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Year: 1875



 Luna substitute "Trumpeter" oflast week seems not to have satisfied generally, as what emanates from Luna's fertile brain usually does, for while she can enjoy good joke, she is very careful about being personal when there is anything to say which might cause hard feelings, The items were SO plenty last week that a dearth must be expected the present week, and therefore I merely mention few things just to keep up the interest. Such weather as in April, one day as warm as summer, the next like mid-winter; it is really discouraging, and particularly so to our gentemanly druggist, who last week one bright day, thought warm weather necessary for comfort, had his stove taken from his store and lstowed away for the season, and now all may imagine how smart he thinks himself; he, under the circumstances would be excusable if he should do as women of old were said to have done, before matches were plenty, "borrow tire," or at least he could borrow heat sufficient to keep from freezing: How ever it is good joke, and probably the stove will be back again in its place soon, and then remain until warm weather is certain......Ru says that Dr. Henry Smith has commenced boarding at Mr. Miler's hotel, and is about starting Drug store in part of Mir. French's store. The Doctor is very successful, and has an extensive practice here to begin with as, while living in an adjoining town, he has for the last year had patients constant ly in this place.. This long hard winter has produced much suffering among those who are depending on' days work for 9 living, and in one case at least, destitution was not rhe cause of all the suffering, for a mother whipped her colorcd child severely with heavy cane over her head and back, so that for some days she could hardly move. This time it was passed over, but it would not be again. The girl is l5 or 16 years of age, ana is sister to the one who was said to have been marrled on the side walk few months since, 13 years of age. ......Times are very hard but that docs not prevent hired help from claiming as high wages as they ever had. ......Rev. Mir. Hoyt is to remain in Sheffield another year.

 SUBSTITUTE,
Year: 1875

There is not much To be said for the style
and phrascolOgy of the preamble and rcSolu-
tons in which the college crews at Saratoga
have declined tha offer of Mr.. Brcslin, of the
Grand Union Hotel, to present some valuable
prizes to the victors, but We heartily commend
the good sense of their determination. If once
the practice of making and accepting such
gifts is established, the ruin of the regatta is
inevitable. In short time we shall have our
young gentlemen carrying their boats not
where they will find the best water, but where
the hotel keepers and hackmen promise the
most valuable premiums, and the annual con-
test will become, not a struggle for the honor
of victory, but a race for a purse. There will
be little then to distinguish the college athlete
from the professional Oarsman and though
professional crews may DC very useful and
respectable in their own way, they are not the
results which we expect to obtain from Yale
and Harvard


| The oarsmcn az Saratoga are evidently aware
that they stand i'll a rather peculiar position,
and they bear themselves in it with prudence
and manliness which we heartily admire. The
! hostility of some of the college authorities to
boating is but half conquered, and even among
| the outside public, in spite of the growing en-
| thusasm for the sport, there is a great differ
ence of opinion as to the usefulness of the
contests which begin to-day on Lake Saratoga.
The old dispute as to the interference between
books and boats is always going on, and will
probably never be settled. To many an ardent
friend of education the regatta is only IA mis-
chevous distraction which engrOsses the young
mans time during some of the most
important weeks of every term, and
| fills his brain even when it is not exercising
his muscles. Whatever good it may do in the
development of the forearm is more than
balanced, say these unfrendly critics. by the
coarscness of manner and general rudeness of
thought and speech which certain class of
somewhat unsOphistcated persons invariably
associate with aquatic characters.


All these objections the young men them
selves must refute, and indeed are refutng, by
rcsolutcy preserving the tone and manner of
students aud of gentlemen in the midst of the
various temptations that surround them 1t is
a sore trial to the mental balance Of any body
Year: 1875

TO be, as they are, the cynosure OF millions OF
eyes, and the daily theme Of reporters and
special correspondents from all the leading
Journals of the country; to be measured
and weighed for the qualification OF an entire
community; to have their occasional indiges-
tions recorded in the newspapers, and tho state
of their appetites discussed as anxOusly AZ the
hangers-on of a court study the bulletins OF
the royal physicians; to have their physical
points studied with such care as man usually
bestows only upon superior kind of race
horsc and to know that pools are sold on
them in New-YOrk bar-roOms. 1t is great
honor to be treated as q prize animal, and II
our college lads have not been spoiled by it
they must have much better stuff in them than
boating is intended to develop, and much bet
ter training than they get at the waterslde.
II is little matter whether they row over the
course to-day and tomorrow in fifteen min
utcs or in twenty; but it is of consequence
that they prove themselves men of culture,
frankness, honor and good breeding, and we
have no doubt they will do it.
Year: 1875

The contribution, elsewhere printed. from
Mr.. Thurlow Weed, to the secret history OF the
late war, is of striking interest Mr.. Weed was
sent abroad by his lifelong friend then our
Secretary of State, at the crisis in our foreign
relations, on q confidential mission of great
importance. He tells now for the first time
consccutively and in detail the story OF the
interference of Queen Victoria at time when
war between the United States and Great
Britain seemed inevitable and mentions two
other cases in which he came to know that the
United States were specially and signally in
dcbted to her good Offices. No recent contri-
buttons to the history of those days have
possessed so large personal and national in
terest They will stimulate the general desire
that Mr. Weed may soon be enabled to COM
plete the autObiographical "reminiscences in the
preparation of which it is known that he has
been for some years engaged
Year: 1875

Col Cilderslccves last declaration leaves
no hope that the American Team will
as body engage in another contest
while in Great Britain. The separation
OF the members, if there were no
other cause, would make such a contest impos-
sible. Still it is more than probable that ind-
yidual members of the Team will show their
skill in matches to take place at Wimbledon.
Year: 1875

At Peekskill yesterday Mr. Beecher received
another testimonial of the mistaken confidence
and esteem of his friends. In acknowledging
the compliment of visit of cOngratulatiOn he
took occasion to speak more freely, in some
respects, than heretofore of the incidents OF the
recent trial, and of his own view Of the result.
Year: 1875

TIE more we read Of the failure Of
the Bank Of California and the manage
nent Of its affairs by Mr.. Ralston, the
more We are convinced Of the criminal
ity from ih$exposure Of which the IN
fortunate tanker sought to hide himself
in q suicides grave. He not only
gamb.ed away the capital and the sur
plug, but the deposits and loans that
were made upon the trust reposed in
him 10y the directors and stockholders,
as well as the public generally. And
what makes the matter worse he did
this 10 sustain himself at the head Of
3 monopoly against which the peo-
Ule Of San Francisco had for
years inveighed and worked in
vain. He had controlled the railroad
and mining operations, and sought to
control the press ia order to dictate the
politics and nominations OF the State.
This proved the turning point Of his
lie. The Bulletin and Call attacked him
and the bubble burst. He wanted to be
the Jay Gould ofthe Pacific coast, but
there was no Tribune for him to buy.
And 90, while yet in the meridian Of
life with all his superior powers Of intel
Isct uuimpaired, he has voluntarily
found refuge in death rather than face
the responsibilities Of life that remains
q warning to all.
Year: 1875

usual, and no run is anticipated tO-mOr-
row, beyond what may be expected in
the usual course of business. The only
other suspended banE-tbe National
Gold Bank and Trust cOmpaDy-repOrt
favorable progress, but will not open for
several days yet. Tomorrow is collec-


ton day, but it is confidently believed


that it will pass without suspension. A
large proportion Of the mercantile COM
munity are in condition to satisfy all
demands on presentation, and q general
is evinced to render aid and
extension to those who need il.
Year: 1875

The symptoms of Liver Complaint are IN
easiAesS and pain in the side. Sometimes the
pain is in the shoulder, and is mistaken for
rheumatism. The stomach is affected with
loss OF appetite and sickness, bowels in gem
eral costiVe, sometimes alternating with lax.
The head is troubled with pain, and dull,
heavy sensation, considerable loss of memory,
accompanied with painful sensation OF hav-
ing left undone something which ought TO
have been done. Often complaining of weak
many of the above symptoms attend the dis
ease, and at other times very few OF them; but
the liver is generally the organ most involved.


Nearly ali diseases originate from Indiges


tiOn and TOrpidity of the Liver and relief is
ALWAYS anXinnSlY SOught afLar. II the Liver
Year: 1875

THE reception at Holly Springs yes
terGay Of Senator Gordon was as credit
able 10 the citizens Of that pleasant town
As il was well deserved by one Of the
ablest and most discreet OF the pIblic
men Of the south. Senator Gordon has
made his mark as soldier and statesman,
and is every way worthy the honoIs his
csuntrymen can bsstow upon him.
Year: 1875

BY telegraph from London yesterday
we are glad to learn that SIS q rnle the
harvest prospects or the continent ale
good. The gathering Of crops is going
on well, and prices have given way
Year: 1875

tFnte0.


When Sunset Cox witheringly wished
that Pig-iron Kelley, of Pennsylvania,
might never obtain better knowledge of
female habiliments than that to be de-
rived from shop windows and clothes
lines, he was severe, but supposed a
privilege which no man rightly has. 1T
is doubtful If any full grown male has.
in common with the legitimate indul-
gence in life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness. the right to examine critically
clothes line. In the matter of clothes
lines all mankind is put upon its honor,
so to speak, and he who satisfies NOR
bid and sacrilegious curiosity by seeking
to fathom the tempest-tossed mysteries
of snowy linen is as certain OF retribu-
ton as Peeping Tom OF Coventry. The
bad luck Of burglar near Schuylkiil
Falls, Pennsylvania, few days ago,
affords an illustration Of the theory.
This burglar entered the premises of q
Mr.. William Stevenson and there col
lected together whatever he could collect
of any value, and then went out into the
yard. In the yard was display Of
linen hung out to dry, and before the
clothes line the thief hesitated. Upon
the line were wonderful things all frilled
and huted and rufled and cut bias and
cut goring, and all these sort of things.
The thief was fascinated and hesitated
and was lost, for while lingering in the
yard he was discovered from the house
he had just left by the owner, who pro.
cured rife and fred. The msrauder
leaped over the fence and managed to
escape, but there was blood upon the
snow where be travelled, and he failed to
carry his plunder. Thus came at once
the punishment for inspecting too closely
a clothes line. There is big moral for
young men in this incident
Year: 1875

THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC TELEGRAPH COM


PANY REFUSE ALL OFFERS OF CONSOLIDATION


FROM THE WESTERN UNION MANAGEMENT.


The stockholders of the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph
Company and the managers Of the Western Union Com
pany have failed utterly make terms by which the
latter organization have swallowed up the former
The two proposals made the Western Union officials
the conference held Tuesday not at all agreeable
those interested in the affairs of the Atlantic and Pa
cihc Company, and yesterday they declined to receive
any further overtures Now therefore, the question Is
settled; there viii be telegraphc monopoly and
high tariff The Atlantic and Pacific directors assert
that their line from Chicago St Louis is rapidly pro-
crossing and that within two weeks 1t will be
pleted and then they will have and safe line
Of wires through TO Ogden in Utah.


From some not yet made public, but which
rumor says is the refusal OF the Atlantic and Pacific
Company to be amalgamated with the Western Union,
the latter company have given the Southern Pacific
Company notice that they their line from Wash
inuon to New Orleans, which the Southern Pacific
Company has been using Probably thirty days must
eapse before this demand will be complied WITH and
besides this the right to make the de-
cilc Company and the delay be much greater.
However. should the line have TO be given up the
Southern Pacific Company will be put any great
Inconvenience at least If they II will only be
temporary. The Atlantic and Pacific Company will at
once tender the Southern Pacific Company the Of
OF their lines South, and the Southern Pacific
have expressed their intention of accepting the
Offer 1t is TO be hoped the arrangement will be
effected between the two last named companies,
doubt the rates Of teegaphy South will then be low
cred.


No decided action the part Of the National Com
pany OF san Francisco has yet been taken, but II Is
known that their offer TO either amalgainate the
lines Of the Atlantic and Pacific Company with
their own organization or to rent them Is
bond fds; and just az affairs
are a little more settled In San Francisco,
and President Cohen, Of the National Company
arrives here some developments Of rather startling
nature in regard to telegraph monopolies may be
pected. General Eckert reached this city Yesterday
IRON which lie has been absent tor time IN con.
sequence Of illness aud In few days the state Of
affairs will probably be given 10 the public officially
Year: 1875

HIS DEATH CAUSED by MURDERER'S BLOW


THE PERPETRAToR UNKNOWN.


The inquest over the body of Caspar Faulhaber,
whose mysterious death some time ago has already
been published, concluded by Coroner Renhardt in
Hoboken last evening. The interest in the seemed
TO be on the increase, number Of citizens
bled TO witness the proceedings The only imporan:
witness in the County Physician Stout, who
was expected to throw light ON the immediate OF
Faulhabers death


Dr. Stout stated that when he examined the body he
could find no bruises on It except the head
decomposition had affected one side of it whereas
the other side there 4 considerable quantity of
travasated blood. This the scalp the base
of the brain The occipta bone the point of the
ernal Occipal protuberancc fractured the breach
extending downward and curvng outward showing that
"a blow had been struck there This fracture
would conclusion and compression
on the meduiLa abLORgdtd, which would
instantaneous death. 1t the doctor's opinion that
death resulted from this solely. The wound
might have been inflicted by deceased falling but IL
most probably was caused by blow with club sand
bag or slungshot.


The Coroner then charged the jury stating that the
discovery OF some features Of the might lead
to his convening them again. Without much debate
the jurors rendered verdict that Caspar Faulhaber
about the l4th of August, to his death from
fracture of the skull caused by blow from blunt
the jurors unknown. As the only man who could lead
TO the capture Of the murderer died in Jersey City
shortly after the murder tho mystery will probably
remain uuSOlVed.
Year: 1875

The sensational event Of yesterday at the United
States military post on Governors Island was the
celebration OF the silver wedding Of Private
John FARRELL now Of Company c, OF the
Permanent Party The happy husband was one OF
the men who volunteered IN the old Fifth regiment
Of New York State Volunteers, and. under Generals
Heintzleman and Porter. participated the battles
of The Peninsular campaign He wounded at the
second Bull Run and al the expiration Of his service
re-eniisted IN the 146th New YORK volunteers. After
served eleven years and months. with the Kind
permission Of Major K H. A. Crofton, seventeenth IN
iantry commanding the post, The veteran soldier was
permitted 10 entertain his comrades Ia good style
the island last evening The blushing BRIDE formerly
hlss Hannah Chapel graoed The company with her
presence and the affair passed of very pleasantly,
Year: 1875

This excellent institution reopened yesterday
under unusually favorable auspices Several additional
features Of interest have been added to the Museum
among them number of relics Of prehistoric times
from the island Of Cyprus which will doubtless render
the D Cesnoa collection exceedingly attractive TO the
student and the scholar. There is also exhibition
sarcophagus with square oblong body and peaked
The sides adorned with classical designs
representing old NEUROLOGICAL heroes in various att.
tudes This relic discovered at the tomb of Gogos
and appears To have been made from the species
of cacareous stone the other statuary in
the collection. Among other objects OF
interest shown were eight bas-r reiefs with in
scriptions These would TO have been
sculptures which ornamented the front of tombs
They oblong in form, and also of calcareous
stone. Rneharts marble group represents the goddess
Latona in reclining posture gazing upon her sleeping
children, Diana and Apollo. The mother is bend.
ing over her offspring with smile Of admiration thu
infant Apollo lying on his back and Dianas head rest
ing his breast The design is exceeding graceful and
harmonious, and is said to be Rnehars masterpiece
The bust of William Cullen Bryant occupies a prom-
position at the head OF the hall of satuary. The
gallery of modern paintings which attracts considerable
attention, remains about the it a
month ago There a fair attendance of visitors
during the day, and the additions well repaid the
attention bestowed upon them
Year: 1875

There is no clew as yet TO the whereabouts OF the
thieves who stole the OF silk from the Rotterdam
wharf During Tuesday night two boats, manned by
suspicious looking individuals, kept moving
around the wharf adjoining that from which the
silk stolen. The watchman tho pier
after observing their movements for half hour stood
the end Of the wharf and inquired what was their
business. when they Immediately rowed out into the
middle Of the II Is believed that tho thieves
have some stolen property slowed away under
the wharf they had done for months
at the Cunard dock, and that they were
awaiting favorable opportunity 10 carry it
of. There have been numerous rObberies from the
Erie depot Of articles which have been received
Last winter large bales Of cloth found by exChef
Of Police Fowler under the Abator wharf and he be-.
Ieves that there Is stolen properly still concealed there
The Rotterdam Company VIII have shs vhArvss
thoroughly examined
Year: 1875

SANDRRsvrLLE, sept l. 1sT5
A jury obtained this morning and Cordy Harris
put on trial Before the examination Of witnesses
opened the Grand Jury in and recommended
the discharge Of thirty Of the minor prisoners the
ground that they we're the dupes Of those indicted
and that their release would subserve the ends or
justice The state consented and the prisoners named
were discharged from Jail Twelve witnesses for the
testified the substance Of their testimony being
that negro military companies existed that they were
bound by oath obey all orders Of their officers and
that Cordy Harris was the head man In this section
The Court ruled that a conspiracy not sufficiently
shown allow Of testimony 70 statements OF Harris
subordinate oncera verdict Is expected by Friday al
the latest
Year: 1875

The Germantown 7e7egfdph says:


We last week published the fact of a
gentleman Of Germantown shooting two
pheasants in September at a single dis
charge, although he saw only one. Since
then another gentleman informs us
of an extraordinary shot made by him
some years ago. Not having any busi-
ness to attend to in the fall of the year,
he frequently hunted muskrats along a
stream near his residence. Seeing one
Of these on n certain occasion, he dis
charged his gun at it and afterwards
picked up one dead muskrat and mink.
The skin of the latter animal afterwards
sold for Sc.
Year: 1875

How little we know of each other! -
We pass through the journey of life,
With its struggles, its fears and temptations
Its heart-breaking cares and its strife
We can only see things on the surface


For few people glory in sin,
And an unruffied face is no index


To the tumult which RACES within.
How little we know of each otheri


The man who to-day passes by
Blessed with fortune and honor and titles,
And holding his proud head on high,
May carry dread secret within him,


Which makes his bosom hell
And he, sooner or later, felon,


May writhe in prisons cell.
How little we know of each otherl


That woman of fashion, who sncers
At the poor girl betrayed and abandoned,
And left to her sighs and her tears,
May, ere the sun rises tomorrow,


Have the mask rudely torn from her face
And sink from the hight of her glory
To the dark shades OF shame aid disgrace
How little we know of each other!


OF ourselves, too, little we knowl
We are all weak when under temptation,
All subject to error and woe.
Then let blessed charity rule us,


Let us put away envy and spite
For the skeleton grim in our closet


May some day be brought 10 light.
Year: 1875

cW A Boston wag once wrote to
President Grant, asking whether he
would accept a carriage and horses as a
token of esteem from the Young Mems
Christian Association Of that city. In
due time an affirmative answer was re-
ccived from Washington. The wag
thereupon sat down and wrote back:
IT thought So"
Year: 1875

We have received copy of the new
railroad assessment law. Mr.. Legate's tax
bill provided that all railroad property
should be assessed by the county clerk, but
this bill having been killed in the Senate,
the new law provides that all such proper
ty shall be assessed by the assessor as perso-
nal property, and entered upon the personal
property book.


The law provides that "at the proper time
fixed by law for delivering tax books to the
county treasurer, the clerk shall attach a
warrant, under his seal of Office, and deliv-
er said book to the county treasurer, upon
which the said county treasurer is here re-
quired to collect the taxes therein charged
against railroad property in the same man
ner as provided for by law in other cases
and in case any railway company shall fail
to pay any taxes levied upon the property
of such company as provided by law, ex-
cept the real estate mentioned in section six
OF this act, it shall be the duty of the treas.
urer OF any county in which such tax re-
mains unpaid, to issue his warrant TO the
sheriff of said county, as is provided in
other cases for the collection of taxes upon
personal property, who shall proceed to col
lect the same as in other cases."


We regard this as n good idea, it has
been before impossible to collect delinquent
taxes from railroads, and it is the intention
to make this law cover that point. We dc
not believe in imposing upon these corpora
tions because Ihey are railroad companies
but We do think that they should pay theil
proportion Of the taxes.