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Year: 1871

The post mOrtem fate Of Auber, to
be tumbled into a common ditch
along with the horrible contents of
charnel-hOuse by a dirty mob, is
strangely in contrast with the eXpe-
rience Ofhis life. A man of the most
luxurious tastes, he allowed nothing
to Interfere with the complete SEN
sUOUs enjoyment which bis income of
thirty thousand dollars a year enabled
him to secure In Paris. Like ROssini,
when his position and fortune were
assured, he used to make his path one
Of roses. He sedulOusly shut out ey-
cry sight and sound likely to prove
dis8greeable, surrounded himself with
all that is beautiful ia art, lived deli
cately and Jared sumptUously. His
stables had the finest horses, and his
tables the chOisest wines; his amOurs
were innumerable; and a strong con-
stitutiOn, carefully preserved, with
wonderful good health, even to the
last Of his advanced years, enabled
him to lead the life Of a voluptuary
without the physical retributiOn
which attends less selfish and self
poised individuals. He was thor
Oughly philosophical in the pursuit Of
pleasure, AID no resident Of the
French capital realized more from its
unlimited sensual resources than the
great composer. One can imagine
with what horror be would have con
temDlated such a disposal Of his re-
maihs-hs, q man who never would
attend a funeral, and who carefully
avoided such gloomy prOcessions on
the streets, ss likely to interfere with
the supreme comfort Of mind and
body which he had determined for
himself.
Year: 1871

WASHINGTON, June 3.-The Herald
correspondent has been interviewing
Secretary Fish, and reports what he
said last evening: 81 did not present
my resignation on Saturday, nor was it
accepted on Monday; and further
more, he observed, "he had no inten-
ton now of retiring from the State
Department. The statement that
General Sickles had been instructed to
make certain demands Of Spain, such
as have been represented, is charac-
terized as equally false" There seems
to be little doubt, however, that Fish
would willingly change his place as
Secretary of State for that Of Minister
to England, and there is good ground
for prophesy that the return of
General Schenck, before the present
year is ended, viii offer Fish an
opportunity, as be desires so much to
mingle in diplomatic and social inter
course with the aristOcracy of England.
Fish left Washington last evening for
New York and will be absent about a
week.
Year: 1871

A very superior quality Of black
coal has been discovered within ten
miles Of the iron furnaces at South st.
Louis, which can be transported to
the furnace at One-hah the expenses
Of its cost now, and which, it is sta
ted, viii give that iron work the ad-
vantage over any now in operation, il
not the actual control OF the iron
market.
Year: 1871

AIKEN at the sign of the Golden Eagle is
selling all dress goods ct cost.
All hosiery and gloves at cost.
All hannels at cost.


All osssimeres at cost.


All real and imitation laces at cost.
All fancy goods at cost.


All bleached and brown shsetings and
shirtings at less prices than they can be had
elsewhere.
Year: 1871

They arrest one-eFmed soldiers in New
Haven, Conn, for peddling blacklng with
out license. The empty sleeve ought to be
sufficient license for the pursuit of any hon
est calling, anywhere in the land
Year: 1871

The Washington Patriot says: Chief
Justice Chase is rapidly recovering from his
late illness, and can now use the pen with
ea,, The use OF electricity has been proven
very beneficial, and is rapidly improving his
hrnlhh
Year: 1871

As an evidence OF the wonderful expan-
sion of Methodism in America, the Church
organ states the fact that during the past
year there was new church com pleted, on
the average, every three working hours-or
four for everg dev in the year.
Year: 1871

UNLESS you wish a premature death you
let all the poisonous hair Preparations alone.
NATURES HAIR RESTORATIVE is perfectly
harmless as any druggist will tell you. See
advertisement.
Year: 1871

Those who desire to shield themselves
from that fearful scourge consumption can.
not do a wiser and safer thing than to
furnish themselves with supply of DR..
Bells Balsam of Alpine Moss, q capital cure
for diseases of the Chest and Lungs. See
advertisement in this paper.
Year: 1871

An old man named Webs ter, 4
relative Of the Daniel, and himself at
one time the proprietor Of a leading
hotel in New York City, is now re-
ported as occupying n cellar there
with his aged wife in abject misery.
Year: 1871

BENFITs OF A LARGE FAMILY.-A large
family is host itself Its members are
not dependent upon strangers for amuse-
ment.-They are always numerous enough
to organize their own game. Winter o.
summer it is the same. What can be more
miserable than for two lads to have to
play cricket without long stop or have
to press some shrinking sister, with her ex-
tended apron into service ? She has to be
coaxed, bribed, or bullied into the opera
ton. and the cruel sport generally ends by
food oftears on the part of the tiny fe-
male mercenary.


Let there be but plenty OF boys and
plenty Of girls, and there can never be any
lack of fun astir. They quarrel it is said.
OF fcourse they do, and herein lies another
great advantage Of large family against
small one. Their interests are so many,
and from moment 10 moment so various,
that they are everlastingly clashing


What better prepartione could there be
for life They thrash ard are thrashed,
snub and are snubbed, contradict and are
contradicted, TIL it gets thoroughly i'm
pressed upon the mind of each one, early
in existence, that he is not the only indi-
vidual in the world before whom everything
must bow and give way. The domestic
circle becomes thus miniature public
school, in which all its advantages are ac-
auired.
Year: 1871

Let any nan who ever struck a faith
full horse in anger read tins true story and
be ashamed of himself


Some years since a party Of surveyors
had just finished their days work in the
northwestern part of Illinois, when vio-
lent snow storm came on. They started
for their camp, which was in grove of
about eighty acres ir a large prairie.
nearly twenty miles from any other tim
Der.


The wind was blowing very hard. and
the snow drifting so as nearly to blind
them.


When they thought they had nearly
reached the camp. they all at once came
upon tracks in the snow. These they
looked at with care, and found, TO their
dismay, that they were their own tracks.


1t was now plain that they were lost on
the great prairie, and that if they had
to pass the night there. in the cold and
snow, the chance was that not one of
them would be alive in the morning.


While we were all shivering with fear
and cold, the chief man of the party
caught sight of one OF their HORSES
gray pony known as "Old Jack"


Then the chief said "If any one can
show US our way to camp, out of this
binding snow, Old Jack can do it. 1
will take off his bride and let him loose,
and we can follow him. think he will
show us our way back to our camp.


The horse, as soon as he found himself
free, threw his head and tail into the air,
as if proud of the trust that had been put
upon him. Then he snuiIed the breeze
and gave a loud snort, which seemed to
say "cOme on. boysl Follow me; I'll
lead you out of this scrape." He then
turned in new direction and trotted
along, but not so fast that the men could
not follow him. They had not gone
more than mile when the saw the cheer
ful blaze of their camp fire. and they gave
loud huzZs at the sight, and for Old
Jack.
Year: 1871

The Louisville C6atrier-JolrsaaL says of
Judge Blacks rejoinder to Wilson: at is
not saying too much to pronounce it in
every respect the best piece of political
literature which has yet appeared on this
side of the Atlantic. Nothing in all the
range of critical biography surpasses it in
the vigor of its reasoning, the force and
clearness OF its statement, and the brill
fancy, point and purpose of its style. No
one should fail to read it, and no one who
begins it will leave it unread 1t is very
long, but those who have not time to read
it should lay it aside until they can find
time. We put it on file as a necessary
part of the history of our day and gener-
alton, and as convincing presentment of
the motives of the Buchanan administra-
ton. 1t is well that this grand old man
remains to tell tale that no in Amer
lea is so capable of telling. This docu-
ment was published in the Stark County
Democrat of January Doth.
Year: 1871

THE New York Sun now admits that
General Frank Blair's opinion of the ty-
rant Grant was not ''far wrong" 1t says


Frank Blair has always maintained that
Gen. Grant would not leave the White
House quietly at the end of his term, but
would undertake, by military revolution,
to make himself permanent ruler-mon-
arch, dictator, Emperor-whatever he
might call it-of this country.


This has alwas seemed to US mistaken
opinion, but the pig-headed obstinacy with
which he is trying to force upon the.peo-
pie this foul and odious San Domingo Job,
looks as though Frank Blair might not be
SO far wrong in this respect as most people
have thought him.
Year: 1871

GOVERNOR SALISBURY OF Delaware, is
the third Governor in the connecting line
of States to denouncs the interference of
United States authorities in the late State
elections. He says:


"There were, on the day of the last
general election in this State, persons at
or near the polls in Appoquminimink
Hundred and several other voting places
in this State, falsely claiming to act as
marshals under authority of the Federal
Government, and assuming the right to
interfere with the lawfully chosen election
officers in the discharge of their duties. 1
recommend the passage of law making
such an offence felony, punishable with
the forfeiture of the right of suffrage, with
such other penalties as the Legislature
may deem expedient and proper, and the
application Of its provisions to all who
may secure, solicit or encourage the per-
petration of such offences"
Year: 1871

Mr.. EDMUNDs's bill to let nobody vote
hereafter in Presidential elections but
those who will vote right, government
bureau of registration being the proposed
agency, is but a revamping of carpet-bag
Senator Kellogg's idea that the United
States Marshals appoint commissioners
and that mo voter shall be duly qualified
to vote for President or e-President, or
for Representative in Congress, unless
his registration shall have been approved
by the aforesaid commissioners" This is
a very good squirm to avert the coming
defeat, but it will fail
Year: 1871

THERE is in the failure of Senator
Thayer, of Nebraska, much that must be
to him peculiarly aggravating. He not
only failed at the moment of greatest ex-
pectations, but with all the federal Office
holders backing him. According to report,
it would be strictly correct to say that one
of the principal causes of his failure was
the fact that he was thus backed, the
result being pointed rebuke of tins des-
cription of interference with the legislative
action. 1t is aptly suggested that Senator
Thayer is probably now in frame of
mind to ego in" to reform the civil service.
-Pinsb1ITgh Commercial, Rad, 251h.


The. foregoing is only another evidence
of the condition of the happy family"
Year: 1871

KIND WoRDs.-Kind words cost but
little. They make no body the poorer.
The stock need not be exhausted even by
onstant demands, but rather will in
crease the more the fountain is drawn
from. A kind heart, which is the only
true source of kind words. is a perennial
stream. No winters cold can freeze it
no summers draught can dry it. Through
all seasons it pours out It's life-giying food
making glad and green whatever it touch
es, gurgling and eddy ing around with in
ward JOY because of its offices of love.
One would think that kind words, diffuslng
gladness as they do through the hearts of
both donors and receivers, would be the
common currency in life's intercourse.
Year: 1871

The following beautiful lines appeared in the
Edinburgh Observer, some years ago, and are
said to be the production of youthful poet;
Leave me. Tonight I'll watch the corpse alone.
Set the lamp there, that Its iaint nght may resi-
Lay the white arm above the sable pail,
'Tis cold and stiff Thou tremblest boyl Per-
Thou never look'dst on death before Away;
1t is no sight for thee: HE thee to bed,
And let me hear thy footsteps as they pass
Along the corridor. So-he is gone,
And thou and remain-I as l am
Thou in the stiff rigidity of death
thing of solemn and mysterious meaning.
Silence is round us-but it is not yet
The appointed hour. Atmidnight thou wilt come
To animate again this inert clay;
And, if the laws that govern thee permit,
Impart to sign that may know
We yet sfa Wo hat %ne
Their branches into one; and if to die
Be but to pass away to other realms,
Be they of light or darkness our twin Souls
Will there be found united.
O Godl 1t is a fearful thing to see
The strong man stretched upon the bed OF death,
Writhing IN agony beneath the grasp
Of unseen power. Even as the victim strives
To shake the tiger from his throat, he strives
Against the shadowy tyrant And yet whyf
If death be but the herald to a state
OF altered being, why should nature ShIih Sdi H.
And thou'st answered in those stihening Limbs
That cold black piece of fnothingness weight
OF massive matter destined for the worms.
What can we read of immortality?
Say that twas but the casket for the gem
Ought we not still to cherish what has held
gift of so much price Is that black box
And the damp earth fitreceptacle?
Has not the light of life been in those eyes
The eloquenCe of health upon those cheekE-
The grace of action in those manly limbs
The dignity of virtue on that brown
Thoughts thoughts ye madden me.
How still is this lone houri The lamp burns


feebly,


And casts a fickering shadow on the dead.
Hark from a distant turret midnight sounds,
Now heart be irml I'll gaze upon the corpse,
And move not-breathe not-till it look on one.
The wind is up, and murmurs meaningly;
hear it in a corridor. Ha mo!
That slow and measured tread is something more.
The corpsei the eorpseI 1t is not where it lay.
The door is opening. How those eyeballs glare
oh, Heaven and Earthl IT'S he as when he livedl
Bnt wan and sad and changed-changed tho the


same.


The lamp expires His breath-his touch are on


me!


And loi I see him in the darkness still
The dead cannot become invisible.
1t tspeaks not-stirs not-but strange meaning fits
Across its pallid countenance. And now
Just powers this is too horriblei
Year: 1871

THE Democrats were right, after all,
when they insisted that the railroad bonds
endorsed by the Government should be
included in the estimate of the total ma
tional debt, and the Republicans wrong,
when they refused to so consider it. and
month after month excluded this railroad
indebtedness from the ''total debt" which
they published. 1t is plain enough now
that the government has got to pay all
those bonds itself The companies have
never even paid the interest on the bonds,
the government having to foot that little
annual bill as well as be responsible for
the principaL-Salen Jouaraal, (Rep)


The Democrats, in due time, will be
found to have been right on many other
things as well as this. Even Republicans.
the honest non Office holding portion, are
beginning to see that Democrats were
right after all" on the beauties generally
of radical rule. The whole and sole aim
of the party leaders in power has been
and is to build up moneyed power and
by force and fraud, bayonets and money,
continue to rule.
Year: 1871

Since the gradual decay of the niger
question, the Radical party has been hav-
ing trouble beyond measure. The very
old scratch is to pay. The Supreme Court
of California has decided that the 10th
Amendment is null and void. and hence
forth is a dead letter in California. No more
forever will the heather Chinee and the
beautiful shiney heel be man and brother
in the golden State. 'Tis sad.-FTemoDt
Messenger.
Year: 1871

The Union Pacific Swindle'' is now the
current name for the great railroad enter
prise which Congress subsidized, in money
and lands, for the benefit of Congressional
stockholders and Wall street spectators.
The Cincinnati Times, referring to the de-
fault of the company in paying interest
on the Government bonds issued to aid in
its construction, comes to this conclusion


"Sell the whole road for the interest and
the amount of mortgage upon it, or for
what 1t Will bring, and let the Government
bid it IN, provided no company will bid
too high. 1t is probably worth about
$4,000 mile. No company could afford
to pay more for it. It has cost the Gov
ernment from Sic, 900 to $48, 900 per mile,
besides the value of the lands granted
What it would sell for might pay twenty
per cent. to the holders of the first mort
gage bonds. A profitable investment for
the people,


"The Company has made its members
and many of their friends rich out of it.
They will soon have accomplished what
they inteuded by the grab and will be
glad to have it sold. This accounts for
their refusal to pay interest on the bonds
Their intention is to make it cost the peo-
pie $5OOOO0, -$25O,OOO, subsidy
and compound interest, and as much more
in land"


The Government holds only a second
mortgage on the road. The first mortgage
bonds are in the hands of the railroad
ring" composed of politicians and specu-
lators. Schenck,- Sherman and Bingham,
of this State, are said to be heavily inter-
ested in the plunder, and the occupant of
the White House Tor some of the Dents,
in his name) has, of course, fair share.
Before the Government can take the road
under its second mortgage, it will have to
pay off the first mortgage. Suppose this
is done, and Uncle Sam gets possession OF
the road, what would the Times have that
absurd and stupid old business party do
with it2 Run it? What glorious opening
that would furnish hard-up Radical poll
ticians to achieve competency by respec-
table stealing We can imagine no greater
curse to the Government and the people,
than for the Government to buy up any of
these defaulting railroads, and attempt
either to run them or sell them again. The
corruption that now fourishes, holds no
comparison to that which would follow
such an investment.


The people have some slxty-seYen mil
lions of dollars in these railroads. We
have got to pay the interest on the bonds,
and take them up at maturity. That solid
fact stares US in the face, and can't be
avoided except by downright reputation.
In the meantime the Radical ring-the
Jay Cooks, Pomeroys, John Shermans and
Binghams, and other land-grabbers-are
living in clover. But at any rate we don't
know that these railroad bonds represent
any grander steal than one-thIrd of the
outstanding national debt, the interest on
which we are religiously paying in gold
EXCHANGE.
Year: 1871

The Outrage Committee Of the Senate
propose TO commence with the Carolinas.
A Washington dispatch says the Conser-
vative men OF North Carolina intend TO
be heard before this committee, and will
be able to show from indubitable proof
thst many of the late outrages IN that
State have been committed by colored and
white members Of the Republican Leagues,
organized into pillagins and barn-burning
parties They will not deny that there
are outrages committed on beth sides, but
they attribute them almost wholly TO Sc
cret political organizations. A bill is now
pending in the North Carolina Legisla-
ture Furnishing membership of secret
political society as misdemeanor. Nine
tenths of the trouble at the South origin
ates in these secret societies, which were
initiated by the Radicals to control tho
negro vote.
Year: 1871

The Senate has passed bill, with
hardly any debate or opposition, which
increases the payments of all classes of
invalid pensions twenty per cent on and
after the first of March next. This will
necessitate an increased annual expendi-
ture of about FIVE million dollars, or
twenty-five million dollars for the five
years to which it is limited. The bill is
yet to pass the House.
Year: 1871

Rev. JAMES WALSH has just died in
New York, some people say of starvation,
while Henry Ward Beecher has just had
his salary raised to $4,000 year. Walsh
evidently did not understand how to put
money in his purse by preaching the word
of his humble Master.
Year: 1871

The Sparta wisconsin, Eagle tells oi
a specimen Of the genus homo who came
into a lawyers Office the other day,
wanting to know if he could get divorce
from his wife at the next term Of court.
Being told the time was too short, as the
court met in a fortnight, he retorted
vehemendys


al gave a lawyer 20 town $40 over a
month ago to get me a divosoe, and he
hasn't got it yet; now what will yOl
charge, and how long will il takeY


The lawyer informed him as to the
time and expense necessitated by the
laws delay. After reaecting with
clouded brow for some tEe. be raised
his face, beaming with satisfaction,
raised his long and almost aeshless arm,
and brought down his bOny hand upon
a leg which seemed too slender TO- with
stand the shock, aud raised his gaunt
form to It's majestic hight, he exclaimed
in stentorian toness


"Sir, I've got $1,000 IL greeHbaeks,
and / am going West, onto the frontier,
to buy me farm, and when get ready
to keep house, J can bay squaw for
S25. and that Is q id sight better than
getting divorce in Wisconsin"


And be strobe Indignantly from the
ofice1
Year: 1871

NXJEHAVE GREAT PLEASURE IN AN
w nouncing TO the public an extensive sale
of some of the best property IN East memphis.
on terms in which every possible inducement
is held out to purchasers. The property Is
that horton of the original 0verton tract be-
longing to Mr.. Brinkley, situated on the site
of the original Fair Grounds, lying between
the Raleigh road and the Louisville railroad-,
a beautiful and extended plateau OF ground,
immediately on the present east limit OF tne
city, Wishing to keep pace with the progress
of the age il is laid off in lots Of ample size,
with spacious streets and public squares, de-
signed to beautify the grounds and to promote
the health and comfort of the population, on
a scale Of liberal ty which places East Mem
phis far in advance of her elder sister on the
river bank.


The terms of the sale are intended to be as
liberal as the property is valuable, and are
fixed at one-fvurth cash on delivery OF tne
of ten dollars, without interest before ma
turity, secured by trust deed, not to be fore,
closed until default Of six installmentsi and
If the proper y should be sold under the trust
deed, the sale to be made only to carry out the
terms of the original contract, and not Tor all
cash, thus protecting the original purchaser
from the possible sacrifice of cash sale. we
cannot too earnestly direct public attention
20 this sale, as presenting inducements alto
1ether unprecedented by any former sale IN
dhis market, both as to property offered aud
che terms of the sale. Plans are in prepara-
fion and will be issued from our Office. and
tho lots and streets marked of SO as TO be ex-
amined before the day Of sale.


R0YsTEB. IRRELEVANT a CO..


Auctionears
Year: 1871

aloof, though if any monarch had cause
for gratitude to Napoleon, it was he.
The Queen of Spain, averse to travel
kept away until she became an exile
without throne; and then she hastened
to Paris to bask in the sunshine of impo-
rialism.


Queen Victoria will, Of course, have
too much tact to ask the ex-Emperor to
what business in life the ex-Imperial
Prince will now devote himself and Ma
poleon will certainly not be rude enough
to hint at the possible spread of the
revolutionary spirit in England, and the
contingent dangers of the Guelph
dynasty. He cannot very well tell his
hostess what he thinks of her relative,
the Emperor of Germany; nor can he
hint as yet the desirability of the Queen
returning his visit But il they are in a
Retrospective and Shakspearean mood
which is not at all probable-tbey can
beth


--Sit upon the ground.
And tell the sad stories of the death of Kings
How some have been deposed-


the ex-Emperor giving his personal ex
perience on the latter point.