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Year: 1873

Upon the adjournment OF the February Term
OF the Court of Oyer and Terminer by Judge Brady,
Judge Boardman ascended the bench Dos Passos occu
MED the remainder Of the session in setting forth the
grounds upon which the motion for trial OF Stokes
was based and citing authorities in support of his
stons After revertng the expressions Of bias against
the prisoner alleged TO have been uttered by several
iurymen he proceeded to aDayze the Jury law and
claimed that the statute contrary TO the fourth
article Of the Constitution Of the United States,
which guarantees q trial by impartial jury.
II also contravenes two articles OF the State
Constitution Art l. sec which gives trial by jury in
all cases in which 1t has heretofore been used and Art


ee g. which provides that person shall he deprived
OF life or liberty except by due process Of law. 1t
said that the evident object OF the law must have been
TO enable courts OF Justice TO impanel jures easily
In imp rtant trials, but that II was direct bid for
preiudiced Jurors The counsel then took up the ala
Wits referring the visit Of juror TO the Grand Cen
tral Hotel, the inspection Of pistols by another,
and reading OF newspapers by another. He claimed
that no Jurors should receive testimony out OF court that
the fourth ground the absence Of the prisoner during
portion OF the trial. then considered and the fifth
the court room upon two occasions, during the sum.
ming up OF the counsel for the people. The counsel
argued that II necessary for the constitution Of
court TO have the presence OF Judge, and that any
proceedings during his absence were illegal.


Two points still TO be argued In support OF the
notion first that there Is newly discovered evidence,
and second that the counsel for the prosecution their
case, and which were calculated to influence the minds
M
Year: 1873

Three is perhaps no sin more


prevalent among professors Of


religion and less recognized as


sinful than speaking evil OF
others. There are many per-
sons who would not for the


world steal a dollar, or tell a
downright lie, or carry on Sun
day trade, or give up church
going, who yet make habit of
talking scandal. This some
times is even dignilied with a
religious semblance, Some ev-
identity consider that Sunday
talk is discussing religious peo-
pie. If Parson This or Deacon
That is put under microscope,
and his defects, real or suppos-
ed, pointed out; if the misdo-
ings of another sect or a rival
congregation are descanted on,
this is religious conversation. 1t
may be the worse abuse Of the
tongue. How much less oppos-
ed to the association Of Sunday,
how much less irreligious it
would be to discuss the mar
kets and the harvest, or even
theatre and the ballroom, than
thus to offend against the char
ity which is the very essence Of
true Christianity. st. Paul
tells us that we may read the
Bible in its original tongues,and
preach it in all the languages
of the world, and possess the
most profound knowledge Of
theology, and expound it with
angelic eloquence, and be the
instrument Of doing more good
in converting sinners than if
we healed the sick and raised
the dead, and in ostentation
benevolance give all our prop
erty to the poor, and in the en-
Of zeal give our body.
to The stake; and yet that, if
destitute Of charity, all this
would profit us nothing. And
Year: 1873

When a man and his wife
quarrel, we must hear both
sides, before we can fairly
judge between them. There is
another case in which there are
two sides to the question. For
a long time we have consid-
cred "choirs" great nuisances,
but a short time ago we did as
politicians used to do--that is,
we got con the fence" and
could not tell how to choose be-
tween the pews and the choir.
Very lately, we have jumped
down on the choir side, and
now we think it we'll to have


some to praise the Lord for if
the choir did not do it, nobody
would. Everybody abuses the
singing of the choir, and yet
the brethren and the sisters
too, lean lazlly back in the pew,
as if at a fifty-cent concert, and
leave a few jealous ones to
scream themselves hoarse in
trying to fill the house with
music, when if everybody
would take hold on the, tune,
anywhere or any how the house
would resound with praise to
God, and, in fact, if the choir
did not sing to please the pews,
the latter could carry 1T all
their own way. Now, since a
bird that wont sing, can't be
made to sing, we think it only
fair that those who are too lazy
or sick to worship God be per-
mitted to furnish hymn books
to the Lords poor, who have
the desire to worship but are
unable to purchase what they
need. If you will allow us to
suggest that hereafter it be the
duty of the deacons to ascer-
tain of each silent member
whether he is sick or lazy; and
if he is neither, then to provide


the member with a neat, plain


copy of the church to which he


belongs.-Relsgtosts Herald. Dr.,
Year: 1873


tant question, the Davenport
Democrat thus sensibly makes
answer:


Teach them self reliance.


Teach them to make bread.


Teach them to make shirts,
Teach them to foot up store
bills.


Teach them not to wear false
hair


Teach them to wear thick,
warm shoes,


Teach them how to wash and
iron clothes.


Bring them up in the way
they should so,


Teach them how to make
their own dresses.


Teach them to do marketing
for the family.


Teach them that a dollar is
only one hundred cents.


Teach them how to cook q
good meal of vlctuals,


Teach them every day,
hard, practical common sense.
Teach them how to darn
stockings and sew on buttons.
Give them a good, substan-
tial common school education.
Teach them TO say no, and
mean it; or say yes, and stick
to it.


Teach them to regard the
morals, not the money of the
beaux.





Teach them to wear calico
dresses-and do it like a queen.
Teach them all the mysteries
Of the kitchen, the dining-room
and parlor.


Teach them that a good,
round, rosy romp is worth fifty
delicate consumptives.


Teach them to have nothing
to do with Incorporate and dis
solute young men.


Teach them that the. more
one lives within his income the
more he will save.


Teach them the farther one
lives beyond his income the
nearer he gets to the poor
house. .


Rely upon it that upon your
teaching depends in a great
measure the veal or woe OF
their after life.


Teach them accomplishments
music, painting, drawing-if
you have the time and money
to do it with.


Teach them to climb apple
trees, go fishing, cultivate a
garden, and drive a road team
or farm wagon.


Teach them that God made
them in his own image, and
that no amount of tight lacing
will improve the model.


Teach item that a good,
steady, greasy machine with
out a cent, is worth a dozen
oil pated loafers in broadcloth.
Teach them the essential Of
life-truth, honesty, uprightness
then at a suitable time let
them marry.
Year: 1873

Tho bill for tho redemption Of tie loan Of
1858 now only awa,tH the signature Of Tie prcsi-
dent to become law. It provides for tho issue
Of new bonds at tic lowest prevailing rate Of In
Year: 1873

seeking HIS Child.


Before Judge Gilbert.
Judge Gilbert tomorrow will hear the arguments
on the application Of J. @. Holse for the possess
sion OF his little daughter. now In the possession
OF his wife, with whom he is not living The Court
decided some time ago that the child should DC
placed IN the custody OF third party and the
parents allowed TO visit her. Since then, II IS
alleged, the little one mas been taken away BY the
mother
Year: 1873

A GENTLEMAN and Lady wishing quiet home
"A can find pleasant rooms with board at No. 4
Cotton street, second door from Free street. One or
two single gentlemen can be accommodated also.


Tor
Year: 1873

A youth returning home from q large din
ner was so very tired that on getting inside
the outer doors of his paternal vestibule he
concluded to pass the night there. He first
took the precaution of putting his boots OUT
side to be cleaned. He has missed them ever
since.
Year: 1873

A nice distinction is drawn by Partisan
paper between sincere suicides and insincere
suicides-the former being those who really
wish to get rid of life, and the latter those
who do violence to thsmselves for the sake
of gaining notoriety.
Year: 1873

An urchin having found cartridge tire
other day, rubbed it on the stove to see if it
was good for anything. As his mother knits
left-handed mittens for him now, it is gener-
ally supposed that the cartridge was good
Year: 1873

THE QUEENSTOWN AND HARRINGTON r. R.
In an interview with one of the officials of
this important Rail Road enterprise, the Mil
ford NeloS has been assured that the road is
already an undoubted success. Large capita
lists back the project, and already engineers are
ordered to Immediately stake out the route.
The iron is ordered and will be delivered with
in three months. Under the contract which
is awarded the road, it is to be completed and
passenger coaches running by the lst Of next
July. The road will run two express train,
daily from Baltimore to Lewes, and has also
an agreement with a leading steamship com
pany of New York that as soon as the road is
complete they will put on daily line of fast
propellers to New York city. They expect
the business of the road to grow within two
years to such proportions as to enable them to
run one steamer for passengers and another for
freight daily.
Year: 1873

A SEAsoNABLE REMINDER. again greet
our friends, and trust that the past season has
been to them one of continued prosperity and
happiness, and we now extend them hearty
welcome to call and inspect the immense stock
of splendid clothing which we have prepared
for Fall wear, aud will sell ut the lowest prices
to be met with. Bennett & Co., Tower Hall,
SIS Market Street, halfway between Fifth and
Sixth Streets, PHILADELPHIA.
Year: 1873

A RAID ON "MY Own GYPSY MAID. -
Last week gang of Gypsies located near this
town, and on Friday some of our young misses
paid them visit. While calling one of the
misses concluded to have her fortune" told
She accordingly bought so cents worth of
future history, and while the Gypsy girl was
measuring out the history she put a spell on
the miss and carried off lot of her ribbons,
bows and other adornments. The next day the
Gypsy maid came in town bedecked in the gay
plumage she had plucked from the fair one
the day before, and as she passed by the can
ming factory, Haunting the gay decorations in
the breeze, the young girls engaged there
rushed upon her and plucked her as bare
as she had plucked their friend on Friday.
1 he Gypsy's toilet had rather subdued look
after the girls got done with her, and the
affair, in fact, was rather hard on crimps all
around. After the Gypsy got loose she in.
formed the victorious miss that she would
never have any satisfaction with her recaptured
stuff and further informed her that she
should take all the good ont of the 5O-cent for
tune she had told her, including two or three
husbands and other Injuries that had been
promised her in the years to come.
Year: 1873

AII that was Left of Them-Leff OF


rr Sixty. -Hrr


SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. PA dispatch
from Redding, CAL, last night, says the ar
rival this afternoon Of the remainder Of the
celebrated band of Modocs created quite a
sensation among the people generally.
From every quarter the country people
came, expecting to see something grand,
but the Modocs, though historical, are any
thing but attractive in appearance. A more
filthy, insignificant band of Indians could
not well be imagined. The Princess Mary
and tie widow of Jack were the most OBJ
served. They were each srrayed in deep
mourning of tar and ashes forIthe death OF
their kindred. All look as though they hsd
lain out all Writer under an ash heap
They left here on the cars at $50 tonight
for their new home in Wyoming Territory
Year: 1873

New YORK, Oct. "a The cross exam
ination of Stokes to-day brought out nothing
new. In answer to the question why he
did not leave the hotel when he could not
recognize the lady who ssluted him, he
said there were a number of ladies in the
other parlor and was rather attracted by
them. Medical testimony was introduced
by both sides ? to show that risks
wounds was necessarily fatal.


Col. E. Brain and CAPT. e. Fuller, Of the
Ninth regiment were introduced to prove
that Fisk was not in the habit of carrying
deadly weapons. Recorder Hacket was
offered as witness to prove that Fisk was
very nervous and excitable over the knolwl-
edge that Hackett carried a pistol and
would only be satisfied when Hackett laid
it aside. Other testimony was offered SINH
lar to that of the other trial. ..'-
Year: 1873

So I had another leSson,-two les
sons, indeed,-One in the practical In
fidelity of the world, and one IN social
and family influence. l have never
received any since that made deeper
impression. They haunted me for
many days. and brought me to deep
er and a more intelligent respect for
my father and his goodness and wisdom
than ever entertained.


AZ wish were we'll down that hill"
said nv teamster at last, after we had
iolted along for half mile without a
word. As he said this he looked un-
easily round upon his load, which,
with the long transportation, had be
come loose. He stopped his horses,
and gave another turn to the pole with
which he had strained the rope that,
passing lengthwise and crosswise the
load, held it together. Then he started
on again. I watched him closely, for
l saw real apprehension on his face.
His horses were tired, and one of them
was blind. The latter fact gave me no
apprehension, as the driver had taken
much pains to impress upon me the
fact that the best horses were always
blind. He only regretted that be
C; uld not secure them for his whole
team, principally on accountof the fact
that not having any idea how far they
had travelled, they never knew when
to be tired. The reason seemed sound,
and / accepted it in good faith.


When we reached the brow of the
hill, that descended into the town, l
saw that he had some reason for his
apprehension, and L should have
alighted and taken to my feet if l had
not been as tired as the horses. But ]
had faith in the driver, and faith in the
poor brutes he drove, and so remained
on my seat. Midway the hill, the
blind horse stepped upon a rolling
stone; and all remember of the scene
which Immediately followed was con-
fused and violent struggle. The horse
fell prone upon the road, and while he
was trying in vain to rise, L was con-
scious that my companion had leaped
off. Then something struck me from
behind, and 1 felt myself propelled
wildly and resistlessly through the air,
down among the struggling horses,
after which / knew no more From
the November Number of ,Scri6ner's
Nonthty.
Year: 1873

The actual removal hardly justified
the picture. There was two over
loaded three-horse teams, and a high
old-fashioned wagon, drawn by single
horse. in. which were bestowed the
family, the family satchels, and the
machinery Of al eight-day clock-ap pet
of my father, who had had it all in
pieces for repairs every year since L
was born. / did not burden the wagon
with my presence, but found seat,
when I was not running by the way
side, with the driver of one OF the
teams. He had attracted me to his
company by various sly mods and
winks, and by funny way of talking
to his horses. He was an old teamster,
and knew not only every inch of the
road that led to the market-town to
which we were going, but every land
lord, groom and bar-keeper on the
way. A man of such vast geographical
knowledge, and such extensive and
interesting acquaintance with men,
became to me a most important per-
sonage. When he had amused himself
long enough with stories told to excite
my imagination, he turned to me
sharply and said:
Year: 1873

General Sewen commenced laying his
concrescive gravel on Rampant street, near
Esplanade, last week. He experienced
considerable trouble in preparing the road
bed for the receipt of the road making ma
terial. He found that part Of the street
where he il at work to be underlaid with q
bed a of blue mud only foot or two from
the surface. In some places there were
miry holes in which a pole could be inserted
several feet without meeting with Obstrnc-
tions. 1t therefore required the exercise OF
considerable engineering skill to make a
solid bottom ready Cor use. In some points
trestles had to be used to render the bid
sufficiently firm to receive the gravel and
macadamized substances used. They are
now engaged in preparing the gravel Tor
laying and rolling. General Sewell happily
unites with his own experience aud skill
the systems of Macadam and Ulford and is
confident in a few weeks of making
thoroughfsre which will meet the demands
of the public and receive universal ap-
prevail Mayor Wilt. we learn, has visited
the work frequently. and takes great in
terest in thu process :naugurated by Gen.
eral Seweil.
Year: 1873




One Of tho causes of the stringency of the
currency has been said to be the boarding
of email amounts by people who are looked
upon as poor The stocking in the cracked
teapot il one of the criminals to be brought
before the commercial bar, and two little
incidents occurring in the Office of one Of
the prominent brokers of this city rather
confirms the soundness of the assertion.
Last week an Italian woman. q beggar,
walked up to the counter. The cashier,
thinking from her appearance she was de-
serving Of . small aims, threw her nickel.
She took it, quietly banked it and then as.
founded him by buying fifteen hundred
dollars of gold. Yesterday q masculine
Italian. whose appearance wsuld provoke
the pity of Rodgers statuette of Hamlet,
laid musty roll of bills on the came
counter. He said he had "kept them in .
hole," and . bad smelling hole it must have
been. But he carried off eight hundred
dollars in gold in return for it, and these
purchases, by this class of people, can be
enumerated by the score. Where they got
the money is plain. That they are pro.
verbally saving. and often have large sums
is we'll known. But Why are they now con-
verting their currency into coin after hoard
ing it for years, and at time when the diff
ference between the values is less than it
has been tor twelve yearss And why is it
that there is such unanimity among them


These are two questions which we do not
believe they will answer themselves. and
yet there is something in it.
Year: 1873

Moro than 200 men have shipped 70. the
United States navy in this city since the
Office was opened, and they are said to be a
finer class Of men than the ge1ernmen;
usually obtains for such service. On Sat
urday sixteen men were sent to New York.
Lieutenant Commander Kells taking charge
of the party. During the absence Of this
officer Lieutenant Wilson will be ia change
OF the naval station here.
Year: 1873

Ops AI the Beauties Of %nlan4 Gusraas


The following startling outrage ia report
ed in the Minde1 Democrat. The erimin-
ality Of the officers of the town is evident
in the paragraph, notwithstanding The
newspapers reference to whisky by which
it would seem to attempt Q palliation Of the
offense committed by the heartless suther-
tiles:


Last Sunday evening the body Of ah un-
known white man was found lying On the
roadside, two aud half miles east OF this
place, on the Minden and Homer road. We
learn from Marshall Bishop, that the dead
man was supposed to be one of two who he
tieoted from the corporation several days
before under the quarantine act, evidence
being in his possession that they were from
Shreveport. After being elected from town.
they camped about two miles off, where
they were esen for several days drinking
and carousing. They had a keg of whisky
when first seen in town. The day previous
to the finding of the body one OF the men
again made his appearance within the c1r-
Dor ate limits, still drunk. and was put out
and ordered to leave. He asserted that his
comrade was lying out IN the woods SICK,
but no attention was paid to this. 1t seems.
The next day the dead man was found. and
il supposed to be the sick man alluded to.
The other fellow disappeared, and has not
been heard of since. The coroner's jury re-
turned a verdict of "ded from canses un-
known 1t IL supposed that whisky was
the immediate cause. .r
Year: 1873

A Southern editor rarely ventures into his
compostors room, and when obliged to do
so, arms himself to the teeth, and leaves
on his desk an obituary notice Of himself
appropriate to the event of n sudden death.
DO you ask why? His handwriting is such
as to invite violence from those by the
sweat OF whose brow it is deeiphered aud
set up.
Year: 1873

There are now in the State Peniten-
tiary at Fort Madison an aged couple
who are serving out term for the
crime of incest, they being brother
and sister. The story is this, which
lis true: At the age of twelve years
the male left his fathers house to seek
his fortune and no more return. He,
in time, came w est, grew to manhood
and married. raised Il family of chill
dren, and finally his wife died. His
sister grew to womanhood, was mar
ried, aud with her husband. came
West, and to Iowa. Her husband


died, and in time, she received an Of
fer of marriage from man who was
q widower. She accepted the offer
and they were married. Her husband


was wealthy, and after time, one of
his sons wished to have the father give
him some property, but the father re-
fused to acceed 10 his demands. The
son one day, while looking over the
family record of the stepmother,
which had been laid aside and forgot
ten, discovered that there was a kim
ship between the two families, aud a
further investigation proved that his
father and stepmother were own
brother and sister. To avenge him
self for his fathers refusal to give him
the bulk of his property, he brought
suit against them both for incest
They were tried and convicted, and
sent to the PenltentiaPy<f for one year.
They are both over sixty years of age,
and as innocent of intent to commit
crime as newborn babe.-Chicdgo
journal. E,i9 s9l f2
Year: 1873

from the New Ofk Ledger


Horace Greeley possessed an un-
commonly strong natural constitution
He was capable of performing very
great amount of labor. But it. is not
certain that iH the way he used-it this
remarkable constitution WAS any adj
vantage TO him, SO far as longevity
was concerned. Because he could en-
dure so much MIR. Greeley seemed to
infer that he could endure anything,
no matter what. He acted as if there
was no limit to his powers, and as if
the great laws of na'nre which re-
quires rest were abrogated in his case.
AS long ago as IS40 when MIR. Gree
ley conducted the Log CABIN, he was
already oyerworking himself. He
remarked TO a friend in reference to
his labors at that time, g I stood up
and a0rote until at seemed as though
my right arm could drop off,"


After the election That year had
taken place, his right arm was covered
with boils-as indeed was large part
of his person--and to these be attrib-
uted the preservation of his life at that
time.


From that date up to his death Mr..
Greeley allowed himself very little
recreation. The benefits of his visits
to his farm were much impaired by
his returning to the city at avery late
hour of the night. More moderation
in his labors might, very likely, have
prolonged his life to old age.


A venerable gentleman who attain
ed the age of ninety, once said in our
hearing. that he attributed the preser-
vation of his life to this remarkable
period to the circumstance that his
constitution was naturally SO delicate
that he was unable to.violate any law
of health without feeling the effect at
once. He was obliged to pay the pen
ally Immediately. This made him
very careful. In youth he was 80 fee
Bile that he would gladly have COM
promised his chances of long life for
certainty of forty years. But his
strict observance of what his health
required had gradually strengthened
his constitution, and at ninety he was
hale and hearty.


We think that people as strong as
Mr.. Greeley was, are more apt ulti-
lnately TO break down suddenly and
finally. than those who are not able
to perform the overwork' without i'm
mediate suffering.