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Year: 1870

NEW YORK, Feb. 2, 1870.
To THE EDITOR OF THH HERALD:-


The interest you have evnced in the project Of
ship canal across the lsthmus Of Panama or Daricn
induces the following communication, knowing you
Will receive 1t with pleasure and pride. The CON-
pany that VIII construct the ship canal across the
American istnmus formed in this city In August
OF last year by number Of New YORK capitalists
under the style OF the "Darien Canal Company Of
America" The prospectus, giving the facts ana
conclusions In regard to the project s now IN press
and will IN few days be spread before the public
bill has been transmitted TO Congress praying for
incorporation under national CHARTER and the COM
pany Is awaiting the actlon OF both governments
touching the ratl1c0ton CT the pending treaty be-
tween the United States OF Colombia and the United
States OF America stipuaing the concessions and
the right vi way. WIN these conditions fulfilled
aud tile report or the surveying expedition, now on
lts way to the isthmus the company VIII have power
TO forthwith proceed with the work or excavation.
The latest ana most improved machinery VIII be
brought into requsltiOn ana every appliance essen.
tial 10 successiu accomplishment OF the work WIN
be employed.


Tne Colombian Congress IN its present session win
doubtless reconsider lt5 iCrmer acuon--the rejection
OF the treaty-anu our own Congress VIII have until
September Of the present year to ratlly in behalf OF
our government. The company Will be Chartered
with capital Ia an amount equal to the actual cost
OF construction, and will DE located the city OF
New YORK, The explorations OF various routes and
the reports that have from time TO time been
given to the world OF the lines best adapted to q
Cuudl UeLWo5u Tue waters Oh The Atlantic
and Pacific oceans have given sufficient data to
safely assume that the present survey Will determine
upon what is known as ire DIR. Cullen route as the
most practicable and es0 expensive line by which
interoceanc communication can ho erected. This
route linda the most favor with the ORGANIZATION,
and the most scientific and experienced engineers
pronounce In ts favor. Should, however the forth
coming survey prove there s better line this com.
pany la ready to adopt lt.


The work will be undertaken In spirit OF earnest
ness ana energy and 1t VIII be demonstrated that
we have genius ana wealth OF our own and need
not 20 abroad for assistance TO open our doors to
national greatness. remain


AUG. BAUM, Chief Engineer
Year: 1870

ing By the most energetic and Dersever-
ing exertiOns. Early " the morning he
discovered BY the smoke tSat he was hut short
distance rom the mail STATEN, and made ris way IN
especially his hands, face ali feet The station IL
inhabited only by travellers and mail carriers. The
carrier had only small sleigh. just large enough
f0r himself and mail, and could not take the man
with nim, but cared for him as wen as he could left
what rations ne had with aim, and left the frozen
man 10 wait TIL the hali- breed train came up. Inc
other TWO men wero found r0zen In the snow, These
only few OF the sad rscials that are being told
mere almost daily, and there Is no doubt tnat many
o body will be found next spring where II fell and
froze in the storms OF the last two weeks.
Year: 1870

our offices of trust; with wise and faith
full citizens as legislators. there can be
no reason why our people should not
again be prosperous and happy. We
have soil that is unparalleled for fer
tility !; a climate that is geuial, and great
natural advantages and resources Let
US be true to ourselves, and a future
awaits US of material prosperity as grand
and unexampled as the past has been
ruinous and disparaglng.


The basis of representation in the
State Convention, as revised and fixed
by the committee. will he one delegate
for every three hundred, and for every
fraction over one hundred and fifty Dem
ocratic votes cast at the last general
election. Every parish shall be entitled
at least to one representative. This
rule applies to each new parish.


All papers friendly to the purposes of
this address are requested to publish it.


F. II. HATCH,


President Democratic State


Central Committee.
THOMAS STEEL, Secretary.
Year: 1870

TRIALS OF POLICEMEN DEPARTMENT CHANGES.


Commissioners BoswOrth and Brennan yes
terday listened to 50 complaints against policemen The
only case interest that Of Patroman stephen Ak
tell of the Seventeenth Precinct, who complained OF
by Sergeant Sanders for coming into the satonhouse
intoxicated The facts of the were, that AxteI
came and said that he had the dysentery very bad,
and asked 70 be relieved from duty Sergeant Sanders
gave him 10 or Is drops OF cholera mixture kept in the
statiOn-hOuse and asked him TO try and continue on
duty until his tour was ended AXte left, and in half
hour returned to the satOnhOuse too much intoxicated
10 be permitted 10 patrol Officer AXte said that after
he left the saOnhouse he felt and took 20 drops
OF laudanum In water. AS the audanum did not improve
his condition. he went TO drugstore, and the druggist
gave him mixture of the component parts OF winch
brandy He denied being intoxicated said that his
staggering the result of weakness caused by sick
ness and not drink and that be was under the care OF
police surgeon for three days. The matter was referred
To the Board


Later the day the Commissioners met, and accepted
the resignation of Capt John F. Dickson OF the Third
Precinct, TO take effect on Aug. 20 He was appointed
member of the Detective Squad, to take effect on that
date. Sergeant Isaac w. Potter Of the Twenty eighth
Precinct placed on the retired list with pension.
ROundsman George NJ. Davidson was made Acting Ser
geant, and assigned to the Twentyeighh Precinct DR..
John o. Swan appointed a Police surgeon, and
signed to the Tenth District Patroman James K Full


Ter OF the Tenth Precinct transferred to the Telegraph
ONCE at Police Headquarters.
Year: 1870




on Marcy ave-, Brooklyn. Yesterday while working
near Gates-ave they were impeded by what was sup
posed TO be large bowlder which they proceeded TO
blast While drilling hole for the charge Of powder the
drill suddenly disappeared through the center Of the sup
posed stone, which was examined and irregular hole
of about six feet in circumference found The suppps
tiOn was that cave had been discovered and lighted
candle attached 10 long pole lot down into the
cavity, but was Immediately extingushed by current
of air Men then set TO work uncover the stone
and section resembling in appearance the mouth of
whale laid bare afterward something resembling a
hipper dug out along the left side The foreman
sounded the interior, and, ater 50 feet string had
been let out, the bottom found and it was ascer
tained that there long tunnel shaped chamber ex
tending dagonally downward rope tied about
about the waist Of lad who went into the cavity
and when at the bottom found the iron drill and also
what he supposed 10 he a stove, which was drawn 70
the surface The latter WAS found to be q square iron
ox very strongly made and the lid fastened with
band The box broken open and the contents found
10 be l3 gold coins very much worn, and q plate of
steel about as large tea-saucer, which are some
characters supposed to bs Dutch. They are well worn
and the last two letters seem to he signature The
curiosity VIII probably be entirely uncovered to-day
large crowd witnessed the proceedings yesterday.
Year: 1870

the WAYS of the police The following brief story, told
exactly as it told THE TRBUSEis respectfully com
mended to the attention of superintendent JOurdan: On
Thursday afternoon, young lady, stranger In the
city, was robbed Of her watch as she was leaving stage
AZ Fulton Ferry The other passengers gave the alarm,
and with the assistance OF the policeman stationed AT the
ferry, arrested the thief The thief and the policeman


after which IL was returned to her. After this done


the thief allowed tO depart the policeman mol even
Year: 1870

A writer in the last number of the
Edinburg Review sums up the latest
phase of geological science, compris-
ing some sublime and certainly strange
views.


First-the new geology finds that
the sun is made of the same material
as the earth, but is on fire. 1t is a
"great fiery globe, surrounded by an
atmosphere of intensely heated gases
and vapors. that are continually ris-
ing or falling, like our clouds, accord
ing to their temperature" Flames
of burning hydrogen fare out seventy
or ninety thousand miles beyond the
dazzling atmosphere of the light.


Second-the stars, so far as they
can be examined, yield similar results
as to the material of which they are
composed. The nebule are made up
some of remote solid stars, but some
chiefly of such well known gases as
hydrogen and nitrogen.


Third--the planets generally re:
semble the earth in form, solidity, in
atmosphere, in their general relation
to the sun and his system. Mars, for
instance, is whitened in every one of
his long winters, over all the polar
regions, by heavy falls of snow, which
melts away again in summer.


Fourth = meteorites, which are
small planets turned out of their
course, have disclosed at least twenty
seven of the elements found in our
rocks.


1t is held that the earth was once a
molten ball. source of light like the
sun. 1t is cooled off and is cooling
still. The sun too is cooling; its vast
size makes the process slower; but
the result is inevitable, and will one
day be what the earth is now. On
the other hand the earth and other
planetary bodies are surely, though
slowly, gravitating toward the sun,
and, says Sir William Thompson,
mot one can escape its fiery end"
Will that be an end, however, since
neither matter nor force is capable of
destruction? To resume the general
theory, the writer says: 'The newt
able conclusion derived from the stud
les of the heavenly bodies-of sun,
earth, stars, meteorites and nebul@-
is that the immeasurable space is full
of matter of the same kind, but aggre-
gated in different fashions sometimes
being gaseous, at other times solid,
sometimes in a state of intense heat,
at other times cooled sufficiently to
admit Of the presence of life, as in the
earth and Mars or lastly cold, barren
and lifeles5, as in the meteOrites.-
Whether the gaseous condition of mat
ter preceded in any particular case
the solid, we cannot tell. So far as
our earth is concerned, the only idea
that we can grasp of its origin is that
it was a fiery body like the sun, and
that it has been gradually cooling
from that time down to the present
day. This realization Of tic steady
change is a fundamental doctrine of
r evolutionism."
Year: 1870

A former millionaire in Pennsylva-
MIA, and at one time prominent can
didate for Congress, is said to have
been reduced by bad speculation to
the necessity of joining a negro min.
strel troupe, in order to keep the wolf
from the door.
Year: 1870

A California Indian, whose wife
had been bitten by rattlesnake, sent
for a bottle of whisky to counteract
the effects of the poison. But the In
dian, having first tasted the whisky,
ended by getting drunk on it, leaving
his wife to die, which she uncomplain-
ingly did.
Year: 1870

Do not fail to read the communication
under the head of special notices, from ga
Small Consumer of Wood" He says he has
to pay more for load OF wood now than be-
fore it was inspected, and gets a!ess guam
Year: 1870

LATEST NEWS FROM ALL POINTS


Darrall and Bailey Election Case


Decision in Favor of Darrau


A MOTION TO RECONSIDER PENDING


Land Grants to the Opelousas Road
Passage of Forfeiture Bill
Excluding Chinese from Naturalization
Exciting Steamboat Race
THE r. E. LEE STILL AHEAD
LEE FLYING THROUGH THE WATER
Blinds Down, Wheelhouse Dismaptled |
DOMESTIC AND FOREl9N MARKETS
Year: 1870

A San Francisco correspondent
gives the following sketch of a
Chinese "hospital:"


Very few Of the women brought
here are wives, and they live, tor
the most part, in the most abject
manner. When one of these poor
unfortunates become weak and sick,
and a Chinese physician pronoun-
ces her case hopeless, she is nohti-
ed that she must die. She knows
very well that pretestations and
prayers are unavailing, and sub
mits without a murmur to her fate.
Led by night to some miserable
tenant that goes by the name of q
"hospital," chow it gained such a
significant antithetical name we do
not know she is forced within the
door and made to lie down upon a
shelf. A cup Of water, another of
boiled rice and a little metal oil
lamp is placed by her side. The
assassin passes outof the death
cell, the heavy door is locked, and
the miserable creature is left to die
alone. What agonies the poor vic
tins suffer in their lingering
death no one knows. The smoth-
cred shrieks OF dispair; the dread
full means with which weakened
nature announces its sufferings,
may be heard by those who live in
the immediate vicinity; but they
either pay no attention to them, or
simply vent maledictions on the
suffering cause of their annoyance.
No one thinks of interfering with
the doomed one, all know the law

and none are brave enough to in
tertere with the dreadful edicts.--
After few days the lamp burns
out; the light fails for lack of oil;
The rice cup and water cup are
empty and dry, and the joss sticks
which were lighted when the wo-
man was brought to the cell, are
nothing but charred splinters of
bamboo. Those who have imedi-
ate charge Of the establishment
know how long the U,l should last,
and when the limit is reached they
return to the "hospital,' unbar the
door and enter, that they may re-
move the unhappy victim of such
bsrbarous usage, Generally the
woman is dead, either by starva-
ton or her own hand; but some
times life is not extinct; the spark
vet remains when the "doctors"
enter; but this makes little differ.
ence with them. They come for
the corpse, and they will not go
away without it. If the victim be
not already dead, the circumstance
only delays The removal of the re-
mains few minutes. When they
enter the woman is still alive, but
they soon come forth bearing
body-only body, the heart has
ceased to beat; the breath comes
and goes no more; the soul has fled.
How the deed is done--whether
blood is drawn, the victim slaugh-
tered or smothered, none save
those in the secret know. The re.
suit is past dispute. A poor, erring
woman, helpless and unloved, is
.~>,~Jo~o5 on6 tb;a IN tho heart nc
Year: 1870

MAN cannot be Gods outlaw If he would,
Nor so abseond him in the caves of sense
But Nature still shall search some crevice out
with messages of splendor from that Source
which, dive he, soar he, battles still and lures.
ms life were british did we not sometimes
nave intimation clear Of wider scope,
Hints of occasion infinite, to keep
The soul alert with noble discomfort
And onward yearnings of unstilled desire
fruitiess, except we now and then OWNED
a mystery of Purpose, cleaning through
The secular confusons of the world,
Whose will we darkly accomplish, doing ours
No man but thinks in himself perceives,
sometimes at walking, in the streets sometimes
Or on the hillside, always unfoEwarned,
grace of being finer than himself,
That beekonsand is gone-a larger life
:. Upon his own impinging, with sNift glimpse
so spacious circles luminous with mind,
To which the ethereal substance of his own
Seems but gross cloud to make that visible,
Touched to sudden glory round the edge.
Who that hath known these visitations feet
Would strive to make them trite and ritual?
I, that still pray at morning and at eve,
Loving those roots that feed us from the past
And prizing more than Plato things I learned
At that best Academe, a mothers knee,
Thrice in my life perhaps have truly prayed,
Thrice, stirred below my conscious self, have fell
That perfect disenthralment which is God,
Nor know which TO hold worst enemy
Him who on speculation's windy waste
Would turn me loose, stript of the raiment warn
BY faith contrived against our nakedness,
Or him who, cruel kind, would fain obscure
With painted saints and paraphrase Of God,
The souls east window Of divine surprise


The Cathedral.
Year: 1870

INFRINGEMENT EXTAoRDINARY.-The
following story is told of pretty well
known gentleman formerly connected with
the Pittsburgh press. This person was in
the habit of taking wee drap too much
at times, and when in the resultant condi-
ton of exhilaration, he was as many are
inclined to liberality and extravaganza


of expenditure to which his sober self was
an utter stranger While on one of his


periodical benders, the fancy of our hero
was struck with the beauty of a certain


pair of vases of rare workmanship and
exquisite finish. With the sentiment, darn
the expense, in his heart and on his lips,
he bought these vases at an immense price
and bore them. hnme, and triumphantly
called on his wife to admire thin. Why
john said she the moment she sch eyes on
them, what induced you TO buy such cost
ly ornaments as these We can't afford to
spend moneyin this way. You will ruin
US, you know you will : and the poor lady
raised her apron to her eyes and began to
cry. The sig ght was too much for our prln-
ter. You are right, Mary he said, you
are right, and am wrong. l see 1t now.
We can't afford these vases it was extrav-
agant in me to buy them. But don't cry
I'll fix it all right So saying he let drive
Year: 1870

Up LONG ENoUGH.-The steamer s.,
commanded by Captain S, exploded sew
eral years ago with terrible effect, and
burned TO the waters edge. Captain s.
was blown into the air, alghting near a
floating cotton bale, upon which he foated
uninjured. but much blackened and mud
died. Arriving at village several miles
below, to which the news of the disaster
had preceded him, be was accosted by the
editor of the village paper, with whom he
was well acquainted, and eager for an
item.


Il say is the S. blown up?'


Yes


Was Captain s. killed p


No, I am Captain s.


The thunder you are! How high were
you blownP


High enough to think of every mean
thing l ever did in my life before [ came
down here.


The other started on run for his office.
The paper was about going to press, and
not wishing to omit the item of intelligence
two weeks off, wrote as follows:


The steamer s. has burst her boiler, as
we learn from Captain S who says he was
up long enough to think of every mean
thing he ever did in his life before he lit.
We suppose he was up about three months ,
Year: 1870

ALL FOR LovE.-The Prince of Schles-


wig Holstein has petitioned the King of


Prussia to reduce him to the rank of Count,


and take from him the title, the privileges.
aud the restrictions ofprincely rank. There
is woman in the case. and the story cul-
inmates in this pleasant bit of personal
gossip The Prince has only recently re-
turned from India where he has been sew
eral years engaged in scientific researches.
Savan-like, his first thought on reaching
home was his library. which he found in
very dusty, musty, jumbled-up and neglsc-
ted condition He went to work to bring
order out of this literary chaos but soon
found that he must have help. but who was
worthy to touch his beloved hooks In
his perplexity he applied to his steward,
who at first declared that there was nobody
in that out-of-theway place competent to
the task of sorting, classifying and arrang-
ing scientific and classical library; but
at last he bethought himself of his daugh-
ter's governess. the only person likely to
render any service in such a case. The
young lady was sent for, and began work
under the direction of the Prince. who. as
time wore on, discovered in this demure
young person such fund OF versatile knoWl-
edge, combined with real, solid information,
cheerful. good sense, domestic virtues. and
sweet looks. that he came to the conclusion
that at last here was the proper person to
aid him. not only in setting his library to
rights. but also in reducing all the other
tangled-up affairs of his life to order and
harmony But Prince of the blood can
not openly marry subject without forfeit
ing his rights to the succession and Meth
er of the lovers wished for morganatic
marriage. Therefore the Prince has petit
toned the King to allow him to call him
self simply Count Noer. and all for the
sake of the good heart, the sound head. aud
the bright eyes of Fraulein Carmelita
Eisenblatt, daughter of German merchant
of Calcutta, formerly in good circumstan-
ces
Year: 1870

Algerine yataghan-that is, the peculiar
that they prefer to use their own private
revolvers.


No one can become Zouave unless he
is born Frenchman, and a very large
number of them are recruited among the
Paris loafers and glmins. Their drilling
comprises, besides the usual military evo-
lutions. more particularly also gymnastics,
and no one can serve among them who is
not an accomplished and perfect swimmer,
jumper and climber. Their style of fight
ing differs from that Of the regular infant
ry. They make no bayonet attacks in
closed lines, but spread themselves out so
as to have more room for striking about
with their bayonets, and they enter the
enemy's lines on the full run with large
bounds.


One of their eceentricities is their love
for cats, and they prefer as pets the large
gray and black cat of Algeria. The train
ing of these cats is admirable. They know
not only all the soldiers, but also their four
footed comrades belonging to the same bat
talon. and easily pick out their own mas
ters under all circumstances. They are
very obedient to them, and not only on
their march. but also in battle, take up
their positions on their knapsacks-from
which position they participate in the fight
according to their own peculiar style. by
jumping into the face of the enemy. scratch
ing and biting in furious manner Dur
ing the Crimean war, the wounds in the
faces of the Russian soldiers from these
cats were so serious and numerous that
they had 10 establish at Odessa a separate
ward in the hospital for the better healing
of them.


In climbing up and attacking a rocky
height, the Zouaves command their cats to
the front to lead the way. and carefully
watching the way the cats take. they fol-
low them closely, and take advantage of
every foothold pointed oct by their trusty
and agile comrades World,
Year: 1870

Do not argue with sick person about
his delusions. Do not try to persuade him
that he is mistaken. If his monomania
has reference to outward matters Of fact
not directly concerning himself, quietly ad-
NIT that it possible he may be right in his
opinion. Tell him that the excitement
which the subject causes him is token
that 1t is not his business to decide upon It,
and that no mistake you are likely to be
led into will be as serious an evil as the
continuance of that excitement. Bid him
trust you. and ask him to endeavor to fix
his mind upon some other subject. If,
indeed. you should happen to be able to as
sert, from later evidence than he is pos
sessed of, that he is mistaken, it may be
well to do so. The effort on his part to
trust your word viii be good for him.
Year: 1870

| have never used the stuff myself. but
Steve jenkins did, and they just saved his
life.'


'How's that 2 questioned some one.


Well. you see Steve had taken the
bitters Just one week before he was showed
in prison for murder. He was stripped of
everything in the shape of iron about him
and yet he made bar and worked him
self out


Probably he had whisky enough in him
to furnish bar, suggested wag.


No. he didn't retorted the first He
had been taking this mans iron bitters,
and what does he do, but open a vein in
his arm, and take iron enough out of his
blood to make a crowhar. and pry the
gate open with it. and let himself out.
Fact "


The medicine man subsided.
Year: 1870

There is new use for petroleum. One
Samuel Bryant, of CarroltOn, Mississippi,
has discovered that it will make the hair
grow. The way he found out this new pro-
perty of coal oil was simply this He had
large boil on the bald place on his head,
which gave him much pain, and in the ab-
sence of anything else he rubbed coal oil on
it. lie says it relieved the pain almost in
stantly, so he continued to rub on the oil
until the boil was entirely well, when, 10
his surprise, he found q thin coating of hair
coming out over the bald place. He con-
tinued the use of the oil for month or two
and now has heavy coat of hair on his
head.