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The Republican journal., 1876-09-14

Jim was hoeing in the garden the other
forenoon that is, he had his back against
a cherry tree and was lazily chopping at
weeds and vines together, hitting one
when he missed the other. Along came a
boy the same age, and looking over the
fence. he exclaimed, "What you work
ing?" 'Yaas, was the sad reply "lIoe-
ing up weeds with the thermometer at
ninety degrees in the shade?n ~ as" At
ter IL short period of establishment, the
new boy inquired. Jim, how can Chris.
tan parents expect Il boy to hoe and dig
and rip up the soil with the thermometer
way up sky high - But I've either got
to hoe or get licked,' protested Jim.
Then, Jim, come on and let's 90 fishing
and you take the licking, Fishing will
last halt q day, anyhow, and Il licking
doesn't last over ten minutes" at hurts
though" mused Jim. Yes it hurts a lit
tie, but just think how Wen sit on the
wharf and make them big black bass hol-
Ter for mercy AL day long, Can't you
stand as much as fish p Jim thought
lie could; and hung his hoe on II limb,
crawled through the fence, and the weeds
knew him no more.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-17

The ordinary routine Of camp meeting
life at Round IKE was considerably Agitated
ON Monday by a pleasant little episode. Murk-
men discovered unmislakable signs Of mineral
water In well which was beng bored. 1t WAS
interval occurred In the services aud about @
o'clock In ,he afternoon the joyful tldines were
let loose, aud Il 10 needless to say that they
spread like wildnre. A large concourse OF peo
ole soon gathered at the well, the drill was
raised 10 the surface, the bucket lowered, ana a
palltul OF muddy water was soon ready to be
passed Mrs. Van Colt tasted first, and ex
claimed, That's royal She started the long
for the success Of the enterprise and Tor The
healing Of the souls as well as the bodies OF the
multitudes who would throng this place In the
future. Mrs. Van Colt stated In her discourse
that during the last ten years she had seen 20 OO0
souls born into the kingdom, and mad taEen
every one of them by the hand.
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HAYES "a ~oft-Noncy Man.
From ne Chicd0o Times.


on the money question GOV. Hayes
seems to have been a. unstable AZ the average
demaeoeue, In recent examination OF his
1850 he voted for measure precisely akin to
that now demanded by Cary and the Imitation.
ING, OF TINS state, offered the following Cary
resolution:
Reso.ret Tat the Committee on Banking and Cur.
which shan prohibit any dimnution Of the national
ssssndst ea1rsncy anu thst Is lne rsh! and NE
the Government should Issue all bills intendel 10 cifcu
bnknotcs OF currency bS corporations under national
9r Ststs Law should oe discouraged
dat9ry IN It's character move that II be land on the
on his motion TO lay the table, GOV. maye., then
IN Cong esr, voted no.
The mo" meaning that he wanted more pa
per, and such LEGISLATION IA would make any
thing like specie impossible Tho resolution
was more comprehensive In Imitation than the
worst demands ui the Allen people, and GOV
Hayes Is committed hv his vote u IL 10 ,V.fy
phase hiterWard for Ia the R'fori Of Dee Il,
1860 ". und him voting IN favor Of are-olution
Tor IN, Withdrawal " the currency isstcd 10y
the nauuual banks and supplying the pla o II
such currency with legal-tender notes issued by
the Government Of The tnited states
4 few days after he voted for resolution IN
structlng the Banking ana Currency Committee
to report M foIhidding for temporary pc
roo IN" wthdta~al Of legal tender-cuuency.
year later Mr. Grnnell OF Iowa offered the
slme resolution, and Nr. Hayes voted for H.
sui later Ildredge Of Wisconsin. a Democrat
offered tourninc the replacing of the national
bank notes by Treasury notes, " instead VI legal
tenders AS proposed 10y MIR. Cook IN his resoIu.
ton OF tho l,th Of December. thus raising the
precise question between the Ewing aud thur
man platforms In the Cincinnati Conventions
winch wae, shall the national bank notes be
Icpl ced ny legal-tender Ire isurv notes. ,r
Treasury notes not q legal tender r AMI ON Tins
question GOV llaNe- took the Ewing side, voting
against the resolution.
During his whole career IN Congress Mr. lIayes
identified himself with the luhAtiln Wing OF hi.
party, a. every vote attcst-. He voted against
the law authorizing Secretary McCulioch 10 re-.
tire tluWH.ud OF gfeenDacks IN SIX months. and
approved the subsequent commuusttc legi,l 10
ton of Thad Stevens. II WAS not until 1874
when put on the eo-called hard money platform
aGainsl Allen, that he ever gave an Indication Of
preference for an honest financial system Inst
about the time, It Will be observed, thai ms
unCle BLIchhTd's nan milllnn came 10 INN.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-17
The Servian People.

How does 1t happen that the servinn
Government, which can only draw upon
million and "A quarter of individuals.
has ventured 10 cope with an empire
which commands twenty-five millions of
subjects aud twelve millions of tributaries Z
Why, moreover, should the Austrian
policy Of neutrality be carried out with
rigor which suggests a fellow feeling
with the Sultan, rather than with his
Christian antagonist Both questions are
easily answered when we consider that
the principality Of Servia forms the core
OF strong and compact people, nominally
controlled in large part by foreign States,
yet knit together by intense popular SYM
pathies, and by common religion and
literature.
That branch Of the Sclavonic race which
settled In the seventh century between the
river brave and the Adriatic was presently
split into two distinct bodies by the con-
sequences Of geographical position. Those
sclaves who pushed furthest toward the
west embraced tho Roman Catholic re-
ligon, wrote their language with the
Latin alphabet and are known In history
ms Croats. On the other hand, their east
EN- kinsmen, the Serbs. received Chris
tianity from Constantnople, and adopted
the Cyrillic characters. They acquired
too fund Of honorable traditions. fruit
~! Of unity and aspiration. by the creation
OF fiourishing empire which comprised
besides the present principally, Montene-
gro, Bosnia, the Herzegovina and a part of
Albania, and whose nucleus was the mod
ern Pashalik OF Now Bazar, known TO the
Christian subjects Of Turkey as Old Seryia
After the battle OF Kossovo, however, in
1889, the Sery ian monarch lost his title of
tSdr, becoming vassal of the sultan and
seventy years later, his country was con-
quered and occupied by the Turks. The
next two hundred years were marked by
continual migrations into Austrian Terri
tory, the most important taking place
under the Emperor LEOPOLD toward the
close of the seventeenth century, when
thirty thousand families, or rather small
communities, supposed TO aggl egate four
hundred thousand souls, settled on tho
confines OF Hungary and Croatia. These
were conducted by their patriarch, and
their rotrode, or elective prince, and,
as events proved, carried with them tho
hope and strength of the Servian people.
III we estimate the number of persons who
now speak the seryian language at four
millions something more than third
must be assigned to Austria, nearly a third
TO Turkey, and rather more Than quarter
TO the principally Of Servia.
1t was among the Austrian Serbs that the
sense OF nationality was most active. Their
native laws, customs, and institutions, as
well as Distinct government under their
own vOrvodes, had been guaranteed by
LEOPOLD; and. although tho promise was
never literally FULFILLED, aud was some
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-17
The Federal Election Laws.

There isno doubt that. in the hands of the
present national Administration, the so
called Federal election laws may be made
the instrument for overturning the liber-
ties Of this country. Indeed, in the hands
q any Administration or any party these
laws and the machinery by which they are
executed, would be dangerous weapons
but In the hands of such President rs
GRANT, determined TO bring about the
election OF a particular nominee as his sue
sessor they are doubly dangerous.
The original pretext for the enactment
Of these laws was that il was necessary for
Congress TO interfere In the elections of
nombers OF the national House OF Repre-
pcntatives in order to prevent fraudulent
REGISTRATION and fraudulent voting. The
->sery narrow constitutional basis for such
Interference, found in a certain provision
of the Federal Constitution, has been made
20 serve for the erection Of super
structure OF powers such as was never CON
tsmplated by the trainers OF our system of
government The clause OF the Federal
Constitution which provides that " the
times, places, and manner of holding cleo
lions for Senators and Representatives
Mail be prescribed in each state by the
Legislature thereof, but the Congress NAV
by law make or alter such regulations, ex-
sept as TO the place OF choosing Senators,
was designed simply to enable Congress. In
base OF the neglect of any State to make
regulations which would insure n proper
and sufficient representation of the State
m the national Legislature. or in case of
noonvenient and oppressive State regula-
hons, to interpose and provide suitable
Federal laws for fixing the time, place, and
nannerof voting for such Representative.
IL never was intended that Congress,
without making any regulations to super
iede those Of the States, or 10 supply the
aenoiences of State regulations, should
hssume 10 superintend and control the eX-
bcution OF the state laws. But this is
what the Federal Government has done
tor the past six years, under certain de-
vices invented by the Republican marty
for obtaining the control Of elections maj
are purely the concerns OF the people ~
zach State, inasmuch rs the election of
Representatives in Congress is nothing but
the appointment OF those who are t. rep
resent the State in the national legislature
The to-called Federal election laws that
have now been in force since 1871 do not
provide for any separate registration OF
voters, or for any separate ballot boxes, OF
sor any separate time, place, or manner OF
phoosing national Representatives, differ
snt from the provisions OF the State laws
N regard TO the choice OF such Representa-
wvss; but, leaving the State regulations as
% registration. voting, and time. place,
snd manner In full operation, these Fede-
~ laws INTRODUCES host Of Federal ON
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-17
The Sioux Disgrace.

1t was announced several days ago Chat
zen. SHERIDAN had gono to the fru,tier.
ana would take command i'll person of the
forces which have been operating against
the Sioux, with the intention Of ystitutiug
vigorous winter campaign. Later adj
vices however are to the effott TINT TER
RVS command has been b,oken up. and
that the troops are on the way home. while
Gen. SHERMAN has countC rmanded the or
der TO winter regiment ON the Yellow
stone, which is accepted as a final deter
minarion to abandon all thought Of win
ter campaign. 1t - probable therefore,
that SHERIDAN's mission to the Indian
country is no. made with hostile intent
against the Sioux, but for the purpose Of
getting troops from the Yellowstone ex-
peditloI 90 use for the intimidation OF col
ored democrats in the South who refuse to
VOC AT the dictation Of the oarpet-baggers
Tnat the Sioux war, which has cost SO
Nuoh money. and led to the fruitless sac
rihce OF 30 many lives, Is q disgraoeful
failure, no longer admits of dispute. But
tue END Is not vet, for the hostile Sioux,
flushed with the pride OF success, may be
expected soon TO make themselves felt
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-17
What Must be Done In ,h,. CITY.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Str The
principal induccment to the people 20 vote the
Democratic ticket this fail. ia its pledges OF Re
form. with Tiden for President and Robinson
for Governor, Reform Is alre ldy assured in the
state and nation. Now let the Democracy OF
the city show that 1t Is 10 with the spirit Of the
times. Let II give us a Reform Legislature that
a Reform ch after may follow. which Will reduce
the expenses OF our city government from tiS,-
OoO,UO to 100000, Or less. We have complex
and cumbersome departments, each with twice
a. many officials a. are necessary We have a
costly and awhwardly constructed judicial sys-
ten whcn needs reconstruction. ~ may be seen
by the fact that the Marine Court costs the city.
In salar!Ce alone. come fiioppD, ana raDds-a "
sI., 49,. 'he Pal.lic M man should tie
nOnlnhed oy the Democratic party for the
Legislature, who doesn't understand how 10
graphic with these questions, and VINO Is not
above the Influence Of the LOBBY. These men
can ONLY be secured by your agitating the ques-
ton now. Let TINS Reform which has begun Al
The Democratic root extend to every branch OF
the tree, and victory Is ours.
ilLDES REPUBLICAN.
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LETTERS on LIVING TOPICS.
A Demaud for the DETERMINATION of the so-
called ~pitz Dog.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Is IL
not fact that calls for serious notice that near
ly all, II not all the dreadful cases OF death by
hydrophobia that have occurred In this city and
the vicinity have been caused by the so-calIed
Sptz dogY
And Ii II not another serious fact that these
same dangerous ours are increasing to such an
extent that there II scarcely a block which does
not contain one or more Of themI
In nine cases out Of ten the animals are not
real Spite dogs NJ all. but n hybrid intended for
the Arctic regions, with coat Of fur entirely I'M
OF for this climate In the summer months. dur
ing which the animal becomes, here about, as
dangerous as a rattlesnake.
little boy who lived near my house some
months ago a playmate Of my children. died
horrible death through being slightly scratched
on the finger 10y one Of these dogs.
Cannot YOU raise your powerful voice and pro-
woke war OF determination against them They
are impudent. noisy animals. and Of no use
whatever, being merely kept Tor fancy.
am an old breeder and friend TO the dog
provided he II well bred, but would gladly heiI
To rid the community OF pack Of dangerous
ours. A pARFNT
NEW YORK, sept. Is. 1870.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-17

Democrat of North Baltimore, Ohio,
wants us to tell him whether there Is anyt thing
In the story OF MIR. TILpEN' connection with the
Credit Mobilier which should hinder honest men
from giving him their votes. Certainly not. MT.
lILDEN's relations to the Credit Mobilier were
those OF u lawyer and that at a time when the
company was as reputable as the boston and
Albany Railroad, ortiz American rract Society
The attempt to tiint Mr. TILpEs's honorable
reputation by connecting him with the practices
that aiterward overwhelmed with iufamy the
Credit Mobilier itself with SCHUYLER CoLFAx
GARFIELD and other eminent Republican states
men, was 30 absurd that it speedy, dropped
into Its proper place In the limbo of hes aud in
Republican campaign supplements
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-17

again by attacks upon unprotected white
settlements. A correspondent Of the chi
caRo Tribune, who has been with TERBY's
command, writes from Bismarck that SRI
TING BULL, instead of having crossed the
Yellowstone, has, with his warriors, occu-
pied q tract Of country about seventy-flve
miles broad by 200 miles long, which is
known as the head waters of the Big Horn
river and ITS tributaries, and that In this
secluded region he Is recuperating his
forces and preparing for fresh victories.
The district which the hostile chief has
chosen for his camp abounds in game, with
grass for his ponies, streams full OF trout
and other fish. and possesses q climate as
mild as that Of the valley Of the Saora-
mento. The same correspondent says that
SITTING Bull has captured 100000 pounds
of oats and $4,000 pounds of corn which
TERRY had concealed at Powder river after
the reverse of June %, and that the largest
OF the trails which Crook and TERRY af-
terward followed was made by band OF
warriors who for three weeks were en-
gagged in transporting the grain from the
cache on Powder river to SITTING BULLS
camp in the Big Horn region.
While the Sioux are thus preparing at
their leisure for n renewal of hostilities,
TERRY's troops are on their way home, and
Crook command is reported TO be engaged
in scout toward the Black Hills country,
on half rations, with its men exhausted and
debilitated from bad food aud lack of
shelter from the heavy rains that have
prevailed, while the horses are rapidly
wearing out. This is what comes OF job
berry and corruption In high places.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-17
Can This he Trues

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: un.
derstand that on one occasion foreign lad
asked MI Pullman, the inventor OF the palace
car, why there were no locks or bolts on the
doors Of the ladies' dressing rooms In his c ars
He replied that =" II these were furnished, bu,
Two or three ladies In "a sleeping car would be
nhle 10 avail themselves OF the convenie noes
for these would lock themselves IN and perform
their toilets NJ their leisure"
rms sounds Ike a satire on American woman
hood and ! would Ike to know n there are
good grounds for Mr. PGllmans remark. As
nave been in this country Only "A few weeks
am not prepared TO Judge. although have seer
a great deal OF rudencss on ferry boats and
street cars, but the rudeness seems mutual lee.
tween the seN"s. Bur are American ladies az
rude to each other as Mr.. Pullman'- remar,
would impyf A EuHoPEAs ANY
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-17
Frederick A. Conkling for Mayor,

To THE EDITOR OF The SUNNI: The
many friends Of Mr. Manton Marble will thank
lnE Sun for its timely nomination Of a gentle.
man so eminently fitted for the ONCE OF Mayor
other distinguished men are also spoken OF in
connection with the Mayoralty. Conspicuous
among these is Col Frederick A. Conkling.
IL IL well known that Mr. Conkling holds
friendly relations with both wings Of the De-
mocracy that he is popular with the working.
mems organization while the merchants and
business men Of New York would willingly
unite In his election, confidently assured from
their knowledge Of the man that lie would bring
10 the once OF Mayor eminent ability and ripe
experience III city aud municipal affairs.
NEW l DIRK, sept. 10. X. T. W.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-17
Mhnt Bccnmcs of The Ece.,

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sjf. |
should like to know what becomes OF the
money that landlord have 20 pay for dispos-
sessions. Some marshals charge $3.50, others
g. The Court gets e. for each cane, NOW IL
happens that IA the FRET part of a month, some
Iourlr nave about my di,plssessions on nand.
Not one quarter of the defendants answer 10
lucr names, un account ut having moved out
already. Hut II they do NOT move our. we have
Ia pai Extra 10 the marshal. Now what becomes
OF thut money licsidr~, think that a. would
he good pay IA these hard times for such small
cases DAVID " lIIANs
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-17

HENRY KINGSLEY, who wrote Ravens
hoe" and many other English novels almost AS
popular as those OF his brother CHARLES, has
died 30 poor that subscription ia raising
for his widow. He was not extravaHant, but he
could not earn enough both for maintenance
and saving. This circumstance carries with IL
one more awful warning to that msguid ed being
the literary aspirant Scarcely any English
authors who have died during the past
quarter OF q century have left more than q
modest sum behind them-at least as the fruits
Of writing. DICKENS died worth half q million
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-17

The proclamation issued by Gov. CHAM
BEHLAiN Of South Carolina, in relation to the
recent mopbne OF colorcd Democrats In Charles
ton, reads very we'll. tut Ike the most of that
demasogte's productions, il largely made NJ
Of promises made not to be fulfilled. lie
says that measures for the protection Of the
sltlzeHs Nhb nave violated the law Will n. nan.
ished; but on Tuesday night. a week after the
outrage, not one OF the rioters. who brutaily
murdered one white man, and severely injured
many Others. had been arrested. though the at
tack on the colored Democrats aud their white
Escort was made by organized political clubs.
the leaders Of whom are well known to the au-
thOrities
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-17

The managers OF the other great coal
companies, whose securities are at present So
much depressed, should lose no time in follow
Inc the example Of the New Jersey Central, by
publishing at once fun and frank statement OF
their condition. Partial accounts may serve the
purposes OF stock onerat' ~, but bona rde share
holders and creditors have right to a complete
balance sheet, showing in detail the assets on
one side ana the liabilities on the other With
ali the figures before them, persons Interested
can arrive at a satisfactory conclusion, which at
present they are unable to do, from want Of
sufficient knowledge.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-17

These are the " retrenched" current expenses
Of running this little communi y, with no per-
manent improvements included except the paw
Ing OF a street about one mile In lengthl 10
provide for the f2,646.OJ9 winch, according to the
notions Of the Commissioners, IL ~ necessary to
raise ny taxing District prouerty holders. there
J. taxable real estate Of the assessed value Of
fW.tb2GSt, and personal prOrerty estimated at
t25,OOOWO, which should yield at the rate Of
tax ,tiOn authorized bylaw, the sum 81 &l1ij.0O0.
leaving deficiency of nearly $eJO0O. These
1eurcs show t1Bt no dependence can he placed
upon any etiteuents put forth Dy the Commits.
siOncts, and likewise the necessity for a rcspon-
sible, honest. and competent Government for
this Ring ridden District.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-17

In January. 1892, Mr.. GREELEY, In some way
wholly unknown, that there mutual u.
der landing between MCCLELLAN and tue Democratic
leaders AMI that the INACTIVITY Of the former wac In
strict accordance with some settled plan srraLgcd he
tween them At once he set up the cry OF ON to kcn.
mOnd. - Inter OctdH.
This statement IL wrong in several particulars,
and It's chief lmperfection Is that It Ia false. Mr..
GREELEY never ascertained any such fact, and
the cry OF ION to Richmond" in the Tribune,
was not set up by him, but 10y Gen. FITz HENRY
WARREN OF Iowa, at that time the Washington
correspondent OF the paper.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-17

CAAL SCHURZ r. keeping the financial question
where It belongs, N tue front Of the canvass ennJ
ies, and since ZACH CHANDLER applied the
'crews, Brother SCHURz In his English speeches
Il keeping the frauds and outrages OF Grsntsm
very far in the background. Poor SCnURz! He
must and 1t hard work TO talk with a paddock ON
his mouth.