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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-01-20
MAGAZINE.
t H { GALAXY Y
FOR FEBRUARY
NOW READY.

CONTENTS.
NEadcap Violet. By William Black, Au-
thor Of '' A Princess of Thule" etc.
HOme- Rulers in the English Par
Lament. By Justin Mccarthy.
Anna Seward and Major Andre. AN
OBSCURE LEAF OF HISTORY. By HeZe-
kiah Butterworth.
Elizabeth. BY L. 9. w.
Suicide. By Albert Rhodes.
TransfOrmati tiOn. BY Nora Perry.
Parma and Bologna. BY NJ. L. w. s.
Reuben Dale. By Miss Annie T. Howells.
The Tradition of Conquest. BY Mrs.
S. M. b. Piatt
Minor French NOvelists. By II. James,
Jr.
Social and Domestic Life under the
Ancient Regime. From the Forth
coming Volume by Henri Taine.
ParsOn Kelly. By Marian Douglas.
Barberry. BY James G. Austin.
A Word or Two On Emerson. BY John
Burroughs.
Army Reduction.
Drift-WOOd. By Philip Quilibet.
Scientific Miscellany.
Current Literature.
NebuIR. BY THE EDITOR.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-01-20

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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-01-20

r EGAL NOTICE.-Henry Denton, OF Mon
that Jemma Denton, his wife. on the 22d day
OF December, a. ID. 1875. filed her petition In
the Court of Common Pleas, of Hamilton coun-
ty, Ohio, case No. 47,S85, charging him with
adultery with one Elizabeth NJ. Large. on the
26th day of May, 1863, at Warrenton, Warren
county, Missouri, and elsewhere in SAID coun-
,ty and State, before and after that date, and
asking for divorce, certain personal property
and aIimony: that he must answer ON or before
February 18th, A. ID. 1876, or q hearing will be
had and decree taken as asked, and that at the.
Post-office in the town Of Huntsville, RAM
dolph county, Missouri, on the 10th day OF JAN
uary, 1875. between the hours OF A. M. and 9
2. NJ, dispositions will be taken on her behalf
JENNA DENTON,
by j. Il r. A. JOHNSTON, her Attorneys.
CINOINN ATI. O. Dec. %. 1H1h. de2ll-ftTE
, 1876-04-27
common to choice. One hundred dollars In
gold would buy a112.o23 in greonbacks at
+ha o1nso

afr. nAnnrsox, Of indianapolis, IL reported
to hayo reiterated In M interview yostordny
his former statement In reference to the aalo
Of $4,000 Of Fort Smith l. Little Rock
Immigrant bonds to the Union Pacific Hnil.
road Company for SOL ,ooo-viz. : TINT In rc-
eponso to n domand by himself that this
mattor DO investigated by tho I3onrtl
Of Directors, Mr.. Z. II. Rollins, Treasurer
Of tho Union Pacific, urged TINT the matter
DO dropped because 1t would 'kill of Afr.
BtA1aE;' and TINT ho (f1AnR1HoN) wrote to
tho Hon. JAMES +. Wt1soN, Of Iowa, also n
Government Director, informing him Of tho
matter, though without mentioning tho nnn,e
Of Mr.. BLAINE, but received no roply from
s1r. WILSON, who neglected to prosecute the
inquiries suggested by b1r. hRRrsoN. Mr..
BLAINE may yet perceive tho importance Of
surplomonting his denial md explanation by
statements from AIessrs. Nol11as md VIII
ann
, 1876-04-27

The House Committee on Appropriations
havo decided On a measure Of economy that
will abolish ono OF tho most valuable and
highly-popular improvements of the day, and
deprive tho business public of convenience
tho loss of which will bo soroly felt. It has
been determined to 30 reduce tho approprin-
tions for tho Post-Ofico Department as to
compel tho discontinuance Of tho fast-mail
service and place it cut Of tho power of
tho Department to mako arrangements
with the railroad companies for tho trims.
mission Of tho mnilB OF rate of speed be-
yond TINT which prevailed previous to tho
introduction of the now system. Tho Dem
ocrats of tho House can afford to spend
$500, Goo in prosecuting barren and in many
cases disgraceful Investigations, but refuse
tho small portion Of this Sum necessary to
mako up the difference in cost between q slow
snd fast-mail service.
, 1876-04-27

Though tho opinion Of tho Circuit Court
on tho city certificates, writton by Judge
MuAlI1sTKn, has boen withheld from rublica-
tion till tomorrow to enable further in
vestigation Of certain circumstances which
nro thought to havo lseon enormously stated,
thoro Is distinct intin,ntion TINT theso cer-
tiacateB COMO within tho constitutional pro-
hibition except when drawn against par
ticular fund for special purpose. This is
vory different from tho prevailing practice,
which has been to issue certificates in gen.
oral way whcnovor money WIS needed either
for ourront expenses or to redeem outstanding
certificates representing taxes past duo but
tncollectcl Tho decision is upon q mado-
up case, III which the Board Of Pablo Works
petitioned the Court for n rnandamus COM
pelling Comptroller HAYES to issue certificates
for stnted sum to pay of nn indebtedness
incurred in March for cleaning streets.
1t WAS tic most favorable form in which
tho right to issue these certificates could
DO presented. In the absence Of tho
opinion itself, It is impossible To soy whether
or not it takos as broad ground 40 did that Of
Judge ZANE III Springfield. who tlncided that,
when city had alronly oxhaustod tho con-
stituGonal limit Of indebtedness, 1t has no
authority to issue thoso certificates, which he
held to be tho evidence Of now mud additional
indebtedness expressly prohibited by the
Constitution. But, II Judge MoA11rsrEn'B
decision goes no further than to authorize
the issue Of certificates against stated fund
for purpose expressly contemplated in IN
appropriation nlrently made, it will still
change tho character Of these certificates
very materially. Such decision will exclude
the issue Of certificates to redeem out
standing md unpaid certificates, unloss
tho payment therefor Bhall lnve boon
included in the preceding tax-1ovy and those
who buy certificates will do go ut tho risk OF
the ta1 being collected, or, in tho event Of tho
non-col1oction, of tho levy Of another tax to
cover the deficiency. This much 1atitudo may
enable tho city to continue tho working do
partmonts Of tho Government, instead Of dis
charging them as Springfield did, but it will
constrain the City Government to conane tho
issuo Of certificates to tho items Of the appro-
priation bill, distinctly sot forth in oach Cor
tilcato; and it will also nccesaitata the loyy OF
n taz to pny tho old certificates, If the city
would avoid tho disgrace Of Reputation.
Thcro will be 9 default in payment in my
event Further speculation is useless until
the full toxt of tho opinion Rha1l bo mado
public.
, 1876-04-27

ceedings He further avors that, "a tho teati.
nony Of tho witness AlAnau reflected upon
others who Ind been associated with him.
menning Afrs.' BzlKHAr, proposed that, II
tho Committee would suppress TINT pnrt Of
tho statement rcf1octing upon her, ho would
admit tho receipt Of tho corruption funds
from MAnaH, although tho accusation Was not
trno,-a ohiva1rio proffer Of bloviation which
the Committee declined to accept. Tho Hon.
If1EsrEn CLrMEn thon took the very ro1nark-
ablo step Of inti,nntng to nE1KSAr TINT he
should moyo in tho IIouRo for his impeacll-
mens unless be resigned Lis position boforo
noon Of the next day. Tho ploa tells tho
rest:
And said 1sIxHAr, regarding this statement Of said
CL1MER Chairman, Aforesaid, nh inti1n.taon
thnt he. aa nElEsAr. eould by thus rrsignsg, avnil
tns n1c1iou inHcrnrahlc {rou praractes trial III
FORUM which wonli attract tho greatest degree Of put,-
lie attention. hnd tho humiliation Of avsng himscf
Of tho defense, secsed In said ntatoucus Itself which
would cast blanc upon said other pcrson. ho yielded
10 The suggestion naado by said OLrx1n, Chairman -
aforesaid, believing that tho aIe In good
faith BY tho aa!t CLTMrn, Chairman sforeasid and
TINT be, said x1xsAr. would, By restgnins his posi-
tion ~ Secretary Of War, secure tic speedy dsmssl
of ead statement from The public mind, which said
statement, thnng, 1t involved no crimlnalty on his
pss wzs deeply painful 10 hss fsings. and did rosign
ha said position Becrctery Of Wnr Ut 10 o'clock aud
20 minutes In tho forenoon Of tho ID day Of
March, 1876: and at II o'clock In tho foro.
noon Of tho day aud year 1ast aforesaid be,
said DxLKnAr, cauEed said Committee To 10
notified Of hIs saA resignation and Of tho acceptance
tlcrcof by tho President Of tho United Eatos 4forc-
raid, al! Of which was n pursuance aud consequence
Of the said suggestion 70 made by said cLrNEn
, 1876-04-27

We understand TINT q business proposition
will be made to the county for tho building
OF Courthouse, with satisfactory guaranty
as to its completion and its adoquacy, for
s2,100, 600, or 800, 900 less than tho cost con-
tcmplatcl, and probably So, ,ooo, 900 less tllan
tho actual cost will DO If tho work goes on rn-
der the usunf official system. The gentlemen
whose names are associated with this propo-
Rition arc Mr. BoY1saToy, the architect, Mr..
BouTos, tho iron-founder, Mcssrs. CAn7En
Brothers, builders, mud ono other firm, all
men Of credit and character in their various
cn1lings. They aro unquestionably prepared
to give my security that may be demanded
for tho completion of tho work according to
the specifications Of their plan, which is de-
scribed clsowhore, and will onter into bond
not to demand my compensation above tho
contract price. As 1abor and material will
be cheaper within tho coming year
than later, it is likely that, II they
should got tho contract, they would
hurry it forward in q businoss-like way
with viow to making as large q margin Of
profit for themselves as they could III keep
ing with tho character Of tho work they agrco
to do. Tho advantages, then, would bo in
getting a Courthouse for, Soy, 81, ,000, 600
less aud couple Of years sooner than II It,
bo built under the ordinary official super
vision.
Wo bespenk for this proposition candid
consideration at tho hands Of the County
Board. 1t is universally conceded among
taxpayers TINT the county, having authority
to sell tho necessary bonds, should ASSUME
the entire cost Of tho building, md charge
the city rental equivalent to one-haH tho in
terest On the bondBisgued for that purpose. If
this bo done, tho most direct mud economical
way of proceeding is to sccnro tho erection Of
tho building on ono general contraot, such as
Messrs. DoY1saToS md others now propose,
in caso the plans they submit aro satisfactory
To both city and county. This why will cut
of the delay incident to tho pickering and
quareling between city and county oflicials,
and prevent tho jobbery which post o1po-
rienco warrants tho people in anticipating in
m enterprise OF this magnitude. II tho
plans Of Mr. DogMnroN and his associates
aro such aa to suit tho purposes Of both city
and county, tho County Board n,ay do much
to redeem itself before the people by nccept-
ing business proposition Of this kind
, 1876-04-27

no moro temptation to dishonesty In English
oflloo.ho1ding than thero is In tho mercantile
business Of tho country. Tho safeguards
AFRO as numerous and tho cheoks rs efficient.
Corruption in any single instance docs not
require m uprising Of tho paoplo to secure
correction, but Is trentud like my other cx-
coptional betrayal Of trust; nor docs it,when
1t occurs, orcato n suspicion that 1t is tho
common practice OF tho public eorvioo.
1t ia exceedingly doubtful whether the
Civil Service will bo improved to any appre-
ciablo extent by tho disgrace Of DE1KsAr. It
socmB 10 DO generally felt TINT he only lid what
others havo tlono aud arc doing. There is a
vicious, dangerous, md degraded sentiment
tl,at 1t is no critno to swintllo tho Govern
mont. This sentiment Ia direct outgrowth
Of tho spoils aystom. It attracts q vast arny
Of mon who aro commonly and properly
known as "bummera." Tho ofIlco-holdcrs,
rs rule, belong to t1lis clnsB, whatller they
arc Of high or low degree, from Congressman
down 10 tho Whisky -Gnugcra appointed
through thoir influence. The public Hersics
is regarded in no other light thon rs aome-
thing for them to prey upon. The average
Congressman defends what ho calls his pat
ronago-thnt is bis privilege Of debating
ccrtain proportion of tho appointments from
his distrfct---with moro art1or md vohcmonce
than ho docs my political principle or project
for tho common good. It Is tho exercise Of this
patronage which either returns him to Con-
grcsa or dofeats him. Tho whole scheme of
ottice-holding Ia inherently wrong under such
n system. lis vory naturo attracts the worst
kind Of mon md rcpcls the best kind Of mon.
It is the most serious danger tint throntons
tho growing prosperity Of tho country and
tho permanent succcss Of popular govor1l-
mcnt. Individuals who become too bold or
show too Gttlo discretion in their disposition
Of tho spoila or the improvement Of their op-
portunitics may be dropped by ono party or
1nny furnish n protoxt for another party to de-
mand n change Of administration; but after
thiH has boon accomplished tho machine goes
on very much tho gano as before. It will
continue to grow worse, whatever party ia In
power, until thoro In radical reform in tie
system itsolf. And the first stop to that end
(thc only one practicable Mt presently must bo
in tho election of President who RhaIl havo
tho character, and courage, and associations
to innugurato an independent practice of
calling tho httest mon into tho public service.
To provide such President Is to-day tho
highest mission Of the Republican party.
, 1876-04-27

thirty yoarB. This objection to tho funding
is consequently not good ono. but, mean-
whilo, the funding ilself will practically pro-
vido sinking fund Of considerable ,nagni-
tudc A saving of $7,5oo, 900 Of gold intor"
est for thirty yoars would DO practical re-
duction Of tho debt BY $225, ,ooo, 900 within
that timo, or saving Of that amount In
taxes, which is matorially tho eanao thing.
It Ia earnestly to DO hoped that no parti-
Ban feoflng mny bo permitted to dofeat thiH
funding scheme. We arc willing that tho
Democrats shall receive n full sllnro Of tho
credit for putting tt into operation. Cor
tAinly II 1t fails 10 60 into operation the
Democrats will havo to pay their shnro of
tho excessive taxation which tho continued
payment of :7,50o, ,on1 in interest TINT might
bo saved will nccessitato. 0ncc before, as
Mr.. 1sourwEIn 7olates, tho tlclay Of Congress
dcfeated tho Government in a similar advnn.
tngc. This was Just preceding tho Frnnco-
Prltssinn War, when plothora Of money in
tho markets Of Europe would hare enabled
tho United States to p1aeo q Il rcr cent lonn |;
but it WIS thought by some persons that oven
a lower rato might DO secured, mud, boforo
this phaso Of the question had been discussed
and canyassed, asnr was declared by NAPoLEoH
md tho opportunity was lost. So
1t may bc mt tho present time, If
tho Democrats occhsion needless delay. A
European war is not nmong tho impossibili-
ties. There is almost certainty that $780,
0o0, 600 bonds can 10 placed now nt II per
cent running for thirty years; 1t Is not un-
likely TINT tho 1lo1uscn11ps, or sonic othergreat
bankers Of Europe, would organize n Syntli-
cato to tako tho whole anount in exchange
for the outstanding 6 per ecnta which nro
subject to tho call Of tho Government. Tho
prompt placing of such loan would prepare
The wny for tho funtingof the remainder Of tho
public debt at / per cent; tho credit Of tho
Government would be notably improved pri-
vnto credits in America would be likewise on
hanced; the people would sayo S7,5o0, 900
annually in taxes, and the offcct In every re-
specs would bo salutary. Indeed, tho merits
Of tho proposition aro so obvious that tho
bill should he passed in both Houses Of Con-
g7ess almost without discussion.
, 1876-04-27
-+ - ..---.-.-
THE TI1KnINH HTT,T

Nov that Funding bill has been intro
duced into tho House of Representatives by
50 sterling representative OF tho Democracy
as Mr. FERNANDO Woop, it is to be hoped tint
majority Of that body will consent to q
proper consideration Of the subject. As far
back as tho very opening Of tho present Con-
gross the Secretary Of the Treasury pointed
out In his report tho obvious advantage to bo
obtained from Offering for salo at this time /,
new bond bearing low rato of interest, with
which to tako mp tho outstanding 6-2o bonds
bearing 6 por cent interest. Tho S5O0, ,000,-
900 Of 8 per cent bonds isHued in exchange
for tho per cents having been exhausted,
and tho financial condition OF tho money
markets Of the world wa1ranting tho belief
that II Per cent bonds can bo readily cold
Il made 10 run thirty years, tho Secretary
urged upon Congress the necessity for an im-
mediate authorization Of now issue OF honda
under the lattcr condition. But Congress has
delayed all these months to pass the neccs.
aasy legialatlon. It would socm rs though
this delay is peryerse and mali
cious effort to cripple Tho Government
at the expense Of tho Republican Ad-
miniBtration, or ut tho bost 10 deprive the
Government Of m opportunity Of saving
81 ,hoO, COZ, d year in the fcar TINT the Repub-
lican Administration may enjoy tho crodit
therefor. This ia Bmallness Of inaniteainal
degree. II may not be carried any further
without rcaeting upon tho Domocrnts who
aro responsible for It. II they allall refuse
altogether to authorize tho exchange OF
$500, 100000 in y per cent bonds for the
outstanding per cent bonds, tho charge will
lie against them Of having deliberately rob-
bod tho people OF $7,5o0,00o year for par-
tisan purposes, and this charge will bo urged
against them without favor during tho Presi-
Dental campaign.
The only objection worthy Of consideration
which We have eyor heard againss this prop.
osition 10 fund $500, ,00o, 900 Of tho national
dsbt IL that 1t is intended (by maintaining
tho present sinking-fund system) to pny of
tho entire public debt before tho expiration
OF thirty years. The answer to this IL thai
there is no reasonable probability that It will
bo accomplished, and that 1t is certainly
not desirable to maintain the sinking fund or
ita present basis Under the existing law
there is sot apart avory year not merely pc,
cent OF the actual amount OF tho debt O,
the time tho law WIS passed, but also ou
the amount Of the sinking fund, which in.
crefses from year to year. 10 continue this
system will ba to constantly incseaae taxation
until tho dabt should be entirely discharged !;
and as tho dobt grows. smaller, Instead OF
taxation decreasing in proportion ~ IL ought
to, the burden on the peopfo will ornn,
, 1876-04-27
HESTER CLYMKH'B COMMITTEE,

Tho Hon. HESTER CLyMEH, notwithstanl-
ng hia high-sounding name and the promi-
nent position he occupies in tho farco Of DEM
ocratio investigations, appears to DO conspic-
'loua chiefly for his bunglIng Of the BEIKsAP
business. The e1-secretary Of War certainly
afforded him remarkable opportunity Of
bringing himself before thu country as ro-
foE1nor OF tho most advanced type, and an
avenger of public and political morals, No
publio event for yearA created such seusa-
ton as tho fall Of DEL1NAp, and, in conncc-
tion with this fall, the Hon. H1EaTEn C1YMEn
secured an immediate aud widespread popu-
larity as tho instrument Of justice who waa To
bring this prominent officer OF the Govern
.ncnt To speedy and well-dosorvod retribu-
tion. The moment, however, that ho had
established tho charges against Dg1KNAr, ho
bungled tho case by allowing tho only ma-
terial witness to bo released from the custody
OF his Committee and to escape to Cannda,
and, moro than this, To carry AWAY with him
oil the original papers md documents which
were necessary to subaantiate tho charges
ngainst DELKNAp and to corroborato
tho witncas. Having discovered his
blunder, ho sought torepairi 1t by inducing tho
witness to return, but without suceeka, and
1t finally became necessary for the Ropuh.
lcan Administration to procure tho presence
Of tho witness in Washington that tho Demo.
cratic House might prosont BKIxNAr for i'm.
parchment. Tho presentation OF the articles
was then ,noat unaccountably delayed aud
protracted. Week after week passed away,
and nothing was done, but at last the slow
going CLrhkR and his Committee succeeded
in getting DE1hsAp before the bur Of the
Sonata for trid. At this important juncturo
another unexpected episotls occurs, growing
out of oLyuEa's bunyling. Tho House OF
Representatives having filed itz replications,
I,EIKaAr makes his tojoinder, intcrposing o
general demurrer, the last plea In which ID
of peculiar Significance, touching the part
played by the Hon. I1lEsTtn CLyMxn, Us well
aa the question OF jurisdiction. In this
plea, Dx1KsAp sots forth tho following
remarkable flcts: IIe resigned his posi
tion III Secretary Of War on the I'd oI
March, mud the President accepted hi
resignation, but 10 did not resign with tht
Intention Of evadirg any impeachment pro
, 1876-04-27

Thoro are two or three points relative to
tho Cincinnati nominations which are worthy
Of notice Oh account Of tho almost t1nani-
moua agreement TINT is accorded them by tie
leading Republican newspapers of tho copn-
try. Ono ia, that the result Of the election
will, In NIL likelihood, turn upon tho voto Of
New York State. Tho Importance Of this
probability to tho Cincinnati Convention is
obvious from tho fact TINT Now York is HOW
controlled by tho Democrats, and that the
present Governor OF Now York may DO tho
nominee Of the Dcmocratic party. There
wns a clngs of lnen in that State ut the olec-
ton last full who called themselves "T1LpEu
NopublicnnB;" those men will voto for TIL
DEN for President in proforonce to any Ro-
publican candidate who represents tho
abuses which first prompted them to
60 over to TlLDEH. The next point ia
(aud this il n.ado with particular forco
in recent article in Uarpcr's Heekly) TINT
personal purity in candidate IL not 10 much
the demand Of tho reform eloment of the Re-
publican party M his representative purity.
That is, no ono iu1agires for q moment that
tho Republican Convention will contemplate
seriously the nomination OF any man sus-
pectea Of personal impurity, but TINT is not
enough. Tho candidate, to bo successful,
must bo conBpicuonsly disassociatod from
those clements Of the past which hnvo drag
ged down tho Republican party from tho
high and undisputed purity which dis
tinguished it for so many years. Ho must
not only not be corruptionist himself, but
pnfthGr cn11 ha ho mn nnn1ooiut fnr cor,,,,tton
, 1876-04-27

came to The Feticf Of tho Japanese, and issnoti
notification In viEtuo Of the poreE1 vested IN
tfru by tho Order IN Council for China and
japan. making IT. penal otFcuso for 4 British
subject to publish newspaper In the JapAnes.
LANGUAGE.
, 1876-04-27

DEvEnrDoE requires rather moro dirty ro,A
from his dirty little organ than the dirty littls
Binocuto Office held by its dirty littlo odltos b
WORTH,
, 1876-04-27
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n,,I,..,s,o'. uas oa"' "aa NV soup''.e AuceoHa
IN lh'iaaelphia, boeanso II contained no aIlusios
10 the Centennial
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Mr.. Moodv will bootn raviva1 aarrtcaa in A..
pr,gta. a.. a,av l. 70 cantinuo ono % ,so,t " ~ ~
has bean invited to visit Charleston.
August Belmont opened his private EAllery for
tho bonelt of tie Wonloa'a Centennin1 1rnIon.
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Anosoe7 and "oaoosaaS OF thls "ook.
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