his pupils to perfection, that
they may learn not only a few useful matters
but, if possible, aA


He has to regard the pupils under his care
as tender little plants, needing his love-his
whole heart, and full of hope and confidence
will they look up to him. So are the little
flowers in meadows, woods and gardens, conf
dently looking up to the sky, longing now for
rain, now for sunshine, for their growth and
prosperity. Therefore, not even for one hour
ought the teacher to forget what he owes to
his pupils. There will always be something
needed amongst them, and to them he has to
give every care and attention.


Naughtiness and wantonness are not always
wickedness of the heart, and apparent lazi'
ness is sometimes only awkwardness of the
child, caused by the teachers negligence. He
has to see that his pupils study diligently
and he must know in what manner to give
the material to them, that they may like it
and accept it with joyfulness Then the
school will be to them pleasure, and not
burden.


Those who generally sit at the head of
class are not always the BEST Many one
will be neglected because the teacher does not
like him. He has to sit on the last bench
and yet he has true soul and a clear head


Further, the teacher must endeavor to gain
entirely the hearts of his pupils. He ought
to regard them as his own children, so that
they will delight to hear him, and give him
their entire confidence. To exercise such
power over them, he must appear always
friendly, but considerate; just, but not unfeel
ing; strict, but not unkind. Never must he
expect anything too difficult, not to mention
impossibilities never promise any thing that
he does not fulfill never threaten what he
does not execute; and he should appear al
ways the same in every respect. Under such
circumstances the pupils will cling to him
with their whole heart, and obey him with
gladness. He has to condescend to the level
of his pupils, for he can learn from them
every day. His attention has to be directed
to the way they take thing into considera'
tion-how they feel, and what they want for
this is all quite different from what it is
with grown people. After this, he has, in
mildness, to enlighten them in regard to their
mistakes and weaknesses. TO be looking al,
ways serious would make the pupils afraid
and vexed; yet too much kindness would,
like sweetmeats, spoil their stomachs To be
just must be his first duty, and the respect
and love of the pupils will follow. Have no
! favorites; deal with every one alike, whether
rich or poor


In this way, what the sun is to the EARTH
the teacher will be to his school and light
life, growth and fruit will be the beautiful
and sublime reward. H. N.
Year: 1873

Halls Journal of Health contains the fol-
lowing remarks relative to dyspepsia and
other difficulties, which will be interesting to
all concerned:


It ought not to be an unusual fact that per-
sons who are sent to Jail, very uniformly come
out at the end of few months sleek and fat;
so much so that often their best friends scarce
ly recognize them.


IF any man wants to be broken of liquor
drinking or smoking cigars, he has only to
have himself sent to the penitentiary. The
celebrated individual in Wall street few
years ago, who "made paper" with such an
unstinted hand, that is, forged names on notes
and collected the money on them, was proven
on the trial never to have been seen without
cigar in his mouth never to have been seen
without complaining of headache, and had
physician in daily attendance, who was
more successful in getting pay than in curing
the "paper" maker he diagnosed and prog
nosed the state of the mans pocket better
than the state of his constitution, for on being
asked by the court why he collected $500
quarter in advance for infnitesimal pellets he
very gravely replied, he saw what would be
the end Of it, and that he had better secure
himself while he could. This same "paper
man" was sent to the penitentiary for four
years; he fed on prison fare, plain and at reg.
ular times; never was allowed so much as a
single puff; attended most assiduously to his
duties as book-keeper; gained fifteen pounds
of flesh in less than three months; served out
his time; left the prison in robust health,
went over to Jersey, and is said to be one Of
the most efficient Sunday school superinten-
dents in all the "region round about" :.


Penitentiary board will cure any curable
case of ofdyspepsia for it involves two essential
things which are most potent remedies-plain
food at five hours interval, nothing between,
and steady muscular exercise. The remedy
will be as efficient out of a penitentiary as in
it, but one man in million will try it of his
own accord. Plain food, taken at regular in:
tervals, accompanied with moderate physical
exercise, will cure any case of dyspepsia which
can be cured at all no medicine ever has or
ever can cure that malady; nothing can cure
it but rested stomach and nourishing food.
Year: 1873

Mr.. Treasurer Spinner has written letter
TO show how much more difficult 1t Is to
repent than to sin. There is no law, he tells
us. by which Back Pay can be covered into
the Treasury 80 effectually that the owner
cannot get it out again-unless, indeed, he
should be patriotic enough to die and leave
il TO the United States by will. 1t cannot
be turned over as an unexpended balance,
because it is an independent appropriation,
"and, like that for the payment of the inter-
"est on the public debt, always remains for
"the purpose for which it was appropriated"
And even paying it into the Treasury on the
order of the owner does not, according to
this inhexible officer, place it beyond reach.
II can be reclaimed at any time.


If Gen. Spinner is right, we must regret
tbot the feeble virtue of the average Con-
pressman is exposed to new temptation. 1t
will aggravate the anguish of Gov Morton,
for instance, and other tardy penitents, who
held on to their share as long as they could,
and turned it over at the eleventh hour only
pnder pressure of the exigencies Of the cam
naion. to be told that the money is waiting
for them still--that they have only to stretch
ont their hands and take it-that the conflict
between avarice and conscience between the
good angel, so to speak. and the devil, must
he fought over again every day. To the pub
lie. however, Gen. SDinners discovery
makes no great difference. We care
very little for the money, considered
simply IA money. The country can
afford to lose, if it is necessary, the million
and a half appropriated for Back Pay, but it
cannot afford to pass this indecent and
audacious raid upon the national treasury
without censure, or to retain in its confidence
legislator who is willing TO share in the
plunder. Nobody Except Mr.. Carpenter)
pretends that Member of Congress is COM
pelled TO take the Back Pay. Law or no law,
any man is at liberty TO put the money into
the Treasury. 10 leave it there ~ long as ho
Year: 1873

lives, and to bequeath it to tho United States
in his will. Nay, il Congress cannot find
way of disposing of the appropriation, any
member can surely pay over his share to the
conscience fund or they can all do as one of
their number is reported to have done
namely, invest it in United States bonds, and
cause the bonds to be Cancelled at the
Treasury. What we want is to find out just
how many of our legislators have honor and
honesty enough to put this money forever out
of their reach. AS for those who prove
deficient In honor and honesty. it is worth all
it costs to find them out


We may add that Gen. Spinner's theory seems
to us erroneous. The appropriation for Back
Pay has already been expended. When the
money has been drawn from the Treasury, and
handed over to the Congressman or his agent,
the transaction is closed What the Congress
man does with it afterward is another matter.
If he turns it into the Treasury he does not
thereby convert it into an unexpended appro-
priation, but he makes free gift to the
United States; and if there is any doubt as to
the right of the United States to accept such
a gift, the matter can easily be settled by
legislation,
Year: 1873

struggle of Butler and anti-Butler with pniio-
sophie calmness, denouncing both fao'ionS
of the opposition with great Impartial
ity and profound contempt. They invi'e
no alliance, seek no profit from the dissen-
sions of their opponents, but attend win uis-
nifty and composure to their own funeral pro-
cession. 1t is remarkable exhibition OF
perfect composure. Having nothing to lose
they do not go about fooling themselves with
the notion that there are large possiblii-
ties of gain in the distractions of the enemy.
To all the political spectators who have
been SAYING to them "Now is your oppor-
"tunity," they reply, "GO away, gentlemen
"this is not joint stock speculation, but a
"funeral that aims to preserve its unity and
identity till the ceremonies are concluded
Nothing could be more perfect IN its way.


Meantime the field is left entirely open for
a respectable bolt in the Republican party II
Mr.. Butler should be nominated, or bolt OF
the other kind should he be defeated The
Democrats are attending to their own business
There could not be better time for the
Republican party to divide and fight it out.
Year: 1873

We wish to put a few brief and simple ques-
tons to those who believe that the United
States Treasury contained the sum of eighty
seven million dollars in gold and silver on
Saturday last as reported by the Secretary of the
Treasury. These questions are to be answered
on the suppOsitiOn that Mr.. Richardson's state
ments are correct, and that The TRIBUNE has
been all along deceiving the public on the
subject.


/. How is it that the Government gold GER
tifcates, which represent the gold belonging
to private citizens, increased two million dol
lars in the month of August while the specie
in the New-York banks decreased eight mil
lions during the same month What became
of the ten millionsi


III. How is it that the Government received
eighteen millions from the public for customs,
paid out only seven millions for interest and
sold but five millions, giving net gain to
the Government of six millions at the expense
of private individuals, and still the share of
gold belonging to private individuals increased
two millions 7


III. How is it that on the 30th of June the
gold in the Treasury, which includes, as we
have shown before. very nearly the entire
private stock this side of the Rocky Noun
tains, showed an increase during the month
of twelve million dollars, without importation
twelve million being four times the monthly
product of all tho gold mines in this country,
and considerably more than the monthly pro-
duct of all the gold mines in the world 7


". How is it that, two months later, on
the Sist of August, eight million dollars in
gold having meanwhile been shipped out of
the country, the Treasury contained as much
gold, within two hundred thousand dollars,
as on the 3Oth of Junef How are we to ac-
count for tho sudden and Opportune appear
ances of these millions of gold, when our
mines are producing only three millions q
month, of which q considerable proportion is
exported direct to China, Japan, and other
countries from the Pacific Coast7 Has gold
mine been discovered in Washington


V. How is it that one batch of bonds
amounting to eleven million dollars cannot be
adjusted" until two months after they have
been redeemed, while another batch of eleven
millions of the same kind of bonds is "ad-
"iustedr and paid for and utterly disappears
from the Public Debt Statement whole
week before the bonds are payablef


vi. What is the use OF Public Debt State
ments if nobody is to be permitted to compare
them with each other and test them by we'll
known facts, or make any truthful comments
on themi


VII. What can be gained in the long run
by asserting that three and three make eight,
or seven, or anything else but six


VIII. For an Investigating Committee)
When, where, and how did the Syndicate set
tie, and how many laws Of the United States
have been violated by Secretary Richardson
since the 1st of June Z


TX. Is, or is it not, for the good of the pub
Lie that the amount of coin in the Treasury
should be known, and also the portions of the
said coin belonging respectively to the Gov
ernment and to private depositorsf
Year: 1873

prices thirty per cent above those OF the next
highest and the most responsible bidder. ALI
these are facts familiar to the people of Brook
lyn, which have been readily recalled to most
of them by Mr.. Kingsley's indignant wish to
coerce the petty thief Rodman in order to
conceal the thefts of the party If Brook
lyn had Corporation Counsel and District
Attorney with free souls and clean
hands. they would compel restitution OF
Mr.. Kingsley as well as of Rodman.
The one is equally guilty with the
other, and the proof is a deal clearer in Mr.
Kingsley's case than it has been thus far
shown to be in that Of Mr.. ROdman. Why
should the petty thief be prosecuted the whole
sale plunderer is to be protectedf Rodman
took the crumbs that fell from the table OF
the Ring Kingsley presided at the board and
shared at the feast, the greatest gluttOn OF
them all. This is Rodman's first known Of
fense; is that we have cited Kingsley's only
onei If action be taken against him success
fully, it will not be the first time he has been
made to disgorge. TO avoid exposure he
refunded few months ago $4,000 OF
funds which he had illegally obtained
from the Brooklyn Bridge Company, because
the Board which voted him the sum was
created by himself, and did his bidding az
seryilely as the Ring does still. Let Mr.
Kingsley's rule be applied to himself, and
then Brooklyn can properly declare that its
public plunderers do not go unpunished
Until this is done in court or at the polls, nc
prosecution of petty ROdmans will avail to
clear the fame or protect the Treasury OF the
City of Churches
Year: 1873

Thomas Mcguire, a remarkably precocious Boston
boy was last week sent to the Tewksbury Reform
School, there to stay during his minority. He is
only eight years old, and attained his majority in
sin and iniquity long ago. When only five years old
he broke into shop and riaed the till After this
he achieved brilliant reputation as apickpoeket.
He speedily rose, however. to the dignity of high
way robbery; for, meeting smaller boy on the
street who had little money in his pocket, he with
force and arms appropriated the same. For thirteen
years his will be suspended. and his ex-
traordinary abilities lost to the world. Master Ma
guire is described by the reporters as very small of
his age, dirty ragged, and strongly resembling
Whittier's Little Barefoot Boy" His father is
dead, his mother isl in prison as common drunk
ard, and his elder brother under indictment for
burglary 80 that il is question how far he may be
considered responsible for his melancholy moral
eccentricities.
Year: 1873

The Iowa Democrats are not entirely IN &C
cord with their party associates in this state
Here they not only propose to continue thelr
organization but respectfully decline an alliance
with any other wing of the opposition, simply
lifting their noses while they proceed IN
Iowa the State Committee has issued an ad-
dress setting forth good and sufficient reasons
for abandoning the field. and advising all op-
pOnents of the Administration party TO vote
the Anti Monopoly ticket.