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Year: 1871

How much is contained within the small
acorn cup When little child holds an
acorn in its hand, it holds not small nut
only, but whole forest for folded within
its tiny she'll lie trees and their children trees
even whole forest. How wonderful was
the command of God {" Let the earth bring
forth the tree yielding fruit whose seed
is within itself" 1t is great work to make
a tree; but how much more wonderful to give
to the tree the power Of producing other tree.
for countless years There is this selEmulti.
plying power in all our acts. Love beget.
love, hate produces hate. Christian patience
and courage have in them the seed Of future
heroism. OF nothing is it more true that its
seed is in itself than of our moral influence.
How careful then, should we be of each triv.
ial act, since in its minute compass is enfolded
the forest Of thousand full grown deeds,
each in its turn to fill the earth with germs Of
right or wrong -Selected.
Year: 1871

The Gas Questien-Thc Ferry Encroach.


ment-h Reduction of Fare or Prosecution


OF the Company.


The Brooklyn Common Council met yesterday
afternoon.


communication was received from the Nassau
Gas Light Company. setting forth that they would
furnish gas TO the city for So rs per thousand feet


The usual resolution that the proposal be accepted
was offered.


Alderman RICHARDSON moved to amend by &C.
cepting the proposal OF the company to light and
extnguish the lamps for one cent EACH The Alder.
man proceeded TO show that on each 1000
lamps 50, ESQ per year could be saved. There were
IN the city 10000 lamps, and by accepting the
Alter some discussion the matter was referred to
the Committee on Lamps aad Gas.


Alderman DwYER, OF the Committee on Ferry and
Water Rights, submitted lengthy report in regard
upon the city property In The construction OF the
new Jerry house. They say that the President and
superintendent OF the COMPANY we're before them
and tney conceded tnat the property did belong 10
the city, ana they wanted lease OF II for merely
nominal sum. Tney claimed that in point OF cheap
they were unequalled In the world. The committee
suggested that they should not be allowed to
retain the properly, except upon the condition that
theJ reduce the rates OF are to one cent Tor foot
passengers and this the pany positively declined
10 do.


Tne committee, therefore, offered q resolution TO
the effect that The Corporation Counsel be Instructed
to institute legai proceedings against the company
10 innlct damages for the unlawful occupation OF
water ana Fulton streets By the erection 0f their
new Dnding.


On motion OF Alderman BERGEN che matter was
lald On the table for Two weekA
Year: 1871

The Committee Of Five, appointed to collect evi-
aence as 10 the frauds at the election, resumed their
work yesterday morning, ut No. 40 Court street.
Colonel 7. B. Thorpe one OF the committee. was
not present AS upon the previous days the COM
mfttee met IN secret session, none but witnesses
beng allowed in the room. Many outsiders hung
about the hallway during the day with the hope Of
learning what discoveries the committee had MADE.


reporter Of the HERALD mad brief interview
with q member OF the committee, VINO Informed him
tnat the evidence Of enormous frauds was over
whelming. He said that II implicated not only In
sectOrs and canvassers, but certain officials, whose
names he declined TO divuge. He would say, how
ever that the committee had evidence III their pos
session which proved the election Of MI. Booth for
Mayor beyond doubt


There was large number OF witnesses examined
yesterday whose evidence went to increase the al
ready abundant proof which the committee will
submit when they make their report.
Year: 1871

Late examinations Of the country about the
head waters OF the Menomonee river in Wis
consin, have revealed enormous deposits of
iron ore OF TIE best quality, rivaling IN guam
tity the well known ranges of Lake Superior
The existence OF that metal in this section.
was reported more than twenty years ago by
Messrs Foster & Whitney when making q geo.
logical reconnaissance from the lake to Green
Bay, but they merely noted the fact from the
portunity to measure the extent of the beds,
or apply necessary tests to determine their
value. Four distinct ranges OF hills have now
been found, running nearly parellel, and about
twenty miles In length, which are little else
than solid iron, and are no doubt cotemperan-
eous with the trap formations of Superior.
from which they are about eighty miles distant


The same party also found fine specimens of
marble on their route but lacked the time to
trace out the deposits. Now that settlements
have penetrated the country, these mines will
attain speedy value, and may lead to lmpor-
tant notifications in the upper-lake trade
railroad from these undeve'oped mines
would have down grade to the Bay, and ore
could be quite as easily delivered as on the
present roUte between Negaunee and Escanaba
and probably at even cheaper rates. In any
event, we may anticipate, as the country is
densely timbered, and much OF tue soil is fit
for agriculture, that the value of these dis
covenes will be speedily tested on large scale


When the lumber interest ceases In the north ,
iron will be the chief staple, and there is
enough Of it to supply the world for all time.


PRIMARY School MoNEY.-The amount Of
Primary School and Library Money apportion-
Year: 1871

Ii our crops were never injured by an
excess or by deficiency of water in the
ground, the science of civil engineering,
In connection with drainage and irrigation
might be excluded from our professional
studies. Practically, however. American
agriculture suffers badly from both ex-
tremes in the alternate humidity and ardi-
ty OF the soil. Hence our labor, capital
and science should cooperate to remedy
these defects. To supply the subsoil with
available water, experience teaches the
wisdom of having it pretty near the sur
face on the fen-lands of England. Prof
COOK says in effect that these lands, in
grass, will bear water within foot of the
surface; in roots, within three feet. The
writer S farm lies on the north side Of Bay's
mountain, from gorge in which the debris
OF many rocks has (in ages) been brought
| out and spread over land now in wheat.
The stones are too deep tor picking up and
hauling off, but not to bury in mud pre-
cipitated from standing water.


There is one advantage in grading land
in this way that is worth naming. Six
times more sediment falls into hollow to
MI 1t up, where the water is three feet
deep, than will fall on knoll where the
depth is only six inches; because, the mud
being pretty equally distributed, thirty-six
inches of water will hold in suspension six
times more solid matter than six inches,t to
fall to the ground. Rich river flats and
bottoms indicate the agricultural value OF
deposits Of this character, and there is
hardly brook or rivulet in America that
may not in one way or another increase
the fruitfulness of the soil. For grading
rough, uneven surface, and covering
rocks and thirsty barren sands with a fine,
fat, retentive clay, there is no other force
that compares with water holding much
of clay hills and mountains in suspension.
The productiveness of the deposits in mill
ponds, and in those made by beaver dams
suggests the propriety of greatly increas-
ing this kind of made land. Many million
acres in the Southern States have been
more or less impoverished by washing
rains falling on old fields, depuding and
outlying them. With skillful engineering
the force that is adequate to carry a soil
away from a field into distant stream,
can bring as much back again and make
ample restitution.-D Lee, in Country
Gentleman
Year: 1871

A VALUABLE INvENTIoN.-There was ex-
hited at the wharf of the Old Dominion
Steamship Company, Rockets, Yesterday,
4 contrivance, the advantages of which need
hardly be explained to seamen. It is tidal
gauge, and consists of an instrument resem-
bling a colossal thermometer, rod capped
with an index corresponding to The stream
OF mercury and rising and falling with the
tide, while the figures on the case show the
number Of feet Of water there is in the
channel. A captain can thus ut glance
tell when there is enough water to float his
else extent of the danger of weighing an
chor. The tidal gauge is an instrument in
vented by Mr.. Charles J. Fox, of Rich
mond. There ought to be one on every
wharf,
Year: 1871

THE ROCKETS SHOOTING AFFA1R.-Field.
ing Brown (colored) was tried in the Police
Court yesterday for shooting York James
on the evening Of the I'd of June and sent
on to the September term of the Hastings
Court. Brown had sworn out warrant
against York James for cutting him. This
case was also tried, but dismissed.
Year: 1871

THE BRANCH SHOOTING CAsE.-The case
of John Branch. the negro who shot young
White, some time since, in the hip, was
called in the Police Court yesterday, and
owing to the absence of the complainant,
who IS detained on account of his wound,
was continued until Monday next.
Year: 1871

To-day the annual commencement Of the above
College viii take place at the Academy Of Music.
Tne exercises will commence at ten O'Clock and
the popularity OF the College Will Insure "A crowded
house.
Year: 1871

THE Two SEXES. The following true
and elegant paragraph is from the pen of
Mrs. Sigourney:


"Man might be intimated into the varieties
and mysteries of needle-work; taught to
have patience with the feebleness and way
wardness Of infancy, and to steal with noise
less steps around the chamber Of the sick !;
and the woman might be instructed to con-
tend for the palm of science; to pour forth
eloquence in senates, or to wade through
fields of slaughter to throne. Yet, revolt
ings of the soul would attend this violence
to nature, this abuse of physical and intel
lectual energy; while the beauty of social
order would be defaced and the fountain of
earth's felicity broke up. We arrive, then,
at the conclusion. The sexes are intended
for different spheres and instructed in con-
formity to their respective destinations, by
Him who bids the oak brave the fury of the
tempest, and the Alpine flower lean its check
on the bosom of eternal SHOWS. But dispar
ity does not necessarily imply inferiority, the
high places Of the earth with all their pomp
and glory, are indeed accessible only to the
march of ambition or the grasp of power; ;
yet those who pass with faithful and unap-
plauded zeal through their humble round OF
duty are not unnoticed by the Great Task
masters eye-and their endowments, though
accounted poverty among men, may prove
durable riches in the Kingdom of Heaven" F"
Year: 1871

wrought and died. Two portraits of DR..
Potter are contained in the volume--one
taken from portrait at the age of twen'
ty.nine, and the other from photograph
when the Bishop had reached his sixty
fourth year. This work will undoubtedly
be much sought for, even beyond the linn
its of the denomination with which Bishop
Potter was so conspicuously identified.
Year: 1871

ample security for the future


In conclusion, the speaker said the great
triumphs of France have not been only in
the arts of war. She has always taken
the lead 10 the fields of science, literature
and art, and if she will learn from this
great struggle the lessons of wisdom and
moderation, no power can prevent her
from becoming again one OF the foremost
nations of Europe.
Year: 1871

The AyOndaIe Horror the Work of


Incendiaries.


SCRANTON, Nov. 24.-Since the loss of
the Avondale coal breaker by fire, and the
additional terrible loss of one hundred lives
from the effect Of the bad ventilation of the
mine, there has been endless and fruitless
speculation as to the causes. The profound
mystery which shrouded it at the time has
at last been solved. A man who lived at
Grand Tunnel, few miles on this side of
AvOndale, died from smallpox last Friday.
In his last moments he said there
was something on his mind which
troubled him, and he could not
die at peace with himself until he told it.
He said that the AvOndale Breaker was
never fired by accident, but that he was one
of party of six who fired it. He then gave
his own name, and undertook to give the
names of others, but could only articulat e
what was understood to be Michael, when a
fainting fit attacked him, from which he
died shortly after. 1t will, of course, never
be known what he intended to divulge, but
he has certainly left enough behind him to
confirm the belief of some who have held
that the burning of the Breaker was through
foul means, and it may open a way to find
out whether there is really any foundation
for the belief.
Year: 1871

4
Senators TtPtOn and Fenton.


Special 70 the Cincinnati Gazette-Radical.
n WASHINGTON, Nov. Pit is now be-
yond question that movement is being in
aug1fated at this point to oppose the NOM
nation OF Grant for the Presidency next
summer. Several leading Republicans and
Democrats have been approached within
the last few weeks. and programme is
now being developed which will look to the
nomination OF some independent Republi-
can whose views are liberal so far as tariff,
amnesty, and civil service reform oues-
tons are concerned. The Democrats
are expected to support any such man
as may be subsequently agreed upon, and
who viii appear to be able to draw uDon
the Republican strength the heaviest. Ae-
cording to this programme, the Democracy
VIII make no nomination, but will POSTPONE
holding their convention until late in the
year. 1t is expected by them that the Re-
publican disaffection to Grant will be so
strong that it viii be felt in the next Repub-
lean Convention, and the Democrats win
ratlfy whatever nomination the boilers NAV
see mt to recommend. 1t is stated that even
such bitter Democrats as Senators Bayard
and Casserly have given in their adhesion
to this plan, and that the plan will be more
perfected in detail when Congress comes
together.


Special to the Louisville Ledger


WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.-The business
OF iresldent-making is now going on here
10 the exclusion of all other matters. But
lew politicians now come here from any
part OF the country who are not all absorb
ed by this topic. The opposition to Grant
IN his own party is daily gathering strength.
several prominent Republican Congress
men are actively looking around for some
method OF escape from supporting the great
present-taker, in case he should receive a
nomination. Among these is Senator Tip
ton from Nebraska. This gentleman
states that the Republican party in
the Northwest is ripe for detection,
that bolt on the part of numer-
GUS delegates from that section can
not be prevented if the convention sells ont
to Grant. He is ready and willing to lead
OFF in any movement which will defeat
Grant, provided better man is run against
him. Senator Fenton, of New York, who
was here last week, is also among those de-
termined to defeat Grant if possible. This
Senator says that the original leaders and
founders of the Republican party are COM
pletely ostracised by the present admins
tration, and have no more exercise in gov
ernmental affairs than if they were aliens.
The open expressions of these Senators are
but samples of a growing discomfort in the
Republican ranks and a spirit of rebellion to
Grant In the present connection, it may
be stated that there has been considerable
interchange of opinions between indepen-
ent Republicans and Democratic represen-
tative men, not only in this city, but all over
the country, and that there has been gen.
eral agreement that a programme for the
nomination Of strong man in opposition
to Grant is feasible. The whole matter.
however, is as yet in embryo, and nothing
practicable will be developed before Con-
gress comes together.
Year: 1871

on Thursday last young man, named frank
Bardwell committed suicide in the lott over the
drug store OF Mr. Boardman, in this place, by shoot
ing himself through the head with revolver. Mr..
Boardman went TO dinner at noon, as usual, and on
returning 10 the door found 1t locked but supposing
that young Bardwe, who was his clerk, had gone
TO dinner also, he did not make any search for him
WI ABOUT Ihree O'Clock in the afternoon. He was
uhsDle 10 Ind any trace OF him. however, and gave
up looking. Later In the afternoon, having occa-
SION 10 go into the room over the store, he dis
covered drops OF blood trickiing down from the
ceiling upon the moor Beng considerably startled
ne cajied Ia neighbor and going together into the
loft, they found young Bardweil lying on his face
shot through the temple, with q seven shooter wing
at his side, one barrel OF which was empty. Bard.
wei was young man OF good character, was
been q soldier In the Union army, and had lost the
use OF one arm by wounds. No cause Is known for
his committing the fatal act. His remains na We
been sent 10 MASSACHUSETTS where mis- friends re.
slde.
Year: 1871

Money during the week was worth four to five per
cent most of the time, the latter being the general
rate on stocks. On Saturday, despite the above
statement, the supply was above the demand at
these rates, and exceptional loans were made at as
low as three per cent. The extreme fluctuations
daily in the price OF gold during the week were as
Year: 1871

A correspondent of New York paper
relates touching instance of insect in
stinct rs follows: ~ found a cOckroach
struggling in a bowl of water. / took half
a peanut shell for boat put him in it and
gave him two wooden toOthpicks for oars,


and left him. The next morning visited
him, and he had put piece of white cot
ton thread on one of the toothpicks, and set
the toothpick up OH end as signal of dis
tress. He had hair on the other tooth


pick, and there that cockrOach sat fish
ing. The cockroach exhausted, had fallen


asleep. The sight melted me to tears.
never had to chew leather to get soul. I
was born with one. took that cockroach
out, gave him spoonful of Cruel and left.
That animal never forgot that act of kind
ness and now my house is chock full of
cockroaches.r sssr--a-rr--- fzfe,s
Year: 1871

The Waterloo IN. Y. Observer, of the 1st
inst, contains the following:


For some time past, Mr.. s. B. Peck and
his wife, residents of Hector, Schuyler
county, n. Y, have been stopping at DIR.
WOodward's in this village. Mrs. Peck
has not been in good health, and conse-
quently subject to periods of great despon-
dency and depression of mind. On Satur-
day evening last, just as the six O'clock
train from the West was due, she left the
doctors house. Immediately after Mr..
Peck came in, and learning she had gone
out started toward the railroad crossing on
Centre street. AS he neared the track he
picked up something which proved to be
the head of his wife, just severed from the
body. Almost franctic with the horrible
surprise, he dropped the head and ran
screaming and frenzied back to the house,
where he remained all night in almost In
sane agony.


On repairing to the fatal spot it was found
that both arms and the head of the unfor-
tunate woman was severed from the body.
She had evidently thrown herself under
the train just as it reached the crossing
A gentleman who crossed the track Just as
the train came laundering by the court
house, noticed that she stood beside the
track looking at the approaching cars.
The engineer stated that he was positive
no person was on the track before his loco
motive neaTed the crossing. 1t is there
fore, tolerably certain that she coOliy wait
ed for the locomotive to pass and then
threw her head and arms on the rail before
the following cars. She had been heard to
ask the same day if the cow catcher would
throw things from the track. She was a
most estimable lady, thirty-nine years of
ageD 2 Fl
Year: 1871

The revival at the Methodist Church still
continues with great interest | suppose the
number of conversions up to date is about
eighty, and the number of penitents is generally
from thirty to forty.


Large numbers of people come in on the
dumps" on the different railroads to attend the
meeting at night. The meeting has been quiet
and orderly almost from the beginning + !
mill had his hand so much hurt in the machn-
cry as to cause the amputation of one of his fin
gers - E|LEEr EGf5


The weather is cool and windy. Stone coal
is coming into general use in Morristown.


Nearly every train from Wolf Creek is filled
with emigrants the-healthiest people | ever
saw The western prairie will soon change that
healthy look no DOUBT. FRANK.
Year: 1871

Chicago breathes more freely in finding
that three abstracts of titles are safe. One
of them is perfect, and two are nearly so.
They are priceless papers, for they settle
and quiet the title TO every foot of land in
the city, the public records being lost. One
of these documents covers one hundred
thousand pages. 1t remains now only for
the Legislature to declare those abstracts
legal evidence, and for Chicago to own
them for copy thereof Just now, in the
burned district, few men know whether
they own their land or not. h,e ASA
Year: 1871

An East Indian Journal gives an account
of hairy family residing in Mandalay,
which from their description, are clearly
family includes woman ofabout forty-five
and her children, man of twenty and a
girl of eleven, with hair on every part Of
their faces, forehead, nose and chin, vary
ing in length from three inches to a foot,
and exactly the color and texture of sky
terrier. They appear to be quite as intelli-
gent as any ordinary Burman. The father
of the woman was the first of the hairy
progeny, and the Bnrmans have their own
neppie would exhibit em well in = moral show how


but unfortunately their king will not allow
them to leave the country. on
Year: 1871

in Mont Gents tunnel was, that scarcely
a drop of water was found. Water to
drink for the workmen had all the time to
be brought from without. Avery signifi-
can't ferruginous spring was the only one
they came across. A second remarkable
observation was that the geographical
character of the interior of the mountain
answered exactly to the description given
to it from scientific theory by NJ. Sismon-
iii twenty years ago.
Year: 1871

There have been more beef cattle ship
ped from the coast of Florida this year
than any previous year since the war.
There are now eight sail vessels and one
steamer carrying cattle to the Key West
and Havana market.