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Year: 1870

People who are in the habi. of criticising
Typographical errors in the newspaper should
remember that every column contains from
five to twenty thousand of distinct pieces
of metal, according to the size of the pa
per and the type. The displacement of
single one makes an error. Is il any won
der that errors occur?
Year: 1870

A couple of mornings ago man was
found dead on the Northwestern Railroad,
near HOLLY Rock close by the Carroll and
Benton County line. There was large
hole in the forehead, produced by pistol
ball. which must have caused instant death
We have heard no particulars or names,
but learn that he was a resident of that
vicinity, and is supposed to have been XII
led by man who was seen in his company
that morning, and who was jealous of de-
ceased's attention to some female in, the
neighborhood. -Banner.
Year: 1870

To the Editors Of the Dispatch::


Gentlemen, Il am informed through the medium
Of your journal Of my appointment by the seer
man Independent Club' us member Of one Of
their committees. -m-
feel 1t due to myself to state that the said action
was taken without my knowledge or sanction.
Although the Club has my best wishes for the fa-
Yorable accomplishment of the good objects they
may have in view, nevertheless do not desire to
associate myself with any designated political or
ganization but for TIE future, as in the past, to
lend my strength to that party whose objects may
not be for any self-aggrandizemcnt, but for the
general welfare Of our Commonwealth wherein
we all share alike.


Very respectfully,


MOSES MILLHisER.
Year: 1870

AN ERRoR.-The Speaker of the House of
Delegates requests us to correct statement
which appeared in paper of this city to the
effect that the Legislature had voted them
selves per diem for the long recess in No.
vember and December last. The fact was
that they voted not to receive per diem, for
that recess and as the misstatement il
likely to put the Legislature in wrong
light, the correction is desired.
Year: 1870

The WARING MoNuMENT.-The commit
tee of thirteen on the Waring monument
will meet promptly this evening at o'clock
at the Office of Lee & Goddin to assist
in disinterring and reintcrring the body. A
full attendance is very desirable.
Year: 1870

A CARD.-Mr. WILLIAM LoyESSTEIN would


inform his friends that when not engaged In hts
duties as member of the House OF Delegates he
may still be found at the dry goods house of LEVY
BROTHERS, on Main between Twelfth and Thir-
tccnth streets, and Will wait on them with plea
Year: 1870

Schisms hostile to the tone man power of
Brigham Young are breaking out in Salt Lake
City. These hostile factions attempted the other
evening to get up city ticket in opposition
to the orthodox ticket; but the place appointed
for the meeting was packed by the faithful to
such an extent that the heretics were crowded
out, and they were served the same way in q
second attempt. But still the schismatics
are increasing, while the Gentiles are squatting
and prospecting all over Utah, and from TIE
Pacific Railroad they are still coming by every
train. The mass meeting of the Mormon
women in behalf of polygamy was shrewd
device of the Prophet, but it was a miserable
Mormon cooperative stores will not serve to
keep out the cheaper goods Of the Gentiles.
. The harens Of the Prophet Of his twelve
apostles and Of his seventy elders they must
all know by this time, cannot much longer be
maintained in Utah. The railroad has created
osity and hostility without that may, on very
short notice, result in unrooing and liberating
the birds


The Rocky Mountain trappers and miners,
and, more than all, the camps Of reckless ad-
venturers along the Pacific Railway, men and
women, will only need convenient pretext
for the cleaning out of Brigham's seraglio by
and by. Cullom's bill introduced into Congress,
with its sweeping pains and penalties of out
lawry, fines and imprisonments against Nor
mon concnbinage, bigamy, or polygamy, or
spiritual wifery, or by whatever name it may
be called, should be taken by the Mormon
ruler as q hint of what is coming. The alter
native before him is either to abolish polygamy
or to evocuate Utah and from present in
dications at Washington before the expiration
of six months he will be called upon in the
presence Of Territorial military commander
to take his choice. Congress having abolished
''the twin relic Of barbarism, negro slavery,
and having reconstructed the late slave States,
the turn for that other ''twn relic" polyg-
amy, has now come, and the turn of Utah for
reconstruction. The responsibility is upon
Congress, and the two houses are in the proper
frame Of mind for the work, for both are
moving 10 it.
Year: 1870

Our special fashions report, published to-
day, describes the latest styles Of dress
costume which prevailed in the Old World
centres OF aristocracy, refined taste, costly
clothing, court etiquette and Church consola-
ton during the last days of January. 1t tells
those who participated in them. The commu-
nication is piquant, accurate and comprehen-
sive. The ball season was duly inaugurated
in Paris by the Ministerial receptions OF
the Cabinet Ministers, the new Prefect, M.
Chevreau, leading off with fine entertain
ment, the eclat Of which was ably and diligently
sustained by his coadjutors in the Ministry
subsequently. The ladies will be interested
considerably in the spicy gossip detail
of the manner in which Premier Olivier
chose his wife, lucky little girl just from
school, who was recruiting her health at a
fashionable watering place. The Empress
EugGnie begins, as will be seen, to acknow-
ledge the effect Of years, but remains as
elegant and beautiful in person as she
Is kind and gentle in manner. Cont
mental aristocracy enjoyed a splendid sweep
in the saLons near to the Tuieries. We feel
proud to chronicle the fact that American
beauty and transatlantic grace from this side
of the ocean were in their native simplicity,
and, by contrast with royalty, unadornment
fully acknowledged both as a refreshing and
refining element, even near to and around the
most powerful throne in the world. There
was jovial party of American doctors in Paris
The writer mentions them. Then we have
few words, perhaps appropriately after the
surgeons. about Traupmann's head, being thus
again reminded that ''man 8 phenomenon
after all, and that earthly beauty is mortal,
although it may come very near to divinity for
q moment
Year: 1870

all thinking and rejecting mon. The Judge
has given it as his opinion that the only return
that can be made to the writ of habeas corpus
is to produce the body Of the prisoner. Tho
Stacom case is now well known. 1t is this case
which has called forth the judgment. The
latest judgment that of Judge McCunn, over
rules the judgment Of Judge Ingraham. 1t is
an interesting question and not at all unde-
serving Of attention
Year: 1870

TnE BILL IN RELATION to the election of
inspectors and canvassers In the city and
county Of New York, introduced by Mr..
Kiernan in the Assembly, is published in full
elsewhere in our columns this morning. It
Goes away with two of the evils Of republican
nisrule. Two inspectors in each district are
elective, and the Mayor shall name third
from the opposing candidates OF another
political complexion, making three inspectors,
who shall also act as the Board Of Registry
canvassers
Year: 1870

THE SMALLPox.-Dr. Harris, in his last
epistle to the Board Of Health, gives us the
encouraging information that the disease is
decreasing, and that nobody is SO safe from
infection as the school children.
Year: 1870

COLLECTING TAXES ON LONG Island
People must resist abuse Of authority, and so
furnish cases for the courts to decide. There
Is no other plan to get at the right We are
glad to see, therefore, that some citizens on
Long Island have commenced suit against tax
collectors for transcending their powers. In
one case it is charged that the collector, in
levying for the satisfaction of tax of fifty
dollars, seized five thousand dollars worth Of
property. Judges in such cases will presume
somewhat in favor of the collector, as he goes
at least in the name of the law but between
fifty dollars and five thousand there is plenty
of room for such presumption, and for punish
ing also an unwarrantable and oppressive act.
Year: 1870

The city is tranquil.


Seven OF the editors OF the Rerorrne (newspaper)
have .receved an order to appear before the court
to answer charges preferred against them for viola
ton OF the Press law


In answer to this summons the Reforne this
morning publishes article against the government
OF extraordinary violence.
Year: 1870

There is no scarcity of advice. Every paper
in the city seems to know exactly what Is
wanted to make our city government perfect,
and no two agree as to what our real necessi-
ties are Nothing can be more dissimilar than
the programmes sketched out by the several
papers. AS it is not possible to enact all their
plans-as it is not even possible to know
which is the best-we still incline to favor the
enactment of the Charter that is now pro-
jected in the Legislature. We do not believe,
however, that this is perfect Charter. We
do not believe it is the best Charter that
moderately honest and capable men could
make. But we are sure that it cannot make
our city government any worse than 1t is, and
we are reasonably certain that 1t will make it
great deal better. 1t seems also to be the
only change that 1t is possible to get just now.
For these reasons, observation-disclosures we can
get this Charter, and because it may make
our government better than it is
we favor it rather than any one of the
thousand impractical projects Of improvement
that may be conjured up in every brain, but
that can never become law. Moreover, there
are somc positive points Of advantage in Mr..
Frears bill. 1t gives definite responsibility
and political machinery that will all the
Board of Aldermen with respectable men. II
it fails the democratic party will be to blame
for the failure, and the people will hold them
to their accountability. In the enormous cant
and clamor about honesty made by the repub-
lican press il must not be forgotten that il was
under republican administration that the terri
BILE abuses we suffer from were fosted upon US.
We do not believe the democrats will do worse,
and if they do as badly the people will not
forget it. We are in favor Of the Charter be-
fore the Legislature because it is q change,
but we would not object to any pruning that
would not change its main principle Of giving
the government Of this city to the people that
live here.
Year: 1870

man who refused to give his name at the New
street station house yesterday reported he nsd an
alteration with one OF the mOneyed Dulls" corner
OF south and Broad strrels and was slightly
wounded. His wound was dressed and he left
Year: 1870

factory to the whole country. The committees sepa-
rated to visit the Capitol and endeavor to impress
their views upon Congress


The New York Port Warden Bill.


The House Committee on Commerce. which has
hau the New York Port Warden bill under consider
alton for some time, agreed to-day to report 1t to the
House without any recommendation. The CON-
mttee was unable to agree upon certain features OF
the BILL and the report which they propose making
is regarded equivalent to one OF an adverse char
acter. AS already stated the bill provides for the
appointment by the Secretary Of the Treasury OF
nine citizens OF the United states to be known as
the Board Of Port Wardens OF the port OF New
York.


Relief for the Builder OF the Keokuk-Prize


Money for the Wyoming's Crew.


The Naval Committee OF the House agreed to-day
to report bill giving Whitney, OF New York. the
builder OF the iron-clad Keokuk, $4,000, in salts.
faction Tor his claim against the government Tor
alterations made on the vessel which were not set
down In the original contract. Whitney asked
sixty thousand. but the committee cut him down
ten.


The bill allowing the officers and men Of the United
States snip Wyoming 100000 for prizes captured
on the high seas was also ordered to 20 reported
iavorably.


Disturbance at tho Capitol.


A disturbance which caused much excitement
took place this afternoon near the Senate Chamber
1t had Its origin IN young mans attempting by
force TO enter private apartment exclusively for
the use OF senators. The servant at the door, who
prevented his passage into the closet, received
heavy blow from the stranger, and Others including
the Sergeant Arms, VINO came to the servants
relief were treated IN q similar manner. Policemen
soon appeared and, being resisted, were Obliged
to carry tue dlsturper bodily to the Guardroom
Year: 1870

A woman, " "Ouida," writes as fol-
lows in a recent novel. Is it not
awful, dear lady readere


= [ suppose I shall be considered
very heterodox if I write a thing
that really believe; but I do be-
lieve it; and it is this-that men are
much softer at heart than women.


Oh, l know men can be hard
enough ; they can swear savagely on
occasions; they can hit mercilessly
when they are minded they can be
like steel Or granite to woman
whom they have ceased to care
about; [ know that. But for all
they are never hard with the chill,
contented, egotistic, lifelong bru-
tality of woman. After me the
deluge w-that is a woman all over.
IF the Pompadour did not say it, she
ought to have done.


Lucretius has said how charming
it is to stand under a shelter after a
storm, and see another hrrrying
through it's rain and wind; but a
woman would refine that sort of cru
city, and would not be quite content
unless she had all umbrella beside
her that she refused to lend.


| get very much out of patience
when hear of the tenderness Of wo-
men; they are only tender just for
themselves and their belongings-as
tigresses and bears are. They
have no notion Of any impersonal
sympathy. Men you can move by a
thousand things-their magma
tions, their affections, their chfval-
ries, their follies, their intelligence,
their perception, what you will.
But a woman can only be moved by
just one thing alone-her own pri-
vate interests.


Women always put me in mind of
that bird of yours, the cuckoo.


Your poetry and your platitudes
have all combined to attach a most
sentimental value to cuckoos and
women; all sorts of pretty fantasies
surround them both the springtide
OF the year, the breath OF early flow
ers, the verse. of old dead poets, the
sweet summer rains, the light of
bright dewy daws-an these things
you have mingled with the thought OF
the cuckoo till its first call through
the woods in April brings all these
memories with it. just so in like
manner have you entangled your pe-
etic ideals, your dreams fpeace and
purity, all diyinities of patience and
of pity, all sweet sanity sacrifice
and sorrow, with your ideas of wo-
men.


Well, cuckoos and women, believe
me, are very much like each other,
and not at all like your fantasy-to
get well-feathered nest without the
trouble Of making it, and to keep
easily in it themselves, no matter
who may turn out in the cold, is
both cuckoo and woman all over
and while you quote Herrick and
Herbert about them as you walk in
the dewy greenwood, they are busy
Staying the poor lonely fedglings
that their own young may lie snug
and warm. -- 90
Year: 1870

Louisville Courier-Journal.


The greatest labor and expense
in the production of cotton, the
great staple of the South, are in
volved in the operation Of picking
it from the plant after it is fully
matured. Hundreds of inventors
have puzzled their brains to invent
a substitute for the fingers-to per-
feet a machine that did not vote, go
to circusses, barbecues, ETC., just
when it was needed in the field.
There were so many obstacles to
overcome that one inventor after an
other gave up the task as hopeless,
and the planter was forced to rely
upon the negro and gather his crop
as best he could. But at last the
problem has been solved. A citizen
OF Louisville has the honor of hav-
ing invented a machine which will
pick cotton from the stalk in the
field.


A public test of the invention was
made yesterday in the presence of a
number of practical planters. The
machine consists Of four wheels and
running gear similar to an ordinary
wagon except that all is of iron.
In the centre of the bed is series
of columns of fuller's teasles, an az
ticle used in giving the nap to cloth.
1t is simply the dried head Of plant,
cone shaped, and covered with a
number of sharp curved points.
These teasles are contained i'll a
cylinder Of wire, and entire set are
raised and lowered by means OF pull
leys. The machine is run directly
over the cotton rows, and the frame
containing the columns of teasles
lowered upon the plant. The frame
is raised and the sharp points of the
teasles strip the plant Of all the cot
ton that is full ripe. Leaves, stems
and all ,,llripe cotton are all rejected.
A down motion OF the frame stri ps
the cotton from the frame by a set
Of stationary teasles, and with their
points reverses and deposits it in a
receptacle made for it, from which
it can be taken at pleasure. The
test yesterday was very satisfactory,
and the opinion was expressed by
those present that one OF the small
lest sized machines and two men
would do the work Of thirty expe-
rienced hands. 1t is estimated that
the machines will cost frem 500 to
$1,000, according to size. The ma
chine is very simple in construction,
and is destined to work a great rev
olution in the labor system of the
| South.
Year: 1870

We select, as most worthy of re-
production from among the obituary


references to the great Virginian in


the New York papers, that whiJh
the Herald prefaces it's sketch of
the life and services Of the mOurned


soldier and citizen:


On a quiet autumn morning, i'll
the land which he loved so well, and,


as he held, served SO faithfully, the
spirit of Robert Edmund Lee left
the clay which he had so much en-
nobled and travelled out of this
world into the great and mysterious


land. Yesterday the expressions OF
| regret which sprang from the few
who surrounded the bedside Of the
dying soldier and Christian will


be swelled to-day into one mighty
voice of sorrow, resounding through
| out cur country and extending
| through all parts Of the world where


his great genius and many virtues


are known. For not to the South


ern people alone shall be limited the
tribute of tear over the dead Vir-


giaian. Here in the North, forget
ting that the time was when the
sword of Robert Edmund Lee was


drawn. against us-forgetting and


forgiving all the years Of bloodshed


and agony-We have long since


ceased to look upon him as the Con-
federate leader. but have claimed


him as ourselves; have cherished
and felt proud of his military genius
| as belonging to us; have recounted


and recorded his triumphs as our own;
/ have extoIled his virtues us refec-


ting honor upon us--for Robert Ed.


mund Lee was an American, and
the great nation which gave him


birth would be to-day unworthy of


such a son if she regarded him
lightly. ..i ...... p
Never had mother nobler son.


In him the military genius of Amer
| ica was developed more than ever


before. In him all that was pure and
lofty in mind and purpose found
flodgment. Dig1lifed without pre-
| sumption, affable without familiarity,


he united all those charms OF man,
ners which made him the idol Of his
! friends and of his soldiers, and won
! for him the respect and admiration
| of the world. Even as, in. the days


of his triumph, glory did not entoxi
Icate,. so when the dark cloud swept


over him adversely did not depress


From the hour that he surrendered


his sword at Appotomax to the fatal


autumn he passed among men noble


in his quiet, simple dignity, display


ing,,neither bitterness nor regret ovel


the irrevocable past. He conquered
| us in misfortune by the grand man
tner in which he sustained himself


even as he dazzled us by his geniu.
when the tramp of his. soldiers re
sounded in the valleys Of Virginia
i And for such a man we are al
/ tears and sorrow to-day. Standing


beside his grave, men OF the Soutf


and men of the North can mourn


with all the bitterness of four year
of warfare erased by this common
d bereavement May. this unity o
4 grief--this unselfsh manifestation
over the loss of the Bayard of, Amer
, iea--in the season of dead leave


and withered branches which mi
I death us1ers in, bloom and blossom
: like the distant coming spring int


the flowers of heartier accord
Year: 1870

A Connecticut fisherman one day
baited his hook with a live frog.
After patiently waiting some time
for a bite, as he chatted with a
friend, he found that his lively bait
had swan ashore and was sitting
quietly ON the rock by his line and
went home. s
Year: 1870

A writer describing one of the
engagements in the late war, gives
the following interesting item: In
the battle we lost the brave Captain
Smith, A cannon ball took off his
head. His last words were. Bury
me on the spot where / fell.
Year: 1870

Speaking of shaving said d
pretty girl to all obdurate old bach
elor, :" l should think that pair of
handsome eyes would be the best
mirror to shave by" Eyes many
poor fellow has been shaved by
them," the wretch replied.
Year: 1870

AS every one must have remark
ed, seldom or never shake hands
with the cordiality of gentlemen !;
unless it be with each other. The
reason is obvious. It is FOR them
to receive homage, not to give it.
They can not be expected to show
to persons Of the other sex 8
warm tn Of greeting which might be
misinterpretcd, unless such per
sons are very closely related to
them by family, or affection in
which cases hand-shaking is not
needed, and the lips do more
agreeable duty.


Every man shakes hands accord
ing to his nature, whether it be
timid or aggressive, proud or
humble, courteous or churllsh,
vulgtr or refined, sincere or hyp-
ocritical, enthusiastic and idios-
yncrasies of character may not
perhaps be discoverable in this
fashion. but the more salient points
of temperament and individuality
may doubtless be made clear to the
understanding of most people by 8
better study of the physiology or
the philosophy Of hand-shaking.
Some people are too 'robustuous'
to be altogether pleasant. They
| take the offered hand with


THE GRASP OF A VICE,


as if they had. with malice pre-
pense, resolved to squeeze all the
delicate little bones Of your knuc-
kles into pulp or mince meat. And
while the tears Of agony come in
to your eyes. they smile st you
benignantly, like gentle giants, un.
conscious Of their strength and OF
| tyr'nv with which they exercise the
| it. Many of them are truly good
fellows, and mean all the cordial
| lity Of which their awful squeeze
is the manifestation. They wouli
exert all the strength that goes te
waste in snch hand shaking n res
cuing you from danger, if you were
in it, or doing battle against your
enemies, if you were assailed by
superior numbers Yet when suct
seemingly cordial good fellows
manifest the same cordially to-
ward people whom they me. TO
the first time vest; rday, and to
ward those with whom they hav'
been intimate for half or quarte
of Gentry it is impossible to avoit
suspicion that they act rather from
habit than from ebullition Of heart


OF all men to be avoided, ,he wh'
squeezes your hand in this excru-
ciating fashion on false pretense
is the worst. He disloca,es youl
joints to convince you that h.


loves you very dearly, and as sool
as you are out Of his eight forget
you, or thinks you are no 'grea
shakes after all, or, worse still
abuse you behind your back to tn


next acquaintance whom he meets
H lin, in his turn, he serves in th


same manner, and gradually es'
tahlishes himself the character
which he we'll deserves, Of being
snob and a humbug of particu
larly offensive type.