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Year: 1870

The statement that I have been for fifty years a member of the bar of this county, admonishes me of rapid journey across the stage of life, from it's morning to its evening. Those years have sped away, and they have embraced large portion of the time usually allotted to man as the pe- riod of his existence here. -

 Large space are they

 Of mans brief life, those fifty years; they join

 It's ruddy morning with the paler light

 Of its declining hours." -.ss

 They have swept off in their cur. .ent nearly every one who was active in the proceedings of the courts in this county, at the commencement of that period It did not then occur to me to consider the question whether should outlive nearly all my associates at the bar, but of the for ty-four members who were then in active practice here. all save three, and they are not now in practice, have preceded me on their journey to the grave. Some have their resting place in the midst of us. and some have laid their bones in distant parts of the country. but with the exceptions above named, all have gone to their last account.

 suppose it to be the wish of the bar, as it has been intimated to me, that I should say something of those who were active in conducting the judicial proceedings in this County. fifty years ago. This will imply notice of the judges, clerks and officers of the court, as we'll as of the legal profession. A wide field is open before me, and I fear the exploration which shall give it will be of very little interest to my brethren, but such impressions of the men of those times as remain with me, l will endeavor to lay before them.
Year: 1870

of that Justice to another tribunal though
more dilatory, though more expensive,
though more arbitrary in its frame and
constitution. lfjustlce is not done to the
crown by the verdict of a jury, The neces-
sites Of the public revenue will call for
the erection of summary tribunals"


Itremains to denoted that trials of civil
causes before court without jury is no
untried experiment even in this country
and England. The immense commercial
and international interests which are ad.
jrsted in the admiralty courts are not less
wisely, nor less satisfactorily determined
because they are decided upon without
the Intervention of jury. 1t is believed
that the important and oftent'mes compi-
Gated cases which are decided in chaucery
are as conscientiouslv decided upon the
facts as in the common law courts, and even
more impartially. 3t " NJ. 4


We have never heard that the safety Of
our political rights is endangered by this
single judge jurisdiction. But we are
certain that it is good rule to submit q
righteous cause to the court, and to try q
bad one be ore jury. "H'a" ."#
Year: 1870

d GEN.TnoMAs.-Tbe following paragraph
in Gen, Woodfcrd's oration on Gen. Thomas
at Troy, would serve as fitting inscript-
ion on the latter's tomb:
p "He was a soldier, without brutality.
He was a gentleman without effeminacy.
He was a scholar without pcdantry. He
was patriot without stain Of defeat or
a spot Of dishonor. In word he was all
that should be held up as the highest
standard and example Of manhood that
manhood whose chiefest glory was in duty
well done"
Year: 1870

IMPORTANT DECIsIoN.-The Canton Miss. Mail says
that decision of great interest has been rendered by
the High Court of the county to the effect that
chant who had advanced money and supplies, taking
mortgage therefor the crop raised by lessee, has
prior claim the lessor of the plantation. Also, in
the same case that promissory note, executed by he
lessee in favor of parties furnishing mules, wagons,
etc. is prior in its claim to the rent due the landlord
This decision delivered by Judge Peyton, is made on
the ground that the mortgage filed in favor Of the par
ties advancing money and supplies, before the attach
ment had been made by the landlord, entitled the
mortgages to prior satisfaction of their claim out of
the property covered. And the written contract made
to the parties who had furnished the mules, wagons
etc. being enrolled in circuit court, becomes lien
under statute of 1867, upon the equity Of redemp
ton of the property embraced in the mortgage to the
mortgagees except that which is exempt by law from
levy and sale under execution. Quoting from the
opinion of the court


Rent is not per lien on goods found on the
demised premises. 1t binds as lien only when the
goods are seized under attachment for rent. In
the meantime he may SELL dispose of, or cucumber the
same bona fd and for valuable consideration, notwh
standing the existence of debt for rent, the power Of
alienation by the tenant exists until the goods are
seized under attachment for rent without any ln
tation restriction on account of rent"


The mortgage given to one party and promlssory
another having specific liens on the property in
controversy, anterior in point OF time to the at
tachment for rent on the part of the landlord, and
entitled in the opinion of the court to prior sat
isfaction.
Year: 1870

GAMBLING IN THIS SrATE.-If the following deduc


ons of the New Orleans Times be true then there is
no penalty for the failure Of gamblers who publicly
follow their occupation without taking out license


Inquiry into the matter has disclosed the fact that


the gambling bill passed at the last session of the Leg
isature ex0cting license of $4,000 for every such
house opened neglected to provide for any punish
ment in any of Infringement, and the law in
question superseded all city ordinances bearing upon
the subject the gambling business is open to any
and everybody who may chose to ignore the license 1t
will thus be seen that the whole community is entirely
the mercy Of this Objectionable class Ofthe dozens
of gambling houses opened since the passage Of the
law only four it is said, have paid license, and even
they will scarcely repeat the folly for the succeeding
year. The first demanded of the Legislature
1--WE use the word demanded in its full sense) should
be the complete destruction of this great social sore
the parent of poverty and Not the lives of the
entire Legislature, given in expiaon could repair the
wrong and suffering inflicted upon this community by
enacting this bill. With the new year new measures
required, and it is earnestly hoped that our good
citizens will not be backward in so asserting them.
selves in the premises.
Year: 1870

THE INVENTOR OF " INTERVIEWING. D." Mack" the
Washington correspondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer
claims to be the originator of the business of "nter
viewing" In late letter he states that "the first


interview which was thought of sufficient interest
to be generally copied by the press of the country
written by me from Charlottesville, Georgia, about
year after the close of the 1t the result of
two days soiourn at the home of Alexander H. Ste
phens and correctly gave the opinions of that eminent
statesman on the causes and consequences of the
bellion 1t was published in the Cincinnati CONNER
cial and reproduced Immediately ir all the great
papers of the East and the West Encouraged by this
success made it point to interview every man of
prominence whom met on the trip was then making
through the South and before / returned had done
up about half dozen of them
Year: 1870

The ALABAMA CLAIMs.-There are good reasons
says Washington dispatch of the 2stb for believing
though the fact cannot be positively ascertaned that
the government will suggest to Congress, sometime
next month, the taking Of measures to examine and
audit such of the so.called Alabama claims as NAV be
filed in the State Department, for the purpose of
certaining the amount due individuals from
the English authorities. 1t is also hnted in some
quarters that the President may suggest the pay
ment Of these claims so as to strengthen claim as
nation. Whether this is is not pursued it
is certain that the government will push for general
settlement as rapidly as possible.
Year: 1870

| OrERwoRKING SCHOOL CH1LpREN-There are some
parents who think there such thing as overtask:
ing their children with studies at school, If the child
happens be bright one its task is unlimited for
both teacher and parent insist craming it with
tai labor. The teacher for the purpose of convincing
the world that he she, the may be- is the
best extan and the parent that his children the
smartest in the world A writer in the New York
Times has been putting this theory under the micro.
scope and then descants the utter mpracticabity
of the most of the studies pursued. The Courier.
Journal takes up the subject and agrees with its New
York coemporary in his deductions We copy as fol-
lows from the Courler-J Journal: Fl" He points out with
much force the evils of requiring children to exercise
their minds six hours upon all sorts of ologes, which
they never find Of any practical afterwards. He
wants to know what becomes of all the botany as
tronomy elements of physics, logic, and what not
when we lay down to the hard work of life What
becomes of all the wire-drawn, fne-spun 'Butlers
Analogy and similar stuff rubbed into brains that
comprehend the construction of the sentences


Learned by and repeated mechanically they are
like horrible dreams of the past and these are things
to make children cry For the acquisition of this
stuff they are to nights and be tormented days.


sit in schoolrooms when they ought to be out, and
worked like pack horses to end' He then goes to
show that in real life don't botanise' or use the
higher English branches The main point COM
planned of is the unreasonable amount of labor and
confinement entailed by the modern school SYSTEM to
acquire what is never used practically in after life.
The writer concludes by saying that the cause of the
dislike to study, and the rebellion against instruction,
on the part of Children is wholly caused by parents
and teachers, who insist upon much mental labor
from child ten twelve years old as an adult can
perform Now here is a nut for parents teachers and
children to crack
Year: 1870

New STATES TO BE CARVED OUT OF TExAs.s-A Wash
ington dispatch of the 9th u states that there is
movement on foot, to be developed as as Texas
shall be admitted into the Union to create two new
States There are bills before the House Re-
construction Committee for that purpose. One OF
them proposes detach that portion of Texas lying
west and south of the Colorado river asu to call the
State of Lincoln The other provides for the States
of Lincoln Houston and Texas to be carved out OF the
present State.
Year: 1870

We would call the attention of parties who have
been the past week investing So in clothes to the fact
that their suits will not be complete without pair of
those fine custom-made boots to be had only at the
boot shoe and hat establishment Of J. B. Lewis, No.
Texas street.
Year: 1870

Loss AND GAIs.-The Richmond Enquirer in speal


ing of the loss of labor by the emigration of negroes
from that State to the South says that in political
point of view the emigration among the blacks will
weaken the Republican party and believe that the
influx of white immigrants even from the Northern
States will have the same effect; for in our 7iew Of
the matter the mass of Northern settlers among us
will take sides with the whites of the State against
party composed chiefly Of negroes Their locd inter
est apart from the instincts of race, will caus them
to give their support to Virginia interests.
Year: 1870

LNOR SAI.E-BLACK HORSE. ABOUT SIXTEEN HANDS


and six years old prompt and stylish driver sold
the is going travel has been used a family
horse ia sound KNIT and Can be at the private
stable of No. Washington place. entrance in Mercer
Erect.
Year: 1870

Two gentlemen entered the Cor0ners Office, City
Hail. yesterday afternoon, and after giving
to some commonplace remarks inquired If any dead
bodies had been found during tile day, In explana-
ton the gentlemen remarked that James W. Lngard.
the actor, formerly connected with the Bowery The
atre, had suddenly disappeared undercircumstances
which Induced the belief that he had destroyed him
s1d SELL s is was further is stated that owing to
barrassments, Iingald OF late had, been very
Respondent ana low spirited. On "Wednesday
evening he wrote letters to his wife and other
friends bidding them an affectionate farewell say
Ing that they would see him no more alive, since
which time Mr. Lingard has not been SEEN IL ts
feared he has gone aboard some one Of the ferry
boats and Jumped into the river. Some time since a
movement was set on foot with the view OF getting
means sufficient 10 enable him go to Australia to
start life anew The search for the mysterIously
missing actor Is still kept up, ana will he continued
Till he shall be found, either dead or alive
Year: 1870

This Board met yesterday afternoon. and received
and laid over large number Of papers. The only
paper OF interest adopted by the Board was concur
renee with the Aldermen In Ordaining an ordinance
for the regulation OF the free floating baths, giving
them In charge 10 the Department. OF Public Works
The Board adjourned TIL Monday
Year: 1870

JUSTICES CLIFFORD AND FOX PRESIDING


SATURDAY.-Maiy W. Merrill VS. CITY of Port.
land The opinion of the Court upon the motion fol
new trial in this case was read this afternoon by
Jndge Clifford. Tue action was trespass on the case
brought to recover damages for personal injury sus-
tained by the fall OF the awning in front OF store No.
366 Congress street on Avg. Is, 1866 The plaintiff
was walking up the street when team, with high
rack projecting over the side, drove up and struck
the end board OF the awning and knocked it off upon
the plaintiff striking her upon the face I'd affecting
the nerves of the eye to produce total blindness
The case was tried at the September term 1869 and
the jury rendered verdict for the plaintiff for $5OOO
A motion for new trial was filed, which was argued
in May last the detsndauts c lining that the verdict
was both against law and e iden e.


The Court held that the liability OF towns for in
juries received through defects IN the highway de-
penis upon the true construc ion of State statutes:
That the construction of those statutes adopted by
the hi h est Courts Of the st ate is as conclusive 1pon
the untei States Courts the text of the statute:
that under the statute OF Maine, construed by the
Supreme Court OF the State towns are liable only for
injuries caused soely by the defect IN the way, and
are not liable where, in this case the negligent or
unlawful act of responsible thi.d party combines
with the detect to produce the injury. Verdict set
aside. New trial granted.


A. Merrill. j. W. Symonds.


G. T. Talbot,
Year: 1870

SINGULAR OcCURRENCE.-Laste evening about
half past nine o'clock Mr.. Warren Sparrow's
large sign over the door of his insurance office
on Exchange street, fell to the sidewalk and
was somewhat injured. 1t was of wood, very
large and heavy, and rested on the stone belt
ing over the door, at height of about twenty
feet above the ground, and was perhaps fasten-
ed at the top i'll the usual manner with hooks.
There was not breath of air stirring nor any
apparent cause for the singular occurrence.
MIR. Emery, one of the bank watchmen, with
his assistant had just passed the spot on their
way down Exchange street. Had the event
happened in the day time, when the street
was niled with people, "a terrible accident to
lie or limbs might have been the result.
Year: 1870

BOAT RACE.-The boat race between tho
Emerald and West End Clubs of this city
will take place on Wednesday the ID Of No
vember from buoy near the Cape Elizabeth
bridge over course Of about mile and a half
down the harbor and return. The race will
come off betweenthe hours of nine and ten in
the morning Mr.. Henry p. Wood will act as
referee.
Year: 1870

We would invite our friends to step into
Bailey b Co. s salssroon this afternoon aud
examine the splendid assortment of Shells to
be sold tomorrow morning. They will be well
paid for their trouble
Year: 1870

ACcIDENT-Saturday afternoon as an old gen.
t'eman, whose mind was a little obfusticated by
INDULGENCE in strong drink, attempted to 60
ON board the bark "Archer" lying at Long
wharf, he missed bis footing and fell into the
dock. The tide being out there was a soft
bed OF mud and slime prepared for him to fall
into. A number of persons collected in the
vicinity. procured rope and lugged him out
on the firm earth, the aged individuals APP
pearance being anything but Inviting.
Year: 1870

repetition of his charge. "I
take it," said he, Sand I reiter-
ate it, that it is a principle of
ethics that no one here will
dispute, that he who deals q
blow on one that is unprepared
forit, and has no notice of it, is
an assassin and a coward, and I
venture that it is an assertion
that evenGthe Speakers gavel
will not interrupt" Butler
then sat down, full Of passion
and excitement. The members
were requested to take their
seats and order was restored.-
After a little more debate the
vote wvs taken, but so general
was the feeling against Butler,
who had at first advocated the
bill, when he knew he was In
terested, that he only got
twelve votes, the measure being
rejected by more than a hun
dred majority.
Year: 1870

/ here present to your read
ers as a free gift a recipe fol-
which l paid five dollars two
years ago--and whatever 9th
ers may say or think, I do not
regret the expenditure (:


To every pound of butter
you mnst use one pint of milk
and the yellow of two eggs
The last named article is to be
well beaten up and placed in
the churn. The churn must
first be cleansed with hot water
After putting in the yellow Of
the eggs you must pour in the
milk, which must be slightly
warmed in cool weather. Then
cut up the butter (if it is hard)
into small bits OF slices. Then
churn in the usual way. Butter
will come in a few minutes,
and you will have double the
amount you put in. The prop.
er temperature of the materials
in order to make butter quick
is ffty-fve degrees Of Fahren
heit's thermometer, which is
somewhat less than milk warm
Put the butter on ice or over
water, and don't work it fol-
forty-eighty hours, and.you vii.
have as solid an article as ever
went on a table.
Year: 1870

Washington Banks, stall
wart fellow of about thirty.
found bis way into one of the
cells of the First Precint station
yesterday for playing the role
OF a minister in order to swindle
a poor wo nan out of SIS. The
accused was in the neighbor-
hood of st. Mary's Market on
Saturday morning, when he was
accosted by a young woman,
who asked him where she could
find a minister to christen her
child. Finding that she was
willing to pay for the ceremony,
Banks said that he was min
lister, and accompanied her to
her house, where he found the
child at the point Of death. He
sent the mother out to borrow
a Bible, and then went through
the form of christening the
child, which died during the
performance. Banks now told
the mother that he would attend
to matters, and have her name
enrolled in the society of which
he was a minister. The society,
he said, would pay all the ex-
penses of the funeral, but she
must give S. for the christening
fee and the initiation. She
gave him the money and he left
in a hurry, taking the Bible
with him, and promising to re-
turn in half an hour with a
coffin. AS nothing was heard
of him afterward, the woman
had a warrant issued for him on
the charge of larceny of the
Bible and obtaining money on
false pretences, and the swind.
Ter was soon in custody
Ne,0 Orleans Rep.
Year: 1870

{ Some farmers allow them
selves to fall into the miserable
and costly habit of letting their
COWS, early in the spring, roam
at will over their meadows
Nothing is more injurious. The
ground always wet in the spring,
is trodden into such an unequal
surface that, beside the great
injury to the grass roots, now
ing is made more difficult, and
the loss in subsequent crops is
many times greater than all
the cattle get in their perambu
lations. Keep the COWS and
other cattle in the barn or in
the barn yard, OF some small
lot adjoining, till there is grass
enough in the pastures to give
them q good bite; and then
when turned out, with one
feeding of hay each day, they
will have just what they need
to secure to them the best
health and to the owner the
largest profit.
Year: 1870

Millions blindness was the
result of overwork and dys-
pepsia. One Of the most emf
nont American divines, having
for some time been compelled
to forgo the pleasure of read
ing, has spent thousands Of dol
lars in value, and lost years of
time in consequence Of getting
up several hours before day and
studying by artificial Light
His eyes never got well.


Multitudes Of men and wo-
men have made their eyes weak
for life by the too free use of
the eyesight, reading small
print and doing fine sewing
In view of these things, it is
well to observe the following
rules in the use of the eyes.


Avoid all sudden changes be-
tween light and darkness.


Never read by twilight, or
moonlight, or on a very cloudy
day.


Never read or sew directly
in front Of the light, or window,
or door.


1t is best to have the light
fall from above, obliquely over
the left shoulder.


Never sleep so that on the
first waking, the eyes shall open
on the light of the window
Do not use the eyesight by light
so scant that it requires an ef.
fort to discriminate.


Too much light creates a
glare, and pains and confuses
the sight. The moment you
are sensible of an effort to dis
tinguish, that moment cease,
and take a walk or ride.


And as the sky is blue and
the earth green, it would seem
that the ceiling should be a
blush tinge, and the carpet
green, and the walls of some
mellow tint.


The moment you are instinct
lively prompted to rub the eyes,
that moment cease using them.


If the eyelids are glued to-
gether on waking up do not
forcibly open them, but apply
the saliva with the fnger-it is
the speediest dilutent in the
world-then wash your eyes
and face in warm water
Halls Journal Of Health
Year: 1870

Prepare the currants (Which
should be perfectly ripe) the
same as if you were making
jelly. To each quart of juice
extracted add two quarts of
cold water, and three pounds of
good brown sugar. Having
stirred all well together, let it
remain undisturbed till the
next day, then skim and set it
in a cool place to ferment,-
Keep it uncovered, and fill it
up every day until done work
ing. In six or eight days,
when it has ceased fermenting,
cork it closely, adding, if you
wish, a little good brandy-a
pint to every eight gallons of
wine will be sufficient. AS
soon as it becomes clear it is
fit to bottle. 1t will be fine
wine in the course of the win.
ter. e..
Year: 1870

To every gallon Of the fruit
allow quart Of boiling water,
mash the berries; pour the
boiling water on them, and stir
them up well cover, and let
it stand until the following day.
Then, having stirred all again,
strain the liquid into the cask,
adding good brown sugar in
the proportion Of two pounds
to each gallon; cork it tight.
The wine will be ready for use
in the course Of the autumn
Still another way is to fill q keg
or cask three.fourths full with
sound, ripe blackberries; then
fill up the cask with molasses,
close it tight, and set it in a
dry cool place until the winter.
The liquid may then be poured
off, and will be found an agree
able common wine, and the
berries will make good pies.


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