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Year: 1874

can party, both National and State,


and well do his constituents know il,


and keenly do they feel the apparent


wrong done them and him in this


vexatious delay. The colored voters


Of Louisiana have nobly and re-


peatedly shown their devotedness to
the Republican party, and have in
innumerable instances only parted


from it with their lives which they
gave up because they were Republi-
cans. The last Easter Sabbath was
but one year gone by, when hun-
dreds Of colored Republicans were
murdered by bafied Democracy for
voting for the present National and
State government. and yet the end
is not contaminated. We do not
intend to impeach the wisdom or
Justice Of the United States Senate,
but with all due. Difference to this
dignifed and honorable body before
whom Governor Pinchback stands
asking for recognition, with an
abiding faith in their integrity, wis
dom and justice, with no desire to
dictate or counsel this great body,
We cannot be blamed if we ask in
the meme Of the thousand live
colored Republicans, and the thou
sand murdered colored Republicans
Of this State, that that honorable
body should Immediately, decide
this case, and right the wrong that
has been done us, in refusing to
seat Governor Pmchback on his
prima facie evidence, and, as it has
done heretofore, examined into the
merits of the case afterwards.
Year: 1874

PRoAl1ssoRY NOTES.-The Balti.
more News report a recent case oil


al altered promissory note on which


tho maker was held liable. He


used the printed form and did not
close up the blank devoted to dollars,
and after passing it as negotiable
nancrs, somebody inserted tand
fifty" after the one hundred and
bofore the printed word dollars.
The note thus alters33, gos ;5s into the
hands Of ON innocent party, who
presentedit to the drawer, and the
Supreme Court decided that the
maker Of the note was liable for it's
because face, through negligence,
he did not draw q line between
the written words and "dollars. "
Any testimony that the drawer
might offer to establish the fact
that he gave the note for
one hundred dollars must go for
nothing, as F'there was nothing on
the face OF the note to show that it
had been altered" Evidence of an
alteration on the faco Of the note
woulo have changed the case.
Year: 1874

S~A>~S~0 O~~ ~Set4>A~'


Bill was settled in the Supreme


Court in Detroit, Michigan, Of


January %. The plaintiff wa


Thomas Nickels, a colored barber


in Detroit, who the Post Of tha


city says on the 9Th Of May last


took passage there on board tn


steamer Jay Cooke for Put-in-Bay


having purchased a ticket for which


he paid first class fare. At noon O


that day when dinner was announ,
ced Nickles betook himself to the
cabin and found a seat at the table


with the other passengers. The
captain Of the boat sent the steward
to Nickles to say he could not cal
at that table, but must wait until
the second table. One Of the pro-
prietors of the boat was on board
and he also sought to have Nickles
removed. But protestations and
threats were equally without avail
Nickles was quite hungry and had
had a seat at the table to which he
considered himself entitled, which
suited him very well, and he did not
propose to surrender it. As the Of
Tending colored man could not be
removed from the table in any way,
strategy was resorted to. He was
not allowed anything to eat. The
waiter came around and took his
plate, knife and fork, but brought
him nothing to eat. And though
he protested his hunger, and e.
postulated with the officers of the
boat for their coursest towards him,
all was without avail. He was a.
fered food at the second table, but
he Indignantly refused both, and
saved his appetite until he landed.
He brought suit against John P:
Clark and the other owners Of the
boat for damages for injury to his
feelings and for the indignity thus
heaped upon him in the presence
of the passengers. He claimed that
under the law guaranteeing equal
civil rights, he was entitled to cit at
the first table, and enjoy first class
fare, since he held q first class ticket.
The defence was that the table from
which he was sought to be elected
was q private and select table,
designed for the officers and pro-
prietors of the boat and their spe-
cially invited friends and for ladies.
But it appeared in evidence that var
rious passengers took seats at: the
table without remonstrance or OBJ
lection, aud that practically all first
class passengers who chose gottheir
meals thereat, while the second
table was for the hands employed
on the boat, and was Of an inferior
quality. Thejury promptly returned


q verdict for the plaintiff and gave
him $l00 damages.
Year: 1874

1HE LlBERAL REPCBLICAl
PARTY:


lFrom the Cincinnati Comnercial.1
! We saw at one Of the ward poll,


yesterday colored citizens goins


about, wide mouthed. inquiring


"Whar is de Liberal Republican


pafty2" Whether he was an old


line Republican, or one of those


black swans who affiliate with the


Liberals, we are unable to find out


but he seemed sadley puzzled. by


the mysterious disappearance Of a


party that, in his ward, had been a


significant political force. -
So far as this city is concerned,


the Liberal Republican party is


nowhere in particular. It has


vanished mizzled-gone out.
There is no trace Of il in the result
Of yesterdays election a. an entity,
an individuality. And yet it was a
promising child, of robust constitu-
ton and healthy growth, and q fair
future before it,


We helped to foster that infant,
and mourn it's early departure
cut off, as it seems, in the flower of
its youth. The taking away of a
child is always q sad event.
We know not what pos
sibilities were wrapped in the future
of its existence. There mighthave
been great orator, a great states
man, a great poet, or a great soldier.
Who can tell2 The saddest Of all
words are, says the poet, ''it might
have been."


And SO the early demise of the
Liberal Republicans party becomes
regrettable. Had it's existence been
prolonged, had it lived until it's
muscle was developed and its
faculties Of mind matured,
it might have worked a
valuable reform in American poll
tics; it might have introduced
honesty into Office, economy into
administration, purity into politics,
and genius and culture into high
places. There is no saying how
great a revolution it might have
wrought in public affairs.


It was q lovely child as far as it
got, but it did not get far enough.
It died-died in the city that may
be said to have given it birth,
certainly where it received the kind
est and most tender nourishing. So
singular and sudden a taking off OF
SO promising an infant is what dis
tracted the brain and gave pathos
to the tones Of the inquiring colored
citizen.


Our readers have all heard of the
man who made the bet that he could
eat six dozen ard-boiled eggs He
won the bet, but he died Of the per-
formance. The eggs were too much
for him. This was pretty much the
disease of which the Liberal Re-
publican child died. It was a case
of indigestion. It undertook the
feat of devouring hard-boiled Demo-
crats-the entire party, in faci, and
an insu&ciency Of gastric juice led
to fatal consequences.


The Democratic party survived
this effort to bolt and digestzit. It
lived as miraculously as Sonah in
the whales belly; and in its turn it
swallowed the Liberal infant. There
is where the child is now-in the
belly Of the Democratic party, help
ing to protude its abdomen, and
give it pursy and prosperous ap-I
pearance. Our colored citizen,
who was in search of the infant
yesterday, will find in the returns Of
the election this morning the only
evidence we now have that there
ever was such q thing as the Liberal
Republican party in Cincinnati.
And 80 passes away the glory Of the
work.. and it may be said of it with
slight paraphras, a. was said Of one


n
Year: 1874

the election this morning the only
evidence we now have that there


ever was such a thing as the Liberal
Republican party in Cincinnati.


And 80 passes away the glory Of the
worh, and it may be said of it with
slight paraphras, a. was said Of one
Of old: "He hath flown away &C a
dream, and cannot be found; yea,
he hath been chased away as q Wis
ion Of the night. The eye, also,
thot saw him, shall see him nomore,
neither shau4his place be any more
behold him."
Year: 1874

QUO WEST S0TH STA RESPECTABLE YOUNG
200 woman as first class chanibernaid and waitress
and to assist with the washing and ironing in private
family; best city reference. Ring second bell.
Year: 1874

MONEY has become 90 abundant in
New York that there Is a very active de-
mand for government bonds and railroad
mortgages. The advance in both classes
oil securities since the first Of January has
been very marked. Capitalists do not be.
gin to find enough undoubted commercial
paper to meet their demands, and SO are
forced into buying governments and mort.
cages. This state Of things is not likely
to continue beyond this month. Itusually
takes turn along about this time III the
season. Even now we notice that the ex.
changes Of the West and South have
turned against New York under the freer
movements Of cotton, grain and provia.
ions, and 1t is probable that there will be
a westward flow of currency before the
end Of this month.


In speaking Of the plethora of money
not only in the East, but also in the West,
the Chicago Tribune Of Monday observes
that


Country bankers and money.lenders
from three different quarters in this State
during the past week tell US that there was
never SO much money in the country as
now, and that more Is offered for loan on
mortgages Of farms than can be used.
Much OF 1t has been, and is still being,
sent into this city for investment in COM
mercial paper and mortgages. But this
avenue OF employment Is already becom-
ing Inadequate to tho supply Of money,
and even money.lenders themselves ad-
NIT that decline inSthe rates oil interest,
outside Of banks, Is more than probable "


The active demand for mortgage secu.
rites in New York Is noted in our finsn.
cial dispatch this morning, This shows
what was said months ago, that the panic
has driven people to hunt investments
that are secure instead OF those that prom.
ise high interest and afford poor security.
Year: 1874

A PERMANENT SITUATION OR AN INTEREST
"a given young man with little money. who under
he can give satisfactory references rs TO honesty Ad
dress with real name, A. B. O. box Al Herald Uptown
Year: 1874

We find in Oar Dumb animals that
travellers who have visited the Cape of
Good Hope give wohdeaful accounts
of the fidelity and sagacity of the Hot
tentot dogs. They are chiefly employ
ed to guard their masters hocks against
the lions, leopards and tigers, which
abound in the surrounding country.
No deg, singlehanded, would be d
match fer one of these fearful Beasts;
and therefore the powers of combination
and organization are developed in these
dogs to q remarkable degree. At
night, when the flock is assembled in
one place, four dogs station themselves
as sentinels at equal distances along
the line Of danger and watch III sit
ting position, the head streatelied out
to catch the slightest noise. Nor does
their power Of organization end here


All good defense tequires a portal, and
the four dogs take turns, hour by hour
in walking up and down before the
camp, listening to and watching intent
ly to give Immediate warning of the
enemy's approach. If a tiger or a
leopard comes in sight, the seminal
utters cry of alarm, and the other
dogs instantly assemble, and throw
themselves, enmasse, upon the intruder
who finds their united strength too
much for him. Sometimes, however,
the enemy COMES in force, in which
case the dogs utter long, plaintive cries.
to call to their assistance the guard of
the neighboring flock, who respond to
the signal, and expect similar aid IN
their hour of danger. These remarka-
bic dogs have an external beauty to
recommend them. Their color is a
dirty gray. They have square paws,
pointed noses, stiff ears and very
rough hair. They are, nevertheless,
regarded by the Hottentot as members
of his family They have their rights
by the freside. are taken care of and
fed ike the children of the house:
Year: 1874

From a Sermon by Miss Smiley.


Some years ago | spent a portion Of
the. summer upon very desolate sea-
shose. | often went down when the
tide was low, and sat upon the rocks,
4 more unsightly vision never stretch
ed before rit eyes. On every hand,
whichever way I looked, l could see
nothing but the duh sands, or the mud
or the shine, FOR few rude locks and
coarse dripping tangle of sea. weed, or
a few poor stranded fishes lying here
and there about the coast Every
thing was black and uninviting But
as [ would wait there little while,
the tide would come rolling in one
after another these unsightIy objects
would be covered up, and at last,
whichever way | looked. there would
be rolling and dashing, far aud wide
the, blue and boundless sea, vision of
glorious beauty. And just so will it
be, dear friends, when over these poor
poverty stricken lives Of ours there
comes rushing in the mighty tide of
the love Of Christ.--in the great
wealth of the sea of life, when we find
that His love has sealed up all our
weakness, that His wisdom has sealed
up and overfowed all our ignorance,
that His grace has buried all our sins
in the depths Of The sea; that it is
henceforth no more we but Christ who
covers US and shields US, and in whom
7fe are gloriously complete.
Year: 1874

Il think the average novel is max
ing sad mischief in the average mind
in its pictures of true love. 1t makes
the tender glow and glamour which re-
lateo natures feel when they meet, true
love. It is no such thing it IS true
passion, that is all; blessed power
purely and rightly used, but no more
true love than those little hooks ana
tendrils We see in June, on shooting
vine, are the ripe clusters Of October.
For true love grows out of reverence
and Difference, loyalty and courtesy
good service given and TAKEN aarh
days and bright days, sorrow ana JOY
It Is the fine essence Of all we are 70
gatbdr, and all we do True passion
comes first, true love last--1ooerf
G9!Yer.
Year: 1874

This story is written in the records of the Council of the noble city of Debreczin. Thou who -eadest, remember that God still lives; that in his high heaven he knows how to protect his own; and that his arm is no shorter than it was then.
Year: 1874

The XIth Congressional District in this city
was cut out in such a prepOsterous shape as
to get the title of the grasshopper district, in
order to adapt it to the single purpose of
sending Mr. William A. Darling to Congress.
1t embraces Murray Hill, and numbers among
its voters large proportion of our most intiu-
entail citizens.


Mr.. Darling has been persuaded to stand
aside, and the CustOm-house has put up in
his stead Mr. Isaac Ii. Bailey. His friends
have claimed that the nomination was equiv
alent to an election; but we doubt it, and we
submit to the intelligent voters of the district
that it is worth their while to prevent it.
Mr.. Bailey would 60 to Congress as the direct
representative of all that is vicious in the
Custom house influence. in our politics,
as the opponent Of the merchants in their
fight against the mOiety extOrtiOn, as the
champion of the system = which produced
Jayne and Sanborn, and as the devoted
follower and admirer of Gen. Butler. He is a
believer in Butlerism, pure and simple, as the
only proper means of controlling the Republican
party in this city; and is more guided by the
counses of Butler than by those of any man
living,-always excepting Thomas Murphy and
the late Henry Clews If the merchants of
Murray Hill consent to be represented in
Congress by such man, they deserve their
fate.


The candidate opposed to him has not been
specially prominent in politics, but he is a
gentleman of untarnished reputation, a lawyer
of good repute, and soldier with an ad-
mirable record.
Year: 1874

The essential kinship which has Of late be-
come evident in the views of the best men on
both sides of the party line was clearly shown
last Wednesday night by the speeches made in
New-Jersey by Senator Bayard and by the Hon.
VIM. Walter Phelps, the one an uncOmprOm-
ising Democrat and the other an equally thor


ough Republican. Mr.. Bayard had no hesita-
ton in denouncing the reputation and infa-
ton heresies of great number of his party in
the West, and Mr.. Phelps gave a straightfOr-
ward account of his stewardship in Congress-


dwelling especially upon those points in which
he had thought proper to differ from his party.
He set forth his views upon the Currency
question, in which he sided with the President
against the majority; upon the Louisiana cleo
tion and his vote for McEnery the late insur


rection in New Orleans, in which his sympa-
thies were with the de facto Government; his
action in relation to the Franking privilege
and the subsidy to the Centennial, both of which
he fearlessly opposed; and his vote against
the Civil Rights bill, cast in opposition to his
personal inclinations and party affiliations, but
in obedience to his convictions of public duty.


1t is one of the most cheering signs of the
times that such an independent attitude as this
can be assumed by men holding leading
place within party organizations. When rep
resentative can follow his own conscience
rather than the dictates of caucus, aud still
retain the respect and support OF his adher-
onts, can be thoroughly honest man without
Year: 1874

There is significant detail in the recent
successes of the French Republicans in the
elections for vacancies in the Assembly. 1t
forms a sequel to the contest for the Council
General in Corsica, which first called public
attention to the wide schism which has been
opened in the Bonapartist faction. 1t will be
remembered that Prince Napoleon Oerome)
was defeated in AjacciO through the direct
Intervention of the Empress Eugenie and her
son, and was thus in manner cast outside of
the party. 1t was at once inferred that the
Chiselhurst family would not stop there. 1t
would not be wise to insult and humiliate the
Prince and still leave him his position in the
NapOleOniO hierarchy and his presumptiye
Year: 1874

the part of the Democrats to ignore the TACT,
that many of their candidates stood on the
rankest initiation platforms. The whole can
vass and result illustrate the utter lack OF
cohesion in both the National parties, and
show very little else save the strong reaction
AGAINST Grant
Year: 1874

The opening speech of the prosecution in
the safe burglary case st Washington, and
the evidence of the first witness, bring the
story of the conspiracy again into view, and
will afford our readers an opportunity to
refresh their memories. The weight of the
attack. so far, is against Harrington.
Year: 1874

Men of science find little to interest them in
the eclipse of the moon that is to take place
in the small hours, tomorrow morning. At
least one student of the stars in this vicinity
has declared his intention not to sit up for it,.
Ordinary people, however, who can scarcely
hope to sec more than three or four total
eclipses in a lifetime, are not so fastidious,
and if the sky is favorable will be amply re-
paid for their trouble if they take look at
the copper -colored disk which will be in the
place of the moon from 81 minutes before till
13 minutes after o'clock. Some interesting
particulars concerning this eclipse, furnished
by Prof. Simon NewcOmb of the Naval Oh
servatory, will be found in our Washington
dispatches.
Year: 1874

Gen. Miles contradicts the dispatches that
told of disaster to his troops. The campaign
is drawing to close, and is successful. The
Indians have been severely punished whenever
they showed fight, and our troops closing In
upon them gradually from all sides have COM
PEELED their return to the reservations. The
few that will break through the "cOrral' will
give little trouble hereafter. The plan OF the
campaign and its execution reflect credit on
our army,
Year: 1874

Whatever may be the merits of the case,
there is something very suggestive OF the
whirigig of time and its revenges in the suit
against Howe and Hummel, criminal lawyers,
to have them debarred from practice. The
private and personal affairs and history OF
one of the defendants are dragged into court
after the edifying manner of criminal SUITS
and both sides throw pitch at each other with
great heartiness. The sensations OF party TO
such case must be quite different from those
that have been experienced as counsel.
Year: 1874

The Paterson Guardian says "a
recent paragraph calling attention to
the fact that the summer widowers were
having tho jolliest times imaginable i'll
tho absence of their yoluble halves has
had most remarkable effect. Tho
wives come trotting home to see about
this thing. One gentleman who was
having an unusually good time, and
whose wife had gone away to stay till
the middle Of September, was wonder
fully astonished on going home at four
o'clock in the morning to find his wiie
sitting up waiting for him. She he gave gave


him a rousing reception, and m ne o ,0Gis Uids


world of dup may W wag win but i rh.1ss T. a9d"s


dra ia, II coming mi u homo Unexpectedly every !
Year: 1874

In his remarks before rendering his
opinion in the MCCORMICK case at
San Diego the other day, Commits
sioner HOFFMAN took occasion to ad-
minister a severe reproof to the Union
Of that place, which he said had pub
lished an article apparently intended
to influence his decision. This was
very well; perhaps the Union's zeal
Gus friendship for the accused led it to
the commission of an indiscretion;
but when Mr.. Commissioner HoFF-
MAN permitted himself to use the fol-
lowing language he evinced a weak
ness which proves him unqualified for
the position he holds, and the victim
OF hatred for the press which is
shared by BEN BUTLER. Boss SHEP-
PARD, Boss TWEED, General How
ARD and many others. He said: "But
of late there has been sort of Com
munistic spirit of the press growing
up in this country-a sort of an idea
that the press must lead and direct in
all things-that l am very sorrySsto
see, as it can but lead to bad results,
and has already called Congressional
notice to it. 1t is my candid opinion
that the press had, in these respects,
better let the Courts alone. 1t is bad
enough for it to debauch itself, with
out trying to drag and gag in it's foul
train hitherto respectable branch of
the Government
Year: 1874

Under date of Anaheim, July 2lst, a
gentleman writes to the editor Of the
HERALD, as follows: ~ have been in
Los Angeles Valley now about five
weeks. My home is near Springfield,
Illinois. / was in the main induced
to visit California through reading the
Weekly HERALD. 1 read each num-
Der carefully, and while I saw there
was much in Southern California to
render living easy and home comfort
able, / naturally concluded that your
pictures were overdrawn, that your
soil was not so rich, your climate SO
delightful, nor your products quite 80
great as you represented them. My
short sojourn in this valley has con-
vinced me that you did not overpaint
a single description. 1 have seen all
that read about, and more, and l
write this note to acknowledge the in
justice of holding you as an enthusiast
looking through magnifying glasses
that fit only your own eyes" We
read the above note with great deal
Of pleasure, for the reason that we
found in it an Endorsement Of the
HERALD's policy. We have endeav-
ored from the outset to keep truth on
our side, and while saying all that
could be said in favor of our beautiful
valley, vet to say nothing that could
be construed into misrepresentation
There is no doubt but that almost
anyone living in the East, who has
never informed himself as to Califor-
MIA climate and soil, will find it diff
cult to believe the bare facts concern
ing this portion Of the State. The con-
trast is so striking and the advan-
tages so great, in favor of California,
that it is pardonable offense on the
part of the Eastern man if he doubts
our statements sometimes. All we
ask of the doubtful is that they shall,
like the author of the above note,
come and see for themselves. IF they
find we have overdrawn single pic
ture we shall be pleased to have them
say 80.