Richmond Palladium (Weekly), Volume 42, Number 48, 8 February 1873 — Page 1

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SaTSATVIDAY,ST B. W. D A VIS; f nOLLOWAT DAVIS, -v. . '' Prorietera. . W-'i-aV naa yser,'la 4ne. . ThN SMatke " .. r - - I -... :r UVB AMD LET AJTB. 'tr ? ' 111 1 ' ' t ki '" i" - '- -'-. i:''"' Wain Fsrawr Umttk hM lost Me wbeat, Ua .: .'Sbada aad Maaaamoth bant, -s KWK4U tor wila aaa aaiall Mate a barat a-tbe wbala aanaara. -' -- - 1 toX yMwUa, baU feat ft aara j a aae-Mr aaftaaaad ap wear each bad warn aot laanrad a saat. -r;:-.-IdWt kaov as I pUy Ua, 1 eaU ttagraai To Ward tba harraat of tare yaarsIa apa , svtaa banana aia i-v, -?v-t aaa't feat pity lot a ut whs daably locks ' bis door, . -r - - ,; . AM stops bia aara to aa the triaa tut soma , A Hp nam tba poor. -( I Ukaiesas aeeaaaty, 1 l&a Is wa aMt aara, Aad lay op aoaatthinc far tMtr kia wbaa tb7 ai la tfca traa I , Bat vaa aad I know varj wall from what wa . .-tfattaajin mm, '' .:- - ' Tkara ia a liaa wbieb. wbaa tia aroaaad, a gau to ba meaa. ;: Wbaa wbaat waa tixteoa bitllafs priaa taat paw aa w ii Saattb l'H vail lb watf, t wrafora IVaall v Tbaa wbaa it raaabad that figara, ba aald la "l(aaa lit hold it loagar, 'twin ba tbraa - Miiara Ha bald it, aad ba waat ta debt for iMags to araar aad aat " Wbaa nmhuU duaaod bim ba would aar,- - Wait till I aell aarrbaat T Sooa that old Mat got nddUf aM aad d.b bama bvaaa, V.V K Aad ba-baga la borrow aa" paj aaaoaaU . laagdwa.' ,m ,r. -.?.. V Ttm tCaHth aaa aff to -bay tbtojr,' ba 4Kb aroaad tba iown, r-: , 4 w j ' AaA ftaa wkb all bla a9(blaaA aia tbi pajaa te baatar dawa. 1 Wbaa ba baa aaytbiap; atM tU pttoalaaa . tabbtaraa, fr !.. Aad aa aiaat hava tba bigbaat ark-tla . lawaat wbaa ba baya. - - 'Lira aad lat lira" aro other motto too coldaa worda, tbta Do onto atbara aa roa'd wish that tbay v woald da to yonr If Boiitb had doaa aa tbay aomatand; ba woald aot baro to day, Tba aahaa af tbraa barraata to load aad aart r. t Wifal if yoa tafca ft barry aad dry it io tba aaa, Twill hrirat ap till il takar two to aaaka 4ha aiaa af oaa. Bo aaaay a maa ia graapiae; afmra,'ao abrir- - ala np bia aoal, . : ( ' Tbat it will aa'ar aapaad agaia, -whila lifa'a yarao'arbiaroU. ,. nr ' Qoi blaaa tba farawtiTof oar land 1 Tbay ara - aot all lika biai, Wbo walks aroaad that snioaldsriof pila bow ia tba twilight dim, -, Li ring oa Ood'a broad aeraa, tbair aoala a- . paad aad jrrow, Tbair aara ara opaa to talaa of waat aad Ood blaaa tba maa, wbara'ar they ba, ia aoaatry or ia town, , Wb do aot think H Hfa's (Treat work to aiawd taeir aaifrbbora down. ' Tbia world would be tba better, Una life - woald pUksara giro. If aaary aaaa wbo toila to iia woald lot bis brother lira. SELECT STORY. A LEAF FROM LIFE. The simple facts recorded in this etory occurred in a city not many miles from here. . It would be impossible for snch a case to happen in Chicago. We are thepersonfication of Charity. We are Angels and this is Paradise! Therefore, I wish it distinctly understood that I write of a "pitiful case," as the papers called it, which came under my notice in a distant city -years go. v.; " : As a rule, physicians are the most charitable of men. -They may not girs fortunes; away in alms, but their time, which to them is money, is freely giren to the suffering in, . more eases than on'e'might suppose, "without money and without price.' It was upon a freezing ' cold night, that a young physician stepped into the warm, well lighted office of a merchant prince. The doctor was poof and needy; his s coat was worn and threadbare, ant furnished but little protection &; gainst the cold of the season, because he' la-; bored among the poor,' and gave his time to those who were unable to ray for it The merchant was a wealthy, pious "eminently respectable" member pf society. -He was the mainstay of a church, the promoter of charitable schemes, and a subscriber to all charities, which were backad by influence, or conferred ' dis-. cmcBun upon tae giver, xne wona at large honored his name; but the men in his employ were wont to smile mysteriously when his charities were mentioned in their hearing, and one of them was once heard to remark that he "never knowed a man so well named." Now, strange to say,; this model man's name was Cantter: ' 1 So, into Mr. Cantter's office the young physician walked with some trepidation; but being one of the world at large, was confident that he would be heard, for he was on a begging expedition; not for himself he would rather have died than , beg but for a poor boy who lay dying in a tenement house in Dead Man's row ay,' dying of starvation. ; It was too late, to save his life that the doctor knew, but he hoped' to raise sufficient money to make the boy comforatable for the rem-, nant of life left him. As he opened the. door of the , counting room,: he saw Mr. Cantter standing before the glowing grate -fire, declaiming nobly: upon the beauties of true charity to his book-keeper, who being hard pushed to live .upon the pittance paid him by bis employer was not as enthusiastic as his employes would have had him. . " ff" - and has not charity, it profiteth him nothing," said Mr. Cantter in a loud tone of voice, as the door opened and the thought flashed through his mind that perhaps it was the pastor of his church. The doctor entered, and suddenly

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the flood of eloquence which Mr. Qtttter was nourincr out nnon'the unresisting clerk was hushed, for he anew the doctor, and knew , also that he was about to ask for money, and his hands came from behind his back, went into bis pockets and remained there. The doctor, by way of beeinninff. remarked - urxm the severity of the weather, "-t: '." ?Yes," saifl Mr Cantter, "Uod hehJthe poorr ,r, , ; The book-keeper, bending ' over the ledger, smiled to himself, but said nothing. . : The doctor hardly liked the Expression upon the merchant's face, and the oily unction with " which these words rolled from his mouth; but resolutely dashed at his subject He depicted the suffering of the dwellers in Dead Man's row; the tumble down houses, admitting the wind and snow at every corner; the famine which reinged in them; and then excited by the troubles he had witnessed, heapp lsd ' to the mer chant to help those who could not help themselves. ' Warmth usually begets warmth, and it is therefore singular, but not the less true, that as the docto: warmed Mr. - Cantter cooled, and when he had finished speaking that gentleman said: - "I can do nothingfor you. I am a suDscriDer to tne JHagdaiens Home; the iEsculaphius Hospital, the Seamen's Befuge, the North Pole Missions, the - "But this is : Tract Socities," continued Mr. Cantter, calmly ignoring the doc tor, "and many other charities. find my time entirely taken up, and lean neither 'spare the time nor money to aid a vagabond who may be deceiving you There can be no deception ' in starvation. "WelL may be not; but I mierh be placing a premium upon dishon esty, and I hope to aid worthy ob jects." "All worthy, no doubt; but this is a case of such utter wretchedness. A boy, a little morsel of " a child, dying for want of foody pleaded the doctor. '3 dare say," said Mr. Cantter; "but charity, to be effective,' musl be well directed. Ton must come to our church next Sunday. We have the finest preacher in the city, and as his sermon is noon charitv. you will no doubt be able to profit by his suggestions." "But about the boy," said the doctor, learmg tnat the conversation would wander away from the subject which interested him more than the sermon which was in pros pect "I can't squander money on such objects, said the merchant again suddenly dropping from warmth to cold. "I can give you a letter to the Poor Children's Home, and at the next meeting of the Board "D n the Board," said the doc tor, now thoroughly indignant "Profanity! And in my presence! exclaimed the merchant "You shock me sir.' "Shock you!" said the doctor. "Shock totj! How have you shocked me then with your lying talk about charity? Is it charity to get to a fine cburch, to listen to a sensation-' Si preacher? Is it charity to go to aluxuious home, to eat a grand dinner, and talk over the sermon? Is it charity to sit on a velvet sofa before a blazing fire to look thro' French plate-glass windows at the houseless, hungry ' poor as they turry by, and say: ; f'God help the poor?". Shame upon such charity' "Sir!" said Mr. Cantter. The book-keeper smiled encouragingly fbjpon the speaker."Shame upon such charity, I say," continued he, borne on by the flood of indignation. "A true noble charity is the best thing upon earth; ' but a hypocritical ;, charity should be a weight sufficient to -dam a souL" And slamming - the door to, the doctor strode away: ; "I am truly shocked at that young man's reckless use of strong terms," said Mr. Cantter; "but, he added reflectively, "let us hope he will see the error of his ways and repent before it is too late. I hope Mr. Strong, that you will take warning from him, and be more regular in your attendance at church. . By the way, to morrow is Sunday, and you must come to our church, and hear Mr Hiyhfalutin on 'Charity. -The doctor, disheartened at his rebuff, and thoroughly indignant at the hypocracy of which he had been a witness, paused irresolutely upon the corner, and as he stood there he heard a quick step behind him, then a hand hurriedly thrust a roll of money into his; and turning, he was just in time to see the form of Mr. Cantter's book-keeper disappearing in the gloom. The sum was small but it was sufficient for the purpose, and with a lighter heart the doctor went his way to Dead Man's row. A narrow, filthy passage-way between two houses led from the fine thoroughfare into a narrow, filthy court snd at the end of the court stands Dead Man's row, immediateij ur me rear or a line cnurcn ait. r. ' m 1. yi7vj.v: Cantter's Church. Why this name was ever conferred upon these old tumbledown rookeries I am not able to state. Suffice it to say that they were so-called, and at one glance one was apt to acknowledge their suitablenesa - Asthedocter passed down the wretched looking court he stopped one minute to shake his fist at the church looming np so grandly before him, then opened the door of one of the most wretched looking

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nUCMElOBJH), houses in the block, j Up four puirs of creaking, swaying stairs he went and then, . having ; arrived at . the garret, stooped to avoid . the slop ing -roof, and entered a squalid, comfortless room. " There was no furniture of any kind to be' seen, and no fire. .,The wind blew in at '; the windows and at the. door, and snow had drifted mat the same, place, - and lay in little piles upon the floor. ,; t v , .- ' A woman clothed in rags, sitting by a' straw pallet in one corner of the room arose as he entered, and poked at nun enquiringly. : "Yes he said, "after: some trou"Thank the Lord for that 1" she said fervently. 'The boy can- die in peace, at any rate." I ordered the ' things sent up. Is he asleep?" "Uncouncious like, answered the woman. . "His brain wanders a little at times." " ' A littte "morsel of a boy lay upon the bed the unmistakable mark of famine upon his face. . The doctor bent over him, and, looking into his face a moment, paid to the women standing silent at his side. His pain is over. He will prob ably live until morning, but he will never again be conscious." The long night passed, day dawn ed, and the boy still lived. The morning wore on and church time came. Carriages rattled up to the door of the church and discharged their loads of silks, satins, and broadcloths. The bowing ushers opened the doors of the crimson lined, luxurious pews, and the con gregation slowly' assembled. What do you know of charuy? thonghtthe doctor. "Here not more than twenty feet from the pulpit of your church, poverty reignB supreme ; yet not one of you all ever took the trouble too look here for a field of usefulness, . You give little from youe abundence, and plume yourselves rpon your charitable hearts; and from that poor woman by the bed you might learn much. She cheerfully gives what she can her time in behalf of a boy she never saw before and. The organist of the church commenced the voluntary, and an exclamation from. the. woman brought the doctor to the bed. - The little sufferer moved uneasily; "then a smile came upon his wan face, a far-away look into his eyes. "1 hear music," he murmured. Was it the song of the angels, or a strain of the grand organ that he heard? Who can tell? f " "He is going fast" whispered the doctor. The woman was silently weeping and covered her face with her hands. And the first notes of "Come,ye disconsolate," came to them from the church. Again the far-away look came into the boys eyes, the smile upon his , hps; his tiny white hands stirred npon the bed, and while the last strain still lingered upon the air, he turned his face to the wall and so died, t And as . the man in threadbare coat ond the woman in rags knelt by his side and prayed sihntly, in , the church the preacher, elothed in broadcloth, arose and gave out , the text : "Charity covereth ft mnltitude of sins." . -h. Silks and satins rustled as their wearers seated themselves to listen, . and the sermon went on, and in glowing language depicted the want and .wretchedness of the poor ; the vast congregation listened in wrapt attention. . Upon the speaker, too," the subject took a hold, and by degrees his gestures1 became 1 more natural and less studied, his phrases more earnest and less glitterSo the sermon went on, and at last after a thrilling : appeal, the speaker raised his jewellwed hands, and . cast up his eyes, and cried as though in agony, "God r help the poor i", and the vast congregation bowed and softly murmered ; ,"God help the poor!" -. And then well; then the service was over, and the preacher and congregation went home to their dinners, and left Charity, entirely in the hands of the Almighty. Louis Derr. in Chicago Tribuna ''Y'. s . . Ma. Colfax. The head-lines to a special dispatch from Washington which appeared in the 4 Journal of yesterday concerning Mr. Colfax's connection with the Credit Mobilier, were calculated to do injustice to that gentleman, and convey an erroneous impression of the Journal's' position. We desire now to say that our confidence in the personal honor and integrity of Mr. . Colfax is as yet entirely unshaken, and it would take , far stronger evidence, than any yet addnced to ..convince his friends that he is corrupt' It would be- manifestly improper - to pass final judgment on him in the present stage of the case, as he has indicated his ability and intention to explain its seemingly worst " fea tures, and ample fairness h taat ne nave ample opportunitv to 4 - .J . do so. It is the opinion of the1' Journal that he will do so, and certainly nothing has been further from our purpose than to encourage a pre-judgment of the case. . There is reason to believe that Mr. Colfax will be able to disprove the prima facie case now made against him. Meantime it is due to his long and faithful pareer that public judgment be suspended till all, the facts'. in the case are known. Ind. Journal, .Jan. 3lst;;...;-;,v .,:.:::. ...

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Material Advancement. Very few people are aware of the progress that our country has niadft in tne aeveiopmeni oi resource. We are apt to judge of our progress by the stastictics of imports and exports, whereas our home trade is many fold greater than our foreign trade. By the census of 1870, our manufactures had reached the.annual amount of forty-two hundred and fifty millions of dollars, employing more than two mil lions of operatives, and sustaining at least ten millions of people. To these results must be added at least twenty-five per cent for the subsequent growth. Our cotton manfactures havegrown in . the last forty years from $14,741,000 to 177,022,000, and our, wool manut 1 1 ll 1 A AlAflOOA' iactures nave anainea to io,ooi 319. Forty years ago we had very

few woolen mills, all located in JhT Sfr v 7? nOT.JmfEastern States, whereas we nbS01 h had considerable have nearly three thousand, more money f- 7 than half of which are located in wa? extneated, where was she to

the Western and Southern sofoa In many essential particulars we are already abreast of Great Britain in manufactures, while in' some we excel her. Great Britian excels us in tissues, steamships, iron, earthernware, chemicals and in some other particulars not neces sary to enumerate, but she is far behind us in carpets, leather, boots, shoes, and harness, furniture, carriages, tools, cars, and machinery, doors and sashes, and innumerable articles which come under the general head of labor-saving implements. Great Britian s exports much more than half her manufactures, but she has not carried her exports of them above-one forth the total of our manfactures. Her commerce is chiefly with foreign countries and her colonies, whereas ours is chiefly with our own continent The development of our national resources during the last quarter ' of a century, in particular, has been wonderfully promoted bythe great mechanical inventions of the age. These inventions bear upon every branch of human activity, and are related to all varieties of practical industry the acts of the cultivator the navigator, the builder, the miner, the manufacturer, working in iron, cotton, wood and a thousand other kinds of material They have increased, to an enormous extent the productive capacity of thenation and of the whole world. It has been said of Great Britain that hei steam propelled machinery accomplishes more actual work in a single year than could have been accomplished before its invention by the whole British population in a thou sand years, and the same may no doubt ; be truthfully said of the United States. Not the least among the agencies that have been active in the promotion of our industries I iiuu commerce ia our runway sys- ! tern. The first railway in the Unitf J C!i.i. ii lil -T in 1826-27. , It was three miles long, wooden rails, covered with flat iron bars, and .was worked by horse power, and used only for the transportation of granite from the quarries to the Neponset River. In 182S-30 the country was alive with railroad projects, several roads being begun Locomotives were first introduced into this country from England early in 1829. f The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad claims to have, been the first regular passenger railroad in - this country ; it was begun July 4, -1828. ' The Charleston; & Hamburg , S, C Road seems to have been the next actually begun 1829 though the Hudson & Mohawk was chartered two years before. Operations were not begun, however, until August 1830. j The first locomotive ever built in the United States was planned by E. Ii. Miller, of Charleston, S. C, and manufactured in New York in 1830, for the South Carolina road. Prom that time to the present the work of railroad building has gone on with rapid Strides, , until now there are 67,363 miles completed in , the United States. The aggregate earning of the roads in the country in 1851 was about $40,000,000; in 1860, about 135,000,000; and in 1871, about $475,000,000. ' Here is a record of progress and development that may well excite the admiration of the world. , It is safe to say that the influence of , mechanical inven tions, and Of new applications' mechanical principles or forces, will R-'VJ AAA ACafUaA. AAA U1AV7 lUblUC V1 Stl 11 in the past 1 There is no such stimbe much greater in the future than ulus to industry, to invention, and .to enterprise, as competition. This is all the timo growing, broader and more active; so that it is impossible to forecast ihe changes it will produce in the material condition of the nation during the generations that are to come.; ,; Carlotta. the relect of the unfortunate Maximilian, is reported to have ended her sufferings at Dresden, i If ever death was a blessing to a human being it must have been to this sorely tried lady. With a shattered intellect and a . few lucid intervals Only to be spent in paroxisms of passionate grief for an adored husband, life could only be a burden. ' Born to hu?h station ! and happiness, married to a man of her choiceT blessed with all the advantages that youth, health and devoted friends could bestow, she was reserved to taste the deepest misery that can befall a loving woman's heart and die a maniac .,;A erhninal nan's wife. couit Sparking another

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f THE OLD STORY TOLl AGAIN . A Drover Takes Pity Lad r-She Reciprocates kia Piiy PitKalv EaaUag. A few weeks ago, says the Alba ny Sunday Press, George Marshal, a Kentucky drover, started . for the New York cattle market On reaching Cincinnati he met with a lady. He knew she was a lady, because she was . boarding at a. first-class boarding house, and had, become indebted beyond her means to pay, but would not leave - because she could not bear the thought of leaving without settling her bilL Mr. Marshall considered her case, and the more he considered, the more he thought it to be his duty as a kind hearted gentleman to pay her bill and extricate the lady from her unpleasant dilemma. So he i 5 11 U "11 W a go i inai was a question Dotn himself and the lady took into senous consideration, i He was about to leave th e city and come eastward. He had been kind to her, had treated her humanely; had, in fact played the part of gentleman, and she told him she could no more bear the thought of leaving him than she could that of leaving her boarding house with i her board bill unsettled. She de clared that she felt like flying to -the ends of the earth with hira if she only had the wings to fly. "I have the wings," enthusiastically exclaimed the drover. "I have the wings !" and he drew forth his wallet the rotundity of which conveyed to the lady's mind the meaning of the drover's declaration. "I understand," said she 'but what will the world say?" she asked, dropping her head; while a slight, blush suffused her cheeks. "Never mind what the world says. Come with me. I can not leave you here alone and without means' of support in this wicked city." She consented, and they came on, eventually reaching this city a few . days since. On the evening of their arrival the drover found it necessary for him to go to a barbar shop to be shaved, and his lady companion informed him that she had noticed one on a street to which she could take him. Arrived there she told him to go in and get shaved while she would remain outside and wait for him. He went in waa shaved came out and could not find his lady. She was gone hopelessly gone nowhere to be found, and with her was gone a deposit of $700 he had left with her. He then came to the conclusion he had been swindled, and in relating his misfortune, said: "when I became seated in the barbar's chair with my face latherecLI thought I heard her laugh. She must have started off at that tima" The case was put in the hands detective Bradley, ; but Ufto the moment of this writing the lady has not been found. A Model Lawyer. "Squire Johnson" was a model lawyer as the following anecdote will show: Mr. Jones once rushed into the Squire's office in a great passion. "That infernal scoundrel of a cobbler, Smith has sued me, Mr. John son sued for five dollars I owe him for a pair of boots !".-.- "Then you owe him the five dol lars?" , -To be sure I do ; but he has gone and sued me sued me 1" "Then why don't you pay him, if you owe mml "Because he's sued me ; and when a man does that 111 never pay him till it costs him more than he gets. I want you to make it cost hi all you can." "But it will cost you something too. "I don t care for that What do you charge to begin with V "Ten dollars ; and more if there's much extra trouble." "All right ! There's the X Now go ahead," . jno sooner was ms client crone. than Sqiure Johnsonjstepped across to his neighbor Smith and offered to pay the bill, on condition that the suit should be withdrawn. The shoemaker gladly acceeded all he wanted was his pay. The lawyer 1 " - uao J -A- AAV Un JV. I retained his other five for his fee and as the case was not "trouble-: some," made no further demand up on ms client. Ten days after; Jones came in to see how his case was getting on. "All right r said the lawyer. "You won't have any trouble about that I put it to Smith so strongly that he was glad to, withdraw the suit altogether." ...... , t "" "CapiteH"cried the exulting Jones. "You've done it up brown! You shall have all my business." ' " 1 , The Worcester ( Mass. ) : Spy remar us that 'independent .- journalism," as now; practiced by those who make the loudest professions of it apparently consists of abusing everybody else by direct attack. . ot mnuendo, and praising i vaa 8 wa wimoni stmt or measure. The new opera house erected at Lafayette, Ind., by the Citizens Association, at a cost of 60,000, will be opened February 15th. ! It ia one of the finest structures of the kind in the State.

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8, 1873. ittongressioaal. ... . House. Feb. 1. Among the bills ' passed are the following: To secure a more efficient auministrauon ox Indian affairs; appropriating out of tne Japanese indemnity ranu 91.20,000 for distribution among the officers and crews of . the Wyoming and Tarkington, as a bounty for the destruction of piratical vessels at bimoneski, Japan. ; r , The House at three o clock went into a committee on the Private Calender, and a . long discussion took place on the bill for - the ; pay-, ment of the expenses incurred in the suppression of Indian hostili ties, in Montana, in 1857, accord ing to the examination of the report of the Inspector General, James A. Hardie. The committee reported a bill, but np action was taken by the House. , On motion of Mr. Banks, of the sub-committee on the Select Com mittee on the Union Pacific Hailroad and Credit Mobilier, was an thorized to take testimony in Phila delphia, New York and Boston. ; GixlaV There are two kinds of girls. One is the kind that appears best abroad the other girls that : are good for parties; rides, visits, &c., and whose chief delight, is in such I things. The other is the kind that appears best at home girls that are useful and cheerful in the dining room, sick room and all the precincts of home. They differ widely in character..- One is often a torment at home, the other a blessing. One is a moth, consum ing everything about her; the other is a sunbeam, inspiring light and gladness all around her highway. The right education will moderate both a little and thus unite the good qualities of both in one. Cleopatra's Needle. It is a solid tapering obelisk of red granite, cut from top to bottom with deep, sharply defined, symbolic characters which nobody understands. Lying about five feet below the level of the ground, its mate was discover ed about thirty years ago. Both were brought over one hundred miles from the ancient city of On, the erreat university of ancient Egypt where Moses was educated. How such masses were transported such a distrance all the way a desert of Band, loose and yieldingcan not be explained; yet Pharonic engineers accomplished., the feat without marring tho blocks. . The horizontal one was "presented by Mahomed Ali to the English Government ' After some months of effort, British artisans failed to raise it out of its preset bed, so a vessel detained for conveying the I curiosity to London returned without a cargo, . . . In the Oyer and" Terminer Court to-day, Judge Boardman heard the counsel in the matter of the bill of exceptions in the case of Stokes. 1 The Judge decided to exclude from the bill the allegations in reference to Stokes having been absent from court while part of the testimony was being taken, and also, that the Judge was at one time off the bench, but allowed them to be brought in by affidavit on the motion for new. trial. The Judge then signed the bilL The motion for the new trial then commenced, and the papers in the case read. Among them were numerous affidavits alleging irregularities and openly expressed ' hostility to the prisoner by the jurors. One special affidavit is bv Marv Bean, stating that on the day of the murder, in going past the . Grand Central Hotel, she saw Fisk,J whom she knew while a domestic at Long ! Branch, go inside the private' en trance and instantlv back out null out a pistol and re enter. "As she passed the hotel she heard pistol 1 snots, one was about to marrv at this time, and her friends, fearing she would be locked np as a witness, j dissuaded her telling what she saw. She gives numerous references to respectable parties. ; " If there is anymau who deserves well of the State of Indiana that man is Jfrofessor Cox. Through him, the coal mines have been made to yield almost double; capital has been enlightened as to the capabilities of the mineral resources, and i by every effort late and ' earlv. The has fixed the attention of the country upon the treasures of the State. It would be impossible to pay him in mere money for his nresistent and energetic services, but there should be a very liberal compensation fixed upon his office. As a matter of economy the State would be very largely the gainer if , the irrolessor were retained at 5,000 a year. His excellent sense and good judgment have already " been the means of increasing the production and industry of the State a great many millions, ' and ; :if an enlightened policy is to prevail, he will be strengthened by generous appropriations and a' liberal salary. Otherwise it is probable he will be lost to the office, for so far aa com1 pensaoon goes he can make a bet ter income than the present salary of his office' sawing wood. Ind. Sentinel, v ?. 7 V y A few days Bince was noticed the fact of a bale of cotton being openI ed in Massachusetts, that contained a twenty pound boulder, and now comes the sad intelligence that a bale of northern hay, sold in Mobile contained twentv-one nonnds nf rm.-. - . . "... . 1 trasn ana briars.

Wbola Naaaber, 48. ""aMMawwM T ' AH Haasis Belew. A good story is told of a parrot who had always lived on board aship, but who escaped at one of the southern ports and took refuge in a cbnrcu. Soon afterward the congregation assembled, and the mtf"S later began preaching to them t j bis earnest fashion, saying there was no virtue in them, that every one of them would go to hell unless ; they speedily repented--. Jutt as he spoke the sentence, np spoke the -parrot from his hiding place: ... r j Airhands below !" v -T- f i To .say that "all hands" were startled would be a mild way ; of putting it The peculiar voice snd -unknown voice had much more af- ' feet on them than the parson's voice ever had. lie waited a mo ment, aud then a shade or two paler, he repeated the warning. . " All bands below again rang out from somewhere. ? -''X -'vw; The preacher started from his pulpit and looked anxiously around inquiring if anybody had spoken. "All hands below V was the only reply, . at which the entire psnicstricken congregation got up, and a moment after they til bolted for the doors; the preacher trying hia best to be first, and during the time the mischievous bird kept CP, his yelling: " , ' : " ' " "All hands below!" : TUtre was an old woman there who was lau.e, and could not get put so fast as the test, and in a short time she was-left entirely alone. Just aa she was about to bobble out, the parrot flew down, and alighting - on her ? shoulder, again yelled in her ear: " All hands below I' ' No, no. Mister Devil I" shrieked the old woman, you cant mean me.' I don't belong here. I go to the other church across the way." N. O. Christian Advocate. Concerning the question of women's wages, the Minneapolis Tribune states that women who have . had the pluck and genius to learn to surpass in those things which men have generally done, receive as high wages as any man. We need hot ask why young women will not learn the shoe-maker's trade, the hatter's, the dyer's, the miller's, the tanner's, the paper-make's, the watch-maker's. Everybody knows why. It is because they are looking for the coming man, and want to keep their hair ,"done up" correctly, and their panier jauntly poised, in anticipation of thatillus trious arrival It seems to us it would be better for more young girls, especially the daughters of the poor, to learn some trade some man's trade, not now over-burdened with workers and .thus always, be ready to drive the wolf from tne door. The laws of trade cannot be scolded down; they can only be tamed by being complied with. The remarkable weather which has prevailed in England during' the past year caunardly be realized on this side of the Atlantic. According to a statement we find in an editorial of the London Daily News of the 11th of January, our British cousins had only thirty-six "fine" days in the whole 365. It is no wonder the News should so bitterly lament that Messrs. Goschen and Lowe refused to complv with , the request of the scientists to appropriate funds for, an expedition which was to see what is the matter with our terrestrial magnetism, whose headquarters are at the North Pole. v . . The Julians made high ; sport of Hon: J. M. Wilson, for his presump-" tion in stepping into the shoes of George, the great representative of the oid Burnt district But before . the close of his term, Judge Wilson is one of the p rominent members of the Judfciary committee; and is now chairman of one of the committee investigating the Credit Mobilier transaction, In this great country of ours, one of two men do not absorb all the brains. Marion , Chronicle.; ' , A Scranton f Pa ) man who , went home the other evening and found his house locked up, after infinite trouble, managed o gain entrance through a back window, - and then discovered on the parlor table a note from his" wife, reading: "I have gone out; " you wifl . find the door key on one side of the doorstep.",:. ,. .f .;' ' An old man living in Schuyler county, Illinois, sent for a physician to come and amputate his toe which had been frozen. The doctor not arriving in time, the patient performed the operation himself with a pocket knife. ".. A Tennessee schoolmaster reproved one f of the big : girls for spitting on the stove, and the brother took down his little shot-gun and and chased the pedagogue into '' North Carolina. " ; f ,., ;', The grand jury in New York city, have indicted the proprietors of several illustrated papers for pub- : hshing obscene print& i IT Blair was the first and Trumbull was the last to go into the liberal movement and there was only about a week's difference between the political death of each. - . . . - -. Eransvilla had a letter thusly f nditsd w Oire ttiia a start aa aaod ft atralaaL ? Corydoa City, ia tka Hooaiar SUto, . Whara Miaa Addia BaMia aaav ba foaad. 1 : OallaDliac aona jovmg aaaa araaad r Hand tfaia ta bar aad tad bar baware ; 0! dark ataatacbaaad aaJanra bair,"

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Oaaaaaraoaalaaartiaa..... ......... (1 Of rrwtajasrtasgsaat iasatUpaaaraiara ft Oaa aqaars tkrsa laNarTtssNVMFM " Oaa aqaara tbraa aaootha... ....... .. JS Oaa aqaara sli oaths.... .'. .. ... . .... 7Jf Oss aqaara a aaxaar........... ......M.M Oaa-reartb af a aolaanaaa vasr....'..tSJt Oaa-balf af Saolaaa,M 7aar........4.N Tfcraa-foarfbs of a eotaaa,aaaraar....M.te Osaeotaatta', osa raar, ahaaaaaala far : '- tarfy MAS Xoeal ffatlees It eeatswer Umm. '-'--iUl :ii-Far'taFalwia.!i ' Reeelleetioas a rast-Atoat '''.I. .. ., B . fe In th fall or 1823 I earn with, my parents to Richmond to reside, not from, the East bn Mac the, banks of one of the streams, tbat contributes to the Waterwaier that; so graceful!- skitts onr.aow busy , city on . the west north. , At 5 this fertile, spot, as the wild flower erg were -beginning to bloom and all nature ' about to assume her . . summer attire, your humble writr 7 wa introduced Co a pioneer fsmily . f on the Whitewater . - , Coining to town to live from the I rursl districts, just as I was emerging from my teen, it nostbe sur- - mised that the change was some4 wbft noveL The faenlty of etght- - -; seeing 1. and observation- were , brought into requisition," though ' Richmond at that date, near forty ' years ego, did not contain a popot lation over eight to nine hundred inhabitants.1 There were but two houses east on Main street, from . , the corner of Fifth and Main, now. " the Odd Fellows; HalL ; A; large fraie building was on the opposite " . corner, erected by Patrick Justice ifor'a tavern:, Perh sps. some of", the 'oldest ' citizens of Richmond may recollect ; Patrick snd his , , ' gude" wifeyKaty, who wfe both , ' sociable-landlord and land mis- ; tress. ' But ; Patrick w ould keep a , iar and sold liquor. ;' ;;' v ; j The next house ' was a small, J I one-story brick s'ore nearly on the j south tide a where " the Zeller ' i building nowis, owned by a man - named Street,' who was a carpeni ter. At the date above, he con. tracted with one William Neal, an old bachelor, who was supposed to fTave considerable of money to , build him a two-story frame house : with five or six rooms, said carpenter to find all the materials and finish the house, ready to lire in," for three hundred and twenty-five dollars. Said Neal bad the reputation of being very muerly with his money.' The writer has a re-1 collection ' of ' seeing this man ' Street running from his little home , to bis work on this house from day ' to day and be certainly was not a ' lasy man. It was supposed by the neighbors that he scarcely made ' twentj-five cents a day on the job. It is questionable whether any of our M boss carpenters" of the prescnt day take jobs so low. It was I supposed the old miser' got his iliouae built for about What the I materials cost This house stood for many years on grounds now owned by Vaogban Brothers. '. u:i:i': ? Mobs Axon.. . f POWERFUL ARGUMENTS. ; Proaapt Chaag e of Mlae of a Ticket i? A few dsy s ago . a ' tall, - roughlooking' mountaineer entered' the ' Union Railroad ticket office at ' Denver,' t and through ; mistake', " purchased a tivket for New. York : via the Kansas Pacific line, when he wanted to go over the Union Pacific. He d id not 'discover this fact until the ticket bad been paid for, and, on asking the - agent to change it, the latter refused to do " "'You won't change this ticket, then, won't you? ' Y l, "No, sir" replied the agent; you have your ticket and I have the money for It,1' and if you want a ticket over the other route,' yon wil! have to buy it.' - - ' Very quietly the atraogar twisted the ticket into a small roll; very sereneld re wjrom under his right coat tail a six shooter about . the dimension cf a mountain howitzer; coolly, and -deliberately ho s uck the twisted ticket, into the muzzle ot that six-shooter, and sticking the vglj-looking thing through the little square window or the ticket office, and almost into the agents face, and speaking in : the tone that left no doabt of his determination. Said; Stranger, tbary that ticket; take it yourself and change it, or by G d I'll blow it clean through you." - 1 The ticket was changed immedi. stely, anil ii.hout any more words iron the seen V and the mountain-; eer walked away, saying $ I jest thought I - could' induce - him to -change bis mind a leetle." Bonds, mortgages, etc stolen" from the banking hoso of Clarkson 4 Co., at Lancaster, Pa, on the 15th of January, were found this morning under a stairway , leading! to the basement of St Paul's Reformed Church in Reading Pa. They were worth 100,000. i h - v 1