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Year: 1873

The New York Times states that it is
now satisfactorily settled that the ad-
vance, i'll the price of leather will be
maintained, and that the prices of heavy
goods made from leather will be especially
affected, such as boots, brogans and the
coarser kind of shoes, while it does not
materially affect lasting shoes, nor kid
and morocco goods, but they will necessa-
rily sympathize with others in measure.
Manufacturers, we are told, are now OBJ
tanning from to Il per cent. on all goods
made for the spring trade. What this will
be when the goods reach the consumer, il
is difficult to say, ,as there are several hands
through which they have to pass, and each
must necessarily charge his own percent


age of advance on the previous hands
through which they have passed, and it il
safe to say that the consumer will be
obliged to pay at least 20 per cent. higher
prices for his shoes than he did last year
Year: 1873

= From the Washington Chronicle.l -


1t will be seen by the following letter
from General Hooker, which has been
handed to us for publication, that he ar
IDENTIFY favors the proposed monument in
honor of the lamented Major General
Thomas, and gives to his deceased friend
the post of honor as the hero of the war.
While all will not concur in this conclu-
sion, all agree that the proposed honor is
one eminently proper: -
Year: 1873

SINGULAR SrONE.-The Sacramento
Union describes curiosity found in a
bed Of gravel in that city, fourteen feet
below the surface, while the discoverer
was digging well. 1t is composed of
rock, hard as flint, dark green in color,
with white specks, perfectly round and
smooth, about 3 IL inches in length,
about an inch in diameter in the centre,
and tapering to point at either end.


About half an inch from one end a hole
has been drilled through it and grove
cut from the hole around the end Of the
stone, as if it was intended to pass a
hae through the hole and suspend the
stone BY 1t. The rock, however, is so
excessively hard thatit is almost impos-
sible to scratch it, and the question
therefore arises as to what sort of an
Instrument the ab0rigine that did .he
drilling (which was probably performed
hantlFcds ofyears ago-used.
Year: 1873

| furrow his fresh cotton seed at the


rate Of thirty bushels to the acre and


upon these seed he sprinkles ashes at


the rate of three barrels to the acre or


about nine bushels. He then laps


over the seed two burrows with the


turning plow and lets it thus lie dur


ing the winter. When the time ar
rives in the spring to plant cotton he


beds up in the usual way, except he
follows the bedding plow with sub
soil plow. The result of this use of
brains in the cultivation of cotton is
from one to one and half bales o.
cotton to the acre.


The rationale of this system is that the
the decayed cotton seed furnish all the
ingredients to make the seed of the
next crop and at the same time stimu-
lates the growth Of the plant by the
the ammonia that has been given off,
and absorbed by the soil. The ashes
hastens the decay or eats up the cotton
seed and also furnishes potash direct
TO the plant,


As reportA in the first number of
the VINDIoATohs Mr.. sandidge near
Brownsville, Hin& county Mississippi,
by th5useef COTTON seed composted
with cow lot manure and woods earth,
in the proportion of one load of cot
ton seed, one load of COW dung and
two loads of wood mold. OF this
compost he spread sixteen one-horse
cart loads to the acre. In addition
Mr.. Sandidge when bedding up his
land to plant, scattered fresh cotton
seed in the center furrow at the rate
of sixty bushels to the acre. He cul-
tivated the crop in the usual way, and
on this one acre he made two bales of
of cotton, the last unfavorable season,
in spite of the worms, rust, rot, wet
Ind dry weather.


Tdcre i a poit i'll both Of these
examples to be remenbeyed Tuat
the manuri 6 and cultivation Of the
soil hastens the maturity of the cotton
crop and pushes it ahead of the worms,
rust and drouth.


How many farmers in the State,
the ensuing season, will profit by
these examples.
Year: 1873

James Maxwell, of Glasgow, was
pilot. He belonged to family Of stur-
dy and energetic men, and inherited
their qualities. In 1927 he was en-
ployed to pilot fine steamship-the
Clvdesdale-from the river Clyde to the
west coast of ireland. Every one knows
the terrors of this; rock girt coast The
weather was rough, but no danger WAS
apprehended. A foe more dreadful even
than tempest was destined to attack tho
vessel. They had just reached the most
difficult part of the Galway coast, when
the vessel was discovered to be on fire
The flames burst through the paddle
box. The pilot, of course, bad charge
of the vessel, and his place was on the
quarter gallery, where the heat was
most intense. He had to put back, and
the passengers were gathered to the
bow. the rapid rush OF the vessei
through the water keeping that part
cool, while it carried the flames ana
smoke backward to the quarter gallery:
There stood the pilot, like a martyr at
the stake-for the only chance OF safety
to the passengers was his keeping 70
his post. The master and crew did
their very best to keep the place on
which he stood as cool as possible, oy
deluging it with water. But soon the
cabin under him was on fire; still he
never fiinched. He certainly gave him.
self up, for he breathed prayer,
"Oh, God, provide for my wife, my
mother, and my child, and enable me
to do my duty"


His feet were actually roasted on the
deck but he contrived to run the ship
into a creek, alongside ledge OF rock,
and there every creature got safe on
shore-all uninjured except the gallant
man to whom they all, under God, owed
their lives. He was terrible spectacle
of suffering; not only were his feet dis,
abled, but bis sturdy frame was reduced
to the utmost emaciation. His hair
turned gray. He looked ten years older
in that one night. 1t is not on earth
that such deeds are rewarded.


Messrs. Chambers brought his case
before the public, but the brave pilot
did not live to realize the full benefit OF
a subscription that was raised for him.
His wife did not long survive him. his
children were aided in their education
by the funds raised. But their best In
beritance was their fathers example.
Year: 1873

A lecture was recently delivered be-
fore the United Service Institution, in
London, by Captain Brackenbury, OF
the ROYAL Artillery, in reference to the
new tactics which the modern breech-
loader is forcing upon the various war
departments of Europe. He said that
those officers who had not had any e1-
perience in the field with these terrible
weapons would do we'll to give the
whole subject thorough and profound
study. To go to war armed with breech-
leaders, proposing to meet an enemy
armed with weapon Of the same or
similar capabilities, and at the same
time expect to manUuvre in the face OF
such an enemy with the old system OF
tactics, would be about as wise as to
send fleet of wooden ships to encoun-
ter feet of iron-clads. The whole
system of tactics must be really In:
yerted, as it were. Skirmishers, instead
of being the antenno, the mere feelers
of an army, will be the army itself ;
and any reserve held back to operate at
a particular moment in line or column,
will merely come in on a rush to reap
the fruits of success already won, and
will not be itself any longer the means
of winning the success. The notion
that line will advance over or through
its own skirmishers to attack the enemy
beyond, is, therefore, theory which
must be entirely dismissed from the
minds of campaign drill-masters. All
recent experience shows that the way to
get skirmishing line forward is not to
keep it hanging under cover in hopes OF
relief, but to keep on throwing in Judi
eious reinforcements, so that its line
may be constantly advancing, and, ii
possible, crushing back the opposing
party. Whether it will be actually
possible ever to strengthen the line Of
skirmishers into such close order as will
make it approximate to the normal lins
of the present drill-books, is doubtful,
though. of course, compression in 6
very great degree will sometimes bt
forced upon commander by the nature
of the country. This whole question
of the future of infantry opens up
most interesting and useful line o.
speculation which, it is to be hoped
will finally crystalize in q new tactlca
system fully equal to the demands o.
modern warfare.
Year: 1873

A strange battle occurred at Far
Rockaway, Long Island, in front OF the
Nelson House. A school Of drumfish
were chased into shallow water by q
school of porpoises. The drumfish
tried their best to get away, but the
porpoises pursued them so hotly that a
number of the former were driven ashore;
The people Of the hotel were awakened
by q great splashing and q noise some
what similar to but less distinct than
the grunt Of frightened hog. Look
ing out of the windows they saw the
porpoises striking the drumfish with
their tails. Soon after, the .porpoises
turned and left. The porters at the
hotel and some of the fishermen secured
with boat-hooks about twenty-five dead
drumfish, and large number are still
floating around Jamaica Bay. The
drumfsh secured weighed from thirty
TO seventy pounds each. Some were
sent TO Cansrsie for exhibition, ana
othersto Fulton Market foE sale.
Year: 1873

Old Neighbor Wilson's means were few,
His acres were but small,
His house was plain, yet comfort threw
Its CHEEKY light DER all.
He lived not for himself alone,


But did his very best
To help his struggling neishbor, on;
And chcr+ the hssft oppressed.
Not his the wish to garner grain,
And fill his storehouse high,
Merely the love Of greed or gain,
Or pride to crafty.
He titled his scanty fields, and strove
To make the harvests fair
He knew that His rcwarding lore
Would bless the farmers care.
And Neighbor Wilson knew that He
An honest toll would crown;
And bless with sure prosperity


The good seed rightly sown.
Such smiles as Neighbor Wilson won
From all, gold could not BUY
Such gratitude fol- kind acts done
In love and charity
His board, though plain with humble fare
TO Want was always free;
Love was the ministering angel there,
Who labored faithfully.
He bull. no temple high and grand,
He reared no ponument
OF marble wrought by sculptor's hand,
To show his good intent.
But in the hearts Of men he raised
A monument Of love,
Brighter than poet ever praised,
The power of art to prove.
Upon his grave the grass is green,
And has been many yeari
Yet there the mourner Oft is seen
To pause and drop tear.
Year: 1873

The success of flying machines is
truly astonishing. A Mr.. Folger, up
in Michigan, recently constructed one,
went to the top of the barn, "lit out,
and went with such rapidity that he lost
his consciousness for half an hour,
when he found himself but q few feet
from the barn. He thinks he could not
have been entirely unconscious, other
wise he would not have returned to the
barn. whore Ii picked himself up.
Year: 1873

We publish this morning the report of the
committee appointed by the new directors
of the New Orleans Mutual Insurance Com
pany, relative to the financial condition of
that badly managed institution. Want of
time alone prevents our giving them, this
morning, but we shall present some COM
ments at an early day. There are refec
tiOns growing out of this matter which,
though they present themselves involuHta-
rily to every honest mind, do not, perhaps,
need expression through the columns of q
newspaper. We believe the new directors
have taken hold of the tangled business ir
proper spirit, and we trust them to carry
the company safely through the shoals that
lately threatened it.
Year: 1873

The jury in the Mccall arson case only
required one night of deliberation, in order
to conclude to discharge the prisoners.


In the Laura Harris murder case, Judge
Abel yesterday granted new trial. She
was indicted for the murder of John Bat
tiste, and the jury found her guilty of man
slaughter. The case was ably argued at
the time by General T. Morris Chester,
who yesterday presented sufficient legal
grounds for the court to set aside the YER
diet in spite of the reasons advanced by the
Attorney General and Mr.. Braughn. The
new trial will be for the crime of man
although set aside, being bar to prosecu-
ton tor the greater crime
Year: 1873

Those who have read Farieon's romance
bearing this title need no stimulus to
awaken curiosity concerning its dramatiza-
ton, as underlined for production at the
Academy of Music next Saturday night
Mr. George w. Wang, the author of the
play, is a native of this city, and is well
known in literary circles as the author of
several very good dramas.
Year: 1873

THE NAVY DEPARTMENT energy dis
played by Secretary Robson speaks well for
the management Of our Navy Department if
the Cuban complications should unfortunately
lead TO war. The Secretary has not suffered
the grass to grow under his feet since the out
RACES committed by the Spanish butchers at
Santiago de Cuba first became known TO our
government. The people may feel confident
that his share of the work will be done
promptly and efficiently, and that we shall
soon be in a position to protect the lives Of
the survivors Of the Virginius, to secure the
return of the vessel, and TO compel
the surrender of the murderers Of
those who have been slaughtered,
provided the government is ready to enforce
our national rights and defend our national
honor. Secretary Robeson accompanied by
the Chief Officer of Construction, arrived in
Philadelphia yesterday, and leaves this morn
ing for League Island TO personally supervise
the preparations for active service. He has
accomplished much valuable work in the last
two or three days, and, considering the
means that have been at his disposal, the con-
dition in which our vessels and yards are
found, now that an emergency has arisen, is
deserving Of the highest Communications
Year: 1873

THE ACTIVITY OF THE AsHANTEEs will sur
prise no one familiar with their warike habits
and military skill 1t will take other qualities
than English courage and stubbornness to re-
duce these formidable African warriors. They
have already made important movements
towards the coast and, if we understand the
situation, the English military forces of
operation are in great danger The King is
determined to triumph and, although it does
notappear that he con maintain protracted re-
sistance, it looks very much as if the war will
cost England more blood and treasure than
did the Abyssinian expedition.
Year: 1873

their stand Somehow they seem to say, if
this is Tichborne then of what use are
lands and titles and our ancestral
claims to honor? The fact that man
of this wretched character should make q
claim to be nobleman is, in some respects,
reflection upon the order Of nobility. We have
men like Mr.. Whalley, who tell reporters OF
the HERALD that Lord Chief Justice Oockburn
is worse than Jefferies. and who, upon the wit
ness stand. swear that they believe MIR. Glad
stone and the General Of the Jesuits are in
conspiracy to persecute this man. MIR. Whal-
ley, remember Is O member of Parliament
and a magistrate for three counties Other
ground. Behind them is rude but resolute
and mighty public opinion, with keen sense
of fair play, not easily moved 70 anger; but
when angry, terrible beyond belief They
think that this claimant is Sir Roger Itch
borne, and that the Crown, Parliament the
courts, the aristocracy and the Church have
combined to dishonor him, because he is not
good enough to be a gentleman. So we
have the two classes antagonistic. On one
side my lord Plantagenet whose garment
is purple, who has coronet upon his brows
and who lives upon the lands that came from
William the Conqueror. On the other side is
Hodge. the collier, who lives in q hut on
twenty shillings week, and, although the
land upon which he lives has been the home
and the grave of his ancestors since the time
of the Saxons, the Hodges have never risen
above misery and poverty. What will be the
end? They are in battle array upon the case
of ichborne Will it be only three days
wonder-a charge or two of cavalry, perhaps
suspension of habeas corpus, as we see in Ire
land now and then, and o postponed issue,
or will it be fought to the end by the English
men of this generation?


Sooner or later the fight must come. It
would be strange repetition of history, and
one not altogether surprising to see the
Tichborne case in England assume the extra
ordinary and terrible proportions Of 'the
diamond necklace case" in France.
Year: 1873

The PRESIDENTS MOVEMENTS. President
Grants visit to New Jersey was quite an
event to the good people Of the suburbs Of
New York. On Saturday evening the Presi-
dent attended reception and supper at ex-
Congressman Halsey's residence, and spent
the night at Senator Frelinghuysen's house
On Sunday he drove to Elizabeth, and passed
quiet Sabbath with his mother. He attended
service at the Presbyterian church, and no
doubt joined fervently in spirit in the prayer
of the minister that the highest wisdom might
be vouchsafed to the administration in this
important epoch in our national affairs
President Grant LETT for Washington last
night No one will begrudge him this peace
full Sunday snatched from the momentous
duties that press upon him, and to be fol-
lowed, perhaps, by many days of excitement
and anxiety.
Year: 1873

MODERATION SUGGESTED. Richmond
Whig remarks that every good citizen should
support the government in a judicious course
upon this question, and 1--WE should be careful
not to initiate the haste and passion which we
have condemned in the Spanish Officials
Year: 1873

A PLEA IN ABATEMENT that tho
Spanish butchers in Cuba have gratifed their
thirst for blood and their hatred of America


they begin to tremble for the consequences


Their organs are attempting to concoct q
story of an intended rising in various parts Of
the island simultaneously with the landing of
the virginius. This is done to give color
ing of excuse for the murders at Santiago.
It will not avail. The crime that has been
committed must be fully atoned; and the
Cuban slave drivers will find that the Spanish
government, whose authority they have
already defed, dare not be inconsistent
enough to uphold their savage and illegal acts
Year: 1873

The Conflict In the French Assembly.


To-day will witness the opening Of an i'm
portant debate in the French Assembly at
Versailles. This will be on the report Of the
committee on the prolongation OF President
MacMahon's powers The committee appear
to have been unable to arrive at any very dis
tinct conclusion. The character Of incom-
pleteness which tinges every result arrived at
is one of the remarkable features of the session
thus far When the report dwells upon the
difficulty of prolonging the tenure of Office Of
the President without any organic basis for the
rest of the government, it is like stating gravely
as fact that to build lofty column from
the head downwards is a troublesome
thing to undertake. General Changarnier
will move the Assembly for vote
of unconditional prolongation of Mac
Mahon's powers during ten years. The
moderate section of the Left is inclined to
unite with the republicans with the view of
defeating this movement. The royaists are
willing to render themselves ridiculous, illogi-
cal or anything else to preserve for themselves
the semblance af chance for future success.
In spite of the Comte de Chambords letter
to Nj. Chesnelong they are unwilling to con-
cede their failure, but in France coup manque
is more difficult to repair than anywhere else.
The republicans Of the committee have fought
the irresponsible prolongation Of MacMahons
power with the effective argument that this
would establish dictatorship-something
hoe IL g.
even from the hands of man as pure as
MacMahon The debate to-day will test the
strength Of all parties severely, and will indi-
cate pretty accurately the immediate future
Of politics in France
Year: 1873

before it in desolating tide. France was
ready for any fame, and when we speak, as
our historians always do, of the Revolution
taking its life from this pitiful and absurd
scandal, we forget that it would have come in
any event. France had been ripening for it
since the time of Louis XIV. While con-
summate wisdom and virtue on the part of the
rulers Of the House Of Bourbon might have
controlled and fashioned it to the good of
France and the glory Of their own dynasty, it
was inevitable. The diamond necklace
case was only symptom and not cause


The prairie does not burn because we build
the fire. 1t only burns when nature has made


it ready for the flames


Even as the diamond necklace CASE was


q symptom of France, SO this Tichborne affair
is q symptom Of the present condition of
| English society. Were ho an ordinary
swindler on trial for an attempt to take DOS.
session Of the estates Of an ancient baronetcy
this claimant might, at the utmost, have the
sympathy which attended DR.. Dodd and Jack
Sheppard, and go to prison only to be remem-
bered in ballad or a comedy. But in
England to-day we find one class who believe
him to be an impostor and another class who
think that he is really baronet deprived Of
his title and his lands by o conspiracy of
noblemen and Jesuits 1t is extraordinary to
notice the widely differing public opinions
coming out of this case. On one side the aris-
tocracy and gentlemen Of England have taken
Year: 1873

"A connecticut Local Item.


A retired clergyman sends
US an account OF a little affair
that happened in his place. 1t
appears that there was young
woman, a fine spirited girl, en-
gagged at a wash tab, opposite
an open door. Just behind her
was a young man, as is gener
ally the case, and in the yard
was an old buck that was al
lowed the freedom of the prem
iSes, which is not always the
case, we are glad to say. Well
this buck came up to the door
and looked in, and the young
man going close behind the
young woman, pointed his fin
ger straight at the buck and
the old fellow recognizing at
once the pressing character OF
this mute invitation put down
his head and dashed forward,
and the miserable man stepped
TO one side and fled, and the
young woman all unconscious
Of the arrangement received
the awful shock without warn
ing, and passed over the tub,
and the air for an instant ap
peared to be full of slippers,
and wet clothes, and soap and
hot water suds. And the next
minute that goat came flying
out of that door at a dreadful
speed, bald the whole length OF
his spine, and with a wild look
in his eye. And Tor an hour af-
terward he stood lack of the
barn, scratching his chin, and
trying to recall all the circum-
stances IN the unfortunate af-
fair.
Year: 1873

THAT boy of Dalton, in the
State Of New York, is a cool
one. He saved a maps life
who had been caught in a re-
volving shaft by throwing a
dipper of soap on the main
belt, causing it to slip.
Year: 1873

BelOre Judge CuruS.


Margaret Drew vs.. John Keyes.-This action was
brought by plaintiG against defendant to recover
brokers commissions for the sale OF two separate
houses, belonging TO defendant. The plaintiff testi
fed that defendant agreed to pay her one per cent
on the amount OF the first sale, and also promised
to pay her what her services were really worth in
the sale Of the second. Defendant denied the en-
ployment OF paintif, and contended that the SER
vices which resulted In the sales were performed
by another person. Mrs. Drew testified that she
had been broker TOR two years, and had bought
and sold real estate.


Judge Curtis charged the jury that the plaintiff
was bound to prove-nrst, employment or ratifca-
tion OF her acts; second that she was the procur-
Ing cause OF the sale, that by and through her in
strumentality the transaction was cOnsummated,
and that her duty ended when the minds OF the
parties were brought together in the channel of
mutually. The Court also instructed the jury that
posseSsor OF property had the right at any time
to take 1t out OF the hands OF broker unless there
was an agreement that the broker should hold 1t
for certain time or until sale was effected, in
which last case the negotiations should be consum-
mated within reasonable time.


The Jury found for plaintiff In the sum Of $175.