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Year: 1878




The Joint Committee on Constitutions
OF abolishine the office of county ,snperin.
/ fttendent Of public free schools and to de.


YnlYe bis duties upon the school board,
,composed OF the school trustees. They


have tlso agreed to report irl favor OF strik-


ing out so much;of the I'd section. OF nrtfele


3 as provides that all elections Stall be by
ballot; and they have agreed to report an


amendment providing that the school-taX


collected In every eounty, city, and town
shall be applied in and for the use Of the
county In which it Is collected Dispatch.
tits hardly necessary to go intoa discus
sion CT the above amendments at this time.
We are strongly in favor OF the second one
proposed, but unalterably opposed to the
last one. We hope and believe the Legisla-
ture will not be so foolish Us to submit the
last one to the people. II such an amend.
Inert should be adopted, we don't hesitate
to say that we would be in favor of abolish
ing the public schools altogether, and we
believe that nine tenths OF the property
holders Of Tidewater Virginia would
concur with us. To tax the property
holders of the Tidewater counties suffi-
ciently to support their own schools
would almost amount to contiscation. 1t
must be remembered tha! large ma
iority OF our population are non-property
holders or negroes, who pay little or no
taxes. In some counties the proportion is
nearly three to one. To tax the property OF
the white people in these counties to edu-
cate the children of these non-taX-paying
negroes would be an act Of great injustice.
The burden would be more than the people
could possibly bear. Even now, with the
6In Cf,fns ,o
schools are not kept going much more than
half the time, and are little better than a
nuisance. What, then, would be the effect
Of withdrawing that help from us?


Tho people Of Tldewater are in nowise
responsible for this condition Of things, and
were no more capable Of preventing it than,
the people OF other sections of the State;
and it would be ungenerous, not to say un-
Just. in the more favored regions to en-
deayor to throw the misfortunes Of war
upon US. We know that no such PROPOSE
tion as this could have emanated from a
representative from Tidewater. We hear
great deal of talk about the "bloated
bendholders and "the unreasonable
creditors" &c., but it strikes US that it
is the prosperous debtors who are making
all the fuss. The sections that received
the most and were most benefited by
reason OF the public debt are clamoring
now for "readinstment," or reputation,
while the Tidewater section, which has
never received anything in the way Of pub
lie improvements, and which was opposed
to the creation of the debt at the time, is
now in favor of honestly meeting it.
Although more prosperous, and exempt
from the weight that oppresses us and
which retards our prosperity, our more
favored brothers are not only trying to
avoid the payment of debt created chiefly
for their beneft-the. fruits Of which they
are now enioying-but they are trying to
fix upon us the calamities Of the war. We
advise them to be sure that it does not re-
coil upon their own heads Vest Point
Stdr
Year: 1878

ANXIOUS FOR MORE TAXEs.-At n meet
ing held on Tuesday at West Point, King
William county, it was almost unani-
mously-


Resolued, That we, the citizens OF the
town Of West Point, in public meeting as
sembled, do most respectfully request the
Town Council OF West Point to petition,
through our representative, the General
Assembly, at its present session, to amend
the act OF the Legislature adopted on the


- of -, 1877, so as to permit our town
authorities to assess the real and personal
property in said town, without any regard
to the State assessment, and that the Coun-
ell may be authorized to impose a capitation
tax, not exceeding one dollar per capita, on
all the male citizens OF the town liable to
pay capitation tax to the State. It being
our desire in having this change in The law
to put the Council in a position to extend
the necessary aid to our public schools, so
as to be enabled to keep them open during
the entire term OF ten months.
Year: 1878

REPUTATION VIEWED FROM THE STAND
POINT OF MORALITY.-The earnest words
spoken to theVirginians the other day by that
distinguished and eloquent divine the Rev.
j. L. N. Curry will, we arc sure, find hearty
echo among all those throughout South
Carolina who have not forgotten that in any
honesty i are p the unerring measure OF indi-
vidual honor and private credit. DR.. Curry
is a churchman, but his wide experience
and deserved prominence in the hlrly-burly
Of political life before he donned the cloth
give to his admonitions all the weight that
belongs to the utterances Of the conscien-
tious Statesman and distinguished patriot
Charleston IS. CO. NelCS.
Year: 1878

British official magnanimity and gener-
osity have evidently no known limit
Having ascertained precisely how difficult
and expensive it will be to reduce to terms
the Ameer of Cabul, and having considered
how inconvenient it will be to have him on
hand as an active enemy next year, when
the fate Of tho Ottoman Empire will be
once more in the scale, the British govern
ment has about made up its mind that it
will forgive the Ameer all his terrible
offences if he will just come down to Pesh-
awur and soy that he is sorry and that he
didn't mean to do it. An apology will
answer now, where but few weeks since
the absolute reduction Of the independence
of the Ameer was the only condition on
which England would be paciied. Prob
ably, therefore. there will be no war !; not
that the Ameer will 60 to Peshawur and
apologize, but if in so short time
England can reduce her terms from
those of the annihilation Of her foe to the
mere requirement Of an apology, why then
in few weeks more she will reduce them
lower still and will waive the apology. In
OOlQR tuA buo Will nave uO ulluCulLy, DuC
the main trouble will be how to put such
nm issue of the squabble in the light Of
magnificent and overwhelming victory.
British journals in India are calling the
attention Of the government somewhat
sharply just now to. the number of the armed
forces maintained by the semi-indepen-
dent princes It appears that these forces
reach the remarkable total of $50, 900 men.
They are regarded rs a danger to British
dominion, and the recent attempt of some
of the princes to secure breech-loaders for
their armies is commented upon in vein
not at all comic; for naturally, as it is the
tone of English writer's now to assure the
world that Hindoos are marvellous soldiers.
they cannot decry the mettle and quality
of the same soldiers in tho pay of native
princes.
Year: 1878

Some time ago we recounted the history
of remarkable murder committed in
Whitley county, KY, by citizens of Ten
nessee, who had gone into the neighboring
State in pursuit of their victim as fugi-
tive from justice, but upon whom they
vented their private revenges on the way
home. Those desperadoes are now fug-
tives from justice in their turn. Our
special despatch, in another column, gives
the facts Of their indictment in Kentucky,
Of the offer of large reward for their cap
ture and, finally, of their fight, escorted
by large number of their friends. II
seemed ut one time as if the citizens of that
part Of Kentucky in which tho crime was
committed were Indifferent to the outrage,
and that fact was naturally attributed to
the circumstance that the victim was
negro but we are glad to note that the
Kentuckians in fact see this case in it's
true light, and see that justice is justice
without regard to persons, and arc not will
ing to forfeit the good name of their county
for the protection Of persons who are guilty
Of fragrant violations of the law.
Year: 1878

ply.


We invite the attention Of every citizen
Of New York TO the question of our Croton
water supply, because it is fast becoming
one of serious importance to the welfare
Of the community. Two points in connec-
tion with il must form the basis Of deibera-
tion. These are the increasing consump-
tion due to q rapid growth of the popula-
tion and the extension of the built-up area,
and the fact that tho highest capacity of the
Croton Aqueduct-our only means of sup-
ply at presents now taxed to maintain the
supply such as we have 1t. The consump-
ton of water in New York per inhabitant is
very large. We cannot say that it is too
large, because even with it we find
reasons TO complain that in some dis
tricts it is insufficient, and that in oil
districts 1t does not secure for ms
that general cleanliness Of streets and
sewers so essential to the preservation of
the public health. But as the city grows,
and unless new facilities for supply are
created, even this per capita allowance
must decrease in proportion until New
AOIA DCCoAhSb u5 uhhcuAbhy DO ~ Wil Oo
populous and dirty. The pitiful expedient
forced upon the engineers Of dribbling
the limited high pressure supply over the
low and high level districts alike during
the past two or three summers shows that
economy is becoming IN unpleasant neccs-
sity. People residing within two or three
hundred yards of the Central Park roser-
voir must carry water up stairs from base
ment to bedroom, just as they might have
done In the days OF the old backyard
pump. In an article printed elsewhere
this morning the difficulties Of the supply
are explained, and it is for the authorities
to set about applying remedy before 1t is
rendered trebly costly by injudicious delays.
We also suggest that the high level districts
should not be deprived Of their supply of
water because the low level districts waste
Year: 1878

Heretofore it has appeared that Salt Lake
was somewhat superior to Chicago as city
of refuge for the much-married and the
this were not always to be trusted. A loving
youth named Miles has been having O very
troublous time there, merely because his
affections were generously distributed, and
it is quite possible that United States
court will reverse the results of some of
his courting elsewhere 1t appears that the
tender swain--whether from economic mo-
tives, or because he wanted his wives to start
fairly in their race for his affections, is not
stated-led three blushing damsels to the
altar at one and the same time. AS nature,
brutally disregardful of Mormon necessi-
hands, or three pairs Of lips, the wedding
ceremony had to be performed successfully
with the three brides. Whom to marry
first the perplexed bridegroom did not
know, so he consulted the ruler of
the Saints" and that holy but heartless
rank at the altar according to
age, without regard to date OF engagement
The remorseless discipline of the Mormon
Church cannot be better illustrated than by
the fact that the ladies actually did disclose
their ages; but the reaction from this out
rage was SO terrible that bride No. 2 sud.
denly assaulted the face Of bride No. / and
threatened the groom with some OF the same
in his, while bride No. 8, noting the style
of the family. concluded that marriage and
Mormonism were not her forte, and hied her
unto the house of o Gentle. Then bride
No. Q departed, but was brought back by
her loving groom, who apparently per-
suaded her by arguments such as lovers
used in the Stone Age, and then United
States marshal provided the groom with q
bridal chamber without bride, and every
thing was awful. The suffering swain,
when next he enters numerously upon
matrimony, will do better to adopt the
plan, which has lately been practised in
New York with considerable success, of
marrying one woman at time, and not in
viting his other wives and sweethearts to
the Wedding.
Year: 1878

THE WEArHER.-The depression has moved
from the lakes to the region of Nova Scotia
attended by rains and followed by light SHOWS


and strong to high northwesterly and westerly
winds. The area of high barometer has also
snoved to the south and east and is now central
In the Lower Mississippi Valley. In The North
west the pressure is again falling briskly, and q
new storm centre is evidently descending over
Dakota toward the lake region, with threatening g
Indications, rising temperature and increasing
southerly winds. The barometric gradients
over tho lakes are very steep, and high to
brisk winds prevail there from the northwest.
The weather is clearing from the southwestward
slong the Atlantic coast, with steadily rising
barometer and decided fall of temperature.
The weather in New York and it's vicinity to-day
will be colder and clear partly cloudy, with
increasing northwest winds. Tomorrow it will
be cold and clear or fair The weather in Bos-
ton and New London will be partly cloudy and
cold, with strong north west winds. In Phila-
.delphia, Baltimore and Washington IL will bo
usool md fair.
Year: 1878

The National line steamer Helvetia, from
Liverpool for New York. has called at
Queenstown and reported terrible catas-
trophe in the Irish Sea. During her run
from Liverpool the Helvetia came into
collision with the British revenue
steamer Fanny and out her down. The
Fanny sank immediately, carrying with
her seventeen of her crew. Only seven
persons were saved. This unfortunate
affair is as yet shrouded in mystery.
No particulars have yet reached this
country rs to the time or cause of
the collision. It is probable, however,
that it took place at night. The
loss of so many lives would indicate the
inability of the Helvetia to render prompt
assistance, and it is likely the fortunate sur
vivors managed to escape in one of their
own boats. Collisions at night, even in
thick weather, may. be avoided by the
use Of powerful electric lights set on
the masts Of ships. On the night of
July IS the steamer Faraday, on her
voyage from New York to London,
came near running down o passenger ship
close to the Georges Bank during fog
Had not the powerful electric light on the
Faraday revealed the approaching ship in
time to allow Of the helm being put to star
board instead of port, and the engines
being reversed, frightful loss of life might
have occurred.
Year: 1878

We Must Pay the Fishery Award.


correspondent writes us that in his
opinion Secretary Evarts ought, In view of
the outrages on our fishermen In New
foundland and Of the British governments
official justification of them, to peremp-
torily refuse to pay the award. We have
agreed, he says, to pay money for fishing
privilege, but when we attempt to use it we
are driven of; of course we need not pay.


We are SO unhappy as to utterly disagree
with our correspondent, and we hope and
expect that Mr.. Evarts will hand over to
Lord Salisbury the Ave millions and half
just as soon as the latter notifies him that
he is ready to receive it. We entered into
an arbitration, and are bound by the ver-
dict of the arbitrators-thati is all there is to
say about that part Of the question. When
we come to the Newfoundland outrngcs,
and Lord Salisbury's hasty justification of
them. the case stands thus I'VE have
bought goods of perfectly response
BILE person; one of his subordinates
foolishly attempts to deprive US of the
goods; and his master, incorrectly informed,
for the moment justifes the act of his
servant, openly basing' his justification,
however, on the information he has re-
ceived. Our course is to hold him to his
responsibility as merchant. and point
out to him that he must deliver the goods
''if it takes oil summer" to do it.


That is to say, Lord Salisbury will have
to reverse his'recent Judgment; will have to
tell the Newfoundlanders that they and he
were both in the wrong, and will have to
send agents with proper force to the pro-
vincial coasts to protect our fishermen in
their rights. That may be unpleasant for
him and for the Observation-Disclosures, but we
cannot help that. Lord Salisbury's prede-
cessor backed out of his position on the
extradition question; and there is an old
English proverb, "What man has done. that
man may do again."
Year: 1878

Mr.. Cooper compelled to do this. though
somewhere back of him could be found a
party who would walk over any other kind
of shares. We only require for the political
ordeal nowadays that man should have .
clear head and clean hands. and such man
may very properly take his own chestnuts
from the fire. We shall know in a few days
which of the candidates has burnt his


fingers, and then all New York will be agog
to know who samples the chestnuts.
Year: 1878

Elected.


About some, or perhaps . good many
of the candidates for Congress, on both
sides, no sensible person can have much
anxiety. Whether they are elected to 60 to
Washington or elected to stay at home does
not matter in fact, in q number of cases
both parties have nominated such men that
it would be public advantage if the seats
could be left vacant.


But there are several candidates who
ought to be elected, and some others in
whose fortunes the public takes benev-
olent interest, aside from mere party ques-
tions or relations Among the men who
ought to be elected Mr. Chittenden, in
Brooklyn, and Mr.. Wood and Mr.. Morton,
in this city, are conspicuous. Mr.. Chit
tenden has served several terms with
great ability and usefulness. He has
been, in fact, the ablest represen-
tative Of the important interests
which make New York the CONNER
cial metropolis of the country; he is
one of the few men who have had always
the courage to speak out against ignorant
and vicious legislation Of all kinds, and his
bold and independent course has gained
him great influence in Congress. He ought
to be reelected, and not merely by par
tisan vote, but by the votes of all democrats
and republicans who are for hard money
and wise and honest legislation. Mr..
Morton is another man who deserves cleo
tion. He is banker, man Of intelligence
and ability, whose vote and influence will
be powerful in Congress for a sound cur
rency and for measures Of legislation
which, while they benefit the country at
large, are of the greatest Importance to this
city. Mr.. Wood is another man who ought to
be returned to Congress- He has had great
experience there and thorough knowledge
of the necessities of the city he has been
an unfinching friend Of sound currency
and has shown conspicuous ability in fur
thering commercial legislation needed by
this city.


In the Eighth district the contest lies be-
tween General McCook and Mr. Lawrence r.
Jerome. General McCook is a straight re-
publican and gentleman Of character and
intelligence. Whether he will ever produce
as great an impression in Congress as Mr..
Jerome would it is difficult to say. We
have no doubt that he will always do his
duty by the republican party but Mr..
Jerome, we suspect, would cover larger
and a more pleasing field he would be the
favorite of both parties he is. like the
writings Of the immortal Shakespeare, not
for day but for all time; he is not q man
who could give up for party what was m cant
for mankind. In common with many of his
friends we should prefer to see Mr.. Jerome
in the United States Senate; but, AS there
are several other applicants for the only
vacancy presently to occur, we do not see
how the non-partisan voters Of the Eighth
district can refrain from despatching Mr..
Jerome to the other House. His presence
would lend a grace and charm to the House
of Representatives which that gloomy body
lacks, and if General McCook is to be de-
feated his disappointment will be softened
by the knowledge that his successor will be
q broader man than he.
Year: 1878

q great deal. It is manifestly unfair to
householders. whose water supply is at
best only intermittent. that they should
suffer any inconvenience by the diversion
of the special service arranged for their
benefit to the use Of Others
Year: 1878

Ir THE POSITION of one of the speakers at
che prophetic conference yesterday be true,
that the majority Of those in the Church will go
10 perdition, what is to become Of the rest of
the worldf The prospect all around is pretty
hlue.
Year: 1878

MANY TRUE WORD is spoken in jest, and
our New York readers may find some amuse
ment and profit in the tables touching the
municipal political broil which arc to be found
6ere and there in our columns to-day.
Year: 1878




The New York Sun thus mingles
partisan bitterness with the senti-
ment of the grave and the tomb,
stone:


Fraud triumphant is fraud di-
vine! Successful cheating is sa-
cred. Easy in the White House
shall lie the official head which the
voice of the people forbade to enter
therel


Thus says the majority of the
great Congress of the nationl


Not SO sang our old bard whom
we laid away in mother eaIth on
Friday. Through most of The week
the flags Of our city were hanging
at half mast in his honor. Individ-
uals and public societies Wed with
each other in manifestations of re-
spect and reverence for the poet
and the man. And this was his
song:


"Truth crushed TO earth shall rise again,


The eternal years Ct God are hers;


While Error, wounded, writhes in pain,


And dies amid her worshippers."


Long shall these soul stirring
words of his live in the hearts OF
the people. Suppose, instead of
these. he had put into verse the
base doctrine Of a majority of Con-
gressl Would a free people have
pressed him to their hearts, and
taught his rhymes TO their children z
No, no. They hang garlands on
bis tomb because he sang OF the
triumph of right and liberty. His
work will endure; while the vain
effort Of congress to place crown
Of glory on the head Of Fraud shall
perish.
Year: 1878

tion, and in a few months can ac-


complish the work of many years.


The Far West is specially depend


ent upon this agent, not only for


settlement, but for such means of
transportation as are required by


civilized communities. Without


railroads it would be useless to


delve in the mines or open farms


hundreds of miles away from river
navigation and without access to


railroads. The city from which


this letter is written forcibly Illus


trates the point in question. Here
is the eastern terminus of the only
railway to the Pacific, and with all
its faults which are fearful to con
template, has been of inconceivable
value to the country, transporting
whole armies of immigrants to their
new homes, and carrying the pro-
ducts of their labor to Eastern or
Western markets. But it has taken
advantage of the necessity which
gave 1t existence, to plunder its
customers with as little scruple as
the highwayman robs the unpro-
tected traveller. The only remedy
for the merciless extortion prac-
ticed by this road is to build other
competing lines that shall free the
country from the perpetual curse of
a soulless and crushing monopoly.


TWO MORE RAILROADS WANTED.


To secure this end, and supply
the present and ever increasing de
mand for transcontinental trade,
two more lines must be built be-
tween the waters of the Mississippi
and the Pacific coast. The North
ern Pacific is needed to develope the
agricultural and mineral resources
of the Northwest, and the Texas
Pacific to bring to light the unde-
veloped wealth of the Southwest.
Both roads are also needed to com
pete with the present line, but the
Texas Pacific can do this most ef-
fectually, owing to its shorter route
and the freedom of its line from ch-
matte or other physical obstruc-
tions. Both these great enterprises
can be achieved without drawing
dollar from the national treasury,
and their early completion would
give such an impulse to business,
and roll in such a tide of general
prosperity as the country has never
known. In the settlement and de-
velopement of the agricultural and
mineral wealth of the Far West may
be found the true cure for all our
financial and labor troubles. Give
easy and cheap transportation to
the Territories of the West, and it
would be worth millions in charity
and oceans of soup. Settlers would |
come, money would circulate, labor
would be plenty, communists would
be scarce and the country would be |
restored to its normal condition of
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