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Year: 1872

GRANT AND AMNEsrY.-The Supreme
Court of the United States recently decided
that the President had full complete and alb
solute power to pardon all offenses against the
Government and that such power cannot be
interferred with by Congress Grant in his
message pretended to be in favor of general
amnesty, and yet. when the bill came up in the
Senate. his righthand supporters and servile
tools in that body defeated the measure. If he


is really in favor of amnesty, and desires to
"let us have peace" why don't he issue proc


amation of general amnesty? 1t is within his
power to do it, and if he is sincere in his pro-
fessions, why ask Congress to do that which the
Supreme Court says he has the complete and
absolute power of doing himself1 Grant don't
want amnesty, is the only answer that can be
given. He must make some show of favorng
it, and accordingly he stuck recommends
ton in his message well knowing that his Sem
atorial lackeys would in accordance with his
private suggestions, defeat any effort in that
direction He is about as much in favor of
amnesty now as he was in 1870 when he
turned out of office every Federal oflice-h holder
in Missouri who favored the removal of the
political abilities of the Democrats of that
State.
Year: 1872

BLOWN FROM CANNoNS.-The British Off
GERS in the East Indies still cling to the most
barbarous and inhuman method that conld be-
devised in furnishing the rebelious subjects OF
her majesty in that far.of' section of the world.
The London Times of February Ilth, in an ar
ticle under the heading of The Kooka Exc
cutions." says that information has been re-
cciyed ut the Home Office fixing the responsi-
bility of those executions and that after the
complete suppression of the mutiny, Deputy
Commissioner Cowan selected fifty men to be
shot. Upon the scene of execution one broke
away, ran at Mr Cowan, and was cut down
The others were blown from guns on Deputy
Commissioner Cowan's own responsibility
The unfecling wretch who could be guilty OF
such barbarity is not tit TO wear the British
uniform, or to occupy any position other than
that of convicted murderer on the scafiold ];
and if his government sustains him in his brutal
and inhuman conduct, it is enough TO damn the
British Government for all time to come Ty-
ing men TO the mouths of cannon, and blowing
them to pieces, in this age, is enough to con-
sign to eternal infamy the name of any nation
that would countenance any such 4 diabolical
proceeding.
Year: 1872




Out in a. Western fort, some time ago, the
major conceived the idea that artillery might be
used effectively in fighting with the Indians, by
dispensing with the gunlcarriage and fastening.
the cannon upon backs Of mules: So he AK
plained. his views, to the commandant, and it
was determined to try the experiment. A how
itzer was selected and strapped upon an ambu-
lance mule, with the smuzzle pointed toward
the tail. When they had secured thesgpn and
loaded it with ball cartridge, they led that calm
and steadfast mule OUT on the bluff, and set up
a target in the middle of the river to practice
at The rear of the smule was turned toward
the target, and be was backed gently up to the
edge of the bluff. The officers stood reund in
a semi-circle, while the major went up and In
serted timesfuse in the touch-hole of the how
itzer. When the fuse was ready. the major
lit it and retired. In a minute ar two the hith-
erto unruffled mule heard the fzzing back
there on his neck; and it made him uneasy.
He reached his head around to ascertain what
was going on, and as he did SO his body turned,
and the howitzer began to sweep the horrison.
The mule at last became excited, and his curl
osty grew more and more intense, and In a
second or two he was standing with his -four
legs in a bunch. making six revolutions min
ute, and the hoWitzer, understand, threatening
sudden death to every man within half "a mile.
The conmandant was observed to climb sud-
denly up tree; the lieutenants were seen
sliding over the bluff into the river, as if they
didn't care at all about the high price of uni
forms; the adjutant made good time toward the
fort; the sergeant began to throw up breast
works with his bayonet and the major rolled
over the ground and groaned. : In two OR three
minutes there was puff of smoke, a dull thud,
and the mule-oh! where was he? A solitary
iackass might have been seen turning success
i've back-solnersaults over the bluff, only to rest
at anchor finally, with bis howitzer at the bot
tom of the river, while the ball went off to-
ward the fort; hit the chimney in the Majors
quarters, ratified the adobe bricks down into
the parlor, and frightened the Majors wife in
to commissions. They do not allude to it now,
and no report Of the results of the experiment
was ever sent to the War Department.
Year: 1872

An Abode OF Burglars In Westchestcr


COunty-The Attic OF q Sacred Edificc


Converted Into . DEN Of Robbers


What Their Stock i'm Trade Consisted


or.


While some workmen were engaged making al
terations in q church situated near Bronx
vile, little station on the Harlem Rail-
road, in Westchester county, and about
fifteen miles distant from New York. they acci-
dentally discovered, q day or two ago, the head
quarters Of gang Of burglars in the attic
of the edifce. It may be mentioned
that the modest place OF worship indi-
Gated stands in an isolated grove, about hall
mile from the railroad and within the limits OF
the town OF East Chester. The attic Of the church
has never been used for any purpose, and the only
access TO it from the body Of the edifce was
by means OF step-ladder employed only
by the sexton when he climbed to the interior Of
the spire for the purpose OF ringing the bell.
While efecting some alterations IN the wall at the
opposite end OF the building to that In which the
belfry was situated the carpenter found that the
attic had been used as o


RENDEZVOUS FOR BURGLARS


fitted up with rude table, chairs, Q Kerosene
stove tor cooking and sundry other culinary uten-
sils. In an elaborate satchel were discovered over
looking revolvers-one Of them q seven
shooter with a "skull-cracker" forming the
asry Of eo
dilapdated articles of wearing apparel, evidently
intended as disguises for the gang, were also scat
tered around, together with box OF backing,
brushes and other appliances OF the toilet.


Unfortunately for the ends of justice, the work
men who made the discovery at once carried or


tbs BURGLARS EFFECTS,


thus preventing any possibility Of their cap
ture. Captain Mangin, OF the Yonkers po-
lice, having been informed Of the affair
on Thursday, lost no time in proceeding
to the now abandoned haunt or the burglars,
without being aware that any of the articles had
hpn diaturhed hafOra % aQchiuU 10 cuot q
Captain found to his morifcaiion, that the impie-
ments had not only been removed, but that the
affair had gained such widespread nOto-
riety as to battle all attempts look.
ing to the capture Of the robbers.
Al large number Of keys for unlocking freight
cars and railroad switches were found among the
to throw trains from the track were perpetrated
by this nest OF villains.
Year: 1872

Why He Let Himself Be Missed and Where He
Turned Up-Ths 0.d Story of Hard Drink
and Peculation-What q Bookkeeper
Can Do on a Small Scale with


Small opportunities-A Les


SON to Trustful Employers
Year: 1872

A BEAUTIFUL WoMAN.-The Ierceptive fac
ulty of women is usually keener than the
same chronological organ in men. Women
knows that beauty rather than genius is
worshipped by the sterner sex. man may
talk with his lips Of the latter to his lady.
love, but the keenpess of the woman knows
that he is thinking of the former in his heart.
All women have an innate desire to please
their beaux. They are fond of admiration
hence one of their longings is to be beautiful.
The grand secret of female beatty is health
the secret of healh is the power to eat. digest
and assimlate proper quantity of whole
some food. Take Vinegar Bitters. 1t will
cleanse the stomach. tone the vital organs.
give perfect digestion, purify the blood,
clear up the complexion and produce state
of mental and physical electricity, which
gives symmetry of form. bright eyes, white
skin, glossy hair and genuine type of female
loveliness, which no cosmetic can compare
with.
Year: 1872

4 curious case, which is intended to combat
Professor Tyndall's idea Of testing tho efficacy
of prayer, is found in the story Of Dissenting
exhorter in England This man had acquired
considerable local fame, and he attracted the
confidence OF o lady who heard him. After lis
sermon, she went tobim to relate an incident Of
perBonalexperienco which, es she thought, might
afford him apt illustration fer his ezhortaions.
The preacher listened to her with peculiar
interest and in great excitement; and, when she
had finished, he requested her as special fayor
not to repeat the circumstance until ho should
come around again. It VAS some time after that
the preacher visited the locality, and ho found
the same lady among his audience. As 3 con-
cIusion to his sermon on the value OF prayer he
said that, few years before, q lady living in IN
out-of- -the-way paco, in an old-fasllioned house,
and almost alone in the wing in which
her bedroom WAS situated, discovered,
upon retiring to her room at midnight, that
man WAS concealed under the bod. She Was
afraid to so out, lest the burglar should suspect
that she was going to call for help, and 80 ct
tack her. She took oat her Bible and read the
parable Of tho Prodigal Son. Then she kneeled
down at her bedside and prayed aloud. She
prayed for those who had been exposed to temp
tation, for the outcasts, and the wrong-doors.
She begged that she might be spared from peril
during tho night. She asked that
mercy might bo vouchEafcd to all who
repented Having concluded her earnest
and eloquent prayer, she rotircd. The burglar
came from under the bed aud said to her: II
mean you no harm, maam; Z am going to leave
the house, and thank you for your prayers" He
then went away, and tho lady soon heard him
i,,r,ninc- out of the window to the lawn below
s'The good woman Of whom I hnyo told you,"
added the ezhortor, in q broken voice,
sis with Us now, nnd the sinner to
whom her simple womanly prayer was
shame, remorse, penltence, and 8 future Of re-
pentant expiation, is he who here con[esses him
self to you and his Maker" The story isan af-
footing one, and no doubt truo. It scarcely serves
however, to meet with tho requirements OF Pro-
fessor Tynda11's test, IT, indeed, it is desirable
that they should be mot. The deep emotion with
which the exhorting preacher told tho story utter
several years had elapsed attests tho Impression
which the lady's prayer had mado upon ham, but
not necessarily that it had brought about any in
terfercnce on the part Of Providence. To have
proved this, it would have been necessary to ut
ter tho prayer in silence, that none but God might
have heard it. In this case it may be regarded Us
doubtful whether the burglar would have come
out from under the bod SO meokly, abandoned
his intention OF robbing the house, and turned
e1horter for the conversion OF the rest of man
kind. But, il the incident cannot be accepted
as a final test for the efficacy Of prayer, it may
at 1enst serve as model for the treatment Of
burglars in cases where ladies find themselves
alone Mel will probably avail themselves OF
aix-eh ootera.
Year: 1872

Some of the Grant papers
are endeavoring to make a
strong point against Greeley
by asserting that Tweed and
some other individuals of ques-
tionable honesty support him.
This hardly strikes us as being
exactly the point. Suppose
some thieves do support Gree.
ley, that is not his concern,
nor is he responsible for it.
But should he support a thief
the thing would be changed
materially, and his friends
would have good cause to find
fault and his enemies to criti-
else. While Greeley may be
supported by this class of gem
try, who are sure to be found
betting on the side likely to
win, Grant is supporting Casey,
Leet and Murphy, and a host
Of thieves far worse than any
that will vote for the Philoso4
pher. People very well know
that man can't help who sup
ports him, and when success Is
sure he will always he will al


ways be followed by a host of
disreputable men. Bot a Pres.
ident is responsible for the
people he supports, and if they
prove to be thieves, and he
continues his support, honest
men will usually consider him
as approving Of their conduct,
Year: 1872

A Brazilian Marquis recent
ly killed his wife's lover and
brought his head to her on q
silver dish, decorated with
parsley. There is no knowing
how much comfort that poor
widowed heart took, in seeing
the taste displayed in serving
up the departed,
Year: 1872

HAS MADE THE MOST AsToNIsHIN
CURES. so QUICK, SO RAPID ARE
THE CHANGES THE BODY UNDER


GOES UNDER THE INFLUENCE


OF THIS TRULY WONDER
Full MEDICINE. THAT f73
Euery Day an Increase Of Flesh and


Weight is seen and Felt.
Year: 1872

Perhaps no one medi.
cine is SO universally
required by every
body as q cathartic,
nor was ever any be.
fore SO universally
adopted into use, in
every country and
among all classes, as
this mild but efficient
purgatiVe Pill. The
obvious reason is,
that it is a more relia-
h1a and for moro Of
Year: 1872

Strong efDrts are being made 10 array
the religious sentiment of the country
agains. The turf The religious senti.
ment is farreaching and all-powerful =
liberal-miuded diyiues declare that it is
the abuse aud not the use OF speed
which is stirring up formidable opposi-
ton. The majority of men have nat
ural tondness for the horse. 1t is not
the awkward, clumsy brute they admire,
but the animal OF graceful form, lofty
carriage aud nimble actions. As the
flight of the swalI0w is more snimating,
more in harmony with the lines of beau:
ty than the vulgar waddle Of the duck,
SO the qnick fo, t-falls OF the fleet thor
ough bred or the well trained tr tier are
more Inspiring than the snail like creep
of The pondrt us draft horse. We glory
in speed, w,ll knowing that without
grace there can be no speed Besides.
The Aeet horse is sign OF progress. lie
is part of the fruit borne by the tree
of culture. He is one of the lnilestqpes
which measures the broad era Of ciyiliza-
ton, and as such be is attached by a
bond cf sympathy to civilized man.
Then it is not because he has speed in
bis limbs that the religious element turns
their back upon him, but because knave-
ish men too often prostitute his powers
and make bad use OF his speed. sa.s


Religion is sometime intolerAnt AMI
welded 10 superstition, although inielli-
genoe Is the foundation and stepping,


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Year: 1872

FACArAC NAlLhOAD COMFANA'


As an independent journal we are ever
ready to oppose monopolies, and have exert
ed ourselves in opposition to the granting
of subsidies In all cases where-private In
terests were being subserved at the expense
Of the public good. We cannot but think,
however, that the healthy public sentiment
against subsidies has been used for un-
worthy purposes. 1t has come to be the
fashion that in cases where interested par
ties wish to break down any rising public
man to stigmatize him as having been
"bought BY the railroad influence" As
an instance, We refer to the nomination of
Page of Ell Dorado county blythe recent
Convention at Sacramento. There were
two principal candidates: Porter of Ala
media, and Page of Ell Dorado. Now, curl
Gus as it may seem, Porter was backed by
the Sacramento Union and by the Central
Pacific Railroad Company. A sufficient
number of votes had been secured to nomi-
nate Porter, but it so Bappesed that Por-
ter was distasteful to the friends of Sargent,
and they went to worE;ahd bursted the
"slate" and Page was nominated in opposi-
tion to the railroad company. The next
day the Sacramento Union comes out and
tells US that the nomination of Page was
brought about by the railroad eompany,
when the very reverse is the fact. For
our statement IN reference to the edufuence
which brought about the nomination OF
Page, we have the highest authority. We
refer to this matter to show that there is
good ground for the growing suspicion that
the cry of "railroad influence" is being
used to cover other ulterior designs San
Jose Patriot.
Year: 1872




WnY ruE NEGRO WAS CREATED BLACK.
That the negro was formed for the eli
mate Of Africa tho whole structure Of his
body unitcs to prove. First, as n pre-
lection to the brain against the direct
rays Of the sun. his hair is made to grow
short and curly, aud he 10 furnished with
skull Of enormous thickness. In no
other being do we see the wisdom OF tho
Creator more clearly exhibited than In
the construction Of the African. The
soles Of his feet are overlad with thick
layer of fat---a bad conductor OF heat
thereby enabling him to walk at ease over
the burning sands, and forming for him
q far better protection than any contriv.
andc the art Of man could devise And
now you may ask why did Godmake the
African black9 ! answer. in order that
he may be able to keep cool in that tor
rid climate. A black surface will radiate
or part with heat much more rapidly
than white one, an experiment that any
one may try Take two vessels that are
in every respect the samc-two tcapots
for instance; let one Of them he covered
over with lamp. black, then ill them both
with boiling water, and you will find the
black one will be cold much sooner than
the bright one believe oil scientific
men agree that since the creation OF man
a large tract Of land stretching out from
Africa TO New Holland has been sub
merged and is now covered by the lndi.
an Ocean. This would readily account
for the negro being an inhabitant of that
country, and such change must have
very much modified the climate Of Aus
tralia. | have no doubt that ia past ages
the different races Of men must have been
FAR more numerous than at the present.
Those great revolutions that raised the
Alps from the bed Of the ocean. which
submerged whole continents while they
brought Others into existence, must have
swept away whole races OF men. while
others were lost sight Of, like the ten
tribes Of Israel. through amslgamation.
| think it 10 plain then that the African
was distinct race from the beginning,
aud that the only reason for forming him
as he is was simply that all tho earth
might he inhabited --Tsw York World.
Year: 1872




Specimen Of the Facilities Afforded by


nOOsier 1.egislRtiOn.


The Louisville Ledger is responsible for the
following


A woman in indianapolis was in poor health
and fearing that in case she 0hOuld die her
husband would obtain the control of certain
property that she possessed, she visited her
sister in Louisville, Kentucky, in order to car
ry out scheme which she had projected to
prevent it. While staying with her sister she
crossed the river TO New Albany, where she
rented house for three months, and on this
transaction based a residence there. She then
instituted a suit for divorce, after which she
returned to her husband in Indianapolis
About year ago she received \ telegraphic
despatch requesting her immediate presence
in Louisville in consequence Of illness in her
sisters family and showing this to her hus-
| band, he readily consented to second visit to
that city. At this time she again went over
| to New Albany, where she received her decree
| of divorce, which she quietly put in her pOck-
| ct and carried home. 1t is possible that the
Husband would have never known what had
taken place, at least during her lifetime, had
he not excited her ire by insisting one day too
much on his own way rs the head OF the fam.
| lily; upon which she very curtly informed him
that he need not try to tyrannize over her, a
she was not his wife, ,at the same time produc-
| ing the documents to prove her assertion. l.
| The husband was more than astOnished; bu
| he insists upon it that such Il divorce as tina
will never stand, in which opinion he is prob
ably about right.
Year: 1872

to do In room fall Of people. When he
went away at last, he left Rose in fever of
excitement, triumph and indecislon. He had
asked her, at parting, If she meant to walk
the next morning, and she had told him yes
feeling confident that he would meet her.
and ask the question he had not been able to
ask that night. Yet strange to say with re-
gard to her answer, she was by no means
clear 1t is one thing to Ike man and flirt
with him to the very verge of love-making,
and quite another to promise or intend to
marry him. Rose had long since taken the
first step, but when II came TO the second,
she had still sense enough to pause. She
knew what storm Of opposition she must
expect from her parents what an outcry
from the world but these things counted
little with her. In the ignorant boldness of
youth she was ready to defy them. The fear
that tugged at her heart-strings, the fear that
made her hold back, was the fear of Kennon
himself. Not the fear of what his life had
been and might be yet-for there, again, her
ignorance made her bold-but the fear of his
love, the dstrust of his sincerity. She had
felt ii always, more or less but, nOtwith-
standing that he had never been so devoted
as on that night, she felt II that night more
than ever before Perhaps 1t was his strange
departure from the cascade, or that 'former
acquaintance" with her sister-in-law, of which
he had spoken so lightly, or the earnest gaze
in Alice's eyes when she met them once or
twice, or perhaps only that intangible some
thing which can always be felt, If not de
tected, in an acted or spoken falsehood


Whatever it was, the fact remained the same


Once at least, before it was too late, she
wavered-once at least asked herself whether
the gain was worth the risk. But such ques-
tions are easily answered when years are few
and impulses strong. eff must be misera-
able, thought the girl of eighteen, ''it is bet
ter to be miserable with him than without
him. Besides, do believe-I will believe
that he loves mel" And so the die was cast.
When she laid her head down on the pillow
that night, her decision was made-she would
accept him, and abide the consequences.


Continued in Saturdau's Commercial.