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Year: 1873

RE1oSsTRANcE OF THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH


COMPANY AGAINST THE POSTAL TELEGRAPH BILL.


Senate Bill, No. 34l)


'''''N Ssw.YosK, Feb is' is7i.
To me Honorable, he Senate Of ne United states


The Western Union Telegraph Company hereby re-
spectfuy demonstrates against the passage OF Senate
B No a. entitled M BIZ ], to Connect the Telegraph l
respondence by telegraph" reported by the Senate
committee on Post-ofhces and POstroads Report No.


The following are some of the objections which we
urge 20 the bill


FIRST Although the Report truly states that " the
Western Union Telegraph Company performs nine-tenths
of the telegraph business and fary represents the ele
graph system of the country" this Company has not
been applied TO by your Committee for any information
either concerning It's own business relation to ele
TO be heard upon the subject before the Committee On
a single OCCASION two the President Of this
ing before the Committee limited to fifteen minutes.


Under these the Managers OF this Com
pany have been surprised at the publication, In
Senate document, OF statements concerning this Com
pany which are erroneous In fact or In the nfereDce
TO be established and which are used TO justify the very


This Company not prepared TO admit that the Senate
90 a y e the pdd by before @
alleged undue expansion OF capital. unreasonable
charges, inadequate facilities but we CLAIM that
whether the measure reported by the Committee on POST
Offices and P0slroads Is based upon charges against
this Company upon alleged considerations of public
policy, the dictates OF justice and the practice
Of the Senate alike require an inquiry into the facts
and careful of the interests TO affected
before adopting leginaton 80 Important In It's
quences. Representing, this Company does In large
degree the telegraph property the telegraph experience
and the elegraph progress OF the country we claim that
Ia any affecting telegraph property
and yitally the provisions OF this bill
are entitled 10 bearing both 70 the necessity alleged
TO exist for Congressional action and the ect OF such
action upon the private property involved.


We protest against the assumption by the Committee
OF the Senate without proof and without having been
heard in Defense that the business the Western
Union Telegraph Company Is conducted In disregard OF
the rights OF the pubic 10 such extent render II
necessary Io Cougess 10 intervene We not advised
that person has applied to the Senate the redress
Of any grievance alleged against this Company. It's
Managers are believed 10 the OF the
pnDc and are earnestly striving 70 their wants by
extending their lines into new territory, and by enafng
demands The telegrapbe facilities OF the United States
have been increased within less than six past by
the construction OF 5000 mes Of line and 70 200
miles Of wire, and tho opening Of more than
Year: 1873

A MYSTERY OF THE SEA.-The story
comes from Gibraltar that. on the 18th
of December last. the Del Gratia came
upon the Mary Celeste, an American brig
antine, first seen by the Del Gratia in lat
itude thirty-eight north and longitude
seventeen west. She had been abandoned
by her crew about three weeks previously,
as was shown by her log, and since that
time had drifted about without living
being on board. The cause of the aban-
doument is a complete mystery, as the
brigantine was sound in every particu-
lar, and effects were found on her of con-
siderable value, which, had she been board
ed by privates, would undoubtedly have
been taken away. The articles that were
remaining seem to show the presence Of a
lady and child on the ship. One thing
found may furnish clue to the mystery.
1t is a sheathed sword, the blade of which
looks as if it had been stained with blood
and then wiped. There were marks of
blood on the top-gallant sail, and the bows
of the vessel had been cut as if intention
ally with some sharp instrument. Con-
lectures in regard to the true cause OF her
abandonment are. of course, likely to be
pretty fertile, but the probable hypothesis
is that for some reason the crew revolted,
murdered the captain and his passengers,
and then took to flight, carrying away with
them nothing which might lead to their
arrest and conviction.
Year: 1873

A correspondent ofth Brattlebore Pix
mir says that one ght recently the village
physician, DIR. W.. made sudden and un-
premeditated addition to his knowledge of
the natural history of quadrupeds. Return
ing from visit to patient, he had nearly
reached his home in safety when be took
in friend to ride. This was an unlucky
circumstance, thoug ID highly creditable to
the doctors good taste and courtesy. The
road-path was deep and narrow. and the
moon cast shadow therein. The doc
tor saw huge muskrat running in the
path few rods before. Put up your
horse and run him down; he can't get OF
the track ~ said the friend. The doctor
at once acted on the suggestion. The
horses hoofs struck the poor animal, and
the astonished doctor, with the whole estab-
lishment, passed through rapidly expand
ing cloud of penetrating mephitic vapor.
Science has demonstrated the exact number
of feet that light travels in second. but
it has not yet shown with mathematical
certainty how fast the odor of the Mctphitis
Americana (skunk) radiates. In this
case it brought people to their feet at
once at distance of half mile-a fine
illustration of the philosophic principles
of the almost infinite divisibility of the
particles of matter. " That wasn't musk
rat" said the doctor That's evident"
said his riding companion. The doctor
then became silent and reflective,
Year: 1873

a DINNER ExcUsE--Apologies for
poor dinners are generally o It of place
But when lady has forgetfal husband,
who, without warning, brings home a
dozen guests to sit down to plain fami-
y dinner for three or four, it is not in
human nature to keep absolute silence
What to say, and how to say it, form
the problem. Mrs. Tucker, the wife of
Judge Tucker of Williamsburg, solved
this problem many years ago. She was
the daughter or niece Il am uncertain
which, Of Sir Peyton Skipwith, and Gel
ebrated for her beauty, wit, ease and
grace of manner. Her temper and tact
were put to the proof one court day,
when the judge brought with him the ac-
customed half score or more of lawyers,
for whom not the slightest preparation had
been made, the judge having quite for
gotten to remind his wife that it was court
day, and she herself, strange to tell, hav
ing overlooked the fact.


The dinner was served with elegance,
and Mrs. T. made herself very charming.
Upon rising to leave the guests to their
wine she said Gentlemen, you have
dined to-day with Judge Tucker: prom
Use me that you will all dine tomorrow
with me-


This was all her apology, whereupon
the gentlemen swore that such wife was
beyond price. The Judge then explained
the situation, and the next day there was
a noble banquet. Moral; Never worry a
guest with apologies.-AprH number Of
LippincottS Magazine.
Year: 1873

Tue MASSACHUSETTS HEATHEN.-Whe
the test was applied, it was discovered to
the shame and CONSERVATION of the officer in
charge that there was no copy Of the Bible
in the capitol of Massachusetts,. While
one of the members was speaking on the
Sumner resolutions the other day, he called
the attention of the house to passage of
Scripture that he thought very pertinent
to his line of argument. and, that none of
its beauty might be lost by an inaccurate
quotation. called upon the clerk to read it.
The clerk 5 movements became embarrassed.
He opened the desk with an I-have-it-here
air, but he had it not. Then he looked on
divers shelves and in various pigeon-holes
with similar results, aud finally came the
awful announcement, There is no Bible
in the house." But the worst had not yet
come. The member still refused to trust
his memory, and pages were sent out in
quest of the desired book. Alas, there was
no Bible in the building. An agent of
the Bible Society has been induced to visit
that field of missionary work.
Year: 1873

There is no such thing as curbing the
enterprise or suppressing the ingenuity of
our Western people. Here are the inhsb-
itants of Nebraska determined. if possible,
to have oysters as large and luscious as
the more fortunate people who dwell within
few hours ride of the noble Delaware.
And they propose to rival our Delaware
bay and Maurice river bivalyes by stocking
the lagoons near Lincoln with young oys-
ters, and providing them with the proper
aqueous saline food by supplying their hab-
itation with steady streams of water from
the neighboring salt springs. The expert
ment is certainly novel one. and will be
watched with deep interest by all who
dwell far away from the waters where oys-
ters most do flourish in their primitive con-
dition. Artificial oyster culture is worthy
of attention as is that of their more active
fellow inhabitants of rivers aud bays-shs
fishes.
Year: 1873

An engineer on the railroad between
Cayuga and Ithaca, \. Y, recently ran
down a fox with his "machi ,e.'' Tue
animal was overtaken at a place where he
could only escape by superior speed, for
the lake on one side and a precipice on
the other left only room for tie road, and
so he sped on, stumbling little occasion
ally at some obstruction, but picking him.
self up again with remarkable celerity
as the pursuing monster gave frightful
screech. He at length took to one Of the
rails and ran on without missing step
until he came to safe spot on the lake
side of the road, where he jumped of.
just then the engineer blew a succession
OF shrill blasts, which so frightened the
poor fox that he jumped again upon the
track and in an instant was crushed be-
meath the wheels of the engine.
Year: 1873

END to end to cover one inch, while "a, 631 of
the extreme violet waves would be required
to span the same distance


Now, the velocity of light, in round num-
bers, Is 10000 miles per second. Reducing
this to inches, and multiplying the number
thus found by SO, ,9l8, we obtain the number
OF waves of the extreme red in 1870, 900 miles
All these waves enter the eye, and hit the
retlna at the back of the eye in one second.
The number of shocks per second necessary
TO the production of the impression Of red is
therefore four hundred ard filty-one millions
of millions In similar manner it may be
found that the number of shccks correspond
ing To the impression of violet is seven hum
dred and eighty-nine millions of millions
All space is filled with matter oscillating at
such rates. From every star waves of these
dimensions move with the velocity of light
like spherical shells outward. And in the
ether, just as in the water, the motion OF
every particle Is the algebraic sum of all the
separate motions impaired to it, Still, one
motion does not blot the other OUT or, if
extinction occur at one point, it is made
good at some other point. Every star de-
cares by its light its own unchanged indi-
viduality, il it alone had sent it's thrills
through space.
Year: 1873

A brave Newfoundland dog at Nashua
N. d., saw an infant child about to creep
into an open fire, and threw his shaggy
body between the little one and the flames.
The FIRE was so hot as to burn the hair off
and blister the body on the side exposed,
but the noble canine kept at his self-ap-
pointed task till the mother of the child
came to the rescue.
Year: 1873

A lady in Fort Wayne with a fancy
for anniversary celebrations has invitations
out for novel entertainment. Ga one and
the same evening she celebrates her silver,
crystal and tin weddings. 1t was such a
charming coincidence and everything wa,
going to be so nice, and now her first and
second husbands, divorced, ARE going to spoil
all the pleasure of the evening for her by
refusing to come Some men are so uu.
reasonable.
Year: 1873

A Bridgpor: man attempted to make his
children afraid of fire by scorching the
ends of their fingers, but his wife took hin,
and so thoroughly toasted a much larger
surface that he hasn't sat down since. lie
wants to know what is to become of the
social fabric if family discipline is to be
undermined in this way.
Year: 1873

Every complete vibration OF our tuning
fork produces a wave of sound. and, as all
sounds travel with the same velocity through
air, the more rapid the vibration the shorter
are the sound waves. The pitch of sound
is wholly determined by the rapidity of the
vibration, as the intensity is by the ampll-
tude The rise of pitch with the rapidity OF
the impulses may be illustrated by the syren,
which consists OF perforated disk rotating
over a cylinder into which air is forced, and
the end of which is also perforated. When
the perlorations of the disk coincide with
those of the cylinder, puff escapes; and
when the puffs succeed each other with sui
hcient rapldlty, the impressions upon the
auditory nerve link themselves together to
continuous musical note. The more rapid
the rotation of the disk the quicker is the
succession of the impulses, and the higher
the pitch of the note Indeed, by means OF
the syren. the number Of vibrations due to
any musical note, whether it be that of an
instrument, of the human voice, or OF f1y-
ing insect, may hc accurately determined.


In the unduatory theory, pitch is the ana
logue OF color. The waves OF light have
betn measured, and it is found that the more
refrangible the light, the shorter are the
waves which produce it. The shortest waves
Of the visible spectrum are those OF the ex-
enc violet; the longest, those OF the ex-
treme red; while the other colors are ol
intermediate pitch or wave length. The
!erg Of a wave Of the extreme red is such
ihai !. would require 36.9le Of them placed
Year: 1873

..---s--..s.. Macon Messenger, Oct 20.


Yesterday an incident occurrurred on
the race track at the Fair Grounds which
few understood, and yet it was thrilling.
1t was a trotting race for a-purse of 500.
-Four horses passed under the string and
in an instant were upon their mettle.
If we remember the name rightly, one
of these was "Stonewall Jackson driven
by pale and consumptiNb cooking young
man, who, evidently h.,, 40 more strength
in his body than child. When coming
out, the white flag below the stand was
dashed down before his horse passed it.
He was then in a full gallop, and when he
passed the audience they all laughed and
told him to take that horse out" He
turned toythe crowd, raised his hat and
remarked with smile, 81 have lost con-
troll of him" SO he had, but they all
thought him jesting, though it was an
earnest fact.
The second time the fiery little steed,
though distanced, still full of life, went
at a full gallop. Passing again the
Judges stand, all C, ntinued to laugh, but
we noticed that the young man on the
gig, WAS pale, motionless, and scarcely
able to hold the lines, and had no more
control of the horse than babe, When
C 1ming up the last stretch for the third
time, orders were issued from the judges
stand to stop him. The orders were more
intended for the driver than the horse,
but when nearing the point the few per-
sons allowed on the track sprang, before
him The horse was finally seized by the
Bride by an athletic negro, who pinned
him, to the ground and arrested him in
his mad career


The young man just had strength
enough to get out of the gig.
Year: 1873

a young lady who makes all the family
soap, gives the following recipe for good
cheap article: add to ten quarts of
water six pounds of quick lime (shell
lime is best) and six pounds of common
washing soda Put all together, and boil
for half an hour, and let it stand all
nigh. to clear Draw off the lye, and add
to it one pound of common rosin and
seven pounds of fat (any fat will do }
Boil thus for half an hour; then let it
stand till cool, and cut it into bars.
Year: 1873

For the relief and
cure of all derange-
ments IN the stom-
ach, liver, and bow
els. They are a mild
aperient, and an
excellent purgative.
Being purely vege-
table, they contain
no mercury or mine
raj whatever. Much
serious sickness and
suffering is prevent
ed by their timely
=
Year: 1873

NJ. IL. B. writes to the Missouri Re
publican that the extremist phase of the
seant effect was reached by a lady who
walked up Fifth avenue in a navy-blue
camels.hfir dress. Not a pucker or
a visible seam or particle trimming
broke up the beautiful surface of that
woman. She was an unbending level land
how she got into that straight,jacket of a
dress couldn't imagine till I took rear
view of her, and found she was buttoned
from neck to hem. Two unobtrusive
box, pleats lurked ina shy way each side
the opening otherwise that garment
looked like pantheon leg. And walk
Wen, She couldn't walk very well, and in
case of fire. that woman would be fried
in her own fat. You see, economy must
begin somewhere. If cloth is used for
the ruffs, whysthe skirts must suffer, and
mercy knows what is required for the big
silk fences built up about the female
head just now. ~ ~ -,
Year: 1873

The effeminate man is.a weak poultiee.
He is a cross between table beer and
ginger-pop with the cork left out; fresh
water mermaid found in n COW pasture,
with her hands full of sdandelions. He
is teacup fall of sallabub; a kitten in
trousers.i a sick monkey with a blonde
moustaehe. He is a vine without any
tendrils fly drowned in oil paper
kite inrpas dead scslm. He lives Like a
butterfly nobody can tell why. He is
as harml less as a Penny-worth of sugar
candy, and as useless as a shirt button
without aahote He Is as lazy as a slug,
and has no more hope than last year :
summer fly. He goes through life on
Aptoe, and dies like cologne water split
over the ground.
Year: 1873

No one remedy Is louder
called for by the necessities of
the American people than q
sure and safe cure for Fever
and Ague. Such we are now
enabled to offer, with a perfect
Certainty that it viii eradicate
Year: 1873

The Chicago Erenil1l Journal ex-
presses the opinion that there is mus h
IN the way of internal improvement
which the United States ought to do
in the South. The General Govern
ment is helping Illinois to perfect COM
munication between the Mississippi
and the Lakes and the .JOat,nat is
just enough to add What we ask for
ourselves we would cheerfully accord
to others. Western farmers are blessed
with r-production, but are deficient
in market facilities. They require
cheap transportation for their surplus
products, which would readily find
market at remunerative prices in the
South Atlantic and Gulf States With
increased and cheaper facilities for
transportation there would be more re-
ciprocity between The farmers of the
West and the people of the South, and
community of interest would soon
beget a strong feeling of friendship
between the sections, which would be
of incalculable benefit in the develop
ment of Southern and Western II
terests.


We are glad to see there is some
thing more than a coincidence Of
DtUHcen Oilt oOUhNAL anu lbs
contemporary of Chicago. Our readers
will bear us out in the assertion that
the sentiments of the Chicago paper
embody the views that the JOURNAL
has from time to time urged in refer
ence to the necessity and Importance
of more abundant and cheaper facili-
ties for transportation between the
South and Northwest, and the material
advantage to be reaped by each section
therefron1


We sincerely trust that tie day is
not far distant when, even if there
shall not be an air line between Will
mington and Chicago, the two cities
will not be obliged to communicate
with each other via New York
Year: 1873

One O: tie vastest enterprises for
which this enterprising century is dis
tinguished is yet to be accomplished IN
a project about to be undertaken by
the Khedive of Egypt. This is nothing
less than the construction of railway
ross the Africa. 'rteriel. for a span
of nearly a thausandmiles through the
/ desert from the coast to the White
Nile The Man of the East, as the
Khedive is called, intends to prosecute
this herculean labor to completion
within the space of three years and at
the magnificent outlay of twenty mil
lion dollars in gold. The road will be
marked by a ship canal at the first
cataract, a bridge across the Nile, and
the avoidance of all CONSTRUCTION in
volving tnnnels and ferries.
Year: 1873

Doyou know what this is darling, gathering
Chilling and pressing the life from my heart:
Casting dark clouds Ger my strained failing
Rending thesoul and body apart!
Come close beside me love-stand with hushed


breath,
For you stand in the presence of God-and of


death,
Lay your dear hand in mine with its gentle


caressing,


Yours is pleasant and warm-asins all stif-


fened and cold;
1 shall soon be beyond all you love with its
Soon lie in dark chambers far under the
In the light of the sun, and the summers soft


bloom,
These three--love, cease weeping; the hand of


Saviour


Is clasping my own, He is mighty to save;
Do you hear what he says: Come, my child
Hereis light that will Tighten the gloom of


grave; -.
1 will lead You full tenderiy all the dark way,
And bring Your tired steps to the portals OF


day!
"Rest here on my bosom; go through the
With every faint pilgrim who shrinks on its
Its waves shall not harm you, though Ioudto


your hearing,
The storm clouds may mntter, and harsh


tempests roar; ..-rF
The arms that enfold you are mighty and true,
And across the dark tide there's a Hedren for


your'
But tits dark around me; Oh, I would iinger
And walk by your side, if the heart had its
even shrink back from the arms of my sa-


viour,


How caa go up to that beautiful day,
And leave you in darkness-in sorrow and


tears
With your poor widowed heart all alone with


its fears
Our Saviour will look with tender forgiving
On our tears and regrets, for He wept for a
Aad sometimes think our best pleasures in


Heaven


With our memories of earth will most ten


derly blend;
And our love for each other, beginning below,
Will be strengthened and frightened in Heay-


L know n reIi -ss1G
Come nearer me, darling wife. children and


and sister,
You have walked by my side through earth's
Close down by the brink of the river leave


you, rCf4st-5
To weep and to wait through few weary


days,
Then, the same Hand that carries me, safely


and true,


Will send through the valley signal for
Year: 1873

It is proposed to get up cem- etery near New York, of about 100 acres in extent, for the burial of people who have been talked to death. The idea is a good one, but the cemetery ought to be larger.

 Our climate is so pule that the worst case of talk has never yet produced paralysis of the larnyx, but it sometimes results in deli rum, which queerly enough in- spires the person affected to yell like an Apache or a Mexican. We would recommend the dis cussion of this nuisance with a view to it's abatement by the more highly cultivated members of the Bohemian High Jinks club of Yuma, at their next noc- turnal meeting.