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Year: 1872

Our STREETs.-We are, in common with
many of our tax-payIng fellow-townsmen, de-
lighted to find that our Town Council has
adopted system for repairing our streets and
keeping them in good order, that is less expen-
siSe, more expeditions, and more satisfactory
in its results. We mean the plan of using the
plow and scraper in conjunction with the spade
and hoe. We ehave however one suggestion to
make to the Commissioners:-we think that
the blowing should be a little deeper, and the
quantity of earth thrown in the center of the
streets greater, in order to give them suffi-
eient elevation in the center to shed the water
off on each side into the cutters.
Year: 1872

There is some improvement in the
horse disease. The number of horses
was increased on the streets to-day.
The horse cars will not resume their
trips before the latter part OF next week.
Year: 1872

driven from the field OF victory in igno-
miniOus fight. ] leave you to consider
how far, for my illustration applies to
the Tennessee canvass.


The late Mayors election in Nash
vile proves the rash folly of our present
divided action. Then let uslay aside our
individual quarrels and newspaper jeal-
ousies. Let Us forget past convention
defeats and fancied neglects. Let US
cease our wrangling about party policy
and party names. Let us rise above
selfish ambition and mere personal pref
udiees, until our great political battle is
fought and victory won. Until then
let us rally to the standard Of the or
ganized Liberal Greeley party of this
State, and follow the lead Of its chosen
captains. They may not all be the best
that could have been ehosen-but We
cannot stop while the storm Of battle is
raging to change leaders. Then
" Come rally, come rally from mountain and


glen;


Let the earth shake with the tread of your


warrior men.


Come rally, come rally, one more effort TO
The home Of the free and the land of the


brave"


Mr.. Me 'Doweu was frequently inter-
rupted by applause, especially when he
spoke of Greeley and the contest be-
tween Haynes and Lewis, and he was
was warmly complimented by the lead
ing men present on his manner and the
quantity and quality Of his speech.
Year: 1872

From the Cornhill Magazine.


II we would have our bodies healthy
our brains must be used, and used in or
derly and vigorous ways, that the life
giving streams Of force may flow down
from them into the expectant organs,
which can minister but as they are min
istered unto. We admire the vigorous
animal life OF the Greeks, and without
injustice we recognize and partly seek
to initiate the various gymnastic and
other means which they employed to se-
cure it. But probably we should make
fatal error if we omitted from our cal
culation the hearty and generous ear
nestness in which the highest subjects OF
art, speculation and politics were pur-
sued by them. Surely, in this case, the
beautiful and energetic mental life was
expressed in the athletic and graceful
frame. And were it a mere extrava-
gance to ask whether some part of the
lassitude and weariness of life, of which
we hear so much in our day, might be
due 10 lack Of mental occupation on
worthy subjects, exciting and repaying
a generous enthusiasm, as well as to an
over exercise on lower ones2 Whether
an engrossment on matters which have
not substance enough to justify or sat
isfy the mental grasp, lie not at the root
Of some part of the maladies which af-
feet our mental conyalescence2 Any
one who tries it soon finds out how
wearying, how disproportionately ex-
hausting is an overdose of light lite
rature, compared with an equal amount
Of time spent on real work. OF this we
may be sure, that the due exercise of
brain--of thoughts one of the essen
tial elements of human life. The per-
feet health of man is not the same as
that of an OK or horse. The prepon-
derating capacity Of his nervous parts
demands corresponding life.
Year: 1872




The Flush Times of Mississippi
Beat.


From the West Point Citizen.l


A rich and racy, if not rare, scene
occurred in a justices court in this
place one day last week, which, in point


of ludicrousness, fully equals anything


that was ever known in the Flush times


of Mississippi" Or any other flush
times" Be it known that West Point


has new squire, who, if nota very known


man in the law, is a frst-class judge
of red.eye, a good cusser, and possesses
keen appreciation of mans situa-
ton whe has become spiritually in
clined. On the occasion referred to a
case was up before his honor on an ap-
plication for a continuance. The
grounds for a continuance mainly re-


lied ON by counsel was that his client,
who was principal witness in his own de-
fense, had suddenly been taken very
sick, and was just at that time wholly
unsble to appear in court. The lawyer
fnllv realizing the situation of his case,
made a most powerful and eloquent
anneal to The squire in the name of JUS
t;ce and all that is fair, just and equit-
able. and in a most skillful and lawyer
like manner worked upon the better ma.
ture of the most excellent judge-of
good whisky. And while he stated
that q his client--witness-was sick
and very sick, by his delicate alln-
sions he readily made the court under
stand that his client was only little too
tight to appear in court. After the
counsel who had made the application
for a continuance had taken his seat,
the opposing counsel rose to object to
the motion, but before he had well gotten
on his feet, the court threw himself back
on his dignity, and in the most exciting
manner, licking out his tongue lkeIa
famished tiger, cried out at the top OF
his voice: "Stop, Mr. White, stop, sir;
the courts satisfied on this point, and
dom want TO hear any argument from
you, sir; and that amt al, 1t amt goln
To- neither. You hear that, sir2 I'll
give you to understand, sir, that this is
a court of justice, and the court gets
tight hisself sometimes, he does, and he
knows all about it, by Cd, sir. And
d-n old Roper to hi sir. ift the Colonel
shan't have plenty Of time to get sober,
sir; he shall that, by hi The court
continues that ease until tomorrow, or
until Colonel - gets sober, SIR. z Z
Year: 1872

One Of the Eastern papers, speaking
Of the necks which are so lavishly ex-
hibited by the toilettes of the day, says
scraggy necks are the fashion, and
where ladies have no hollows and creases
and bones, they employ artists to paint
them, and that person would be aston
ished were he or she to have view next
morning of the necks which had appear
ed so old and yellow and wrinkled the
night before, to see how plump and
white they were Another tells story
of gentleman who had a lady on his
arm who wore very handsome, wide
bracelets, and who was remarkable for
the beauty of her arms. The lady 8
bracelet became unelasped, and while
she was herself fastening it--which she
insisted on doing-he observed a peeu-
liar movement in her flesh from the
wrist to the elbow. The movement
continued all the while the lady was
working with her bracelet, but ceased
when she removed her hand. He con-
cluded, from what he saw, that there
we're such things as arms, parts of
which were laid aside at night.
Year: 1872

planned. 1t is true that Phyllis is over
thirty, and no planning can bring the
match nearer than Eve or six years; but
we have all the sublime satisfaction OF
finging ourselves into our pocket-hand-
kerchief and sobbing our heart out.
Only let us sob in the sunshine. 1t is
the sunshine that gives sweetness to our
tears as it gives an Arcadian innocence
to the Platonic friendship we swear to
the pretty hand on whose finger lies a
marriage ring
Year: 1872

At about five minutes before the departure of the
$40 train for Philadelphia the eleven filed into the
depot at Jersey City last night, headed by that king
OF batsmen Mr.. Grace. fair sprlnkling Of
Englishmen had gathered together to see the
cricketers, who had made such little bones of the
twenty-five of the st. Georges Club OF this city,
and in fact, Of all the Canadian twenty-two's who
had attempted to compete with them.


The party were SHOWN into the "Kearsargc,n o
Pullman palace car, in which Prince Alexis did his


first railroad travelling the United States. Naiu-
rally, the party admired the car greatly it being
the first OF the kind they had ever seen.


In conversation with several of the eleven they
expressed themselves much chagrned at the
treatment they had received In being re-
fused permission tc visit the interior of the T0mbs
the more so as they had taken great trouble to get
permission. One or them said :-"We only ba1 to-
day to visit the city, and we much fear when we
come back from Philadelphia we shah not be able
to STOP but will be obliged to hurry on to Boston,
where we play q one and O half days match next
We lnesday and Thursday"


AS soon as the train was ready each man
had his chair or settee, some two, pipes were
alighted, and, amid enthusiastic hand shaking and
"God bless you, old fellowl" from friends on the
platform, the train rumbed out or the station on
Its road to the City OF Brothery Love- where they
play at Germantown to-day.
Year: 1872

George Smith, deck hand on board the steamer
City of Hartford, was stabbed yesterday during a
quarrel with other hands on the same vessel living
at Pier "a East river. Smith was sent to the Park
Hospital No arrest
Year: 1872

Judge Marshall's simplicity OF charac-
ter and Observation-Disclosures have been the
theme of number OF anecdotes. The
one best known is about his puzzle over
the buggy and the sapling. Turning
aside one day to avoid one of those awful
mud holes which abound in Virginia
country roads, the axle Of his buggy en-
countered stout sapling. The sapling
was between the hub of the wheel and
the body of the buggy. Too big to bend
down, and too supple to break, this sap
ling seemed to the judge to be wholly
uneonquerable. What to do he knew
not. He got down ont of the buggy the
better TO apply his great intellect to the
knotty subject, and to study it thorough
ly up. While pondering yainly, negro
man came along. Uncle, said the Chief
Justice, i wish you would tell me about
this sapling | cant get over it, and |
can't get around it, and don't want to
stay here all day and miss court What
do You think l had better dor The
negro could not repress broad but 81
lent grin. Why, ole master, said he, Il
spec de bes' thing you kin do is TO back
yo' buggy twill you git clar NV de saplin,
den turn de hade (head) NV yo' hoss,
and den yo' kin void de saplin' and go
to cote slick as goose-grease. Thank
you-thanksyou kindly, uncle, I should
never have thought Of that in the world.


You are man OF superior mind. Theirs
half a dollar for you And the Judge


drove joyfully off. Another anecdote,
illustrating the same simple e-mindedness
and easy good nature, has, SO far as am
aware, never been in print. 1t is this
When Judge Marshalllived in Richmond.
his opposite neighbor was Colonel Pickett,
father of Confederate General George L.
Pickett, of Gettysburg fame. Colonel
Pickett was a man of wealth, lived well,
and was not content unless everything
about his household bore the marks OF
good living. His horses were his pride,
and were conspicuous everywhere for
their splendid appearance, being as sleek,
fat, and high-spirited as abundant food
and excellent grooming could make them.
Judge Marshall's horses, ON the other
hand, were notoriously lean and unkept.
Everybody but the Judge had long re-
marked this. At last il was brought to
his notice, with the suggestion that his
carriage-driver neglected the horses, sold
much OF their food and appropriated the
Year: 1872

An Italian bishop, who had endured
much persecution with calm, unruffled
temper, was asked how he attained such
a mastery over himself. by making a
right use Of my eyes, said he. Il first
look up to heaven as the place whittier |
am going to live for ever. next look
down upon the earth, and consider how
small space Of it will soon be all that l
can occupy or want. then look around
me, and think how many are far more
wretched than ! am
Year: 1872

1t is necessary sometimes, to refrain
from questioning our friends, that we
may not draw from them what we ought
not to know, and especially that we may
not tempt them to deceive us.-Madume
Sicethchine.
Year: 1872

The old Pioneer Barber OF Phoebe, has Just
opened neatly fitted Barber Shop on Main
street. adjoining Higgins Restaurant. He is
fully prepared to do any thing in the tonsorial
line in the most approved style, auas-1m
Year: 1872

n machine running on this old hem


sphere, or in the United States, that
he can't improve and beat. PooI
and he with the heart Of a child and
the brain Of a Newton! Poor, indeed!
Let me catch any one calling him
poor, and III gat mad; and when l
pes mad, there sao1hn round. Yes,
Year: 1872

The Pope is reported to have sta.
ted to some American lately, that if
he should ever leave Rome, he would
be glad to take up his residence in
New York, because no city in the
world contains more earnest Catho-
lies, or those more devoted to the


ighest and best interests Of the
church.
Year: 1872

The Southern Baptist Convention
have a successful mission in Rome,
in charge of W. N. Cott. He is now
in this country raising money to aid
in building a new chapel. The
brethren North propose to aid in the
movement, and let the chapel stand
as a monument OF fraternal sympa-
thy and cooperation.
Year: 1872

him in the power Of commenting upon current
events in the way most acceptable 10 large
majority of readers. He had good temper
and a geniality which were purely professional
having no relation whatever to his lonesome
and somber life. At a time when drunkenness
was the rule among people of his craft he was
as frupal and abstemious as an Arab. An iron
constitution enabled him to do the work OF
three ordinary men, without either fever OF
fatipue. To these qualifications was added
Gift which is common enough now, but winch
at the time when be began his career was 80
rare that it partOok of the exceptional quailty
of genius. He understood the value OF news.
He may almost be said to be the inventor OF
journalism in its latest and highest development
as means of disseminating all accessible con-
temporaneous intelligence. He was the trss
journalist who went to meet the news hait-
way. This was the sole secret of his success.
All the sensations scandals, and fierce wrang-
lings Of his earlier years did very little to ad-
vance or retard the march of his great news
paper. When he began that long and desper-
ate battle with hostile fate in the dark
Wall-st. cellar, the victory was assured to MN
beforehand by his inexhaustible energy ana
his infallible journalist instinct.


By adhering to certain true principles OF Jour
nalism, he made the greatest material, that is to
say, pecuniary success, in chat profession which
the world has yet seen. This Is sperhaps as much
in the way of example as the world has any
right to expect from any one man. Beyond
this, it certainly receives nothing more than
warning from the founder OF The Herald.
He attempted no more than the establish
ment of a newspaper Others have followed
him in the same path with equal success, ana
now the only journalism which looks to the
future for a constantly widening sphere OF
power and influence is that which aims not
only to gather and edit each day the whole
worlds history for the preceding day, but SO
far as possible, in addition, to lead and tram
the honest thought of the world. This Is an
immense plan, impossible to be accomplished
perfectly by the present resources of any jour
nal. Even to approach its fulfllment Will
REQUIRE all the energy, all the sagacity, all the
varied ability, all the personal probity OF the
great journalist who died on Saturday, to-
cether with a public conscience, personal
earnestness, freedom from private ends' ana
respect for the dignity of human nature
which he considered outside of the sphere OF
iournaliSm
Year: 1872

Toward sundOwn of Saturday night, when
millions of laborers were closing the work of
the week, one of the most untiring working
men of the age finished his life and his labor
together. James Gordon Bennett had known
little of the JOY of life except that which comes
of unremitting and successful work. He had
carried the great enterprise and purpose of his
existence forward to the farthest point he
could expect to attain. There seemed little
left which was attractive to him in the
world when this end was clearly reached. In
the busiest and most intensely vital city of the
earth he had led a life as secluded and solitary
as that of any monk of the Thebaid. There
seemed pathetic fitness in the fact that the
end of life so lonely should be passed in
solitude, with the breadth of the ocean
between him and the children whom he idol
lied and the wife of whom he was so proud
and fond. He had made his arrangements
TO pass the Summer with them in Europe,
but his suddenly failing health compelled him,
too late, to recall them. In his life he had
sacrificed social friendships and intimacies to
his inexOrable purpose, and in death the sport
of destiny deprived him of the ministrations
of those who were dearest to him. The great
machine he built through so many toilsome
years works on without changing pulsation
at his departure. At the head of its columns
still stands the familiar announcement, "James
"GOrdOn Bennett, Proprietor" though the first
of the name is in his coffin, and the second is
at sea, not aware of the altered meaning in
the standing types. His heirs will give to his
grave all the dignity and respect which may
lie IN massive and costly marble; but his
journal is his true monument.


1t is easy to build sepulcher Of any form,
with any meaning you please. Even the
epitaph is matter depending on your own
taste or fancy or that of a clever friend.
But nothing can change OF falsify the record
of a public life, nor make the monument
reared by q mans lifelong labor anything but
true criterion of his character and test of
his value. Mr.. Bennett will not be judged in
future by what he was, but by what he accom-
plished. The passions, the hates, the contro-
verses of the past, will all fade away from
memory in another generation. But The Herald
will remain the permanent and visible proof
of what there was in the heart and the in
tellect of its founder


Viewing bis life from this point of view, it
was completely successful He had no other
aim than to make great and lucrative news
paper In his days of poverty and privation,
he boasted with gay defiance that, in spite of
all the malice of his enemies, he would one
day make The Herald produce $4,000 annually.
He probably thought this prophecy exagger-
ated, but he lived to see it dwindled into
absurdity, by its tenfold accomplishment. He
attained this great result by no trick, no luck,
no accident. There was never seen more
logical and necessary issue of given course
of action. He was q man of extraordinary
capacity. lie has written so little of late
years that elderly people have forgotten
and young people never have known
that no journalist in the country excelled
Year: 1872

The letter of the Hon. b. Gratz Brown, ac-
cepting his nomination as llce-President, ad-
mirably sums up the issues involved In the
Liberal Republican movement. Every think
ing citizen has felt that, having passed through
the fiery ordeal of battle and civil war, the
Republic is now encOmpassed with new dan
GERS. partly growing out of those which we
have Just overcome, and partly due to an en-
tirely novel variety of causes. Gov Browns
letter suggests the connection OF these crises
and dwells more particularly on that OF the
present. He shows that Capitalization, IN
all its guises, is now the looming danger
of the Republic, and that by the popular
movement which found expression at Clncin-
natl in the nomination of Greeley and Brown,
and the adoption of noble platform, the
country is invited to its frankeSt utterance on
all pending issues 1t is a just statement OF
the case, however to say that before we can
have concert of action minor or past dll1er-
ences must be thrust into the background,
and that adjustments cannot be reached until
the country is restored to free suffrage,
and released from the influence Of
official dictaton and the apprehension of a
central domination. This dread of rapidly
growing central power which places its hand
on all the far-reaching threads of social, pOlit-
ical and commercial influence, approves the
relegation to the people of industrial and rev.
enue matters. To refer these to an electoral
college would be, as Gov. Brown declares,
only disguised form of Capitalization. Full
as the letter is of happy strokes of political
insight. there is none finer than this. Here
are our few dissatisfied FREQ Traders,
who met in Steinway Hall the other
evening, TO show how few they were,
clamorously shouting against the current ten
dency to break down local self government
At the same instant, in bland Inconsistencies
of their absurdity, they inveigh against q
reference of vital questions of taxa
ton to the people themselves, and insist
that these must go to the Electoral College.
They are opposed to Capitalization but in
favor of its enforcement; and i'll this give the
exact measure of their political sagacty.


In refreshing contrast, too, with the palter-
ing and eQuivocating utterance Of mere poll
tlcians are the frank words of Gov. Brown
upon the subject of Amnesty. His record and
his previous declarations on this question have
made him famous and everywhere respected,
and his latest expressed sentiments bear all
the impress of warm, generous, and noble
nature. The wisdom of these his views has
been again and again approved by the popular
voice. Inspired by the glowing periods of
"the new Declaration of independence
the eminent Missourian sees in them
q restoration of power to the people
peace to the nation; purity to the
Government; the subordination of the mill
tary to the civil power equal freedom for
all and genuine reformation in all the De-
partments of the Government. The Liberal
candidate for the Vice-Presidency strikes the
keynote of the Peoples campaign; and his
letter will be taken as an honest and candid
summary of the issues which shall lead to
guccees