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Year: 1871




From the Detroit Free Press.l


From several farmers coming into
town, yesterday, from the township. OF
TAYLOR, our reporter learned the particu-
lars of very exciting affair which oc-
Cured in that township, about seventeen
miles from Detroit, on Sunday last. A
man named Pierce Andrews, who has
lately moved in from Washtenaw coun-
ty, and leased a farm, returned that
moriang with young horse which ne
had purchased at Wyandotte., In riding
the animal home Andrews had to give
him several whippings, and was once or
twice run away with, and thus when he
arrived home he was tired out, and the
horse was nervous and excited. There
being some goods packed away in the
stable, Andrews took the horse in on the
barn floor to tie him. While so doing
the animal bit him, and for this was
soundly belabored with the handle OF a
broken pitchfork. After being struck
several times he broke loose and ran at
Andrews and struck him down with
one of his fore feet. While in this
position, the farmer received bad
injury from being stepped on, but man.
aged to get mp and show fight, still
retaining possession Of his weapon:
The horse reared, kicked, and uttered
mad neghs, and in n moment struck
the man down again. Andrews fell so
close to q partition that the horse could
not get at him well, and here he kept
the beast at bay by pounding its legs
with the club.


The people at the house had heard the
sounds of the struggle, and hired man
and the family were soon around the
door. As the horse seemed to quiet down
n little. the man shouted to Andrews to
crawl carefully along to the door. This
the farmer started to do, but had not
crawled three feet when the horse
bounced upon him again, and this time
dislocated his shoulder by blow Of the
hoof. The horse then commenced plung-
ing and kicking at everything, Jumping
at Andrews whenever the farmer moved,
and in the emergency, seeing that he was
likely to be killed, he shouted for the
man to get the family out of the yard and
then open the door, supposing that the
animal would then 90 out This was
done. but the horse plunged out and in
again with such rapidity that the farmer
conld not escape, the animal making at
him every time he tried it. AS lastre-
sort, the hired man loaded an army mus
ket with fine shot, and gave the horse a
full charge in his shoulder at short range.
The beast went down, jumped up, made
a few circuits of the yard, and then leaped
the fence into the pasture and ran until
tired ont. Andrews was badly bruised
in many places, and had a shoulder dis,
located, as stated, and will be confined
70 the house for some time. The horse
received considerable injury from the
gunshot, but it is thought veterinary
surgeon can heal the wound
Year: 1871

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Year: 1871

AS a matter of interest to our citizens we
here append synopsis of the bill and, as
this is a subject in which all are interested,
we would be glad to hear from some of our
leading taxpayers in the city, in reference
to it


n BILL TO BE ENTITLED An ACT TO AUTHOR


1ZE THE CITY OF WILMINGTON TO FUND THE


CITY DEBT AND ISSUE BONDS.


SEC. /, The General Assembly of North Caro-
lima do enact, That it shall and may be lawful
for the Board of Aldermen of the City of VII
mington to authorize the Mayor of said city to
issue bonds, of the denomination of five hundred
and one thousand dollars each, to be made
payable at the expiration of 10, 15 and % years
after the first day of January, 1872, bearing in
terest at a rate not to exceed per cent per an
num- with coupons attached for such interest,
payable semi annually.


SEC. 2. Prescribes the form of bond.


SEC. 3. That the bonds 80 issued shall not ex-
eeed the sum of 800 900, in the aggregate


SEC. 4. That the Board of Aldermen of said
city may authorize the Mayor to iss1e any por-
ton of said bonds to the holders of any of the
bonds Of said city, now outstanding, if in their
judgment the interest of the city 4lay be pro-
NOTED by the exchange of the same
of said bonds issued, provided for in this act,
shall be exclusively applied to the payment of
the debt, now outstanding, against the said city;
and the Board of Aldermen shall levy tax upon
property of the citizens of said city, to provide
for the payment of the interest that may accrue
upon said bonds, and in like manner provide for
the payment of the principal of said bonds, as
tn may severally mature, by creating sink
ing fund for that purpose, or otherwise accord
ing to their judgment


SEC. 6. This act shall be in force from and af-
ter its ratification. -
Year: 1871

whirled aloft and flung in advance,
while fragments of composition roofs
made Internal FIRE brands, and hissed
with fierce combustion as they few,
Before such a storm as this any city IN
the world would have persisted, and if
Chicago had extended forty miles in the
direction Of the wind twould have been
swept throughout.


Every one has some strange experience
to relate. The wife of one Of the first
citizens Of Chicago man Of great
wealth and whose house was famed for a
genial hospitality-was separated from
her husband, and with two small children,
driven into the edge Of the lake, and
crouched shivering in the shallow water
for hours, when she ventured upon the
land again, and walked six miles TO the
house Of friend. The daughter OF a
prominent gentleman who had one of
the handsomest residences in Chicago,
aud was well able to enjoy it, was OBJ
liged to-take her place, with basket on
her arm, in line Of sufferers seeking
food, and there was recognized by ruff
fan and thrust out Of the line with an
exclamation Of joy that she was on the
same level with the rest Of us now. A
resolute business man, believing, for an
hour or two before his store was swept
away, that the fire was uncomfortable,
succeeded in removing quantity OF
valuable goods to the lake shore. When
the fiery hail descended there, he
found tub which he placed on his
head, and remained brushing the EN-.
bers from a lot OF goods, and wet
ting them; and, when the danger
was over, he had the satisfaction Of as
certaining that he had protected, with
desperate energy, and at the risk Of his
life, the property Of another. His pile,
left unguarded, was consumed. While
the black smoke was still ascending and
the streets were hot, the wind swept
through the ruins, with the breath and
dust of Sahara sirocco business man
made his way to the ruins of the court
house, and there he declares he saw
flying across the square white owl lie
is not an imaginative or superstitious
person, but most literal and exact in his
statements, but he confesses to have
been slightly disturbed TO see an owl
lust then. 1t had an uncanny look, even
to q prosaic person. The great bell of
the city was in the courthouse, and the
noise that it made in falling was heard
through all the uproar by almost every
body. As the fire became irresistible
the great bell was sounded necessarily
to warn all hearers Of the peril that beset
them. The clamor ceased as the fire
took possession of the courthouse, and
then the long reverberation Of the bell
as it tumbled and crashed down the
tower, and the great, dull, far resounding
throb that it gave when it struck the
earth, seemed to the maddened fugitiyes
driven before the flames something
superhuman--a voice calling that all
was lost.
Year: 1871

Miss Cushman's representations Of
Meg Merriles, now given at New York,
are said to be even more faithful TO ma
ture than they were Of yors. The gran
deur Of her conception Of the character
is only surpassed by the vehemence Of
her embodiment Of it. She fills the
stage, and the subtle influence which
she extends beyond the footlights TO the
audience. 1t may safely be affirmed
that this lady is without rival on the
tragic stage.
Year: 1871

easiest way to pat stop to such riotous pro-
ceedings as occurred in Washington Market On
Monday is to carry out the proposed plan of
selling all the public market property to pri-
vate citizens, or any enc who will buy it at
its proper value. When the Cooperation
ceases to be the lessor of market stalls, and
the people have a chance Of erecting markets
by private companies or otherwise, we shall
have something respectable in the way Of mar
kets, which will be credit and not disgrace
TO the city.
Year: 1871

Our SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT AT AMIENs
telegraphs that the Emperor of Germany is so
seriously indisposed as to be unable to review
had intended doing. His Majesty has been
ailing for some weeks past; but, although an
cid man, he has remarkably vigorous consti-
tuition and will doubtless get over this last
attach
Year: 1871

THE ELECTION which takes place tomorrow
In New Hampshire has not as yet called forth
any very warm canvassing by the politicians
on either side. An unusual apathy prevails
regarding its result. 1t is generally conceded
that the removal Of Mr.. Sumner will reduce
the republican majority, but no one claims
that it will effect democratic victory.
Year: 1871

union and Southern confederacy. His last
speech in the Senate, on the compromise
measures of 1850, was sort of prophesy Of
disunion. He died disappointed man. but
his Southern disciples. filed with his Southern
constitutional chop-logic, took up his grand
ultimatum Of Southern confederacy, and
among the first fruits of this movement we
find from the Northern reaction the radical
abolitionist of Massachusetts,, Mr.. Sumner,
made chairman on Foreign Relations in the
United States Senate. This change from
Mason, that pugnacious Shareholder, subse-
quently Of the Confederate States firm of
Mason and Slidell, marks the practical begin
ming OF the great revolution which, we may
say, is finished with Summers removal from
his post by his own party in the Senate.


Sumner, at war with the administration,
now takes the place Of the factious Calhoun,
as Massachusetts, in the government has taken
the old dictatorial position of South Carolina
General Grant, the President and the recog-
nized head Of his party, comes forward like
jackson, to enforce discipline as master
OF the camp He has, above all,
grand programme marked out touching
our international and commercial interests
and our manifest destiny" 1t embraces
comprehensive settlement of all our outstand-
ing accounts with England on a solid basis of
peace; central position in the splendid
island of ST. Domingo for the absorption of
the great trade of the West Indies, and half
way house there for the vast SOU adrons Of
ships which, with the opening of the Daren
ship canal, will pass and repass between New
York and the Pacific and the Oriental nations
and islands of Asia. Mr.. Sumner, as an
impediment to all these grand designs, has
been removed. The republican party in the
Senate has elected upon this issue to stand by
the President and there is no other course of
safety to the party at large. Mr.. Sumner and
his friends may, perhaps, be strong enough to
break down the administration and the party
if they chooses but from Grant to the demo-
cracy they will be out Of the frying pan into
the fire.


Still, there is great danger that this attempt
of General Grant to introduce the discipline
of regular army into this free militia organi-
zation of the republican party may break up
the whole concern Tie State election in New
Hampshire tomorrow, we expect. will throw
some light upon this subject. They have had
time enough there to form judgment upon
this removal of Sumner. The New Hamp-
shire republicans are intelligent men, and they
fight for their party like old soldiers. If
therefore, tomorrow New Hampshire shall
60 for the democracy, it will be sign of an
impending general republican breakup.
Otherwise, it is probable that the sacrifice Of
Sumner will be accepted by the party as the
casting of Jonah overboard-an act required to
save the ship.
Year: 1871

1t will be seen therefrom that the contested
will has been admitted to probate, and to this
extent the validity of the instrument is estab-
iished. The decision in full is very lengthy
document, the Surrogate evidently desiring to
present every detail and salient point in the
testimony for and against, with his own co.,
cluslons thereon, not only in justification Of
his ruling, but for the benefit and guidance
OF the Judges of the Appellate Court, before
which 1t is determined to carry the case.
Year: 1871

dollars Of such assessed property ;
and that the money so raised shall
be applied to the use Of said town.
The said Town Council shall have
power to enforce the payment of
all taxes levied by the said Town
Council, 10 tho same extent,
and in the same manner as is now,
or hereafter shall be, provided by
law for the collection of the gen
eral State taxes.


Sec. Sc. That the said Town
Council Of Cokesbury shall have
power to regulate sales at auction
within the limits of said town. and
to grant licenses to auctionccrs !:
Provided, Nothing herein con-
tanned shall extend to sales by
Sheriff, Clerk OF the Court, Judge
of Probate, Coroner, Executor or
Administrator, Assignee in Bank.
ruptcy, or by any person, out of
the order, decree Of any Court,
Justice Of the Peace, or Magis-
tratc.


SEQ. 81. That this Act shall be
deemed a public Act, and shall
continue Of force for twenty years,
and till the end Of the session of
the General Assembly of said State
then next following and all Acts
Of interpretations or amendments
thereof repugnant thereto are
hereby repealed.


(TO be C0ntinued.l
Year: 1871

A PERPETUAL MONUMENT OF Fol
LY.-Still more wanton and ridicu.
lous was the demolition of the
magnificent mansion of M. Theirs.
There are no persons living in the
world, except these Republicans
who would have conceived and
carried out spiteful revenge in
so paltry manner. Even the de-
sign fails of its accomplishment,
because any future government.
no matter what it's character. will
be found to make good the loss
and damage, and those who have
done the mischief will have to help
in doing so. The books, paint-
ings, and other works Of art and
vcrtu will assuredly be restored,
and there will be no difficulty in
finding another house for Theirs.


Although at his age he must
have felt seriously this disturbance
of his household goods, yet he
takes the matter very philosophi-
cally. He, in turn, is to take his
revenge, and he has already de-
clared what it shall be. His house
has been razed to the ground, and
only a heap Of rubbish remains.
The land on which it stood cannot
be carried away like the library
and furniture. He says he will
leave everything exactly as he
finds it on his return to Paris, and
by his will prevent his heirs from
ever disturbing it, so that the scene
may continue a perpetual memento
OF the disgraceful conduct of the
authors of the mischief This, and
the absence of the well-known
Vendome Column, will be enough
to cover the perpetrators of the
wanton misdeeds with everlasting
shame.
Year: 1871

Oh, beautiful Queen of the summer,
With roses royal red,
And sunsets-5right with the glory,
From heavens own portal shed.
We have said farewell for sea son,
To thy beautiful herald May,
And with hearts that are filled with sadness :,
Welcome thy beauty to-day.
For when the green fields of the harvest,
For the reapers were growing white,
And roses were dropping their Grim son


leaves


And fading away in night
We watched with hearts that were breaking
By our stricken darlng's bed,
And listened with feeling akin to awe,
To the childish words he said.
And we knew by the shining radiance
That circled around his brow,
That his feet were on the Journey


Toward where he is resting now.
Wei bv the patient sweetness,


That meekly bore the pain,
That never more with childish mrth,


He would gladden. our home again;
And we gathered the childish treasures
And sat by the little bed,
And tried to comfort the weary hours,


That all too swiftly fed.
For his feet were nearing the rivers brink
And the resilesss hands grew chill,
And tried to smother the Rachel civ,
But my soul would not be still
For the lips we're growing purple and chi II
But still with their latest breath,
He sighed my name TIL, forever more,


They were silent and still in death.
And when in the Sabbath stiffness


He lay in the darkened room,
With sweet, pale face and waxen bands,
There was nothing there of gloom.
For l thought, what our darling had SAT-
was true,


Though bowed beneath the rod,
He was sin a nice place Sunday
Whose maker and builder is God.
Year: 1871

Bathing in the Dead Sea pro-
duces as novel sensation as il
you found yourself suddenly en-
dowed with wings, and emulating
the feats of a tumbler pigeon in
mid air. You become clumsy
float, q top-heavy buoy, swollen
cork, the instant you are in its
waters, and arms, legs and body
are apparently endowed with the
strangest qualities. 1t is as if
heavy weights were affixed to each
directly you attempt to move, and
experienced swimmers fail in their
best strokes, by means of the un
natural buoyancy with which they
have to contend. Your limbs are
on the surface, and you cleave the
air with your hands, the moment
you try to swim, and the man who
would be drowned as soon as he
was out of his death in any other
sheet of water in the world is the
one best fitted for bathing in the
Dead Sea. He eau not sink in it.
let him do what he will. 1t is as
if he were encased in life belts,
or sprawiing on feather-bed. If
he lean back and throw his feet up,
it is exactly as if he were resting
in a peculiarly well stuffed easy
chair, with a leg-rest to match.
He may fold his arms, turn on one
side, lie fat upon his stomach OR
back, clasp his knees with both
hands, or draw toes and head to-
gether, in the shape the human
body would assume if crammed
hastily into jar with its extrem-
tiles left out. and all with no more
possibility of sinking than if he
were in so much soft sand. Woe
to him if he be tempted by these
unusual facilities TO stay long IN
the water with his head uncovered
The bare and rocky walls Of the
low-lying caldron which holds the
Sea of Death reflect back the burn
ing sun and concentrate its rays;
and coup de soleil will. be the all
but inevitable consequence of his
imprudence. Two Of our party en-
tered the water, and remained in
it for some seconds before they
recovered their heads, and the re-
suit was severe shooting pains.
sickness and dizziness, which last
ed until their immersion, an hour
later, in the refreshing waters Of
the Jordan Woo, too, TO the in
experienced stranger who, follow
ing his rule in other bathing, dips
his head as well as his body in the
Dead Sea. Inflamed eyes and nos
trils. together with hair and beard
laden with acrii salts. are among
the penalties of his rashness while
if he taste its waters, he becomes
acquainted with greater concen-
tration of nastiness than had en-
tered into his Imagination before.


Ia buoyancy and bitterness the
Sea of Sodom exceeded all we had
heard or read respecting it; but il,
some other particulars our antici-


pations were falsified surprisingly.


We looked for gloom, and we


found brightness we had ina


glned turbid waters, and we found


lake exquisitely clear and deli


cately blue; we expected perfect


silence and an unbroken waste,
aid we found the birds singing


sweetly among the tamarisks and


oleanders, which spring up wher-
ever stream fnds its way from


the mountains to mingle with the
mysterious inland sea- Harper's
Weekly.
Year: 1871




Pacific Ocean in Flames .-The
Fate OF a Nan who burnt up
Mountain LAX in Fifteen Minutes
A Remarkable Story.


In the Sacramento Daily Union
Of recent date appears the extra
ordinary statement of one Leonidas
Parker, written before his death,
and giving what purports to be the
true account OF his connection with
the murder Of George Summer
field The latter individual had
been known for many years as 'The
Man with u Secret and he met
with horrible death at the age of
seventy years, by being pushed
from the platform of train upon
the Union Pacific Railroad near
the north fork Of the American
river, at place called Cape Horn.
The unfortunate wretch was hurled
downward distance of over one
thousand feet upon the bristling
rocks at the foot of the declivity.
Parker, who was upon the platform
with Summertield at the time Of the
catastrophe, was twice arrested and
tried for the alleged murder, but
was on each occasion mysteriously
acquitted, once by a justice and
the second time by grand jury.


Parker was him self a distin-
guished lawyer of Sacramento, and
was widely respected. He always
remained silent concerning the cir.
cumslances of the imputed crime,
but shortly before his death he
placed in the hands of friend q
document, the gist of which we
give below, the entire story taking
up nearly page of the Union.
! Referring to Gregory Summer
Year: 1871

Was compounded for those not inclined to
extreme bitters, and is intended for use in
ca ses when some alcoholic stimulant is re-
auired in connection with the Tonic proper
ties of the Bitters. Each bottle of the Tonic
contains one bottle of the Bitters, combined
with pure SANTA CRUZ RUN, and favored in
such manner that the extreme bitterness OF
the Bitters is overcome, forming a prepara-
ton highly agreeable and pleasant to the pal
ate, and containing the medicinal virtues Of
the Bitters. The price Of the Tonic is $1.50
per bottle, which many persons think too
high. They must take into consideration tn at
the stimulant used is guaranteed to be of a
pure quality. A poor article could be fur
nished at a cheaper price, but is it not better
to pay little more and have good article
A medicinal preparation should contain none
but the best ingredients, and they who ex-
pect to obtain cheap compound will mos
certainly be cheated.


They are the Greatest known Rem


edies
For LIVER COMPLAINT, DYSPEPSIA
NERVOUS DEBILITY, JAUNDICE,
DISEASE OF THE KIDNEYS,


ERUPTIONS OF THE SKIN,


and all diseases arising from


Disordered Liver,


Stomach, or I'M


PURITY


of the


BLOOD.
Year: 1871

demonstration against the insurgent National
Guards assembled in the open space between the
two boulevards and In front OF the Grand Hotel and
Grand Opera, the first Of which is situated on the
corner of the Boulevard des Capucines and the Rue
de la PSix, while the Grand Opera House stands
somewhat back, but fronting the open space already
referred to.


The crowd Of citizens descending the Rue de 10
Paix encountered the insurgent National Guards
drawn up across the street just north OF where 1t
enters the Place vendome, where the headquarters
of the Nationals are situated, and which they nave
held possession Of since last Sunday when the gov
ernment forces evacuated Paris. AS we understand
the dispatches, the purpose Of the mob was to
Year: 1871

march through the Place yendome towards the Rue
de Rivoli and it was to prevent the accomplishment
Of this purpose that the terrible Of slaughter
was enacted.


As the figures on the map and the reference notes
below 1t indicate the most formidable demonstration
took place on the Rue de la Paix. Previous to the
slaughter, however, there seems TO have been
serious affair on the Place vendome, and we are
inclined to believe that this must have been the
southern side, the mob coming up the Rue Cas-
tglione, as in the subsequent shooting the crowd
assembled in the boulevards and marched down the
Rue de Ia Paix towards the Place Vendome BY
the first volley there were only about five persons
killed, although many were wounded, but by the