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Year: 1872

The Champion had about 1000 worth
Of pork, furniture and other light
freight on board, small portion Of
which may be saved. Not the least OF
the loss resulting from the destruction
OF the steamers Champion, Robinson
and Abeona, is the fact that they are
the last of class OF boats which were
fitted for the trades in which they were
employed, and it will be difficult to sup
ply their places. The total loss is estl'
mated between 100000 and 100000


Later.


CINCINNATI, March THE reports
in regard to the loss Of life by the
steamboat fire last night, are very con-
flicting. The most careful inquiry,
however, has failed to obtain any def
mite information. Several persons re-
port that others were behind them
when they escaped, and that they
watched in vain for their appearance
by the only means of egress. Others
report that they saw persons on the
St. Charles after escape was cut off and
that they must have perished. The
captains and officers of the different
boats report that as far as their knowl-
edge goes, all connected with the boats
are safe, and have reported to-day, so
that if any one was lost it must have
been some stragglers who slipped on
the boats to sleep or else went on after
the fire started with view to plunder
The insurance loss on the boats and
cargoes will not exceed one hundred
thousand dollars and is all in Gin
cinuati companies, with the exception
of twenty-one hundred dollars in
Wheeling companies.
Year: 1872

Thirteen police captains have been on trial
in New York for using too much gas. If the
police captains can hardly escape, where shall
the wicked and ungodly George Francis Train
appear?
Year: 1872

A MELANCHOLY HARvEsT.-A fine head of
hair is a crop that should know no harvest.
Yet when it begins to fade, the comb rakes out
the fibres by the handful. This need never be.
The daily application of PHALoN's In .IGoRA-
TOR. will keep the hair in full luxuriant growth
and of its natural color through life. ap24-eod
Year: 1872

Lavater says that you never know a man
until you have divided an inheritance with
him. l would also say that you never know
man until you have got into scrape with
him, and can see whether he is willing to take
his fair share of the blame.
Year: 1872

The "GooD OLD TIMES. THE good old
times! Nowadays the dress of fashionable
woman costs one, two or three thousand dol
lars. Such extravaganza as this is sapping
social morals to their center, cry you? Softly!
softly! Look at Queen Elizabeth dying and
leaving behind her three thousand dresses
and a solemn proclamation against extrava-
gance in dress. Social immortality of the
present day? Look at that elder time, even
in the reign of Queen Anne, through the eyes
of Thackeray or the CHASTITY and revolving sat
ires of Dean Swift.


Political corruption of the present day?
Look century back and see British King
buying his Parliament by the scores. Look
at the sneer expressed half a century ago in
''France ought to have plenty of honor, for
she has bought half of England's." Look at
Sir Robert Walpole openly bribing his sup
porters. ~ ft
Open your morning paper and read the
denunciations bursting upon the head of the
chief Magistrate of the nation, as a political
trickster and schemer for power, and then
turn back seventy-five years ago and read the
criticism of Philadelphia paper, the aurora,
on the retirement of Washington as a bless
ing and cause for congratulation, styling
him despot and contemner of the rights
which the colonies had just bought with their
hearts blood. Read this and then read your
morning paper with more tranquility, and
think that all Washington's patriotism and
care for the peoples good may not all have
gone out of his successors, even though the
paper does say so! The past was good
| time, the present is better, and, believe me,
the future will be the best of ALL How much
better is it to believe with Darwin that we be-
gan as brutes and have come so far toward
angels, than to believe we began as gods and
have fallen so far. toward devils. / always
thought it better and wiser and sweeter to
look with the eyes of love at the least in our
childhoofs story book, and recognize therein
possible prince, than that the princes in the
company of Ulysses should change, under the
wand Of Circe, into goats and swine Better
an ape yesterday and an angel to-day, than a
god yesterday. and a boor to-day. al


Better fifty years Of Europe,


| Than cycle of Cathay!


Geo. w. Curtis
Year: 1872

The Pittsburg Commercial good-naturedly
remarks of Senator Schurz that he is great
rhetorician as well as great logician, and
his idea OF political purity and administrative
perfection is so lofty that, like the old gentle
man about whom Goethe writes in MS me-
Year: 1872

A Western hen having laid large egg con-
tanning smaller one within its shell, a re-
porter, whose brains have evidently run down
into his calves, chronicles the phenomenon as
''a veal within veal"
Year: 1872




You arc grown grand lady now, Bess!
Leo,
With servants to wait at your call;
And over wide spaces of shrubberiei
lands


The roofs Of your home rise tall.
You carry your head with a queenly Dir;
You cannot remember--ah, mol
How you were onco barefooted girl


Bessy Lee,


And your sweetheart was poor Benny


Snow.
They tell me the grandee that gave, Bessy


Lee,
His gold in such largeness to win
That other sweet gold of your wavy bright


hair,


Is wrinkled and feeble and thin.
He bows to your will like slave, I have


heard,


This feeble old man. Does he know
How you were once a barefooted girl,


Bessy Lee,
And your sweetheart was poor Benny


Snow?
I have trusted you we'll for five years,


Bessy Lee.
In many storm long and loud
I have heard your clear voice through the


bleak oceans boom
And the rattling Of ice-loaded shroud.
But the stern years have only been prov


ing to-day
A mocker Of days long ago,
When you were barefooted girl, Bessy


Lee,
And your sweetheart was poor Benny


Snow.
This morning you passed in your coach,


Bessy Lee,
BY the great knotted elm neari the


brook.
[ stood there. I lifted q white face to
yours;
You stabbed me with one languid look.
The elm is less cruel than you were, find;
Two names on its brown bark yet show
How you once were barefooted girl,


Bessy Lee,
And your sweetheart was poor Benny


Snow.
Year: 1872

There is nothing that costs SO lit


tie as politeness, and yet it is a


commodity that few possess, or take


pains to enrich themselves with.


Rudeness and ill-manners are SO


prevalent that, when we come in


contact with a polite person, we arc


apt to be astonished. With some


persons, this polish is innate, also


hereditary, for there is more good


and evil inherited than is generally
credited and in others it is develop
ed by proper home-training and re-
fined associations.


True politeness springs from
goodness Of heart; a person who is
sympathetic, who looks upon his
ellow-creatures from q personal,
fssandpoint, cannot fail to ba polite
for feeling prompts generosity, and
what is politeness but generosity ?
The contrast visible between dress
and mental caiber is curious to a,
student Of human nature. Tho
genuine jewel shines forth tho
brighter in proportion rs the setting
is dull; the patched coat or humble
dress often fails to conceal the true
nobility of character within.


To those desirous of 'impressins
this subject upon their friends, wa
would refer to railway travel whic',
from day to day affords opportuni-
ties OF Judging what is due to those
with whom We come in contact.
We have heard poor person say
THANK you," when offered seat
and have seen elegantly dressed Ia
dies, whose position in society is
supposed to afford advantages for
acquiring good manners, take seat
under similar circumstances, with
out a word Of recognition, as if con-
ferring q favor. All! the simple
'Thank you," how it warns tho
heart, and how easy it is to say!
It is like an electric shock passing
from heart to heart kindling pure
emotions, strengthening ones faith
in humanity, and carrying joy to
secret places. -


Those OF us who possess the ad-
vantages which good society affords
should surely be careful not to low
er ourselves below the humble class
es, whose surroundings all tend to
rudeness and vulgarity. According
to our action, SO is our reward. If
we grudge the simple, ''thank you"
the appreciative glance, we: openly
our inferiority TO men
and women in whom The omission
would be excusable.-.Ez.
Year: 1872

An INTERESTING discovery has been
made in the South of France. A distin-
guished geologist has found in the Pyrenees,
only slight distance below the soil, the
remains of prehistoric cities. The discove-
ries are very numerous, and will help in
pushing the domain of history still further
back into the past than it has ever gone be-
fore. Previous to 1854, we had no idea of
lacustrine habitations, but in that year the
winter was particular crisp and cold in
Switzerland, and the level Of the water was
lowered in all the lakes. The inhabitants
OF Meilen had prolited by the low water to
raise little dyke on the borders of Lake
Zurich. Driving down some piles, they
encountered obstacles, and found that
piles and enormous thick oak planks had
already been driven down. Between the
pieces of wood they discovered stone and
bone instruments, clumsy pottery, etc.
These utensils bore such resemblance to
those in use by the primitive people, that it
was at once concluded that the Meilen dis
coveries were Of the great antiquary. The
first men" of that country were sup
posed to have built their habitations above
the water, and if the hypothesis were Just,
the same vestiges of another age would
be found at the bottom Of the principal
lakes. These conjectures were soon con-
firmed. The fishers remembered that on
former occasions their nets had been caught
upon piles driven in the lake bottoms and
pottery had also been found, but had not
been ascribed to late date. At last
every one went to hunting in the lakes, and
out of the depths Of the Iielvetian lakes they
drew up to the light of modern day a civ
ilization heretofore unknown.


In switzerland, more than two hundred
'stations," as the discoverers call them, or
relics Of primitive villages were found
But they did not all belong to the same
epoch; some were classified as having been
built to the stone age, others in the bronze
age, and still others in the iron age.


The discoveries in the Pyrenees disclose
habitations of the same general character
SIS those under the Swiss lakes. In all the
western part of the Pyrenean chain these
habitationS are very numerous, and belong
to the stone age. The Archaeological So
ciety OF that district is making efforts, at
great expense, to develope these discoveries
into specie of history of the people who
inhabited the houses. a .....
Year: 1872




Before Judge Benedict.


Francis D. Martin ct al. VS.. L. Criscuola. a.-This
was motion which raises the question whether
the effect OF the nth section Of the act of June l,
1S72-which provides that the practice, pleadngs
and forms and modes Of procee ding in other than
equity and admiralty causes In the Circuit and Dis
trict Courts OF the United States shall conform as
near as may be to the practice, pleadings and
forms and modes OF proceedings existing at the
time In like causes In the courts OF record OF the
State In which such Circuit or District Courts are
held-authorizeS the commencement OF an action
In this Court by summons issued in the name OF
the plaintifrs attorney according to the mode OF
commencing actions in the Courts OF the state OF
New York.


This question, I learn upon inquiry has al
ready received the consideration OF the Circuit
Judge OF this circuit, and he has instructed the
Clerk OF the Circuit Court for the Southern District
Of New York that the act referred to does not
authorize the commencement OF an action by such
O summons. This action OF the Circuit Judge
makes 1t proper that the practice in this district
be made to conform to that directed by the Circuit
Judge In the Southern district ani accordingly the
summons served In this action must be set aside.
Year: 1872

Alberts room. She comes quietly iu


to dinner, with her knitting in hel


hand, and retires early II is well
known that Her Majesty is woman Of


method, and we're it otherwise she could


never get through the amount of work


she does She is very fond of the open


air, and in all weathers she is to be seen


abroad. A rainy day does not keep her


within doors; in her waterproof and


umbrella she de6es the elements. 1t is


quite common occurrence to see her


walking in the grounds under drizzling


rain. The weather, in fact, has no in-


iluence upon the royal programme. So


far as concerns Her Majesty's "consti.


tutional airings, good stout umbrella


carries her bravely through pelting rain


or powdering snowdrfts, whether on foot


or seated in her open carriage, or trott.


ing on her Highland pony. But there


can be no doubt our Queen is a hardy


woman; at least, she has no zine lady


fancies" in the matter of constitc tional


delicacy. She does not bother with


superauous wrappings when she faces


the smell mountain breeze; she


dresses consistently with the climate


and the weather, and a fresh, cOmely,
sensible-looking lady she is in her com


Portable plain jacket and broad-brimmed
straw hat. The Queens walks and
drives are not confined within her own
policies; she crosses the Dee almost
daily, and is quite as often seen on the
opposite side of the river. She always
uses an open carriage, but not always
the same. Sometimes it is a wagonette


sometimes a low pony phaeton. No
guard of honor accompanies the royal
equipage, however. Her trusty al;
tendant, John Brown, sits on
the box beside the coachman,
and when there is not room for him
there, he rides on horseback by the side
of the carriage. No fuss attends the
Queen. An outrider little in advance
of the royal carriage clears the road,
and the Queen goes quietly on her way
with smile and nod for any one who
chances to meet her. But as a rule Her
Majesty is not intruded upon when she
ventures beyond the royal domains, un-
less on Sunday, and then it is strangers
only who run after her. The cottagers
do not annoy her, and she comes and
goes without molestation. Indeed, they
make point of keeping out OF the way
when the white horse of the outrider ap.
pears in sight Should the Queen, how
ever, happen to come Unexpectedly on
her subjects by Deeside she is deferen-
TALLY acknowledged. The Queen and
her ladies frequently picnic in the
woods, or on the hillside should it be |
handler Materials to make fire and |
cooking utensils are taken in the car
riage, and tea is made on green sward |
and handed round in rustic fashion with |
out any ceremony. At these afternoon
' teas the Queen has no special chair
Of honor. Her seat IS pretty often on |
lhe clump of tree, with her cup in her
land, or any other casual restingplace |
hat turns up conveniently.
Year: 1872

Some clever wsgs reside on the
coast Of Connecticut, in the county OF
New London, near the little town of
Jordanville, and now and then they per-
petrate a practical joke. Leunging in
the room of an old mansion built one
hundred and fifty years ago, and look
ing through narrow window and a
mist of rain out upon the turbulent
waves of the sea, We listened few days
ago, 10 story that had its comical side
A young agentleman from New York,
who, ior convenience sake, we win call
Smith. was on visit TO Jsrdanville, the
special object OF the visit being sport.
Fishing had been tried, With Indifferent
luck, when it was proposed to take the
guns and go after ducks. The PROPOSE
ton was received with favor, and in a
short time the party we're equipped and
on their way to a neighboring pond. An
old mill stood at the head Of the pond,
and into this one OF the gentlemen n
crept with the avowed object of com.
manding the water from that point The
three other gunners were to take shel
tered positions further down. As they
stealthily approached the banks they
discovered what they supposed to be =
fine teal swimming in the water.


SMITH


was all excitement now. Lifting his
hand as sign for silence, and with a
whispered, tremulous. hush upon his
lips, he advanced cautiously in order to
secure better position for taking aim
But fearing that the duck would fly, he
fred more quickly than he would have
done in cooler moments. The fowl
dived at the fash, and the shot whistled
harmlessly over the water. Smith was
much put out at this miss, and fearing
that one Of the other gentlemen would
get well directed shot in, be stood, with
cooked gun in hands, waiting for the
duck to rise. Presently it came to the
surface and the excited New Yorker let
drive at it with the second barrel. Again
the duck dived, and no crimson trail was
left behind to tell that the shot had
taken effect. Smith loaded his gun, and,
while doing so, each Of the other gentle
men blazed away at the teal. But the
bird had charmed life.


SMITH


was now determined to do terrible exc
cution. His nerves bad become more
steady, and as the duck came up within
range. be took deliberate aim and pulled
the trigger. Imagine his disgust as he
saw the bird again 60 down apparently
unharmed. As the duck Feappeared,
he fred quickly, but without effect. Re
now was mad with disappointment, aud
swore roundly at the gun. Gritting his
teeth after the fashion Of thoroughly
vexed man, Smith loaded once more.
But both barrels failed to bag the OBJ
stinate teal. The small supply OF am
munition was now exhausted; besides 1t
was growing dark, and the hunters were
Obliged to retrace their steps to the
house empty-handed. Smith did not
bear his misfortune very gracefully; in
fact the chatting Of bis three friends
soreiy angered bin. he retired 10 bed
that night With confidence somewhat
shaken in his shooting prowess. The
next morning, while preparing to try


TatlI
Year: 1872

Reflect that a sound mind and body are the
most necessary requisites to promote connubiul
happiness, Indeed, without these the journey
through life becomes weary pilgrimage, the
prospect hourly darkens to the view, the mind
becomes shadowed with despair, and filed with
the melancholy reflection that the happiness OF
anoths. is blighted with our own.
Year: 1872

SIR: In all honesty and candor / do not believe
patient people South Carolina stand four Of
msue under Grant and his minion Desperation force upon
than have thus far prevailed The conviction
growing upon the public mind that there settled policy With the
their property and compel them 70
leave State In view Of such all consider me
necessity OF sedsnse Irrespective Of consequences see that 10
Of formed Greeley Club
THIS would be good but for the fact that they Frequently make ih
showing favor with the whites around them but when the d
Of election they all vote in compact body They did 50 IN 1870


BsaRslsvtL< g. C., Aug. 81, 1872 ooUrHsKsEk
Year: 1872

am not willing leave Arkansas without denouncing


swnde not only upon people OF this State but upon
travellers coming here, which have doubt has been
devised for the profit OF shrewd rogues refer TO
the issue large OF city scrip by the Corporation
OF Little Rock and other towns, printed IN close lmlt
tion OF greenbaeks and passed upon people for good
money This worthless trash constitutes large par o.
the circulating medium OF the state, and mas Oh course
driven out legal tenders and national bank notes 10
great extent. The bills are promises 10 pay IN
Ten wears, with interest, but they are pur-
posey printed on such poor paper that they
will be worn out besor half that time has elapsed and
will be total loss 20 the community Inc people aIo
deded into accepting tnis bogus currency by the prev
alent Western belief the faacy that the issuing OF


large volume OF paper money makes business brisk and
times easy. Many OF the business men, who ought 10
know better share this delusion and although they ar0
All careful large amount OF the shinpasers
accumulate their hands, few OF them appear To Under
stand that they really get currency Dy the CIR
cuation OF this fraudulent money ana using tho
ragged dirty worthless stuff instead OF greenbacKs and
bank notes. which the floods OF scrip have driven IrOm
the state under the operation OF one Of the smscss
mi
Year: 1872

This 10 ths only way to care consumption.
No one was ever cured unless they began to gain
in dO'h. rho second thing is, the PAtien. N ust
stay in . warm room until they get we'll. 1t il
when the lungs are diseased. "Fresh air. and
riding about are NIL wrong, and yet because
they are in the house they must not remain
quiet, they must walk about the room as fast Al
the strength will permit, to get up good cir
cuation of the blood,
Year: 1872

Resignation Of Representative Banks--


The President Mt work upon His


Neutrality-suspicious. as to His Ea-


ture Southern Policy.


Especial telegram to the Dispatch.J


WASHINGTON, November 20.-Representa-
tive Banks will resign his position as chair
man of the House Committee on Foreign
Relations, thus relieving the Speaker from
reorganizing the committee with a new
chairman.


The President will begin to write his mes
sage tomorrow, from whicl, date be will be
forced to decline seeing visitors, excepting
prominent officials and those holding close
political relationship with the Administtl-
ton.


While il is absolutely certain that no one
has any intimation from the President con-
cerning the topics to be mentioned in his
message. there is nevertheless an idea, de.
rived principally from conversation with
him, that he Is strongly disposed to urge a
policy Of justice towards the South, which
the leading congressional supporters of the
Administration have hitherto made persistent
war upon. Opinions are divided as to
whether this new policy will be enlarged
upon in the forthcoming message or, later,
in the inaugural address. There will Of
course be q war upon any attempt to depart
from the present policy against the South
and if tho impressions that Grant does desire
q change are correct there will inevitably bt
a show of enmity towards 1t in the House
among the carpet-bag element and among
certain northern senators before the dawnipg
of Christmas. TIHoN.
Year: 1872

LIrE-SIzE PHoToGRArHs.-REEs & Co. keep
constantly employed In their establishment one of
the best miniature and portrait artists, perhaps, In
the country. His large work svery fine indeed he
graduated In Europe, and what he does not know
about coloring or ink-work Is not worth knowing.
Their large work, In colors ink or crayon,is In
cluded In their reduced rntes. Now, Indeed is
rare chance to have old pictures copied and worked
up In modern artistic style at a small cost.
Year: 1872

CONCERT AT THE MONUMENTAL CHURCH,
A sacred concert will be given at the Monu-
mental church on Friday week, the 29th,
which, it Is said by those who have heard
the rehearsals, will excel anything Of the
kind ever yet given by the choir Of that
church. Besides the talented ladies' and
gentlemen who compose the choir, several
accomplished amateurs from Washington
city have kindly volunteered their services
for this OCCASION
Year: 1872

This morning between three and four O'Clock,
the barn of Nelson Warren, in Mill Creek Hun
drsd, near Newark, was discovered to be on
fire, and was totally consumed, together with all
his wagons, harness and hay. The fire is sup
posed to have originated from new hay being
put in the barn before being properly cured.
The loss is partially covered by insurance in the
Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company, OF
this city.