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Year: 1872

The reports and papers in the 2,200
claims just reported as allowed or rejected
by the Southern Claims Commission have
been removed to the room of the Commit
tee of Claims, in the basement story of the
House wing of the capitol. The commit
tee room is to be kept open daily, from lotto
o'clock, to afford access to the papers by
claimants, their attorneys, or other depu-
tiZed persons. ta


1t is probable that q supplementary re
port, embracing such of the earliest and
most meritorious claims as could not be got
into the late report for want of time, will
be sent to Congress by the Commissioners
in season to have the awards included in
the appropriation bill to be reported by the
Claims Committee during the present ses-
sion. Should an appropriation to pay the
claims be made during this session the pa
pers belonging to the allowed claims will
go to the Treasury Department and be
placed in the charge of the Third Auditor,
by whom the final settlement is to be
made. e n 81 Fe


Payment is made in every case by a
Treasury draft, current everywhere, but
payable only to the claimants order.


Owing to the large number of claims and
the necessary delay in passing the appro-
priatiOn bill, payment will hardly begin
before the latter part of next spring, and is
likely to extend far, into the summer. AS
some of the rejected claims will probably
be reOpened for cause, it is expected that
after examination by the Claims Commit
tee, the papers will be returned to the files
of the Commission Washington Chron>
icIe 18Th
Year: 1872

Among the recent decisions of the Post
Office Department are the following:


Railroad postal clerks are required to
take mail matter up to the last moment
before the starting of the train.


A married woman has the right to re-
ouire that letters addressed to herself should
not be delivered to any one but herself, or on
her order Wash. Chronicle, 10Th.
Year: 1872

Over the Exchange Restaurant are extensively
now, and any gentleman wishing to
treat his lady to some nice Oysters or anything
that can be found at a frst-class Restaurant,
should give Eifer call. n22-d3mo.
Year: 1872

Gov. Hoffman of New York, in his message, speaks as follows of the Eight hour law:

 In 1870 what is commonly called the Eight-hour law was enacted by the Leg islature and approved by me. It pro- vided, among other things, that eight hours shall constitute legal days work upon all the public works of the State. and that any public officer who should violate or evade it's provisions might be removed by the Governor or by the heads of departments to which such of ficer was attached. By this Act the Legislature intended to hold out the promise, on behalf of the State, to labor CTS who might be employed on any pub lie work that they should receive full days wages at current rates for eight honrs,work. The spirit of the promise has been kept /; yet no case has arisen where removal of a public officer could legally be made. The laborer understood the law to provide for reduction of the hours, but not of the wages of labor The State ought not, under the forms of law, to deceive any portion of it's people. Its practice should be in accord with ifs professions. It demands general ohedi- ence to it's statutes, and should itself set the example of conformity with its own laws, While the law stands upon the statute book the professions embodied in it sholll be made good by such amendments 10 it as will render tho ful. hlment of it's purpose certain.
Year: 1872

TIGHT BooTs.-Hard corns are caused by too much pressure of the boot, or by its being so loose as to slip back and forth on the spot where the. corn afterward shows itself. Medical books record sev- eral cases where paring hard corn has caused bleeding which no known means could arrest, and death ensued. Nothing harder than the tinger-nail ever ought to be allowed to touch the corn, which can always be cured, or kept from causing inconvenienoe, by simply bathing the part in warm water for half an hour for several days in succession; often single bathing will accomplish tho object of softening the parts adjacent to tue actual corn that it can be picked out with the fnger-nail, and the shoe can be instantly worn without discomfort, which an hour before gave him great pain. It may re- turn in week, or month, or year, but the same treatment will always avail. Pairing causes them to spread and take deeper root.
Year: 1872

STONES IN THE STOMACH OF Cop FISH. Among the curious things connected with the cod-fish is the frequency with which large stones are found in the stom- ach. These are of various sizes, some- times in large fish, weighing many pounds and it is Q popular belief among fishermen that these are taken in just be- fore 8 storm for the purpose of anchor ing themselves during the expected swell of the sen. This is supposed to be cor reiterated by the fact If it be one) that all the fish taken before storm agree in this peculiarity, whereas at ordinary times nothing of the kind can be detec- te1
Year: 1872

The importance of giving Shesidan's GardIry Condition Po,0ders to horses that have been out in the cold rain, stood in cold wind, or drank too much cold water, cannot be over estimated no man should be without them who owns good horse. -COm
Year: 1872

Making dwarfs and heggars is com mon thing in China. For the first children are put into heavy porcelain vases where they have to remain. so that it is impossible for them to grow any larger than the interior of their prison,

 while the latter voluntarily submit to having their eyes taken out or their limbs broken in order to excite. public
Year: 1872

The excitement over the outrage com mitted upon the little white girl by n negro named Howard at Rochester N. Y. was very great. A mob of four or five hundred people went to the jail, and at tempted to break in and kill the prisoner. They were Ioiled by the Sheriff and Po- lice. The military assembled for the protection of the jlil.

 Attacks were made by rou9hs and others on unoffending negroes who ap- pearetl in the streets. The Sheriff and his aids stood firm and determined to uphold the laws.

 While the crowd was yelling at the corner of Court and Exchange streets, the military fired volley, killing two men and wounding one man and one boy. The names of the killed are John Filter, a railroad carman, and Henry Merlow. John Hilbert was shot through the calf of the leg. The name oe the boy has not been learned. He was hit in the shoul- der. The excitement was great.

 The crowd said it was not necessary to fire, while the military say that they were compelled to fire to protect them selves, as they were being pelted with stones. An account of the difficulty is thus given by an eyewitness, Policeman Branch

 The squad of military were lined across the west end of the bridge, facing Exchange street. A man stepped up to Policeman Branch, and said that some boys, 9 few feet off, were picking up stones. The officer drove them away At the same instant the word "forwar.t" was given by the officer in command of the squad, and he pushed the policeman aside. The shots were fired at this time The men shot Were standing in Exchange street, and had not participated with the mob. Filter was a highly respectable and influential citizen. He lived but few moments after heinz taken into a saloon near by.

 It is reported that woman was shot but it IS not yetcontrmed. The feeling again>t the military is intense. The police are being drawn in from the outer districts of the city and dispatche to the jail It. Is f, ared that more blood will be shed before morning. The colored peo- pie fed to their houses to hide, as it was not deemed safe for them to be seen in the streets.

 The body of John Eiter has inst been taken to the home of the deceased On being deposited in the wagon loud ex- pres>ions of indignation was made by the spectators. Henry Merlow wes go- ing to his home on Bartlett street. The hall entered his stomach and a large pool of blood was on the walk where he fell He vas an in offensive man and had talk en no part in the disturbances. John Moan was shot through the right lung. and was conveyed to the St. Mary Hos pital. He is not expected to live. A cartman named Elias Swanton is also re- portd. He was shot in the arm and received bayonet wound in the back Louis Ramp was shot through the thigh and lett arm. The feeling of indigna. tion against the military was very great.
Year: 1872

character OF the keepers Mr. Fitch said iie aa moo
know who the keepers were nor what they were.
Lately keeper was found 20 have been placed over
some prisoners who knew him as convict In Sing
was taken from the Penitentiary by the Commission
ers OF Charities and Correction, and made does
keeper IN the T0mbs. Another was discharged on
the same grounds and, from excellent authority,
the HERALD reporter learned that there are still
two keepers In the Penitentiary who have them
readily understood that such men are totally unit
to govern convcts, and that they cannot possibly
have any moral control over them. The question
Is, why do the Commissioners OF Charities and-Cor-
rection appoint such men to such ofices or to any
ofcesS They, OF course, know the character OF


TIE MEN THEY APPOINT


to be keepers. The HERALD reporter had o CONVEX
satOn with Mr.. Lee, who has been twenty-five
years . keeper on the Island. He appears to be
profoundly depressed at the men he has around
him acting In the same capacity as himself, and he
says some OF the other keepers feel as he does for
they recognize that there Is no controlling the
convicts when they once find out their Keepers are
no better for honesty themselves. M nf1 V.


AS to Mr.. Fttchs second complaint, he says that
the Commissioners themselves recognize that no
tiary as long as there are no workshops; SO that
not only does the working In the open air facilitate
escape, but It does pecuniary damage to the insti
tuition. The Commissioners have resolved, there
fore, to erect workshops. The third complaint
that the prisoners are mainly b0ys-Nr. Fitch.
escape. The elder prisoners seldom endeavor
to escape. The boys are trying iC all the time In
foolhardy way. Mr.. Fitch believes the recent re-
volt to have been planned by wiser heads, who let
the boys act, just to see what success they would
have. Not succeeding, they took no hand In 1t. II
is unnecessary to comment on the foregoing. The
facts ore plain, and the public can itself Judge
whether the commissioners are doing their duty.
Year: 1872

Pursuant to the recommendation OF the Tam.
many General Committee primary elections were
held last evening in the several election districts
in each Assembly district for delegates, one from
each election district to Assembly District Con-
ventions, which will meet on Friday evening to
elect one delegate and one alternate from each
Assembly district TO the Democratic state Con-
ventiOn, which meets at Syracuse on the Attn
proximo to nominate State sicket.
Year: 1872

We had barely time last week to an
nounce that the candidacy for the State
Senate in this district had been adjusted in
favor Of Col. Mich. Edwards. 1t is hardly
necessary for us to commend him as worthy
the warm and hearty support of the dis
trict. The people all know him-knew
him before aud during the war, and that all
his efforts since have been in behalf of re-
storation and peace. He has plenty of ca
pacity, aud will make an able and faithful
Senator. McMinn will give him a rousing
vote, and we will not permit OurseIf tO
doubt his election by handsome ajority,
Athens Post, OCt.s25.
Year: 1872

The Religion Of American Ldfe-De-


nOminRtiOnal SchOOIs-The Bible.


BOSTON, Oct. 25.-The National Unitar-
ian Conference to-day adopted the follow
ing resolutions:


Resolved, That no Obstacle be permitted
to remain which shall deprive any child OF
The grandest means of being moulded into
American life.


Resolved, That we resist to the utmost
any attempt to use one cent of the public
funds for any denominational or sectarian
purposes.


Resolved, That while yielding to no body
of religious worshippers in our reverence
for the Bible and our grateful acceptance
of the truth it contains, and commencing II
to every ones study, We nevertheless would
not insist upon it as an essential or useful
part of our public school system.
Year: 1872

SPRINGFIELD, o., Oct. 24.-A few days
since . young lady of Urbana, who had
been i'll short time, died, and the body
was prepared by sorrowing friends and at
tendants for interment and placed in the
coffin. The night before the day Of the
funeral a number of young lady watchers
were seated in a room adjoining that in
which the coffin had been placed, when,
greatly to their CONSERVATION, the figure of
the dead girl appeared before them and
spoke family. When the Mortified attend
ants had somewhat overcome their fright,
seeing that the supposed corpse was really
a thing of life, they TOOK measures to care
Tor their friend so startlingly restored to
them, almost from the very grave, and she
received proper attention, and is now, we
are told, likely to recover. This is doubt
less one of those cases of suspended ami
nation, which frequently occur, and, natur-
ally enough, create a sensation.


The Fayetteville Wooden Mill is to be re-
Year: 1872

A CAT ADOPTS A BROOD OF CHICKENS.
"A few weeks since, hen belonging
to DR.. Whiting of Hyde Park hatched
out brood of chickens, and, contrary
to the rule generally adopted by hens
under like circumstances, biddy forsook
her brood, and would have nothing to
do with them. A favorite cat also be-
longing to the Doctor, taking in the sit
uation of affairs, kindly stepped in and
became the protector of the chickens,
and has since watched over and guarded
them with jealous care. If puss sees
them in danger, she exhibits the great
est alarm, and never consents to partake
of food unless the chickens are with her
to enjoy the feast. So attached has she
become to her adopted children that she
will not permit any of the hen tribe to
show them any attention, and at night
is very careful to have them under her
protecting care. Strange as this may
seem, says the Norfolk County Journal,
it is an absolute fact
Year: 1872

Poor Stokes! Arrested as an assas-
sin, when he feels conscious that he is
innocent, he held his peace and did not
denounce the outrage pronounced upon
his personal liberty. Spoken against
in the newspapers, his enemies all, he
listened silently and painfully to their
accusations. Condemned to luxurious
confinement in papered, carpeted and
gorgeously furnished cell, he suffered
physically from that unnecessarily
close confinement without murmur
But the proud spirit rebels against be-
ing hbeled on the stage. That is 'pros-
tituting the DRAMA and Mr.. Stokes
cannot brook the insult to the public
and to himself If he is not a martyr
it is not his fault, though from some
indications we have observed in the con-
duct of his counsel we judge that he
does not care to make the parallel be-
tween himself and the early martyrs
complete. But it is very sad that a
high spirited man should be SO persecut-
ed, and we believe that the prisoner
will have all the sympathy he deserves
in his unfortunate and helpless condi-
ton"
Year: 1872

A few days ago New York evening
paper announced that an order of arrest
was in the hands of Sheriff Brennan for
a prominent, well-known wealthy man,
whose name was withheld till after the
arrest was made. You couldn't get a
seat on any outgoing train for the next
three days in consequence. Every prom
inent man of wealth, feeling sure it was
he that was found out, packed his port
monkey and few. Twenty-six presidents
were counted going up to Connecticut
two hours after the paper got up town.
Year: 1872

A correspondent, speaking of the diff
Guilty of swine driving, says it is as ca
sy as whistling after you know how, to
wit: To the end of stout cord, tie an
ear of corn drop it in front of the pig,
to within five or six inches of his nose,
and commence walking slowly away in
the direction you wish him to propel.
If his pigship shows evidences of blight
ed hopes or ALTERATION of mind by the
singular conduct of the corn, persuade
him it is all right by letting him have a
brief nibble at it. and then resume your
line of march. In this way, the most
obdurate pig may be decoyed any reas-
enable distance.
Year: 1872

The ring is on my hand,
And the wreath is on my brow;
Satins and jewels grand
Are all at my command,
And l am happy now.
And my lord he loves me well;
But, when first he breathed his vow
| felt my bosom swell
For the words rang as knell,
And the voice seemed his who fell
In the battle down the dell,
And who is happy now.
But he spoke to re-assure me,
And he kissed my pallid brow
While reverie came DER me.
And to the church-yard bore ME,
And / sighed to him before me,
Thinking him dead D'Elormie,
''Oh, am happy now"
And thus the words were spoken,
And this the plighted vow.
And, though my faith be broken,
And, though my heart be broken,
Behold the golden token


That proreS me happy now
Would God l could awakenl


For dream / know not how!
And my soul is sorely shaken
Lest an evil step be taken,-
Lest the dead who is forsaken
May not be happy nowl


Edgar Allen Pa
Year: 1872

blessings and comforts of life we give
thee thanks. Forgive us our sins and
teach us how to be good and happy


At evening devotion the Bible is read
the school reciting alternately verses
in concert. Every voice seems to join
in singing, and all reverently bow the
head during prayer. We witnessed
their retiring-six score of boys at
signal, kneeling each by his own cot and
all uniting in that sweet prayer,


'Now lay me down to sleep,


/ pray the Lord my soul to keep


If should die before wake,


pray the Lord my soul to take.


This ask for Jesus sake


The school has library of 325 vol
umes, which the boys have the ready
use of. Several State papers and some
religious publications are sent regularly
to the school A good book, good in
quality and adapted to the minds of boys.
gets thoroughly read in the Vermont
Reform School. Parents who know
what books do their own boys good can
not often find better investment than
this of adding a volume to the Library
of the Reform School. 1t will be well
preserved and well read, and worn out
with careful reading. Who will spare
book or buy one for the School =?


Another noticeable need of the insti-
tuition is pictures Pictures ornament,
beautify and instruct. Pictures for the
school room, pictures for the dormitory.
for the chapel, and for the hospital
Many parent pays out tens of dollars
for wall pictures to please and benefit
one child. How much reason to hope
to do good by hanging ennobling, inspir-
ing paintings and engravings where one
or two hundred boys will daily look and
feel thereby restrained from evil and
encouraged to be good. :?


Among the pleasant things connected
with the school is the annual Christmas
Tree, 1t is a great anniversary with
the boys, and the village of Waterbury
is always largely represented on the oc-
casion. Will not the friends and ac-
quaintances of the boys in different



parts of the State make note of this
and send suitable gifts to be distributed
from the tree? Last Christmas Santa
Claus brought three nice engravings for
the school to be hung in the hospital.


1t is yet altogether too early to esti-
mate the reforming power of the insti-
tuition. For four years there was no
uniform rule as to the term of commit
ment and in this period, Il of the COM
mitments were for terms ranging from
II days to year, and 54 others were
committed for 2 years or less. 1t is
probable that very few of these 125
were very much benefited. The law
was wisely changed at the last session
of the Legislature. and we have reason
to hope that many of the boys rescued
from the street and from places by mis-
nomer called homes, and brought under
the kind, Christian and parental infu-

ence of this institution through the for
native years of habit and character will
come out new and become blessings to
the commonwealth and the world at
large.-Freeman.
Year: 1872

MY pipe is lit, my grog is mixed,


NV curtains drawn, and all is snug;
Old Puss is in her elbow chair,


And Tray is sitting ON the rug.
Last night had curious dream,
Miss Susan Bates was Mistress Mogg-
What dye think Of that my cat?


What dye think of that my dog?
She looked so fair, she sang SO well,
could but WOO, and she was won;
Myself in blue, the bride in white,
The ring was placed. the deed was done
Away we went in chaise and four
AS fast as grinning boys could fog
What dye think OF that my cat?


What dye think of that my dog?
What loving tete-a-tetes to come!
But tete-a-tetes must still defer
When Susan came to live with me,
Her mother come to live with her
With sister Belle she couldn't part,
But all my ties had leave to jog
What dye think of that my cat?
What dye think of that my dog?
The mother brought pretty Poll
A monkey, too, what work he madei
The sister introduced beau


My Susan brought favorite maid.
She had tabby of her own


snappish mongrel christened Cog
What dye think of that my cat?
What dye think Of that my dog?
The monkey bit, the parrot screamed.
All day the sister strummed and sung;
Tic petted maid was such scold
My Susan learned to use her tongue.
Her mother had such wretched health,
She sat and croaked like any frog
What dye think of that, my cat?
What dye think of that my dog?
n 1onOar noarv nnnG opd ova
soon came down to simple "M.r'
The very servants crossed my wish,
My Susan let me down to them.
The poker hardly seemed my own,
/ might as well have been log
What dye think of that, my cat?


What dye think of that my dog?
My clothes they were the queerest shapei
Such coats and hats she never met
Ny ways they were the oldest ways
My friends were such vulgar set
Poor Tompkins was snubbed and huffed,
She could bear that Mr.. Blogg-
What dye think of that, my cat:
What dye think of that my dog?
At times we had spar, and then
Mamma must mingle in the song;
The sister took a sisters part,


The maid declared her master wrong;
The parrot learned to call me "Foolr'
My life was like London fog
What dye think of that, my cat!


What dye think of that my dog?
My Susan's taste was superfine,


As proved my bills that had no end;
never had decent coat


l never had coin to spend!
She forced me to resign my club,


Lay down my pipe, retrench my grog-
What dye think of that. my cat?


What dye think of that my dog?
Each Sunday night we gave rout
To fops and flirts, a pretty list;
And when tried to steal away,


found my study full of whist.
Then, first to come and last to go,
There always was Captain Hogg-
What dye think of tn at, my cat?


What dye think of that my dog?
Now was not that an awful dream,
For one who single is and snug
With Pussy in the elbow chair,


And Tray reposing on the rug?
If must totter down the hill,


'Tis safest down without a clog
What dye think of that my cat?


What dye think of that my dog?


Tom Hood.
Year: 1872

A fond husband in Norwich, Conn.,.
who had always supposed his fair young
wife to be everything good and pure and
true, detected her the other night in the
act of wearing Dolly Warden suit
The stricken husband fed from his home,
and is now wandering in the wilds of
New Jersey-a broken-aearted man.