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Year: 1877

Perhaps this lesson may be lost on the peo-


pie OF those States that have not the power


to install the authorities they have chosen


is supported by United States judges ap-


pointed for the purpose or United States
troops in the State House.


Although the full effect and operation of
the order of the tribunal is not yet apparent,
and must be derived from the action it is
yet to take on the documents before it, the
fact that it limits its inquiry to the record
made by State authorities, or alleged State
authorities, is significant, at lenst, of such
recognition as we describe of the supreme
Importance in the case of the acts Of
these authorities; and if it pursues that
idea as the principle governing the case its
further inquiry will merely be, not for what
might be equitably called the justice of the
case, but into the formalities of the several
certificates It will simply determine which
is legally the act of the authorized State
officers. But this recognition Of the invio-
liability of the State record will evidently
cut both ways. 1t will give great prom
inence to that piece of sharp practice in
Oregon for which no section of the people
has hitherto had any respect If known
defiance of the popular will is of no conse-
quence and the Governors certificate is of
all consequence, and if the only point that
gives to Congress IN original right to
inquiry is the doubt Of an electors
eligibility under the constitution, the
course of the Governor of Oregon
cannot be reviewed by the commission.
For, as there is no disputed authority in
Oregon-and it is, under the State law, the
Governors duty to certify--the republican
elector who, it is alleged, is disqualified,
cannot even get his case before the commits
sion for want of the Governors certificate,
and the appointed elector cannot, because
he possesses that certificate, be ignored. 1t
does not seem possible under this ruling
for the excluded man to- show that he is not
disqualified.
Year: 1877

THE AMERICAN Boy is losing his character
Once he was the model truant Of the world but
according to the statement of the city Superin-
tcndcnt of Truancy only about one in ten of the
runaways of the year were of American parent
age. Are the publishers of yellow covered liter
at,lrc aslcep
Year: 1877

THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE sensibly advises
that the streets OH the river fronts and the piers
also shall be altered to suit the demands of
trade. Whoever doubts the wisdom of such
advice should stand on South street or West
street for % few minutes during business hours,
or, better yet should start via the ears on either
of these streets, on hurried journey.
Year: 1877

He MEANDERED into Jamaica dooryard,
lunchcd sparingly upon hunting dog, hurried
down street. tasted another animal compelled
the killing of five Others suspicion. and all be-
cause he was Spitz dog in the condition peculiar
to his family. Fortunately he met with fatal
accident before he could be caught and sent to
New York To be sold.
Year: 1877

ST.. JoHN's GUILD gives to the Comptroller o
detailed statement Of the uses made of the city
appropriation; similar statement of receipts
and expenditures given to the public, which sup
plies the remainder of the money, could easily be
made, and it would enable the Guild to silence
its critics
Year: 1877

How TRANSATLANTIC TELEGRAPHY became
virtually monopoly, and may do again, is
clearly explained by one of our correspondents
to-day This letter will increase public interest
in the prospects Of amalgamation Of home COM
Year: 1877

CHEAP CAFES As A SUBSTITUTE FoR
B,Rs.-A writer in the Rurd! Home
says: II have just made gates to re-
place some Of the old-fashioned pair OF
bars that | am heartily tired OF open ing
and shutting. They are cheap durable
and very easily made. Each gate is
twelve feet in le myth by four in height.
Five boards four inches wide are used
besides batien and braces. Battens
should be placed on both sides, Dsk.
ing three thicknessss to nail through
II does not take more than thirty-six
feet of boards, worth perhaps sixty


cents, TO make each gate. Add to that
ten cents for nails, and the value of one
hour OF your time. and you have the
whole expense. A gate of this kind
will out last framed one costing 81,
and Is no hinges are used, that expense
is saved also. It is held in position bv


means of stake driven in the ground
four or five inches from the post; not in
straight line, but little more than
the thickness of the gate toward the
drive way, so when opened the gate can
can be. turned half way around and be
parallel with the drive way. Ii is kept
few inches from the ground by strip,
nailed to both stake and post. on which
one end rests when shut, and on which
it slides half its lengM and then swinges
round as on a pivot when opened. The
strip is usually placed under tho sec
ond board, in space arranged for it,
by cutting away two of the batteus.
This strip takes the place of hinges.
A gate Of this kind can be made in
much less time and at as little expense
as pair Of bars, and is certainly much
more convenient"
Year: 1877

To CLEANSE JEwELRY.-Use hot
water and clean brush; rub a very
little soap on the brush, then dip it in
to bowderedi borax and scour we'll;
rinse In hot water, and rub dry with .
clean towel, or chamois is better: silver
bangles are Frightened quickly in the
same way.
Year: 1877

HELENA, Montana Oct. 23.-Aftsr about thirty
days of disagreeable and dangerous travel the
sitting Bul Cpmmiss on was met by ths most
pronounced refusal on tie part of Sitting bull
either to return to the United STATES or to enter
into any negotiations witttha government with
that object Before the arrival Of the coInmis-
sion the wiley chief declared that he would not
even converse with the members, so i'm placabf q
is his hatred Of Americans. When he did meet
them his first act was rude. even for n savage
He sqUattsd himself on his buffalo robe, Lit his
pipe coolly and AWAITED Developments.
Sitting Bull nnd all the Indians wRo spoke at
the conferences were emphatic in declaring
their intention to make their permanent he me
IN the dominion Of their wEite mother. Queen
Victoria.


Sit ing Bull affirms that he first learned 10
shoot on the hunting grounds Of the Can adtal
region, to which he has escaped, aud he has re-
turned. by preference. to the home Of his youth
after O bitter experience of treachery and
wrong from the American government.


rior, but OF . prophet necromancer or meii-
its chief. When its warriors go forth on any
hostile expedition. they go by his direction bat
not under his command He was never seen by
the eyes of 6 white man until his retreas into
Canada.


The proposals made to Sitting Bull. and which
he rejected wi tn scorn. were that the Sioux
should surrender their arms. ammunition and
horses, and go to some military post In sub.
missive and obedient spirit. They were pro-
missed full compensation for their property
which they were asked to deliver but not in
money however, with which they might pur4
chase other arms and horses, but In COWS.
Year: 1877

New YORK. Oct. 23.Very little change is re-
ported in the situation of the cigar makers
strike since last Saturday. But it is evident
they do not intend re 'axing in the least their
efforts to obtain their ends. The action of the
cigar packers of this citv is also a favorable
feature in their behalf Relief funds and eat
inghouses have been started for the men.
Year: 1877

WASHINGTON Oct. 2a.-Spoaker Randall said
tonight that he did not think he would be able
T., announce the list If commit es until the
fret of next week. He will tomorrow consult
with the Republi an leaders relative to the Sc
lection of the Republican members of the com
mlttepS
Year: 1877

graphs the War Office that Gen, Terry and
party, on their return from Fort Walsh. have
left Fort Benton in a dugout for Bismarck.
tive to the result of the conference with Sitting


Bull.
Year: 1877

P1TTsBuBG, Oct. 23.W IN. Breeket was walking
on the south track near his home and stepped
to the north track out of the way of an ap-
pr aachg freight train when an express train
struck him and instantly killed him.
Year: 1877

NEW ORLEANS, March 24.-The Times
publishes IN interview in which 1t says u
prominent Conservative who is supposed
to know not only the sentiments of the
President with regard to the Louisiana
case, but also u be in the confidence OF
Governor n cholls and his advisors. In
answer to the question he said: VI
course l don't know positively the rea-
son which determined the cabinet on
sending commission, but from what l


know of this whole business l think l
can give very close guess. For q long
time Hayes has not been in full accord
with the Republican party in matters re-
lating to the South. His idea was tn at
some policy onght to be adopted which
would bring to the support of the Repub-
can party the Dative white conserva-
tives in the South, and which would
break up the color line. l think he
had this idea in view when he wrote bis
letter accepting the Presidential nomIna-
ton. OF course he did not have in mind
the details of this policy, or how in the
event of his election he would carry 1t
out. Before be became President, how
ever, events occurred which compelled
him TO give a decided expression to his
views and to particularize some OF the
more important features Of his policy.
He was even compelled to promise that
if he were permitted to reach the Presi-
dency through the Electors! Commission
that he would not allow troops to perform
police duty in the South, and that the
conservative governments IN Louisiana
and South Carolina should be allowed to
exercise their authority without any
hindrance from him. 1t must not
be supposed that these promises
were made voluntarily, on the contrary
they were extorted from him. The fill
busters had it in their power to delay the
count and thus defeat his inauguration
and they permitted the count to proceed
only on the promise of the friends OF
Hayes, authorized by him, that the
Nichols and Hampton governments
should meet with no hinderance.
Year: 1877

IT seems certain that Ex-Governor
BRovN, of Tennessee, Vice President OF
tina Texas Pacific Railroad scheme, is to
head Mr.. HAYES Commission, which is
TO proceed to Louisiana with pledge OF
administration aid to that railroad SUBJ
sidy in one hand, and an offer to allow
NICHOLS to be Governor provided two
limited States Seuators are added to the
waning Radical strength, in the other.
Who else will be on tho Commission
has not at this writing trsnspired, but 1t
i manifest that HAYES has
found great difficulty in securing
men of national standing to
sgree to do his dirty work. This COM
mission scheme is pure piece of job
berry and corruption, and men who care
for their regulations will wash their
hands of the iniquity.


We have an explicit statement, this
morning, from New Orleans, that the
sward of the Electoral Commission was
allowed to be made effective by a direct
bargain between HAYES immediate
friends who were authorized to speak for
him and the Southern Representatives
who were anxious to secure constitutional
government to their people. Having
prof.ed by the intrigue, he now basely
refuses to carry out the contract. That
he meant to do it when he made the
promise, we have little doubt, but in his
weakness he hss covered under tho die
tstion of the perddious SHERMAN and
the bullying BLAINE. When the his
tory OF this whole intrigue Is fully writ.
ten, HAYE and his Commission will be
held in loathing and execrstlon by every
honest American.
Year: 1877

s. Louis was luxuristing on Saturday
in q driving storm of sleet winding up
with the severest snow storm of the sea-
.on The storm came from the west and
north and extended over large breadth
of country. The snow throughout Kan
.ss and Missouri was very heavy. 1t
looks as if we may expect another spell
If weather here. Gardeners are having
= rough time of it protecting their hot
beds this spring.
Year: 1877

4 GOVERNOR WALKERS ADDRESS POST
Walker was taken SICK
Yesterday, and was so unwell as to prevent
the delivery OF his address on the public
debt Mt Association Hall last night. His
physician states that he may be able to speak
Thursday night, but no time has been fixed
by the committee having the matter In
charge.
Year: 1877

Supervisors Meeting.-There win be an
important meeting Of the Board Of Super
v:sors Of Chesterfield county at the, Office OF
the county clerk, in this city, tomorrow at
10 o,clock M
Year: 1877

BAsE-BALL.-This afternoon the Brown
stocking Baseball Club win play the Ar
tfllery Base Ball Club OF Fortress Monroe at
the State Fair Grounds at 2t O'Clock. The
Arfillery- School Club arrived Yesterday eve
Year: 1877

On last Friday uight, as Mr.. Cause
was going home from his office, where
he had BEEN kept till late hour writ
ing letters, he was met by three men
who approached him from different di-
rections in very suspicious manner.
He ordere them to halt, and not COM
plying to bis command he fired at the
ore nearest him. He then turned to
the other two, and by the use of his pis-
tol brought them to stand-still. After
getting them in range he msrched them
down to Mr.. PIckct's residence and
called him to his assistance. His first
thought WAS TO carry them to Jail, but
after consultation with Mr.. P. they con-
cluded to let them go, after administer
ing to them some good advice in the
way of pair of strong boots, a Ia Bo-
gsrdus, and hickory stick. The men
said they were hunting boarding
house, but evidently their intentions
were to rob Mr.. Cause, and would have
done SO had he not been armed.
Year: 1877

The School Board Of London want a
Royal Commission to consider the bes.
manner of reforming and simplifying the
English method Of spelling, they being Of
the opinion tnat the present method
places great difficulty in the way Of
Learning TO read.
Year: 1877

WHAT THE POLICE COMMISSIONERS HAVE TO


SAY ABOUT THEM.


On the 9Th inst the Mayor sent a communication Ia
the Police Commissioners at tho request Of citizens,
asking why the ashes had not bcen removed as usual
and why the snow could not be cleared away IRON
some OF the principal streets. The following is the
Commissioners reply transmitted ycstcrday:-
Hon. SMITH ELY. Jr. Mayor


why the removal OF ashes has Leen
pended aud whether 1t practicable to nave removed
from at least, Of the principal streets ~


10 the first inquiry beg 70 reply that ashes and garbage
have been removed with usual prompude ana regu-
ITst~Ihe snow and ice have rendered it iu-
Street Cleaning Bureau perform the Of collection
with the accustomed regularity.


eeo by obstacles OF ice in the bays and
storms the tugs cannot
the material producing objection aDe, ii not
illegal, accumulation ut the dumps.


Tfit-,ecanse the the constituted authorities
allow the material Qshes and garbage) to be dis
In answer TO second inquiry allow to say that IL
would be practical To remove the from one two or
principal streets the Board possessed the money
and the lawful authority To eNpcnd 1t Tor toe purpose, But
u the Boar authorized to remove snow from any street.
by chapter ga o the laws OF 1873 and would by that
required 20 remove the snow from all the Streets
which would exhaust the whole appropriation Tor street
cleaning Tor the year 1871


Imnsmuch i,oaru Of Apportonnent have recently
the item for removing snow and since they refused to
transfer for that purpose any part oi the unexLended bal
In public money purposes which
refused the board as ut present advised will
doubt IS the legality OF thc proceeding They beg to
state II the rd OF Apportonient will, by


luton appropriate devote part OF the appropriation
1877 II they viii transfer to tho 1877
pnr of the unexpndd balance OF 1875 tor the paposc Of
removing ice " the Board will state by
luton what portion oi the appropriation OF 1877 be
pended for snow ami ice ana designate TIC streets
be happy to apply promptly TO the purpose for which


W. j, SMITH President
Year: 1877

A Hint TO Duck RAIsERs.-It is well
known that the far.famed canvas back
duck OF the Chesapeake derives it delicate
and peculiar SAVIOR from the valiseneria, or
wild celery, on which it feeds in those
waters. An intelligent agriculturist has
turned this knowledge to useful account
oy cooplng and feeding the common domes.


TIC duck upon the tops and roots Of the
garden celery for a week or two before
killing them, which is said to greatly i'm
prove their iayor and altogether destroy
the rankness which is generally observable
~ the 6arn-yard fowl. The plan is worthy
of trial by bon vivaats.-Rochester Express
Year: 1877

Truth will never die; the stars will grow
dim' the sun will pale hi, glory; but truth
VIII be ever young; integrity, uprightness,
honesty, love, goodness, these are all i'm,
Porl'hablc. No grave can ever entomb
these immortal principles. They have been
IN prison, but they have been freer than
before; those who have cnshrined them in
their hearts have been burned at the stake.
nut out OF their ashes other witnesses have
arisen. No sea can drown, no storm can
wreck, no abyss can swallow up the ever.
living truth of Cod You cannot kill good.
ness and truth, and integrity, and faith.
and holiness; the way that is consistent
with these must be way everlasting
Spugc5n.
Year: 1877

Cider may be kept sweet by heating and
bottling to keep it from the air. The usual
method is to fill bottles with sweet cider
and set them on board in a hat-bottomed
boiler with cold water, which is heated to
the boiling point till the cider begins to run
over, but not to boil so as to alter its flavor.
Then cork quickly and seal just as fruits
are treated, and the cider will keep equally
we'll
Year: 1877

Prof. Whewell says: Every failure is
step to success; every detection of what
Is false directs towards what is true; every
trial exhausts some tempting form of error.
Not only so but scarcely any attempt is
entirely failure; scarcely any theory, the
result of steady thought, is altogether false;
no tempting form is without some latent
charm derived from truth"
Year: 1877

UnGodly parrots were doubtless excluded
from the religious bird concert given last
week by Methodist congregation in Nil.
waukee Every lady who had a feathered
Nongster sent the cage and its occupant to
the church parlors, and in the evening
there was grand combination warbling
match. The idea is one that will stretch.
If birds can sing for the extinguishment
OF the church debt, cats can purr and dogs
can bark in the same good cause.
Year: 1877

the trouble to write upon q subject In
which, so far as have ascertained, he
feels but moderate degree Of interest.
can be expressed In the same number OF
words may be gathered from one OF his
own expressions, 81 did not know that
l had been Signed until got nome and
read about it III the newspapers, and II
some of the people of Charleston had
not since confessed and avoided L
should even now have no knowledge OF
grounds Of suspicion"


the Chief Justice and his daughter


were pleased with the tone Of their re-
ceptiOn, and felt no cause of complaint


in respect to the amount Of attention


they received. The old ostentatious


hospitality Of the people Of Charleston
In which they as much Worshlped


themselves as did honor to their guests
has passed away, the habit with the
means. They VINO were once rich are
poor, and are disincined to make exhi-
bition OF their fallen fortunes. Natural
ly the men are detected aud the women
resenttul. Associated on Che bench
with The Chief Justice was the Circuit


Judge, Bond, who Is greatly dialiket
Doubtless several who would otherwise


have been glad to pay special attention
to the former were deferred by the un'
popularity of the latter. In short, while
there was nothing like an ovation oyel
The Chief Justice, there was courtesy
attention from those from whom he ex
pected it, and nothing OF which lie fel


any right TO complain. ID. REED.
Year: 1877

Tonight the leading amateurs Of the city. with
Miss Corinne Bouligpy TO lead the van. will make
desperate artistic charge on the public in favor
Of the destitute families now under charge OF the
Ladies' Servants Of the Poor" There will be
m1sic and light and flowers there will be talent,
beauty and charity. VINO viii be able TO withstsnd
the spell? Miss Corinne, the lovely warbler,
has reserved her best notes for the occasion that
is sanctioned by and crowned with the diadem Of
charity, and We have no doubt that Grunewald
Hall to-right will be crowded. as much by the
purely sensual lovers Of artistic sounds, vel!
Of poetcal rnodulatioDs Of resounding waves Of
air to the higher aspirations of the soul that on
the wings OF angels tend to the sublime works Of
Oh rik
Year: 1877

E5UtFIHI IHMOHFhII


New York. June IA Rome dispatch saws
that the Pope had to be withdrawn yesterday
from an audience on account Of exhaustion
He returned only after q long repose The
doctors have decided that all the deputatione
in future will be consolidated, and the Pope
be carried through them. SO as to avoid the
excitement and fatigue Of receiving them in
detail
Year: 1877

Especial to the DemocratI


LONDON. June 4.-The Danube is still i'm
passable. The water in it has rarely risen so
high as it has this season. and this merely
with rain. The snow water from Bavaria and
the Carpathian Mountains has still to come
down, and as this will cause an even greater
rise than the rain has produced, it is thought
that it will scarcely be possible to cross the
river in less than four weeks
Year: 1877

Especial to the DcmOcrat


ST LOUIS. June A young man named
Shelly, while attempting to escape arrest and
running away from Police Officer Jerry
McCarty, at an early hour yesterday morn
ing, was shot by the latter and killed The
police authorities are very reticent regarding
the matter, but it is claimed that the shooting
was ustifiabie
Year: 1877

As this law now stands upon our
statute books, by the act Of December
10th, 1878, no person in this State can
claim the exemption Of his homestead
from forced sale unless his intention to
set up such claim is on record, the
same as a mortgage on his property.


The bill reported by the Judiciary
Committee to the present House of Dele.
gates proposes to do away with this
record, and to allow u man to set NJ his
claim to thousand dollars exemption
whenever his property becomes liable to
forced sale.


The bill was amended yesterday in II
way 10 practically leave the law as it
now stands. and in this shape it passed
to its engrosgment. We understand that
an effort will be made to-day to recon.
slider the vote by which the amended bill
was ordered to its engrossmcnt, with q
view 10 putting it through just as II came
from the Judiciary Committee.


We do hot look upon the bill as re.
ported from the committee "a particu.
larly Objectionable. 1t strikes blow at
the present credit system that we are
rather willing to see administered, and
makes personal character more and more
the basis OF credit. A law that exempts
$1,000 Of real estate and $500 of personal
property, puts every man in moderate
circumstances on his character when
he asks for credit. His creditor
knows that he can mol collect
his debt by law and therefore he is very
circumspect about granting credit.
Such oircumspection is for the good OF
creditor and debtor, and indirectly benc.
tits society in the long run. 1t puts bust.
ness into narrower and more Legitimate
channels. We are therefore inclined to
look with favor on the original bill.
Year: 1877

1t ia important that the business men
Of this city and Bridgeport who feel an
interest in the completion Of this road
'tsop Urichsville to the Ohio river at
this point, should bear in mind the adj
ionrned meeting at the Grant House on
Thursday night, The special point to bear
in mind is the fact that tha. $4,000 of
stock and the free right OF way, already
subscribed along the line, will expire on
'he first OF July, and in that event there
Is no telling when, II ever, the project
can be revived. Now ia the time there.
fore to do whatever We are willing to do.
1t is very desi rabIc that all who ieel
practical interest in The enterprise should