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Year: 1870

THE FENIANs.-The government has already
received official information that move on
Canada by the Fenians is apprehended, but it
has no tangible facts on which to base official
interference. If there are any such facts the
government no doubt will soon hear them.
The Fenian Congress in Chicago is at present
engaged in discussing the Pope's bull and the
Red River rebellion, but it will soon find
means to let out all it intends to do concern
ing the proposed invasion of Canada. The
Canadians in the meantime continue in
their state of expensive alarm, and thus far
serve the Fenian purpose. In fact, the bel
ligerent parties on both sides are extremely
obliging enemies, if they can be called such,
for at present it really seems that neither party
is anybody's enemy but its own.
Year: 1870

Coop NAME.-Before all things, and
beyond all price, is good name. Eminent
wisdom has declared that it is "Sather IA
be chosen than great riches"


1t stands for and is the label of man. 3
character. The name one bears, or the
accredited reputation, represents his man
ly worth, his solidity, his virtues and
honor. No power can bring back the
fragrance of good name once blasted.
No tongue can declare its value, no mind
can conceive the vacuum made by its loss.
With it, poverty becomes hand.maid ;
with it, wealth is disgrace.


With it, the humblest relations Of life
are blessed and enuobled; without il, the
highest titles, the most honorable position
and the most favorable human relations
are marks of humiliation and insignia Of
worthlessness.


A good name is the blossom and fruit
of goodness. It is not mark pasted on
character BY some outside hand, but the
proper developement Of the inner man
the shining light which pure aud good
soul puts in sight from within.
Year: 1870

CRANBERRIEs FOR POTs AND HANGING
BAsKErs.-A correspondent Of the Cali
fornia Farmer makes tho following excel
lent suggestion lido not see how any
one, who has ever noticed the delicate foli-
age and flowers of the cranberry, even
when wild and uucultivated, could fail to
be struck with its beauty. But my object
now is to call the attention Of your readers
to its value when cultivated in pots, in the
house, or, still better, in hanging baskets.
When thus grown, the long, slender stems,
dropping from the basket, together with
the rich fruit, form a most beautiful OBJ
jech Let those who mourn that they
cannot afford to purchase foreign novel
ties, make rustic basket, and put q few
cranberry plants in it, and hang it in the
window, and they will say they never saw
anything more beautiful"
Year: 1870

SINGULAR REMEDY-Wheuever Burke
found himself indisposed, he ordered ket-
tie Of water to be kept boiling, of which he
drank largo quantities, sometimes IS much
as four or even Eve quarts in morning,
without any mixture or infusion, aud as
hot rs he could bear. His manner was to
peur about pint at time into = basin,
and to drink it with spoon, As lift had
been soup. Warm water, he said, would
relax and uauseate, but bot water was the
finest stimulant and most powerful restor-
ative in the world. He certainly thought
it sovereign cure for every complaint;
and not only took it himself, but prescribed
it with the confidence Of Sangrado to
every patient that came in his way.
Year: 1870

CUsTARD BREAD AND BUTTER Pup
DINa.-Fill pan with slices Of buttered
bread, with raisius, grated nutmeg and
sugar over each slice beat six eggs with
. teacup Of sugar; add two quarts of
rich milk, and pour it over the bread and
butter; bake it in 4 stove or oven.
Year: 1870

PRoMIsEs.-Let your promises be sin.
cere, and SO prudently considered a. not to
exceed the reach Of your ability. He who
promises moro than he can perform is false
to himself; and he who does not perform
what he has promised is false to his friend.
Year: 1870

A HosrREss' DUrY.-Courtesy in the
mistress Of house, consists in feeding
conversation. never in usurping it. She
is tho guardian Of this species Of sacred
fire, but it must be accessible to all.
Year: 1870

A VAPoR BATH.-A simple and easy
method Of taking a Russian bath on .
small scale at home, but method quite as
efficient as any other, is this: seat yourself
unclothed on a cane. e.bottomed chair, under
which you place very hot brick on 4
plate. Wrap large blanket around you
from the neck downward. inclosing the
chair, and carefully close the borders.
Pour from time to time a little hot water
on the brick, and the body will soon be in
an atmosphere of highly heated vapor.
If dry-air bath is preferred, place spirit
lamp under the chair, and arrange the
blankets as before. When tho perspira.
ton has lasted from fifteen to twenty min.
utes, throw aside the blanket. and plunge
into tub already filed with cold water,
or take cold shower bath.


The only warning need in this proce.
dure-but that is an important one-is
not to allow the body to become cooled
between the hot and the cold stages. The
transition must be sudden, and the cold
dip or shower must last but for second
or two, otherwise trouble may result.
Year: 1870

Condition of the Fortress After the Surrender.


A correspondent OF the London NetcS writes from


81 arrived here November 90 to find the town in
filthy, dirty state and every hotel crammed with
Prusslans. TINS morning about ut O'Clock, one OF
ing some say i've thousand, others ten thousand
kiloRrammes OF powder, exploded and killed some
thirty Prussians, besides Wounding many Others 1t
is supposed TO have been due to the smoking pro-
pensites of the Germans, some OF whom, it is said,
seen to enter the magazine with pipes in their
mouths. made my way there this afternoon.


"During my journey came across a number of
miserable looking wretches, pictures of despair and
starvation, in charge of some German soldiers.
There were huddled together in what had once been
field, but was now miserable bog in which it was
ing deep in the mud Those / spoke to informed
me that they had been prisoners in the fort and
had been removed directly after the explosion they
appeared to have no idea as to their ultimate desti
nation, or where they were 10 spend the night None
of them had had any food that day, and they all
seemed to be in most abject state Of misery ana
generalization. continued my journey to the fort,
but soon met with strong guard of soldiers who
prevented any one from approachingit They were
afraid OF some further explosion, it appears that
the majority Of the forts are mined.


"Fort P8ppeville commands a very large area Of
ground on the inner slope which faces Metz are
number of mud huts which were formerly occu-
pied by the French army, Many of them have been
destroyed but judging from those that remain it is
mystery TO nae how any one could have lived in
them for any length Of time without cngendering
every disease under the sun. Even now, in many
parts, the stencil is quite unsupportSbe, and likely
10 create large amount OF Illness. The prices Of
pIONIslohs are coming uoWh somewhat lhOugn bhe
shop-keepels are doing their utmost to keep
them up.


''From what I see and hear it would seem as
though the better class OF the inhabitants did not
suffer much, If at ALL during the siege. 1t was the
poorer classes and the soldiers who had 10 endure
all the misery. The hospitals age still crowded. and
are in a wre;ched condition. They are very dirty,
and the superintendent is all at fault There is an
nsutlicency of provisions which are, moreover ia
many cases, very bad. The bread, for instance is
OF such inferior and coarse quality besides being
very badly made, that it can hardly conduce to the
restoration to health OF patients broken down by
disease, hunger, and suffering, not to mention ne
pgt
Year: 1870

The lew 0rk Herald TO-DAY sayS:-


While the. men employed by James Sanderson,
Seventh avenue, at 145th street. were yesterday
stamping sapd blast, the powder contained in the
cavity suddenly exploded, throwing the earth in
huge clods to the height Of many feet and minging
stones and rocks in shower OF dust, which formed
huge cloud IN the air. and for some time concealed
the more terrible


FEATURES OF THE DISASTER


The people employed on distant portions of the
work ran toward the place where the explosion
occurred while those nearer by ran away, and a
scene OF the utmost confusion ensued. Shouts and
screams were heard in every direction, and those
in closest proximity heard, mingled with them, the
groans OF


THE WOUNDED AND DYING.


AS as the excitement occasoned by the
sound and the shock had partially .abated a crowd
rushed to the front, where the blast had been made
and found there a sight which would appal the
most stout hearted. Three OF their friends aud
late comrades were found near the place of the
blast, their bodies so horribly mutilated as to be
almost unreCogniZable They were torn in frag-
ments, blackened in the smoke and begrmed with
dirt, while even the stones about the place were
black and bloody The features OF the dead, where
it was possible to distinguish them, were contorted
ghasuy, and repulsve in the last degree. Among
them were discovered Patrick Smith aud Richard
Knox, while Dennis Hennesy, Patrick Gillian, Reu-
ben Pepper, and John Darcy were lying near, some
OF them seriously and some fatally injured.


AS soon as the news OF the explosion could
be conveyed to the Thirty-second Precinct
Staion-house officers were detailed 20 render assist
ance to the wounded and bring In the dead. Dr.
Ely at once repaired TO the spot, and physicians
were sent for from all available points in the neigh
borhood. Stretchers were carried by tie officers
and the wounded and dying men were speedily con-
veyed to the station.


Some OF the dead were so crushed as to present
only mass OF bloody matter In addition to the
dead and wounded brought ill., Ithree men are sup
posed to have been buried underneath the debris of
stones and earth, and these cannot possibly be
recovered till morning. a number or wounded
were conveyed at late hour to Bellevue Hospital
where they were visited by q Herald reporter,
and the statements Of those able to converse were
taken.


They say that the explosion took place without
the slightest warning and in the twinkng OF an
eye That they remember nothing mere than being
struck down by the shock, wounded by stones, and
enXeloped in smoke and dust.
Year: 1870

According to the Harrisburg Telegraph, the
impression seems to be gaining ground that Mr..
Boyer and the members of his family who lately
lost their lives by the burning of a house at
Marklevlle, had previously been stupeAed by
chlOroform aud robbed. The building is sup
posed TO have been fired to render discovery inn
possible. On the Wednesday preceding the
horror a bottle of chlOroform mysteriously dis
appeared from the store of a neighboring drug
gist. The bodies-four la number-were found
lying side by side. From this circumstance,
coupled with the fact that large sum of money
is nowhere 10 be found, it is supposed that the
shocking tragedy was a work of a relative of
the deceased persons.
Year: 1870

amendment as condition of res
toration to the Union. AS they
could not be trusted to come in
and then ratify it, they ratified
first and then come in. They
were, therefore, not in the Union
when they acted on the constitu-
ton, Or else they were never out
of the Union. Either, then, all
the reconstruction laws of Con-
gress are invalid: or these South
ern ratifcations Of the fifteenth
amendment are invalid. If the
States we're in the Union there
was no need to admit them, and if
they were not in the Union they
could not participate in making
laws for States that are in.''
Year: 1870

RESUMPTION NEXT FOURTH OF
JULY.-1nasmuch as the natural
tendency of gold is to still lower
prices; would it not be we'll on the
part of Congress to appoint a
special committee, with instruc-
tions to Investigate the feasibility
of resumption ON the Fourth of
July next, and thus put at rest
the vexed question before the
termination of 1902 The reasons
that have been operative against
specie payments heretofore are
now less pointed. The great gold
smash of last September has rem
dered our importers more than
usually conservative. The un1y
persons who could suffer are a
few importers, and a few of our
cotton and produce merchants.
The extinction of the premium
between now and July would
tell less heavily upon the trade
of the country, for the reason
that the great bulk of our cotton
and produce has been shipped.
We should thus strike the happy
median line between the last of
our exports in summer, and the
next installment of our imports
in the fall. With gold at par in
the autum, new impetus would
be given to enterprise over the
whole country. Capital would
lose its caution and labor be in
demand. a thousand and one
engagements, which are now in
allegiance through the contingent
cies of a decline in gold, would
be entered into with promptness
and spirit. The nation would re-
sumo the activity of the days
before the war. The fear that
prices will decline with gold is
exaggerated. With gold at par,
we should have a thousand mill
lions of money to set the enter
prises Of the whole country in
operation. While we are SO abun-
dainty supplied with capital,
prices cannot yield SO greatly as
to fall back to the figures of cid
times. Prices have gone up all
over the world. With us they
are three or four times as great
as before the war, because we
have three or four times as much
money. 1t is the history of the
world that money becomes cheap
er as countries grow older.-N Y.
Herald.
Year: 1870

The New York Tribune says
there are probably at no time lesA
than twenty thousand men III
that city who would readily COM
nit a safe murder for hundred
dollars, break open a house for
twenty and take a false oath for
five. The Tribune is authority
on the subject. .... '
Year: 1870

Testimony Given in Rebuttal-HOrace Greeley


On the Stand.


The prosecution then entered on the rebuttal part
Of the case, and called as their first witness


Mr.. Horace Greeley, who was examined by Judge
Garvln.--Q You are q resident of this city, A. I
reside at Chappaqua; but do business In this city.


Q. How long have you been engaged IN this city
In DusinessS A. Near forty years.


Q. You are acquainted with the prisoner, Mr.
McFarlandY A. Yes


O. How long have you been acquainted with him ?
A. i think first saw him In the winter OF 1862 and
1853; 1t might have been 1851 and 1852.


q. Had you conversation with him In the winter


Objected to as not rebutting.


Judge Garvn-I propose 10 show the conversations
witness had with the prisoner III the winter OF 1867
after the separation, showing that at thai time he
was sane man.


Counsel for the defence insisted that it was the
duty OF the Court to require the prosecution TO di,-
close the nature of these conversations. Counsel
referred to the case of Mcleod, held before Judge
Grlley In Utica In which it was held that the prose-
cuton must be held in replication to q strict line OF
rebuttal. The prosecution can go into nothing put
the demolition OF the ease as presented by the
defence.


the Court had the honor Of being present at
That trial when II occurred think the question Is
entirely competent for this reason counsel Tor the
prosecution could not have foe5een what would
nave been the scope Of this defence. The prosecu
ton condned itself merely TO the circumstances OF
the killing and there rested their on the part
Oh the defence you have undertaken TO show this
prlsoger's antecedents, from his birth up To the
present time, with degree OF minuteness
that l have never known before, and you have
shown by witnesses his character three or four years
oeIore snls Killing: Yon have sought to show his
mental condition by number of witnesses and 10
seems to me entirely competent that the prosecution
SHOULD De permitted TO show at this time acs on the
part OF the prisoner which are entirely antaooni 1t @
10 your theory that the man is insane.


Counsel Tor the prsonerfargued at great length
and quoted the celebrated case OF McCiouI TO show
that the prosecution could not Introduce the pro
po ed testimony In rebutta!.


Objection Overruled.


Examination resnmed-Q Slate what that con-
vevsiton was as well AZ you can remember A. IL
way about fortnight think, after first learned of
tie separation or the troubles between Mcfarland
and his wife: he called upon me at a room in tie
American Institute where was ut work at the time:
nc said 10 me- II suppose you have heard OF my
mo, sir; nave heard some rumors but
nothing nom wlat yW cay the 0ber
Year: 1870

When Grant was inauguratod he
announced that he would have no
policy of his own, and he has so far
kept his word in all except the San
Domingo job, That promises to pay
a party of Spectators with whom he
has formed a copartnorship, and our
money.loving President is bound To
put the thing through. lie has just
sent a message to the Senate in re
gard to the matter, in which he very
strongly urges the ratification Of the
treaty. 1t is to be hoped the Senate
will snub him.
Year: 1870

An Indian girl who had been loving
fellow "not wisely but too well,
and feared her mother would find out
what was the matter, rode twonly
miles, with a revolver in her hand, to
where the fellow was chopping in the
woods, and told him if he didn't marry
her she would make a tunnel through
him. The wedding came of that
afternoon He said he never would
quarrel with woman about a little
thing like that.
Year: 1870

A young lady Of Cavcndish, Vt,
Killed skunk with q butcher knife
the other day. Her lover came to sec
her that night, aud told her he would
not marry her unless she would quit
using such hair oil-ospccially In his
presence, How faslidious some men
are now DAYS
Year: 1870

An orator, who had excited the
attention of his audience by his lony
soaring, exclaimed: ~ will now close
in the beautiful and impressive Lam
guage of the poct-l forgot his name
-and-aud-I have forgotten what
he said too"
Year: 1870

It is a little queer isn't it, that
while all the darkoy women Of tho
country are trying TO comb the kinks
ow Of their hair, all the white women
are trying to comb the kinks into
iheirs
Year: 1870

a Boston woman complains that
she has stopped at sundry hotels in
sundry places, and she never knew
one TO have clock in its ladies'
parlor or a newspaper accessible TO
iis lady guests.
Year: 1870

In one of the towns of Arkanas, man


had been drinking until a late hour at


night When he started for home, honest
folks were in bed, and the houses were all
shut and dark. The liquor he had taken
was too much for him, and he did not
know where to go. He at last staggered
into an empty wagon-shed, and he fell
upon the ground. For long time he lay
in the unconsciousness of drunken sleep,
aud would have frozen for the snow on
the ground showed the night TO be very
eold) had not others less insensible than
himself been around him. This shed was
a favorite rendezvous of the hogs, that
rushed out when the new conner arrived,
but soon returned TO their bed. In the
utmost kindness, and with the truest
hospitality, they gave their biped COM
panion the middle of the bed, some lying
on either side of him, and others answer
ing the place of quilt. Their warmth
prevented him from being injured by the
exposure Toward morning he awoke.
Finding himself uncomfortable and IN
blissful ignorance of his whereabouts, he
supposed himself enjoying the accommo-
dations of tavern, in company with
other gentlemen. He reached out his
hand. and catching hold of the stiff brist-
les of hog, exclaimed Why, mister,
when did you shave last !?
Year: 1870

! The question, who shall be the next
Governor when settled for one year in
our State is commonly, by long usage,
settled for two. This year, by the sad
dealt of Governor Washburn, it is unex-
peotedly brought up afresh, and the time
approaches fast when the Republicans OF
Vermont must give to it serious consider
alton.


The subject is embarrassed somewhat
by the usage, quite as we'll settled as that
to which we have alluded, which
takes our Governors alternately from
the opposite sides of the State.
This custom, however absurd ab.
stractly considered, and however little
consequence may be attached to it by some
is one which always asserts itself with con-
siderable force in the nominating conven-
tions, and which pratical men must con-
slider in advance. Exactly how that usage
should bear in the existing circumstances
is, however, question. Ought the east
side of the State to have the governor fol
the remainder of the customary term
Or, the east side having had it last
| Governor Hendee's short interregnum
involving hardly any official duties, being
practically of no aocount) ought the
! IROVeTDOESulp
These are questions which we do not
undertake to answer. 1t seems to us
however, with such consideration as we
have given to the subject, that the latter
is really the more sensible view. We
should favor it, because, If the office is te
be retained on the east side for the re-
mainder of what would have been Gov
ernor Washburns term of office had be
lived, it will involve some sort of stop-gap
arrangement for single year, which we
do not like, for the reason that man who
is good enough to be Governor for 011t
year is good enough to be Governor for
ta00, and we would not take man for one
year who we would not be willing to have
hold office for two years.


The only precedent, also, if it is one,
for the present contingency, points in the
same direction. When Governor Fair
banks in 1858, was removed, so to speak,
by kind of political decease, that is by
the election of democratic governor, at
the end of one year of service, the east
side did not have the privilege of filling
out the term; but the Office reverted in
1854 to the west side, in the election OF
Gov. Hiland Hall. On the whole, in this
uncertainty, the case seems to be one
when, if ever the usage can be prudently
and rightfully held in allegiance, and the
State be allowed to take the fittest man
irrespective of locality.


Who are the candidates, then, and who
should be the manP These questions we
will consider hereafter.


From the Woodstock Standard


We apprehend that the Free Press in
an article copied elsewhere, states correct
ly the position in which Mr.. Billings
stands with regard to the Governorship.
But whatever may be the result of the
canvass the west side cannot expect that
the friends of Mr.. Billings, or Mr.. Con-
verse, or any other good and worthy man,
will consent to go into it with the ex-
pectation of accepting less than the usual
term of two years. Rather than favor
such an arrangement we should prefer the
of Mr.. Stewart at this time.
We say Mr.. Stewart because we believe
if he is in the field there will be little OPP
position to him.
Year: 1870

ILL.-We regret to learn that Mr.. Allen
Sanderson, Deputy Sheriff, and keeper of
the Jail in this place, had a serious turn
of bleeding at the lungs this forenoon.
It seems that before leaving home this
morning he had raised small quantity
of blood, but paying no attention to it,
he came down town as usual, and while
walking about, in the transacting of his
business, he had recurrence of the at
tack, and Immediately went into the drug
store of Allen and Higgins, where he
raised blood quite profusely medical as
sistance was fortunately, at hand, and the
bleeding checked, and he was shortly after
taken home The jarring necessarily at
tending his ride from the store to his
house again brought on the bleeding
which, however, soon yielded to the re-
medies administered, and we understand
that he was considerably better last even
ing.
Year: 1870

BRIDGEwATER GoLD.-Riddle 81 Co.
are going to commence operations, in
search of more gold, at once. They own
the best mine in town, and will doubtless
push business and solve the mystery
whether Bridgewater gold will pay for
working or not.