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Year: 1872

BY A. II. TEAL.


1t was an April evening that Horace
Buckingham first entered Cur cottage. l
sat at the north window with my worl;,
and glanced up as his slight form darkcn-
ed the doorway; to this day the picture
of the young engineer, in his mud-spotted
suit of gray, with his hair lying in shin,
ing black masses about his forehead aud
temples. and behind him in the back.
ground of hazy sky and budding forest,
is the brightest and most thrilling on all
the tablets of my memory. Through that
first momentary glance, the charm of his
youthful yet dignifed manliness, drop
ped down, cygnet-likc, into the deep,
placid pool ofmy hitherto unmoved af.
fections. Hl3


was eighteen then, and up to tha,
time my days had glided away like a
sweet pastoral poem. had been calmly
happy with my many friends, books,
work, and the simple amusements my
country associations afforded. know
never was romantic, never an ideal-wor-
shipper, han never known aught Of Love
in imagination or experience; know, al
so. that since the evening when Horace
Buckingham first stood in our cottage
door, l have never been free from its
power.


He had walked up the new railroad
opening from Monroeville, TO direct the
grading of the road where it ran through
u deep. uneven marsh on my father I
land. He had called to ask for lodgings
at our house during the week he expec-
ted to remain 10 the vicinity. Strange te
say. before the week was ended, he had
engaged home at the farmhouse, for SC
long as his business with the company
might de,ain Lin in the state.


1 shall never forget that first week.
was so filed and bewildered at the time
by the beauty and sweetness of my new
experience. that the memory Of it comes
back to me now like an exquisite dream
| remember when in the dusk of those
Year: 1872

I'll


An old gentleman who ought to be
seated aslride the tOpmOst ridge of
Mount Shasta, with IL similar noun
tain pendant from either foot, writes
to a literary paper that he has daugh
ter. We are delighted that this an
tique malefactOr is blessed with pro-
geny; that daughter will be comfort
to him when he gets along in years.
We have ourselves wished for daugh-
ter to support. But we wander. This
relic of a vanquished age concludes
that his daughter is very fond of gen.
tIeman's society. That is precisely the
species of illness that would probably
affiict our daughter, if We had daugA-
ter to feed. We once knew a man
whose daughter was so extremely fond
of the society of gentlemen, that her
parent caught her one day hanging on
the arm of q wooden Indian, and had
to wean her from this singular par
tiality by an ax-handle. To resume ::
This hOary inquisitOr goes on to eX-
plain that the gentlemen of whose So
ciety his daughter is mainly fond are,
he has reason to believe, addicted to
the consumption of cigars and the vice
of billiards. 1t is probable. If any
young woman shall ever secure the
advantage of having us as a parent to
buy her clothes, i. is reasonable to ap-
prehend that she will favor the same
low classAof gentlemen they mostly
do. But The aged parent would like to
know what he would best do about it.


There are several methods of reform.
Probably the most obvious and effectual
is to kill her, take off her skin and
hang her up to bleed. The final dis
position of the body is not important.
If in the progress of the centuries We
shall ever confer upon some cOmely
damsel the honor of being daughter to
us, and responsible for her bills, it is to
be presumed that We shall adopt this
method. Another way is to restrain
her of her liberty by putting her into
an abandoned well and dumping some
tons of gravel atop of her. This plan
is highly spoken of, and cOmmends it
self strongly to the Judgment. Or the
old gentleman may bind her ankles to
an anvil, and upset her out of a boat.
1t would be needless to point out the
advantages of this plan. Finally, if he
is too tender-hearted or affectiOnate to
adopt any of the foregoing methods,
let him lay her-properly chloroform-
ed-beneath the upturned root of a
mighty oak, and severing the trunk,
let back the mountain of earth i'm to its
appointed place. With so great a
variety of methods from which to
choose, this anxious old gentleman
ought not to be very long i'm solving
the problem to which he has set his
intellect.
Year: 1872

One of the principal features of early
times was the absolute freedom of
social intercourse between man and
man, and the absence of those distinc-
tions in society which cause men to
iostle each other in ascending the
rounds of its ladder of crystallized
forms, time-honored conventionalities,
affiuence and fashion. Pedigree could
not be proved, even if it were princely
for where all were strangers TO each
other, antecedents necessarily began
and ended with the assumption of the
claimant-and it was considered worth
less. unless the presence of manhood
sustained the claim to distinction.
Even in that event, pride forbade the
proffer of credentials. Thus 1t became
necessary to admit all to the privileges
of the best men until they proved
themselves undcserving; and then the
reversed order of ascent was more
quickly taken than belongs to the Gus
tom of refined society in old cOmmu-
mites. Whatever the organization of
society in its present order and general
makeup may add in the way of slim
illus to the progress of mankind, it
must be acknowledged that it Is the
prolific mother of more than half the
wretchedness and disastrous failures of
its individual members. Nothing but
barbarism as an alternative would JUS
tify society as now constituted, with
wealth and fashion as the main ele-
ments of success in life. A constant,
agonizing effort to be as miserable as
you can, seems to be the warp of social
economy.


1t was different i'm the early days.
The relief which they found here from
the rigid forms of sOciety-the absence
of the gradual scale influence-was ex-
tremely favorable to the culture of the
philosOphic mood which renders one
contented with himself and all the
world. Relieved from the spirit OF
social intoxicatiOn, one could soberly
smile at the petty annOyances which
fret the ambition of the aspiring, from
the cradle to the grave. None of these
disturbed the ''forty-niner;; and If his
foed was not at war with digestion, he
rested at night as peacefully as the
newborn babe-albeit, if a miner, his
bed may have been upon a snow-bank
thirty feet deep or intrenched in a
mud-puddle that threatened inunda-
ton, with an outrageous oak or tower.
ing pine as a shelter from the storm
overhead. All his hardships were of a
physical nature; mentally, he was
placid; and the situation was so novel
and interesting that he marveled That
so many of the ills of life resulted from
the very organization specially created
to prevent them-refined society,"
OuerLdnd Monthly.
Year: 1872

From all sections of Tennessee the
news is cheering as to the prospect of
the wheat crop. If the judgment of
the farmer Is not at fault, the crop is
the largest that has been raised for
many years.
Year: 1872

Strange that parents can not learn
what it would seem that natural affec-
ton and sympathy would teach them
that it is not only cruel but danger
Gus to expose child to the influence
of extreme fear. 1t matters little
whether the fear springs from real or
an imaginary cause. Not long ago a
father and mother in Detroit left their
four-year-old son alone one evening.
The child begged to be taken with
them, saying he was afraid of bears
and wolves. He screamed violently
when they left the house, and on their
return they found him insane. 1t is
feared that he will be an idiot for life.


THE LEVEL OF THE DEAD sEA.-A
few years ago party of English engi-
neers were employed, under the COM
mand of Captain Wilson, to make a
survey of Jerusalem, and to take levels
of this region from the coast of the Med
iterranean to the sacred city, and
thence to the Dead Sea. The ieveliug
was made by independent observers,
with different instrument, and with
accuracy that the result is reliable
within three or four inches.
Year: 1872

The announcement in yesterdays TRIBUNE
indicating the of the charges against the members
OF the old Ring, caused considerable excitement In po-
cal circles and the outcry at once raised that in
view OF the coming election the Grant Republicans had
instituted proceedings against Tweed for political
purposes 1t is understood however, that the General
Sessions indictments will be quashed by Judge Brady
when the question sary presented to him. and that the
new indictments meant to restrain aud confne him


The additional evidence against Tweed In the new
charges against him is said to be OF startling nature
The weakness Of the previous indictments lay In the TACT
that 10 Witnesses could be obtained who could establish
positively the division OF any money between Tweed
and others. Woodward and James NJ sweenY are sup
posed to have been the only agents But IT has been
established beyond doubt that others had personal
knowledge OF these TRANSACTIONS and Of these has
been found and he has sworn before the Grand Jury
that on three several occasions he deposited to Tweeds
account tweuty-four per cent Of Ingersos receipts


Mr.. Tweed left the city shortly before midnight on
Wednesday and drove to Greenwich where he has since
remained. Foster Dewey teegraphed him that he had
been indicted and he dewey had promised that he
should appear on Friday and give bail but Mr. Tweed
sent word that IL was impossible for him TO come until
Saturday and asked at the time II nail would be
accepted No positive could be returned TO this
and It Is not positively certain that Mr. Tweed Will give
himself up to day as anticipated.


Mayor Hall yesterday appeared in the Supreme Court
and gave bonds in the usual amount TO answer the
charges against him.


Two other important indictments were yesterday
found by the Oyer aud Termner Grand Jury but they
will not be presented until Tuesday morning. when the
Grand Jury will again into Court But II is un-
derstood that Of them directly involves Ingerso in
feonious transaction involving about $4,000. The
other s said to be against popular candidate for the
Mayoraty who was guilty Of fraudulent alterations Of
his public accounts and of swearing falsely to his bills
as Sheriff.
Year: 1872

The audience which gathered last night, in


the Hall of Cooper Union, demonstrated that either
the number OF Germans In the city who favor the cleo
ton OF Grant and Wilson s limited else that the en-
thusiasm is Of so mid type TO permit very light
rain 10 prevent their attendingn large numbers
meeting which had been extensively advertised and for
which all the attractions Of pyroteehnies and music
were brought into reputation Tho number that was
Year: 1872

The Mayor, in accordance with the
petition Of Taxpayers already published.
has issued a proclamation for special
election to be held December 10th for
the purpose Of determining whether the
city shall issue bonds to raise million
dollars to build a portion OF the Valley
railway. This course is authorized by
an act of the Legislature, passed last
spring, the most important provisions
OF which will be found in the proclama-
ton. If two-thirds OF those voting
shall vote "Yes," it is proposed to take
at once the preliminary steps in this
matter. The part to be built by the city


is from here to the county line at
Brecksville, about fourteen or fifteen
miles This will doubtless be leased 10
the Valley Railway Company, the city
owning the dbed.-CLeVcland PLAIN
dealer
Year: 1872

CHICAGO, November l6.-To day al
noon, on the Madison street bridge, q
man was seen to jump from the bridge
and attempt to drown himself, which
he would have accomplished but for
the exertion of the officers and others.
When taken out he gave his name as
John Thomas, aged Is. and said he was
a carpeuter, out OF money and employ
meut He expressed regret that be had
been interfered with. He was taken te
Q police station.
Year: 1872

made it's appearance here today for the
fret time. but in a mild form, and will
not, it is thought, prove as disastrous or
interrupt business to the extent reported
in the cities in the North and West.
Year: 1872

Mrs. Mary Kelly. living in Mott
street, this city, was found in her room
this morning, burned to cinder. 1t is
supposed she went home drunk and fell
upon the stove, when her clothes took
fire and she burned, in her inability TO
call for aid.
Year: 1872

The last Legislature passed trespass
law for several counties in the State, saws
the Marysvilie Standard, and in some of
them this law was to apply to townships
only. This is the case in Butte, where
there is trespass law in force for the az
ricultural part of the county. But how is
this halt and half law working? In Butte
the farmers who tave crops unfenced ale
compelled to organize "Commttee of
Safety" to see that rowing cattle from other
parts,of the county do not eat up their grain.
In Colusa the law applies to all parts, while
in Suffer it is not in force-two adjoining
counties. What is the consequence The
stock interests in Colusa are thereby affect
ed. We understand that stock is being
driven from Colusa to Sutter, and that
Sutter is overrun with stock and its pastur-
age is being consumed
Year: 1872

To Boil Fresh FIsH-Clean. wash
thoroughly, wipe dry, and then sew up in
cloth, kept solely for fish, and plunge at
once into boiling water that has first been
sated sufficiently. Sew the cloth up on
the back of the fish. When done take 1t
out, cut the threads down the back of the
fish, and cut the skin of the fish SO that in
taking off the cloth the skin will come of
with it, leaving the fish white and whole
Be careful not to break the fish, as it should
come to the table in good condition. Eat
with egg sauce or plain drawn butter.
Year: 1872

A t1sEFUR ARTICLE.-Ammonia, or as
it is generally called, spirits of hartshorn,
is p, weiful alkali. aud dissolves grease
and dirt with greet ease. 1t has lately
been recommended very highly for domestic
purposes. For washing paint, put table.
spoonful in a quart of moderately hot water,
dip in flannel cloth, and then wipe off the
woodwork no scrubbing will be necessary.
For taking greasy spots from any fabric,
use the ammonia nearly pure, then lay
white blotting paper over the spot and iron
it lightly. In washing lace, put about
twelve drops in pint of warm suds. To
clean silver, mix two teaspoonfuls of ammo
MIA in quart Of hot suds. Put in your
silverware and wash, using and old nail
brush or toofh-b brush for the purpose. For
cleaning hair, brushes, etc, simply snake
the brushes up and down 10 mixture of
one tablespoonful of ammonia to one pint
of hot water; when they are cleansed, rinse
them in cold water and stand h EN- in the
wind or 10 hot place to dry. For washing
6nger-marks from looking glasses or win
dows, put few drops of ammonia on moist
rag and make quick work of it. 1t you
wish your house plants to flourish, put few
drops of spirits in every pint of water used
IN watering. A teaspoonful will add much
to the refreshing effects of the bath. Moth
ing is better than ammonia water for clean
ing the hair. In every case, rinse off the
ammonia with clear water. To which We
would only add, that, for removing grease
spots, mixture of equal parts Of ammonia
and alcohol is better than alcohol alone /;
and for taking out the red stains produced
by the strong acids in blue and black clothes,
there is nothing better than ammonia.
Year: 1872

The Count de Grasse was once wounded
in the knee BY a musket ball. The doctors
cut and backed and made many iucisions !;
when, getting out of all patience, the Count
asked Why they cut him up SO Duch.-
"We- are seeking for the ball." said the
surgeon "Why in the name of the devil
didn't you mention that before? have
the ball in my pocket"
Year: 1872

New YORK, November 9, l872.-MY
DEAR SIR: l received an Albany Journal
with your jubilee speech. You were SO
kind and courteous as TO speak OF me in
a way that touched my heart. am sure
it does honor to your character aud i'm
pulses.


During the campaign aside from little
playfulness now and then-I let no word
escape me about you that you would not
consider fair play or fair fight; and this is
my qualification, that, amid the grossness
of the campaign incidental to all our elec
ti0ns, YOU and come out of it without the
biemishes which so often blur victory and
humiiate defeat.


| am almost sorry that l can not be your
colleague in the next Congress, but shall
cheerfully retire to the ''still air Of delight
full studies" in my library, and to matters
which | think are more congenial than pol
tics, and rnuch mistake you il you do
not attend the sitting of the Supreme Court
at Washington more than the sessions of
Congress.


With kind regard. etc, S. S. Cox.


Hon. LYMAN TREMAIN.
Year: 1872

AUGUSTA, Me, Nov. 20.-A fendish
attempt was made to throw the evening
train from Portland brach track, near
Farmingdale this evening. A plank and a
heavy sleeper were placed across the track.
The engine cut the plank in two at both
ends and the sleeper was thrown aside by
the cow-catcher. Had the attempt sue
ceeded the train must have been thrown
down an embankment OF some twenty
feet.
Year: 1872

An English admiral, who rose to his high
station by his own steady exertions, used to
be fond of relating that, on first leaving a
humble lodging to join his ship as a midship-
man. his landlady presented him with Bible
and guinea, saying, God bless you and
prosper you, my lad and, as long as you
live, never suffer yourself to be laughed out
Of your money or your prayers"


The young sailor carefully followed this
advice through life, and had reason to rejoice
that he did so while thousands have regret.
ted, when too late, that they have pursued a
different course.


Never let your honest convictions be laugh.
ed down. BE true to yourself; aud, in the
end, you will not only be respected by tho
world, but have the approval Of your own
conscience. e.-Eariy Days,
Year: 1872

a boy about nine years old was bathing one
day, When, by some mischance, he got into
deep water and began TO sink. His elder
brother saw him and ran to save him, but
lacking strength or skill, he also sank to the
bottom Of the river. As the two drowning
brothers rose to the surface for the last time
they saw third brother, the youngest of the
family, running down the bank for the pur.
pose of trying to save them. Then it was
that the dying nine-year-old acted the part Of
a hero. Struggling as he was with death, he
gathered all his strength, and cried to the
brother on the shore, " Don't come in, or la'
ther will lose all his boys at once !"


Noble little fellow Though dying, he
forgot himself and thought only of his fathers
grief He was genuine hero. His brother
obeyed his dying command and was spared
TO comfort his father when his two dead soni
were taken from the river clasped in each
others arms.


Boys you are not called to be heroes il
this way, but you are called to consider The
feelings of your parents, and to study how tC
avoid giving them pain. Blessed are thos'
children whose words and deeds make sweo
music in their parents souls
Year: 1872

Five millions of dollars in specie went
away from New York last week, and there
were $1,000, 900 of imports Of foreign goods
in the same time. The gold may be sent
away, but the goods keep coming in, it
seaus
Year: 1872

Hon. Lynch, late Of country parish, now
Of this city, we believe, told some fifth
ward GRANTEES that mo man was ever
born on American soil to whom the country
owes more than to their nominee for Presi-
dent. He evidently reserves the right to
think the country owes an immense debt
to some one not born on American soil
which his name it is Lynch. Let her owe /!
Year: 1872

4 midde-aged man, known as Mr.. Gayles
was found dead in his bed, yesterday in the Summit
House. at Canalst. and tho Bowery where he had lived
for over year past He had cut his throat with razor
His affairs entirely unknown but he is supposed to
have come from California. As no money was found
among his effects he probably killed himself owing t.
poverty. An inquest will be held.


John Miller, age ST. German, ended his life by firing


pistol bullet into his brain yesterday morning in the
parlor Of his house. No. 353 East Fieenh-st The de
ceased was druggist, having good trade, and owned


large amount of property No cause can be given tor
his suicide, except nemperance He arose from his bed
early Yesterday and after wandering lstessy about
the room for a few moments he suddenly picked up a
revolver and pointed IL at his wife, who had been
anxiOusly watching him. She caught hold or his arm
and endeavOred TO wrench the pistol from him. In the
struggle the revolver fired, and bullet entered the
ceiling. Mrs. Miller fearing that her husband intended
to murder her. lifted her child from bed and hed from
the room. A bullet fired after her, and the mex
minute she heard another report OF the revolver.
policeman was called in, and Miller was found dead IN
the room, with the revolver at his sde An inquest viii
he lpl
Year: 1872

TIE CUBAN PRIyATEER PIoNEER-SoLDIEltS
HoMEsTEADs-PRIZE MONEY CLAIMS-PEN
SION CHANGES.


GENERAL PRESS DIsPATCHEsl


letter was received at the Treasury Department to-
day from the United States Marshal for Rhode Island
claiming the custody OF alleged priyateer Pioneer


under libel for violation OF the neutrality laws Mean
time the Collector holds her under the revenue laws as
March last the port Of New York. whence she sailed
under the name Of the Resonte he MarsnaiS letter
The Commissioner of the General Lana once mas ue-
cded that soldiers who entered homesteads prior to the
massage of the act of Congress fanilary known
as the Soldiers Homestead Law" entitled to have
the time they served in the army deducted from the


time heretofore required 20 perfect the te 70 the nome
stead the same those who have made entries since
who made entries under the old Homestead law may
obtain their patents by making proof of service and
atons without waiting the expiration OF five years
from the date of the entry OF the land


The Treasury Department is awaiting the action of the
Navy Department before paying bounty to the officers
and crew of the Kearsarge for the destruction Of the
Alabama The amount is $4,000, in addition to $4,000
heretofore received by them. The payment OF bounty
OF S3O To Captain Gushing aud his boats crew Tor the
destruction of the Abemarle requires an appropr
alton by Congress The report i'll the New Orleans prize
money cases is still before the supreme court tor tne
volved After the Court shah make its decision an a-
propriaton by Congress will be necessary TO carry II
Fourth Auditors Office of the Treasury Department


The late decision OF the Commissioner OF Pensions un-
der the act of June 1872 increasing the rate OF certain
pensioners in which the Commissioner held that the
intervention Of an attorney not required, and that
no attorneyshp in such would be recognized, or
fee allowed sustained appeal case by the
Secretary OF the Interior. The commissioners decision
was held that these not claims" III the CON
temptation Of the law The old certificates are TO be Tor,
warded TO the Commissioner Of Pensions, who will
place upon the margin the new ratings authorized by
the recent law. sworn application Is not essential IN
these cases.


The Italian Minister has asked this Government to
Join that Italy in the adoption OF international sys
TEN of semaphOrc signals for vessels The Gov
ernment, through the Treasury Department, mas de-
clned the proposition.