Richmond Palladium (Weekly), Volume 43, Number 10, 17 May 1873 — Page 2

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: ltt meeting of the 7 SAITL liABLATT;; IFVw nominated foy Courtoilman, to fill the vacancy occtisfoned by the death of Ch'lte,telee- - A;A. Curnie, Pref&C -B. C. Kelly, SeVy: '

Ibcmeotm, Idu, May IS, 1873. ..T:rhud r.H ;,. ,:.'; , !RINGS i .V; - In onx. remarks in last week's Yailadtvm, rearng the city election, we took oecaeion- to allude to "rings." VAci Revmbhean friend thought we had charged : that fact and had, in ,tt 'article, ! aclmowl, edged the existanoe of ft "ring" in tbe party inTavbr of the nominee. We desire to set our self right 'on this matter" with our Republican friends, and eatraot better - do ' this than to revert to that which gave rise to the application of that term; After the aanonncement of all' the aipi rants lor the Mayorality for the Republican nomination, the 1 friends, of the one who proved the successful nominee afterwards, H held meinj hi1 Reed's Hall,' and gave. 7 sa expreCdoa " in ' Ids favor. 7 : That ctrSrig: -ttaed on by his com-' pewters, t& daoounoed as being a "ringf formed in ins interest ;hence, the application of the" term 'td its and, daring the canvas between the Republican and Democratic parties: Cat term ww applied in its most offensive sense, by . our political enemies, quoting it from those who should have been our political friends. Ws didf not say that any . "ring" existed;' our language was only cautionary, for future action, o avoid tho atpsabahcx of "rings' . in favor of any , man, . when our - Pirty waa ecking to sklkct a canV dUlte from among those' offering : tpSoe that all ' mtVVKESHtSi AS A DISEASE. . Quite an interesting editorirl appears in the Indianapolis Journal of May 14, on' thui treating drunkenness, and with consider atle show of reason; but" the' .Journal' doubts "whether public senfcmen.t in England or America would support goverxmeni in. the enforcement of a 1 " put' forth in the following : synopsis of a plan proposed by the ' British Government: "A committee of the .House of Common was appointed to enquire into the methods of treatment and prevention, and report such plans as they deemed advisable in we i premises. They made an elaborate , investigation of the subject and re , ' orted a plan which, though somewhat unique in some of its details, eems practicable to say the least They recommended as a means . of ' preventing the formation of the habit, that the fine for drunkenness should be increased to not more than forty ehflhugs for the first of - fense, with imprisonment not exceeding thirty days in default of the . fine; that after the third oonvictipn within twelve months the magistrate should have the power to insist on sureties not exceeding ten poinds, and .that a complete record of all such cases be kept in a drunkard's register, . After, the culprit has shown by forfeiting his sureties, or his inability to provide them, that he has formed the habit of ' drunkenness, they recommend that he be admitted to an : inebriate reformatory, there to be kept for a considerable . period, . and made to msint'" himself by work, under the direction of the officwJa of the in , , A a i i i ine snorien ana man way, we hink, ia to annihilate the , places where thie "disease" is promoted and established, and - we do! not know of a better and wiser plan than to rigidly enforce the "Baxter Law," and, by making : the Kquor selling business expensive taking sway the enormous profits of those engaged in ' the bueinese--cause them to quit from 'prime necessity; keeping in mind the truthful adage, applied to the main producing cause of this terrible disease : T "An ounce of prevention is worth , P9und of eure." j.qt. Ail. wb' --.i : " 1 jt3T "Sissy si man lives a burden to the earth, but a good newspaper )-y hm Eichmond Pafladfeaa,ithe preoioue life blood of a master spir It ttnbalmed and treasured up on txiroose vo a uiw wi"uu Vim. VtW nardon, of the Ifsdisbn bnt thii was so 'Rood we

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DEO ifl TUE PIT.

MTtrriblCCaNtyit OestOe, S"?fT & . f Ezplosioir of Fire Damp in Dnunr .... i i 1 i ' t j m mono, -joinery. 4- : Hautax, ' N; : 8.; - May 13. This community was ' startled to night wih the intelligence that a terrible explosion had occurred in the Drummvond Colliery, PictoH county, at 1 I O'clock. ' Manager Dunn, Assistant I2anager Richardson, and forty of the workmen were' in the pit when the-' explosion took place. '' iThe greatest exsitement prevailed after the fearful occurrence, and crowds of people for miles around came tj learn the latest particulars." . 1 J - TERRIBLE SCENES. is.: "f t JThey witnessed. t one, . of those heertrendin'g scenes which is described by an eye witness as something iaarowmgijeyond all conception, the recollection of . which wilj never, lade, from memory. Mothers, wives,' sisters), children, sad friends crowded, around the burning pit, mourning pitifully the terrible fate of those below, t their heartrending cries being heard . for a long dis tance.. 'f i.t ' NW; Xomr May 13. The New York Herald's special from Halifax locates the . mine, disaster at the .village of Westville, county of Kctou, 103. miles, from Halifax, where there are three large collieries' in full operation,, exporting large quantities of coaL Navigation hav .ing recent!y,opened, the . workmen demanded increased ; wages, and several , strikes occurred One ' of Ihe largest mines called Drummdnd XJolliery, owned by, the, Inter Colonial Company, of .Montreal, has been .closed several days,: but to-day the inen returned to work.. At 11:30 a shot in the coal set fire to the elope; an in half an hour afterward a fearful eqplonion took place, caused .by en accumulation of gas during the time the ; mine was: closed Aboul2 o'clock a second explosion occurred, coming up , the slope air haft, an old trial shaft, with terrfMa trTa ttrH it. ia lAliavu? . ' ' t . " ! r I j XTTiT.nro xvxBT okx nr thx xtn, j ' variously estimated at from forty to One hundred, including men' and boys; ' Soon after the first explotkn cries were heard at the foot of - the air shaft, and men were immediately lowered with ropes and four 61 those below brought up.v Xwo men were going down the shaft to render assistance when the second explosion occurred and they were ' blown to pieces ' There was . such a small supply of water that little 4 could! be done to quench the flames, which are still raging fiercely. ' At 10 oMock tanlgtrdense masses of smoke' are .pouring1 out of all the openings and threatening to destroy ell the surface buildings. 'if There is .'no iope of savinaf any of those xtaw ..below, as all escape was cnt off by the explosions Many of the lost are I jnanied inen, with families. o 1 Bamvax, NJ S., May 14. The fire at . Drnmmond: colliery continues, but is slowly abating, All openings have been filled up and a stream of I1 water has been turned into an air shaft lately worked The list of hkijled as far ; as known comprises . twenty-six men leaving wives .and families and twenty-two single men. The total number killed will probably reach seventy five. The wounded number six, of - whom two are fatally injured The men who have escaped with great difficulty from the slope report that on their way -up they passed the bodies of their comrades, who had probably become stupefied by smoke since the explosion. Of four m3h who volunteered "to go down the shaft shortly before the second explosion three were killed" ' Several violent explosions took place last night, one being perceptibly felt four miles distant An inquest was commenced yesterday and adjourned until this evening. From 10 o'clock last night until f- daylight this morning the fire at Drummond colliery raged with in ( tense furv iratherincr volume and violence each moment; The sky in the vicinity of the calamity was U- ' luminated with flames issuing from the air shaft to the height of nearly . one hundred feet - All through the jUurht there were explosions at in tervals They were preceded by a L rumbling noise resembling thunder. r -r. W wlio ranki! 1 around the pit's mouth and the air r ". 9 - A 1 At- 3 Atv - shaft and labored to subdue 'the flames, were obliged to seek shelter ui the adjoining , woods, - as the stones, "debris, etc., thrown from the pit's mouth at each explosion ' were being scattered, around in all directions, and threatened instant destruction or injury to every one .within reach. About 2 o'clock. this afternoon, these explosions were followed by one which for terrific violence and destructive force dwarfed all the rest All the wooden works . in and about the main slope were . instantly destroyed. Stones, wood, and burning embers were : driven "high into the air, smoke, flame, and .horrible noises accompanying the explosion, "givingpthe beho4er a vivid idea of : a . volcanic ert-tion. -The earth ; for miles arouscT was shaken, with the violence of the ex ,'pl6sion.1Cr j I j j-; r-. : "- . One of the rescuing party killed by v the explosion yesterdf j .-was I feet and fell in the nb7.l anven UOO Wiw u iw

where his dad body was picked up thismorniirt. About j forty fife of the Sien lott were nicrried, iil of whaca leafilsmifies ti mourn iheir ad fte. pearly eyerv familjjiere lost some relatJftn or fiirnd by this

terrible calamity. .The Inspector -of., the Mines,-who attended" the ' inquest, thinks the I uireci cause vas noi exerciBine j: x Z a . ; proper precautions in firing shotsin the beach. The first' two were merely ; blown Out, causing fissures in the body of coal, Wnen gas accumulated. When the third shot was fired the coal ignited, .and all at . tempts then to quench the names were unavailing.. , .' ' The number known to have been killed now reaches 59. LTIIE MODOC8 . . - I I l . . . f . r. . J ; Tie Sktrmith TTilk lIaroack' ComMad- Parratt f Ike Ho4oes 2I Jor Pari f their Supplies Captar e4. Sam FHACRcoftMy 12 Lava Bscs, JIy ; ILDiapatchfS from! Lieutenant ltayles' camp state tht at sunrise yesterday the. Modocs came into camp and . field ... on the pieket guards. , , f , Tbo command of Captain Has broack. war scouting all day and and retuined to Sorass Lake for water. Tiiey were making efforts to secure water by digging, but none could be found., McCay sent back Lieutenant Bayles , to camp as an escort to Bnttery B. Fourth Arliiltry. G. and B. troop of the First Cavalry were left.the distance being seventeen miles. - It occu pied all niglit At dawn of day Cap tain jack's band ,ode within one hundred yards of camp. All dismounted and charred the camp, filing, into the. herd and guardeV The first body. etmpei'.ed the herd, and wbile the men were getting under arms the Modocs gave volley after volley," ktliug four '.soldiers und one Wat in Spring Iadian. A rally was made and the charge souDded.By Ibis time i McCay and some of his men united and drove the Modocs iLto the timber, capturing twenty one ponies and three pack mules. One Mcdoc was -left on the fltldand eigbtten mules pack' ed with bodies. The Indians beat a hasty retreat towards theMcLoderange ' Mountains. Captain Hosbrouck handled bis men dextrously. He is now I'urnished with five days supplies. Water is very scarce, and deters him from a long stay In the T eld. l V". -4 T . General Davis is determined' to keep them moving until the lat one Is killed. 1 He. thinks the soldiers will gain . a greater ' victory as they' have them on open ground.2 The woun Jed are being , brought into Camp in wagons.' From there th y wiil be taken to lieadquarterf. Two soldiers are reported moirt!ly wounded.. Captain Hetbroock thioks tiit Modocs have no am munition except what, is (n their pooches, as tliey lost tlieir entire stock In the fight. The cayary camp is all safe. ' Captain Jack has but seven animal.1 AU'the artil lery will move at once to the side of the lake. Enough men are de tained in the stronghold to keen it safe while the rest will give chase and fry to exterminate the last one. There were, thirty-three. Modoc engaged. No squaws were seen during the fight or by the scouts the following night. There "is1 a strong suspicion that Captain Jack Is receiving aid 'from some, un. known quarter. It appeared strange how he got six boxes of " ceniei -primed cartridges. He did not capture any from our force?. I is certain he could not have picked op that amount after the battle of January 17th. ' When the courier left, the troops were between the lava beds and the Indians, the Ut ter being en Mr ly out of the ' lava beds. i; ' ': . Lieutenant Harris" condition is much the atme as last reported; but there Is a greater hope of his recovery.'.". . '. 4 My 14.--A, dispatch just received from Treks says the regular courier has been sketching, sod photographing the Lava Bed conntry, and pronounces it one of the strongest Imaginable natural fortifications. He, coc firms the pre vious reports concerning the engagement of the JOth inat, except there ,j was one soldier snd one Warm Spring Indian killed, and eight soldiers and one .Warm bpring " Indian ' wounded. r The latter has 6ince died. Some soldiers Trere seriously wounded. ' The Modoc," were routed and scattered in the mountains bordering the Lava Bed. Their trail Is being followed by the Warm Spring Indians.'' From the blood, riiscoved, there are indications that some were seriously hurt."- ' A prisoner convicted in a Ken tucky court for stealing, or some thing of the1 sort was as usual asked if he had anything to say why sentence should not be pro iiounced; he replied with singular diffidence, but with great amoerity. to tte penitentiary if it could be no douDt, -tnatiie would rather no , hohuwl " Ha u umt im frvf year

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f Theye which lias touched itilneridian hiB beto sincuLJw proOa of mortality among great and distinguished men. If it "continues as it has begun. -.w, may have to' mourn before its close the departure of too many' of the world's great teacher IThe United States has lost, since the first of January, i Governor Geary, Minister - Orr, ; BishopJ . MeUvaine, - - Commodore Maury, Joshua Leavitt General . Canby, Mrs. -Harrison ' Gray Otis,' Chief Justice Chase, - Captain HalL and many other prominent men and women. ' Europe, in the walks of science and literature, has been even more' unfortunate,' some ' of the - names which have long been guid ing stars in philosophy, and literature having passed away. The Emperor Napoleon,: whose lightest word once sent a thrill of distrust and anxious expectation through every court in Europe, by whose magic wand' the streets and boulevards' ' of Paris grew into the dream of T some celestial city, died in exile. He fell like Wolsey, and - "V ! - ' No inn shall erer nsber forth hit honnn, - Or gild Kin the noble troops thftt waited ,,, ' , .-.on bis amnea , ' , ' Li 'and when the mysterious robes .dropped from his imperial great-" ness, leaving to the world's gaze a poor, .weak, .over-trusting, irreso- . lute man, there came a feeling of TegretjaeadoffaU the surgeon's , knife he had not thrown his empire to the winds, and died at Sedan for glory-, and . "La r belle-JFrance.' y Liebig, whose cbo turn as a j practical .and analytical . chemist, has for years been law, has also passed away. . Among divines, Scotland has lost Dr. Norman Mo Leod and Dr. Guthrie, two men , the first for catholic , and manly Christianity; the second for 'genial . humor and kindness of heart f whose,, places cannot , be i--filled. .Among novelists the world has lost : in Bulwer Lytton the most refined . and . scholarly writer of his dayDickens, Thackeray, and Bulwer ! What a galaxy! All gone! ,:; It seems like a dream! But a few days, and John Stuart Mill has laid his stewardship at the footstool of his Maker and gone to . join the wife he loved so dearly- Fame, honor, po . litical success, are nothing to hiaa now, another hand must take the helm and guide the minds of mankind through, the undiscovered rooks and shoals of fate,: Among actors, who has not listened .tov or heard of, Macready and Edwin Forrest?; j-j,,;. . f:? :'(;.-, . "WbertU their gibeanowt" lAnd at this very moment the whole jpt- Christendom f holds its breath, waiting to hear that the Pope of Rome has passed . away, and - that . the head , . of the , Catholic Church has gone, to take his place among the saints. , :y; ...r? Tfee Cause of Hard Times. We ate. fast becoming a nation of schemers to Uye without genome Work. , Our boys are not learning trades; our farmers' sons are crowd ing into cities looking for clerk ships, and places in : the postoffices hardly one American girl in one hundred will do housework for wa ges, however urgent her need; so we are sending to Europe for workmen, and buying . of her artisans millions4 worth that we ought to inake for ourselves; Though our crop of rascals is heavy, we do not grow our own hemp; though we are overrun with lads who deserve flagellation, we import our willows. Our women unless deceived wear European fabrics; our men drees in foreign cloths; the toys which amuse our younger children have generally reached us from over the sea. Hence . it is that we plunge deeper and deeper in debt to the Old World .We are Uke the farmer who lures his. neighbors sons to cut his wood, f eed his stock, and run his errands, while his own boys lounge jat the grogshop . playing billiards, and. then wonders why, in spite of his . best efforts, he sinks annually . dee . per and deeper into debt till the sheriff cleans him out and he starts West to begin again. We must turn over a new leaf. Our boys and girls must be taught to love labor by qualifying themselves to do it efficiently. We must turn-out fewer professionals and more skilled artisan?, as well as food-growers. We must grow; and , fabricate, two hundred millions worth per annum, that we now import and so reduce' .the foreign debt , that we have so Jong and so successfully augmented year by year. We must qualify our clever boys to erect and' run facto ' iriee, furnaces rolling-mills,', tanne ties, machine shops, etc., ; to. open and work mines, improve and fash ion implements, and double the pres ht ' product of their father farm. So shall we stem that tide of debt that t aete . steadily against our ehores, and cease to be. visited and annoyed by hard times Rocky Mouniain Herald ' T l A photographer's epitaph taken from life.

A i L l, J tJI al iJ- ; 1$. Redfie!d thus wriles to the pinknnsJS Cmercial el a . visit to a nrintirrv ofce alt Glvnfon. ISnmv

aotaa frontid: town not yet settled quiie a year, wuere uie b'm.-i;iy cuusists chiefly of -rappers, hunters, b16o keepers and Swedish serrant girls." - In walking about the happy village to thelajn,Tutting against the merciless wind much as a madman would againstastnbborn barn door, I chanced into the office of the Red River Gazette, the next to the last paper upon the frontier. This little . journal, , banging upon the verge of civilization, as it . were presents a very, creditable appearance. The editor, his wife , and childr en do all the intellectual and mechanical work. . The printshop is a cozy little structure of one room, and answers for a dwelling as welL In one corner are the cases, in another the press, in another, the cooking stove, table and dishes , and in the other a bed. In the middle is another stove. It takes ; two stoves to have any . effect on twenty square feet of this climate ' The' editor was not in, but his good wife, and one of his children were. The wife was writing . editorials and making pies, while the child kept up nres and set type, it ' was ' a happy picture Of diversified indus try. Washington, May 14 The ' new Assistant Attorney General Spencer made his debut to-day in an opinion asked by Treasurer Spinn er whether the ' abolition of the franking . privilege . .after July 1 would be construed so as to prevent the transmission to and from Wash ington of registered 1 letters ' containing currency for redemption: His opinion .briefly that it : would not u of greater- -importance than appears.' It is the wish of the Secretary that as fasf as fractional currency or. legal tenders become worn .they should be exchanged for new notes. - The government allows, on paying the ' ordinary pos tage, that all 'such' ', letters may be registered free so that no one may have any excuse for. keeping dirty money.. An adverse decision would cut off this privilege, now availed to a large extent all over 1 the coun try: ' ' ' , ; ' T. . 'GOAHTS POMCY." i Prekiieat Grant in Virgiai.' ''While many, -of -ns differ from Gen. Grant few will say- that; the people of Virginia have cause . to. complain of his treatment while the State has. presented continually since lBba a sohdfiront against tho v Republican party, President Grant J has shown a friendly disposition toward Virginia. : We are led to these ! remarks by, seeing the attempts to j saddle the troubles now afflicting ) some of the bouthern states upon "Grant's poKcy. If "Grant's policy' m ii ars -a . i nas given uiose d tares weir irouble why has not his policy given Virginia trouble? That a portion of the South is sorely r afflicted none will deny, and all good people must sincerely regret, but we do not see the justice of blaming either, President Grant or his administration with the afflictions the South. Were we called upon for an opin Jon as to the .cause of the tr ouble with Our Southern Brethren, we should say it was too much? ''local self -ffovernment" that is, .that sort i of government for which the iamen Tjr?:..! i fu and which Was' established before Gen. ' Grant held his ' present position. As there is no presidential election pending, . we, .will not be accused of trying to influence anybody's vote. Gen. Grant is to be our President for the present or the next three and a half years, and whatever of good or evil Virginia is to receive at the hands of the . general government is to be received through Grant and his administration." Taking the past as a criterion, 'we think we need have no fears for the future. He has said that he was not President of the party that elected him, but of the whole country. We think we Tmow enough of him to believe he means to deal justly with all, without regard to politics. Manasses Gazette. . ; The McEheVy'embroglio in Louie iana has ended ' "After all the efforts to keep it alive, a show of force sent the martial DeBlanc wandering the Lord only knowB where. That 'rascally virtue, called prudence,.' made the valiant 'Tesistants ' : of the Kellogg government Very'unwilling to shed blood, the" blood of white men, had it been black men! welt not to put too fine a: point upon- it there would have been another Col fax massacre. .That muh oppressed people in the South now have .''lost eause":Nd2, to mourn. r The utter nimsiness of the much vaunted tax-resistauee movement in Louis iana, . is . made r apparent by the promptness with' which the "conservative'' McEneryites' disbanded. :. . wfold tbeir teats like tbe Arabs, ,, iii as ailently steal away." f.? iLiQUOB and tobacco - dealers, and others subject to license or special tax under-the Internal Revenue laws are now required to pay. the tax under the provisions of the act of December 24, ' 1872, z instead of waiting for assessment They will be required to. pay in advance, aud the penalties are heavy for doing business' after' the 30th of April without having paid ' the tax. 1 The tax receipt .to be procured at tbe pfflcer of the Collector is to be placed concieuously in. the place of busi ness oi the taxpayer. The law unposes penalties for failing so to post ' the receipts or stamps.

Judge Fierpont, of New Torkj;' Isas been appointed as Minister to m .. i. i-Ly.il .iu. rv cn '

.' , ., m'elces Oace More. . , For some time Stokesjbaav beerf . kept out of the papers, but his case ia again attracting attention. Stokes "killed- Fisk'm January,1 1872. A year afterward he was sentenced to death. Then-came motions for a new trial, and the motions are be ing : argued and . reargued, and if finally granted second sentence ' will doubtless bo pronounced, if at ,'alLin the course of: a year -hence. Then the counsel can ask 'a stay of . proceedings, and .if refused by one judge can prefer the same - request ; in regular order before any or all i of tho thirty odd Supreme Court judges who deal out justice sparingly - and at remote intervals in the State. After this there is still left the Court of . Appeals, to which the condemned man can lake his case for further delay. .. Altogether there is rather a- poor -prospect -of Mr. Stokes' suffering from strangulation for some time to come. The . Graphic has a versified - soliloquy which "Doesticks"; puts into; the mouth of Stokes, and in which he is made to say: ; I're my dtintr cgn in nj carpeted cell; Mj library, pictures, my.cbampairne as well, -For Delmoii ico serve me each delicate ineal, Aod for me there is aever a lick of "Qreea Seal." The rope is for Foster sod Klxon and King, , Who are vulgar and poor, and all that sort ol thing; , ; .. .,. , ,;. But eash wiH ae'er let a gentleman swing. ' . Thej,"rope" seems, byr no means euro, for Nixon, however, as he has also gone' into the courts for a stay of proceedings, 'and . proposes to " "fight it out on 'that line if it takes all . summer,' V which it probably wilL iu The others were executed after so long a delay that the lesson lost its warning, and the example, so far as the moral effect was . concerned, might about as , well have been omitted. .When will ' courts learn that punishment to be salu- , tary. must be speedy, and that justice and safety alike demand that delays now practiced shall be put an end to? Inter-Ocean. - ' Fate of Captain Hall's JSxpeditloaw - Dispatches from St Jolin's Nefouodland, furoiah the'sad in- : formatioo of the death of Captain Hall, the Arctic explorer, and the . final abandonment of tho expedition from which so much was hoped.'. An impenetrable silorce has brooded over the ill-fated vessel and-its crew ever sinoe thefr depftrlure from North Greenland in tbe Summer 'of 1871, and at the time when the : ecientiGo . world and the friends of kthe explorers were looking anxiooily for news of great discoveries' and a successful return, the veil is lifted only to expose a shattered vessel, a crew re ducc-d by privation and cold to n ineteen ell told, and a captain buried on the froxeo scores of the Arctic, Ocean, j 'ai-vi. Tue death of CapUin 'Hall apperf to have occured ia ,Movember of I&71. The vessel had wintere.1 to "i'olaris Bay,,r in lat.. 72, tom time in August; and in Sep tember the Captain started North waraon a siedge expedition, ,attaining in the coarse of it tbe great . al Uude of 82 degrees aod 10 min utes, only 29 minntes less than the I uuuest limit ever reached that tf Parky iu 1827 and seven min utes less than that attained by Dr. Kane s part) . , . Toward the limit of their journey . the parly passsd Kams's 'open; polar - sea,' whic proved to be a straight of fifteen miles width,; with apparently clear waier 10 tue norin.; upon tbe re turn to his vesse'. Captain, Hall cailed his men together to inform them of the results othis expedi tion, and to cheer them on to .still greater exertions, and in tbe. midst of of his brave wprk was stricken wi.h appoloxy, which . proved al moat immediately fataL - After ,year of vaia efforts to accomplish any farther dUooveriea, with boats all gone, vessel injured, and crew disappearing, the nineteen survivt rs were rescued and returned to i civilization.. L. M - ? So ends another of the vain at ' tempts to penetrate the" mystery cf v the poles, and tbs query will again arise whether "the play is worth the candle whether any discovery . that can possibly be made wool compensate for the loss of lifea bich .each expedition entails ? . Should the other expedition -now in polar waters result as disastrously as Oar tbe question is likely to hare .received it final answer, at least i for this generation. The increase of the knowledge of our glohe is, of covrac, of the hia-heat import but so long as there are inhabit bio parts of it bat little known, the ' question of what shall 'we do with ' the open polar sea when we Cad it ' remains very pertinent , : . ) . e a i i i Mayor Johnson of Cincinnati, ad dressed a notice to ' the -Sunday Concert Saloons, in his bailiwick, informing them that they must close; and has instructed the Chief of Polios to enforce the order.

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Taw VaDa. fdtMTt -Wf)VSqoi iu y J00 don,t takeyoo connf paper?" j 'Go, Mijor, IJget city papers on better tef uf, "ao'I lake a couple of them r But, Squire, these county papers arc of great convenience to us ; the more we encourage them, the bet ter the editor can make them.' - don't know that they are it any convenience to or. ; The far a you soli last spring was advertised in one of them, and you thereby obtained - a custom er.' ' Very true, ftfaofbtft' I paid three dollars for itr .,: .:Kow if the neighbors had not maintained the press; you would have been without the means of publishing; your daughter's mar-t riage and y oar brother's last Summer.' -r-v':;-; :;-..;' TV vl: .U't T.-'i ,' -yefrreswbtf--M J s 1. : '. 'And when year nephew was a candidate for the Iesislatare, , you 1 were higuly gratiued at bis ..news paper defense which . elected hla and coct you solhieg, p? ) r 'Yes; bat these little things sre news to , the readers and make the people take the paperrr i"r:r' i 'No, no, bquire, not if they were if like yoa Now I tell yon Squire the time will come when some. one will write an eulogy, in your life, character, etc,-and the printer will put it in type, with a heavy black rule over and under it, and with all your rich cess this wi".l be dine for' ) -..- . j . .... you se a grave for a pauper. Tour wealth liberality, and all such will be spoken of but the printer as he spells the words in arranging the typp, will remark: .r, Poo-, , mean devil, he never took the paper and is now swindling the printer out of his funeral notice, if he it dead. Good morning, Squire. . Morgan County Republican.; i , -,.( ; . The Congressmen at St- Louis, on the 15th. adopted resotntions d ecla ring themselves deeply ' im pressed With the great importance of the sol'iecis there presented and pledging thereto . the", earnest and caret ur con&iaerataon of upngreas. VTeis .U, very , welt and aiout as much as thev 'could . do. The action of the convention will. go far tpwa'rds givioggreater prom inence to the question r of- c'ltap transportation lor , the: West, and bringing it sharply before Congress in otf ering theresqluttone, Judge Lawrence, of Ohio. declarcd . biini.elf in favor of toe James River canal and the St. Lawrence canal both works of great national im portance, and, in the Judgement ot competent engineers, entirely feasible "' ' - - .- ..- t . Archbishop Purcell, of Cincin nati, has forbidden Catholic chil dren to take books from the pub ic library on account of the aledged immorality of the woiks distributed. The order" savors more of the narrowness oi church dozmatism than it does "of true in telligence." The books in public libraries are not all of the very best, bnt " the large majority 'of them., are poeitivelv eood. wbde nearly1 tit tbe rest - are at . least hsnoless. It seems mistaken wis dom to cut younir readers off al together, from . the sources ,ol knowledge J; for so '.flimsy, and groundless a reason as that irtven by the Arcbbjahop ,.-Iod. Jou rn'ai. . Tate Polar Exeeeitioai -i WASHiWoToirr ;Msy U-The Secretary. of the, Navy said to-day that trom all that be could learn, the Polaris wonld , prolyibly '.'be able to reach "some extreme north ern port, but if. after allowing a reasonable ' lime, she should not do so, a vessel would be dispatch ed in that direction, with the ob ject ef relie,. or of obtaining In formation concerning her, T The Department will do all to its power for the safe transit to the United States and the, coinf r.t of the survivors of the expedition. It having been fitted out ' under , the directiojjOf the Department, and being still ' under it charge, the desire is to have some of the prin cipal persons viait WashinRton, for the purpose of olG -iilly inquiring into sli tfcu frets connected . wtU the expedition since it left the United States. , V.J,'. However widely opinions mav differ on the. propriety of admi to ting women to the lianchise and pcliUctl caucuses," the refusal of the. Maryland State Temperance Convention, which recently sat i Baltimore, to admt them as delegates will probably find few to approver. If there be a question which concerns - women -direct! f and profoundly and in relation to which . their right to be hear t should be concede', it IstbequestioS of temperance. ' It was there fore; an not or the greatest flliperallty cn the part of the Maryland Convcn ion to deny seats to t'n repreaenUtives ol the very - srx which has the deepest Interest la i be discussion of' measures calcuated to repress a enrae that in -fiicts so much misery and aaguiah upon.thenu iit a u.-a -. : During tiie prevalence of small pox In Can nr It on, tbe deaths were so numeritua f iat the dead were bbried without, much 'ceVemony and expeditiously fas ppasible. On the 4th init. rrcesion, com posed of benevolent societies, fire companies, etc., wefe: formed rrij marched to the cemeteries.' where commemorative services ' "were held. I The' - atieodance was1 very t large, the ser vies "being partlotpat. A 1 0fl in by several thousand peo pie.

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been discovered at Knightsville. ' hudred lUd nfii i daOv pa per Lave-been started in New Tork during the last twenty years. Of these one hundred have died after a brief existence, resulting in a loss of about 25000,000. r r Duriog tlie 'Janaary term of the Vigo Circuit Court, Williasa Forgay waa ' convicted of- an assault upon a Mr.iLaadrum, with intent to kill, the Jury , returning,, with U'eir virilicta finding of two years ;. in prisbnmsnt. Forgay, however, bt-rrrg en bail. Aid not wait to learn the result. cf .their 'deliberations. . lie tnt west to grow op Ao. but woid wss received in Terre Haute lait week that the man was id Kansas City,' and Sheriff ' Hall (tartcd last Friday to. look; him nr. "'t '' '- Spring and Slimmer! Entire Now Ctocli ! an -4 '.f.aS 1 GNsnts Twcnik&Lng Ooofiav Oil Cloth, Laee Window Currtinis, W'l'nDoWs HADES: j. FOBKNER - Richmond. -: ( if ' . ? t ? '-S'j' . f April. 2d 1.873. j V 7t jlOTlCETIl HEIRS OF PETITIOJf TO SKLL REAL ESTATE. " STATK OR INDIA !TA4 WAV MB CO M. 8. WAYRB CIRCUIT CPURTi ? 0a "RM OTlCE is bersbj ftirea that Jaswa Parrv 1M sdmiaialratoT atBaaatata of Willisai ,jB?t4teasrf,a aUdaU pslUioa ta sell lha rust estate oftha decadent, tba perBnl btimg inntSelcBl U pay hit dehtelkod that mM petition will bs beard at tba aast ' fern of the Circuit Ciwrt of said ravntv.3 stt ivflTMJMI an aaaio,tbia itb &y ot April, J873. ,ro ; Wbk W. ITODLSTJ . t i Clerk Ways Circait Cear i TJ. S. INTERNAL TKEVENTJE. Notice to Spectial-Tax Paycrg, l!s Tbe law of December M.'lSTIreuires every peraoa eafrased ia aev busiaena; . to catioa, or employaMiit . which rendtra bias liable to a SPECIAL TAX. to proeara'aad lace coaat.icniHisV iabw aHbliaKewt r (4ace of buainesa, a 8TAVP deantaac'tha payneot of eatd iawil Tax befeao aea . mencina; bnstneaa. The tans embraced wjtb- - ia the proriiioos o( law above mint! tha 4 llQwiir, vi 3;nt.iftsv in; .;t "w-nnara.' $200 M Dealers, retn.liqunr'..'U nK OS . Dealers, whnleaale lieor-... 10 tS ' Dealers ii mtH liquors, wholesale-.' ' NH Paaloraia malt Hqaor, ratail MOO Dealers ia leaf tobacco-... IS0S MeiaH dealer in Haf toWeeo.... MS OS j: asd on aU aale of ovar 1,000, fiftj oraU for every dollar in exeeaa of f 1,000. . Iealers ia aaaanfaasorad labaste - n r - 6 00 Maauractarera. of still- , if Of 1 -and for each still or worst mana-1 a - faetured-10 00 kfanufaclaiers nf tobacco..-. "if 00 atanaacraiwMoT e4fa".'-. b:lM fS Peddlers pf tobacco, ftrststasa.fmor ' than t6 horses)'"-if f0 : Peddlcra of tobacco, secend elaas. tt v fcorses) I . ..... ti 00 Peddlers of toUoco, tbkd alaaa,(t J a i horse) -. .... .... .... ... Ii f0 Peddlers Oftebaeetf, fourth class, (oa 1 '-'s (T ftr psblic coarejan a).. ...... . If 00 Rreweraol lesathaaiOO barr!a if Of Hrewersof i f barrels or aBore'.. i 100 00 . , Any persea wbo shall fail to ramply with ' the foieyoina; tcqoiremeats will be abject to '. aerere pepaltiea. 8paeial-tax Psyars tbrowbout the United Stales are remioded that thay moat mke applicatioo W tbo Collector iot Depatr Collector) oi tbeir rea pee lire districts, and proenre tho proper stamp for the Special tax tear, aommsaeinjr Mar 1, . 1873, without wail ins; lor further aotio. . ,c-' WM. OBOHB, Collector lateroal Ravenna. 5th Dla., lad. Hew Castle, April th, 187J. F 8-wS KOTICE OF ATTACIlMEirT., , STATE OF JSD1AKA WATKK CO, Bi 8, , fEFOBK Robert Gordon, Justice of tbb Mm Pesej, iu and for JeSeraon Township, ia aaMCouoty, f ai: . . ; ;v:j ,' ,y Lewi llaberUad, 1 - v. AtUebmenC . Jacob aUploats, ) . .. u:t.,-i- ; Thd abare aassed deloadeot la otiaod of the pendency of tbe above cause, and that oa tbo tod day of AprJI, 1871. 1 issued a writ of ? attachment herein, against tne.Jrnods, cbet ' tier, rithte, credit!", moneys and (Sects of isaid defendeot in aaii County, and at tha same date a aummona waa Issued to John ' -Uwrnv, fraruirbeo, and that said oauaa ia eet far hearius .on June I lib 1S7S, at 9 o'clock A. M. - ROBERT GORDO,?, p. h Apri It. IST-wS,;ir,; - a iqi uutO V-" 1 , f 1 " " . v . ; ' NOTICE OF ATTACHMENT , STATE OF. INDIAN A, WATyE CO B,, Hi vrjbEFORE Francia Pmya a Joatiee of tbo 1e Peace in and far Wayne Towasafp ia saidoouatyt - jtrv'ji-;,., Joaeph Zeysa. at al 1 . -J I ' : Attachment. fM William Humphrey J r r William Humphrey, defendent la tba above caaae. will take aotioa that a writ of attach. aient waa by me issued ia tht above eatitlad enuae Oa tbe Itth daTorFoHraary,lfi7S,likewie summons to the Pittabara:, Ciaetaaati A St. Louis Railway Company, farnishee( thai said saraisheohaTinc asade aaawersaid cause ia set lor trial oa tbo Uth day of iaae, 4l9:t, atlO o'clock t: nr. -- FaiNOia Paeni, Jasiiee Peace. AprM ISV 1873. , ; , (SEAL) V- NOTICE OP ATTACHMENT. ! tTATE OP IUDIAHA, WATKE CO ,8. 8. ' fniEFORE Enos Thomas's Jusliee of ti e clvT Prace ia and. for Wayaa Tuwaafeip ia aafi county. J4ona PaelJrr '- '2 . ra ltteacat. . . Charles Cushmau t Tbe atr named derendent is noitSad of r the pendcaay of said caaae, that oa tho ltth day ot Mareh, 1873, 1 issued a writ (.rattaefc : awnt aKaieaf tbo reOds.ahatclea.ricLUwrroaita and effects of said defendent, ia jraid countr, by virtue ol which Roods bar brea , attached, and that aaid eaaae ia ael for a bearinc oa tbe 10th day of liny. 1873. at If o'clock a. si. ENoaTaoaaa, April 18,1873. Mastics Peace.

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