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Year: 1871

A Southern paper remarks that the
New York Tribune begins to realize what
the Union men Of the South have long
known, that the animus and purposes of
the Democratic party are vicious and trea-
scnable, and that it seeks to gain control
of the nation only to betray and ruin it.
The Tribune says:


A Democratic national triumph means a
restoration to power of those who deserted
their seats in Congress, and their places
under the last Democratic President, to
plunge the country into the Red Sea Of
Secession and Rebellion. Though you
paint an inch thick, to this complexion you
must come at last. The brain, the heart,
the soul, of the present Democratic party
is the Rebel element of the South, with
its Northern allies and sympathizers 1t
is rebel at the core to day, hardly able to
reconcile the defeats of Lee, johnson,
Bragg, Hood and Price, and the conse-
quence downfall of its beloved Confeder-
acy, with its traditional faith in Divine
Providence 1t would hail the election of
Democratic President in 1872 as virtual
reversal of the Appomatox surrender. 1t
would come into power with the hate, the
chagrin, the wrath, the modification .of
ten bitter years, to impel and guide its
steps, and would hail the ridings of nation
al bankruptcy with unalloved gladness and
unconcealed exultation. Whatever may
be deserved by our National sins, we must
hope that this disgrace and humiliation
will be spared us.
Year: 1871




We learn from the Alta that the Cali
fornia aud Oregon Railroad Co. have sold
all their land grants in this State and Ore
gon to the Oregon and European Land
Company The grant to the Railroad Com
pany embraced every alternate ood section
of Government land to the amount of
twenty sections per mile along the line Of
the road. In case pre-emption or mineral
claims were located on any of the odd sec
tions at the time the grant was made, the
Company were accorded the right to make
up the loss by floating back on unclaimed
odd sections of Government land.


1t is understood that Joseph Wilson,
ex-Commissioner Of the U. S. Land Office
is the chief agent and manager Of the Ore
gon and European Land Company which
is composed of Eastern and European cap
italists. The new Company obtained the
lands at Government rates, and it is also
reportel that they have agreed to loan the
Railroad Company large sum of money
at an easy rate Of interest. We are also
informed that the Land Company propose
to dispose of much of their land to immi-
grants TO be imported from Europe and
the Eastern States. We get our informa-
tion from private sources and have no rea-
son to doubt its general correctness.
Year: 1871

What has become of Old Litigant Bill
Vaudeville? Did the old cuss die in CIV
ing birth to his bantling? If defunct, is
their none of all to whom his bill brought
bread possessed of gratitude enought to
give the poor devil an obituary notice
When his bill was in embryo, his name
was trumpeted by the Demoratic press,
who saw chemuck in it. provisions, far and
wide for Governor The bantling was
born, and alas none of all now so poor as
do him everence.-Sich is humanity
Amador Ledger
Year: 1871

Many of our exchanges are engaged in
showing the uncoustitutionalitya AMI absur-
dity of some of the provisions of the State
Equalization Act. From all accounts it
seems hard to find an Act of the last Legis
lature that is not either unconstitutional or
SO bungling and contradictory in its provis-
ions as to defy Interpretation.
Year: 1871

A few weeks ago we mentioned that D
We'll 4 Brother had received large lot Of
new Spring and Summer goods. Since
that date they have been receiving large
additional supplies, and now have on hand
an immense assortment of everything de
manded in their line of trade.
Year: 1871

THERE were some silly boys before the
Supreme Court yesterday, seeking admis-
sion to practice law in the Courts of this
State. If their answers be correctly re-
ported they might become shoemakers
with good deal of practice but have no
capacity for the legal profession They
did not understand the principles upon
which the Republic is founded Bee.
Year: 1871

When things don't 60 to suit you,
And the world seems upside down,
Don't waste your time in fretting,
But drive away that frown;
Since life is oft perplexing,


It is the wisest plan
To bear all trials bravely,


And smile when'er you can.
Why should you dread tomorrow,
And thus spoil your to-day?
For when you borrow trouble,


You always have to pay;
It is a good old maxim


Which should be often preached
Don't cross the bridge before you
Until the bridge is reached.
You might be spared much signing,
If you would keep in mind
The thought that good and evil


Are always here combined;
There must be something wanting,
And though you roll in wealth,
You may miss from your casket


That precious jewel-health.
Though you are strong and sturdy,
Not full may be your purse;
And earth has many trials


Which consider worse
But whether Joy or sorrow,


Fill up your mortal span,
Twill make your pathway brighter
To smile when er you can.
Year: 1871

meter by the making of three slight verbal al
terations.
And now the bell-the bell
She had so often heard by night and day,
And listened to with pleasure,
Fen as a living voice
Rung its remorseless toll for her,
So young, so beautiful, so good.
Decrepit age, and vigorous life,
And blooming youth, and helpless infancy,
Poured forth-on crutches, in the pride of


strength,
And health, in the full blush
OF promise, the mere dawn of life
To gather round her tomb. Old men were


there,
Whose eyes were dina
And senses falling
Grandames, who might have died ten years ago,
And still been old-the deaf, the blind, the


lame,
The palsied,
The living dead in many shapes and forms,
To see the closing of this early grave.
What was the death it would shut in,
To that which still could crawl and keep above


it?
Along the crowded path they bore her now;
Pure as the new fallen snow
That covered it Z! whose day on earth
Had been as deeting.
Under that porch where she had sat when


Heaven
In mercy brought her to that peaceful spot,
She passed again, and the old church
Received her in it's quiet shade.
Year: 1871

while laying it, and it was not all laid till
night"


LOVE rules the heart, not the stomach.
You love your wife. or ought to; but fa-
vorite articles of food you like.


OBSERVE should not be used for say, as
in the oft-heard sentence. what did you
observe p
Year: 1871

On the high. sweet-scented turf knelt
in pitiful abandon. young. fair haired
girl. whose black robes swept the spot
where her darling lay at rest.


She did not moan or cry, but unspoken
agony was making her slender frame quiv-
er with deepest emotion.


A little way of, standing stormy and
defiant, was noble, commanding woman,
her sable garments trailing to the very
sides of Winfield Gray's grave.


Her hard, bright eyes were watching
Year: 1871

THE TUG CARRIE DISABLED OFF NEW BRIGHTON


TIE ENGINEER sCALDED-No REPORT OF


THE ACCIDENT MADE.


The collapse of another rotten boiler which
occurred August H. has just to light On the after
noon of that date the steam tug Carrie ruptured her
boiler while of Staten Island, between New Brighton
and Sailors Snug Harbor. The engineer was standing
on deck at the me and the water which was forced
up the pipe fell upon him. slightly scaldng his face and
SIDE The tug taken at once TO pier No 49, N. r.,
where the boiler was taken out and examined. when
the side sheet was removed, 1t found that soft
patch had been substituted for two braces which had
given out, thus leaving space OF by II inches wholly
Embraced The connection inside sheet was bulged n
against the inner connection, for 1t cone boiler
and this had forced the water up through the pipe The
boiler had been put together with screw bolts, and
around each OF these the iron broken that thick
Of not more than sixteenth OF remained to
Withstand the pressure and all Of these the side
of the rupture had been pulled out. 1t was what is
called Philadelphia patent boiler and was built
Inspector Matthews examined 1t Aug 29 1870 and de-
cared perfectly SAFE allowing 90 pounds Of steam TO
be carried The boiler now lies on pier No 49, ard the
huh OF the tug is at pier No. so.


Returning from examination OF the boiler yester-
day, TRIBUNE reporter called at the Inspectors office,
No. % Pne-st. and inquired II the explosion had been
reported there The Inspectors knew nothing about
Inspector Boole said 1t would probably he reported
few days and then 1t would be investigated. His aten
ton then called to the following notice, which is
posted conspicuously in his Office:


and engineers requested By sw report at
collisions EXPLOSIONS, and casualties Of character
able from the date OF the accident Negligence Tscua


en. for the revocation Of the pilots hoens


On beng asked II the case in question did not
under this law and II so what to be done with the
captain and engineer who on the Rockaway,
Inspector Boole said immediate steps would be taken
with the of the Carrie and with Capt Stevens
to ascertain whether they had sufficient for not
reporting the accident II they had not Of course the
law would be enforced.
Year: 1871




Be tt ordained, Tint sections Hfty-seven, fifty
eipht, and hfty-nine OF chapter thrsy-four or the
ordinances Of 1889 be amended and reordained so


81. That she owner or owners OF real estate 'front.'
Ing unon any street or alley along which there
shall be sewer ~ built or Owned by the city sulh-
nually with q tax OF five per cent. upon the cost
of SO much of said sewer as extends in front OF said
p1Sperty estimating the cost az .; per foot tS be
ton OF the city taxes. And should there be on
said lot cellar Of greater depth than eight feet
sessed although the SC yer viii not drain said cel-
lar. The tax so assessed may be commuted at any
time by the payment OF the cost or so much OF
estimated as aforesaid; and when said pigment Is
made the said shall thereafter be ds
ordinance. And all persons who have complied
with the provisions OF the ordinance now In opera
tion, and have paid the amount therein charged,
shall be exempted from the payment Of any fur
ther assessment as required by this ordinance:
And upon such prepayment . deed Of release shall
be executed TO the party by the city Il desired.


So. Whenever the Board Of Health shall deem
1t essential 10 the health Of the neigborhood or
the cleanliness Of any lot, or the owner thereof
shall desire that cuivcrt shall be run from said
chairman o. said board shall report the fact in
writing to the City Engineer, and the Engineer
shall forthwith examine the premises and ar;
Sh the vs m an e na sna saS
other Information as win enable said owner
to construct the same In the cheapest man
ner consistent with the requirements OF the
ordinances Of tie city: and II shall be the
duty OF the owner to make the connection SO soon
as ble after he shall receive such tnforma-
tion In writing from the Engineer; provided the
sewer with which the connection Is to be made
extends along the street which said lot fronts or
along an alley in the thereof and Is sufhcient
to drain the same, as above provided. ana ZOE
this service the owner OF the property shall pay
to the City Collector ten cents for each front 1901
or the property TO be drained by the cuveFt SO ad
of by the Engineer. Any person falling 70 make
the connection within thirty days aitcr RECEIVING
said inform alton shall be fined one dollar z oay
for every day after the expiration Of said thirty
days until such connection be made.


SO. And 1t is urther ordered. that from az. anu
after The Ist dav of january, 1874 no sinks, pits
or cess-pools shall be allowed within the limits Oh
the city, and where there is no culyeft wllnih
reach With which connection may be MADE, earIn'
closets shall be used "a.


Published by authority. E. @. HOWARD;
Year: 1871

Will open in few days at the old stand ga
Broad street, large and well selected stock or an
appertaining TO societies. and also foil stock OF
GENTS FURNISHING GOODS, and would be
pleased TO serve my friends and the public In
general 81


au 30.3t MARX MLTEELuUhEERs b
Year: 1871

D. was bold, wicked man on dry
land. Crossing the ocean once, the
ship was caught in the midst of fear
full storm. D.was terribly frightened,
and was seen to go down upon his
knees, and with uplifted hands, utter
ing the following: 20 Lord forty
one years have I lived and never asked
a favor 0, Lord just set my feet
on dry land, and I will never ask ma
other !"
Year: 1871

The Quitman Ga.) Banner tells
how "infants drowned a baby" in the
following manner: "a horrible affair
occurred on a plantation six miles
west of Quitman, on last Friday, by
which a colored infant, eighteen
months old, lost her life. The infant
aforesaid was left at the cabin, in
charge of an older sister, some FIVE
years of age, while the mother went
to work in a neighboring field. Soon
after the departure Of the mother, two
colored children, aged about six or
eight years, from another cabin on the
same plantation, put in an appearance,
and desired the little nurse to accom-
pany them in quest of blackberries
She told them she could not leave the
baby, but that if they (the visitors)
would take her (the baby to the well
and drown it, she would go with
them. They instantly seized the child,
one taking hold of its head and the
other its feet, carried it to the well
and gleefully cast it in. The mother
soon after received intelligence of the
affair, but, before she could extricate
the child from the water life was ex-
tinct. The children were arrested,
but Immediately discharged, as it was
evident, from their youth, that they
were not legally responsible for the
serious crime committed"
Year: 1871

While Mississippi steamboat was
taking on some live stock, a mule re-.
fused to bulge, SO the mate told the
deck-hand to twist his tail. He twists
ed his tail q twist or two, or perhaps
three, when something appeared to
give way there behind the mule, but
the man never knew what it was. 1t
was lot of mule heels, and the deck
hand left wife and two children in
New Orleans.
Year: 1871

In specuating on the causes Of the recent
disaster to the Arctic whaling ee The San Francisco
Bulletin says


1t is Of course matter OF general surprise that the
fleet should meet with such extensive disaster and
that nearly all the vessos suffer alike. Year aer year
the vessels have visited the whaling grounds and crulsed
through the waters As general proposition eK
perenee must have fsmiarzed the navgatOrs with the
currents and Winds and taught them how TO avoid the
various difficulties encountered In the Arctic. unul
hearing OF the unpublished details, It seemed singh
lar 70 many old as that the vessels we're so generally
caught In the ice. Now the cause apparent seems
that formerly the whales caught In the open ocean,
and u s only within six seven years that they have
fed to the ice, apparently for protection. When the
whales entered the ice-felds, the captains adopted
the same course. In the case OF the recent
disaster the whales abundant among the hoatlng
ice and the ships doing we'll Hitherto during the
months Of July, August and september, northeast
winds have predOmnated, keeping the Ice sa1e dls-
tance from the shore. Indeed It was not deemed e1-
ira hazardous 10 sail between the shore and the ce'
where the open space greater than IN TINS case
where the ships caught strong northeast gale
prevailed the 2h Of August the ice opened and went
of shore and the ships made the most OF the chance 10
secure whales When all suspicious OF danger were al
layed the wind shifted to the southwest blowing quite
fresh and the vessels were hemmed in the ice Tie cap
tain Of one vessel says that oil his experience In the
Arctic and that is considerable he never knew OF such
weather. In August 1870, he was In the neRhbOrhoOd
Of ley Cape and had eastery winds all the TINE IL ap
pears then from the facts NJ our command, that the
present season was exceptional.
Year: 1871

TIE PUBLIC HEALTH-THE UNION DEPOT DE-


NOUNCED AS DANGEROUS TO LIFE-IMPORr-


ANT SUGGESTIONS IN REVERENCE TO


CHOLERA.


The Board of Health decided, yesterday,
that on and after December cellars shall be used
human habtatons, and that they shall be thoroughly
cleaned and placed In proper repair by the owners All
permits heretofore given will be revoked on that date
The counsel Of the Board reported that had no author
fly to allow cattle to be transported the Weebawken
ferryboats and driven to the yards in Forty rsst be-
tween Tenth and Eleventh-aves., dr. ing the day.


City Sanitary Inspector Morris presented report
complaining that the Grand Union Depot Is dangerous
to life He said that the network Of tracks from Forty
fifth TO Fifty fourth-s is crowded with which OBJ
struct the view of approaching trains and that many
accidents have happened since the opening OF the depot
partly consequence Of the additional number OF trains
sent out each hour. He stated that within the past
twelve persons have lost their lives by being
run over by trains approaching leaving this depot
He recommended that the railroad companies be COM
PEELED construct gates at the street crossings or ese
that the trucks be sunk u or "a feet below the level
the street Referred TO the counsel TO asceT
tain the power Of the Board.


The following comparative statement OF diseases was
nFpsented:
Year: 1871

PERFECT NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS.


A motion was made yesterday, before Justice
Brady in the Supreme Court to vacate an assessment
on the estate Of Dean made for the laying Of Bel
gfan pavement in Hudson-st., the ground that the
notice of had not been published in The Neo
York Dispath, which is claimed 10 be "A Corporation
uewspaper and the statute requiring all Corporation
notices to be published in all the Corporation newspapers
The motion was opposed the ground that though the
newspaper was made Corporation newspaper n 1853,
A. was NOT so in 1885, when the assessment was laid and
that the notice was duly published in nine Corporation
newspapers Counsel for the estate said that the order
cOnstituting this newspaper Corporation newspaper
had not been revoked whereupOn opposing counsel re-
pied that list Of such newspapers is made every year.
Decision reserved.


At the conclusion Of this orders were presented
for yaeatng about 100 assessments on property III lrV
ingplace Sixteenth st. and other streets pursuant to


decision in the Court Of Appeals, which s based on
failure to comply with the requirements 0 the btaue
reicrred to above.
Year: 1871

YoUNG WIDows.-The sorrows of
young widow are not ended when
she gets her husband under ground,
as will be seen by the following ex-
tract from letter written by lady
to the Home Journal:


Do you know, girls, what It is to
be a widow? It is to be ten times
more open to comment and criticism
than any demoiselle could possibly
be. 1t is to have men gaze as you
pass, first at you, then at your black
dress, and then at your widows cap,
until your sensitive nerves duiver
under the infection. 1t is to have
one ill-natured person say: 4 Won
der how long she will wait before
she marries again. and another an
swer: Until she gets good chance
[ suppose" 1t is now and then to
meet glauce of real sympathy, gen
orally from the poorest and hum
blest women that YOU meet, and feel
your eyes fill at the token 50 rare
that it is, alas, unlocked fer. It is
to have your dear fashionable friends
condole with you after the following
"Oh, we'll! it is a dreadful
loss; We know you'd feel it, poor
dear And in the next breath:
You will be sure to marry again,
and your widows cap is very becom-
ing to yOu.'
Year: 1871

LEMON FOR A CoUGH.-Roast the
lemon very carefully without burn
ing it; when it is thoroughly hot, cut
and squeeze into cup upon three
ounces of sugar, finely powered.
Take aspoonful Whenever your cough
troubles you. 1t is good and agree
able to the taste. Rarely has it been
known to fail of giving relief.
Year: 1871

Luxurious Flowing HaIr.-ChomicNl AuaDy
sis has satisfied the anxious world that CHEvALIER'
LIFE FOR THE HAIR contains the only vegetable sub
stance known TO restore gray hair, stop s falling
growth.
Year: 1871

among the distant hills. They then told
Mr.. Cooper that he had made the god OF
the hills very angry, and had caused him
to hurl this great rock at the boat; they
proposed, therefore, to anchor at once
and burn some sacred tapers. AS this
request was not granted, the boatmen
made up for it by burning great
quantity of tapers that evening, and
letting off so many crackers that Mr..
Cooper found sleep almost out of the
question. il lheAHNll fAIifW


But the most perplexing predicament
in which Mr.. Cooper found himself in
volved was his unconscious marriage to
native maiden. Here is the story:
He was just halting for breakfast, when
group of girls gaily dressed and
decked with garlands Of flowers, came
out of a grove and surrounded him, some
of them holding his mule, while others
assisted him to alight. He was then led
into the grove, where he found feast
being prepared, and after he had eaten
and smoked his pipe, the girls came up
to him again, pulling along in their
midst pretty girl of sixteen, attired in
SILK ureSS, anu duOrHeu WIN BdTlanuS
Of flowers" "I had already noticed" !"
Mr.. Cooper continues, this girl sitting
apart from the others during the meal,
and was very much astonished when she
was reluctantly dragged up to me, and
made to seat herself by my side; and
my astonishment was considerably
heightened when the rest of the girls
began to dance round us in a
circle, singing and throwing their
garlands over myself and my com
panion." The meaning Of this per-
formance was, however, soon made clear
to Mr.. Cooper. He had been married
without knowing it. At first be tried to
escape the liability entailed upon him,
but such an outcry was made by all the
people round thathe was forced to carry
off his bride. He managed to get rid Of
her before very long by transferring her
to one of her relations; but even that
was not treated as a dissolution of the
marriage. On his way back he was
joined one day by Thibetan dame, of
about thirty-fve years old, who an
nounced herself as his wife mother, and
said that she had come, with the consent
other husband, to supply her daughters
place. We can well imagine Mr.. Coop
er's surprise at meeting with this novel
proposal on the part of his mother-in-
law. ........