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Year: 1872




The country loses in the death of Gen.
Meade an excellent citizen and a brave and
capable soldier. He was the first of the
commanders of the Army of the Potomac
who did not reach that position through
personal intrigue or personal or political
favoritism. He won his way fairly by
force of merit, and his skillful disposition of
his forces and resolute, intelligent valor
won the memorable field of Gettysburg.
1t will, perhaps, be remembered that he
was in immediate command of the Army
of the Potomac in the campaign of the
Wilderness, receiving general directions
from Grant, who was Lieutenant General
and Commander in-chief. The story that
be wanted to retreat after the first day in
the Wilderness, and was prevented by the
stubborn will of his superior officer is un-
true--a mere bit of the high coloring with
which the history of those who obtain the
appointing power is written. In person
General Meade was tall, and in manner dig
nified. His appearance was grave, almost
austere. That he was a soldier the plainest
Civilians dress could not conceal and that
he was man of distinction was obvious
TO all observers,
Year: 1872

The Supreme Court of the District OF
.Colnmbia to-day refused to grant an in
junction to restrain the Board of Public
Works from collecting special assessments
upon property for street improvements, the
decision being based mainly upon the tech
nical ground thai the plaintiffs could not
| bring suit,
Year: 1872

Espccial attention /, called to the notice. In
our paper of the Central Executive Committee
of our County. requesting primary meetings
TO be held in the several townships. We
trust the democracy will awaken TO full
sense Of our danger, and come promptly for
ward to these meetings. thus nsuring full
attendance at the County Convention. We
are on the eve OF the most momentous .trug-
gle through which our country has ever
passed. Await not the action Of your neigh
bor but all 20 forward determined to add
your efforts to the accomplishment of the
overthrow Of corrupt, insolcnt and domineer-
ing rings. You have just passed another tax
paying ordeal. Your purses are drained. The
Office holders have again replenished theirs
How long can you quietly endorse this? The
ballot box will be- opened for you again in
November. Let it not find you unwilling to
help yourselves.
Year: 1872

The following |. from the Cincinnati Com
mercidl, one of the Republican papers that
favors the Liberal Convention at Cincinnati,
on May l.t:


Horace Greeley is great deal more earnest
and determined in his opposition to the re-
nomination of Gen. Grant than most people
suppose. or than has yet appeared from any
thing he has written in the Tribune, In con-
versation on the subject he expresses himself
with all his charac teristic pungency. lie says
that it is no sham fight in which he Is engag-
ell, but Il real struggle. In which he 4" fires bull
lets" and in which his side must either win
or be crushed AT present he can only indulge
In 4 sort of bushwhackimg, owing to the na
tyre OF the ground. the condition of the reaols.
the state OF the weather, and the fact tina. the
forces on his side are not yet in hand or order;
but very soon all the forces-cavalry. infant
ry, artillery. and horse e-marines be
brought into action. He says he neither ex
poets to support Grant nor Democratic cam
didate, but expects TO uphold and vote for a
Republican who i'll defeat Grant. either in
the convention or at the polls. He holds that
Grant has shown his incompetency for the
Presidency. and that We must have man who
will take pcrcmptory steps for putting an end
to the corruption in the public service. lie
looks forward with lively hope to the Cincin-
natl Convention, In which he expects to take
part


There are politicians who attempt to belit-
tie the influence of Greeley, but there are two
parties who know more about the subject
than these petty detractors. One of the par
ties is Greeley himself who il in the daily re-
ccipt Of multitudinous letters from the lead
ers of public opinion all over the country ;
whose every movement is watched with eager
interest by the entire press, and whose paper
has great, increased in circulation since il
took ground against Grants denomination.
Another party which fully appreciates Gree
ley's power are Grant himself and his immc-
dnte political hackers, who. in various ways,
have lately displayed the panfulest anxiety
about Grecleys purposes. Not long ago a
number OF these personages came from Wash
ington To New York to find ont what Gr reeley
reslly meant by his conduct, ami what he
actually intended to do. They went away
much dcjVcted, to report to his disheartcncd
ENcc!lency in the White House The fact is
that Greelry's influence and popularity are
greater than those of any other man in
A merica. and extend through the West and
South. as well as through New England and
New York. lfhe really goes into the fight
against Grant when the time comes in his
characteristic style. there will be such smash


ing OF political crockcrv as has not been seen
for some years. Were he himself not spoken
of aS Presidential candidate. and were he
entirely free to indicate the man who next
to himself he would prefer to support
think he would have Mr.. Colfay or Mr.. Trum-
hull
Year: 1872

We published an item, the other day, from
the Memphis Avalanche. stating that the
terms OF consolidation Of the Memphis and
Little Rock and Little Rock and Fort Smith
roads. and the lease OF the two latter to tue
Southern Railway Security Company, recent
ly agreed upon, had been rejected by the lat
ter. We have good reasons TO believe that
such is the case. but only for the purpose Of
masking some changes in the terms, which we
understand will be agreed to. There Is one
thing Ger ain unless ten miles more OF the
Fort Smith road are completed by the 18th
May. the congressional land grant will bs
forfeited.- Gazette.


The above explains the item we published
last week, in regard to this matter. We feel
confident that all will work out to the sue
cess ofour road.
Year: 1872




We have heard good deal about
the oppressed and degraded women Of
Utah, and the uncleau aud tyrann;cal
vassalage which the Mormon social
system imposes upon the female sex.
This string has been tuned and played
upon until it appears to have snapped.


1t seems now that the women are al
most every body in Utah. They have
more power and more rights than they
have anywhere else on this green earth
and the boosted lord of creation is en-
tirely a secondary personage IN the
land of the saints. This may look
like a strange condition for Utah, of
all the world, but it is true. That ter
ritory and its social system seems TO
have been the lock aud key by which
women have at last entered int9aHibee
wider, nobler sphere for which they
have prayed and worked.


Now. the world should know that in
Utah woman holds in her hand the
ballot, that she is eligible to every of
fee, that she may plead her own cause
before high court. that if her hus-
band ill-treats her she may prosecute
him that Que half of all his earnings
is hers that she is his absolute supe-
rior; that she may sit on juries and
fnd him guilty of bigamy, cruelty to
her, neglect of his children, or other
crime. and that she under the fearful
despotism" of Utah can be her OWL
law executor and judicial expounder
What more power do the women oi
Utah want to enable them to throw of
the burden of mans yoke They
make their own laws, select their OWL
officers, are their own lawyers and
judges, they own one half of theil
husbands property aud all of their
own. Truly the women of Utah ar,
shamefully downtrodden.
Year: 1872

Com CRoP OF 1S72-Grain men
of Chicago estimate the corn crop of
this year at twelve hundged aud fifty
million bushels-ihe largest ever raised
iu the United States. They have had
killing frost in all the Northwestern
States, but corn is generally out of the
reach of harm
Year: 1872

We are reliably informed that a consolida-
ton and merging Of the various charters and
interests of the Border line of railroad " has
been completed, aud we may look in the
course of few months for active measures
towards the prosecution of the work. We
think we may safely say, that this movement
is not made for purposes of speculation. but
with an honest intention of building the road
from this place through or near the towns OF
Fayetteville and Bentonville to the Missouri
State line, there to meet railroads now build
ing to that point.


To secure this desirable result our citizens
must subscribe literally In aid Of the road.
The cost of building this road will be double
that Of any other road In the State Of equal
length, and we must be correspondingly lib
eral in our subscriptions.


We shall refer to the subject again from
time to time and give such information as to
the progress of the work as shall prove reli-
able.
Year: 1872

eB- At meeting Of the Minstrel State
Central Committee. on the 10th at Little
Rock, resolution was adopted calling State
Convention on the 2lst OF August for the
nomination VI State ticket.
Year: 1872

If were TO give you a motto, to &c


through life with, one that would


stand you for warning or counsel in


any strait in which you might find


yourselves, I believe l would give il


in this one word, Now.


Don't waste your time, and your
strength, and your opportunities, by
always meaning to do something
do Il. Only weakness comes of inde-
cision. Why, some people have so
accustomed themselves to this way of
dawdling along from one thing to an
other, that IL really seems impossible
for them to squarely make up their
minds to anything. They never quite
know what they mean to do next,
and their only pleasure seems to con-
sist in putting things off as long as
possible, and then dragging slowly
through them, rather than begin
else. Don't live a single
hour Of your life without doing exact
ly what is to be done in it, and going
straight through it, from beginning
to end. Work, play, study, whatever
/ is, take hold at once and finish IL
up squ1rely and eleanly, and then to
the next thing, without letting any
moments drop out between. II is
wonderful TO see how many hours
these prompt people contrive to make
Of a day it's as ii they picked up the
that the dawdlers lost. And
II you ever find yourself where you
have so many things pressing upon
you that you hardly know how to be-
gin, let me tell you a secret, take
light hold of the very first one that
comes to hand, and you'll find the
,est all fall into file and follow after
ike a company of well-drilled sol
iiers, and though work may be hard
% meet when it charges in a squad,
t is easily van9uished if You can
)ring it into line.
Year: 1872

1t Is not to contemplate An aimless
and purposeless existence, golden
youth gliding by, fastening by, vast
ing precious opportunities, no aim no
object in view, Just like ship under
full sail and well manned, but no
rudder, only drifting, no harbor in
view, going with the tide, or perhaps
with rudder in good working order.
put no port In view, only sailing you
know not where. Have an aim In
life, and noble one. Aim high, and
you viii hit something above your
level. Are you a student? Be not
satisfied to get through your studies
or reeitations without eensure from
your teacher, bet study hard to aequit
yourself with honor; but not content
TO creep along on the level, but walk,
yeas run even, up the rugged hill
where honor sitteth at the peak. Are
you a mechanic? If so, learn YOUR
trade well, not eontenting yourself
with being an average workman, but
strive to become master Of your art,
always bearing IN mind the old adage,
What is worth doing at all. is worth
doing well.n Strive to be a leader.
not follower. First have an object
aim high, and then zealously labor to
accomplish your object; success is
sure to follow earnest, uneeasing toll.
The contestants in the Isthmian races
had an object in view, and every
slneW and nerve was bent to obtain
the object Il was the crown at the
end OF the race. Life is a race, and
many are on the course. You must
either run or be trOdden under foot;
the multitude is moving on; YOU
must not look behind, or defeat is
certain. Lead OF in the train, and
you will gain the crown at the end
Those who daily will never reach the
OBJECT, but will fail at last. Reader,
nave noble object in view, and then
with all your might press forward
until you reach it, and It is yours.
Year: 1872

This question has never been satis-
iaetorily answered by geologists. They
can see as far into q milestone as any-
body, but where the great depot or
quarry from whence the gold comes
that has been rasped of IN particles
and thrown toward the surface to be
rolled IN the sand by the action Of
running water or caught as prisoners
IN quartz rock, while that was either
held IN solution or in the condition OF
pulverization, is the problem.


occasionally such enormous mug
gets are found, quite solitary, It seems
70 Indicate they were broken off from
3 large mass somewhere and driven
away IN torrent of gravel whose on
ward, upward force was Irresistible
I'LL ie met with counter currents.


Tnat old theory which supposed the
precious metal was existing IN COM
olnatlon with others in a gaseous form
and Occasionally precipitated BY cleo
tr1city into Jumps which worked their
way Ike moles from the interior
through strata Of the earthls eompaet
crust, is now quite obsolete. An i'm
preston is gaining advocates that
gold does actually exist in great bod
ies, somewhere, not very far down,
rom whence fragments and particles
are gradually brought up by aquatic
agency. This gives a more reasonable
expianotion Of the diffusion Of gold
a small parcels all over the globe.
Year: 1872

Does it ever for an instant occur TO


the man OF business that it is a solemn


drsy TO support the local press of his


nelghbOrhood? What is It but the


well conducted newspaper that makes


city or town? That constantly and


gratuitously advertises it to the world


as place Of interest and Importance? F?


fhat daily or weekly makes known


70 the whole earth the simple fact


that such place as where he strives


10 gain livelihood has existanee in


the atlas? It is the local paper
Now we venture to say that not one
tenth part Of the business people of
any city in the country spend any
money IN the way ofjudieious adver-
using. True, they take the paper,
out IL Is not because they feel any du-
" deVolVlng upon them to award it
support. Their subscriptions are
measura0ly OF no account. Ifadver-
tlsements were not given by Others.
the paper would cease to live despite
the payment Of subscribers. Show
as local paper well filled with living
and we will at once
lake stock in the enterprise and BUSH
ness tact OF the people who live where
the journal 10 published. The out
side world judges more of the place
oy the newspaper it publishes than
rom any other sign. 1t is therefore
; matter Of great moment that the
local journal or the city, town or vii
iage should be well supported, for il.
above all other things contributes to
he general prosperity.-Pittsburg
Year: 1872

An English engineer has invented
a torpedo, designed to be elected from
q mortar, and to take its course under
water for any required distance under
1000 yards. 1t can be discharged at
q vessel from fortress, and so silent
ly will it move under the waves that
the occupants Of the vessel will not
be aware of its approach until they
are blown skyward at the rate of a
mile a minute.
Year: 1872

Real goodness does not attach itself
merely to this life-it points to
another world. Political OF profes-
sional reputation cannot last forever,
but a conscience void of offense before
God and man is an inheritance for
Year: 1872

LEWISTON, Feb. 20, 1872.


FRIEND Journal Don't for an in
stant think you Weaverites had the only
good thing going on the 22d. The ami
versary of the Father of his Country was
the only fine day we have had here for
several weeks, and we made hay" while
the moon shone, by going to the hall,
where we had gay time until the "wee
sma' hours" Lots of ladies came-bless
their dear hearts. Come out here some
time if you want real good waltz. The
ladies here can't be beat. We had fine
supper at the Lone Star," which put
me in mind of the time when l used to
was.


Bolts Hill is fast going away. The
boys are raising Ned with it-water
running every place. The main-stay of
Lewiston, Olney Phillips claim, although
as hard as chain-lightning, is fast losing
its breadth of ground. There are several
men employed in it. Mat. Trask and
Squire Ross have washed off the side of
one large mountain, and in doing so struck
a channel which prospects fine. All the
rest of The miners are doing well not an
idle hand around here.


There have been three freshets in old
Trinity, the two weeks past once it was
higher than it has been since the great
flood.


Mons. Marie has taken some elegant
views about here. He is going back to
Weaver in two or three weeks.


"'Pon honor" l do not think any of us
need be ashamed of our Assemblyman.
That speech Of his about the I" big Orleans
drunk was rich. 1t was real jolly to
to read it, and besides there was real
merit in it.


Success to all'in the county this year
may they line their pockets to their hearts
content. PEELER.
Year: 1872

Indigestion is not dangerous, say the
faculty. Perhaps not in itself, while il
remains mere Indigestion but look at
the consequence to which it may lead,
and often does lead when it becomes a
chronic disease. A spark of fire is a
small thing. A pressure of the foot will
put it out ; breath will eXtinguish it..
Yet it may fire powder mill, or kindle
a flame that will consume a city. In like
manner Indigestion may produce gastri-
tis, cancer of the stomach, congestion of
the bowels, apoplexy, liver disease, and
many other dangerous maladies. Is it
Nothing is more clearly and indisputa-
bly, established than that Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters will eradicate dyspepsia
in all its stages. The true policy, how
ever, is to extinguish it in the first stages
with this wholesome, powerful, and in
fallible tonic and Alternative. 1t is easier
to quench spark than a flame, and it is
easier to cure dyspepsia when it is first
developed, than when it has made head
way by neglect, and become complicated
with other ailments. There is not the
shadow ofa doubt that the bitters are as
directly antagonistic to dyspepsia as wa
ter is to fire. There are thousands of
cases on record proving this fact. The
remedy is safe and agreeable. All the
liquors of commerce prescribed as stimu-
lants leave a sting behind. But the sting
is taken out of the spurious basis of this
great remedy by vegetable medication,
and, moreover, the stimulant thus med
icated is of exceptionable purity. OF all
tonics taken as safeguards or remedies
for fever and ague, bilious remittents,
and other epidemics, it is the only one
that can uniformly be depended on.


3mar.
Year: 1872

This body has regular meeting on
the First lio,n1ay in next month. At
this meeting all Road overscers arc to
be appointed, and all persons wanting
new roads or bridges, would do well to
submit their petitions to this meeting.
! We renew our demand upon the men,
bers of the Police Jury for an inycsti-
CATION of the procedure by which $3.50
was taken from the Parish Treasury to
pay for a job on the Jail not worth fifty
dollars. We insist that this matter be
attended to, and that the members of
the Police Jury account for the mystic
rious circumstance that such an cxtrav-
agant claim against the parish was
allowed by them.
Year: 1872

yyANTED-A STRICTLY FIRST CLASS CONNER
w cial traveller; must be man Of prime address, un4
doubted character as to capacity and integrity and have
handling article OF standard excellence but
difficult introduction The line OF travel will be with
railroads and carriage builders TO man of the right
stamp good chance Is offered to build up first rate
trade; salary commission, as may be mutually ar
ranged Address stating references age. &C., A., box ila
Herald Office.
Year: 1872

Regular bathing, SO far as the people
Of this country are concerned, is certainly
a habit Of quite modern adoption. The
fathers and mothers, and grandfathers
and grandmoiher>, OF those who have
reached middle life, seldom or never
baihed, except in the warm months of
summer. Their dwellings afford no con.
venicnce- for the act, if they felt the need
of rcriarming it. As general thing.
the health was unaffected by this omis.
sion. Why was this! Because of their
occupations and their methods of living.
They were active workers, they wore but
a small amount Of clothing, they lived
much in the open air, and their dwellings
Were without stove and furnace heat. If
any one in these days will exercise in
the open air, so that each day he will
perspire moderately, and if he will wear
thin un1er-garments, Or none at all, and
sleep in a cold room, the functions of the
skin will suffer little or no impediment If
water is withheld for months. Indeed,
bathing is not the only way in which its
healthiul action can be maintained by
those living under the conditions at pres
cnt existing. Dry friction over the
whole surface Of the body, once day. OF
once in two days, is often of more service
than the application Of water. The re.
ply Of the centenarian to the inquiry, to
what habit Of life he attributed his good
health and extreme longevity, that he be-
lieyed it due to rubbing himself all
over with cob every night" is signif-
cant Of an important truth.


If inyalds and persons Of low vitality
would use dry friction and Dr. Frankin's
"air bath every day for considerable
period, we are confident they would of.
ten be greatly benefited. Cleanliness is
next to godiness, no doubt, and proper
and juGicous use of water is to be COM
mended but human beings are not am
phibious Nature indicates that the
functions of the skin should be kept in
order mainly by muscular exercises, by
exciting natural perspiration by labor
and delicious as is the bath, and health
fui, under proper regulations, il is no
substitute for that exercise of the body
without which all the functions become
abnormal,
Year: 1872

These persons forget one important fact
that all capital is the product of labor
That nearly all rich men in this country
were once poor. That nearly every per
sonal fortune they can enumerate is either
the product of its owners toll and skill.
or the representative Of his father. toll
and skill.


/ How did the makers of these fortunes
get along without capital? HID they
spent the vigor of their youth in idle and
foolish lamentations over tn ir poverty if
they would have lived aud liel poor,
and left nothing but an inheritance of
honesty behind them. Capita allied to
labor and skill can work wonders in the
war of materal enterprise. Bat money is
not the only indispensable thing to young
men. There are other kinds Of capital
besides accumulated money brains, mus.
ale, industry, honesty, diligence, truth,
fiL'ility, skill, tact, education---aH these
are capital, and all of them have com.
merc.'al value, which the owner will be
able, 81 ooner or later, to command in the
market. Provided with these, any young
man in t,Nis country may make more than
he needs Il, spend every year, and thus
have SOMETHING at the end Of each year
to invest as m oney capital. he needs
money let him go to work and make it,
and thus give proof of his ability to use
it profta5y and judiciousy. If we 60
into any great city, or into any prosperous
agricultural district, We find the capitalists
are those who have made their fortunes
without any outside aid. They did not
waste their time in repiniug at their pov
erty, and in silly dreams Of what they
could do if they had the money to do 1t
with. They went boldly and rcsolutely
to work thay toiled and thought and
planned, and kept toiling and thinking
and planning, patiently, until at last they
grasped the fortunate moment, end sue
ceeded.-- Erchange