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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-04-15

The City Board of Ca&assers yesterday organized
BY elecng Van Reypen Chairman They will meet again
to-day for business.
John b. Haight, recently appointed City Collector
by tho Board Of Finance was sworn In yesterday. Mr
Haighrs securities were fixed at s2OO,OOO.
William Cannon was probably fatally injured
Yesterday BY heavy falling him while working at the
new tunnel Of the Delaware Lack anna and Western Kal
road His right leg was broken and lie was injured internally
At the annual meeting Of the Young Mems Chris
.an Association yesterday tho follow officers elected
for the ensuing year President II. Dummer vicePTesi
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-04-15

Remember WIsTAR's BALsAM OF W
CHERRY when you require remedy for cough or cold.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-04-15

PATRIOTS TO THE FRONT THE hat of '76
and the hat Centennial year. just introduced by knox,
ugeests decided difference fashion between then
and now all viii buy their Spring style OF HATS at 2l2
Broadway or in the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-04-15

Only for Moth Patches, Freckles, and Tar
use PEiEYs MOTH AND FGIcXLE Lo1oS: IL II reliable Al
for Pnples Bsckheads FleshwOrns, ask your druggist
PERRYn COMEpOSE And PMlLE REMEDY, the niallibe 81
medicine consult Dr. b. &. PERRY Dermatol0gst 40 Bon
st., New DIX.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-04-15

Announcements
For eleganSand first-cass HATS go direct to
the manufacturer, EsIENsCHEID, ITO Nasaaust.
LUNDBoRG's CALIFORNIA WATER for the toilet
and bath ghtlui substitute for Cologne or Bay Rum.
The silver state., 1876-03-02

DARTIEs WISHING To LEASE OR PUR-
chase Lets in the town of Winnie
mueca, are hereby notified that all APP
plications for the same, or on business
relating thereto, should be addressed to the
undersigned at Sacramento, where they will
receive prompt attention.
ny- These occupying lands belonging to the
company, without having bought or leased
ths same, are ala notified to attend to the
matter withsus delay and avsid trs-els.
nSlE u II. xAn4Mxx.
National Republican., 1876-12-29
POLITICAL NOTES.

DR.. Redfield says the South will not fight NIT
Tilden.
The public mind is quiet, but 1t is doing fear
full amount Of thinking.
The Tilden Bureau on Liberty street, New
York, still continues to issue ready y-made edi-
torials for the Democratic press. Its latest Is
'sGoy. Grover Sustained
lfthe average Congressmen who went homo
to eat his holiday turkey talked much with his
neighbors while there, he will return to WASH
ingfon good deal enlightened on several points.
The circulation of the report that Chief Justice
Waite favors the Inauguration Of Tilden is quite
in keeping with the reckless policy OF the Demo
Gratis throughout this campaign: Chief Justice
Waite has expressed no such opinion. 10
The Hampton government in South Carolina is'
impatient TO be snufed Iout by Federal force.
Unless the authorities at Washington act
promptly the opportunity viii be lost. An In
glorious death from dry rot is imminent.
Congressman Holman, of Indiana, expects TO
see Tilden inaugurated peaceably. He bases his
opinion on revelations which will be made in
Florida and Louisiana, and on the evident pros
Some satisfactory plan Of counting the vote :
1t would have been wiser for Gov. Grover TO
have remained In San Francisco, where, we are
told, at least two thousand Democrats approve Of
his course. 1t is doubtful If he finds any one eI-
cept Cronin to stand by him in Washington, un-
less John Morrissey puts in an appearance.
The World says Of Mr.. Hewitt's charge about
the tampering with his letters: ..Mr. Hewitt had
his suspicious, and did not verify them. In that
case it may be said that he ought not not to have
be true, and Mr.. Hewitt probably now regrets
that he said anything about it."
Creating two governments |. a favorite Demo
tion government to the United States between
1850 and 1855, but General Grant broke 1t down;
hence 1t is very natural for them TO elect rebel
against the regular government In South Caro-
lima, and to initiate the same example in Louisi-
National Republican., 1876-12-29
italian svindlers CAPTURED.

[Paris Correspondence OF The London Standard
A band Of Italian swindlers, who had trans
ferred their operations from Nice to Paris, have
Just been captured by the French police Their
modus opsrandi:would appear incredible did we
not know that the guilIbility Of human nature is
inexhaustible. To mention only one instance A
few days ago wine merchant on alighting at
the Lyons railway station was accosted by welk
dressed man, who spoke with an English accent.
"I beg your pardon, sir" said he, "but am
stranger in Paris, and as have several packets
Of English soyereigns, should like to change
them into French money. Could you tell me
where there ID q money changer near" The
shops being closed, the wine merchant offered to
oblige him by changing some himself at the rate
of "a francs the sovereign instead OF Is francs the
real value. The wine merchant no doubt thought
he had good bargain, and in exchange for two
packets Of soyereigns gave the stranger 1000
franc notes. But on arriving at his hotel the wine
merchant discovered that the packets he pos
sessed, instead Of containing golden sovereIgns,
were made up Of pieces Of common metal So he
informed the police, who put detectives on the
watch at the railway stations, and the result was
the capture Of two of the band while in the act OF
trying to exchange some more packets of"English
sOvereigns" with another unsophisticated provin-
clal. Since then the remaining members of the
band, seven in all, have been caught. They all
had a good deal of money and jewelry on their
persons. The chiefs are named Antonio Gabitti,
aged 90, and Tiraso, aged 43.
National Republican., 1876-12-29
Home of the Colorado Members.

The new Colorado Senators occupy two of those
outside desks. Did you know that the Senators
and Representative from that new State all came
from one little mountain town called Central
City? Mr.. Chaffee has resided recently in Den
yer, but Central City was the place where he laid
the foundation of his public and his private
fortune 1t the queerest little place struggling
along the narrow gulch down which the north
fork of Clear creek finds its turbulent way. You
can't find . square yard Of green turf within Its
limits. People pet q TUT Of grass as If 1t were
some precious exotic The architecture Of its
dwellings and public buildings is unique exceed
ingly. To go from one street to another you
mount flights of rude steps or climb inclined
planes to which Bunyan's hill difhculty was
dead level, and arriving breathless at the latest
plateau, gaze about on the same bare hills. torn
and SCARED by the miners ruthless quest, and
bearing everywhere the rude derricks or build
tngs round some SHAFT. But the people who live
there, those who have wrung from this bleak land
Its hidden wealth, love It well. You will hnd the
rareet intelligence and refinement In those mining
towns, and, oh, the air is elirsr vita too inspr
ing and delicious for description. Brain and
nerve and leaping blood declare their delight;
you walk with an elasticity you never knew; you
think more clearly and swiftly; breathing Is q
source Of distinct and exquisite pleasure, while
your eye revels In the glorious grandeur of the
crowding mountains all about you.-Anrd S. Hus.
ted in the Cleveland PldiHdedler,
National Republican., 1876-12-29
Risks We Take I'm Life,

The startling announcement has recently
been made that during the past sixty years
twice as many people have died from laugh
ing st comedy and farce than have been
burned to death in burning theatres. Then,
too, In the serious dramas, we find far more
danger, for It is estimated that over two
thousand persons have passed In their checks
from hypochondria superinduced by Witness
ing such plays as "Hamlet" "Lear," and
fMacbeth." This makes the danger from
melancholy drama four times greater than
that of fire or panic. We acknowledge that
being slowed away in an orchestra chair, with
no way of making an exit in case Of fire except
through the main entrance in the rear of the
theatre, is uncomfortable; but after all, what
is that compared to being a woman, when
official figures show that over four thousand
of these precious creatures have been choked
lowing pins held in-the mouth! 1t makes the
danger of death from this cause ten times
greater than by theatre fires. Again, 1t ap-
pears that eleven million persons have died
within the past sixty five years because of dis
appointed affections. This showing makes fall
ing in love five million times more dan
gerous than attending the theatre three times
day, and yet how many there are around us
who keep right on falling In, as though death
were a thing to be sought after and courted,
as It were. And when we look at the table of
figures again and discover that over IL 900
have been found dead in bed withinEthis
allotted time, we involuntarily exclaim:
Beware of the bed! Far better had q man
walk in his sleep than take to his couch and
run 5000 more chances of being found dead
there in the morning, than of perishing in
the flames or panic of 8 theatre. But,
perhaps, the most important figures yet
produced Is the fact that 25, ,0OO, 900 people
have died In the past sixty-five years from
swallowing too much bad whisky. One will
zee at Glance that It y 12,0Oo 900 times
more dangerous to drink poor whisky than to
attend the theatre, and yet we venture to say
there are at least three men in this very city
who are willing to run the risk and borrow
the money to do 1t on. Taking these things
into consideration, we find that after all there
are many things in life more dangerous than
risking ourselves inside of the theatres.
National Republican., 1876-12-29
The ReI16Iican Party.

The Republican party has fought gigantic
battles for sixteen years. It fought them in
the name Of truth, of freedom, and of equal
rights to all. 1t fought them as only brave
men fght-on the battlefield and at the bal
lot-box. By the unhiuching courage and
pluck of the men devoted to its great princi-
pies and policy treason was crushed and ns-
tional unity preserved. When Mr.. Tilden
and men of his ilk said that estate has the
right to repel coercion, the same as a nation
has the right to ignore the obligations of
treaty, and that a Commonwealth has the
right to snap the tie of confederation the
same as 9 nation has the right to repel inYa-
sion," the Republican party, with the preser-
Vation OF the national unity IS its prime aim,
sprang to the front and cried, 1.-THE union Of
States is not league, but nation, and such
1t must and shall be preserved" This
young Republican party for = twenty
years has been successfully = assaulting
the works OF the enemies of our common
country. Its young men are as devoted now
to the principles of freedom, humanity and
equality as they ever were, ard their faith in
the party is just as undying and strong. The
men who brought the organization into ex.
istence, with ali their accumulated wisdom,
stand at the helm. Not one Jot or little of the
party glory has faded, not one page of its BIS
tory is sdimmed, not one sinew OF its giant frame
has weakened, not particle Of ita unb srding
courage and iron Will has been lost, and now
in all the fullness Of its strength and power 1t
proposes TO move calmly but determipedly
upon the works of the scheming and plotting
conspirators who through intrigue and yio-
,ence, perjury and blood are attempting to
eize the glittering prize Of national power.
his is no time to compromise. When
luchsnan truckled to traitors he nursed
reason and strengthened rebellion, There Is
National Republican., 1876-12-29
The Peoples Confidence in Gene raj
Grant.

The bitter attacks now being made on Presi-
dent Grant by the Democratic press of the
North have the same ring as had the assaults
this press made upon him when his brave COM
mand lay before the embellishments of Vicks-
burg and Shiloh. But now, as then, he moves
on in the path of duty with answering tread
and determined purpose to battle for the
principles of manhood and for manhood
rights in support of the dearest interests of
the American people. In speaking of the
close of bis official career the London Weekly
says:
In his retirement he will and solace for the pub
Vice ncF S rs ene % o R@ iOr n %
P1SaSy be over his tomb t6at 6s Seos ar5 81 Serds Of
citizen will be heard.
The "nstional repentance" spoken Of In the
Weekly will be confined strictly to the worst
element in the Democratic party and q small
faction composed of disafected Republican
sore heads. The rest of the American people
have ever been grateful to him for the price
less services which he rendered to his country,
when he rallied and led discouraged army,
and by his dauntless courage and iron will
saved the nation. Tney are also grateful for
the great service he has rendered the country
as its Chief Magistrate, and the eI-
hibition of this gratitude during the past six
weeks has been marked and unmistskable. 1t
has been shown in the answering confidence
the American people have in the President
during the present crisis. This confidence is
lot confined to the Republican party; 1t is
with all classes. Men see the necessity Of
such man as President Grant in the White
Houses patriot of determined will and un-
faltering courage. The Republican and inde-
pendent press are constantly congratulating
the nation upon the fact that he is at the
helm, and not Public Functionary Buchanan.
National Republican., 1876-12-29

no Buchanan at the helm now. There is no
thief and traitor standing ready to turn over
our munitions of war to other thieves and
other traitors. Let this be understood By
those who are plotting revolt against consti-
tutional authority. Les them ponder well
upon the dangers which beset them before they
attempt any revolutionary proceedings through
the action Of the House or in any other way.
Let them remember that the battle Of the
party now in power is for freedom and human-
ity against disfranchisement and the shedding
of innocent blood. Let them also remember
that the Constitution and the laws, the hon
estly and fairly expressed will Of the people,
uncontaminated by fraud or force, the manly
and free expression of every American citizen,
irrespective of race or color, are the principles
for which the Republican party is fighting to-
day. In remembering these things and COM
pretending their import these conspirators
will think no more of war.
National Republican., 1876-12-29

proI erty as inexcusable and frsught with
GREAT evil. Sooner or later the House will
find its position in this matter wholly un-
teDable, end will be forced BY public opinion,
the law and the facts In the case to retire from
It. The men who are prosecuting this scheme
to destroy the rights Of private property are
clique OF unreasonable and headstrong parti-
sans, who have point to make, and are will
ing to make 1t in the face of justice, reason
and law. So far as Mr.. Orton is concerned
the subpoena Just issued viii be of no avail.
He will not answer It, and In taking this
course he will have the support and sympathy
of the whole country without regard to party.
The Democratic House will learn in their at
tempt to destroy the rights of private property
that the law and the people are against them,
and that they have undertaken an enterprise
which will bring them no fruit other than that
which is suitable for repentance.
National Republican., 1876-12-29
BENJAMIN Hflps Letter.

Mr.. Benjamin Hill, of Georgia, has written
letter to the Atlanta Constitution. It is
manly, fearless and strong letter withal. It s
letter In which every honest man will recognize
q spirit of det ermination on the part of its au-
thor not to be bull-dozed by political fanatics
from the bold stand which he has taken in the
interest of law, order and peace. Mr.. Hill
says that the political situation was never so
critical IS now; that our constitutional system
is on a magazine of powder, and ten thousand
fools, and some that are not fools, are striking
matches all around 1t. This is very trus, and
the men who are assaulting Mr.. Hill for his
position taken in favor of peace are the ones
who are striking the most dangerous matches.
These men are Northern and Southern
Democrats. In the North the press is
crying, "traitor, traitor" in the South
It is shouting, che never was reliable"
The worst feature of this violent attack on
Mr.. Hill in the present crisis comes from the
press Of Georgia. 1t seems bitterly opposed
to his conservative position, and Is threaten
ing his de feat in the Senatorial contest unless
he makes hasty retreat from It. This will
have an EVIL influence on the spirit and action
of Southern men who are inclined to be indie
pendent, or at least conservative, in their
political movements. Unless they are bold
and fearless, these violent attacks will intimI-
date and drive them back into the partisan at
of their party and thus destroy all
possibility of obliterating the sectional hate
which has existed go long against the dearest
interests of the country. Should the bold and
manly stand taken by Mr.. Hill result in his
r.. a. q.
to be feared that the whole force and power Of
the new movement looking towards perma-
nent reconciliation between the North and
South VIII be crushed and its benign influence
destroyed. However, Mr.. Hill says he is brave
enough to want peace, and is willing to abide
by fair constitutional count. If the Democ-
rary take exceptions to this It will simply be
carrying out their present line Of policy.
National Republican., 1876-12-29

GEN. ]. c. WINsNITH, prominent member
of the South Carolina bar and leading Re-
publican, in letter to- Congressman here,
thus alludes to the recent election farce in
that State: Gas far as the election was con-
cerned It was most brutally conducted by the
Democracy, not only in the Fourth Congress
sional district, but throughout the State.
Men who had been reared up to regard the
ballot ss something sacred, We'd with each
other in the perpetrstion Of frauds which
would bring the blush of shame to the cheek
of even Mexican bsnditti. May Heaven spare
our State from repetition of the wrongs
which were inflicted upon her by Democrats
at the recent election"
National Republican., 1876-12-29

TURKEY has adopted new constitution,
which is the most liberal document of the
kind that ever came from an Oriental source.
The salient points are: Education is made
compulsory, cruel ..and unusual punishmsnts
are abolished, the imperial mandate is vir-
tually destroyed, religious freedom and, the
liberty of the press are guaranteed, equal dis
tribution Of taxes and special laws for their
collection, inviolability of the domicile, equal
fly of all before the law, reformation of the
civil service and the right of petition and ELF
gibility to public Office, irrespective of re-
lieiOn,
National Republican., 1876-12-29
FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
SECOND SESSION.


THURSDAY, December q, 1875.
THE SENATE was not IN session to-day.
House of Representatives.
Bills were introduced by unanimous consent
and referred as follows:
BY Mr.. GATE, Of Wis: To amend the act su-
thorizipg the requirement. OF Pennsylvania ave-
nue.. Referred to the District OF Columbia Com
mittee.
BY Mr.. HOOKER. Of Miss: For improvement
Of Pearl and Paseagouln rivers, In Mississippi.
Commerce. ~
BY MI DOUGLAS. Of Va: Authorizing the
Commissioners of the Freedman,s Savings and
Trust Company to dispose OF certain real and
other property at public or private sale. Select
Committee on Freedman's Bank.
Also, authorizing the Secretary OF the Treasury
to buy certain property for the use Of the United
States Same reference.
Mr.. LEVY, of La, presented o memorial of
the Chamber Of Commerce Of New Orleans for
the improvement Of the Red river. Commerce.
The Eouse then, at 1919, adjourned until to-
morrow, ...H
National Republican., 1876-12-29

OK PAGE 2S7 Of the "Memoirs of General
W. 7. Sherman" will be found expressed the
following pungent opinion of Wade Hampton:
"In my official report of this conHsgration"
Chat Of Columbia) 81 distinctly charged it to
General Wade Hampton and confreres. did
so pOintedly, to shake the faith of his people
in him, for he was, in my opinion, brdggart,
and professed to be the special champion OF
South CarnlinaU
National Republican., 1876-12-29

II NOT too late we desire to wish ''one''
spoford, Librarian of Congress, "Merry
Christmas" We would also ask him whether
he has made any efforts to recspture the fol-
lowing volume, which was stolen from the
Library by Representative Fernando Wood,
of New York, some time ago:
WOOD, (Fsrndndo.)
History Of the private, political and official
villainies OF Fernando Wood, svo. New
York, tIs57. Miscellaneous Pamphlets,
roll
National Republican., 1876-12-29
Proof OF Gross Democr atic Intimida-

The annexed estimate is interesting. The
vote of the Fourth district of South Carolina
in the recent election was 1883 votes more
than the aggregate vote of 1870. 1t was 0,11l
greater than the vote of1s72, and {, 1854 in ex-
cess Of that of 1874. Now, where did these
extra votes come from? There has been no
immigration to that district excepting about
hundred negroes, who sought refuge there
from the terror-inspiring Ku Klux of Tennes-
see and Georgia, all Of whom would have
voted the Republican ticket If allowed. This
gainof nearly 1000 votes can only be accounted
for ty the practice of the grossest intimidation
and fraud, and the Wholesale importation of
vota rs from Moth Carolina and Georgia. Can
the Democracy of the nation indorse such
Questionable resultsl
National Republican., 1876-12-29

We AGAIN REPEAT the assertion previously
made in these columns, that VIM. A. Cook is
the attorney for Major Richards and the gam
bling interest during the present investiga.
ton before the Police Commissioners. The
public is efficiently and honestly repre-
sented by JOHN A. Grow, ESQ.,, in
whose hands its interests are perfectly safe.
We make this announcement to allay any ap-
prehension that might exist in the minds Of
those who have hitherto believed that Colonel
Cook was really the peoples counsel, as he
represents himself
National Republican., 1876-12-29

ANOTHER large defalcation is announced
from New York. This time 1t is Mr.. Otis D.
Swan, man hitherto as highly respected and
implicitly trusted as the best known Of our
Washington bankers. It is useless to moralize.
The precise amount of Mr.. Swans theft is
not known, but is presumed not to fall short
of quarter of million Of dollars.
National Republican., 1876-12-29
Cnrious ORIGIN of words.

The derivation Of many words in common use 10
curious. Probably few have an idea whence
comes the word "tramway," by which the En-
glish denote horse-car track. 1t is derived from
the second syllable Of the name Outran. The
ancestor Of Sir James ,Outrsm, very distin-
guished general, who died q few years ago, took
leading part in extending horse railroads for
drawing coal, &c, and his roads were called ou-
tram ways, and gradually the first syllable was
dropped. Another curious derivation is that of
the word .wallop," meaning to beat "I'll wal
lop you' Is still frequent expression in rural
England. 1t arises from complete naval vic
tory Of Admiral Wallop, menber of the very
ancient family of which the Earl of Portsmouth
who also has the honor to represent Sir Isaac
Newton-is now the head
National Republican., 1876-12-29
Notice to Our Lady Readers,

Those ladies desirouS Of hdring the announce
ment Of their NeW YEARS. receptions appear in
this journal riH kindly send their oUn and The
names cf the ladies 0SSiSting them, and address,
to the Editor Of THEREPUBLIcAN not later than
10 m. Friday night to insure insertion. Any
time earlier lriH prove acceptable.
National Republican., 1876-12-29
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