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Year: 1873

The lishtful spring weather since
our last issue enables us to almost for
get the severe winter We Rave endured,
and makes US begin to feel our old admi-
ration for q Minnesota climate. Dur
ing a portion of last winter enthusi.
asm on that subject was not rapturous
in this vicinity.


We have been somewhat at a loss
to account for the injustice done our
State in the reports Of our storms,
and indeed of the whole winter. We
are unwilling to accept the motives a
railroad company of Iowa and Nebras-
ka, (said to have actually condensed
the sensation items on the subject, and
published them for gratuitcus distri
bution), as governing all who have
joined ia the clamot against climate
to whose healing properties citizens Of
every part Of the continent are indebt
ed for years of health. Facts and fig
ures carefully prepared and published
seem to make little or no impression.
Providence. of course, has been &C.
credited and interpreted, even by those
who have very little knowledge Of
1.-THE great frst cause" in way that
would be amusing if it were not for
its irreverence.


We are prepared to take with large
discount the tidings Of the disasters
wrought by tho late storm in Kansas
and Nebraska; but, stripped of all its
exaggerations, the fact remains clear ::
that the storm that passed over those
States in the middle of April, soas of
greater scverity, more destructive to
property, and mere fatal to human
life than the Minnesota storm in mid
,cinter. With the record of the whole
winter now before US, Minnesota will
compare favorably with any State
Moth of the line of the Ohio river.
Year: 1873

"Give me-" says Rev. Robert Tay-
lor, "the money that has been spent in
drink, and I will purchase every foot
of land upon the globe I will clothe
every man, woman and child in an at
tire ofwhich kings and queens would
be ploud !; I will build a school house
on every hill side and in every valley
over the whole earth ]; college in ev-
cry State, aud gil it with able prsfes-
sors I will crown every hill with 4
place Of worship consecrated to the
PRONUNCIATION Of the gospel Of peace
and will support in every pulpit IN
able teacher Of Righteousness"
Year: 1873

KNOXVILLE has now its turn with
Small Pox. We presume the disci-
pline of the city has been brought to
bear upon it with sufficient effect TO
prevent any dangerous spread of the
disease. At this date one death has
occuTredI
Year: 1873

l am ready to negotiate on very
favorable terms, the sale of the most
valuable water power within the Vi
cinity of Bristol. 1t is within one
mile Of Main Street and furnishes a
fall of II feet with room above that
point for more than one Factory with
fall of twelve or more feet. The
property is peculiarly valuable. and
can be had at price low enough to
entice manufactures to our locality.


/. c. FOWLER.
Year: 1873

Alas! that we note our beautiful hill


A sleeper whose voice is recently still;


Whose hand 50 efficient in cutting the way


For beautiful city, lies stiled now to-day.
When spring with its nectar, shall sprinkle sod
And flowers fill their with the incense to God q p
US trail the sweet vine, for the sentinel grim
Hath unfolded his wings and gone off like the wind
In the lone attic room, Stunned by mortals below,
Cut off from his knd-all alone with the foe
Let that the Love which found in his crime
Touched that good tender heart it of time
Let us trust that the babe which went down his side
Now answers that call, which its denied
Scof not for that love hath deved further for thee
Than the depths thou hast measured for him and me-
When the sentinel stone shall be placed on yon HILL


TO watch the dumb dust which fought for our veal
In some niche when the deeds of workers you tell
With the delicate STEEL cut the of Caldwell.
Year: 1873

CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE IN RIcHMOND.-The
Richmond correspondent of the Herald tele-
graphed the following interesting facts con.


nected with the visit Of the Chief Justice to
that city:


Chief Justice Chase arrived here this morn
lnR, but he does not come to preside IN the
Circuit court, as has been erroneously stated
In the Associated Press dispatches. His visit
here at the present time is purely friendly
one to General Bradley T. johnson, at whose
residence he is stopping, and his object is to
overlook the manuscript OF reports Of his de-
cisionS in the courts of this circuit since the
war, which have been prepared by General
johnson, and are now nearly ready for publi-
cation.


The Chief Justice called upon Governor
Walker this morning, as an act OF official couT-
tesy which he thought due to the Executive
OF the Old Dominion. During the call Quite a
lengthy conversation took place on National
atfairs, In which the leading topics Of interest
were discussed. Governor Walker thought
the taFiH and free trade would be the leading
QUESTIONS IN the West, and that the supporters
Of the latter were daily becoming stronger in
that section. The Cheif Justice dissented and
believed the salary question would be the
strongest issue that could be made by the
Democrats In the next campaign. He thought
II that patty had the firmness to discard and
throw overheard all aspilants for Office who
favored the increase of Congressional salary
and to nominate new men pledged to abolish
that increase, they would carry the next Con-
gressional elections.


The Chief Justice VIII remain here for sew
eral days yet.
Year: 1873

II much to DO regretted that the LegiAIatuE'
has not been able to unite upon some principle By
which the people Of this county and city would b
more fully and fairly represented in the General
Assembly. The bills which have been before the
Legislature having this matter in view have new
or been printed, so for as we know, and We are
not informed of their contents We have had no
hope that any bill which would emanate from the
Republican side of the nouse would be SO free
from party bias a. to secure the concurrence OF
both branches OF the General Assembly. But We
had hoped that a bill in which the State would be
Distracted, would be presented, read and printed
ana thus put before the people; that the matter
might be more faliy and thoroughly discussed
and considered.


OF course any hili of this chAmcter that might
be passed would have TO be in the shape OF ansnd-
ment to the State Constitution, and sttsE reoelV-
ing the concurrence of tWo-thirds of both branch
es of the present Lsgtslature be published and re-
csive also the votes of twO-thirds OI the members
of the next Legislature, and thus receive the
sanction of the voters of the State.


1t is very true that the members of the Lsgisla-
ture from Kent and sussex were net specially au-
thorized to entertain proposition of this eharac-
ter. And they may with great propFiety assert
their unwilEngness to undertake to amend the
Constitution in this particular without their con-
stitusnts having first been fully consulted at the
hustings about it. The question is one Of vast
importance to the whole people, and We do not con-
slider it just and fair to condemn the gsntlsmen
in the Legislature for Obeying the viii of their
constituents, however much We may desire to
have this uuestion houorably considered and
rightly settled.
Year: 1873

tuiion of the State. it presents Il very
hopeful view to the property owners i'll
this unfortunate village. But the
heart Of the people in the village has
well nigh lost its capacity for hope
even that its future will equal its past,
So long las it been weighed down by
its load of oppression, that its old
time power of rebound has been well
nigh lost. The village people have
little or none of that buoyancy of feel
ing now manifest in their country
friends.


But to return TO Olr iron. The bet
ter opinion seems to be that going
down Il certain depth the whole hill
Will be found to be almost, if not quite,
{. solid mass or bed of iron ore. Thus
far, however, the several veins are as
separate and distinct from each other
as the several fingers upon ones hand,
and living there in all their present
nakcdness, seem rather to be the
mighty thews and sinews Of some giant
creature, laid bare by the knife of the
surgeon


Further explorations will doubtless
expose other veins, and may possibly
be made at some future day to crafty
curiosity, possibly, tho amount already
exposed being sufficient to satisfy even
tho greed Of Simon Cameron for iron.
Unfortunately. We were obliged to
defer our visit to the mine until after
the departure of General Hoke but
foi This we would have been able to
give q much more interesting dcscrlp-
Year: 1873

An old farmer at Harrisburg, Pa.
has a wagon pill d with lumber stand
Ing in his shed which has stood III the
same position for si4ty-one years. He
was engaged to bc married and was
building Il home for his bride, lu1t on
his return from an expedition to huy
lumber found Il rival had married 'Is
lady loye. lie thereon made a vow
that his wagon, laden as it was with
lumber. should stand just as it was for
all tina.
Year: 1873

The announcement that Gov. Dix had We
toed the Bridge bill was made several days
ago in this journal, and was at once denied by
the Ring organs in Brooklyn. The official
statement now made public puts the matter
beyond doubt; and the people of Brooklyn are
to be heartily congratulated on the first Sc
rious check which their Ring oppressOrs have
met with. We call it serious, for we look
uoon it as the first downward step To their
ruin. 1t is reverse which we believe will
before long result in rout. If it does not
the people of Brooklyn will be to blame, and
for any lack of spirit which hesitates totpush
a beaten enemy, they will deserve to be
robbed in the future as they are plundered
now. The Importance of this victory, and
the opportunities it gives Reform in Brooklyn,
cannot be Overestimated. ( The Bridge Ring
was littletbetter than a conspiracy 4from the
beginning. 1.-THE readers of THE TRIBUNE
have been made familiar. with their. exposed
plans and their defeats as events have sue
sessively developed them. -


And now what followsf These men remain
in charge, but they cannot go on secretly AZ
heretofore. They are now required to pay up
their indebtedness and make ,~good their
promises. The next Legislature must take
away their powers, and give Brooklyn and
NewYork full representation in the Board of
Directors of this work This requirement the
people of Brooklyn should demand. SIT must
be made an issue of the Reform campaign
upon which the people of Kings County are
shortly to-enter, apd they must not rest until
they shall have elected a City and County
Government. from Mayor to Aldermen and,
Supervisors, opposed to the Ring interest. 1t
is not 80 difficult an undertaking as it looks,
il only it is begun in time and with will.
Year: 1873

few days ago We described the unhappy


case of a gentleman who, retiring to rest in the


full possession of his faculties. awoke to find


himself blind, deaf and dumb. Something
like this, though less in degree, happened last
night to our Members of Congress. rat the
mysterious hour of midnight faculty departed


from them-a faculty wherewith hitherto they
have been endowed above other mortal men.
There is something touching in the thought.
We. fancy there was nervous twitching of
the bedclothes-provided of course the Mem
Der was in bed, ar he should have been-when
the Invisible spirit Of the Franking Privilege
departed from him forevermore. OF how>many
capacities is the Member thus suddenly be-
reft "a No longer will the ladies of
his acquaintance gather about him like butter,
flies around honey-dropping flowers. and beg
him as slight testimonial Of platOnic affec-
ton to frank few dozen blank envelopes for
their subsequent use. No longer will it be
possible to elude the landries of Washington
and send homo under frank the soiled Con-
gressional undcrclothing for~purifcation be-
meath tho distant and domestic vine and fig
tree an act typical OF the larger lustration of
Congressional affairs by the spread of pub.
does. for which the Privilege was 80 often
legitimstely useful. Ii Members will hereafter
expansive and ponderOus libraries
in Washington, they will no longer be able w
Year: 1873

fill pOstal-cars Herewith, TO the exclus0nsOf
other mail matter. The ingenious Congress
man who travelled TO Washington on horse
back and returned his horse to his NewJersey
farm franked and in charge of the mail agent,
will never have an imitator.


But chiefly must it be distressing to the
Member who has had long and varied expert
ence of sending his speeches which he never
otherwise delivered, to that extended list Of
constituents which he regards with the kind
Of affection that great landlord has for bis
rent roll. With what newborn economy will
he revise the list, and shear its fair proper
tons, when he concludes to pay his own post
age We have laid aside in time some OF the
mementoes of the past. Contemplating these
by gone franks, we ask ourselves, shall we
ever see their like again We have, for in
stance, several hundred campaign documents
that were prepared in the Capitol, bearing the
name of J. II. Platt in at least six different
handwritings, as a frank on the blank en-
velOpes that cover the documents Perhaps
some of our readers who received them recol-
lect the abuse of Mr. Greeley which this
abuse Of the Privilege usually enwrapped.
That, certainly, was performance which can
never take place again.


The name of the founder of this paper will
be forever connected with the agitation which
resulted in the repeal of tie Privilege. Con-
sidering for how many years this repeal was
vainly discussed, 1t would seem hard that Mr.
Greeley never witnessed the result of his
IabOrs. But they who work for tho advance
ment of the race are ever cheered by trust
in it's future. For the most part they can only
give impulse and direction to the reform, that
shall march. on, over their graves. But every
instance of tho kind serves further to Illus
trate the falacy of the proverbal assertion
that the good which men do is oft inferred
with their bones.
Year: 1873

When Mr. Below, in his late remarks at the Lon
don Theatrical Fund Dinner said that America ls q
place wherein dramatic artists are welcomed with
open arms he said moro than the truth-so tar as
his statement applies to artists Of the first class
But he might have added--andwe think he should
have done 80 for the warning and benefit OF actors
more ambitious than discreet-that America Is nota
place wherein second-rate players have any chance
at all. WedO not speak of semi-nude masKers and
mummers who find theirmarSet in tho sensuality
of all countries but Of persons who live by thepro-
fessiOn OF acting And what we would say Is that
there must sbe distinctive brilliancy in the new
conner, or something marked and exceptional IN his
associations circumstances and prestige before he
can count, with measurable certainty. on winning
the practical attention Of this public. Cases are
known to usu which players of fair talents and po-
sition at-home have to these shores, lured by
vague promises Of instant acceptance and present
fortune and have sunk into Indulgence and want


thus sacrificing a comfortable certainty for poverty
aud trouble. Ip Amenca as elsewhere Daniel
Webster remark covers the whole ground: There


ia plenty Of room at the top of the tree" But play
ers who are not at the top would be wise to stop at
home and climb where they are known. and where.
if they fall it will be- among friends and not among
strangers.
Year: 1873

A curious posthumous expression Of preference for
burial place lately turned up in San Francisco.
One of the Argonauts of 40, utterly bankrupt in
fortune, without so much as dime in his pockets,
orawled under sidewalk, drank some poison, aud
40 shuilled off this mortal coil. On his person was
found slip of paper with these words: Please
leave me in the Odd Fellows Cemetery. az like the
Order" Poor wretch without money. home or
friends he was particular where his bones should be
left when no was done with them
Year: 1873

The curious case of the late President of the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company against that
corporation is another of the intricate lawsuits
(which arise from perilous stock -jObbing. IaNhe
mere complaint, aside from other statements,
shows that the management of the corpora
hon was not strictly in the line of the bust
ness for which it was organized. After the
stock speculation, whether for the benefit Of
fhe Company or others, comes costly litiga-
lion The moral ought to be suf6cie ntly OBJ
SlOus.
Year: 1873

We suppose that all hope of anything like decent
alacrity in criminal trials must bo given up unless
tho Walworth trial should initiate new state Of
things and that Judicial Investigations must con-
tinue to DO linked quibbling long drawn out. Our
only consolation in New-York must be that the evil
is greater elsewhere The Greensboro (Tenn.D Mont


tor says II we have not the ablest bar in the State
we caneasly boast Of possessing che most speaking
talent-considering the length of the speeches the
criterion In murder cases there are usually five or
six lawyers and five hours speech is expected Of
each advocate" No wonder that men hate to serve
on juries and 80 often serve TO so little purpose
Year: 1873

The British Government seems to have been
strongly influenced by the spirit of emulation
In the effort to gain favor with the Shah of
Persia. In order to efface the impression made
on him by the grand military parade ata ST.
Petersburg, Great Britain resolved to display
her naval power According to the account
given by correspondent of THE TRIBUNE
published this morning, the manner in which
the Shah was received by the British feet
was calculated TO make strong impression
on that observing monarch.
Year: 1873

Mansfield Tracy Walworth was thrown
into the society of his step-sisters, after
his fathers marriage to the widow of
Col. Harden, and without the idea oc-
curing to their seniors that they would
ever dream of being anything nearer to
one another than brother and sister.
Mrs. Walworth was a strict Catholic,
and the marriage between the Young
people would have been extremely dis.
tasteful to her, since, in the views of
tnat church, this relationship by her
new marriage was such as to forbid the
forming of closer ties; but the young
people knew nothing of these ecclesias-
teal regulations, and cared little for
aught save themselves, and SO grew to
love each other strongly-so deeply, in
deed, that the passion after awhile alb
sorbed their reason.


Then they secretely plighted the
roth to each other, and took up the re-
months of wild happiness followed. As
WAS inevitable, the secret exposed itself,
when the be.rothed was evidently about
TO become mother. Then scene of
rqcrimination followed. The young
couple made the excuse that they had
promised themselves to each other, and
recognized one another by solemn words
of agreement between themselves as
man and wife, and that this agreement,
according to civil law, was marriage.
There was then but one recourse left.
and that was to make the best OF an IN
happy passion, and unite them by for.
NAL ceremony of the church. To this
cheerful assent was given, and it was
accordingly done. The marriage that
had become necessity was formally
solemnized, and three months after
Frank II. Walworth was born.


As might be expected, when the pas
sion cooled the couple looked upon
each other with changed eyes, and each
came to think that their choice would
have been different had they not been
thrown together in common house
hold. Hence it happened that they
quarreled and finally separated. Each
was Jealous of the other, and each de-
spsed the other for youthful weakness
and indiscretion. Letters passed be.
tween them containing recriminations,
and some of their strange missives came
into the possession of the young par
rcide.


Taunts upon his mother angered him,
and there is reason to believe that he
totally misunderstood the reflections
made on his illegitimacy. He thought
his father reflected on his mothers
chastity after marriage. Fired with
false chivalry, he did not stop to ques-
ton his mother, and the mother had
naturally concealed her weakness from
her son. 1t was enough for him that a
slur had been east upon her name and
his own, He took his fathers life, and
thereby published his mothers early
frailty to the world. Her best friends
lamented this more than the murder for
which her son is imprisoned
Year: 1873

MAxIMs.-Riches abuse them who
know not how to use them. He is un-
worthy to live who lives only for himself.
Every man is the architect of his own
fortune. No tyrant can take from You
your knowledge. Nothing is to be got
without pains, except poverty. Deceit
is IN haste, but honesty can wait fair
leisure. God arms the harmless.
Year: 1873

CHEAP HORSE FEED-An astute agri-
culturist, as the story goes, fed his horse
successfully for a number of years, upon
clean pine shayings-merely using the
precaution to furnish the brute with a
good serviceable pair of green spectacles
This innocent delusion, operating upon
that anliable simplicity of character which
distinguishes the inferior creation. induced
the horse to imagine that all this time he
had been living on the best of clover
Thus we all see only what we bring with
US eyes 10 see. To the jaundieed eye, the
whole universe is siekly-yellow and, nat
urally enough, the effect of such vision
not exhilarating But let a bottle of Dr.
Gottlieb Fisch Bitters be administered
and, 10, what a change! The blood, upon
which brain, nerve, everything, depends
for its wellbearing, is no longer vitiated
with worn-out dead matter which the ex-
cretories are impotent to throw off The
whole external world becomes radiant with
loveliness and within, all is peace!


This subject continued next week under
Not Happy Enough.
Year: 1873

Sciatica, or neuralgia in the sciatic
nerve, is generally felt in or near the hip
joint, and may be an intense pain without
much lameness, or it may be both pain
and lameness, and to cure, use Rennes
Pain Killing Magic Oil on the limb and in
the hollow of the foot freely. Its use
cures as surely as it is used thoroughly.
Sold by John Ben gston.
Year: 1873

4 SEVERE TEsT-The Commissary
General of the United States, after trial
of all the principal starehes in the country,
decided that Duryea's Satin Gloss
Starch was the best that could be procur-
ed, and the government from that time to
the present are buying this article. This
is fact worthy the attention Of consum-
or
Year: 1873

Unless you wish premature death you
will let all the poisonous hair preparations
alone. NATURES HAIR RESTORATIVE is
perfectly harmless as any druggist viii tell
you See advertisement,
Year: 1873

There can be no doubt but the greater
portion of the pain which the human body
has to undergo is caused by some derange-
ment of the great organs, the Liver, Blood
Kidneys and Bowels. Spring is upon us
when change of atmosphere and habit are
apt to affect these organs; and the best
way to avert attacks of disease of this
character is to use Maguire's Cundurango
Bitters, the great Liver inyigorator and
blood purifier, which releases the bile and
purges it from the system, thereby pro-
noting perfect health. For sale by all
Druggists