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Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1876-06-23

frauds on the revenue Custom house otti
cisis are also reported IN improved spirits
Spccisi Agent Mills, Q. that department
started east today
I DETROIT, julie @2.--J. w sheldon's
mills Al AIchison, burned to-day Loss,
$4,000; insured
RAsE BALL,
LOUISVILLE, KY, June aa2s-Har.-
fords 3, Louisvilies o.
.BEEcHER's SALARY
NEw YORK, June 22.--Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher's salary, ~ pastor Of
Plymouth church Was last night fred
at s20, 600.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1876-06-23
POLITICAL.


The Illinois Democracy Meet,
Act and Adiourns.'
An Impertant Telegram from
NantOa Marble in Refer
ence to Tilden's War
Record.
Congressional Nominations Here
and There.
The blicans Of Maine En-
dorsing Blaine and Com
mending Him for
Senator.
The 6calpers to Organize in
Hayes Interest FOR the
Centennial Cam
patgn.
A Roasiag Hayes Meeting on the
Pacific Slope.
The FIRST Voice from st. Louis.
b
The New York Delegates Do
y Not Favor Tilden.
-s-
DEMOCRACY.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1876-06-23

Gea'l Mcdowell will take command Of
the military division OF the Psc,Hc Tue
division Of the south will be discontinued
The department Of the south wall be nnd-r
the command Of Col. Ruget.ssE
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1876-06-23

l-------- KHB, '--------
GMeASe, Jans 2e- steps were taken
here sodAy to reorganiss The lanners OF
1888, under the name Of -
- seALPkRs,
Z name suggested by Gov Hayes In letter,
II 1884, In which hs said any mAa uhs
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1876-06-23

ST. LOUIS, june 22-Ihe republi-
cans of the second congressional dist
riot of Kansas nsconveusion at Fort
Scott Yesterday, nominated ID. c.
haskell for congress-.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1876-06-23

The water is still falling.
Y The Carol left Bismarck yesterday Eyr
The New York herald., 1876-08-17
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.
poo,h snueals for HAYES.

Newton Booth squeals for Hayes.
Rccpa,h believes that Bclknap is innocent
Rocky Point fR ~ uses 200 bushels of clans day.
Count Stackebcrg OF Russia, is at the Hoffman
House.
Mr. James Ashbury, NJ r., arrived at the Brevoort
House Yesterday IRON Philadelphia.
Baron Hcyking of Russia, arrived from Europe in
tho steamship Scytha and is at tho Firth Avenue
Hotel
Senator William d. Allison, OF Iowa. and Congress
man Henry waitcrson, of Louisville. at the Bro
WORT House.
George Elliott have the moro to give him since
his treasure differs from mine. That is a biesscdness
in friendship"
Ehu Burritt and Robert collycr will speak at the
opening exercises OF Iowa Exposition Building al
Des Moncs in December
When a Saratoga lady called her to account I've
cause he had a golden hair the lapel of his coat
he explained that his girl had put head on him.
The Corpus Christi TEX Times puts it thus
To owc is human,
To pay up divine.
Like tho Bosnians. the Bugarians are d,scendea
from tho sers the old nobility their province WIN
IN Bosnia became Mohammedans but In Buiraria ~era
cxtcrmnated.
The agh, the Central Pacific Railroad continues
ard upon the purity or immortality Of .hc Con.
tract and Finance Committee OF which Charles Crocsc,
the head
Vermont girl is dying from poison received bv
wearing striped stockings; yet the percentage OF
deaths from that cause is very smhl considering the
number OF stockings.
Captain William Gorc-Joncs and Mr.. f. Dchvs O, tbe
British Legation at darlington, the Clarendon
Hotel captain 'ore-J,ncs viii sail for England cA
Saturday In the steamship Celtic
The heat in London since July IL t,,ourh po, NJ.
tfrOncal'f-ipr hon,
they moan 90 degrees in the shadchss been as rre,,
as IT ordinarily is within Indian house carctul,
regulated TO be as cool MS possible The thcrmomctc,
has ranged up TO 80 in the shade. up to 30 IN rahc,
hot business room and up 20 In we'll vcatatci and
lofty bedroom al eleven Y. NJ
The New York herald., 1876-08-17

If THE TURKS under Os,nan Pacha can
turn Tchernayeff's position without fighting
him the war in Serva, in the absence of in-
tervention, is likely to become one of que
riIlas. There is evidence, however, that the
Moslem troops will only be able to enter the
Morava Valley after hard fighting, for the
Servians are on their own soil and occupy
positions that can be defended with ease
against large odds if the men have only ordi-
nary soldiers firmness. The critical state of
affairs makes oil the Powers anxious to in-
tervene, but leaves them so far without an
opportunity. Even England which is the
one strong friend OF Turkey, fears the effect
upon Europe of sweeping victory over the
Servians. The proposal advanced even now
that peace should be concluded on the basis
of the status quo ante bel'um is warning to
the Turk that, go far as he may in shifting
the Servians, he has nothing to gain by fur
ther slaughter.
The New York herald., 1876-08-17

WAR IssUEs.-This business of raising
war issues in the canvass as reasons for or
against the election of candidates is small.
Many good, patriotic men questioned the
wisdom of the war against the South. They
had right to their opinions. Why should
those opinions be recalled by truculent
politicians, anxious only for power, who
supported the war, if the truth were known
for power and not for patriotism. These
men appeal to passions that should die and
hatrcds that should be forgotten, and they
should be frowned upon as mischievous
dernagogues.
The New York herald., 1876-08-17
Speaker Kerr At the Point OF Death.

The decease Of Mr.. Kerr, which is ex-
pected from hour to hour, will be serious
misfortune to the democratic party and q
loss to the public life of the country. His
firm integrity, amiable temper, modest man.
ners and irreproachable life have always
commanded the confidence of political
friends and the respect of political oppo-
nents, and he will be sincerely mourned by
all who have been associated with him in the
national councils. Tho death of such a
man in these degenerate times is q public
calamity. He falls in the prime of
manhood. when new opportunities of
distinction and usefulness were opening
before him, and his political party is de-
privcd of the services of one of its few
members of ripe and trained capacity for
public affairs. Mr.. Kerr was more remark
able for clear head, sound judgment and
power Of perspicuous statement than for
what is called intellectual brilliancy, his
talents being solid, not snowy, and match
ing his character, which was steady. faithful
and manly, but not impulsive He dies
with the calm resignation Of Christian.
anxious only for his family, whom he leaves
in honorable poverty.
A vacancy in the Speakership takes away
ono of the legal safeguards for keeping
the Presidential Office always filled, but
this is perhaps Of little consequence. as
the contingency against which this provi-
sion is made seems very remote. Ordinarily
four lives stand as q protection against an
executive vacancy-namcly, the President
the Vice President, the presiding officer of
the Senate and the Speaker Of the House.
The four will be reduced 10 two by the
deaths Of Vice President Wilson and Speaker
Kerr, and an accident to Mr.. Ferry would
leave the Presidency suspended on the un-
certain thread of n single human life. There
is no reason for expecting danger, but still
it is always desirable to have Mt least three
Of the four Offices always filed as an in
suranco against the confusion which would
result from government without an ex-
ecutive head.
The New York herald., 1876-08-17
What the Troops VIII Do I'm tho
South.

Many members of Congress made stren-
uous opposition to the bill authorizing
the enlistment of twenty-five hundred
additional cavalrymen to serve against
the Indians. The ground of opposition
was that there are abundant troops in the
South that might be employed against the
Indians Even without any minute investi-
founded. It is preposterous and incredible
that with On army of twenty-five thousand
men the government cannot 'muster force
of more than three or four thousand for
active service in an emergency. Act
ing on this presumption we have caused
careful inquiries to be made, and the
result is stated in detail in our correspon-
dence elsewhere. The reader will find full
and authentic statement of the number
of federal troops in the Southern States,
with the name of each company and the
place where it is stationed. The conclusion
regiments might be spared from the military
posts in the South to reinforce Crook and
Terry in their campaign against the Sioux.
There is, of course, no reason why these
troops should not be- kept in the South
for precautionary purposes so long as there is
no employment for them elsewhere; but
it is n wasteful absurdity to maintain idle
soldiers in the South while we are prose-
cutting an active campaign against the In
dians with an insufficient force. The State
militia should be adequate for every
emergency in the South, or if the
militia of any particular State can
not be relied on to put down
riot, and federal assistance should be
needed, it is lawful for the President to call
out the militia Of the States whose loyalty
and fidelity could be safely trusted. We
ask attention to the striking exhibit pre-
sented by our Washington correspondent.
The order from Secretary Cameron to
General Sherman, which we also print,
shows that the administration has had
very definite use to make of these troops all
the time, and we at once see why Crook
and Terry have been deliberately left with
out adequate support. 1t is expected
that the five regiments will carry four Of
the Southern States, by whipping the
negroes into line who have either become
listless in politics or wandered off to the
democracy, and by terrifying the 'dendish'
white liners into subje By keeping the
outrage mill slowly grinding, and sending
platoons of cavalry hither and thither, it is
evidently hoped to revive the bitterness which
has been rapidly disappearing between the
races in most parts of the South. We wish
to see oil citizens protected in their rights,
but this turning Of the army Of the United
States into bands Of drummers for the negro
vote is pushing partisanship so far that
it would be grotesque if it were not
infamous This is doubtless the work
to which General Sherman referred when he
said the ''highest authority" must answer
why the troops could not be spared to fight
the Sioux. The desperation Of a move
which dares to saddle the country with the
expense Of extra soldiers while keeping
nearly four thousand idle for political pur-
poses is apparent, and adds another stigma
to the rule of the party in whose name and
for whose aid it is unblushingly done.
The New York herald., 1876-08-17

The FRENCH CHAMBERS have passed law
making elementary education obligatory on
oil the children in France. This is the
wisest measure that has been passed by the
Republic. There can be no true liberty
that is not based upon education, and what
France needs now is law something like
that presented to the Convention by Robe
sperre-one of the best laws on the subject
of education ever conceived.
The New York herald., 1876-08-17

PUBLIc OrNIoS on THE TURKISH Ours
Trox.-it is curious to note in the foreign
press. and especially the London journals,
the rising of tho tide Of public opinion
against Turkey. Much Of this must be
attributed to tho eloquent letters Of Mr..
Gallenga from Therapia 10 the Times. Mr.
Gallenga directly charges, in letter writ
ten on July 20, that the British Minister,
Sir Henry Elliott. had shown undue SYM
pathy with the Turks-that he had not
kept his government we'll informed
on the atrocities in Bulgaria. For this
reason, says Mr.. Gallenga, 1.-The corre-
spondents of English and other foreign jour
nails in this country are resolved on having
an inquiry Of their own, and they have in
trusted it's direction to Mr.. Schuyler, the
newly arrived American Consul General,
WHO will proceed at once to Philippopoli,
attended by a well known correspondent of
the New YoRK HERALD, and by other jour
nalists of repute." The result of this in
quiry has been to throw the force of the
Times against the Ministry. and to compel
The New York herald., 1876-08-17

The CONTROVERSY between Mr. Thurlow
Weed and Mr.. Alexander II. Stephens rela-
tive to the ''Clay Compromise" receives an
other chapter this morning in the shape of a
letter from ex-senator Clingman, who cor
rects Mr.. Weed upon the main point
namely, the interview with General Taylor,
and makes some interesting disclosures upon
other points.
The New York herald., 1876-08-17

TROUBLES are looming up in Crete, where
Turkish rule only exists by the aid of strong
battalions. AS a diversion in favor Of Ser
via the uneasiness in the island comes lit
tie late !; but while the Moslem is in difficulty
is the Cretan opportunity for gaining an ex-
tension Of privileges.
The New York herald., 1876-08-17

MEXICO staggers on under her load Of
revolutions, without much apparent pros
pect of healthy peace succeeding the gov
ernment efforts to crush out the latest re-
bellion. With business stagnant, merchants
raising their prices twelve per cent and
little or no money to meet the war expenses,
the situation does not seem pleasant for
either the governors or the governed And
yet they must be happy or they'd stop it.
The New York herald., 1876-08-17
Tho Diplomatic Service.

The Presidents theory that Congress
should not interfere with the prerogatives
of the Executive by abolishing missions is
new one. We have no doubt the President
has been advised that his position is ten
able one, or he would not have taken the
trouble to address the Senate on the subject
The words of the constitutional provision in
reference to ambassadors would seem to
carry out the point involved in this Message
But we cannot think of any absolute power
over the subject in the hands of the Presi-
dent If an ambassador under our govern
ment was like an ambassador from other
governments the Presidents prerogative
would be obvious In monarchical countries
the ambassador represents the person of the
monarch. He can claim more than royal i'm
munities and almost royal honors. Our
ambassadors are not representatives of the
Presidents person, but of his Office. It
follows, therefore, that If the rep
resentatives Of the people do not SEQ
the wisdom of embassies it is not for
the Executive to interpose his will. Any
thing under our government that looks like
concentration and Capitalization, anything
that adds to the powers or prerogatives of
the President should not be encouraged.
Now that the President has advanced this
right we trust that Congress will take it up
and decide the question. There should be
no question of this kind between the Presi-
dent and Congress-
The President, in reducing the ministers
in various countries to the rank OF charges
datfaires, accepts the decree of Congress in
o proper spirit. At the same time he
should have gone further. Now is the time
to revise our whole diplomatic service AS
it now stands it is an imitation of tho mo-
narchical system, for which we have no need.
We are not in such relations with foreign
nations as to need these elaborate diplomatic
systems. We do not need an embassy in
Germany and Russia and France. We have
no particle of use for ministers in Italy,
Austria or Turkey. We should have a Min
lister at the Court Of st. James and another
resident on the Continent, in Paris or
Geneva 1t should be the duty of this Con-
tinental minister to visit courts where we
happen to have any business. Thus Ban
croft Davis is competent to transact every
matter Of business that we have had with all
the Continental Powers since he crossed the
ocean, without any more hardship than is
involved in journey from one capital to
another. In small kingdoms, as in CONNER
cial towns, we could have consuls, whose
duty it would be to look after the business
int nc nf an,,1a Ac {ho hoe
are now constituted they have a social
value no more. They are pleasant resorts
for wandering Americans whose time hangs
heavy on their hands. The President has
done so we'll in handling these appropria-
ton bills, and especially in reducing the
bill for the Improvement of rivers and har-
bors, that we regret exceedingly his failure
to take hold of the diplomatic business and
give the country genuine reform.
The New York herald., 1876-08-17

LIVINGSTONE, the great African pioneer
and priest, was honored yesterday by n
memorial statue in the metropolis of his
native land. Scotland, in doing this,
showed true sense of the honor which she
owed to this hero of the wild-her son. His
fame however, belongs to the entire world.
and this fact, in turn, leaves the world in
debted to Scotland
The New York herald., 1876-08-17
Will tho British Oarsmen Row Us
Downs.

The quality of at least two of the three
British amateur crews now in this country
makes the prospect of our winning the
worlds championship in amateur fours ex-
ceedingly doubtful. Unless Yale can whip
the Northwestern four that doubt is in
creased, for it was plain the other day that
while the latter won they did not row really
we'll or with that dash which is always
Characteristic of thoroughly fast crew.
them through. If looks are any criterion
the Dublin four, which passed through this
city yesterday, have more power than the
Northwesterns and are very likely to have
better form, while Captain Gulston's four
also have dangerous look. If our crews
now entered arc the best we have, then
if beaten, we should take defeat
with becoming grace. But it is GER
tain that one Of our fastest fours
if not the very first Of them all, will not be
in the fight. In the recent Saratoga contest
three ont of the first four crews rowed in
model. Another such boat can be had at the
shortest notice. and at present Commodore
Ferguson thinks that the whole week COM
mencing on the 2sth inst will be occupied
with the single, double and pair-oared races
alone so that there will be no four-oared
contest before tho 4th Of September. In the
nearly three weeks thus remaining to Cor
nell she could easily be ready if she wanted
to. But she says there is not time enough
in which TO have a suitable boat built. Very
good: then we arc TO understand that Cor
nell wins races not by any superior training
or stay or Craftsmanship, but simply because
she can manage to get a faster boat than her
rivals. If this is so it ought to be under
stood at once. If it is not, then let her prove
it is not by taking boat like other peoples.
and winning, others have to- on their
merits.
The New York herald., 1876-08-17

RAPID TRANsrr.-The decision of Judge
Let us welcome it, and let US thank Judge
Van Hoesen for his prompt and just action
This heated term and its effect upon the
poor are melancholy arguments in favor of
rapid transit
The New York herald., 1876-08-17

WALL STREET YESTERDAY. transac-
tions in stocks were paratively small,
yet at the close prices were firm. Gold
opened at Ill 3-S and ended at Ill Ia
Money was supplied on call loans at l and
1-2 per cent. Government and railway
ment shares higher.
The New York herald., 1876-08-17

From our reports this morning the probabilities
are that the ,oeather today scW be cooler and
pdrtlu clOudN
The New York herald., 1876-08-17

BELFAST. Ireland, is simmering down after
its little Lady Day ruction. There are only
twenty-six persons in the hospital. We can
do better than that here by simply adding a
few degrees to our normal summer tempera-
ture.
The New York herald., 1876-08-17

LORD LYrToN, it is stated, will not resign
the Governor Generalship of India next
year. He may, however, do it this year.
The New York herald., 1876-08-17

The CRUISE OF THE New York YACHT CLUB
has not been very exciting as yet, but if the
yachts keep on the water long enough they
will get more than capfuls of wind.
The New York herald., 1876-08-17

A LEAP INro FAME.-Mr Hewitt's ringing
speech at the close of the session, like
Dorsheimers speech for hard money, was
leap into fame. 1t was a timely speech and
will do Tilden's canvass great good.
The New York herald., 1876-08-17

During the summer months the Herald Uia
le sent to subscribers in the country at the rate Of
tseenty5tfre cents per ,ceek, free Of postage
The New York herald., 1876-08-17

A DAY OF OUTDOOR SPoRTs fell to the lot
of pretty Newport yesterday which will
furnish good example to such Of our
youth who remain in the error now happily
disappearing, that those who have no need
for work have no need for play. The play
ing Of the lacrosse teams was witnessed
Of the sample thero given we have no doubt
that the Canadians game will be naturalized
with us q little before tho Canadians
themselves. One of the highest compli-
ments one people can pay another is to
adopt its sports. A fine polo match con-
cluded the day Of manly enjoyment
The New York herald., 1876-08-17
WITH SUPPL E NJ E n Il.

NEW YORK, THURSDAY. AUGUST IL 1876.
The New York herald., 1876-08-17

BANKING CLERKS must not, on pain of
being adjudged lunatics, harbor any ex-
traordinary views upon the subject of
eternal damnation. Theodore Mutually, Jr.,
had, it appears. some strange ideas abou. it
and was so adjudged. We would extend
this warning to car drivers and expressmen,
for . reference to the supposed locality
where everlasting punishment is served out
Is more than occasional among these people.
The New York herald., 1876-08-17

EDWIN BooTH objects to the use of his
name in connection with Booths Theatre.
We appreciate the reasons which prompt
him to this conclusion, but at the same time
think that his name belongs TO the theatre,
that its use in that connection is monu-
ment to him and that he should so regard it.
He may feel. perhaps, that his name is its
own monument, and in this he does not do
injustice to his fame as the first tragedian of
America and one OF the really great actors of
the world.
The New York herald., 1876-08-17

from Mr. Disrneli a speech of apology
This shows the growing importance of the
press as one of the powers that rule nations.
The New York herald., 1876-08-17
Wagner and His Hero.

In the performance which took place last
night at Baireuth, and lasted seven hours
and half, the most important part of waE-
ner's music drama was reached and success
fully accomplished. The hero Siegfried is
the central figure, around whom gods
nymphs, dwarfs and giants revolve. Our
special correspondent at Baircuth refers to
the enthusiasm Of the audience and the
striking effect Of some of the scenes
Of tho opera. The intermissions were
two hours in length. leaving FIVE hours and
a half of solid music-enough, one would
think, to satisfy the most insatiate appetite.
No wonder that poor Betz weakened at tho
prospect of such an ordeal after two nights
expenditure of lung power in "Rheingold"
and ''Die Walkiire." The selections from
the score of the opera which We present to-
day have been very carefully made and
will convey an idea, stronger than words
could express, of the characteristics of the
music A very interesting account Of the
first grand rehearsal OF the introduction to
the Trilogy also appears in our columns
to-day. Tho conscientious earnestness and
unfagging industry of the composer are un-
deniable, whatever may be the divided opin-
ions regarding his music Although many
will be inclined to differ from Hueffer in his
glowing tribute to Wagner. when he says
''he has crushed the hard fctters of petrifed
formalitics in tho firm grasp of his hand
remoulding the dead metal by tho burning
breath of his genius into new shapes of har-
monious fashion" yet all must pay homage
to tho greatness of an intellect that has
created such marked revolution in the
realms of music. In the vast and varied
history OF the divine art the four perform
anoes at Baireuth of the Ring of tho Nibe-
lungen" will occupy q most prominent place.