The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-26
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
The English Papers of This Morning.

The Enquirer thinks that the grain deal
ers of hicago, Milwaukee and other West
ern cities who speculated in wheat for a rise
and met with tall will censure John Sher-
man for not interfering to prevent break
that took place in the wheat market day
or two ago. These gentlemen doubtless
| think if John Sherman was authorized t.
step In and prevent crisis in money on
Wall street, as lie did by saving his pet
bank, he could by the same authority pre-
vent crisis in wheat. If he
couldn't, what's the use of
his being Secretary of the Treasury
The Republican members of the Police
Board are to be pitied. They are much
distressed in mind about the vacancy that
exists in the Commission, and feel that the
great City of Cincinnati, with its countless
multitude visi ing the Exposition, is in
danger. The alarm becomes greater as the
time for the October election draws near.
Messrs. Weber and Setchel believe that the
destinies of the Republican party are on
their shoulders, and have been making
frantic endeavors to elect a Chief who
| would make it an act of great folly for a
Democrat to approach the polls on election
day. The Department, as it stands, is free
of politics.
| The Gazette says that the New York
World has drawn an Indictment against
Tilden to show why the Democratic part
must not Load itself with him as candi-
date. 1t virtually comedies all that the Re-
publicans have ever CHARGED, and add
m re. This will be good reading when I'll
den shall have carried the nomination by
getting the Southern delegations BY means
like those by which he tried to get Southern
Electoral votes and when the World shall
be supporting him.-The Gazette says on
the strength of letter from Georgia that a
thousand black convicts, two-thirdso whom,
according to Senator Boyd, are sentenced for
stealing bread for their children, are
chained together in gangs and turned over
to lessees at cents day. to form OF
slavery ten-fold more horrible than any
thing endured before the war; One hui
name man, Colonel Alston, who undertook
to make war upon 1t, was shot dead in the
Georgia State-house. The Gazette prods
the Commercial for stating yesterday that
this ovation to General Grant was a
welcome and not (poltical) boom
in this wise: How complete would
be the appointments OF the r.
man triumph if the editor would on.
ly 20 and stand behind Gen. Grant on his
carriage in these professions. to repeat in
his ear that this popular dis urbance is a
welcome, but not a boom!-The Chicago
Tribune having introduced certain changes
in its spelling of certain words to make
them more phonetic, the Gazette SAYS with
out claiming that these changes are not
right, it predicts, that the editor of the Tri-
bune will stand alone. 1t says that Web
ster's and WOrcester's labors have estab.
ished these systems of English orthographv.
; First. that used in England, which NAV be
styled the conservative; second, the Web
sterian, or radical; and third, the Worces
terian, intermediate or compromise. There
are minor varieties, but these are not worth
noticing American books are to be found
following all these systems. willie England
resists change. even where an improvement
, is manifest. Where such slight concessions
, are refused it is folly to talk Of a phonetic
system.
The Commercial says that the Chicago
!, Times has had the history of Dixon, wht
was shot by Barksdale in Mississippi, writ
g ten up by correspondent who has inter
viewed pretty much all there is left o
Yazoo There are two points new in tn
D account of the killing. Barksdale is sait
q by his friends to have called Dixon twic
/. before shooting. They lay great stres
upon this. After the shooting there wa
suddenly swarm of armed men. all friend
g of Barksdale. They appeared as If by magic
showing complete understanding and or
: ganization. The Barksdale who did tn
9 shooting is about thirty years of age, tn
IS son of the General Barksdale killed at Gel