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Year: 1873




Our exchanges have been burtbened for
some weeks past with articles in regard to
the Office of Comptroller. 1t was ch'rged
by the Radical papers that Capt. Hobbs
sold the ofics to Col. Burch for the sum Of
ten thousand dollars-or that that amount
was paid Hobbs by somebody to resign.


We confess that we paid little attention
70 the matter, knowing so we'll how light a
thing will give rise to these suspicious, and
how easily partisan rancor will fan spark
of suspicion into terrible flame. Without
having read Capt. Hob s. d7nial carefully,
we are satisfied fully ofthe fact that if Hobbs
was paid to resign that neither Col. Burch
nor Gov. Brown were cognizant of the
fact.


If Capt. Hobbs was paid q SUM of mon
ey by the bond holders it was with the full
expectation that anothe', other than Col.
Burch should get the office. We have eV-
cry reason to believe that another gentle
man did expect it; we know that he was
backed up by recommendations that he
thought were irresistible-.e Recommendation
from personal and political friends Of the
Governor, of character that not one man
in ten thousand would have passed by un-
needed. We have reason too to believe
that Capt. Hobbs expected this gentleman
to receive the office, and that be and others
were disappointed.


Capt. Hobbs notified Governor Brown
that at certain time, he would resign.
From our knowledge Of the man in connec-
ton with one or two other appointments,
we are inclined to believe that he (Brown)
appointed Col. Burch from an intimate per-
sonsl acquaintance ofthe man, and without
lot h-vt na
tions of any one.


We have no. agreed with the G lvernnr
in everything hat he has done, but would
scorn to entertain the idea for a moment
that be could be irfluenced by any other
consideration than a high sense of public
duty. He is high toned Syutbern gentle
man and his faults are of the head not of
the heart. No man who knows him per-
sonally could believe that he would make
an appointment for any pecuniary consider
a'ion.


As for Col. Burch, il is well known that
in our editorial career, we have differed
with him as to matters of party discipline,
but we have never doubted for a moment
that he was incapable of becoming party
to any arrangement like that
charged by the Radical papers.
He is the last man that the bondholders' ring
wanted in the position. They wanted
Hobbs out of the way because Ho lbs COZ
fessed bis ignorance as to the legality OF
some of the bonds, and had the honesty TO
consult good lawyers rs to the proper dis
charge OF his duties. B1rch, besides being
q very fine lawyer, understands perfectly
the history of all the bonds, and is withsl
first class business man, and will be less
likely to be used by the ring than any man
in the Sta,e. We predict, from our kDowl-
edge of the man-from what we have seen
and heard of the man since he has be an in
ofice-tbaL he wild make the best Comp.
troller the State has had for twenty years,
and that in less than two years he Will be
more popular than any of his predecessors.
Year: 1873

The Dresden Democrat of the 18th says
A sad and fatal accident occurred in the
4th civil district last Saturday night. Three
brothers by the name of Morgan went coon
hunting, treed their game and cut the tree
down to secure it. As the tree fell IL hit a
pead sweet gum, which in turn struck a
limb from a maple tree which in falling
struck Geo. Morgan on the side of the head
killing him instantly. He leaves wife in
very delicate health, and two children.
Year: 1873

The Chattanooga Times says: The city
Tax Collector is getting in more cash than
the city has ever had in its possession since
the war, and he will have more on Monday,
which is the last day for the rebate of 20 per
cent.
Year: 1873

You may laugh gentle reader, as hearth
ly as you please, at the idea brought out
IN this caption. But how many men who
are accustomed to use horses from year to
year, can harness one correctly? Not one
IN ten! True, they may get harness on
horse, and it may fit well; and it NAV fit
like fathers boots on his little son eight
years ofage. There is more science, after
all, In Harvesting horse, than we are apt
10 suppose. Let us mention the princi-
pal and important points.


=. The collar is the first thing of import
ance. That large thing that will admit a
mans arm between 1t and the neck of the
horse, is very unfit for horse to work In.
The collar should fit neatly and closely
as pair of boots that fit well. Then II
1t Is soft and supple, as it should be, 1t
Will seldom gall the skin, If the hames are
properly made and correctly adjusted.


The names should fit the collar well,
and not be too far apart at the top, as thew
often are. The staples which hold the
side straps and traces, are often attached
to far up from the lower ends. A horse
cannot draw well, when the traces are at
tached near the top of his neck. If a
horse is apt to gall near the top of his
neck, take out the staples and put them
lower In the hames.-R,wdL World.
Year: 1873

A PRETTY girl Of Chicago recently got
married. The day following she returned
to her fathers house. When he inquired
what was the matter, he was informed
that FRANKS hair didn't curl naturally,
but that the curls were the work of the
barber" She has applied for divorce.
Undoubtedly she will get It, for Frank
was guilty of a most cruel deception.
Year: 1873

The telegraph occasionally pays Mr..
Beecher the compliment of transmitting
some of his Sunday remarks to the press,
as was the case last week, but one passage
in his DISCOURSE which appears by the
fuller report to have been received with
marks of delight by the audience, was
overlooked. 1t is as follows; When
he went back to his childhood he thought
the happiest man he ever knew was
black man. He used to work on the farm
with him, and to sleep in the same room.
He would have slept in the same bed,
but the black man would not let him."
This exclusiveness on the part of the black
man Mr.. Beecher did not stop to explain,
but it is certainlya question if such an
exhibition of the spirit Of caste and So
cial ostracism ought to have been submit
ted to by the youthful Beecher.


No doubt Senator Sumner is pretty
sick, but we wish he would rally enough
to say few words about the back-pay
swindle A few wholesome sentiments
from him on that topic would show well
in Massachusetts,, and still further con-
found the political adventurers who cen
sured him and had not breath of criti-
csm for the Credit Mobilier and back
pay swindlers Boston Herald.


The Swapper's Journal Is the latest
novelty of New York Journalism. The
chief object of the paper is to act as
middleman between parties desiring to
swap articles of all kinds. No names
are given, but numbers are substituted,
When replying to any offer to exchange,
the number is addressed and sent to the
office of the Journal, aud thence for.
warded to the advertiser.
Year: 1873

ed, as he was himself. With the polite
ness of true gentleman he made no
humiliating comments on the careless
way in which had lost my pin, but
sought only to learn how he might re-
store it.


"You think that it was taken from
your bag in the telegraph ofiices"


"That is my opinion" I replied,
rising and taking out my purse.


III your pin ever sees light again in
this Dukedom, you shall have it back,
if it be in my power to find it, and it
shall cost you nothing" he said, max
ing depreoiating gesture at sight of
the gold. "But you have not told me
what shall do with it il I 1ind it T.


I had now begun to have faith in it's
recovery. Who knows but I might
get it before starting for home9 Paris
was our last stopping-place, but I did
not know soul in the whole city.
After some consideration I told him to
send it to the American Consul, not
knowing what elso I could do. I gave
A. Pfad thousand thanks, which I
have no doubt greatly enriched him,
lcpd then started back to join my friend
Pa Strasburg. Before leaving Paris I
called at the Oonsul's, but finding no
parcel left my address. and the next
day returned home. The proprietor of
the Victoria, and also of the Westend.
hail, both replied punctually to my
message. They had made diligent
search and inquiry, but they could
learn nothing Of the missing brooch.


Two years after some friends were
going abroad. More from curiosity
than from any real hope of regaining
the pin, I wrote to A. Pfaff to know if
he had ever made any discoveries in
regard to it. In answer to my letter
the Chief Justice informed me that he
found my pin few months after I
lost it. It was taken by the youth
whom I suspected, in the telegraph of
fee in Rastat. He had been punished
by three months imprisonment, and
tho pin had been forwarded-through
the German ambassador-to Paris ac-
c0rding to directions. 1 then wrote to
my friends abroad, who called on Min
lister Washburne, receiptea for, and re-
ceived the pin, he also refusing to take
any remuneration.


1 read awhile ago in a foreign paper,
an extract taken from letter written
BY an American, and published in q
Brooklyn paper, in which tho writer
complained that one received but few
civilties abroad but what one paid we'll
for, and he doubted very much whether
the Lord Mayor OF London himself
would refuse "pour borre" ifit were
offered him.


My friend and / travelled q year
abroad without the slightest trouble,
except what arose from our own ignor-
ance, blundering, or stupidity, aud
remember with gratitude much un
selfish politeness and attention which
it was our good fortune to receive.
Year: 1873

In the middle of the space occupied
by Brazil in the Vienna Exposition is
a large standing case filed with stuffed
birds Of the brightest plumage, and
flowers made of feathers in bouquets
and wreaths OF the richest color con-
celvable. Here is a flower of seven
pearls, bud or two, and leaves along
a hanging stem. Alas every petal,
every bud and leaf is made of the
breast of . gold-throated humming-
bird. So brilliant and yet 30 cruel,
who could wear them with pleasure
One could as soon relish nightingales'
tongues. There are many of the flow
ers made out of a great variety
of humming-birds' breasts. No ma-
tcrial half 40 rich or so wonderful in
color could be found for this purpose.
The gold, or green, or blue, upon the
breast of these tiny creatures is only a
spot surrounded with q very dark
color; these are 80 shaped that each
petal aud leaf takes the bright spot on
q border upon the edge of dark MAX
ing flower very rich, but not 80 beau
tiful indeed not at all 80 when ono
thinks Of the twelve or fifteen bright
fairy birds that once glanced in the
sunshine. and now represent very un-
natural flower.
Year: 1873

VAO" 80 A'OsSo


To begin with the exact course Of a
ship cannot be known, because there
is only tho ships compass to determine
her course by, and ships compass is
not an instrument a!for.ling perfectly
exact Indications. Let any Que on q
sea voyage observe tile compass for a
short time, being careful not to break
the rule which fOrbids speech to the
"man at the Wheel" and he will pre-
sently becone aware of tho fact that
the ship is not kept rigidly to one
course, evon for short time. The
steersman keeps her as near as he can
to particular course, but she is con-
tinually deviating, now little on one
side, now little on the other, of the
intended direction; and even the gen.
eral accuracy with which the course is
followed is matter of estimation, and
depends on the skill of the individual
steersnan. Looking at the compass
card, in steady weather, course may
seem closely followed perhaps the
needles end may not be hundredth
part of an inch ION the average) from
the position it shoald have. But a hun
dreth part of an inch on the circum-
ference of the compass card would corr
respond to considerable deviation in
the course of run of twenty or thirty
knots and there is nothing to prevent
the errors 80 arising from accumu.
lating in long journey until ship
might be thirty or forty miles from her
estimated place. To this may bo added
the circumstance that the direction of
the needle is different in different parts
of the earth. In some places it points
to the east of the north, in others to
the west. And, although the actual
variation of the compass" as this Pc
culiarity Is called, is known in gener
al way for all parts of the earth, yet
such knowledge has no claim to actual
exactness There is also an important
danger, as recent instances have shown,
in the possible change of tho position
of the ships compass, on account of
iron in her cargo.-/ 0pular Science
Monthly.
Year: 1873

Further developments may disclose relics still
more interesting.


1t would seem that the ingenious race who
manufactured these specimens Of art should
have known some thing of the immense silver
d.nosi1s in the hills at the base of which they
ma their habitatons but if they were workers
in the precious metals the evidences have yet to
J,c discovered --PiOcfe Record.
Year: 1873

To test eggs to learn whether they
are fertilized and will hatch it requires
very little trouble. The way to as
certain unfertile eggs, at as early a
period as possible, is TO take them
into room moderately dark, and
hold them between the eve and candle
or lamp. The eggs under a setting
hen should be examined at least as
early As the eighth day after she CON-
mences incubation. If the eggs be
fertile, it will appear opaque, or dark
all over, except perhaps, a small por-
ton toward the top; but If it be un-
impregnated, it will still be translu-
cent, the light passing through it al
most as if new laid. After some
little experience and careful observa-
ton the fertility of the eggs can be
distinguished at an early period q
practical hand can tell unfertile eggs
even al the fourth day Should the
number Withdrawn be considerable.
four patches. set the same day, may
be given to three hens, or even 10 two,
and the remainder given fresh ones !;
and if not, the fertile eggs will get
more heat, and the brood come out all
the stronger.
Year: 1873

From the St Louis Republican. ]
An incident worth recording hap
pened in a restaurant on Fifth street
between Market and Chesnut, a day
or two ago. Connected with the
press of this CITY Is d Young mau
who spent the years OF 1867. lS6e
and part Of 1869 along the line Of the
Union Pacific Railroad. then in pro-
cess of construction. On the morn.
ingin question the newspaper sttache
went into the restaurant and sal
down at a table. TIs-a-cis TO him
sal another young man, who looked
like he might had seen yicissitudes
Presently he aecosted the newspaper
man:


Mister, it strikes me I've seen YOU
before


Quite likely" was the response.


Weren't YOU al Cheyenne in the
spring Of '6s:"


Yes"


Didn't you and Chance H
help fellow down off barrel that
was set up on end under a tree, one
night ?"


This was the introduction. IL re-
newed an acquaintance that began bv
the saving of life, when its owner
was pinioned. q rope about his neck,
with the other end tied to the limb of
a tree. while q savage and unrelent-
ing Committee of Safety stood
around, waiting for the barrel on
which the poor wretch stood to be
kicked out from under him. The
doomed man was a gambler. bat be
was quiet, peaeeable fellow, who
harmed no one 0ne night be had
won sum of money from a man W ho
belonged 20 the Committee Of Safety,
and the latter attempted TO make him
give il back. In the affair which en-
sued a vacancy was made in the COM
mittee This is what had brought
Sam A into the presence of death
there under the tree. The two men
before referred to had gone among
the mob. and, by entresty and expos
tulation. had succeeded in getting the
poor fellows sudden sentence "com-
muted,r on condition that lie should
leave town in thirty minutes They
took him down off the barrel. united
the rope from his neck, and Cheyenne
saw him no more. After FIVE wears,
be and one of the preservers of his
life met thus by odd chance IL is
well enough to add, that the life was
saved to some purpose. for the man
who stood upon the barrel is now
the trusted agent Of mining CON-
pany operating in Montana, and is, in
all respects, a useful citizen. II was
a close shave.
Year: 1873

Here is the second chapter of a
California newspaper story: Chap.
ter II.-For fifteen years the count
sincerely mourned his love. But one
evening while walking he beheld q
young lady who was Amine's counter.
part He sought her acquaintance,
won her affections. and at last un-
happily welded her. He paid for
his temerity with his life, for in a
few months he was laid beside Anime.
Thus proving to every intelligent
reader that better than TO have low
ed and lost Is never to have loved
at all
Year: 1873

The Weather In This City Yesterday.


The following record will show the changes in
the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in
comparison with the corresponding day OF last
year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut's
Pharmacy, HERALD Bullding:-
Year: 1873

From the indianapolis Journal.


Fountain county furnishes the latest ghost sto-
ry. Last summer, farmer living on Shawnee
prairie, near Attica, was struck by lightning and
killed. Recently the widow married a very re
spectacle citizen, and now, whenever the worthy
couple go out for an evening ride, the ghost o
the man who was killed by lightning makes his
appearance and silently follows the wagon, never
asking to ride. He made his first appearance on
the occasion when they were removing some chat
tells from the house formerly occupied by the
widow TO that of her new husband While going
along the road two of his old neighbOrs mot ant
saluted him, and he answered. In q state of won
deTment they turned aud followed the appartioD
but before they could overtake it it disappeared
Year: 1873

A rumor was circulated saturday even
ing that President Grant had been assossi-
mated, and the rumor becoming known IN


Washington through the reception OF
excited Inquiries by telegraph, there was
quite a rush Of correspondents and others
to the White House to learn the details of
the terrible affair. The President treated
the affair jokingly. 1t is no joke however,
10 set such stories afoat and the author of
this one should be discovered and exposed.
Year: 1873

SCRANTON, Pa Nov 16, 1878.


Yesterday afternoon poor miner named Martin
Hart met with a most agonizng death, at place
called the Roaring Brook shaft, on the borders OF
this city. There are two openings to the mine,
apoat 25 yards apart-one through which the coal
Is taken up, and the other through which the
miners are conveyed TO and from their work.
Hart was returning to his work as usual, and
when the car descended as far as the depth
OF the first vein OF coal he stepped OF
and sauntered along an archway communicating
with the main shaft. Not being acquainted with
the workings OF the mine he walked along the
gloomy passage, not knowing where it led TO until
and en to the bottom OF the pit depth OF 70 feet,
among rocks Jagged heaps OF coal and mtrc, where
he was shattered In q shocking manner. A car
was led down for him as speedily as possible and
he was conveyed TO his nome, where he fingered
for two hours a sort OF living death, after which
he died In great agony. Hart had been but week
In this country and leaves vile and Guild wholly
unprovlded for In LIVERPOOL Epgland-
Year: 1873

A man out ia Montana, a short
time ago, squatted on another per-
sons land and built q small frame
shanty. When requested 10 move
be positively refused 10 DO 50; 50, one
night, squad Of men came round af-
ter the squatfer and his wife was
asleep, and lifting the whole concern,
shanty and all, with deliberate care
carried il 10 the river and set il on a
small raft. Then they pushed the
raft out into the stream and let her
go. When the squatter got up in the
morning to 90 out, he was surprised
TO find himself about sixty miles
down stream, and making good time
in a nine-knot current This is oil we
shall say about that man 1t would
be extremely improper 10 report his
remarks in full in this paper.
Year: 1873

In the spring of 1924, MT. Webster was much concerned in the discussion then going on in the House of Repre- sentatives, at Washington, on the tariff One morning he rose very early-earlier even than was his custom-to prepare himself to speak upon it. From long before daylight till the hour when the House met, he was busy with his brief

 When he was far advanced in speak ing, note was brought to him from the Supreme Court, informing him that the great case of "Gibbons vs. Ogden " would be called for argument the next morning. He was astonished at the in- telligence, for he had supposed that after the tariff question should have been disposed of, he still would have ten days to prepare himself for the for midable conflict, in which the constitu- tionality of the laws of New York, granting a steamboat monopoly of it's tide waters, was to be decided.

 He brought his speech on the tariff to a conclusion as speedily as he could, and hurried home to make such prepara- tion for the great argument as the shortest notice would permit. He had then taken no food since his mornings breakfast; but instead of dining he took a moderate dose of medicine and went to bed and to sleep. At 1OP. M. he awoke and called for bowl of tea, and without any other refreshment went immediately to work. To use his own phrase, "the tapes had not been off the papers for more than year. :" He worked all night; and he has told me more than once he thought he never on any occasion had so completely the free use of all his faculties. He hardly felt he had bodily organs, so entirely had his fastings and medicine done their work. At g A. M., after eleven hours of continual effort, his brief was completed.

 He sent for the barber and shaved l; crackers he looked over the p~pers to see if they were all ill order, and tied them up he read the morning journals to amuse and change his thoughts, and then he. went into the court, and made that grand argument, which, as Judge Wayne said, about twenty years after ward, "released every creek and river, every lake and harbor in our country from interference of monopolies. !" Whatever he may have thought of his powers of the preceding night, the court and the bar acknowledged their full force that day. And yet, at the end of five hours, when he ceased speaking, he could hardly be said to have taken what would have amounted to half the refreshment of common meal for above two and thirty hours, and, out of the thirty-six hours imme- diately preceding he had for thirty -one been in a state of very high intellectual excitement and activity.-George Tick nor
Year: 1873

THE JURY QUESTION IN ENGLAND The Attorney General of England has brought forward in the House of Com mons the jury bill of last session, but he proposes several important amend ments. It is proposed to reduce the number composing 8 jury to seven, in all except murder trials and no longer to require a unanimous verdict. An other part of the plan is to draw jurors from the class from which common ju- ries are taken, and also from'the special juries class, and to have specified number of each in every jury, at differ ent rates of pay. It is safe to say that this plan will network we'll and indeed the whole subject is looked on with so much disfavor, although the second reading has already committed the House of Commons to the principle of the bill, the prospect of it's getting my further is very slight.