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Year: 1872

's Maria Ann went to the front door,
last evening, to see if the paper had
come. She had been delivering n short
address to me concerning what she is
pleased to term my 'cold molasses
style of moving around. AS she had
opened the door she remarked, l like
to soc body move quick, prompt, en-
phatic, that was all !; but heard some
one humping down the steps in Il most
prompt and emphatic manner, and
reached the door just III time to see my
better half sliding across the sidewalk,
i'll 4 sitting posture. l suggested, as
she liml'etl back to the door, that there
might be such Il thing as too much celer-
ity; but she did not seem inclined to
carry OIL the conversation, and started
for my Office.


"itight in front of nc, on the slippery
sidewalks strobe two independent
knights Of st. Crispin. They were talk
ing over their plans for the future, and
as l overlook them heard one of them
say, have only my two hands to de-
pend on, but that is fortune enough for
any man who is not afraid to work. 1
intend to paddle my own canoe. be-
heNe can make my own way through
the worlU-his feet slipped out from
under him, and he came down in the
shape of Il big v. told him he could
never make his way through the world
in that direction, unless he came down
harder, and that if he G..l he would
come through among the sheathen
Chine and he was really grateful for
the interest l manifested. He invited
me to II place where ice never forms on
the sidewalk.


"Then ! slid along behind Il loving
couple on their way to hear Madame
Ann Bishop. Their hands were frozen
together. Their hearts beat us one. Said
he; "My own, l shall think nothing of
hard work if can make you happy.
1t shall be only my aim to surround
you with comfort. My sympathy shall
Tighten every sorrow, and through the
path of life l will be your stay and sup
port; your he stopped. His speech
was too tfowery for this climate, and as
passed by she was trying to lift him up.


Twolawyers coming from the court
house next attracted my attention. All.
said one, Judge Foster would rule that
out. We must concede the.two first
points. We can afford to do it if evil
dencc sustains us in the third; but on
this position we must make our firm
stand, and his time was up. left
him moving for IL new trial.


{" mused. What 4 lesson the ice
teaches us. How easy is humanity con-
trollcd by circumstnnces-and tho at
traction Of gravitation. What q sermon
might be based-I got up and took the
middle of the street to prevent further
accidents.'
Year: 1872

The advices- as to the election III North
Carolina are conflicting. Our speclal dls-
patches came from the Washington ONCE
of the New York Times, and are, we be-
Iieve, trustworthy. Our second dispatch
is less confident than the first. 1t is evi-
dent the contest will be close, and that the
estimates of the Associated Press Agents
are exaggerated. The resurns at hand do
not cover one half the State. The inte-
rior counties will not be heard from for
two days, and it will probably take that
time to determine the final result. Fa


North Carolina is a State included by
the Democracy in all their calculations of
the Presidential election as for Greeley
and Brown. The Republicans were hope
ful of carrying it and are yet, but even if
they should fail the result only gives to
the Liberal movement a State it has al
ways claimed, and one we have from the
beginning always conceded TO be. doubt
ful
Year: 1872

The Knoxville Iron Company turned out OF
their machine shop yesterday fine fifty horse
power stationary steam engine with six foot
fly and pully Wheel built for Mr. j. f. Black,
of Jefferson county. We believe this is the first
engine built in Knoxville since the war and it
should be a matter of pride to every friend OF
progress that such work can be so we'll execut-
ed Mt home.


The Knoxville from Company shops are in
charge of Mr.. Thos. d. Lewis, who, with his
able corps of assistants, have done themselves
great credit on this job. -
Year: 1872

"kNrLEnES desiring spring or sumner
suit, Will do we'll TO look through t,uu-
dry y Gray's stock OF clothing before pur
chasing Their clothing is home made, and
they warrant them WELL made.
Year: 1872

AN effort is being made, says the Darling.
ton Democrat, to complete the organization
Of brass band in that village. We should
like to record that a similar effort was being
made in Mineral Point but alas, we cannot.
Year: 1872

Reflect that sound mind and body are the
hsnnincss. Indeed, without these the journey
through life becomes weary pilgrimage, tho
prosp9ct hourly darkens to the view, the mind
becomes shadowed with despair, and filled with
the melancholy reflection that the happiness OF
nnnthnr is hlighted with our own.
Year: 1872

How 4 BEAR WAS CAUGHT. = From the
Erie (Pennsyvania) Dispatch 10 Brien' 5
nrnaglcre has gone into winter quarters at
Grard and among the pets belonging to that
concern is Il good sized black bear, which was
kept chained in the yard of the Avenue House.
The house was built on side hill, and to 90
to the bar room from the roadway it is neces-
Sary to ascend flight of steps set on the slope.
\ day or two ago there was jolly party as
Scmbled in the bar room. During lull in
talk about politics Colonel Swan went to look
at the BEAR goiug too close, as the barkeeper
thought but Swan didn't heed the admonition
and the bear made plunge at him with such
effect that he broke the chain. The,gallant
room, distancing the bear at the first jump
Bruin, finding himself at liberty, began to put
on ordly airs, and trotted round the yard in
search of some one to hug. The place was
fenced, with the exception of the stairway to
the street, and man with pitchfork Jumped
on that to dispute Bruins passage, should he
try it. The others got hold of clubs, pokers,
hoes and anything handy for weapons, and
Wadsworth was SO lucky as to secure fish
spear. The magic touch Of ''elbows' inspired
courage, and the men began to advance on the
bear iu platoons, Bruin slowly retreating, as
among so many he didn't know which to hug


first ln this state of iudecision, ne finally turned
about and trotted into his kennel. I've got
him, shouted Jim Wadsworth, ,as he jumped to
the front and presented the five pronged speart
the mouth Of Bruins den. The echo hadn't
died away before the spear was broken in two
or three pieces, and the bear turned Wads-
worth back somersault and rolled over him.
The astonishment and scare were mutual but
the bear was up first, and he charged through
the line, needless of belts from clubs, and
made for rear fence. Here the unsclent.tc
construction of the fence got the better Of him.
At the corner where he mounted, the bottom
of the post was close to stone wall, but the
top leaned to the eastward so as to leave an
opening like the letter Y, and in the bears
hurry he dropped his fat body into the gap,
wedging it fast His fore legs were dangling
on the side where liberty awaited him, but bis
hind legs were still in the yard. Comprehend
ing Bruins situation at a glance, Wadsworth
grabbed hold of one of the hiud legs and pulled
:is though he meant to tear the leg out The
bear tried to turn to bite this source Of annoy


ance, but he could not reach far enough, and
in his fury he tore big chunks out Of the top
fence board with his teeth, and broke one tooth
irving to bite the top of the post off. dozen
bed cords, and as many trace chains as could be
found were brought, and after infinite trouble,
slip-nooSeS were got into the bears mouth and
around his neck and legs and when he, was
truSsed UP like mummy, five or SIX men lifted
him out. But he was not conquered; and OF
this he gave evidence when the party tried to
remove some of the ropes, an operation that
was necessary before he could be properly
chained again. Finally some one sent for
Adam Forepaugh, the lion-tancr, and he took
the ropes off, put the chain on and fastened
Year: 1872

tention to the matter. It is not at
| probable that any change will be made
in the presentation OF the case We are


not making Treaty with England. We


are not negotiating with England at ak
This has all been ndone-completed. The
matter is now before the Court of Arbi-
tration, and if the claim On the part of
the United States is of such ''pre poster
GUS character ard ''of inself proves its
absurdity,'' the arbitrators will simply
throw it out. The language of Mr.. Glad
stone is as much reflection upon the
court as upon our government. Why
should the British Government be un-
willing to have claims Of 'pIeposterous
character" laid before men of common
sense. The very fact that the statesmen
and people Of England are so remarkably
sensitive in regard to the matter indicates
some sense of respectability.


We are glad to notice that the subject
has not been the theme of any general
discussion in our National Congress. In
this, as in many otEer affairs, our strength
is to sit still. There is no occasion for
getting up an excitement. The matter
has been put into the hands of arbitrators,
and there it should be left. We can
hardly believe that the threat of NJ Glad
stone, to repudiate the Treaty and refuse
to abide by the decision of the court,
would ever be carried out by the English
Government. It would be the end of
all treaties, if such Government as that
Of Great Britain should pursue such
course. But should it be possible, the
whole responsibility would rest with that
Government. The United States will
abide by the decision even should it not
receive dollar.


As we stated last week, there is no
intense zeal on the part of the people or
Government of the United State to have
this Treaty carried out For information
al purposes it would be better to let the
account stand as it is, and to look for its
settlement in the future, In contingencies
which may arise between the two Gov
crnments. But the interests of human
ity, the injunctions of the Christian re-
ligion, which is the religion of both coun-
tries, the best interests of the world at
large, demand that national differences,
like personal differences, should lie set
tied, if possible, In some other way than
by war. The hopes Of the world in re-
gard to the acceptance Of arbitration, in
place Of a resort to war, were greatly ele-
waited when the negotiations were entered
upon at Washington, and still more when
the Treaty was ratified. We trust these
hopes are not to be dashed by such
course as that whicl, is threatened by he
English Government.-N T. Obserccr.
Year: 1872

By recent decision Of the Post Office
Department, the law regarding sending
newspapers by mail has been more clear
" defined than it has heretofore stood.
No name of memorandum can be made
on newspaper inside Of the wrapper on
which the address is written. 1t is bare


~ permissible to mark an article with
pen and pencil. More than this subjects
the paper to letter postage. and the vio-
lator of the law to fine No printed card,
hsndbill or advertisement, no written
notice, letter. or slip OF any kind whatso


ever. must be folded in the paper To
do any Of these things is to violate the
law. Printed slips pasted on the outside
or folded III papers or periodicals, solicit
ing notices, are also violation Of the law


Senders of transient papers can send
bundles of printed matter by weight at
transient postage charges, but must not
eend any written matter in such bundles
Year: 1872

the Roman Democracy.


The Prefect Of Police in Rome has forbidden
an assemblage Of the people, in the italian
capital, which was called in support Of an
agitation for the advancement of the principle
Of universal suffrage. The royalist official
undertakes to say that the summons for the
meeting is used merely as pretext to cover
designs OF the opposition against the govern
ment of His Majesty King Victor Emmanuel.
This proceeding is, as it appears to us here in
America, Of an exceedingly summary char
acter 1t smacks, also, Of crown suspicion
directed against the loyalty Of portion of the
Roman population, while it savors, at the very
same moment strongly of pretension to
lay power infallibility. A free government
based on the national will, as is claimed for
Italy, should be very chary in permitting
policeman to interfere with the expression of o
popular demand for an extension Of the citi-
zen franchise, while it is certainly not con-
stitutional, nor in accordance with the personal
sentiment Of Ell Re Gualantuomo, to utter a
suspicion of covert treason against any
number, even fraction, of the Italian people.
It is to be hoped that King Victor Emmanuel
win permit the Roman population to say its
citizen wants freely, and that he will not at
tempt to play the part Of Canute by defining
the limit of the wave swell of democracy in
the words, 'thus far shalt thou come, and no
farther"
Year: 1872

Tax KING or THE SPASIARps who has been
ailing for some time past is just now invalided
in Madrid by painful attack of rheumatism
and fever. His Majesty passed a "bad night
from Tuesday evening to. yesterday morning.
The announcement Of this fact, by official
medical bulletin, is not calculated to allay the
agitation which prevails in many of the
provinces of Spain, and which will, no doubt,
be rendered still more prevalent and intense
il the Spaniards receive news Of the existence
Of any very general popular excitement in
Franco.
Year: 1872

which Mayor Havemeyer has assumed, If fifth
fully performed, will entitle him to the
respect and gratitude of the citizens of New
York; and if he should find himself involved
in a severe battle with the Custom Ring at
Albany next Winter he may rest assured that
the people will be on his side and that all the
friends Of good government will heartily wish
him succesa
Year: 1872

whose crimes should entitle them to imprison-
ment for life. not being superior to ordinary
curiosity, will wonder for what cause the
Supreme Court should have reversed their
several convictions when guilt was so thor.
oughly established.
Year: 1872

BEFORE AND AFTER Who can explain how
it is that 50 many politicians who opposed Mr..
Havemeyer's election as Mayor are now SO
ferociously in his favor after he is elected
This little conundrum can probably be solved
by those who know how such things happen.
Year: 1872

not consent to be his successor. No doubt he
Justly estimates the evils to which his eleva-
ton would be likely to give rise, and he is
resolved to do nothing which could jeopardize
the future Of his country.


The overthrow of the Republic by the Bor-
deaux Assembly was not only possible. but at
one time was seriously contemplated. Adhe-
rents Of the Bourbons made no secret Of their
hopes, and if no attempt has been made in
this direction 1t is because the terrible earnest
ness of the Commune thoroughly frightened
the shop-keeping element Of the nation. The
peasants who had fought Loyalty for their
country learned in the army that a republic
was not the terrible thing they had been
taught to believe it. And the protection and
prosperity they have enjoyed since the procla-
nation Of peace have completely dissipated
the carefully nourished illusion that only
under some form Of despotism could they
find security for their property and the free
enjoyment of their religion. With these pref
udiccs swept away the peasant begins to
desire the continuance of the Republic. which
he perceives is the only form of government
that can protect him from ever-recurring
revolutions Hence we see the republican
candidates elected oil over France, even Brit
tany, the stronghold of Bourbonism, return
ing republican Deputies. All men who wish
to see the people advance towards self-govern-
msnt and the exercise Of independent though
Year: 1872

signing tne CnalrmanSn1p OF the C0mm1ttee OF
Seventy, has taken occasion to advise
the Committee not to disband, but to lend
him its active cooperation in the difficult task
of securing a harmonious and well balanced
city government wholly Independent of party
politics. In his letter the Mayor elect recog-
nizes the public opinion which the Committee
represents as the basis of his election, and,
hence, gives in his adhesion to the cause of
reform instead of to the republican party.


In this action he evinces proper sense of the
popular sentiment, and wisely follows in the


footsteps of General Grant. The latter has
already given unmistakable evidence of
his intention to cut loose from the
politicians and to conduct the next
four years Of his administration in
the interests Of the people and not of
political cliques and factions. Mayor Have
meyer cannot take to himself better model,
and if he remains firm in his resolve to raise
the municipal government above partisan in
trigues, to give us public officers who will
study the welfare Of the city before the welfare
of party, to hold the ''peace, security and
comfort Of the whole people" above all politi-
cal consideration, he will establish for himself
o reputation as enviable as that which will be
enjoyed by President Grant himself on his
final retirement from Office. The Mayor
elect has the situation in his own hands, and


according 10 all accounts, he has the courage
and stamina necessary to retain its mastership


Governor Dix is democrat Of his own school,


Comptroller Green is of the same sturdy


honest stripe Of political opinion. In this re-
spect they are all in sympathy with President
Grant, and hence the task Of defeating the
schemes of the republican Ring at Albany
may be, after all, comparatively easy


The men who desire to unite the
city patronage in one magnificent combina-
tion with the Federal and State patronage may
find themselves without power either at Wash
in0t0n or Albany. At all eYepta the duty
Year: 1872

ever to have, unless it be to defend myself
have, besides, always advised all my friends
to have nothing to do with him in any
business transaction. I came to this con-
cluson after taking particular notice OF his
countenance" Without asking how deeply
the Commodore learned the secrets OF
physiognomy from Lavater. or how far he is
justified in the conclusion he states SO frankly,
we would be glad to learn how safely some OF
his accusers in the Erie prosecution could say
the same, or what guarantee we have got that
they will not retire into his bosom to-
morrow. His friends just now seem en-
deavoring to prove that the order for his arrest
was 'improvidently granted" II, as we
have said before, the accused is guilty of ''mis-
applying nearly ton million dollars of Erie
funds, let those who have made themselves
responsible for his arrest prove it. or brand
themselves as men willing to bring the law
courts to their aid in stock-gambling exi-
gency. This is the sum total of the matter as
it now stands, the "corner" being thing Of
yesterday
Year: 1872

The Chief Engineer, in his report to the
Minister of War, states that the matter which
has chiefly engaged the attention of his depart
ment for the past year has been the question
of our harbor defences. It is reassuring to
learn from so good an authority that the i'm
portant work Of securing our seaboard from
the danger Of attack is being attended to by
the government. The improvements in mod
ern navies render the old defences practically
useless, and if we are to be secured from the
danger of having the chief city Of the country
destroyed in the event of foreign war we
must be prepared to cope with the new forces
which scientific knowledge is creating for
offensive purposes. No country can afford to
leave its seaboard open to the attack Of an
enemy, and ours on account of Its extent,
would be peculiarly exposed during foreign
war to the incursions Of a hostile fleet. Profit
ing by the experience of modern warfare we
shall trust principally to earthen forts
and carefully planned torpedo system.
The Chief Engineer points out that we must
supplement the torpedo system by fortifca-
tions Of great power, mounted with guns of
large calibre. This of course, was never
questioned by military authorities, but some,
how an idea got abroad that guns could be
dispensed with if an expensive torpedo sys-
TEN were adopted, and the report touches on
the point in order to dissipate the error. We
could wish that the report informed us that
the principal harbors were in a complete state
Of defence, as they ought always to be, rather
than that plans were adopted, and in course
Of application. If the delay in pushing on
this necessary work be caused by want of
money Congress ought to make such appro-
priation as is necessary to render our de-
fences thoroughly complete. With navy to-
tally unable to compete with even the second
rate fleets of Europe it behooves us to see that
we are not left without adequate defence at
home. No one can tell when war may come,
and we have examples enough of the danger
of being caught mapping to warn us of the
necessity Of preparing for all possible eventu-
alitieS.
Year: 1872

HE RICHMOND Whig in an article discuss
ing the "Policy Of General Grant," arrives
at the conclusion that ''he must ignore all
party before he can have the confidence and
support Of the whole country; and if he can
not do this he had as well turn over tho gov
ernment to Morton and the rings and 90 at
once to Long Branch and take his ease"
Have little patience. "There is music in the
air." if we may take the wavering in the
regular republican line as any indication
thereof
Year: 1872

over which the strong arm of Germany may
soon be stretched, and upon which he hopes
to plant the best stock of the Empire-the men
of energy and daring. who are willing to
carve out future with their own hands.
When he looks across the Atlantic at the hosts
of sterling citizens his country has supplied
to the United States he may well regret their
loss. Yet he must know that emigration can
not be stopped probably not seriously
checked-by coercive measures, and that an
undue enforcement of the severe military
laws Of the Empire may have exactly
contrary effect to that which he contemplates.
Our government will do we'll to bear these
facts in mind for while we desire to be on
the best of terms with Germany it is our duty
as nation to protest against any policy that
strikes at our commerce and our prosperity.
At present we can discover no danger OF
renewal Of tho war between France
and Germany by the action OF the
former Power Still less can We see any pros
poet of q hostile movement on the part OF Aus
tria against the Empire policy that could
only prove as disastrous to the former nation
90 Nv UAiiS eiAAO ~ uppCuio uAAOAhOU AoA' -AS
idea Of an alliance between Austria and France,
ifit means anything, means something more. 1t
is needless alarm, or it foreshadows a general
European war; not to be confined to three
Powers. We incline to the belief that the fears
of the German government if seriously enter
tanned, are needless borrowing Of anxiety.
France may fret over dismemberment, but
she will pay the war indemnity to the
last coin. In time she may even
learn to look with less grief and shame upon
the lost territory of Alsace and Lorraine; and
if the fortresses that have been wrested from
her shall in the future prove the bulwarks
against aggressive war, instead of stand
ing threat of invasion, the change of
ownership will be a gain to the civilized
world. We hope to see the political crisis at
Versailles pass away without serious trouble.


We trust that the close Of this day may find
the quarrel between the President and the
Assembly compromised and M. Theirs
still at the head Of the government.
But, however this may be, we feel well as
sured that we shall not again have to deplore
the breaking out of war between Germany and
France The lesson of the last struggle has
not yet been forgotten, and it was too severe
to tempt renewal of the experiment.