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Year: 1870

Amid all the sympathetic feeling exhib
tied in the community in relation to the
disaster that befell the Varieties company,
it is extremely pleasing to know that the
family of the unfortunate fireman Thomas
j. Fox has not been lost sight of. The ben
eft to take place at the National Theatre
next Tuesday evening is for the relief of
this family, so unfortunate in losing their
protector by an untimely death. The I'M
fortunate man was, as our readers know, a
member Of that efficient organization, the
American Hook and Ladder Company, and
it was while doing duty as member Of
that company and daring danger that he
met his sudden death.


The performance Oh this occasion will be
given by the Shakespeare Club, assisted by
Miss frankie Mcclellan, Miss Maria VIII
kins, Mrs. O. Pierce and Miss Maria Mad
dern. The pieces given will be Charles
H and Robert Macaire." Miss Phillis
Glover will also sing some of her charming
ballads.


The entertainment will be worthy OF the
cause and occasion, and we do not doubt
that a crowded house will evince how
heartily the New Orleans public respond to
the sacred claims Of misfortune.
Year: 1870

But / cannot refuse to recognize
the fact that a large body of thoee
In whose hands the wealth, the In.
tiuence and the education of the
State has in former times been en-
tirely placed, and in whose bands,
to a very considerable extent, they
are still placed, have been opposed
to the party Of which / am the chos.
en- representative, and are to-day
apprehensive OF the results of my
administration. As far a, I am
individually concerned. while I
wish it were otherwise, I will bear
with patience the denunciation
that l know proceeds from an en-
tire misconception of my acts, my
thoughts and my feelings. But, ifI
know myself, that which l desire
above all things is the restoration
OF harmony to the disturbed opin.
ion of this State, the recognition by
all classes in the State of their
mutual dependence and their
common interest; and if 1 could
close my term of Office knowing
that my efforts had been success
ful in making all men feel once
moro that they have common in
teres, in the reputation and pros
perity of the State, l should rest
content with myself, and thankful
10 the God of Peace, who used
me as his instrument. l know
how difficult this will bc; but, i'm
conclusion, l will say that l will
pledge myself to every Legitimate
effort for the accomplishment of
this desirable result, and will hail
as the best friend Of the State and
my administration, every and
any man, supporter vi antagonist,
who will aid me in any way to
compass this perfect work of
Peace.


ROBERT K. SCOTT,


Governor.


Columbia, Nov. %, 1870.
Year: 1870

We are among those who, after
long observation of the in6iotion
of the death penalty for murder,
and much thoughtful deliberation
on the causes and consequences of
crime. are yet unable to sec how
capital punishment can be abolish.
ed with safety to the community
at largo. OF course in this age Of
the world, no intelligent man will
attempt to justify the public taking
oflife on the ground Of revenge, or
even on the ground of punishment
as it was understood by our unen.
lightened ancestors, but only on
the ground that survivors will be
unsafe if he who has taken life is
permitted to live. This is the only
theory on which capital punish.
ment can possibly be justified.


But, if We make this the point
of departure, we can hardly ar
rive at the gallows, as that insti.
tuition now exists. A hanging is
now made, in many of the States,
mere a show-a ghastly exhibition
where depraved mon and women
gather to witness a deed which
ministers excitement to their ba
sest passions-an arena of blood
shed which honest men and pure
women shun, and where thieves
howl tor vengeance and prostitutes
weep maudlin tears Of eympathy
and are happy in their wretcl,cd
ness. Worse than than this-it is
place where awkward sheriffs of.
ten hang their victims with twine
and drop them clumsily to the
ground, Grope after them again,
and drag them back scream.
ing with terror to the scaffold, and
hang them over again, while the
heathenisb mob below scream with
pity and rage.


The justice of these observations
must be obvious enough to any
body who is familiar with the aver.
age executions that have taken
place in this country within year
executions of which the recent
case of mangling in Missouri was
not, by any means, the worst. We
call the readers attention to the
hanging of four criminals in Mary
land the other day. We cannot
imagine anything more barbarous
occurring under the shadows of
statute law in an enlightened coun.
try. The four were launched from
the drop at once. Two Of the ropes
broke, and two culprits were pre-.
cipitated to the ground. The 9th.
er two writbed in anguish for q
quarter of an honr, their necks not
being broken by the fall; and all
this time the two survivors were
left on the ground, wailing and
praying for mercy. Then the two
dead were brutally cut down and
dropped like slaughtered sheep at
the feet OF the affrighted living,
after which the latter were drag.
ged back and hung again amid the
yells and curses of the mob, for
whom the spectacle was intended
as "a lesson"


We must have an end of such
scenes. The dignity Of law, and
the safety of public morals, require
it. And that there may be an end
quickly, we suggest that executions
may hereafter take place in close
buildings, without the presence Of
the promiscuous pu;oiic, and thai
| the disgusting scatfold, be supersed
Year: 1870

CHICAGO has n hotel with a pat.
ent heat indicator running from
every room to the office, so the
clerk can tell at a glance how hot
it is in any room in the house,
They had a woman's rights meet
ing in one of the parlors the other
day, when all Of a sudden the
indicator said cred hot" and the
fireman had hose in that pa-l r
in twenty-eight seconds and put
'em out.
Year: 1870

ed By electricity or cholorfom.-
The forfeited life of the culprit can
be quietly taken by the authorized
officers Of the State by the sudden
touch OF the pole Of a charged bat.
terry, or he can be instantly Iulled to
sleep that knows no waking, by
a breath Of anesthesia.


Is not this method more in &C.
cordance with the humane pur.
poses of this progressive century 2
and will it not prove equally eff.
cient as a shield of public safety 2
If human life be a constant me.
mace to the Commonwealth, let Il
DO taken by the hand of the Cons
mQnwealth; but the majesty of
law is shaken, and human life
looses its sacredness, when the
solemn act is degraded to a MUIR
der, and surrounded with the
beastly howlings of the Ku Klux
klan.-Ch Chicago Post.
Year: 1870

Fellow-citizens: / have never been be-
fore the country as an office holder, and as
it is patent to every observer of the times
that the people desire to know the position
of a candidate before endorsing him, and
as it will be impossible for me to see all
the voters of the district, therefore, in
asking you to support me for Judge of the
Criminal Court, deem the publication of
this circular duty that | owe to you and
the cause / represent. As prefer to let
others speak of me, it may not be out of
place to insert the following extracts from
the public journals, originally published
in the Murfreesboro Monitor:


''Mr. Editor: There are now before the
people of Rutherford and Davidson coun-
ties three candidates seeking the position
of Judge of the Criminal Court. OF the
three Benjamin T. Lillard Is the only
avowed exponent Of the Conservative
party, the other two occupying the happy
ground of q non -committal policy.


'And again, sir-Mr. Lillard Is the only
candidate before the people for the Office,
who, in the dark and gloomy days of the
late unhappy struggle, maintained from its
commencement to the bitter end an un-
swerving devotion to the Southern cause.


'sHe not only aided the cause which he
espoused with non-effective sympathy, but
with true and noble hearted patriotism he
, pushed into the ranks of the army-not
with the view of attaining an eminent re-
, ward, such as his native talents and genius
would have assured TO him, but with the
sole purpose of defending to the last ex-
tremity those principles which he had
drawn from his nc Others breast-those prin-
eiples which we of the South were wont to
love SO well, and those principles which
ever inpeIled the generous spirit of South
err chivslry in the ''halcyon days of yore.
He Twas severly wounded at the battle of
Ohiekamauea, in 1868, and has suffered more
or less from its effects ever since. But 1t
was not until the sun Of Southern liberty
| had gone down, bathed in a sea Of blood,
and her dropping flag had been furled for
ever, that he returned to his native home,
caly to find it made desolate by the heart
! less invader.


s'The war having ended, and finding
himself bereft of means, he resumed the
| practice of his profession, and has ever
| since pursued his studies with energy, IN
! dustry and effect, until now there is no
member of the bar, of his experience, who
surpasses him in legal ability and sound
jurisprudence. That he is competent to
fill the position, none will deny; that he is
a high-toned gentleman, none will doubt,


and that he is the only Conservative from


the Southern Conservative party, none vii


dispute.


dAnd now, the premises considered,


ask in the name of the past, and IN the


name of those chose ashes sleep. IN uEatnO'o'


orapss, how is it possible for us, who lovet


them as we loved the cause for which the.
died, to cast our suffrage for any but thos'


who stood shoulder to shoulder with them


and we're ready to share with them any an'


every fate!
Year: 1870

A new servant presented TO his master,
one morning, pair of boots, the leg of
one of which was much longer than the
other. How comes 1T, you rascal,
that these boots are not of the same
length ?" " really don't know, sir
but what bothers me most is, that the
pair down stairs is in the same fix"
Year: 1870

REToRT-A pretty little brunette Of
fourteen was passing along the streets
few day since, when she was accosted
by strange man rather worse for IL
quor, who inquired if her mother was
as black as she was L believe not"
was the reply bat pray tell nae if
your father is as drunk as YOU are"
Year: 1870

A negroin Baltimore lately undertook
to kiss swapping turtle for five cent
piece, when the owner slipping the
moose from the head of the monster, it
caught the poor fellows upper lip, and
it was impossible to deliver him until
its jaws were forced open. He said, IT
would't buss anoder for a dollar--tank
his stars for de 'scape dis time"
Year: 1870

At recent annual meeting ola ceme-
terry company, the chairman " had great
pleasure in announcing to the meeting
the gratifying fact, that the burials in
the cemetery for the last year were
double the number of those of the year
preceding."
Year: 1870

At late Printers festival the follow
ing toast was given: The Printer
the master of all trades he beats the
farmer with the Hoe, the carpenter with
his rules, and the mason with setting
up tall columns; he surpasses the law
yer and doctor in attending to his cases,
and beats the parson in the manage
ment Of the devil"
Year: 1870

An old bachelor says that giving the
ballot to women would not amount to
any thing practically, because they
would keep denying they were old
enough to vote until they got to be too
old to take any interest in politics.
Year: 1870

One of the young ladies in Brook
Farm story in the Overland Monthly
SAYS: There is profane swearing where
the heart is filled with vindictive pas
sion-with malice; but most of the
swearing INDUCED in by young people
and uncultivated people is only so much
emphasis to back up their sentences with,
1t shows that those who indulge in it are
wanting in intelligent respect for their
own Statements or are doubtful if they
will be accepted as true by those they
address. | do not deny that it is ex-
tremely bad taste; that it is vulgar and
disagreeable; and yet, a great deal of
informal swearing is INDUCED in by really
reverent and kind-hearted people"


To which a sailor present responded:
u am sure, Miss, it's not language that S
so wicked; it's the way one feels in the
heart. was thinking, all the time you
we're talking, of once when i was at sea,
leagues from land in the Pacific; and we
fell in with a water-lOgged ship with nine
starving men on her. Then they begged
to be taken on board. Now, our captain
was one Of your pious sort. Well, when
the mate. with his hands on the ropes,
ready TO lower the boat, heard the cap
tain's cold-blooded decision, Tell them
we can't take them; we have only pro-
visions enough TO take ourselves to port;
why. the mate swore an oath-I should
not dare to repeat it to you, Miss; in a
bad cause II were enough to. sink-and
wishing that he might be hung, besides,
at the yard-arm, if he did not fetch those
poor souls on board. And down went
the boat, in spite Of the captain, and on
board they came; and we all arrived safe
and sound in port. Now, Miss, ask you
who swore-the mate or the captainf'
Year: 1870

Oh! silvery moon! so fair, so bright,
Pray tell me, did you see last night


My love and me?
For, gazing on you long we stayed,
And, by your light, sweet VOWS We made


Of unity.
You say. oh moon! the pledge he gave
To others but single wave


OF silken hair
To me ii was a fetter strong
To bind my heart, lest fear or wrong i


Might enter there.
Dear moon did you not hear me say,
when you shall come year to-day,


I'll show you this! f.l L.t J fiHfh
And witness il shall be Of all "
Our VOWS and faithfully recall


Our farewell kissY'
Remember. then. bright moon to be gdF
When he returns over him and me, 80


All fail us not
And lay on him your witching spell,
That, next year, he remembers well


Our trysting spot. sttt
Year: 1870

A man claiming to be John Jarvis,
who was carpenter Of the United States
shin Levant when she was lost in the
Pacific. in 1861, made his appearance at
his old home in Norfolk, Virginia, last
week. He states that he was cast upon
an uninhabited island, and was picked
off only a short time ago.
Year: 1870

1t possesses the very great advantage
of carrying the work in the natural way
from left to right-which enables the
operator tohandle thework more readily
and to sit upright; while machines which
carry the work from the operatorrequire
an inclination Of the body forward tdetri-
mental to health) and are hard and tire
some to use.
Year: 1870

Citizen Mistaken for Burglar and Struck


ON the Head with Axc-Danger Of Enter


ing the Wrong House.


A sadly illustrative Of the danger OF drinking
to excess and going home In an oblivious condition
was yesterday brought to the attention OF Coroner
Flynn. Martin Graham. VINO lives at 754 Second
avenue, is honest and industrious man amt
usually is very temperate IN his habits. On the even.
ing OF the 2sth ult Martin met some old friends and
by them was induced TO take few glassea
Of liquid beverage, which eventually reduced him
almost TO an UNCONSCIOUS state At late hour
Graham started Tor home, but, unfortunately for
him. mistook the house OF German Tor the one 0c-
cupled by thmsef and, ascending the steps ap
piled his key to the night-lach, which 1t exactly
fitted In moment Graham found himself In tne
hallway confronted with a German who, knowing
the intruder had no legitimate business there, ma
turally suspected he was u burglar and tblef. The
occupant OF the house cried to his wife to bring
the axe, anu on receiving that deadly weapon
tGraham being unable to explain his mstaKe) dealt
him powerful blow on the head with II, knocking
him to the floor. Graham soon recovered sumcienty
to go home, and mas since been under The care OF
DR.. Mccain, of 23l East Forty-frst street. who Is
fearful his patient has received fracture OF The
skull.


Dr. McGahn. not knowing what the result OF the
assault Oh Granam may be, thought 1t important TO
notify the Coroner, In order that his nntemOrtem
statement might be taken. The German who COM
mlttcd the assault on Graham IL known and can ba
secured II his presence should be reauired.
Year: 1870

Ny dear George II coudhave wept, the
other day, when | saw you smoking cigar,
Only fourteen years old, and already at work
to poison your body and poison your soul
with tobacco o. this is sad indeed


My dear boy, you see not what is before
you. Ifyoudid you would be appalled, and
you would fall upon your knees, and entreat
your Heavenly Father to save you from the
wastoful, filthy, wicked practice Of using to-
bacco


Do not excuse yoursolfby saying that some
great and good men use tobacco. The great
and good men who do so are in danger of
sinking into very little and very wicked men
before they die.


Tobacco and rum What terrible twin
brothers What mighty agents of Satan !
What large share of American people they
are destroying! love my children; and
because love them | would rather bury
than see them defle themselves with rum or
tobacco.


As Paul said to Timothy so say to you
Keep thyself pure" BE clean in your per-
son, and be clean in your heart. But depend
upon it, you can be neither ifyou use tobacco,


Your friend, GERRIT SMITH.
Year: 1870

There is a mystery in the feeling Of grow


ing old. Try as We may, we can not quite


define the strange sensibiity that slowly


creeps over the heart like distant forcrun-


ner Of the last icy coldness DO you feel


your age ?" we ask Of some oclogenarian,


making our soll-soIicitudo in pathetic STYLE


Of politeness But tho answer seldom throws


any light on the wonder we are yainly striy-


ing to master Then we endeavor to probe
our own emotions and here, too, we ore baf


fed Why should Christmas come round SO
soon2 Why should years crowd 30 fast on
each otheri And even space, familiar space,
why should it contract itself so marvelously2
The old farm, the oncircling hills, the remote
mountain-tops, the very heavens, none are as


large as they once were, and yet for it all no
reason


The first shock Of surprise with which adj
vancing life announces itself is very deGn-
ite experience Il is a deep-cut notch, and
the bark Of life's tree never grows over it.
And then sets in the sophistry Of devices Of
all dextrous conceits, Of pertnacious logic, to
persuade ourselves that we are not quite so
old as the calendar testifos A spice Of fool
cry gives flavor to the effort Animal spr-
its are zealously encouraged, young ways put
on, fashionable attire assumed, light manners
cultivated, boys and girls patronzed, small
print insisted, big type eschewed, extra lights
refused, so as to disguise the fatal symptoms
But a grandchid comes, then another, aud
yet another and so the sharp reality moves
on Us apace, the thin yeneerng rubs of, and
the conclusion is plumply met that we are
getting old. And there is a touch of path1.
in it, something that WHITES one to ones self
something that empties the memory very sud.
denly into present consciousness, something
that amazes US by the immense contents Of
the small word Life


Not that the struggle is all over The re-
sistance to the thought Of age is not ended, it
is only intermitted and back it comes on fine
bracing days, on festal occasions, and when
enterprises Of pith and moment challenge our
pluck. five chance with elderly individuals,
men that are very bald women that are very
fat, the weakness gets uppermost again, and
asserts itself with charming buoyancy, verg-
ing on a little deceit. But at last the true
nature begins to recover its lost ground. The
gathering time Of the harvest is at hand
soon the beautiful fruits are ours aud then
appear one by one the sweet compensations
for what has been taken away from Us. Slowly,
too, new insi ght is granted to our inward
being, and this touches the heart with strange
tenderness. A deep quietness pervades Us.
We do not need our malignant passions to
quicken our inteleots, for we can be strong
without anger, firm without obstinacy, decided
without dogmatism and earnest without ia
If our senses have decayed, has
not the soul gained thereby2 The outer
world has narrowed; how small is its hori-
zon, and how few friends stand in its fading
light 1t is all very sad, but the world within
has gloriously enlarged its horizon has wild.
ened into a shining space, and its zenith is far
higher, and its lofty sky burns with serene
lustre.
Year: 1870

saw In my dream wonderful stream,


And over che stream was % bridge 80 slender
AMI over tho white there was scarlet light


And over thc scarlet golden splondOr
And beyond the bridge was q g1odly ridge,


Where the bees made honey and corn was growing
And down that way through the gold aud gray


eny young man ia a boat was rowing.
could 500 from the shore that rose he wore


stuck In his button-hoe, rare a. the rarest
Auu singing q song, and rowing along


guessed his face 20 be fair as the firest
And all by the corn where the bees at morn


Made combs of houcy-with breathing batcd
saw By the stream dt was only q dream)


lovely lady that watched and waited.
There were fair green leaves in her slken sleeves
And loose her locks in the winds were blowing
And she Kissed 70 land with her milk white hnnl
The gay young man In the boat a-rowing.
And all 80 Light In her apron white


SHE caught the little red rose he cast her,
Ana Haste ' she cried, with her arms so wide


Haste sweetheart haste but the boat was past her
And The gray 30 cold ran over the gold


And she sighed with only the winds TO hoar her
" iie loves mo stu, aud hc rOwed with will,


But pitiluss Fate, not lac, was steererl"
And there til tho morn hlushcd over the corn
Ana over the bees in their sweet combs humming.
Her lucks with dow dronchod through and through,
she watched md waited hor false loves coming
nut the maid to-day who reads my lay


May keep her young heart light as q feather
II was only a dream, the bridge and the stream,
Anu lhayt ana lover, ani all together.