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Year: 1871

The New York T-iJ,mc has this to
say of the Republican platform of
this State:


But planting itself upon these fund
amental principles, the vigorous and
energetic Republican party Of Ohio
reaches forward to the future and
grapples boldly with the problems Of
practical craftsmanship which now
confront the country. In the able and
eminently clear and fearless speeches
Of Senator Sherman and Gen. Car
field, the keynote of the coming cam
paign is struck. The party points
proudly to ITS achievmentsin in the past,
not as Il Justification for idleness now,
but a. a proof that it will be IS true to
its responsibilities in the future as il
has always been. II assumes, with
that courage and conscience which
have marked all its history, the task
Of sustaining and enforcing the con-
quests of the war in freedom and equal
rights; of protecting and purifying
tile process Of elections; OF preserving
unstained the financial honor OF the
country; and pursuing gunfiinching-
Is its pIans of retrenchment and re-
form, and the steady reduction oftaX-
alton. There is not one word TO
excite wrangling and discOrd. The
points upon which Republicans may
honestly differ were left for discussion
in the proper places. Nothing was
said or done TO mar that crafty
ing and imposing unity in which
the invincibie champions Of popular
freedom III the West propose to 20 for
ward this Autumn to q victory which
shall confirm all former cOnquests,
and prepare the final and croWning
triumph Of 1872
Year: 1871

Under the above caption Brick


Pomeroy thus ventilates and (in his
opinlon) annihilates the New Depar-
ture. We clip from the New York


Democrat Of the 22d instant:


"And the catch-penny phrase of the
"new departure, created by bought
up politicians in Ohio and elsewhere,
will, if allowed TO take foothold in
the country, SO enlarge the area OF
the creed Of Republican Democracy,
10 make 1T include within its grants
and charters of civilized and legal
liberty the scourings Of the earth, and
lift the Patagonian 'and the Fegee
to an equality in all affairs Of life to
that race which claims connection
in blood and complexion with the
Apostles Of Christ, and all the great
men from Socrates down to even
Horace Greeley himself.


For our part, IN behalf of an out
ragged people, and an imposed upon
party. we lift the hand of resistance
to such perversion of the rights of
man. Democracy never was fought
for by the Greek, the Swiss, the En-
glish, or the American for purposes
as vile as these. Hypocrite be may
have been, bigoted he doubtless was,
but Cromwell in the deepest fury OF
his dismal prayers, never uttered an
appeal to Heaven to make the negro
the alder Of his ambition; nor did our
pure and glorious Washington, glow
ing with the lights of q hundred M
equal battles against tyranny in be-
half Of freedom, dream that this pec-
pie whom he delivered would attempt
TO prostitute the principles Of the
Democracy by which and for which
he fought, to ends so base as the De
mocraoy is called upon now not only
to submit to, but to admire and per.
petuate.


Let the "new departure" depart in
peace, for if it is kept alive better
far will it be for the country to have
all the dead issues Of the war revived
and even fought over for, than that
it should become the watch-word or
the key to the constitution OF the
land.
Year: 1871

The Muscatine journal gives an
account of two families, named
Heininger and Benninger, who came
TO have child christened, and after
the christening they stopped at a
brewery, and, on starting again, a
trace came loose and frightened the
team, when they ran away and
seriously injured five out of the
seven persons who were in the
wagon. The newly chrlstened baby,
it was thought, would die.
Year: 1871

A Council Bluffs editor suggests
that the ladies do without corsets and
appropriate the money expended for
them in paying the National debt.
The ladies, no doubt, would agree to
this if gentlemen would leave of
drinking, chewing and smoking, as
the probationary period, then, would
not be very long.
Year: 1871

According to the experiments made by
Mr.. Schott, the eminent chemist, the differ
ent qualities of iron and steel can readily
be distinguished by means of the micro
scope. Thus the crystals Of iron are double
pyramids, in which the proportion of axes
to the bases varies with the quality of the
IRON Ihe smallness of the CRYSTALS and
the height of the pyramids composing each
element are in proportion to the quality
and density Of the metal, which are seen
also III the tineness Of the surface As the
proportion of carbon diminishes in the
steel, the pyramids have so much the less
height. In pig iron, aud the lower quail
ties of hard steel, the crystals approach
more closely the cubic form. Forged iron
has its pyramids fattened and reduced to
superposed parallel leaves, whose structure
constitutes what is called the nerve Of the
steel. The best quality of steel has all its
crystals disposed to parallel lines, each
crystal filling the interstices between the
angles of those adjoining. These crystals
have their axes in the direction Of the per-
cussion they undergo in the working.
Practically good steel examined under the
microscope has the appearance Of large
groups of beautiful crystals, similar to
points of needles, at parallel and disposed
IL the same direction.
Year: 1871

except a strip round his loins. The time
seemed now to have come for the detec-
tIyes eve, so just as he was becoming
moro earnest in his song, and while tue
t0m-tom beat and the pipe shrilied more
loudly, | stepped forward with becoming
dignity and begged him to bring the basket
and its cover TO me. He cheerfuIly com
piled, and | carefully examined the cloth
covering, which was almost transparent,
and certainly had nothing concealed in it..
! then fixed my eyes on the strip of cloth
ing with such intensity that it was not
possible it could have been touched with
out discovery, and bade him go on, feeling
sure the trick could not succeed Setting
down he stretched out his naked arms un-
der the basket, and singing and smiling as
he did so; he then lifted the basket off the
ground, and behold, green plant about
foot high. Satisfied with our applause, he
went on with his incantations


After having sat little while to give
his plant time to grow he again lifted the
basket, and the plant was now two feet
high. lie asked US to wait little longer,
that we might test the fruit But On being
assured by those who had seen The trick
performed before, that result would be OBJ
tanned, confessed myself "d0ae" with
out the slightest notion of the how. | exam
incd the ground, and found it was smooth
and uplurncd. Apparently delighted with
my surprise, the juggler stood laughing,
when one OF his companions cbucked a
pebble to him, which he put into his mouth.
Immediately the same companion, walking
backwards, drew forth cord Of silk.
twenty yards or more in length after
which the iu@ger. with his hands behind
his back, threw forth from his mouth tuo
decanter shoppers, two shells, spinning
top, stone and several other things, fol-
lowed by long jet of fire. If the wise
reader regrets so much space being occu-
pied by such story, let him pass il on 10
the children, foolish as myself, who will
be glad to read it.
Year: 1871

The Crescent has to bear the Cross.
New Orleans, afflicted by the sings and
arrows of outrageous fortune by war,
famine and pestllencc, is now undergoing
the agonics of a partial IIerculancam fate


1t is serious Y declared that The city, never
too high, is slowly sinking, until in one
locality it is seven feet below the ordinary
level, and the settlement varies from three
to seven feet. The length of batture
which has thus sunk is about $50 feet and
the width l20 feet, and there is no telling
when it viii stop. The present collapse
is just on the line of two principal rail
roads, and seriously impairs their opera
tions. The City Surveyor has made Dor
inss to investigate the strata, with view
to the construction Of Il work that will pre-
vent any further sinkagc. But at a depch
Of 50 feet nothing more stable was found
than sand, with very slight mixture Of
clay, and just now the Surveyor is in a
quandary as to what is best to be done.
Year: 1871

This is from the New York Herald of
Monday:


The Louisiana delegation will interview
the President at an early day during the
his cottage opposite the presidential villa, ,un-
dertakes to influence the presidential views,
is trying to arrange matters so as to unite
all the Louisiana Radicals under the Grant
banner; but we suspect that the cool clear
headedness of the President himself will
serve that purpose best.
Year: 1871

AS the day approaches for the next grand
drawing of the Louisiana State Lottery, in
terest naturally centres in the direction
where tickets are to be had. Many shrewd
business men who have been in the habit of
investing their money in 'fancy Stocks"
now prefer investing it in tickets of the
Louisiana State Lottery regarding that mode
of investment more certain of profitable
return. The poor man, too, frequently finds
himself rich by investing his surplus money
in tickets of the Louisiana State Lottery.
Tomorrow the grand drawing takes place.
Year: 1871

At noon on Saturday, the 4th inst, the term
OF the Forty-frst Congress expires, and that of
the Forty-second begins. Previous TO the war.
the first session of each Congress was held repu-
larly on the first Monday in December after the
beginning of the term for which the members
were elected, but the exigencies of the struggle
to uphold the Union demanded that there should
bea session in the spring, and the law providing
tor 1t has not been repealed. An effort has been
MADE during the present session to
repeal this act, but it. has failed
and there will consequently be
a session of considerable duration of the Forty
second Congress Immediately on the heels of
the Forty-nrst. 1t is thought that several of
the appropriation bills will be forced over to
this session by the stress of time In which
event, as everything will have to be commenced
anew, the session may be prolonged far into
the summer. The probable return of the San
Domingo Commission before an adjournment
can be effected will tend greatly to lengthep
the session, unless the enemies of annexation
should succeed in throwing the whole subject
over to next winter.
Year: 1871




House-Brass Band and Washtub-Lucby
Numbers and Indescribable Excitement.


A Hamilton despatch to the Cincinnati COM
nlercidL says-


The Hamilton Opera House drawing took
place in the Opera House tonight, in the pre-
sence of a crowd soaked with rain and reeking
with tobacco. The drawing was given under
cover of concert, but turned out to be few
tunes by brass band, stationed at one end of
the hall. A wheel and a washtub appeared
among the furniture on the stage.


A committee appeared on the stage and busted
itself in inspecting eight or nine envelope boxes
laid in a row on a table, The inspection lasted
few minutes, after which one of the committee
announced that it was satisfied that all was right.
The envelope boxes were then emptied by David
Gibson into the washtub, and Louis Rollie, a
young gentleman of lottery-dealing experience,
scooped the tickets out of the tub into the
wheel and gave it preliminary revolution.


A venerable gentleman on the stage stepped
forward and said:-"We are now ready to draw
We are strangers here and want to do what is
honest and right. We want a boy from among
the audiened to draw the tickets"


An urchin soon appeared, and climbing over
the footlights, displayed flag of truce, which
set the whole house in a roar. He was stripped
of cap and jacket, and his shirt sleeve turned up
to the shoulder. Mr. Bollie manipulated the
wheel again, and the boy was blindfolded and
placed beside it.


James E. Campbell announced clearly that
the first ticket would draw the opera house, the
second 1000, the third $4,000, the next five
SlUOO each, the next eight $500 each, and the
next sixty 800 each, In all $40 900 cash, in addi-
tion to the opera house.


The boy dived his hand into the wheel and
drew out ticket, which was promptly trans
ferred to the hand of David Gibson. Mr.. Glib
son turned before the gaslight and distinctly
announced $3.50.


The cash prizes were then regularly drawn,
the wheel being well revolved between each
drawing until the seventy-ive numbers had been
drawn.


The operation consumed n little over an hour
during which the intensely excited audience
preserved an almost unbroken silence, and at
the conclusion left the hall in an orderly
manner.


No one pretended to hold a lucky number
during the drawing, and it was not stated
when or where the prizes were to be distri-
butcd.


The drawing was regarded with doubt and
suspicion by great many citizens of Hamil-
ton and many of the audience, while acknow-
lodging that the drawing In the hall was done
on the square, pronounced the whole scheme
swindle.


THE EXCITEMENT IN NEW YORK.


The interest concerning the holder of the
ticket that drew the Dayton Opera House con-
tinues uuabated in and around New York. A
motley throng congregated in Devlin 81 Co.'S
Office yesterday morning to learn the particu-
lars, but thus far the name of the lucky man has
not been ascertained.
Year: 1871

Judge RapaIlO's DecisIOn-Writ of Error AL
lowed and Stay of Proceedings GranIed-An-
other Chance. .|.
The Court of Appeals having referred the ap-
plication of Rulloff's counsel for writ of error
and stay of proceedings to Judge Rapallo, he
yesterday made decision, of which the follow
ing is the important point l.


l have concluded to


ALLOW THE WRIT AND STAY,
on condition that the counsel for the prisoner
stipulate forthwith to file the writ and enter an
appearance for the prisoner, and to acceptnotice
OF argument for the 18th day of March, 1871,
and to the return to the writ of error to be
filed with the clerk of the Court of Appeals on
or before the 18th day of March, 1871, and to
furnish the printed cases to the Court and Dis
triet Attorney, and proceed with the argument
at the opening of court on the 18th of March,
1871, or as soon thereafter as the court shall be
ready to proceed with the case The cause to
be placed at the head of the day calendar for
the 18th of March.


PRISONERS COUNSEL MUST BE READY.


If the counsel for the prisoner shall fail to
appear or to proceed with the argument, the
counsel for the people are to be at liberty to
move for judgment of affirmance by default
". y. Sun today.
Year: 1871

TRENTON March lin the Senate the Special
Committee on the Hamilton Land Improvement
made voluminous report. The committee
holds that the Legislature has the power to
repeal the act, and recommends the passage of
the bill for that purpose now before the Senate.
The report Is accompanied by legal opinions
from Cortlandt Parker Abram Browning, and
other eminent lawyers expressing the same
views. The importance of the bill is that it re-
peals the act under which the National Air Line
Company are enabled to complete the link of
their road through the State. In the House the
Newark Park bill is under reconsideration,
having been called from the table.
Year: 1871

William Allan Butler, a prominent
member Of the New York Bar, delivered
a lecture one evening last week on the
"Reation of the lawyer to his clients. 3"
In the course Of his remarks he said


"Within certain limits lawyer may
forego his own opinion and argue against
his convictions. The responsibility of
decision rests not upon him, and he has a
right to present his clients case and do
whatever the clD mt himself would have d
right to do could he stand il the place Of
his advocate. Bat under no circum-
stances has any client the right to expect
his lawyer, while exerting himself to do
the utmost for his legal rights, to break in
his behalf any one Of the ten command
ments, or to violate single obligation of
true Christian manhood. The LAWYER is
amenable for any supposed infraction of
the rules of right in the conduct of his
cause,to the scrutiny of the courts, to pub
lie opinion and to his own conscience.
At the bar of moral justice the question is
in every case one Of individual RESPONSE
bility, and the lawyer of to-day is more
than ever committed to the original, un-
changeable laws of personal duty. The
root of the evil of which we complain is
not in the bar or in the bench. but in So
ciety, and what is most needed to reduce
the number of offending suitors, lawyers
or judges, is to multiply the number of
good men and raise the standard of indi-
vidual character.
Year: 1871

The Press ON THE REMOVAL OF Mr.,
SuMNER.-With but very few exceptions
the Republican press of the country. SO
far as its voice has yet been pronounced
deprecates the displacement ofMr. Sum-
ner as ill-advised, grossly unjust to him
and prejudicial to the Republican organ
ization. 1t appears to be generally re-
ceived that the moving cause of the at.
tempt is nothing more nor less than Mr.,
Summers opposition to the measures
hitherto taken in behalf of the acquisition
of San Domingo and it is quite mani
fest that an overwhelming majority of the
Republican organs agree with the Sena-
tor in this respect rather than with the
President. The revival of Executive
dictation within the legislative branch OF
the Government also excites much re-
mark, as well as the falling off in charac-
ter of the change proposed in the chair
manship of the Foreign Relations Com
mittee.
Year: 1871

the country are clodpoles. If you will
come to Vermont next summer, hope to
convince you to the contrary


Alice did visit Vermont as invited.
Her visit is likely to be a long one, as
she has become the wife of awkward Jer-
emiah
Year: 1871

To drain your land, drink whiskey, and
spend all your time in the saloons. This
will drain you Of all your lands in short
time


He who fishes in the sea of matrimony
need not trouble himself to put any bait
upon his hook-if the hook is gold.


Ifa married man were asked to say
which of his bones he could consent to
spare, he would probably decide, with
perhaps tear or two, to part with his
rib.


Big sister-"Oh, papa, l must 20 to
hear Nilsson You know l am so fond
Of music" Juvenile brother triumphantly
Then why don't you let me play on
my drum ?"


Politicians in Washington know not
what to make Of it that Senator Revels
has declined to 20 home to Mississippi
and slectioneer for his own return to the
Senate. The strange man said that he
would not conceal the fact that he would
feel highly honored as we'll as gratifed if
the Republicans of Mississippi should
again return him to the Senate, but he
would be unworthy Of his manhood if he
attempted to influence them so to do, by
making personal appeals and pledges to
members Of the Legislature, under the
circumstances.
Year: 1871

Turkish houses are always divided int
two distinct habitations, one called tn,
"Salamlik," where the men reside and re


ceive their male visitors and the other the
Harem, where the mistress or mistresse
of the house with their female attendant.
reside, and receive their lady visitors.
The rich have their eunuchs to guard
these wives in that part of the building
No other man ever enters there. The sons
of the house, if above thirteen years, can
not come there as long as the other wives
of their father reside there. The husband
equally may not enter his wifes room
when a pair of yellow slippers outside the
door indicates the presence Of strange
woman. In consequence of the rigorous
custom neither Christians nor Jews are
permitted to reside in the regular Turk.
ish quarters, as it is not expected that
they would turn their heads another way
ifby chance they should meet the unveil.
ed face Of one of their Turkish wives.
The conscientious Turk would invariably
do So


When in the week Of mourning for one
of their relatives they receive, sitting on
the ground, visits of coincidence, the sexes
are then separated although delicacies are
frequently handed around in the shape of
mocha coffee and cigarettes, which in it.
self would look strange and irreconcilablc
with our Western Jewish notions of
mourning visits.


1t is Turkish custom that visitor, when
once admitted within the door curtain,
without further ceremony, saluting or no.
ticing anybody, he enters the room, and
jumps at once on the immenes long sofa !;
then, spreading himself out in cross-leg-
ged sitting posture, he makes his salam,
or salutation, to the master of the house ;
next, he repeats the same to every one
separately in his turn, who are all obliged
to return this salutation, so that with a
goodly number of visitors, it is a rather
ludicrous scene to see all this mimicking
and waving of hands going on for some
minutes, and to be repeated as each fresh
visi tor enters.


1t isnotablc that the Turks have more
rational way of greeting than we do. Our
way is certainly an unmeaning fashion,
to show our curls or bare craniums to our
friends. The Turk and Arab on the con-
trary, never uncover their heads,n mot even
for the Sultan. In fact, there is nothing
more insulting than when Turk in his
anger bares his head, and throws his tur-
ban or fez to the ground. They salute
generally by moving their right hand to
their heart, then they touch their forehead
and afterward their lips, indicating there
with that their hearts and brains are
cheerfully at your service.
Year: 1871

AWKWARD. The great objection to the
compulsory education law in Texas is that
many Of the ladies in that State marry
young, and as the act comrels all between
the ages Of six and eighteen to attend
school large number Of youthful married
women arc anxiously in1uring what is to
become OF the babies while the mothers
are being educated An exception clause
is urgently demanded, but MS the law goes
into effect before the Legislature meets u
gain, the situation is an embarrassing one
for wives, husbands and babies.
Year: 1871

who began to be somewhat "huffish"
and looked around for "shcep's foot"
with which to force AN entrance


well, sir, " replied his sablemajeSty,
''we let one of your profession in here
many years ago, and he kept up con-
tinuai row with his former delinquent
subscribers, and as we have more OF
that class of persons here than any
other, we have passed a law prohibit
ing the admission of any editors, only
those who have advanced our interest
in their papers on earth, and even
themselves. You have published
many things operating against us. aud
always blamed the Devil with every
thing that went wrong, so you can,
come in. We enforce this rule with.
out respect TO persons for our own
peace and safety. Now travel"


Casting a droll lecr at the outside
sentinel, our typographical friend star
ted off again, determined to get ''up
above" This time he took with him
an old file of his paper and presenting
it to the guardian of the Celestial City,
requested that it might be carefully
examined. and they could see whether
he was entitled to q free ticket. In
due course of time the conductor came
along and took him in, telling him
that he had been martyr to the cause
of human Improvement, and that res
OlutiCns had been passed to admit all
members of the "art preseryative" who
had abused the 'Devil' while below.
He added that as they We're punished
enough by their being with the "dev-
il, all their future punishment is COM
muted. He further stated that not one
delinquent newspaper subscriber could
be found in Heaven.