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Year: 1871

The Cassel correspondent of the Lon
don Times writes


The other day, had most horrible
sight of human suffering. About 1,50O
prisoners arrived at II might, on their
way from Frankfort to Stet.in, in open
railway trucks, no other carriages being
available When the train started from
Frankfort in the morning the thermome-
tor was above freezing point, but in the
course of the day such sudden change
set in that in the evening the glass mark
ed many degrees below it. They were
scantily clothed, some Of them without
great coats, which they had sold, buying
tobacco with the money others had
thin cotton stockings and wooden shoes;
others again had nothing at all on their
feet Lying in the same open trucks
which conveyed them from Epernay, ex-
posed to the intense cold, they were in
many instances frozen to the boards in
their own filth. One of them at least
some people speak of more-was frozen
to death. They were in a most terrible
and pitiable plight, and the groaning Of
some of the poor sufferers was fearful.
After their arrival they were distributed
in the waiting rooms of the station and
in the barracks, where they received res
toratives in the shape of coffee, soup,
and meat Warm clothes and blankets
were also given to many of them, and
they continued their journey after a
stoppage of fifteen hours, with the ex-
ception Of about twenty, who were sent
to the Lazaretter. When l saw them
there they had first to be bathed. They
were literally swarming with verlnin.
Some of them, being Mobiles, were mere
boys Of sixteen, and again men above
fifty others had served in the line, and
all of them were suffering from exhaus-
ton or pulmonary affection.
Year: 1871

Keep the surface of the frozen part at
or near the freezing point-32o Fahren-
heit-until it is thawed ont by the heat
from within the body. Remember this,
frozen flesh should be thawed from trithsa
not from without The reason is this ;
If the melting commences by the action
of the warm arterial blood, at the deep
est part the frozen blood, us soon us
melted is carried away by the veins with
out ruptrlring the delicate network of
capillary vessels which form the connect
ing link between the arteries and veins
If, instead. the thawing commences upon
the surface, the blood, us it becomes Ii
quilted, will remain upon the outside OF
the frozen part, as the vessels which
should convey it away are still frozen up
This blood soon changes its color, ex-
pands with the heat, and causes intense
pain, and is liable to burst the little ca
pillary vessels which contain it. The best
way to keep the surface of the frozen
part at the desired temperature. is to
keep It in water in which there Is con-
siderable quantity of ice or snow until it
becomes entirely thawed out from with
in. Frozen flesh should, on no account,
be rubbed. The frozen part is filed
with minute vessels, running in every
direction, each one of which contains an
icicle. Now if the part is rubbed, the
effect is to break these minute icicles
into thousands of pieces, and each piece
has its sharp corners, which are forced
through the walls of the vessels, tearing
them to pieces. and lacerating the flesh,
SO as always to cause great soreness, and
oftentimes disorganizatlon and death of
the part. While rubbing the frozen part
itself should be carefully guarded
against, it is useful to rub the adjoining
parts, as it greatly promotes the circula-
ton of the blood, and hastens the thaw-
ing in the natural way
Year: 1871

An Indiana pedngogue going to school
on a cold morning, lately, found himself
locked out by number of scholars who
were inside. He got ladder, ascended
the roof, and laid board over the top
of the chimney to smoke them out. They
took away his ladder and left him sitting
on the ridge-pole till he froze his ears
and fingers and agreed to yield to their
demands. Then they let him down.
School discipline is imperfect out that
Wav
Year: 1871

SANTA CLAUS TO CALIFoRNIA. The uneasy
mortals Of the Golden State should now be
happy that they have at last had the good
storm of rain and wind they have been 90
angrily expecting, and that it came SO near
the festive season. 1t should keep them in
good humor until the next earthquake comes
along. Santa Claus tipped the wink to the
clerk of the weather, and they are happy.
Year: 1871

81 HAD A DREAM WHICH WAS Nor ALL A
DREAM" was Byrons Arst line in his poem on
darkness. This remark was repeated by an
enthusiastic Christmasist In thinking Of tug
at his watch chain In the gasless portion Of
Gotham last night, when he tried to account
for the loss of his watch to his better half. e.-.
Year: 1871

"NopoDY HuRT."-The President OF the
Metropolitan Gas Company makes this quota
ton from the lamented Lincoln in referring to
the late explosion and the consequent envelop-
ment Of large part of the city In Cimerian
darkness. This is certainly cheerful way Of
putting the thing. Wonder the company have
not bad the modesty 10 tell the gas consumers
that the whole affair was only an innocent and
novel way they took to make their customers
prettv little Christmas present
Year: 1871

How TO DETECT CHICKoRY IN GROUND CoFFEE.--Pure coffee when sprnkled on the surface of water, remains there for sometime, and does not sink but if chicory is present it will almost immediately sink, and tinge the liquid brownsh yellow. Again, Chic. oiry contains so much gummy matter that if the fingers be moistened, and little of the suspected coffee be taken up between them, and well pressed together it can be moulded into slightly adhering pellet, while pure coffee will not adhere at all.
Year: 1871

SAVANNAH, August 3l.-The damage
to the rice crop by the recent storm is
more serious than was at first supposed.
The forward rice, which had been cut
and was lying in the fields stacked was
totally swept away. The growing crop
was not so generally destroyed, but is
seriously injured. The damage done in
Florida by the storm is reported as fear
tul The whole country was under
water, and all the springs are closed up
in consequence. The damage to crops
of all kinds is incalculable. Railroad
tracks and telegraph lines were washed
away and trade is almost entirely sus-
pended.


A large number Of Charle:tonians
have fled from their city on account OF
the yellow fever, which is now epidem-
ic. Crowds are leaving daily and every
train arriving at Augusta is full OF ref
ugees. Quite number OF Charleston
merchants are moving their business to
Augusta.
Year: 1871

The husks OF corn are very well worth
the trouble of saving, When dried and
torn into strips they make excellent
mattresses. clean and sweet aud very
soft and elastic. Plated into . rope
and wound round central point, they
make serviceable door.ma.s the man.
ufacture OF which will furnish pleasiag
and useful flreside employment for many
a stormy day when outside work is i'm.
possible, or for the long evenings Of
winter. They are worth saving for
these purposes alone.
Year: 1871

RICHMOND, August 3l.-The Business
committee of the Constitutional Con-
vention reported a disruption Of the
party organization throughout the State,
which was adopted. The committee
which was nominated to report a plat
form was allowed to sit during the
session of the Convention. The resolu-
ton inviting Gov. Walker to a seat on
the platform, which was tabled yester.
day, was taken up and after q spirited
discussion was adopted with only three
dissenting votes.
Year: 1871

A cabinet meeting will be held to
morrow, at which all the members will
probably be present, except Secretary
Boutwell,. Counsel for the Govern
ment at the General Conference will
probably be determined on in the cabi
net. The name OF prominent lawyer
has been under consideration today.
Year: 1871

seven grandchildren, and two great
grandchildren. His youngest daugh-
ter-the wife of Mr.. VIM. Life, with
whom Mr.. Hastings is spending the re-
mainder of his days-is thirty-three
years old, being born unto him when be
was at the age of seventy-one. All the
members Of the family are strong and
healthy. He has six grandsons that
weigh over two hundred pounds each,
and one granddaughter that weighs
two hundred and twenty. Mr.. Hast
ings has been a very strong, healthy,
athletic man, with the best possible
organization.


But his days are now drawing to a
close, and the old man will soon be gath
cred home, and it is good to know that
he passes away from among US relying.
on the hope of a glorious mortality. As
we sat looking at those noble features
on which a hundred years or more had
left their impress, and on that venerable
head siIvered over BY so many seasons,
our mind involuntarily fitting down
the aisle of time, and we imagined we
heard the echo of the terrible clsng and
strife of those days, when our early
fathers fought a second time for the in
of our glorious land; and in
cur heart of hearts we blessed the feeble
old man before US. As we arose to go,
he grasped our hand warmly and fra
ternally, and with a feeble voice and
moistened eyes he blessed US, and ex-
pressed the hope to meet again.


He is conscious that his time is fast
to a close, and he has request
ed that his remains be buried with Ma
sonic rites. He is a devoted Christian,
and within the past few days the Rev.
J. J. Walter has enrolled his name
among the members of the NJ. E Church.


But a few more days, and the good old
hero will see the sun go down and shed
its refulgent rays for the last time over
the land that he has chosen in which to
close his eyes in immortal sleep.
Year: 1871

The Cincinnati Commercial makes
the following just and true remarks:


There is a very serious political
significance in the New York riots.
Those riots expose to the country
in a ghastIy light the Democratic
misgovernment of the great city.
The material of which the immense
Democratic majority in New York
is very largely composed, is made
disgustingly prominent. NOtwith'
standing Governor HOfman's
eleventh hour proclamation, the
feeling Of indignation and apprehen-
sion as to the condition of the great
city that is universal throughout the
country, IS intensified in the rural
regions of the State of New York.
The Democratic Ring is held respon-
sibIe, and that properly. The Dem
ocratic party in New York is well
understood to mean the Tammany
Ring. This bloody riot, under cir
.cumstances disgraceful and humilia-
ting beyond precedent, follows
closely the exposure of the alarming
financial condition of the city. More
than one hundred millions of dollars
have been spent by the municiPali-
ty within two years. This is not
by any means an encouraging symP-
tom of the advantages of Democrat
ic fuanciering. In brief, New
York, heretofore in all candid cal
cuIations put down for the Democ-
racy in the next Presidential cleo
ton, is now a doubtful State, with
the chances in favor of the Republi-
cans. Ifit had not been for Hof-
mans proclamation the State would
have been Republican to a GER
tainty.
Year: 1871

We have been a good deal amused by
the offer of Georgia newspaper editor,
who announces that he will publish
"original poetry" at the low rate "of 50
per line" To comprehend the despera-
tion of this journalist one must have
been a journalist himself, receiving dai-
Iy dozens of copies of verses, for which
he has, were they good, no room in his
columns, while most Of them are so
feebly bad that they are not even enter
tanning. In the present state of the Ars
Poetica let it, once for all, be understood
that smooth versifcation is no proof of
genius; and every rhymer should ask
himself this question: "If I do not
publish this poem what effect will its
suppression have upon the age and the
world ?"
Year: 1871

THE TOBACCO UNION.
Come old and young, and hear me tell,
Row strong tobacco smokers smell;
They love to smoke their pipes so well,
That for tobacco they would sell


Their right to social Union.
They always scent the atmosphere,
And you may know when they are near,
Though not a word from them you hear;
Their breath grows stronger every year,


When in this smoking Union.
They clean their pipe stems with wire,
And iIl the bowl, aud put in fire,
And smoke till it doth quite expire,
And never do they seem to tire


In their tobacco Union.
Sometimes from three to six yOu see
Collected in one company;
And every fellow in good glee,
When they must have a smoking spree,


In this vile smoking Union.
And then the fumo and smoke will rise,
Like morning mist toward the skies;
Then woe to him who has weak eyes,
Unless he takes his leave and flies


Away from snch Union.
Those who in outer darkness lie,
May in their error live and die,
Before such persons e'er will try,
Them with the Gospel to supply,


When in this smoking Union.
They keep their money from the poor,
And send them hungry from their door;
Then haste away to some ones store,
And spend it for tobacco more.


Away with such a Union.
Sometimes within the church you view
A person who will sit and chew,
And spit upon the floor or pew,
Until it spreads q foot or two;


And sing of heavenly Union.
Sometimes within their neighbor's door,
They cast their guilds some three or four,
And spit on carpet, hearth, or floor,
A gill, sometimes, or even more.


Oh, that disgusting Union.
Oftimes when in Gods church you'll see
The floor in such state will be
That you can scarcely bow the knee,
Though e'er so humble you may be.


Pooh, shame on such Unionl
wonder how such folk can say
They have religion ev'ry day,
And love the Lord, and love to pray,
When rhav can fbroyv his gifts ayray


In this tobacco Union.
Year: 1871

Three heavy golden vases were
lately found in POmpeii in the mid
die Of a street a few feet under the
ground. it is believed they were
carried by priests in a procession to
prOpitiate the gods, and that the
bearers were killed while moving
through the streets.
Year: 1871

The last wrinkle of the insurance COM
panies is their refusal to insure females
against accidents on railroads and steam
boats. The excuse of the companies is
that when an alarm of fire is raised on
a railroad car or steamboat, the ladies
are usually thrown into such a state of
terror that accidents are almost sure to
follow, and that the losses in the past,
under this head, have been very much
greater than the gains.
Year: 1871

I am composed of seven letters.
My first is in mud, also in mire;
Ny second is in water, but not in fire;
My third is in ring, but not in gold;
My fourth is in young, but not in old;
My fifth is in need, but not in give;
My sixth is in dying, but not in live;
My seventh is in guest, also in earl.
My whole is the name of a nice young girl.


BLACE-EYED JOHNNY
Year: 1871

The Right of Proof by Former Partner.


Before Judge Blatchford


In the Matter OF David Kin1-In this case the
mother Of the bankrupt claimed to prove debt OF
$4,000 upon the estate The proof was opposed by
the assignees upon the ground that there had been
no dissolution OF the partnership previous to the
bankruptcy. The question was argued by Edwin
James and Blandy for the claimant, and ID. Nc
MahOn for the assignees. 1t was c0ntended mat
the bankrupt was insovent when the dissolution
took place, and that the partner was responsible
for all the debts then due and therefore could not
prove her claim. Judge Biatchford reserved his
decision.
Year: 1871

In sentencing a prisoner for
perjury, the other day Recorder
Hackett, of New York, said: have
often wondered that the Almighty
has not destroyed this great city
long ago, for L do not believe
there is another community in the
world where so much perjuty ex
isis as in thiS.r
Year: 1871

A wealthy bishop congratulated
a poor priest upon the good air
which he breathed in his parish,
rowhich the latter replied: "Yes.
my lord, the air would be good
enough if I could ONLY live on it,
Year: 1871

The sportins press of England and America
have been discussing for several weeks past
the probability Of an International horse race,
the animals selected by the parties who wish
to bring about the affair being the American
colt Harry Bassett and the English colt Ster-
ling. We do not thick that there ever will be
meeting between these famous race colts,
for the reason that Colonel Mcdaniel, the
owner Of Harry Bassett, will not go to
England under any circumstances, and Joseph
Dawson, the trainer of Sterling, cannot spare
time to come over here. Mcdaniel has en-
gagements with his stable next summer
amounting to over one hundred thousand
dollars, and he cannot think of neglecting
these for the glory of going to England to run
match with Sterling or any other horse in
the realm. Dawson is similarly situated at
home, and has not time to spare to come to
America. Therefore the talk about an inter-
national horse race may as well be dropped for
he present, as there is no probability of its
coming off. Colonel Mcdaniel, however, says
that he will match Harry Bassett against any
horse in the world after the FIRST week in June
next, and should any Of our transatlantic
cousins wish q race they can have one by
bringing their horses to this country. Harry
Bassett will mott go to England.
Year: 1871

But win that produce harmony Will not the
new ssouts" be IS sulky as the new Gins"
onoe were. But the official patronage Of the
State Of New York being newly placed at the
disposal Of the administration there will prob
ably be plunder enough to satisfy the greed Of
the most clamorous among the republican
place-seekcrs.
Year: 1871

TIE Rothchilds are said to be such firm be-
iieyers in luck that they will never employ any
person in any capacity who has been unfortunate
They always ask the man who applies to them
for a situation, however humble I" Have you ever
had any bad luck?" and if the reply be in the
affirmative be is rejected without further discus
sion. 20 this apparently severe and unjust m de
of dealing they attribute much of their extraor-
dinary success in business,
Year: 1871

MR. SEWARD said at Constantinople at an en-
tertainment given him by the Sultan, that he
had " completed nearly two-thirds of a voyage
around the globe, and he had not as yet found a
people who were not friends of the United States;
and be had yet to find in the rest of his journe ey
the people or government which is hostile, if
there be one."
Year: 1871

From the Philadelphia Bulletin.l


The condition of Queen Victorias
health is not only causing great anxiety
among those of her subjects who have
a personal affection for her, but it is ex
citing much uneasiness concerning the
political complications that may arise in
case of her death. Mr.. Disraeli, the
leader of the anti ministerial party, made
a speech, yesterday, in which he alluded
to the Queens health 10 very despondiug
language, and one dispatch states that he
declared that she was physically and
mentally incapacitated for reigning any
longer" This startling assertion, com
ing from man of such prominence, is
said to have caused much consternation
and some of the papers have suppressed
it in their published reports of the speech
But if it rightly represents the Queens
condition, there can be nothing gained
by eoncealing it,


Whatever may be the exact nature Of
the malady OF maladies with which Queen
Victoria is afflicted, there can be little
doubt that she is unfit to bear the re-
sponsibilities and cares of government.
Since the death Of her usbapd, which
occurred at period in her life which
is always a critical one with women, she
/ has been profoundly and morbidiy mel
ancholy, and from the reports concern
ing her condition, it may be Inferred that
she has at last sunk, or is sinking, into a
state Of mental alienation resembling
that of her grandfather, George the
Third. The ministers and the people
under that monarch long refused to &C
knowledge that he was an imbecile; but
at last Regent had to be appointed.
and the rest of the Kings life was that
of a harmless madman. Even in that
condition, it is probable that the king
dom would have been better off with
some other temporary provision than the
Regency of the Prince of Wales, for the
scandals, social and political, of that
period left stains upon the history Of the
Court of Great Britain which were only
wiped out when the good and virtuous
Victoria came to the throne.


The people Of England may well look
forward with solicitude and dread to a
new regency, under another Prince Of
Wales, who seems to inherit all the char
acteristic bad qualities of his great
uncle. But precedent, which is part Of
the uDwritten British constitution, will
make the prince the Regent when his
mothers incapacity is fully established.
From the language of Disraeli it is evi
dent that it is already established, and
while there may be the same effort to
conceal it that there was in the case of
George III, it must be acknowledged
before a great while. This will bring
about crisis in English affairs that will
deeply interest the people of all nations.
Monarchists will watch anxiously to see
whether the jus divinuns will be recog
nized so fully as to enable the Prince of
Wales to take the reigns of government
peaceably, while the Republicans of all
grades, in Great Britain and in foreign
lands, will hope that the occasion will
be seized of Transforming the British
empire into a Republic. The Queen S
son and heir has not particle of the re-
spect and affection of her subjects and il
does not seem probable that they viii
quietly assent to his elevation TO rhe po.
sition of head of the nation.
Year: 1871

From the Cincinnati Commercial, (Rep.)


1t Is probable that the National Com
mercial Convention will reiterate its re.
quest to Congress to pass a law granting
general amnesty to the people of the
South. The National Convention of
colored men now in session in ST Louis
has before 1t resolution to the same
effect, which is likely to be favorably
acted upon. Both bodies have taken
favorable action on the question referred
to by the Commercial.-Ed. Banner


Here, then, are the unpolitical rcpresen
tatives on the two races, of which the
black viii most sensibly feel the effect of
such policy, united upon the question
of removing political disabilities. There
is very large element in the Republican
party Which would heartily indorse such
a course -on the part of the General
Government


The response made to Senator Schurz'
speech in Nashville by the meu who once
wore the grey, deserves to be studied.
| The SeDstor took back nothing. lie
adheresT<o tie amendmepts to the Con
stitution and the reconstruction measures
of Congress as wise and necessary, but
he gave these men to understand that
none of these measures were the result
of personal animOsity or sectional hatred
and that they did not spring from a de-
sire to humiliate the South or to punish
those who had fought on the side of the
ICoufederacy. He was at pains to ex~
plain the motives that shaped the policy
of the Federal Congress, and to show
them that they, under like circumstances,
would have made similar conditions.


To his temperate aud statesmanlike
speech they listened attentively, and
made response in language more warm
aud patriotic than was to have been an-
ticipated We doubt not the speech of
the Missouri Senator will have a more
traDquilziug effect in Tennessee than
the Kuklux law or any other restrictive
legislation that Congress may devise.


1t would seem to be the part of wise
statesmanship to remove all causes of
complaint, If compatible with the public
safety Restore political with civil
rights and franchises put these disaf-
lected people on footing with ourselves,
aud then, if they are not satisfied; if
they persist in the persecution of those
who do not think and act with them, and
in defiance of law, and uumindful of the
obligations of generosity. they outrage
the persons and property of their Union
or colored neighbors, let them feel the
force of authority in its sharpest form.
Standing before the world without a
show of excuse for their couduct, they
would suffer the EXTREMIST consequences
without exciting its sympathy.