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Year: 1872

A Note from Judge James WhitWOrth,
To the Democratic andLiberal Republican Com


mites for the State of Tennessee:


Gentlemen We are approaching a
point in our political history which
promises relief to distracted and partially
ruined country. While there is in our
State still a seeming conflict, in fact
and truth there is none. | do not intend to
20 back and review the steps Of progress
which have brought US where we are, but
will simply state that it has been the result
of the efforts Of wise and discreet men in
all parties who have been earnestly desir-
ing the country's good, rather than personal
preferences.


Taking this vieW of the case, appeal to
YOU in the interest of our commOa country
that you shall meet at once and amicahly
and harmoniously adjust our electoral tick
ct for this State, so as TO unite all the
friends of reform in the election of Greeley
and Brown.


[ am sure that with an honest effort now
on the part Of the committee above refer
red to, harmony and good feeling amongst
sll the friends of Greeley and Brown can be
effected and an electoral ticket placed in
the field that will be satisfactory to all the
supporters Of Greeley and Brown. know
there never was any desire on the part of
the Liberal Republicans in this State to in
sist upon more than that the electoral ticket
should stand squarely and Internationally
on the Greeley and Brown platform, and
that having been accomplished, there exists
no reason now why all shall not act in har-
mOny. JAMES NHIIWohIA'


July II. 1872.
Year: 1872

As A little weeping child will hold its
mother fast, not because it is stronger than
she, but because the mothers bowels so
constrain her that she cannot leave the
Child, even so Christ, our Savior, yearniDg
over the believer, Cannot go, because he
will not.
Year: 1872

CINCINNATI, April 1.-The city
election went of quietly to-day in the
wards, while the county votes for a
board.Of control and county solicitor.
Party lines are not drawn closely any
where. There is much scratching in
the city election for two judges Of the
superior court and for board officers.


The returns of the city and county
election come in slowly. Only one
ward and two precints have been
heard from. There has been much
scratching. The returns thus far
show the Democrats for one Office and
the Republicans for another in the
same wards, running far in advance
of their opponents. The slow count
ing at the polls will probably render
sending anything like complete re-
turns tonight out Of the question.
Year: 1872

the other under WILL They were in
court for the purpose of giving their
testimony, when a bright idea occurred
to the Judge, who interrupted the case
TO say:


1t just strikes me that there is plea
SAINT and easy way to terminate this law
SUIT. The plaintiff appears to be re-
spectacle young man, aud this is a very
nice young woman. Uaughter.) They
can both get married and live happy on
this farm. If they go on with the law
proceedings, il will be all frittered away
between the lawyers, who, am sure,
are not ungallant enough to wish the
marriage may not come Off


The young lady, on being interrogat-
ed, blushed, and said she was quite will
ing to marry the plaintiff. The latter,
on being asked if he would wed the
young woman, gallantly responded,
most undoubtedly" The Judge re-
mar ked that the suggestion occurred
to him by instinct, on seeing the young
couple. A verdict was subsequently
entered for plaintiff on condition of his
promise to harry defendant within two
months, stay of execution being put
ON the verdict till the marriage ceremo-
ny is completed.
Year: 1872

THEY must have some good heads in the
Russian Government-the proof of which
appears in a curious kind of savings bank
established in Siberia. The inhabitants
of the northwestern part of that region
live substantially upon salmon, which
enter the streams in summer to spawn.
Then the natives take immense quantities
of the fish, dry them and lay by supply
to last till the next season. But about every
third or fourth year on the average
though with considerable irregularity-
the salmon do not appear, and the conse-
quence is famine, which, falling first


upon the dog teams of the people, dis
ables the latter from drawing supplies
from other quarters: 10 prevent the
terrible sufferings which have arisen from
this cause, the Russian Government estab-
lished at Kolyma, a Russian post on the
Arctic Ocean, a sort of savings bank
with a capital of one hundred thousand
dried fish purchased from the natives and
stored away. Then law was enacted
compelling every adult male inhabitant of
the settlement to pay into the bank
annually one-tenth of all the fish he
caught, and no excuse for a failure was
admitted-this continuing as long as the
fish season remained good. But when
there was failure of the salmon and
starvation impended, every depositOr was
entitled to borrow from the bank fish
enough for his regular supplies, on con-
dition of repayment next year. This
bank, at the last advices, had carried the
people through two consecutive years of
famine, and accumulated capital of 800,


600 dried fish, and was still accommodating
at the rate of 20, 900 year. Itwas thus on
the road to wealth, besides being a fOun-
tain of benefcence to the people. 1t is
the principle of Joseph's management in
Egypt, with all the modern improvements
required by the state of society in Siberia
Year: 1872

In the training and education of the
young this element of character should
not be crushed, but encouraged and prop
erly directed. If child has fair devel-
opment of it, he should never be degrad-
ed nor underrated. If it be weak in him,
it should be encouraged by an address to
his honor and manliness. He may be
early taught that some actions are in
themselves mean and low, and therefore
beneath the true dignity of human char
acter, and he will instinctively despise
and avoid them. Mothers sometimes call
their children debasing names, such as
Uallain, scamp, simpletOn, dot. This prac-
tice not only serves to irritate and annoy
the child, and thus deprave its disposi-
ton, but it has a direct tendency to lower
the child in his own self-respect. If we
tell the child he is villain, and he has
any respect for our opinion. it is the very
way to make him one by blighting his
sense of honor and giving him a craven
spirit and low estimate of himself.


While we dislike naughty, supercili-
Gus character, we equally deprecate an
undignifed, submissive, craven spirit.
Most persons, in the training of children,
address approbativeness rather than self
esteem; they impress upon the child's
mind the idea that his wrong doings will
be unpopular, not that certain acts and dis
positions are essentially mean and un-
worthy of him as human being, wheth-
er the world knows it or not. A child
can be induced to abandon a favorite
pursuit by arousing his self-esteem to re-
gard it as debasing, mean and undignificd,
and then, though his friends and the
world do not see his conduct, he viii
avoid improper conduct per sc and for his
own sake, not to avoid rebuke or public
disgrace. His virtues can also be made
strong when his sense of dignity and
honor is combined with the dictates of
reason and conscience.-Whdtt to DO, and
Wiz.
Year: 1872

ICE-wATER should be drank but sparing-
ly. A most excellent substitute for it is
pounded ice taken in small humps into the
mouth, and allowed to dissolve upon the
tongue This will prove very refreshing
and much more enduring in its effects.


Lemonade is simple and grateful bev-
erage Tomake it /: Roll the lemons on
something hard till they become soft I;
crate off the rinds, cut the lemons in
slices and squeeze them into a pitcher; a
new clothes-pin will answer for squeeZer
in lieu of something better; pour on the
required quantity of water, and sweeten
according to taste. The grated rinds, for
the sake of their aroma, should be added,
too. After mixing thoroughly, set the
pitcher aside for half an hour then strain
the liquor through jelly strainer, and
put it in the ice.


Travellers who find it inconvenient to
use lemons, can carry a box of lemon
sugar prepared from citric acid and sugar,
little of which in a glass of water will
furnish quite refreshing drink, and one
that will help oftentimes to avert sick
headache and biliousness. Citric acid is
obtained from the Juice of lemons and
lines.


Perry is delicious beverage made from
cherries, and will keep year or more
Take six pounds of cherries and bruise
them; pour on pint and a half of hot
water, and boil for fifteen minutes strain
through flannel bag, and add three
pounds of sugar. Boil for half an hour
more, or until the liquid will sink to the
bottom of cup of water TRY it with a
teaspoonful of the liquid); then turn into
Jelly cups, and cover with paper dipped
in the white of an egg.


To prepare the drink: Put spoonful
of the jelly into a goblet of water
and let it stand about ten minutes
then stir it up and fill it with pounded
ice. Currants and raspberries made
into "shrub," furnish pleasant
cooling drink when mixed with ice
water. Pounded ice is also an agreeable
addition to a saucer of strawberries, rasp
berries, or currants Pound it until it i:
almost as fine as snow, and spread it ovel
the berries. With fruit it is also an ex
cellent substitute for cream.


Water ices are always acceptable
Those made of lemon, orange, currants
strawberries, raspberries and pineapple
are much improved by adding the stiff
beaten whites of four eggs TO every two
quarts of the liquid. Put it in just as il
is turned into the freezer, and it will
freeze in foam.-ScTl5ner's for July.
Year: 1872

EXERCISE can kill as well as cure. To
be taken advantageously, it should be
done with Judgment Sometimes a par
ticular part of the body needs exercise,
but the whole body is too weak to give it;
in such case only the part needing it
should have it. But there is one rule
which is applicable to all-never go
against the instincts. Many persons have
hurried themselves into the grave by en-
deavoring to keep up" when they ought
to be abed; and they do "keep up" too,
for so long time that when they do take
to their beds, their strength is SO COM
pletely exhausted, that the system has no
power to rise, and they fall into typhoid
condition, and all is lost. When anything
serious is the matter with domestic ami
mails, they court quietude and perfect
rest. Sometimes we feel indisposed to ex-
ercise from sheer laziness; in all loose con-
ditions of the bowels, debility, an in
stinctive desire to sit down and stay there
is universal; in most of such cases quiet
ude is cure But there is one safe rule
for all under all circumstances; if every
step you take is with an effort, do not take
another; go to bed; if you feel the better
for walk, then walk on; but stop short
of great fatigue.-Dr. W. W. Hail.
Year: 1872

THIS substance is remarkable as consti-
tuting the only mineral eaten by man.
Not only does it afford an indispensable
and wholesome condiment for our tables,
but it forms an essential constituent of the
blood, and supplies to the human system
the loss sustained by saline secretions. Its
antiseptic properties are invaluable; but
although it preserves, it ultimately changes
and deteriorates the quality of the food
to which it is applied, rendering the same
innutritious and indigestible; for salt,
Notwithstanding its being a strong stimu-
liant to the animal fiber, is not convertible
into nutrinlent. This is the cause why
sailors who subsist long upon salted pro-
visions are subject to the sea scurvy.


Its medicinal qualities are also remarka-
BILE. While all other saline preparations
tend to cool, this but heats the body and
engenders thirst. Some years ago med
ical man wrote a brochure in which he
condemned the use of salt, attributing to
it all the diseases to which flesh is heir.
The poor fellow eventually committed
suicide.


Only lately book has appeared in
which the writer, who is a physician,
recommends salt as a sure antidote to the
contagion of smallpox. Doctors of course
will disagree, but as variola is acknowl-
edged to arise from diseased or poisoned
condition of the blood, the due use of salt
may possibly form a safe and effective
specific. Salt is not only an agreeable
condiment, but also an indispensable
requisite. When moderately used it acts
as a gentle stimulant to the stomach, and
gives piquancy and relish to our food.
In Africa the high caste children suck
rock salt as if it were sugar, although the
poorer classes of natives cannot so in.
dulge their palates. Hence the express
sion in vogue among them, " He eats salt
with his victuals," signifying that the per
son alluded to is an opulent man. In
those countries where mineral salt is not
procurable, and where the inhabitants are
far removed from the sea, kind of saline
powder is prepared from certain vegeta-
BILE products to serve in its stead. In.
deed, so highly is salt valued in some
places-such as Prester Johns country
that from its very scarcity it is employed
as a substitute for money.-Neao YorA
| ErcoDOn1iI
Year: 1872

WASHINGTON, February 26.-The
committee on Ways and Means this
morning agreed to report bill repeating
the law which requires stamps on pre-
serves and jellies. They also considered
the tariff bill, which they expect to re,
port to the House in a few days. The
committee on Appropriations considered
sundry deficiency measures.


1t has been determined to make
change in certain federal offices in Cali
foruia in order to divide the patronage
more equally. Messrs. Cole and Slr-
gent Sargent being the newly elected
Senator to succeed Cole) will, OF course,
Get the largest share in every division


CareFulinquiry by the proper account
ing officer at the Treasury Department
shows that all malicious stories about
Major O. E. Babcock drawing more
than one salary from the government,
or that he ever received more than his
necessary expenses for the part he took
in negotiating the San Domingo treaty
are unfounded. Babcock is not a
Colonel, neither is he an aid to Gen.
eral Sherman. He is simply Major
OF engineers, drawing pay according to
his rank and it is the only salary he has
received since the first OF March, 1863.
Major Babcock is a high toned, hon
orahle gentlemen and immensely popu
lar with those who know him best.


The report Of the New Orleans In.
yes,igating committee will not be sub
mitted to the House for about two weeks
vet, or until after all evidence, which
will make a book Of three hundred
PAGES, shall have been printed.


1t is understood from authoritative
sources that the President fully ap-
proves the course OF the Republicans
represent.d by the regular State com.
mi,tep, in their efforts to reform the ai-
miuistration in the affairs Of the State
Of Louisiana, and sympathizss with and
will aid the party and people generally
in every proper way; and that every
rrecaution will be taken under the pre-
sent LEGISLATION o. the country in order
to secure a fair election in November
next.


1t is believed to be the policy OF the
Republican party TO discountenance
those who have used their official posi-.
tons to plunder the people of the
South, in any future efforts they may
make TO secure further lease of power


A Bank Note Company in New York
forwards to the Treasury a letter from
B. W. RAYMOND of West Virginia who
would like to have fac-simile OF United
States notes engraved thus: The
United States will not pay to the bearer,
&c. This request the writer saws is Ior
the purpose OF getting something for
suckers always ready TO bite al a nakel
hook.


The report that the Clayton inves,i-
eating committee had finished their Ia
bors is pronounced BY member OF the
committee untrue. On the contrary,
the committee have only just fairly
begun to have large number Of wit
nesses examined, which will probably
keep them busily employed during the
entire session OF the present Congress.
Year: 1872

There is a disposition to ascertain the
exact amount We owe, that we may
make preparations to pay the interest on
the same. We will in our next give
some Of the speeches that were made on
Monday and Tuesday on the different
parts Of this interesting question.


We are anxious to have just concIu-
sions reached in relation TO this matter.
The debts one Of honor, aud State
must maintain its honor We are sure
that West Virginia will DO nothing 10
tarnish her good name or to render
her unworthy OF her illustrious old
mother, who seems to overestimate her
respectability, aud capacity, for paying
debt Of such enormous proportions.
Year: 1872

and so to vote for Greeley as the embodi-
ment of principles, rather than for Con-
vention which contained no principle. But
the proofs that the Louisville Convention is
serving Grantism are now too plain to ad NIT
Of its gaining any influence among any bat
those who would, in any event, vote for
Grant.


1t is worthy of remark that Blanton Dun
can has chosen the same day for the holding
of his convention that had been previously
fixed for the opening of the Louisville In
dustrial Exposition. This was evidently
for the purpose of claiming that the crowd
attracted to the city by the Exhibition had
come TO see his show.
Year: 1872

Upwards of forty thousand bottles Of
NATURES HAIR RESTORATIVE were sold
from Jan. Ist to June lst, which fact tells
its own story. Its so clean, and looks so
nice that the ladies are all delighted with it
See Advertisement
Year: 1872

TWENTY-FIVE RESIDENCE LOTS IN MY
] additions TO the City of Rock Island Terms
in four annual iEstallments with interest
at six per cent


Also q frame house with four rooms and lot


B. DAVENPORT.
Year: 1872

later involve him in just such dilemma as he


has now drawn upon himself. Should the


proposition Of the Left be endorsed by the


President and prove acceptable to the opposi-
tion, as probably will be the case, the present
trouble will yet leave its bad effect upon the fu-
ture The authority and power ofM. Theirs will
be gone, never to be recalled. Should he insist
upon retaining his right to take part in the
Legislative councils and debates he will have
lost the influence he has heretofore welded.
threat from his lips after this would
meet only with derision. 1t would in
fact be safer and more digniied should
he accept the proposition of the Right
and confine himself hereafter to his executive
duties 1t may be that he will do so, although
obstinacy is distinguishing trait in his
character, and his belief in his own power
will not easily be shaken. The prospect is
at least full of doubt and not without its
threatening clouds. Should they not be dis
persed by the sunlight of compromise we
fear there will be stormy times in store for
France
Year: 1872

STORM AT THE ASTrpoDEs. The Gipps Land,
Australia, papers just to hand by mail. state
that the cold weather which was experienced in
that portion Of the Antipodal territory on the
9th Of August last was the most severe, and
the quantity Of snow which fell the greatest
that has been felt or known in the district
during twenty years past This is getting
ahead Of New York With vengeancei
Year: 1872

Murder seems to grow more common day by
day, perhaps because murderers are too often
allowed to escape punishment. There are in
the Tombs to-day thirty persons accused of
homicide, oil Of whom, except Foster, the con-
victed car-hook murderer, and Stokes the
slayer of Fisk, have been committed within
the last seven months. The Jail at Washing
ton contains nearly one-third this number,
and the prisons in other cities are filed with
persons charged with the shedding of blood.
The pistol, the knife and the bludgeon are
fast becoming the arbitrament Of every quar-
rel and the fancied remedy for every wrong.
Foster, in the frenzy of drink, strikes down an
inoffensive gentleman, without anything like
provocation, and, though he is convicted, he
still asks for clemency after nearly two years
have passed since the crime was committed.
Stokes case is too fresh in the public
mind both as fact and as moral
to require comment now. The Scanned
tragedy is much more recent and even
less justifable Latest on the list is the mur-
der of O'Neill by King for the offence of testi-
flying against brutal husbands treatment of
his wife. In many of these cases mere hate
and the nourishing of evil passions prompted
the offence; in others it is the old story of
jealousy and revenge. For these offences only
one remedy remains-swift and certain pun
ishment. 1t is useless to bewail the prevalence
of crime for till crime brings its own retribu-
ton the base and the depraved will think
lightly Of murder. The indicted murderers in
the Tombs--we say indicted murderers, for
many Of them are known to have committed
the crimes with which they are charged-are
living proofs of the weakness of the admins
tration Of justice in this city and constant
incentive to murder by other men who are
already criminal by will if not in deed.
Year: 1872

1IOWUAC hnOhB thc AOnWOh ArOllCes


Strikes are not unusual among the badly
paid laborers of the Old World, nor are they
much to be wondered at; but an organization
to demand an increase Of wages by the legal
guardians OF London's peace is decided
novelty. Such movement exists, and in fur
therance Of its object public meeting Of dis
contented policemen was held in the British
capital few days back. In consequence
constable who acted as secretary was dismissed
from the force. This naturally called forth
remonstrance from his brother officers, and
now the cable tells US the existence Of the
police as ON organized body appears to be
threatened. Yesterday mornings dispatches
stated the discharge of eighty members, and
to-day we are told Of dismissals by hundreds,
so that prominent streets are left unguarded.
No doubt the excessive supply Of unemployed
men in London will enable the authorities to
fill up the ranks Of the watchmen, but il is
more than questionable whether more liberal
payment Of the force would not be found bet
ter economy for those who need police protec-
ton and who pay the bills. London's citizens
and tradesmen can i'll afford to be left at the
mercy of the thieves and roughs, and they
would hardly be better off if guarded by cheap
and inexperienced policemen. Prices of many
Of the necessities Of life are largely advanced
within few years, and there seems good rea-
son that the members of the police should
complain Of the poor pay they receive. They
may have gone tho wrong way about demand
ing it, but surely Of all public servants none
more truly deserve fair treatmeut than good
policemen
Year: 1872

instances of this have occurred in his lectures.
Dealing with the Bull of Adrian he dex-
terously showed that in all probability it was Q
had at least the merit Of novelty, and the
Dominican was honest enough to acknowledge
that there was room for difference of opin-
ion. But what we look for is broad survey
of the historical field, not caring much who
was right or wrong seven hundred years ago.
but anxious to know the truth, whatever il
was We want not alone the truth but the
whole truth spoken, and the deductions based
on principles of justice and humanity. Instead
of wasting time arguing whether or not Adrian
gave or did not give the Bull to the English
King, we should have desired Father Burke to-
dismiss the question by announcing the broad
principle that the Bull or rescript Was
invalid not because IL was not dated,
but because the Pope had no moro
right to give what was not his than tho
Normans had to take 1t. His natural anxiety
to save the Papal reputation caused him TO
base his defence on other and less worthy
ground. So, in his attempted palliation Of
the massacre Of the English and Scotch set
tiers in 1641, he evades the great question at
issue and weakens his own case Mr.. Frouda
has charged that the Irish massacred soma
thirty thousand Protestants, and Father Burke
replies that there were only two thou-
sand Ave hundred, thus admitting
that there was Protestant massacre.


but trying to make it appear rather snalA