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Year: 1872

| An address, 10 the Ladies' Of New Orleans
by the Sons of Temperance.


Upon the eve of the day devoted to social
enjoyment, when with happy greetings and
generous hospitality you are wont to re


ceive your friends, we desire to make az


earnest and solemn appeal to you to ab-
stain from the usual practice of placing
upon your we'll spread tables the intoxi


eating cup.


You are cont;:zualy deprecating the evils
OF intemperance; you loathe and detest the
reeliHg inebriate; you look with scorn upon
tho young man who has sunk 20 low as to
be on level with the beast, and you place
upon him the social brand. Yet on New
dear's day you often yourselves sow the
seed which effects the ruin of many a
promising young man, and instead of using
all your powers to persuade him not to
press to his lips the tempting cup, you,
alas, often with the most fascinating smiles
urge him to lift the fatal goblet, and are
the means Of Turing him ON to ruin.


Oh! ladies. beware of what you are do
ing-do not be the temptress leading
mortal thus on the swift road to destruc-
ton. Let your festive boards be laden with
rick bounty, but do not, we beseech you,
have upon them the poison of death.


Receive your friends with good cheer;
welcome them with glad faces, and inter
change the kindly greetings Of the day, but |
without the aid of wine.
Year: 1872

Next Tuesday evening Miss lone Burke
will have a benefit at the Varieties Theatre
As she is q very deserving lady, and one
whose talents are properly appreciated, it
is confidently expected that the house will
see good audience. The bill selected ia
an excellent one, and can not fail to please
tie most critical assembly.
Year: 1872

LATEST NEWS FROM ALL POINTS
NORTHERN TRAINS BEHIND TIME
EFFECTS OF THE Snow STORM
SUSPENSION Of TRAVEL GENERALLY
The Wrecked Steamship Germany
TWELVE PASSENGERS LOST
ICE GORGE ABOVE MEMPHIS
SEVERAL STEAMERS LOST
DRY DOCKS SWEPT AWAY
COAL BARGEs OUT DOWN
COAL FAMINE At MEMPHIS
loss OF STEAMER CELESTE
THE JAMES HOWARD In PERIL
ICE GORGE At LOUISVILLE
sHIPWRECks IN BOSTON BAY
SAD LOSS OF LIVES
Year: 1872

Especially, who have become the Victims OF
Solitary Vice, and dreadful and destructive
habits which annually sweep to an untimely
grave thousands Of young men of the most ex-
alted talents and brilliant intellect who might
otherwise have entranced listening Senates with
the thunders Of eloquence or walked to extacy
the living Tyre, may call with full confidence.
Year: 1872

The Mikado of Japan has declared in favor of elevating the social standing of woman, and has declared that six young ladies shall be sent to the United States to be educated in some seminary of learn ing. This is perhaps bolder step than any yet takenby this enlightened Eastern ruler. In Asia woman has always been considered an inferior being, and is be- ieved by some nations of the East to be without a soul. The respect shown to the female sex by Europeans and Ameri- cans is puzzle to the Buddhists and Ma hometans. The true elevation of woman hood has kept pace with the progress of civilization, for medi@val chivalry wor- shipped her charms of person, not of in- tellect. While adopting other reforms the Mikado has done well to give woman an opportunity to develop her intellectual capacity.
Year: 1872

Nobody but wretched bachelor would
have dared to make the assertion that if you
hand lady a newspaper with scrap cut
out of it not line of it will be read, but
every bit of interest the paper possesses is
centred in finding out what the missing scrap
contained.


A new dish is grape leaves fried in ON egg
batter. 1t is called u French dish and Is i'm
ported from Lake Mahopac. We nnttbiDk
of ANYTHING that would be more delicious
than fried grape leaves unless it is circus
poster on toast. ..-,<s


The pay of the letter-carriers of London
has been increased, and it is now proposed
to open q restaurant expressly for them III
each district. They average twenty miles q
day during their walks of eight hours.


vanderbilt's income Ii si2, 600 day.
Year: 1872

ANOTHER DEATH FROM PRvATIoN.-COro-
ncr Taylor was called upon yesterday to
view the body of Il colorcd infant twelve
months old named Thomas Jefferson, who
died day or two since in the lower part of
the city. The mother of the child had been
in the habit of going away in the morning and
locking up the room. leaving the child until
her return. The Coroner concluded an in
quest unnecessary, and thought the immcdi-
ate cause o. death had been III affection Of
the brain, brought on by privation and lack Of
food. The body was inferred at the expense
of the city,
Year: 1872

Jones had heard about a widow who
saved a train of cars from destruction
by warning the engineer, as the train
approached, that a certain bridge had
been washed away; and who had
been liberally rewarded, receiving a
free pass for life on nearly all the
railroads in the country; and pres
ent of ten thousand dollars from. the
company whose train she had saved
so Jones thought it pretty profitable
business and concluded he'd try it..


He lived near a railroad bridge,
and he anxiously watched and waited
for 1t to wash away, feeling that il
must go some time. Every rainy
night he got up and paced the floor
by spells, then took his umbrella and
and went out to see if the bridge was
beginning to go; but it was no go. q


At last he concluded that if an ac-
cident would not happen of its own
accord he would make one TO order,
so he got up on high bank at the
side of the track one afternoon and
rolled big rock down own upon the
rails. 7''''' '''


1t was just a few minntes before
the lightning express was due, and
throwing off his coat and hat, so as TO
appear as excited as possible, he went
forth to meet it. He saw it coming
in the distance, so he tied a red cotton
handkerchief to hoe handle, and
waved it above his head in wild, ex-
cited manner as signal of danger
But he presented such a singular APP
pearance that the engineer thought
him crazy man, escaped from a
neighboring lunatic asylum, and SO
paid no heed to him, and the train
thundered. on. tFta~ ies,-sl1 gna


There was a sudden whistle of
"down brakes" a rapid reversing OF
the engine then a terrible crash. The
train was wrecked; the engineer and
fireman were instantly killed; the con-
ductor and all the brakemen danger
iously, if not fatally wounded; and
about ten per cent of the passengers
horribly mangled aeFiss NfiIH asa1


Jones didn't get a pass for life on
the principal railroads of the country
and purse of $4,000, but he got
ten years, in the pcnitentiary for man
islaughter,9 having been seen by a
neighbor when in the act of rolling
the big rock on the track which
caused the calamity. o


And now he is learning to manu-
facture shoes by the original process,
and is of the opinion that. railroads
are curse to the country.
Year: 1872

A SHORT SERMoN.-Here is bit of
philosophy worth reading. 1t is an
exposure of very common delusion.
1t is good rendering of an oldidea.


''Two things ought to be strongly
impressed upon young people of our
country. The insecurity of riches,
even when acquired, and their un-
satisfying character. There is no
fallacy SO universally cherished as
the notion that wealth is surely a
means of happiness The care of a
largeproperty is one of the most bur-
densome of earth's trusts, Theonly
material good which comes from any
estate is to be made out of moder-
ate income far more easily than a
large one, and with fewer attendant
disadvantages. Few thoughtful men
would undergo the entire steward
ship of large estate on a positive
bargain that they should receive no
more for taking care of it than ordi-
,narily falls into the lap of the owner.
The scramble after wealth is due to o
wrong estimate of good when it is
gained. - -.
Year: 1872

How IT FEELS TO BE HANGED.-A
Frenchman, who tried to hang himself,
and was cut down by his friends, de


scribes his sensation in the Gaulois. The
first feeling after kicking away the chair
was very strange. From the soles OF his
feet to the crown of his head sort OF
general mixing up Of the fluids Of the
body ensued. Suddenly there flashed
before his eyes a sparkling, dancing light
of color, in which blue and rs ombrc red
predominated. Presently the lll-hing
light concentrated at II single focus, and
thence spread away into space in rippies.
At the same time II fearful weight pressed
upon his head-a compression, rs il his
temples were tightly bound in ring OF
iron. His hands and feet were fun of
pins and need es. Needles without mum
Der seemed to pass out of the ends of his
fingers by process Of continual eXpul-
sion. Then came a terrible swapping at
the nape of the neck and along his spine
there passed wliggling which he can
compare only to n small serpent forcing
passage along the vertebre. His last
sensation was one of acute pnin at the
throat and shoulder blade, and finally
came a state Of perfect unconsciousnss.
Year: 1872

SENTENCED TO MATRIMoNY.-An Eng
Iish Magistrate sentenced couple to
matrlmOny under circumstances which
seem legally Just, although legally curl
Gus. A young man and Il young woman
were contestlng possession OF piece OF
property, the one claiming under an old
lease, and The other under an old will.
1t just strikes me-" said the Justice,
THAT there is pleasant and easy way to
terminate the old lawsuit. The plaintiff
appears to be respectable young man,
and this is very nice young woman.
lLaughterl They can both get married
and live happy on the farm. Ii they go
on with law proceedings it will all be frit-
tered away between lawyers, who, am
sure, are not ungallant enough to wish
the marriage not to come off," The
young woman bushed, and tho young
man stammered -" They liked each other
a little bit $50 verdict was entered for
the plaintiff on condition OF his promise
to marry the defendant within two months
ia stay Of execution being added to the
verdict till the marriage ceremony should
be completed.
Year: 1872

The Boston Globe publishes the following
maxim, for the benefit of lady readers: "Never
turn around in the street to see what another
girl wears, because you will always find her
doing the same thing.
Year: 1872

Mr.. Stewards house, at Auburn, is filed
with singular testimonials of regard and esteem
from every quarter of the world. which have
been presented to him since his retirement to
private life. There are specimens Of ore from
western Mines specimens from the young
Art Academy OF Mexico walking sticks and
snuff-bo from the four corners OF the globe.
But the most curious present is a gorgeous
banner from China, such as the men of rank
have borne before them in procession, with the
portrait of Mr.. Seward in the centre, his son S
embroidered at the top, and around the border
grotesaue crowd OF hypothetical ancestors
Year: 1872

In recent article under the above caption, We
raised the point that the errors for which appel
late Criminal Courts in this and other States
generally grant new trials are not Of q character
which raise any doubt in the minds Of the Court
as to the guilt Of the prisoner. We suggested
that F' it would greatly lessen the number Of re-
hearings in criminal cases if the Supreme Court.
in granting new trial, should be required by
statute to certify only that there we're errors,
but that, through them, practical injustice was
done to the prisoner, and that there is not in
the portion OF the evidence unaffected by
these errors, indubitable evidence Of the prison.
er's guilt" We suggested that II common sense
and Justice suggest that. the Supreme Court,
when it refers prisoner back for new trial,
shall certify that the error for which they do so
is material, and such as to bring reasonable
doubt in their minds to the guilt of theprison-
err We acknowledged that this would he trans
ferring to the appellate Court the decision, in
part and after jury, of the question Of guilt or
innocence, but We urged that it should be done,
nevertheless. To these suggestions ne have
Year: 1872

The German Government, fearing that the
continuous emigration from that country may
have the effect to diminish the arms-bearine
population, and thereby seriously affect the
prosperity Of the Empire, has issued
decree forbidding the railroads to transport
emlgrants and their baggage at low rates. The
great rush from the Empire to the United States
has become serious matter, and probably not
deen1ing it policy to issue q decree forbidding
emigration altogether, the Government has done
the next best thing by making emigration SO ex-
pensiVe that it will be practically impossible It
is not unlikely, however, that the Government
may find itself checked in this direction by the
additional funds which will find their way to
emigrants from their friends in this country.
Year: 1872

received from the States Attorney the follow
ing reply:


To the Editor Of The Chicago Tribune:


STE: In an elaborate and vigorous editorial in your
paper Of this morning, under the heading, The Law
Of New TRIALS" you very properly suggest that an
appellate Court should not grant trial unless on
question which relates to the guilt Of the accused
shown by the evidence. There is d statute of this
State upon that point and 1t has been in force since
1916. It can be found Page 200 {Section 1861 Of
Gross Statutes, or Page ISL {section 1863 Of the
Revised Statutes Of 1845. That section reads thus


"Au exceptions which go merely to the form Of
an Indictment shall be made before trial !;
and no motion in arrest Of Judgment o. ort Of
roT shall be SUSTAINED for any matter not affecting
the real 7e17s af the offence charged in such iadict-
77aent."


All appea1s to the Supreme Court in criminal cases
must be taken by writ OF This statute says no
such writ Of error shall be sustained unless for some
matter affecting the real merits Of the offence. The
"reaz merits" clearly means the guilt or innocence
Of the accused shown by the evidence It mean
nothing else. Yours, ETC., CHARLES H. REED,


States Attorney.


The statute aims to remedy the evil We have
referred to, and its authors, in framing it, doubt
less, had in view the same tendencies Of appel
late Courts to grant rehearings to an extent that
defeated justice. The statute, however, is IN
definite in its language, and experience proves
it to be imperative and inefficient. It does not
come directly to the point Of requiring the su-
Preme Court to say that they doubt the prison.
ers guilt. We fail to see in the statute cited by
Mr. Reed that the intent Of our suggestion has
yet been embodied into Law, nor do ne perceive
in the administration Of Justice in our State
that our Courts have given to the statute re-
ferred to construction broad enough to remedy
the evil.
Year: 1872

enforced the delay Of one day at Lyons, and the


expense Of forwarding the baggage. A French


man set. the example; process uerbal WIS


Immediately instituted before juge de
pni1; in less than an hour the


whole affair was adjusted. Thirty people
were paid on the spot an adjudged: indemnity
for hotel bills and cost Of transporting the miss


ing trunks. It is needless to describe to Ame1i-
can readers the circumlocution, cost, and time
that would be required to secure similar justice
from an American railroad or steamboat Every
one can picture the contrast for himself.
Another instance Was that Of engaging an apart
ment which turned out to be much less desirable


than it VAS represented. Though the contract


Was all signed and sealed, timely Frenchman


came to the relief Of the down-cast Amer


lean occupant with the information that


1t was his privilege to cancel the contract and


Tacate the room within twenty-four hours from


the time Of taking possession, if it should not


suit him. Still another vas the reimbursement


OF 70 centines, about Is cents, from the Gen.


eral Post Office in seriously-complicate case


of over-charging. These are small things. but
the comforts Of life are made Of triaea.
" Magma Del courant, parua negligunt." To the
observations and experiences OF this
single tourist might be added
useful schedule OF instances in which
every individual in France can claim
quick and absolute protection against the
numerous entertainments, physical and social,
which are 80 seriously felt under our ideas OF
personal freedom. In the public con7eyances,
in the public streets, in places Of public amuse-
ment, in lodging-houses, in society, there is
system Of respect for individual righte not to be
found in America The polite attention and
consideration in these matters are re-
garded as customs pf the country, but
back OF the customs may be found q
reason for them in the excellent regulations
Of the municipal and local governments. Il
foreigners sometimes fail to enjoy the protec~
tion Of personal freedom thus described, it is
simply because they are ignorant Of the regn1a-
tions that guarantee it, and neglect to inform
themselves Of the customs Of the country.
Year: 1872

It is reported that the Khedive Of Egypt is
about to turn the greatpyramid of Ghizeh into q
light house for the benefit Of the commerce on
the Nile. The practical Khediye can at least
claim kin with the realistic Yankee who go long
meditated on the feasibility OF utilizing the water
power Of Niagara for mill purposes. But how
will tie Pharaohs and Rameses, and Pto1emys
roll over in their graves and agitate their cere-
ments as they behold the Khedlve making light
of their monument?
Year: 1872

According to the officer in charge Of the Sig.
nal Service at Boston, the wind during the fire
became cyclonic. Beyond the influence of the
heat, its velocity WAS about five or nine miles IN
hour, but On every side of the fire. there
we're in-draughts Of air moving from
sixteen to thirty-fivo miles an hour,
which met and formed huge spira1s Of wind
flames, and frebrands. He declares the meteorss
or balls Of fire said to have been seen during the
the flames On the plumage OF ducks flying over
lnnd
Year: 1872

Charles Francis Adams, j., has addressed q
communication to the Boston Advertiser, plead
ing for the preservation of some monument Of
the recent fire in that city. andsuggests that the
west side Of the new Post Office building should


be allowed to stand for all time, just as it is
with the scars Of the fro on it. He says: 'sIt
is very easy to destroy such landmark as this
and to give us in its place smooth, nnblemished
granite front; it will be, hereafter, impossible
to replace it. Tho monument to the fire of Lon
don is all very well, but it would be moro inter-
esting to-day if the siglt-seer could
look on the very walls of some great
public building which still bore on them
the marks Of the 1ames 4 great
misfortune has made monument out Of new
building, g,-wM it not bo great pity to carefully
e{face the inscription" Chicago has just such a
monument now standing, commemorating even
greater event than that Of Boston. We refer to
the west wall Of the old Post Office. on Monroe
street, which is SCARED all over with the souye-
Mrs of the fire. Why not let it stand as it is,
monument for all future time? A few years
hence it will have more interest, and possess
more significance, than all the commemorative
monuments that can be erected.
Year: 1872

To enable the Supreme Court to catch up with
it's calendar, on which the business OF several
years is waiting trial. Congress is to be asked to
assign the circuit duties Of the Judges to an In
termediate Court, which shall also hear the cases
which now go to the Supreme Court. This
leares the Supreme Court the simple function
Of deciding questions Of law On which appeals
may be taken from the intermediate Court.
Year: 1872

There is large attendance at the Re- union this year. Over hundred were at the reception, Saturday evening Games of base ball will be played with Water bury club on Wednesday and with the Woodbury club on Thursday.
Year: 1872

A few years ago there flashed upon
the American stage a woman OF mar
velOus beauty and of perfect fOrm-a
form, too, not jealOusly concealed.
She was acknowledged to be the
handsOmest player Of the day. She
turned the heads of all the young
men who saw her, and added the
brains of not a few of the old ones.
She was the lion (the lioness, IL you
like it better) of the day. The news
papers teemed with her praises, and
even dignified magazines bowed the
knee before her. Her voice, we are
told, was like unto ''vocal velvet"
her appearance majestic, her limbs in.
describable, yet mOdestly but minute
ly described, and unrivaled. II the
reader has ever entered q theater
he knows we mean the very
Queen of the Blondes, the charming
Stalacta of the Black CrO0k-Pauline
Markham. Recently we visited New
York, and to put In a dull afternoon
wandered to Woods Museum. We
found that Miss Markham was one Of
the company. Though surprised that
we had heard nothing of her through
the newspapers, and that she should
be an actor at the afternoon perform
ance OF a museum, we fully expected
not exactly to see her as dashing as
ever, but certainly to find her still in
some respects the Markham Of men,
ory. To say that we were astonished
when she came on, fails tn express our
feelings. The curtain rose, and, in
theatrical parlance a lady seated was
discovered. In her we recognized
not feature of Pauline Markham;
yet it was her. She was pale,
wan and weak, 80 much
so, indeed, that it was evident she
went through her part in the greatest
pain. It was not mOmentary sick
ness; what we beheld was the utter
wreck Of this once magnificent being.
A harsh, deep cough told sadly and
emphatically enough of consumption,
ana OF consumption not just COM
menced. To us the sight was painful.
A year ago this woman lived the life
ofa princess; wealth was poured into
her lap. Now she was not worthy to
grace even the evening programme OF
a place of amusement unrec0gnlzed
as a theater, and literally tot
tered, Gil6rnOOn alJ6r dIUeruOOns
about the stage, that she might
earn enough to keep yet awhile
the little life still left her. Sew
eraI times she sought the support Of
the scenery when compelled TO stand
q moment or two. A burlesque fol-
lowed the eomedy-just such bur.
lesQue as she was wont OF old to dash
through In the gayest OF gay spirits.
She was allotted the second, not the
first part. A cough had replaced her
ringing laugh, a sickly smile, the
bright glances Of her eyes. The career
OF this woman Is only out OF the COM
mon order In that it has been SO short
She triumphed scarcely the average
length OF time. Like thousands be
fore she thought her beauty and her
tslents (for she had the latter, too,)
everlasting, and neglected the warn
ings which must have come to her
until too late. How gladly now
would she take a third OF what an
hours shopping has time and again
cost her.
Year: 1872

From the Jackson Whig and Tribune.l


II. n. StOthart, brakeman on the
Mississippi Central railroad, and
citizen OF Jackson, was killed on Sae-
urday night last, while In discharge of
his duties on the north bound freight
train, due in this city at eleven o'clock
in the evening. Mr.. Redwine was
conductor, ana Z. A. Campbell the
engineer. After passing leagues
Station, seventeen miles south of this
city, Stothart was sent from the ca
boose by Conductor RedWine to notify
the engineer to stop at a certain place
between leagues and Medon, ard to
remain on top, one brakeman being
sufficient as the train was small. He
was never seen afterwards by anyone
until his dead body was brought up
by the seven o'clock train on the
next morning. Next to the engine
was q fat car; the night was dark and
lowering, and the smoke of the engine
hugged the train closely. One theory
of the railroad men is, that in going
from caboOse to engine, StOthatt
miscOunted the cars, and fell through
the train on reaching the fat car next
to the engine. Coroner Chapel, Of
this city, impaneled q jury on Sun
day morning, and, after thorough
examination Of Witnesses and the
body OF the deceased, the jury agreed
upon the following verdict;


ssThe Jury upon their oath do say,
that, from the evidence before them,
the deceased was q brakeman on s
fresght train on said railroad, and that
Year: 1872

BOSTON, Mach 24.-The mas Labor
Reform State convention repudiate
the protest Of the eight-hour league
against the Columbus platform, and
agree to sustain the doings of that
convention.