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Year: 1871

meeting OF the Republican County Convention
was held last evening at the headquarters, corner
Broadway and Twenty-second street, Mr.. II. w. Van
Cleft calling it to order after which, Mr.. John Faux.
ner was elected chairman. The rules Of the Gen.
eral Committee were, on motion, adopted for the
government or the Convention. The credentials OF
the different delegates having been received, Mr..
RICHARDSON moved "that q committee OF twenty.
one, from each Assembly district In the city be
appointed by the Chair to take into con.
slderation the subject Of county nominations;
that the committee be instructed to confer
with like committees Of all political bodies and cIt
zens' committees In this country In favor OF honest
government for the city and opposed to the Tam.
many ring and all its works; and that the commit
tee report back to this Convention" He said there
great deal OF work to be done this fall. 1t was
necessary to grind the serpent under foot. He
had been been scOtched, but the little life lett him
should be ground out. The democracy OF New York
lad been, to his knowledge, three or four times
the pOr1un ty had come again now, when demo-
Gratis had arragned their leaders and brought them
the Tribune Of two days ago favorfng non-partisan
government, were good. 1t was best for this city.
VITA M and talk WITH but ~ oav @
single purpose OF getting good government for


Mr.. WILLIS followed, and said he gave his hearty
concurrence IN the sentiments cnunciated by the
gentleman making the motion 1t was now the
Hall, and save this great commercial centre from
the merciless Oligarchy In whose power 1t was.
Horace Greeley was leader who comprehendcd
the present state Of Affairs and who could redeem
and reclaim the city from the thraldom OF the
wicked and corrupt power OF Tammany Hall. In
the coming election the republican party should and
would vlndcate Itself completely.


The motion was then put and carried with the
understanding that the committee would not De
appointed then, and that the Chair would be added
thereto. After few remarks from Mr.. Jenny on


the corrupt state OF the judiciary and the necessity
OF nominating good men for judges, the meeting
adjourned, subject to the call OF the Chairman or
tile Committee on Nominations, Which committee
meets on next Thursday evening, OF headquarters
Year: 1871




Tho Case Before Chancellor Zabrislkie, nj


Trenton, N. j.


Senator Stockton commenced his argument on
wednesday IN favor OF the lease; aud, on the OPEN
ing OF the Court yesterday morning, resumed. He
spoke until noon. His argument went to show that
the Camden and AmDoy had right to make the
lease to the Pennsylvania Central He contended: =
Fb'st-That the majority can control the minority
pany within the legitimate range OF this organic law.
Second-1hat the Legislature may extend the lines
OF railway, consolidate companies and the share
holders are bound Dy the acceptance or q majority.
That IL Is incident to every corporation to obtain
such extension and enlargement OF It's corporate


THE COURSE OF TRADE


and enterprise shall render desirable not inconsist
ent with the object OF its original creation.


Third-That The leasing OF one road by another to
carry on the business for which it is chartered, au
majority OF stockholders. Is valid.


Fouth-That in cases where a single stockholder
cuded their contract win third party, Knowing
OF the negotiation and the passage OF an act to au


RIGHT TO OBJECT IS LOST
and the act Is valid II the act be within the scope
OF the authority OF the agent the silent principal
The conclusion was If it be not fundamental
Change in the organic law changing the object OF
by an act OF the Legislature, IL Is valid. and an
Injunction should not issue under any ruling or any
Mr. BANGHART read the Attorney Generais opin.
ion He pleaded on behalf OF the State, at the re-
quest OF the Governor against the lease 1t to the
interest OF the state that the lease should not be
made and the act Of 1870 does not make the neces-
sary provisions 10 Justify lease against the consent
OF majority OF the stockholders. The stOckhoder
has the right TO refuse the money and to stand upon
the want OF power to take his property at all, or,
which Is the same thing, to take II lawfully. The
companies Fave no power TO take It, Besides the
assent or the stockholders or a condemnation Of
their stock, the assent OF the State is necessary.
The works Of the united companies cannot be
leased.


Mr. J. W. ScUDDER followed on behalf OF the lease,
cOntenong taat over tnree thousand shares OF stock
and the man with Sl00 stock could not control mil
lions He denied in toto tho allegations or the com.
Great benefits would result from the lease. The
power to connect with roads In aud out or the State
implied the power TO lease


The Court rose at half-past three O'Clock ana Will
meet again THIS morning.
Year: 1871

What a strange disposition is that
which leads US to say "hateful" things
for the mere pleasure of saying them;
you are never safe with such a person.


When you have done your best to
please, and are feeling very kindly,
and pleasantly, out will pop some un-
derhand stab, which you alone can
comprehend-a sneer which is mask
ed, but which is too we'll aimed to be-
misunderstood. It may be at your
person, your mental feelings, O your
foolish habits Of thought, or some lit.
tie secret opinions confessed in a mo-
ment of genuine confidence. It mat.
tiers not how sacred it may be to you,
he will have his fling at it /; and since
the wish is to make you suffer, he is
all the happier the nearer he touches
your heart Just half dozen words.
for the pleasure of seeing cheek
flush and an eye loose its brightness,
only spoken because he is afraid you
are too happy or too conceited. Yet
they are worse than so MANY blows
How many sleepless nights have such
mean attacks caused tender-hearted
men How, after them, one awakes
with aching eyes and head, to remem-
Der that speech before everything
that bright, sharp; well-aimed needle
Of a speech that probed the very CEN
Ter of your soul l-Household:
Year: 1871

And part, if we can, without strife
But did you imagine my darling,


I wanted to make you my wife?
Give my pious regards to McLinter-
1 dare say Eve written it wrong;
I'll play him a toss-up next winter


AS to which of us two you belong.
Year: 1871

such interested and sympathetic eyes?
Do you not know that it is just such
looks that lead man on to he foolish,
egotistical, and late for the train?


l told him was sorry, but 1 didn't
know how 1 could help it. But he
kindly assured me that it was not dis
pleasing to him at all, aud then he
went away. But the pleasant bright
ness of his smile remained to illumine
our lonesome place
Year: 1871

The House to-dassed bill providing
for the holding of a special election for
Governor on the second Tuesday Of De.
cember The section providing for spec
ial returns Of election other than ac.
cordng to the preset law was stricken
out
Year: 1871

Frequent instances of the cure of cancers
by means of tea made from the common
red clover have been published of late; and
as the remedy is certainly a harmless and
inexpensive one, the qualities claimed for ii
should be generally known. The Boston
Herald says that a well known sea captain
of Newburyport feels certain that he has
been cured Of a cancer on his nose by drink
ing tea made from red clover tops, and
using the same preparation as an external
application. What was considered fully
developed cancer two years and half ago
has now almost disappeared under this
treatment.
Year: 1871

CnuPcD ana StAte-RapaA AnhaAAADhnty


In n Legislative Chamber.


MUNICH, Oct. 14.-There was an impor-
tant debate in the Lower House of the Ba-
varian Reichstath ON the subject of Papal
infallibility. The Minister Of Worship and
Public Instruction, replying TO an interpret
lation by a number Of Deputies, said that
the State had at all times the right to make
changes in the laws relating to the church.
The church having declared a change of
principles and infallibility being doctrine
dangerous to the State, the Government
had resolved to protect any and all of its
citizens who could not accept the infallibil
ity of the Pope as an article of faith. The
Government would still consider such per-
sons as Catholics and it would oppose any
encroachment by the church upon the
principles of the civil constitution. More
over the Minister declared that the senti-
ment of the King and the Council of State
favored separation of the religious and
political branches of the Government and
the complete independence Of each.
Year: 1871

LONDON, Oct. 14.-Three desperate at
tempts were made last night to set fire tc
the southeastern part of the city, including
the Grand Trunk, Great Western and Lon
don and Port Sandy railroad freight depots.
oil refineries and stave factories. A car
load of oil in train of seventeen cars. was
set on fire. Another car, on siding close
to the Western car shops and Port Stanley
depot, was fred, and the Grand Trunk
freight depot also set fire to. In each case
the fire was Immediately discovered and
extinguished. A force of special watchmen
has been engaged to guard against similar
attempt in future.
Year: 1871




Gov. FoOTE states in another column
that ''the Democratic party of the Union
now, with few exceptions, stand upon this
very platform" Of reunion and reform. If
this be so, we are at loss to understand
why the venerable politician is not content
with 'the Democratic party Of the Union"
Where is the need of his proposed new Or
{ ganization? We insist that Southern
Democrats stand shoulder to shoulder with
the national party in the coming struggle.
All that we gather from Gov. Foote'S card
is, that he was egregiously deceived in Gen.
Grant; and, without impugning bis sincerity
of conviction or his honesty of motive, we
think he is similarly grossly deceived in the
present instance. Sic transit gloria mluldi
Year: 1871




IT would be strange indeed to see ''sec-
tional Southern party, controlling the great
Empire State of New York on the very con-
fines of New England. Still stranger would
it be to witness such Southern sectional
party holding sway for years in California,
a State which did not contribute single
soldier to either North or South in the late
sectional war. But strangest of all is it to
find intelligent men among us who hint
that the Democracy is such sectional
Southern party, having no more Gains on
the people Of the North than Radicalism has
on the people of the South. None are SO
blind as those that will not see. DEMO
Gratis. WILL YOU nEAR?
Year: 1871

A Boston paper wishes to know if
there is any way Of silencing the
railway liars. We are told that it
is common thing for travellers of
both sexes to enter a car, take a seat
next the window, place a shawl or
et-bag or newspaper on the
other seat, and then tell the next
applicant that it is reserved or en-
gagged, and repeat the lie as often as
application for it is made, with ap-
parently as little compunctiOns OF
conscience as they would eat line
peach or an ice-cream. In view Of
this prevalent system Of railway "
ling. is it not strange if occasionally
there should be one who, having
had his faith in such statements


wholly destroyed, should take pos
session of an unOccupied seat


wherever he finds it. At any rate,


we are certain of one thing, and that


is that there ought to be reform in
this matter of railway lying about


"engaged'' or reserved" seats. An
old traveller, it seems, entered a Bos-
ton train, and deposited himself in
a seat which contained a dog. He
quietly lifted the canine down, and
was informed that that seat was
"taken." Il know it is, was the
response, as he buried himself in
his paper. 1t seems the seat was
really claimed, but he declined to
give it up. Thus we have the lee
ture on railway etiquette. There
are certain little matters occurring
in public conveyances which the
company cannot regulate, and this
Year: 1871

John B. Cough, in a recent ap-
peal against the sale of Intoxicating
liquors said:


81 cannot drink moderately. It
is physically and morally impOssi-
bic. If any man should give me
whisky by means unknown to NY
self it would be at the risk of my
sinking back to what I was twenty
five years ago. You may call it
weakness, or what you viii, but it is
the truth"


There was once in Boston a man
of the highest literary character and
fame, who occasionally took to ex-
treme drinking, who once said,
when demonstrated with concerning
his infrmities-


Il love my wife and children,
dearly and devotedly love them;
but when 1 have tasted liquor, were
they standing on the brink Of the
bottomless pit, and the condition
offered me that 1 should see them
go to eternal destruction if 1 should
drink another glass Of brandy, I
would take the liquor. I could not
help the act,
Year: 1871

In the days Of the good King
henry ~. of France, there lived an
honest countryman, who said one
evening, on returning from his days
"orK' We'll, good wife, 1 hear our
goOa king is coming tomorrow to
hunt In the forest of Fontsinbleau.
The distance is great I know but
if you will get ready nv best coat
and hat, am resolved to trv and
see him" His wife soon made
ready his best clothes, and, at day-
break, she gathered basket of her
best strawberries, and tied up one Of
her choicest cheeses, as a present to
the good king, and Pierre set of
with eager step and joyful heart.
He walked on in the fresh morning
air, but when he reached the forest,
being overcome by fatigue, he sat
down to rest a while. Now, it
CHANGED that during the hunt the
king lost sight of his companions,
and happened to be passing by:


"Can you tell me-" said Pierre, eff
our good King Henry is in the forest
to-dayP


eyes" said the king, she is here"


Il have walked some distance to
see him. Can you tell me, sir, in
what part of the forest shall find
himY'


'If you will mount behind me l
can take you to the very spot"


Thereupon, with many thanks,
Pierre seated himself, right glad, be-
hind the king. They rode along,
chatting very pleasantly.


What have you in your basket,
my friend?"


"Some strawberries, which my
good wife sent with this cheese"


"Let me see the strawberries"


Pierre handed him the basket, and
watched him anxiously eating one
after another, fearing there would be
none left. However he said moth
ing.


"How shall 1 know the king from
his courtiersp'


"Oh, very easily; they viii all
take of their hats, but the king will
keep his head covered"


Very soon they came to four cross
roads, where very large company
ofgentlemen we're gathered together
awaiting the king. As soon as he
appeared, they all took off their
hats, and Pierre asked eagerly which
was the king.


"Did l not tell you he wonld keep
his hat onY'


swell, then, either you or I must
be king, since all the rest are bare
headed, little suspecting how close
he was to his majesty.


"'Tis even so; and l am Henry
" of France.


In great astonishment Pierry hast
ily dismounted, wondering how he
could have been riding and talking
with him in so friendly a manner.
The king smiled, and told him to 90
to the palace for some refreshment
and rest; and that he wished to see
him the next morning. Meanwhile
the king ordered a beautiful COW to
be tied up in the yard; and the next
day he told Pierre to drive her home
to his wife, for the refreshing basket
OF Strawberries and the cheese which
she had sent him.


Pierre's joy was great when he
told his wife his adventure in the
forest; and hers was no less, when
she beheld the beautiful COW which
the good king had sent to her.
OliUer Optics Magazine.
Year: 1871

is one Of them. But they can be


made to furnish a seat to every pas


senger who purchases a ticket OF
pays his fare. If a passenger sees a
vacant seat it is his right to take it,
and if is only matter Of courtesy
between man and man that requires
him to relinquish it to a companion
of the one he sits beside. The eour-
tesy cannot be forced on any one.
If he is determined to keep the seat
he has obtained, he canlt0t be forced
out oft so long as he behaves him
self. The only remedy is to force
railways to attach cars enough to
accommodate all their patrons.
Year: 1871

In l77S, just after the raising of
the siege of Fort Stanwix, in the Mo-
hawk Valley, the following occur
renee took place. Captain Gregg
and a corporal were out shooting du-
ring the day, when as evening drew
near they prepared to return to the
fort, as parties of Indians were some
times prowling about. But flock
of pigeons alighted near them, when
two shots were heard, and Gregg
saw his companion fall dead, while
he felt wound in his side, which so
weakened him that he speedily fell.
Two Indians immediately appeared
from a thicket and approached them.
Gregg at once saw that his only
hope was to feign death. One of
the ssvages struck him in the head
with his katchet, and then with his
little knife cut circle around his
crown, and with his teeth drew of
his scalp.


The Indians now withdrew, and
soon as they were fairly gone, Gregg,
although suffering terribly from his
wounds in his side and head, resolv-
ed to endeayor to reach his compan-
ion, from belief that if he could
place his head on the corporais body,
his anguish from his wounds would
be greatly relieved. He, therefore,
made an effort to rise, but he had no
sooner got on his feet than he fell
heavily. Not despairing, he essayed
again, but with the same result. The
third time he so far succeeded as to
be enabled to stagger slowly to the
spot whore the corporal lay. He
found his companion lifeless and
scalped. He placed his head upon
his bloody body, and, as he had
hoped, this position afforded him
some relief.


But the comfort of this position
was destroyed by the annoyances o1
small dog which had accompanied
him in his expedition, who now came
up to him in great agony, leaping,
yelping and whining around his
master, whom he annoyed by his
great distress. Wearied with his eff
forts to force the dog from him, he
exclaimed, involuntarily, "If you
wish so much to help me, go and call
some one to nv relief" To his sur
prise, the dog Immediately bounded
off through the forest ct his utmost
speed,


The dog made his way to where
three men were fishing, about mile
from the scene where the tragedy
was enacted, and as he came up to
them, began to cry and whine, and
epdeavoring to attract their atten-
tion by bounding off into the wood,
returning, and urging them to follow
him, These extraordinary actions
of the dog convinced the men that
there was some unusual cause, and
they resolved to follow him. They
proceeded for some distance, and
finding nothing, while darkness was
already settled around, making the
forest exceedingly dangerous, they
determined to return. But no soon
er did they attempt to retrace theil
steps than the dog began to cry out
with his utmost violence, caught
hold of their coat with his teeth, and
endeavored to force them to follow,
AS they continued to return the VIC
lence Of the dog increased, until the
men, astonished at the pertinacity Of
his manner, concluded to 60 with
him. Presently they came to where
Gregg was lying, whom they found
still living. they buried the corporal
and carried the captain into the fort
Astonishing as it may seem, the
wounds of Gregg, severe as they
were healed up, and he recovered his
perfect health.
Year: 1871

An honest country parsOn who, in
the time of a great drouth, was de-
sired to pray for rain, said: sFn
willingly do it to oblige you, but it
is to no purpose while the wind is
in this quarteT,A
Year: 1871

A woman may be surrounded by
all the luxuries that money can buy,
and have the fawuing friendship Of
people whose smiles only live in


prosperity; but if she feels herself
nnloved and alone in her heart, the
crown jewel in her diadem Of hap
piness is lost, things lose their val
ne, and life becomes insufersbly
monotonous. The honest, tender
love of two brave hearts who have
started out, and are struggling to get
a home for their little ones, and
money enough TO feed, cloth and ed
ucate them, makes life a thousand
times more attractive and inspiring.
Year: 1871

1t is said that it is intended to petition
Congress to pass the following law affect
ing tobacco consumers this winter. The
measure proposed will no doubt meet with
the hearty approval of revenue men and
the members of anti-tobacco societies gen.
orally:


Tobacco chewers are requested to get
their tobacco from first hands, that Is, the
first you meet who will give you chew.


Where parties are in the habit of bor-
rowing chews, the government will fur
nish each man with "a note book, in which
the time of day, the size of the quid,
whether long or fine cut, the quality and
when the amount is to be refunded, must
be strictly recorded


Those parties who have been innocent
in using unstamped tobacco Will call on
the nearest revenue officer and give in as
near as possible the amount which they
believe to have been consumed. The Of
ficer will then furnish the necessary
stamps, and if they are chewed up in his
presence, the government is then satisfied
that no criminal wrong was meant.


Those persons who maliciously carry
two boxes, one filled with base smoking
tobacco, to give to borrowers the other con-
tanning superb fine-cut for home consump-
ton, are to be treated as deserving OF death,
and hung on the spot.


No tobacco box must have more than
two spigot holes in it and the stamp must
be pasted directly over these.


Tobacco consumers must constantly bear
in mind that the more stamps there are on
packages of tobacco the cheaper does the
weed become-in horn.


The government strictly forbids the use
of those tobacco boxes having concealed
needle inside knob on the cover, by
which one forgets his desire for a chew at-
ter having the instrument run into his
thumb about foot.


The government has witnessed, with
supreme sorrow, many young men, and
old men also, when they have observed an
acquaintance smoking cigar, come out
boldly and ask, "Have you got the mate
to that ?r Hereafter in all such cases the
person asked will exhibit the following
label which the government will furnish
on demand: "Ask me for ten cents !"
Year: 1871

How n fearful railroad accident was pre-
vented is thus told by correspondent of
the Utica Herald at Richfield, New York,
where the incident happened -Four freight
cars heavily loaded with lumber and mer-
chandiZe, had been brought up to the
junction near Cassville by coal train


These freight cars were carelessly uncoup-
led on grade of eighty-1ive feet to the
mile, and Immediately began backing to-
ward Utica. They gained momentum at a
fearful rate, and all efforts to stop them by
throwing rails and other distractions up
on the track were ineffective. A train
had left for Utica but eight minutes before,
and every one was well aware that the
heavy freight cars would in few minutes
go crashing into its rear. Fortunately the
engine of the coal train stood on a switch,
and Engineer Ferrell at once determined to
give the flying cars chase All hands
mount to the post of duty, the signal is
given, and the fearful race is begun.


There is awful danger ahead, for if the
workman should have the rails up, or the
flying cars themselves should leave the
track every man would be in eternity in an
instant. Mile after mile the chase is kept
up, and the locomotive gains inch by inch.
At last the fugitives are overtaken; the
critical moment has come. A mistake,
and all is over; the flying cars will only be
fastened in their flight by the collision.
The fireman aud brakesmans are reaching
down from the rear of the tender, one
with draw-bar and the other with Il
coupling-pin, The cars touch the draw
bar skillfully guided, enters the socket,
and the pin drops to Its place! The dan
ger is over, the speed is gradually checked,
and i'm few minutes the cars are again
climbing the grade to Cassville. The deed
of the engineer and his faithful assistants
was one of true heroism, and will long be
remembered in the crowded passenger
train which was but few hundred feet in
advance of them, and whose lives they
saved at the imminent risk of their own.