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Year: 1871

WALL STREET,


SUNDAY, Dec. N, lSTi.b
Tho wholesale markets have been unsettled by the
agitation following the failure OF the three banks
which suspended during the week and BY the BANK.
rupScy or several cotton firms. the dealings In
cotton were quite active and there was also i've
tier trade In dry goods The wneat market was un-
usually dull.


IN WALL STREET


there has been plenty OF incident, but no improve
ment In the volume or business II we except ono or
two DAYS when the distrust 0ccasioned BY the fail
ure OF the banks referred to above started active
selling movement and transferred good deal OF
long stock from the hands OF weak holders into the
possession OF the larger combinations operating on
the "buil' sidc as well as fostered wider interest
on the "bear" side OF the market.


THE MONAY MARKHr,


by Its sudden and excessive stringency, was the
subject or general attention. especially the topic
was brought into conspicuous position BY the de-
velopments OF the week In the way or bank failures
and the resignation OF the National Bank Examiner,
after an expose OF conduct which made his further
retention OF the otilce Impossible. During the
greater part OF the week money the stockbrokers
was worth average Of 1872 Lie, with and with.
out interest added. The extreme rate on one side
was reached on Friday, when as high as
n per cent was paid for balances to close
accounts delayed In their making up to
nearly four O'CLOCK. aud In the other direction,
just twenty hours later, when lenders who had
money over at three O'Clock, accepted as little as
8 per cont. Prime paper was dull, with sales at 8
10 per cent discount. The foreign excnanges
were. on the whole, flrmer as compared with the
previous week ana higher for sterling,
although the Bank Of England reduced the dis
count rate to per cent.


THE GOLD MARKET


was weak. with a decline OF exactly one per
cent-vlz, from ITO to lO9-a sequence OF the
unparalleled and rapid Improvement OF our
bonds IN Europe, to which influence was
added, later, the effect on the London
money market Of the conyalescence OF the Prince
Of Wales. intermediary. too the market was de-
pressed by the extravagant rates exacted for car
rying gold. q condition which utterly checked any
disposition TO buy Nor o brief speculation on the
"bull" side There was also an absence Of spirit On
the sbear' sde at least to undertake sales at the
present stage OF the quotation. and hence the
'bulsn who have held on have had little relief from
borrowers Of their gold. The extreme fluctuations
daily In the prlca Of gold during the week were as
f0lyon
Year: 1871

The Commune army has abandoned Fort
d'lssy, and unless it is Immediately recovered
the several forts along the southern front Of
Paris must fall into the hands of Machlahon.
The insurgents have thus, by mere accident,
lost line which was, so to speak, strong
enough TO hold itself. They were panic
stricken and spiked their guns, abandoned the
fort, and fled to the :amparts of the city
thoroughly demorazed. This is an occurrence
resulting very naturally fro IN proper cause
the troops which began by treason to the Re-


public could not well be expected to attain to
any firm organization under the Commune
and the decentralization which the Commune
has created has thus been its ruin.


1t will be remembered that Marshal Mac
MahOn made a lOdgment at Les Moulineceaux,
on the left flank and rear Of Fort d'Issy, on
Thursday last. But this success did not ma
tcrialy benefit him, for it brought him in
front of formidable batteries at lie Point du
Jour and the Vanguard Gate, whose fire would
have eniiladed his line in an attack on the
fort. Nor need his position at Les Mouline-
ceaux have greatly annoyed the Communists
at Fort d lssy, but they concluded to drive
him out, and on Saturday attempted to
retake the lost point. They had nearly sue
ceedcd, if we accept their own story, which is
plausible enough, when they were iiankcd by
a force of Versailles troops advancing from
the south directly against the Fort, The
Communists, laboring under the apprehension
that they were taken in ;ear, were papic-
struck, and fled after spiking tho guns in
Fort Plssy. An attempt was made yesterday
noon to reoecupy the work, and desperate
fight ensped of which the particulars and the
result have not yet come to hand. The latest
dispatches, however, indicate tie purpose of
the Commune to abandon the southern forts,
and engineers are rapidly strengthening the
ramparts, which must be the next resort for
defense.


The immediate consequence of this success,
surmisng that it is complete will be to give
the Versailles army possession OF an the forts
except those held, virtually as neutral ground
by the Germans, and to leave to the Com
mune only the weak defense Of the old walls
and the street barricades. The reduction of
the former must be work of little difficulty.
The capture of the Others protected by the
houses on either side of the streets, beyond the
range Of the occupied forcs and most advanced
batteries dapproachable only in front, presents
greater dangers and obstacles than the Yer
saIiles army has yet encountered The fight
ing IN the streets Of Paris which may cnsue
Year: 1871

1t is getting to be serious question whether
the cars of some of our city passenger lines
are not, at certain hours of the night, the
most dangerous places to which respectable
citizen can resort. The murderous attack
upon Mr.. Putnam, last Wednesday evening,
occurred in q respectable part of the city, and
at q time when the streets ought to be COM
paratively safe. Y,t it was a long while be-
fore any assistance was rendered to the dying
man, and we may almost say 1t was by mere
accident that the murderer was arrested. Fos-
ter, at any rate, went homo without molesta-
ton, and if ne had not been re, 'ognlzed by
one who knew him, he would proba "ly have
escaped scot free. The common com, plant
that the police are never at hand when they
are wanted is unfair The beats are long,
and though the men be never so watchful and
jealous, murder may easily bo committed
without their knowledge. The alarming fact
suggested by the Putnam homicide il that
street-cars afford such a safe and convenient


field of operations for the robber, the bruiser,
and the tipsy roue unless drivers and conduct
ors can be made TO tako some other view of
their duties than now, seems to he accepted.


1t is hard to read the newspaper accounts of
this tragedy without Indignation at the brutal
Year: 1871

The most seriOus objection to the action Of
Justices Strong and Bradley of the U. s. Su.
prcme Court, in the late Legal Tender case, |,
that they overturned and brought into con-
tempt recent very careful decision of their
own Court, by ruling, with little argument and
in unusual haste, on the side on which they
had but short time before been paid adyo.
Gates. The Philadelphia Inquirer assures US
that Justice Strong diyesed himself absolutely
of his railroad interests before taking his seat
on the bench, and says that something in THs
TRIBUNE once conveyed contrary impress
sion. We take pleasure, therefore, in giving
prominence to The Iaquire'S statement; but
must be permitted to add that it does no.
touch thhe point Of our complaint. 1t was an
essentially improper thing that recent and
earnest paid advocate Of the cOnstitutiQnality
of the Legal Tender law should take his seat
upon the Supreme Bench to decide it cOnSti-
tutional. Let him be pure as Snow, lie cannot
for this escape condemnation.
Year: 1871

Spring time has come with the Indians, and
the predatory bands of the worst tribes are
upon the war trail. We see as yet no cause
to apprehend a general war, however, if the
troops do not assert their authority and power
with too much vigOr, and the agents do not
fail to keep the promises of the Government
Year: 1871

The memorials from teachers in the Primary
Schools, to which we give place elsewhere, will
attract attention from their calm presentation
of striking facts, in which every parent of a
child has an individual interest.
Year: 1871

Sir have your letter OF the 29th
enclosing ten cents and asking me to as
sist you in recovering s25 which you
have paid on G. o. D. express pack
age ofwhst you supposed to be counter
felt money, which you had ordered from
Thomas A Walker Of so John street,
New York, and with which you undoubt-
edly intended to cheat and defraud your
neighbors. ] not only refuse to give you
the least assistance in the matter, but
am sorry you have bought your expert.
ence SO cheaply, and sincerly wish that
instead of s25 you had been swindled our
of every cent you possess in tho same
manner | hope you will continue to
send all the money these rascals ask from
you, and that when at last you are driv.
en- to stealing funds for the purchase of
counterfeit money you will be caught in
the act and be sent to the State Prison,
where you evidently belong. l return
the ten cents and advise you to invest in
q cheap copy of the Ten Commandments
and study the one which refers to steal
ing, j. GAYLoR,


Special Agent p. O. Dent
Year: 1871

The best band to accompany lady
vocalist-a husband.


Have the elements a right to brew a
storm without license?


Before a man enters the state off ma
trimony he should ring the belle.


Babies are coupons attached to mat.
rimony the interest is due at random.
Year: 1871

After sixteen sereanl,, any one Of
which would have riyaled locomotives,
she succeeded in opening the door, and
fell iainting into the arms of her fright
ened papa. So soon as pdter jamiliaS
could relieve himself Of his rude daughter,
he stuck his paternal head into the bath
room, and wanted to know what in HI
was the matter. All he could get in re-
ply was;
Year: 1871

the suspicion Of liability to corrupt or
sinister influences; and President Grant
may we'll express willingness to abide
dent that 1t will Justify all that he has
done, and result In adding the tropical
wealth Of Son Domingo to the mighty re-
sources Of the United States. and In the
revival and expansion Of onr languishing
Year: 1871

WOMEN SHOULD READ NEwsPArERs.-
It is great mistake in female education to
keep young lady's time and attention de-
voted y, only to the fashionable literature OF
yersation, you must give her something
to talk about, give her education in the
actual world and its transpiring events.
Urge her to read the newspapers, and be-
come familiar with the present character
and improvements Of our age. History is
OF some Importance; bat the past world Is
dead; we have nothing to do with 1t, Our
thoughts and our concerns should be for
the present world; to know what it Is aud
improve its condition. Let her have en-
intelligent opinion, and be able to sustain
conversation according to the mental,
moral snd religions improvement of our
times.
Year: 1871

Tren tment OF Patients in the Brooklyn City


HospitnI-A Disgraccful Stnte of Annirs--


Death Accelerated by Criminal Neglect
COroner,s Investigation.


Thomas Mara, an employe OF the south Side Rail.
road Company sustained injuries by falling between
the cowcatcher and a wheel Of a locomotive on that
road on the 10th of January which rendered his
removal to the City Hospital necessary He re.
NAMED there under treatment until the 1st inst
when ne died. Coroner Whitenl, having been mott.
fed 10 investigate the case visited the hospital for
that purpose and empaneled jury. Having heard
of rumors OF neglect the part of the OF the
hospital, The Coroner adjourned the inquest until
Friday evening last, when ne examined a number or
witnesses in relation to the rumors.


The principal witness to the treatment Of the
deceased in the hospital was Mrs Mary Mars his
wife who testified as Iollows:-


TESTIMONY OF MRS. MARA.


reside az No. 8 Bushwlck avenue; saw deceased
In the hospital the morning after the accident: ne
made no complaint of MS treatment then; visited
him every day for three weeks; ne was sent to the
hospital Tuesday night and mortincation set In
on the sunday night toowing one occasion he
told me tnat he expected to be out In few days; he
afterwards complained that he was not kept clean,
ana during the first week he was there MS
clothes had not been changed; the discharge
body; during the second week he said that he felt
better, because he had received a good washing:
his leg had not been washed at all during the first
week. on Monday last he said that he could not eat
out OF his hands, they were SO foul; then washed
MIN myself; he showed me the matter on his hands;
it was lying under bis back; he said that his hands
had only been washed once In three weeks; one day
he asked me for drink OF milk and the nurse
told me that he could only give him water;
ne said that deceased drank too much milk:
that he had drank all they had; another
nurse brought a small can OF mix and deceased
drank 1t; deceased often complained OF the night
nurse, saying That be would go asleep and neglect
him. but his principal complaint was that he was
not kept clean; he told the nurse who had sponged
his ley that II he had been under his care from the
first he thought he would have got well told this
nurse that the former nurse was very careless and
remarked that the deceased was being kept cleaner
now; the superintendent OF the hospital knew
nothing OF this; the condition Of the deceased
was very Offensive; persons could smell my clothing
on reaching home after visiting him; IL
he had been in a private room would have cleared
him MYSELF ne told me that the head doctor had not
looked al MS leg but once told HIM TO move nus
toes.


After other testimony had been taken the jury re-
tired and at late hour returned the following


VERDICT


We nnd that Thomas Mara came to his death by
injuries accidentally received on the 10th OF January
1S7l ana from exhaustion ana gross negiect on the
part OF the nurses Of the hospital
Year: 1871

A closely contested will suit at New
Orleans hinges on the validity of the tes-
tatrix's mark, she having declared that
she " could not write, the opposite party
claiming that this is not equivalent to
saying that she did not know how to
write. The distinction is technical,
but imnortant
Year: 1871

A lady teacher in an Iowa school made
a boy stand up and show her how he kiss
ed the big girls in the woodshed, in hopes
that he would shed tears and promise to
do so no more. All the boys are leaving
the other schools now and going. to this
lady teacher.
Year: 1871

A nice young girl at Green Bay,
Wisconsin, was being courted by a
nice young man. He WAS generously
inclined, and made her presents Of
hair oil whic'l he purchased from the
father of the adored. After giving
her some twenty bottles of the oleag :
inous fluid, he discovered he was work.
ing in circle as fast as he presented
them she returned them to the store,
thus dutifully making trade for her
father
Year: 1871

To farmers-How nianyy olods viii
it take to make a wiseacre2


Does COW become landed property
when she is turned into field ?


The singer who brought down the
house has refused to rebuild it.


The height of impudence-taking
shelter from the rain in an umbrella
shop.


We know man, moving in good
society, who has laughed so much id
his sleeve that it is quite worn out.


To lawyers-Can you make blind
man liable for big bill, if it is payable
at sight.
In Colorado bald person finds him:
self alluded to as s'a man with his
head above timber line"


organists ought never to lack for
funds, as of all men they are the most
successful in raising the wind:
Motto for railway directors-nevet
mind passengers it's freight that is to
make the cargo.


Liberal advertisers are the men who
mean business. Those who don' ad-
vertise do a mean business.


What is the difference between d
mountain and pill? One is hard to
get up and the other is hard to get
down.


Why is hungry boy looking ata
pudding like wild horse? Because
he would be all the better if he bad q
bit in his mouth.


A rural paper remarks: Gold and
frosty flights have put a stop to gate
sparkling. IF she don't ask you to
| come in now, you had better quit


A negro girl meddled with some bot
ties in a Louisville apothecary store
and was laid out by a snuff Of harts-
horn. As she thought she was pois-.
oned the druggist kindly gave her an
emetic.


A fashionable lady, covered with
iewelry, and having on large bonnet
and shawl, complained of the cold
and asked a Quaker what she should
do to get warm 4 really dou,t see,'
said the Quaker, unless thee put on
another breast pin


New Albany, Indiana, has a young
woman who should be summarilt
dealt with. Twice, within the short
space of two weeks she has accempa-
MED a young man to church for mat
rimonial purposes and each time as
the expectant groom went forward to
the minister she precipitately evacua-
ted the sacred edifice and refused to
return.


An old lady read an item in one Of
the papers the other day describing
how grindstone burst in a. saw facto-
ry and killed four, men. She just
happened to remember that there was
a small grindstone down in her cellar,
leaning against the wall. So she went
out and got an accident insurance and
then, summoring the hired girl, and
holding the pie board in front of her,
so that if the thing exploded her
face would not be injured, she had The
stone taken out :. in the alley where
twenty four buckets Of water Sere,
on it, and stick was stuck in
the hole, bearing placafd, "Hdfger-
ous." She says it is mercy that the
whole house rss not blown to pieces
oy the thing before this
Year: 1871

We had the pleasure of visiting the larg
eat file works in the world few days ago,
at Beaver Falls, Pa, and we're shown
through the works by one of the best fel-
lows in Pennsylvania. We say this, because
be took the trouble to show Us all the differ


ent processes of manufacturing. To attempt
a complete description of these works would
be impossible in our limited space. The
most complete and expensive machinery is
employed for all the different kinds OF work,
which gives the proprietors, Messrs. Blake
manufacturers of files, not only enabling
them TO manufacture cheaper, but to make
u better and more perfect file. The superb
ority of their files, and they make every
style and variety that can be made by hand
is acknowledged by sll practical worknen
who have examined them and By the largest


dealers throughout the whole country. AL
though these works have been in operation
:0r only few years they have trade that
extends TO every state in the Union Wher
we consider the great celebrity that hss
been attained by other file makers, snC
know lhas these files sell TO the lerges
dealers when others cannot, it is proc
positive that they are superior in quality
huisu, snd are perfection, and must be tn


cheapest We have no hesitation in saying t


the trade Of this section that the brand 0
Blake IL Fessenden upon q package of file
Is a guarantee of perfection aud excellence
Year: 1871

Young folks should be mannerly. 10"


to be so is the question. Many good boy


and girl feel that that can not behave to
suit themselves in the presence of company
They feel timid, bashful and self-distrust-
full the moment they are addressed by a
stranger. or appear in company. There Is
but one way of getting over this feeling
and acquire graceful and easy manners
that is, to do the best they can at home, as
we'll as abroad. Good manners are not
learned from arbitrary teaching so much
as acquired from habit. They grow upon
us by use. We must be courteous, agree
able, civil, kind, gentlemanly and woman
IL at home, and then it will soon become
a kind Of second nature to be SO every
where. 4 coarse, rough manner at home
beeets habit Of roughness, which We
can not lay of if we try when we &c
among strangers. The most agreeable
people We have ever known in company
are those that are perfectly agreeable al
home. Home is the school for all the
best things. especially for good manners
Year: 1871

A good wife is the greatest earthly bles-
sing.


4 man is what his wife makes him.


1t is the mother who moulds the char
acter and destiny of the child.


Make marriage a matter of moral judg-
ment


Marry in your own religion.


Marry Into different blood and tenn
perament from your own.


Marry into family which you have
long known.


Never talk at one another, either alone
or in company.


Never both manifest anger at once.


Never speak loud to one another. unless
the house is on~fre.


Never reflect on a past action which was
done with good motive, aud with the
best judgement at the time.


Let each one try to yield oftenest to the
wishes Of the other
Let self abnegation be the daily aim
aud effort of each.


The very nearest approach to domes-
tic felicity on eayth, is the mutual cultl-
walton of an absolute unselfishness.


Never allow a request to be repeated.
Il forgot" is never an acceptable excuse.


Never make remark at the expense oi
the other 1T is meaness.
Year: 1871

There is the soundest of common sense
in the following paragraph from the Man-
ufacturer and Builder:


Why IS it that there is such repugnance
on the part of parents to putting their
sons to trade? A skilled mechanic Is an
independent man. Go where he viii, his
craft will bring him support. He need
ask faverS of none. He has literally his
fortune in his own hands. Yet foolish
parents-ambitious that their sons should
:. rise in the world" as they say-are more
willing that they should study ior pro-
fession. with the chances of even moderate
success heavily against them, or run the
risk of spending their manhood IN the lg-
noble task of retailing dry goods, or of
toiling laboriously at the accountants S desk,
than learn a trade which would bring them
manly strength, health, and independence.
In point of fact, the method they choose
is the one least likely to achieve the ad-
vancement aimed at for the supply of can
didates for positions as errand boys, dry
goods clerks. and kindred occupations, is
notoriously overstocked while on the other
hand. the demand for really skilled me-
chanics of every description, is as notorl-
ously beyond the supply. The crying need
of this country is for skilled labor; and
that father who neglects to provide his son
with useful trade, and to see that ne
thoroughly masters it, does him great
wrong. and runs the risk of helping, by
so much, to increase the stock of idle and
dependent, of not vicious, members OF soci-
ety. 1t is stated in the report of the Prison
Association, lately issued. that out of four
teen thousand FIVE hundred and ninety-six
prisoners confined in the Penitentiaries of
thirty States, in 1867, seventy seven per
cent. or over ten thousand of the number
had never learned trade. The fact con-
veys lesson of profound interest to those
who have in charge the training of boys
and girls too, for the active duties OF life
Year: 1871

A sudden mental emotion can send TOO
much blood to the brain or too great men
tai excitement does the same thing. ltis
lie essential nature of all wines and spirits
to send an increased amount OF blood to the
brain.


The first effect of taking glass of wine
or stronger form of alcohol is to send the
blood there faster than common; hence 1t
ouickens the circ llation that gives red
face it Increases the activity of the brain,
and it works faster, and SO does the tongue.
But is the blood goes to the brain faster
than common. 1t returns faster. and no
special nermauent harm results. But sup
posing man keeps on drinking the blood
i sent TO the brain 50 much faster, in such
LARGE quantities, that in order to make
room Tor it the arteries have to enlarge
themselves; they increase in size, and IN
doing 50 press against the more yielding
aaccid veins. which carry the blood from
the brain. and thus diminish their size,
their bores; the result being. the blood Is
not only carried to The arteries of the brain
faster than is natural or healthfnll, but IS
prevented frcm leaving i as fist as usual
I. hence double set Of causes of death are
set in operation. Hence man may DRINK
enough brandy or other spirit il feW
hours or even minutes to bring on fatal
attack of apoplexy; this is literally being
dead drunk. Jo.rsldl Of Heath