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Year: 1873

There has not been so small force OF workmen
In the several departments OF the Navy Yard for
many months as now. general appearance OF
dulness seems to pervade the place. although now
and then the eye win meet gangs Of men
busy in the open air or In the several
shops, but the number is so limited that
the impression exists either that there cannot be
any work to do or that the Navy Department is
short of funds. Certainly the former is not true,
as but little while since one OF the new soops or
dered by Congress was commenced, and there is
much other work which needs attention, but will
be delayed because OF the meagre number OF work
men employed or the 600 men that were dis
charged from the yard on Saturday last every char
acter OF operative was included, and the number
almost equally divided between the ordnance,
equipment, yards and DOCKS engineers, navigation
and construction departments and SO yesterday
morning there responded to the summons to work
but 400 men. If the business OF reducing the force
should stop here there would be comparative con-
tentment among those left, but IL will not, as
orders IL is reported, are now in the hands or the
commandant to make still further reduction at
the end OF the month, and naturally every artisan,
high and low, are shaping their course to keep IN
favor with the powers that be that they may retain
their places.


Already this action OF the naval authorities has
Deen seriously felt, and 1t cannot but produce
much suffering as all branches OF trade in the City
OF Churches are sharing the great depression which
Is ielt in common throughout the country Around





workmen were noticed l0unging yesterday, and
one, more loquaclous than his comrades, was talk
ing them IN relation to the action of the heads Of
the several departments on Saturday. He felt
that It wasn't right TO shake them Just
believe any damned boss,n and the discharged
artisan looked as indignant as he undoubtedly
felt. These sentiments met with general
appreciation. and from them 1t be inferred that
the naval authorities retained the old number OF
hands until they could cast their ballots for the
favorltes OF the government and then, having no
further Ior them, cast them off,


There Is no doubt that the naval authorities
could. with the work on hand, give full time en-
ployment TO {, 500 1900 men, instead OF further
decreasing the present meagre number, and
should they do 1t will receive the blessings instead
OF the curses OF hundreds which are now certain
tn be showered upon their heads under the pres
ent s0-caled economical system OF carrying on the
public work.
Year: 1873

Hardships of the Unemployed Female


Operatives Of the City.


Amid the general depression that prevails ewing
to the tightness OF the money market, and the
consequent tightfstedness OF everybody Who has
anything 20 close his hand upon there Is one class
in the community 70 which special attention
should be directed. While the enects OF the
present embarrassment are felt in almost every
quarter, none suffer more keenly from the dulness
OF the times than the working women OF this city.
A heightened visit yesterday, by q HERALD repre-
sentative through several well known extensive
dry goods and millinery establishments confirmed
the impression previously formed, that the outlook
for the respectable young women who earn their
living in the various departments ol large mercan-
tile concerns Is anything but encouraging In sew
eral prominent firms the milliners, dressmaRers,
cloakmakers, seamstresses, shoebinders and vest
makers have been placed on what is known as
"three-quarters time,n while those who have
hitherto depended on casual piece work VIII oe
compelled to await better opportunities than at
present offer themselves Ii is gratifying TO think,
however, thar many of the foremost houses enter
tain cheering view OF the condition Of affairs,
hoping that a favorable change will shortly ensue.
The firms more extensively engaged in business
wnere women comprise the larger num-
ber OF employees are very reluctant to dis
charge those depending upon them, but are
compelled by the strngency OF the times to shorten
the hours OF labor thereby cnrtaling their usually
heavy expenses. The poor dressmakers generally
engaged in private families have little to expect
since the fan fashions are far behind ana with poor
prospect OF a lalr or plentllul exnDlIOn Inc Vest
and pantaloons makers are also among the sufferers
the falling of in business having been so great as
to necessiate the reduction OF large number OF
hands. In view OF the situation IL would be well II
some means were devised by winch some relief could
be extended to those at present suffering from want
OF employment or all the classes requiring aid
few call Tor such prompt attention as the destitute
young women. Neglect in this particular feature
in the present embarrassing condition OF anairs
will assuredly entail the most serious consequences.
There is large and noble field open for the
pnilanthropic and benevolent. Perhaps even those
wealthy religious institutions might be induced to
countermand the orders to the gentle missionaries
about to set forth for foreign parts to reclaim the
heather and donate their travelling expenses to
the penniless Christians at home. Indeed no EFFORT
should be spared to counteract the influences OF
the present gloomy situation.
Year: 1873

George Jones, convict in Sing Sing Prison, who
possessed the confidence OF the authorities to such
an extent that he has for some time been acting
as a foreman in the cooper shop, escaped in some
mysterious manner yesterday. and up to q late;
hour last night mad not been recaptured.
Year: 1873

Gov. Baxter has taken the official printing
from the Helena Clarion and given Il to the
Shieid Of the same place. Whereupon the
Clarion suspends its daily. The Clarion says:


Governor Baxter, In his wisdom, having de-
tcrmined that the Shield can better subserve
the interests of the Republican party in this
county than the Clarion, has seen flt to take
the legal printing from the Clarion, we have
to submit to the situation and suspend the
publication Of our daily.
Year: 1873

Ley The last number OF the Fort Smith Pc
triot, announces the withdrawal OF Gen. ii
A. PIERCE as its Eeditor. H. l.. STILES is in
charge Of the office and Agent for the Compa-
ny in settling the business of the concern
We have always found tho General pleas
ant, social gentlemen outside his politics and
we wish him success in the now calling he
enters
Year: 1873

tY- The Supreme Court of New York has
granted a writ Of error IN the case OF Stokes,
with the stipulation that the case be taken at
once to the Court Of Appeals, whch.is now In
session.
Year: 1873

The fact is, that as life becomes concen-
trated, and its pursuits more eager, short
sleep and early rising become impossible.
We take more sleep than our ancestors,
and we take more because we want more.
Six hours sleep will do very well for
poughman or bricklayer, or any other man
who has no exhaustion but that produced
by manual labor, and the sooner he takes
it after his labor is over the better. But
for man whose labor is mental, the stress
of work is on his brain and nervous system,
and for him who is tired in the evening
with a day of mental application, neither
early to bed nor early to rise is wholesome.
He needs letting down to the level Of re-
pose. The longer the interval between the
active use of the brain and his retirement
to bed, the better his chance Of sleep and
refreshment. To him an hour after mid
night is probably as good as two hours be-
fore it, aud even then his sleep will not SO
completely and quickly restore him as it
will his neighbor, who is physically tired.
He must not only go to bed later, but lie
longer His best sleep probably lies in the
early morning hours, when all the nervous
excitement has passed away, and he is in
absolute rest.
Year: 1873

never saw a garment too fine for man
or maid there was never q chair too good
for cobbler or cooper to sit in never a
house too fine to shelter the human head
These elements about us, the gorgeous sky
the imperial sun, are not too good for the
human race. Elegance fits man. But dc
we not value these tools Of houseking lit
tie more than they are worth, and some
times mortgage home for the mahogany We
would bring into it ? had rather eat my
dinner off the head of barrel, or dress
after the fashion of John the Baptist in tbs
wilderness, or sit on a block all my life
than consume all myself before | get 1
home, and take so much pains with the out
side that the inside was as hollow as al
empty nut. Beauty is great thing, bu
beauty of garments, house and furniture i
a very tawdry ornament compared will
domestic love. All the elegance in tn


world will not make home, and | woul'
give more for a spoonful of hearty low
than for whole shiploads of furniture, AM
all the upholsterers Of the world coul'
gather together.--Theodore Parker.
Year: 1873

A peaceful life is most likely to be full
one, with finer and aeuter sensbilities bet
ter related to beauty and poetry and all
higher matters; more dignifed and self.
respecting Reposo is the secret Of power
in persons, pictures, statues, architecture,
books and Nature, as it were a means Of
retaining as well as disclosing life; and
health demands frequent pausing to re.
store the balance Of the system and keep
up perfect circulations. The night, ifspent
in healthy sleep after proper evening hours,
reduces the worlds chaos and we are new
every morning. Who does not know the
magic of brief pause in the midst of the
worst confusion A calm Of five minutes
will invite back our vagrant ideas and pow
ers. So the house should be like hush
and a lullaby in this headlong, whirling,
noisy, furious and distracted world Of the
nineteenth century; nook apart from the
thoroughfare; grot or bower under the
sky, where the beautiful spirit Of the all
will hover and dance its atmosphere
should be little oriental and cheering as
if exhaled from poppics and balsams.-
Sumner Ellis.
Year: 1873

TnE New MARRIAGE LAW IN Russia
A new law has been drawn up in Russia
to legalize the family relations Of those who
do not accept the established form Of faith.
Hitherto no marriage not celebrated in the
orthodox church has been valid the law
has not recognized the religious practices Of
the sects, so that marriages have no legal
validity, and children have no right to in
herit the property of their parents and re.
lations. Under the new law, though the
secis are ignored, their marriages are to be
legalisod by registration at the police Of
! fee.
Year: 1873

Do any hearts ache there beyond the peaceful river
DO fond souls walt with longing in their eyes,
For those who come not will not come, fotover-
For sOmo wild hope whose dawn will never rscl
DO any love there siil, beyond The silent river
The ones they loved IN vain. this side its flow
Does the old pain mako thoir hcartstrngs ache an,
culver l-


shall go home some day 20 home and know.
The hnl.tops arc bright there, beyond the shining
river,


And tho long glad day, II nevor turns 10 night ,-
They must be hlcst indeed 20 bear the light forever
Grief longs FOR darkness TO hide s tear from sight
Are tears turned 10 smiling hoyong the blessed river
And mortal pain and passion drowned 10 ia flow p
Then all we, who st on its hithor bank and SILVER
Let us rcloice-we shall go home and know


-fhrfsfiaH Union.
Year: 1873

Since the unfortunate delay Of the Mem
phis at this pass all has gone on swlmingly.
with very little detention either of steam
ships or sailing vessels, owing mainly to no
heavy draft steamers crossing, and the high
rate of tonnage to sea, which is guaranteed
by the association. As they are paid their
price they can not do less than carry out
their contract and as expeditiously as posi-
BILE, which is done by putting one ship on
the bar at time, and that at hign water.
At recent sounding of the channel ordered
by Major Howell, the shoalest rate found
was sixteen and half. and that feet at
about half tide.


The mud Jumps are continually forming g
out, and there are five new breakers now
where there were five fathoms of water a
year and half ago.


PAsS-A-L'OUTRE.


The action Of Governor Kellogg in re-
moving a pilot last week, at this pass.
proves most cOnclusively that he has the
interest of the commerce of this State at
heart as well as its internal workings. His
ItdsOu AOI 81 uOiuS was tAdt pi ooI " 90 Luz
nished him that the steamer Chrysolite
was carelessly grounded in twelve feet OF
water, by the pilot in charge not being
versed in the law governing the passing o.
vessels by steam whistle signals also not
knowing the channel. AS the dredgeboat
Essayons left the channel. upon seeing the
Chrysolite coming, and blew the proper
whistle for starboard wheel, it was an
swered by the Chrysolite but, instead OF
to starboard, her wheels were put to port,
and had there been water enough she
would have collided with the Essayons
This prompt action OF the part of the Gov
ernor will have telling effect upon care
less pilots.


Seventeen and half feet at mean low
tide and channel Of eighty feet in width
was the report yesterday. That gives a
channel of nearly or quite nineteen feet at
high water. 1t is with pleasure that we
note both channels clear.
Year: 1873

Pelican Hook and Ladder Company No.
a announce elsewhere that they will give a
a grand fireman's festival and tournament
at the Fair Grounds on Sunday the fifteenth
instant, the proceeds of which go to the
benefit of their relief fund. The object is OF
itself most commendable one. A varied
and elaborate programme has been pre-
nared tor the occasion, embracing racing in
all its forms, pigeon shooting and great
variety Of other amusements, the whole
winding up with dance on the platform,
the United States Nineteeth Infantry band
making the music.
Year: 1873


Ever since the war, when not undergoing
repairs, the steamship George Cromw
has been as regular in her trips to this por
as either the Lee or Natchez, and as day
after day has passed until she is now sever
days overdue, grave fears are entertained
for her safety. AS the hours have passed
and the anxiety has increased, we have re
Trained from referring to the subject. but
in the interval. have CLEANED what facts
we could in favor of the ship, her passen
gers and crew, still being above water
which, we trust, will be little comforting
to those interested and also hoping that
our conjectures may prove true.


Tho last that was seen of the Geory E
Cromw ell was on Sunday night, the eight
eenth, by the officers Of the steamship
Emily B. Souder, and as was often the case
they supposed that she crossed the Gull
Stream at Cape Hatteras, and came down
"outside" as they usually term it. Still
better proof that she did so is in the fact
that the steamers Emily B. Souder, City OF
Dallas and New Orleans have al come in
side, and astern of the Cromwell, and one
or the other would have likely seen her had
she been in their track at sea, or along the
beech or reef ashore on our coast.


SO it being almost impossible for her te
be on shore or ahoat north of the Gull
Stream, we look to the southwark and the
Gulf of Mexico.


After leaving Cape Hatteras a south and
by west course is usually steered distance
of l3o miles, which brings the vessel to the
south Of the Gulf Stream; thence $50 miles
nearly south-southwest to Mattanilla. the
northeast point of the Bahamas; then sixty
miles nearly southwest to the Florida coast
which is kept close on board until Tortugas
is passed, when distance of 43o mil es
brings the ship to the Southwest Pass.


From Cape Hatteras to Mattanilla por-
ton of the time the vessel is nearly 2DC
miles from land. A shaft is liable to break
a propeller wheel to slip. or an engine to
get disabled at sea in hundred ditferen
ways, and with the propeller attached to
one Of our cOastwise ships, three miles an
hour in fair gale of wind is good rate o!
speed for them, while with the light and
variable winds that prevail this time of the
year, month might be consumed IN getting
little of nowhere.


On the other hand, had the vessel burned
up, the passengers and crew would have
taken to the boats-as thousands of Others
have done before them-and made for the
nearest land, which being the Bahamas, an
isolated tropical group of islands. weeks
might elapse before news could reach US
Then. again, had she broken down in the
Gulf of Mexico, she might have dritted to
the southwest, out of the track Of steamers,
and not be seen by sail coming this way
for fortnight. All this is. possible and
more than probable.


But to bring any argument or reasoning
to bear that the George Cromwell! is los,
with all on board, we can not, for all the
steamers arriving report fine weather all
the passage, and to use the expression o!
the chief engineer OF the Emily B. Souder
zone could have rowed a boat from New
York to New Orleans, it was so smooth
Year: 1873

The sTater in the river is rising Slowly.
1t stood last evening at two feet four inch' 8
below high water mark of April 10, 1871.
And we have not yet received the benefit
of the late heavy snow storms and freshe ta
in the Northwest. The water is now twelve
inches higher than it was May 81, 1871, and
three fee. two inches higher than it was
this day year ago. The water was at this
time falling in each Of the preceding years
This year it is still rising.
Year: 1873




PARODY on Tue BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE.
Not a sound was heard, and our mother was cut
when the switch from the corner we hurried:
And we all three vowed We would tell it not
Der thegrave where our terror was buried
We buried him boldly in broad daylight,
The clods with our chubby hands turning;
Aud we smiled to think Of the fun 10 night
AMI the mischief planned for the morrow.
No useless coffin enclosed his breast,


Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him.
But he lay like warrior taking his rest,
With his old brown coat around him.
Few and short the prayers we said,


And we spoke not a word Of sorrow;
But steadfastly gazed on the young sprout dead
And chuckled to think Of the morrow,
We thought as We followed his narrow bed
How boy who gets whipped always bel.


lows
How father and mother would tread Ger his


head


Aud never suspicion US fellows.
WOnl'ring they'll talk of tie switch that is


gone,


Aud wish they had never mislaid him;
But little well reck if they'll lei him sleep on
In the grave we so silly have made him.
But half our cheerful task was done


When the clock struck the hour for dinner;
And we heard them calling, one by one,
For each trembling, little sinner.
As quick as lightning we had him down,
From the field ofhis fame fresh and CORY;
We carved not line, but we stamped the dirt


round,


And left'him alone in his gloryI
Year: 1873

IT seems that We are to have one visi.


tor this summer who will be very wei.


come, and whose coming we shall look


forward to with interest. Joe Arch. the


eloquent English laborer, has announced


his determination to come to this coun-


try on a tour of observation, to see


what inducements America offers to the


industri us laboring men and women of


England. In recent speech, he said


that, eff he found America was the true


hOpe OF the workingman, where the son


OF the poor man could sit down by the


children of the rich, write on the same
slate, and read out of the same book,
and where they could have full electo-
rial power, he would stand on her shore s
until he had drained the labOring serfs
out of England, in order that they
might settle in the fruitful field Of
America, with its ninety millions of
acres yet untitled: and he would do
this until the farmers of England were
made to bite the dust, if they refused
to treat their labOrers like men," That
is the kind of man We shall be glad and
proud to shake by the hand. And if he
can go through the country and see the
real bone and sinew of it. the people
whose industry, enterprise, and intelli-
gence are the life of its prosperity and
the guarantee of its success, there is no
question as to what his report will be.
More and more the friends of the work
ing CLASSES in ENGLAND see that emigra-
ton is the solution of the labor 0ues-
tiOn for them. England has too many
peOpl for her cultivated acres and her
work. There is no hope for them in a
and where they are in each others way
and each others bread. And every man
who finds home ont of England makes
t possible for another to have home
IN her soil.
Year: 1873

A dog was seen dragging a human
skeleton through the streets of Moores,
n. Y, few days ago, scattering here
and there an arm, leg or rib as he went
along. Somebody had desecrated a
grave for plunder and left the skeleton
exposed. And then the local paper
goes on TO say that these bones belonged
to man who had dreamed, shortly be-
fore his death, that dog would come
and dig him ont of his grave, closing
the item with the original remark,
"Tru:h is stranger than fiction" Pro-
badly.
Year: 1873

A wise, judicious teacher will always
welcome counsel and suggestions, but
not dictation. The interests are all
one, the desires one, tho aims one, to
do the most and the best that can be
done in the time with the pupils in at.
tendance. Both the teacher and the
pupil can do double the work when
they know aud understand each other
thoroughly, so in our larger snd better
organized schools there are few if any
changes.


These frequent changes work harm,
to both teacher and pupil. s. far as it
is possible they should be avoided.


Pay your teachers so we'll aud SO
promptly that they can give their best
all the time. Say an encouraging
word to the school, and when you
have secured reliable, competent 10.
structvrs hold on to them until taken
away by one of the three inscrutable
causes by which all changes are
wrought, marriage, age, or better pros
pects.-Ameracan Journal of Educa.
ton.
Year: 1873

Few who ever saw Mr.. Chase would
need to be reminded of his personal
dignity. It was the natural expression
Of q man who was conscious Of his
great abilities and who unconsciously
thus shsdowed them forth. Its nat.
oralosss was evinoed by Its continuous.
aess. Mr.. Chase It home in bi. library
vas very little different from the Chief
Justice on tho bench, sa,s that he had
parted With his gown. He could not
have left bis dignity behind him With
that solitary symbol Of his Office if he
had wished ; it was IS natural to him
IS it's reverse was sometimes to others.
This presence, which was jDseparable
:rom him or any conception of him,
seems to have surrounded him from
tie FIRST. His very schoolmates felt 1t,
and bis associates on the bench were
not free from its influence. 1t was a
bdage Of superiority th.. all men seem.
ed to acknowledge. His appearance
fell with = hush on crowds. Such
an order'compslliog faculty made
him = superb presiding officer. His
mastery conduct of the Impeachment
Trial is too much of q household story
to need description j.; its impartiality,
kindness, frmness and dignity can be
seen even through the dense medium
Of the verbatim reports. 10 the slight
est parliamentary detsils he required
those who did not feel the solemnity cf
the proceeding in which they we're
engaged, to appreciate it. Mother in
public nor At home did he permit any
neglect of the observauces due himself.
and he resented any such negligence
with spirit. An incident illustrating
this occurred also during the trial. Ooe
OF the most prominent of the managers
put question Of considerable length to
the Senate, which the Chief Justice
requested that "the Honorable Man.
ager put in writing" But the the lat
ter took no notice OF the request. The
Chief Justice quietly repeated it: 1T
will be necessary to reduce the question
to writing, in order that it may be sub
mitted to the Senate" The peril.
uacious taiker still went on, and then
came the burst be might have expect.
ed: "Does the Honorable Manager
refuse to put his question In writing ?"


1t was an emphasis to which no italics
could do justice. General Butler sat
down as if he expected never to get


up sgain.-Atantic Monthly for No.


pen,ber.