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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-11-15

And of the coin there is silver So OoO The larger por
ton of the licenses and poll taxes in addition consid
cradle portion OF the taxes personal property having
been paid in silver
have made my semi-annual settlement with the State
Controller for all monies received account Of the State
and hold his receipt in full to June IL, 1877.
Respectfully submitted,
H. ]. PETERS, County Treasurer
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-11-15
IN JUSTICES COURT. CARSON TOWN.

Carson City, April 20, 1877.
T. W. w. DAWES, Plaintiffs Attorney.
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BALANCE


On hand at close Of business June 80 1877 This balance
the aggregate the balance in the several funds the
close of business June 80, 1871 a. follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-06-20
AMERICAN DENOCEACY.

The address of Prof. Sumner at Brown Uni
ye1sty published somewhat abridged III to-
DAYS TBBUNE) is an important contribution
to politSa literature. Not because the changes
which it suggests are likely to be very soon
adopted, or even TO take a strong hold upon
the minds Of active politicians, but because it
is protest against certain popular fallacies
which are doing more mischief than any de-
fects in our constitutions or our laws. Certain
words and phrases have come to possess an
exaggerated sanctlty in the general mind ;
they are worshiped with superstitious awe
they lead our legislators into egrcCious blum
dcrs; they are the greatest obstacle to
administrative reforms. The worst vice
Gin political discussions" says Prof. Sum
ner, "is that doPmatiSm which takes Its
stand on great principles or assumptions,
instead of standing on an exact examination
"Of things as they are and human nature
" As it is" He might have gone further and
denounced this dogmatism as great vice in
the practical application of political ideas no
less than in theoretical discussion Democracy,
rs it is understood by a majority of our pub
lie men, from John Kelly, who declares that
the fright" of suffrage in municipal affairs
must never be withheld from any class of the
people, TO President Hayes, who assumes that
il is not fair distribution to give away two
Treasury clerkships In the same family, Is a
=, stem of fctiOns and ahsuIdities which has
no warrant in the Constitution or III the prin-
ciplcs aud practices of the founders of Qua
Government, OF i'll the actual workings of any
government under the sun.
The portions of Prof. Summers address
which will attract the greatest attention are
those which relate to democracy IN municipal
government ANA " the spOils doctrine IN ma
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-06-20
PUkCH4SING BY INSTALLUFNTS.

In the case of Haviland agt. Johnson ct a
in the Court of Common Pleas, on Monday
last Judge DAILY gave a minority opinion
equally creditable to his head and his heart.
In this case the plaintiff brought her action to
recover the sum of $40, being the amount
paid by her in installmcnts for sewing
machine which the defendant detained from
her. BY the terms of the contract she was to
nav s. per month, and in ease of default in
any of the payments the machine was to be
taken from her. There was a warranty that
the machine would run for five years. At the
end of three months it would not work. and
the plaintiff surrendered the machine for
repairs. The defendants then refused to
deliver it to her again until she paid SD still
due This she refused to do unless she could
he satisfied that the defect had been rcmedied.
So the defendants kept the machine and the
money already paid which amount the plain
tiff sought to recover. A judgment was given
below in her favor, but the defendants appealed
TO the General Term of the c. c. T., where
a majority of the judges held that she had no
cause of action, DAILY, C. j., strenuousy dis
santine. and declaring that he could never give
his sanction to the enforcement of an agree
mept SO unconsciOnably One-sided, by which,
upon failure to pay the last 50, the defend
ants get so and the machine into the bar
gain. Judge DAILY also alluded severely to an
other covenant of the agreement by winch the
plaintiff contracted to bring no suit against the
defendants for damage to her person or proper
~ in removing the machine. There was some
evidence that the agent of the defendants, on
calling to collect the monthly payment, made
an insulting proposition to the plaintiff, and
that she ordered him ont of the house and
this person was called az n witness by the de-
PENDANTS. at is "a reproach To the law" SAID
Judge DAILY "that such m agreement should
"be allowed to be carried out ill any OF its
provisions"
Contracts Of this nature are clearly repug
nant to the whole spirit OF the law. The puy
chaser of chattel under such conditions rs
soon as the first payment il made has an
equitable if not legal property i'll such chat
tel, and this property the courts ought to be
able in some way To protect. An agreement
| like that which Judge DAILY justly character
ICES as unconscionable ought not TO be enforced
to the letter any more than grossly uSIui0nS
contract. Ii is evident that a woman puTchaS-
| ing in this way must usually be in moderate
! if not in needy circumstances, and IT 10y sick
ness or through any other casualty she is una
bic " complete her payments. some allowance
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-06-20
Nrw.yorK DAILY TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY JUNE 20. 1877.

| tional notifies He shows that If 1.-THE notion
"that tie people desire only the public good,
"and that we need only leave them alone 10
"see the public good provided Tor" Is ever
true anywhere, it certainly is not true III the
management of cities, where men strive lor
hIcIr own selfish interests, and the laW-inaRers
are not, properly speaking representatives. vi
the pcople. but delegates, bound by pledges.
hammered by instructions, "agents OF local ana
| "other interests sent into an arena where inter-
csts are lost and won, to fight for particular
:" ones They do not, therefore, form great
council of the nation, but a body.of sirug-
Cling and scrambling attorneys" Because
This false democracy means "A selfish scramble,
it Is Jealous of the executive, and stigmatlzes
responsibility as One-man power" 1t insists
upon electIng as many officers as possible by
popular vote and calls that "trusting the pco-
"plc." 1t creates an administration without
accountability or force, and praises 1t as "a
system OF checks and balances" Everybody
who has examined the subject at all knows
that the misgOvernment of cities, under this
false Interpretation of democratic principles, has
become one of the grave evils OF our tlme'
and the indications of coming reaction
against the fallaces that have swayed us so
long are unmlstakGb.e.
The spos system rested upon other popular
fallaces, some of which are already exploded
and the reaction against this abuse has gone
so far that some of the more sangrne Oh Us
are beginning to hail the new day. But c'Yii
service reform is not to be effected by stroke
of the pen, and it may be doubted whether
we have vet made more than moderate ana
timid BEGINNING No change Ill the methods
of appointment will be of much practical value
until it implies corresponding change in pub
lie opinion az to the duties OF government
fnnctionaries and the claims" of various
classes of persons to reward or recognition.
Il is not only the multitude which needs to be
educated the appointing powers themselves
have hardly learned the rudiments OF the re-
form: and hence we must expect to be startled
every now and then by eccentricities such as
we have witnessed in some recent individual
appointments, and crude general rules Ike the
eight years limit and the canOI OF consan-
gllnity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-06-20

England ON a professional tour, he was dined and
wined by the nobility and gentry" and acquired the
habit OF taking "a glass or, It may be- large one
But IL years after broke his wine bottles and has
lived a temperate man for 30 years.
GOrlam Abbott, brother Of John 5. G.. and
Jacob Abbott and the founder OF the spnger institute
in this v, died about two years There were iva
brothers In all Charles and Jacob, the only surviving
ones living quietly, the ono at Hartford, the
other Mt The old homestead, IN Pennington, Maine.
The late ex-senator Pratt made somewhat
romantic marriage in his YOUTH sort Of marriage hat
bas appeared in poetry. His bride his pupi in
school which lac taugat In her native At mo
ment Of his death he was debating 10 his daJehtera
sketch OF early life in Indiana which ~ have been
printed in a Iogansport newspaper.
Gov Blue-Jcans Williams Of Indiana ha.
been making speech to divers old settl -. in which
speech he declared his age 49, and described the WAYS
of his youth. how he had TO siit con-mcal through
sieve made OF deerskin full OF holes and stretched on
wooden hoop, 10 use barshear blows, roll hogs with
spikes, and sit theeconered rails at church and at
school.
Gen. Grant brcakfasted on Monday morning
with Mr. George W. smalley. The TRBUSEs CORE
spondent in London. The pleasant dispatch in me
Herald which describes the entertainment says that
among the guests Prof Huxley. Matthew Arnold,
Sir Charles Dixie Robert Browning Tom Hughee. An
bony Trollope the editors OF The Spectator and yeps
and other distinguished men Of braiis.
hat Mr.. WaShburne has never forgotten
himself abroad representative Amer1can-that ia,
the envoy OF demccracy-s the opinion Of The Wash
in0ton Nation. Mr.. WasGburne has oased very fns
residence in Chicago, with privilege OF purchasing this
same. HIS family will return from Europe In September
and take up permanent residence here Toe house ard
grounds which the rx EmOasador Intends 10 purchase
are valued at from $4,000 to $4,000
The Rev. Joseph Cook, the ew-England
champion OF orthodoxy IL man OF imposing presence,
six feet tall with broad shoulders. 0neyfOrmed head,
and large expressive blue eyes. After completing bis
Andoyer he went to Germany study and came
back brilliantly equipped that the ministerial author-
ties hardly knew what To do with him. One OF them sad
There is Cook, great steam engine In splendid Order
and all fixed up but nobody seems to know how to put
him to work" He went 10 Boston a year or two ago,
dwet in cultivated society," gave occasional lectures
wrote articles and poems for the nlagazines then dis
tingushed himself by hs conduct Of series OF meetings
under the auspices the Boston Young Mems Christian
Association holding his ground aud bldlng MS lme,
that Boston would some limo mud MIN Out ana fs
a for him. Last year his hope was realized
Mr.. Cook yet ha1eor but on satlrHaY ne VIII De
married to Miss Heming ay o. Fair Haven. Conn.
CHICAGO, H., June 19.-The Hon. 5. b. Pack
ard OF New-Orraus is in the city trip through tho
North in search Of health lie refuses talk upon 20
ntlcdl topics.
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5nnex 10 ACCOMPLISHMENTS

AprsrnFSTs Sd "dgc- 9th ana Gth coiumu>
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HELL MANTEI,-3G TG0c-6in column
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MN PTBLICAriONS- Oh Pd1e-lst 3ld "a COiuihAs
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PERSONAL.

Fx-Congressman VIM. Writ Warren will de-
liver the Fourth Of July Grafton at Boston.
Senator Herman goes to Kingston this week,
and will not join GOV. Hampton at Auburn.
1t is said of Mrs. Hayes that when she was
Miss Lucy webb she very remarkable student and
ecliscd her schoolmatos.
The Rev. Stephen II. Tying has withdrawn
rs candidate for The rus,eeship OF Williams College in
favor Of DR.. Dimmock of Quincy
Senator Hamlin is known in Maine as a zeal
Gus and very successful gardener, cuitiyaor OF the
smooth green pea and the pungent onion.
Minister James Russell Lowell will not lose
his Harvard professoshp while he in Spain. II is to
be temporarily filled and his resignation is not accepted
Dr. lie Moyne of Pennsylvania to make
sure that all his children shah follow his example and be
cremaed has made will providing that his heirs SHALL
before receiving their legaces, make formal promise
to he burned after death.
Mr.. J. .. A. w ard the well-knOwn sculp-
tor was married yesterday Tuesday evening to Miss
Julia Valentine. The Rev DIR. Tiffany performed the
ceremony which was almost entirely private, at the
idcnce of the brides mother.
Marshal Canrobort has been cured of the
,out with marvellous rapidity by wonderful
remedy discovered ~ eminent Paris physician
Prince tiortchakofY, who suffers much from the same
trouble. has written "a Paris for the prescription.
Mr.. Erastus Corning celebrated his 50th
birthday on saturday 10y entertainment his country
seat near Albany OF tho strawberries presented ms
guests aud grown on his farm, Is recorded that not
of Thorn than five inches In circumference.
Miss Jenny North is to be valedictorian Of
her class the coming Commencement Of Bates College
Name she is tho Youngest member OF the class, and Is
reported be the first who has been graduated
with the highest hoDors by England college adj
hitting women.
Mr.. Z. Il. Barnum says that when he Waited
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-06-20
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoREIGN.-In Armenia, Mukhtar PaSha's forces
have retired still further toward Erzerum, having
reiterated before the Russians. - A manifesto
from the Car is to be issued prior to the invasion Of
Bulgaria. 60 The Spanish prospects in Cuba
IDENTITIES has censured the Ministry by vote Of 1858
against 153
MISUNDERSTANDING Sherman declares in let
ter to the Syndicate that the four per cents are pay
able in gold; the letter was written with the
approyal of the President and Cabinet == Henry
Ward Beecher was presented to the President yes
teriay. -= Nicholas Fish, son of eX-SccretaTy
Fish. has been appointed to the Swiss Mission --
Military officers have been attached TO the American
Legations i'm Russia and Turkey to observe the op-
erat,ons of the war. - The State National Bank
of Missouri will apply for a receiver; the ROCkland
Savings Bank has failed. 60 The Indian out
break in Idaho is thought to be serious, and all
available troops on the Pacific will be sent TO Cen
Howard.
CITY AND SUBURBAN. Much indignation was
caused among Hebrews by the exclusion Of Joseph
Segman from the Grand Union hotel at Saratoga.
- Judge Van Worst decided that the Union
Ferry leases were void == William II. Vanderbilt
was reelected President of the Nev-Yorll Central
and Harlem Railroads. ==-- The c. A. Arthur,
Polly, Pluck and Luck, sophia Emma, and Cora d.
won prizes in the Empire Yacht Club regatta. -
Gold. 105ss, 1Ojl, 1853. Gold value Of the legal
tender dollar at the close 949lO. Stocks dull but
generally higher, closing steady.
The WEATHER-TRIBUNE local observations in
dictate far and slightly cooler weather. Their
mometer yesterday, 75o, 92o 100.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-06-20

It goes to prove no " thoroughly the public con-
science is benumbed and how strangely the mental
processes of the people have been perverted by long
familiarity will abuses when little common sense
and common honesty applied to the treatment of the
civil service question have all the startling effect Of
a novelty in political methods. The famous dictum
of the New-York boss, that "the boys must have
something and Mr. Purroy's appeal for liberal al
dermanic salaries on the ground that IL was e@
pensye business to get themselves elected" sur
prised no one. Everybody knew what :" poltics
meant and these deliverances only formulated GER
tain elementary political principles. But when Mt
Key writes that an acceptable postmaster Ought
not to be removed though he sees fit to oppose the
Administration the country il thuEderstruck, and
the Western pilgrims who had come on to exude little
tender counsel upon the Postmaster-tiemral were
reminded at once that Mr.. Key was a Democrat and
had been rebel, and they were apprehenslye, no
doubt that some of our institutions had collapsed
ilue IL is no marvel that sensible views like those
of Mr. Key should shock gentlemen who have been
educated TO believe that the Post-Ofice is primarily
n party perquiste and only incidentally means OF
distributing mail matter. When the passage of the
Reform bill was imminent, so hard-headed and prac-
teal parsonage as his grace the Duke of Yelling
ton asked the peers in dismay. " how His Malestys
Government was 10 be carried onV And how should
the machine man who has been drudgng and strain
ing himself at the wheel all his life, sustained by
the cheerful consciousness that he was serving his
country-how should he be able to understand that
the United States could bold on its triumphant ca
reer through history if everybody abandoned the
crank
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-06-20
4 SPFCTuEN or DEHOCR1CY

One OF the uses-and we are not certain but
that 1t is now tho only one-of the remarka-
able political association known as the Demo-
cratic Party is to illustrate the diverse signif-
cations Of certain political phrases when used in
connection with the two parties. We know in n
general way what Civil Service Reform signiGed
when the great need of it was urged by Dem
ocrats ont of power upon Republicans in power.
We knew that il meant the abolition of the
spoils system and the substitution of honesty,
ability and fidelity as the tests for office. We
should never have known. though. what il meant
ms applied to Democratic exercise of authority
and distribution of Offices if we had not wit
messed the entry of Democratic majority
upon taste of power and patronage i'll the
last Congress. For them 1t meant tho descent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-06-20

should be made TO her ont of the money
already paid. We think, with all due respect
for the Chief-.Justice, that the defendants IN
this case had the strict letter of the law upon
their side, but this is far from lessening the
real hardship of the case, nor do we see any
remedy for the wrong which in such cases
may be done, except in the enactment OF
special law. 1t Is time these sales for consid-
erations payable in instaIments should be reg
Mated by "A statute.
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Brslness Nontes.

Finest O1IvE or SALAD on, expressed FROM
the choicest selected cSioc Nv Tor importer au
tiled by CAswELl, HAZtED q CO.. DrnEgsis run |fcxo
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ness - above.
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not oppressive

Citizens who find themselves to the leeward of
healthy aantus tree during these days are served
with nauseating reminder that this is a forward
season. Occasionally the nfOrescence of this
tree of Heaven furnishes an additional horror to
the 4th of July and it rarely turns of neat job in
the way of poisoning people before the 18th of June
in this latitude. Fortunately the Presidential period
of it's bloom Is very brief, and there are many hu-
man beings of such coarse and defective organiza-
ton that they can smell 1t and live 1t therefore
usually happens that even within the circumference
of this baefu influence able-bodied persons survive
the mephtic season in sufficient numbers to insure
the dead decent burisl and TO plant more trees for
the purpose of exhaling fetor another year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-06-20

Alderman Cowing is a ferOcious refOrmer.
He wants any man found gully of betraJng
his official trust to be shot. Whether on the
spot, is not stated. Mr.. COwing should recol-
lect that this plan might involve the expense
of n small standing army to shoot of the New
York Aldermen.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-06-20

One place in the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing was well squeezed III the reduction,
and came down from sixteen women to one
man with a truck. That looks more like a
business basis.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-06-20

So far the hottest day Of the year was YESTERDAY
For two weeks there had been nothing remarkable
IN the extremes of afternoon heat and within seven
or eight DAYS the temperature of the early morning
had been as low as $40. Yesterday was tribe
hotter than the sutrest Of those days in the middle
of last May, which all NEWCOMERS regarded ~
utterly unbcarable. The records of the Signal
Service are conclusive on this point; those OF
thermometers on TIE street at the eye-level do not
show it so lergey. At most it is only question OF
two or three degrees. similar question may be
raised III making comparisons with June 2. In gem
eral however, when the heat of "a city on certain
dav is named in degrees, it is that which IS indi-
Gated by a thermometer in some large building like
city hall OF an observatory. where the instrument Is
sheltered from exposure to heat from sunny walls
and pavements and such records are filter for com
pafson ms they give nearly the actual heat OF
the air OF the city a whole including the interiors
OF its dwellings and stores Yesterdays heat had a
very extended range through the central portions OF
the United States, and within that range was very
uniform. but both north and south of the belt OF
heat the temperatures were notably lower. The
rains Of Yesterday morning had sngularly little
effect ia cooling the air. but happily there was a
sg ht breeze that the hottest of afternoons was
not oppressive.
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Persons Tearing torn for the season, and Sum
mer trareIers can hare TIE DAILY TFIRUNE
mailed 10 them, postpaid, for ~ per mOEth, the
address beng changed as often as deSi'ed.