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The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-12-05

ph''hhiNt NV 10 ipoU.
10 Tie Editor Of lie .Sonitarian. Permit me
TO express my qualification with your recent articles
on the Importance OF pure soap, and for calling my
attention In particular u "Higgins's German Iaun-
dry SOAP which have recently adopted In my
household 10 very great advantage In the general
tendency Ia almost every branch Of trade ~ cheapo
family necesstins soap 10 have possessed sngu-
lar facilities insonuclI that many hOusekeepars, as
well as come unprincipled or ignorant
appear consider any Kind Of compost called crease
good soap aOck aud this ID commonly treated with an
excess of alkall, rendering detergent. 1t may
be, but one fraught with destructive qualities
70 clothing, and highly irritating. proper
ties To tho skin. As phyrleans. We All know the
mischief 0f impure soaps aud above ALL 10 the tender
50 Of children. But the mischief Is by no means
confined w Children Few practitioners fall recog-
nize In ''sau-rheua - y very common aud aniictng
result FROM the Of Impure or sne soaps
by but the worst results 10 he found
among the childT1n Of tho poor. Tho toilet soap of
the poor Is tho household soap; not that nean 10
more pure than laundry sozps for tcy not. but
that the more common aud most painful Results Of
pure soap in general are to 10 found among children.
With somewhat extensive opportunities Tor observing
skin diseases among children, am fully persuaded
that very large proportion cf them are caused by
impure soaps. sincerely trast The Sanffarian viii
follow up tho subject for u IL to which the public
hayo given far too little attention. jerome
Walker In The Ssaitdrfa. for December.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-12-05
TIE NATIONAL BANKS.

Whatever one may think as to our futuro financial
policy and mechanism, there can be doubt thatthc
national banks have accomplished vast deal OF good
In the past, II is possible that the for the Union
might have been prosecuted to successful issue with
out their aid hut this Is extremely Doubtful They
were such support to the public credit, and their
assistance In placing loans was Important, that u
is not easy TO soo how the Government could have
passed through the asttwo years Of that struggle With
ont them,
Tho fact that the notchodcr ot any national hank Is
sure Of hundred cents on the dollar, however dsas
trously the bank may fall is the best feature Of the
system.
This is monstrous statement. The first
transaction between the banks and the conn
try was the addition Of an amount represent
ing the whole OF their circulation to the in
terest- bearing debt of the country. This was
the first great crime against the people of the
Republican party: that II, by substituting
national bank notes for greenbacks, ssddled
upon people in the throcs Of life or death
conflict the interest pcrpetually upon over
three hundred million dollars by converting
n non.interest- bearing form of debt (green-
backs) into bonds.
And the advantages of this arrangement
were all on one side, like a jug.handle. Tho
| they should have only had n single rate.
That is, they got high interest on their bonds
bought at par with greenbacks, and then
lent the notes, made good by the Govern
ment's guarantee, at war rates Of usury!
Instead of being "a support to the public
"credit," they took three hundred and odd
millions, with compound interest to the pres
ont day, from the available resources of the
people. And they gave nothing in return
for they only placed loans when they found
their profit in IL. Call tho greenbacks |
forced loan,' which they are not, or a fre'
non interest bearing perpetual loan, eithel
way they constituted, 10 the extent pape,
currency was used or needed, the form o
war resource that entailed the least possibl,
burden, present or prospective, on the tax
bearing masses.
Our gifted contemporary makes in th
second paragraph we have reproduced sin
gular error. If the noteholder (of n nationa
; bank note) was "sure of hundred cents o
! Z" the dollar hewas only sure of il in green
: backs. Hence the new paper was selfccn
fessed inferior TO that it snpplanted, an
which besides was n source of profit to tn
Government.
II is the reiteration of false twaddle lik
, this of the Post which has kept in power til
party which has robbed the people by SUI
cessive limitations and contractions of the GU
reney, and which has created the network
e banks and subsidized monopolies which
4 absorbing the fruits of their toll.
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YHE FUTURE or CANADA.

We give up space to-day to the first part
of a remarkable article from the Contemporary
Rerieo foreshadowing the future annexation
of Canada to the United States, Our graft
fcation at finding these sentiments so lucidly
and unanswerably set forth in one of the
most respected of British reviews is height
ened by the fact that their author is an Eng
lishman. We find the prophetic spirit If
Edmund Burke in this admirable article,
which is written in style Burke could not
have surpassed. And il may also be OBJ
served that the keynote of Mr. Clarke's
essay is substantially that on which Burke,
hundred and five years ago, pitched his
sublime oration on Cancellation with America.
Mr.. Clarke sees ths greatness of these States
which Burke only foresaw with the prescience
Of genius, while Burke can hardly have con-
oeiyed OF the numerical vastness Of the Eng
lish-speaking America, which Mr.. Clarke, if
young man, expects to live TO see. Our
reviewer closes his article in spirit similar
to that which animated the inspired states
man when he said:
Our ancestors have made the most extensive and
II
by promoting the wealth, the number, happiness
Of tie human race. Let MS get an American revenue
as we have got all American empire. English privi-
leges have made 1t all that II is English privileges aons
will make 1t all that II can he. In full confidence OF
this unaterable truth now lay the ht stone Of The
temple OF peace.
But this is somewhat anticipating the
second part OF the article, the publication O
which must be deferred until next week
Meanwhile it may be promised that the Con
temporary essayist's finest idea is that tho
mission OF our Western Republic, and the best
reason for favoring its legitimate expan
sion is, that il guarantees upon this CONT
nent peace and prosperity which are impossi
Bile amongst the armed camps Of Europe, and
that IT may even become "a moral force Il
preserve peace in less-iayored lands.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-12-05

Mr.. WRTHRRRrh in one OF those rare eilu-
sivc moments that come over himself and Mr. Morris
sey observation-disclosures advertising gets dullhas
Just conndcd 10 reporter that his wife, Emma
Abbott, always insists on saying her prayers before
getting into bed at night whstcver tho remonstranccs
OF himself. She says further she has never caught
cold while saying her prayers. By gis and by Saint
Charity, 1t is lucky that Mr. wotherei knows Just
where TO stop in these touching matrimonial revea-
tlons or they might grow embarrassing.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-12-05

Tur National Republican will appear to-
morrow under its new management in an en-
larged form and with an entirely new dress
of type. Though the responsible editorship
will for the present remain impersonal, it is
an open secret that Mr.. George C.. Gorham
will be connected with that department. We
extend u cordial welcome to our new neigh
bors. There is nothing more inspiriting to
the live journal than energy and ability in
the columns of its contemporaries. dull
morning paper relaxes and enfeebles the
mind bright one is like toDic-inciting
TO fresh endeavors, Thus improvement in
one journal is apt to be the cause OF i'm
proyement in others. II is our experience
that the moribund papers DO us more harm
than tho vigorous ones. An able press is
one Of the most valuable things any city can
possess. We therefore congratulate the peo-
ple Of Washington upon the prospect that is
offered them by the accession TO the ranks Of
their journalistic caterers Of such capable
men as Messrs. Kilbourn and Gorham.
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THE REYRENCHlfENT SHAM.

The picayune policy of which Governor
Tilden was the author did as much "a any
one thing to beat the Democracy. At time
when hundreds of thousands of starving
families were crying for work set of cheap
politicians raised the cry Of rotrenchment.
Work was reduced on all the public build
ings and in every public employment; and
yet the pretended economy thus enforced
was known by the people to be really a
W asteful cheat because labor and materials
where then at the lowest possible point.
The laboring masses knew that the claim
that the Democrats were reducing taxes was
false, because the tariff and internal rev.
enue taxes were left unchanged. 1t was
simply a movement to bull bonds entered
into at the dictation of the monied oligarchy
which had gained control Of the machinery
Of the Democratic party. The masses
wanted present relief, they wanted employ
ment, they cried for bread, and the Democ-
racy threw them stone; they did not in the
least care for funding operations, nor pros
pectivs immunity from taxation in 4 distant
future. They knew that the Treasury was
overhowing and that they needed work, and
that every other employer but the Govern
ment was without money for wages. By
this policy of Tildenism the Democracy lost
its hold on the prolctariat. All over the
country the votes which for generation had
been true to Democratic candidates have
suddenly abandoned their party.
If there is anything bearing upon the
financial question settled by the rscent elec-
tion it is that the people want high taxes in
the shape Of protective tariff.
Against the picayune policy of cheese
pairing economy The SUNDAY HERALD from
the first raised its warning voice. 1t has
proved even more disastrous than we feared.
II it has also buried its authors, there is still
hope for the peoples Opposition.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-12-05

Tue New York Times ventilates what it
calls plot to divide Texas into three new
States for the purpose of insuring Democratic
control of the Senate. We do not think any
body but the Democrats should be alarmed
at this prospect. Texas under the terms of
her annexation has the unquestioned right
to divide herself and demand admission for
her new States. But it would be bed policy
for her to assert this right while Northern
sectional party has possession Of the Execu-
tive and Supreme Court. The right would
probably be denied and the attempt defeated.
Any atrocity may be expected from the Su-
preme Court as now constituted, when egged
on by arrogant and victorious radicals. And
the agitation of the subject would add fuel
t. the prejudice against the Solid South and
make il impossible for many years to come
to elect an anti ti-scctonal candidate TO the
Presidency. 1t is the Democracy and not
| the Republicans who should fear such an
attempt. The Republicans are periodically
| hard up for material with which to fire the
| Northern heart. The threatened creation of
new States in Texas would furnish them the
best campaign matter they could wish or
hope for.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-12-05

AMONG the chief things which Congress
should do for the District are, first, the in
crease of the water supply to make it effective
on high levels and perfect the drainage
second, the carrying out Of the harbor i'm
provement on n thorough commercial and
sanitary plan third, the completion OF the
streets, especially about the old City Hall,
now used as Court House; and, Ito get rid
OF minor but costly nuisances,) the abolition
of water rents, the regulation OF the gas-light
monopoly, and the issue OF new edition Of
the local statutes properly brought down 10
date.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-12-05

TnR Sentinel has joined TIL. SUNDAY Her
AID In hghiing tho gas monopoly. wo welcome and
commend Its efforts. Every one who dotcnds the
pockets and rights ot the people Is Tnr SUNDAY
HnnAip's ally. Every one who assails thcin Is Its
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-12-05
NfAIyItIJJD.

wEBB-sEw wELL.--Novcmbcr 81, by tho Rev. c.
n. Baker, Lieut.. William II. Webb, of the Navy, TO
Minnie, daughter OF Chief Engineer George Sewcll,
of the Navy. No cards.
RANKS-RHOpES. In baltimore, on Dccem-
her 2, 1850. by the Rev. Wilbur IT, watkins, W.
Emmett Banks, Jr., OF Baltimore, to NIrgIe st.
George Rhodes, OF Washington.
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EDITORIAL COMMENT.

GAS BILLS are going up at an unconscion-
able rate. why will not our people start movement
to havo the gas supplied by the Government
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-12-05

DENNIsoN. Friday, December atSSo, al II so
O'Clock A. NJ, Mrs. Harriet H., relic, ~ the ato
John r. Dcnnson In the hfty-cighth year of her age.
Friends and relatives are respectfully invited to attend
her funeral from 027 NJ street northwest this Sunday
afternoon, December o, at a. clock l.. NJ.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-12-05

Edison will not 10 satisfied until hs has
discovered better remedy for coughs and colds than
Dr. Bulls Cough syrup. We sAy he win never sue
coed.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-12-05
To CORRESPONDENTS.
ARMY REQUIREMENTS.

THs SUNDAY HERALD has taken frequent
occasion TO declare the doctrine that the same
rule Of compulsory retirement which now
governs the Navy should also bc applied
TO the Army. 1t is gratifying to observe
that the discussion the subject is now re-
ceiving will probably result in the retire.
ment Of number Of the oldest generals and
colonels. II is certainly time that the Presi-
dent and his advisers had their eyes opened
TO the stagnant condition of promotion in
the Army, and to the necessity of applying
the only remedy within their reach. For
while II may be possible to secure from Con-
gress the passage of some measure giving
an officer who has served certain number
of years as lieutenant or captain the rank
and pay of the next highest grade, and We
earnestly hope this may be done. Such re-
lief now greatly needed Ivy many elderly
captains and subalterns, would in no wise
diminish tho need of steady flow of pro-
motion at the top of the service. In time Of
war the talents OF every officer, active or
retired, would, of course, bc at the disposal
of the country. But we cannot for mo-
ment doubt that an intelligent Executive
would in great emergency require at the
head of the chief staff departments and in
the most important commands generals under
sixty years of age. That officers of the
proper age for retirement are kept filling til,
most lucrative grades in time of peace is al
evidence of the evil power Of social inllu
ence, or else Of an utter incapacty in high
quarters for understanding the conditions o.
military efficiency. IL the old officers who's,
merits all admit would by retirement b,
turned adrift, as the volunteer officers wer,
at the close of the Civil War, there woul,
be much hardship to be urged against thei
retirement. But as they will still enjoy re
spectacle annuities from the Treasury ther
is no justice in their blocking the rise o
others equally deserving to the rank an'
pay which all officers look forward to as tn
reward of long and faithful service. Mos
of those who should be retired on account c
age are occupying pleasant ssdentary posi-
tions, and are not bjected to the tests of vigo
to which active service would subject then
Unless something is done some of them wi
be found in their places, pretending to pei
form duty, when past four.score. The oil
fellows have had their turn. Fair dealin
requires that the next in rank should hay
chance.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-11-13
Captain Kidd's Vessel.
Wreck Containing Large Gun Found Forty Feet Under the Mud in the Hudson.

Wreck Containing a Large Gun
 Found Forty Feet Under the Mud
 i'm the Hudson.
 From the New York Heraldl
 The employees of the wrecking company who have been 1t work for five or six weeks at Round Island, three miles above Peekskill in the Highlands of the Hudson, searching for the Venture Galley, the vessel which Captain Kidd commanded during one of his piratical cruises, have made 8 discovery Mir. D. D. Chapin, of Phillipsburg N J. who owns the island, has tradition handed down, from what he considers a reliable source, that the vessel, while sailing up the Hudson one dark night to escape from two pursuing British men-of-war ran on to the point of rocks which mark the eastern shore of the island. The position of the isl- and IS such as to suggest an occurrence of that nature. The company which is working at the island became satisfied that MT. Cha pins tradition had some foundation in fact. They accordingly sent wrecking vessel with all the improved machinery necessary and powerful dredge and force pumps of enormous capacity.
 The work is in charge of Superintendent c. F. Pike and Engineer Charles F. Tasker They began dredging thirty feet from the shore, and scooped out a hole 100 feet long and 40 feet deep. Here they found the bow of a vessel whose timbers were pearly all routed away. It lay apparently at an angle of forty degrees. By removing about forty feet more of mud, and going down twenty feet further they reached nearly the center of the wreck. Pieces of spar, ship timbers and pieces of live oak plank have all been brought to the surface by the dredger. The company has two divers on the spot, and they report that the wreck of vessel at least one hun dred feet long lies buried in the mud at a slope of from forty to sixty feet under wa ter. Yesterday the dredge became fastened in something, and in trying to raise it the chain was broken. When Hc1N5d reporter arrived diver was preparing to go down. He was let down fifty-five feet and remained under water an hour and half. When he came up he reported that the dredge had be- come fastened ill what appeared to him to be l large gun, the point of which was fast in 5he stiff mud. In proof of what he said he brought up iron scales which he prodded off with his sounding rod. MT. Chapin and MT. Pike quite sanguine that they have really struck Kidd's vessel, the gun seeming to 5hem proof sufficient. Mr. Tasker, the en- yineer, says that the mud is all deposit, and le thinks the amount found would readily accumulate in the time which has elapsed ince Kidd was captured. Mud to the mount of 6,5OO cubic yards has been re-
Morning journal and courier., 1880-11-13
COMMUNICATIONS.
Did the Cow Cry sFraud .''

| To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER: And it came to pass that the leaders of the Democracy gathered themselves together at the head of the river called Salt, and sitting in the shade of their ears they mora1ized long and sadly. And briny tears coursed down their emaciated cheeks as they thought of the past-of the twenty years wandering in the desert attended only by their faithful mules, Now the milk of the mule is not nourishing, neither Is the mule an easy beast to ride, and their limbs were exceedingly sore Fortunately the mule can live on faith, just as his Democratic brother has done, but the latter considers this bill of fare strength ened by the addition of government pap.
 Near this same river called Salt was an en- closure marked Sacred to the memory of Democratic Infants" and over it could be seen fitting attenuated spectres spectres of infants which in historic times were known as Repudiation, State Rights, Imitation; and there was also discerned the spectre of one who even in the spirit world. persisted in spelling negro with two g's.
 And at the sight of their much loved chil- dren. their sobs and binding tears came faster, and it was flood tide in Salt river.
 And they prayed for deluge of frewater and no ark to drown the rest of this wicked world, realizing that they could keep dry ground where they stood.
 Then took they counsel among themselves whereby they might muledose the Republi- cans. And one ruling spirit, known as Bar mum throughout muledom, said: 'sBreth- ren, it is now twenty years since we have miIlked the government COW, and we are thirsty. There is the bovine eating peaceful ly in the Republican yard Let us see if we cannot make her skip the fence by a cry of fraud which shall shake the fold.''
 Now there were three ruling spirits in the Democracy to whom fraud was exceedingly distasteful, above all others, and the names of these were Barnum, Kelly and Butler. And these same wept afresh as they thought of Patrick Henry and Washington and post offices, and Salt river overiowed it's banks. Having once more regained their composure l and wiped their weeping eyes, they said un. to the COW Bovine kine, how earnest thou in the Republican fold ?'' forgetting l that Puritan blood was coursing in the veins | of this same kine.
 l And the COW said unto them "Because the Democratic herdsmen, Bardum and Kelley l let down the bars of the Democratic fold, ana I improved the chance by seeking more com
 fortable bars of the quarters in this fold.
 Whereupon these two did seek to drown th'
 utteranees of the COW by cries of fraud. and il l their enthusiasm did claim that the COW crieS
Morning journal and courier., 1880-11-13
AN EXTRA DIVIDEND.

Chesnuts don't have wings, but are sort of burred-like, nevertheless. The killing of the devil may soon be ex- pected. It's an ending event.-Bostona | Post.
 'tFirst come, worst served, :" is boarding house breakfast motto.-Neao Orleans Picd- yaG7ae.
 It was evidently mistake setting Italians to work on the Cape Cod Canal. These fel- lows might dig canal for sardines but not for codfsh.-Boston Commercial Bulletin. The defeated candidate is like the old bach elor, who says he once fell in love with a beautiful young lady, but abandoned all idea of marrying her when he found that she and all her folks were opposed to the match GGECeston NeaoS.
 Mary Jane wants recipe for preserving the hair Certainly. Use white sugar, pound for pound,' add enough water to make heavy syrup, add the hair and four ounces oleomargarine, boil, strain and put up in glass or stone jars
 Childhood's innocence: Somebody gave lit tie Augustus two toys. II will give this one to my dear little sister, he said, showing the largest. Because it's the prettiest2" said the delighted mamma. ''No," he replied, without hesitation ''because it's broken" /"
 Adolphus-s.No; moose are not found in this section of the country. They are found in the northern parts of this continent, but not in the New England States Your friend was, doubtless, in a facetious mood when he spoke of Moosup in Connecticut. ."-B0st07a Journal 0f Commerce.
 A Danbury man has Boston lady visiting him. Sunday evening, on coming out of church with her, he extended his arm, and, with a delicate difference to her prejudices, said 'sWill you accept my upper limb" With grateful look from her glassy eyes she accepted DGa6asy Nesss.
 The Galveston lawyers have got good laugh on brother attorney who was defend ing colored kleptomaniac on the plea of in sanity. The attorney for the defendant made an eloquent plea on the irresponsible condition of his clients mind to the jury and took his seat is idiotic client reached over, touched his advocates arm. and said, emphatically, You is de biggest fool on Galveston Island" The opposing attorney instantly remarked There I told you he had lucid intervals - (IvTp1 v{xpt1N