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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-16
DOING GOOD BY STEALTH

The following anonymous letter (pOstmarked
Danbury, Comm, inclosing $500, has been re-
ceived by the Editor of THE TRIBUNE:
wHIrELAw REID, esq: Enclosed find draft payable to
your order. Please send It where in your Judgment 1t
may do the most good. Please acknowledge receipt In
the good old TRIBUNE, and oblige d. d.
Dnnbiuy. Jan. II, 1877.
The great difficulty in any hasty bestowal
of aims i'm this city is to avoid wasting
them upon ule unworthy, who are gen.
orally the first to be found and the most
pertinacious in their appeals. No class of
men are more frequently brought into
contact with the deserving poor or have
better opportunities for distinguishing be-
tween the deserving and the undeserying
than the hard working pastors of our
city churches. There seems, therefore,
no better way to make sure that this
money shall really reach people who both
need and deserve help than by placing il III
the hands of such clergymen. 1t has accord
ingly been sent, in sums Of 800 each, to the
Rev. Marvin II. Vincent, ID. d., Pastor
of the Church of the Covenant the Rev.
Stephen II. Tying, ID. d., Rector of st. George;
the Rev. Thomas Armitage, ID. D., Pastor Of
Fifth Avenue Church; the Rev. Edward Nc
flynn, ~. ~, ldSloI vi o. pocphoH - anu 'iO
Rev. j. a. NJ. Chapman, d. d., Pastor of st.
Paul's.
There has probably never been time when
the real distress in this city, not only among
the poorer classes but among many who
have never heretofore known want, has been
greater than at present. We think we may
safely assure our generous unknown friend in
Danbury that these gentlemen will know pre-
cisely where to use his money to the best adj
vantage, and make every dollar Of it do as much
good as possible.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-16
THE NEVIS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN-At the COnstantinOple Conference yes
terday the Powers modified considerably their terms
in favor of the Turks the Porte has reserved ITS de-
cision =- Returns have been received from 3oS
of the 397 German parliamentary districts;.9o Ma
tional Liberals have been elected. -- he Amerl-
can ship George Green is supposed TO nave Deeh
wrecked OIL the English coast. 60 Gen. Queroga
has been shot IN Mexico
DOMEsT.C-It is announced in Washington that
the first reports of Gov. Tiden's election as Presi-
dent caused Confederate bonds to be quoted Ill Lon
don. &C. William 4. Wheeler says that he is con-
WINGED of the election of Gov Hayes and himself ;
he is strongly impressed with the ability and sa-
Cacity of Gov Hayes. &C. Gov. Packard has com
manded the Nichols Legislature at New-Orleans 10
djsperse. =-- In the New-lork Assembly, "a Dill
was introduced fixing the expenses of the newborn
City government. = Great damage has been
caused by ice Oh the Ohio River.
CoNGREss.-The silver question was again intro
duced in the Senate. Senator Window entered INTO
a personal explanation CAUSED by an attack on his
character made by one CHAPMAN; he was vlndlcated
by a unanimous vote. President Orion of the West
ern Union Telegraph Company appeared before IT,
Uonse. in answer TO a summons and was remandtd
to the custody of the Sergeant-at-ATms. Rosolu-
tons in reference the franchises of the telegraph
company and TO the presence OF the army Ill " ISL
mgton were not considered.
CITY AND SUBURBAN - Deputy-Superntendent
McCas report showed that the officers of the Socu-
rity Life Insurance Company had committed extern
sive frauds and repeated perjuries. and that the
assets were less than 30 per cent of the liabilities
80 Judge DonOhue decided that DIR. Charles
Phelps could refuse to answer questions about the
Bennett ay duel. 60 The contract for the steel
wire of the Brooklyn Bridge was awarded. &C
The work of cleaning Broadway of snow was sus-
pended on account of the storm. &C Gold, 1862
1861, 1868, Gold value of the lega-tender dollar
at the close 9371O cents. Stocks irregular generally
dull, and closing feversh.
THE WEATHER.-THE TRIBUNE's local observa-
tons indicate that clearing, windy, and coid
weather will follow after the storm. Thermometer
yesterday 90, 80, 800.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-16
HARD TIMES md SOFT HEARTS.

There is universal agreement that I" the times
care hard" The phrase has been so long and
SO generally used that it requires no exIlana-
ton, and it can have no clearer illustration
than the we'll marked treet-beggary of this
Winter furnishes 1t is fortunate for our poor
that bcnev0lence has become recognized yir-
tue and settled quality of every respectable
character. The language is rich in the re-
proachful names which it has bestowed upon
those who never give" curmudgeOn," "skin-
flint" "gripcr," and hundred others which
all know by heart. Human nature has an esprit
du corps of its own, and is indignant when any
member of the great family has behaved
shabbily.
As the demand is pressing, we are glad to
find so much hearty and cheerful willingness
to give. All the good guilds, all the kind
societies, all the comforting rescuing, en-
couraging, sustaining, helping, and relieving
associations are seasOnably active and doing
what they can with the means which charity
has intrllsted to them for disbursement. Nor
is the private and personal aims giving
sluggish The butchers in Washington and
Fulton Markets have engaged in the good
work of feeding the hungry, and have set up
free kitchens, to which the deserving hungry
may come and be filled without money and
without price. We do not know how much science
there may he in the market soup, but to the
hungry it doubtless is of an admirable flavor.
Add to this that it is the free-will offering of
practical kindness and charity, and we have
consomme which, morally speaking, is delcately
favored, besides being quite rs paaable to
those who eat it as any bouilion ever served at
Delmonico's. Nobody is so sharp set as the
shillinglcss.
A great deal is said and written about the
very positive in our distinctions between the
worthy and the unworthy poor. We think,
certainly, that the best aims are those which
are privately bestowed, and the best charity is
that which saves the home from ruin. lnme-
date suffering is bad enough-the empty
stomach and the half-naked back-but far
worse are its consequences when ii destroys
the pluck which makes life earnest and per-
sistcnt. and breaks down the self-rcspect with
out which any life becomes aimless and well
nigh valueless, both to its possessor and TO
society. Well administered assistance, bringing
with it minimum of modification, may this
| Winter save many a worthy person from an
insolvency of character. The best wealth of
| society is in the virtue of its members, and no
sum of money can be considered ill-invcsted
whether it come from public or private purses,
if, in times of commercial depression, it keeps
the needy in a position to avail themselves of
returning prosperity.
Discussions about the policy and the moral
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-16
rivers and mountain streams. Already thai,

rivers and mountain streams. Already tber.
are sporadic instances Of heavy loss from
the giving way Of ice gorges. tn.
list will be enormously increased when IA.
thaw affects the smaller streams, ana
railroad tracks are washed out culyerta o..
over1owed, and bridges are swept avav
Against some portion Of this prospective dam.
age there is yet time to take more comple.
precautions. 1t cannot be wholly avoided.
AS to the detention Of ferTyboats in n.
North and East Rivers when the ice break.
I'D, that must be looked forward !.
for the present with resignation. 1t will be =,
long time yet before the East River is bridged
and longer still before the North River |.
tunnelcd. But such Winter as the presen.
will have its merits, If it produces no othe,
good result than to convince the doubtcrs thai
the East River Bridge, when finished, will bs
a thing of use as well as Of beauty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-16
pJNCHBACK,S PROCESSION.

Tn our excitement over the progress or events
at Washington. let us not lose sight of a great
moral spectacle which has just been offered to
the world in Louisiana. Two fiuctuatng Leg
islatures have been in session at New-Orleans,
baloting in vain for United States Senators
and diminishing about for quorum. The
situation appears to have been complicated
as all political situations in Louisiana have
been complicated, any time these six or eight
years-by rather too much PiDchback. When
there was question of getting Senator, the
way was hOpelessly blocked by Pinchback,
whose twenty or thirty friends would have
that statesman and patriot sent to Wash
ingtOn to save the country, and would
hear Of salvation On no other terms. When
there was question of getting n quorum it was
again Pinchback who offered the most for1ni-
dable obstacle. For Pinchback had three Re
publican Senators cOrraled, SO to speak, in his
own house. strong guard was placed about
the premises. The Senators could not, or
would not, get ont the scrgcaDt-at-arms could
not get in. And SO, debating gravcly OF COM
monwealth affairs, the secluded Senators took
their whisky in quiet and watched the bal
loting for Senator.
On Saturday things took an unexpected turn.
For at 8 o'clock on the afternoon OF that day,
while the Democratic Legislature was engaged
in abOlishing courts. or in some other OF Its
daily avocations, the door opened, and por-
tentous procession presented itself. Pinchback
led the way. After him followed the whole
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-16

empty the reservoir of traffic during the Sum-
mer and Fall, that they are carrying at rates
mich lower than those in force one year ago,
that the season is unusually stormy, and
many of the roads are so blocked that they
cannot move trains with regularity, we shall
conclude that there is no reason to expect
larger earnings IN January, 1877, than in Janu-
ary. 1876. For the rest, the leading ROADS
have been fearfuly skinned by the operations
Of tbe year, and their expenses during the
Winter are not likely to be light.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-16

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-16

With one of the principals in the late duo
on his way to Europe, and the only witness
whom the authorities have fastened upon
protected by Judge Donohue's decision in his
refusal to answer, the prospect OF Judicial
investigation is even poorer than II was
There will be no dissatisfaction, however,
with DR.. Phelps's release. He went as ply
stefan, and is hardly to be blamed for declln-
ing to turn witness.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-16

the Turks and force Europe to purchase tram
quillity by securing them homo rule. Unless
Russia secretly acquired concessions from the
Turks, her course is indefensiblc and uncx-
plainable.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-16
9mnsemenis ano Meeiinss Co. Might.

BooTH's THEATEE.-" Dan1 bruce"
EAGLE TIE ATER." Santa Claus"
FIFTH AVENJH THEA tER.-"l Lemons"
GRAND OPERA HOUSE," Divorce"
lYCFUM THEATER.-" Hamlet" Booth. .
NEW BROADWAY THEArEg.-" Uncle Toms Cabin
NIDIO's GARDEN" AZurene."
PARK TuEArEG-"The Marble Heart"
San FRANCISCO MINsTREIS
Tony PASTORS NEW THEATER.-2 and 3: VARIETY
OVERWHELMED STREET OPERA lloUsE.-kely u Leon
Ministries
UNION SQUARE TREATEP. -" Miss Mutton
MALIACk's TmEATER.-" Forbidden Fruit
BROADWAY. NEAR THIRTY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Butter
Head. -
CENTRAL VI. +. CUURCH.-Scrmon The Rev, VIM. 1ayor'
CHlCKEEING HALL. American Geographical society
GlIMOREs GARDEN.-Equestran Games.
HEIIER's WONDER THEATER.-MagiCal and Muslcai feI-
Torrance.
NEw-YoRK AQUARlUN.-Dav and Evening.
No. 81 EAST TwENTIEIIIsT.-2 and 8: Lecture DF'
Lands.
ET PETERS HNLL.-Lecture. Josh Billings.
TAEEENA AGILE BAPTIST CHURCH.-Lecturc.-The Rev. D. d.
Fulton. ID. ID.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-16

Mr.. Gallagher of Buffalo is taking great
interest, not for the first time, in the docks
and piers of NewYork City. Mr. Gallagher
will find, before the Winter is cut, reason for
increased dissatisfaction with Speaker Sloan's
committees, and may conclude that his occu-
nat: n is gone.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-16

Now that the proposed National Democratic
Convention begins to loom up, let ample accom-
modations be secured. Mr. Ben. Hills ten
thousand fools will all be delegates.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-16

a., Postal Union, begun two years ago,
promises soon to embrace the civilized world,
since Brazil has just entered the beneficent
league Those who labor for uniformity i'll
coins, weights, and measures may derive en-
cOuragement from the success which has been
attained in equalizing postal rates in Europe
and America.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-16

The people abroad who bought Confederate
bonds at the extravagant rate of five cents
on the dollar, when Mr.. Tiden was supposed
TO have been elected, demonstrated their fool
ishness in other ways than the waste OF money.
These bonds will never be quoted anywhere
Oh this side of the water but at the paper
mills, if we should have a dozen Democratic
Presidents.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-16

1t will probably be found that the proceed
ings at the Conference yesterday have done
more to unsettle Turkish affairs than if the
European Powers had left the Ottoman Empire
90 anarchy and misrulc The readiness with
which the Powers relinquishsd the contested
points and insisted only upon valueless guaran-
tees cannot fail to astonish Europe and provoke
the greatest evaporation among the insurgents
who have relied upon Christendom for redress.
Peace is by no means assured by this shame
full surrender, inasmuch as the Henegovinians
may still, in their mountain Businesses, defy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-16

Washington dispatches announce that the
plan of counting the electoral vote, already
grown familiar, has been substantially adopted
by the joint committee. 1t still includes the
dropping of q Supreme Court Judge from the
arbitration committee by lot About this
method of procedure there are opinions enough,
but it is strange to hear it defended ON
the ground that it has always worked well in
the distribution of seats in the House. Also
that it is assumed on all sides that the Supreme
Court will consent to be shaken up in hat.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-05-19
a. Day Of Thanksgiving.

Governor Hampton has issued
tho following proclamation:
Az it is our duty as a God-fcaring
people to turn rovcrently to the
Lord i'll our prosperity no less than
in our adversely, and to give Him
humble and hearty thanks for all
His goodness and loving kindness
to us and to all men:
[ hereby appoint and set apart
Thursday, the 24th day Of May, as a
day of Thanksgiving and Prayer to
Almighty God.
And earnestly ask the. people of
South Carolina, in public and pri :
vatc devotions on that day, to rotalrn
thanks to our Heavenly Father for
all the blessings Flo has bestowed
on us; to invoke His divine guid-
anco in the present, and to imploro
His protection in the future; pray
ing with humble and gratefuN Hearts
that lilo may give to us peace, pros
,.pority and happiness.
1T is hoped that tho day thus set
apart will be appropriately observed
;.all oveaTtho State.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-05-19
Fairfield as an Example,

Tho Republicans carried Fairfield
county in 1870 by 1900 majority
This was cut down last November
ttoB73. On Monday the Democrats,
at fho special election, carried tho
county by 1900 majority. There
was absolute peace and quiet The
"colorod people, feel safe. They vote
by hundreds with the Democrats
Who shall say that, with tho right
kind and quantity of work, tho
Democrats cannot carry any and
every county an tho State ?-Neacs
anN C'oup'ier.
There arc certain circumstances
mot generally known, which make tho
victory in Fairfield even moro graft
fyingY than it would at first appear
to be- From the fact. that Fairfield
is ono of the up country counties,
tho vast disparity %%cxisting in the
number Of white and colorcd voters
is not generally appreciated. 1t is
enormous. BY tho census of 1870,
out of thirty..two counties in tho
State, Fairfield ranked third in
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-05-19

WARNING TO PAEENrs.-Tommy is
fond OF. sugar, and asked his mother
for some to cat with his bl ckbcwics
She refused. He appeared resigned,
bat added, gravcly, "You know,
mamma, what happened round the
corner? There was little boy, and
his mother would not give him any
sugar on his blackberrics, and
"Apd = "And next day he fell into
we'll concluded Tommy.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-05-19

The appropriation bill was taken
up and discussed till tho hour fixed
for the joint assembly to elect seven
trustees of the State University.
The following, named gentlemen
were elected Rev T.. j. Meynmdie;
r. ". Boyd, Of Marion B. Il. Per
ry, of Greenville l.. w. McMaster,
of Columbia G. II. Simonton, of
Charleston ;J. d. Blanding, of Sum
ter James Fl. Rion, of Winnsboro.
Adjourned.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-05-19

Tho old Vaucluse Factory, j.
Edgefield county, is 10 be imme-
dlately rebuilt, work having already
commenced on the new structure.
1t will contain about 10000 spindles
and will occupy the site Of the old
factory, known as the @Old Nullitica-
ton Cotton Mill, from it's having
been commenced about the time Of
the Notification contest in this
State, soon after 1880.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-05-19
Then,

A Radical governor and q Radical
lic'ltenant governor, all Radical
;Strto officers, q Legislature two
thirds Radical, and twcnty-one
Radical counties out of thirty"two.
Now.
A Democratic governor, Demos
'cratic lioutenant-governor, q Demo-
cratic Legislature, all Democratic
;State officials, and twenty, ono
Democratic counties out of thirty
two.
Glory enough for ono year!
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-05-19
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Abort Stcinway, Jr., partner Of
Stcinway Il Son, is dead.
1t is reported that tho Russian
fleet is preparing to leave New York.
The people of Virginia are re-
ported to be rife for the breaking up
of old party lines.
The steamer Dakota, from New
York, has been wrecked off the coast
of Wales. Nobody hurt.
Attorney General Deyons is said
not to bo in accord with the Prcsi-
dent, and his resignation is expect
,el.
1t is said that fllibustcring par
ty, commanded by one of the liouten-
ants Of the illibustcr, walker, will
soon move from California against
the State of Sonora, in Mexico.
For some years past dealers in
cotton in New York have been
annoyed by on organized system of
petty robbery carried on by weigh
ers, samplers, truclSlnen and others
in the process of handling previous
to shipment. This evil has grown
to such an extent that the aggrc-
gate amount annually stolen 1T that
port is estimated at 10000 bales.
The department of agriculture
will no! issue it's monthly official
cotton report, Congress having
failed to make an appropriation for
that purpose. This failure will give
additional importance to the reports
of the Cotton Exchanges. Mr..
Dodge, tho statistician of the dc.
partmcnt, however, will furnish tho
press with unofficial reports, the
first Of which, will appear about tho
middle of June.
The Southern Baptist Convention
met in New Orleans ,on the 10th.
The following officers wcro elected:
james p. Boycc, ID. D., of Ken.
tucky, President; James G.. F,.rman,
ID. d., Of South Carolina, r.. G.
Jones, D. d., of Tennessee, w. G..
Crane, d. d, of Texas, and II. j.
Evans, of Virginia, Vice Presidents
W. d. Tanner. of Virginia, and j. II.
Gregory, of Alabama, Secretaries.
Since the passage Of the law pay
ing postmastors sixty per cent. com
missions on postage stamps. it is
claimed that,country postmastcrs in
many parts Of the Union have been
selling large quantities s Of stamps to
peddle4s, thus dcfrauding post
masters of large cities, and tho
government. Steps have been tax. n
to check the evil, and offenders wi |
be promptly removed.
George II. Butler, nephew of
/! the Beast, and former consul to
Alexandria, and who Was removed
for habitual attendancn on the
Egyptian Can-Can, has again como
to: grief. He was recently appoint.
cd mail agent in the territories, but
On his way ont he used such profano
language and l4,irsod Il black bottle
so assiduously, that Methodist
clergyman who was on the train
rcpurtcd him to headquarters, and
had him removed.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-05-19
CENSUS or 1870 /:

By this table 1T Will be seen that
even the strong negro counties of
Sumter, Charleston and Richland
have relatively a less majority than
Fairfield while taking into con-
sidcration the extremely small
white vote of this county, tho great
odds against which The Democrats
hero labor become apparent
Even by the census Of 1876, in
which vast frauds were pcrpctratcd
in many Of the lower counties,
Fairfield stands fifth. There are
other counties leading her by a very
small fraction; us the following
table will show: