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Year: 1873

ELIGIBILITY TO VOTE AND HOLD
OFFICE new constitution of Vr
ginia in prescribing who shall not vote
under it, includes in that category: "An
persons who have sent or accepted q
challenge to fight duel, or aided or
assisted in any manner in fighting duel,
since the adoption of the present constitu-
tion." ~ 90.
Il seems to be clear that the party who
cannot vote is by that fact rendered
incapable of holding an Office of trust, or
emolument, either under the city OF state
government. And it seems to be equally
clear that all who participated in the late
unfortunate duel between Messrs. Mordecai
and McCarty are not only deprived of the
privilege of voting, but are, by virtue of
their participation in the affair of honor
alluded to, precluded from holding any
Office of honor, trust or emolument either
under the city or state government.
This state of things is to be regretted, as it
vices of DR.. j. S. D'Orsay Cullen, for
several years past physician to the Aims
house, at salary of 81 200 per annum.
Had the Doctor been merely surgeon in
attendance, whose object was to ameliorate
possible human suffering, he might not
have been amenable to the prohibitory
clauses of the new constitution, brt it ap-
pears that he considered himself more than
this, as hehas had for somo time case before
our higher courts, where, in seeking to get
rid of judgment of the hustings court di-
rectng him as witness to divulge what he
knew of the duel, he opposes it by every
legal subterfuge on the expressgrou that
by testifying he would criminate himself,
thereby admitting his participation in the
fatal duel.


The city council will no doubt take an
early occasion to elect his successor. We
hear that there is number Of applicants
for the position, which is considered very
desirable, there being little or nothing to
do.
Year: 1873

All ladies having Hair Goods made up or
making purchases in that line to the extent of 81
or upwards will receive four tickets


Parties making purchase of Jewelry to the
extent of 81 or upwards will receive two tickets;
and 50 cents worth of Jewclry; purchasers of 70
cents worth of Jewelry will receive one ticket.
For every Lsdies Scarf at GOc or upwards one
ticket.


For every Ladies' Belt one ticket


For every Bustle one ticket


For every Hoopskirt one ticket


For every pair of Corsets one tickets.


For every Hair Brush or Comb at 25 cents or
upwards one ticket.


For every Pocket Book one ticket.


For every Japan Switch at 70 cts one ticket
For every Fan 1T 25c or upwards one ticket.
For every Plat at 25c or upwards one ticket.
Year: 1873

To RELIEVE ISoRowIso NAIL.--This Is
painful annoyance, and is treated with
advantage in various ways. The most sue
cessiul is to pare down the centre Of the
nail from root to end. Let it be worked
down quite thin, so as to relieve the pres
sure at the sides. which causes the sore-
ness. Keep the end Of the nail well pared
down in the centre, giving II the concave
form, just the reverse Of the natural edge.
Year: 1873

RAILROAD FREIaHTs-At q conference
of railroad freight agents held recently
in New York City, It was determined that
no reduction in tariffs should be made,
The disparity which heretofore existed
between tho rates from that city
and Boston on several Of the roads has
been removed. The Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, however, is not q party to the
agreement,
Year: 1873

The salt works which formerly lined
the shores of Cape Cod have nearly all
disappeared. At the present prices OF
salt and labor, extensive repairs and
improvements on them do not pay.
Year: 1873

A HAND To HAND COMBAT WITH A
! CALIFoRNIA LIoN.--Mr. John Day,
whose adventure with bear we detailed
week before last, recently fell in with a
California lion and fought him single
handed, under the most exciting circum-
stances. Tuesday of last week, Day was
hunting in the mountains back of Stein
er's Flat. The dogs brought something
to bay high up on the mountain side.
Supposing the game to be lynx or Wild
cat, he made his way to the spot, guided
by the noise of the dogs. Before reach
ing the dogs the mountain side became so
very steep that it was with the greatest
difficulty he made the ascent. Finally he
arrived near the place and found an al
most level spot upon which to stand.
Casting his eyes upward, he beheld upon
a cliff of rocks twelve or fifteen feet above
him a large California lion, crouched
and angry. Our hero lost no time but
leveing his rife at the animals head.
Growing with rage and pain, the infuri-
ated beast sprang down, full of fight and
fury, and the hunter found himself pros
trate beneath his savage antagonist. His
gun was knocked out of his hands and
went sliding down the precipitous slope.
He had butcher knife, but that was in
his boot and, unfortunately, he had pair
of overalls over all. There was luckily
hole in the overalls through which he
succeeded in ramming his hand down
and got his knife. He struck the brute
on the head with his knife the first time,
but the skin was so tough and wrinkled
that the knife failed to penetrate. The
second time he stabbed the animal near
the small of the back. Uttering most
unearthly yell, the lion bounded away.
Day Immediately regained his feet and
found himself but slightly injured. The
lion, having gone down the hill some dis
tance, stopped. His rifle being between
him and the lion, Day went for his gun
and after getting it, so steep was the
ground, he could not keep his footing but
went slipping and sliding until he was al
most upon his foe. But the lion had no
desire to renew the conflict, and when he
saw the enemy descending upon him he
started for the mountains on the opposite
side, screaming worse than any female
ever created. Single-handed, no man is
a match for full-grown California lion,
but Day was decidedly in luck considering
that his shot did not prove fatal. The
lion somehow had lost one Of its fore
paws-perhaps in trap. This prevented
it from using its fore feet and likely dis
couraged it. Days bullet broke its un-
der jaw. The only wounds Day received
were in the shoulder, inflicted by the
lions upper teeth in its futile attempts to
bite. The beast being unable to strike
or bite doubtless considered itself over
matched and discretion the better part of
valor. Our opinion is that the Days have
been decidedly lucky in their encounters
with wild beasts so far.
Year: 1873

AT WoRK.-Miners throughout the
county are at work with fair supply of
water. The storms during the past week
have put considerable snow on the mount
aims and the Spring will probably be an
extra one for mining.
Year: 1873




Coal is carbon; carbon COM
bines with oxygen to form car
bonic acid; there is carbonic
acid in the air, and it is an in
teresting question how much
coal in combination actually
exists in the atmosphere about
US. Savants assert that the
total is not less than eight
hundred and fifty thousand
millions of tons. But this is only
a fraction of that which for
merly existed ia the air when
the world was young. The
coal mines of the world are es-
tlmated as containing five mil
lions of tons, all Of which was
primarily taken from the air
by the rank negotiations OF
primeval times.


OF course in those remote
cons the atmosphere, contain
ing say seven times its present
percentage of carbonic acid,
was united for the animal
life now fiourishing on the
globe. But as the carbon was
withdrawn the oxygen was pro-
portionately increased, and
re-pration became gradual y
possible 10 animals of higher
and more complex organizatio n
and requiring a more rapid OK
ygenallOn oil the blood. Hence
as the atmosphere changed by
the growth of the conforming
vegetation, the organic crea-
lures progressed from the ear
liest reptiles that crawled in
hot and wide-reaching ever.
giades to the being that, crown.
ing the strange long series,
was made in the image of his
Creator, by whom "into his
nostrils was breathed the
breath of lite."
Year: 1873

Every man has his speciality,
which renders 1t impossible
for him to take the shape, the
color, the proportions, the ex-
act elements Of discrimination,
which belong to the mind of
any other person. No two per-
sons ever agree. No two per-
sons ever see alike, or hear
alike, or feel alike, or think
alike. 1 have a kaleidoscope
at home Gust now that is the
plaything), and In turning it
round probably five hundred
times, and causing thousands
of combinations, l have never
seen two combinations in it
that were alike. There are
just SO many (twenty or thirty)
pieces of glass in ii; and the
sphere is very small in which
they work; and yet the combi.
nations are never repeated,
are never reproduced. l do
not know as they would be If
| were to turn the kaleido
scope five hundred years.


Although there are only
twenty or thirty Of these bits
of glass, there is always some
little difference in the combl-
nations which they form, and
which report themselves 10 the
eye.


IT that be so in respect to
twenty or thirty little bits oil
glass which maintain their own
individual forms, and can only
change in their relative posi-

tions, what n kaleidoscope the
human mind must be that has
thirty or forty feelings, which
are neverv the same, which
are always changing quality
and intensity, and each OF
which forms endless combina-
tions with the Others! No two
men think like each other, and
no man thinks like himself IN
any two consecutive moments.
Henry Ward Beecher.
Year: 1873

once more serene and happy,
and puts the hat on and goes to
make millions Of other women
miserable, because their hats
are not trimmed exactly like
hers. AS a wife, woman is a
blessing; as an organizer of
spring hats, she is simply an OBJ
ject of compassion.
Year: 1873

WASHINGTON, January 2S.-In the
Louisiana Investigation to-day, General
McMillen testified that the election was
exceedingly quiet and orderly; that the
vote was atleast twenty thousand larger
than ever before; that there were not
over two thousand five hundred white
Republican voters in New Orleans, and
not over two thousand such in the State
outside of the city; there were proba-
bly, about as many cOlored men who
voted against as whites who voted
for the Republican nominees; the vote
for McEnery is less than the entire
white vote of the State; the entire Re-
publican vote was united in 1870, which
was not the case in 1872; the falling off
of four thousand votes in 1872 is in part
accounted for by their dissensions, which
witness detailed; he never knew that
Kellogg was popular among the Repub-
licans of the State. Witness gave his
reasons for his belief that the organiza-
ton of the Legislature on the ninth of
December was not in accordance with
the law.


Lieutenant Governor Pinehbeck tes-
titled as to the organization of the Leg
islature and the expulsion of certain
Senators who went over to the Fusion
Legislature. He thought his term as
Senator expired November 4th. He ex-
ercised the functions of President of the
Senate after that time, but took no
other part in the legislation. A person
who acted as Judge of the
Eighth District Court enjolned
the witness from acting as
Governor, on the ground that his term
of service as Senator had expired, but
Mr.. Elmore had not then been returned
as Judge by the Lynch Board, and the
witness did not recognize him as Judge.


The question whether an er o6icio
Lieutenant Governor may be State Sem
ator was postponed for future considers
tim
Year: 1873

Mrs. PARTINeToN is still bothered with
this Mobile credit business, and can't see
how it should be go much sought after,
unless it is much better than that of some
Western cities in which the late Mr.. p,
as she feelingly remarked, "went in deep.
er, poor sou1l than he ever got out"
Here she heaved sigh, and wiped her
specks, as well as the feature to which
they owed their support, and Continued,
calmly, that Mobile bonds ought to be
good maturities, she was sure, for they
had the famous Garde Mobile there all the
time, sleeping on their arms at night and
legs in the daytime, for the protection Of
public and private probity; and now
emancipation has got rio of so many of
their bonds, why they shouldn't pay the
rest and say no more about it, she could
not see for the life of her. And here she
dropped her sridicule, f" and subsidized.
Year: 1873

WHY WILL YE DIE, On YE OF LIT
TIE FAITH ?"-The following well-written
article is from the Davenport Democrat of
December 10, 1872, and is a powerful re-
minder to the afflicted:


The most insidious, deadly and distress
ing malady attacking the human frame, is
pale consumption, stealing into the maid
ems bosom, flushing her cheek, blanching
her skin, and feeding like living worm of
death upon her vitals A lover may
fondly gaze into her eyes, the brilliant
sparkling is but forerunner of dissolu-
ton. A mother may listen to her mid
night breathing, it is but muffied drum
beating her death-knell. A father may
tondly try to save her, but too frequently
his efforts are IN vain, her bridal bed is the
burial case :; her bridegroom, death, the
silent consumer of her lungs is at work
and physicians have no remedy, the phar,
macop9ia no drug which can keep her from
her destiny. Sad as this view is, there is,
happily, a bright side. Providence has
garnered up in the stprehouses of vegeta
ton. sovereign balm in the juices O
plants to arrest the fell destroyer, to hea
the eating ulcer, to renovate the failing
lung, to bring health, strength and vigo
to the wasted frame The keen eye o
science has searched for it, the chemist
skill has seized upon it, the retort ant
alembic have extracted it, and the remed
Is produced which will stay the progress
the stealthy death fiend. The result Q
this careful study of nature is Allen
Lung Balsam, this is the consumptive
hope, the declining patients cure, Thou
sands have entered upon a trial of il wit
distrust and fear, who now live to recor
its snatching them from an early grave, an
who are ready to testify to its merits. liz
the consumptive take it and be benefited
"Why will ye die, oh, ye of little faith
Year: 1873

A SEVERE TEsT.-The Commissary
General of the United States, after a trial
of all the principal starches in the country,
decided that Duryea's Satin Gloss
Starch was the best that could be procur-
ed, and the government from that time to
the present are buying this article. This
is a fact worthy the attention Of consum-
Year: 1873

$4,000 IN CASH FOR $l.-We call the
attention of our readers to the advertise
ment in another column of the Nebraska
State Orphan Asylum Here is chance
to win fortune in a Public Legal Drawing,
and aid noble charity.
Year: 1873

From lands end to lands end, that all may read
and reading, believe, that for the countless mil
lions who ON the road TO an untimely grave
with bilious complaints there Is but one truly great
and reliable remedy, and that Is
Year: 1873

A Lecture On Manifest Destiny.


SALEM, VA, June 18.-Gov. Henry A.
Wise delivered an annual address before
the literary societies of Roanoaks College
last night on the subject of the Physical
Structure of tie Domain IF the United
States and Its effect on the past and
present and its favorable effect in
the future upon their progress, power,
peace, commerce, constitution and govern
ment. 1t was remarkable production, In
which he advocated the construction of the
the James river and Kanawha canal as a
belt of union; said that if the Mississippi
river had flowed east and west the South
would never have been whipped; slavery
had been blight upon Southern industry
and prosperity; the large plantation system
was anti commercial and unfavorable to
manufactures, and was the reason why no
great commercial metropolis sprung up a.
the mouth of the Chesapeake. Tbs late war
had changed the relations o society. The
bondsmen of yesterday were freemen to-
day and the freemen of yesterday wer
decitizened and denationalized.
Year: 1873

From the Chattanooga Times.


We have seen many. complaints in our
exchanges ABOUT the provisions of the new
assessment law. These mostly have come
from assessors who are doubtless anxious
to serve the people in the same capacity l.
the future. One of the great draw backs 10
the commercial growth OF Tennessee, has
been the loose method of assessing real es-
tate. Much of this class of property has
escaped taxation entirely in the past, and
the balance of it has been Vslued at $l5,
600 for taxation, while at no time would it
have brought less than $4,000 in market.
And this is a specimen case. The present
law Wips out another abuse that has
grown into crying evil. We refer to the
habit of copying the old assessment rolls,
value, description and all, from year to
wear, paying no heed to the record of
transfers, increase of value, etc. As the law
now is, no man can assess property by sit
ting in his Office and copying bungling
list of his predecessor, without perjurlng
himself He has got 10 assess property up
on actual view, or upon the oath OF the man
who OWLS it.


While we write, friend in the Office in
forms us that he has owned lot in this
CITY for years, and that it has been during
all this time assessed for taxes in the name
OF the granter This, to use slang phrase
sIs played,n and 80 of many other abuses,
and that is mostly what's the matter with
the assessment law and the new blanks.
Year: 1873

MEMPHIS, Juue 1S.-The weather has
been G .nerally clear today and for the first
day within two weeks no rain fell. The
people are more hopeful in regard to the
cholera, and many believe that with few
days of clear weather will bring rel ease
from all danger. There were fifteen inter
ments to-day, eleven of whom died Of
cholera.
Year: 1873

The project of making a new
state called the State of Jackson is
being vigorously canvassed by the
people and newspapers of west
Tennessee and north Mississippi.
The st. Louis Republican in com
menting on this agitation says that,
GThe whites living in Northern
Mississippi arc said to be favorable
to #, and the negro majority in thc
southern part of the state not op-
posed to it. The former are weary
of Q negro domination which gives
no promise ofspeedy end, and they
seek relief from it by the separation
proposed" That paper (the Re-
publican) in its usual lucid and
able manner advocates the move
ment rs a necessary step in the
segregation OF the black and white
races, which, it maintains, is the
only solution ofthe negro problem.
We are not quite convinced of this
as a political necessity but have
begun to think of it as a hot very
remote possibility, and shall watch
the movement in Tennessee and
Mississippi as q most interesting
experiment in this direction.
Year: 1873

Besides the above we arc SEND
ing papers to several hundred men
who subscribed before We took
charge of the paper, and also to a
large number who we doubt not
will pay us tho amount of subscrip-
ton and become members of our
Roll Of Honor.
Year: 1873

THE following is our list of new
We will in the future
keep a Roll Of Honor, the names of
members or WHICH we will publish
from tine to time as We receive
them: We feel hattcred at the en-
couragcment and support we arc
receiving, and hope the spirit that
is being manifested, to support a
county paper will not flag until
every man in the county shall have
bccome n povinr subscTinpr.
Year: 1873

Here are some more interesting pro-
blems which are respectfully submitted
for the solution of those remarkable
American politico economists who profess
to doubt whether Protection does really
protect. Coming from a Free trade source
they will perhaps deign to give them at
tention A certain wealthy English manu-


facturer "a Dir Brassy. has just publish
ed an essay on Nv ork and Wages" en-
bodying the results of his own observation
during the past several years Among
other things he shows that production IN
the United Sta.es is cheaper than 10 Eng
land. because the higher cost OF labor
leads to greater iuventi7eness The iron
masters of this country, he states, are able
to make cast iron wheels that will stand
an amount of wear and tear which even
wrought iron wheels in England can hard
ly endure y rain water pipe here will
often be scarcely more that az eighth of
an inch thick, while in England it would
be five times that thickness In the hard


ware trade an American workman can
earn double the wages of an English work


man. but labor saving appliances have
been brought to such perfection that in
twenty five classes OF hardware goods the
United States are able to export largely
TO countries in which the pay of artisans
is hardly more than one fourth of the
wages paid here. Coming Us it does from
an intelligent national and commercial
| rival of our own manufacturers, this testi-
mony to the merits of the Protective
Tariff, and its influence upon the we'll


being of our working classes, is partf


cuIarly valuable It is hoped supra eff
! cious Revenue Reformers" will make
note of it american MqHutIcturer.
Year: 1873

sELFIsHNEss, when it is punished by
the world, is mostly punished because It
Is connected with egotism. A man may
help himself to an exorbitant portion Of
the good things of this life, II he will
only keep quiet about it, and not obtrude
himself upon peoples notice. The cat
takes the best place in the room, and
nobody grudges it to her. because her
purring satisfactionisnot loudly obtruded
ON the company. But to bask like a cat
in the warmest place, and scream like a
parrot, will never do.
Year: 1873

EdatOrS Or HLe DfSputcH


Would it not be well for our City Fathers
to employ lamp-lighters" to light the gas
and turn it off? Our police are now maze
to do this work, and they do it well, but we
think their service should be confined 10
watching property and protecting the pubic
peace. Now. whsn policeman starts TO
turn on or off gas he has given portion OF
our city under his care, aud he is required
to attend to 1T. Thieves watch the police,
and know how long they will be going
round their beat; then they 60 for plunder,
because there is no chance for the police to
;nterrupt thcm-say for half an hour or an
honr. In this way our police are placed at
great disadvantage and our property in
nerii while if relieved of this work they
eouId watch all night.


eo"'o Nor A PUBLIC OFFICER.
Year: 1873

The GREAT SANGERFEsT-EXTENslvE PRE-
PARArIoNs.-Tbe mere announcement Of the
great undertaking on the part of the GesanS-
verein Virginia to have grand singing fes-
tival in our city creates unusual interest on
the part of our musical public. In northern
cities it has been the custom for many years
to give these entertainments, and have each
society (male) in the Sangerbund well repre-
sented; and it has been in the power of the
Virginia to take all active part in the same,
fully sustaining their high musical standing.
The high appreciation of and sre1t interest
manifested in these musical performances
have induced the Virginia to inauguratc this
movement in our midst, and it is hoped that
our citizens will justly appreciate their
efforts, stand by them in their noble under
taking, and place our city on an equality
with those cities of tue North whose good
fortune it has been to have these great mu-
sicai entertainments.


This movement in Richmond is one calcu.
lated to build up and improve the taste for
music, and hence the Gesangverein Virginia
takes the initiatory step in the matter. 1t
will 10 doubt receive 4. the hands OF our
citizens most liberal support.
Year: 1873

TEE Commissioner Of the General Land Office has renewed his recommends tions for repeal of the pre-emption and homestead laws, and the passage of one general bill providing for a uniform and simple method of disposing of the public lands to actual settlers. The proposition is said to be opposed by many lawyers, who make fortunes out of the present system.