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Year: 1872

Contradictory reports having been made
of the sentiments Of Hon. T. A. Hendricks,
Of Indiana, respecting the nominees of the
Cincinnati Convention, reporter of the
Enquirer. of that city, y,recently called upon
him. 1t is gratifying to learn that this
prominent Democrat of the west avows
himself 10 be in favor of awaiting and
abiding the result of the Democratic
National Convention. .as the position which
the party ought to maintain. He says


will make no effort to influence the action
of the National Democratic Convention, and
will abide by its decision. At this time in view
of the fact that there has been no concert OF
action among the leaders and prominent men Of
the party, it behooves all to move with pru-
dence, dignity and caution. The questions Of
indorsng the Cincinnati nominees, or making
straight out Democratic nominations, is one
that should be well weighed and carefully con-
sidered. 1t is impossible, at this early day, to
say what the feeling of the masses of the Dem
ocratic party in Indiana toward the Cincinnati
ticket is. As far a. can judge, the Democracy
of Indiana will not occupy any decided ground
until after the meeting of the State Convention,
which takes place on the 18th of next month
Th.t Convention will doubtless nominate a
straight Democratic ticket and refer the ques-
ton of Presidential nominations to the National
Convention. AS far as | am concerned, feel
IN duty bound to sustain the action of the
National Convention. If it nominates straight
Democratic ticket, Will support 1t with all the
zeal, influence and ability possess. If it in
dorses the nomination Of Greeley and Brown,
shall certainly support that ticket with equal
zeal and energy. Any other statement Of my
position in regard to this matter has been made
without authority.
Year: 1872

The section Of the tariff bill which re-
mits the duty on ship building materials
has been agreed to in the House in COM
mittee Of the whole, and stands fair
chance Of becoming a law. We have al
ready published its substance.
Year: 1872

The multiplicity of breach of promise
suits during the last few years is fast
establishing a host of precedents, which
will serve to regulate hereafter the al
ways granted damages. 1t is curious to
note these attempts to reduce emotions
to cash valuation. 1t is the general
practice for maids and widows all forlorn
to file the love letters of the perfdious
man, in order that the jury may gather
from their inanity the depth of his
affection, but it has been reserved for a
delicately-organized, sensitive Indiana
maiden to file her own letters as well,
so that the jury could see the intensity
of her love, and transmute each heart
throb and soul-thrill into the more prac-
tical form of dollars and cents. It is at
best a queer love that seeks to soothe
its wounds by plastering them over
with greenbacks, and it is difficult to
see how any amount of money can
recompense true woman for the in
evitable publicity and scandal that d
plaintiff in such a suit must endure.
Year: 1872

1t has been generally supposed by
scientific men that the fossil elephant
of Siberia had no representative in the
same latitude ON this continent. Re-
cent examinations on the Yukon river
in Alaska, however, have established
the fact that the remains are even more
plentiful on the west than on the east
side of the Nerth Pacific. Enormous
quantities of bones are found, and a
supply of ivory sufficient to last the
world for centuries. The valleys of all
the streams and all the low grounds are
filed with bones and tusks, so that
every vessel now arriving from these
remote possessions has part of its cargo
made up of these new-found remains.
The elephant, whose range was former
ly almost universal, is now confined to
a small portion of Africa and Asia, and
it would seem as if the species was in
process of slow extinction. Neither
Europe nor America, which once
swarmed with them, has now either
climate or vegetation fitted to their ex-
istence. Their remains, however, are
likely to give Alaska value not pre-
viously suspected.
Year: 1872

Some curious evidence has arrived
from New Orleans to show the tactics of
the Yarmouth men when it was desira-
able to make Pinchback President of
the Senate. The following was one of
the arrangements made with Senator
Lewis


New ORLEANS, Jan. 19, 1872.


The agreement shows that a box has
been deposited in the Louisiana Savings
Bank by two persons known to the
President thereof; that the said box
contains, in cash and other values,
$4,000, and that the same is to be de-
livered only on the joint order of the
parties depositing it, except as herein
after provided, the one being State
Senator agrees to regularly attend the
sessions of the State Senate at the Me-
chanics' Institute, to vote to sustain
Pinchback as President of the Senate,
and on all political questions with the
party sustaining the State Administra-
ton as now existing, and on the 4th of
March next, or when the Legislature ad-
joIrns, the said box shall be withdrawn
from the bank and the $4,000 therein
contained be taken out and be the prop
erty of the said Senator, he having full
filled his part of the agreement other
wise the said box and all its contents to
be withdrawn by the other party.
Year: 1872

and though him and the chair has been
| hard at it all dinner, neither of 'em has
understood a word,'' said the steward,
confidentially. "The chair, sir, and the
company generally, added Mr. Feastful,
with poetic exaggeration, would 'ail
with pleasure the spectacle of your in
PRODUCTION to the baron"


"The baron be- I know not
what was about to say. My voice fall
tered. L had caught a glimpse of the
fair occupants of the gallery, leaning
over the balustrade in their eagerness
to examine the favored individual for
whom the chair of state had been so
ostentatiously prepared, and vision of
my abominable burlesque Chinese trou-
sers, the mark of every eye, almost
made me reel in my chair.


l shuddered, strove to speak, con-
ceived a wild thought of diving under
the table, when, whish with a lurid,
tittul swirl, out went the enormous lus-
tire, with all tho miner lights following
suit. We were in total darkness.


will not describe the confusion that
succeeded, the screams of laughter from
the gallery, the scramble and the crash
below. Torches cleaned in the door
ways almost before we knew what had
happened, and the accident that had
occasioned the sudden extinction of
our light was remedied within few
minutes.


But, when ordered was restored, one
chair stood vacant at that hospitable
board Whether its occupant had been
trampled under foot in the disorder, or
had vanished with the light was never
known. My private opinion is that
while anxious inquiries were being made
in the Lumpeters' Hall, the missing
gentleman was warming his legs at his
domestic hearth, slipping his grog, and
smiling at the peril he had so narrowly
escaped.=AW The Year Ron,ad
Year: 1872

o bushes. rise not to my cheek;


0 tell-tale eyes be clear and gay:
o lips no warmer language speak


To him than simply yea and my;
o heart in thy most deep recess,


Be safely. surely hid away
This secret, that he may not guess.
They call me beautiful; alas 1850
BY him uncared for. what care L?
Once knelt down and kissed the grass


His foot had pressed in passing by;
A little common buttercup


That he had crushed and left to die,
Still for his sake treasured up.
0 tender Fatheri is is sin


To love Thy noblest creatures thus.
Although no answering love we win


Art Theu not ever leading usi
And hast Thou sent this love to me,


To calm my heart tumultuous.
And guide me, through my grief, to Thee?
o let me love him to the end


NJ ost purely; and percbance some day
He'll take my hand and call me friend.
When time for love is passed away
When eyes that shine when he is near
Are dim when golden locks are gray;
And Death. the angel. draweth near.
Year: 1872

Washing WooLens-If you do not wish
to have white flannel shrink when
washed, make good suds of hard soap,
and wash the flannel in it, withou rub
bing any soap on them; rub them out
in another suds, then wiring them out of
it, and put them in clean tub, and turn
on sufficient boiling water to cover
them. A little indigo in the boiling wa
ter makes the fannels look nicer. If
you wish to have your fannels shrink,
SO as to have them thick, wash them in
soft soap suds, and rinse them in cold
water. Colored woolens that incline to
fade should be washed in beef's gall and
warm water before they are put into
soap-suds, Colored pantaloons look
very well washed with beefs gall and
fair warm water, and pressed on the
wrong side while damp.


Rice Pudding-Take one teacup of
rice, one teaspoonful salt, add water and
boil until tender; remove from the fire;
add one quart sweet milk, two or more
eggs, small half cup butter, small tea
cup sugar, half nutmeg, and bake.
To be eaten warm or cold.


RaSpberrieS.-Do not uncover too soon.
Plant as soon as the weather will permit.
setting the plants four feet each apart.
Year: 1872

Goo be thanked for books! They
are the voices of the distant and dead,
and make us heirs of the spiritual life
OF the past ages. Books are the true
travellers. They give to all who will
faithfully use them the society, the
spiritual presence of the best and great
est of our race. No matter how poor
am. No matter though the PROSPEROUS
of my own time will not enter my OBJ
scure dwelling. If the sacred writer's
will enter and take up their abode un-
der my roof, if Milton will cross nv
threshold and sing to me of Paradise,
or Shakespeare open to me worlds of
imagination and the workings of the
human heart, and Franklin enrich me
with his practical wisdom, L shall not
pine for want of intellectual compan-
ship and may kecome a cultivated
man, though excluded from what is
called the best society in the place
where l live.-Chami,ag.
Year: 1872

A Treatise on the CITY Water Rights, Street s
and Real Estate by J. W. GERARD Jr, Baker, Voorhis,
Col, Is intended furnish the legal profession, ana
owners OF real estate in the cities Of New-fork ana
Brooklyn with a complete manual Of reference In regard
to the title Of the City Corporation the public prop
ery and to the rights OF individual owners as connected
with the interest OF the State and City IL treats OF the
local water rights. tho title to wharf and pier prop
erty and to the public streets and places ana OF inc
city boundaries and Jurisdiction with the powers OF
official bodies and departments relative to the above
named subjects The work strikes out a new pain In
its discussion Of legal authorities and brings out great
amount OF information that is at once novel and i'm
pOrtant.
Year: 1872

head beneath H. leaving u not rag TO It's naked
ness After reading Thackeray, there springs up In
utter contempt for ourselves and for the world in
general All human nature Ia false, rotten and utterly
worthless His good infinitely less respectable
than his roguos Bulwcr tells the story in his
way. with less heart and more RIGHTEOUSNESS. Dickens
has an easy code Of ethics, but a very dangerous
He runs into the immoral indfcrentlsm SO prevalent
nowadays, but this much must be said to his credit
that "he never abuses his talents by abusing the Catho
lies" The upshot Of the whole matter. as the writer
thinks is that must have Catholic school OF mover
lists, crowd OF authors like Gerald Griffin, Bernard
hcCabe Lady Fullerton, who shall successfully compete
with the Eugene Sues the Dumases the George Sands
and the Miss Braddons, and who shall show that godl
and true love not duh and nsipd tmngs and
that sacrifice for noble purpose and the triumph Of
duty the impulses Of passion full Of the pro
foundest interest for man.
Year: 1872

A little boy in Morgan county In
this State was lisping his prayers with
his twin brother at his mother's knee.
When he came to "Give US this day
our daily bread" he was Astonished
to hear q fraternsl whisper, ASK for
cake, johnny, ask for cake"
Year: 1872

There is a rose bush trained upon
the wall of the cathedral at Hides
helm, in Germany, which is said to
be a Thousand years old. The famous
legend that this rose bush was plant
ed by Susan b. Anthony on her one
hundredth birthday is now generally
credited by the more intelligent peo-
pie around there.
Year: 1872

The papers say German astronomer
announces the approach Of . new comet
that is darling directly towards our
earth with prodigious velocity, and will
be here about the 18th Of August next.
Year: 1872

Brief Outline Of the. Field Of Edu.


cation I'm this Country fer the Year


1S7EThe Cream or the Report Of


the Cemmissioner OF Edueation-


OAR Colleges and Common schools.


From the advance sheet of the
forthcoming report Of Commissioners
OF Educati0n-which this year mas
been admirably edited and arranged
We are enabled to present. in brief out
line, the main figures of the work,
and to give some slight idea of its
scope and fuuness. We believe we do
this in advance of any paper in the
Year: 1872




John B. F. Gately, OF Boston, was sworn and
testiled-Was a passenger on the Metis on the
night OF August 30; slept in O bed made up on the
saloon noor the purser said the berths and state
rooms were all taken; about six beds were made
up on the saloon door; about forty berths were on
the saloon deck; there were about forty steerage
passengers on tie main deck; should judge there
were abont two hundred passengers on the boat:
heard crash about halfpast three O'Clock; the
engines were stopped got up, went forward
and was told from the pilot house that nothing
was the matter; saw steamer 200 feet
or the starboard bow went back to bed Just as the
engines started; In about fifteen minutes heard
two walters give orders to put on lfe-preservers;
went forward again; no watchman was on the
forward deck either time got fe-preserver from
waiter who had two went aft and saw parties
lowering lifeboat from the saloon deck with pas
sengers and deck hands in it; heard an order for
the deck hands to get out; they did not; also
orders, for pilot to- 60 In the boat;
was righted and finally went ashore In the
surf at Watch Hill; the first time went forward
the boat seemed TO be going down by the head; the
steamer Off the bow the Nereus, stopped after the
collision; there were no life-preservers for the oc-
cupants OF the berths all the life-preservers
on the saloon deck and In the statcrooms; there
were no means Of egress for the steerage passen
gers forward except by small hatchway which
was closed when saw 1t; can't say whether 1t was
fastened or not; there was also an egress art,
through long passage about two feet wide
Year: 1872

and an attempt should be made by an Inferior
Court TO entertain jurisdiction OF H.; in other
words, the Court would use the writ whenever IL
was necessary for the exercise OF its juris@
diction This, therefore, would seem to put an end
TO the assertion that the thirteenth section limits
the writ to the Court and Jurisdiction therein
named. The decision, however, affords no relief to
the applicant, for before a fnal decree can be-
other quarter.
Year: 1872

lowing paper for puolcation:-


The question OF general interest involved in the
argument was this The thirteenth section OF the
writ OF prohibition to the District Courts when
proceeding as courts OF admiralty and maritime
Jurisdiction. Did this express authority to
and to any other tnan the District Courts
The Affirmative has been held in er p0gte Chrsty,
Howard; e1 DdIte Gordon, Black and Graham,
10 Wallace. The argument OF Mr.. Phillips insisted
that the express delegation OF authority in the
thirteenth section was not intended to be ex-
elusive, but was inserted for the purpose OF pre-
England between the common law and admiralty
jurisdiction, in which the right OF the former
TO issue the writ was denied that in all
tire three Of the cases in which It had had. been
section was exclusive there was no need for
the determination OF the question, as in oil the
cases the Court found that there was jurisdiction
in the courts whose proceedings were sought to be
prohibited and therefore the Court should not feel
itself bound by those decisions. The Court might
Issue the writ under the fourteenth section,
not specially provided for and necessary
TO the exercise OF its jurisdiction. On the
other hand Messrs. Gushing and Carpenter main
statute, and that the revisory power could only be
exercised by statutory direction; and that, as au-
thority was given only in specified case, the re.


was wos the the opno
now delivered, that the Court has no
jurisdiction in this case to issue a
sarily impy hat there are cases not provided for
in the thirteenth section in which the writ may be
issued. What the class Of cases is In which the
cnt case il is supposed to be intended that after
the Court had obtained jurisdiction by
appeal they would use the writ to prevent
any further proceedings so 50 ts as to preserve the


Another case may be supposed-when the SUI
perIog Ccait haG original iuIjsdietlon oi cause
Year: 1872

DooRs OPENING OUTwARD.--All
doors ofpublic halls and lecture-rooms
should open outward, so that the
audience Can get out easily in case of
panic. Many were trodden under
foot at the burning of the Richmond
theatre some years since in conse-
quence Of the crowd being kept in and
jammed together by the doors open
ing inward. In case something should
happen to cause rush to the door in
our Town Hall, when full, serious con
sequences might ensue, as the doors
open inward, and frequently, as last
Sunday night, but one half Of the main
door is left open for the crowd to 60
out at. Every door should be altered
so as to open outward and then all
the audience can easily get out. X.
Year: 1872

HARrER's MAGAZINE looks better
lately than we have seen it for years.
The new type is very handsome. The
April number contains enough of good
readable matter to entertain a man for
a month if he had nothing else to look
at. The article on "Naval Architec-
ture, Past and Present" is very in
teresting to those who go down to
the sea in ships, or who are anxious
for the honor and efficiency of our
Navy. The good articles are too
numerous to be specially noticed
Published by Harper & Brothers,
Franklin Square, New York. Price
S4,00 year.
Year: 1872

The Chicago Post says that 'if Noah
had been a democrat he would have
asked the dove to bring him anybody
to beat Grant" 1t is very likely he
would. And if he had been aradical
officeholder he would have plundered
the elephants trunk and robbed all the
rest of his passengers before the voy-
age was half over
Year: 1872

There is no greater mistake -
says an eminent divine, "than to sup
pose that Christians can impress the
world by agreeing with 1t. No! it is
no conformity that we want; it is not
being able to beat the world in its
own way; but it is to stand apart
from and above it, and to produce the
impression Of holy anda separate
life; this only can give us a true Chris
tain power"
Year: 1872

The Washington Register is re-
sponsible for the following: 'Gast
week one night, a young gentleman,
who was suffering from cold in his
head, thought he would rub a little
tallow on his nose upon retiring, fo1
the purpose fading respiration, In
the night some time, he was awakened
by sharp pain in that same nose,
and to his surprise and horror found
that he had been bitten through that
important member by huge old rat.
The rodent undoubtedly mistook the
proboscis for an enormous chunk Of
clear tallow and meant to gobble it up


Gus" you had better sleep with q
spring trap over your smeller IN the
future" -..o..,
Year: 1872

THANKSGIVING IN OLDEN TIME
Long life to Thanksgiving of thee viii sing
For green in my heart does thy memory spring:
A vision of plenty sweeps over my eyes,
With flavor of fowls and aroma of pies.
Twas Sunday; and loud from the pulpit was read,
By good ParsOn Stiles, what the Governor said
In his long proclamation, informing the land
The time of Thanksgiving was nearly at hand.
| remember it well, though summer suns pass
O'er the parsons low grave in the long, tangled
grass;


Though the tithing-man's knock forever is still,
And the church passed away from its site on the
hill.


l remember from Monday till Thursday at noon,
Which my grandmother said was entirely to soon
To accomplish the pastry and garnish the feast
For the boys from the West and the girls from down


East.


There was chopping and frying from morning till


night,


And bloody deeds done by the lanterns dim light;
While the great ruddy blaze set the kitchen aglow,
And the well polished pewter CLEANED forth from


the bow.


remember how cleanly the farm house was swept
How the cold winter moon kissed the couch where


I slept;


pane
That dissolved in the morn like the mist on the


plain.


Then came Aunt Jerusha, who wore tall cap,
And black shining apron smoothed over her lap.
And good Uncle Nose, who always looked shy,
And stopped short In his speech at glance from


her eye.
There too, was Big Luther, and Mabel, his wife;
And lean Uncle StruIhers, al fresh from his strife
In the courts Of the law, where his troubles ap-


peared- = IETUE
A lamb oi the dock, stin lively, though sheared.
There was bluff Tommy Ewing, and Mary as mild
As the May flowers that grew in the Sycamore Wild
Who refused Inc kiss, bat offered instead
A blush which told plain what her bosom had said
Then we all went to church, and fell fast asleep,
Though tried to remember the text verse to keep
And awose when the rustling of feet on the floor
Proclaimed to my ear that the service was DER.
But year after year fewer cane to the farm;
Aunt Jernsha went first, and we felt, without harm
To good Uncle Nose, who1o longer looked shy,
Though he spoke of her worth with a tear IN his


eye.
Alas for the years that since then have fed!
How few arc the living, how many the dead,
OF those who came down in lffes early prime, ~
And made glad the table of Thanksgiving time!
ShouId number them over at sunset tonight.
Or call them around where the freside gleams


bright,
My eyes would be dmmed with fast falling tears
For those who have passed down the hillside of


years.
But why should I weep for the dear ones no more,
So far on lfe's journey, so near to the shore
Which is trodden by those who, with palm branch |
and crown, =!
With Isaac, and Jscob, and Moses sit DOWN.
No; bless thee, Thanksgiving! thy advent shall


bring
To this half-frozen heart an impulse of Spring;
And cheerfully singing farewell to LIES ills,
viii pass the last guide post that points to the


hills.
Year: 1872

A lady who did not think it respectable to
bring up her children to work, has recently
heard from her two sons-one is the bar
keeper of a fiat-boat, the other is the night
clerk TO ime-kiln.
Year: 1872

Captain w. w Farmer has furnished
Judge Ray with a statement certifying his
stoned for the Office Of Judge of this district.
Per contra, the Fusion candidates for
Senator and Representatives in this district
and parish are preparing to contest the
election of their Radical opponents, and we
shall not De surprised to see the former
seated.