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Year: 1871

New YORK, January PA special
to the EUeHiag Telegram, from Lon
don, oath, says the Ambassador oi
Austria and the North German Con-
federation, in compliance with in
structions received from the respec-
tive governments to inquire Of Cardi-
nal AntOnelli what guarantee the
Pope would regard as sufficient on
the part Of the Italian government to
remove the distrust at present exist
ing between the civil and religious
authorities, in reply, by order Of the
Pope, intimated that the court of
Rome wished no guarantee other than
the pure and simple restitution Of the
territory to the church from the Ne
ape Titan frontier to the Pc, and would
accept no arrangement not based on
those conditions.


The Pope's health is good. Much
of his time is occupied in receiving
visitors. The Belgian deputatiOn
waited on him recently and presented
the Offering of the Catholics of Bel
GUM and an address.


The Prince and Princess Of Pied
mont left Florence yesterday morn
ing and arrived at the capital at 4
O'Clock in the afternoon. An i'm
mense crowd greeted them at the sta
ton and accompanied the cortege,
consisting of the troops Oft the garrison
and four legiOns of the national guard
who paraded in honor of the Prince
and Princess, to the palace. On ar
irving at the palace an enthusiastic
demonstration was made by the pOpu-
lace.


Both the distinguished persons, in
answer to LOUD vivas, repeated again
and again, appeared on the balcony.
Princess Marguerite acknowledged
the welcome of the people in charm
ing courtesy. She wore a blue velvet
mantle, white silken robe and an en-
brOidered scarf, displaying the cOlOrs
of the house Of Savoy.
Year: 1871

The Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue is convinced that the collection
of the tax will do no good to the
treasury, because it viii cost, under
the present law, almost as much as it
will Weld. and will, besides, impair
the general prosperity Of the country,
and lessen the productiveness Of other
taxes. There is. therefore, no reason
for leaving the obnoxious tax another
week on the statute book. The con-
troversy is closed; and Congress has
but to carry into effect the decision Of
the country.
Year: 1871

Giving comprehensive Review Of Trade IN
memphis and PRICES CURRENT OF every
article Of Merchandise IN Market, Domestic
OF Foreign, with q variety Of ColrHERCTAL


MATTER, OF interest and value to every bllai-
ness man ana family, and
Year: 1871

The following hymn, written for the occasion
by Oiiver Wendell Holmes. was sung by the pupils
OF the public schools at Music Hail. Boston, on Sat.
nrday The Grand Duke Alexis and suite were
present:]


Shadowed sol long by the storm.cloud of danger,


Thou whom the prayers of an empire defend
welcome. thrice welcomel but not stranger;


Come to the nation that calls thee its friend.
Bleak are our shores with the blasts Of December,


Fettered and chill is the rivulet's now
Throbbing and warm are the hearts that remember


Where was our friend when the world was our foe.
Look on the lips that smiling to greet thee,


See the fresh flowers that people has strewn;
Count them thy sisters and brothers that meet thee


Guest of thenation her heart is thine own.
Fires of the North, in eternal communion,


Blend your broad flashes with evenings bright
God bless the Empire that loves the Great Union


Strength to her peopel Long life to the Car
Year: 1871

Here is an argument for the Natiss. which
opposes woman suffrage upon the ground
that the introduction of the element of sex
into politics would insensibly but inevitably
dernnge the conduct of the public service:


IAN English commander found his steam.
ship some thirty miles out OF her course.
He was sorely troubled. and could not &C.
count for the local attraction that had cent
him 50 fur out of the way. Instruments and
calculations appeared equally faultless.
sorely troubled from having passed sleep
less, watchful night, the captain went on
deck after breakfast. Seeing . lady sitting
(as was her custom) and working near the
binaaclc, it occurred to him that propably
the scissors were resting on the edge of it.
Detecting nothing of the sort. and bent on
closer investigation, he discovered that the
chair had an iron frame It also reasonably
flashed across him that the ladys ample
crinoline was extended by steel hoops So
mastering all his facultics, he exclaimed
with as much forgiveness and q little re-
proach in his eye ~ possible, .Madam, you
have, by your local attraction, drawn my
ship some thirty miles from her course"


Such being the magnetic influence of wo-
man. it is perhaps we'll to consider how far
her presence near the helm would cause the
Ship of State to defect from its proper
course,
Year: 1871

A JOURNALISTIC DIsPuTE.-An eminent
journalist in Kalamazoo, Michigan. declared
in his paper that rival editor had seven
toes. The rival editor thereupon came out
in double. loaded article, in which he de-
nounccd the statement As untruthful, and
declared that the "author of It was liar
and scoundrel." The eminent journalist
replied that he didn't for moment wish to
have it understood that he meant that all
seven of those toes were on one foot And
now the rival editor tries to avoid the pub
lie scorn by asking his readers seriously,
''Are these subjects which ought to be dis.
cussed in organs whose duty 1t is to mould
public opinionl" sat a#@ &.tt sHa@
Year: 1871

From Dublin comes an account Of a


most extraordinary concave, composed
Of the young lads Of that city, known as
the Lurganeers, the object OF which il 10
engage in and successfully prosecute acts
Of alawlessness in great variety. The
IIurgaueers are boys of the lowest class,
and their headquarters are three old
coal-yaults under the sidewalk of Linen
hall street There they meet TO count
and secrete their ill-gotten gains, and to
concoct fresh plots of villainy. The
latest attempt of the captain Of the
gang was nothing less than cold -blooded,
murderous assault. He enticed bright.
looking boy into one Of the vaults, and
then commenced beating him on the
head with sknll-eracker ma short
cane loaded with lead at both ends, The
intended victim struggled violently with
his assailant, and finally succeeded in
reaching the street, covered with blood,
which proceeded from twelve ghattly
wounds, The captain was soon after
arrested and remanded to await the re,
suit Of the boys injuries II is alleged
that the attack was the result Of dclib.
crate design on the part OF tbe assail4ni,
and that he actually had grave dug for
the reception Of the body Of his yictim.
In one of the vaults there certainly Is a
recently-made cavity resemblinga grave,
about foot and a half deep, and nearly
five feet in length, amply sufficient for
the purpose, If so horrible a purpose
were really entertained. The PRISONER,
on the other hand, had asserted that he
attacked the boy merely TO compel him
to give up his money. II
Year: 1871

about in the proposal, for he had
heard talk of brisk Scotch terrier
that was about to be brou ght to
keep the rats from the grain; but
you may be sure he kept his know
ledge ito himself, SO that Feather
head Was none the wiser for it. "The
nonsense Of fellows like Tip Chip
munk!" said Featherhead to his
admiring brothers and sisters. "Thc
perfectly stupid nonsense! There
he goes delving, and poking, picking
up nut here and a grain there,
while | step into property at once"


"But [ hope, my son, you are
careful to be honest in your deal
ings," said old Nutcracker, who was
very moral squirrel. With that,
young Fcatherhead threw his tail
saucily over his shoulder, winkcd
knowingly at his brothers, and said,
Certainly, sir! If honesty consists
in getting what you can while it is
going, I mean to be honest" Very
soon Featherhed appeared to his ad:
miring companions in the height of
prosperity. lie had a splendid hole
in the midst of heap of chestnuts
and seemed to be rolling in wealth {;
lie never came home without bring
ing gifts for his mother and sister:
lie wore his tail .jauntily over his
back, and patroriizcd Tip Chipmunk
with a gracious nod whenever lie
met him, and thought that the world
was going well with him.


But one luckless day, as Feather
head was lolling in his hole, up came
two boys with the 1riskiest, Wiricst
Scotch terrier you ever saw. His
eyes blazcd like torches, and poor
Fedthcrhead's heart died within him
as he heard the boy say, "Now,
we'll see if we can't catch the rascal
that eats our grain.7 .Featherhead
tried to stink out of the hole he had
gnawed to come i'll by, but found it
stopped.


ooh, YOU are there, are you,
mister?" said the boy. "Well you
don't get out, and now for a cllase!'
And sure enough poor Teatherhead
ran distracted with terror up and
down, through the bundles of hay,
between barrels and over casks but
with the barking terrier ever at his
heels, and the boys running, shout
ing and cheering his pursuer on.
He was glad at last to escape through
a crack, though he left half Of his
fine brush behind him-for Master
Wasp, the terrier, made a snap at
it just as he was going, and cleaned
all the hair off of it, SO that it was as
bare as a rats tail.


Poor Featherhead limpcd off,
bruised and beaten, and bedraggled,
with the boys and dog still after
him; and they would have caught
him if Tip Chipmunk's hole had not
stood open to receive him. Tip took
him in, like a good natured fellowas
he was, and took the best care Of
him; but the glory Of Featherhead's
tail had departed for ever. He had
sprained his left paw, and the fright
and fatigue he had gone through
had broken up his constitution, so
that lie never again could be what
he had been; but Tip gave him a
situation as under-clerl1 in his estab-
lishment, and from that time he was
a sadder and wiser squirrel than he
had ever been before Harper's
Fourth Reader.
Year: 1871

One of the many Misses Young
was recently spoken to by her father,
Brigham, in reference to q proposal
for marriage from a Salt Lake mer-
chant. The young woman, with
considerable spunk, replied, II am
willing to marry dozen husbands
if you will let me select them for
myself, but I will never put up with
a piece of q man."
Year: 1871

at Louisville, Ky, the fines col
lccted for drunkenness are placed
in the school fund, and many OF the
prominent men get drunk every
week Just to contribute to the cause
OF education,
Year: 1871

A Grammarian's Thought.-What
a contrast there sometimes is be-
tween the adjective and its adverb!
Reflect, for example, on the wide
difference that EXISTS between the
man who is constant in love, and
the man who is constantly in love!
Year: 1871

MIR. CAMILLE ROOS having just re-
IVA turned from New Orleans with very
finely assorted stock of general merchandise,
invites his friends and the public in general to
call and examine his goods and he is satisfied
that they will find his prices to suit the times.
Year: 1871

The way to quarrel with a wife is
to wait until she is at her toilet pre-
paratory to going out. She will be
sure to ask you if her bonnet is
straight. Remark that the lives of
nine-ter' IS of the women are passed
in thin. lg whether their bonnets
are straight, and wind up with the
remark that you never knew but one
woman WI } had common sense about
her. VII will ask you who that
was. You will, with a sigh, reply,
"Ah! never mind.' Wife will ask
you why you did not marry her. You
say, abstractedly, "Ah, why, in
deed?" The climax is reached by
this time, and a regular row is sure
to follow. =,
Year: 1871

Some sort Of sanctity should attach to writs
of hd5eas corpus and certi0r0ri. The right
to personal liberty Is great right. Chartered
rights must not be ruthlessly trampled upon.
But in the matter of ha5eGs corpus there ia
being given In our courts altogether too wide
and extended an area. This is the present
great open sesame to criminals of every sort,
the key that unlocks prison doors, the tails
manic wand that transports from gloomy
dungeons to the glorious freedom of the sun
light and pure air and that more acceptable
freedom, freedom from onos prosecutors. The
last attempt to make writs of habe0s corpus
subservient of ends designed to defeat justice
showed itself yesterday before Judge Brady, of
the Supreme Court, in tho case Of the eighty
five low and abandoned wretches captured by
the police in their late raid upon the miserably
vile bagpios In Greenwich street. What is the
use In arresting such persons and imme-
diately turning them loose againp The law ia
clear as to the legality of such arrests: We
only wish that 1t was as clear to the police
authorities that it is their duty to follow up
these arrests and clean out every bagnio In the
city.
Year: 1871

NAPOLEON AND THE RETURNING SOLDIERS
or THE LATE fsRERIAL ARMY.-A Cologne
paper called the Echo states that the French
prisoners are leaving Germany at the rate of
one thousand per day, and that those only
who are known to be fayorable to the Yer
ssIllss government are allowed TO depart.
There srv some who viii interpret this as
favorable Sign for the restoration of Napoleon.
II ID jast q natural to conclude that the return
Of the late imperial soldiers will aid the cause
Of the republic or contribute TO the restoration
q the House Of Orleans.
Year: 1871

A trial was commenced yesterday In the
Supreme Court, before Judge Sutherland,
which, it Is to be hoped, will determine the
extent Of freedom allowed to policemen In
using their clubs upon the heads Of prisoners
without making themselves amenabls for Pc
cuniary damages. As usual there has been
the proverbiat sIaw's delays" in this case. The
clubbing took place about six years ago, but
by those strategic devices known to the law
present case seems q. rather hard one. The
plaintiff, who resided In Westchester
county, according to his story, was
late in catching q train, and while
running towards tho Harlem depot was
stopped and held by person in citizens
clothes he had never seen before. He tried
to get away, when his captor shouted 'Police,"
and shortly sergeant and three policemen
had him in their clutches, beat him unmerci-
fully with their clubs, dragged him to the
station and thrust him, more dead than alive,
into cell in the Nineteenth precinct station
house, where he was kept over night. He
claims ten thousand dollars damages. The
defence Is the old, old one Of ''drunk and dis
orderly conduct" by the prisoner. II remains
to be seen, even If the charge of drunkenness
is proved, whether four policemen will be
held justi6able in using their combined clubs
upon the head of drunken man to effect his
secure lodgment In station house. This
clubbing business is being carried too far.


1t is crying evil. 1t is time it was stopped.
We are glad to know that case is under
going investigation before tribunal where
political influence does not weigh-where the
truth is likely to be elected and justice done.
Year: 1871

A Bill WAS PASSED in the Assembly last
evening giving tbirty-three thousand dollars
to the Ninth regiment for supplying itself with
uniforms and other things during the war.
Whether 1t was the war at Long Branch last
summer or the coming war in Boston Is not
stated.
Year: 1871

MR. FIELDS announced in the Assembly
yesterday that the session might be closed this
week, but Mr.. Alvord thought the pressure of
public business would prevent. Better close
up and hurry home as sson as possible; for the
season is almost fortnight in advance of
ordinary years.
Year: 1871

THE ANNUAL SUPPLY BILL is under discus
sion In the Assembly. The members seem to
be disposed to examine every item closely.
The proposed appropriation for the new Capt.
tol building was cut down in Committee Of the
Whole last night to $3.50, 900, and with such
dribiets the 'job" bids fair to draw its slow
length along equal to our own new Court
Houae
Year: 1871

A VERDICT has just been rendered in the
Supreme Court which, while it is likely to be
fruitful Of suggestive LESSONS to auctioneers,
viii doubtless be Of great future service to
those whom either misfortune or other causes
compel to have recourse to gentlemen Of the
red flag. A poor woman employed an auc-
tioneering firm to sell her furniture. The goods
were sold, and. instead Of two and half per
cent-the fees prescribed by statute-they
withheld about twenty per cent, giving her
the remainder. She BAD the pluck to bring
suit to recover the excessive charges, and
jury had the sense and justice to give them to
her. II others similarly victimised will do the
same upon this species Of swlndling, which Is
carried on to an alarming extent in this city,
an eifectusl estoppel may be placed upon T.


!: 1xaasr.-yTs5cEYy ys~


A CoLoRfD JUDaE Of The Supreme Court in
South Carolina was the wrong passenger for
the officials on the Richmond and Danville
Railway to put on the train. He knew too
much law, and charged them one thousand
two hundred dollars cash for their little diver
sion, and they had to pay Il.


IT rs HranLY PRoBADLE that we shall be
favored with . great reduction Of internal
taxes BY the next Congress. Motions have
been made simultaneously in the two houses
looking to promise Of that sort. and, as the
fall elections are generally unimportsnt, we
may take 1t for granted that the promise Is
made In good faith. In the passage OF Mr..
Sherman's resolution in the Senate we may
understand that the republican backbone 10
stifening for the contest Of 1872.
Year: 1871

TIE LEGAL TENDER GASES in the Supreme
Court have been postponed on account Of the
illness of Justice Nelson. His illness Is espe-
cially unfortunate just now, as he Is also .
member of the Joint High Commission.
Year: 1871

administration and the quarrels about the
federal Offices in New York will lead to any
serious disruption of the party here. Party
necessity and power Of the administration will
either reconcile the factions or render power
less the one that may be disposed to be rebel
lious. One of the latest phases of the politi-
cal disturbance in the republican party is the
outspoken hostility to General Grant by Gov
ernor Geary, Of Pennsylvania, as reported In
an interview which one of our correspondents
had with him and which was pub
lished In the HERALD yesterday. Gov
ernor Geary, 1t is understood, Is q
candidate for President himself and has
afiliated with the revenue reformers for that
object. But his personal or political hostility
to General Grant cannot change the course Of
the party, and as to revenue reform, the action
Of Senator Sherman and the Finance Commit
tee Of the Senate, to which We have referred,
Is likely to take this thunder away both from
Geary and the other revenue reformers.


General Grant Is head and shoulders above
every other republican aspirant for the Presl-
dency, and ths leaders of the party have to
acknowledge that. He cannot be bet aside,
No other man can be taken to carry the party
through. Though the republicans are waking
up to the necessity Of finding new and popular
Issues they have none at present, and have to
fall back upon those of the war. Sober, SEN
sible people are somewhat tired Of them. 1t Is
Year: 1871

ment, and how it has unhinged them both
mentally and bodily.


We remark, in conclusion, that in both
the extremes of life, when heat producing
power is most feeble, additional warm cloth
ing is clearly damanded. 1t is :he same
with athe young as with the old, and it is
pleasant to see this truth more recognized
than formerly in the fact that children are
not now left half dressed from the errone'
Gus notion of making them hardy, OF to fol
low the dictates of an arbitrary fashion.
Year: 1871

MENTAL TAXATION CAUSES DYSPEPSIA.
Mental anxiety and peculiarly embarrass-
ments, such as loss of property by fire. by
failure in business or bad debts and domes-
tic troubles, disappointed affection, and the
loss, or the treachery Of friends, will fre-
queutly cause dyspepsia; too close and too
active intellectual labor is also frequent
cause. Editors. authors and literary per
sons often engender dyspepsia in this way.


Much brain labor requires much blood at
the brain, and an over working intellect
uses up so much blood and nervous force
that there is not enough remaining to do
the work of digestion.


On the other hand, deraneed digestion is
sometimes produced by too little action of
the brain. Persons are frequently met with
who have been in active business life, and,
having accumulated enough to satisfy their
ambition, have retired from business. Now,
although the brains and body retire from
active life, yet the poor stomachs very often
have their tasks increased. If a man has
been a long time accustomed to eating hear
tily and working hard, either with body or
brains, be had better not relax his working
habits without at the same time having a
corresponding relaxation in his habits OF
eating. He who will not work neither
shall he eat, is not only Bible injunction,
but law of the human constitution, the
disobedience of which is often attended with
such arrangements of digestion, and other
bodily infirniities. as to render either prop
erty or life of but little value.
Year: 1871

A wife in San Francisco lately put Pc
tition for divorce in the court, on the ground
that her husband was ''confounded fool. y
The Judge, who was an old bachelor. would
not admit the plea, because, he said, every
man who gets married would be liable to the
same imputation.
Year: 1871

An indianapolis man went down to the
cellar and shot seven balls at once into-a
pork barrel Because his wife did not
scream, call in all the neighbors, and then
swoon away. be went up stairs and thrash
ed her.
Year: 1871

SALT FOR THE THROAT these days.
when diseases of the throat are so univer-
sally prevalent, and in so many cases fatal,
We feel it our duty to say a word in behal'
81 a simple, and what has been with us n
most effactual if not positive cure for sore
throat. For many years past, indeed we
T4ay say during the whole of life of more
than forty years. we have been subject to
sore throat, and more particularly to dry,
hacking cough, which was not only distress
sing 10 ourselves, but 10 our friends and
those with whom we were brought into bu
slness contact. Last fall we were induced
70 try what virtue there was in common salt
We commenced by using it three times a
day-morning. noon and night We dis
solved a large tablespoonful OF pure table
salt in about half smal! tumblerful of cold
water. With this we garged the throat
most thorougly just before meal time. The
result has been that during the entire win
ter We have been not only free from coughs
and colds, but the dry, hacking cough has
entirely disappeared. We attribute these
satisfactory results solely to the use of the
salt gargle. and most cordially recommend a
trial of it to those who are subject to disea-
ses Of the throat. Many persons who have
never tried the salt gargle have the impress
sion that it is unpleasant. Such is not the
case. On the contrary, it is pleasant, and
after few days use no person who loves a
nice. clean mouth, and first-rate sharpen
er Of the appetite, will abandon it
Year: 1871

The reader must also be made aware, that how
ever slight may be the attack, it is to afec-
The bodily health and mental powers, as our iesf
and blood are supported from these sources.