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Year: 1875

SWORN STATEMENT OF ONE OF THE CREW OF


THE Observation-Disclosures AND INHUMAN


CONDUCT OF THE CAPTAIN.


SAN FRANCISCO, Nov a. 1875.


The Victoria (v. ~ Standard just received by
steamer from vancouvers Island says effort will be
made to procure the attendance Of the captain and
of the ship orphcus at the inquest upon the bodies
OF the victims OF the steamship Pacific disaster. A
searching nqury is to be made to the cause of
the disaster. Charles Thompson, of the crew of
the ship Orpheus has made a statement before
notary public al Port Townsend in which he charges
the captain of the orpheus with having been the
OF the disaster He says that raising the lights OF
the Pacific he ordered by the second head
for them, ana few minutes thereafter the captain
came deck and ordered him again put the ship on
her course About three minutes afterward he was
ordered by the captain to et her lun, " which he did
Atter this the captain signihed his intention TO speak
the steamer iorwhch purpose the lights of the
were kept dead ahead until the vessels came in col
lison. Then the steamer followed the ship, and the
people board the steamer shouted and called upon
the captain OF tho 0rpheus to stop and them,
but he did not heed their cries and kept his course
and the steamer soon lost to view.
Year: 1875

The Lives Insured by the Society carefully
selected in different parts Of North America and
Europe, furnishing, by this broad field OF opera.
tions an additional and exceptional safety to the
Policy.bolders. The assurances are made only on
the Mutual Principle. The Surplus Premiums are
returned annually to the Insured.
Year: 1875

rErcE sts Courier Jcurasl.l
At the Tennessee Conference at Fay
ettoyiie, the report of the committee in
reference to the trial Of the case Of the
Rev. DIR. John w Hanna, sr states that
with earnest prayer and mature dellhera
ton they have performed the delicate,
painful, aud responsible work MS best
they could, in the fear OF God They
find the specifications sustained by the
evidence, and that the specifications sus-
tain the charge Of immortality, and do
hereby suspend him from the office Of the
Christian ministry in the Methodist Epis
copal Church, South.


The committee was unanimous on the
first specification, that of writing letter
tending to corrupt the virtue of Miss Nay
lor On the second specification, that OF
arranging plans to CRAFTY his passions
which the said letter was SO fitted to
arouse, there WAS a majority of two or
three in the affirmative; and upon the
whole charge of immortality the vote was
unanimous


The verdict suspends him from preach
ing for one year.


When Bishop Wightman pronounced
the sentence, Dir. Kelley, counsel for the
defendant, said:


81 left DR.. Hanna at his room too
much overwhelmed by his emotion to ap-
pear in your midst He did not know
what the verdict would be He desires
to express no opinion as to whether 1T is
right or wdenauo ,na one United no sstinns g
down his flee and heart crashed by sOr
row and age, he wishes to say that he be.
lieves in the righteous intentions of the
committee, aud if the verdict shall be
hard upon him it is from no want ofpuri-
ty on their part and that from the church
To which he gave the love of his hoyhood
and the strength Of his manhood he has
received in return kindness, love and
multiplied honors and now, ifthis moth
er, to which he has given life, love and
labor thinks it best to lay on him the
heavy hand Of chastening, out of a
broken heart lie will love and love her
still


with regard to the folly which he adj.
mits in writing the letter, and which has
cost hm such pangs Of agonzing repent
ance, he desires to say to the younger
members Of the conference, Look upon
my agony. behold my stricken old ge,
and learn to avoid the very appearance
of evil


Hanna was one Of the oldest, most in
luental, and most eloquent preachers in
his church, and was known throughout
the South.
Year: 1875

- a gentleman, fading that the di-
minuton of his stock of wood continued
after his fires were out, lay awake one
night to obtain, if possible, some cew to
the mystery. At an hour when ''all hon.
est folks should be in bed" hearing an
operator at work in the yard, he cautious
ly raised his chamber window and saw a
lazy neighbor endeavoring to get large
log into his wheelbarrow. Your re pret
ty fellow said the owner "to come here
and steal my wood while I'm aslee ~


Yes" replied the thief; "and sup
pose you would stay up there and see me
break my neck with lifting before you'd
offer to come and help me -
Year: 1875

- Group can be cured in one minute,
and the remedy is simply alum and sugar,
The way to accomplish the deed is to take
knife or CRATER and shave Off, in small
particles, about teaspoontu Of alum.
then mix with about twice its quantity of
sugar to make it palatable, and administer
1t as quickly as possible. Almost instan-
taneous relief will follow,
Year: 1875

There is a timely remark in the obser
vations made by General Hancock sitting
on the Babcock court of inquiry, to the
effect that by the Federal Constitution
the military is subordinate TO the civil
power. His translation OF the effect OF
that instrument into a concise formula
is creditable to his patriotism and hon:
orable to his profession. 1t Is the civil
power alone which can 'crea and sup
port armies" and make rules" for their
government. 1t is the civil power which
has made such rules in the Articles OF
War" II is the civil power which has
given, and which can take away, the )ur-
isdiction of military courts. No person
can be tried by a military court unless
one who has voluntarily surrendered
himself thereto by entering into the
army, or unless by insurrection or rebel,
lion civil courts are closed. General
Hancock expresses with admirable force
the idea that, while military courts are
as lawful courts, within the limits con-
ferred by the civil power, as any other
courts, and military law is, within its
limits, as precise and solid as any othcr
law, yet due Difference to the spirit OF
our institutions, and to the civil author
ity, suggests that the court on BAbcock
suspend its inquiry for further orders
from the President IN presence OF the
indictment in st. Louis. 1t is not only
the thing which General Hancock did,
but the sensitiveness about coming in
contact with q civil court prompting
him to do it suddenly and instantly,
which is 30 commendable. And yet his
reasons are as good "a either Of these
With him, evidently, it is the part of an
officer and a gentlemen to obey the spir-
it as well as the letter of the law of the
hand. With him the army is no sanctu-
ary for defiance of the civil power. Bah
cock, az General Hancock quickly saw,
has committed two offences if he con-
spired against the whiskey tax-one that
for which he 10 indicted, and the other
for unbeooming conduct as an officer;
and that the army, though first in order
of time, should yield to the civil courts
before the service On Babcock of the
warrant of the civil court under the in
dictment created any possible conflict.


Possibly under the order of the Presi-
dent the army court could have main
tanned its jurisdiction of the self-accused
till its inquiry was completed, but Cen
eral Hancock rightly preferred to aid
the people," who, through a grand jury
complained that Babcock had commit
ted crime against the nation, as well as
the army.


We repeat that the quick action of
General Hancock is creditable to the
army and to himself.-Horld.
Year: 1875

Three Brooklyn girls v ent with others
on a picnic to Spring Hill Grove last
summer, accompanied by three young
men, and had a jolly time. An alder
man was at the picnic, and he had very
good time, toe. Somebody proposed that
they should have a mock marriage, and
the alderman consented to perform it
The three young ladies and the three
young men stood up, each with their re-
spective witnesses. The ceremony was
performed, all had a laugh, separated
is 8 serious aspect given to the matter.
It is .held, and plausably enough, that
the action of the alderman was legal and
binding. and that the parties are really
married according to the law of the
State.
Year: 1875

THE ScHooLs.-Mr. Frock, a member
of the Board Of Public Education, in
forms us that the Board are governed by
economical principles in their decision
to erect a new school house in the Eighth
Ward. The Board have too many school
houses in close proximity. and propose
to give up school No. 13. corner OF Lord
and Pine streets, which the Board does
not own. 1t pays yearly rent of u 200
for part Of the building. The Board
say that building can be erected where
n school is needed. for $4,000. that will
accommodate many small children that
are now compelled TO stay at home in
bad weather because of the long dis
tauce they have to walk 10 these schools
all situated in one neighborhood. There
is no school this side Of the Brandywiue
bridge, on cit her side of Market street
north of Seventh street, except the
Howard" (colored school.) The school
north of the Brandywine is crowded,
and hence the necessity for school
house located about Twelfth and French
where the Board has purchased a lot
and propose to build. By building they
eIpeet to save six hundred dollars a
year, besides furnishing the school ac-
eommodation where it is wanted. These
reasons seem strong and conclusive.
Year: 1875

This is medicine for consumption, and
all diseases of the throat, chest and lungs.
1t is claimed by the proprietors to be the
most wonderful preparation of the kind
in the world, and to back up their faith
they will give trial bottle to any one
wishing to test it. Ask your druggists
for IT
Year: 1875

"A correspondent Of the New York
Sun calls the attention OF all consumers
Of keresone oil to the pernicious and IN
healthy practice Of using lamps filed
with that article with the wicks turRed
down The gas which should be consu
med by the flames 10, by this means. left
heavily in the air, while the cost OF the
oil thus saved at present prices would
scarce be one dollar q year for the lamps
Of a household. His attention was call
ed particularly to this custom by board
ing in the country where kerosene was
the only available light. A large family
Of children living In the same house
were taken i'll one night, aud on going to
the nursery the mother found the room
nearly sutfocating, with a lamp turned
down, whereupon the physician forbade
the use of lamp at night, unless turn
ed at full head. He says he could quote
many cases. one Of young girl subject
to 6ts Of faintness. which, il not induced
were greatly increased by sleeping In a
room with tie lamp almost turned out.
Beside the damage 10 health. It spoils the
paper and curtains, soils the mirrors aad
gives the whole house an untidy air and
an nnwholesoms odor,
Year: 1875

In this year Of great reyvals, and when
the tens OF thousands are being led toward
Christ by agencies apart from the regular
church, the question arises What is the
church good for il the great revivals are 10
spring up outside Of it Z" The London Sat
urday Rcriew SAYS if this awakening by the
efforts of the two rcvivalists is legitimate
then what is the old way Of the church work
good for2 To such a question each one
may give his own reply, The wisest reply
seems to me to be that no momeutary rclig
ious awakening confers character upon the
multitude good, brave firm and cult
waited personality never came in few days
to any man or group Of men. Aud woe be
to the Scotland and London converts unless
the church can take them after the re-
vival wave has passed by, and can in the
coming days and years feed them with the
everlasting elements of character When
the great excitement shall have declined
when the song shall have Travelled on, tens
Of thousands Of the poor people that thought
they had found religion will find the old life
coming back again. For the life Of many
has always been narrow. A little food,
large amount Of drink and work, have been
the three objects OF life with that multitude
After the excitement shall have died away
back thousands of them will fall to food and
work and drink. lt is only the personal ef
feet Of years aud the long.eontnued teach
ing and association Of the church that can
help the soul 10 a deeply laid character
Great reyivals proceed in part from the
church's neglect 1t suffers its multitudes
to starve and languish. 1t feeds out mys-
teries and absurdties, when it ought to be
building up character. 1t overlooks the high
way like the sphinx, and propounds riddles
TO the travellers, and kills those who cannot
answer, when it should be shaping their
souls into the likeness Of Christ After this
starving process has been going on for a
generation, the crowds flock after Wesley or
Whitefeld. in search Of food for the soul
Like the Persians. they migrate, fifty thou
sand in a group, from the famine districts to
where rain falls and grain npeus. If the
church has one work that is both great and
truly its own, 1t is the work Of helping men
and women up toward the stature Of the
Master. II may be essential that great re-
viyalsts shall come along at times to awaken
new life by now means, but their efforts will
be in vain unless there be- plenty of calmer
thought and OF definite purpose fed out to
these convert, from the quiet Sabbalh-school
and that great educator. the sacred desk
TI,sf,y N,yiDr
Year: 1875




Two men went fishing on the reef, and,
after many hours, both took up their fishing
tackle and baskets TO return home. One of
the men had been quite successful, and had
a full basket, The other, who had not OBJ
tanned any, asked his fortunate friend to
give him fish. The reply was " No; get
some yourself; will not part with mine"
So saying, he shouldered his heavy basket
and marched away, The other man walked
behind with his empty basket Now there
was a small hole in the bottom of the basket
of the fortunate fisherman but he was not
aware Of it. Presently fish fell through,
quite unknown to its owner. This god-send
was eagerly picked up by the man behind,
and put into his basket Ere long another
fish fell through, and another, and another,
All these We're gathered by the man follow
ing. The hole in the bottom of the basket
was continually enlarging, so that the larger
fish shared the fate of the smaller ones. At
length all the fish had slipped away, and
still the selfish man remained ignorant of
his loss. On reaching his home, lac threw
down his basket before his wife, and desired
her TO cook the fish. Thinking herself
Knocked, she bitterly reproached her husband
for bringing home an empty basket. Too
late he then discovered he had lost all, through
refusing to pity him who had none And
when the other man came in and restored the
fish, the selfish man was heartily ashamed.
Year: 1875

How SHALL we put children in posses
sion of The moneys upon which they are
to exercise themselves benevolently?
Let them earn it," is usually the first
| answer to this inquiry. Very good, but
how shall they earn it? If by honest toll
of any kind, all right. Such labor will
degrade no child, and the lesson that hon
est toll brings its rewards cannot be too
early learned. These earnings may be
by service rendered parties other than
the parents of the child. In such cases
the matter stands purely on a business
platform it is subject to business condi-
tions, familiarity with which cannot be
made too early in ones life.


But sometimes bargains for work and
compensation are made between the child
and its parent. In some cases the only
opening for earning money is here. In
such cases arrangements must be delicate
ly made No child should claim tinan-
cial reward for any service done its par
ents. All the service needed by the par
ent which the child can possible render
should be held as freely subject to the
parents call. Why should not the boy
black his fathers boots, or shovel the
snow from his fathers pavement? So
completely is the boy under the father S
control and bound by love and gratitude
and tilial subordination, that no such wish
should start Il query in the youthful heart,
but when expressed it should be prompt
ly, fully, freely met.


And yet, while care is taken that the
mercenary spirit does not come between
the parent and his child, it still is practical
bic so to adjust service and compensation
that parental authority and tilial duty
shall by no means suffer. A clear under
standing of the principles here stated will
guide any thoughtful parent to proper
settlement of the details of business ar
rangement with his child. Cases are men
toned here where child earns money by
doing without butter, or cake, or coffee
or by getting gup promptly in the morning
or by folding a napkin; or by pulling out
gray hairs, and by many similar devices.
If abstemiousncss is needed, or if medi-
cine is to be taken, or if orderly, punctual
habits are to be formed, far better allow
them to stand on their own merits and to
be acted upon accordingly, Habits of
self-mastery must be learned in these
minor moralitieS, and better let them
bring their own rewards than to append
an extraneous pecuniary consideration.
The discovery of a gray hair in ones head
and other accidental matters, to which re-
wards are sometimes appended, cultivate
a ,ooking for happy hits, for lucky vent
urcs in short, it fosters the expectation of
profit without toll, and so makes a big
contribution to the rampant speculative
spirit of the day.


The rule applying to all these methods
of furnishing the child with money should
be, let him do genuine work for which he
earns genuine wages. Weld together,
even in childhood, the two great ideas,
"toil'' and triumph. "-Reg. G. A. Peytz,
in .Su,,day School Times.
Year: 1875

mire, and cannot cordially desire to sue
cessfully initiate. The absurdity of a
German courtesy would be ridiculous If
it were not sublime.


In all the sociable little Reidens towns
the ministers, being allowed certain
yearly sum for TJelgeld table money!,
are bound to give proportionate num-
Der of balls and dinners; and to these Gf
you are of the Gesellschaft) you are GER
tain to be hidden. To leave you out be-
cause you give neither balls nor dinners
in return would be to insult your class
and this liberal view of social obliga-
tions produces most pleasant result.
How many charming young married
women there are among us who would
be glad to amuse themselves, happy to
dance in muslin, if Mechlin be denied
them; how many that would adorn socie-
ty, make drawing-rooms that are dull
with dowagers and diamonds gay with
bright youth and pleasant laughter; yet
they are not asked, because they give no
dinners in return, because the rich mans
wife, who is blazing with diamonds of the
Golconda and the gold of Ophir, would
wonder at the simplicity displayed in the
cheap gown of the "young person" op-
posite, and marvel at the "queer peo-
Pile" you had get about you. In Germany
there is no sncbbishness; there is class
prejudice but let it only be known that
you are lady, your welcome will be just
as warm, though you come in cloth of
frieze instead of in cloth of gold. You are
asked to amuse and to be amused; you can
enjoy yourself quite as well, though you
be only Lieutenant's wife, as though
you were a Countess from before the del
uge; and the consequence of this liberal
view of things is that youth and gayety
and fresh toilets and bright faces are
generally to be found at German balls,
though there may not be so much jewel
ry and pomp and circumstance as your
prejudiced mind may deem desirable on
such festive occasions. What you are,
not what you haze, is the only matter to
be considered, and to insure your wei
come.-Bergtn Lette, IN N. Y. Paper.
Year: 1875

OF customs we can only speak very
generally as regards country where
every province has its own peculiar ira
ditions, an dwhere conservative atfec-
ton has preserved these with an almost
religious exactitude.


Very unpleasant, according to our
ideas. is the rule that strangers must
make the first advance Thus, when you
arrive in town where you propose to
remain for any length of time, you will
provide yourself with an introduction or
two, you will procure a list of the Hon.
oratioren, OR honorabilities, of the place,
and you will drive from door to door
leaving cards. These cards will present
ly be returned, and shortly afterward a
footman or laqua5s de place will call, ask
to see the HerschGften, and will then IN
due form deliver his masters message,
requesting the honor of your company
at dinner on such day, at three, four or
five o'clock, as the case may be. When
you arrive on the festive scene it will be
your duty to request the hostess to intro
duce you to all the ladies present. This
she will do, presenting you to the excel
lencies and distinguished persons first,
the tour being made according to the
incest gradation of etiquette, so that be-
ginning with an Embassadress you will
end with Lieutenant's wife, and then
in turn have to receive your court, name
ly, the husbands of all those ladies to
whom you have been doing reverence.
The cOurtesyings, the Obeisances, the
compliments, at once embarrass, annoy
and tickle you. Your stiff backbone
doesn't take kindly to the prostrations
your knees resent the genutlections; you
scorn to grovel, yet you fear to offend /;
you feel ridiculous in your unwonted an
tics, and are afraid of falling; and yet
sense of humor would make it
difficult, were you more at ease,
to abstain from shouts of laughter
at the bobbing, sliding, gliding and
grimacing in which you are playing such
an unwilling par. You feel that these
ladies who dip and wriggle as to the
manner born are criticising your want OF
grace, your rustic air, your wooden
jointed reverences, and yet you swear to
yourself by all your gods that no inch
lower than is consistent with your ideas
of personal dignity will you sink before
these your fellow creatures. The blood
rushes to your face, partly in pride, part
ly in embarrassment, and you wish your
self well out of this galere; yet you are
angry with yourself with an unreason.
ing anger for your want of philosophy
and your unpliable spine. Experience,
it is true, will make these scenes famil-
lar and Indifferent to you; you will gath
er courage to preserve your natural gait,
to grant your limbs the freedom to which
they have been accustomed, to be polite
and pleasant, and to 60 your own way
without attempting to ape manners that
went out of fashion in your own country
a century ago. 1t is only the first step
that costs; but it costs great deal; and
it is not easy for very young woman to
preserve the juste ntlieu between mod
est desire to conform to the customs OF
the country and sense of modification
at aping manners which she does not ad
Year: 1875

observed his Oldest boy suddenly mount
upon the bannister and glide swiftly
down to the first floor, where he stood
waiting for an offensive movement on
the part of his father. Then Cooley
leaned over the railing, and, shaking his
fist at him, said:


"You wicked little scoundrel, if you
amt a candidate for the gallows I'm no
Judge. You come up here and go to
bed, and tomorrow morning I'll tan
your hide for you with bed-slat. You
mind me? I'll give you enough earth
quake to make you dance from here to
the equator, you tow-headed outcast"


Then the family went to bed, and the
boy crept softly up the kitchen stairs,
thinking there was not much fun in
such jokes, anyhow Adeler, IN N.
Y WeekIp
Year: 1875

CHARLES O'CoNoR doesn't encourage
tailors muchly, and his hat is probably
the worst hat exhibited on good head on
Broadway There is tradition among
the New York lawyers that Mr.. O'Conor's
hat was presented to him on the day of his
admission to the bar, and that he has been
wearing it and sitting on it alternately
ever since. The story is rather tough, but
they say that the hat is fearfully and won


derfully mellow. L
Year: 1875

This is the time of year when
mothers and daughters endeavor to give
the breakfast-tablc chat watering
place tint, while the old gentleman eats
hastily and departs promptly to his bust
ness,
Year: 1875

WHEN mother cuts her sons hair
with such nice precision and artistic neat


ness that he is ashamed to take Oft his hat


when he goes to bed, it is about time our
domestic institutions were overhauled and
remodeled. d.-Balim0rean