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Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-11-27

1t is not always raining and life is not
always storm. The whole Of famine
pestilenee, and war taken into account,
tho result 10 9 tendency 10 hsrpinsus,
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-11-27
POLITICAL MENTION,

The income from a 81 900 United States
bond, or from a mortgage, will support
twice as big family to-day as it would
ten wears ago.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-11-27

liza man who holds government bonds
chooses to take bank notes for them, there
is no law to prevent it. But there Is no
provision of law authorizing the treasury
department TO receive anything but legal
tenders for bonds.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-11-27
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THANKSGIVING PICTURES.

I.
THE POOR.
Poverty Poverty.
Winter and want
Stand at your threshold,
CHASTITY and gaunt.
"Let us thank the good Lordm
Was the form of her prayer,
As she stood in the crOss-lighta
Of hope and despair;
And the tesr-dews of grief
Wet her praise song, as from
The past winters threshold
She saw winter come.
She had learned how to suffer,
And prayed as she should,
As her torn heart beat time
To the words, God is good"
THE DEPosIToR.
Wsiling and cursing!
What can this be2-
The banks in the hands
Of an assignee.
"Let us thank the good Lord,
For the blessing he's sent"
Say the widows and orphans
Who got five per cent,
While the banker who robs 'em
Must borrow and strive
To keep up his style
On the other ninety-five.
Their earnings are gone,
But they pray as they should.
Who can, may earn more,
SO they say, God is good
III.
THE LABoRRR.
The cupboard is bare,
The fire gone out,
And the cry for bread
Fills each ones mouth.
"Let US thank the good Lordm
Says the laborer, while, quite
Like his littleones' stomachs,
His pockets are light;
He has hands that are willing
And sinews well strung;
He has hope in his heart,
And prayers on his tongue,
His home is 'thOut comforts,
But he prays as he should,
And, going to bed supDerless,
Says, God is good"
THE TRAMP.
Hungry and worn,
Ragged and poor,
Knocking, with night,
At the soup-house door.
"Let us thank the good Lordm
Twas tramp asked the prayer
As his feet woOed the earth,
And his bones the keen air;
He whose soul was as travel'd
As his shoes-in its years
'Twixt the south pole of hopes
And the north pole of fears.
He kissed charity's hand,
And prayed as he should;
And tho hearts remained cold,
He said, God is good"
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-11-27
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VIII the government be prepared TO
meet these matured obligationsp If not,
why should not its credit suffer to the
Sams extent that the credit of II firm
would, whose paper had to go to protest,
or be extendedf Perpetuation Of the pub
lic debt was the sole object Of the credit
oct, making payment impo,s!bla
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-11-27
Waiting.

waiting.
She was waiting at the lattice
Where the snow-plumed clematis
Translated for her gratis
What the breezes sung and sighed.
And the dainty tendernesses
or the sunbeams on her tresses
Left her tranced in the caresses
OF the golden morning tide.
A hope triumphant filled her,
And clear the words that thrilled her;
"Look here, you Jane Matilder,
Come and help ms find my clothesr
Animals are agreeable iriepds-thsy a,l
no questions, thsy pass no eyihcisrs,
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-11-27

Isn't it time for the six millions of far
mers to take the management of national
affairs into their own hands, so as to regu-
late commGc,e in the interest Of produc-
tion, instead of allowing sharks to rob
them Of their increase?
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-11-27

Richmond, Va, IL unable 70 support
street cars
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-11-27

As matters now are the Shylocks can con-
tract or increase the measuring power Of
a dollar. In one sense, when they sell
you a bushel of wheat they call fifty
pounds bushel, and when they buy
wheat OF you they increase the number Of
pounds.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-11-27

OUT of the 5000 banks in the United
States, nearly 1000 of them do not issue
currency notes, but confne their business
to legitimate banking, such as receiving
deposits, loaning money, discounting notes
and buying and selling foreign and do
mestic exchange, etc.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-11-27

TrLDEN can spend aquarter OF a million
dollars, openly, to bribe the voters of New
York, and there are no proceedings against
him or his accomplices. Blaine sends cir
CHARS to inquire how much money is re-
quired to corrupt the different precincts of
Maine, and the offense is passed over.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-11-27

MORE than one-half of the wealth OF the
United States consists of its industries.
Legislation and national honor combine
to protect creditors, monopolies and fixed
capital, while industry is wholly neglect
ed, left to shit for ITSELF or robbed out
right by special legislation and excessive
taxation.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-11-27

The long winter nights are before us.
during which time, more can be accom-
plished for the Greenback cause in
the way of educating and convinc-
ing the people in one week than can
be effected during the heat and excitement
of an entire campaign.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-11-27

LET every Greenback man in the nation
put his shoulder to the wheel with renew.
ed hope and determination for triumph
ant success. Spread the gospel. Don't
be satisfied with your own conversion.
Bear the torchlight of truth into all the
dark places, Labor with your unconvert.
ed neighbor day and night without ceas'
ing. you lack argument to convince
him for light Of those who can give
t. Let each nun constitute h,m4elf a
circulating library of Greenback argu
ments
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-11-27

THE financial system which enables a
man who invests his money in mortgages
to make ten, twelve and fifteen per cent
on his capital, while the man who invests
his money in business can only make
three per cent, is wrong. And wide
spread bankruptcy is its legitimate off
enripp
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-11-27

SOME man with more spite than love for
General Grant, at Galesburgh, threw an
egg hitting the General square in the
head, We believe on one of his ears. The
man, to ali events, didn't fancy Grant,
and, we doubt not, the General does not
now fancy the man who threw the egg.
A clear case of mutual hatred all around.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-11-27

The Money Power relying upon the
political machinery and the partisan 10y
atty of the dominant party, will attempt
to close its lines around the people in the
next contest. The hope of constitutional
liberty hangs on the efforts of the Green
back party during the next twelve
months.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-20
A strange Case Recalled.

Our special cable despatch from Queens
town announcing the release of DR.. Kerr
win from the noted Spike Island Prison
recalls one of the most remarkable
criminal trials on record. Nearly a
generation ago DR.. Kerwin, Dublin
physician, was charged with the murder
Of his wife, whose body was found in hor-
ribly mangled condition on the beach of q
little island in Dublin Bay. AS the evidence
was wholly circumstantial, the accused a
man Of far higher social standing than sup
posed murderers usually are, and the coun-
sci the best that money could employ, there
was every reason for the protracted trial,
attended by intense public interest, which
was concluded by verdict of murder in the
first degree and sentence Of death. The
sentence was committed to Imprisonment
for life. The cause of the pardon is not yet
known but it is to be hoped that this is
not another Of the cases, far too frequent, in
which circumstantial evidence has been
found to have condemned an innocent man
to misery for nearly life.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-20
Invi0labilfty of Telcgra ms.

An application is about to be made to the
House by the Potter Committee for an APP
preparation to defray the expenses of in
vestigating the cipher kilograms. 1t is re-
ported that General Butler, who is a men,
Der of the committee, will avail himself of
this occasion to make a speech against the
investigation and of course against the
appropriation. We trust that General But
ler's wishes will not prevail 1t is also re-
ported that Mr.. Tilden desires the investiga-
ton, and covets an opportunity to appear be-
fore the committee and testify. 1t is fair that
the opportunity be given him, but the pub
lie cares very little whether he is able to
exculpate himself or not. The Presidential
election of 1876 is a dead question, and the
fact that Mr.. Tilden was counted out is
deemed by the country at large, if not an
adequate punishment for his political sins,
as the only punishment to which he is ex-
posed. If he attempted to bride State off,
GERS or Presidential electors in Florida,
that was an offence against laws of that
the federal government. 1t is an offence
which Congress may expose but has no
authority to punish, for even if Congress
should enact penalties they could not have
a retrospective operation, since er post tdcto
laws are prohibited by the constitution.
The investigation of the cipher dispatches
may or may not put new tborns under the
pillow OF Mr.. Tilden, and the public is quite
indifferent; but the public is not Indifferent
to the means by which the dispatches were
procured for publication. Every citizen
who has On occasion to use the telegraph is
interested in the question whether there
is any protection for the secrecy OF
messages. The most important duty OF
the committee which is to under
take this Investigation Is That OF
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-20
Clean the Streetas

The Street Cleaning Bureau has at last
attacked Broadway, and this central thor
oughfare is now as clean as it might have
been three days ago had the bureau ever
devised system of operating upon heavy
snowfalls. Even by the extravagant, almost
trifling, method Of removing so light sub
stance as snow in small dirt carts, Broad
way might have been cleared on Thursday
night, during the quieter hours, instead
of remaining heavy and wet to impede
travel and injure health for three extra
days. But Broadway is not fftieth
part of the city roadways which de-
mand immediate attention. What does
the bureau propose to do about it Can it
devise no quicker. cheaper method of dis
posing of snow than to drag it half mile
or more in wagons or carts? If not, most of
our citizens must resign themselves to the
slush and ice that in other days have always
succeeded great snow storms. The city owns
or employs means by which the principal
part of the snowfall could be melted and dis
posed of like any surface drainage. Many
a small boy knows how promptly great
deal of snow may be melted by very little
steam. Is there no one in the Street Clean
ing Bureau who is competent to experiment
in this direction? If not, any public school
can supply boy smart enough to teach the
Commissioners something.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-20

In the HERALD to-day we give q transla-
ton Of the remainder of Nordenski0lds ac-
count of his progress in the Arctic SEAS the
first of which was published some days since
in our correspondence from Christiania.
The explorer says in this communication,
dated August 20, ''Until now everything
has happened as we had expected. May
our calculations still hold good, so that
this very autumn may have the JOY of send
ing home telegram from some harbor on
the coasts of the Pacific Ocean" He had at
that time made such progress that he an
ticipated apparently with much con-
fidence that happy issue to his adj
venturous attempt. But the autumn
went by and the telegram from
the Pacific never came, and it is to be
assumed that Nordenski6ld did not get
through, though there is, of course, the
possibility that he did get through and was
shipwrecked in the Pacific. Ships have
been wrecked and not word ever heard OF
them, though the event is a rare one. 1t is
more probable that the Vega was caught in
the ice on the Pacific coast and is blockaded
there now, and the great feature of the
winter with Nordenski0ld and his ships
company has been trial of patience and
endurance. The special despatch from the
HERA1p's Berlin correspondent, printed this
morning, makes the important announce
ment that Russia will send sledge ex-
petition to the rescue of the ice-imprisoned
exploring party. Of course the likelihood
that they would be SO caught was one Of the
possibilities contemplated when the voyage
was planned. Nordenski0ld's theory was
that the warm water from the Siberian
rivers would keep the Arctic sea open on
the coast line long enough for them to get
through. but as the theory required to be
proved the expedition was supplied with
q view to the event Of the failure of that
theory, and is probably in good condition
wherever it is.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-20
language lacks elegance and expressiveness.

language lacks elegance and expressiveness'
SO at the slightest excuse they drop into
some other tongue, that of France being for
some inexplicable reason preferred. But now
comes learned German, who, having Tor
fifteen years studied the language with that
systematic persistency which is pecu-
liarity of the Teutonic mind and the terror
Of all others, pronounces the English
to be the most expressive, logical and gen.
orally satisfactory tongue of modern Europe.
Unfortunately for the fancies of the literary
duletoni DR.. Weisse, the authority alluded
to, has written book upon the language
in which he details his reasons so distinctly
and with such an array Of linguistic facts
as corroborative evidence that no denial is
possible, and there is nothing left to do but
make faces at this ruthless disturber of soft
speech 1t is to be hoped that the able
linguist's opinions may be spread SO widely
that young men of education and leisure
will begin to study the literature of their
own language instead of continuing their
affectaton of giving themselves to speech
which is foreign to their tongue, their asso"
Citations and their nature.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-20

style of those Presidents of the United
States-Tyler and Johnson-who have en-
deavored to use their offices to obstruct
and defeat the policy of powerful party.
Our Presidents, however, added ingrati-
tude to folly, because they owed their
places to the power they endeavored to OBJ
struct but that element does not appear
in the case of MacMahon. He simply re-
peats former inane blunder of his own
by putting himself in ridiculously I'M
tenable position-in position from which
he will be driven with ignominy or forced
to retreat with humiliation for the system
of Ministerial responsibility affords in
France q means we do not possess of sub
DUNG obstructive and refractory execu-
tives One vote will destroy the Ministry
that has lent itself to foolish scheme, and
another Ministry will understand the con-
dition on which it may take Office.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-20

ascertaining by what means the cipher tele-
grams came into the hands by which they
were translated and published. The par
allel is close between kilograms and sealed
letters. Had bushel or two of letters been
rifed from the mails and printed in news
paper no inquiry relating to them could be
SO pertinent or important as the question
how they were obtained When Sir James
Graham, then Home Secretary, caused MAJ
zini's letters to be opened in the English
Post Office, he was able to plead the author
ity OF law, but even this did not prevent
the widest public excitement and
indignation. The cipher dispatches
were not translated and published by
any public officer or by any person having
the least shadow of title to their custody.
If court of justice or a committee of Con-
gress had gained possession of them by
subpoena in order to use them as evidence,
and they had come into the light .of pub
licity through such a channel, it would
have been very different state of facts
from that which now requires investiga-
ton. II those kilograms were voluntarily
given up by the telegraph company it was
fragrant breach of trust punishable under
the laws of this State by fine and i'm
prisonment. Ii they were pilfered from
the company and sold to a newspaper both
the thief and the publisher are liable to the
same penalties. There is no known method
besides treachery or theft by which the tele-
grams could have passed from their proper
legal custody. When the persons who abb
stracted them are arraigned for trial under
the Revised Statutes no Court will permit
the contents Of the dispatches TO be pleaded
in Justification Ii the mail or the telegraph
is used for criminal correspondence there
may be legal and illegal way of ascertain
ing that fact. No private in dividual can act
on his suspicious in either case without sub
jecting himself to prosecution as q criminal.
If man steals letters from the Post Office
or publishes the stolen letters he is Justly
punished, without any regard to what they
may contain. 1t would be ridiculous for
mail robber to plead that criminal corre-
spondence is public property. Unless he
can point to some law authorizing him to
seize and open the mails he cannot escape
punishment. BY the statutes of New York
tampering with telegraph despatch is an
offence of precisely the same grade as the
opening Of sealed letter.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-20
The Black Hole of OnOnda GA .

A short time ago the exposure Of the in
human treatment of insane paupers in the
Onondaga County Poorhouse startled the
community and excited general indigna-
ton. An unexpected visit of committee
to the insane asylum disclosed the fact that
some of the afflicted inmates were confined
in wooden cages in a dark, damp cellar,
where they had no more accommodate
tions than are afforded to wild beasts,
and where the poisoned atmosphere, which
brought a speedy relief to their sufferings
was their best friend. An investigation by
the State Board of Charities, demanded by
the HERALD, is said to have worked an im-
provement in the management Of the Poor
house; but now comes another revolving
revelation from the same unfortunate
county. This time it is the PeDitentiary
which is found to be so shamefully mis-
managed and made such der of degrade
ton and indecency that Bishop Hunting
ton, in denouncing it, appropriately styles
it the ''Black Hole of Onondaga.'
The disgraceful condition Of the Onon-
daga county institutions con be attributable
only to criminal neglect of duty on the part
of the officers in charge, or to parsimony
and inhumanity on the part of the Super
visors. The vile treatment of the insane
paupers was said to be occasioned by the
want Of space for their proper accommoda-
ton. But the incurable cases could have
been sent to the appropriate State
asylum If the Supervisors had not
begrudged the amount required for
their support and taken advantage
of a privilege extended to them under the
law to kill off the unhappy burdens in
short space ut home. The scandalous con-
dition of the Penitentiary is also attributed
to the meanness of the Supervisors, and
unquestionably they must have been
familiar with the want of room.
mir, light and accommodations demanded
by decency, and with all the abuses
alluded to by Bishop Huntington in our
special Syracuse correspondence published
in another column. Men who would allow
such evils to exist unremedied are not fit to
hold public Office. Certainly they cannot
be relied upon TO make reforms, and the
case is proper one for the interference of
the Legislature. Onondaga county is the
home of Speaker Alvord, and he will be
censnrnble il he does not promptiv pronosa
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-20

The republican caucus for nominating a
candidate for United States Senator is to be
held this evening. There being no repub-
lican candidate in the field against him Mr..
Conkling will be nominated unanimously,
and perhaps by acclnmation, without the
formality of a ballot. There are, no doubt,
some republican members of the Legisla-
ture who would oppose Mr. Conkling if it
would be of any avail, but the friends OF
the administration and the particular
friends of the present incumbents of the
Custom House are not numerous enough to
make respectable demonstration against
him, and they will probably be unwilling
to expose their weakness by giving the
Conklng men an opportunity to count
them.
1t is limited in some quarters that the
democratic members will make formal
protest against the legality of Mr.. Conk-
ling's election. on the ground that this is
not valid Legislature Even SO infuen-
tial democratic journal Us the Brooklyn
Eagle had long, double loaded leading AZ
ticle in this vein few evenings since, in
which it tried to convince itself that Cover
nor Robinson might be prevailed upon to
refuse certificate Of Mr.. Conkling's cleo
tion. The Eagle underestimate the good
sense and logical consistency of the Gov
ernor. For if, by the long failure of
new apportionment, this is not
valid Legislature why does Governor
Robinson send it message and try
- ia, 80 /,
recommendations? 1t cannot be Legisla-
ture for one purpose without being Legis-
lature for all purposes. If it can pass laws
it can elect Senator The Governor
would stultify himself by refusing to sign
Mr. Conkling's credentials after holding
the ordinary official intercourse with this
Legislature. The democratic members
would equally stultify themselves if they
should make protest. If it is not Lsgis-
lature, why do they participate in it's pro-
ceedings? The Governor and democratic
members would make themselves a laugh
ing stock if they should adopt such
course as our Brooklyn contemporary adj
vocates.
10 the supporters Of President Hayes in
this State the reelection of Senator Conk-
ling is bitter dose, and it is to be seen
whether they will swallow it without max
ing wry faces. The administration has
been waging war against him ever since it
came into power, but the only effect has
been to make his triumph more resplen-
dent. Last week Mr.. Conkling made a
speech in secret session of the Senate in
which he handled the President without
gloves, and this week he will be elected to
the Senate for the third time with less OPP
position and by larger majority than ever
before. 1t is difficult to conceive how Mr..
Conkling's great abilities could be more
signally attested than by this shining VIC
tory over his political opponents in both
nnrties