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Year: 1871

he is worth $780, 900 in that Territory
Ifit were not so much like ou- George
we should be inclined tosask "How is
that for high p And inasmuch as we
have mentioned our polite ex-Secre-
tary of State, whose kids were always
the admiration of the common herd,
and who drew treasury warrants11n
favor Of livery stables ad EbitstDs, we
may venture to suggest that the pro-
tecting egis of a Governor of a Terri
tory has made Utah most convenient
city of refuge from any requisition of
the Governor Of Oregon to make good
those little items of unaccounted for
school funds, and where abortive
schemesEto fill up blank bounty and
relief bonds will be forgotten IN the
more splendid speculations of the
sUtah Tunnel" aSilyer Shield" etc.
It is well understood by gentlemen
in this city that Woods and Fitch went
to Utah to mutually aid each other in
to seats in the U. S. Senate, and it
seems that in pursuance of this con-
tract, Woods is trying to capture the
influence Of the Gentiles, while Fitch
lays siege to the,affections of the Nor
mons; SO that when the time comes
their joint stock in trade may be
brought to bear on a common focus,
to-wit a seat In the Senate. Fitch
has recently made speech in Salt
Lake city, repeating his Congressional
speech in favor, of Mormonism.
amended to suit the most bigoted
polygamist. He aspires to be Chief
Justice of Utah, and his claims to
preferment are certainly equal to those
of Woods. If he should attain this
position, the carpet baggers would be
masters of the situation, Brigham's
destruction would be complete, and If
at the end of a four years term of
Office, there is anything in Utah which
Woods, Fitch Co. did not claim or
own, or had not mortgaged to others,
it would be Echo Canyon and Great
Salt Lake. 1+,s.;. -ser


President Grant is of course not In
any way responsible for the present
row and official scandal in Utah,
because he cannot know the men he
appoints to Office; but when the char
actcrs of these men are brought to
his notice, and 'their ways that are
dark" he will owe it to the good name
of his administration and the cause of
common honesty, to clean out the
whole gang. 1t would be a melan-
choly commentary on the character of
Republic TO see these men, by the
instrumentality of Territorial Gov
ernment, SO appropriate the property
of pioneer miners and use illl-gotten
wealth to corrupt small community,
as to foist themselves into positions
honored by such men as Daniel Web
ster and Thomas III. Benton May
we never see it.
Year: 1871

we can but sustain those old institu-
tions; If, in spite of these amendments
which have been made, which, in the
language of your platform, are de-
clared to grant only SO much more
power to the Federal Government,
and only to that extent to abridge the
reserved rights of the States, and not
to have in any respect altered or mod
fled the original character and theory
of the Federal Government, if that
doctrine securing to every person in
the land equal rights can once more
triumph, the youngest, man in this
assembly, nay, the infant born to-day,
who may live beyond his three-score
years and ten, if by reason Of strength
his years are heightened out to four
score years, he will see these grand
republican principles oyerspreading
the whole Of this continent, and that
flag of ours, which we Democrats love
and worship, see it floating in every
breeze, and triumphant over every sea.
(Great applause.J n
Year: 1871

To get into what's called fashionable
society,"" does not require intelligence or
wit and virtue is not prerequisite. To
enjoy society one must go to fashionable
parties. One who has been initiated
gives the following faithful picture of
these gatherings: " If you area member
of that mysterious circle called Society
there will be some painful evenings spent
in doing your duty, standing in crowd
with white kid gloves on your hands and
weariness in your heart. We call this
enjoying ourselves. You know all about
it. Your shoes pinch you, but you can
not sit down. Your companion bores
you but, you must listen and smile. If
you try to move about, you tread on thir-
teen hideous dress trains, that drag them
selves like half dead boa constructors at
the heels of their fat possessors. You
eat cake and drink coffee, though you
know it will give you the headache in
the morning. You tell your hostess that
you had splendid time, though you
are conscious that you are telling lie,
for which your conscience il you have
Que, will reproach you severely. Thus
smirking and lying ourselves into the be-
lief that the torture Of a stand-up dress
party is pleasure, isthe greatest triumph
of modern civilization.-Rochester Ua
ION.
Year: 1871

LucK.-The man who marries the
prettiest girl of the place is said to be q
lucky fellow" and of him, who draws
the highest prize in lottery, or, by some
''fortunate" turn in affairs, clears the gull
between want and wealth in an hour.
And yet the histories Of all times tell us
that with terrible uniformity and GER
tainty the men who became suddenly
possessed of unearned millions die III
misery.


Within FIVE years welI-to-do farmer
drew a quarter of a million dollars in
prize lottery. The whole country en-
We'd him and his luck but he has since
died from style of living induced by
his good fortune, and his only son, has
turned out drunkard.


The man who first bet on the race.
course, who first deal at the card table,
who first isk at faro, whose maiden lot.
terry ticket, brings money largely into
his pocket, is ruined man the very in.
stant the world pronounces him lucky
Any man, especially any young man,
who starts out in life with the conviction
that money can be better made than by
earning ii, is lost man--lost to him
self.


An alarmingly large number of the
sons of rich men of New York are at
tnis moment helpless drunkards. Young
men are they, many of them of educa-
ton, of manly qualities, Of generous ma
lures, honorable and high minded: bul
the demon of drink has taken such pos
session of them that fathers breaking
heart, mothers tears and sisters agony
avail not to draw them from their deep
damnation. Elegant leisure was their
ruin.


The best way to save child from ruin
lis to bring him up to help father"
Make children feel that they must do
something to support the family, to help
along then two feelings arise which are
their salvation, those of affection and
pride; for we naturally love those whom
we help, or those whom we struggle to-
gether with for desired object, and
nothing so improves child as to make
him feel that he is of some consequence,
that be can do something. and that what
he does is appreciated.-HaUs Journal
Of Health.
Year: 1871

MUTUAL AID.-The race of mankind
would perish, did they cease to aid each
other. From the time that the mother
binds the child's head, till the moment
that some kind assistant wipes the death
damp from the brow of the dying, we
cannot exist without mutual help. All
therefore, that need aid, have right to
ask it of their fellow -mortals; no one
who holds he power of granting, can
refuse il without guilt.
Year: 1871

The London News says; One of the
most curious phenomena in connection
with coal mining is exhibited at the
Bank Colliery, near Rotterdam, the
property Of Earl Fitzwilliam. This pit
caught fire one hundred years ago, and
all the efforts of the workmen at the time
and subsequently have been quite in.
effectual to extinguish it. A short time
ago it was ascertained that the flames
were approaching the bottom of the
shaft, and it was then resolved, if posi-
BILE, to stay their progress, 50 that they
might not extend to other parts of the
workings. AT length the Superintend
ent of the collieries, Mr.. T. Cooper, con-
ceived the idea OF building wall to
shut in the FIRE, and in order to ascertain
the best site for this wall, several of the
officials crept on their hands and knees,
through the dense sitting smoke, as far
as possible into the workings. There ef-
forts were successful, and wall is now
completed nearly one thousand yards in
length, and varying from nine inches to
FIVE feet in thickness. AT distances vary.
ing from thirty to fifty yards metal pipes
have been inserted in this wall, which are
securely plugged at the end, SO that any
time by removing the plugs, the state OF
the air on the side Of the fire, and even
the position of the fire it,elf, can be as
eertained. So intense is the heat ar:sin g
from this fire that people possessing gar
dens above the colliery declare that the
growth Of plants is materially affected,
and that they are enabled to obtain two
or three crops every year.
Year: 1871

The Mayors office was visited early We.
terdsy morning by mysterious littl
woman, who complained that she was poo
and unable to make living unless sh
could be permitted to ply her vocation o
fortune telling without paying the usua
| municipal tax. She was informed BY hi
honor that such matters belonged to tn,
police department, and as he, in his usua
bland manner, "grinned horribly ghastly
smile" the delicate creature shrinkinsly
left the portly presence, to dream, mayhap
of "gorgans, hydras and chimeras dire
The Mayors parlor is poor place to go 70,
sympathy.


City Ateorsey's O@ce.
In the Supreme Court. yesterday, Mr.
George S. Lacey, City Attorney, fined, by
preference, thirty cases, in which it is the
interest Of the city to have an early trial.
We understand it is the intention of the
City Attorney to clear the docket of all city
cases a. soon as possible. The briefs in the
thirty cases we're prepared during the sum-
mer months, showing that the assistants
employed in that Office have not been idle.


Drainage.


Under the drainage system now being
carried out, and which promises to redeem
some $4,000 acres within the cooperate
limits Of the city from the domain of an
impossible swamp, there are nine steam
dredge boats and two steam derricks at
work. Four dredges are on the line Cana,
and Levee and one in the City Park, on Or.
leans street; two are in the rear of the park,
near Orleans street, and two IN Mariguy
canal.


In about six months the canal work will
be sufficiently advanced for the use of
draining machinery. If it is not ready at
that time the expenditures ON the canals
will be capital virtually laying idle, and the
machinery should be in course of erection
1T the present time.


If the water wheels Of the Melpomene
draining machine and the Bienville street
draining machine are not erected without
delay the winter and spring rains will over
flow the rear of the city this side of the
Metairie ridge and the gardens of the poor
be again ruined.


The Shell roads.


Both sides of Canal street are now
shelled from one end to the other, and there
is continuous and smooth drive to the
Metairie ridge. Street Superintendent H.
G. Pierson has been untiring in his efforts,
and has completed the shelling along the
Gentilly road from the Fair Grounds to La
harpe street and the drive leading from the
Third District to the Fair Grounds. By the
shellroads will be in a finer condition than
they have for many years. Thanks to the
energy and good management of the Street
Year: 1871

The American thrush has taken new flight. We
hear OF her now soaring on light wing in the higher
altitude OF sacred song. 1t is just ten years since
Miss Kellogg made her debut in this city. What
brilliant series Of triumphs has been hers in that de-


cade! There is something essentially American in
the compression OF so much fame and 80 much sue.
cess in SO short o time. The course, however OF
Miss Kellogg has been marked throughout By q
steady purpose, q high conscientiousness and q
courage which distinguish the true disciples OF art


OF whatever nationality There Is something re.
freshing IN the promise that We are to have her
shortly in oratoro and that the chase beauty OF her
voice, Its huency sweetness and sincerity, no less
than the strong ana earnest individuality OF the
man herself. will be given to that noble department
of music which OF late has excited so much public
WIN renew all the triumphs Of her earlier operatc
career. At all events, her recent debut in the
messiah" warrants the assertion that for the rst
time we shall have an American solo singer In ora
torio, whose naturalness and whose culture CON-
bned will revive the beauties or the great masters.


Italian opera has not yet come to sootbe and
sweeten the ear OF New York, which langulshes for
It's luscious sounds but her lighter aud gayer sister
bcckons with bright fingers to Flsks palatlal halls.


greater contrast can scarcely be imagined than
Fisk himself-who may be nightly seen seated
In the hall withoutpresents to the revelry of sala-
cious song of love and legs within. His recent do


mestc Affections have toucned with a shade Of
sadness mis- usually bright ana animated lace, and
his "gum Shoes" to be hereafter as celebrated In
HISTORY as tue slipper OF Cindereua driven from
Year: 1871

Tho Union and American of recent
date says On the morning train, on the
Nashville and Chattanooga Road, an old


gentleman came in from Grow Creek Bot
tom, to see the sights Of fashionable city
and spend few days, "between hay and
grass" lie said he was in his ninety
third year, and although he was quite wig.
orOus, still his statement was reasonable.
The old gentleman being somewhat hun
cry, stepped up to the very fine restauraDs
of our friend Mr.. Egan, located in the de-
pot, and asked for cup of coffee and
sandwich. Mr.. u. handed out cup Of
his best Mocha and lucious sandwich,
both of which the old gentleman declared


were the very best articles Of the kind he
had ever ate or drank in his whole life.
lie liked them so we'll that he sonsluasd
to take second round, and the longer ho
ate and drank, the louder was he in bis
praise of their excellent quality, until he
had eaten nine full-sized sandwiches and
drank nine full cups of coffee. If this
don't show remarkably vigorous appetite
for ccntcnnarian, then We are mistaken,
that's all.
Year: 1871

There is but u breath of air and a beat
of the heart between this world and the
next. And in the brief interval of pain
ful and awful suspense, while we feel that
death is with us, that We are powerless
and lie all powerful, and the last faint
pulsation here is but the prelude of eud.
less life hereafter, we feel in the midst OF
running calamity about to befall us, that
earth has no compensatng good to the Sc
verify of our loss. Bat there is no grieI
without some benefccnt provisions to sof.
ten its intensities. When the good and
the lovely die, the memory of thoir good
deeds, like the moons on the stormy sea-
lights up our darkcncd hearts, and lend,
to the surrounding a beauty so sad, Sc
sweet, that we would not, if we could
dispel the darkness that environs us.
Year: 1871

There is nothing in which the young
need more caution than in the formation
of their friendship. If you form an evil
acquaintanceship, You will surely get d
snare to your soul. 1t is so much easier
to go wrong than to 60 right, that he will
drag you downward instead of your being
able to lift him up. \ friendship fouu-
ded upon anything but sound yirtuous
principles, is not stronger than tow in the
flames. 1t will not survive self-intcrests.
AS soon as the rulers had made Judas,
their miserable fool in betraying Christ,
they cared no more for him. "What is that
to US? See thou to that" was their sneer-
ing reply, when he came back, tortured
with remorses at the consequence Of his
deed. Those who have been sour FORE
most hattererS in the slime, utterly desert
you when the dark hours come, no matter
what benefits you have heaped upon him.
Year: 1871

EoUEAL REPREsENrATIoN-A Crunab for
the Pollies.-Wm. Dean prominent Demo
crat Of New Castle county. and member of the
last Legislature, is an earnest advocate of rep
resentation according to population, and re-
Gently he sent to the present Legislature a
petition asking that New Castle county be 80
represented. A special committee was ap-
piontsd to take charge of said petition, and
they have reported that it it is inexpedient
TO take any action at the present time" The
New Castle member Of the committee did not
concur in the report, but but failed to dissent
in decided terms. Mr.. Dean takes great ex-
ception to the report Of the committee in a let
ter to the Commercial and says:


1t appears to me that the object of the peo-
pie Of the lower counties is that, under the
present arrangement of the Democratic party
of Delaware, they control our State Conven-
tlons, and therby nominate mostly the men
from their own cOnnties. Now if that is the
object, the sooner the Democratic party OF
New Castle county waken up to that fact the
better ar! save themselves the expense, labor
and tune OF attending State Conventions, to
be made the tools of the men of the lower
counties. If Office is all they are after, and
sual aiouct Il as OemOcraL Oh NeW CaSLle
county, would say let US have nothing to dc
with the State ticket until they can be made tc
do justice to the citizens of New Castle county


He proceeds as follows: II does appear
that the people of the lower counties have
studied all the dishonest tricks that are neces
sary for the purpose of getting Office and keep
ing it and they are afraid that if New Castle
county gets her rights she will fall into theil
ways Not SO: The people OF this county
have watched the men Of the lower counties SC
long that they have become disgusted with
their ways. We do not ask of the lower coun
tie. any favors. We Simply demand our rights
and are determined, as freemen, to have then
in some honorable way. If we had honest mer
to deal with. we should have had them Ion,
ago. do not pretend to say that all th,
Democrats of Kent and Sussex counties ar
dishonest, by any means, for L have foun,
some Of them as good. whole-souled fellows q
can be met with anywhere. 1t is the men VIII
hold Office TO whom refer, like the majorit
of the committee to whom my petition wa
referred.


This sounds badly for the Salisbury ring.
Year: 1871

The Wilmington police bill was killed in the
House yesterday This is as gratifying as 1t
was unexpected, and we hope its fate will serve
as check to any further attempts at partisan
legislation.
Year: 1871

A new and dangerous fifty cent counter
feiI of the last issue of postal currency has
been produced. The ink and color of the
paper gives it the exact appearance of tbs
genuine alter it has been We. or worn con-
sidersbIy.
Year: 1871

Is the great remedy that physicians appeal TO
and use almost entirely all disease. of the


Liver. There are thousands at the present time
that are suffering with the rheumatic p ins In
the JOINTS, caused By the use of Calomel which
has crested disease of Its o~n worse than that
when it Was intended 20 cure. There is no
drug that leaves its mark more prominent in
the system. Yet, perhaps. there are times -hen
If can be given, and have benifeial effect, but
lhould not be dealt out as it has been, and is at
the present time, by those that pretend to know
what they are diving, but in reality do NOT. The
Liver 10 more liable 10 disease than any other
organ in the human system, and wheE that fails
10 do its duty il leaves the weak points OF the
b)dy exposed, as the bile is not thrown of, but
taken up by the blood. as it passes through this
great filter Of the system. and becomes impure.
Then follows q train Of diseases, whose name is


Legion. There many that suffer from pain
in the side and across the body, dull, heavy
drowsy feeling, headache, pain in the right side,
often severe pain in the bowels, costiVeLsss, Fat


ulence diar, hea, more or less digestion lots OF
appetite, sallow skin, white Of the eyes yellow
sinking Of fs'h. depression Of spirits, at other


times q great craving for food. Some Of these


symptoms are caused only By tOrpidity Of the
Liver. Itis i~possible TO give all the symptoms
Of deranged Liver, and they are ali curesble
without the aid of Cslomel.
Year: 1871

The Kentucky state election last Mon
day resulted in the election Of Leslie for
Govsrnor by between twenty and thirty
thousand majority, which is not as heavy
q Democratic vote as that state usually
casts. There was falling o6 Of forty or
Fifty thousand from the last gubernatorial
election, and Of twenty six to thirty six
thousand from the Grant and Seymour
election. The Democrats Of Kcntucky y
will have 10 bestir themselves.
Year: 1871

A French paper publishes q curious
report that although the Mont Gents
tunnel has been pierced, and locomotives
passed through it, there is still some
doubt as to its being open to travel for
some time to come. The trouble is IN
the ventilation Of the tunnel. The smoke
evolved from the locomotives is not
driven out Cut Of three engine drivers
who were employed on the trip through
the tunnel, two died of sutfocation, and
the third was restored TO life with great
difficulty.
Year: 1871

"Solidifed boer" is the latest thing.
It is lager beer concentrated the way
thoy do milk, so that the amount you
can hold on the point Of q knife will
mako you drunk clear through. A
man can carry enough Of it in bis vest
pocket TO knock q Temperance Sooie.
ty into serious.looking aspect, as it
would not be used in ths form Of
drink.
Year: 1871

A recent decision in the Supre me


Court of Missouri in favor of the


claims of creditors against the bulk Of


the funds paid by the Charter Oak


Life INSURANCE Company to the estate
of an insolveut policy, holder, is like


ly to give some uneasness to those


who are carrying heavy life insurance
policies under the impression that


their families will bo handsomely
provided for after their dccoase,
without reference to their solvency or
insolvency. Most of the States Of
the Union have limited the amount
of premiums that may be paid on
life policy which should be exempt
from the claims of creditors. Con.
necticut exempts an amount the an.
nual premium of which shall not ex-
ceed one hundred and fifty dollars
New Jersey one hundred dollars
Ohio and Missouri three hundred,
and 80 on. Tho decision to which
We have referred settles the princip le
that except when insurance is effected
in company tho charter of which
expressly exempts policies issued by
it from liability for the debts of the
insured, tho amount of premium. if
in excess of the limit prescribed, be-
comes part aud parcel of tho assets
of the person insured.
Year: 1871

back to the Jail, and refused any OF their
friends admittance to them until the next
day.


Several gentlemen residing in the town
took refuge in fight, as the negro MOB
did not disband, but declared their IN
tcntion Of getting even" with all white
people. Saturday and Sunday the mob
still kept possession of the town.
Year: 1871

rE Miss Phebe Couzins, late OF ot
Louis, was enrolled this morning IN the
circuit court as n member OF the OAR We
understand that one Of the members OF
the bar, in congratulating Miss Couzlns
on her admission, said: "While do not
know that / can welcome you as broM-
er vet feel that it is in order to wei
come You as a Couzin;' which, for Lit
tie Rock, may be considered good Miss
Couzins was also admitted to practice IN
the supreme court-L r Republican,
Year: 1871

We wish to call the attention of ALL in
debtsd to this office. that the present Janua-
ry we wish to settle with all-those that we
are owing and those owing us. We have some
accounts Of long standing on our books, that
are perfectly good, but through thoughtless-
mesa aud inattentioh they have not been set
tied. From the collection Of many small ac-
counts due US. we shall be able to pay large
ones; aud We trust that no one. knowing their
Indebtedness, will hesitate to come forward
and Pay Up.
Year: 1871

TT The New York Post. one of the
leading aud most influential Republican
papers in the land, says:


Senator Rice, OF Arkansas, has re
Gently EXPRESSED himself to reporter
in favor OF amnesty and civil service re-
form, thus placing himself in direct op
position TO the Clayton or Minstrel "
faction, who have used their power for
prescription so tyrannically, and their
official positions SO corruptly that they
have made the politics of Arkansas a
by-word


The Post can be assured that the
proscriptive and corrupt Clayton fac
tion will be devoid of power TO plum
der our people and make our politics a
by word, when again we meet them at
the polls.-L r. Journal