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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-07-05

communities that wero rushing 10 assaf h-nung
-, -. hammers from window and spre, from Guy nun
81 persraper Office and poured Its wealth anu iio nv
,le seryicc Of sustaining tie Governments WI
- and strength and vehement energy th't "'le
,,..r srru8ssed. when. afterward, greedy az" "''''
,,. ,,er calahle ana shrcwd, deccNing the u""''!'
bi,, tie skillfu and Inolding the very IL" u" - "
,s had concentrated IN their hands we EoNc' hhe' "
e., c,t,, aud had hound t in seemingly lnFlhc4pe ''''
,r t,o,, Numbered rs treasury-t rose upon u'ei'
-, 40 ~, ~ tbe facts rs Samson rose upon the nm
-. ,l the 40 new cords that ere upon his haI'iS
- .,ddcpIv became as fax that was buried tiaD
M hose rnanacles imposed imposed upon Inc CITY u!
The craft o. the Ring.
lis leaders Of opinion today are the mch-he MN WIZ"
i,es IN orr osscInhly-whOm virtue exals and ch"I-
c,, crowns II rejoces in Chief Magistrate rs u!r
ivbt and intrepid IN vrtuous cOurse as any OF thoNe
whom lac succeeds II is part OF a Stale whose prcsh
pnstion IN laws and officers and the spirit of ITS people
docs no di.credit to the pobest Of its fmori's Ana
from these hcts between tfe rivers, looking over the
land Ioolre out on the earth which it, daily emhas
ses co. Il sees nowhere beneath the sun city more am
pie in it, moral securities, city more dear 10 "o
nossess IT, city more splendid in promise ana IN nope
What is true Of the city is true, In erect 81 ~ '7 ''"
Two things at least, have been estabhSh'u ~ "" i
tonal history tile Impression OF which the "oIi" VI"
MT lose Tte one Is that institutions IKE Ors "hol
sustained NV prevaent moral life Throughout the ma
,i ,,e ,,apraIy permanent The other Is, that they
trd IN reocef,l relation, with other States. Ihey 90
This IN fulalmcit Of an organic tendency ana not
no,,gb any accident Of location TIE same tendency
,riu inhete I'm Them whosoeyer established
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-07-05

0sttuted his negative for suppressng every legislative
OF empt 10 pr0nID 10 restrain tie eAoeraoie cont
Liolce
There Ia no passage fine ~ this IN the D~eara'ion
Unfortunately IL int hard upon interests coss
at home which proved strong enough to have II dropped
from the nnal DRAFT Bnt though lost there it, essence
almost cOcval with the first publication oi GrsnNiie
sharp in ENGLAND the subject. undoubtedly ger
yaed the agitation winch ell In either country
until Gnal legislation secured victory. Tue abors Ot
Sharp tbe.force 81 Garrison and Buxton. well
as many others, have placed them GpJn AN eninencc of
honor throughout the world But their struggle, which
began 1857 not terminated for period OF twenty
years On the other hand appears from the statute
book In 1874, it enacted by The Congress OF the
United States these words: That vessel shall be
fitted the purpose OF carrying any traffic IN slaves
to any foreign country, or tor procuring from any for
eigp country the inhabitants thereof 10 be disposed Of
slaves" This act fOlloNed IN due by others
which, harmonic ing with the action OF foreign nations Is
believed to put elective and permanent stop 20
one of the vcst abO nations, conducted the ocean,
that was ever permitted IN the records Of time.
But all tus laboriOus effort had been directed only
against the crctirs pracced 10 the transportation OF
negro s!aver the II did not touch the ques
ton Of his existing condition or OF his gdt W be iIee
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-07-05
PAST AND PRESENT.

To all ~ which intersection 81 my African prom
make but y short repiy BY hs own showing be appeals
ONLY TO what aCea ago, and not TO what ~" ~
Wbat arc tIc irnpcrshlbie monuments constructed 40
ony AGO but memorials Of obsolete antiquity, 10 De
gazei At by wandering tryelcr as examples never Ia
ps copied II once devoted Ia special forms OF Divine
vorshp the faith that animated the structures has not
simply lost liz vitality but has been buried IN OBLIVION
forever What are the catacoub, hat futile c'ors to
perpetuate matter after thc living prinripir has
vanished awnyi Why not apply them to advance the
condition of the sryvorsf How about the sacred book
20 which ycu refcrl Does 10: record account oi an
emigration 81 on iudu. and conscientious people
COMPELLED 10 re Scat ~ Of the reecasne-s uI an
ignorant rulcrl Aud how has 10 been ever sincei Al
though conceded to be by nature one Of the mos favored
regions of the earth tae general tendency has been Tor
rom indicating corresponding degree ~ prosperity
Even the sprul memorials ~ Oug past ages TESTIFY ~
the sodos around only the vanity o. induiEns
idle aspirations The conclusion m 90 bee drawn from
this $40 rnce T. 40; % IKE but ~ death, not Of hope but "t
despair
So have presented to You n this pctGfe the three
types 81 humanity cEcmplhed in the social - ;tems oi
the world
Whilst tho African represents the pls and the Indian
cugs Only 10 the present Il Is lcft 70 he European and
hi, cougrner 10 America pcrsteLty to follow in the i-
tlrc the object Gf the advancement Of mankind
l. The rauorade. >. The stationary. ,. The advance.
When h 10 10 De with nal
We can only judge Of the future by what 1t has been In
the past Il there there not peculiar element not
found in either " ths other races which shown So
much ylgor ia the American during past century as
to give him q far right to count upon steady advance In
time 10 comet
confidently FOR nina that there Is. II Is ms de
yoton 70 the principle - liberty.
DO you osk ne where to dnd It In wordsi Turn we
then atOnce the immortal scroll over 6rmly assocl-
aed with the solcmnie. Of ts our great anniversary.
- It,rIpt
and pervadng force than could have been applied
10 secure pernancnce to AL the vast monuments Of Egypt
or Of the world.
We all know 1t well, but still viii repeat H.:
"Wo know these truths TO be sclferdent: l. That
all created equal 2. That they endowed BY
their Creator with nalicuabie rights . That among
them life liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"
have considered these significant words rs vested
with virtue subtle certain ultimately 10 penetrate
the abo,ss Of mankind al tho world. Bot sepa-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-07-05
XIII.
PRIVILEGES THAT II.

PRIVILEGES THAT INSPIRE AMERICANS
In spirit worthy OF the OF the past let us set
ourselves 90 accomplish the tasks which ,e sprc OF
national politics stll await COMPLEXION We burn the
sunshine Of other years when ignite the wood or coal
uYon orr hearths. We enter privilege which ages
have occurred I'm our daily enjoyment Of political
freedom While the binding glow rradlates homes.
let IL shed Its lGster spirit ard quicken IL FOR Ia
further work LET fight against the tendency or edu
q ed men 10 reserve themselves from politics, remember
ing thai no other form OF activity Is grand effective
,s that winch affects FIRST the character and then Tie
revelation Of character ia the government 0f great AID
free people Let make rel guus diss here,
force In politics, absurd Witchcrit. Let party
names be nothing 10 u, comparison with that costly
and proud inheritance OF liberty and Of law which par
tie, exist TO conserve aud enlarge which any party viii
have here to maintain II Il world not BE- buried
at the next eros srOads, with stake throuh us breast
Lei u. seek tho unity Of all sections Of the Republic
thruugh Tie prevalence in al OF mutual rospect through
the assurance IN all Of local freedom through the
mastery a. all Of that supreme sDirit which flashed from
the liz OK Patrick Henry when he said IN the first
Continental Congress- " 1 am not q iIglusn, bal an
.p4yiczn7 Let US take care that labor maintains its
ancient place Of privilege and honor and that industry
has no fetsess imposed VI iogal restraint Cr OF
socisl dseredlt TO hinder is work To lessen
IFS wage. Let us tam and overturn In public dis
eussOp In pol tcal change, I'll secure civi service
honorable intelligent, AMI worthy OF the land. 10 which
capabe fnte gritty, not partisan zeal shall De- the
dtou OF each public trust and let resolve that what
eyer 10 may cost OF labor aud Of patience. OF sharper
economy and OF general sacrifice 10 shah TO pass
that wherever American labor tolls, wherever American
mana wherever American ennnsrcn reaches
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-07-05

70 whom Europe Paid tribute and when the calaufy 81
Prcble and Decdr gave carly distinction TO oar Navy
There was war declared against LaS1nd III ISL
wien our se,ncn had been taken from nniof orr Nag
from the decks, indeed, " our national shf m ""r
couimerce Had been practical swept fGon ihe vas
Tn, g was a war affirmed already to exist ~ M'Xc' III
1876. entered INTO Icy surprise. new rIoi".' ''''''
against which tire moral sentim NJ al the nation iOe
widely m revolt but which in rc.ut added 'ar2'5 u
our territory opened Californian Treasures a""
wrote he names Of Bu,Hd Vista AID Monterey on o'i
short annals.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-07-05
LIBERTY ON TIE SEAS.

Such IL the arst example ofthe direct effect upon liberty
Of the law proclaimed a hundred years ago proceed
10 consider the second:
In ss yea OF Lord 1870, on locking back upon the
events ~ the century, almost impossible To he
leye that human liberty should have been thsE held N
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-03-02
A HUSBAND EUCHRED.
A Wife Of Two Men Stake at Cards.

On Sunday afternoon and evening one of
the most singular incidents in the history
of the matrimonial lottery took place at
No. 154 johnson avenue, Williamsburg, it
being the playing Of Il game at cards for the
possession of a wife by her two living hus-
bands
The causes of this phenomenal incident,
briefly told, are as follows: In the fall of
1871 Louis Lange, barbar, married Annie
Hortsmann, Of Hudson City, n. j.. after
courtship of two weeks. They lived to-
gether very quarrelsome life for few
months, and then, in a fit Of passion, he
deserted her and went to Chicago. She,
being left without means, went home to
her parents but, having obtained situa-
ton, returned to Williamsburg. Here
she met the groomsman, Claus Doscher,
who officiated at her wedding. After wait
ing two years without hearing from Lange
Mrs. Lange married Doscher in 1874. Last
week Lange returned to Brooklyn, and,
intent on being more happy in the future,
sought his wife TO make amends for his
previous i'll treatment and give promises
for better treatment in the fnture He was
Mortified to find her the wife of his grooms-
man, but after considerable self COM
munion he decided to arrange the affair
was acquainted with all the parties, he
called on her, in the rear of No. 154 John
son avenue. He was made cordially well
come, and after a conversation of some
half hours duration the men adjourned to
the saloon in the front building to settle
the matter by a game Of euchre. The room
was dingy one, the light of the one or
two kerosene lamps casting only faint
glimmer on the interesting game which
was heralded, accompanied and followed
by copious draughts Of lager. In the
earlier part of the game fortune seemed to
be in favor of Doschcr and he speedily
scored nine Of ten points necessary to win,
but there he stopped, and Lange, slowly
and by zone" scored up to the same figure.
The woman, as the game progressed, left
her seat and took place by the side of
room gathered around the table, and as
Lange took trick an audible sigh came
from the woman, but as Doscher laid out
trump after trump she seemed relieved,
and when he had made the winning point
she sauted him with hearty kiss. Lange,
for a moment, seemed angry, but said,
"Well, Doscher, old boy, she amt worth
fighting over here is JOY to you with her, y
and he quafed a foming tankard of beer.
The party then commenced drinking;
and kept it up till midnight, when they
separated the best of friends.-N. Y. Her.
aLd, 22d.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-03-02
Habits of Insects.

Many insects prove that their parental
instinct is strongly developed by taking
care Of their young after they are Matched.
OF this kind are several solitary insects,
and those which live in societies, as bees,
ants, and some wasps, etc. The mason
wasp burries living caterpillar with its
eggs, but does not leave it to take its
chance After the maggot is hatched and
has devoured the first caterpillar, the wasp
returns, opens the hole, pushes in another,
aud again closes the hole, and this is
repeated till the young animal is able to
get his own living. The field bug has. q
family of thirty or forty young ones which
she conducts about as hen does her chick
ems, beating her wings rapidly at any at
tempt to disturb them. If you disturb a
nest of ants by digging, you will perceive
the inhabitants much less intently occupied
with providing for their own safety than
the conveying of certain little white bodies
to a place of security these are the young,
and to effect this purpose the whole com
munity are in motion, and no danger can
divert them from attempting its accomplis-
ment. A cruel observer having cut an ant
in two, under these circumstances, the
mutilated animal did not relax its affec-
tionate exertions; with that half of the
body to which the head was attached it
contrived before expiring to carry off ten
of these white masses into the interior OF
the nest Insects seem to live especially
for the nutrition of their young. When
we consider the exertions of these little
animals, apparently SO disproportioned to
their size, and the constant labor in which
they are occupied, one might be apt to
think the pleasures of their existance were
outweighed by its pains. But what strikes
US as wearisome toll is probably that
delightful occupation, and, like human
parents, they are never so happy as when
actively engaged in advancing the interests
of their young.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-03-02
THE CEDAR MINES OF NEW JERSEY

Among the strange productions of Cape
May, says the Monmouth On. j. y Demo
crat, are the "cedar mines s'-swamps of
dark miry stuff in which are buried i'm
mense trees of the white cedar, CvpreSsus
hyOideS of the botanists These mines con-
tain enormous trees, buried to a depth
varying from three to ten feet The logs
lie one across another, and there is abund-
ant evidences that they are the growing of
different successive forests Indeed, in
these very swamps forests of the same trees
are now growing. The miners have be-
come very skillful at their work. An iron
rod is thrust into the soft mud, over which
often the water lies In striking a buried
tree the workman will, by several sound
ings, at last tell how it lies, which is its
root end, and how thick It is. He then
manages to get a chip, of the tree, and by
its smell determines at once whether it is
worth the labor of mining, that is, the
workmen will tell unerringly whether the
tree be a windfall or break down. IF a
breakdown, it was so because it. was de-
cayed when standing if windfall, the
trees fell when found, and has been pre-
served ever since by the antiseptic nature
of the peat marsh in which it was buried
The soft earth is then removed This makes
a pit in the swamp. Into this the water
soon flows and fills it up This is rather
an advantage. The saw is now introduced,
and at regular intervals cut is made
through the trees, when the log floats to
the surfaco IT. Is curiouS that tho Loo of ~
sound tree will be sure to turn over when
it floats up, the lower side thus becoming
uppcrmost. Trees in this way are some
times obtained which will yield 10000
shingles, worth $50 per thousand thus
one tree will yield 5000. The age of such a
tree, as the season rings have been counted,
has been made out from 1000 to 200
years, and even more. A layer of such
trees is found covered by another layer,
and these again by another, and even a
third, while living trees may still be grow
ing over all 1t is evident, indeed that
New Jersey has experienced what the geo
logists call Oscillation" Cape May con
tains abundant evidence of having been lift
ed out of modern sea. The recent oyster
and clam are found in natural beds, just as
they died in the ocean, but now in posi-
tions many feet higher than the contiguous
oyster beds while buried trees exist at
depths lower than the beds of living mol
lusks.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-03-02
TRANSMISSION of Blood.

The Buffalo Conlnercial thus describes
an interesting experiment which was tried
at the medical college in that city, one day
last week: "The subjects were two dogs
one considerably larger than the other
which were placed under the influence Of
ether until both animals were utterly un-
conscious. An artery in the neck of the
larger dog was opened. In this tube was
inserted, and the stop-cock of the tube
turned of, thus preventing any blood from
escaping until the proper time came. The
small dog was then placed upon the table,
the carotid artery opened, and the animal
allowed to bleed to death When the blood
had ceased to run it was announced that the
dog was absolutely dead Artificial respira-
tion was applied, and then the tube in the
neck of the large canine was inserted in that
of his bloodless brother, the Professor mean
while working upon the chest after the man
ner used in restoring drowning person.
As soon as the stOp-cock in the tube was
turned the blood from the dog commenced
flowing into the empty veins of the other,
and in very few minutes the creature
was breathing again as naturally as ever
The students applauded loudly and the
TRANSMISSION was complete, Neither of the
dogs, we are assured, felt particle Of pain
during the operation"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-03-02
What shall we Eat.

An unhappy individual has discovered that
there is nothing in the food or drink line
actually healthful. He says potatoes pro-
duce fatulency, water distends the bowels,
fruit relaxes them, bread sours the stomach,
cake destroys its tone, rice depletes the
blood, fish shrinks the muscles, fresh meat
produces biliousness, and Salt meat skin
diseases. And so you can 60 through the
entire list without finding, according to the
medical authorities, a single article but
what is in some degree hurtful 1t is dread
ful to think of; and yet, somehow or other,
there are great many people who manage
to exist seventy years or more, and the
average longevity of the human race is in
creasing in all civilized countries.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-03-02
STROUDSBURG MONROE COUNTY, PA.

finding in the receiver live bird, of some
unknown species, perfect in its anatomy
but, strange to say, entirely without feath-
ers
"This most astonishing result" remarks
the paper from which we quote, ''has al
most upset our previous notions of natural
philosophy and the governing laws of ami
mial organism. AS we gazed upon the
featherless bird hopping about, and feeding
upon the seeds given it, we began to doubt
the reality Of our own existence, or that of
anything about us y
The Professor, urged on by his success,
has set about another analysis, and has no
doubt of being able to produce perfect birds
of every known species.
The Aigemeine Zeitung of the next day
remarks that the whole city is electrified
with the Development.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-03-02

A story is going the rounds of the
Democratic press to the effect that the
late Inauguration of Governor Hartranft
cost the State $4,000, and even few
Republican papers are foolishly rejecting
upon the governor for permitting such
unnecessary extravaganza" The truth is
that what expense falls upon the State, in
consequence of the Inauguration display,
was authorized and incurred by the legis-
lature, as haze always been the case. This
expense, instead of $4,000, is only about
$4,000, or about 500 less than three years
ago. 1t should be borne in mind that the
Inauguration was entirely in the hands of a
Joint committee of the two houses of the
legislature-composcd of both parties.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-03-02

A Troy On. Y, man has been trying to
kill rats with bread covered with arsensic
The bread disappeared, but the rats didn't t
diminish, and finally he caught his thirteen
year old daughter eatingit. She confessed
that she had disposed ofall oft, and liked it
better than anything she had ever tasted.
1t appears that the girl had fits a year ago,
when she kept begging for arsenic, and the
doctor, thinking she was going to die any
way, gave her some, whereupon she got
well. Since then she has been given the
deadly poison at different times, the only
effect being to make her appear well, bright
and cheerful. The case has been laid be-
fore several scientific men, all of whom pro-
nounce it one Of the most remarkable
phenomena of the age.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-03-02

A gentleman and lady got off the Pan
Handle train yesterday evening, and step
ped out on the south side of the depot
They were quickly surrounded by a crowd
of voracious hackmen. Punching away
vigorously with his umbrella, the gentleman
soon cleared space around him, and hav-
ing secured silence enough to be heard, he
vocilerated, "Wouldn' some of you like to
90 to the devil p The tone of one of the
hackmen was wickedly urbane as he quick
ly replied "Come right along, sir run
the finest hack on that line "-b,diandpoltS
Sentinel.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-03-02

The Democrats find little comfort any
where. Harper's Weekly, during the past
year has recently united with the opponents
of the Republican party in finding fault
with Grant, but in a recent issue of that
paper, gives its estimate of the Democratic
party in the following terse paragraph:
Nothing should cause any man to for
get that the Democratic party is now what
it has been for years-the political organi-
zation of those who aimed to destroy the
National Union and Government for the
basest and most revolving purposes, and
still declare that their views, except as to
the practicability of secession, remain un-
changed"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-03-02

There seems to be steady decline in
the Order of Patrons of Husbandry, out
West. The rural members are coming to
the conclusion that somewhere and some
how they are being sponged to death. 1t
has just come to light, in Iowa, that one
man and his wife have been paid for pre-
tended services, by the State and National
Grangers, since 1873, nearly $4,000, and
that at the same time he was drawing a
regular salary in other business. If the or
der will weed out the sidewalk farmers and
bloodsuckers who infest it, and confne it
self to its legitimate province, keeping out
of the snares of politicians, it will deserve
to thrive. But not else.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-03-02

Judge Orvis, at the recent Centre county
court, rendered a decision which is impor-
tant His honor ruled that where a man
gives his wife money, he having no debts
at the time, nor in any way showing an in
tention to defraud, real estate which the
wife may purchase with such funds cannot
afterward be made liable for debt con-
tracted by the husband subsequent to such
Gift and purchase.