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The Prosre,, of the Cremation Reform,

since the scientifically preserved body
Of Baron VoN PALM has been successfully
reduced to ashes M the small cost ~ ten
dollars. il seems that economical people
without pre- iudlces against the process have
begun TO come 10 the conclusion TO get ere
mated themselves when they die. If Dr.
LIE MOVIES furnace can be kept going
continuously, the price Of burning Will be
reduced, according to liIerophant OLCO1T's
calculations, To SLIGO apiece. But allowing
Il fair profit TO DR.. lie MOVIE and perhaps
n slight fee for the stokers, We put the cost
IN case the demand is brisk AT, say, -. In
no event should il 80 above, sgy, S2.15.
All except paupeIs can afford this expense.
No man need now have the prospect OF his
death dafkored by the shadow of IA big
undcrtaker's bill incurred As for the
uudcrtakers, they will have 10 learn some
other trade. 1t il preposterous 10 argue
that people should get themselves buried
TO keep up the coffin business. You might
Is well say that ON soldiers should go back
to amor 10 revive the almorcrs trade. or
that everybody should write with quills
10 stimulate goose raising. Industries
must adapt Themselves 10 existing necos-
sitics, not The necessities to the Industries.
! THAT Is "A law of political economy rs old ms
ADAM SMITH and a great deal older than he.
Tho cost of cremation has been reduced
to a niccty by the experiment on the VoN
PALM corpse. To do the job thoroughly il
takes forty bushels Of coke, which may be
bought at four cents a bu-hcl. Tho adj
Vantages OF using coke are that il Is cheap,
that the supply is fully equal 10 any I'M
mediate demand, that It makes n hot fire,
aud that IL has already served man i'm sup
plying him with ILLUMINATING gaa Coke Is
Il sort Of dead coal-coal with the auiIna-
ting spiIlt gone-and coal itself Is the min
eral mummy of an anterior vegetable
info. Therefore coke has a symbolic signlG-
canoe in cremation, besides being chenT
aud handy. Probably when the furnace
is IN rapid running order the quantity ol
coke usod may be reduced. We are conf
dlut II cam br reduced to, say, 30 bushels
3Nt-$L2l. Add the wages of two stokcr4
say. 800 "A day. @l.2Jand $50 1870. Bul
Wore than one cremation may De going 81
ar oLcr md the cost need not exceed th'
slt1 uam 4, and with the fees 10 th'
-luhors and rent of furnace the total oX
pcndiiure can be- kept down 10 our c.lI
mate Of 81 70 a body DR.. In MoYNE say
Tho cheapest board c,nlu you can get cost
80, 81 S2.l5- .3s5, which .s n.a amount o
the saving ON the smlllr.t uos.lh under
takers bin. Al present tile expense of
journey to Washington, Penusy lyunii
must bo borne, but II his furnace pay
handsomely perhaps Dr. LIE MdYNE will x
into the business Of cremation by tn
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wholesale and put up furnaces ull over the

wholesale and put up furnaces all over the
country.
Ihcrophaut OLcoTr, however. has ex-
trivagant ideas about his own cremation.
He is going to have it done somewhere
beyond the Ilimalayas--tho quarter
whence ho gets his mysterious religion,
handed down from the earliest ancestors
of the Aryans. We wish we could dis
suadc him from selecting u cremation
place 40 far away. The cost Of sending re-
porters to Pennsylvania to witness the WOW
PALM cremation was considerable, but II
was mere bngatelle compared with the
burdens which the IIierophant's Ilima-
layan cremation would lay on our news
papers. II would be almost as bad as
sending out an expedition to the Kerr
puelen Islands TO witness the transit of
Venus. The public. too, would be kept In
suspense for weeks, perhaps for months,
since, ms we understand 1t, the secret an-
oestral Aryan religion is only known in
the silent cloisters OH the lofty submits of
the HImalayas, never yet trod by Chris
tian foot No railroad reaches there, no
telegraph, and the other faclities
for reporters are, probably, few.
The newspapers would need TO or
ganize corps of STANLEYs to
lind the place, though we hope not
to arm them with elephant rifles. Tho
Aryans might object to beng interviewed
by the exploring reporters, for If they have
kept their religion so secret for ten or ff-
teen, or. for what we know. fifty thousand
years. they are not likely TO tell all about IL
to the most enterprisng reporter. even to
oblige Ilicl ophant OLCoTr. In fact, we see
almost iusurmountable obstacles to prop
or description OF the llierophauts cretuu-
ton, and we beg To suggest to him 10 have
IL done nearer home. So that II Is done
and done thoroughly, what difference does
IL make, 1iierophaut, whether you burn
here cl thcrcy Your choice of the llima-
laya- seems to us purely sentimental You
cannot believe, your secret Arvan religion
cannot teach, that the place OF the crema-
ton is essential to its proper performance
else why did You cremute the body of the
Baron voN PAIN, in accordance with your
pious duty, in Washington, Pennsylvania
Were you determined to cheat the Baron
| out of advantages you resolved TO Obtain
| for yourself? We cannot believe IL.
We trust that. on II review of these argu-
mcnts to the reason and appeals to the
higher sen tirents. lIerophant OLcorT will
| consent e. be ci,nlicd at home.
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fore, in an extreme case like that suggest
ed, for which we hope there may be no ne
cessty in the end, the new President could
call Congress together Immediately after
the Inauguration to pass such legislation as
might he required. In any event, the Sem
ate will be convened according to custom,
and moro than majority of the House
would be on the ground, ready to respond
to n summons while the new members, in
expectation Of such contingency, might
be counted on with reasonable certainty.
So there would be no delay, and no de-
rangcment Of the pubic business.
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rHE ANcIENr WORLD REIEtLED.
Great Discoveries In Grccce by DIR. schiic-
mann.

IRON the NffdM.
Fresh OH the heels OF Ccsnola's wonder
iul discoveries u treasure at kuiium comes an
announcement from DIR. Henri schliemann.
1his cnthusiastlc archaeological has been at work
upon the site Of the ancient city OF Mycena In
the PelopOnnesus, and his work has been crown
ed with success. The Doctor has telegraphed.
70 announce the result OF his exploration, to tho
KING Of Greece ns follows:
TO Ha Mtjesty knlu GcOrgc:
WITH unDOuuded iOv announce to your Ma
jesty that 7 have discovered the monuments
which the tradition related by Pausanius indi-
G tcs as the tOmbs " Agamemnon, Cassandra,
ETymedOn and Their companions who were
Killed while feastiug at n banquet by Clytemues-
tn and her lover Kgisthus.
These ton bs are surrounded by n double
parallel cir. 10, with tablets undoubtedly erected
IN honor o. the victims. In these tOmbs have
found immense archaeological treasures aud
numbers Of articles OF pure gold.
Tue treasure alone Is sufficient to MI a large
museum, and the most splendid IN the world.
In succeeding ages ! am sure II will attrict TO
Greece thousands Of strangers from abroad. As
| am tailoring simply for the love Of science.
W i've all claim to the treasure, ana offer IL with
intense enthusiasm entirely to Greece.
Sire, may these treasures, With Gods blessing,
become the corner stone OF AN immense ma
tiunul wealth. DR.. HENRI SCuLIEMANN.
MYCENA, Nov. %, 1875.
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Accounts from the Black ms indicate

Accounts from the Black Hills indicate
that there will be extreme desttutiOn among
the gold hunters this winter, aud, very likely.
some clses OF actual starvation. few mon
have made lucky his, and brought away gold
~ consider hle value; but these have been ex-
ceptional cases. for the majority Of those who
went into that region expecting TO find nuggets
at every turn have failed utterly f. their eNpecta-
tions, aud are now unable either to buy food or
to get away. How these are 20 live through the
winter is a nystcry for the season for mining Is
over aud not one IN nity Of them eau get en-
ployment. even when they arc willing To work
for only their board Tue middle u ] st month
provisions were selling at extravaSant prices,
flour being worth $l5 per hundred. bacon thirty
I've cents yer uouud, and other things In proper
ton. The country Is overrun with men who are
absolutely pennies, and whose ONLY hone for
relief lies In getting money from their friends
at home.
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The Supplies.

The appropriations for the current fiscal
year to June 30 next are already made,
aud are more than equal to every proper
want of the Government. Hence there Is
no necessity for any haste AZ tins time in
lookiug seven months ahead, aud voting
money for the year To begin on July |,
Isl Every day Of experience under the
present retrenchmcnt Is valuable. not only
to test tho wisdom Of what has already
been done, but 10 prepare the way for
thoroughly organized system of reform
aud economy. to extend throughout tho
whole public service.
II seems TO be understood that several If
thr Il pan tments Will come forward with
r uW- tor large deicicuclcs, upon the pre-
text that the sums granted 10y the House
AT the n-t session were insufficient for
their wants. They were warned at the
tlue not 10 incur debts beyond the appro-
l. iation- and II they have assumed 10 dis
r,..rl the law. they should be made TO
t3Ne the consequences. The loss Of Mr..
KASpALL at the head Of the Appropria-
tiun.. VIII Ice severely felt at this time
bar thr policy winch he started is so well
understood that n VIII probably stand in
IT, original Integrity. MI IloLMAN, who
j comes Chairman, is Iciormer aud an
economist, but lacks some of the qualities
successful leader
Iho appropI iatiOn bills NAV he put in
.l.n. aud held in hand 20 wa.t the deycl-
rrr.ut ~ events, which will on take
l,. Ic and substance. In the present con-
j.ant.irr there is no probability that the
Immediate representatives. OF the people
4 = la,
Ilu O., or grant supple that may be, in a
certain contingency, diverted 10 danger
uu- u-o-.
An cN rorduary condition OF things
a.. at Washington, made 50 entirely by
tIrnoiiln of the President and his Cabi-
TT. Tine capual is garrisoned with troops,
On th" midst of quiet and without sign oI
tueu or disturbance. Artillery compa-
~ have been transported fifteen hun
d.", lnir., ana stationed o. command the
Lulls Of lo.., station. snip, 81 war are with
IN ready cll, and some of them are on
their way to tine Potomac,
IN vlew of these tlct~ any with a know
clre e thc startling events 30 south Caro-
Ina Louisiana. and Florida, the House oI
Il .WtscutatiVcs VIII naturally hc cll,lul
nbout appop -,uting the peoples money
untl these danger, shalt have pa. sod away
nud uutil the money il absolutely needed
That body is moi iu "A mood with bayonct
Bu-tlng around the Capitol aud artillor,
within short range, to loosen lis hold OF
the purse Strings, or 10 consult thc wishc
al the White House.
If all the supply bills were postponed a
this short session, the public service woul'
not suffer In any degree. Every blancl
oft il already provided for, rs We hay
stated, up u the Both Of next June. There
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Font WASHINGTON. y. Y, Nov. %, 1876
D,dr SIR: Gibbon says there rs vital difference
In the consequences u foreign and II civil war.
The former is tue external wormth Of summer.
always toerahe, and sometimes beneficial; the
latter Is the deadly heat Of fever, witch CON
sumes without remedy the yitals Of the Consti-
tuition. do not think opinions Of Il judicial ma
turr concerning tho law or the constitution
Of any consequence. Inc drunken Democrat
whom the Republicans dragged out uf the
Galena gutter, ueSulUared WITH the blood Of lis
cOuntrYmen slam IN domestic broil ana hfted to
n high pedestal as the Muluch Of their worship,
rulcs-and uulll "a great cnange ia sentimt at
sh al take q fce mast continue to rule-uyer the
PROSTATE runs of Washington Republic The
Republic persisted on the day that mellow ell
moved Oh 10 Richmond. Yours truly,
CHARLES O'GO NOR.
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What the Parry That Crnws On its Belly
May Expect.

Flom Horac- Wht,'s L,ne~ % me "a caJo Tribune.
II the Republican party is ready tO adopt
intimidation as an element in polUc-. and 10
substitute tue judgment Of Returning iiolrds In
Place Of the votes legally plUrd. 10 Is "a worse
patty than supposed when ininnl the Liberal
movement NJ la,2 do not tlIuA $50 badly ~ II
as this. ltmnk that al the pi,sef tues Is due
to the anxiety of uficrhold.r- for frrlr places,
for which the great mass Of the party have no
sympathy, but, on the contrary \ well grounded
CONTEMPT. Accepting its defeat ia manly way.
II 10 /, dcfeH'cd ~ true count uf tue votes
legally polled, the Renuulictu uHrty has a fair
prospect OF returning lopower four years hence
At ai events, II Will be IN ui-itiun 10 take adj
vantage e the errors ana shortcomings Oflt, IL
Versary. but. cTaN ling Into the Presidency over
the rum and sunyer~iOn = the processes OF nom
ulr 81, ctions. IL wall q anninilattd. IL has Al.
ready received sucn harm IA It's wsest leaders
can with difficulty repair.
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The club that has III past seasons given
- much pleasure 10 the rublic Of TINS and other
cities by its admirable singing of that very re-
aued class Of music written by the English Glee
composers, Is TO give TINS winter several con
GERS.
Tue club has been strengthened hy some new
voices. MIR. George H. Aiken remains, as he has
been from the beginning. the ORGANIZING mem
her Of the com tnv. and II il to his good tate
and mature aud wise Judgment that the ,eec-
ton If the works performed is iutTusted.
The other members are Miss Bccne. Miss
Iinch, Mrs. His, Mir. Ellaru, Sir. Nnaen. aud
vi. IgIrd. NV rOmuO-lN Dis hN Is lmtnth L.,
as work. Nv the more legitimate glee composers.
Inc hr-t concert lakes place ON thursday
evening next, at Chicketing HILL.
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New Hampshire will elect three Congressman
In March. and unless there IL Republican re-
will ue returned. There Hre two Democrats IN
the present delec ton, ana the Republican
member had only 30 majority, and that manly
through personal popularity One 81 the Repuh-
lcau seats from Cltfofnif. the Fourth District,
which was lost nv one vote In atotal II $500,
will be contested by WiCginton. All the seat.
from Floriur. Louisiana aud south & rolna are
likely II be contested. Also, one IN North Caro-
Petersburg district ia the latter State. y quite
nkely to be re-eated. II IL worthy OF notice
that the Republican majority Uf - Ia the Forty
second Congress. which grew To lO0 ia tho
Forty-tlird was changed to Democr tic ma.
jority of ~ IN the pre- -ent House. And the party
did not take the warning even then.
II II had not been Tor Republican redls trictng
the Democratic majority would have been even
gre1ter. 10 California three Repuplicans are re-
turned. with "A ajority Of 2,1d, only. In Hi
nois the ma Or,ties Of eleven Republican Con
eight Democrats. In Loui-i lana they count In
Hayes toy 400 m Jorlty aud four out OF six Con-
grassmen. \ majority - coco represents only
ten congressman in Kentucky md only six in
In Mississippi. majority Of 5SOD In Missouri
gives the Democrats only nine out OF thir-
teen. but Psnu.ylv mia. with "A Republican
majority OF 10000 on thu Congressional
| ticket, elects seventeen out ~ twenty seven.
but the Repurlcans carry the tnncr. -.ionnl
| delegation. ard. with majority ri l".4t5 the
| Democrats ia New Jersey get only four out OF
seven. hut the greatest inequality u III Is in
Hendricks ma III yess own states. The
Democratic Corgressmen received a majority In
Do;h ONO and Indiana; but In the former they
elect nut ct-hf Congressman out OF twenty, and
In Indiana are stl worse N. having but four
out OF thirteen. Thus We see that although III
den carried eighteen States on the electoral vote.
not including III rida and Louisiana, II the ne 1t
out ut tnrty-ci- ht states, although the Demo-
Gratis have maj riiy
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Mr.. Bliss-The Question of his Re-
appointments.

The term Of office of Col. GEORGE BLISS
rs United states District Attorney for the
southern District Of New York is about
expiring, ana considerable question exists
ns to whether he VIII be reappointod. He
certainly compares most laVorably with
the former odious occupant of the Office.
Moan DAVIS. We hardly know OF another
LAWYER IN the city rs unobjcctionable as
Mr.. BLISS, who ia at the same time so ar
dent supporter of the Administration,
with all its iniquitics.
We believe the President has always
treasured II grudge against Mr.. Bliss on
account of the ignOmlnious failure of the
attempt to kidnap the editor Of The SIN
and extradite him 10 Washington. But
we can assure Gen. GRAST that MIR. Bliss
did fully all that "A gentleman could do TO
execute tue wishes of his superior officer
IN that case, and if he did not succeed, it
was not his own fault.
We should rather see regiment of
GEORGE BLIssEs in Office than ono Moan
DAVIS. and II Gen. GRANT wishes TO oblige
us--which we know he does-he Will reap
point him.
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II is well enough 10 remember that in
timidation was extensively pract-cd IN tho late
election. by threat. pr .ctical compulsion, aud
moral bulldozing Of the most Migrant nature,
nearly ninety Thousand onceholders were forced
to vote for HAYES and WHEELER. Notwith-
standing this widespread and outrageous in
timidation, TILpnN's popular majority In the
United States Is more than half million. by
the Official count IN states where the oil i'I
count has been completed. and by Republican
estimates IN all other cases. the Democratic
majority IL about 100, or more than two-thirds
as great - GRANTS over GREELEY IA lo,2.
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army OF inc tullcu states, THOMAS II.
RrGER is a subordinate oinccr of that army.
The genwncness of the following letter Of
Gen. RUGER is unquestioned:
CoLrMntA. : c.. Dec. g. $50.
To he Hon. f. 4. Cont,rdnt Othcrs:
GENILEMLN OF THE COMMITTEE nave mo
honorto say. In rcuiN to yOut Inquiries based
uuon he resolution. 4 VI ten YOU handed IRE
n copy YESTERDAY. that the United states troops
in the state House were pleced there by my
order. for the purpose 81 executing such orders
=, nso. Ne1, "Ad I'D ,nis odir,es ,,,,,
b,red six and seven, thAt II your p'vf Sh'"'u
appear at the state House for the purpose Oh
rnterirg the hall Ut the House ~ Represent
tives and should be refused admission by those
having charge Of the doors, ana such persons
shnuid npniv TO the cnlcers In command Of the
troops at the state House for assistance neccs-
sar, to prevent your entering, tn present ur
dcr~ 20 the officers would require them 10 render
mi servant thomas IA. RUGER.
Iolouei ard lirevet Brig dici General command
ing Dcpa tment of the South.
The House of Representatives of South
Carolina, whether only dc fdcto, or both
dc fdciO aud dc jttfe, whether pretended
or real, il public body, to the open ses-
tions OF which every citizen has the right
OF tree access. Yet Gen. RCGER, an officer
of the army of the United states orders
certain citizens TO keep out of that House
of Representatives, aud euforces his orders
with the bayonets Of Federal troops.
II the Democrats had proposed to enter
the hall rs an armed body, the case might
have been different; but no such intention
was imputed TO them. They were unarm-
cd, peaceable citizens
Gen. GRANT CONSTITUTES the powers of
the President quite differently from the
way they were understood by DANIEL
WEBSTER and JOIN TYLER in the time of
the DORR rebellion in Rhode Island. Tie
DOM Legislature was permitted TO organ
ize and hold session without molestation I;
and even after the DoRR party took up
arms. the Administration AT Washington re-
fused to interfere because it had not been
shown that the State troops were nsufli-
Gent TO maintain the authority Of the
State Government.
Heretofore when Gen. RUGER has
been accused of arbitrary acts, he has
found it convenient TO escape by saying
his orders, which were oral, had been mis-
understood. Now we have him in writing.
OF course he is backed up 10y the President,
10 whose eyes bloodshed may not be wholly
uicougeuial. The authorities at Washing
ton are growing bold aud reckless. a peo-
Pic who would preserve their liberties
cannot he too Jealous ana watchful of then
rights. Let the circumstances flow in to
COngressl
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preface and the correct sound OF each word is
given by being written anew phonctically. As
work of reference and information, this ety.
moloncd dictionary merits place in the
library; and as work " study 1t would be
found useful la the school room.
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When Mr.. Chandler ifected the slaugh-
ter Of two Democratic Congressman In LOUISE
ana he certainly could not nave had any idea
that II would interfere with the working ma
jorty u the Democrats In the mex House, for
they are sure to organize with maj rity VI at
least sever, concoGiug the admission Of tue
members ftOm Florida, Louisiana, and South
Csr0ln'. Here :. the standing. as compared
WITH the nrns- NJ lnuGrlAs.
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MnhInan Cuhiue, for Fr"uG"lcp, President.


Cabinet making for President Hayes Is
nov IA order. How would tnis dor
SsrrfnWV n Strte james o. Blaine ct NJ Inc
N'tthAfy " ttc lfenArH lawn u. Morgan Of Now
lurN.
S,citi0rp ~ Var 'ysscs :. Grant ~ Illinois.
Sc, eiirV " Wo NiCg Mr., trcnnEhuyrcn ~ New
Jersey.
N,t.hWY fnf ffrrnf-lN selection 10 hc male
from me moot prominent Hepuh teams 4 the ,uutnJ
In-fuHftr ftHetui-Juhu A. ka.,nn 90 IOWA.
~ Ihry. 'tNNut-i lNald + NOyo- ui ono
Thi- would leave peunsylvanin ont ia the cola,
hut Il II about lime for an effort to 10 mace IA
tuat direction,
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himself from the Daptists The range and direc-
tlon OF his independent religious fight arc some-
thing Mr.. JONES keeps locked up In his own
soul W. judge, however, that he has not
plunged into the abyss Of radio ism or tired his
wings in the flight through the rarencd atmos-
pherc Of skcpticism Perhaps Mr.. JONEs has
not even yet lighted on the firm rock Of SUI
ncent faith, hut Is still searching through the In
finite for resting place for his SOUL We should
not have referred to this interesting case ox'
cept that az the leading editor Of the tcpubli-
can party the public are solicltous to know his
religious state. In politics MIR. JoNEs is unquos-
tionably sound, according to the present tenets
of his party. lie believes In counting IN HAYES
whether or no, aud that Vice-Presdeut FERRY
can do IA he chooses with the electoral votes.
AS to Mr.. JONEss religious opinions, however,
all Is still uncertain.
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Capt. GRINDLE, of the ship 81. Mark,
convicted Of lnhuman treatment Of hs sailors,
richly deserved the sentence Of two years in the
penitentiary, which he got on Saturday last.
The evidence had shown his cruelty to be OF
the most shocking and disgraoeful character.
aud his punishment will seem light to those
who heard or read IL.