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Year: 1879

Two years hence will occur the centen-
NAL Of the surrender of a. British army aud
a naval force by Earl CORVALLIS, at York
town, Va. and by the arrival of that day
the people of the Old Dominion hope they
may secure the monument which Congress
voted should be erected on the scene Of the
surrender We believe the people through
out tho whole country will sympathize with
that hope. Fortunately there is neither
North nor South in the cultivation Of the
great remembrances that come from be-
yond the time of our savage slave war
schism. If there is any aspect in which We
are and always have been one people 1t is
in the glory we feel in the achievements of
our Rev olutionary fathers-in those achieve
ments not so great in the strictly military
sense as many we have seen. but as great
as any the world ever saw in their intention,
greater than most in their results. Virginia
was thrilled with the story of Lexington as
profoundly as WAS Massachusetts,. ''Our
brethren are already in arms" Was the way
the story passed in their homes. And Vir-
ginia can never outdo the North in appreci-
otlOu VI tut SfttI iucu VIC OiA Aot"eO OSh-
tributed to the cause. For the sense OF
unity, brotherhood, and a common nation
atty that is inseparable from the revival of
those memories we hope the revival may
continue and that the centennial move
ment may not die out. Especially we
hope the question of this Yorktown monu-
ment may be taken earnestly in hand.
Congress voted great many monuments
that have not been built for the Congress
was just in its recognition of heroic deeds,
but the country was poor and could not
carry out the generous views of the Legis-
lature. Now. however, the country is rich
enough to meet the moral obligation of all
those votes, and should do it. We sim
cerely hope that the movement initiated by
the preliminary celebration of to-day may
be crowned with success ere the hundred
years come round.
Year: 1879

The extinction of royalty in North Amer
lea by the death Of the last Of the Montauk
Indian Pharaohs few months ago was fol-
lowed yesterday by the sale of the last frag-
ment of the territory of which his ancestors
were monarchs for generations before the
first white man invaded Long Island. Our
dispatches give full description of the
proceedings. A resident Of Brooklyn is
the purchaser of the breezy headland whose
name is so familiar in political oratory
as the antithess to Niagara in describing
the boundaries of the State Of New York. It
is indeed magnificent domain, and many
proud title springs in Europe from landed
possessions which are insignificant by COM
parison. One Of the unsuccessful bidders
at the sale is described as an agent of Mr..
Tilden. Failing first in the contest for the
American Presidency and again in the
struggle for the Bulgarian throne, Mr..
Tilden now is loser also in q struggle for
the kingdom Of Montauk. When Will the
tide of his luck turn?
Year: 1879

So far as concerns antagonizing Russia
there appears to be little difference between
an absolute annexation of Afghanistan to
the domains OF the Empress of India and
tho plan of controlling the government
of the country by o British resi-
dent, supported by q British army,
and leaving titular Ameer on the
throne. This is disclosed by our special
cable despatch to-day as the scheme Of
Lord Lytton, and is reported as under
favorable consideration by Cabinet Coun-
Gil. The situation does look serious, in
deed.


In despatch from Simla it is stated
that sthe report Of the Russian occupation
of Merv is "known to be untrue" +"
Perhaps the next report from India
will be correction Of the denial.
Russia has intended this occupation
for year, and two expeditions were on
foot to accomplish it. One was to move
from the Oxus across the Kizil-Kum, the
other from the Caspian Sea. That from
the Caspian is in retreat; that from
the Oxus, we are told, has succeeded.
In these two facts perhaps we may
discern the plan of tho expedition, for
it is supposable that the Caspian column
was feint intended to draw the defenders
Of Mcrv far away from the neighborhood of
that city in order to expose it uncovered to
the rush of the troops across the Kizil-Kum.
Menaced from the side of the Caspian. the
Turcomans concentrated their resistance in
that direction, and drove before them the
Russians, who perhaps give way with we'll
feigned confusion until they were as far
from Merv as is on the other side the point
at which the Turkestan columns were 10 be
concentrated, and then these columns
rushed across the sands and surprised the
city. All that we know Of the Russian plans
is in accordance with such a scheme (; and
it is difficult to understand how anything
but the fact of the capture could have in
formed the people of Merv Of what was on
foot. Without the presence Of the Russians
at Merv how could they have known of this
Intention?
Year: 1879

The Jury in the Blair case has finally de-
clared the prisoner not guilty. Doubtless
this verdict was in fact obtained in defiance
of the rule of unanimity. All the twelve
men did not believe the accused guiltless,
any more than all the twelve believed him
guilty. But a majority were from the first
perhaps, in favor of acquittal. and few of
another mind. If the jury had been dis
charged at an earlier day they would have
remained OF their respective opinions, there
would have been failure to agree and q
miscarriage of justice. But they held to-
gether until the minority surrendered
worn out with fatigue and anxious to get
away. Consequently this verdict is the
verdict OF majority only the minority
agreed to formally "make IL unanimous"
Just as they do in the conventions. How
large q proportion of verdicts is
reached in that way? Perhaps there
is more or less of this moral
pressure on O minority in the greater
number of tho cases that are given to- jury.
We do not hold the verdicts any less valid
for this reason. Only wo would prefer that
1t should be the principle of the law that o
majority should decide rather than that
this fact should be brought about in defeat
of tho law. 1t comes to the same thing with
regard to justice If man is acquitted be-
cause eight or nine favor that and the rest
assent in order to get away rs If the law au-
thorzed the nine to acquit and disregarded
the three. But when the three are obstinate
or cantankerous 1t is not the same, and the
law should remove the possibility of the
evil they can do. We have. by the practical
coercion of juries that is permitted, some of
the advantages Of the majority rule; but
one ugly man may deprive us of that ad-
vantage in any given case. The verdict in
this case, as rendered, determines the law
of tho relations of householders and SER
wants in n manner Of which servants dis
posed to give way to q violent temper will
do we'll to take notice.
Year: 1879

the long and brilliant success of the old
democratic party TO the soundness OF its
financial policy. 1t was due to quite other
causes The Embargo caused severity of
commercial distress which would have
swept the party out of power if it had not
been able to kindle patriotic indignation
against England for impressing our seamen.
The second war against England, which
soon followed, electrified the popular heart
and insured the ascendancy of the demo-
cratic party for the next generation. The
brilliant victory of New Orleans, at the
close of the war, made General Jackson a
popular idol, and the party subsisted
for long time on the enthusiasm
inspired by his heroic qualities. 1t
was badly defeated under his inn
mediate successor, in consequence
OF financial distress. unrelieved by any
thing which could rouse the popular heart;
but it soon recovered itself by skilful
appeal to the passion for national aggran-
dizement in the annexation OF Texas.
But public prosperity could not retain it
in power when it had no longer any appeal





fell heir to such an incentive. Although
the war with Mexico was democratic
war two distinguished whig generals bore
off all the brilliant honors and one OF them
was elected President. Such is the great
advantage of having something to offer
which inspires the feeling of patriotism or
the strong popular tendency to hero wor-
ship. If the old democrats had great
card. in the hero of New Orleans the old
wings had afterward great card in the
hero of Buena Vista.


The democratic party at present, besides
resting under u financial cloud, is destitute
Of any inspiring policy and has no great
popular hero; the republican party, on the
other hand, basks in commercial sunshine of
its own creation aud has in its ranks
q military hero whose fame is frightened
with fresh lustre by reflection in universal
mirror of foreign appreciation. Although
it might safely rely on the former of these
advantages it seems more than half in
clined to venture on the seductive expert
ment Of utilizing the latter.
Year: 1879

THE MosT PROMINENT of the cases against tho
various persons who have been injuring the
harbor by dumping ashes and garbage inside
the limits goes over until another term of the
court Do the guilty parties imagine the case
will be pigeon-hoed until forgotteni The
HERALD has special reason to keep it in mind
and before the public
Year: 1879

WALL STRkET YEsTERDAY.-Stocks were very
active and advanced to still higher prices.
Money was steady at z per cent for call loans
on good stock collateral Governments, State
and railway bonds were all in demand at higher
figures Exchange was dull and unchanged.
Year: 1879

The DEATH of an officer of General Merritt's
staff by an n'bulet, while he was hunting
many miles distant from camp is not surpris-
ing event. In warfare with savages either in
Zululand or Uteland, prudence is quite as
essential a military virtue as courage. The
wonder is that General Merritt should permit
hunting parties at all in his present situation.
Year: 1879

TEXAS SHOULD LOSE no time in looking after
''land and emigration" agents abroad, if the
story told to a HERALD reporter by disgusted
English immigrant is correct There is plenty
Of good land in the State, and it needs just
such farmers as are said to have been deceived
Year: 1879

HANLAN Is STILL WILLING to row Courtney
for the six thousand dollar purse, but demands
guarantee that the Union Springs scullcr shall
appear when the is called. If Courtney
accepts let him put his boats in fire and burg
lar proof safe and keep the combination all to
himself
Year: 1879

The STREET CLEANING Bureau reports the
number OF miles of streets cleaned and loads of
garbage removed during the past quarter but
does not enumerate the neglected streets and
unemptied ash barrels and garbage boxes.
Year: 1879

AN EFFORT Is To BE MADE to organize q ma
tional agricultural society. There is no other
country in the world where such an association
could be so easily and cheaply managed or do
as much good.
Year: 1879

glass being required to make the
slides and ends of these boxes.


1t is a gratifying fact that the
finest honey in the world is pro-
duced from bees which feed on the
white sage, a shrub that has hith.
erto been regarded as useless, and
which is distributed so largely all
over Southern California. The
present promises to be specially
auspicious year for our apiaris,s,
and we are glad to note the favora-
BILE reception American honey is
meeting in England. A local test
of this favor will be found in the
result of the direct shipment OF
honey from San Diego to Liver
pool, q note of which we saw in
the papers of our sister city a
couple of months ago.


There is no reason why honey,
which is so cheaply produced here,
should not be converted into sugar,
glucose and other valuable staples
of commerce, should the market
come in time to be overstocked.
Year: 1879

1867. as they possibly could be by the bill to
prevent military interference with elections
proval. A mere glance at the two provisions
Will suffice to place this proposition beyond
all possible doubt or controversy in any intelli-
1T Is matter OF regret, therefore, If not of
surprise, that the President should have per-
mltted himself, whether from over anxiety to
nnd reasons In support OF predetermined veto,
or from mere inattention to the provisions of
existing law, TO assume position SO utterly
deVo1d OF foundation, In fact"


Decisions Of the Supreme Court are cited to
snow that sections 2002 and 552S, Of the Revised
Statutes, do not even make it lawful for an
oIilcer OF the United States to assume to keep
They simply relieve the act OF employing troops
or armed men by such officer from certain
penalties which its pepetuation, without that
excuse, eS might incur. although they cannot
authority or imposing the duty to do so, they
operate as license to any federal official who
may have an armed force under his control, or
tne power to summon one to his assistance to
use 1t under that pretext to interfere with or
control an election In state whenever he may
tMnk 1t necessary or convenient for partisan
aggerated."


In answer to the Presidents objection that
~ t9e pIoposed legislation discrminates In favor
the report says: cit is sufficient to say as has
already been shown, that under the conStitu-
ZION tne FEDERAL government has not, and no
law OF Congress can give it the authority to
preserve the peace In state either at the polls
or elsewhere, unless called upon by the proDer
state authorities for that purpose, under the
circumstances for which the constitution has
provided. How, therefore, there could possibly
be discrimination against an authority that
dces not and cannot exist 1t Is difficult to see"


The report concludes as follows: Your COM
m1ttee having no bill before it upon this sub
1rct. and deeming 1t unnecessary now to report
OtherW1so than as stated, ask to be discharged
fltm the further consideration Of the subject .
Year: 1879

Spring time is the season when special
attention should he paid TO brushing up.
and this is true us well on the farm as in
the town. Our homes and farms should hr
clean and neat all the time, hut especially
should we attend to the matter of brushing
up and cleaning up in the spring time.
Clean up the buShy and hriary fence rows
fit up drlapidated fences; whitewash the
outbuildngs and yard fences that are not
painted, and give the place an air of clear
illness and nPHtness. Nothing attracts the
eye of q pasS"r quicker than a neat clranly
place. II farm, the occupant is set down
at once as neat and thrifty farmer, and
il he is a renter he has but little trouble in
securing good farm to till. Dirty prem
Sos and filthy fence rows give the place an
air of slOvpnlinPSS, and the tenant or ocru
pant is at once set down as slovenly, care
less, worthless farmer, who finds ali the
good farms rented when he wants one, and
| he is compelled to delve away on some old
farm that corresponds with him in quality.
Such man rarely ever rises above s third
| or fourth rate land renter because he can
not get farms capable Of improving his
condition, for the reason that he fails or re-
| fuses by industry and neatnesS to improve
/ the condition of those he is permitted Il
cultivate. Self interest, then, as we'll as
pride and sense of decency suggest to us
the necessity of cleaning up and keeping
cleaned up. Hundreds of farms are sold al
good figures because they are clean and
neat. The first impression made upon the
mind of purchaser is that it is good
farm, and first impressions are decidedly


the most powerful. 1t pays to keep things


in order about us, and besides paying, it i,
right to do so. We trust our friends all


over the county will begin at once to clean


up and keep cleaned up. When our prem


ises are once in order it is not so much Of ;
job to keep them so. 1t then becomes 5
pleasu.c, and we like it, and keep them il


order as a matter OF pride and pleasure


CentcviNc Observer.
Year: 1879

The Knights ofPythias excursion yes
day was successful affair. The only
Inconvenience experienced was in be-
ing compelled to switch off at Gray's
Ferry and run into Philadelphia over
the Pennsylvania Central, the Gray's
Ferry bridge being ont of repair. The
ride across New Jersey was quick one
the train only stopping at one station
over the route. The train left Allan
tic City at five O'Clock aud arrived here
at ten O'Clock.
Year: 1879

For fit Of passion-W Walk out into the
open alr. You may speak your mind TO
the winds without hurting any one, or
proclalmlng yourself TO be a simpleton.
"be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry,
Tor anger resteth il tbs bosom Of fools


For 1T Of idieness--Count the tic!zings
O. the clock. Do this for one hour, and
you will De glad to pull of your coat the
next and worg like a man. ''Slothful-
ness cas2eth into q deep sleep and an idle
soul shall suffer hunger


For a 1T Ct e3rragagance and folly
go 5o the v7crkhouse or speak with the
ragged and wretcled inmates Of the Jail,
and yoo Will os convinced that


who makes his bed of briar and thorn


Must be content TO lie foGlorn.''


"Wherefore do We spend money for
that which IS not bread, and your labor
for that which satisGeth not?'


Fox a St ef am5ltion-Go to the church
yard and READ the gravestones. They
will tell you Of the end OF man at his best
estate. For what is your life? It is
even g vapor that appealeth for g little
time and then vanisheth away" pride
Soeth DeIofe ueSCUctiOn ald g t2ugatV
spirit before fall"


For fit Of repining--Look about for
the halt and the blind, and visit the beG-
ridden, the afflicted and the deranged: F.:
and they will make you ashamed of your
light affections. "Wherefore doth a llv-
ing man complain?"


For a fit Of envy-Go and see how
many who keep their carriages are
afflicted with rheumatism, gout and
dropsy; how many walk abroad on
crutches or stay at home wrapped up in
flannel; and how many are subject to
epilepsy or apoplexy. "a sound heart is
the life of the flesh. Envy is the rotten
ness of the bones.':
Year: 1879

interfere with social cliques and ''sets," or
to break down any walls between classes
We talk now only OF the general social
and Intellectual life which brings people
together in common high pursuits, and
gives village its character and influence.
1t is only from this life that strong and
efficient public spirit can coma. 4 vii
iage must hold vigorous general life
outside Of sects and cliques and parties
before it can make great progress and it
is astonishing how quickly this life may
be won by the right leading. We assure
them that all the people need is good
leading, and that there must be one
among them who has the power in some
good degree Of leading, organizing and
inspiring united and better life It is
not an office in which personal ambition
has my legitimate place-that of social
leadership. Any man who enters upon
it with that motive mistakes his position
and hopslessly degrades his undertaking.
But wherever there is a sluggish social
life, or none at all that is devoted to cul-
ture and pure and elevating pursuits,
somebody and it is probably the one
who is reading this article-~is neglecting
a duty from which he is withheld, most
probably, by modesty. We assure him
that ii he IS really fit TOR his work, he will
find an astonishing amount Of promising
material ready for his hands,
Scr56ner.
Year: 1879

good will and stock in trade Of the apple
stand, BY which she hoped to i've
until her husband returned. Exposure
soon killed her, aided by want Of proper
treatment and medicine. The two little
English girls now occupy the attic alone
at night when they return from the cor
ner of the street, which is the scene Of
their daily labors. They keep it anx-
lously neat and clean, as nearly as poss-
ible as their mother kept it. They are
only waiting with that pitiful patience
Which belongs to the well-to-d do poor
when great misfortunes oyertakc them,
ntterlng no word of rebellion, finding
their only relief and consolation in the
industrious discharge OF every little duty.
Their father does not knop Of the death
OF their mother. They do not know
where to write to him, nor perhaps does
1t matter much ii he never returns TO
them. They will in some way work out
an honest future for themselves, to which
perhaps, he would only be hindrance
or a blight.
Year: 1879

ELSEWHERE we present second
paper from "M.n and also q
"4ranger's Views" the latter from
the pen OF Mr.. J:de Barth Shorb.
The new Constitution is beaten
now II those who have q genuine
regard for the welfare OF the State
shall only lock shields and hold
together. This fact that a good
thing or two Is sandwiched In be-
tween the anarchical provisions of
this instrument in no whit OBJ scures
the other fact that its enactment
into law would pull down our
whole social fabric, leaving moth
Ing but ruin and disaster. The
best Intended features of the new
Constitution are impracticable,
while tts practicable provisions are
outrageous and subversive of our
prosperity.
Year: 1879

The Young Democracy had q
large and enthusiastic meeting at
the County Court room last night.
.n addition to the routine busi.
ness. viz, the appointment Of
Ward Vice. Presidents and the
standing committees, details Of
which may be found else where, the
Club adopted resolution which 1t
commended to the consideration of
the Democratic County Central
Committee, and copy Of which is
20 be mailed to the Democratic
State Central Committee, suggest.
Ing that, In the call for mestinR
u the Democratic State Convsn- |
Year: 1879

NASHVILLE, Tenn, March 20.


Special 10 the hronicI-.


SENATE.-A bill to settle the
State debt was discussed almost the
entire day. Finally an amendment
was adopted striking out fifty cents
and substituting forty. The bill
then passed. The rate of interest
is placed at four and five per cent.


HOUsE--The Local Option bill as
rejected for want of the constitu-
tional majority. The House bill to
change the time Of holding the
Chancery Court for Knox county
passed third reading.


A good deal of surprise was mani
tested to-day at the resignation of
Mr.. Snodgrass. Yesterday evening
he desired spread on the Journal a
paper explanatory of paper pre-
viOusly presented, and from which
the words supplementary report
had been eliminated, and
criticizing the ruling Of the Chair.
This was ruled out of order by the
Chair, and was sustained. He then
sent to the Clerk a protest against
the ruling of the Chair, which the
Speaker declared out of order, on
the ground that the House, having
sustained his ruling, it had gone out
of the province of the Speaker, but
if he wished to enter a general DIS.
crediter protest against the House,
he could do so. An appeal was ta-
ken from the Chairs decision, and
the Speakers ruling was sustained
by vote of 80 to 10. Mr.. Snod-
grass, soon after, left the House and
presented his resignation to the
Governor.
Year: 1879

. LONDON, March 2I.-The Pail
UaU Gazette says: 1t would be


useless to remain silent any longer


respecting the uneasy feeling that
exists in the city. 70 those who


are accustomed to feel the pulse of


Lumbard street and vicinity the


aspect presented during the past


week has been such as to remind


one Of occasions, with which we are


far from instituting a comparison.
The names Of institutions Of high


standing have been made free with


q manner to alarm those who easily
lose their heads, and rumors arising


out OF very little, perhaps, have
become more and more serious by
repetition. We do not mean to
deny that there may be grounds for
SO -.e uncaslness. Trade is gen
orally notoriously depressed. The
Eastern trade in particular has
been in collapse for years.


bGN DuSiiIt0o, AOSSto dtih Use iOCh-
up Of capital was therefore to be
expected and prepared for. But we
would remind those who may be
di8composed by therumoIs, now too
general to be any longer disregard
cd, with what we face in the present
temper Of the public mind, a scare
can be got up. Only two months
ago, few people stopping to talk
at the door of one of the greatest
Of the London joint stock lanks,
actually caused a run upon it.
Another point that should be borne
in mind is that disasters that do
happen are scarcely ever foreseen.
How many persons heard anything
to the detriment Of the City Of |
Glasgow Bank before it closed
l0Ors
Year: 1879

"WINTER still fingers in the lap of
spring" We are not pTudishr but re
ally this naughty, immodest proceed
ing ought 10 he stopped. He ought to
be ashamed of himself-a man of his
an