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Year: 1874

one for the County Court The
expenses attending. the holding Of the
first two terms Of the County Court In
many counties are greater than the cost
Of the whole year under the old system.
Allowing the average however to be one
thousand dollars to each county, and we
find that the hity.iour counties in the
State are burdened with an unnecessary
expense Of $4,000 every year.


THE OHIO COUNTY SYSTEM.


But 1t may be said that any county or
district can adopt the system at work in
Ohio county. Now let US briefly exam.
Inc this system and apply q few facts and
figures 10 It also. In the first place the
Judge oil the Court receives q salary OF
$4,000. Now the expenses attending
each term Of the court, which comes out
Of the County Treasury, say, $1,000.
Multiply this for the four annual terms
and we have $4,000, or q total expense
per year Of $4,000.


The expenses attending examining
courts and other incidental expenses are
not included In this sum; so that here Is
80 600 drawn out Of the pockets Of the
people, in addition to those attending the
sessions Of the Board Of Commissioners,
which arc equal, If not greater, than those
OF the Board Of Supervisors, already
exhibited. And Notwithstanding this
great additional outlay attending the
administration OF justice under the coun.
y court system there Is no perceptible
diminution In the expense of running the
other courts Of the State, 80 lar as can be
ascertained. u ~.


THE NEXT COMMUNICATION.


In our next we propuse to take up the
article Of the Constitution In relation to
the Executive Department Of the State
government, and endeayor TO ascertain
what it means-whether 1t means any
thing or nothing according to the caprice
Of any Legislature that may happen 10 be
In power, and with whom the Executive
may not be in accord. If the preroga.
tives ol the Executive Department oE the
government can be declared null and
void and the duties set aside by a Legis.
lature or Supreme Court, at its will and
pleasure, 1t certainly Is important to the
public to know the fact, IN order that some
steps may be taken by the people to rem.
edy the detects In the present Constitu-
ton. Perhaps, however, before We give
ourselves any anxiety about the Guberna.
torial branch Of the government we had
better wait and zee who really is Gov
ernor-.whether 1t Is Governor Jacob, the
man for whom the people voted, and
whom they supposed they had elected,
or whether it Is Pat Daily, the isnitor,
under the recent ruling Of Auditor
Bennett. =" Ex.MRMDRR
Year: 1874

THE WATER BOND INVESTIGATION.


At an early day an investigation will
take place as to the contracts, estimates
to contractors, pipe inspection and laying,
and any new points which may arise In
regard to the misuse Of funds and bonds
Of the Water Commission.
Year: 1874

ever swung a pick or started a
country graveyard before break
fast with pistol and bowie-knife.
The immense amount of orc mined
at this point and in adjoining cam
ons will keep trains running lively
when the road is in operation.


There is no doubt that the road


ought to be built; but tho ques-


tion is whether Johnny will be


able to raise the necessary funds.
Year: 1874

The new developments in the
Rankin case are fplly set forth in an
editorial from the State Register of
the Sd inst, which we transfer to
our columns this week. The delay
In bringing Ex-Treasurer Rankin
to deserved punishment, or even
trial, for his fragrant violations Of
law and embezzlement Of public
funds, is disgraceful and humiliating
to the State. TO charge corruption
and dishonesty upon the Grand Jury
of Polk county, which refused to in
dict Mai. Rankin when his delin-
auencies were first discovered would
perhaps be presumptuous, but it Is
difficult to frame any reasonable
apology for it's failure. Suspicious
will arise against the integrity OF
that jury. The next Jury found in
dictments, but they were qnashed,
with a number of others, upon a
legal techanicality when presented
to the court. This result may have
been brought about by criminal
wrong which it is impossible to To-
cate; but this We dare not assert.
Finally indictments have been found, /,
not only against Mr.. Rankin, but
against his Deputy, Hon. Isaac
Brandt, and the hope is revived that
something will now be done to un-
cover any mysteries and crimes in
connection with the Agricultural
College funds which have not hither-
to been brought to light; and that
law and justice may be vindicated
by proper punishment Of the guilty
parties without reference TO their
present or former standing, wealth
or influence. Make embezzlement
odious.
Year: 1874

From the Register we learn that
"the Secretary OF State is overrun
with applications for copies Of tho
Railroad Law. AS he has no print
ed copy, and the bill 10 big enough
for a mainsheet for the Great East
ern, he can't keep up with the de-
mand. The law should be printed
In pamphlet form for general In
formation. Under the old plan Of
publishing the laws In weekly news


,apers the State would have been
thoroughly informed with reference
TO all the details Of the bill by this
time"
Year: 1874

Scrub Race Of tho Manhattan Yacht


Club ON the Harlem-The Orkole and


Skipjack tho Winners.


Yesterday afternoon . large number OF the
members OF the Manhattan Yacht CLUB and their
friends assembled at their club house, at the foot
OF Eighty-ntnth street, East River, to witness q
scrub race and enjoy clambake and chowder.
The course selected for the race was from stake
boat or the club house to and around Q stakeboat
anchored one mile up the Harlem River, i've
times over the course, which made the distance to
to be run ten miles Two pieces OF plate were
onered--one for first class boats over twenty feet
in length, to be rugged jlb and mainsail, the
other ,or second CLASS ooats, 70 pe casrigged
could be witnessed from beginning to END. Owing
to the late hour at which the start was erected
and the lack OF wind the distance was changed
from ten miles to six. There were no time allow
ancaa given. The entries were as folloMs.-
Year: 1874

DEAD BopY OF MAN Found IN THE DOCK.
Yesterday the decayed remains of negro


man, supposed 10 be those of tF e cook of the
schooner K. j. Hamilton, were found float
ing in the dock, and were removed to the


city morgue for Identification. The schooner


Z. j. Hamilton sailed from this port about
the middle of February without the COOK,
who could not be found. About that time
his hat was found in the dock, and he was


seen drunk at a negro dance-house on the


preceding night. He was known to his


associates rs drunken Billy" AS the


schooner is daily expected to return, the


body will be kept at the morgue for several


days to give her crew an opportunity to


identify it.
Year: 1874

CHAMBER OF COMMERCIAL meeting Of the
Board of Directors of the Chamber Of Com.
merce will be held this evening at 5 O'Clock.
AS questions affecting the trade of Richmond
will be up for consideration, and among them
a complaint made by merchants of Memphis
that there is great delay in the transportation
of tobacco from Richmond to that city, it is
expected that every member of the board
will he Oresent.
Year: 1874

Almost as large as the earth, yet so
far away from us that it is but lumin-
ous point TO the vision, the planet Venus
is now to the minds eye the most impor-
tant member of the solar system. Its
passage over the face Of the sun, which
will occur on December 6th, for the first
time in more than one hundred years, is
anticipated with extreme interest by the
whole civilized world. For during the
transit of this little dark spot over the
bright disk of the sun scientific observ-
ers will be able to ascertain facts which
will 20 far toward determining the celes.
iial distances and forming q new basis
for astronomical investigation. The
transit of Venus offers the best oppor.
tunity of measuring the distance from
the sun to the earth, and it is not strange
that modern astronomers look upon it
with far more interest than they look
upon revolutions and wars or the down.
fall OF kings.


One fact which makes the next transit
of Venus more valuable is the vast i'm
provements that have been made in sci
enti6c instruments since 1869. 1t was
impossible for the astronomers OF that
year to apply the delicate tests, the inge.
nious methods OF measurement, the spec
trogoope and all the mechanical con
trivanees which modepn astronomers
have at their command 1t is reason
able therefore, to expect from the obser-
Yations now TO be made results far tran
scending in accursry those upon which
the existing calculations are founded.
The transit also marks upon the vast
dial of the universe the advance Of our
own civilization, 60 petty in its progress
when compared with the enormous
cycles of time which such celestial
events indicate, and yet so vital to hu-
manity. The interest taken in the
transit by al civilized countries, aud
even by countries which a century ago
were not considered civilized, is an evi.
dence of an increased and almost uni
yersal appreciation Of the usefulness OF
scientific facts. Among the various ex
petitions which have been sent to all
parts of the earth from which the transit
can be observed that organized by the
United States Government is one OF the
best equipped, aud we have reason to
trust that its results will not be the least
important
Year: 1874

TEE severe storm yesterday interiered
very much with the working Of the wires,
and consequently we are without our
usual amount Of telegraphic dispatches
this morning. Probabilities predicts clear
and clearing weather for the Ohio Val.
ley today. One such day as yesterday
will doior whole season.
Year: 1874

WHY.-We are asked, why we 50 particular
and "touchy" upon the point of having the real
names of the writers of communications, especi-
ally when they contain simply ordinary items Of
news. The reason ought to be so patent as to
avoid the necessity of even asking the question.
Items seemingly the most inoffensive, and appa-
rently only matters of news, may be made to con-
enmity, unobserved by the editor. who is unac-
qusinted with the circumstances, but plainly a,-
parent and keenly felt by those in the secret.
We must have tho name of the author, to secure
us against censure difficulty from irresponsi-
BILE communications, in such things should
ceal the names Of writers of nofcnsive commu-
nications when desired, we shall not hesit ate
to expose those who seek personal revenge or the
qualification of malice through the medium of a
newspaper communication. Simply joke may
be intended, and often give offence; but often it
is meant moro seriously than joke We shall
endeavor to satisfy ourself upon such points, be-
fore divulging the names of writers. Another
reason, and a sufficient one of itself aside from
the foregoing is, that if an editor is desired to
publish the production of another, he is entitled
as matter of principle, to know who the writer
is. stranger might well expect to visit in
your family, eat at your table, and sleep in your
bed, for a week or more, without making him.
self known, a writer to make use Of the col
umns of a newspaper while remaining unknown
to the editor.
Year: 1874

~ The Kansas Legislature is hammering away
on the Senatorial election. No choice yet, and
potmuch prospect oft They scatter worse than
an. old hint-lock musket loaded with bird-sbot
Everybody is getting some votes, and nobody
enough to encourage him. Rippey received one
VOTE, the first lrallot-a coed nucleus to increase
from
Year: 1874

u Col. Johnston has received an opinion
from the Attorney General, to the effect that a
Sheriff is not entitled by law, to receive pay fol-
taking care of public property, unless there is a
contract to that effect We did not know that
there was legal question involved bat il strikes
US that, if there may be contract for such a
purpose, the Sheriff Is entitled to it, or may be-
some entitled-that the law does not prohibit il.
There are great many things not specially pro-
vided for by law, for which the Commissioners
have authority to allow pay. Although we arc
mat an Attorney General, nor County Attorney,
dtaooks reasonable to us, that if Sheriff does
certain work, aud County Board pays him for
it, the Board does no more than is right, and the
Shsriffis sQtitled to bis money.
Year: 1874

II Democratic paper says war is spring
ing up between Grant and Morton, as to whicL
shall be the next President and that il is not at
all improbable that Grant will return to the
Democratic party. If he should, there would be
the end Of the Democratic hullabaloo about
Casarism and a third term.
Year: 1874

People should beware of those in,postors who
not only try to initiate DR.. Pierces Family Medi-
cines but also copy his original style of adverti-
sung oy offering various sized rewards for cases
OF Catarrh and other diseases which they can not
cure. Those who do not possess sufficient in
telligence to enable them to write ORIGINAL nd.
vertisements of their own, but have TO steal
those OF others, are not likely TO have made great
and valuable discoveriesin Medicine. Look out
for them.
Year: 1874

The late action of the working people
North is severely commented on by the
press. 1t is styled Communist move,
leading in the direction of agrarianism,
lawlessness and complete upsetting of
society. The subject is engaging the ats
tention of some of the ablest minds in
the nation. We doubt if solution of
tie difficulties of the case can be had,
without some stringent legislation on the
subject
Year: 1874

Republicanism in Spain does not
thrive. The soil (people) is not of a
character to produce good specimens
of well developed human liberty.
The scent Of the old inquisition still
hangs round her.
Year: 1874

A Mexican correspondent says: "The Span
ish bull-iight loses nothing of its barbariy here.
We found an enclosure prepared expressly for
feats OF this character, containing already some
COO or 500 persons- men, women and children.
They were seated on Platform so elevated
above the circle in which the fight was 10 take
place. giving them fair view of the performance,
aud ut the same time Were perfectly safe from
the inluriatcd animals. Bands of music were in
attendance, together with exhibitions of terpsi-
chOrean feats, preparatory TO the first attack up
on huge wild bull.


His entrance into the ring was accompanied
by four men, uniformed in bright scarlet, who
held rcd blankets directly before the eyes of the
frightened animal, at which he made his first
plunge. Those were suddenly snatched away
causing him to rush past. The operation wat
repeated until fear was changed to rage. The
men were prepared with sticks about two feet in
length, TO which rockets were attached.


''Ihe sticks were ornameDted with various
colored tissue papers, and sharp-barbed dagger:
were driven i'll the end, with which the bull was
pierced. They were left sticking in the flesh
the pressure being sufficient TO explode The face
Of the rocket, causing a report like that of pis
tol. During this time the poor brute went bel
lowing and charging around the circle at furi
ous rate, making passes at the men with blank
cts, who took good care TO keep out of his reach
After torturng ami tormenting the infuriateC
animal until he was SO completely exhausted
that he would suffer without resistance, he wal
elected from the ring, But if tco stubborn two
horsemen would appear aud lasso aud drag hin
away"
Year: 1874

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The necessary bonds were filed yesterday by the
Treasurer of the Board Of Police and the men were
paid during the day All the Commissioners were
present at the Central Office throughout the after
noon and the canvassing for Superintendent went
on. The leaders of both political parties expressed
themselves to the Board In favor of Inspector Wall
ing, and petition, signed by a large number OF
leading bankers, brokers and merchants, was sent
in requesting his election to the office.


President Matsell has signified MS intention OF
putting stop to the practice so long induged in
at the headquarters OF captains running to the
commissioners With complaints and pretended In
formation.


All communication from the force TO the Com
mission must in future be done in writing and sent
through the superintendent. Requests for promo
ton, transfer and leave of absence must be for
warded In this way. None others will be received
by the Board Captains will be held responsible for
the prevention OF crime In their precincts. and Will
not be allowed to escape by throwing the blame on
the men.


A special corps OF secret service agents. who
Will only be known TO the superintendent and the
President, Is to be organized. They will be used
TO detect crime, keep the run OF known crimi-
nails and report irregularities coming under their
observation IN precincts. Arrests will be made
by officers in uniform and those belonging to the
detective Office. A s.af of CLERKS Is to be ap-
and histories or all known criminals and sus-
pected persons, an6 the Rogues Gallery, now in
the charge OF Captain Irving, is to he lsrgey in-
creased. Several other important changes are in
contemplation, but they have not yet been made
public,
Year: 1874

witness took Williams with him. and said he
men come up trst and then two others followed aud
joined them also saw the big man come across from
the billboard, and he still different man; saw
the man come and beat his feet the sidewalk
opposite the office, and witness up to hIm and
recognized him as one OF his men he had first seen !;
after the burglars came out, witness bade Williams
ght 10 throw the burglars of the track aud make
them think he going and then started 70 follow the
man with the bunde while the burglar waiting ut
Alexanders house for answer TO the bell
HARRINGTON came over. and witness told him
he was afraid he should lose his man
and Harrington said "Well, IL you afraid OF that
you had better go and arrest him." Witness told
Harrington. before they started from Harringtons 8
house he would have the hardest part OF the work to
do, and Harrington SAID he would send A. b. Williams
over to help and have him connect with witness at
ner of Fourandahalfst. when they we're talking over
the natter at Harringtons house, Major Richards said
would be best To arrest the burglars while they
at work in the office but 1t was finally agreed to follow
and then arrest them.


Mr.. Davidge said he did not wish to dismiss the wit.
ness until he had looked his statement to see If
there were not specific questions to be put TO bin
aud he could not have the statement until tue
reporter had written 10 He, therefore, desired an
adjournment until tomorrow morning.


No objection being made by the counsel for the Gov
ernment the court was adjourned until tomorrow.
Year: 1874

between the floors should mover be concealed


The COMMITTEES state that If fire should gain
any headwav in tho fourth or fifth story OF
frrt-class building it is matter Of some doubt
whether it could be e1tingnished. Hose-elova~
tors rarely Of any service, and men cannot
work With hoso directly in front Of windows
through which fire may be bursting. They con-
fess that the sure means Of escaping great loss
from frs occurring in the upper stories Of high
buildings ia not yet discovered.
Year: 1874

At Chicago, on Sunday, some boys who
were playing in Erie street, discovered the
skeleton of a man in the coal vault of man
sion which was burned during the great fire.
This skeleton was sitting upright, with shreds
OF fine clothing clnging to its bones, and silk
umbrella lying by its side. In one of the pockets
was revolver, some foreign COINS and an empty
vial labelled "Hydrate chloral." On one of the
fingers was seal ring marked "H. B." but there
was no other clue to the identity of the deceased
Year: 1874

WITNESSES PRESENT.


New YORK, Dec. 8.
The Brooklyn Court room is densely crowded
by Jurors who had been summoned for the term
Of Witnesses in the case of Tilton against Beech
or.


The Judge said the jury would be called to-
day, and the case stand over until the time is
fixed by counsel for trying the case.
Counsel on both sides are present.
Year: 1874

INQUIRY NEEDED.-The Mayor, by little care
the two police officers who got intoxicated and
fought each other at a saloon in the vicinity of
Fifth street and Railroad Avenue, one day last
a.al-
Year: 1874

There is something inexpressibly touching
in sisters love. Her heart is . realm of
pure and earthly affection, and happy should
that brother be to whom she clings through
the changing scenes of the blighting world.
She has been his companion in childhood, she
watched the development of his mind and
person. She has admonished him when
wrong and smiled upon his triumphs, she has
peopled his mind with the treasures Of her
own, she has taught him those virtues which
will render him useful member of society,
prepare him for death and embslm his men,
ory when he has passed away. Sooner you
can bind the free wind than seal up the
springs such mysterious affections. They
will flow on, and the desert and cave cannot
forget their progress. And when sorrow and
misfortune strip from life its charms and
dreams there is one recollection that will
come like music to brothers heart-that
will thrill upon its darkened and troubled
depths with strange yet sweet melody, and
bring up scenes of home and childhood long
unremembered 1t is the recollection OF
sisters love.