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Year: 1872

Our friend "Barbour" is mistaken as


70 the results of the system OF proper
tional representation, or he would not


onno.s il As he does in the commun'ca-


.;an m which we publish this morning
90 far from enabling any two counties
in a delegate district to combine 50 as
to deprive a third Of representation IN
the Legislature, it is designed to prevent
precisely this evil. If, as he supposes'
Barbour, Randolph and upshur coun-
ties were included in one district and
assigned three delegates, each county
would be able by the new system to
secure precisely that representation that
the number OF its voters may righttully
claim. 1t would be impossible for any
,vo Of these counties to combine so as
70 practically disfranchise the third, tor
zach voter in ,':st county might cast
h;s three votes for one candidate, and
,bu, secure the election OF its own repre-
sentative.


Nor is the system complex or diff
cult of easy explanation. A single
elect on under It would familiarize the
people with the mode and its capablIi'
ties, and would convince every one who
would give it moment thought that
ii is vastly preferable to the system that
has so long obtained. The principle OF
proportional representation is essen
tally democratic; it recognizes in the
fullest degree the right OF the people to
rule; and it secures more fully and
perfectly than any other system the
fair expression of the popular voice.
The Constitutional Convention viii do
wise and prudent thing if it makes in
the new Constitution some recognition
Of the right and power OF the minority
in the State. The Radical party would
have fortified its sway had it dared to
deal as literally and justly with lis
opponents as is contemplated by the new
method OF pr 'p.". 90 representation
Year: 1872

WASHINGTON, FEBRUARY ,.


THE Indirect Claims Question.


The fact was made public, some
months ago, that the American counsel
before the Geneva Conference are not
altogether satisfied with the American
statement OF the case as filed in Decem-
Der at Geneva, and it is now asserted
that the dissatisfaction arose in conse-
auence of claim for indirect damages
being included in our case, and
that Messrs. Evarts and Gushing were
of the opinion that this. claim
would have to be withdrawn
before a satisfactory conclusion as to
the pending controversy could be had
at Geneva. Notwithstanding the
cloud which surrounds the discus
sion OF the American claim, two facts
stand out very clearly. First, that
England will not consent to refer the
claims to arbitration as they stand at
present; and second, that the United
States Government will not modify its
case. 1t is useles then to attemp to con-
rpal the fact that the Geneva Conference
is a failure. The most hopeful attempt
ever made at the settlement OF our
national difference by arbitration has
broken down at the very start. The
Alabama claims are probably destined
to be included among the numerous
permanently unsettled disputes which
cause i'll feeling between nations and
threaten the peace of the world.


The Amnesty Bill Defeated


The Amnesty bill today, after a
discussion extending over six hours,
was finally defeated by the Senators in
consequence Of the adoption of Sum-
ner's Civil Rights amendment. The
radiant Senator from the Pacific coast
made frequent but unsuccessful at
tempts to incorporate a provision de-
priving the Heather Chinee Of the
protection OF our laws. Mr.. Upton made
a very earnest argument against Federal
encroachment on the rights OF the
States, aud predicted that the day was
not far distant when the people would
overturn the unconstitutional legislation
by force, if necessary. When the vote
was being taken on the Sumner amend
ment the interest was most intense,
Mr.. Sumner and others gathering
around the desk and watching the pro-
gress Of the roll call. When the call
was completed it was found that the vote
was tie, Mr.. Kellogg, OF Louisiana,
who was present, refusing to vote. The
Vice President hesitated for an instant
and then gave the casting vote in the
affirmative, which twas received with
great applause by the negroes
in the galleries. The adoption OF the
amendment, it was conceded, was the
defeat of the bill, the Democrats and
several Republican Senators having be.
fore stated that they would vote for
it with that amendment. Messrs. Ed.
munds, Morton and Scott then made
bitter and malignant attacks on the
Southern people, and Sumner, Conk-
ling and others of that clique exhibited
great glee at their success. A final vote
was reached shortly after ! o'clock,
when the bill was lost for want of the
Constitutional two-thirds. All the Dem
ocrats voted, and eighteen Republican
Senators voted in the negative. An
effort will shortly be made to take up
the amnesty bill passed by the House,
with better hopes Of success.


ALPHA
Year: 1872




The representation agreed upon BY
the Convention committee on the
legislative department, while not ell
tirely just in all its details, is, never
theless, preferable TO that which gave
each county, However meagre its
population, one member Of the House
OF Delegates. One branch OF the Leg
islature should be so constituted as TO
serve as a check upon the hasty and
illy.considered action Of the other, and
it will therefore suggest itself to any
one who thinks upon the subject bear
ing this principle in view, that the
basis of represention in the two branch
es should not be the same. II the
same basis be adopted, the two Houses
might, for all practical purposes, be one,
The Senators and delegates are all
elected by precisely the same constltu-
ency and will promote the same inter
ests and carry out the same schemes
and give legal force to the same ideas.
They are one body in sentiment, though
elected for different terms, and relther
acts as a check upon the other. The
National Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatives are differently constituted.
Representation in the House is based
upon population; while that In the
Senate is based upon State organization
and it's members are not chosen directly
by the people.


As the nearest approach we can
make to the advantages OF the national
system as applied to State affairs, let
representation in the Senate be based upon
dration, and that in the House Of Dele
gates upon population. In this way one
branch will act as q wholesome and
necessary restraintupon the other. The
bill that is approved by both the pro-
perty and the population OF the State
should become law, while that which
is solely to the advantage of either Of
these elements and to the detriment Of
the other should not be enacted. We
commend the suggestion to the Conven-
ton now in session for revision OF the
Constitution Of the State


At all events, we think that some
amendment should be made to the
report Of the committee on the legisla-
tive department in so far as itrelates to
the representation Of the counties com
posing the First and Second Congress
sional districts. In that report the
number Of members OF the House Of
Delegates is fixed at sixty-fve. Upon
the basis Of population this will allow
each $500 citizens one delegate. But,
according to the scheme reported, it
takes 1000 people in the First district
TO elect a delegate, 200 in the
Second, and 62S5 in the Third.
The first and second districts are robbed
for the benefit of the third, and two
districts are thus deprived Of proper
representation in the Legislature in
order that the third NAV have more
than its equitable weight. A plan OF
apportionment that, fixing the whole
number Of delegates at sixty-ive as is
now proposed, would increase the num-
ber in the first district two, in the
second three and iu the third four above
the present number, would be more
nearly in accordance with the popula-
ton Of the several districts than the


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Year: 1872

REAL ESTATE AT AUCTION BY THE SIEE-
ItF.-Attention is called to the sale at aac-
ton to be made this day at noon, at the
Merchants and Auctioneers' Exchange.
Royal street, by TIE Sheriff of the parish OF
Orleans, of lot of ground situated in the
First District of this city. at the corner Of
Lafayette and Franklin streets.


For particulars see advertisement.
Year: 1872

We have read with care and without
prejudice the speeches of Trumbull and
Schurz at New York. The former was
evidently excited, for his statements of
facts are exaggerated, his denunciatiOns bit
ter and violent, and his objections to the
Administration personal and in most in
stances pueriIe. 1t reads more like the
speech of Frank Blair than Trumbull, and
more like a Senator bidding for the Presi-
dency than a statesman. Senator Schurz
spoke dispassionately, though his personal
grievances We're uppermOst i'll all he said.
We do not see that they have added any
thing new to the opposition against
the Administration and will therefore not
be likely to effect any change in public
opinion.
Year: 1872

Urinary and Womb Diseases. Gravel Diabetes, Drop
ria and in cases where there are Brick dust deposits
the water is thick cloudy mixed with substances like
the white Of egg threads like white silk there
is morbid dark, bilious appearance. and white Bone
dust deposits, and where there is pricking, burning
sensation and pain in the small of the back and along


Ian Resolvent. aided by the application OF Railways
Ready Relief to the spine and small Of the back and
the bowels regulated with one or two OF Railways
cure In few days the patient will be enabled to hold
and discharge water naturally without Dain and the
Urine will be restored TO its natural clear and amber
or sherry color
Year: 1872

time the train was under it. The
bridge was evidently wholly unsafe,
and the circus company will take
steps to recover from the town Of
West Haven. The total damage is
estimated at $4,000. No insur'
ance.


When order was restored it was
found that many men were wound
ed. Several men were buried in
the ruins, but all escaped with
nothing more serious than bruised
or broken limbs.


There was some excitement in
West Haven last night. Sleep was
disturbed by the Gathering Of the
monkeys. which spent the night in
talking and throwing green apples
at each other, and the inhabitants
were in constant fear that they
might receive visit from the vul-
ture, or that the anaconda would
call to bid them good morning.
Year: 1872

The Titusville Courier, of the 9th
ult., gives the following interesting
particulars Of the Newton well, six
miles north of that city: SIT has
been down about twenty days, and
has continuously poured forth such
a volume Of gas that it was found
impossible to pump 1t, as the valves
would not work. The tubing was
pulled Wednesday and the well was
cased in order to let the gas blow
off, so that it might be pumped
After the casing was put in, the
sand pump was lowered for the pur'
pose Of agitating the we'll, and the
gas raised a column of water


throwing a solid stream into the
air hundred feet. The noise was
Year: 1872

terrific, and could be heard for a
distance of more than two miles,
The noise was something like the
loud roar of thunder, and when the
column burst at the top it threw the
water each way for fifteen rods from
the we'll. The water was exhausted
in about twenty-five minutes and
then a column of gas followed,
rising with tremendous force fifty
feet above the derrick. The out
pouring of the gas makes roaring
noise that can be distinctly heard
for two miles from the we'll. The
noise around sounds like the rush
ing OF the whirlwind. The column
can be seen mile from the well.-
NO tools can be put into the welI.-
AS soon as the attempt is made,
with such force does the gas come
out that the tools are carried into
the air. From descriptions of eye
witnesses, this is probably the
greatest gas well ever struck in the
oil region. Up to last evening the
gas showed no signs of being ex-
hausted. The people in that vicin-
ity are very much alarmed, and the
cattle run about the fields perfectly
wild with fright"
Year: 1872

My sudden departure, however,
prevented his doing 50, and he there
fore speedily jumped on the fleetest
horse in the lot and started in pur-
suit. Mortified and ashamed OF my
self for having been so dreadfully
frightened without cause, I gladly
gave the fellow the money he asked
and resumed possession Of my re-
volver. He then assisted. me to
catch my horse, and on taking
leave l gave him to understand that
if he wanted to make a friend for
life he must never say word about
this adventure.
Year: 1872

NJ. H. B., the sprightly lady cor
respondent of the Missouri Repu6
Acdn, has been taking a Turkish
bath in New York, and don't like
it. Here's what she says Of it:
We are divested of every stitch
of our clothing, our rings and
bracelets locked up, our back hail
taken off, our own special possession
of seventy-five or hundred hairs
made into little hirsutc pill and
impaled with a hair pin. That was
the only token of civilization that
we boasted. The procession form
ed. At the door we were handed
a miniature sheet and little bit OF
sponge wet with cold water. We
went through passage to a room,
where we dropped our sheets and
entered vapor that clothed us de.
Gently. I wonder the Illustrated
Police Gazette or the Days Doings
haven't hit on this business for illus
tration. Well, in this steam
thought l should suffocate. Itpour-
ed up and in and down through
holes till it was dreadful. The use
of the vet sponge, l here ascertain
ed, was to put on the top Of your
head to prevent "coup de steam,''
or some such dire complaint. They
wouldn't let me out, and the tenn
perature got worse and worse, and
began to think of my mother and
an obituary notice in the Repubi-
can, when


WE WERE PRONOUNCED COOKED


enough, and let out into a room in
which was mighty tank of cold
water, through which you must
wade or swim as you could. Gees
ar's ghost! l few through it. My
anatomy and physiognomy were
heated to boiling point. TIE wa
ter seemed like Ice. It sent the
blood rushing to my hollow head
Q'm convinced l have no brains),
and my heart came ker flop up, and
went ker-chunk down. l made up
my mind that this was the worst of
it and tried to resign. had been
scraped and scrubbed and scrubbed
in the vapor room till I was sacri-
feed. l stood on the brink and saw
my companions splashing through
the internal tank. One Of them, to
expediate her own release, caught
at my ankle; away went my soapy
feet from under me, and went in
for second time. How very near
an end was the happy connection
between M. H. B. and the St. Louis
Republican.


At the next stage of this truly aw-
full experience we received the
SHOWER" had now become con-
vinced that should never see home
and friends again. In calm des-
pair, l walked under a column of
water that nearly broke my back,
and just here l got mad. That fat
attendant hasn't yet recovered suffi-
ciently to make a complaint, and
when the thin woman went before
Judge Bowling that gentleman said
it was conspiracy, that no one
woman Of my size, unaided could
do such damage. He told the wo-
man to go home and say nothing
about it, for she'd evidently been
dreadfully drunk and attempted to
walk through carpet-cleaning ma
chine. And that's the first and last
Russian bath take.
Year: 1872

A vigorous old agriculturist liv-
ing near Abilene, Kansas, while hoe
ing corn the other day, chopped his
big toe off with the hoe, but never
stopped to pick it up till he had fin
ished out his row. He then went
back, found the amputated append
age, brushed the dirt off, and carried
it to the house, where, with the aid
of his wife and some fruit,jar wax,
he replaced it and then went to
work again.
Year: 1872

A manager says: 1 once "sent on"
a young medical student in the charac.
ter of lover who had to make a de.
claration, be accepted, be surprised by
rival, challenge him on the spot,
declare he would not stir till this green
sward was stained with the blood of
one il not of both, ordering parentheti-
cally pistols for two at once and coffee
for one In ten minutes, and, In fact, go
through the greatest amount of bonn
bast compressible into a short time
Ofcourse the love making was to be Of
the most high flown character. "On"
he went, and at the sight Of the audience
and the lady seated at her work taslr.
sub4ided into very abyss of fear.
Instead of running frantically to.
wards the object of his affections, fling
ing himselfupon his knees and bursting
into tremendous rhapsody as he ought
to have done, he simply stood, and
looking at her, r,twisting his hat fcebly in
his hands. Not one word Gould he say,
but in dead silence crept across the
stage, slowly took up chair, offered /"
sit down, looked behind him tn make
sure II the chair was readily in its
place, sat down ON the extreme edge Of
| it, looked at the ground, rubbed his
| knees slowly, and now and then glep
| ced up at his intended bride much III Il
dog looks up when it has stolen some
thing and looks if it is going to be whip
ped. The audience was in ecstacies.-
They all thought it was pure acting.
and the part was that of a bashful lover.
Certainly any one who could act half SO
we'll ought to make his fortune.


He had been in possession of the stage
some seven or eight minutes without
speaking a word, when he opened his


mouth once or twice, rubbed his knees
again, and at last said in broken anS


husky voice, "How's your mother? A
perfect shrek of laughter burst from


the audience, and gave the opportunity


for getting him off the stage. The


rival rushed forward, pounced on him,


hauled him off by the collar, flung him


self on his knees, did all the rhapsody


himself, and we had to patch up the
scene as we best could. Although so


complete failure on the part of the In


dividual, the scene was the best Of the


evening, and is we'll remembered to the


present day.
Year: 1872

Tho following bear story is related
by the Bangor (Maine) COmmeIcial:-
"a few miles from the Katahdin Iron
Works is log cabin in which some
meat was stored ; but large bear who
happened round fearing that it would
spoil before aa,en, thought he might as
well have taste for himself. Accord.
ingly he cautiously approached the hut
and tried to push the door open, tnt
failing in this he went to the Windows.
which were closed by shutters, and
removed one from each side Of the
cabin, for the sole purpose no doubt
Of making shure his retreat. for IL
for IL attacked from one window he
could then jump from the other and SO
escape. He then went and took a piece
and departed az he came. This game
was SO cleverly performed that the
owners of the cabin, who were con-
cealed In the bushes near by, let the
old fellow depart in peace"
Year: 1872

The source OF the suns heat is prob
lem. This heat is so intense in degree
aud so great in quantity as to be aston
ishing. Secchi attributes to the sun a
temperature of eighteen millions of de-
grees Ericsson only four or five mill
ions, while other philosophers put the
temperature at the very lower figure,
yet comparatively enormous. To Illus
trate the amazing heat of the solar orb,
Herschel says that "if a solid cylinder
of ice, forty-fve miles in diameter and
100000 miles long, were plunged, end
first, into the sun, it would melt in a
second of time" This degree of heat
in the sun is argued from the heat of
the sun at the distance of the earth
from the sun. "No chemical combina-
tions or combustions," says Prof.
Young, "such as we are familiar with,
could account for it, so enormous is the
amount"


Many theories have been put forth to
account for the heat of the sun, but none
of them is satisfactory. Mayer propos-
ed that it derives its heat from the in
cessant fall of meteoric matter upon it
but this has been concluslvely refuted.
Williams suggested that the sun OBJ
tains its fuel from "a hypothetical uni
versal atmosphere, through which the
sun and his attendant planets move;'
but this, also, is untenable. Another
theory Is, that the heat is derived from
the condensation of the sun, which II
said to be- decreasing In size but there
is nothing to sustain this theory
There is no reason TO believe that Their
Is any less or any more heat derived


from the sun now than at any forme


period. The earth at one time had cer
Year: 1872

The following singular tradition is re-
lated Of key In collection of curlos-
tiles preserved In the arsenal at
Venice;


About the year 1900 one of those dan
gerous men, In whom extraordinary
talent is only the fearful source ofcrime
and wickedness beyond that of ordinary
Year: 1872

The Body of q Han EonE1d in tho


South Branch with u Cut Throat


and BATTERED Head.


At Z o'clock yesterday morning the body Of


man was observed floating in the South Branch.
near Main street bridge. and was removed to the


dock by the bridge-tender and some sailors
It Was then taken charge Of by Officer Dwver, OF


the Archer Avenue Police Station, and conveyed
by him to the Morgue. The remains we're sub
sequently identified as those Of John Cor
coran, who has been missing from his home.
No. 1856 West Sixteenth street, since two
weeks ago to-day. He was about 80 years Of
age, and Was employed in the packing-h house Of
Cu1bertBon, Blair 4; Co. When last seen he was
attending q political meeting, which was held
two weeks ago this evening, at th5
corner OF Canalport avenue and
Eighteenth street. He was then
On his way home from work, and had his weeks
wages, amounting to GIG, in his pocket He Was
not intoxicated at this time, and did not appear
to have Any acqualntances among those in
attendance at the meeting. The brother OF the
and discovered cut in the neck about four
inches in length, extending downward from th5
left ear, and several smaller cuts in the head
One OF the eyes WaB badly disco1ored, as if il
had been struck with blunt instrument. The
clothing was carefully searched, but no money
was found. It is the general belief Of Corcorans
friends that he WAS murdered BY some persons
who observed him display money, and that his
body was then thrown into the river. This belief
is strengthened by the fact that he Was sober,
industrious Citizen, who was never
known to pick quarrel, or have an enemy.
The Coroner has been notified. and the mystic
rious affair Will be Investigated as thoroughly Is
noaaih1a
Year: 1872

Democratic Meeting To-MIght'


Dsmocrats should attend the meeting To- night
1t the corner Of Sixth and King streets Some
truths may be expected from the able and eloquent
spsaksn who are advertis ed to be present