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Year: 1876

LOUISVILLE, December 25.-Yesterday a
lieutenant of the city patrol called at the
United States marine hospital here with a
warrant for the arrest of Joseph Ford, ne
gro patient. DIR. I. J. Grifiths, the surgeon
in charge, told the officer that he had no
right to arrest Ford by a civil process, hold
of district exclusively within the iurisdic-
ton of the United States court. The lieu
tenant sought legal advice and was informed
that he did have right to arrest the man.
He then returned to take charge of Ford; :;
meeting the surgeon, he was told that the
one sought for had been discharged and had
left for parts unknown. The affair produces
a decided sensation here, and especially
among the legal fraternity.
Year: 1876

CHRISTMAS was in the main very quietly
observed in Memphis, and, We are happy to
say, passelaway without the occurrence of fire
or accident, owing no doubt to the rigid en-
forcement Of the precautionary police regula-
Year: 1876

WASHINGTON, December 25.-During the
matinee performance to-day of the Tteo Or
ikass, man in the gallery was seized with
fit and fell. Somebody raised a cry of fight,
which was understood by many to be a fire.
The doors were thrown open and rush made
for them. Three or four persons were in
jured, but none seriously. The cause Of the
disturbance was soon ascertained and the
performance was continued to the close
Year: 1876

have been, and ara, among the most distinguished
OF your fellow-eitiZens, for titles they have Well
canned and uniformly borne that ne shouia ps INT
have taken, TO graduate from the military academy
with signal military distinction; TO bear the mil
itary commission Of the general government fault.
lessy for FIVE years and then TO add by act Of
fatal but necessary herolsm, another page 70 the
volume Of the nations imperishable renOwn. III was
the dear name and fame OF bis native city, MS ma
tive county, his native State that he bore with him
down Into that dark and treacherous ryne, ana the
soil from which he sprung has sprinkled these iar
of rocks and sands with the lifeblood or her own
gallant SON. II Is we'll. therefore, that you take him
back to-day; that your press should render him the
eloquent tributes he has earned; that your young
men should give Elm the honOrS due to his rank
and that Emwood, receiving him to her sacred care
should mould her dust with his own. Let her leaf
less oaks stand for time IN mOurnfu silence around
his grave, until spring-time shall come again, ana
IL with green. Dear soldier, comrade, brother
friend! give you the salutatlon old as the story OF
noble deedshail, and FAREWELL You leave no drawer,
trler heart behind you here on EARTH But you leave
hearts brver and truer, because you have lived and
died, and hearts warm with the love which your gen
erous soul inspired.


During the delivery this very beautiful
and graceful eulogy d p silence pervaded
the congregation. So .lchingly, so gently,
and yet so grandly did 3 good man speak
that all listened attent ly and each heart
responded to his words. After the sermon
the coffin was replaced in the hearse and es-
corted by the Chickasaw Guards and Bluff
City Grays to


ELMwoOD CEMETERY


for interment. A long train of people fol-
lowed and were present to pay the last sad
rite to the dead. No funeral has ever aroused
more interest in Memphis, for Lieutenant
NJ Kinney was native of this county, and
fulfilled every expectation and every hope Of
friend, father and mother. Upon reaching
the grave, Rev. DIR. Parsons read the Episco
pal burial-service, and all that was mortal of
the gallant soldier was laid to rest, the mill
tary companies firing three volleys above the
grave.
Year: 1876

men who vii endeayor to do what Is righ ,
either of whose votes VIII give 4 majority.
OF the senator's, Thurman, Frchnghuysen
and Logan voted for Morton bill Of last ses-
sion, in defending which that gentleman said
as TO the powers of the Yice-President:


lido not accept the suggestion that the VieePresi-
dent Of the United states has anything to do IN
the business OF counting the votes for President
and Vice President than that specific duty which Is
prescribed for and enj0ined upon him by the cOnstl-
tuition That duty IS IN the presence OF the senate
and house OF representatives, toopen the certificates
There being no ether duty assigned TO him, Infer,
naturally. that he Is 10 do nothing more.


In regard TO the decision where two sets Of
electoral returns came up from a State, he
thus es Iained the effect of a section in his
own bill:


The effect OF this section IS TO determine which set
Of electoral returns IS % be counted and II the two
houses DO not agree neither set is 10 be counted and
again the vote goes out The State has no vote be
cause unless there IS some tribunal TO settle which
vote shall be counted. you cannot count both and,
therefore, you cannot count either. You must have
some tribunal 10 settle that difficulty; and what TIL
bunal IS safer than the two houses Of congress?


Senators Bayard, Edmunds and Ransom
voted against this bill of Morton's, but they
are known to have been of late re-examining
the whole subject, and may see cause to come
to different conclusion. On TIE whole, the
New York Herald thinks the conlmitbeeis well
selected. It contains only two or three men
who are believed TO be unreasonable. The
remainder of both sides are sound lawyers,
capable Of sitting and naturally respecting
precedents, and who are likely to be guided to
a conclusion by what they shall find, on a
careful investigation of the manner In which
this question has been treated and regarded
in congress from the beginning, to be the
proper way OF counting the votes. They have
from now until the fourteenth of February to
deliberate and agree upon a measure, for it is
not until then the vote is counted, and it is
probable that the two houses viii accept any
method of examining the votes" on which
the comaittee may agree.
Year: 1876

There is one duty which every man owes
to himself as we'll as to his party and
that is to see that his name is properly
entered on the registration books. No
matter if you have not changed your
residence in the last twelve months or
even the last twelve years, you must
remember that we have an unsciupu-
lous enemy to deal with and it is
therefore wise and safe to see, with
Your own eyes, that your name is
Properly y entered Oh the registration
books
Year: 1876

It may have doubtless puzzled many
of our readers to understand how the
Indiana Republicans managed to elect
nine out of the thiarteen Congressman
from that State. with a majority of
over six thousand in the popular vote
against them. The News and Courier
says the detailed returns of the cleo
ton in the several Congressional Dis
tricts show how effectually the infa-
nous arrangement OF those Districts by
the Republican Legislature has stifed
the voice of the people. These are the
fipnras that tell the tale:
Year: 1876

Let the Democrats in every town
aad village and at every county pre-
c;nct perfect the organization OF the
party for the approaching struggle in
November. You cannot have too
many clubs or too mary meetings.
The glorious news from Indiana and
West Virginia is enough to spur for.
ward the most Indifferent to active
and unfailing exertions
Year: 1876

We beg leave to call especial attention
to the ordinance providing for the sub
mission Of the amendments to The peo-
pie at the approaching election. 1t
will he seei that the proper ticket for
thoae who are in favor of the amend
ments is RATIFICATION and not
" Adoption," as some of our exchanges
have it. Ratification i. the word.
Let everybody vote "RATIFICA-
TIONn
Year: 1876

"My God,' said northern man in
Fayetteville the other hight after hear
ing Canaday speak, what is North
Carolina coming 10 when it is possible
for such man as that even to aspire
to Congress?'
Year: 1876

LIKE . whirlwind the fast train from


New York to San Francisco rushed through


in less than four days. This wonderful ex-
hibit of annihilsting distance BY railroad
travel, opens up new and interesting studies
of the science Of mechanism connected with
the mere difficult studies Of the capacities OF
steam as applied with that mechanism. In
. short while It is reasoned BY many OF the
journals that have given this very cause OF
subject thought, the same speed as that
made by the transcontinental train will be
regarded as an accepted schedule of rail-
roading, and the advancement of science IN
mechanism and steam. Telegraphing in its


first stages was regarded as marvel OF the
age, bat when the proposition was made to
transmit messages from the old world to the
new by cable under the surface Of the ocean,
the consideration was changed from wonder
to skepticism, until the accomplishment Of
the feat, and science made another advance
ment, that has conquered the incredulous,
and the people have willingly surrendered
to the belief that there is but little impossi-
BILE to Its attainment. Five years ago no
one would have believed that railroad
train could traverse the distance of four
hundred miles without single stoppage for
water, but such is now the result Of an un-
precedented achievment in facilitating fast
railroad travel on the Pennsylvania road.
1t is not to be wondered that such a miracu-
lous speed of railroad travel excites won
der, when we consider that less progress
was made in railroad travel since its dis
covcry, or steam was applied to it, than
in any other department of science. 1t is
the whirling through space in such brief
period of time that excites astonish-
ment. That the iron horse like a
great COLOSSUS should stride from
ocean to ocean in time that even now
takes an ordinarily fast train three weeks
| to make The trans continental train will
be the means of effecting careful study sl
railroad travel by the controlling powers OF
the different roads in the country, and de-
veloping an increased rate OF speed that will
be accomplished by care in the arrange.
ment Of schedules and protection to tracks


with fewer accidents than we now hear Of
Year: 1876

We hardly know how to account for the
popular impression that still prevails in
many rural districts that the free use of
fruit is unfriendly to health. 1t has much
to do with the scarcity Of fruit gardens and
orchards in the country. As matter OF
fact, cities and villages are better supplied
with fruit the year round than the sur


rounding country. There are hundreds of
farms, even in the oldest parts Of the land,
where there is no orchard, and the only
fruit is gathered from a few Seeding apple
trees grown in the fence-corners. The wants
of cities are supplied not so much from the
proper farming districts as from IA few men
in their suburbs who make business of
growing fruit for market. The farmers
who raise good variety Of small fruit for
the supply Of their own families are
still the exception The villager, with his
quarter or halfacre lot will have his patch
of strawberries, his row Of currants and
raspberries, his grape vines and pear trees,
and talks intelligently of the varieties of
these fruits His table is we'll supplied
with these luxuries for at least halfthe year.
But there is lamentable dearth of good
fruit upon the farm, from the want Of con-
viction that it pays 1t does pay in per-
sonal comfort and health, if in nothing else.
The medical faculty will bear testimony to
the good influence of ripe fruits upon the
animal economy. They regulate the sys-
TEN better than anything else and forestall
many of the diseases to which we are liable
in summer and fall. A quaint old gentle
man of our acquaintance often remarks that
apples are the only pills he takes. He takes
these every day in the year when they can
be found in the market, and fills up the in
tertals between the old and new crop by
other fruits. He has hardly seen sick
day in forty years and pays no doctors bill.
We want more good fruit, especially upon
our farms, and the habit of eating fruit at
our meals. This is just one Of the matters
in which farmers wives can exert an in
fuence Many good man would set out
fruit trees and bushes if he were only re-
minded of it at the right time. One right
time will be this autumn-at least, in al
but the very coldest parts of the country
! \ few dollars invested then will bring
abundant returns in from one to five years


1t is more intimately connected with gooC
morals than our philosophers think. With
good digestion it is quite easy to fulfil thu
law of love.-American AgrfculturiSt.
Year: 1876

Lately the United States has been flooded
with counterfeit bank bills. Sowell executed
was this work that it was difficult to tell
the good bills from the bad. The govern
ment detectives mace raid on a dwelling
house in Brooklyn. They rung the bell
and without making known their business
went UP stairs to the third floor and sur
prised Tom Congdon and and his printer,
Charles Conklin, at work. Conklin was
at the seal press, about to stamp a counter
felt note on the national bank of Castleton,
n. Y, with the government seal. Both
men gave up at once, and the officers be-
gan to gather together the counterfeiting
material Over $4,000 in counterfeit
bills on various banks were found drying
and in a few days would have been on the
market. The detectives said that the gang
had made in all about 100000 but that
they had not put more than $4,000 or
SAT 900 Of it into circulation. 4 man
named Warner sold the money in Con
necticut, Vermont, Rhode Island and
| Massachusetts,, for thirty or thirty five
cents on the dollar. He had regular eusto-
mers. As near as corld be ascertained
they thought that there was S1l, 900 out
on the bank of New Bedford, $4,000 on
the First National bank of Northampton
and $4,000 on the Hamden bank o
Westfeld Warner had been away on
dealing trip for short time. He returned
to New York to get ready for the issue
on the Castleton bank, which was to bt
| made at once


The counterfeits are well executed, ant
readily pass. The names of the cashie
and president of each bank were engrave,
on the original plate, and not forged b.
pen, as is usual The detectives think tina
they have all of the members of the gang
Congdon,. who was its organizer, neve
allowed Warner to know where the none
was made, and on one knew the secre
except Conklin and the owner of the house


AS one of the gang named White wa
taken to the jail he bade the detective
goodbye, saying that he thought he ha
saved himself five years by pleading guilt.
He is the engraver for the gang and on
of the best workmen in the country. III
is sixty five years old.
Year: 1876

Between 5000 and 5000 people per-
ished in this country last year, victims of
kerosene oil accidents. So said Mr.. Ru-
fus S Merrill, of Boston, IN an address
before the American Chemical society on
Thursday night. Mr. Merrill contended
that every lamp IN the land when burning,
in temperature of seventy five or eighty
degrees, oil of the iguiting test required
by law-110 degrees-is in an explosive
condition and needs but ignition in the
in the bowl to produce disaster. Many
scientific men, the speaker said, had sup
posed that the flash point was the point of
safety, hut he demonstrated by experiment
to the satisfaction of his audience that it is
thirty or thirty-fve degrees below the
igniting point. Oil after burning fifteen
or twenty minutes, will produce an explosive
gas 1t was Also demonstrated that oil
with an igniting point of $50 degrees is in
explosive condition when burned inclosed
as in lanterns ON shipboard and in railway
cars. Naptha, the speaker claimed to be
the most dangerous Of all preparations of
petroleum. A sample Of it at seventy de-
grees was subjected to the test usually
applied by retail dealers to satisfy Gus
toners. y lighted match was applied to
an open vessel of it without ignition tax
ing place. 4 small portion of it was put
into a can, shaken up and light intro
duced, when an explosion occurred, show
ing that the stuff beomes explosive upon
mixing with the oxygen of the atmosphere:
The speaker claimed that oil should stand
test of 800 degrees in order to be safe
and that no device could be contrived which
would render safe the burning of an article
inherently dangerous. Where so much oil
is burned, as there is in the small towns
and rural districts of the country not sup
piled with gas, it is well to mind every
word of caution uttered against the use Of
this dangerous light.
Year: 1876

Sunstroke is caused by excessive heat,
and especially if the weather is ''muggy."
1t is more apt to occur on the second, third;
or fourth day Of heated term than on the
first Loss of sleep, worry, excitement,
close sleeping rooms, debility, and abuse of
stimulants predispose 1t is much more
apt to attack those working in the sun, and
especially between the hours of eleven
o'clock in the IHorning and four o clock in
the afternoon. On hot days wear thin
clothing Have as cool sleeping rooms as
possible Avoid loss of sleep and all un-
necessary fatigue. If working in doors and
where there is artificial heat, see that the
room is well ventilated.


If working IN the sun wear light hat
(not black, as it absorbs the heat) and put
inside Of it on the head wet cloth or a
large green leaf frequently lift the hat
from the head and see that the cloth is wet.
Do not check perspration, but drink what
water you need to keep it up, as perspiration
prevents the body from being overheated.
Have wherever possible an additional shade,
or board cover when working in the sun.
When much fatigued do not 90 to work,
or be excused from work, especially after
! eleven o'clock in the morning on very hot
days, especially if the work is in the sun.
IF a feelfng of fatigre, dizziness, headache
or exhaustion occurs, cease work immedia-
tely, lie down III shady and cool place,
apply cold cloths to and pour cold water
over head and neck. If any one is over
come by the heat give the person cool drinks
of water or cold black tea or cold coffee, if
able to swallow If the skin is hot and
dry, sponge with or poor cold water over
the body and limbs, and apply to the head
pounded ice wrapped in a towel or other
cloth If there is no ice at hand keep a
cloth on the head, and pour cold water on
it as we'll as on the body.


IF the person is pale, very faint, and
pulse feeble, let him inhale ammonia for q
few seconds, or be given tablespoonful of
aromantic spirits of ammonia (hartshorn)
IN two tablespoonful Of water with a little
sugar.
Year: 1876

Kansas is complaining that her crop Of
cereals this year is too enormously heavy
for utilization Millions of bushels of wheat
will have to be lost, the farmers say, be-
cause it ripens too fast and cannot be got
to market and as to corn the yield Is so
great that vast quantities viii have to be
used as fuel during the winter.
Year: 1876

SPEAK A CHEERFUL WORD.-Did
you never go out in the morning with \
heart so depressed and saddened that a
pail seemed spread over all the world ?
But on meeting some friend who spoke
cheerily for minute or two, II only
upon Indifferent matters, you have felt
your spirits wonderfully lightened.
Even a child, dropping into your house
on an errand, has often brought in a ray
of sunshine, which did not depart when
he went his way again. It is blessed
thing to speak cheerful word when
you can. f'The heart knoweth its own
bitterness" the world over, and those
who live in palaces are not exempt, and
good words to such hearts iare like ap-
Piles of gold in pictures Of silver" Even
strangers we casually meet by the way,
in the travellers waiting-roo are un-
consciously Influenced by the words and
tones we use 1t is the one with pleas
ant words on his lips to whom the
stranger in a strange land turns for adj
vice and direction in his perplexities.
Take it as compliment if some poor
wayfarer comes to you to direct him
which street or which train to take;
your manner has struck him as belong
ing TO one he can trust. 1t is hard,
sometimes, to speak q pleasant word,
when the shadows rest on our own
hearts; but nothing will tend more to
| tighten our spirits than doing good to
another. When you have no oppOrtu


nifty to speak cheering word, you can
often send full beam of sunshine into
to the heart of some sOrrowing, absent
! friend, by sitting down and writing 3
good, warm-hearted letter.
Year: 1876

CoNTENTNIENT.-Tob be at peace with
ourselves, to be in harmony with our
surroundings, is more to be priced in
this everyday world, than wealth or
genius. And this treasure lies within
the power of each. Its possession de-
pends entirely upon ourselves. 1t must
be deep and abiding, not left to the
mercy of every little trifie.


Did it ever occur to you that a cheer
full, happy face, the mirror of serene
and peaceful mind, would give moer
real pleasure to your family than the
elaborate dinner, or the well-arranged
house?


Affairs do take a most exasperating
turn sometimes; but frowns, and cross
words, and fretting, won't make them a
whit better; indeed, they make them
worse, for they incapacitate one for any
thought, and leave one at the mercy Ofill-
humor or passion, which is more likely
to lead in the wrong than in the right
path. There is absolute gain in self
control, in preserving equanimity of
spirit amid trying circumstances.
Moral power is secured, aud conse-
quently the ability to govern persons
and control and direct affairs.
Year: 1876

MARRIED AND SINGLE LIFE.-A lit
erary society at Bethlehem, Pennsyl-
vauia, has decided that married life is
more conducive to happiness than single
life" That settles the question, Of
course; but we will venture the asser-
ton that the advocates of this solution
of the problem are tired of living single,
aud are anxious for a change of condi-
ton. One thing is certain-those who
are single magnify the advantages of
the married state, while those who are
married undervalue them. 1t is neither
the sublimely blissful condition the one
class imagines it, nor the undesirable
and irksome one the other class cOnsid-
ers it. Those who are we'll married
will agree with us that they enjoy the
golden mean between the extremes of
bliss and misery. 1t is just the state
nature intended men and women to oc-
cupy. Those who are well-mated enjoy
OH earth a foretaste of heaven, while
those who are nOt-well, we will leave
them alone in their misfortune.
Year: 1876

WHAT a blessing for some. men it
would be if we had short memories.
We were much amused the other day
to see one Of our democratic candi-
dates step up to an old time repub-
ican and solicit his support ct the
coming election ; and yet but few
years ago this republican had a SON
shot down in defense Of his country,
while this candidate at home here,
damned him as a Lincoln hireliag q"
and murderer.
Year: 1876




Before Recorder Hackett


OPENING OF THE September TERM.


Promptly at eleven O'Clock yesterday morning Re-
corder Hackett, looking vigorous and fresh after his
brief vacation took his place upon the bench to open
the Court for the september term Assistant District
Attorney Bell on hand to prosecute, and large
detachment OF prisoners from the Tombs, whose names
figured the calendar, occupied the lookup. grand
Jury was empanelled, with Mr.. Charles Partridge OF
No. 129 Broad street. foreman. His Honor delivered
very brief charge them. W do not said he '.pro-
pose TO charge you any great length this
but fear will become my duty call your attention
in tho OF a few days to matter that directly
not prepared to-day to speak of it,
but will simply content myself with calling your
anentiOn to those requirements which tho statute
joins upon me-" The Recorder proceeded to call the
attention Of the jury offences which should claim
their special attention, including lotteries usurv dis
honesty the part Of public officials violation Of the
laws concerning the elections, sale OF intoxicating
liquors. and frauds upon steamboat and other passeu
gers The charge concluded with a warning tho
jury not 10 find indictments against prisoners for
higher grade OF crime than they could be convicted OF
"A person Ior highway robbery when he could be con-
vcted only larceny from the person. petit jury
then sworn, and the officials prepared to DIS
pose OF all the the calendar but proved that
most important witnesses not in attendance, and
His Honor adjourned the Court till this morning after
sending couple OF prisoners who pleaded guilty of
yaus to the Penitentiary.