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Year: 1872

On the authority of the late Mlior
Mace, of Lafayette, Ind, with whom


Grant stopped over Sunday when on his


way to accept the Colonelcy OF the Hi
nois Twentv-first Regiment, rendered


him by Governor Yates, the Springfield
JJUnd! relates the following; Daring
the entertainment, the negro being the
subject of warm discussion, an Ohio Off
Ger, whose name We omit lfor he after
ward performed patriotic Servicas), said
that, should he have command of an
army in n slave State. drawn up in line of
battle with n rebel force in front Of him.


about to begin the fight, aud the slaves
should rise in insurrection against their
masters, he would suspend the battle and
unite with the rebel army in sIppressir @
the revolt. To this Colonel Grant, in a
quiet, delicate voice, replied that, while
reluctant to give offense or wound the
fec elings Of brother officer, he must say
that man who could express such Il SEN
timent was not far IRON being q traitor
A belligerent sc,ne following, which re-
CURED all the tact of M ljor Mace and his
other guests to compose. This fact was
related in our hearing by Major Mace
Just after the close of the war, in famil-
lar illustration of the changes Of opinion
which the war brought about, and long
before General Grant was thought Of for
President
Year: 1872

The following article from a CORES
ponden: of the World is so good that
its length viii be found to be no OBJ
lection. It corroborates previous ac-
counts Of the splendid country SO
nearly on our own parallel in the
west, and we believe that when this
age Of progress shall have wrought
It's full influence upon it, that it will
be pronounced the nearest approach
to paradise which our planet affords.
rs yet it must undergo the painful
process of development and many
will find that in looking to its unde-
veloped splendors they have forgot
ten the great truth that without sor-
row and sweat there is nothing good.
-(ED. News.
Year: 1872

We call attention to the announce
mcut Of Gen. Walker rs a candidate
for Congress. Many Of our readers
know him as a very efficient and lead
ing member OF the last House Of
Delegates. Many Of them know him
as very efficient member Of the bar
Of S. ". Virginia, and many Of them
know him as the gallant commander
of the S,oncwaiI B:igade Gen.
Walker is an earnest, energetic work
or aud a courteous and atiab.e gentle
man. Ii he should be tie nominee
our people of the 9th district wiil be
well and src1itabiy served in Con
grCSS.
Year: 1872

g At length We have found use for
Alaska. It enabled Senator Thur
man IN his address at the University
of Virginia to assert that our climate
embraced every variety from the tor.
rid to the fricid.
Year: 1872

BY q wise pTOVlsIOn the water as It
comes from the wells is quite warm,
adapted to irrigation, but unfit for
pleasant drinking. No north side of
The we'll here for pleasant. drinking
purposes il is left uncovered over
night, and cools so as to be palatable.
In transplanting trees or vines q small
wooden or sheet-iron pipe is inserted
near the. roots, TO n depth Of twelve
or fifteen inches, With few stones
at the bottom. This is filed with wa
ter three or four or more times the
first years. or until the tree is well
rooted. The water being fed low down
Year: 1872

All goldfish dealers say feed the
goldfish nothing at all; they will derive
their sustenance from the water" A
correspondent of the Rural New Yorker
says:


have kept goldfish for two years or
more. The first six months, or there.
abouts, lost eight fish by following the
instructions of parties from whom pur-
chased. then thought i would use my
own judgment in the matter and see If
feeding would kill them, as | had been
informed by the aforesaid dealer. l
now have FIVE goldfish, three minnows,
one craw6sh or crab and four turtles, in
an aquarium thirty by sixteen inckes
and twelve inches deep. have on the
bottom about two inches Of fine lake
sand, and scattered here and there stones
built up or piled so as to form runaways.
/ feed them about twice week with fresh
beef cut into small pieces and dropped
on the water, when, quick as trout
after Ay, they viii seize the pieces until
satisfied. / have often seen them jump
three inches above the water trying TO
catch fly on the side of the glass. l
keep small plant Of the Gala species
in a pot standing in the water all the
time; some say it helps to keep the water
pure. change and renew the water
twice week during the winter and three
times during the summer | find it a
great pleasure to sit and watch the fishes
at all times, and would not part with my
aquarium for anything.
Year: 1872




A series of interesting experiments
with phosphoric light has been made
in the Firth of Forth. This light, if
brought into use, would supersede the or
binary blue light now universally used
as danger and other signals in the naval
and mercantile service The phosphora-
ted substance is contained in tin lamp,
holding about half pint, and before be-
ing used hollow tube at the top and
bottom of the lamp is opened. The
lamp is then suspended by an ordinary
piece Of wood, which is thrown into the
sea. A bright light Immediately flashes
up, and continues to burn very brilliantly
fo- upward of three-quarters of an hour.
The light was also exhibited from the
masthead Of vessel by placing the
lamp in small can containing water,
constructed for the purpose. 1t is ex-
pected that the light will be very service
able for indicating the position of life
buoy at night. While the experiments
were being made the steamer was going
at full speed From the time the lamp
and life-bpoy were thrown overheard. the
engines stopped and reversed, and boat
lowered, to the time when the buoy and
light were picked up, only three minutes
elapsed.
Year: 1872

Afsingular freak of nature fell under
my notice long ago, and of which have
frequently thought | would make a note
of, and do it now: A young lady &C
quaintance. and one whom after her
marriage l several times saw profes-
sionally during her peril, was half blonde
and half brunette. The right side was
fair complexion, blue eye and light
colored hair. Left side dark complex
ion, black eye and dark-colored hair


This female is still living, probably some
sixty-fTe years of age, and the mother
and grandmother Of numerous progeny


Her physical siugularity was not prcps-
gated.
Year: 1872

save Ub EEOm CamQeu


The Gubernatorial nomination at Par
kcrsburg is by no means satisfactory to
the Democracy of the State. The Con.
vention had been thoroughly packed by
Mr.. CAMDEN and his friends. He was as.
sisted in filling the Convention with his
partisans by those who, within few
monthspast have found Gov. JACOB stand.
ing between them and tho treasury, and
by the Railroad Company, whose cham.
pion he is known to be. Senator DAVIS
took the pains to come all the way from
Washington to make the way smooth
for his coming colleague. For Mr.. CAM.
DEN is Ginning at the Senate, and only
wants to be Governor because the
Executive chair is the stepping stone
to the higher place. Some Of the Dem.
ocratic papers denounced in advance
the movement to ioist Mr.. CAM
DEN on the party as their. candidate /;
they may support him now, but not cor
daily. Perhaps if they had chance to
support so pure man and good a Demo-
crat as Gov. JACOB they would prefer it.
To large portion Of the party in this city,
Mr.. CAMDEN's nomination Is intensely
distasteIul; and We hear they will send to
Gov. JAcoBapo appeal to announce
himself aS an Independent candidate.
That the same feeling exists to a power.
full degree in all parts Of the Stste, with q
large portion Of the party, we have evHry
reason to believe. Gov. JAcoD's admins
tration, so far as he is responsible, has
been such that even his political
enemies cannot attack it. All parties
believe him pure man and an honest
and capable executive Why he should
be summarily kicked overheard at the
end of his first term, when the e.practice in
this State has been to re.elect, and when
we consider that having sacrificed his
business as lawyer to take the place, he
might very justly expect a second term,
Is something that our side Of the house do
not sec. Mr.. JACOB, as a poor man,
could not compete in the game Of packing
a convention with so wealthy an antagon-
ist as CAMDEN; and, as an honest man,
he would not have done so, II he had been
ever so able pecuniarily. The question
for the Democracy Is whether they pro.
pose to start off with that kind OF
q beginning-by turning out a man
because he is poor, honest and
able and by putting one in his
place simply and solely because
he IS rich. We think Governor
JACOB in this matter deserves the sympa-
thies of honest men Of both parties. But
the question is not alone one Of sympathy.
To elect such man as CAAtDRN, by such
agencies and for such reasons as he will
be elected, itttall, would be real injury
to the State He would inevitably be
surrounded by "rings'a and things and fine
array" The public service Of the State
would become demoralized and corrupt
Where the chief set the example, o.
making money the chief instrument O
his success, the subordlnates would moi
be slow to follow his example. II there
is any way whereby such a man cMa bt
kept out Of the gubernatorial chair, AND
an honest man kept in the place, though


both might be Democrats, Republicans
could not hesitate either from sympathy


or from considerations Of public duty
how to choose between them.
Year: 1872

New YoRk, June 1s-James Gordon
Bennett died this afternoon at s o'clock
His son and daughter are expected here
from Europe tonight by steamer. The
body Is to be preserved in ice until the
arrival here oil his son and daughter.
Year: 1872

and at work for some time past in the State
house; there has been quorGm in both Houses
during this whole time, and all acts that have


been, during that time passed, are binding and
valid laws; yet we find that the three obnoxious
measures to which the Register alludes, are still
on the statute book, unrepealed, notwithstand.
ing the frequent efforts of anti Warmoth mem.
bers to have them repealed


This looks ominous. This speaks truth that
the whole Warmoth faction is striving to hide
from the people-that is, that neither the Gov
ernor, nor his satellites really desire any reform
legislation. They wish to have the State gov.
ernment run On in the same ruts without change.
They hope that this session of the Legislature
will adjourn without striking from our statute
Dook laws under which the Governor and the
members of his clique throughout the State have
grown rich and powerful, and which were in
tended as means of perpetuating their power
however tyrannical to the people and injurious
to their best interests may be their provisions
But if we are not mistaken in the signs of the
times, the good people of Louisiana are in earn
est in their determination to arrest Governor
Warmoth and his coadjutors in their career of
corruption and spoliation. These men have
oeen embolden to such degree in their evil
deeds, by the patience and endurance of the
law abiding people of this State, that they have
brought themselves to believe that there re-
mains among them, neither the desire, nor the
power to resist. They seem to forget, if they
ever knew, that when the massss are fully
awakened to their wrongs; their awakening is
generally attended with a power and an energy
of resistance in just proportion to the extent of
those wrongs and their long suffering under
them.
Year: 1872

u Avail yourself of the opportunity of Sc
curing your picture, while Mr.. Mancel of the
Louisiana Photo-Stereoscopic Association is in
town. He can be found at his gallery in the
Old Bank office, adjoining the Hayes Hotel,
where specimens of his work can be seen,
Year: 1872

number OF the members OF the Britannia Bcne.
fit Society, which s an organization composed OF
native-bOrn EnglishmeE, recently seeded. The
seceders are temperance men. and the reason for
their withdrawal was that the place OF meeting was
q public mouse kept by member OF the society.
The cnarge is that they carried of the seal and
minute book OF the society, chose new officers and
represented themselves as "the or ginal ana only'
Britannia Benefit Society.


A heightened argument has been heard by Judge
Thompson on motion for mandamus to compel
Riley COciOit, the former secretary or the old
society, to surrender the seal and the minute book.
The COuIt reserved decision.
Year: 1872

again very unfAvorable, and for the third time In
their history, and the second within few weeks
the reserve on hand is below the limit which the
law requires to be maintained. The locking np
operations Of the clique are more visible In this
statement than In any previous one, for the reason
that while the loans have been contracted less
than two and o half millions the deposits are down
about nine and quarter millions. The loss In spe-
ce is about two millions and in legal tenders about
three millions. 1t is still pure speculation to en-
deavor TO gather from the statement even an ap-
proximate idea OF the amount controlled ana


LOCKED UP


by the clique for the reason that 1t is mpossi-
ble 10 TX the amount OF currency shipped nom the
city in the legitimate movement to the interior.
The statement contrasts with its immediate prede-
cessor as lOOws:-
Year: 1872

SMALLPOX PRECAUTIONs.-We have
Information that the recently published
reports about smallpox in Baltimore have
not been exaggerated. 1t is believed by
those who have means of information,
that are now no less than 5000 cases
Ofthe disease in that city, and if some of
the many thousands Of visitors now con.


Fegated there are not contaminated with
AwOBe poison than the GREELEY virus
all paris Otthe country will have reason
to be thankful. We trust the visitors
from this city will escape scotiree. There


IS not now and has not been for near
two months, case of small pox in this
city. We doubt il the same is true Of any
city Of like magnitude in the coun.
Try With constant and intimate commu.
nlcation With Baltimore there is Of
course constant exposure to fresh
lnpOrtations Of the disease. But
The danger was even more imminent some
months ago when Pittsburgh, Steuben.
vile and other neighboring cite were
anlc'edi and If through the judicious
management Of our health authorities
Teescaped then with comparative immu.
aity, when the city had no smallpox hos.
pi'al' we should expect now with the
same vigilance on the parto oil the Health
oiileeF and the aid Of hospital that any
fresh appearance OF the disease would be
Stamped out even more successfully than
before AT the same time, all should re.
member that while the disease RACES with
suca y Vlrulence in theg great cities all arc
haole to encounter the contagion: es.
peelally should no one think of travelling
Without being thoroughly vaccinated.
Year: 1872

The Princeton Banner, being called
upon by the Kentuckian, as to its motives
for supporting Grassland, explains. The
Trigg County Democrat responds in q
precisely similar tone:


THE Paducah Kentuckian of the goth
ult., has long article on the race for
Congress, and after mentioning by name
the various papers in this district that
are for Grassland, it says: "What mo.
tives the Hickman COURIER, Columbus
Dispatch, Trigg County Democrat, aud
the Princeton Banner had to come out
for Grassland We do not know. Perhaps
they will explain in due time"


so far as we are concerned we are be
holden to no mau or set of men for our
views, preferences or actions. Our read
ers will remember the fact that on or
about the first of March last, we sug
gested to the Democracy of the District
the denomination and re election of
Judge Grassland. We did so for many
reasons, some of which are the following:
First, because be had made US faithful
and efficient representative. Second, be
cause he was worthy of and deserved an
Endorsement by his constituents. Third,
because the experience he has obtained
by two years service at Washington has
fitted him for better and more efficient
work 10 the future. Fourth, because he
is the equal, If not the superior, of any
man in the Purchase whose name has
been mentioned in connection with the
race. Fifth, because We like him, and
his record and believed that it would be
we'll for the District to send him back 10
Washington for another term. We have
always had our preferences of men, and
always expect to have, aud intend boldly
to express them. We believed that 9th
er candidates would be in the field, and
suspected who they would be, aud we're
determined, so far as we could in our
humble way. to let them know that the
people of this and adjoining counties
we're for Grassland over any one else, 1t
he desired re election. As yet We have
seen no reason to change our minds or
shift our humble support to another, but
intend to work, earnestly, fairly and per-
for his recollection"
Year: 1872

The advocates Of the possibility of
utilizing the balloon for the every day
purpose of life have been greatly en-
couraged by the result Of experiments
lately made in Paris by NJ. Dupuy de
LONE, and recently communicated TO the
Academy of Sciences. This gentleman


is an eminent French engineer, and we'll
acquainted with both the theory and
practice of his profession and his at


tention was especially called during the


siege of Paris, to the importance Of hav-


ing balloon which possessed some pow


er Of steerage.


He has completed the first construc-


ton according to his new plan, and made,


as he claims, entirely successful expert


ments with it, The balloon is 10 the
shape of an enormous egg, the longer
axis horizontal, with an QbloDg car sus-


pended from is. The total length is


lis feet, and its diameter at the point Of
greatest circumference 40 feet. The
Tudder by which the balloon is steered
is a plain triangular surface made ofun-
vanished calico, and constructed as to
turn easily on its forward extremity. The
car is Of wicker work, contaiDinga wind
less for the screw, eight men to manage
it, aud is capable of carrying fourteen
persons.


The rudder is fixed to the balloon It.
self, and the screw is below it and i'm.
mediately attached to the car, and hav-
ing only two blades, so that when the
ground is touched they can be placed
horizontally to escape injury. The wind
less which turns the screw is worked by
four to eight men. The envelope Of the
balloon is composed Of white silk.


The constructor does not pretend to
be able to make a direct movement
against the wind, but only to deviate
from direct set when running before it.
He expects to be able to tack to the right
or left, but does not hope to be able to
beat to the windward. There is second
balloon attachment to the bottom of the
main balloon, forming a kind of COM
partmeut occupying about one tenth Of
the cubic space of the balloon and serv-
ing to keep it stiff aud of the required
shape.


In the experiment trips of NJ. DeLome
a half gale was blowing, and the result
answered entirely to his expectations.
The screw drove the balloon about FIVE
miles an hour quicker than the wind was
blowing and by the use of the rudder
Ihe course. of the balloon could be alter-
ed eleven degrees either way from the
set of the wind. .-HdJper's Magazine.
Year: 1872

Another State which lost the Vice.
Presidency was Kentucky. Gen Johr
NJ. Harlan was supported by BristoW
and 6ne class Of young men from that
Stata, and Harlan himself impressed me
as an amiable, considerate and statesman


like man; but, what had the Philadel.
phia convention to do as q matter oi
choice? 1t had nothing to do but to
carry out its directions, work with wLiI
suspended over its head, and nominate
for Que esd of its ticket Aganemnon


and for the other btned man Henry
Wilson would make the weakest Vice
President ever seen in this country. He
has not a particle of constitution adapta-
BILE to the exercise of parliamentary au-
thority, and if two snais were at his feet,
and he were armed with a gun, be could
not keep them in order, and would be
afraid to mash them. a more shining
case of azote and imbecility can hardly
be found. His idea of government is
that mankind can be gammoned; and
the other day he made a call upon the
Liberal Executive Committee, in New


York city, as if entertaining the singu


lar nOuon tnat sucn Vlslt NOuiu eAcoSe
him from criticism in this campaign.
Such timid overturing will not avail. All
that can be said of Henry Wilson is,
that he is poor and agreeable. If the
State of Massachusetts, did not stand be-
hind him with some powerful party au-
thority, he would be human dish rag.
Nature has portrayed the mans disPosi-
ton we'll in his lineaments. He looks
now like colossal infant and ought to
be dandled at the. presidential breast,
rather than set over the Senate to carry
out that verse of Scripture where it says
that the lion will lie down with the lamb,
and a little child shall lead them. 1t is
cruel, besides, to set him up in that
chair, and Lot let him chuck anybody


under the chin for four hours at a time.
Year: 1872

PHILADELPHIA has her Fairmount
water works, New York her Central Park,
and Union City her frog pond where
more uututored music is employed and
more frogs generated than any other
place on the Continent Union City
Courier.
Year: 1872

Buy AT HoME.-If you wish tr
make purchase, don't 60 away from
home to do it. Encourage home indus
try and enterprise, and give your trade
to your own merchants AMI mechanics
Every dollar spent in town is of advaut.
age to the place in general. aud every
dollar spent abroad for articles that could
be obtained al home, is taking so much
capital out of the business interest OF
the place.
Year: 1872

A NUMBER of the most prominent and
Influential citizens of Union City, Tenn.
have petitioued the editor of the Union
City Herald to suspend the publication
of his paper, alleging that it is a dis
grace to the community in which it is
published.
Year: 1872

The days went by, and Christmas
came, bright aud cold. BY special
permission of the matrOn, Johnny
was carried into the small reception
room, and lay there stretched out on
a soft, low cot by the side of the Ia
! bic.


a tall evergreen tree stood in the
middle of the room, with plenty of
candles on the boughs; and while
the rest of the little patients were
keeping Christmas together in the
hospital wards, and finding that their
tree was very full OF presents, John
ny was down below.


Mary and little Kate. clean and
neatly dressed, were at the table with
them.-And there was the matFon
and the resident doctor, as " ell as
the two dodgers.


Some one else viii have 10 tell
YOU for l cannot, how happily that
day went by. How Johnny and his
sisters ate turkey with cranberry
sauce for the first time in their lives.
How the mince pie was particularly
good, as even the matron and doctor
declared. How they spent the whole
day telling stories and singing songs
for those three happy, cheerful faces,
whose only memories had been of
blows and of love for each other.
How the doctor clapped our young
medical student on the back aRd
told him he was a good fel-
low, sir 70 How Johnny and Mary
and Katy laughed until they cried;
and how, in the evening the big tree
was all lighted up.


So the two dodgers adopted these
children into their care that day,
and called the doctor and matron to
witness that they intended to help
them on in the world as much as
possible. And when they went
home that night, their hearts were
full of charity to all mankind, even
to the lady who played upon the pi-
ano and sang scales. And they
unanimously agreed that d Christ
mas day spent in doing good was the
happiest Kind of q celebration for
when you make others happy, you
are also happy yourself.


1t has been several years since that
time; Johnny's leg became perfect
ly well, and he was so patient during
his sickness as to win the love of all
around him.


Mary and Katie grew up to be
pretty, bright-eyed children, and
were taken from the Home into
a pleasant family. And have new
er heard that either of the two lod-
gers grudged any of the time or
money spent in getting Johnny his
situation, where he could learn to
read and write, and could go on er-
rands, or that they were of the opin-
ion that the little girls were a troub-
lie. For the more they did, the more
they saw its effect, and the more
they wanted to do. And it made
them faster friends, as well as better
men.