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Year: 1871

We regret the necessity for the pub


lieation this morning Of the details Of


the examination before Judge Flip


pin, Of the jailer Of Shelby county and


his assistants, relative to the freedom


of the city allowed Luke Padden,


charged with the murder Of Captain


Burr. We regret it for two reasons


because Sheriff Wright, good and


faith'ul officer, is not here to prevent


the dereliction Of duty made 80 plain


bv the confession Of the deputy jailers,


and because we think that, as to the


taller himself, there must be some mis-


appreIeusiOn of duty. We cannot,


and do not believe that Mr.. Harris


would suffer what he considered


wrong to be done, knowing it to be


wrong. Indeed, we have evidence


that he would not, in his order that


Padden should not be allowed to 60 at


large. The crime-and it is crime


thus to permit men charged with


murder TO 60 free and at will must


rest upon the deputy isilers and 9TH


ers who, through them, have had &C


cess to prisoners Of a character al
ways to be carefully guarded. 1t is a
gross crime, a mOckery Of law and Of
iusuce. aud one for which the parties
who thus cOndone with prisoners
should be punished, and to the last
extremity Of the law. And we be
Heve that if Sheriff Wright were here
such would be the course he would |
sdopt. He would first dis
charge the derelict officers, then
prosecute according to law,
making such examples as
would serve for all coming time. But,
unfortunately for. himself and the
public, ne is not here. A dying wife
and q family OF sick children have
for mon ms claimed his exclusive at
tention, and he is thus compelled, by |
an UNUSUAL and severe sfiiction, to
70 the hands Of his deputies
the duties that, by the peoples choice,
have devolved upon him. In a re-
cent letter 10 a friend, in explanation
of his continued absence from the
city, General Wright wrote:


Ny wife has been very i'll since you
left. She j. confined to her bed all /
the time and as helpless SIS an infant,
and requires my constant attention.
I learn that complaints are being
made OF nv long absence. 1 ask you,
As my personal friend who knows the
cOnd itiOn OF my family, to say to any
one that may complain, that am but
doing my duty as q man, q father and
husband. Ny ohice is in the hands Of
a GOOD and reliable deputy, and the
onblic interest will not suffer. II
would like greatly to be at home, but
my duty to my wife and children is
above al other earthly duties.


We are thus particular to defend an
Did friend, and as we believe, faith
fuI public servant, from the reflections
already made Dy those who do not
know his circumstances, in order that
while the public interests are being
yubserved by judicial examination
Iud proper public condemnation, the
m ocent may be shielded and the
public sense Of outrage be directed IN
! proper channel. We applaud this
prompt performance OF duty by Judge
and hope the matter viii not
be allowed to drop short Of the dis
charge and punishment of all the de-
rellct Officers. "Let US have justice
though the heavens fau."
Year: 1871

eoniointly with James Lynch and
William Lamp;son, all of whom were
inspectors Of election, in the United
States court on the charge Of allowing
about one hundred and fifty men
whose names were not on the registry
to vote at the last elections. Haggerty
was formerly q member Of the old
board Of councilmen. He is a menu
Der Of both the Blossom and Americus
pIuha
Year: 1871

A Washington dispatch says that
some OF the Catholic clergy are start
ing an enterprise of their own in that
city for the reform of abandoned
women. Steps have been taken to es-
tablish there a branch OF the Catholic
institution called the "House of the
Good SheDherd. -
Year: 1871

Mr.. SPEAKER Grateful to the House
for the interest il manifested in the Will
mington, Charlotte and Rutherford Rail-
road, when the affairs of that company
were under debate in the early part of the
session, l am emboldened to invite its at
tention again to the subject, hoping that
the merits Of this bill will commend it to
the favorable consideration of every mem
Der who has at heart the prosperity Of our
people. In deciding upon this matter af-
fecting vitally the interests of SO large
portion of North Carolina. 1 feel assured
that my friends will rise above the res
traints of sectional Influences, and that if
the proposition advocate merits their
fay Or, they will accord it all the support it
deserves. In Difference to the tenderness
we all acknowledgement in common
with the other Members of this House
upon the subject of appropriations to In


ternal improvements, have to state ex-
plicitly that do not ask in this bill that
the State should incur additional liability
because of this company. 7 do not ask
for any appropriation from the kind
mother whose fostering care has already
extricated us from difficulties that seemed
iusurmountable. do not ask that the
Year: 1871

WANTED THE SOLE AGENCY OR CONTROL OF A
w usefn bra! class inyen,oD by young Of excel
business experience character ability, who
locating himself In Of the most progressive and desirable
Office.
Year: 1871

1t was during the war Of 1912


and Admiral Cockburnt, who COM


manded the British feet, had at


tempt the attack on the city of


Baltimore and the bombardment of


Fort McHenry, Sept. Is 1914. Fran


ces Key, the author of the poem and


a true patriot, was a prisoner on


the fleet, which was anchored two


miles from Fort McHenry, the main


defense of the city. Through the


terrific cannonading of that mid


night fight; while the sky was lit up


with the fry courses of the flying


bombs, he could watch all the enc
my's preparations, and he knew the
danger. that foreboded. As the
struggle ceased upon the common,
and he looked through the dim
twilight for the flag of his country
his heart sick with fear and doubt,
could he help the grand outburst of
that first verse! and then as through
the mists of the deep the banner
loomed dimly in the morning SUMS
first rays, and he exclaimed:


"'Tis thestar spangied banner! oh long may
O'er the land of the free and the home of the


brayep'


it was prayer and praise all in one;
and there has never been anything
like it since.


When Francis Key came back to
his comrades once more,h he brought
with him the precious poem, which
was read and re-read by the boys in
camp until the entire division SEEM
ed electrified by its pathetic elo-
quence That national song was
too grand to be lost. so one of the
boys named Fred Durang, began q
search for a tune that would fit the
words, and turning over leaf after
leaf of an old volume Of flute mu-
sic, he came across one called Anac
reon in Heaven, which proved an ex
act fit, and spreading the news along
the camp, there rang on for the first
time the song of the Star Spangled
Banner. From that time 1T was
caught up by by every voice and car
ried from camp to camp until it be-
came the universal song, an incen-
tive to greater courage and braver
deeds. And when peace was declar-
ed, the soldiers scattered to their
homes, it was carried to thousands
Of firesides as the most precious
relict of the war Of 1872. r
Francis Key now sleeps in the GEM
etry at Fredericktown, but his song
lives and will live so long as
'sThe star spangled banner shall waves
O'er the land of the free and the home Of the


braye".
Year: 1871

Prescott, the historian, in conse-
quence of a disorder of the nerve
of the eye, wrote every one of his his
tories without pen or ink, as he
could not see when his pen was out
of ink, or from any other cause fail
ed to make a mark. He used a
stylus on carbonated paper, the lines
and edges of the paper being indi-
Gated by brass wires in a wooden
frame.


Crawford, the sculptor, the habit
of whose life had been to read in a
reclining position, lost one eye and
soon died from the formation; of. a
malignant cancerous tumor behind
the ball, which pushed it out on the
check.


There are many affections of the
eye which are radically incurable.
Persons of scrofulous constitutions,
without any special local manifesto
tiOns of it, often determine the dis
ease to the eye by some erroneous
habit of practice, and it remains
there for life. 1t is useful, there
fore, to know some of the causes
which, by debilitating the eye, invite
disease to 1t, or render it incapable
of resisting adverse circumstances.


Avoid reading by candle or any
other artificial light.


Reading by twilight ought never
to be indulged in. A safe rule is,
never read after sundown or before
sunrise. @


Do not allow yourself to read a.
moment in reclining position,
whether in a bed or on a sofa.


The practice of reading while on
horseback, or in any vehicle IN mo-
tion by wheels, is most pernicious.


Reading on steam or sail vessels
should not be largely indulged in,
because the slightest motion of the
page or your body alters the focal
point and requires painful strain
ing effort to re-adjust it.


Never attempt to look at the sun
while shining, unless through a col
ored glass of some kind; even a
very bright moon should not be
long gazed at.


The glare of the sun on water is
very injurious to the sight.


A sudden change between bright
light and darkness is always very
pernicious.


In looking at minute objects re-
lieve the eyes frequently by turning
them to something in the distance.


Let the light, whether artificial or
natural, fall on the page from behind
or little to one side.


Every parent should peremptorily
forbid all sewing by candle or gas
light, especially of dark material.


If the eyes are matted together
after sleeping, the most instantane-
GUS and agreeable solvent IN nature
is the application of the saliva with
the fingers before opening the eye.
Never pick it off with the fingernail,
but wash it off with the ball of the
fingers in quite warm water.


Never bathe or open the eyes in
cold water. 1t always is til safest, |
best and most agreeable to use warm |
water for that purpose over seventy
degrees.
Year: 1871

A fisherman of Trinity Bay, on
opening Goldfish, found in it we'd
ding ring, bearing this inscription:
God abuv continew our love- A
fish subjected to such a bad spell
as that could not be expected to live
long.
Year: 1871

A Syrian convert to Christianity
as the story goes, was urged by his
EMPLOYER to work on Sunday, but
he declined, But said the master,
does not your Bible say that if a
man has an OK or an ass fall in a
pit on the Sabbath day he may pull
him out?' Yes,' answered Haydn;
:" but if the ass has n habit of fall
ing into the same pit every Sabbath
day" then the man should fill up the
pit or sell that ass"


The story has sort of swivel
moral which will fit a great many
points in these days.
Year: 1871

" We are completely satisfied with


our work, and intend to continue in the


same road !" Such was the literal text


of an anonymous letter received by the


unhappy widow of Marshal Prim on the


day his remains were carried to the


Atocha Church. 1t was no heartless


hoax 1t was message of warning to


the other public men who had taken a


prominent part in elevation of King


Amadeo TO the throne. Some of these


men treated it as q Joke, but Others did


not. Among the latter were the Ex-


President Ruis Zorrilla. He took the


warning especially to himself, as he had


borne very conspicuous share in the


King making. He presided over the


Cortes which voted Amadeo, and over


the Commission who went to Italy.


Since the death of Prim, Zorrilla has


hardly ever appeared in the streets with


out an escort of Police, and he has been


ridiculed in some of the papers for this


extraordinary care of his life. There is


now little doubt that to this precaution


he owes his escape SO far. He received


a verbal message that if he would grant
an interview, the parties desiring it
would communicate to him important
revelation, respecting the authors Of the
assassination of his friend Marshal Prim.
whom the tribunals of justice have not
yet been able to discover, though they
are constantly arresting persons ION
suspicion" Being excessively anxious
to do what in him lay to clear up this
fearful mystery, Zorrilla said he should
he willing to see the parties in question
in his own house, Gale San Mateo, in
the evening. He was told that would
not do. They would not come to his
house, but would meet him at any other
he might appoint He fixed 10 at night,
in the house of n friend living in Gale
Pez. Punctual to his appointment he
went, and stayed till nearly2 o'clock in
the morning. 1t is needless to say no one
came. He was accompanied by his par
ticular friend Don Luis Hernandez.
They left about o'clock, and walked in
the direction of Senor Zorrilla's house.
They had not gone many steps when a
a man emerging from the shadow of a
doorway ran rapidly past them. Senior
Zorrilla noticed the incident, and re-
marked to his friend, $40 presentio,
estamos rendidos" II thought as much,
We are sold (duped.") A few yards
further on and they came to the Calle
San Rogue, narrow street which opens
on to the Gale Pez. From dark cor
ner in this street two men emerged cross
ed the sidewalk, and fred at them. The
balls, of which there must have been at
least seven, to Judge by the marks they
made in the wall of curriers' shop No
10 Gale Pez, passed close behind them,
but fortunately without touching them.
With great presence of mind, Senor
Hernandez pulled out his revolver, and,
firing it twice, ran after the assassins,
who fed along the Gale San Rogue,
leaving their trabuco (blunderbus) on the
ground. In the dark shadow between
two of the lamps. they disappeared, and as
there was watchman at the other end
Of the street, who declares no one run
out of it, they must have entered zone of
he houses, doubtless left open for that
purpose.
Year: 1871

When Washington determined to cross


the Delaware and surprise the Hessians


at Trenton, his plans were discovered in


some way by Tory family living on


the Pennsylvania side. A young man


of this family was dispatched across the


river to warn the Hessian commander,


Colenel Rail, of the intended attack.


He reached Trenton in safety, and going


to Colonel Rahl's headquarters, asked


for an interview. This was refused by


the sentry ut the door, who said that the
colonel could not be disturbed that he
was particularly engaged. After several
Intellectual efforts to obtain an audience,
the young man went away, leaving d note
with the request that it should be given
to Rail Immediately. This note con-
tained the information that Washington
would cross the river that very night.
1t was carried to the colonel, who was
engrossed by a game Of chess. Hearing
that it was left by young man, and ap-
pretending no danger, he put it into his
pocket, Bnd went on with the game. Be
fore morning light he was reused by the
fierce attack of the Americans, who
drove in his pickets, and came suddenly
upon the main body Of the bewildered
Hessians, who fed in all directions. Col.
Rahl mounted his horse, and gallantly
but vainly endeavored to rally his disor
dered troops, and MS he rode back toward
Trenton, after going some distance in
the country, he was mortally wounded
by musket ball. He fell from his horse,
was carried into house (stlll pointed
out and died. In his pocket, after death,
was found unopened the note referred
tn
Year: 1871

MARRIAGES IN SPAN.-Marriages in
Spain are arranged by the parties most
concerned, and no fortune is necessary
on the part of the lady, the hidatgos being
very generous and disinterested in their
love affairs. In cases where there is
large property, matches are sometimes
made up by parents, between an uncle
and neice, the object being to secure the
the money to the latter. But the evil of
such unions is so visible, that they are
looked upon with disfavor, and people
question the right of the church TO grant
dispensations under such circumstances.
In the south of Spain it is the custom
for courtships 10 go on for number of
years, the parents leaving the young peo-
pie at liberty to continue or to break off
the engagement.-THeE Echo.
Year: 1871

Gaant says he accepted the
Radical nomination in 1865
to save the Radical party, and
he now claims that the party
should accept him to save
Grant. Zone good turn de
erves another Of course.
Year: 1871

TIE President appears to be


determined that not q single
one Of his relatives shall be
unprovided with office. It was
thought all had been accom-


modated;but it appears that
another has turned upin the
form Of a New York letter
carrier, he being the brother.in
law of the Presidents second
cousin. The list now amounts
to forty four,
Year: 1871

~ URMMRDr RxRerieNes!
complaint generally the result Of bad habit In
youth -reated scientifically and perfect cure war
fanted or no charge made.


Hardly day passes but We are consulted by one Of
more young men with the above disease, some Of
whom are Is weak and emaciated az though they had
the consumption and by their friends are supposed q
have 1t. AL such cases yield to the proper and only
correct course Of treatment, and In short time axo
nads 10 fsioics in perfect health.
Year: 1871

WHAT GIRLS SHOULD DRINK.-Dr.
Dio Lewis, in his book, Our girls, -
says:


am astonished that young wo-
man who is ambitious of a clear, fine
skin should drink tea. 1t is a great
enemy to fair complexion. Wine,
coffee. may be used without tinging
the skin; but as soon as tea-drinking
becomes regular habit the eye of
the discriminating observer detects
it in the skin. Tea compromises the
complexion. probably by deranging
the liver. Weak tea or coffee may
be used occasionally. in moderate
quantities. without noticeable harm !;
but | advise all young women who
would preserve a soft. clear skin and
quiet nerves, to avoid all drinks but
cold water. 1t is an excellent plan
to drink one or two glasses of cold
water on lying down at night, and
on rising in the morning. If you
have good teeth, and can help the
food into Your stomach without
using any fluid except the saliva, it
will in the long run, contribute
much to your health.
Year: 1871

servants are often apt to be more
needy in the beginning than in mon
archial cOuntries-yet are they at
better advantage, let them be never
50 poor, if they manage to steer
clear OF individuals and parties anx-
ious to make gifts, and not permit
them to make capital at their ex-
pense. If those irrepressible pat
riots who seek to patronize those the
people have honored would postpone
the exercise Of their princely gener-
osity till the object of it is about to
retire to private life they would not
incur, as at present, the suspicion
Of being governed more by selfish
and party considerations, or by van
ity and the love of notoriety, than
grat tIde and patriotism.
Year: 1871

| Between nine and ten o'clock last night, as
Special Officer Smith was walking down
Franklin street, just above Canal street, a
man on the opposite side began firing at
him with revolver One of the bullets
struck Mr. Smith in the fleshy part of his
| leg, severing an artery, and the pain was SO
| intense that he was compelled to sit down on
a curbstone. His assailant, William Walsh,
fired three shots and ran into house,
making his escape. Mr.. Smith sent three
balls after him before he disappeared, but
it is thought he was not wounded. Not a
word passed between the parties.
Mr.. c. A. Baquie, happening to be near
the scene, Immediately assisted the wounded
man, making an effort to stop the flow of
blood, partly succeeding before the arrival
of surgeon. When the detectives cOndi-
ton was ascertained, he was sent to the
Charity Hospital, and it was ther definitely
learned that the bones were not fractured
and that the bullet was still in the flesh.


The trouble grew out of a letter written
by Detectives Smith and Pearson to the
Feliciana Republican on the seventh of
June, in which direct mention was made of
Walsh as broken down cab driver, who
had left New Orleans to avoid imprison-
ment in the Workhouse. This letter was
an answer to an item in Mississippi paper
which was published by one Cunningham,
formerly on the police here, said item rating
Smith and Pearson as incompetent officers.
Walsh was once member of the police
force and for time was detailed in Admin
istrator Lewis Office, but the Board of Com
missioners moved him from that position
He shot man about the time of his re-
moval.


At half-past ten o'clock last night Officers
Robinson and Boyle arrested Walsh on
Gravier street, but no weapon was found
on him on arriving at the stationhouse.


At midnight Mr.. Smith was reported as
all right, though quite weak from loss of
blood
Year: 1871

g1neer Will reasonably claim to share that
responsibility with the Inspector


Mathews assures us he did carefully ex-
anime every part of the boiler under pres
sure; was really much higher than that
mentioned in his certificate. We say moth
ing now OF responsibility of the company
itself. An act of Congress was indeed
passed February %, 1871, requiring the
owners OF every steamboat to supply it
with registered steam gauges, by which the
excess OF pressure applied at any time
above the allowance will De permanently
recorded hour by hour.


The Westtield has no such gauge, and
has to-day no register of pressure but the
zero to which the common gauge fell i'm
mediately upon the explosion. If it had
been a registering gauge, as required by
law, we should now know exactly at what
pressure the boiler exploded, but requires
us to remember hardly any steamboats, fur
nished with such gauges.


The regulations under this act are not vet
issued by the board of supervising inspect
ors IN the Treasury Department. 1t is said
they will be ready in few days. If, after
that time, any explosions should take place
for want of supervision, the owners will be
held justly blamed.


The Commercial says: "An old engineer
who has thoroughly examined the exploded
boiler says that it is his candid opinion that
there was but little water in the boiler, and
that when the pump was put, the natural
consequence was tremendous"


Inspector Mathews says that this is the
first case of explosion in any boat for which
he had given a certificate. His theory is
that the boiler was not properly attended,
and that the register of steam must have
been carelessly taken by the engineer.
Sometimes a register will become defective
if not closely watched, and the engineer will
be deceived by it.


Mathews thinks by no possibility could
the boiler have exploded unless from such
cause, although the engineer exceeded his
instructions in allowing, as he admits,
twenty-seven pounds of steam. Mathews
does not believe that even twenty
pounds would have been an unsafe amount


James A. Whitney, an expert, who exam
ined the boiler to-day, says: THE freshly
torn surface of the boiler shell is
either moderately bright or covered with
red rust, but a close view shows from a
point on the right hand side, looking toward
the fire box, about eighteen inches above the
level of the upper tier of f1ues, to a point
about over the center of the boilers, the
surface is black, showing beyond cavil that
between these two points the rupture is not
of recent date.


This old flaw is not less than four feet
six inches in length, by actual measure
ment, the metal having parted clean through
along the line of rivets. 1t is here un-
dOHbtedly that the boiler first gave way.
This fracture, which must have existed a
long time, was probably remotely caused
by unequal contraction and expansion of
the boiler from the changes of temperature.
Year: 1871

We are called upon to announce the
painful fact that our old acquaintance,
Robert Oliver, died at his residence in this
city little more than week ago. He has
been in failing health for year or two,
and latterly we have missed his friendly
greeting on the street, but we were not
aware that his ED was so near.


Mr.. Oliver was for many years cashier
and business manager of the True Delta, in
which position he made many acquaintance
and friends among the business men of New
Orleans. He was one of the proprietors of
the establishment in 1865, but after its sus-
pension engaged in other business, in which
he was not successful, in consequence of
steadily failing health.


Mr.. Oliver was native of Wexford, Ire
land, and about forty-seven years old.