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Year: 1872

PLATE GLAss.-Plate glass. such as is
used for mirrors, is properly called cast
glass, for it is in reality cast in an iron
mold, and afterwards polished. A quantity
of melted glass IS poured from the pot up
on the cast-iron table, and Is then rolled
out by an iron roller In this way large
slab of glass is made. and its surface, alter
annealing, is ground down and finely pol
isaed by friction with another slab OF
glass. An immense amount Of plate glass
of this description is produced annually,
amounting to many millions of square feet.
1t is used in tAe rough state also, as a
covering to railway stations. and for other
similar purposes, being found well adapted
to such uses Another kind of plate glass,
with number of longitudinal perforations


in it. has come into extensive use, for the
Year: 1872

which It now suffers a. its sons saw the


light Of their civilization, the sunshine
:. Of all hope disappearing, ray by ray


until it was swallowed up In the hopeless
I night Of Radical ruler What must be-
| come Of his spirit and manhood If the
I Southern citizen when he looks TO
I Washington, secs only a despotie and
arbitrary ruler in the higest seat Of pow
er, who is restrained by no law IN his


treatment of him and allowed 20 use the


whole force Of the Union, civil and mill
tary, for his subjugation, and when he


looks at home sees a carpetbag Gov


ernOr running his State for corrupt pur-


poses, and in the highest places Of judi


oial authority sees ministers, not Of JUS


tice, which probably they did not under
stand, but Of hostility and oppression,
all Of whom are kept in power by him


who rules over him from abroad, with
out one touch either Of affection or even
sympathy? Suppose be knew that IN
der this authority be might be seized
without trial or the hope Of trial, and
confined in some Northern bastile at the
pleasure Of the President. We have all
read with hoTor the French accounts u
thesr blstile;


HOW WILL IT BE FOR THE SOUTH


If the President, under this martial law,
is to be allowed to create for them many
bastiles? For how long has the Russian
Siberia been held up to the detestatiOn
Of mankind? An exile to that Siberia
does not necessarily imply incarceration.
But our Siberia means imprisonment
which may mean solitary confinement,
if martial law is to exist in the South
and the power of the President is to
become absolute and his discretion
supreme. Is the day to come when
some Southern Salvio Pellieo, orTrenck,
or Latude, shall rouse the sympathy Of
the world with the sad story of his con-
tinement, or the account Of his hair
brefi ith escapes, and when the mischiefs
Of )itrary power viii be illustrated by
instances not only. of Austrian, and
Prussian and French, but also Of Ameri-
can Imprisonment for political Offenses,
or to crafty the private hatred
of some personal favorite or fol-
lower. Fellow-eitizens, as said
before. We have to much at stake
TO yield to dependency and abandon
the struggle if we should be beaten in
the Presidential question. We cannot
take all these in silence and without an
appeal 30 the public opinion Of the
country to relieve US from them.
know there is a tendency TO despair in
every human mind after making defeats.
There are times when I en- be as
gloomy as anybody, if would harbor
the feelings; but l know them to be IN
and cast them from me as
far as I can. They palsy ones energies, |
and destroy his usefulness. l choose |
rather to say with the poet:


A" Be hushed, my dark spirit. for wisdom con |


demns.
When the faint and the feeble deplore;


Be strong as the rock Of the ocean that stems l
A thousand wild waves on the shore p'
Year: 1872

than with any other section in its in
terests. New England and Pennsylva-
MIA oppress it through the tariff, and
blind il to the fact by incensiug il
against the South, and thus diyerting
its attention from its own wrongs. The
South demands the productions Of the
Northwest to an extent probably more
than five times rs great as the market
afforded by New England. Leave the
South free TO develop its own resources,
and while its markets are far more val
liable than those Of any other portion of
the country TO the Northwest, its ex-
ports viii furnish a sure basis for the cur
rency and credit system Of the whole
people. But upon the great issue Of pop
ular government the cause Of the people
is in the greatest possible danger unless
there shall be a cordial union between
Year: 1872

rs long as we can reach the ears and
hearts Of the American people with the


words of truth and the arguments Of
reason. What would become Of the
South If It is to remain for long years un-


der a government such as that from
Year: 1872

HOME CoNvERsATIoN.-Child hunger
perpetually for new ideas. They will learn
with pleasure from the lips of parents what
they would deem drudgery to study in
books; and even if they have the misfortune
to be deprived of many educational advan-
tages, they will grow up intelligent if they
enjoy in childhood the privilege of listening
daily to the conversation Of intelligent people.
We sometimes see parents, who are the life
of every company they enter. dull, silent
and uninteresting at home among their chill.
dren. If they have not mental activity and
stores enough for both places, let them first
use what they have in their own household.
A silent house is dull place for young
people, and one from which they will escape
If they can. How much useful information,
on the other hand, is often given in pleasant
family conversation, and what unconscious
but excellent mental training in lively, social
argument. Cultivate to the utmost all the
graces of home conversation.
Year: 1872

Mrs. Grundy," of the New York II'orld
writes from Washington:


The family speak of Miss Grant as hav-
ing grown and developed much during
her travels. They rather discourage the
idea that She will enter fully into society
the present winter. She is only seven
teen, and can well afford to wait There
is great rejoicing among her relatives over
her return, as she is almost idolized by her
aunts and uncles as well as her parents.
But then, to speak the truth she has an
unusually lovely disposition, and although
on only daughter, is totally unspoiled.
Year: 1872




THE election of Gen. Grant we regard
rs triumph over duplicity and shame
less coalition. If it has any significance
at all it shows that the people of this coun-
try are too intelligent to be duped by poll
ticians. But men will look at such things
differently. 4 man by the name Of Wat
terson writes editorials for the Louisville
Courier-JournoJ He rants and raves in
this style over the election returns. We
give it as a sample of how intelligent men
can work themselves into a crazy mood:


The devil is in the air and the dog o
Radcalism is having his day. after us"
may come"the deluge," but if the deluge
don't come soon we must gather our
slouched and scattered forces and "at them
again" Days of adversely prove the worth
of men. Instead of electing Mr.. Greeley,
as was anticipated a few months since by
his friends, he is left without majority,
as far as known, except in the South.
The South has proved true to the cause of
Liberalism. The situation is growing,
the times are out of joint. But we must
rise and we will rise. The Liberal elements
of the nation are made of sterner stuff
than that which gives away before the
first storm of adversely. The prospect is
undoubtedly dscouraging. There is not
the least doubt in our mind that the ag-
gressions of the military ring which sur
rounds the President will become more
persistent and shameless. San Domingo
schemes will flourish now. Credit Mobi-
lier jobs will become respectable through
frequency. Blatant idiots like Harlan,
who retire from the Senate merely to as
sumo closer relationship to the President,
and clustering bullies like Conllling, will
move with nimble servility to the plotting
of Cameron and Morton. There will be q
lovely spectacle of ungloved villainy in
every department of the public service.
Venality and nepotism will he the order
of the day. Casey and Tom Murphy will
walk in high grass of custom houses from
which the scythe of power has been with
drawn; Leet and Stocking will once more
prosper without concealment: all the
strumpets and adventures will have
good time; and the Administration may
spit in the face of the wind without any
fear of verifying the Spanish proverb.
Year: 1872




Of all the sharks who prey upon the poor
and the ignorant in New York none do more
cruel work than the policy dealers. In their
little shops, which may be found in almost
every crowded neighborhood where poverty
throngs, they drain, in dimes and quarters,
the earnings of industry, slowly, though
surely, impoverishing their victims and pre-
pairing them for career Of crime or pauper-
ism. With false offers Of the chance for large
gains they delude their weak-minded sup
porters. Occasionally they pay ''lucky' GUS
toner, who thenceforth becomes o constant
client, and may be counted as sure contrib
utor to the gains of the dealer SO long as
there is dime to invest. But the majority
of the infatuated patrons Of this petty scheme
of gambling never win dollar, yet constantly
indulge the hope that, through some magic
dream or conjuration, they may hit winning
number and enjoy the possession of money
they have not earned. Hardly more demor-
alizing institution curses this city than policy
playing, and oil well wishers to the commu-
nifty will approve the action Of the police in
endeavoring to break it up. Every one of the
dealers ought to be breaking stones on the
Island or serving the city in some way, instead
Of prosecuting his internal business. If we
have law which will punish these miscreants
it should be faithfully administered If there
is none, then to frame and pass one should be
an early business of the coming Legislature.
Year: 1872

In Coon TASTE. The attendance of the
President and Vice President of the United
States at Mr.. Greeley's funeral to-day will be
properly appreciated as an act of generous
sympathy and as a graceful tribute to one
whose life has been honorable TO his country
and useful TO mankind. We may reasonably
accept 1t as an indication that the bitterness
Of tho late political strife has passed away and
that the degrading personalities of the recent
campaign will never be renewed.
Year: 1872

The ELMnA Gazette (democratic) does not
think that General Grant will pursue an in
dependent course in his new administration,
and AYERS that "he must 60 with the men who
now control him or else he must abandon his
party" Not only his own party, but oil other
parties, and rise proudly above partisan cor
ruptions of oil sorts. In carrying out his
ideas of civil reform he can give tho ancient
party hacks Of all shades and oolors such .
shaking up as win make their old bones rattle
even in their political tombs.
Year: 1872

TIE ALBANY Journal administration in
commenting upon Washington statement
that the friends of General Grant in that city
are annoyed at the intimation that 'the eyes
of the administration are on third term,"
says if this be the fact, then General Grant
has some silly friends in Washington" add
ing "It would be just as reasonable for them
to be annoyed at an intimation that he in
tended TO make himself king"
Year: 1872

TIE TuRKIsH CABINET. question of
the succession TO the Grand vizership of
Turkey presents subject for anxious diplo-
matte canvass in the European capitals and at
the Court Of His Highness the Khedive Of
Egypt as will be seen by cable telegram in
The HxRALD to-day.
Year: 1872

situation Stin Doubtful.


Our news from France this morning con-
firms the opinion which we expressed yester-
Theirs and his Ministers had for the present
restored confidence in the government and re-
assured the French people. Throughout all
her borders France is calm At the same
time an uneasy feeling prevails as to the pos
sible action Of the Assembly on Thursday
President Theirs, provides for the appoint
ment by the Assembly Of o committee of
thirty to draw up a law regulating public
powers and prescribing the conditions of
ministerial responsibility. It is quite natural
that the political parties, and, indeed, the
whole thinking population Of France. should
be anxious about the organization of this
committee. Our readers will remember that
NJ Dufaure's motion was carried in the As
sembly on Friday last by very small ma
jority. Everything will depend on the organi-
zation of this new committee. The Right
will do its best to secure a majority in the
committee, and as the Right is strong nothing
but willingness on its part to conciliate if
conciliation is possible, will prevent it from
appointing committee subservient to its
wishes. II the Right should succeed, it is not
impossible that there will be another dead
lock on Thursday first. We are not. there
fore, at all surprised to learn that the Repub-
Iqle Nancaise, Paris journal devoted to the
cause Of the Republic, is full Of fear as to the
result on Thursday, and disposed to believe
that in the event of defeat on the organization
of the committee on that day President Theirs
may consider it his duty to resign, and his
supporters of the Left, following his example,
may withdraw from the Assembly. The situa-
ton is thus peculiar. There is quiet for the
moment, and disposition towards political
party fusion and conciliation is apparent.
France is not unwilling that Presi-
dent Theirs and the Assembly, if they can
agree, should continue to rule over them. But
feeling of uncertainty is general. To-day it
is order; tomorrow it may be chaos. NJ.
Dufaure's motion was compromise. It was
the less difficult for the majority in the AS
sembly to allow it to pass, that they knew the
fight must be resumed on the appointment Of
the committee. On Thursday first the fight of
Thursday last will be resumed, but with what
results we must wait to learn.
Year: 1872

grouping all these inland canal projects


and steamship subsidies recommended OF


suggested by the Message. and supposiDg


they are all adopted by Congress, we return to


the very important question, What is the prob
able amount of money that will be required
from the Treasury to carry them through 2
The land-locked, seaboard canal proposed be-
tween Maine and Moxico possesses what Web
ster would have called IAN odor of nation
ality; but if peaceful arbitration is hence
forth to be the last appeal of kings we shall
not need this canal for warlike purposes
and the money required for its construc-
ton, which will probably be all of a
hundred millions, would be better applied in
tho work of an interoceanic ship canal across
the Isthmus of Nicaragua or Darien. These
projected Southern Trans-Alleghany canals
would cost each perhaps from fifty to hun
dred millions; and the Niagara ship canal to
be of any great value, would hardly be COM
pleted with less than twenty-five millions.
Of course in these enterprises, excepting the
Niagara and the Atlantic seaboard canal, the
government would pay only part of the costs
of construction; but from these examples every
little river, inlet or harbor in the United
States. with any pretences to navigation,
would demand an appropriation from the
Treasury, and would get il. too. through the
Washington lobby, and thus the sum Of oil these
jobs in the end would be many hundreds Of
millions Of dollars.


So with these steamship subsidies. IF you
one line you must, on the rule of
equal rights, subsidize another, and 80 on till
our whole carrying trade ON the high seas and
coastwise and inland becomes grand monop-
oily in the hands of the Secretary of the Treas
ury. For what better right has an ocean
steamer to government subsidy than coast
ing schooner or an Erie Canal boat, we should
like to know2 The worst Of il is that with the
adoption of these steamship subsidy and canal
jobs a food Of corruptions, frauds and
entertainments will set in which will swamp
the Treasury and bring upon the country a
ruinous financial collapse, with oil it's evils Of
bankruptcy and repudiation. This is the
abyss which lies at the end Of the road to
which the President unwittingly invites Con-.
gress in the Quixotic government enterprises
we have been considering. The Message is
remarkable for the prodigality of expenditures
therein recommended in every direction, but
the new departure on these subsidies and in
ternal improvements opens the way for a
policy of endless jobs and endless corruptions,
and for expenditures which can end only with
the exhaustion Of the Treasury.
Year: 1872

A VIRGINIA PAPER is thankful because the
Governor Of that State refused to endorse
President Grants recommendation for O
national Thanksgiving. How somo people do
love to hug miseryi
Year: 1872

In the House evidences were given yester-
day Of o determination to commence work.
The proceedings, though not in any way ex-
citing. brought out some of the old Con-
gressional wrestlers on the bill introduced by
MIR. Schofeld, from the Naval Committee, to
build ten sloops-of-war. It is a fact admitted
on all hands that the ships Of our navy,
particularly those vessels on cruising service,
are, in the majority of cases, worthless. Con-
structed during the war of unsound timber,
many of these are now absolutely rotten, and
unless something be done to mend matters we
shall find ourselves without ea-going vessels
fit to carry o battery. This proposition to
construct ten handy vessels is, therefore,
worthy Of serious consideration While de-
batting the subject it is well that the condition
Of our navy should be fully discussed, in view
of contingencies which. no matter how much
administration men may deny it, are always
possible with q nation having such wide
interests to protect. II our Commerce
now is mere fraction of what it
should be we may reasonably hope that
sooner or later, it will be worth all the expen-
diture which Congress may think fit to appro-
pirate for its protection. But we do not want
money squandered on fleets designed at hap
hazard and built to save appearances. What
the country requires is a uniform plan, with
ships of war of the latest and best model,
which will not in few years in turn require
ajeremiad on their uselessness. A resolution
was passed requesting information from
Secretary Boutwell, on his authority for the
five million dollar currency reissue of October
last.


The Senate was the scene Of piece of
strategy by Senator Cameron, which resulted
in its immediate adjournment to cut off
resolution intended to be offered by Senator
Fenton, that when an adjournment did take
place it would be until tomorrow. The in
tention was to afford large number of Sena-
tors an opportunity to attend the obsequics
of Mr.. Greeley. If this latter resolution could
be condemned on any grounds worthy of
respect, the mode of crushing it was as in
decent as it was stupid The resalt-the loss
of an entire day-r,oves the justice Of this
opinion. pc matter how severe it may appear.
Year: 1872

Three Jolly husbands ont 10 the
country, by the name Of Tim Wat
son, Joe Brown and Bill Walker,
sat late one evening drinking at the
village tavern, until being pretty
well corned, they agreed that each
ono on returning homo should do
tho first thing his wife told him, in
default Of which he should the next
morning pay the bill Then they
separated for the night, engaging
to meet the next morning and give
an honest account Of their proceed
ings at home, SO far as they related
to the bill. Tho next morning,
Walker and Brown were early at
their posts, but it was some time be-
fore Watson made his appearance.
Walker began first.


You see, when I entered my
house the candle was out and the
fire giving but d glimmering Of
light, | came near walking accident
ally into a pot of batter that the pan.
cakes was to be made Of the next
morning. My wife, who was dread
fully out Of humor at sitting up 80
late, said to me sarcasticalIy, Bill,
do put you foot in the batter Just
as you say, Maggy,' said i, and
without the least hesitation | put
my foot into the pot Of batter and
went to bed"


Next Joe Brown told his story


"My wife had already retired to
our regular sleeping room, which
adjoins tho kitchen, and the door Of
which was ajar; not beng able to
navigate, you know, perfectly, |
made q dreadful Gathering among
the furniture, and my wife, in no
very pleasant tone, bawled out, Do
break the porridge pot No sooner
said than done. | seized hold OF tho
tail Of the pot, and striking il against
the chimney, broke it in hundred
pieces after this exploit, ! retired
to rest and got ucrtain lecture all
night for my pains


1t was now Tim Watsoh's turn 10
give an account OF himself, which he
did with very long face, as follows:


My wife gave me the most un-
lucky command in the worli, for I
was blundering up stairs in the dark,
when she cried out, Do break your
neck, do, Tim IN be cussed il !
do, Kate, said /, as | gathered my
self up, 'I'd sooner pay the bill
So, landlord, here Is the cash for
you, and this is tho last tine I'll
ever risk five dollars at the com.
mand Of my wife,"
Year: 1872

ed is found to be fully as high as is
warranted by the evidence.


Upon the whole case, therefore, the
award ought not to be disturbed.
There is no other ground Of equity
Jurisdiction set up in the bill, unless the
Court should be of opinion to set the
award aside, but as this Court fails to
see any good cause to set the award
aside, the other questions cannot be
considered.


The question as to the sufficiency or
lnsufficiency Of the award on account
OF but two of the arbitrators signing it,
cannot be determined by this Court for
want of jurisdiction.


The judgment complained OF will
have to be affirmed with damages and
costs.
Year: 1872

surrounded by a vast concourse of peo-
pie.


Arriving at Fort Hill the procession
moved slowly past General Logan
monument and moved around to the
rear Of the hill. where, in q beautiful
spot, lies the lot where the great states
man was to be consigned 10 the dust
by the side of his wife and daughter and
other loved relatives. The grave was
lined with masonry on the bottom,
sides and ends, to the heighth OF eighteen
inches, aud after the coffin was lowered
slab Of stone was placed over the
masonry and with the concluding words
OF the burial service, the last earth
was thrown in and all that was mortal
of William H. Seward was LETT to his
last earthly rest.
Year: 1872

BROOKLYN, October 1.-THE North
port train on the Long Island railroad
ran off the track at Centrefort yesterday
and the engine and smoking car went
down a forty foot bank. John Baker
engineer, was seriously injured. The
boiler Of the engine exploded, fatally
scaldng the fireman.
Year: 1872




Every now aud then the public is
startled BY the exposure of some do
nestle or social viIlainy based on secret
marriage. Some con6dipg young lady
has been induced to marry her lover
secretly, and to keep the marriage Sc
cret for months, and perhaps for years.
In recent case the marriage had been
kept secret for nearly seven years. OF
course a niau who wishes to keep his
marriage secret is always actuated BY
selfish, and usually by base motives.
He is acting part--playing a game
and his coufding wife is pretty sure,
in the end, to ind herself the victim Of
bis treachery and baseness. A Woman
should never consent to any such ar
rangemcut. Her marriage should be
solemnized 10 the light Of publicity,
and not in the shadow Of concealment.
She should distrnst a man who has any
reason for shrouding 10 darkness tho
fact which--in his estimation at least
should be the crowniug glory Of bis
life. The man who always has some
plot on hapd--who naturally takes to
trickery and concealment, and is never
ready to have his actions brought out
into the clear light Of day, is apt to be
80 constitutionaliy base that he seldom,
even by accident, deviates into the path
Of honor and virtue. No woman who
values her domestic happiness should
ever listen to the suggestions Of such .
man in favor Of secret marriage.