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Prison Tortare Ia England. EXTRAORDINARY STATEMTENTS OF DAN jlI REDDING, A FENIAN PRISONER. Are the British convict prisons hells oftorture, crammed with helpless vic- t ires and incarnate fiends ? Charles 3 Peade, in "Never Too Late to Mend nl. drew pictures of life in English jails h which curdled with horror the blood of o the reader, but Charles Heads, it was. o said, etaggerated, and even if his pic- P tares were true twenty years ago pris- il on discipline since then has been sp tl pose to have vastly nimproved, and t the International Congress of prison r philanthropists held here last summer 13 the British prisons were represented as i. mnlels of perflction. But if some affi. i davits read before the Conrt ot Queen's it Bench dlay before yesterday be true-- gi Day, if one-tenth par t of theta be true ti the inglislh prisons are worse than T bells. What d1o you say of the con- ,r duct of a prison plhysician who is so 't "'loyal" that he selects thile political th prisonets under his charge and sub- ep jects them to months of exquisite tar- Rsi, lure--telling them that their crimes re: against tile Queen were not sufilcientl. gil prllislhel by their imprisonment, blt, t'th minst be exparliated by additional suf-o to fering; wiho starves some of them; who sill oiders It paraly3zed mano, who is unable, re( to walk, to be dragnged around the ex- ter ercise groundtl"; who strips hil of aill his noi cllthing, places him in a lpInishitutn thet cell, and has him beaten wiyh a stal-"_ Stu leaving hIilm tlhere to lie inaked onu the ia stones for four hoturs; who burns him 'I'e with redl-hot irons and pierces ils legs hot with heated needles; who blisters hitha flesh until it is raw and then ties a gil- tie, silnic baltery to tlie exposed flesh anl ovt subjects hirn to the ir. tense pain of re- Ipen peated shock; who pulls him fronm his loon wretched Ied by the heels anl dr l s 'iiu'" hinaover the stonies, his bleediing ha.l I" knock ug against the rough f tgs; who tion tils im ui p with a harness ot ropes f elt andt jerks Im tin IoUt; nhe makes the the wardens toss himi i igh in tihe air n!d jdel let him fall violently Ib;rck; who hini- tice, self beats himi in the sltaruch will, sutch rpart violence that the wr.tchi vonlirs blinod: tere and who, failing to qlnte kill himt tive turns him out of the pl ison at the end calm or his five years such a wreck that the Stat surgeon of the hospital to which ihe inite was renmoved testifies that, after three, ef months of the most careful nursing, lie can sreicelyv mlove or speak? You say. will pnilally, that this is all a raania.e : e; le but it is the suibstance of a sllern ii li- lti nlit diarit imadle by Dautel Reddin , a Fetn- titt ii lpristllner, collicted in Noavenmbller ltiln ±ti7, at llanclhester, itd sentenced to etltil1 live rears' irplrisolnment, which ended "i ictt Un the l5th of Octobler last. The alti- :1 nit davit was reand, las I have said, before tives the(Ctnrl' of Queenl's Dench in siupport 'kin!: ofoan aplicatio- ti,r rtile nisi, cal- .witn( ling uponl I)i lhirns, medical ofi'er of ti-Vy Clitlhatnt liprisoni, and Dr. Wilson, uied- f riis ial oulicer tof Milbank prisront, toi shoiw lbecoli tause wh It y a criminail inlfolrmatioili a pa'n should not lie fileld against tlthem. The tihnal toart, with strange reilctance, hiower- tlice. or, granted the rule, and thlie ;tse will the pi ionte on iiext April. Every olne miay patior sot know how extremely dlifliclt it is tied ti to prevelnt atrocities like those in pris- dust, ons tandl to obtain proof of them when they I cotmlitted. The system of inspection cairrp; i, a sluha--tlhe officers of a prison all with 2 hang together and defend each other-- ignity the prisoaters often do not dare to that I speak, when questioned, fo r they plunda know that if they lmake a elomplaint' Southt the offllicers will revenge themselves mount cruelly upon them-and if one in his itiscre despair does venture to comnplain the Ial pow chalces are ninty-nine to onle that the And inspectors dishbelieve huli; preferring in the I, take tie wthe d of the honest wardenls times i rather than that of the convicted ras- comino cal. But it certainly ought to be with- tiunati in the power of the English Govern- South; mlett to protect the prisnl.i ers frotm such cill let tortires as thlose which this Feinian the ot Swears lie has su8iered.-[Wohld Lun- iwho vi duon Letter. ald w] parts; Tue WaEELrArrOWIvf )or have Ceonvict oetsion to use a wht'eelar-row leave it giess l. whIen you are tlhrough with it, in front who hi of lIlte hiolse with tihe handles toward votes, the ar. A wlheella: row is the must polilttee coisplicated tllilig to tall over on the inake; fie tf tihe earth. A nlan will fill le'lne over one iwhen ihe would never think tie n: ofalling over anything else; lie never tates 0 uow.s whlen lie hi t th roulgh hllil, illi l, Ouver it, eier; fo r it will tnle lhi a t' hes and his arms, turn over w ith himu i merit . sad rear up iu fiaont of hiim, and just is f t tie futi ie. pltSes in iris pIruafaoitr to coar,;l"t-I Vlto is Ise ariaselt; it takes a new turn anti gi oeops taore skin off hibt, and he conl- to givC e netc-s to evhilute nlle-w, and Inlp brirtip "irmtsel trtn fresh places. A roan neier 'SiS of a ea ta bihll over a wheeliarrow un- sisty beof lla bil it tnrns cotmpletely nl ins back, or beca brings up against sotle'hing it callnot revoluti Per. It is itie most inofthnsive ob-' port Tii jict there is, bit is more dlangeroius ioln a looonlotive, n1(d no man is se- tP" A ente i t l uiii-less lie ihas a tight suicilde it iold tf its landles, and is ittingdown the irnqut .Oi .etnlr. -A wleelharraw has its er cle'k c Ust, witItaii totlbt, b ut in !irs leasuren y caui e oftr .td.. it is the g'reait blightiug cuIse tie reply 0 tru digllity. ly,• ntu ild v (G aGing ta aid iL- EPLAIiNED . a-.Yo see," claimed phian ,, .II()vtwas cxplaining the IVe've go l(ar I._ V to I lis. son. '"deier ness?" ir e git nad paorty quick out, d'5cytobllcaue C sIiS girs a leddic dosh- C -Phi ii-Mi from Deshdinony. important agu The Fourth of March 1873. s OF DAN While the many readers towhom the ISOER. Times is a morning visitorare peruslng these lines, preparations for the inaug oos hells oration of U. S. Grant as President of1 pless vic- the United States for the next four C'hales years are progressing in Washington,, o Mend," and the sun in its royal transit of the lish jails heavens to day will shed its beams;up.j blhid l o on a pageant'of unusual splendor and t le, it was one strange in contrast with the sim- It f his pic- ple lintimpressivescenes which on sim- c ago pris- ilar occasions, in the earlier days of d we sup- the republic, were witnessed at the d d, and at Capital. oIn the civil era of the nation, { )f prison ewhen the Presidency was bestowed on- ' summer ly upon those who were distinguished a seated as fir ability, patriotismp and virtue, the' ° onme ali inaugural scene was characterized by Ir Queen's its simplicity and dignity, and was tl )e true-- grand only in the free spirit of the mil- ai be true, titudes who assembled to witness it. rse haThere were no long lines of troops in It the con-, gorgeons uniforms, and whose bayo- a to is so ne'ts and ensigns glittered omniously in h political thle sunn light. The occasion mairked an 'a ,id sub- epoch in the history of the republic; it site tor- signaled the close of one era of prog- th crimes ress, glory and happiness, and the be- " ficiently iinning of another. The assembled al ent, but thousands recalled with pride, the his- {a t ,nal suf' tory of the expired term; its grand re !m; who silts; its splendid eloquence, and its o' unable , ecords of Patriotic etfoirt anrd anticipa the ex- teld greater things of the fnoling Al f all his inistration; foretold the increase of ishlruet thre wealth and porwer of the existitng I staff- States, and beheld new ones arising in ril I on the annjesty lit of the wildernesses of thle II, run himl, Territories, like stars on the national th( his legs horizon, to blend their glories with UV ters his that of thie constellation of sovereitn s a gl- ties, whose dleepening radiance shonute th shsl amnd 't the wold and was hailed by the ing a of re- people of every land as the dawn of tihe cit m hris long expected era of true republicanf the dran 's ii.T t os th ShIel . Then, too, the people of every see- ach s; who tion, of every State and every party the roimes felt that they had an equal interest in I'of I tes the tIle occasion. In the nomernet the Pres- ero: lic and !itdnt-elect took the solemn oath of of- i l: o him- lice, he ceased to be the leader of a col Ih uch rpArty, the champion of the peculiar in- l 11ood( terest>s of a section or the representa- like I hii, tive of a State-in that mloment, he be- ilevi Ire end ;catme t It e President o f t'lhe 'United at the States, the guardian of every public exjl ch he inteiest and o of the lights and dignities ias th ree of every Sta te. ioo ig, he Thi e scene in Washington to-dayn coSt! n say, will be very dit'ereet from that we coIil Ialce; lre describ;ed. A vast and splendlid ihavt i afli- militavry pgea nt ill be the leadin-g elrs Fen- teu tereothe occasion; bayonets ilnd food nler, tibanners ad nd attial miusic gorgeoi s i ,et edl to 'lipments, a glure of fashioiable lang- tio rnded LHticence, will make up the scene ant Ci e alli- miiititude of lohbyists, Ireprleselnta- well tcfhre fives of vast corporations and of all Ie pport kinds of riings, will be as.euleul to at o c, cil. itness the grim foice in which a nili- tion :er of try cl ( ttor will be put tirough the good( ilued- aforms Iofn Ian oration, that lie may Co< lshowl become a, seconid tioe the P'reshet tof order ationli a party andl the representative ofsec- ity. The tional nralianity, revenge and injus.c when wec- tire. In 'reviewing tile trn. just closed dent will the people carn only recall nats of usrl- i oor may pation; they behold Louisiaina tlIrrot it is tied by federal power, trampled in the I , (piri- dust, outraged, insulted and .ruined; ly (tft 1en t1 they behold South Carolina a federal tiong e:tionr camp; the Albany penite ntiary filled j Queer n all with Soothern victimns of federal mal-1 of the er- ignity and tyranny; tlhey remember of r le to that the public revenues have been Ieas they plunderled or squandered, and that the ac ow aint' Southern States are oppressed by :Ij plist Ives mountain of debts, piled upon theii by , ioert his mlisceants foisted upon them by feder- i the al power. w years the And what is the country to hope for heiglt ring in the fldtre t All the signs aofer the inhes les timen indi;cate thalt the policy of tie iln inches ras- coining Administration is to be a con- I the enl h- tinarion of the last. Tyranny in the On ace In- South; corruption in Washington; spe- ly able ich cial legislation for the rings, are to be legs, a' ian the order of the dlay. A President the `ist -who waonns convictedt of a deliberate lie, vreasc arid mwho sold iiiiiself to his presei-t reisep party; a Vice-Presitdentr who has been oilihiii a condictei oft accepting biribes; a Con- toe is ae iguess led Senators atld Representatives sturdtly, itu who ihaove beet detected ina bing their rclative it votes, and in sweariin falsely; ap. the ol 1 pointees ever ywhere, nwho are on the coholic h matke; are the constituents of the gov- cO plni hl erment of the American i republic for i Prpeare k d the net founr ysears. In the ruined tion tlhl r Staites of Lotsianac Arkansas, lississ- to n uPPi rippi, Florida asnd North Carolina wetie , beheld the work of this same govern. Cti c is ment in tie il. Whlat is it to be in HAND. a the future? VWho can predict ~ll.re' Clirlllii 15 th is saturnalia of crinie will lead ? Istates it I \lVhlo discerning the end, will ventureit' ,f tl Sto give utterance to his devination ? ing stro t r bribery and perjury constitute the ha- tis i.pii o- sis of a fixed government? Can socic- i'r of l, Or ty becomee utterly disorganized without the armn, or revolution and bloodshed ?-i-FShreve- that it ( . port Times. " se ort' 0 [si " S=: - it. 'lii e- £P A young ihug clerk committed " Sui t suicide in Bristol, a few days ago. At is leredi , tihe inquest tihe coronller asked a broth- juenitlr ts er clerk of the deceased if lhe knew otf 11-n, Iut a any cause for the suicide. "No." was thli . t'. ie the reply, "lie was getting aloiig nice iof a rigih v, antd was to be ninarried next Lm,)thl." tile rildit ;Goinig to be married, was Ie ?" ex- es tls " claimed the coroner. *Tiat will do. the left s e We'e got at the bottom of this busi- tity of bi Sness?" " " t lb -,' Philadelphia's millionaire of third great Enu lmportance is a butcher. life's jour 15 I. Dinners. whom the Pierre Blot, in an article in Harper's pcrusing Bazar, says: Let our readers utider '.e inaug. stand that it is a mistake to think that sident of to give a dinner to friends, to relatives, ext four or even a dinner of ceremony, it is ne hintfour cessary, nay indispeusable, to have just it of the such dishes and such wines because oit of the ter people h:ave them served on their eamseup- tables. It is much better and imuch s lor and more pleasing to the guests to be origi the ian- n we me:an, to make one's own bill Son irm- I of fare, an(l not imitate other people's days of dinners. We once heard a frequentv at the diner-out exclaim: "These dinners are t nation, shockingly monotonous; one knows in a wead o0)- advance what dishes are coming; there a ignished iare the classic salmon, the chronic tillet st tne the of beef, the inniumerable roasts, accom ized by Ilpanied by the lmatter-of-courIse ice cream ir iz to chill the stomach, instead of some- i lao al- a tlreng that would help digestion." .We p Sare of the samle opinion. Ice cream is i ness it. oodl, but notl as a desert. An hour at fe roops in leat shoull be allowed the stomach a e bayo- after din er before taxing it with the I o usly in hard work of digesting so chilly a dish b, eked an as ice creamlll. I hi ablic; it The dinner is the principal meal of it >f prog- the day, anud the one that restores the sio the be- 'waste of the system most, being gener- (lr embled ally tiaken after the lay's tasks ae done, le his- tnd being comlposed of more nutritious on and re- Inmorie tnumerous dishes than the and i ue- osther mnra . As t e mind an l stomachr p and its canllot both work well at once, iL is p, itici "a- CcritnI :taccolrding to hrygielnic laws t..i og Ad- o,t to eat ltinc' or hea!vy food at break- ph 'ease ofi f-at ' aad htlch. It is (lilerllt at dill- to xisting Ier'; bsides, havin i no work to per- rol sing in foll' aftetr it, the enjoynent of havin. g cot of thiltea ie Ifteily alsembledl is one of ied. stional the hest COldliuments that can aceomnpa- we witl uyv the meal. sic, rein- in ves ail mothers have flower.s on , ; the dinner table Illve attraet.ie-look h bl by till- llohers! have palatable food!-- c e ~f th, .lave heerlulaaess ! Ihave a cup(if warnm tio lic teiae- ole or tea atter diiner! You are ter ican- then ,pretty sure to haIlvoe wan'r hearts !aw aroundl you. Do not freeze the stoun- tuid Y see- achstis of the meibeas of your faiilv at 'he par'ty the din a aer table, and then aI'n thile risk late rest I of hfeezi tirti hlerarts. Keep the ice old, of of- ialahtes thaat lay h\ave been parcl ed by I(n r of coonaverltieon or sPinaing, ar in- .AnIother ilporta it thlinig, and which, lnta- lil ::aaly atll othr domestic desuties H ie be- Iel " i.e wifeand mother, is thle W]il n ltit ( , tioi of thie daily food. We have a CC SllteI exl tiied what to sa'nve and hlow to wit ti rve t; w'.e will add a few dtiriec.tiTn, to i a guitle. Fiist, t n iiderstand that by I thei g ood. *ttal proer fol we do lit theaiao holie c:e )ostlyv loe(. Ma-i:lly halve poor food, aand anai t we oseqellltly ipoorl linliers, thoilaegh tly no ndid have paid tha igail wice fora it. while oth ' ina i ts ha,.ve good idan rolerly lprep:edi ad loo anal food it a ri';a.ýollable price, tlhe diffleeiren.e oin ti eouns I tween the two heing only in its selec ngO-ii l snd prep:ation, ' elf,' Sd Cookery is ao bra,: clh of chemniatry as hurl, t.well as ail art. ops, ,lsauces, gravies, serv Stews, etc. are eoiipounlei as careful- I le, i lf all IY as a chemical preparation. T'hey :'dashm el to act on tih system according to pr par'-j i Tilei :ui- I tioa-thait is, it' well prep)ared they do She c Sthile 'goo( : it' aot, the opposite he own may Cookeiry I tile scienice that keeps ill an as t cit' order tile aidlihal iechanis.ml of hi an- aia l c ace- itr-. The physiaian is oaly ca-lled in and jtS. whiten, thiroughi cilses enltihely indepem skimln , deait of ookery, that imechanilsnm i s out se- mjof order. Ibarn, ,,ot- Io o ,iler. the I Ve ey gig:antic is tile O'Xeill far- lan e c ]; Ily (front Irelind) which is now exhibi- while erl tin; in England. Tlhey are flor, fr I ledlQeen's couity, near Dulblin. The o h -I naother of thie faiiily is forty-tive years I ion a her of age, stands 5 feet 2 inches in ,i(ht, S aI n aesuresi round ier ari: 26 inches, lit. i ac oss her shoulders. feet, roundtl her a the waist 5 feet 6 inlches, a nid weighs ;378 ebltt apoundai. Her eldest sou is 25 year:s of het a by age, stands 6 feet 2 inaclhes auad weighs place let-i 257 po ualds. 'Tile eldest dallihter,, . ..ts c .years of age, staniids 5 feet 6 inclies in street, for height, and ineasUires rouiidl the armn -27 "a ha the inches, acaross her sh dars 3 feet 6 . ol in- cinches, roud her waist S feet, aial has idy cc SI the enorlmouls weight of 5f6 lotillds.- ih he On aecodnt of herohbseity she is sca-rce- tlie hi Sy able to wa:lk, appearn s ullenc. on hter i ;' be legs, and is sometiuaes ealnlltled to leahn News. iti) agai it 1 io wall for support. T ahe t vaccin:ationl marks on hler armls have ini- A I ie, clreasel with age and eveloplhi]t of six yea nt iAo.se tisPue till they :rie as large ats I eli i: en oraliau:ai'V s:auucers. Tlls delicate crea-j Mare n- tune is aflcntioiatcel, thl o aaLntlaDr a:b- e jourthi •es sudly, called 'L.ilv" by l ner yoal'cr Mare i relatives. It is ob.elye t a a tht tuin h and cali the aiotlier hows siglis ot excessive al- I nlal ricA ie coholic toitliaptinlduti,taere is iao disease .. a nr tiolapnilained of, nd thae cuihiiet. do iaot u IIp or IPeart to stufler faon a i otler aire- siturl f tiun tha it thiancouven ieaace of havina n _ .ch Sto support o munch fati. an liAcl CAUSE or, ow.;tt,: , Maucl IC(Jail hlulacil'l SC .ty of Liilon, Dr. 0gle eotacnght. st ihtt S iti as i.ld Ieit tlt t thoe o ,lelilr- M ui'eCi S I iug sti euitli ululd skill, is ntat hiluienireluCy 1lsi. Ai to c tmnil. itaii i isage, lis reasnas I;fr H'Ive. re tliia il intua i.a ha i t t l e aie lic.i.o r l . i ut i er of die riglt n ile is laot collied to better bA It tilre l, i, bit exteals to the leg, mid s liler . that Iht (hiiiniie ieaes iii tie aIrI 'it e Malrtll ti e , ar c i a i v-liui , a lnd ccli l in ' aes i - hi sliute lu ill ehtb,,ius to rt.esist or diio et rI a Lhlen tit. h hiai %tperio i itlil ae esilnu elr h.ari .1t-o sonuic Iliul i iila tio iis, i liaasllnulCil 115 it Aplill Si la edi ii vrua i is et jtr iniou lie- j' I' luneiathy in tihe mniile sex. hiot on,ly iiti ..-.= . thor uriihlen assctsr is aithe let side t1lle eart thrle iglit, ianl 'ice versi, 111;h rlie e ul l t the left .i.le is iiicr tu '" rteaquta- thi,,i lI. tity of bloodc haich it receives. swer. L- Macready is very inlirm. The told tia'i great Eighlish actor is near the end of was r'ev life's journey. there wer A MAN DRAWN FEET FOREMOST BE TWEE.N IROx ROLLERS.-It is scarcely ever within the province of a newspa Harper'I per to chronicle a more sickening acci rs nderat dent than that which happened to Jas. ink thatie illigan, who was drawn feet foremost relatives, e- through two massive iron rollers only it is ne- three and a half inches apart and which have just are used in flattening bars of steel for because i the plates of saws. Mr. Milligan was ii on their employed as blacksmith's helper in the id much steel rolling mill of Wheeler, Madden be origi- & Clemson. He was climbing upon a own bill board l sid across rods over the rollers, rpeople's in order to place in position a wrench c requent which is used to regulate the spaLce ners are through which thie heated steel and iron ; there are passed, when the board suddenly e nic tillere tipped, causing him to fall. His feet nic fillet struck upon tile steep side in front of , accom- the rollers, which were revolving at the e cream irate of sixty times a minute, and were c of some- instantly cought between them. " The a poor fellow had only time to utter the CI reallour is single cry of "'Oh1" while his body n hour tIac feet foremost, was being drawn throug'I bI itohchlll a space of only thlree and a half inches.1 tc 'ita the Haridly a second had elapsed before the cc s bodyl was a shapeless mass of flesh, I d I blood, bones and clothes, presentinig, as1 meal of it did, the most horrible and sickening ii g- res the, Sdghit that eyes could look upon. It l n Sgner- lldroppedl from thie rollers a limp and si qe done, uivering mass, and when straightenetld Itratiolu out coveredi a space of ground that two au ian the men would occupy. Not a whole or stomach perfect bone remaiaed in the body, and i m ie, i, is many bones were protruding through of ic laws the flesh and clothing at diflereits t break- places. he head was a fearful sight dlii condpa- were thle brains and blood in a trean s ickening to behold. Strongmlinded 1t f vers on able-bodied men, were horrified and Ie are terrible affair were struck dumb with e hearts awe, and rendered almost emotionless ston- and as silent as the corpse befoe them. iily at T'he deceased served three yers in tihle i for he risk late war, was about thirty-three ye la he ice old, and leaves a wife and two childremn and ,sli time in moderate cirlcumstances.- oii t lied by (N. Y.) Letter to the World. t iwurg vh ich, *** 1r lutieý, HOW A 'OMrAN C'OIRNERs A HEN.- pre is the When a woman has a lien to drive into M Shave a coop she takes ho'ld of her hoolpsI ow to with both hands, shakes them quietly 'etions toward thldelinquent, and says "shew ! In S hat by there." The lien takes one look at the Ist, nmeIan object to convince herself it's a wonman CO i, and and then stalks mljestically into the; ion Sthe coop, i perlfect dijgSist of the sex. A Ft a oth- man doni't do that way. He goes out our P.a. d (loots and says. "It is silnlar nobody sadu selee ino lhis house can drive a ihen ht y- of Lit self." an d pickinr up a stick of wood, men ry as hurls it the otfend ing biped, and ob- ce ivies, serves, "Get in there. you thief." The ceas refutni lien immediately loses her reason and Pari T'hey: dasles to the opposite end of the yard. are o para- The lan strai!h" t way dashes after her. ancie Ly do She conies back again with her hieadl antd down, her Winigs ot, anI followed by ian, PS i an assortLment of stove-wood, Frnit-can. man- end coal-clinkers, with a ucns l pufihn lly - a intl very inad in the rear. Then she mneo - out skims up on the stoop and under the For m b out I arn, and over a fence or two and bent aronni the house, and beak agaien to the hi I the coop, all the while talking as onhly lver. fai- an excited lien can talk, and all the;able hibi- while followed by things convenient oble, t for handling, and by a tman whose coat hault, ears is on tihe round, and whose perspira- .friend hion andl profanity appear to have no and n ies, limit. By this time the other hens; Loud her have come out to take a hand in the 3;g debate and help dodge the missles, and bred, Sof thein the man says eveiry ben on thell, gihs place shall be sold in the morning. and 20 puts on his things and goes down n street, oanud the awolan dois iher lioop i 2 inda. every one of thiose liens housed t 6 and contented iln two minutes, and the, has only sonol heard on the premise s CORP rce- i lie iham tering by the oldest boy as lie hier ni tedlit heo bi oken picklets.-[Da ybury N 0if an News., t mlle .I of Alen in- A Boy's JOUuxl L.--Doriihy, a by Robert of six years oldi tliuiks hlie will do as other iel o as mcii have done:- der, oi ea 1Marh2.-Have resolved to keep a SATUR cir iMarch 13.-Had rost befe for dinner, at 10 o'c gh andl calige and prato anil alle sline, tlMarket al- and rice nldig. I do nlot like ii e an Ice C se puding when it is like t olrs. Chlarles will be I t iSlllck~s kind llis rele good. I lush and le73, 1o s I situp for tea. that the SMarch 19.-4Forgit what did. John~usto a anh d me saved our pie to take to schlile. spiritul IT Mbatclh 21.-Foirgit what did-ilridel, ke lpr ele enkeslln for brealkfast.i Deeba dirch't ' arc le- enough. bby i fry. ;I March 24l.-Tliis is Sundai. Corn E 11 Shefe for dinuir. Stuihied my Bible les- 8th y son. Autut Issy said I was gredy. Board of ;r f Have resnlived not to think so caimchi andria, ti 0ilblut tohings to ete. Wish I was ation ioftli Sbetter boy, Noithig perltikler formay iitted fo d srlilder. ccmt, wal e March 25,-Forgot what did. drive bei M .rch 27-Frorgot what did. tle side t M. alrch 29.--PIa, ead. DIlrsn i th eMarch 3lill.--Firgo ht lit lhathtid.o it April I.-Hav e dissidedl not to keep olned in l I i aj l eny more. six hours o I Ai Pet ask ed:l "Whe l re are the A. HILTo: Sdead o the vanished ded, who tr d Sec Stihe earth that now we tread o" II we March rwele to makie a randoln guessfi , we TO the ' shoull say tahe mostd thent arle buried, e though l his l iy not 0 be the righit a- - I S swer. hDe t o Toledo feultahe fainted on being nowf told t)at 00,000 t ietn last yeor, but colllly ii was revived by tihe ilformatio. that thelatw di 3there were 13,000,000 left. harci E- THE OLD WOMAN.-It was thus, a ely few days ago, we heard a stripling of sp- sixteen designate the mother who boro Jaci- him. By coarse husbands we have Jost beard wives so called occasionally, !ol though in the latter case the phrase is iich more often used endearingly. At all for times, as commonly spoken, it jars up was on the ears and shocks the sense. An the old woman should be an object of rev Idlen erence above and beyond almost all n a other phases of hunmanity. Her very ers, age shonhl be her sturest passport to neli courteous consideration. )acle The aged miother oi a grown up fanm •Of ily needs no other certificate of worth. feet She is a monument of excellence, ap Sof proved and warranted. S h e ,h as the fought faithfully "'the good fight," and ere coneo off conqueror. Upon her vener L'he able face she bears the marks of the the conflict in all its furrowed lines. The dy, most grevious of the ills of life have Igh hIeen hers; trials untold, and known es. to God and herself, she has borne ih the cessantly, and now, in her old age, her sh, duty done, patiently awaiting her sp as pointed time, she stands more beauti tig lnl than ever in youth, more honora It ble and deserving than lie who has Sslain his thousands, or stood trinmph e ant upon the proudest field of victory. Young man, speak kindly to your nd mother, and ever Com teously, tenderly gs of 'er. But a little time, and ye shall nt see her no more forever. Her eye is lit dim, her form bent, and her shadow he falls gravewasrd. Others may love ut you when she has passed away-kind i- hearted sister, perhaps, or.she whom ill of all the world you choose for a part Sner-she may love you warmly, pas I, slonately; children may love you fond. Sly, but never again, never; while lino e is yours, shall the love ot woman be to you that of your old, trembling moth " er has been. . 1 There are said to be good reasons e for supposing that sentimentul young (ladies who write poems about deati and the grave have a great many holes in their stockings. 1' Annie E. Smith is a Methodist - preacher in New York. ' DIED:. ,w! In Shreveport, at 7 o'clock A. 3M., March he lst, 1873, C.rlr.uxu J O.EPil JlS'I'I inCOMPERE, aged 46 years and 6 . i months. A' Full well do we know that many (t at our community will with regret and tly sadness read the above announcement y- of the demise of one of nature's noblk. men and a purely good man1 The de ceased was a native of Natchitoches l Parish anti both branches of his tfmily d. a;re of the best and most honored in that ýr. ancient Parish. He was in every sense ul, and meaning of tho term a purely good man, upright citizen and was univer sally loved and respected by all his nu eInierou friends and aoqutaintanees.+. Fe For umany years in the olden times and d be.t d:ays of our people he was one of oI the best and most popular clerks on the " river. All knew him to love him-ami t able, courteous, obliging, liberal to a t fault, were the marked traits of our friend and the companion of our youth and manhood. Farewell, oh1l Iriend! s Long and favorably will you be remem. Ibered, and your memory cherished i.º iRapides. Rest in peace! n NEW TillS DAY. Iol)Oj) - - ... ..... . . . _ seul sel'To the ublic., s ; CORPORATION O ALEXANDRIA, LA., lie! MARCH J2, 1673. Ta N O1EDIENCE TO AN ORDINANCE. S of the Councilmen of the Corporation of Alexandria, passed on thoe 4th inst., I,' Robert L. Fox, Mayor of the Town. will 'oy lease out at Public Auction, in front of th' ier1 Town Hall, to the last and highest bid. a SATURDAY, the 5th day of APRIL, A. D., er, at 10 o'clock A M., all that portion of the e, Market House recently leased and used as e an Ice Cream Saloon by Julius Levin. It es will be leased for one year, from May Ist, id 1673, lo May 1st, 1874, with the proviso that the lessee will only use or convert it, iinto a Refireslhmeut Saloon, (otlher than, n spirituous or bualt liquors.) and for Mar e. ket purposes. R. L. FOX, cI March J2-2t. Mayor. Ordinance .1, n E IT ORDAINED, ON TnIS TRE s- 8th ,y ,of March, A. D., 1873, by the V. Board of Con(cilmen of thl Town of Alex. Ii andria, that from and after the pnblica a tiot of this Ordinance, it shall not be ner. mitted for any person or persons drivinig a eart, wagon or vehicle of any kind, to drive between the bridges and corner of the side walk. Alny person or persons via lating this Ordinance shall be tined Five D-liars for each and every otfence, and in delanlt of paying the tine shall bo impris. onedl in the Town Lockup for not less than six hours nor more than twelve hours. A. IHILT~O, Approved: R. L. FOX, Secretary. Mayor. March 12-2t. To the Tax Payers of Alexandria! HIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE TIAT tihe Licences of the Corporation of Alexandria, are now due, and TEN DAYS is now further givetn to all delinquents to comlle tforward and ljay up. All tfiling to' coilmply in that tiule will be dealt with as the law directs. T. CR4WLY. SMarc. 19-t. Collecto.