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Year: 1873

The Proposed Railroad to the SOuth


Atlantic Coast


CHICAGO, Oct. 10.-The Convention of
delegates from States interested In the con-
struction of the proposed Chicsgo and
South Atlantic Railroad, which met here
yesterday, continued its session to-day, the
day being devoted to general and favorable
discussion of the project and of various
proposed routes.


Resolutions were adopted setting forth
the necessity of q grand trunk railroad from
Chicago to one or more South Atlantic
ports with such branches as are necessary
to supply the planting States, and pledging
delegates to the Convention to use their
efforts to organize and secure such charters
and such connections with roads as are ne.
cessary to facilitate the success of the enter
prize, and also endesvor to procure along
the line of the road such subscriptions and
other aid as may assist the enterprise and
satisfy capitalists abroad that those imme-
diately interested had full faith in the sue
cess of the work, and of its financial profits
on investment. After a long discussion of
the various routes proposed by Southern
delegates, it was finally agreed to leave the
question to be determined by the engineers
and surveyors to be employed, to select the
most feasible line.


Previous to adjournment, a considerable
collection was taken up for the benefit of
the Memphis sufferers. The convention
then adjourned sine die.
Year: 1873

From the McMinnvile New Era.


We find on our table this week the initial
number of the jackson (TenD.) Courier.
Under the head of "Let the Veteran Re-
tir ;" we find an article in which the follow
Ing sentence occurs:


''The Democratic party has served its
purpose and outlived its influence, and
should now be retired TO the hospital for
veteran invalids, that more vigorous fight
er may take its place."


Will the Courier please rise and name its
champion. We are of the opinion that it
will find more life in the dead corpse Of
Democracy than can be infused into any
new fledgling that asks the surrender of
Democracy to Republic2nism, or any her
maphordite political parry that can now be
created by fusion of milk Republicans and
cider Democrats. If the old wheel horses
of Democracy, of popular liberty and con-
stitutional government will take their places
in the lead and in the ranks there will be
such vitality exhibited as will forever set
the seal upon Republicanism, and quiet the
weak knees of the Courier.


From the Murfreesboro Monitor.


View the subject from whatever stand
point we viii, we cannot escape the conclu-
sion that the Democratic party of Tennes-
see Is undergoing process OF gradual dis
integration. The old Whig element re-
fuses to harmonize or to act with the De-
mocracy, except for the purpose of defeat
ing the Republican party. And even then
the support Of the Wings given the Demo
cratic ticket is of rather negative kind, as
witnessed in the canvass of last year. Even
fair division of the offices will no longer
satisfy the Wings; they dislike even the
name of Democracy, and prefer not to serve
under the banner of their old political op-
ponents. The Nashville Banner, an old
Wing organ, has been for years working TO
overthrow the Democracy and revive tie
the old Wing party. And now, w. w.
GATES, of West Tennessee, & veteran Wing
editor, has started the Jackson Courier for
the avowed purpose of disseminating Wing
principles. The signs clearly indicate that
the conservative element of Tennessee is no
longer united.
Year: 1873

The strength Of the MCENERY government
Is in fact that 1t was lawfully selected and
that the great majority Of the LOUISIANA peo-
pie will recognize no other.


The weakness of the MCENERY government
Is in fact that GRANT and all the Federal pow
er Is bent upon its overthrow.


The strength Of the KELLOGG government
Is in the support Of GRANT. 1t has none of its
own and couldn't suppress street emeute the
other day, but called In United States soldiers
to do the duty Of police squad.


The weakness Of the KELLOGG government
is in the fact that the people won pay taxes to
support It,


Is Imperialism at the South compatible with
the preservation of selEgOvernment at th'
North ?-N Y. World
Year: 1873

The MoDocs still live. Captain Jack still
sports his feathers and war paint, brandishes
his tOmahawk, and threatens to smash things
generally. He does this quietly, to be sure,
but there are evident traces Of treacherous de-
sign in his movements. There is only one
cure for this evil, and that is to exterminate
the entire race, unless they will submit to the
laws OF the land. If a war as relentless as
that between the North and SOnth were wag-
ed against the redskins such characters as
Captain Jack, Red Cloud, and host Of others
OF kindred spirits, would cease to be terror
and nuisance in the far West and Northwest
Philadelphia Herald.
Year: 1873

The New York Wtr'd, in commenting upon
the splendid and surprising gains recently made
by the Democracy ID The Empire State, says they
encourage the belief that New York win be easily
redeemed next fall. All the people need is light
aud Democrats cannot do a better service to their
cause than to push and extend the circulation oi
their own journals.
Year: 1873

correspondent of the New York OJsereer
says: Not long since, in travelling from Basel
to Paris we became hungry. As if divining
our condition, the guard put his head in at
the window of the train and politely asked,
Shall order dinner for you at the next sta,
ton Z" "But We do not stop long enough for
it," was our reply. True; it will be served
10 the train for three francs, and the dishes
removed at the next stopping place." "By
all means order it," The Telegraph carried
the order ten miles ahead in a moment. and
when the train drew up at the next station.
the door was opened, aud circular basket, 3
feet high and l foot in diameter, was put in
our compartment. Upon the top were knife
and fork, spoon and napkin; bottle of water
and flask of wine, and glass; a little salt
and pepper aud large roll. Opening door
in the side of the basket, we saw 4 shelves,
on each side dish. The first was hot soup.
the second a slice of ls mode beef. the third
vegetables, and the fourth half chicken aud
salad. A bunch of delicious grapes was also
found on one of the shelves.


We ate our dinner quietly and comfortably,
while the train rushed along at thirty miles
m hour, and then restored the dishes to their
places When the next stoppage was made,
porter removed the basket and received the
nav
Year: 1873

As FLAG is but a yard or two of bunting
G when it is looked at as matter of fact.
but the men who have been willing to die for
1t all these hundreds of years have seen 10 it
something more than coarse cloth, certainly
A popular English lecturer, not many wears
ago, told some anecdotes strongly illustrative
of the universal prevalence of this poetic feel.
ing among the plaiuest of people, We can
only repeat two of them from memory. An
English regiment in India had had its colors
(nothing but SCARE yard of bunting, of
coursel taken away from it for some act of in
subordination, Every man had his rations
aud pay as usual, and no physical punishment
OF any sort was added to the ideal one mep.
toned Yet every man in that regiment
groaned and suffered uudcr the chastisement.
Coarse, ithterste. bruta! fellows, perhaps they
were. Why should any of them mind the
taking away of rcgimental flag? Common
sense would laugh at sucha punishment for
such men. Bat the commander knew what
be was about. A fort was to be sturmed at
the top ot long hiu. The enterprise was a
peculiarly perilous one aud one that required
something more than ordinary courage and
ordinary persistence. The commanding Off
Ger rode down the iiue TO the position occupied
by the dSsr"ced regiment. "Men" he cried





charge y And charge they did, that single
regiment up the long, oannon>swept hill.
through the abattis. over the ramparts. into
the fort at last, mere handful of them left
to receive the flag again, for which more than
tTo>thirds of the brave fellows had gladly
given their livesi There was no common
sense in the matter, else the fort never could
have beon taken at all The poetry in the
son}s of those rough soldiers overbore that.
sud who shall say that the poetic was not the
Worthier and more manly viewY


Some of the warlke tribes in India. when
one of their men fall. in battle, after showing
extraordinary courage, decorate his wrists
with red silk thread if he be private. a
narrow ribbon if he be an officer. and a
broader one as the rank of the dead rises.-
Not many win this posthumnus honor at all.
aud there is no mourning for those whose
death is thus repaid. AD English army
marching upon Lucknow came upon a strong
hiil-tort which it was necessary to reduce
A sergeant and seven men constituted the
advance guard on the march, and when the
cioae proximity Of the fort was discovered
the hugiers with the main body sounded the
recall as an order for the sergeant to with.
Gra" his guard and join his regiment. The
little squad mi7took the bugle sound. and
thought 1t was an order to charge Obeying
It AS such, they went TO their certain death on
the rrmparts of the fort The army coming
up, storned the place, and after some hours
OF desperate fighting they took it. They
found there the dead bodies of the sergeant
anu all his men, and around each vrist qoas
the brond red ribbon, a poetic tribute from
tho Sepoys to the heroism of their dead
enemies
Year: 1873

BUTTERMILK.-Persous who have not been
10 the habit of drinking buttermilk consider
it disagreeable, becauseit is slightly acid, in
consequence of the presence of tactic acid
There is not nourishmept in buttermilk, but
the presence of the Tactic acid assists the di-
gession of any food taken with 1t The
Welsh peasants almost live upon oatcake and
buttermilk Invalids suffering from ipdiges-
tion will do we'll to drink buttermilk at meal
time.
Year: 1873

= They don't go much on the code down
in Texas An editor down there was chal-
lenged by some enemy, and instead of accept
ing, he merely knocked him down and bit off
his ear And still the chap is dissatisfied.
Year: 1873

FACT WHICH CANNOT BE DEN1ED.-An
exchange very truthfully remarks that there
sis class of persons who msgine they are
doing very judiciously by Advertising through
medium of circulars. They scatter few
thousand through the city, announcing their
business and await the result, fully convinced
that in SO doing they have taken all necessary
prelimnaries to success. Various circulars
are almost daily to be found on the door steps
and entry ways of respectable houses. Their
fate is generally. that they are either thrown
into the street by the indignant servant girl
who answers the bell. or summarily pitched
aside by the man of the house who finds them
when he returns home. and who desires no
suggestions of new methods of lightening q his
purse. The use of circulars may in certain
limited Cases answer every purpose; but the
vast majority of those who have made money
by advertising have found that the columns Of
a newspaper are the bes. and surest: aud in
the end the cheapest medium of communica>
tion between the business world and the
public"
Year: 1873

The telegraph brings very complete
news about Sundays balloon ascen-
sion in San Francisco. AS usual, it
was a fiasco. A few weeks ago ano-
ther gigantic enterprise failed. The
idea was to cross the Atlantic, and the
balloon burst before it was filled.
Now report says that Barnum Eye
Blk" is going to England to have
.Monster Balloon" manufactured
which is to sail all over the world at
will. Sometimes balloon goes up to
give pleasure to a gaping multitude
and sometimes scientific men are delud-
ed into making an ascension to accom-
plish results which somehow never
are accomplished. If a successful
ascent is made it furnishes exciting
literature for the "hoi polloi" for a
month, and the most interesting part
is always how the balloon got caught
in tree, or fell in the sea, or tore
along the earth, or did something
equally unpleasant. 1t is an establish
ed fact that hundreds of thousands of
dollars are spent yearly in balloon ex-
periments, and as fixed scientific
operation they are far from being of
any use. Balloonists lose their live,
and furnisha a sensational biographies
item on they fail to so up, or come down
with run; in fact hundred things
happen to them which makes a bal
loon ascension just as risky as invest
ing in the Credit Mobilier, or offering
President Grant shares in new con-
Germ. With all the efforts made to re-
duce "ballooning" to a science, it is
after. all only on par with Niagara
tight-rope walk, or dangerous ira
peg feat.
Year: 1873

With unconcealed pleasure the HER
AID announces that already it issues
each day to regular paying subscri-
bers, a greater number of copies than
any other newspaper published in Los
Angeles; and that its subscription list
is increasing at the rate of about 100
per week. Before the first month of
its publication shall end, the present
indications are that it will have more
legitimate paying subscribers than
both our contemporaries combined.
This proves that the citizens of Los
Angeles are willing to support enter
prise, and that when money is freely
expended in their behalf, they are
willing to bear their proportion Of the
expense.


On the first of November the HER
AID will be on paying basis; that is,
its receipts will fully meet its outgoes,
giving, of course, no return for the
money invested or the labor Of the
proprietors. This is an event rarely
happening in newspaper annals in the
second month of existence. Thus is
set at rest all doubts Of the financial
success of the enterprise, and renders
it q fixed fact. But the people of Los
Angeles ought not to expect money to
be invested in their behalf without a
return interest, norlabor without COM
pensation. Let them assist, and the
HERALD will accomplish for them a
hundred-fold return for their invest
ment.
Year: 1873

Los NIETOs, October 10Th, 1873.


EDITOR HERALD.--The people of
this vicinity are all on tiptoe in antic-
ipatiOn of hearing the long looked for
and expected sound of the whistle of
the Nietos locomotive. In ten days
we expect to be more closely allied to
your Angelic city with iron bands, as
we are informed that the track from
Florence, in this direction, is being
laid at the rate Of two miles per day.
The Nietos depot, or the city of Me
tos, is all the rage. Who will be first
to lay corner stone, or drive the first
nail, at the site of this great city in
embryo. AS is characteristic with the
entire order of Odd Fellows to be al
ways ready and willing to take hold
and work in every enterprise that will
benefit the human family, whether it
be to improve and develop the barren
wastes, or to relieve the wants Of the
distressed, and educate the orphans,
Nietos Lodge, No. 1917, have through
their committee, selected 4 lot on
which they intend to erect building
to be used as hall. We hear the
question asked every day by persons
Interested, "Will the business of this
valley be concentrated at the DepOtw
We answer that if we do as we should,
for the benefit OF ourselves, and for
the advancement of the entire interest
of Nietos valley, the business will CEN
ter at the city of Nietos. If we act
like men of business capacity, and
minds that rise above sectional preju-
dices, we will all unite in working for
our common interest, as one common
people Of Nietos valley, and strike
hands at the city of Nietos, put our
shoulders to the wheel as one man, and
build up one business center that will
be the pride of our people, and form
a nucleus around which thousands
will gather, for there is no place Oh the
Pacific slope that offers superior ad-
vantages to the valley of Los Nietos,
either in the fertility of its soil or the
healthfulness of its climate. As our
article is already too long, we will de-
sist, but will discuss the subject more
fully i'm the future. OBSERVER.
Year: 1873

ARADIcAL NEwsPAPFRs g oSroNE.
WALL JACKSON.-( From the Baltimore Amer
can.l-At this distance from the actual events
and with the harshness OF feeling msllowsl by
the lapse Of time, We can all afford to be clad
that honorable record is vouchsaied to the men
who fought bravely and couscieniiously for a
lost cause. We do not think that any American
would refuse honor 10 SlOHeWall jackson, or
would be sorry to know that Englishmen have
resolved to comm nemorate his virtues. Leading
members Of the British Parliament have cons
tributed 10 q monument which is soon TO be
erected over the remains Of the dead soldier.
This monument has been finished, and is soon
to be ssnt over to this country. We hope that
when it Is placed ahoVe the hero's grave the
occasion may be celebrated as would become
national and not sectional figure in the annals
Of our time.
Year: 1873

The COURT. The pro""edings of the e t Jay
Of the County Court show that rapid progress was
made with the business tcfore it. We are told
that the session is not likely to be very extended
one, notwithstanding the large number OF pI son-
ers confined in the Jail, would lead to different
supposilion.
Year: 1873

OWING to the great storm upon and
around u, We have been unable to re.
eeivo our paper over the roads, and
therefore vo arc able to lay before our
readers only a halcshect, thereby COM
plying with the law in regard 10 our
legal notices, and we hope our readers
will bear with Us in our failure and
disappointment cousequsns upon tho
terrible blockade.
Year: 1873

THE jury in the late Stokes trial re-
turned verdict of murder in the first
degree. 1t is thought no exception to
the verdict will be taken. The jury
stood 10 for murder in the first degree,
and 2 for manslaushter.
Year: 1873

The following marriage maxims are
worthy more than a hasty reading
Husbands need not pass them by, for
they are designed for wives; and wives
should not despise them, for they are
addressed to husbands. ....-.


The very nearest approach to domes-
tic happiness on earth is the cultivation
on both sides of absolute unselfishness.


Never both get angry at once. -.
81 Never speak loud to one another un-
less the house is on. fire. l,-dv ..sE
i Let h::other strive to yield oftenest
to the wishes of the other. l-.u- sI.l 7su
Never find fault, t,unless it is perfectely
certain that fault has been committed
and always speak lovingly. .29limla-


Never taunt with a past mistake.


Neglect the whole world besides,rath
er than one another. ni"'i '.-Ii


Never make remark at the expense
of one another; it is meanness.
=. Never part for day without loving
words to think of during absence.


Never meet without loving well
come.


Never let the san go down upon any
anger or grievance.


Never let any fault you have commit
ted go until you have frankly confess
ed it and ask forgiveness. '..


Never forget the happiness of early
love. II -pE
u Never sigh over what might have been
but make tho best of what is.


Never forget that marriage is ordain-
ed OF God, and that His blessing alone
can make it what it should be.


Never let your hopes stop short of the
eternal home.
Year: 1873

. A physician in a small town in Maine


had long been pestered by little street
Arabs who came to peddle candy. At
last, when patience had ceased to be a
virtue, he told the boy to go into the


next room where there was fellow


who had a sweet tooth in his head. The
young peddler went in, and his eyes
fell on an all grinning skeleton sway
ing and nodding in the breeze. The


boys hair stood ON end, his tongue pal
sled, and he dropped his stock in trade
instanter, and scampered off as fast as
his legs could carry him. The physi-
clan, a kind-hearted man withal, and
very tall and lank, by the way, fearing


he had carried the joke too far, picked


up the candy and ran to the sidewalk,
crying out, "Come back, boy there's


nothing here TO hurt you. sob, no."
said the boy, gesticulating with his
thumb and fingers from the end of his
nose, ''you don't come that on me; 1
know We eff We have got yer clothes on"
Year: 1873

When a woman puts three mackerels
to soak over night, in dish-pan whose
sides are eight inches high and leaves it
on the stairway she has accomplished her
mission and should go hence. This was
what a Division street woman did, Fri
day night. Filled the pan at the pump
and then left it standing on the steps OF
the stoop, while she went into the next
house to see how many buttons would
be required to 60 down the front of a
redingote. And mighty important af-
fair that was to be sure. And there was
her husband tearing through the house
in search of banker rchief, and not find
ing it, of course. And then he rushed
out into the yard, wondering where on
earth that woman could be, and started
down the steps without seeing the dish
pan,or ever dreaming that anyone could
be so idiotic as to leave it there. Of
course he stepped ON it; or, at least that
is the uppOsition,as the neighbors were
brought out by the crash that followed,
was a Mortified man, and a high dish
pan and three very demoralized maker
ell shooting across the garden and
smashing down the shrubbery. And
he was a nice sight, was that unhappy
man, when he got on his feet. There
wasn't dry rag on him, and his hair
was full Of bits of maekerel, and one of
his shoulders was out of joint, and his
coat was split the whole length of the
back, and he appeared to be out of his
head. He was carried into the house by
some of the men and laid on d,while
others went after the doctor,and sixteen
women assembled in the front room and
talked in whispers about the inscrutable
ways of Providence, and what warn
ing this was TO people who never looked
where they were going.-Danbary
Nea1s. II $50 9h- I1 l-al, al5 if