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Year: 1873

and accumulate currency 1t will be done, and any
excess in the legal tender circulation over
$780, Will be restored to the reserve TO the
last dollar. AS long as the government owes
money, and it Is necessary to draw on the reserve
to pay current Indebtedness, IL will be done with
out hesitation or limitation, but for other pur
pose.n


These views OF Secretary Richardson are under
stood TO be most heartily endorsed by the Pres
ident, who In his Annual Message, will at length
call attention to the diversity OF opinion on the
subject OF expansion, and the absolute need OF
reserve, which win make the Treasury Department
almost independent OF financial revulsions. While
he is most anxious that specie payment shall be re-
sumed during his term OF ONCE he realizes shat
the main obstacle is uncertainty every year as to
the amonnt Of currency which may be needed for
commercial purposes The unparalleled growth OF
industry In all sections of the Union-wnich Is to
be one OF the points in his forthcoming Thanksgiv-
ing Proclamation-he thinks requires the modifca-
ton OF the system OF banking laws. He does not
even say what should be done, but in connection
with internal improvements he will alude to the
bearing better financial system would have on
increasing industrial pursuits in all parts OF the
country. The new SILVER trade dollar has attracted
his attention, and he believes If 1t were in general
circulation would be accepted by the people or the
United states, thereby creating o new demand for
silver ere and . corresponding development OF the
mining regions.


Civil Service Card for the Elections.


The President and the heads of the several de-
partments have recently expressed themselves
more than heretofore in favor OF the civil service
system of appointments, they have already, not
withstandng me briel period ofits existence, been
relieved OF much annoyance By orice.seekers either
In person or BY the .mportuuisy OF friends, Many
Year: 1873

Canal Feeder Washed Away.


WILMINGTON, August 2l.-The feeder
of the Delaware and Chesapeake canal was
carried away at two o'clock this morning,
causing the loss of portion of the Della
ware railroad company's bridge. A large
force is working on the repairs, but there
is much TO be done before traffic can be
resumed. There will be no peach ship
ments by rail to-day.
Year: 1873

CENTAUR LININIENT. -
The great discovery of the
age. There is no pain which
the CENTAUR LINIMEST Will not
relieve, no swelling which it
will not subdue, and no lame
ness which it will not cure.


This is SIN onp Language. but iJ
Year: 1873




THE BACKsLIDINd PRIEST. An
drew Cozzolini, the aged Italian who re-
sided in damp and contracted quarters in
the vicinity of the Old Market-house, and
who, during the course of an extended res
idenco here, lived in abject squalor, persu-
ing the occupation of orange peddler and
fruiterer, who died a few days ago, is said
to have been, years ago in the sunny land
in which he first drew breath, priest of
no mean repute, noted for piety, scholarly
attainments and the austere practice Of the
tenets Of faith almost as old as recorded
history. To an acquired taste
for wine is said to be due Coz,
zolini's retirement from a profession
which in an earlier and better day, he bid
fair to adorn by his zeal, learning and
piety. 1t is believed that he had resided in
this city most of the time since he left
Italy. During his residence here so far as
VIC can learn, he had not given himself ex-
tensively either to women or wine. His
object, Judging from his actions, seemed to
be rather the accumulation Of money. In
deed it is reported that he had in his pos
session during the late war more than one
bag of gold coin. AS he has all along
been sedulously persuing his accustomed
avocation his golden boards should have been
augmented. Whether any of his gold will
turn up for the handling of the public
administrator remains to be seen. We pre-
sumo not
Year: 1873

INJUNoTED.-Mr. Casper Wendlinger
is improving his Bank-street property by
building a brick tenement adjoining Mar
shall Hall. In building he has made incl
sions in the walls of adjacent tenements to
put in .joistsa proceeding which the own
ers threaten to resist by an injunction, if
they have not already done so.
Year: 1873

The storm of the past week continues,
the rain falling in torrents all last night,
flooding many cellars aud doing other
damage. The streets have been thoroughly
cleaned. The wind is northeast.


Whally, the member of the British
parliament, who has been in this and other
cities in search of evidence for the Itch
borne claimant has sailed for England.
lie said his visit was entirely satisfactory
in all respects and its object had been fully
realized.
Year: 1873

THE Low BACK CAR Some of our
most fashionable ladies are now frequently
to be seen on the prominent thoroughfares
driving bareheaded in poney basket
phetons, acting for the nonce the part of
Jehu themselves. Whenever We see this
we are constrained to think with Engard,
"It's naughty, but it's nice.o A PROPOSE
ton, we learn, will soon be submitted to
the feminine ton of Franklin street and the
west end to form cavalry company, and
then the dear, gushing ladies, who look so
bewilderinglY beautiful in the subdued
character of Jehus, will be enabled to APP
pear at once as Amazons, with boots and
spurs.
Year: 1873

CORN OR Coal ?-The question now
is, shall we use corn or coal for fuel the
coming winter? Previous to the recent
rains it was said that we would have much
the largest crop this year in Virginia that
we have had since the war, and everybody
agrees that the rains of Sunday and yester-
day have insured an addition to the
expected yield of not less than 80 per cent.
These rains have extended at least all over
Central Virginia
Year: 1873

A TALE OF MANS PERFIDY AND
WoMAN's FOILY.-A communication
signed "E" appears in this mornings
Enquirer, which relates strange tale of
mans perfidy and woman's folly. 1t reads
as follows:


"And the angel said unto me, 'Write.'
I'll write it i: Sometime ago Miss Cor
son, of poor but honest parents, in Gull
ford county, was employed as compan-
ion to an old lady in Greensboro, whose
son was then a mail agent on the Rich
mond and Danville road. He would ar
rive in Greensboro late in the night, and
this pretty young girl had to undo the
door and let him in !; and as the sequel
shows to her own undoing. Not long since,
under the pretence Of the girls visiting
her relations in some place in Indiana,
city of Richmond, and there they put up
at private clearinghouse. But the
crime soon leaked out. and they had to
leave the house. ieE


Then they went to housekeeping in
Richmond. But the girl was neglected and
badly treated, and she wrote home to her
parents telling them of it, and gave the let
ter to this mail agent to mail. He broke
into it and read it and tore it up, and
wrote another letter dating it from the
place in Indiana to which she had seeming
ly started, and then inclosed this in letter
to the postmaster out there telling him what
to.do with it. and signing his name and office
as mail agent. The postmaster 'smelt a
rat'' and sent on the letter to the postmas-
ter-gcneral. In few days the mail agent
received his walking papers," and l have
heard that the postmistress in Richmond
got wind of it in some way, and had him
dismissed.


But the saddest is yet to tell !: The poor
girl died in childbirth while he was away,
no one with her but an old negro
woman, and the infant he afterwards had
placed In front of one Of the orphan asy-
lums in Richmond, and it, too, died in a
few days. If he had just boldly braved
his error and weakness, and in the face of
the talk Of the world, had thrown his arm
around this poor young woman as her mar
ried husband, and worked for her and pro-
tected her through life, then this pen would
have been silent. But as it is, let him
catch the scorpions tail that every true
newspaper man should fix to his quill to
lash the seducer through the land. The
man is still in Richmond.


We have instituted enquiries in regard to
this matter, and have learned in addition to
what is related above that the unfortunate
young woman was named Letitia Causey,
not Cosson, and that her alleged seducer is
one Lawrence w. Townsend. He was
dismissed from service in the United States
postal department on the 18th of August.
On the 9th instant, doubtless in consequence
of the affair above, the department ap-
pointed Mr.. Crittenden in place of Town
send. As we learn, the man Townsend left
this city yesterday for Greensboro, North
Carolina. As the above is an ''o'er true
tale" and sad one, and points its own
moral, we do not propose to add anything
by way of adOrnment
Year: 1873

They say, writes Max Adeler, that
the chief astronomer at the Wash
ington observatory was dreadfully
sold few days ago. A wicked
boy, whose Sunday school experl.
cnce seems only to have made him
more depraved, caught a FREELY,
and stuck it, with the aid of some
mucilage, in the center of the
largest lens in the telescope. That
night, when the astronomer went to
work, he perceived blaze Of light
apparently in the heavens, and what
amazed him more was that it would
give couple of spurts and then die
out, only to burst forth again in a
second or so. He examined it care
fully for a few moments, and then
began to do sums to discover where
in the hcayens this extraordinary
star was placed. He thought
he found the locality, and
the next morning he telegraphed all
over the universe that he had dis.
covered new and remarkable star
Of the third magnitude in Orion.
In n day or two all the astronomers
in Europe and America were gazing
at it for hours until they were mad,
and then they began to telegraph
to the man in Washington to know
what he meant. The discoverer
took another look, and found that
the new star had moved about
eighteen billions of miles in twenty.
four hours; and upon examining it
closely, he was alarmed to perceive
that it had legs! When he went on
the dome the next morning, to pol.
ish up his glass, he found the light
ming bug. People down at Alexan-
dria, seven miles distant, heard
part of the swearing, and they say
that he infused into it much whole
souled sincerity and vigorous en-
crgy. The bills for telegraphic de-
spatches amounted to $4,000, and
now the astronomer wants to find
that boy. He wishes to consult with
him about something.
Year: 1873

The Davenport Gazette gives the
following mode by wpich the Ill
inois merchants evade the Illinois
railroad law.


The business Of the c., r. I & P.
railroad in this city has increased
considerably lately, owing to q new
light that has been shed upon the
minds of merchants and manufac-
lures in Rock Island and Moline.
Freight for the east is taken, and
from the east is received here, at
rates that are not exactly up to the
standard Of the terms imposed by
the Illinois law. In other words,
while special rates on Rock Island
and Moline freight are not allowa-
BILE under the Illinois law, they are
allowable under the Iowa law. So
now the shrewd gents over the river
order goods and other purchases at
Chicago and the east shipped to
Davenport on the best terms posi-.
BILE to be made, take the same from
the freight house here in any way
they please, and have it transferred
across the river to them. This lit
tie plan OF "getting around" the an
ii discrimination law of their State
has such happy effect that they
bid fair to continue it for al time to
come, should the law not be repeal.
ed. And it is said that the mer.
chants in the towns on the line Of
the road in the interior of Illinois
really envy our neighbors over the
river in the facilities thus afforded
them.
Year: 1873

We always think of great men as
in the act Of performing the deeds
which give them renown, or else in
stately repose, grand, gloomy and
majestic. And yet this is hardly
fair, because even the most gorgeous
and magnificent of human beings
have to bother themselves with the
little things oflife which engage the
attention Of US smaller people. No
doubt Moses snuffed and got angry
when he had a severe cold in his
head, and if a fly bit his leg while
he was sitting in the desert, why
should we suppose he did not jump
and use violent language and rub
the sore place? And C@sar,-isn't
it tolerably certain that he used to
become furious when he went
upstairs to get his slippers in the
dark and found that Calphurnia
had showed them back under the bed
so that he had to sweep around Wild
ly for them with the broom-handle?
And when Solomon cracked his era
zy-bone, is it unreasonable to sup
pose that he hoped around the
room and looked mad and felt as if
he wanted to cry? Imagine George
Washington sitting on the edge of
the bed putting on q clean shirt, and
growing at Martha because the but
tons were off; or St. Augustine with
an apron round his neck having his
hair cut; or Joan Of Arc holding her
front hair in her teeth, as women do,
while she fixed up her back hair; or
Napoleon jumping out of bed in a
frenzy to chase mosquito around
the room with pillow; or Martin
Luther in night-shirt trying to put
the baby to sleep at o'clock in the
morning; or Alexander the Great
with the hiccoughs; or Thomas JEFF
ferson getting suddenly over fence
to avoid dog; or the Duke of We'll
lington lying in bed with the mumps;
or Daniel Webster abusing his wife
because she hadn't tucked the COW
ers in the foot Of the bed; or Jona-
than Edwards at the dinner-table
wanting to snceze just as he gets his
mouth full Of hot beef; or Ben Frank.
lin pairing his corn with q razor; or
Noah standing at his window at
night, throwing bricks at q cat
M0c -Adeler.
Year: 1873

tie further down the counter she
bought a whole piece of fine and
costly linen, observing which the
knight Of the parasol came down
and begged her to re-examine his
assortment, Of which he had con-
trived to unearth an altogether diff
ferent and better collection. She,
too, fell below the requirements Of
the occasion, and bought her para
sol without enlightening him upon
her discovery of his stupid mistake.


A lady, large and lovely, a serene
Quaker goddess, made some bcnev-
olent casual remark to the clerk
with whom she was trafficing, just
as she would have patted the head
of strange dog who might have
run up and shifted at her gown, and
the little whipper-snapper clerk
followed her to the door and-wink-
ed at her! And when she stood
staring at him in her first amazed
consciousness of his individual ex-
istence, he winked again! Thus va
cuous do the gods make the human
skull, yet furnish it with all the gan
glia of life.


Happy those merchants who can
secure the right sort OF clerks!-for
a right sort there is. / bought a
table-cloth of him yesterday. l had
forgotten to take the size of the ta-
Bile, or pattern of the color to be
matched. Patiently he evolved my
probable needs from my fragmen-
tary facts, discussed pleasantly the
presumptive evidence, and seemed
as much interested in the harmonies
Of my dining room as if he expec-
ted to eat there thrice day during
the remainder of his natural life.
Did he deceive me? Not bit. /
know OF surety that my dining
room was no more to him than the
peanut stand on the common oppo-
site. Ne and it he has already
alike forgotten. None the less was
his momentary and friendly, but
not familiar assumption of interest
in me and mino altogether winning
and encouraging; and doubtless
also was it, for that moment, alto
gether sincere. His sympathetic
and refined nature does unquestion-
ably and spontaneously ally itself
for succor and good cheer to all
who appeal to him. May his kind
heart, his welcoming face and his
engaging manners be u mine OF
wealth to himself and all his EN-.
ployers and dependents.
Year: 1873

Tho Tory newspapers Of England arc begin
ming to complain OF Liberal Proae Agency"
which promu1gatog tho Government news to tho
Liberai papors before tho Opposition pross can
got it. Whether tho possession Of tho telegraph


sYstem by tho Government facilitates this pro-
toct or not. is not stated. Wo should infor that
such was tho caae it is certain that this iB but


one stop removed. aud TINT tho Government uac
OF telegraph monopoly for this purpose will
follow. It Is not alone d matter Of furnishing
tho nows at tho earliest datos, but also that OF
giving it D. coloring to suit Government pur~
poaos, to which the Opposition pross Of England
objects. Horo is precisely tho evil against which
tho oppouonta Of tho Government Telegraph
seaamo in this country hare warned the people.
Year: 1873

delusion have some Of, our contemporaries
been swayed, who have been taken with
weakness for this abominable IrisSOtin; in
whom they wish to see first rough-sketch
of our 'Reconcilers between the Church and
the intellect of the world,'"


"Julian is not that type of errorist, who
loses himself, and yet seeks, with a certain
remnant of integrity. He is the learned
fool of our epoch, who tries hard not to
know, who does mt wish to know, so as not
to have to believe, because he doesn't wish
to believe; who doesn't wish to believe, so
as not to have to obey. The scamp took it
into his head to destroy Christianity, because
he didn't see any way within his reach but
that to do big thing" That is very
clearly written on his vulgar visage, full of
stupid dissatisfaction. Julian, nowadays,
is political economist, San advanced think
er, contributor to the Revue des Dear
MondeS, and, mot to hint at anybody in
particular-the biggest bore of them all"
Hitting at Ernest Renan.) "He is going
to enter the Academy of Moral and Poll
tical Sciences; he will be elected by the vote
of Marcus AureHus, for some time president
of that assembly"
Year: 1873

them, it is far better to take the living God, and
bring him, by the language which is given
to US today, to the bosom and heart and
confidence of men.


1t seems strange that minister of the
gospel should declare it :" far better" to sub
Stitute the language of to-day, with its evi
dent meaning of to-day, for the language of
the Holy Ghost, with its divine and glorious
significance. "Once, "-ah, "once, the
blood, and the atonemenf, and the Cross of
Christ, were "living termsll" "once." But
now, something else is " far BETTER


Without any feeling of personal unkind.
ness towards the author of what has been
here reviewed, we repudiate his teachings
with horror. Fidelity to Christian truth,
and to the great Master who is over us all,
will not permit us to do otherwise If he
has right to attack and ridicule the faith
we cherish as dear beyond expression, we
have an equal right to defend the vital prin-
ciples of the gospel against his persistent
assaults. With these facts before him, the
reader will judge for himself whether Mr..
Beecber is the man to instruct the country
as to what should be taught in our public
schools.
Year: 1873

READING THE BIBLE-Read your Bible
slowly. Take time, even if you have but
little time. A great mathematician once
said, if his life depended upon solving
problem in two minutes, he would spend one
of the two in deciding how to do it. So in
reading the Scriptures; if you are pressed for
time land this ought to be rare case,) then
spend the precious moments on a portion of
the chapter. When you feel that the mind
and heart begin to drink in the sentiment,
even Of a single verse, then stop and drain
the heavenly chalice, because the Divine
Spirit is filling the cup
Year: 1873

ing to see how swiftly they pass through
crowds of these boats without ever coming
in contact. 1t was now night; the next day
was Sunday, and We went to church where
we heard an innocent kind of sermon. The
altar was adorned with cross and a cruci6x
behind it, before which the minister knelt
for some time previous to administering the
sacrament. We went out with the crowd,
leaving few persons behind. The congre'
CATION did not exceed forty or fifty persons.
We walked in the plaza of st. Marks, for
exercise, it was filled with crowds of people;
the stores are all open, and hucksters were
crying their wares, "He Ct-Simnie SEE
cymbling seed which they eat, cheStnuts and
other light food. As we walk on the quay
which leads from our Hotel to st. Marks we
hear the cry "He a mayer CT Seminare ci'-
"He a CT pistini ce potatoes" &c. With
such cryS they make the welkin ring all the
time; they are ragged, dirty people, beg
gars meeting you at every turn, of whom it
is said one-fourth of the population consists.
This is not surprising when there is no pos


8bility of raising food on the hundred isles,
on which the city is closely built, covering
almost every spot of ground. There are
about one hundred churches, or one to every
thousand These are all approached by
boats, as there was no possibility of any
other mode of conveyance. Not a horse,
or cow, or pig, or goat is to be found
in the city. Pigeons are public institution
here. They are protected by law, and fed
every day in the "place St. Marks" because
in some past age Admiral Dandola sent by
a pigeon news of his conquest of Gambia. 1t
is very interesting to see many hundreds of
them from u to 2 o'clock, scrambling over
one another o.pick up the grain which is
thrown to them. They are very beautiful
and tame, and will come and eat off your
hand, and every one, even the poor, take
pleasure in sharing their scanty provisions
with them. We visited several churches in
which they were always engaged in worship,
the priest reading or praying in rapid
sing-song manner with his back to the peo


pIe who were kneeling outside the altar, too
distant to hear word that was said or sung.
The famous church of st. Marks diSap


pointed US. 1t is very plain, with nothing
peculiar about it, and far inferior to many
we had visited in other places. The gallery
of paintings is very fine collection by the
old masters. We went through the large
Palace of the Doges, very splendid in its
finish and furniture. The ceilings are elab


orately carved in gilt alto. Altogether it is
worthy of the rulers of this city, once the
mistress of the commerce of the world
The most interesting thing in it is its i'm


mense library of old books and manuscripts,
Year: 1873

VISALIA, Dec. IL.


At an early hour this morning bur-
glars effected an entrance into Kraft's
restaurant, in this town, and were
about to commence operations on the
safe when they encountered an old
man named Grigsby, who happened
by mere chance to be sleeping close
by the safe on pair Of blankets. A
struggle ensned, in which Grigsby's
head was split open with an ak, leav-
ing his brains exposed and his face
terribly battered in with the said wea-
pom. After this assault they escaped,
probably being alarmed. The China
man on entering the kitchen at Ave
o'clock to commence work, found the
old man senseless on the floor in pool
of blood. He was carried to the hos
pital, and recovered sufficiently to de-
scribe his assailant, but not enough to
identify him thoroughly. Several ar
rests have been made. No hopes are
entertained of Grigsby's recovery. An
excitement is occasioned by this out
rage, following SO close upon the MUIR
der of Mexican few days since, and
attempts are being made to form a
vigilance committee for the purpose of
melting out swifter and surer justice
than can be secured by the courts. 1t
is quite probable that before many
hours this place will follow the exam
pie of Gilroy and purge itself of the
many loose and dangerous characters
now flOcking to the town.
Year: 1873

Miss M. Logan, late from the east,
has associated herself with Mrs. Park in her
new Millinery Store. In Lafayette Block, and
Is prepared to do first class work in all Of the
latest styles. Fitting Q speciality deAw