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Year: 1877

News from Kars reports substantial
Russian advantage near Batoum in the
abandonment Of the heights of Khatzubani
by the Molsems and their occupation by
the Muscovites. This event will greatly
encourage and facilitate further operations
at that point; and as it was doubtless one of
the consequences of q concentration Of
every available man at Trebizond in the
pursuit of desperate endeavor to hold that
place 1t indicates weakness that fore
shadows the capture of Batoum it.
SELF The story of the deserters from
Plevna, that Osman Pacha will make
sortie in two weeks if not relieved in the
meantime, is highly important, but is not
to be implicitly accepted, on account Of the
bad habit some commanders have of not
telling all the deserters precisely what they
intend to do But there are armies, 1t is
true, in which secrets arc not well kept,
and in which the generals intentions seem
to be in the air and known to everybody.
SO that it may be true, despite the fact that
it is deserter's story, that Osman intends
sortie. He must soon do that or surren-
der, and he is not very likely to surrender
without an effort to get out.
Year: 1877




The circumstances attending the death
of Mr.. Nathan Odenwald, recently re-
ceived inmate of the Lunatic Asylum on
Wards Island, demand most searching
investigation. The account given at the
asylum is that Mr. Odenwald. who was
large, powerfully built man, about forty
six years of age, was lodged there by his
friends some days ago, suffering from acute
mania that about five o'clock on Wednes-
day morning he attacked fellow patient
and attempted to strangle him; that John
Byrne, keeper, hearing the alarm, came
to the rescue, and was in his turn
seized and choked by Odenwald !;
that Frederick Lord, another keeper,
then joined Byrne and released him
from Odenwald's grip. When the struggle
was over Odenwald became unconscious
and died on Friday morning. post-mortem
examination disclosed the fact that eight
of the .deceased's ribs on the right side and
three on the left side had been broken and
driven into the lungs, and that he had q
confusion on the left side Of the head, be-
sides number of bruises about the body.
The only damages inflicted on the keepers
seem to have been o few scratches on
Byrne's throat.


The terrible injuries suffered by the de-
ceased are accounted for by the statement
that during his struggle with Byrne he
was thrown or tell twice heavily, once
against the knob of the iron bedstead
and once across pail in the mid
die of the floor. The story is most
singular one. If Byrne was held by the
throat in madmans grip by the deceased,
a large, powerful man, how could the latter
have twice fallen undermost during the
struggle, once on an iron bed and once on q
pail, with sufficient violence to break eleven
ribs and lacerate his lungs with the ragged
edges? Such O statement will unhesitat-
ingly be pronounced almost incredible.
The injuries were inflicted on the un-
fortunate man on Wednesday morning,
and he did not die until the follow
ing Friday morning. 1t is stated that his
daughter and her husband called at the
asylum to see Odenwald on Thursday,
Thanksgiving Day, but were refused adj
mission. After threatening complaint to
the Commissioners they were shown to a
cell in which Odenwald lay wounded and
unconscious. They were then told that he
had been fighting with another patient and
been thrown across an iron bedstead. II
this story is true why were the son-in-
law and his wife deceived? What object
was there in concealing from them the
truth? This case should be, as we soy,
most searchingly investigated nor should
the investigation be intrusted wholly to
any coroner. The friends of the deceased
affirm that, although out of his mind. he
had never been violent before being taken
to the asylum. The subject is one which
the District Attorney should take hold Of, and
he should have competent surgical opinion
outside the asylum officials and the coroner
ms to whether the crushing and mangling oi
the deceased could have been done in the
manner alleged by the keepers.
Year: 1877

ouR SPECIAL DEsrArcHEs from Rome report
that the Pope was 50 seriously i'll Saturday
night that IL was feared his end was approach
ing His condition Is evidently exceedingly
critical, and his death may take place at any
mosneut
Year: 1877

President Young, on the 24th of July,

 being the thirtieih anniversary of the resi dcnce of the Mormons al Salt Lake City

 made the following remarks to the Sunday

 school children assembled in the Taberna

 cle on that occasion;

 Exactly thirty years to-day, myself with others, came out of what we named i Emigration Canyon; we crossed the Big sn, Little mountains, and came down tn, valley about threc-quarters of a mile south | of this. We located, and we looked about and finally we came and camped between the two forks of City Creek, one of which ran southwest and the other west. Here We planted our standard on this temple | block and the one above 1t; here we pitch ed our camps and determined that here we would settle and stop. Still our brethren

 who tarried by the way were toillng through poycrty snd distress. At one time, l am | told, they would have perished from star

 vation. had not the Lord sent quailS among

 them. These birds flew against their wa

 gons. and they either killed or stunned themselves, and the brethren and sisters gathered them up, which furnished them

 with food for days, until they made thelr

 way in the wilderness.

 Children, we are the pioneers of this country, with one exception, west of the Mississippi river; we established the hrSt printing press in every state from here to the Pacific Ocean, and We were the frst to establish libraries, and the first Go establish good schools; We were the first to plant out orchards and to improve the desert country, making it like the garden of Eden.

 1 will not prolong this recital, but will ask the children if they can now under stand why they were born here in this far of land You might just aSwell havc been horn in Missouri or Illinois. if your parents had been treated as they should have been. If les alone to enjoy the rights and liberties in common with our fellow men, We would have beauti6ed the land, made it an Eden and adorned it with everything desirable. But we were not allowed to stay there to possess the homes we had made and consequently we arc here and this haS been your birthplace. And now that we are here, WIG are followed by a set of men who are ready to re-enact the scenes that we have alrerdy passed through. But we are now where we can keep and preserve our selves in the possession of our homes and property. They drove us to the fastneSses of the Rocky Mountains, and 1t will be hard matter to dispossess Us again; 1t will prove a job. if undertaken, that they would be glad to let out before they get fairly inso it. But still they are after us; and when you hear of this and that with regard to my self being guilty of this and that wrong, would have you look at those certain char acters we have and have had in our midst who are called ministers of justice, minis terS of the law; they are bosom companions of thieves. liars and murderers; but the honorable and upright they hate because their deeds arc evil; and they believe they have a mission, but it is hard one to sc- comInish.
Year: 1877

y tlaaA = ftlt.stI,tit


E The prospects Of the revival of
trade and business generally with the
incoming Of the new year we learn from
the New York Commercial Advertiser,
are not as bright as might be. There is
a general feeling Of apprehension which
induces those who have money to invest
to hold on to it, and in tie dry goods
and fancy goods branches of trade the
depression is most marked. - The un


settled state Of the Presidential ques-
ton Is the cause of this People feel
that willie such uncertainty as to the
political future exists it is unsafe to
make business 'venturess The Southern
buyers, who, about this time in previous
seasons, focked to New York by thou


sands. are not to be seen, and the Ad'
vertiscr says there are no indications Of
their coming, at least for the present.
Year: 1877

PRINTING OFFICE SECRETS. The
Printers Circular affirms that ga d. O.
perly conducted printing Office is as


much secret as q masonic lodge.


The printers are not under Oaths of
secrecy, but always feel themselv /,
as truly in honor bound to keep off Q
secrets as though triple oathed. Any


employee In printing office who viii
lingly dlsregarded this rule in relatic


to printing Office secrets would not


only be scorned by his brethren of
the craft, but would lose his position
at once. We make this statement be-
cause 1t sometimes happens tat COM
munication appears in q newspaper
under an assumed signature which
excites comment and various parties
try to find ont who is the author. Let
all be saved the trouble of questioning
the employee of the printing office.
They are know-nothings on such
points as these. On such matters
they have eyes aud ears. no mouth,
and If any fail to observe this rule
let them be put down as dishonorable
members of the craft. If anything 10
to be printed and Kept secret let prop
er notice be given of the desire for
secrecy and you might as ell ques-
tion the SphYnx as one of the printer
SO that even the secret books for
lodges are printed without fear"
Year: 1877

From Silver City Herald of last Sat urday:

 Cruz Carton for entering the dwelling of James and John Tays and taking therefrom articles of value and seventy dollars greenbacks, was arrested, ar raigned and with a look of injured innocence plead sin cuba, notwith- standing conclusive evidence of his guilt clothed his neither parts and was painfully observable to every one in the room. X bundle of wearing ap- parel rolled in a blanket, a pistol. pocket book and a wad of greenbacks were produced and proved to have been found in possession of the pris oner, and subsequently, unidentified by the Tays brothers as their property and the same which the day before had been stolen from thei, house. They further testified that they had seen this Carton lurking in the neIghborhood of their dwelling and shortly after see ing him they discovered that they had been robbed Carlon offered no wit .nesses but volunteered a statement which was as lame as his foot that he nursed during the examination, but neither his statement or his injured pedal seemed to turn the current of conviction of his guilt. He Was booked and the only surprise is that his Honor did not give him the butt end of the law. He was kindly let off with thirty days imprisonment and fine of fifty dollars. In less than an hour after his sentence, Pablo MontafaS and an- other person arrived from Las Cruces, claimed and described the horse that Carion had traded a stolen mare for in Las Cruces and ridden here. The pris .soner is an unmitigated scoundrel anl jumped the Fl Paso, Mexico jail, and cut dirt for this place via Las Cru ces and robbed the first house on enter ing town. Forty and big one would have had a more salutary influence upon the morals of Carion than a brief imprisonment and nominal fine. '"

 This same Carton stole horse, sad de and bridle from NIT. M SamanIego of Tucson, last January, and he brought up Tn the Fl Paso jail in consequnce of advice from MT Samaniego. IL Is a misfortune that such a scOundrel should get off with so little punish ment, but judge Rilea may have done his duty as the case was presented t" hIm.
Year: 1877

Common Council, through whose
pig-headednsss it is said q compro-
mise with the plaintiff at cost of a
few hundred dollars was frustrated,
are far from pleasant to hear,-If, as
reported and generally believed, a
compromise could have been effected
for $500, or less, before the case got
into court, and the Council refused
to make such compromise, tax
payers who have this $4,000 bill to
foot, have a right to feel agrievea.
For the Street Commissioner, it is
just to say the work he did was so


much like that generally done on
our streets, that no special blame
should be laid Oh him. On Hoard
and Fountain Streets there are i'm
provements 81 made the present year
on the same principle, and if other
bills for damages do not grow out of
them it will not be beceuse there Is
any care taken to prevent it.
Year: 1877

tension promptly and energetically,
and success will surely follow. This
company has along its track between
Darlington and Mineral Point, more
than sufficient iron to equip road
from here to Dodgeville, besides
having rolling stock and other essen
hals to put the road in operation
as fast as it is graded. We have
reason to believe that the company
is desirous of making the extension
and will do so on as favorable terms
as any competent party is or ever
will be prepared to offer Our opin-
ion, oft expressed, that sooner or la
ter a road would be constructed from
south to north through Iowa coun-
ty,is strengthened rather than weak
ened as time rolls by; and the prop
osition that an extension from Min
eral Point would be more advanta-
geous to the county generally than
any other, is daily gaining recog-
milton and popularity. Mineral
Point, struggling under the weight
of the old II. r. debt, in addition to
her share of the county debt, cannot
and ought not to be expected to tax
herself very heavily in furtherance
of new enterprise, but we believe
her people would aid to the extent
of their ability-at least sufficient
to manifest their goodwill. We in
vite discussion in these columns and
promise all comers "fair play" what
ever Views they may entertain or
advocate.
Year: 1877

WHEN few weeks ago the Grant
County 1dcocate, hitherto q prom
inent Democratic sheet, gave its
party the grand bounce, and came
out in flaming editorial supporting
Hayes administration and advocat-
ing the denomination of Ludipgton
for Governor, everybody believed
the revolution to result from some
thing more substantial than q
change OF heart in the erratic editor.
The fact that lIazelton's money kept
the concern ailoat during the fall
campaign, as its editor frankly ad-
mitted at the time, and the other
fact that under its new management
the Grant County UeroM could not
be depended upon to sustain keyes,
Hazelton and Co., were generally
accepted as indications that the
Adcocatc man had Gee1 seen. This
conviction is strengthened lately by
an article in the -1drOcute favor
ing the nomination of O. B. Thomas
as Attorney General. This, Of
course, is part of the plan to defeat
Book, and can emanate from but
one source-the Regency bosses and
strikers. The AdU0cute man is not
such fool as not to know that his
advocacy of Thomas is practically
opposition to H2ck, nor are the
people Of Grant County 50 blind as
not to see the misthievous monkeys
that are using the reform editors
paw to draw their political chest
nuts cut of the fire.
Year: 1877

Yesterday, in the French Chamber of Den
titles, n Grtvy, in returning thanks for his
election as permanent president indirectly
cautioned the chamber TO show moderation
as well as fTmness; and in these words the
true policy OF the republican party was de-
claTCd by leader whose own pre- eminent
possession Of The qualities that he mentioned
gives him especial importance in the present
emergency. The stability of the French re-
public depends on the prudence and restraint
not less than the courage of It's upholders;
and il is the lack in the past Of the former
attributes, rather than the latter, that has
made rot a few despair OF ever seeing free
~ In France distinguished from unbridled
license. But as long as Grevy remains at
the head OF the party, the republicans, who
have already shown a disposition TO act
rightly when well directed, need not
90 astray. The former president of
the assembly, who, impartial and
dignihed, did not shrink before the turbu-
Tent body over which he presided, can
not be accused of a lack of nrmness; and
M. 1revy's whole political life is a proof OF
extreme consistency TO the course of prudent
moderation. The first action of the renub


ncan party will be to examine into the on.
preston and corruption by which the last
elections were abused. In throwing out op-
position candidates they will do we'll To
ssmske haste slowly" and reject no one yhers
proofs OF fraud are rot plain; a wholesale
1uvalidation OF election would probably leat
10 an attempt by Mcmahon TO dissolve the
chamber, and though the tone OF the Or
1eanist party seems TO indicate that the at
sempt would be unsuccessful, q pretext for
violence would be furnished to the monarch
: s. II the republicans keep steadily on In
rI.eir present course they must in the end


govern France, even though Mcmahon re-


main as presidential figure head.
Year: 1877

REDUCE THE ARMY.-The army now
consists of 1900 men and 10,500 Off
GERS. Let all the officers not needed to
command the men be discharged. In
this way the army could he reduced
effectively, and millions Of money saved
to pay our debts and relieve the people
of taxation. There is no fairness in
keeping the officers and discharging the
soldiers. Neither is it fair to the million
of soldiers scattered all over the country,
who have served long years in the army
in case OF foreign war, that these sol
diers should be all kept out of official
positions by the horde of officers that are
now hanging on doing nothing and have
been getting pay for the last twelve OIL
fifteen years. At least eight or nine
thousand of these officers should be dis
charged and the army thus reduced.
Year: 1877

SPECIE REsUMPTIoN.-A great many
speeches are made and great many
fine articles written about the resumption
of specie payments. These are said to be
statesmanlike by one side, while the
other side hold the very reverse. This
talk is of very little account. Legislation
will do but little to help resumption; but
it has retarded it very much. We could
have resumed six years ago, We were
then apparently more prosperous than
we are now, and were thought quite as
able to pay the national debt. The
change of the bonds fiom an interest
gold bearing bond to bond payable in
standard gold, crippled the business of the
country and made the people and business
men poor indeed, although it added
to accumulated wealth of the Europeans
who invested in these bonds. To mil
lions of the holders of these bonds
it did more harm than good. All who
held real estate found that after the
bonds were made payable in gold, their
real estate weDt down just III proper
tion to the increase of the bond. Hence
the American citizens who had invest
ments in bonds and real estate found he
was not benefited by the change; but he
was hurt immensely because of the de-
struction of trade which followed as a
Consequence. 1t must be remembered
that there were two thousand millions
of these bonds, and the change at once
from currency to gold was the most stu
pendous one that the world ever wit
messed. Every inch of real property
in the United States was at one session
of Congress pledged to pay this enormous
sum in gold; which could never be 1ne
at all. This folly was as stupendous as
the folly Of the war itself. The bond,
were superior to all other investments a
the time, and the act cost this alton tn,
loss of years and years of labor while tn,
same payment would have been attained
without it. Because the bonds will finall
have to be paid in paper that is at pa
with gold.


There is only one straight way to re
sumption of specie payment, and that
through making the nation rich by say
ing its income and that is the way tn
Democratic House of Representative
hoped to take. 1t did save $30OOO,OO
i'll the last fiscal year. 1t would hav
saved $60,000,00O if the Senate an
Grant and his Cabinet had chosen to c.
operate. Whenever a man is known /


De out OF debt and have an income


Sl0O,0O0 more than he expends his not,


will 20 to par at once. And if the pe


pie and the press would only unite in


demand that Congress should retren,


expenditures as they could without det,


ment to the service, and run the COVER


ment with sixty or seventy millions lie


ayear, the paper greenbacks would il


mediately 60 p to par and remain thel


that would be resumption.
Year: 1877

For the benefit of an inquirer we an
sWer that national bank notes are not "a
legal tender except to bank for a debl
due to ii; greenbacks of any denomna-
ton are legal tender to any amount
silver is legal tender for any debt moi
exceeding five dollars.
Year: 1877

Tho action of Congress yester~
day on tho report of the republican
majority of tho Electoral Commits =
sion in the Florida case was, in one
; view of the matter, of some interest.
Alter the two houses had separated,
to consider tho objections made by
MIR. Field to the report and the vote
thereon had been taken in the
House, u motion was made for u
recess until ten o'clock on Monday
; morning. The republican members
opposed the motion, raising the
point Of order that under tho Elcc-
: toral bill the joint convention must
meet again Immediately, and hence
could not take recess. The
Speaker ruled against the point of
order, and then tho House took
rccess,as proposed, until ten o'clock
on Monday.


, Carefully as the Electoral law is
drawn there appears to be some dis
crcpancy between two of it's sections
IN regard to the power of either
house to take a recess after voting
on an objection which the joint con
ventlon has separated to consider.
Section l, in reference to separa
tlons to consider objections to u
vote or votes from States from
which there shall be only one return
says :-"When the two houses
have voted they shall Immediately
agaln meet, and the presiding officer
Shall then announce the decision of
the question submitted" But sec
tlon S contains these words -
"Such joint meeting shall not be
dissolved until the count of the
electoral votes shall be completed
and the result declared, and no
recess shall be taken unless uues
ton shall have arisen in regard to
the counting of any such votes or
otherwise under Ia s act, in which
case it shall be competent for either
house acting separately, in the man
her hcrclnbeforc provided, to direct
q recess of such house not beyond
the next day, Sunday excepted, at
the nour of ten o'clock in the fore
noon,' &c: If the majority of the
House chooses to exercise this
power to adjourn for tho day after
every objection has been voted upon
1T might easily throw over the
result until after the 4th of March
by multiplying objections. There
arc yot thirty one States to count.
From and including Monday there
are eighteen working days before
March 4. The contested cases of
Louisiana and Oregon are not likely
to take less than four days together,
leaving fourteen days which might
be consumed in this manner, if the
democrats should he disposed to
factlously obstruct the completion
OF the count. This would leave the
President Of the Senate to fill the
duties of President of tho United
States for the year and necessitato a
new election next autumn.-N. y.
Vcrald, 11tA inst.