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The New York herald., 1876-11-09
Now Pledged Reform.

Mrs. Irene House has suddenly become SO
tremendously good that she has made up
her mind that nobody shall be permitted to
sin any more. No irregular inclinations shall
be indulged there shall be no passionate
impulses the courts shall not separate in
compatible spouses; and, finally, it is to be
supposed the domestic revolver will not be
handy in the bureau drawer. Sin-the SUI
premacy of the personal will over oil the
rules-the right to set aside the ordinary
discipline of life when it fretted sensitive
souls-the higher law of passion-all this
was good and beautiful MS long as this inn
pulsive parsonage loved little sin on her
own account but now that she is sur
fcited-now that she has gone up step by
step in her indulgences to the capital
point, and can desire no more-all the
possibilities of indulgence shall be done
away with. She is fed full therefore
cakes and ale shall be abolished. It is beau
tiful to note the way in which the virtue Of
this new-made reformer bubbles. First, she
will ''never rest" until divorce for any cause
whatever is made impossible in every part of
the United States Why she should thus
selfshly and narrowly restrict her grand de-
votion to this country is what it seems diff
cult to understand. Shall all the great
countries of Europe still grovel in the
miseries of divorce for want of her crusading
spirit? It is at least to be said that If she is
making an onslaught against divorce-if that
is her mission-she began well, for the shot
by which she killed her husband was very
effective blow against divorce in general.
No ono can charge, however, that the lady
takes . narrow view of the needs of the
world. There are several other troubles
besides divorce, several other fruitful sources
of unhappiness and widespread misery. It
is pleasant to see that Mrs. House proposes
to abolish them all. She is going to be very
good.
The New York herald., 1876-11-09

Previous CLOSE CoUNTs.-The electoral
vote for President will be closer this year
than it has been for many years. In 1877
John Adams received II votes in the Elec-
toral College and Thomas Jefferson 6S. In
1901 jefferson received 73 and Burg 70. and
tho election was decided by the House.
Since then there has been no.closc count in
The Electoral College, though there have
been several occasions when, there being
moro than two candidates, no one had q
clear majority of the electoral vote, and the
election was completed by the House Of
Representatives, MS the constitution in such
cases provides. 1t is time to abolish the
Electoral College and allow the people 70
sgote directly FOX Presidank :.
The New York herald., 1876-11-09

SLIGHTLY ERRoNEous. AT St. Louis Mr..
John Kelly staked his credit as o politician
upon the assurance made to men from oil
other States that Mr. Tilden could not carry
the State of New York. In view Of the facts
as now known it must bo recognized there
fore that Mr.. Kelly did not know 80 much
about this State as it was to be expected
that a man in his position would know.
His Judgment was absolutely wrong on the
most important point in the Presidential
canvAas
The New York herald., 1876-11-09

THE HERALD AND THE ELECTION in
tense interest felt in the election was mani-
tested yesterday in the npreccdentedly
large sale of the HERALD. Our circulation
reached over two hundred thousand, and
would have been considerably moro but for
our inability to supply the full demand in
consequence Of the late hour at which the
paper went to press. The newsdealers
seemed to have recovered the enterprise and
energy for which they are, with slight inter-
Tuptions, distinguished, and poured in upon
rs more orders than we could fill.
The New York herald., 1876-11-09

RIoTrSo IN THE SoUrH.-We regret the
outbreak in Charleston yesterday. The
white people of South Carolina have shown
. patience which, when their character is
considered, appears almost superhuman.
They have submitted to outrages from tho
republican party which exceeded the
tyranny of Great Britain, which century
ago aroused America to revolution. But
their hon09ablc submission has not entirely
preserved nee. Last night the negroes Of
Charleston, no doubt infamed by partisan
influences, began riot which had fatal re-
suits. Let the South maintain peace at any
cost Let IL rather submit to wrong than
seek right at the expense of blood.
The New York herald., 1876-11-09

ExG1rsH IMMIcRANTs. Tho report OF the
arrival of immigrants in tho month of Octo-
Der is remarkable for the fact that England
holds the second place in point Of numbers.
Only Germany sent more Of her children to
these shores in that month than came from
the original fatherland Of the American
people. There were two thousand and sixs
The New York herald., 1876-11-09
The Agony OF = Day.

The sudden looming mp of the democracy
in gigantic overshadowing cloud, like the
genius that the Arab fisherman loosed from
the jar he found in hisnet, startled the mill
ions of republicans throughout the country
in manner that they had never been
startled before. Like cloud it assumed
hundred threatening shapes rs the eyes OF
the gazers looked out from stronger or
weaker souls. 1t Iose in night, and the
frantic hope that it was but thing of vapor
which the morning winds would drift away
was whispered from lip to lip. It was
shadowy, but in parts took on strong
substance At times it. seemed as though
not part was wanting in solidity and that
presently it would rear itself erect, and, step
ping on the mountain tops, come down upon
the land. 1t seemed to number as many
million particles rs those who watched and
hated it and feared it. So the day passed
on. The great shape betimes diminished
and again spread out. At nightfall
there came fierce JOY upon the watchers
on the solid earth, for as the sun
was going down the great shape
seemed breaking up with angry lightning
flashing along it's edges. "Shnll we awake
to see the sky clear and the hateful monster
gone on the wind. or shall it still loom solid
and immovable?" was the republican cry
last night Which is it to be?
If the above be fancifnl it has elements Of
resemblance to the situation over the United
States through yesterday which will at once
be recognized. The democracy ruled in the
clouds for day. Such excitement rs agi-
tated the people has not been known since
tho day, sixteen years ago, that the democ-
racy, split into fragments, seemed as o
national party to have drifted into history
forever. The thought that it had re-
taken the seats of national power sent re-
publcans crazy with bitterness and demo-
Gratis wild with joy. Now that the electoral
votes fit uncertain from one candidate to
the other. like ghosts in the pale moonshine,
and when it seems that the great democratic
hope which has been raised may be dashed
to tho ground, the popular mind is moved to
its depths from ocean to ocean. No such
gigantic ghost has ever been raised to scare
one national party no such giant hope,
lowering over the Land of Promise, has
trembed with the thought that it would be
sent to die in the desert of disappointment
The New York herald., 1876-11-09

WHAT MroHr HAVE BEEN.-By close
study of the vote Of the benevolent and
venerable Peter Cooper, the rag-money men
who tried TO run away with the democratic
party at St Louis can discover precisely
which way their candidate would have been
elected If they had been successful in COM
pelling the canvass to takc the shape they
desired to give it.
The New York herald., 1876-11-09

WALL STREET YEsTEnpAy.-The stock mar
ket was dull and prices lower. Gold was IT.
regular opening at 40 and closing ut
100 1-2. Money on call loaned up to per
cent and closed Mt 5 and 4 per cent. Gov
ernment bonds were generally steady and
railway mortgages firm and quiet.
The New York herald., 1876-11-09
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NEw YORK. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER .. 1875
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

Owing tho action OF portion OF the carriers and
ncwsmcn, who determined that Ike public shall
not have the HERALD at threo cents per copy they
prevent IT, have made arrangements to place tho
HERALD the hands Of all readers at the reduced
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The New York herald., 1876-11-09

SIXTY THOUSAND OFFIcE-HoLDERs trembled
from morn TO dewy eve of yesterday. Six
hundred thousand possible office-seekers
palpitated with JOY during the same period.
The New York herald., 1876-11-09

BLACK MAN MroHTY OSsAETAIy. ---Attcn-
ton is fixed on the colored States by both
parties, with this sentiment the only thing
cleoy In thar minds,
The New York herald., 1876-11-09

HARD on THE DEMOCRACY if. after its one
day spread out in the clouds, it should be
obliged to crawl back into its bottle again.
The New York herald., 1876-11-09

From our reports tbs morning The probdbil-
kies are that The 'cediher to-day soiU De cooler
and cloudy or partly cloudy.
The New York herald., 1876-11-09
El.oting Presidents BY Popui.r vot,


We take this occasion to urge once more
upon tho attention Of the people and the
politicians the expediency of constitu-
tional amendment abolishing the useless
and cumbrous machinery of an Electoral
College, and providing for the election Of
President and Vice President by the direct
vote of the people. We see to-day how
troublesome and possibly dangerous is the
present method. Had the people voted
yesterday in their Congressional districts,
not for board of electors, but directly for
President and Vice President, the certain
result would have been known early this
morning, and we should not be waiting
anxiously for the count of the whole vote Of
several States, in one or two of which, as in
Louisiana and South Carolina, partisan re-
turning boards will manipulate the vote,
and may, unless they act with conspicuous
and unaccust6med fairness, cause grave sus-
picions in the public mind of fraud in
matter so serious that it ought never to be
exposed to the slightest suspicion
There is no reason whatever why the peo-
pie should not vote directly for President,
but there are many reasons in favor of such
change. Some Of the ablest men of both
parties in the Senate have urged the change,
and we believe an amendment would be
easily passed by both houses this winter, if
the public demands it, and could be ratified
by the State Legislatures at once. Under the
present system o close count on the electoral
vote will always create at least feeling of
uneasiness in tho public mind; and besides
this, tho vote by Electoral College, or by
States, has, on number of occasions, vir-
tually, though Of course constitutionally,
and therefore regularly, defeated the popular
will by giving the Presidency to candidate
who did not receive majority Of the pop
ular vote. Neither Mr.. Buchanan nor Mr..
Lincoln on his first election received .
majority of the peoples votes.
The New York herald., 1876-11-09
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

DR. slade came from Michigan
Maryland ID the chestnut State
Senator Lamar Is still very weak
Does grave digger enjoy lfef Docs an oyste5f
> -Four Sacramento Caiornians killed 1900 ducks In
enc night
Tho washington policemen will don the London
helmet this week.
Mr. o'connor Power. N. P, Of Ireland, 10 a the
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Foreign competition, strikes and shoddy have -
daugered English trade
What now thing can you say in philosophy that 10
either true understandabief
George Eliot has great love for the elderperfy bush
because Is grew at her childhood home.
The Countess dc Bassanville rays that English man.
ners have corrupted French polttencss
Senators George F. Edmunds and Justin s. Morrill,
ofvcrmout arc at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
viscoun, Parker arrived from Liverpool In the
steamship Bothnia and is at the Brcvoort House.
Associate Justice Stephen j. ricId, Of the United
States Supreme Court is at tho Buckingham Hotel
Fitzhugh, who was "a bigger man than OLD Grant,"
has turned his giant mind tho real estate business
in Washington.
Tho President has recognized Lorents George
skaucke as Vice Consul Of Sweden and Norway at
Salina, Kansas
Elmer washburnc cx-Chief OF the United States
civil service. Ia In Chicago, whore he IL likely TO DO
made Chief OF Police.
Mr. John Walter, NJ p, proprietor Of the London
Tines Is at the Windsor Hotel He will sail for Eng.
land in the Bo,hnia on Wednesday next
Horato Fowkcs, who for the past eleven yesrs has
boon proprietor and editor OF the Rondout xrscmdn
withdrew from that paper yesterday having disposed
OF his interest In the establishment
From Exchange
THE SONG or SHIRT.
with Many Apologies 10 Hood
with face that was weary and worn
PoST nsss. Sss;ss i.. .,r.ss.s Ts sia 4.
i1S The oG,ssss returns ~ were sSh IN the d,rs.
And in a voice rw,xt howl and shous
lie saug this sons OF . sn'rs;
Whine even he s boy: 4. 40 s;s..s, :sss; air.
And take she old shlns sn
,vr wr .s.a ssssfss'" ssnsI:s e he .a,r. again.
Ana renew the stains once morei
Work! worki work
r,,s ~" work s"S ed ID upon that bloody shIrs
s Ti ny sys ;ys.. ss.:.s .ss sssYy S.as and dim
AID ys shs sfseSd sesdsp that Il made shs. .n,
The Hoosiers cheered the moro
Issumpsdthe state all through
The bloody shirt 10 wave;
But all my toll and great ado
Despite Of handlers cash.
Fiuuy out free dirt.
tidal has swept the State
Aud washed the bloody shirt
lts all we'll enougn TO talk,
And that my shirts played out,
But " that old standby Is lost
What talk about
And so, though tho thing don't take
And rather O hurt.
For one. never shall .fursako
The wcil-worn bloody shirt.
with face that weary and worn.
with eveiids heavy and rcd,
Poor Morton sat, with look fororn.
And d.lcfully scratched his head
His features OFT would twitch,
As 40 from thoughts that hurt;
But ssl with voice Of doioroua pitok
He sang thia song Il . shirt
The New York herald., 1876-11-09

KEEP CooL-No matter how it goes the
country is safe.
The New York herald., 1876-11-09

..NorHrNo BUT FIGunEs. There are some
good counters in both parties but the his
tory of such institutions as the Returning
Board in Louisiana would perhaps demon
strate that the audacity of superior genius
in counting candidates into Office is on the
republican side. One Of the distinguished
republican manipulators says of the returns
which give the election to Tildeu that they
are nothing but figures. which seems to
assume that figures are no great obstacle if
they alone stand in the way of the supremacy
of o party. If only the figures are for
Tilden and the returning boards and county
canvassers and people of that sort in some
States are resolutely for Hayes it is yet pos
sible in the close vote cast that dust enough
may be raised to cover some great transac-
tions.
The New York herald., 1876-11-09
The Eastern Question.

Russia and France it is announced, have
agreed upon the terms of conference on
the Eastern question, but Germany refuses
to have anything to do with it. It looks as
if French vanity we're about to drag France
into business which does not directly con.
Germ her people. England wants allies in
the conference, and if France allows herself
to be drawn into other peoples quarrels
she is likely either to be made o tool of by
one Of the interested parties or to get
snubbed by both. This idea of a conference
is q pet one with the English government as
affording England an excellent opportunity
of making terms with Russia ut the expense
Of Turkey. England has the advantage
of knowing exactly what she wants.
and will no doubt try to turn the confer
ence to her advantage but it would be rash
to conclude that because she may succeed
in getting conference together that she
will be also able to manipulate it. Tho
question of peace or war does not depend on
conferences. It depends on the policy of
the Russian government This conference
is, then, not so important after oil.
The New York herald., 1876-11-09


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The daily gazette., 1876-01-05
CHINESE IIABITATION.

Eastern architects may get some
hints of thing to follow or avoid from
description which the Virginia City
Chronicle gives of the structures erec.
ted by the Cinnamon in that city: Be-
tween fights the Cinnamon is an indus.
trious animal. Just now he is turning
his energies to building, and, like his
fighting, some of it is contrary to law
and also shocking to a correct archi-
tectural taste. On the northwest cor
ner of l and Union streets John has
created G marvellous affair. 1t is built
out lar enough to occupy a third of
the roadway.
The front elevation (height five feet)
is composed of odds and ends of stone
picked up in the neIghborhood. The
one window is formed of three oil
cans-two upright and the other laid
across the top. The roof the edifce-
which has frontage of about twenty
five feet and depth of thirty or more
would make handsome play ground
for school, as it is perfectly fiat and
composed of earth. The interior, which
the reporter doubled himself up to en-
ter, is divided into numerous little dens
and one spacious saloon, with earthen
floor and one oil can window.
The place is shortly to be opened as
restaurant, provided the police don't
interfere, which they should do. The
idea o. utilizing oil cans for building
material has been eagerly seized by
other Celestials, and tho consequence
Is numerous fire proof shanties. The
cans, filled with earth and piled one
upon another, make solid wall, and
no bullet can penetrate them-not a
slight consideration these times
Underground residences are also popu-
lar.
A big square hole is dug into the
hillside, covered in with sticks straw
and an occasional plank. The door is
naturally furnished by the eastern
slope. Although such tribes as light
and AIR are left out of consideration !.
The bomb proof character of the un-
dergr0und structure has charm for
the Chinese inhabitants. The only
draw back to such house is the pro.
babiliy that on some rainy night an
enemy may take i. into his shaven
head to dig u trench ami direct the
water Of the street down the chin
ney."
The daily gazette., 1876-01-05
TIMERS as senator for B,Ifor,.

Belfort, the little town that made
such heroic defense against German
capture, was Que of the few glories of
the French arms in the late war. and
helped to relieve France of the deem
disgrace OF Sedan aud Metz. And
when after the war the provinces of
Alsaceiand Lorraine were wrested from
France and annexed to the German
Empire, it was a question as to whetb-
er Belfnrt should belong to France or
Germany but through the efforts of
M. Thiers chiefly it was reserved to
France, and now stands on the French
frontier. 1t is, therefore, natural that
its inhabitants should feel the deepest
gratil ude to that eminent statesman.
Now that the Assembly has chosen ita
share of Senators to the new Senate.
and the country at large comes to elect
its share, M. Tbiers has received eleven
different invitations from different
parts of France to represent them in
that Senate. He has-as the latest
cable dispatch inform us-accepted
the invitation of Belfort, and he will,
without doubt, be elected. For in ad-
dition to his great popularity M. Theirs
has taken a most prominent part in
keeping alive the hope of delivering
the provinces of France from German
rule-and this, of course, doubly en-
dears him to the people of the frontier.
Thiers will almost certainly be the
leader of the Conservative Republican
party in the Senate, and as such will
WELD an influence hardly inferior to
that which he swsyed when President.
1t seems probable that there will be
such an enormous majority of moder--
ate Republicans in the Senate that the
will of the party will be the will of the
Senate, and the will of Theirs the will
of the party. Ho is O man of great
ability, and, though quick tempered
and captious, yet he has managed like
Talleyrand. to be always in favor with
the Government through all its revOlu
tions and changes. In every overturn
he has always lit on his feet. Ho is
subtle, dexterous, full of expedients,
intensly laborious and energetic, and
with an Unsuitable desire to rule. But
ty do him justice, he never has seemed
80 much in earnest as now; never 80
devoted to any cause as to the firm es-
Establishment of the Republic of France.
He has shown such signal ability as Q
parliamentary leader IN the the lower
house. in reconeiling the elements::of
opposition and keeping the extremists
we'll in hand, as to make his success in
the upper house assured. And Gam
beta. vino will come into the undis.
puted leadership of the lower house,
has been SO long working in harness
with Thiers that there will be no seri-
GUS danger for the present of CLASH
or dead lock between the the two
houses Bait Gazette.
The daily gazette., 1876-01-05
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