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Year: 1870

Herald Steam Marine News Fleet.
The following named yachts which capable board
ing inward bound outside Of Sandy Hook south
OF the Highlands, compose steam marine news
feet


Screw propeller yacht HERALD.


Screw propeller yacht JAMES.


Screw propeller yacht JEANHETTE.


The marine news Office Is at Whitehall slip where all CON-
muncaons from and consgnees the masters OF
vessels will be received and forwarded free Of charge
Year: 1870

VIM. ]. Bushnell. aged fourteen, whose
parents reside at Old Saybrook, Conn, was
drowned on Friday last, in the East River.
under peculiar circumstances. The boy had
been attending boarding school in one of
the North River towns, and left the institu-
tion on Friday morning with several other
of the scholars, they having received va
cation to spend the Fourth of j uly at their
homes. When the boys arrived in town they
engaged passage on the steamer Elm City
for Norwich. The day being very warm,
young Bushnell became sleepy, so be pulled
off his coat, assumed an easy position on the
upper deck, and fell asleep He had not
long been in this condition when he rose
from his chair in somnambulic state. walk
ed over to the side of the boat, and fell over
board. The unfortunate boy was seen to
drop into the water by those who stood on
the pier at the time, and they made every
effort to rescue him, but they were unsuc-
cessful. The boys body sank like lead, and
did not reappear on the surface. The re-
mains were subsequently recovered and
Coroner Rollins held an inquest yesterday,
when the above facts were elected. 1t also
appeared that the deceased had been a con
firmed somnambulist, and the jury rendered
a verdict of accidental death. The relatives
of the boy found it difficult to obtain the
necessary permit from the Board of Health
for the removal of the remains from the
county, owing to the early hour at which
their office is closed; and the absence of any
one who was possessed of the necessary au-
thOrity. It=was stated that no one except
Dr. Morris, the Sanitary Superintendent,
can sign permits, and he could not be found
readily. The delays created by this manner
OF transacting business are of frequent oc-
currence.
Year: 1870

The New York Sunday Dispatch is our au-
thority for the following:


A fatal drinking match came off in Will
liamsburg few days ago which has not yet
been made public. 1t appears there was
dispute between an old French physician,
and the proprietor of one of the largest
breweries in the place, as to which of the
two could drink the most liquor and carry
it off. They decided to test the question by
trial, said test to be match at drinking
liquor at convenient saloon, the party Civ
ing up the trial first to be considered a
second-class drinker, and pay for a grand
supper. Both parties to this novel and dis
gusting contest were large men, the physi-
clan being able to turn the scales at two
hundred and twenty pounds, while the
brewer was perfectly mammoth in proper
tions-a perfect Gambrfnus-weighing fully
two hundred and fifty pounds.


A large crowd of professional and amateur
drinkists were on hand when the match
commenced, and the bets were freely taken
in favor of the brewer, the German element
predominating. The first instalment of four
bottles. of what was labelled bourbon
Whiskey,' were disposed of, each man
drinking the same as his opponent, and
at the same time. The whisky gave them
renewed vitality, apparently, for they
laughed and talked right merrilv, albeit
they began to give evidence of having cul-
tivated crop of fur on their tongues, still
they drank about once every five minutes,
and drank deeper and deeper.


They changed their tipple to claret, as a
tonic, and here the Frenchman seemed 10 be
more at home. 1t did not suit the German
so well, however, and it was soon changed
to sherry, after three bottles had been gulped
down by each. The sherry was only pala-
table while two battles lasted, one each.


Their eyes began to show that peculiarly
CLASSY glare seen only in those upon whom
the effects of liquor have gained ascendancy,
but their strong physique enabled them to
keep their seats, and showed very little
shakiness. They called for brandy, of which
they partook Il little more sparingly than
of the other liquors, seemingly aware that
while they had no fear of the previous
draughts IN which they had been indulging,
there was I" death in the bowl" that con-
tanned this poison.


The German reached out cautiously to
the bottle to replenish his glass The
Frenchman endeavorcd to follow suit. The
effort Cd the part of the latter was futile
he could not move his arm; he endeavored
to reach out his other hand, but it fell of
the arm of his chair and hung powerless
He Strengthened back in his chair slowly,
his body made convulsive movement, his
face became horribly distorted, his eyes
seemed as if they would fly out of theil
sockets, his tongue rolled out of his mouth
few gasps, his body tremblcd all over like
a shaken leat-he was dead.
While the funeral was on its way to the
cemetery the German also died, the coroner
signing certificates ascribing death in boil
instances to heart disease.
Year: 1870

At the final fortnightly meeting of the
session OF 1S69-70 of the Royal Geograph
ical Society of England. in London, June
IA, Sir r. Murchison referred to the present
position OF Dr. Livingstone and the succor
which is sent to him.


He said: There have been great misap-
prehensions about this affair, and l have re-
ceived numerous applications from active
young men, anxious to go in search of
DR.. Livingstone, supposing that there was
q real expedition about to start from this
country or elsewhere. There is no such ex-
pedition, even in Imagination, and certainly
none in reality, contemplated in any way.
DR.. Livingstone has been more than three
years and half in the heart of AfTica
without single European attendant. / am
not sure that the sight of young gentle
man sent out from England, who was not
acclimatized, would not produce very
bad effect instead of good one upon my
friend the doctor, because he would have
to take care of the new arrival, who would
very soon die there, and the poor doctor
would have an additional load. / have,
therefore, to announce that there is no such
intention whatever 1 have received a
dozen letters from admirable young volun-
teers, who are anxious to distinguish them
selves, but who have not the least idea of
what they are about. l have every reason
to believe that the 81 900 that the Govern
ment has given will go out by the Consul
of Zanzibar, who happens, accidentally, to
be in this country, and who is going out
Immediately. He will instruct DR.. Kirk,
the Vice Consul, to rcfit the same expedition
which was started before, but which was
impeded by an attack of cholera. The
cholera has passed away entirely, the
country is free from Zanzibar, and the only
difficulty now is to get to Ujji, where my
dear and valued friend was and still is, for
he cannot move forward or backward with
out carriers, supplies, and so forth. 1t will
take two months or more for those supplies
to go from the seaboard to Ujiji, therefore
you must put aside all anxiety for some
months to come. hope in about seven or
eight months hence you will hear good
news, and that very soon after we shall see
our friend again in his native country.
Year: 1870

When first came here in 1919 those
oxen were steers. Stock was rather short
then, and | worked the critters in early
Well, one day; old Tennessee Smith down
by the Lillypache, had cut a red elm and
it got lodged in the slov, and none Of them
dared venture out to cut it clear. So they
hlsched on all the oxen they had and tried
to drag it up on the bluff But with SIX
yoke they couldn't make it let, CO. Then
some one said, ''send for Spencer's steers y
When Mr.. Smiths boy came told him no
one could drive them but me. Sol yoked mn
and went down.


When got there said "Gentlcmcn take
away your oxen," and they did. Then I
told 'em to cut welt around the log. so
that my chain would lie inside of it lust
even with the bark. Then cut slit from
this welt to the end of the butt, so that the
taut of my chain would not catch in the
hazel brush. Then l put the chain round
and hitched on, and took up the whip and
just give the critters a cheerful start with
the Lash. They sprang to it and jerked the
log two feet, and then it stuck fast Then l
yelled and put on the string, and those two
little fellows leaned into their work, and Just
shlvcred little, and then thay went like a
shot for yard OF two with a long red. stick,
behind 'ena, and5eperybody shouted and
then just shut up their tly-traps and said not
word. For, Gentlemen, would you believe
it, those two little bucks had drawn the
heart right out of that log!


Yes sir, and if that Yankee don't believe
it, can show him the same log to-day at
Jackson. The road commissioners took it for
town pnmp. 1t was all bored out of use.


l started one day with my span of greys and
load ofcorn to drive to Jackson, nine
mills, to market. Brought back 10 bags of
meal and a barrel of -four Well, Just as
got shut of the town and had about eight
miles OF prairie 'twixt me and Hanna, I
heard rafting nois behind me, and when l
looked round there was bouncing hail storm
right upon me. yelled at the greys and
flung my chaw of tobacco at Billy, for he
was the LATEST, and we swung along at what
you Yankees call good Hiram Woodruff
pace. never quit yelling and they never
stopped running till we struck Felderkin's
corner, right where you blazed that big oak
this morning. Then found the storm was
over and when | looked to see if the load
was safe. there were two bushels and a half
of hailstones in the hind end of my wagon,
but not one of 'cm on my sacks or on me-
Gentlemen, had raced on the edge of that
hailstorm all those eight miles home. Now,
its my opinion that you couldn't do that
little trick to day with any two horses in
Illinois, not if you soak their tails in turpcn-
tine the night before, and touch mach to
'em just as you say-Git out of this BIS
ton Aduertiser.
Year: 1870

HUMoRIsTs-The three humorists, Mas
by, Billings, and Twain, are thus described
by Boston correspondent of the New York
Ecening Post: "Nasby dislikes the title of
humorist. He uses humor as an instrument
for the enforcement of his points, which al
ways involve some political principle. His
best holt as he calls it, is no doubt strong
horse sense.' Josh Billings is born humor-
ist genial and tenderhearted, and heartily
loved by those that know him well. He
once said that nothing would delight him
more than to lecture in Musical Hall, when
he was eighty years old, with white hair
falling over his shoulders, and lift the au.
dience He is now about sixty years of age.
Mark Twain is more purely a literary man
than either of the trio.


He is very sensitive, and an unappreciative
audience acts upon him like cold shower
bath. Twain will not lecture next season,
he has got rich and married wife, and
wisely prefers to take his ease"
Year: 1870

Agreed Upon ana the "ofA oeSoh'


The revisers of the authorized version OF
the New Testament net for the first time
Yesterday, at the Jerusalem Chamber, at 12
o'clock, and sat for upwards of five hours:
The Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol acted
as chairman. The Holy Communion was
administered at 1130 by the Dean of West
minister in Henry the Seventies Chapel. and
was attended by all the members of the
company with the exception OF three or
four, including those unavoidably absent
owing to illness or special engagement.
Twenty were present, including the Bishop
of Llandatf, the chairman of the Old Testa-
ment Company. All preliminary arrange
ments connected with the form and carrying
on of the work were discussed and agreed
to, and some progress was made in the actual
work 1t would he premature to express
any opinion ON a first meeting, but it may
be said that the whole tone and character
of the meeting was such as to suggest a
well grounded belief that this great and
important work will be carried on with har-
mony, promptitude, and success. The COM
pany afterwards dined with the Bishop OF
! Glocester and Bristol in Portland place.
Year: 1870

A CELSIUS taker in New York who could
speak the English language only, and whose
district was mainly inhabited by Germans,
mas abandoned his job in disgust. he says
the name of nearly every family was aNix-
fur.stay.n
Year: 1870

WEATHER PREDICTIONS The wealth
er prophets have already begun their pre-
dictioms. Tney sometimes get so wide
ot the mark as to be ridiculous bat We
hope the following writer in tue ReDuJE-
can will prove prophet indeed Al this


time of the year how often do we hear
this common remark, wonder what the


weather viii be next winter The writ
CT has already solved this interesting prob
Year: 1870

We regard Clarksville as being one
OF the best tobacco markets In the
country. 1t affords advantages tn
farmers from this section that no
other market possesses. 1t is near
us, and the amount saved In freight
on each hOgshead of tobacco sent
there from this county divided among
the farmers and by them distributed
through the country, would in short
time be no incOnsi,erable amount.
And as it is from the amount saved
and not from the gross receipts that
the thrifty farmer accumulates his
fortune, 1t behOOves him to send the
products Ofhis industry to that mark.
ct that commands the highest price
and is nearest his home.-P1ris In.
tCUigcncer.
Year: 1870

II Is important to letter-writers to
know that the Postmaster-general is


sued not long since an order requir-
ing the name aud address of the send,
er of registered letters and packages
tn he affixed t0 the same, and In case
of non-dellvery, the registered letter
or package viii be returned directly
from the Office to which IL was sent
to the sender without being returned
through the Dead ketter office. Il
the sender can not be found, IL will
go the Dead Letter Office and be treat
ed as other undelivered mail matter
Year: 1870

To one gallon of water, take i pounds
Of salt. ! pound of sugar, ] ounce Of salt
petre. J ounce Of potash. In this ratio
the pickle to be increased to any quantity
desired Let these be boiled together,
uatil all the dirt from the sugar rises to
top and is skinned off. Then throw it
into tub to cool, and when cold, pour it
over your beef or pork, to remain the
usual time. say four or five weeks. The
meat must be we'll covered with pickle,
and should not be put down for at least
two days after killing. during which time
it should be slightly sprinkled with pow
dered saltpetre, which removes all the sur
face blood, &c, leaving the meat fresh
and clean Some omit boiling the pickle
and find it to answer we'll; though the
operation of boiling puri6es the pickle by
throwing off the dirt always to be found
in salt and sugar.-Gernaanto,on 7sleg'h.
Year: 1870

els drunkenness durable ?" is problem
Of the deepest interest to all good citizens,
and anything that promises to aid its So
luton is worthy of notice. A writer in
Putnam for August proposes as a cure for
an appetite for liquors, bromide Of potas-
sium, saying, There's no 'tapering off
with the devil. Either he has got you or
he has not got you The first part of the
medical treatment in this physical disease
requires the immediate removal of the pa
tient from all disturbing influences OF
whatever nature. There must be no noisy
children about. no quarrelling women. no
scandal mongers pouring out their distill-
ed venom to jar upon his nerves and dis
turb his spirit. He must have absolute
quiet and repose." His patient must take
a two weeks holiday and go to bed where
nothing can trouble him or get at him but
one faithful friend


Having obtained twelve twenty grain
powders of the bromide he takes one, and
after conflict the sedative wins the VIC
tory and he sleeps. When he wakes the
struggle against liquor begins again, and
another powder is taken and so on until
at last perfect success and glorious victory
are attained. The desire for drink will
be completely eradicated, and its return
will not be likely to recur. During the
treatment food should not be taken, unless
urgently desired, and then it should be Of
the most nutritious character. Broths of
fowl or beef steak and such other meats
as are best calculated to preserve the tone
of the stomach are to be preferred.
Year: 1870

Most men who breed sheep are accus-
toned to isolate the rams about the first
Of August, and return them to the flock
again about the first of November, or
later, as the latitude may determine.
Through the middle tier of States. the
first of April is probably the best time for
spring lambs. The mothers need green
food as soon as may be after their young
are dropped. and that is generally ready
about the Goth of the month to the first of
May. Further north, the middle of the
month is early enough, as the weather is
colder and the starting of the grass much
more backward.


To keep the flock constantly improving,
the first necessity is to change bucks fre-
quently. We would suggest every year,
| if it is possible, to make a selection from
foreign flock that shall equal your own.
Another way is to hire thoroughbred
ram at any reasonable cost. and thereby
introduce into your flock blood that will
improve it, always keeping in mind. when
the selection of a sire is made, what you
propose to do with the progeny that shall
come from this animal. One whose aim
is to get early and good lambs for market.
would not introduce Merino blood; or. if
be wanted fine wool, neither a Cotswold
inor Sout6down.


Not less in Importance is breeding from
the best ewes. Any flock of sheep will
deteriorate unless the best are saved for
breeders. Seven seasons are enough for
even the best of sheep to be used for mo-
theirs. After nine years old, they lose SO
much of their vitality and their milk-pro-
ducing qualities. that the lambs are gene
rally below the average. As soon as the
lambs are weaned. which should be about
the middle Of September. if they were
born the middle of April, all the eve
sheep in the flock that are not of suitable
age, of suitable form, and of suitable
health for mothers. should be taken out,
and in some way disposed Of. They can
generally be fattened in the fall or early
winter, and either sold to the butchers, or
| if the number is not too large. can be con-
sumed in the family. in lieu Of more sala-
BILE but not more nutritious meats.
The place Of those thus discarded should
be always filled from the best Of the lambs.
| if it is desirable to keep the flock about
the same size. Hundreds of farmers who
sell early lambs are guilty Of the folly Of
iiselliag tho. best, andssllesing those that
will not sell to go through the winter, and
eventually become mothers. This would
seem to be saving, but it is, instead,
suicide. When the best are saved for
breeders, the flock is constantly improv-
ing; when the poorest are permitted to be-
come such, there is gradual deteriora-
ton, and an ultimate (to use an express
sive phrase) running out.


No farmer is worthy the name and age
who is not always on the alert to make
both bis farm and the stock upon it better.
1t does not require capital to do this SO
much as it does care. and in the end the
best farming and the best stock raising
pay the best; and to the bottom line all
eventually comes.-Hearth and Home
Year: 1870

worthy to employ boz, is looking for
you, if you have the poidts. Do not fear
that you will be overlooked. A young
person having these qualities, will shine
as plainly as star at night. We have
named ten points that gstoward making
up the character Of a successful boy, SO
that they can be easilf remembered
You can imagine one on each finger, and
so keep them in mind-they will be worth
more than diamond rings, and you will
then never be ashamed to ''show your
hand
Year: 1870

The human body chiefly composed and bres a.
sensitive to every change in the condition
as the most delicate eectometer the quicksilver in baro
meter tube,


The stomach the akin the nerves, the lungs and the ex
creory especially liable to be affected y these
variations and the best defence their disastrous ten
denc is to keep the digestive machinery which feeds and
HOurahes the whole system, in good working order


the stomach weak dorered neither the bOed nor
the bile can be healthy upOn fitness of these
two important fluids for the assigned them v nature
and tho regularity health in great measure de-
pends


When the air heavily laden with chilling vapors it often
is at this of the the should he an object
Of peculiar II is weak and angud the whole physical
structure will be euervated. vigorous the entire or
ganzaton will be strong the aud
influence OF damp and Vitiated atnO sphcre


pure and powerful tonic therefore especially needed as
safeguard against the diseases the spring and
hosteters Stomach Btters being the wholesome and
potent medicine of the class present known course of il is
particularly advisable at this period of the year The stomach
Will thereby be toned and strengthened ana bowels
regulated the system brace up and natur. nut in
Astae OF active defence against the which
ce Intermittent and remtent fevers reunats nervous
debility headache. hypocOndra complaints which
are apt to asSa the unOned and unorted organizations
The body is strengthened without exciting the BRAIN and con-
seQueny unpleasant reaction follows revnR and reno
waiting Opprat
Year: 1870

HE INTEREST BILL-The bill before the
Maryland Legislature to increase the rate of
interest, was defeated in the House last week
by vote of p to So. This bill, while it con-
tlnued the usual rate of interest at six per
cent, authorized ds high as ten per cent. to
be charged, provided an agreement to that eff,
iect be made in writing The Baltimore Sun
thinks that the bill would have stood a better
chance of success had it contained provision
that for money lent on mortgage or other real
estate security not more than six per cent.
should be received, The opposition was main,
ly from the country members, and such pro-
Vlso as the above would have tended to molly
them' The agricultural interest in MARYLAND.
as In this State, is generally opposed to any
increase in the rate of interest, while the man
utacturng, commercial, and especially the bro
kerage interests are urging an increase Of the
rate to secure more capital. The Baltimore
papers contend that the want OF capital is the
great want of the State, while the farmers CON
tend that they cannot stand higher rate of
interest than Six per cent.
Year: 1870

The METHODIST MINIsTRY.-Th New
York Herald, in speaking Of the two Confer
ences Of that denomination soon to convene in
that city, makes the following comments upon
the ministry.


The subject of ministerial education, made
doubly interesting to MethodiSts at this
time by the recent death Of the Rev. DR.. Nc
Clntock, demands and will receive the most
careful consideration, 1t is well known, and
has been openly asserted by one Of the bishops
of the Church, that the majority of applicants
for admission to the Methodist ministry now
are men nearer to forty years of age than twen
:y-hve. The explanation given of this fact is
that young men Of wealth, culture and social
position III the Church prefer to enter other
professions wherein the labor is lighter and the
remuneration greater and more certain. Hence
the ranks of the ministry must be recruited,
It at all, from among the poorer classes, and
these must have free collegiate education or
none. The supply of the Methodist pulpit by
the regular ministry at present does not make
up the losses caused by death, location and
superannuatiOn The denomination through
OUT the land owns eleven thousand seven hun
dred churches, and yet has but eight thousand
four hundred and eighty one travelling preach
ers to supply those pulpits and to minister to
more than seven millions of souls. There are.
however, nearly ten thousand local or Law
preachers besides Hence the subject of edu-
cation is one Of vital importance to the futnre
progress and well being of the Methodist
Church.