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Year: 1873

Itreports be true, there are men
in Washington Countrywide are 10y


al to the Conservative party only
for the purpose Of ruling it, 1t is
very boldly charged by very many
persons that an alliance has been


clandestinely formed between a dis
affected portion of the Conserva-
tiyes and Radicals. We confess


that the charge comes with a de


gree Of evidence which clothes it


in very plausible habiliments.-


These gentlemen cannot be permit
ted to face both ways. They must
either submit to party discipline or
march squarely out Of the party. 1t
is folly to alledge that in the alb
sence of nominations they are free
10 chose, except by the prompt
shedding ofthe party cuticle. The
radicals select those candidates
most acceptable to themselves and
least acceptable to us. Moreover
a single radical hug is generally IA
tai to conservative virture. This
means ploughing with the rad
ical heifer. 1t is simply political
whoring with the enemy. 1t makes
the radicals the arbiters Of our cOun-
ty matters, it paralizes the conser-
vative will and it leaves those who
thus 90 to the enemy in such po-
sition that they can, and are pretty
sure 20 remain there. We warn
these gentlemen that it draws the
party lines. The thing, wont 60
down the throats of the people, but
they will spew such disloyalty out
oftheir mouths. Without mincing
matters we had Just as well say that
the charge seqRs, perfectly well de-
fined and upon this evidence there
are those who will go before
the country, and from this time un-
til the 4th day of November they
will cry aloud and spare not these
instigators of devilment in the ranks
Of our party. csaim is county do
mination and its end cannot be 10y
atty to the Richmond ticket. You
may swap the State ticket gentle
men, but you cannot defeat it
Moreover we mean to assert fatty
that you cannot send up mongrel
delegation from Washington Coun-
ty, nor can you make ofyour pres
ent movement figure s for the
next congressional canvass, leaving
yourselves standing in its middle
ready to face either way! The
people are watching you with more
than three thousand eyes, and they
will pelt You on the 4th proximo
with MANY a fearless ballot.
Year: 1873




Second. That the chief purpose of
the Conservative party of Virginia is to
secure to every citizen of this Com
monwealth, whether native or adopted;
of the white or cOlored race, exact and
impartial justice, and TO promote by
wise and beneficient legislation, the
prosperity of our whole people.


Third. That the Conservative party
of Virginia. disclaiming all purposes of
captious hostility to General Grant,
will judge him impartially by his
official action, and will cordially CO.
operate in every measure of his admin
istratiOh which may be beneficent in
its design, and calculated to promote
the welfare of the people and to culti-
vate sentiments of good will between
the Union.


Fourth, That the interests of large
section of this Union, no less than
those of Virginia, demand the speedy
enlargement and completion of the
great James River and Kauawha wa
ter line that should connect the wa
ters of the Ohio with those of the Ches-
apeake, affording to the teeming pops
ulation of the West cheap trauspOrta-
llOH vi tIltlI lIOuuNlS W hIC iJOiiiI WI
of shipment and marts of trade in the
East. The completion by the govern
ment of this great design of George
Washington would be an additional
bond of union between the commu-
mites whose products and cOmmO-
dities would pass over the lite of the
great national work.


Fifth. We recognize as a funda-
mental political truth, that upon the
intelligence and virtues of its people
must rest the prosperity, and powers
pre-eminence of State. We point
with pride to the successful establish
ment and progress of the free SchOoi
system of Virginia, inaugurated and
conducted under circumstances of pc
culiar difficulty. for which we are
indebted 10 the wisdom and zeal of a
Conservative State government. Lib
eral provision ought to be continued
for the support and retention of the
free schools for the white and colOred
races respectively.


The resolutions were considered
seriatim.


General Early objected to the reso-
luton relative to James River and
Kanawha Canal, as he thought it Il
matter in the interest of the Great
West and entirely beyond the control
of the United States Government.


The report and resolutions of the
committee were carried almost un6ni-
mously, only one vote being cast in the
negative.
Year: 1873




The State Committee.


l. There shall be State Committee,
composed of three members from each
congressional district. Such members
shall be appointed by the President OF
the Convention on the nomination of
their respective congressional delega-
tions: provided that such nomination
shall be made By at least a majority of
such districts concuering; otherwise
and in default of such nomination, the
president shall make the appointments
for such districts,


Vacancies in any such delegation af-
ter the same shall have been formed,
shall be filled by the committee upon
the nomination of the remaining men,
bers from such district.


The State Committee thus constitu-
ted is charged with the affairs of the
party, and shall have power to perfect
its organization and to direct its con-
duct in obedience to the declarations
and policy of the party as the same
shall be sent forth by this Convention.
1t may decide all questions at issue
which may arrise liz election districts
Year: 1873

Writing to the London Times, nanti.
cal correspondent thinks the error of Cap.
Ain Williams in allowing the Atlantic to
veer 60 far out Of her course, though at
first sight objectionable, was not without
some excuse, and details what was almost
wre * Of the Delta, of the Cunard line,
in 1867. He writes:


"In August, 1867, was passenger
from Newfoundland to Halifax in the Cum
ard steamer Delta, one Of the vessels that
went to the relief Of the passengers Of the
Atlantic. She was at that time command
ed by man wht besides etand;ug high US
y sailor, was considered to havo more ex.
perience in the navigation Of that coast
than any man living, and who had been
employed on this particular service for
many years. The usual fog prevailed
throughout the voyage, but all went we'll
till tho day before arriving at Halifax
when, ut about o'clock in the afternoon,
tho captain having just come of duty,
there was sudden ehout of breakers
ahead, AMI, on rushing on deck, a mass
Of rock loomed up about fifty yards ahead,
just on the starboard bow. The first
officer had given the order to reverse the
engines, but the moment the captain saw
the state Of things, he, with presence of
mind and coolness that I shall never for
get, gave tho word to drive full speed
ahead, and though the men hesitated ut
first to pass the order, he was obeyed, and
putting bis helm hard up at The same time,
he actually succeeded in pushing the ship
over q lower edge Of rock that ran out
from the main body, and though sho
struck heavily, there was bv that time
sufficient lorce,to carry her over into clea.
Water beyond. She was,of course, good
deal shaken, but the sea being pretty
smooth, sho struck upright on her keel.
The captain told me afterwards that If the
ship had been stopped or even reduced her
speed the swell would have carried her
broadside on tho higher rocks, aud she
would have gone to pieces in a moment.


sit turned out that the Delta had struck
on revf of Country Harhos, about eight y
miles north Of Halifax, having gone
eighteen miles out of her course. should
add that the lead was kept going the whole
time.


"Now, in this instance, here was ar
officer who was rs familiar with the coas
as any ono could possibly he, but even b,


was deceived by these extraordinary ant
apparently unAccountable currents. II
then, u man Of such local expcrienc,
could be carried eighteen miles out Of hi
course. is it to be wondered ut that Cap
tain Williams, who it appears had neve


been to HALIFAX before should have bcel


the victim OF similar delusion 2"
Year: 1873

Vulcan himself, with ell the swarty
giants that worked at the gods smlth-
les under Etna, never owned such an
anvil as will soon be in use in the new
rolling mills, at Woolwicb, England.
For long time past the engineers
have been busy at the Royal Gun Fac


tories OF the Arsenal in constructing
this Titanic piece of ironmongery, and
they are now depositing in it's place
the enormous plate which is to form
the bed of the anvil block. This
plate weighs of itself 1O7 tons, and had
to be cast of necessity in an open
mould. The surface which is to 10
ceive the anvil block, lay, therefore,
downward, and when after many weeks
the colossal casting grew cool, it was
Deedful to turn the huge mass COM
pletely over. At the appointed time
an army of sturdy smiths undertook
this task with hydraulic jacks, and a
combination of the strongest tackle;
before night they had lifted the mon
strous lump of solid metal, twenty.
two feet square, and since then they
have laid it on its bed upon the rock
like structure of concrete and piles
made to receive 1t. The anvil block to
be mounted on the huge plate will
weigh only tride short of 200 tons,
and the steam hammer which will strike
upon it is made of thirty-five tons of
solid metal, the blow, at full force be.
ing, of course, tremendous. In fact, it
is rather doubtful what will happen to
Woolwich and its vicinity when the
lightly piece of mechanism gets to
work. That the earth around will
shake and the air roll with measured
thunder seems probable; for nothing
like this stupendous forge has ever
been set to work since the bolts of Jovs
were hammered. Thor's famous weapon
was q mere driver of tin tacks con-
trasted with it; and, indeed, the old
Norske god, for all his huge strength,
would be puzzled to throw this Wool


wich tool-which, taking all its metal


work together, weighs hard upon 500
Year: 1873

THE CREATION, ACCORDING TO THE Mo-
Docs.-Mr. Joaquin Miller, in his book en-
titled ''Life among the M)docs," has given
some picturesque sketches of Indian life and
and traditions. Among much other interest
ing matter he tells US that the idea of the
creation of the world, as it was entertained
by the Modocs, now verging on extinction in
accordance with the demands of modern civ
ilization, was this: The Great Spirit made
Mount Shasta first of ALL He pushed down
snow and ice from the skies through hole
which he made in the blue heavens by turn
ing stone round and round, till he made
this great mountain; then he stepped out OF
the clouds OH the mountain top, and descend
ed and planted the trees all around by put
ting his finger on the ground. The sun melt
ed the snow, and the water ran down and
nurtured the trees and made the rivers. After
that he made the fish for the rivers out of the
small end of his staff. He made the birds
by blowing some leaves which he took up
from the ground among the trees. After
that he made the beasts out of the remainder
of his stick, but he made the g-izzly bear out
of the big end. and made him master over
all the others. Having doue that, the Great
Spirit converted Mount Shasta inIo wigwanl
and its volcanic eruptions are the outcome OF
the fire that he lights in the centre of tha
mountain. The development Of man was Of
later occurrence. The daughter of the Great
Spirit, venturing too far, got astray, andfe
into the power of the grizzly bears, and she
was forced to marry one Of them, and the
red men were the fruit of the marriage.
These red men were taken under the protec-
ton of the Great Spirit; but the grizzlies
were punished by being compelled to walk on
four feet, whereas before they had walked on
two. To this day the grizzly bear is never
slain by. the red men, who recognize in him
sort Of kinsman.
Year: 1873

A MODERN MARTYR. When only a few
weeks ago, the cholera was raging in the
slums OF Berlin, young physician, scarcely
past his thirteth ye made himself remark
ed by the boldness and persistency with
which he entered the infected quarter and
the apparent recklessness with which he ex-
posed himself to the contagion. 1t is worth
while that his name should be recorded and
well remembered. 1t was Otto Obermer.
He had another object besides that of re-
lisvlng and, il possible, curing, the poor
creatures whom he visited; lie proposed to
himself to investigate, in the presence of the
living pestilence itself, its causes and its de-
yelopmelt. At last, the brave young soul
thought that he had discovered the clue; and,
with heroism as far above the heroism OF
the battle field as it is nobler to sacrifice ones
self to save men than to destroy them, he re-
solved to test his discovery upon himself.
1t was an awful experiment.; Obermeir knew
full well that he staked his life against the
hope of conquering the cholera. Obtaining
from one OF his patients some of the deadly
cholera germs, he went deliberately to his
room, placed a table with pencil and paper at
his bedside, lay calmly down upon the bed,
opened vein in his arm, and inserted the
deadly poison. He thought he had discover
ed how to neutralize it; If so, man was mas
ter OF the pestilence forever more. But he
was wrong, and the error was fatal. He
lived seven hours, and then died; but during
those seven dying hours the young hero OBJ
served with scientific exactness, the effects
and progress of the diAease upon him, and
one after another he noted his observations
down, until within the very half-hour
when the spirit left the body. These
notes are pronounced to have the highest
value, and will serve the commission with
new facts of the first Importance; and so the
dying legacy of Otto Obermeir may, after all,
lead to the victory which he condemned him
self to selfdestruction in trying to achieve
Appletons' Journal.
Year: 1873

grathylhS the irate and savage feelino of the
inHictor; Wnen this is the case ho 4; Mo
greater brute OF the two, and moreovor q g.
for his pains. iooi


We remember once seeing a horse that had
been left standing in cart at a door yvaii-
quietly away, which gave the driver a run IN
bring him back. Getting up to the horse. he
beat MN unmercliully. On our remonstrat-
ing with him on his conduct, and STATING tba
horse could not know why he was so abused
the savage said he did not care for that. he
had had the trouble of coming after him, SO
he would take it out of him." We fear
many such feelings bring punishment where
the cause of it is as little known to the ami
mai. We merely instance the very simple
process OF teaching a horse to stop at the
word of command as perhaps the most SIM
PIE OF any lesson we may have to teach him.


we Should always consider, before we at
tempt to punish any animal that we may be
teachlng THAT has only instinct 20 guide him)
that the punishing rational or irrational
animal are two very distinct things. We
may hog or lmprison a fellow for any given
offence, because he is told, and knows this
punishment is the consequence of such
offence; to tue irrational animal we must
make the tear OF punishment or the anticipa-
tlon OF reward also evident, or either the one
or tbe other VIII have no effect. We cannot
tell the horse what he is to expect. so IL is
only by repeated results we can teach bin
the consequence of any one act of his. We
might cane boy if he refused to move from
the fireside, or another if he was riotous to
an unbearabe degree, and should by such
means procure the desired end; so we might
use the whip to a horse that nothing else
could rouse into activity, and here we should
also succeed; but if we used the same means
to make hasty, hot horse go quietly, we
should, as matter of course, make him ten
times worse; and why? simply because he
would not know what he was whipped for.
Yet we have seen many sapient people adopt
this course; and many equally absurd things
are done in the common way of educating,
or we should say, spelling, horses. Such men
want educating more than they.-N. b. Ag-
riculturist
Year: 1873

The above are examples of Policies now in force
and are not exceptional Illustrations but actual and
uniform results of insurance with this Company 1t
viii be seen that nearly all these Policies have more
than doubled in mount


There is no "Mystery" or "Swindle' about this.
Inc experience OF THIRTY years Of this GREAT
leading Company has shown The most satisfactory
results, with which every Policy holder is satisfied


Let those who doubt, call and see for themselves.
Year: 1873

An advertiser in the London Times re-
marks to his departed wife, "After you had
elored for the third time distinctly told you
that should not be at the trouble of running
after you again" Thus the poor woman
will go straight to ruin, and all for the lack of
q little patience.
Year: 1873

The Charleston Ne'ss and Courier says that
"the man who is thoroughly in earnest has no
time for personal adornment." The men of
the South must be terribly in earnest, if this
be the test.


The hide of the white whale is found to
furnish a very superior article of leather
when properly dressed-and that style of
dressing, formerly kno yn as COW hiding, is
hereafter to be called whaling.
Year: 1873

1t seems that sumptuary legislation is no
new thing in the State of Pennsylvania.
Many years ago the Legislature passed law
that mo member thereof should come to the
house barefoot, or eat his bread and cheese
on the steps,"
Year: 1873

A good mother was trying to explain to a
young hopeful the other day about Sighting a
gainst the devil. Alter telling the little fellow
who the devil was, and how hard he was to
successfully resist, he turned around and said
Mamma, I'd be scared at the,,old devil; but il
was to come across one Of the little devils I'd
knock the stuifing out ofhim."
Year: 1873

aChristian It is really exceedingly difficult for
man Is liable to detection. Circumstances may
thrust the mask aside. No one ever went through
the lie OF hypocrite without some suspectlng.
III lying Ups are an ab0mlnation to the Lord. how
much more is hypocrisy to God


There Is only one remedy ior insncerity, and
that is to seek from God reality If outwardly we
do not correspond to the inward life make the in
ward life right and


THE LIGHT WILL SHINE THROUGH.
Confess to God and strive to make your inward life
pure, but do not profess what you do not feel.
There was good woman in Monmouth county,
who often confessed what a sinner she was TO Mr.,
Tenney, and once he said, 81 always knew it,
madam. All her sorrow and humility was gone in
q moment, and she sald ''Sr, am as good as you
are any day"


need not enlarge on the principle that sincerity
Is q pr0digious secret OF power i'll true religion,


GUIDED OF GOD


and directed by the Holy Spirit. Sincerity is
power whose eloquence Is irresistible. II man
can be sincere 1t VIII work wonders; II you cannot
do anything ese for Christ you can be sincere you
can be true, and God Will take note OF it, Cody
sincerity--tne truth OF Goblet 1t shine, let it
speak, let 1t work, let it live. You need not be
afraid to be seen II you are what you profess to be.
Be honest with yourselves, be honest with God, ana
II you seek salvation God will vouchsaic 1t.
Year: 1873

should love their neghbor as themselves Godlf.
ness uf life crowned the whole. This was the Iif3
of the soul. The godly man win live soberIy,
righteousy and gody. There was grand and
mOmentOus work 90 be accomplished before they
could enter on the life to come. They should be
faithful and prayerful. They must deny them
selves, take up the cross and have their lamps
trimmed and burning. They must stand before
an awful tribunal. They should not be so mean
and ungenerous as TO


SERVE THE DEVIL


all their days, and at the end enter the service OF
the Lord. IL was true that Christ pardoned the
thief on the cross, that his pardoning grace was
sullcient for all things, but how much better to
enlist early under the banner OF the Cross, and
through Inc to fight the good tight OF faith with
what noble assurance SUCH a one can enter through
the gates OF heaven and Join there the glorious
army OF Christian martyrs Lie was short ana
eternity was long. They should live, not i0r tho
present Life, bat Tor the coming eternity.
Year: 1873

This World q Poor Portion for q Man


An Excursion to Hcaven-A Glimpse OF
the Eternal Orchestra-The Giorics Of y


Christians Eternity.


Az the morning service yesterday, which was
largely attended, Mr.. Tsimage presented the story
OF caleb and his daughter Achsah as the basis OF
an earnest sermon on the unsatisfactory portion
we have IN this world and the glorious life that
Year: 1873

THE Suns FRANKS NoRTHwARD.-A
letter dated at Hoistcinburg, Greenland,
July 10Th, says The days have now
commenced to shorten with us, though we
are able to read at midnight without the
aid of candle-light. On the Sd, pavsy
of us climbed tho hill SO that we might
lock at the midnight sun for the last time;
for on the next night it hid its lower limb
below the horizon. An island prevented
us from seeing the horizon. The sun
commenced to disappear behind 1t, and at
midnight all we could see was its upper
limb; it then began to rise again. The
sun, instead of rising in the east and set
ting in the west, as we were taught at
school, rises here north by east and sets
in north by west. 1t is now rapidly
changing its place of rising and setting,
and in six months will rise and set in the
south; then it will begin to travel north
acairs
Year: 1873

We find in an exchange something of
interest to lawyers. The United States
Supreme Court has decided a somewhat
important case, in the suit of Perham vs..
Way. The point is, that where a debt
exists payable by promissory note, owner
ship in the debt and claim cannot be
transferred by legal process Of execution,
unless the note accompanies the sale and
is delivered to the purchaser. Accord
ing to the opinion Of many, promisso-
ry note is not debt, but an evidence of
debt. The liability exists without ref
erence to the paper upon which the proof
of the obligation is written. IL the note
should be destroyed, the fact that the
debt is due, morally, could not be
destroyed with it. This would be
the case, undoubtedly, in regard to
ordinary contracts, the terms Of which
might be established by writing.


Promissory notes, in commercial trans
actions carry the debt with the paper up
on which the note is written, il the
transfer has been according TO the terms
of the law. The particular case to which
we refer, came up on note which was
held by a person who had joined the re-
bellion. The process was in the nature
ofa confscation, and the debt was at
tempted to be sold without the posses
sion OF the note. The claim was bought
by the debtor and maker of the note,
who thereby supposed that his obliga-
tion was discharged. This was denied
by the decision of the court, which thus
establishes a doctrine us curious us il is
important.
Year: 1873

A new style headdress is band of
inch-wide black velvet placed just above
the forehead, over the forehead curls, and
is tied behind under the coil aud stream
ers left hanging.


The bow of hair is used very much
again, as well as powdered hair. Dia-
mond dust is disfavored, white snow
flake or violet powder are sought after.