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Year: 1872

The Washington Star, from an ex-
animation of a mass of testimony up
on the subject, comes to the conclu-
sion that Prof. Morse was not the in
ventor of the telegraph, and says:


The great difficulty in the way of
operating the wire at any distance
had not been met until Prof. Henry,
in 1928, made discovery of the fact
that a galvanic current could be
transmitted to great distance with
so small diminution of force as to
produce mechanical effects adequate
to the desired object, by means of a
galvanic intensity battery. Prof.
Morse subsequently availed himself of
this discovery by Prof. Henry to make
telegraphy practicable, and profitable
to himself. Prof. Henry, who took
out no patent for his discovery, seems
in this, as in his other valuable scien-
tifc labors, to have sought for no
other reward than "the consciousness
of advancing science, the pleasure of
discovering new truths, and the scien-
tific reputation to which these works
would entitle him." Upto 1846 Morse
seems to have fully conceded that he
was indebted to the discovery of Prof.
Henry to enable him to make the
magnetic telegraph successful. At
that time Morse got into litigation
with other parties over his claim to
the monopoly of telegraphic rights,
and he appears to have deemed it ne
cessary to his interest to depreciate
the Importance of the discoveries of
Henry. The concurrent testimony of
leading telegraph authorities, and of
the very men who were associated
with Morse in telegraphic patents, go
to show that he merely availed him
self of Henry's discoveries, and ap-
piled them to his machine. 1t does
not appear that Morse ever made a
single original discovery in electricity,
magnetism, or electromagnetic APP
plicable to the invention of the tele-
graph"


Under the circumstances, it is not
difficult to decide to whom should be
awarded the chief honor of giving the
magnetic telegraph to the world.
Year: 1872

Help yourself. Fight your own bat
ties. Hoe your own row. Ask no
questions of any one, and you'll sue
ceed five thousand times better than
one who is always beseeching some
ones influence and patronage. No
one viii ever help you as you can
help yourself, because no one will
ever be so heartily interested in your
affairs.
Year: 1872

Charming New York They are bet
ting 800 to $50 on Wall street that
Stokes win be hanged. If the Twelve
Disciples had lived in that neighbor-
hood they would; no doubt, have
backed Judas against the field, and
given long odds on his winning the
game. Moral New York
Year: 1872

The camp of Indians which we visited
were chiefly engaged in catching war
eagles, to make head-dresses. The
eagles are brought alive into the camp.
and after some ceremony the tails are
pulled out, and they are let go to grow
another tail for the next year. The
traps consist of hole in the ground
covered with sticks and grass. a dead
rabbit, fox or prairie chicken is tied to
the top; the eagle swoops down and
fastens his claws into it and tries to fly
away with it, but the Indian (who is
concealed in the hole) puts out his
hand, catches the eagle by both legs.
hauls him into the hole and ties him.
He then fixes the top and waits for an
other eagle. We saw one man there
who had caught six eagles in one day
in this way. They cay if they do not
hold fast and do their medicine proper
ly the eagle will get one of his claws
loose and tear their hands. Some have
had their hands ruined forever in this
way. If hunter does not catch an
eagle during the day, he is obliged to
moan and cry all night; we could
hardly sleep with the noise made at
night by the unsuccessful hunters
Fort Beford Letter. .o
Year: 1872

The st. Louis Democrat thus records
the discontinue of man who smoked
on one of the street cars of that city
" One gentleman was seated on the high
railing enjoying his Havana, when a
lady, who was seated Immediately in
front of, and considerably below, him,
got up, and without saying word,
slapped the gentleman ir the face,
knocking his Havana out of his mouth.
The gentleman, on asking an explana
ton, was told by the lady that she
would not allow her brother to smoke
in her presence, much less a stranger.'
He told her that he did not wish to re.
sent the insult, but would rather that
she had requested him to stop smoking,
when her big brother got up and
ordered the young man to shut up or
he would put head on him. The affair
ended without a fight"
Year: 1872

The President had very narrow escape
from serious injury, if not death, the other
day, While driving span of colts the ami
mails became unmanageable, one of them
SHE'D and broke the pole of the buggy. Gen.
Grant, to save himself, leaped from the
vehicle, and not a moment too soon, for he
had scarcely touched the ground when the
unruly horses kicked in the dashboard with
great violence.


1t is rumored that the President is about to
change his Indian policy, that the military
arm is to be brought to bear upon We gentle
savage, and that the policy of cajolmg ana
coaxing is to be abandoned. In other words.
that he has slowly and reluctantly arrived at
the conclusion that the Quaker plan of deal
ing with Mr.. Lo is sad failure, if not
downright farce.


The Deseret Nationa. Bank, of Salt Lake
City, with Brigham Young as President, and
capital of s2O0.00 has been authorized by
the Treasury Department.
Year: 1872

The London papers give the particulars of
the arrest of woman in West Auckland on a
charge of wholesale poisoning. This modern
Borgia is accused of having caused the death
by poisoning, in the course Of her career, of
Year: 1872

colored student has published card,
stating that at the law department of Howard
University, there have been men graduated
who, from their own lips, declare that their
education extended to the ability to read in
the Fourth School Reader.


Attorney General Williams emphatically
denies that he intends to retire from the
Cabinet after the Presidential election


The Rio Grande Commission represent that
the truth of the disorders on the Texan
frontier has not as yet been half told, and that
Mexico is in every instance the aggressor.


An officer of high standing at Annapolis
says that the story of the maltreatment of
and injustice to the colored cadet midship-
man Cenyers is wholly false. Several naval
officers who recently arrived in Washington
from Annapolis declare that they know moth
whatever of the reported disorders.


Information has been received at the capi-
tai that a formidable Cuban expedition is
being fitted out under the auspices of Gen.
Ryan.


The President has appointed ex-Gov. Fair
child, of Wisconsin, Consul to Liverpool.


The report of the statistician of the Depart
ment of Agriculture upon the condition of
the cotton crop for the month of October
shows the State averages to be as follows:
Year: 1872

We believe our fremen showed them
selves upon their parade yesterday to be
the best in the world whether for efficiency
arduous toll, decorum, or any other quality
which serves to distinguish men among
their fellow mortais. Formed into an asso-
citation about thirty-tive years ago, the FIRE
men of New Orieaus have grown into a
powerful body, which now represents the
yeomanry Of the land. Their annual
parades have been the occasion OF pubic
rejoicing; their funerals have afforded op-
portunlty for regrets. The popular heart
has invariably beaten in unison with their
own. and the popular wish is for their con
tinutd prosperity. In their organization
the leading men OF our city have from time
to time been members, and on their rolls
there is scarcely a man who has become
distinguished in the commercial or political
world whose name cannot be found.


The department has grown with the
growth and strengthened with the strength
of the city. The day that sawits first asso-
citation of companies is yet remembered as
one wherein the city took new start, and
within the period measured by the union of
the fire companies is embraced all that be-
longs to the prosperity Of New Orleans as a
commercial city. On the books OF each
company may be found record of fires
which each has attended and extinguished,
and in these statistics alone, even were they
given like a dictionary without any setting
or frame, one can find the unwritten history
of this noble order of useful men. The disci
pline is excellent. No indecency or disor-
der is permitted within their meetings.
Their officers are obeyed like autOcrats
it may be a tritie OF dispute occasionally
arises. but it is soon quoted by the good
sense of TIE members. Among the foremen
we have none of those disgracetul rows
which have marrcd the quiet of other cities
or spread a noisome reputation for bad
order abroad.


The pageant yesterday was the theme of
universal discussion among the individual
members and their friends for the previ-
Gus ten days On the anatomy of each
eng gine all that the art of punishment could
do was done. Fair ladies and mothers,
who have the best appreciation OF fire
men $ labors. united in their handwork to
lay the ornamental on the useful: TO crown
the engines muscles and nerves in wreeths
and laurels: to make the engine chimney
blossom like a hriar hedge in May: to curl
the gayest ribbons about the wheels:
bedizen the cylinder. brakes and boilers, and
fling around every implement of safety the
charm of artistic beauty. Nov. as the day
drew near when the department was to
exhibit Its strength and glory. yesterday
all anticipati0ns were realized, and for
hours the popular eye followed the move
ments of this body in deep interest, and
the popular pride sounded its echo al the
heart OF every exhibition Of favor given
from grateful motives throughout the
course OF the anniversary celebration.


At eleven o'clock, OF the sounding of
twelve taps Of the bell, the procession be-
gan to move, led by the following general
officers:


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Year: 1872

A WRITER in the HOrticUttur0llSt says
he buys bones of the butcher at a dollar a
hundred ponnds, and thinks them the
cheapest fertilizer he can obtain. He
transforms them into meal by the follow
ing simple and effective method: II
have large, water-tight hogshead stand
ing out of doors, near the kitchen. In
the Spring l cover the bottom about six
inches deep with dry dirt. On this put
a layer of bones about the same depth,
and cover them with unleaohed ashes.
On these another layer of bones, then
ashes, and SO on until the hogshead is
full. then leave it exposed to the sun
and rain all Summer and Winter, unit !
Spring. Then, on removing the contents
of the hogshead, | find nearly all the
bones so soft that they will crumble to
powder, under very slight pressure,
and, mixed with ashes and soil, they
give nice little pile Of valuable manure,
ready for Immediate use. Any Of the
bones not sufficiently subdued return to
the hogshead for another twelve months
slumber.
Year: 1872

A CURIOUS CUsToM.-It was the Gus
tom in Babylon, five hundred years be-
fore the Christian era, to have an annual
auction of the unmarried ladies. In every
year, on a certain stated day, each district
assembled all its virgins Of marriageable
age. The most beautiful were put up
first, and the man who bid the highest
gained possession of her. The second in
personal charms followed her, and so on,
so that the bidders might crafty them
selves with handsome wives, according
TO the length of their purses. There may
yet remain in Babylon some for whom
no money was offered, but the provident
Babylonians managed that. When all
the comely ones are sold, the crier orders
the most deformed to stand up, and after
demanding who will marry her for n
small sum, she is adjudged to him, who
is satisfied with the least; and in this
manner the money raised from the sale OF
the handsome serves as portion to those
who are either of disagreeable looks, or
have any other imperection.
Year: 1872

Potato SALAD.-Any one who has
eaten potato salad at Partisan hotel will
be glad to try it after he gets home. The
following is good formula Tor this sim
pie and delicious preparation Cut ten
or twelve cold boiled potatoes from a
quarter TO half an inch thick ; put into n
salad bowl with four tablespoonfuls of
tarragon or plain vinegar, six tablespoon
fuls of best salad oil, one tablespoonful of
minced parsley, and pepper and salt to
taste stir we'll, that all be thoroughly
mixed. 1t should be made two or three
hours before needed on the table. An
chovies, olives, or few pickles may be
addel to the salad, and also bits Of cold
beef, chicken or turkey, if desired but it
is exec lent without these.
Year: 1872

All that have this day Is thine,
A heart whose faith has never faitered,
A love that knew no ether shrine
And through all changes lives unalter'd,
Had | thousand hearts to give
Thine all their love and faith should be,
Had l thousand years to live
I'd gladly spend them all with thee.
Year: 1872

We call the special attention Of the Public
to the fact that these Companies do FIRE
Insurance business exclusively ; hence
their Assets are pledged Solely to their
Patrons as security against Loss by Fire,
and are not weakened and diminished by Ma
rine, Inland and Life Liabilities, as is the
case with Companies combining the several
branches. Those desiring


RELIABLE FIRE INSURANCE
at fair rates are invited to apply at the offices
of the above Companies.
Year: 1872

A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER,
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER,
a WEEKLY NEWSPAPER.
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER,
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER,


A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER,
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER,
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER.
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER.


A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER,
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER,
Year: 1872

The CO0teT-JOur7,0L takes some Interest
| in Tennessee politics, giving its..views on
| Liberalism and Johnsonism as follows:
Liberalism in Tennessee has seemed to


us, from the start, rather of small and
fruitful species. 1t began on low level,


and has stuck to it. Its bugbear is not so


much party spirit as party names. 1T is


more eager to scratch the label Off the bot


tie than to change its contents. 1t has ell


gagged in local and personal scramble, in


which it has been steadily wOrSted, and


its present eXpedient is likely to postpone


its ultimate success. It is misunderstood


by the Liberalism of the country at large
because it is out of accord with that Liber-
alism. What it really needs is a leader.


That it should take an old party strum-


pet, like Andrew Jonson, in the absence of
a more acceptable leader, is to be explain
ed only through its local. its personal pas
sions and prejudices. Johnson not only
does not represent it, but he is sure to dis
appoint it. He is simply disorganizer.
The moment he is elected he will make
his peace with the men who opposed him
and turn his back on his present support
ers. He is not merely selfish and insin-
cere politician, but he is an unreliable
man.


His route has but one beginning and one
ending, and that is bis own interests and
wants, He is not Liberal by nature or
by habit, but Hunker partisan, with q
smattering of Liberal rhetoric, which he
has picked up for the occasion, Let the
people elect him, 10y all means, if they
will his platform is good one; his posi-
ton and his prOfe ssiOns, arc not to be
gainsayed, being true enough. But he
will be worth more to Hunkerism than he
will be to Liberalism, if he is returned to
Congress and restored to his old place in
the State. The Liberals of Tennessee were
on the right road when they beat him for
the Senate. They are on cold trail now,
although it may be that they can not help
themselves.


They really need leader. They also
need little more idealism in their practi
cality. Practicability is certainly a good
thing; but is abstraction to be left wholly
out OF the philosophy of political action
We think not, for our part, and, cOnse-
quently, we are not so hopeful about the
Tennessee Liberals. f-


Personally we care nothing about the
Ch eatham-JOhnsOn tight. Cheatham is
the nominee of the Hunkers and the pro-
but he is himself Liberal
man, and many of his supporters, no per-
sonal grounds, are Liberals too. Johnson
is an unreliable Hunker politician, self
nominated and supported by Liberals, but
at the same time he is supported by many
old, lifelong partisans, who stick to him
from habit. The people will make such
choice as they may. But when we are APP
pealed to on JOhnSon's behalf, as repre-
Liberal, we have simply to say.
CANNON" He is simply representa-
tive Johnson man, very capable and vigOr-
Gus, selfish, insincere and useless.
Year: 1872




We are informed that a series of entertain
ments are to be given by the ladies of st. john
Episcopal Church OH Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday evenings of next week for. the pur-
pose of refurnishing the church building. 1t is
the desire and purpose of those having the affair
in charge to afford pleasing variety in the
character of the entertainments, and intend to
diversity them with Tableaux, Mrs. farley s
Wax Works, Shadow Pictures &c.


A new and charming feature of the entertain
ments will be the beautifully decorated Booths,
erected in the lower room, and presided over
by young ladies dressed in the costume of and
meaning to represent different nations.


On the second floor there will be provided q
fine and beautiful supper, such aslwill satisfy
the palate of the most fastidious. A paper will
be published each evening, giving lively and
correct account of the incidents occurring
within the rooms during the evening, and afford
inga medium of advertising not to be despised
Altogether it is intended that it shall be the
most complete and satisfactory entertainment
possible; and considering the worthiness of the
object, it is hoped that all persons of whatever
denomination who desire to pass a pleasant
evening, and aid worthy cause, will certainly
attend. The entertainment will be given in the
building one door above the Press and Herald
office, on Gay street.
Year: 1872

WE have been much amused by the let
ters we have received telling how much the
boot maker lost in the case stated in last
weeks TINES. One letter says that $05 and
the boots was lost, while another as firmly
believes that $50 and the boots, is the. cor
rect answer, and yet another putting the
loss at sos and the boots.


The actual loss was just what the Cali
fornian carried of, which was $45 received
in change and the boots or $50 less the
profit on the boots, was what the boot
maker lost,
Year: 1872

GH To arrive at perfection, man must
have very sincere friends or inveterate
enemies; because he would be made SEN
sible of his good or ill conduct, either by
the censures of the one, or the admonition
of the others.
Year: 1872

Said ono of the principal mer


chants to q young man he was
about to take into bis employ: Il


shall rely upon your own sense OF


honor for the manner in which you


discharge the duties you are about
to assume. l am not in the habit
of openly finding fault unless there
is positive reason for it; bat nev-
ertheless take notice of the conduct
of the young men ! employ; and at
the end of the year make up my &C


count. If in renewing the contract
with any of my employees they find
they have not been promoted, / dc
sire them to bear the fact in mind
that they have not merited promo
ton by theil conduct. Our inter
ests are mutual. If an employee
seeks by Industry, politeness to
customers and general attention 20
duty to promote my business pros
peritv, should be singularlY remiss
in duty to myself ifI did not recog-
nize the effort and show my appre-
citation of it by promoting him to
the full extent of his merits" B" If
such system was generally adopt
ed bv merchants. we would hare
fewer time servers and the result
would be a better and more reliable
class not only of clerks and sales
men, but of merchants also.
Year: 1872

The following rules are full OF the
severe irony oil truth. Strictly
obeyed, they will secure to any
Young man the bitterest. failure that
his worst enemy could wish: Spend
your leisure hours OF a whisky bar
rel. Drink as much as you can pay
for, or get others to pay for. Mas
ter the intricacies of dominOes, bill
lizards and checkers; above all
things. make yourself m adept at
card playing Chess, the game of
intelligent young men who foolish
ly desire to be somebody, you
should eschew. Don't read any
thing except the dime novels OF the
day. Cultivate the impression that
all. women like to be iDsulted,, and
that all men are thieves. II. youl
ever become conscious of a decent
emotion-to which weakness, alasl
most of us arc liable at odd mo-
ments-crush it out with a little
imprOmptu blackguardism or drown
it in horn of whisky. Make fun
of your mother behind her back,
and never think-because it is dan
gerous-how much she has done for
You. Cheat your father, and bOr-
row your little sisters savings. Do
these things and whatever else is
vile and worthless that shall suggest
itself to you, and your ambition will
be gratifed. You will stagger and
swagger through life, too insignid
cant to be despised, and tumble in
to your grave almost too loathsome
to be pitied.
Year: 1872

The power of a wife, for good or
evil, is irresistible. Without one,
home must be forever unknown.


A good wife is to a man wisdom,
courage and strength; q bad one is
confusion, weakness and despair
No condition is hopeless to a man
where the wife possesses frmness,
decision and economy. There is no
outward prosperity which can coun-
ter net Incidence, extravaganza and
folly at home. No spirit can long
endure bad influence. Man is strong,
but his heart is not adamant. He
delights in enterprise and action,
but to sustain him he needs a tran
quill mind; and especially if he is an
intellectual man, with whole head,
he needs his moral forces in the con-
fiicts of life. To recover his com
pOsure, home must be a place of
peace, OF comfort. There his soul
renews its strength and goes forth
with fresh vigor to encounter the
labor and troubles of life. But If at
home he finds no rest, and is there
met with bad temper, sullenness,
jealousy and gloom, or is assailed by
complaints and censure, hope van
ishes and he sinks into dispair.
Such is the case with too many who,
it might seem, have no conflicts or
trials of life; for such is the wife's
power.
Year: 1872

A good editor must combine the
loquacity Of a magician with the
impudence Of the devil. He must
know how to time a horse race,
teach a Sunday school. preach q
charity sermon, run a saw mill, keep
hotel, and brew whisky. He must
be insensible to the cruelest snubs
and manifest no sense of anger
when kicked down stairs. He must
throw mOdesty to the dogs, and let
the tigers howl. But above al
things else, he must be an adept at
putting. He must be enthusiastic
on the subject of hams, verbose in
extolling hardware, and highly inn
aginative in the matter OF dry goods.
He must talk Iearnediy OF pro
grammes. with a liberal mixture of
glowing words. he must be heavy
on a concert, with a capacity te aP-
preciate Miss Squak's execution OF
difficult feats on a quarter note anil
ecstatlc and eloquent in behalf OF
every one connected with it.
Year: 1872

One gifted and beautiful woman,
if wrongly disposed, can work more
evil ia society, can scatter mt re
seeds Of corruption and death, than,
with their utmost efforts, a score of
men. Her capabilities for good in
the different departments of morals
are equally great. and in such pro
portion to her powers, both for
good and evil, must be her con
demnation, if she is false to her hO-
ly stewardship. Society cannot lie
destroyed if woman is true, nor
saved if woman is false. Besides,
society shows no unequal dlscrimi
nation in regard to this par
particular class of offences. The
rule applies to all. A profane wo-
man, q drunken woman, a female
thief or murderer excites always a
greater horror and disgust than if
the crime had been committed by a
man. And this is right, and it will
be an evil day for this world when
woman in her sin excites no more
abhorance than man.
Year: 1872

Irregularity and want Of method
are only supportable in men Of
great learning or genius, who are
often too full TO be exact, and there
fore choose to throw down their
pearls in heaps before the reader,
rather than be at the pains ofstring-
ing them.
Year: 1872

The life Of the active christian IS
the labor Of the bee. which All day
long is dying from the hive 70 the
flower, and from the doweT % the
hive; but al his business is confined
TO fraafnncy, and productive OF