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Year: 1870

A SUBTERRANEAN POND AT WORCESTER.
The Spy says there is an underground
pond of considerable extent in South Wor-
cester. The latest reminder of it was the
sinking of a piece Of land several rods
square on Wednesday night, near South
bridge street, which was being filed up for
house lots. Earth had been hauled on till
the surface was two or three feet higher
than the surrounding territory, but the
whole is now as many feet under water.
1t was found that by probing the soil,


which is not many feet thick, pole could
be easily thrust down to the depth of thir-


ty feet in many places. 1t is here that sew
eral rods of Southbridge sunk some nine
or ten feet under water a few years ago, af-
ter having been used several years and it
was at an enormous expense that the Nor
wich railroad, which crosses the marsh
few rods to the west, was built at this point.
The most probable theory of this covered
lax (Which is thought to be about eight
acres in eXtent-is, that years ago there eX-
listed body of water there which gradual
ly became covered with leaves, moss and
earth, so that grasses and brushwood took
root and grew thereon, making sort of
soil that ny overloadingis is broken through.
Year: 1870

THE GENIUS AND CHARACTER OF FA-
THEIR HYACINTHE.-Father Hyacinthe is
in every sense, and to the fullest meaning
of the word an orator. He is not a great
hinker-sometimes hardly logical even in
the sequence of his thought, and far from
re remarkable for any power of generaiza-
ton. Much of his power lies in that subtle,
curio us influence men call animal magnet
ism. In the graces of elocution he is an
adept. and more at home with them than
with the flowers ofrhetoric. The construc-
ton of his thought, if the phrase may be
allowed, is graceful, but with shade more
of fancy about it than is usually found in
men of his depth and power. For while
he is not great thinker, he is more than
a man of fine and fervid Imagination skill
ed in the tricks of voice and manner that
make oratory powerful with the masses.
There is something for every man to learn
from the lips of the great priest. Every
now and then sentence, clear cut as crys-
tai, and holding in its crypt the thought
that it illumnates without obscuring,
flashes across the thread of his sppech,
never disturbing the hearer, because new
er out of place ITSELF yet serving to light
up and mark for his future study some
transitional point in the argument, whore
other men would have lef. a gap. Every


now and then thought came like an in
spiration to close the gaping inconsistent
cies between two seemingly discordant
doctrines which the utmost ingenuity of
ordinary thinkers could not so much as
temporarily bridge. To his eloquence and
oratory Father Hyacintho adds II delicate
and poetic conception of life, acute and ac-
tive perceptions, and a power of realism,
of throwing himself into close, earnest
sy ympathy with other thoughts and systems
than his own, which are both rare and Won
derful.-From q revieV Of Father Hyd-
cinthe'S DiScourSeS, IN tie February num-
Der Of LippincOttS Md1dzine
Year: 1870

A WOMAN ALL NIGHT IN THE SNow.-
Heroism shrewdness and smartness are
well illustrated by the following incident,
narrated by the Lewiston (Me.) Journal;


In the great snow storm of Tuesday, Feb.
18th, Mrs Nathaniel Moody, who lives on
the westerly side of Taylor Pond in Au-
burn, started from this city to go home, in
a pung with horse attached. She had in
her arms child of years Of age. She
drove on till she reached the pond, taking
a short cut homeward across the pond on
the ice. She had not got far on the pond
before she discovered that she had lost the
Year: 1870

ga LOCKER on" in the Union and
American of last Thursday, says that he
has been searching and investigating, and
trying to come to some correct understand
ing as to where the Radical party origin
ated, and finally comes to this conclusion


"It was conceived in sin, and born in
iniquity; and was rocked in the cradle of
deceit, fed on fraud, matupel on theft, and
now swapping the foundation of our repub-
liean institutions. How long viii it be
before the people will rise in their majesty
and hurl such a party from power :"
Year: 1870

An advertisement is only a s;gn of bus
mess; read by ten thousand times as ma
ny eyes as that sign over the door of a store
or establishment. Take newspaper for
instance of'fve hundred subscribers each
paper is read on an average of not less
than five persons, so that every adyertis-
er's newspaper is read by twenty-five hun
dred people.
Year: 1870

A gentleman in Athens received last
week, letter from Maynard, in which he
announced that che would be q candidat c
for reelection to Congress, and that Re
construction is failure, for Tennessee,
and the Radical party will have to stand
on its own bottom"


The ''bottom of the Radical party will
be knocked out at the next election, and
Maynard will fall to rise no more.
Year: 1870

From the New Orleans Republican, Aug IS,


A perusal of exchanges" published in
this State and Texas, satisfies US the
rains that have prevailed here for the last
few weeks have extended over both
States, giving the most gratifying assu-
RANGES to the farmers and planters that
their labors are not to go unrewarded.
The crops are spoken of as most promis-
ing In appearance.


We have heard no complaint of the
worm or other cause likely to prevent a
good cotton crop being realized. From
all that is known in regard to the present
crop and its prospects, it may be Justly
inferred that the receipts of the same at
this port the incoming year--eounting
from the first of September will as far
exceed the receipts of last year as last
year exceeded the receipts of the previ-
Gus year. There is good reason for be-
lieving the receipts of cotton at New
Orleans for the incoming cotton year may
60 as high as one million five hundred
thousand bales.


The sugar cane in this State was back
ward for a time, but we have heard
nothing that would justify the assertion
that our crops of sugar and mOlasses do
not bid fair to be at least as good as they
were last year. Tie usual amount of
rice will likely be made (although the
river fell rather early this year,, and from
all we can learn, a much larger amount
of corn and other articles that are re-
quired for plantation use


Speaking Of the crops, the Huntingdon
Republtcde Of the 18th says: In the last ten
days we have travelled over considerable
portions of Carroll, Henry, Weakley and
Oblon counties, and are grstihed to find
that from present appearances the corn
crop promises full average yield. In
some of the bottom lands the crop suffered
much from too much rain early in the sea-
son; while on the uplands in some locali-
ties it has moro recently suffered from
drouth, but generally the cropis good. The
cotton generally promises fair yield, but
it is yet too early in the season to predict
the success of the crop Of this staple. To-
bacco generally lookswell, bat the planters
complain that toomuch rain in some neigh
borhoods has made the staple light. The
Irish potato crop is very fine, while the
sweet potatoes are promising. The eropof
apples is poor one, while Of peaches there
are very few.
Year: 1870

RAIEIGH, Aug. 1O.-No State of the
Union has passed through such an ordeal
as that through which North Carolina is
now passing. There has not been day
within the last two weeks that the least
imprudence or hasty action on the part of
the people, or the least resistance to the
most cruel expressions, outrages and in
suits would not have precipitated a most
bloody and disastrous collision, involving
the lives of thousands of our citizens.
The more thoughtful and influential of
them have been fully alive to the critical
condition of affairs, and have by their
counsels and examples thus far warded off
the threatened calamity.
Year: 1870

from the Mobile Register, Nov. 81


For several days there have been mysterious ana
vague rumors OF a most remarkable meteorological
phenomenon out at the Catholic graveyard on Stone
street. above the Three Mile creek. IL Is asserted by
those who say they have it, that the last five
days gentle shower has 1allen continuously the
lot OF the Lemolne family, in which are buried MIR.
Victor Lemone and many others OF his family With


view OF getting at the facts OF this extraordi-
nary affair." we had, last night an interview with Mr..
Louis B. .Lemone, employed nj Asa Hors, OF the
deceased Victor Lemoine, who died In 1851 VINO
lated the following startling MISUNDERSTANDING
heard that 1t was reported tlat II had been raining
Tor several days on the Incosed ground which forms
my family burylng ground IN the Catholic burying
ground on Stone street. above .he Three Mile creek,
drove out there last evening 10 satisfy myself, and
TO my intense astonishment saw that q column of
rain was coming down without ceasing, which,
although hardly powerful enough to lay the dust,
was enough TO wet the hands or any ar
icle, and at times II rained quite hard.
and nowhere else. as the weather was and has
been, bright and clear all the time dnrng the five
days the rain had been failing on these graves.
There are thirteen Of my family buried IN the lot OF
ground upon which IL has been raining My mother,
brother and sisters visited the spot yesterday and
the day before 10 satisfy themselves about the truth
OF this matter. and declare that they too saw this
wonderful phenomenon IL has also been seen by
over 200 persons. 81 took friend with me when /
visited the spot, who also the rain falling as
described. Mr. John Rosset the keeper OF the GENE.
terry, told that the rain had commenced falling
IN heavy drops about liye days ago. am willing
to take my oath as TO the truth o. ths statement
So Incredible did this extraordinary affair seem
that those VINO saw it several days ago rerrained
from stating or asserting what they had seen, Tor
fear that not only their veraclty but their sanity
would be questioned, aud IL was only until num-
ber OF gentlemen OF The first rospectabiity had seen
and reported the result OF their personal observa
tions any credcnce was attached to the truth OF the
matter Take IT altogether II Is certainly the most
astounding and miraculous atmospheric wonder
that has ever been witnessed In thus part or the
world, and will doubtless afford abundant food for
thought, research and observation, not only among
sclenthc men, but among all classes. There are so
many who vouch for the truth OF Mr.. Lemones
statement and his character for veracity is such,
tnat there can no longer be any doubt ol the TACT
that 1t has been raining the past i've days on the
graves Of his kindred
Year: 1870

ever In this letter Of August 2s, Mr.. Cox intimates
strongly his determination 10 resign In case the
President refused 10 support him in his views about
the McGarTahan claim. To this letter the President
made no reply thus tactly refusing TO abandon the
position he had taken the question OF Issuing the
land patent


With regard to that part OF Mr.. Cox's last letter
which seems to imply interference on the part OF
somebody with the Indian policy OF the adminstra-
ton II should be understood that the President had
no issue with Mr. Cox on that subject, nor did he
permit any OUTSIDE interference. The only thing
that could possibly be construed In this way was
the Presidents endorsement on letter from Senator
Chandler, Of Michigan, addressed 10 him al Long
Branch, and which was aiterward sent to Secretary
Cox. This letter recommended In earnest terms
the appointment, as Indian Agent in Michigan, OF
Mr.. Brockway, Methodist clergyman IN that
State, who had successfully labored as m ssionary
among the Indians. lie had already served as such
agent and had been superseded when the Indian
agencies had been put in charge OF military officers
The Presidents endorsement ON this letter was to
the effect that the person recommended by Senator
Chahdler might be appointed, as 1t would not
cnange The policy which had been adopted In regard
to appointments for that branch OF the service The
President added at the same lime that he was
anxious TO meet the wishes OF Senator Howard. who





dorsement about the appointment was merely OF an
advisory character.


1t Is generally known TO the country that Prcsi-
dent Grant Is the author OF the policy now being
pursued by the government towards tho Indians,
and the people may rely upon the fact that no de-
parture Will be made from that policy long he
Is President no matter what changes may take
place In the Cabinet With regard to the reforms in
the civil service, alluson TO which Is made in the
last letter TO Mr. Cox, 1t IS well understood here ana
elsewhere by all who have anything to do with the
executive department OF the government that since
the Inauguration Of President Grants administra.
tion particular attention has been given to this
matter The President himself with every member
OF his Cabinet has, without any formal pa
rade or show, made 1t condition that no
person sha receive an Office without first undergoing
an examination. the object Of which Is to ascertain
first his fitness for the place. and second, his charac.
ter for fidelity and integrity AS matter OF course
preference Is gwen to persons who are known to
entertain the same political views as the President
and the members OF his administration. But this
has IN no instance, go far is KNOWN been allowed
to override the other necessary qualifications for
Office. The general misunderstanding which seems
to exist with regard to the which led to the
Of Mr. Cox from the Cabinet seems to call
Tor this statement or facts.
Year: 1870

Almost Thirteen Thousand Majority for Hoh-
man-The Candidates Elect.


The utmost good feeling and mutual congratula-
tons exist among the democracy Of Brooklyn at
tendant upon the gratifying result OF the WORK Of
Year: 1870

The GrnnG MefrOpOIifnn FOundling Umxnnr.


The Sisters OF Charity are now holding fair upon
an extended and magnificent scale at the armory OF
the Twenty-second regiment In Fourteenth street,
between sixth and Seventh avenues. Owing to the
excitement attending the election and the very bad
weather OF last evening, 1t has not as yet
been very well attended, but w!n doubtless
be visited soon by all the philaninropc and
charitable ladies' and gentlemen OF the metropolis, for
certainly there is not more worthy Object any
where to be found than the one for which THIS !air
has been instituted. OF good things there Is great
abundance, and there Is also vast and varied con-
gregation OF very handsome young ladies', who add
q charm to the vending, as well as fascination 10
the purchase, OF the many beautiful and useful artl-
Year: 1870

In teaching young horse to drive we'll
do not hurry to sec how fast he can trot.
Keep each pace clear and distinct from the
other, that isin walking make him walk
and do not allow him to trot. Willie ,rot.
ting be equally careful that he keeps steady
At his pace, and do not allow him to slack
into . walk The reins while driving
should be kept snug. and when pushed to
the top Of his speed keep him well in hand,
that he may learn we'll to bear upon the bit,
80 that when going at high rate OF speed
he can Ike held at his pace; but do not allow
him to pull to hard, for it not only unpleas.
ant, but makes him often difficult to man
age. ' 49, =" "' ,."s i


To prevent halter breaking procure .
small, hard. strong cord, from eight to ten
feet long; put the harness on the horse,
buckle the girth tight, nuke slipping
noosc On one end Of the cord and put It
around tho horses tail, close TO the body;
slim the other end through the territ and o't
ring, and hitch the horse TO post, Ano
leave him to himself. Two or three lessons
will curS'any horse. .. .ts ~!
When n horse stands long in stable his
legs are apt to swell No horse which Is
not disabled by sickness or lameness should
he allowed to stand long in stable. 1nac.
ton produces dropsical condition OF the
| dependent parts of the body, and the obyi'
Gus remedy is to exercise the horse every
day. ......
To prevent over reaching. pare tho heel
Of the forward foot low. This causes the
horse as he moves forward to raise the for'
wart, foot quicker and allows the hind foot
to remain longer, SO that before the hind
foot comes forward the forefoot IS quite out
of the way. Also, make the forward shoe


long. II my reason is not plain let any one


try the experiment and they will be satisfied.
Year: 1870

FooD FOR THE THoUeHTFuL AT ALBANY
Contrast the great advantages Of magnificent
system of stone docks, giving to foreigners on
their arrival here the first impressions of the
grandeur Of our city, with the contemplate
device of spoliating the main artery Of busi-
ness by wantonly excavating the soil beneath
its surface, and giving to all the stores and
warehouses on its line tumbledown appear
ance that will make New York resemble a
decrepit, old, worn out European city, instead
of the youngest, most vigorous and most
fourishing metropolis in the whole world.
Year: 1870

The steamship Cleopatra has arrived safely,
although disabled, at Fortress Monroe, having
escaped the combined horrors of the sea, the
neglect, apparently, of another vessel which
ignored her signals of distress and sensa-
tional report Of burning in one Of the Bohemian
journal Of this city: The captain Of the Virgo.
who saw her signals Of distress and failed to
60 to her assistance, states, in explanation.
that he thought the rockets were signals
between two other steamers that had
just passed him, but that If they
had been continued three or four
times he would have known them to be
signals of distress ana have gone to her assist
ance without reference to the other steamers,
which, he says, we're nearer to her neighbor-
hood than he was. We have had at least
one deplorable instance lately of the inhu-
manity of thus neglecting such calls for assist
ance. If the captain did not know signals of dis
tress when he saw them he should be compelled
to read up on the subject, and If the signals
were at all ambiguous the present code should
be revised so that they can no longer be liable
to misinterpretation. 1t seems in this particu-
lar instance that it would have been money
saved to the owners of the Virgo if she had
assisted the Cleopatra, as both vessels belong
in large part to the same owners.


We hardly know how to treat of the conduct
of the captain Of the Venezuela, the long
disabled steamer, which has been just seven
weeks coming from Liverpool, having arrived
safely in this port yesterday, after beating
about disabled and almost wrecked for nearly
five weeks, the captain refusing any assist.
ance from passing vessels, and stubbornly
insisting on his ability to get his ship to port
all right by himself. We cannot but COM
mend the hardy bravery Of him and his crew,
the tireIess devotion with which they stuck to
their ship, and the dogged perseverance which
finally brought them safe and unaided to port
but we ought, and yet have hardly the heart,
to condemn the insane foolhardiness evinced
in refusing assistance, in order, probably, to
save few dollars salvage.
Year: 1870

France, restless. unquiet imaginative, yet
still elegant France; France, the inventor OF
the guillotine and fashioner Of the latest neck
tie and summer chapeau, stands forth in our
columns to-day in all the glory of the s'frst
fine Sunday" Of the season, dressed for spring
and in the most complete enjoyment Of the
hour Our special fashions writer In the
French capital furnishes dazzling exposition
of the results in the able and interesting COM
munications which appear elsewhere In our
columns. The Empress Eugene stands forth
in Q new toilet Napoleon is robed for royal
entertainment. The prevailing colors" In
silks and satins fash as it were before our
eyes. Concert and dinner costumes are de-
scribed with degree Of accuracy which will
he very likely to prove little bewildering to
those who have not really studied the ton as .
domestic science. We are told Of new hats
and Of the neatest little boots and shoes-the
Alpha and Omega, as 1t were of the devotees
of modern style as exemplified by artistic skin.
The monarchs and people were in the theatres
and on the Bois, amused and smiling,
glittering in gold and jewels, and whrling and
dashing along In fine equipages and on horse
back, apparently happy and unthnking Of the
future as if Dives and Lazarus had never been


spoken of, and Danton and. Robespierre and


Waterloo and Saint Helena and the coup


Getat and the trade strikes had never existed


or been fought or executed.


Our special pen and ink picture of '1ife," as


seen in the Bois, is touchingly excellent and
eloquently natural. 1t will prove quite attrao-


tive as afording a view of the French people
as they are and as they really wish to remain
unmoved by politics and in the full exercise of
the free bent of their national characteristics


in the quiet family circle, and general exer-
else and interchange Of the most refining
social amenities aud ueighborly compliments
and good feeling
Year: 1870

IMPORTANT IF TEUE-The report that seven
more Senators have given in their adhesion to
the treaty for the annexation of all that por-
ton Of the splendid island Of st. Domingo
known as the republic Of Dominica, and the
report that these additional seven Senators
will secure the two-thrds vote necessary to
ratify the treaty. But, in any event, we feel
carry his point in this matter, which is the
acquisition Of Dominica, as the beginning Of
new American policy in the Gulf of Mexico.
Year: 1870

A WRECK OF BROADWAY is one of the in
ceptions of the Arcade abomination. The
building up Of a new thoroughfare, which
must be intended, will be like the construction
of new metropolis Of the nation. Are there
enough country members Of the Legislature to
vote for such a measure and return to their
constituents with the stigma of damaging the
great outlet to the whole world of their own
internal commerce?
Year: 1870

A LOUD CALL ON GOVERNOR HOFFMAN. -
We think our citizens can rely upon the fidelity
of Governor Hoffman in respecting their
wishes By promptly vetoing the Arcade abom-
ination If II comes before him for approval.
He is too much indebted to the people of the
city of New York for his continued and un-
paraleied political success to slight their mani
fest desires in regard to this nefarious project.
Year: 1870

The ScHENoK PROTECTIVE TARIFF Bill,
from the heavy labor with which it ''drags Its
slow length along, will probably be worried
to death in the House. Pennsylvania is in a
dreadful way about it; but Pennsylvania is
destined to discover that there may be too
much even of protection. Better let well
enough aloue, for fear Of something worse.
Year: 1870

THR WORST PROJECT OF THE DAY-To
burrow under the grand thoroughfare Of Man
haitian Island in order that unscrupulous job
bers and greedy millionnaires may construct the
Arcade abominadon,
Year: 1870

A CHAMPION IN THE RIGHT PLAoE-The
Hon. James Irving, when he stood up on the
floor of the House and denounced, almost
single handed, the Arcade Railway bill. The
gentlemanly mechanic, Bergen, spoke as an
expert in favor of the bill; but Mr. Irving
took him to task very quickly, reminding him
that it was one thing to be a successful me-
chanic, but quite another thing to be able to
demolish, root up and destroy our beautiful
highway. Irvings constituents have an
interest in Broadway, and they are lucky to
have representative with backbone enough
to face nearly the whole Assembly upon a
measure which threatens to turn it into a
wilderness. Mr.. Irving's action presented
strong contrast to that of other New York
delega les in the House.