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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-08
tdiyalge the secrets of Cabinet Councils

diyulge the secrets of Cabin ct Councils.
And so the matter subsided.
But certain newspapers still continue
their flngs and innuendoes against Bris-
tow for this refusal to testify concerning
such official communications between
the President and his Cabinet. TO that
class of papers we would commend the
following instance of like kind that oc-
Cured some forty odd years ago, during
the Presidency of Gen. j JACKsoN.
1t was in 1853, when the U. S. Bank
question was agitating the country,
! that Gen, jackson laid before his Oabi-
net ''paper" on the subject OF the
removal of the Government deposites
from the custody of the bank. This
"paper" was subsequently, given to the
public by the Presidents consent. Its
appearance in the newspapers caused
sensation in political circles. A reso-
luton was offered by HENRY CLAY,
then in the Senate, calling on the Presi-
dent Tor information as to whether the
published document were genuine, and
ii so, requesting that copy thereof be
transmitted to the Senate.
Mr.. CLAY, in brief speech, justified
this call upon the President for Cabi-
net communication solely upon the
ground that it had already been made
public. But he said: eli it had been
otherwise, and remained confidential
communication made by the President
to his Cabinet, he certainly would mol
feel authorized to ask for il. He wanted
. it merely to show whether it was tht
President or the Secretary of the Treas
, ury who was the real author of this ac
of removal of the deposites."
, To this it was replied by Senator BEN
TON that-"This paper can not right
fully be called for. 1t is a communica
ton to Cabinet; and communication!
to the Cabinet are the same whether il
writing or in speech. Could copy o
speech, or an account of the Presi
dents conversation with the Cabinet bC
called for? Certainly not. The Presi
dent may refuse to give the copy nov
requested; and he certainly will consul
his rights and self-respect by so refus
ing"
The resolution of call was neverthe
less passed by a vote of 20 to Is. Th,
next day the President replied to thu
q call, denied the right of the Senate t.
+ call upon him for copies of his Utilcia
' communications to his Cabinet, eithe
written or spoken, and refused compll
ance with the resolution. This wa
, Gen. Jackson's view Of the matte
: relating to calls for divulging Cabine
t Councils. The Senate yielded to this
= view, and dropped the subject.
2 From the beginning OF this cOntro
+ yersy we took the ground that Gen
BRIsTOw was right and the Committed
) wrong on the question. The foregoing
, instance, which ought to have beer
known to a Committee of Congressman
confirms the correctness of Gen. Bris
tow's course in the matter.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-08

JUDGE PIERREP0NT, our present Min
lister to England, was wont 10 be rather
a reserved and taciturn man at home.
1t is therefore with some surprise that
we note his procliyity to much speech
making in London. AS his efforts in
that line are chiefly on conviVial oc-
casions, we are led to believe that there
must DE some special virtue in British
wines tending to loosen imbibers'
tongues. But Judge PIBRREPoNT should
be reminded that he may overdo the
business, and do as much mischief by
chatter as SCHENCK did with poker.
The more so, as his attempts at jocular-
ity are rather too elephantine to be very
amusing.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-08

The Laramie wv. T.) Sentinel says:
Col. Donnellah yesterday met with a
while prospecting for soda. He was
travelling over one of the soda lakes sew
eral rods from his companions, when he
stepped upon sott place and went
through the crust OF soda into the mud
up TO mis- chin. He spread out his arms
| and caught upon the crust, and thus sus-
tained himself till Boswell and Mr..
Slckles rescued him from his dangerous
position. He has now found all the soda
| lie wants.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-08

THE travelling public will not shed
scalding tears at the tidings that the
railroad companies propose to give the
Pullman palace business the cold shoul-
der before long. 1t is found that the
Pullman monopoly is turning out to be
an ''Uld Man of the Sea" on the necks Of
railroad companies, and they are deter.
mined to shake him off as soon as prac.
ticable. The eXorbitant charges made
and general impoSitions practlced upon
passengers by the "sleepers" have
caused no small amount OF dissatisfac-
ton in the public mind, which is react
ing upon railroads, and diminishing
lividends.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-08

GEN, HARRISON, now the Republican
nominee for Governor of Indiana, is a
grandson OF Gen. WM. HENRY HAR.
RIsoN, once President of the United
States. Gen. Harrison has been reluc.
tant to accept the gubernatorial nomina
tion so urgently rendered him, on ac
count OF its interference with business
engagements. But the demand for his
acceptance has been so cordial and uni
versal that he 1elt himself compelled tc
yield his own prefere noes to the public
requirements.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-08

The Gazette says: "Gold has been our
standard money since 1884" Now what
does the Ga2ette mean by "standard
money!" Ii it means that it has been
The E'standard" as the only legal-tender
since 1884, it is mistaken. 1t is not so.
II it means that gold has been our
standard" of value since 1884, it is
wrong again. 1t was not made such till
1875, when silver was demonetized.
STANDARD money" is one OF those loose
phrases that mean no certain thing, and
therefore this means nothing.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-08

WHAT is coming to pass now? The
n. Y. World, the Democratic party or
gan OF that city, in its issue Of August
A, has six full columns of editorial mat
ter. And in them all there is not one
WORD, good nor bad, about T.lden OF
Hendricks. They are not even named,
nor in any manner alluded to. What is
The use of an organ that don't play the
set tunes?
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-08
Kansas is complain

Kansas is complaining that her crop of
Gel eals tnis year is 100 enormously
neayy for utilization. Millions OF bush
els OF wheat VIII have to be lost, the
farmers say, because it ripens too fast,
ana can not be got to market; and as to
corn, the yield is SO great that vast guam
titles Will nave to be used as fuel during
The winter.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-08

THE Sands, Eggleston u Co. pro-
gramme for owning couple ofCongress-
men from this county, and thereby get.
ting control Of federal patronage fol
themselves and "mutual friends" was
slightly "busted" by the Republicans al
their primaries.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-08

The Cohoes Eagle gives the following
as an accurate copy of the new tax bill
For Kissing u pretty girl, 81; lor kissing
homely one $2-the TAX is levied in or
der to break up the custom altogether, it
being regarded as piece of inexcusable
absurdlty; for every Irritation, " cents
for every young man who has more than
one girl, $5i counting in the kitchen, %
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-08

AN extended examination of our ex'
changes on the Democratic side Of pol
itics leaves no doubt of the fact that the
Democracy are better pleased with Hen
bricks letter than with Tilden's. The
general verdict is that the former says
less and means more than the latter.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-08

Norwich bulletin: The unhappiest
man the heated term has produced Is the
one VINO TOue one hundred and tilty miles
through the dust yesterday to see his
grl, and on reaching town found that
she had lett for the country Tor tue sum-
mer the day before, anu that the servants
had forgotten The name OF the place
" here she had gone.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-08

One OF the largest droves Of cattle
ever brought from Texas was, a few
weeks since, driven from Captain Kings
ranch, in Nueces County, to Kansas.
The herd numbered thrty thousand
horned cattle, ANA needed seven hun
dred drivers. The outfit alone cost $00,-
900, and the cattle we're disposed o. for
$3IU, 900,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-08

THE party newspapers now abound in
announcements of the numerous changes
going on in favor of their respective can.
didates, in such and sucn counties.
These changes of distinguished and in
1iuential gentlemen" are somewhat like
the milk sickness, they are never just
here. but out in an adjoining county
there are plenty of them.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-08

A young gentleman happening to meet
lady waking Out with ner BABY, Went
quite into ecstasies over the latter, and
III the rapture of his soul exclaimed,
"On, Mrs. Jones, won't you give me your
lovely babe tor sweetheart 7" The lady
quietly replied, "Why, Mr.. Smith, it Is
a boy"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-08

VERY discouraging accounts are re-
ceived lately concerning Speaker KERR S
health. lie is now confined almost en-
tirely to his bed, and his friends enter.
tain grave anxleties as to his recovery
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-08

This world is full Of bitter disappoint-
ments and sudden trials, that break
upon us like thunder from cloudless
sky, but at no time is the soul OF patient,
much-enduring man so hardly tried as
when ne goes 10 shave himself in great
hurry Sunday morning and discovers at
the first pull tnat his wife had opened a
can OF peaches with his razor Saturday
night.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-08

Summer hotel landlords complain that
their guests instead OF ordering Out loud
'sa boLtle of wine, gold seal" modestly
beckon to the waiter and whisper "a
pint oil lager
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-08

WE are indebted to an old friend, in
the orient, CHUE All SINE, at Yokoha-
ma, Japan, for files Of the Japan Gazette,
to July 10. We return him our thanks,
and beg that he will continue mis- IA
faunrs
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-08
Giants in olden Times.

The giant exhibited at Rouen in 1880
measured nearly eighteen feet.
Gorapius saw girl that was ten feet
high.
The giant Galabra, brought from Ara
bia to Rome, under Claudlus Caesar, was
ten ieet high.
Fannum, who lived in the time of
Eugene Ii, measured eleven and half
teeh
The Chevalier scrog. in his voyage to
the Peak Teneriffa, found in one of his
caverns OF that mountsin, the head of
the GuRich who mad siXly'teeth, and was
not less than fifteen feet high.
The giant Faragus, slain by Orlando,
nephew of Charlemagne, was twenty
eight leet high!
In 1914, near st. German, was found the
tomb OF the giant Isolent, who was not
less than thirty ieet high.
In l59J, near Rouen, was found skel-
eton whose skull held bushel of corn,
and who was nineteen feet high.
The giant Bacart was twenty-five feet
| high; his thigh bones were found in 1903,
near the RIVER Moderi.
| In 1923, near the castle in Dauphine, q
tomb was found thirty feet long, sixteen
wide, and eight high, on which was cut
in gray stone these words, "Keutoco-
chus Rex" The skeleton was found
4 entire, twenty-five and u fourth feet
long, ten feet across the shoulders, and
five eet from the breast bone to the
back.
Near Palermo, in Sicily, in 1916, was
found tue skeleton OF u giant tuirty feet
high, and in 1863, another forty-iour feet
high.
Near Magrino, in Sicily, in 1915, was
found the ske.eton of giant thirty feet
high, the head was the size OF a hogs
head, and each OF his teeth weighed five
ounces.
We have no doubt that there were
tgian in those days." and the past per
haps was more prolific in producing
them than the present. But the history
Of glanls during The olden time was no
more remarkable than that OF dWarts
sume OF whom were even smaller tnaI
the Thumbs and Nuts Of our own time.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-08

They say that the first time Robson
went aboard a man-of-war alter appoint
ment TO the Navy portfolio, he eXcIalnleu
in astonishment: "Why, the darned
thing's hollowW
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-08

Three young runaways from CleVe-
land, o., were captured III New York the
other day. When arrested their entire
property was found to consist OF one
green apple.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-08

WE see it stated in papers just re-
ceived from Japan that our Minister,
JOHN. A. BINGHAM, took his departure
from Yokohama on the 4th Of July to
visit Kiogo. So that there was no ''glo-
rious Fourth" worth mentioning at the
American Legation. That was naughty.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-08

Two young LADIES were standing by a
ditch thirteen feet wide, which they
didu't know how to CROSS, when their
escort said "Snakesp and they cleAred
it at q bound.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-08

France exported, last year, false hair,
beautifully got up in different shapes,
to the amount OF one hundred and thirty
tons, worth nearly 100000 francs.
Nearly the whole Of this went to En-
gland and America. The Paris chitfo-
niers now carefully collect all small
paper parcels with hair combings, which
ladies aud servants daily throw out OF
the windows, and obtain francs per
kilogram for the combings.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-08

Wrap your trout IN brown paper, put
| him into the ashes with few 1--we Goals
atop, and in fifteen minutes he Will be lit
| for king to eat.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-08
ELASTIC TRUSS
CORDIAL.
BURDSAL9S
DIARRHEA CORDIAL

Diarrhea, Asiatic Cholera, ChOlc-
RIA MOrbHs, summer Complaint,
and other Diseases that pro.
duce u relaxation of the
Bowels, whether on
ChildreM OF AdaltS.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-08

BALTIMORE AND ONO, VIA COLUMBUS.
DEPOT, KgOur aud Front. Time, 7mnuIes last.
Baltimore Elk daily, S:00A.M. S;00P.M. Si)A.M.
Baltimore Ex daily. l:3OPM. 251P.M. 6:4jP M.
Wheeling Ex ....,.. S:,Op.m. 5:0Oa.m. II :0Oa. m,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-08

CHESAPMAKE AND UIIIUs
Boat, foot of Broadway, to Huntington. City Tims
RichA0nd Ek,".n.40.P.M, 6.O5A.K a:3O P.l
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-08
RAILROAD TIMETABLE.
ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN.

BALTIMORE AND OHIO, VIA PARKERsBU URG.
Depot, Pearl and Plum. Time.7 minutes fast,
Grafton Mail ,...,, 6:00A.DT. 2:30P. 920P.M.
nalt. Ex daily -. 9:50A.M. 7:ljP.M. s:4OA.M.
Baltimore Elk d'ly 10:00p.ln. 5:3Ia.m. 6:25p.m
New-York tribune., 1876-01-17
PERSONAL.
diyidelltIs.

The Hon. \. ii. Stephens was somewhat
better last week and lie able to sit up.
Prof. Swings first weekly prayer-meetng in
Fargel Hall, Chicago, proved highly successful
Emperor William of Germany has subscribed
$3.50 to the relief fund IN aid Of the sufferers by the
BtemerLayen explosion.
The Rev. j. l.. Jenkins of Amherst, Mass,
has been called to the Presbyterian church OF Chicago OF
which Prof. Swing was recently the pastor
Capt. James b. Eads is in New-Orleans and
expresses himself much graed at the progress made
with the jetes In deepening tho channel OF the mouth
OF the Mississippi.
Senator Herman was expected to be present
and respond TO the toast our Country" at the recent
meeting Of tho alumni of Georgetown College, at Wizards
Hotel In Washington, but he WAS compelled to send .
letter OF regret.
The Rev. Dr. LORI inner has decided to con-
tnue pastor OF fremont Temple in Boston. certain
conccssons to church arrangements and tho extenso
New-York tribune., 1876-01-17
gn0es TO ADVERTISEMENTS

AMUsFNHNTs-3 Sd pd0s-4th. 5th and 9th columns.
BANKING AND FINASCIAI-6h Pdgc-5th column;
BASKIsG HOUSES AND BANRERs-7M IdJe-3d column
BOARD AND KOOMs-3i PaQe-3d and 4tb cOiuihhs'
BUSINESS CHAHCES-2d Pd0e-Gth column.
BUsINEss NOTICEs--4M FOGe-lst column
CoPARTNERsUIP NOTICEs-6M Pd0e-2d column
DENTIsTKY-- Gu Fddc-2d column
DIylDESD NOTICES IN PGG6-3d and 4th coluihhA
DRY GOODs-:jd PdGe-lst, I'd, anu " Columns
FINAHCIAL-7M PdOc-Ist. "a. and 81 COLUMNS
FURNITURE-2d Pd0e-6th column
HELP WANTED-3d Pdgc-6th column.
HOSES, CARRIAGES, AC.-7h Iuge-4th column.
HOUSES AND FN.Ms WANTED-3dIdge- I'd column
ICE CREAM-2d Pd0o-6ih column
INsIRI CTION- 6M FdQ6-lst and "a columns
LECTURES AND MEETINGS-3d TdGe-Oth Column.
IEGAL NOTICEs-7M PdGc-ith column
MAHBLE AND SLATE MANTELS-GN Pd0e-Id columh'
MIKEIACEs AND DLATHs-5H Pdge-Oth cOunii 80,
NfscEILA ASEoUs-6M Page-2d column; on Pdoc-oth
and 9th columns 49,,
gUsICAL INsTRUMENTs-3d PGge-Gth column
.EW PUBLIC CATIONs-Gh FuQe-lst column o, -,
CrAI Estate For SALE-COUSrEN-Jd fd0e-Zu cur
umu; AUCTION SAIEs-:Id 4'Gge-2d column
SAILS BY AUCTlON-3d PGGc-3d column.
BAyINGs BANKs-7M PdQe-3d column 80 ,
BITUATIONs WANTED-NALES-3d IdGe-iih coiuin"
FLMALEs-3d Pdqe-4th 9Th. and 6th Columns
sPEctAJ NOTiCEs-Jh PG0e-6th column , or.
EIEANBOATs AND kALkOADS-1h FG9o-0th anu VI"
TraMtps OcFAv-7h Page-fth and 5th columns.
IYACUTRs-GM PdGf-2d column. ,,
To IPr-CITY PEOFERTY-3d PdGe-2d column OoCNIhh
Sd Iage-2d column.
WINTER REsoRTs-3d PGge-4th column.
New-York tribune., 1876-01-17

he knows he cannot be punished in any way
for voting to disband dozen regiments or 80,
or tn turn a fey hundred gray-haired officers
ont of service. For this reason there seems 10
be some danger this year that the House OF
REPRESENTATIVES may vote for the proposed re-
duction. 1t is an act of pure reckless dema-
porism. No man thinks-whO thinks at all
that our army is too large. To guard the
fortresses and stations of orr vast frontier,
stretching from Maine to the Rio Grande and
from California TO Alaska, to furnish garrisons
for the little forts dOtting the great wilder
ncsses of the West, which form the only
solid fact the pioneers have to rely on
amid the perils Of Indian treachery and
Ring thievery, we have an army of about
20 OOO-one man to 1000 of our population.
II is proposed TO disband half of this army, to
throw away half the bones of this skeleton.
This little army is so small that it is worked
to death. Nearly every officer and soldier OF
it does double duty. 1t is the last refuge OF
honor and obedience in our public service. 1t
is the one department of the Government where
an oath is sacred, where the least financial I'M
pr0pyiety disgraces an officer among his fellows.
Even if it did no work we could hardly afford
TO destroy it, But being IA il IL, the most
bari-worked and the most creditablc lnstltu-
ton we have in the country, it seems like IN
sanity to talk of turning it adrft If the
House should pass such bill we hope the
Senate will have Incidence enough to let 1t die,
even if 1t has not vIgor enough to Kill It,
New-York tribune., 1876-01-17

GETTING READY FOR THE CONVENTIONS.
Within a few weeks the delegates 10 The
National Republican Convention Will be chosen,
and the choice Wlll be made through the op
Grafton Of the old party machinery OF the
caucus and the convention. 1t is in every way
desirable that the delegates should be men of
high character and Independent Judgment, who
have no affiliations with corrupt cliqucs or
Office holders rings. In all probability voters
will have to make their choice next Fail be-
tween The candidates Of the two existing po!it-
ical organizations. A new party, however de
desirable, does not appear practicable,
and the reforms which all right
thinking citizens wish to see accomplished
must therefore be effected, if ut all, through
the instrumentalty of one or the other of the
old parties. We confess that the task of
curing, with such materials, the ills that aIlct
us looks almost hopeless nevertheless it ought
/ 10 be resolutely undertaken. A great deal
can be done with bad tools if they are in the
hands of good wOrkmcn. If every voter who
would be glad to see the Republican organiza-
ton purified and reinvigoratcd will exert
his influence TO send good men 10 Cincinnati
the party machinery can perhaps he lifted
ont OF the reach Of the tricksters who have so
long controlled it, and the result will be the
nomination of an unexceptionable Presidential
ticket. We shall have the same advice to offer
10 Democrats when the time comes. just now
we appeal TO Republicans because their Con-
vention is first called.
1t seems especially desirable that the dele
gates representing Congress Districts should
be elected by Conventions held in the several
districts, and not by State Conventions. The
influences surrounding a State body will be
unfavorable 10 TIE choice of good men. The
Federal oflice-holdcrs will be Oh hand in strong
force if there is any State Ring, its unwhole-
some influence will be sure 10 be felt ard if
New-York tribune., 1876-01-17

OF tho work been made the Society," In accord
with his desire.
Mr.. John Hatch of California has spent many
years in making collection Of specimens OF the precious
ores of the Pacific Slope, Mexico. Central anu oou.
America Australia, China. and Japan his coneo.o. .a =
numbers between - 600 and 1900 and ho 10 pioP""s
them for exhibition at the Centennial
A rare old law book is in tho possession ol
gentleman in Toledo, Ohio. 1t Is digest OF the laws
NJ England pubishcd In 1887. IL begins with Magma
Charta and comes down the 9th year Of the reign
Oueen Elizabeth The first part is printed In Lat anu
the remainder IN Norman-French AMI English.
Mr.. Henry G.. Parker, editor and owner OF
The Boston Saturday Erenno Gazette has been appohteu
member OF tie staff OF the Governor OF MASSACHUSETTS
His Office is that Of Assistant o
with the rank and title OF Colonel Col ~ ". NJ, NJ. -
independent Journalist, OF proved Soihiy iu 'os
rity and popular gentleman ,
A Young man of Corning lately presented
his album to the secretary OF state Albany with the
following result:
any young friend, 1t makes me laugh,
That you should want my autograph
Why you want II, who can guess,
For what can be more yalueless
Rut here II Is. I'll not say no,
Truly yours john Bgelow"
The Rev. Horatio b. Hackett Of the Rochester
the Society OF Biblical Archaeology Of London. short
time before his death The honor conveyed TO him
IN tho foownc letter; al have the honor to inform you
that AZ the last meeting of this Society on the 6th OF
Juy, 1875, you were by special no.o " thoT Tne
Transactions of the Society Will hcnceioth De dy sent
to YOU as they appear and shall b. happy al an imes
To receive any paper from yourself upon any suuJcc'
connected with the researches OF tie socley'
PARIS, Jan. 15.-The Hon. John Lathrop
Motley the American historical writer has been elected
foreign associate OF the Academy of Moral and Pohtical
Science.