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Year: 1872

The New York Tribune, in a


lengthy article eulogistic OF Carl


Schurz, SAYS of Morton, the oppo--
nent of the great German, that he


(Morton) ssand the loud faction


which he represents have received


within the last few months two or


three severe but necessary lessons.


They have been taught that the
tricks of the caucus are pOwerleGs


before the wide publicity of the
press; that the men who speak in


behalf of honesty and law are stron-


ger than those who speak in behalf
of any administration; that when
they try to cover up corruption and
crime with the name of General
Grant, they do no good to the crimi-


nal and do no harm to the President.
| So far as this scandal is concerned,
the ipoint intended is as good as


gaineA The investigation must
now goOn. 1t must be serious and
/ searching. 1t cannot hurt any hon


est man or any worthy cause. Any
one who tries to check or smother
I it, viii be damaged by his effort,
and the country can wen afford to
] lose any one whom the truth may
i indict."
Year: 1872

As this is the season when scar
let fever is prevalent, the following
suggestions are timely. 1t is dan
gerous disorder when not promptly
taken in hand. 1t begins with Ian
guor and loss of appetite, followed
BY fever and sore throat; and then
the cred pathes" on the cheeks ap-
pear. When the symptoms are first
observed, place the child in bed in q
room which is warm but well ven
tilated. Administer warm weak
lemonade with little gum arabic
Dissolved in it. Cover the abdomen
with dry warm flannel, then take q
neatly folded bed sheet and place it
in boiling hot water, wiring it out by
means OF dry towels, and place it
over the flannel on the child's abdo-
men. This must be repeated until
perspiration is observed, which viii
not result for some minutes, when
the patient will drop into a quiet
slumber, and with careful nursing
is saved. All of this may be done
before a physician can be summon
ed, and will prove q great auxiliary
to this course of treatment-in many
cases it will enable him to save the
life of a dear child and prevent the
disorders which almost always fol-
low this dreadful complaint, when
it is not promptly assailed by this
simple preliminary home treatment.
Year: 1872

We found our prisoners just where
l had left them, and in quarter Of
an hour they were safely lodged in
Jail.


1t was the last exploit of White
Haired Bobby and Slippery Jim, for
they both were tried, and public
opinion having at last been aroused
at their terrible contempt of law,
human and divine, they were SEN
tenced TO the peniIentiary for life.


Mr.. Braintree and the directors of
the bank compensated me for my in
generation, declaring that it was
most fortunate Imprisonment"
that had ever occuraed.
Year: 1872

1t is easy, no doubt, to journey
alone in the broad sunshine and on
the beaten highway of our lot; but
over the midnight plain and beneath
the still immensity of darkness the
traveller seeks some fellowship for
his wanderings. And what is reli-
gion but the midnight hemisphere
of life, whose vault is filed with the
silence of God, and whose everlast-
ing stars, if giving no clear light.
yet fills the soul with dreams of i'm,
measurable glory!
Year: 1872

The SACREDNEss oE MARRIAGE.
For the man and woman who
purely and truly love each other,
and are guided by the law of justice,
marriage is not q state OF bondage.
Indsed, it is only when they become
BY this, outward lovers, that free
dom is realized by them in its full
significance. Thereafter, they can
be openly devoted TO each others
interests, and avoWediy chosen and
intimate friends. Together, they
can plan hfe's battle, and enter upon
the path Of progress that ends not
with ife's eVentide. Together they
seek the charmed avenue OF culture
and strengthed by each other, can
brave the worlds frown in the rug
ged but heaven lit path of reform.
Home, with all that is dearest in the
sacred name, is their peaceful and
cherished retreat, within whose
sanctuary blooms the virtues that
make 1t temple of benefcence.
Year: 1872

There is a fine opening just now
for the Impeachment of another
Southern Governor of hte Reed
stripe. We gather from an Austin
(Texas) telegram that the Grand
Jury which Indicted Gov. Davis, of
that State, was composed of seven
teen Republicans and three Demo-
Gratis. The Judge OF the Court COM
plimented them previous to their
discharge as the most efficient and
impartial Grand Jury he had ever
known The charges against Davis,
it may be remarked, are of the most
fragrant kind, and should not only
drive him from the GubernatOriaI
chair, but land him in the peniten-
tiary.-BGnneT.
Year: 1872

THE PREss.-As congregation
viii rarely rise above its minister,
so a religious denomination will
never rise above the standard of its
press. If there is one thing more
important than all else, it is that
Christianity should sustain for it
self sound, vigorous, and well-bal-
anced journalism, for its power goes
noislessiy through the land, but
speaks in every pulpit and in every
home, and there is no language nor
tongue to pronounce the name of
Jesus, where its voice is not heard
and its power felt.
Year: 1872

The true art Of being agreeable is
to appear well pleased with all the
company, and rather 10 seem well
entertained with them than TO bring
entertainment TO them. A man
thus disposed may not have much
learning or any wit but If he has
common sense, and something
friendly in his behavior, IL cOncili-
ates mems minds more than the
highest parts without this disposi-
ton Addison.
Year: 1872

There is nothing like beginning
life with settled economical princi-
Piles. Extravaganza is habit east
ly contracted and goes on increasing
in volume as q snow ball does when
rolling down hill.
Year: 1872

The whole difference between =
man of genius and other men, it has
been said q thousand times, and
most truly, is that the first remains
in great part 8 child, seeing with
the large eyes Of children in perpst-
ual wonder, not conscious Of much
knowledge-consciOus, rather, of
infinite ignorance, and yet infinite
power; q fountain of eternal admi-
ration, delight and creative force
within him meeting the ocean Of
visible and goVernable things around
him.-LR Ruskin.
Year: 1872

A meeting of the board of direc-
tors of the Mississippi Central rail-
road, says the Water Valley Cou-
rier Of the 18th, was held at the Of
fee Of the company, in this city, on
Tuesday OF this week. A pretty
general attendance of the members
Of the board was had, and business
of special importance to the interest
of the old company was transacted.
Year: 1872

The TROUBLES At THE Cry GAs-W oRKs.--
The Committee on Light had another
meeting with closed doors in the Mayors
office last night, and an injunction of secrecy
as to the proceedings was placed on all the
members. The report Of the subcommittee
OF Investigation (Messrs. English and Barga-
nlin) was further considered, or, rather, the
facts brought out by it were further dis
cussed. In regard to the directions given
by the committee to Superintendent Knowles
for the removal of Messrs. Bell and Adams
and the refusal of the superintendent obey
the same, it was understood that being
backed by legal opinion the position of the
committee would be sustained, and all the
facts laid before the Council at an early
meeting of that body. The committee claim
TO have discovered gross mismanagementa and
eStrayagance in the several departments OF
the Gus Works, and say that all they have
done has been done in the interest of reform
and economy. On the other hand many of
the employees say that they have reason to
believe that other motives tn II those Of re-
form and economy are operating on the
minds Of the committee, and that they have
llSurped powers not conferred by the charter
md never before claimed. MIR. j. G. Pryde
is now acting inspector, and Messrs. Bell
and Adams still hold their positions at the
Works. The regular monthly meeting OF
the committee will be held this afternoon.
Year: 1872

BEHIND TIME.-About two hundred OF the
colOred eXcursionlsts from Richmond to
Washington, who left here on Monday night,
filled to make the connection at Alexandria
on the return trip, and were left in that
ancient town for a whole day.
Year: 1872

only two Baptist papers ip the world have isrser
circulation than the Religious Herald Of this city
dt is read In every section of the country and Is the
best medium IN the South for advertisers Its charges
for advertising are very moderate considering the
extent and character Of Its circulation Ft f.f,3
Year: 1872

If you want GROCERIES at wha,
they are worth, call on w S. Cooper a,
the Novelty Cash Store. Don't believe
what others say, but call it is no trou
BILE to show goods. l was told by lad Y
that merchant said my goods we're very
inferior, but after examining them she
bought, and said she would call again.
Year: 1872

So many balloons came out OF
Paris during the siege that those
who received their letters by this
means began last to look upon
the acronaut as very safe courier,
and on his aerial trip as one Of
pleasure rather than Of peril.
Among the balloons which eScap-
ed over the iron girdle 0fTrent0ns
was the Jacquart. 1t Was insrust-
ed to the care of q sailor named
Leprince. Tearing through space
before a gale Of wind, the gallant
young tar and his new kind Of
craft were sighted at New ROChel-
le, Just as the wind bore him over
the Atlantic. On the way he must
have met with an atmospheric
current which drove him eastward
for there have now been found in
Scilly islands the dispatches car
ried by the Jacquart. AS the
sacks have not been picked up in
one and the same place, it is sup
posed that when Leprince saw this
group of island he gradually got
rid of his dispatches, casting them
overheard whenever hO saw land
beneath him. Thismust, ofcOurse,
have considerably lightened the
balloon, and consumated his own
destruction by imparting to it an
ascending force which waited him
once more over the terrible ocean.
Year: 1872

A gentleman from Newtown in Danbury,
Saturday, was so amused at the price of po-
tatoes that he shed a set of teeth in laughing
over it. The moment they dropped his mouth
drew in like whirlpool, crowding and piling
into his throat the most astounding mixture
of profanity and indignation ever heard
there.
Year: 1872

An exchange says: Some years ago when
the writer was reporter upon an Eastern
paper, it devoled upon linn to write for the
same edition an account of the presentation
of gold headed cane to the Rev l. Nudge,
the clergyman of the place, and the descrip-'
ton of a patent hog-killing and sausage ma
chine that had just been put in operation at
the factory. Now, what made Mr.. Nudge
mad was this. The inconsiderate buccaneer
who made up the "forms" got the two To-
Gals mixed up in a frightful manner, and
when we went to press something like this
was the appalling result


"Several of the Rev. DR.. Mudge's friends
called upon him yesterday, and after brief
conversation the unsuspecting hog was seized
by the hind legs and slid along beam, till
he reached the hot water tank. His friends
explained the object Of their visit, and pre-
sented him a very handsome gold headed
butcher, who grabbed him by the tail,
swung him around cut his throat from ear
to ear, and in less than minute the carcass
was in the water. Ihereupon he came for
ward and said there were times when the
feelings overpowered one, and for that rea-
son he would not attempt to do more than
thank those around him for the manner in
which SO huge an animal was cut into So
many fragments was simply astonishing.
The doctor concluded his remarks, when the
machine seized him, and in less time than it
takes to write it, the hog wss cut into fgag-
ments and worked up into delicious sausage.
The occasion will long be remembered by
the doctors friends as one of the most de-
Iightful Of their lives The best can he OBJ
tanned for fifteen cents a pound, and we are
sure that those who have sat so long under
his ministry will rejoice that he has been so
handsomely treated"


Mad! Well, about nine o'clock that
morning the Office mad been abandoned by
every man but the advertising clerk, and
he ascended to the roof and robed himself
in boiler iron, so that he could watch the
venerable clergyman tearing around down,
there in the street with his congregation all
wearing the panoply of war, and carrying
butcher knives and things. The next day
we explained and apologized, but the doctor
stopped his subscription and began to take
the rival paper
Year: 1872

MATERNAL TENDERNESS. "A sparrow which
had built her nest on the thatch-roof Of a
house, was observed to continue her regular
visits long after the time when the young
birds had taken their fight. This unusual
circumstance continued throughout the year;
and in the Winter, a gentleman who had
long observed her, determined on investigat-
ing its cause. lie therefore mounted lad
der, and found one of the young ones de-
tanned prisoner by means of the worsted
which formed part of the nest having become
accidentally twisted around his leg. Being
thus incapacitated from procuring his own
subsistence, it had been fed and sustained
by the continued exertions of its mother. If
this be mere instinct, what is reason?
Year: 1872

A PRETTY good story is told Of citizen Of
Elizabeth, N. j., who went to the cars on
Thanksgiving Day TO see his daughter off.
Having secured seat for her, he left the
car and went round to her window to say a
parting word. While he was passing out
the daughter left the seat TO speak to a
friend, and at the same time prm looking
lady who occupied the seat with her moved
up 10 the window. Unaware of the impor=
tant changes inside, our venerable friend
hastily put his face up to the window and
hurriedly EXCLAIMED Gone more kiss, sweet
pet. In another instant the point of q blue
cotton umbrella caught his seductive lips,
accompanied by the passionate injunction;
" Scat, you gray headed wretch" He
seated.
Year: 1872

'Tis all a great show,


The world that we're in
None can tell when twas finished
None saw it begin;
Men wonder and gaze through
Its courts and its halls,
Like children whose love is


The picture-hung walls.
There are flowers in the meadow,
There are clouds in the sky
Songs pour from the woodland,
The waters glide by;
Too many, too many,


For eye and for ear,
The sights that we see,


And the sounds that We hear.
A weight as of sltlmber


Comes down ON the mind;
So swift is life's train


To its objects We're blind;
l myself am but one


In the heet-gliding show
Like others l walk,


But know not where go.
One saint to another


heard say "How long?"
1 listened, but nought more


heard of his song;
The shadows are walking


Through city and plain
How long shall the night


And its shadow remain?
How long ere shall shine,


In this glimmer of things,
The Light of which prophet
In prophecy singsl
And the gates of that city


Be open, whose sun
No more to the west


Its circuit shall run
Year: 1872

The RED SEA.-The Red Sea is said to be
the hottest place in the world. The atmos-
phere for about fifty miles on that sea is
steamy and sticky. Everything in the shape
of iron or steel about ship takes on coat
of rust During the Summer months no one
travels on the Red Sea unless compelled by
business or military orders to do SO. In the
Winter and Spring the passage is delightful.
Yet navigation in that body of water is al
ways attended with many dangers. The
Red sea is long and narrow, with sunken
rocks and projecting reefs; and counter
winds prevail, which produce dangerous cur
rents. There are three lighthouses in the
sea, which must be kept by salamander-ke
men, since the thermometer runs up to one
hundred and twenty degrees in July and ap-
proaches ninety in early Spring.
Year: 1872

Power OF THE Press. We think it was
the Ore'iand Monthly which said: Were it
not for the public press, the liberties of Ame.
rica would hardly be worth the paper on
which they are written. The little public
opinion that we have-and it is very little,
and poorly defned-is due to the press, and
it is the main watchdog of the public trea-
sury aud censor of legislation. OF course it
is the vehicle of fraud, political msrcpresen-
tation and personal ambition, but it is none
the less mirror in which may be seen, from
day to day. national events, the record of
political parties, and the operations of public
men. Society exerts through the press upon
the political element and the government
whatever of virtue and integrity it possesses,
and secures concert Of action from its men,
bers when danger threatens, by availing it,
self of the vast omnipresence of the public
press.
Year: 1872

The PArAeoN1ANs.-rhe Patagonians are
naturally race of wild hunters, living more
on horseback than on foot, and are as skill
full in the pursuit Of game as the far-famed
Indians of North America. Living on a
barren soil, flesh is their principal food, and
the quantity they eat is said to be enormous.
Polygamy is practiced, and thieving held in
such estimation as to form consideration in
the necessary qualifications of the intended
husband, who is looked upon as nditferently
capable Of supporting wife unless he is an
adept in the art of stealing from stranger.
Their tents are made of poles and the skins
of guanacoes, and generally carried about
with them, as they move from place to place.
They dress in long mantles made of skin,


covering them from head to foot ...
Year: 1872

A KNOWING lNsEcT.-A correspondent re-
lates touching instance of insect instinct:
81 found a cockroach struggling in bowl
of water. ! put him into it and gave him
two wooden toolhpieks for oars, and left
him. The next morning visited him, and
he had put piece of white cotton thread on
one of the toothpcks, and set the toothpicls
upon one end as a signal of distress. lie
had a hair on the other tooihpck, and there
that cockroach sat a fishing. The coclroach,
exhausted, had fallen asleep. The sight
melted me to tears. | never had to chew
leather TO get soul. Twas born with one


| took that cockroach out, grve him a spoon-
full of Cruel and left. That animal never
forgot that act of kindness, and now my
house is chuck full of cockroaches."
Year: 1872

A Bridgeport lady mistook the character
of surprise party and deposited the refresh
ments that had been brought by the callers
in her pantry. After waiting until three
o'clock in the morning for the customary
spread, the party broke up hungry, not rea-
lizing that it is more blessed to give than to
receive.
Year: 1872

A committee of brick-layers from New
Y ork TO day waited on the President to se-
cure the enforcement Of the eight hour law
at Fort Warren. They were referred to
the Secretary of War, who said the law
should be enforced on all the military
Year: 1872

In their haste to rebpild the burnt dis
trict Of their city, the people OF Chicago
appear to have already forgotten The severe
lesson of year ago. The Chicago Tribune
says the number of wooden buildings in
that city IS greater than before the great
FIRE; that ninety per cent. of the iron, brick
and stone buildings, SO called, are really
wooden, with q mere shell Of brick or stone;
that The Fire Department, though larger, is
still wholly inadequate; the police force is
small and incapable Of protecting the city;
and the water supply hss not been increas-
ed. This is, by no means, q rose colored
view Of the condition Of Chicago, especially
in view of the fact that its sad experience a
twelvemonth ago, should have produced far
diferepg results.
Year: 1872

PRovING TOO MUCH.-It is a pet ar


its influence brought about change in


1867 Of thirty thousand votes in favor Of
the Democracy. This sounds bad in the
first instance, coming from a professcd
Republican paper; but gIolifying over
the matter is still worse. If the Unions
assertion is true, it proves too much, for
the elections since show that whatever
change took place then was in the main
permanent one. Under the demoral-
izing circumstances then existing the Re
publican State ticket was beaten about
three thousand votes in 1867 Next year
the popularity of General Grant, COM


bined with the boasted influence of the


Union, barely carried the State. In 1859,


with the Union pulling in Republican


harness, the county elections showed a


Democratic majority in the State OF about
seventeen thousand, while the Legisla-
ture was overwhelmingly Democratic.
The vote last year indicated change in
favor Of the Republican party, arising
from causes other than the Unions intlu-
ence. How silly it is, then, for that pa-
per to say that the result in 1867 was due
to its efforts. That it aided in the defeat
of the Republican pnrty is true, but its
sef-congra on that score are not
warranted by the facts. 1t achieved a
barren victory and gratifed personal
grudge at the expense OF its standing and
influence with the people. It's ability to
mi,lead the public and compel public
men and party organizations to dance
when Anthony & Co. whistle is lessen
ing every day, and every day only makes
the fact more apparent. The prOprie
tors OF the Union may scowl as angriy
as they can, but no one is made afraid.
They have obtruded their private quar-
rels upon the public until forbearance
ceased to be virtue, and if possessed of
a grain of wisdom they will hereafter
nurse their impotent malice in private.
Year: 1872

Nor A RAILROAD FIGHR-The state
ments made in some quarters that the
subsidy question enters into the contest
for Congressman in this District, is a
humbug. The only reason assigned for
believing that Coghlan is subsidy man
is that he voted for the Goat Island bill.
Now, as our readers can see for them
selves, that bill WAS not gift, was not a
subsidy and conferred no exclusive priv
ileges upon the Central Pacific. Goat
Island was made terminus for all rail-
70 ID that might see fit to comply with
the terms of the act. Its effect was SIM
ply to enable the railroads on this coast
to run their ears to deep water and dis
charge and receive freight into and from
vessels at the Yharves, without unneces-
sary handling and expense. By this
means a saving would be effected of 81 a
ton on all the freight imported and ex-
ported to aud from this State. The Cen
they could handle more freight with less
expense. The State at large would be
benefited by the cost of shipment being
lessened. A few wharf-tenders, commits
sion-merehants, and dlaymen in San


Francisco would be the losers, and that
is MI there is Of it. And yet it comprises


the only argument advanced against


Coghian's re election. The very feeble
ness Of the assaults made upon him shows


the correctness of Mr.. Coghlan's position,
and is convincing evidence that he
ought to be re-eected
Year: 1872

A WORD TO REPUBLICANs.-Seve
years ago the Sacramento Union was II
necessity in this part of the country. 1t
was a member of the odious Associated
Press monopoly, outside of which no pa
paper could obtain the Geographic news
for love nor money. This, of itself, made
competition hopeless. Then again, with
our slow mail facilities, the Union gave
us news a day later than any other paper.
But time and the railroad have worked
great changes. To-day the Union has
no advantage over the Record published
at the same place, except its long stand
ing. The Record contains as late and as
much general news, as much reading
matter, and in point of editorial manage
ment is the UAi0n's superior. Moreover,
the RecO rd is an able and reliable Re-
pu lican Journal while more unscrupu-
lous prevaricating sheet cannot be pointed
out in these United States than the Union.
The terms of subscription to the Record
are much more lower than the Union,
and n gentleman connected with the
Record office is now in this county can
vassing for subscribers. We are bitterly
opposed to prescription for opinions sake,
and it is the province, nay, the duty of
newspapers to state facts, to argue and
persuade. But newspaper should
never attempt to dictate. The Republi-
cans of this State and of this Congress
sional district especially should resent
the arrogant dictation of the Sacramento
Union by Withdrawing their patronage
from it.