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Year: 1871

Tonight the winter festivities OF 1871 will
be splendidly inaugurated by the ball of the
Americus Club. The Academy of Music will
be connected with Irving Hall by an srcbed
passageway, laid with Brussels carpets and
covered with silk bunting, and the halls Of
both buildings will be ablaze with the splen-
dor of flowers and gaslight and beautiful
women. Music will resound and hundreds Of
graceful couples will trip the light fantastic'
toe in style highly creditable to the Fer
reros and De Garmos Of the period. In
both of the two buildings banqueting tables
will be spread, with supper by Ashmau, that
would have equally surprised and delighted
the magnificent and luxurious Lucullus him
SELF On Januarye the first annual and social
reunion Of the Veterans of the National
Guard" will be held in the Armory Of the
Seventh regiment On January 10 the Acad-
emy of Music will again be thrown open and
richly decorated for a charity ball in aid of
the State HomoopathicR Rsylum for the Insane
on January II the ball Of .he Knights Of St.
Patrick; on January 90 the fourteenth annual
ball Of the Young Mems Association in aid of
the New York Catholic Orphan Asylum, and
on January so the Firemen's ball, or the forty
second annual ball in aid of the Widows and
Orphans Fund of the late New York Fire
Department, will also be given at the Academy
of Music. This spacious building, now that
Italian opera seems to have been perpetualiy
banished from it's walls, can be devoted no
more appropriately than to balls, which,
uniting innocent mirth to the high purposes Of
benevolence, will multiply the claims of New
York to its honorable title of the City of
Charities. The balls which we have enume-
rated are but few of those which promise to
enliyen the season
Year: 1871

We print communication to-day relative
to the coal question, which will certainly
prove interesting to all consumers of that
article. Ii states that the Pennsylvania Coal
Company will supply one ton of coal at time,
to any one address, for six dollars and half
a ton, while other dealers are charging from
seven and a half to nine dollars ton The
communication is intended to answer the state
ment of another correspondent, manufac-
turer, VINO complained through our columns a
few days ago that this company violated its
contract with him by refusing to deliver the
amount of coal at fixed price contracted for,
and Offering only to furnish one ton day,
while the business of the manufacturer de-
manded the supply of twenty five tons week.
Now, while ii is well fer the poor to know
that they can purchase coal at this cheap rate,
the fact does not reach the question as to
whether the company is not bouad to fulfil its
contracts with customers, made in good faith.
1t will not do to make an arbitrary rule that
not more than one ton OF coal day shall be
delivered to one person while there are out
standing contracts to be fulfilled. Meantime
we are very glad to know that poor people
can obtain the article from any company that
processes to sell at moderate prices and not to
exact ''monopolists' rates
Year: 1871

istransacted that pedestrians can safely pass
on the sidewalks. We hope, therefore, that
the Mayor will extend his order to all streets
which are crowded public thoroughfares. Let
the Mayor expand his ukase good deal and
The public will be thankful
Year: 1871

peradO credit. OF course it was a


cOld-bloOded murder of one South


ern man hy another, and therefore


the Southern press OF the locality is


filed with mourning. II a Ku-xlux


had ehot "carpet-bagger." or an


ex-confedsrats solder had murder


ed negro, the fact would be insig-


niicant and ;olerable, and no COM


plaint heard thereon. Such is the
justice which now controls the
chivalry, from whose teaching and
practice this fell spirit of murder
proceeds. Modern Democracy as
1t was once advocated in the South,
had but one meaning, and that was
OF murder and treason. The duel
list was heretofore the most famous
character in all Southern society.
Tie merits of Southern gentlemen
were rated according to the victims
they had sacrificed in dueling, the
negroes they had murdered, or the
hearts they had pierced with q
Bowie knife. Educated in such vo-
cations, made murderers almost
from their cradles, and looking on
the shedding of human blood as
chivslrous, the great mass of South
ern men are still left in Q condition
Of lawlessness which can only be
carbed by the strong arm of stern
and una,nching power. It viii re-
quire mors skill to crush this spirit
Of murder than it did that of rebel
lion, but those who gave it birth
and cultivation, have no right to
whine or complain, if they occasion
ally feel its bloody fingers at their
throats or see friend fall beneath
its shots and stabs. The South
to-day does not feel Q pang Of
agony but what is a just penalty
for its crimes.-Daily State Journal.
Year: 1871

CoNTINrED Y2oh LAT WEEK.


And If these diff. ulties exist
where free l,bor has reached its
highest perfection, we may reason
ably expect to encounter greater
difficulties here in the South where
free labor is accepted, not from
choice, but from necessity and with
such earnest protest. The mind Of
the Southern people with the pas
sions and resentments of the war
still alive, and aggravated by the
stinging consciousness of defeat, is
ill prepared to contemplate calmly
the issue involved in this subject.
With this sincere belief in the utter
inadaptibiity Of free labor to their
soil they are led to resort to all sorts
Of e1pedients 70 avoid the disas-
trous effects Of what they believe to
be uncertain and unreliable labor.
Yet free labor must be secured and
maintained, and developed, and the
lsborer must receive just compensa-
ton for services rendered. How
can this be accomplished 2 There
ere only two alternatives. Either
the Southern people must protect
and foster free labor, by giving it
the means of developing itself and
justly renumerating the laborer,
aid thus rendering him contented,
or the Yestlsse and discoutspted
Year: 1871

The several contests advertised TO come or at
Fleetwood Park on the Prospect Park Fair
Grounds yesterday afternoon were postponed be-
cause OF the inccmency OF the weather. At the
latter place there was quite large attendance
anxious to witness the race between Honest Allen
and running mate ana Kingston and running mate
but the snow storm ana chilling wind made the
track q very unpleasant ana dreary place, and the
contest was put untii to-day, at two +. M The
latene-s OF the season aud the approach OF cold
weather suggests to the owners OF nurses that Is
almost useless TO make any more matches as the
uncertainty Of their taking place deprivcs them OF
ALI their interest.
Year: 1871

All OF the passengers in the passenger-car
were more or less injured. One old gentleman,
when the alarm was given, ran out on the front
platform, and when the crash came was caught
between the cars. One of his legs was horribly
crushed, and he suffered internal injuries. He
was taken 10 the village, and DIR. Moore
amputated his leg. His name is Cyrus An
drews, and he is a produce merchant in Sa-
vannah, N. Y. This afternoon he was in
an exceedingly critical condition, and on ac-
count of his age, to-day being his sixty-slxth
birthday, bis recovery is very doubtful. OF the
other passengers Sumner L. Hazeu, Deputy
United States Marshal of Malone, and Mr.. Dean
of the same place, were severely bruised and
cut about the head and shoulders. The injuries
sustained by the others were not severe, and they
were able to proceed.


The causes that led to the accident were an
utter disregard of all rules on the part of the
engineer of the freight train He knew that the
passenger train was ahead of him, and was due
at that time at Fairport, and he should have
been on the lookout for it, especially as there
is sharp curve just east of the station. He
was also running at a much higher rate of speed
than is allowed Had the alarm not been given
and the passenger train started, not sonl would
have escaped. The engineers name is Hus:
He has caused several accidents recently, all
displaying recklessness, and great
indignation is felt concerning him,
and the entire blame of the matter is
charged to him. 1t should be stated, also, that
it is customary for the passenger train to take
wood and water at Wayneport, about five miles
east of Fairport, but some days since the road
discontinued the watchman there, deeming it
an unnecessary expense. The result was that
the wood piles took fire there last night and
were destroyed. Had not this occurred the
passenger train would have taken its wood aud
water there, and have been out of the way of
the freight train. The universal sentiment
prevailing is that the management of the road,
by the employment of incompetent men, and
the dispensing with the watchmen necessary
for safety, is laying itself open to severe cen
sure,
Year: 1871

Criminal RecIkIessness of an Engineer


Several Persons Injured, One Danger


Ously.


ROCHESTER,, June 20.-A collision occurred
on the Central Railroad, at Fairport station, 10
miles east of this city, at 80 o'clock this morn
ing between an accommodation freight and
passenger train bound west and freight train
going in the same direction. The freight train
should have preceded the accommodation train
from Syracuse, but was three hours behind
time. The latter left Syracuse on time, and
was on time at Fairport. AT the time of
the accident the passengers train stood
at the station, and the engineer was engaged in
taking in water from the tank, when an alarm
was given by a switchman that the freight train
was coming around a sharp curve just east of
the station. The conductor, L. s. Hyser, ordered
the engineer to start, which was obeyed in
stantly but too late to prevent a collision. The
freight engine struck the rear passenger car In
which were ten passengers, and lifted 1t from
the track, leaving IL, and breaking the next
two cars. The third car of the freight
train mounted she second at right angles
with it and was going at such a
rate of speed that striking the station wood
shed, 1t swept away the facing caves and lower
portion of the roof of the WOod-shed for its
entire length, 800 feet, until 1t came in contact
with the brick water-tank at the west end of the
shed, which 1t completely demolished. Here
the wreck became general, the cars piling upon
each other in confusion, blocking the tracks and
delaying trains for several hours,
Year: 1871

T
largest single denomination, probably majo-
rity of the undergraduates are fro N those de-
nominations which profess the doctrine of the
Trinity. The proportion of communicates is
not knownEaccurately, but an estimate made by
about one hundred and fifty, of which from
seventy to eighty are Episcopalians, and the
majority of the remainder are of the denomina-
tions known as Orthodox or Evangelical. There
are two theological schools at Cambridge, one
Unitarian and one Episcopalian.


The university is now so large and so varied
in its component parts that the currents OF
opinion and Influence on theological subjects
may be said to be about as free and various as
in the community itself in which it is placed,
and to reflect that community pretty accu-
rately. Certainly IL would seem that official or
corporate denominationalism has no existence
there.
Year: 1871

hss BEEN ussns the pIsee % o aumptne- ground
for garbage, and considerable progress has
already been msde in raising the level shove
high water about 100 men being employed In unloading
tho barges and distributing the cargoes Ultimately the
ground will thus be prepared for building purposes and
Brown "& Co." will doubtless be enabled to realize
handsomely upon their Investment their undertaking
meet with no interruption. But their proceedings have
already met with protest The heaps Of garbage
which the enterprsng Spectators In real estate are
dumping there turn the stomschs Of YOrkvle and Har


lem with nauseating odors. TRIBUNE reporter found
the air OF the whale district pervaded by sewerage smells
from the steamag heaps Of refuse matter which aborers
were distributing wheebarrows Business men about
the Astoria Ferry Indignantly declared that at times,
when the wind blew from the direction Of
the heaps, they were almost compelled to
close their Offices and quit the neighborhood Many cti
ze ms have already sent their families away from the
vicinity dreadDg the spread OF the SEEDS OF pestence
10 the Board of Health appealing for protec-
ton against the reckless greed OF the Tammany specu'
lators In real estate But the work goes on as before
and 1t Is supposed that the Board OF Health dare not In
terfere with the private schemes OF their masters even
TO protect the citizens Of YOrkve and Harlem against
disease and extreme and unnecessary distress one OF
these citizens said: 1--WE have submitted to the robbery
our money but they must respect our lives The peo-
pie ought to appoint Vigilance Committee and plant
the owners OF this property and the contractors head
foremost in the filth they have brought mere only one
Of the many heaps appeared, yesterday 10 nave Deen
Rprinkled with lime, and that one nau received
TidcuOusly small quantity.
Year: 1871

The fourth game of the championship series
between the Chicago and Eckord clubs played yes


erday the Union Grounds in the presence Of about
1000 people. The game the poorest which the CHI
cago club have shown this season. the Eckfords outpay


ing them at nearly every point. The following Is the
Year: 1871

1t was said that Mr.. Reverdy johnson, in
the negotiation of his unacceptable and wholly
unsatisfactory Alabama Claims Treaty, was
demoralized by English roast beef and plum
pudding-that the designing John Bull dined
him and wined him till he was brought
to believe that the moon is made
of green cheese. What, then, shall we say
of the Joint High Commission at Washington,
in which English roast beef and plum pudding
and dining and wining are the order of the
day from Monday evening till Saturday
night? 1t may be said that the English roast
beef and plum pudding is neutralized by
Chesapeake oysters, Potomac shad and
Yankee Goldfish, and that London brown stout
is no match for Bourbon whiskey; but we
have our doubts upon these points. We have
our misgivings Of the stufing process adopted
by Earl de Grey and Ripon with this Joint
High Commission. 1t is the process with the
pate de foie gras which is applied to the geese
in producing this choice pate-the fattening
process. 1t is the process by which the
doomed turkey is prepared for Thanksgiving
Day. Well, there may be wisdom in fattening
the Joint High Commission before they 90
seriously to the heavy work before them, be-
cause your fat man is an amiable man, and a
man who will listen to reason, and peace
man. AT all events, let us hope that the
labors of the Joint High Commission will
result in treaty of peace, and in thanks
giving, dining and wining on both sides of
the water.
Year: 1871

THE UNSETTLED CONDITION OF PARIS
The news from Paris is not such as encour-
ages the hope Of speedy return to peaceful
pursuits. The city is disturbed and the dam
gerous classes are ripe for violence. Another
infammatory journal, the Ami du Peuple, has
been seized and suppressed for uttering SEN
tments tending to occasion breach of the
peace in the most aggravated form. The
gatherings which take place each year in
mid-Lent will, it is feared, be taken advanta ge
of by evil-minded people to create disturb
ances which may lead to serious results. It
is true that General vinoy has prohibited the
procession Of masqueraders in the streets to
day but it will be difficult matter for him
to prevent the congregation of crowds and
the perpetration of deeds of violence. Un-
fortunately, others than those who cause these
riots are oftentmes the victims of the excesses
Of the wretches who occasion them. Hoping
for the best for Paris we fear the worst, owing
to the unsettled state Of affairs existing there
at present. One of the many evils resulting
from the late war is this exhibition Of bad
blood on the part of the roughs of Paris, who
have nothing to lose by the riotous scenes
which their acts may occasion in the streets
Of Paris.
Year: 1871

Dr. VAN HoosEN, OF ALBANY, who killed
his wife in ft Of delirium tremens, has been
sent to the Lunatic Asylum. The Grand Jury
Failed to indict him for the offence, and the
court put him out of the way of doing further
harm by sending him at once to the asylum.
This disposition of the case is apparently the
only proper one, and 1t would doubtless
answer well in all murder cases where the
plea Of insanity is successful
Year: 1871

DoINc.s OF THE LEGISLATURE The proceed.
ings ia our Legislature are becoming rather
interesting. The hitch in the new Tax Levy
bill creates some surprise, considering the help
the measure received from outside parties.


That it will be passed finally there seems to


be no doubt. The Pneumatic Railroad undex-
ground scheme has received ON unexpected


impulse, indicating that the workers behind
the scenes have some other object in view
than in carrying out the yiaduct suggestion.
Year: 1871

THE OBNOXIOUS JERSEY CRY CHARTER was
passed under a reconsideration in the lower
House of the New Jersey Legislature yester
day. The republicans of our little neighboring
State seem determined to make another New
Hampshire of her.
Year: 1871

We have no doubt that the festival of ST.
Patrick will be celebrated to-day, whether il
rains or shines, with all the earnestness which
our Irish fellow citizens always can command
when the 18th Of March comes around, or
when any other sentiment prevails which
recalls the memories, the sufferings and the
aspirations of 'sold Ireland" 1t is pecu-
liarity in the Irish people that they never
forget the traditions and never abandon the
idea of the nationality of their native country,
no matter in what quarter of the globe they
may be located. 1t is peculiar, also, that Of
all people who live and labor in exile from
their own soil they are the most demonstrative
in their devotion to the land Of their birth.
This feeling exists through two and three
generations, SO that citizens who are tho
roughly Americanized ''all the year round"
become as thoroughly Hibernicized on st.
Patrck's Day. 1t is not a bad trait, after all.
A man who does not love the mother who bore
him is not likely to be scrupulously faithful in
all his other domestic relations.


We hope that the outdoor celebration to-
day in honor of good old st. Patrick will
be as pleasant as the weather will permit, and
we trust that nothing will occur in the line of
march to disturb the equanimity of the cele-
brants or cause any trouble, such as occurred
a few years ago, and which might have hap
pened in any procession by the effervescence
of hasty temper. However, we anticipate
nothing of this kind to-day. AS for the even-
ing banquets-at Delmonico's and the Hoff-
man House--of course ''the feast of reason
and the flow of soul" will be represented in
the full spirit of the poet. Celtic wit
will sparkle more brightly than the
wines on the table. Pathos, poetry
and patriotism will bubble up as high as Par
nassus, and probably may take flight little
higher according as the oraters are inspired.
Upon the whole, the natal day of the Christian
Saint who, whether he was Scot, Gaul or
an Irishman, implanted the faith of His Mas
ter on the soil of Ireland, is likely to be cele-
brated here with all the honors which his exu-
berant and devoted children, our Irish fellow
citizens, know so well how to pay to the
Saint, the shamrock and the old green sod We
wish those who join in the festivities of to-
day good luck and abundant enjoyment
Year: 1871

THE SENATORIAL CAUCUS OF REPUBLICANS
was in session for several hours yesterday,
and determined TO favor the appointment Of
Joint committee Of the two houses to investi-
gate Ku Klux eutrages during the recess. It
was quite evident that most of the Senator'S
wanted an early adjournment, and no anti
Ku Klux me asure has any chance Of passage
except the one just determined upon. 1t is,
after all, probably the most sensible way in
which to settle the vexed question of South
ern Outrages.
Year: 1871

Mr.. HORACE DAY has very substantial
Idea about rapid transit He says unless
New York has her three lines of rapid transit
soon her seaboard rivals will draw off her
commerce. We must have one line on Broad
way and one each on our river fronts.
Year: 1871

intended this work for the colorcd races. 1t
would be dclusion aud cruel to induce white
people to go to st. Domingo as field laborers,
for their health must break down and the race
become enfeebled and degenerate.


Are we prepared then, !!e ilqtggoauce
Chinese coolies and to admit them as citizens
Of our country? We could not and would not
hold them to forced labor, and, according to
the theory and operation of our institutions,
we could not keep any people deprived of
civil and political rights and equality. Shall
we make, or rather keep, ST. Domingo negro
State? Is such an element, particularly at a
distance, desirable as component part of our
society and social and political system
Should we be prepared even for this where is
the negro labor to come from? Our own
negroes would not be disposed to go; they
love their old homes too well. They cannot
be induced to 60 to Liberia, where there is
republic Of their own race. Besides, we
could hardly afford to part with them from the
South. Their labor there is most valuable in
cultivating cotton and other products. The
HuOoeAoA, eACH, 40 w CuS FuiuO VI Nv.
Domingo to us is one of labor. But,
viewing the matter of annexation in a
social and political point of view,
there are very grave objections to it.
We could not take in the present population
as citizens-a semi-barbarous people, who are
fast going lack to African barbarism-with-
out danger to ourselves, or, at least, without
more trouble than they and the island are
worth. The cost of governing st. Domingo
and the fatal effects of the climate upon our
troops ought to be considered also, to say
nothing of the chances of war with the fierce
Haytiens, who are bitterly opposed to annexa-
ton, or with the factions in the Dominican
republic ITSELF No, this question ought not
to be decided upon party political ground,
but with broad statesmanlike view as to
what is best, not for the Dominicans, but for
the people of the United States and for the
purity and perpetuation of our own social and
glorious institutions.
Year: 1871




What is the best mode of protecting
the throat from colds where person
is very susceptible to them? The
common way of protecting the throat
is to bundle and wrap it up closely,
thus overheating and rendering it ten
der and sensitive, and more liable to
colds and 1nflamation than before.
This psactice is all wrong, and results
in much evil. Especially is this so
with children, and when in addition
to the mufliing of the throat the eK-
tremities are insuficiently clad, as is
often the case, the best possible con-
ditions are presented for the produc'
ton of sore toroats, coughs, Group.
and all sorts of lung and throat affec-
tions. 1t is wrong TO exclude cold
air from the neck, and if it is over
heated portion of the time, when it
is exposed some form of disarrange-
ment of the throat will be apt to occur.
The rule in regard to clothing the
neck should be to keep it as cool as
comfort will allow. III doing SO yon
will suffer much less from throat all
mcnts than if you are always fearful
of having o little cold air come in con-
tact with the neck. Any one who
has been accustomed to have his
throat muffied should be careful to
leave off gradually and not all at once.
-HeTald of Hedlth- nnfri