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Year: 1876

A Danbury woman's fourth husband was lying seriously i'll few years ago. Watchers from among the neighbors stay ed with him at night. There came a night which bade fair to be his last on earth. The watchers took ther place in the sick room. The bereaved wife said to them

 ''I don't think he'll last till morning. If he drops off in the night you need not disturb me. for I am going to sleep and want to have the rest, and everything is arranged. You can take the cellar door to lay him out on." 49 i Seeing him drive by on a load of corn stalks just now reminded us of the incl dent. The unhappy woman spoke too lead.
Year: 1876

The Amer1can, no matter what may be his station, is determined to rise. Tweed went away in a common schooner and re- turned in a great ship, the guest of the greatest nation the sun ere scorched.
Year: 1876


To the Voters OF the City of Richmond.
Since declaring myself candidate for the
Sergeancy various false rumors have been
put in circulation regarding myself, which
have not thought proper to contradict
through the public press, knowing they
would not be believed by any good citizen.
/ suppose moro will be circulated during
the election. can only beg of you to put
no faith in them, and 60 early to the polls
and give me your support, as I shall be a
candidate until the sun sets.


,,. JOHN w. WRIGHT.
Year: 1876

SMALL FRE.-On Wednesday afternoon
sparks from chimney set fire to the root OF
a dwelling on the west side OF TWenty-hfth
street between Clay and Leigh streets. Some
of the firemen OF Company f., Church HUI
steam fre-engine company, put out the nre
without turning in an alarm.
Year: 1876

A CONFERENCE.-THE arrival OF the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad train an hour
earlier in the afternoon than hereto
fore will prove great benefit to merchants
and others who receive mail by that route,
as that much more time will be given for
the filling Of orders. The carriers, too, are
now enabled to deliver that mail.
Year: 1876

IF ONE EMPLOYS MAN AND FINDS HIM CON-
pErENT AND FAITHFUL, he does not turn him
away for one untred and unfamiliar with the duties
to be performed especially when there Is no saving
to be effected by the change If this Is SO In private


fe 1t should be praciced in public life as WELL Then
vote for B. H. BERRY, the present tried and faithful
c,erk of the Chancery Court.
Year: 1876

DIsPATcH PRINTIEG-HoUsE.-In order to meet
the constantly increasing demands OF our trace we
have added q we,l-selected assortment OF NEW
TYPE, which, together with our improved ma
CuINERY and sKILFUL MECHANICAL TALENT,
warrant us in guaranteeing the VERY BEST CLASS
OF WORK at moderate figures and In the most expe-
Year: 1876

Anna Dickinson will appear next
May on the stage in Boston in play
written by herself. Miss Anna is
rather presumptuous to start out in
the double role of actress and play
writer ON the same night, it would
seem, but Anna always was queer.
The play is an historical one, and is
entitled "The Crown of Thorns. !"
The leading character is Anna Boleyn
who is represented in the new light
of a loving girl rather than schem-
ing coquette, aroyal queen rather
than cold and ambitious maneuver.
er, noble woman instead of wan
ton, but in all victim of priestly
duplicity and political intrigue and
regal Inconsistency. Miss Dickinson
has faith that Ter play is destined to
be success, but time alone will de-
monstrate the solidity of the grounds
upon which her "mental castle" has
been erected.
Year: 1876

General Prosper n. Wetmore died yesterday morn
ing, in the seventy year of his age at Great
Neck, Long Island, OF heart disease For the past five
six years the deceased had been subject
Of intermittent fever that have gradually broken
down his constitution. He was man prominent in
tho history OF the country during the forty years that
interviewed between 1920 1S6O or late he has lcd
rather a retired life, his health very poor, and
although occasionally he paid visit to the Chamber o.
Commerce and other institutions with which he had
been connected during his busy days he gave such in
dcatons OF a broken down constitution that hi
friends were not astonishcd at the OF his DEATH


General Wetnore trst became prominent public
life through his connection with the organization uf
the Scvonth regiment: and when only twenty-five
afterward connected with an insurance company and
then he drfod into the wholesale dry goods trade In
that line he carried on one OF the largest concerns
the city. On April 4, 1S33 he appointed of the
regents OF the State University, and active in tho
duties appertanng to that Office until hts health failed
He served aide the staf of Governor Seward and
at that time the Intimate friend OF Marcy and other
prominent statesmen. He a member of the Legs-
aIure of the state Of New York 1884 and 1885, and
as chairman of the Committee Colleges and Acade-
took active interest in the public school sys-
tenn During the latter part OF the existence Of the
American Art Union Mr. Wetmorc was elected president
OF tho Institution, position which he held up TO the
time OF its dissolution In 1850.


He was Secretary of the Chamber OF Commerce from
1S43 1S49 served vice president OF the same in
lS49-50 He presented the Chamber Of Commerce with
the two full length portraits Of Alexander Hamilton
and Cadwaadcr Golden that adorn the walls OF the
board ROOM Ho appointed Navy Agent under
Polk's administration and served in that Office from
1915 to 1919 He the oldest member OF the New
England Society and also active member OF the His
torica Society, and in lS47 no published a
volume Of observations the War with
Mexico" During the late he the
secretary Of the Union Defence Committee and his
name viii also be long remembered as the promoter
and organizer OF the Merchants Clerks Savings nsti
tutons. He was the leading spirit in the promotion
Of the FIRST line of steamers between San Francisco
aud China. For the past few years General Prosper
NJ. Wctmore has been absent from the busy life IN
which ho occupied such prominent position, but his
name has not been forgotten, and grateful people
Will always remember with gratitude the man who
gave so much OF his time to the public service.
Year: 1876

WAYS THAT ARE DARK AND TRICKS THAT ARE


EXPECTED TO BE VAIN PRAcTIsED BY THE


ST. LOUIS GAS coMPANIEs-LIGHT THROWN


ON AN ALLEGED GIGANTIC FRAUD.


ST. LOUIS, March 16, 1875


For several weeks the gas in this city has been
fierce and is rapidly reaching the eliminating point.
The Laclede Gasght Company, which supplies the
northern part OF the city, has notified the Mayor that
II certain amount which they claim to be due, is not
paid them by the 1st of April the gas will be turned off,
The city claims the title to the pipes which are being
used by the company, and which valued at over
$500 0Oo and for that refuse pay the demand
for gas used. The Mayor has directed letter to the
City Engineer directing him to furnish estimates of
the cost for lighting the streets with OIL should the
gas bo shut off The residents OF the north part OF tho
city express great Indignation, and make serious threats
against the Laclede Company should the gas be turned
OIL some have gone so Tar as TO express determine
ton to assist in the overt acts and violence the
property OF tho company, and this feeling will, nc
DOUBT he intensified day by day as the gas question
continues to assume more serious aspects


The suit pending between the city and the ST. Louis
Gasight Company, in which the former claims posses
of the title to the works is creating great excite
ment The city has brought suit for the works, well
suit a clam for several hundred thousand dol
lars, and the charge is of long standing that the
pany has during series OF years, practsed the
grossest frauds the city, The city claims that has
had legal title to the works since 1870 and that all the
profits derived since then, amounting to over
81 000 900, belong the city committee appointed
by the Council has been examining the books OF the
the committee has discovered whore the books OF tha
company have been mutilated, several leaves being
torn out tor the purpose of conceang profit OF
81 100 900, out of which is evident tue company In
tended to deraud the city. Tho report appears to be
well authenticated, and great sensation has been
atcd among those who have heard OF the discovery
Year: 1876

Among the culprits brought up in the Court OF
Special Sessions Jersey City yesterday was Peter
vogellcrs, who indicted for atrocious assault
upon his wife. The evidence showed that the woman
was the victim OF continuous brutality the part OF
the husband who spent much OF his timo in the resi-
deuce OF another party in New York. Mrs. Yogellcrs
was lying sick on occasion when her husband re-
turned and demanded money. There was none in


the house and he became cnraged and struck the pros
trate woman several heavy blows The evidence
conclusive and he found guilty. Judge Holman
Immediately sentenced him eighteen months at hard
labor in the State Prison.
Year: 1876

Possibly the unusual mildness Of the past winter ac
counts for the reported appearance Of several seals In
Staten Island Sound Some, 1t said have ventured
up far as Mariners Harbor Lighthouse In this
locality few yet remain and have grown so tame that
they are fed by the lighthouse keeper They creep on
noat near the lighthouse daily and bask in the sun
shine Somo Of the new visitors are black and others
Wi
Year: 1876

Custom House Inspector Judd, stationed at pier No
North River turned in at the seizure room OF the
Custom House yesterday upwards OF 1000 of the
brands OF cigars found concealed on board the
Havana steamship City OF Vera Cruz, which arrived In
this port early yesterday morning
Year: 1876

The subject OF bcOr drinking has SO often led to angry
discussions that the Journal de la Soct de Stastque
de Paris has undertaken to set the question at rest by
giving the quantity made and the quantity drunk by
each individual in the following countries the figures
being principally derived from compilation made by
NJ G. Noback, an eminent SCIENTIST
Year: 1876

walls of obscure picture dealers
were gathered up and sent over "to
be sold to the Yankees" Few of
these leading manufacturers and
still fewer of their distinguished
artists thought it worth while to
send anything at all.
Year: 1876

Our Coffees are all roasted
and ground on our premises.
Our ground Coifees are cut up
in a Steel Mill, which granu-
lates them without powder
ing, and are, in consequence.
free from dust. Only fine
favored Coffees are used By
US for grinding.


Our Roasted Coffee trade is
constantly increasing, owing
to the fact that ali our Coffees
are carefully selected for their
body and fine flavor, and as
we roast in the best style Of
the art, using our own Water
Power, and roasting three
times a week, they are always
fresh and fragrant when sold.
WM. DEAN d CO.,


1S9 Poplar st.
Year: 1876

AN EARNEST LIFE.- Earnestness does
not always move with a clatter. There are
other things in this world which are quite
as pleasant aud edifying as the rub-a dub
dub of snare drum. In fact this kind OF
melody is not generally the highest style of
music. Have you never known man bus
tlng and oiiiciouS, and clamOrous and loud
but who did not weigh heavy after ala
thing very well understood by every one
except Just the man who might have prof
itrd by that piece of information? And
have you never known man, quiet and
unostentatious and faithful, and who was A
perpetual blessing, golden man, deep
souled and true. whose memory fingered
long after he was gone, like light upon the
hills after gorgeous sunset


The shallow stream rattles alono its
course; but when it is met and drowned
by the majestic tides rolling in from the
seas, there is silence on the hills. In the
great tide there is the power of more than
hundred mvuletS, yet its coming is al
most as quiet as the celestial forces that
bring it. Tho tide flows down, and shal,
low grows the stream, and again the empty
goes on. And this is what we
wish to say, that things most potent, al
though demonStrative, as indeed they must
be from their effects, are not necessarily
noisy. \ strong and earnest life need not
make what people are in the habit of call
ing 8 fuss" 1t is better to be known bv
the lead that strikes, than by the bang of
the gun that sends it.
Year: 1876

A MAN In small town down in Maine.
recently wrote To the Handel and Hay
dyn Society in Boston. asking how
much they would charge to come down
there and give a concert. The reply
was that it would be cheaper to bring
the town 10 Boston.
Year: 1876

The ducks Of Mark West Valley, CAL,
ars building their nests in trees this
year. and the people are wondering how
great n freshet they may expect when
even the ducks take to the timber.
Year: 1876

The PENNSYLVANIA Railroad Company has at last be-
gun the work OF fencing in the railroad between Marion
and the Hackensack River. Several accidents have
occurred this section and the company forced
into this action by appeals TO the Grand Jury
Year: 1876

An African preacher illustrates the power
of Gods Word thus: "We know that rocks
are very hard. Our cutlasses and hoes can
do nothing against them, so we leave them
alone. But white people have something
that can break up and scatter any rock in
Uwet or Umon. You will admit that that
something must be more powerful than rocks.
So we all know what country laws and Gus
toms are; we cannot change them, SO we
leave them alone. But thing has come to
Calabar, even Gods word, and it has broken
up and scattered customs that our fathers
thought would remain forever What must
you say concerning that word but that it is
more powerful than the customs of our coun-
try? You know how strong your hearts are :
hearts as strong as yours, have been changed
in our town, have been changed by this word /;
and what must you, therefore, say but that
this word is more powerful than Calabar
hearth Bend your heads, then, before this
word"
Year: 1876

In recent address to young men, ex-
Governor Seymour of New York said:


"Some time since in reviewing my life, l
asked myself, { If l were to wipe out twenty
acts, what should they be 2" Should it be
my business mstakes-my foolish acts (for
l suppose we all do foolish things occasion.
ally(-my grievances-why no, for after all
these are the very things by which have
profted-they are the price of wisdom. So
1 finally concluded it would be better to ex-
punge, instead of my mistakes, my triumphs.
| could not afford to miss the tonic of NOR
tifcation, the refinement of sorrow-I need
ed them every one. The great pivotal diff
ference by which we rise or fall turns upon
the way in which we grapple with our faults
If successful the curse becomes blessing.
Every man is free agent, and he is respon-
sible to himself for this liberty. He is him.
self the greatest of all earthly tribunals
All my acquaintance with the eminent men
of our country has taught me that the key
to greatness is found in fearless self-exam-
ination."


Good advice to thoughtless generation,
which is becoming more thoughtful by the
stress of its own prodigious wrongs and self
inflicted penalties. We are slowly unlearn-
ing much that we never should have known,
and are growing wiser by the virtue of the
"rods and scorpions" with which we are be-
ing chastised. There is providential pro-
cess of success by failure, just as there is a
spiritual experience of those being exalted
in due time who humble themselves under
the mighty hand of God. There are always
hidden tendencies to pride and self deluson
which demand watching. Intellect and
learning are naturally idolatrous, and there
are few of the many self-trained who are not
open to the biting satire of worldly wit,
who said of one of them: ''He is a self
made man and he worships his maker p
But it is this idolatry of self which generally
prevents self-discipline until it is too late.-
To blunder through life, to pile error upon
weakness, anu SORROW upon each new expert
ment is to make ruin sure. Fearless self
examination" and honest repentance come
only of "the wisdom that is from above. y
One who is not brave enoug gh to face him.
self, can never rise above his sins and in
frmities. Moral character must serve its
time amid difficulties. Religious character
gets its tone and shape largely under trials
They are the tests of principle, and the in
struments of its refinement. We could not
afford to be without them. What would the
Psalms of David lose, if their notes of sorrow
and their strains of triumph over it could bt
left out? What could be substituted for tn,
self discipline, the troubles, the martyrdoms
Year: 1876

During voyage, few years since, was
converting with the mate of the vessel on this
topic, when he concurred in the view pre-,
sented, and observed that it called to mind
one of the most thrilling scenes ever beheld.
With this he related the following story:


was at sea on the broad Atlantic, as We
now are. 1t was just such bright moon,
light night as this, and the sea was quite as
rough. The captain retired, and l was upon
watch, when suddenly there was a cry of GA
man overheard" To get out boat was
exceedingly dangerous. I could hardly
make up my mind to command the hands to
expose themselves. volunteered to 60 my
self, if two more would accompany me. Two
generous fellows came forward, and in mo-
ment the boat was lowered, and we were
tossed upon frightful sea.


AS we rose upon mountain wave, we dis
covered the man upon distant billow. We
heard him cry, and responded, coming"
As we descended into the trough of the sea
we lost sight of the man, and heard nothing
but the roar of the ocean. AS we rose upon
the wave, we saw Mm again, and distinctly
heard his call. We gave him another word
of encouragement, and pulled with all
strength. At the top of each successive wave
we saw and heard him, and our hearts were
filled with encouragement; and, as often in
the trough of the sea, We almost abandoned
the hope of success. The time seemed long;
kb ,Io do htrf
for life. We reached him Just as be was
ready to sink with exhaustion. When we had
drawn him into the boat, he was helpless and
speechless.


Our minds now turned to the ship. She
had rounded to; but exhausted as we were,
the distance between US and the vessel was
frightful. One false movement would have
filled our boat, and consigned us all to
watery grave. Yet we reached the vessel,
and were drawn safely upon deck. We were
all exhausted, but the rescued man could
neither speak nor walk; yet he had full
sense of his condition. He clasped our feet
and commenced to kiss them. We disen-
gagged ourselves from his embrace. He then
crawled after US, as we stepped back to avoid
him; he followed as, looking up with smiles
and tears, and then patting our wet foot
prints with his hands, he kissed them with an
eager fondness.


l never witnessed such scene in my life.
l suppose if he had been our greatest enemy
he would have been perfectly subdued by our
kindness. The man was passenger. Dur
ing the whole remaining part of the voyage
he showed the deepest gratitude, and when
we reached the port, he loaded us with pre-.
sents.


But, dear reader, Christ has seen you ex-
posed to more fearful peril, and has made
an infinitely greater sacrifice for your rescue.
He saw you sinking in the billows of eternal
death. He did not merely venture into ex-
treme danger to save you, but has actually
suffered for you the most cruel death. Yet
you have never embraced his feet, nor given
any proper testimony of your thanks. What
estimate ought you to place upon your de-
pravity, when such goodness has for 80 long
time failed to subdue you!-Dr. Parker's
limitations to True Happiness.
Year: 1876

We were advancing toward little wood
of balm and tamarind trees which, to my great
astonishment, 1 saw rising from the midst Of
a sterile soil. All at once the BethlemiteS
stopped, and showed me with their hands, at
the bottom of ravine, something that had
not perceived. Without being able to say
what it was, I got a glimpse of something
like a kind of sand moving over the motion
less soil. 1 approached this singular object,
and saw yellow stream, which l had diff.
Guilty in distinguishing from the sand on its
two banks. 1t was down deep below the
surface, and slowly rolled along thick
wave it was the Jordan.


I had seen the great rivers of America,
with the pleasure which solitude and nature
inspire; l had visited the Tiber with eager
ness, and sought with as much ardor the Eu-
rotas and Cepbysus; but / cannot describe
what l felt at the sight of the Jordan. Not
only did that stream recall an antiquity that
was famous, and one of the greatest names
that the most beautiful poetry had ever en-.
trusted to the memory of man; but its banks
offered to me as well the scene of the miracles
of our religion. Judea is the only country
upon earth that retraces to the traveller the
souvenir of human affairs and of the things
of heaven; and which causes to arise from
the very depths of the soul, by this comming
ling, sentiment and thoughts which no other
spot can inspire Chateaubriand.
Year: 1876

81 have prayed for thee "


Words the Lord Jesus.


l was reading of poor girl who taught
her young brother many a lesson, and heard
him many prayer. When he grew older
he grew wild, and went far away from home !;
and she who had prayed with him feared
he had given up praying. She loved him
well, and prayed for him every day. If he
had forgotten to pray for himself, she would
not forget to pray for him.


Reading this story, said to myself, in low
and thoughtful tone-when I haze for.
gotten to pray for myself, Jesus Christ, whO
Vas crucifed, has not forgotten to pray
for me.


But for His prayer who died for my sins,
my cries would have no answer of salvation.
He loved me, and became my Advocate with
the Father. I have received Him as my
Priest, and now my person and petitions are
accepted through His person, and Office, and
satisfaction whom the Father heareth always.
In His exaltation, now that He has come
into His kingdom, He is doing for me won
derful prieStly work.


His prayer-the offering up of His desire,
His appearing before God in my behalf
shall not end. Of His kingdom and of His
priesthood there shall be no end. He shall
continue forever my Surety, my Representa-
tive in the everlasting covenant, the An
swerer of all claims and charges against me.
He ever liveth to make intercession, and so
He saves me to the uttermOst.


There is no fault in Him, nor deficiency in
His intercession, nor need nor room for an.
other mediator. My perfect and peerless
One, He only, He alone can appear before
God in my behalf, to plead His own merits
aud render me acceptable; and assuredly my
history is written in the alternative of being
accepted in the Beloved, or of being unbe-
lieving, unpardoned, and rejected in my sin


1 am required to make no apology for cal
ling Him mine, since He has given Himself
to me in His glory and in His love. God
most high is the God of every one who is
near to Him by faith. When we believe, the
distance is gone. In Christ we become al
lied to all above, and God permits every one
who believeth, "to address Him by those
near personal pronOuns that so astonish us
by their boldness in the prayers of the Old
Testament saints, 0 God, my God, early will
1 seek Thee-O my soul, thou hast said unto
the Lord, thou art my Lord"
Year: 1876

WERE THEY NOT SENT


| went out alone in large city, particu
larly desiring to meet two persons residing
miles away, in different directions, and in
tending to search for one of them. l had
hardly gone more than square, when the
latter was at my side, and he had left me but
few moments when the other addressed me,
neither having any knowledge of my desire,
and each coming to me at the very best time
and place. And these were the only two
friends whom l met that day, having no use
for any other. Were they not sent by Him,
"Whose never-failing Providence ordereth
all things both in heaven and earth;" and
why should l fear to travel alone thousand
miles in the dark, as l often do, if He will
thus go with me mot only giving sight
to the blind, " and putting away all hurtful
things" but bringing to me those whom /
need Just when and where l need them.


Is this not better far than eyes and riches?