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Year: 1875

Mr.. Kasson, from the Committee of Ways
and Means, this morning made the report of
that committee With reference to the alleged
corrupt use Of money to obtain the subsidy
of 1872 to the Pacific Mail Steamship Com.
pany. The report proper is merely recita-
tion of the labers of the committee In the
means taken to collect all the testimony pos.
sible bearing on the subject.


The resolutions reported certify the case
OF William S. King and John G. Schumacher
to the next House of Representatives for its
action; turns over to the District attorney OF
the District of Columbia the evidence given
by each witness to take such action as he may
deem necessary, and recommends that any
newspaper reporter who may by the testi'
mony have been proven to have accepted
money from the company for corrupt pur-
pose be denied the courtesy of the report
ers' gallery. IlHoN.
Year: 1875

There will be no session of the First
District Court to-day.


In the Fourth District Court yesterday
member of the bar caused himself some
inconvenience by persisting in a contempt.
1t was not single offense, but one repeated
three times and not resulting from excite
ment, but seemed intended expressly to
show disrespect to the court. 1t is strange
that an attorney imagines that he can gain
his point by such course, or that his con-
duct will benefit his client. Perhaps, as it
was on the trial of rule for contempt in
the refusal of husband to pay alimony,
sympathy was the motive. In that case
the fine of $25 and the imprisonment of
twenty-four hours may be satisfactory.
Such affairs are very disagreeable to every
body in court, and Judge Lynch must have
regretted the necessity for the fine, for his
great patience was remarked by all present.


In the Superior Criminal Court, George
H. Braughn, Esq, presiding in the absence
Of Judge Atocha, ordered tie name of
Henry Berleya to be stricken from the list of
jurors. Throughout the March term he
has successfully evaded service in capital
cases. In his examination in the Dudley
Wheyland arson case he stated on his roir
dire he knew all about the case, but when
asked where the fire took place was unable
to tell. After severely rebuking him Judge
Braughn ordered his name to be stricken
from the roll.
Year: 1875

Pursuant to Call of the president, S. w.
Hamilton, the Delta Levee Board met at
the Fire mans Hall on Thursday evening,
for the purpose of reviewing the situation
and to find out what necessary repairs were
needed on the Delta levee in order to pro-
tect our town from inundation.


The president thought the levee back of
the town was more dangerous, if possible,
than at any time during the high water of
last year, and recommended that Immediate
action be taken to secure the town against
the inevitable overflow that would follow
should the river attain the height it did
last year. He also stated for the informa.
ton of the board that ne had received the
note of the Louisiana Levee Company for
the amount expended on the levee last
spring. He thought that the note could be
disposed OF very advantageously, and rec
commended that committee be appointed
to negotiate its sale, the proceeds of which
should pc applied to repairing the levee.
from New Orleans, said that while there he
called on Chief Engineer Thompson, and
asked him what was going to be done for
our levee. He was told that nothing would
be done this year-that it was not neces-
sary. 1t will be seen we can look for no
relief from that quarter.


On motion of MIR. Bradfeld, the president
was requested to appoint committee of
three ~ investigate the leyee, and report
what repairs are necessary to the next
meeting. The president appointed Messrs
Goodman, Madden and Simon. On motion,
Mr.. w. P. TOwne was added to the com
mittee.


Messrs. Goodman and Hamilton were
committee to negotiate the sale
Of nOteuf the Louisiana Levee Company.-
Madison Journal
Year: 1875


The Picayune is a queer paper. A large
portion of it's spacd is usually devoted to
extraordinary fctions, worked up INTO
stupendOus sensations, and another respect
able portion to explanations and apologies
for those that appeared in the previous
issue.


Yesterday morning it gravely announced
that General Badger had been elected
treasurer of the Police Board, in place OF
Mr.. Murdock, gave the names of his bonds.
men and drew some remarkable deductions
therefrom. The fact is that under the pro-
visions of a law passed by the Legislature
of 1874 middle man was required to be
elected every year as q sort Of a stakeholder
of the police funds on their transit from the
hands of the Administrator of Finance to
to the treasurer Of the Police Board. Mr..
J. II. Oglesby accepted the position in 1874,
and advances were made by him for the
payment of the force until the amount of
his loans exceeded the amount of taxes col
lected by the city some $l25,0O0. On the
first of the new year, as required by law,
the board sought to elect a fiscal agent for
1875, but Mr.. Oglesby declined to accept
the expensive honor, and nobody else would
touch it.


The board then applied for relief from
the Legislature, and the new bill was
signed by the Governor yesterday and will
probably be promulgated tomorrow.


Meantime the city commenced the collec.
tion Of taxes with great deal of vigor, and
in single week enough of the police tax
had been realized to pay the January rolls
of the police, and part of the February
rolls. The board then, as q mere formality,
elected General Badger fiscal agent, and
designated bank of deposit for the recep-
ton of the funds in order to get the money
placed in the hands of the treasurer of the
board for disbursement to the members of
the force, who have six months pay due.
Up to this time, however, Administrator
Pilsbury has had technical objections to
turning over the funds.


When the new bill is promulgated the
city Administrator of Finance will turn the
police funds over to the treasurer of the
board as fast as received, and the office of
fiscal agent will cease to exist.
Year: 1875

The Yazoo City Herald is one of the most
violent of Democratic papers-so far as it's
outside is concerned-published in Mlssis.
sippi. The inside is of the patent order.
printed in the West, and that is neutra!
save on such advertised subjects as Vinegar
Bitters, Smiths organs, DR.. Pierce's Blood
Purifier, and matters of such kidney. But
the Herald has q complaint that no Demo-
crat can cure. It is made in the following
words:


The sneak who choused this Office ont of
a job of printing the other day by Whisper
ing to the party desiring the work done
(who, by the by, was a stranger, and, We
suppose, DemOcrat) that the Herald was
Republican sheet might find some en-
plOyment for his idle hands to do if he
would only let his name be known. We
did not suppose we had among us so
miserable a wretch. We endeavored to
induce the gentleman who was thus imposed
upon, and at our expense, to give us the
name of his informant, but without success,
not wishing, as he said to be mixed 10 in
an affair, stranger as he was, in which he
had no personal, or for that matter, any
other interest. We propose to deal fairly
with all men, and as we wonld do unto
them SO we must insist upon their doing
unto us-let come what may.


The Yazoo man is entitled to the sym.
pathy Of every Republican who has tried
to do business in the White League States.
The results of the ostracism which the
Herald has taught tells unfavorably when
it comes home to the authors. In this case
the editor is severely punished. He is not
only called Republican, but he is "choused"
out of a job Of work. He did not deserve
that, for his talent has been devoted to the
color line cause, the examination of Crosby's
bond and liberal abuse Of Governor Ames
Notwithstanding all that he has been
Stunned by strangers, ostracised, slandered
and 'choussd," and his heart is sore.
Year: 1875

WASHINGTON, March 24-The Senate was
in executive session all day, most Of the
ton of Don A. Pardee to be United States
district judge of Louisiana, vice Durell,
resigned. The nomination was finally laid
on the table.


A committee was then appointed to wait
upon the President and inform him that the
Senate was ready to adjourn, unless he Rad
some further communication to make. The
President replied he had not.


The usual resolution of thanks to the
Vice President and president pro tenn Of
the Senate were agreed to and the Senate
at 5:i5 P. NJ. adjourned sine die.
Year: 1875

2On PER WEEK FOR FRONT SITTING ROOM
PAO and double Bedroom for gentleman and wife two
gentlemen; closets running water excellent Board 25e
West Twentyhth street. between Seventh and Eighth
Year: 1875

| A PRIVATE FAMILY DESIRE TO LET-WITH


n Board or two neatly furnished front Rooms, to gen
teman and wife single gentleman second third floor
Of house 02 West Forst street. between Broadway and
Sixth avenue; references
Year: 1875

As CHIMNEY-TOPS are exposed to the
alternate influences of wet and Gry,
freezing and thaWing, more than any
other part of brick editicc, il is impor-
tani that the bricks and the mortar should
be OF the best quality. Many brick-ma
sons at the present day DO not appear 10
know that when mortar is made of lime
ana lean for building chimney-lops
both the bricks and mortar will absorb
rain until the entire top is thoroughly
saturated. Then in cold weather, before
the water has eVaporated the brick
work is frequently frozen through and
through, by which means such bricks rs
have net been burned 10 dark cherry
red color will be CiSlnlCgralcd by the
frost and the mortar Will bulge out at
the joints. If the chimneyS are not COW
cred with copestone or brick-work rain
viii flow on the inside; and if the Chin
ney extends down through the attic the
wall on the side of the brick-WOrk will
be seriously damaged In many instances
we have known such "A volume of water
10 fall down the inside of large chin
ney-tOp as to saturate the bottom bricks
10 excess, and then PASS down beyond
the closet, or rather foundation on which
the chimney rested 10 the serious injury
of The walls beneath We have in mind
a chimncy-tOp standing on closet in
the attic of a farmers dwelling which
collected such volume of water every
protrscted storm that cOlored liquid
would How down through the bottom of
the chimney, and they were obliged to
l.. I, J. I. II


droppingS After bushel Of sand was
poured down in the top of the chimney
no more liquid passed through.


The brick of every chimney-top should
be 50 thoroughly burned that they will
not diSintegrate if allowed to lie on the
ground from year to year. Then when
laid they should be soaked in water until
they cease to absorb it. When dry brick
are laid in mortar the moisture of the
mortar Will he absorbed So readily by
the bricks that the union between the
mortar and bricks Will be simply me-
ChaniCdl, and there will be comparative
ly little strength TO the mortar, for the
reason that it dries too rapidly. But
when wet and hard burned bricks are
laid up in mortar made OF clean sand
say tour or tlve parts, one part of good
lime Just Stacked, and one part of prime
ccment-the mortar will unite with the
bricks, dry slowly and become almost as
solid rs the bricks. We kncw of large
chimney-topS which we're built in the
foregoing manner in the wear 1903, and
which are in good condition at the pres
ent time. having never been repaired
during that long period


When chimney collects so much
water that it sOakS through the sides OF
bottom to the injury of the wall, a brick
arch should be over the top, or a cope,
stone should cover it, supported at The
four corners by pieces of brick, so that
there will he free passage beneath the
stone of not less than four inches on
both sides of the chimney. Half dol
lars worth of good cement, in connec-
ton with good lime and clean sand, will
often save an expense for repairs and
damage To walls amounting TO ten dollars
OF mOre.-HUagdctHrsr and Builder
Year: 1875

| came in contact invariably expressed
as fearful OF very siekly season. In
Havana, too, made a point of asking
the opinion Of almost every one | met
on this point. 1t was the same--a gen.
eral apprehension was felt, and even the
most conservative we're compelled to
acknowledge their fears"


In concluding his report he says
The increased temperature of the past
winter being six degrees above the aver
age, the undue prevalence Of southerly
and easterly winds and the absolute ab-
sence of northers during the whole win.
ter, the general opinion existing among
those who have had the best opportuni-
mites to observe and form Judgment,
the actual appearance of yellow fever so
early in the year both at Havana and
Key West, all combine to favor the be-.
lief that any protraoted stay Of a large
naval force at either of those places
might have most calamitols result,
and would therefore be in the highest
degree imprudent"
Year: 1875

At Port Jarvis few days ago, des :
plunged into the Delaware river and
swan under the new bridge at Saw Mill
Rift, while ninety men were at work
there. 1t was unable to get out of the
water, owing to the walls of ice lining
the banks. The water was very high,
and it swan down the river half mile,
seeming at times to be in danger of
drowning, but Snally landed on the New
York side and made its escape. The
animal had probably been chased to the
river by dogs.
Year: 1875

A grievious and deplorable error seems


often to take possession of the heart of man
! kind They seem to think that when a man
/ has become rich. that then he Is independent
! Let us see II we can discover what ndepend-


epee, or non-tlependence. more strictly speak
ing. means Non, IN the Latin, means no or
not and therefore non dependence means no
dependence or not dependent. what do we
mean by dcpcndenty To rely upon any one
for support or favor. Now, when under
obligations to any one, in proportion to the
magnitude ofsuch obligations are we depend
ent The man who owns a large store we'll
supplied with large stock OF goods, is indie
pendent. you say. Wen. We viii see. Sup
pose his customers all abandon him and 90
to some other place to trade. what will the
man do with his goods? They will lay on his
shelf and decay. and why? Because those
on whom he depended for their sale, have not
come to buy. There is. and ever will be. as
long as the world shall stand, a feeling among
humanity of mutua dependence. We love
TO depend upon each other; to feel that there
are those who lean upon rs for support, COM
lolt anu 'blINoilllbll' lllS lctliHS bluus US,
with holier and nobler tie. to humanity
and makes rs more keenly susce ptibIe to the
woes and surerings of our fellow-men


Self-dependence is the support and main
tanning of ones self by his own individual
exertions There is not the young boy in our
town who does not look forward, with feel
ing akin to delight, to the time when he shall
g. earn his own liying"-when he will be
twenty -onc, and his own man." We look


in memary's glass, and back comes to our
mind a happiness that we have never since
known. We remember the first wages we
received after we had finished our trade. We
felt proud we were earning our own living.
we were >elf-dcprndcnt' But we were not
independent. 1t we had had no one to en-
ploy MS. we could not have earned our living.
No. we are all dependent upon each other,
and to this fact wcOwe much of the happi-
ness Of life. Dependence is the green oasis
on the great desert ofhuman existence. When
we arc tired ofthe journey through the sandy
soil how sweet to rest in its grassy glades.
But at the halt in liie's race we are more de-
pendent than ever Kind friends close our
eyes, robe MS in the vcsturc Of the grave and
Law us to rest in the mansions Of the dead.
We can be self-dependent: never indcpend-
cnt.
Year: 1875

In one or two of the speeches at re-
cent dinner in New York there was per-
cep,ible accent of impatience Dissats.
fed with the existing parties, the speak
ers were evidently for organizing a new
party out OF hand. If they did not say
so in so many words, they made their
meaning sufficiently clear ..


We perfectly understand and respect
the feeling of these gentlemen. 1t is a
very natural one under all the crcum
stances. But we do not share it. Grant.
ed that the existing political organza-
tons have outllved their usefulness, and
that new deal is desirable; it does
not follow that it is either the dNty or
policy of dissatisfied voters to forthwith
rush OIL and found new party. Indeed,
there are reasons for fearing that such a
procedure ON their part would 90 far to
wards defeating the very objects they
have in view. There is a time for all
things even for founding new parties.
We are still in the spring of 1875 1t is
a good year and more to the meeting of
the national conventions Nobody can
tell what will or what will not happen
during this interval For thePresent, at
least the proper attitude for the dissatis
fed citizen, as it seems to us, is one Of
EARNED observation. His true plan is
to wait aud see, A year hence our poll,
tics may present very different and sur
prising aspects.


And certainly, if there is any class OF
American citizens who can well afford to
possess their souls in patience, it is the
independent voters.
Year: 1875

We are allowed to publish the following
private letter from Capt. VIM. II. Morrison
who /, very well known to Most Of our citi-
zens Many have an idea that they have only
to 60 to the great West to find the country
flowing with milk and honey" We hope
this letter of Capt Morrison will open the
eyes of those restless ones, who are not con
tent to live and labor at home. and do we'll
better than if they had pulled up and gone
West, to a country they know nothing Of
Read the letter and make mp your minds that
YOU viii let well enough alorc;"


GILMAN, CoIoRApo. April 30, 1875


DEAR SIR-lour favor to hand yes terday-
and glad to hear from you. replied to your
last letter long time since, and it must be mis-


laid somewhere leave tomorrow for down
ON Tie plains to gather up cattle. will be gone
about ten days and on my return will make
arrangements for summer tour In the noun
tainS to leave here some time in June. Haney
from Little Rock Is coming out and would be
delighted to have you join our party. >
Since writing You last we have had another
visitation or repetition Of last year in way of
a rising generation-grasshoppe the whole
country is alive with them, and | predict Sc
riorIs times in Colorado this year--and should
these pets remain long it win he death blow
to Colorado NV crop unfortunately is
mostly in and coming up nicely and | am
having the "eXcruciting pleasure y OF seeing
It destroyed rs fast it appearS-theFe is ten
thousand grasshoppers to every spear OF grain
that j. grown and they await the coming OF
| the balance to take 1t In. BydH means, il you
have friends coming here with a view to To-
eating and farming. advise them to remain
where they are, as this country will unQues.
| tonably be ruined as regards farming. So
soon as can dispose of what have shall
either engage al some other business or leave
the country. Any person out of health and
has plenty money to live with this is the
country for them-but do say uahesitdtiRgly
that this Is the worst country | ever saw for a
poor or lazy man; a man with means can dc
well here rs well MS in any other country.
| hope You will come ont rs | shall have Il
plenty leisure time this summer and can show
vou about. Write again soon Yours in
haste, WM. MORRISON.
Year: 1875

at St. Louis, saying that advces had reached him to
the effect that special counsel Henderson had in the
course of the Avery trial, made attack upon
the President and assuring the United States At
tOrney that the Department will not continue to
pay special counsel for this kind Of service.
Year: 1875

The scene occurred i'll a railroad car on
the Union Pacific Railroad, in which two
men were gambling, while the rest of the
passengers looked on. One of the games
ters was type of the professionals who
''work the road-a desperate trickster.
sleek and ugly; the other was rough,
grizzled miner, fresh from the mountains.
and carrying abundance of money. The
game-draw poker-was for large stakes,
and played silently and watchfully Finally
a huge pot accumulated Each man had
evidently good hand and was resolved to
stand by it. Each man raised the other,
until finally the miner called The
gambler showed his hand-three aces and
two quecns-at the same time covering the
money with his hand The miner uttered
not word he merely took two of his five
cards and laid them down they were aces
This meant five aces i'll the pack. The
gambler had dealt. Then the miner reached
back like lightning, drawing huge navy
revolver lie cooked it and placked the
muzzle between the eyes of the gambler
Not a word was spoken, but each of the
two men looked steadily into the eyes of
the other, Soon the gamblers hand upon
the money began to draw back, and the
gambler form as well The revolver fol
lowed, The gambler stepped into the aisle,
and at this point passengers in the car
seemed to lose their interest in the game,
most of them trying to get under the seats.
The gambler backed down the aisle toward
the door, and as he passed out the muzzle
of the huge revolver still stared him in the
face. Then the miner put up his pistol,
pocketed the money, lit his pipe and was
as other men. Not word had been
spoken from the time the ''call'' was made.


1t was merely one of the rare occasions
where gambler on the Union Pacific mis-
takes his man.
Year: 1875

We always think of great men as in the
act of performing deeds which give them
renown, or else in stately rcpose, grand, 81
lent and majestic. And yet, this is hardly
fair, because the most gracious and magni-
fcent of the human beings have to bother
themselves with the little things of life
which engage the attention of us smaller
people. No doubt Moses snarled and got
angry when he had severe cold in his
head, and if flea bit his leg while he was
in the desert, why should he not jump and
use violent language and rub the sore place?
And CGsar-isn't it tolerable certain he
used to become furious when he went up
stairs to get his slippers in the dark and
found that the Cal alphurnia had showed them
under the bed SO that he had to sweep
around them wildly with u broom handle !?
And when Solomon cracked his crazy bone
is it unreasonable to suppose that he ran
around the room and felt as if he wanted
to cry? Imagine George Washington sit
ting on the edge of the bed and putting on
clean shirt, and growing at Martha be-
cause the buttons were off ; or st. Angus
tine with an apron around his neck, having
his hair cut or Joan of Are holding her
front hair in her mouth as women do, while
she fixed up her back hair or Napoleon
jumping out of bed in Il frenzy to chase a
mosquito around the room with Il pillow (;
or Martin Luther in night shirt, trying
to put the baby to sleep at 2 o'clock in the
morning or Alexander the Great, with
hiccoughs or Thomas Jefferson getting
suddenly over Il fence to avoid dog or
Duke of Wellington with the mumps OF
Daniel Webster abusing his wife because
she hadn't tucked the covers i'll at the foot
of the bed or Benjamin Franklin pairing
his corns with razor; or Jonathan Edwards
at the dinner table, wanting to sneeze just
as he got his mouth full of hot beef; or
Noah standing at his window throwing
bricks 1T a cat