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Year: 1872

of ordnance stores by our Government during
the late Franco -Prussian war. Following his
usual excellent custom, Mr. Sumner gives in his
preamblchis reasons for demanding this investi-
cation, and it is impossible to read them with
out concluding that an inquiry into the cir
cumstances of the case is imperatively re-
qurcd for the honor of the Administration and
the military service 1t makes no difference
where this investigation may strike. The mat
ter should be probed to the bottom. No one
can afford to ignore a challenge so direct and
so searching
Year: 1872

The South Carolina Legislature promptly
reminds the Senators from that State of their
dercllction in opposing Civil Rights and Am
nesty. These questions very closely concern
the majority of the people of the Palmetto
State, and it is not surprising that the legis-
lators Indignantly demand the resignation Of
Messrs. Sawyer and Robertson.
Year: 1872

SINGER FAMILY WING ehAcH1NH HS'
The demand for this favorite SEWING MA
CHINE is still increasing, and the great number
sold in this city during the past year is without
precedent The machine is question is simple
compact durable and beautiful, and is beyond
doubt less liable to get out of order than any
machine claiming public attention, and can be
operated by a child The sales of this machine
since its introduction have steadily increased
leaving all competitors fur behind. This fact
alone is proof Of its superior merits over ull
other machines Over one hundred and fifty in
daily use in this city, giving universal satistac,
Judge for yourself. Machines sold on the most
liberal terms, and satisfaction guaranteed in ev-
ery case. G. G. BERRY, Agent,


Alexandria, Va.
Orders from the country promptly attended to.
3,
Year: 1872

SUITABLE DRESSES. As for Dire Sses suitable
to certain persons, need say but little. There
are many books on the etiquette OF dress, show
ing what is proper to be worn in the morning
aud in the evening and at MONDAY. a very
few, simple rules will suffice here. Those who
are very stout should wear nothing but black
those who are very thin should put little pad
ding in their gowns and neither should be in
the least decoIlette Perpendicular stripes in
dresses give height, and increase iullness, and
are therefore particularly snited to very slight,
small people, and particularly united for stout
figures To fair persons blue is becoming
but not every blue. Dark blue, or too brilliant
a blue, is extremely unbecomlng to that kind
Of complexion and makes the skin yellow and
the hair sandy. 1t is the old, pale, dull blue
that really makes sand gold Piuk; especially
the old fashioned yellow pink, is, when not too
brilliant, becoming to all complexions except
that which goes with red hair Light green
may be safely worn By the very dark, the very
rosy, and by the very pale when the skin is ex
tremely clear but to ordinary English faces it
is trying color, though there are people who
look we'll in nothing else. Green, mixed pro
perly with pale blue, is very becoming indeed
Gray is the most beautiful color for old and
voung-I mean the soft silver gray which is
formed by equal parts of black and white, with
no touch of mauve in it. 1t admits of any
color in trimming, and throws up the bloom of
the skin. Rose-coor, for some people, is
pretty, and not unbecoming. White, so disas-
trous to rooms, is generally becoming in dress
only very coarse compilations are spoit by it.


Short women should never wear double
skirts Or tunics-they decrease the height SO
much unless indeed, the tunic is very short
aud the skirt very long So also do large,
sprawling patterns used for trimmings. Let
these be left to women tall enough to carry
them off. Neither let very little woman
wear her hair half down her back let her lift
1t clean up as high as possible.-.S. PauIs'
Ma0oziue.
Year: 1872

AN EXCEPTIONAL WINTER.-March has
opened upon us, and thus far we have seen
nothing to indicate that we are in the trst
month Of Spring; indeed the weather has been
much severer for the last ten days than it was
generally during what is called the depth of
winter We remember several years when
the cold was for week, or fortnight more In
tense than we have had it during the past or
rather the present season, but we have never
known so much ice during Winter, or SO un-
interrupted continuance OF cold. Ihe cause
of this state of things has been the prevalence
of Northwest winds This would under aver
age circumstances have made the present WIN
ter more rigorous than usual but, then, 10 al
dition the snow began to fall all over the Nortl-
western plains during the latter part OF No,
vember and since that date for thousands OF
miles the blasts have come over desolate
waste reaching to the base OF the Rocky
Mountains, throughout which the thermome-
ter has averaged zero for the past twelve weeks;
The question is, when will the present hard
weather leave us? La answer we may venture
the hope that we may have few warm breez-
eS now and then from the Southwest; but we
cannot hope that the season shall become MID
till the increasing directness of the sun beams
shall have melted the snow OF the great plains
west of the Upper Mississippi. -NojoN n
g'ninn.


IS SEARCH OF A WIFE-An exceedingly
iunny.looking specimen of humanity has been
perambulating several of the streets OF Boston
for few days past, going into warehouses and
informing the clerks that he was very much IN
Want of a wife; that he had been trying tor =
long time and had not succeeded. He seemed
terribly in earnest and was willing. to pay any
onewho would recommend him. When he was
asked what price he was willing to give he
named fifty cents. He had on somewha: al:
aucient-ooking hat, with the crown more or
less jammed, huge pair of rubber boots, with
his pants tucked inside of them, and his halr
was long and matted and had the appearance
of not having been combed for the last SIX
months His clothes were more or less latter,
ed, and he really looked as if he needed just
What he was in search of.
Year: 1872

Reflect that sound mind and body are the
most necessary requisites to promote connublal
happiness, Indeed, without these the journey
through life becomes q weary pilgrimage, the
prospect hourly darkens to the view, the mind
becomes shadowed with despair, and filed with
the melancholy reflection that the happiness OF
nnnth, is hli0htnu with our own.
Year: 1872

Especially who have become the Victims OF
Solitary Vice, and dreadful and destructive
habits which annually sweep to an untimely
grave thousands of young men of the most ex-
slted talents and brilliant intellect who might
otherwise have entranced listening Senates with
the thunders of eloquence or walked to extacy
the living Tyre, may call with full confidence
Year: 1872

How AN IMPORTANT DISCOVERY
WAS MADE,-In the painting depart,
mcnt of large mandatory in the
city there was formerly used two kind:
of paint or coloring liquid to produce
an imitation of rosewood. The pro.
cess involved so much labor as TO scri.
ously affect the profits of that depart.
ment. Many experiments were tried
with a view to simplifying the work
but nothing was found to answer the
purpose as well as the way. One noon.
time a lad came to the factory. Boy.
like, the youngster went nosing around
and at length came to the paint pots
containing the two different kinds oi
staining liquid. He poured them to.
gether, seized n brush, and applied the
compound to a piece of work. The
result was an admirable imitation OF
rosewood, and still greater rcsul,
was the discharge of Just half the
workmen employed in that depart.
ment, as with the mixture one person
was able to do as much work as two
had been under the old style. The
boy, frightened at the approach of the
foreman just after he had done the
deed, fed prccipitatcly. This wa,
months ago, and efforts had been made
to ascertain the name of the lad who
who thus unconsciously rendered thu
establishment such valuable service
but to this day it is not known who ht
ls.-Detron Free Press.
Year: 1872

In describing the food which was SO
disastrous to many sections of Virgin
ia, the Lynchbug papers record the
following sad and touching incident:


A mother and several children were
making their escape from a narrow
neck of land, which lies between the
river and the canal. They had reach
cd the banks of the canal when they
we're amazed to find that the bridge was
gone; and their only hope was 10 cling
on to the abutment of the bridge un.
til the angry waves should sudsidc.
But as they stood there clinging to the
abutment, the waters continued to rise
higher and higher, while in the deep
darkness they could hear the crash
ing of trees amid the thunders of
bridge timbers that were wildly dash.
ing all round them. They had been in
this desperate condition for some time
when the little girlfelttha her strength
was gone, and with wild shrek of
terror, she exclaimed, Kiss me moth
er for | can't hold any longer" And
with the warm pressure of that moth
er's lips upon her cheek, she was swept
away and was seen no more.
Year: 1872

The bill abolishing the duty on tea
and coffee has passed both houses OF
Congress, the amendment of the Sen.
ate making the act to take effect the
lst of July having been concurred in
by the House, by large majority and
without division. The President, VIC
presume, will sign it. Though the re
ductlon in the cost of tea and coffee
which must follow taking off the duty
will be acceptable TO the whole com
munity, for every family uses these ar.
ticlcs, it will not go far to cheaper liv.
ing. This is but short step in tie
way of necessary revenue reform
There are many duties and taxes tha,
press more heavily upon the people
and the industry of the country that
ought to be removed. As tea and coffee
are foreign productions entirely, there
was no protectionist opposition
to abolishing the duty. Indeed
the protectionists favored the bill
because a reduction in the reve.
nuc from these articles would give
them an argument for maintain
ing high duties on others in order tc
raise sufficient income for the govern.
ment. Acceptable as the abolishment
of these duties may be, Congress mus
not suppose the people will be satisfied
with such a modicum of revenue re-
form. There ought to be a clean sweer
of hundred millions of taxation a
least.-NeC York UerQid.
Year: 1872

A Soul OUTSIDE THE BODY. There
has always been some speculation on
the question whether a mans soul ac.
tually leaves the body during sleep, OF
at any other time before death, but cy-
ldence to solve this mysterious question
is rare. There is a story told in Louis
vile, however, of a merchant of that
city, who, while travelling on sleep
ing.c in Mississippi, had vivid OK.
perioncc as of visiting his home and
seeing his wife and children asleep
and noticing that the eight day family
clock had run down he wound it up
and set it going. He then returned
to his berth, which was rafting along
at the rate of forty miles an hour in a
sleeping car, saw his own body dis
tinctly, and resumed his place within a
well fitting encasement. On writing
to his wife about it, he learned tha,
the clock had been nysteriously wound
up on the night of his spiritual imag-
ination.
Year: 1872

The following fine passage occurs in
the sermon of the Rev. DR.. Humphreys,
delivered in Louisville on Sunday last: :


Nature is full of beauties. Beauty
shines in ten thousand brilliant stars
that by night throw their splendors over
the canopy of Heaven. 1t glows in the
mellow RADIANCE CT the silvery moon.
1t imparts its charms to the rising morn
ing, and increases with the opening day.
1t throws its attractions around the glo-
rious king of days as he moves in maj
esty from the chambers of the East,
and it accompanies him as he appears
like a bridegroom coming out of his
chambers, and rejoices as a strong man
to run a race. His going forth is
from the end of the Heaven, and his
circuit unto the ends of it, and all along
his fiery course beauty gilds his path
and shines in his rays. The blue vault
of Heaven by day, and the same ssudded
with its glittering gems by night, is ever
beautiful. The globe that we inhabit
abounds in objects of beauty. They
meet US at every step They are sprin-
kled broadcast over the surface of the
earth. Beauty is found in the valley and
in the mountain, in the wild forest and in
the cultivated field, in the dense wood
land, and in the wide prairie; in the cas-
cade of the mountain and in the spring
that gushes up at its base; in the placid
lake and in the turbulent sea. 1t is
found in cliff and dell and gorge, in the
vegetables of spring and in the fruits of
autumn; in the rich plumage that glows
upon and in the graceful flight of the bird
of Paradise or the tiny form of the hum
ming-bird. 1t is found in the hue of the
lily and the blush of the rose; in the
modesty Of the violet and the gaudy
splendors of the dahlia; in the gentle
lamb and the feet fawn; in the striped
zebra and the war horse whose neck is
clothed with thunder. In rounding the
hilltop, in spreading out the vale, in
painting the flower and in shaping the
blade of grass, the All-Father has dis
played the most exquisite taste, as well
as the greatest wisdom, goodness and
power Nature presents the finest mod
els of beauty. These models are found
in every crypt and corner, in the dark
cavern and in the unfathomable mine.
They are seen basking in the sunshine,
on the surface of the ocean, and are
gathered in almost every variety from
its vast depths.
Year: 1872

Colonel Peter G. Washington died in
New York on Saturday night or Sunday
morning, in the seventy-fourth year OF
his age, after few hours illness, from
pleuro-pneumonia Colonel Washing
ton was native of Virginia, but was
reared and educated and passed almost
his entire life in New York When al
most lad he entered the civil service of
the United States government, and con-
tinued in it, with but short interval,
until 1851, when he retired from the Of
fee of assistant secretary of the treas
ury. He was chief clerk of the Office of
the treasurer of the United States, from
which he was transferred to the chief
clerkship of the sixth auditor Of the
treasury, and on the authorship be-
coming vacant he was promoted
to that situation. The great sat
isfaction he gave by an able and
faithful discharge of duty directed at
tention to him, on the advent Of General
Pierce to the Presidency, as the proper
person to fill the Office of assistant sec
retary of the treasury. He made many
changes in the manner of stating ac-
counts, requiring short and prompt set
Elements and holding all receiving as
well as disbursing agents to right ac-
countability. His official integrity was
unsullied Colonel Washington had re-
ceived liberal classical education; his
mind was clear and discriminating; his
facility for investigating intricate mat
ters amounted almost to a passion; and
his application and industry untiring
He presented fine, manly personal ap-
pearance. At the time of his decease
he was one of the vice-presidents of the
association of the Oldest Inhabitants of
the District of Columbia and one OF the
members of the Washington National
Monument society.
Year: 1872

Paris correspondent


An exciting struggle between would
he suicide and her rescuer occurred the
other day at Pout de Loup. A man and
his wife having quarreled, the latter
rushed out of the house in state of the
widest excitement, and directed her
steps toward the river Sambre. She was
observed by letter carrier named Som
veau, and he, suspecting her intention,
resolved to follow her. She was some
distance in advance of him, and succeed
ed in throwing herself into the river, ap-
pearing on the surface just as he reached
the rivers brink Hastily throwing off
his coat he plunged boldly in and swan
toward the woman, who saw him, and
endeavored to slude him. He, however,
succeeded in reaching her, and got hold
of her by ole of the arms, she resisting
most violently, and at length managed
to escape from him. The position was
growing exceedingly dangerous, the
current carrying them rapidly toward
high weir, the descent of which woHld
doubtless have been death to both. The
courageous fellow made another effort,
and was successful in laying hold Of her
by the waist. Another terrible struggle
ensued, the woman succeeding in getting
her arms around Somveau's neck, and
striving to pull him under the water with
her. The case being desperate, and
Somveau losing his strength by reason
of the cold, he adopted the only course
he saw open to him, by striking her on
the head as hard as he could with one
arp, Thio had tho affoot of cfunafvinu
her for the moment, and to relax her
hold Of his neck. Selling the opportu-
nifty, he caght her by the hair of the
head and struck out for the shore vigor-
ously, which he happily reached with
his burthen. Both were so exhausted
that they fell down and tainted, and re-
NAMED in that condition for some time,
till they we're discovered by some pasSers
by, who rendered them the necessary as
sistance.
Year: 1872

To lte Editor Of The Commercial


What is all this trouble about the Error List
of West Wilmington ? The village belongs to
the South Christiana district, and there is not
one ooored person living there, Amalgamation
not being popular. Near by, is tho village OF
any interference with their political OF social
rights. j. A. Brown.
Year: 1872

The State Treasurer of Virginia will next Mon
day commence the payment of the semi-annual
interest of two per cent on the State debt.


The new prohibtory law went into operation
at Lowell, Mass, yesterday, 'and neither liquor,
crowd"
Year: 1872

HERE WE ARE AGAIN!


Ii Having returned to the city and re-opened
my old SHOOTING GALLERY, at No 426-Market
street, will be happy to see all my Old friends and
patrons and as many new ones as would like to see
good shooting.


Drop in whether you want to shoot or not; all are
welcome. mar30-lr M. GILVERY
Year: 1872

The wife Of Socrates was said to be 9
great seold. Had her husband furnished
her with ksuus's Psiu-Killing Magic Oil to
cure q painful toothAche and headache, she
would, no doubt have been one of the best
women Of that age.
Year: 1872

Correspondence Of the N. Y. SUM-.


SIR-So many Journals have copied
your statement that both my husband
and myself stand in the front line Of
the ultra-progressionis of the age in
regard TO marriage, and the religious
ceremony Of Tuesday they regarded as
a concession to the prejudices of the un-
enlightened majority" that / will ask
you to please print nay denial. Under
standing the statement to imply that an
ultra-progressionis in this matter is one
who holds the marriage bond lightly,
and would break it easily, ] deny that
we are either of Us such; and the relig-
Gus ceremony which joined us was a
concession to nobody; it was free
will offering Of love to and confidence
in each other, and practical protest
against growing license Of opinion re-
garding the Christian institution of we'd
lock. .nlg ~


/ little dreamed when ] attended the
Women's Convention at Steinway Hail
in the spring Of 1869 (the only one /
ever attended, J that the judicious utter
ances Of that respectable body wsuld
ever lead to such mOnstr0usd doctrines as
are now put forth by some advocates Of
women's acknowledgements In the
short speech made on that occasion, /
conjuted my hearers 70 believe that We
ought to wage no war Of determination
on the gentle household gods; and |
have progressed not one inch in the
matter since. / still think happy
home is theubest thing there is on this
earth, and / still believe that the old
fashioned marriage is the best basis
Of it. r1oi


As for my husband, though he has
long been known As patient inEestiga-
tor into the wrongs and suaerings Of the
lowly, aRd as an earnest pleader for
charity toward the poor working girls of
New York, he has never once, with pen
Year: 1872

TT APPEARING TO THE JUDGE OF THIS
Court by the petition this day presented and
hled by Thomas Jamison Public Administrator
and Administrator of the estate of James Vickers.
deceased, praying for an Order of Sale of Real
Estate, and showing that all the heirs of said de-
ceased reside in the State of Texas, and request
that the whole of the real estate belonging to the
estate of said deceased to be sold-It is therefore
ordered by the Judge of this Court that all per
sons interested in the estate of said deceased ap-
pear before the said Probate Court on MONDAY.
the llth day of March, A. D. 1872, at II O'Clock
A. NJ, of said day, at the Courtroom of said
Probate Court, at Auburn, in the County of
Placer to show cause why an order should not
be granted to the said Administrator to sell the
whole of the real estate belonging to said
estate And that copy of this order be pub
hshed IN the PLACER HERALD, weekly i.ewspa-
per printed and published at Auburn, Placer
county, for at least four successive weeks.
Year: 1872

These Machines are specially adapted for the
use Of farmers, being able to sew grain sacks and
heavy clothing with the same facility as the usu-
al family work-maliing more durable seam
not liable to raye, as is the case Of the loop or
chain stitch
Year: 1872

MUTILATED CURRENCY.-General Spinner will shortly issue circular concerning the redemption of mu- tilated currency. It will provide that after January first more than half a note will be redeemed at its full value clearly half a note at one-half the value of the original; and less than half a note will not be redeemed un- less there is positive proof of the missing part having been destroyed.
Year: 1872

CAcH1sE should have the scalp of the man who started the story that the recent attack on the Wickenburg coach, and the killing of young LOT ing, was done by white men. The scalp of this worthless agent of Vincent Colyer would look better adorning the belt of the Apache chief than on the lying pate which could invent such a libel on the citizens of Arizona. News, Denver.
Year: 1872

Some people feel so anxious to
hear everything that will vex and
annoy them, they set about search
ing and finding it out. If all the
petty things said of one by needless
or ilI-natured idlers were to be
brought home to him, he would be-
come a mere walking pincushiOn,
stuck full of sharp remarks. l
should as sUon thank q man for
emptying on my head a bushel of
nettles, or setting loose a swarm Of
mosquitoes in my chamber, or rails
ing a pungent in my house general
ly, as to bring upon me all the tat
tie of spiteful people. If you be
happy when among good men, open
your ears; when among bad, shut
them. It is not worth while to
hear what your servants say when
they have slammed the door; what
a beggar says whose petitions you
have rejected; what yeur neighbors
say about your children; what your
rivals say about your business or
dress. I have noticed that a well
bred woman never hears an imper-
tinent remark, A kind of discreet
deafness saves one from not little
apparent connivance in dishonora-
bic conversation.
Year: 1872

This question has never been sat
isfactorily answered by geologists.
They can see as far into a milestone
as anybody, but where the great de
pot or quarry from whence the gold
comes that has been rasped off in
particles and thrown toward the
surface, to be rolled in the sand by
the action of running water or
caught as prisoners in quartz rock,
while that was either held in solu
tion or in the condition of pulveri-
zation, is the problem.


Occasionally such enormous mug
gets are found, quite solitary it
seems to indicate they were broken
off from a large mass somewhere,
and driven away in a torrent of
gravel, whose onward, upward force
was irresistible till it met with
counter-currents,


The old theory which supposed
the precious metal was existing in
combination with Others in a gas
eous form, and occasionally precipi-
tated by electricity into Jumps which
worked their way like mOles from
the interior through strata Of the
earth's compact crust, is now quite
obsolete. An impression is gaining
advocates that gold does actually
exist in great bodies, somewhere
not very far down, from whence
fragments and particles are gradual
" brought up by aquatic agency.
This gives a more reasonable expla-
nation of the diffusion of gold In
small particles all over the globe.