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Year: 1879

The telegraph brings the startling intelli-
genoe that Senator Zachariah Chandler, of
Michigan, was found dead in bed at Chicago
yesterday morning. On the previous evening
he had addressed large audience at McCor-
mick Hall on the political issues of the last
decade, and retired late in the evening in
apparent good health. The dread messen-
ger summoned him in the stlllness of the
night and the solitude of his chamber, and
he passed away to render an account of bis
stewardship.


Born in New Hampshire in 1918, he early
emigrated to the West, taking up his abode
in Detroit and engaging in commercial pur
suits. He soon came into prominence in
politics, and after serving term as mayor
of the city was chosen to the United States
Senate in 1851 as the successor of Lewis
Cass. Twice subsequently he was re-
elected, but suffered defeat in 1875
by combination of all the
elements of the opposition in favor of Judge
Christianoy. When that gentleman resigned
his seat to accept the Peruvian mission, Sen
ator Chandler succeeded him, and his term
would have expired on the Sd of March,
1881.


Socially MIR. Chandler was genial, OPEN
hearted and free from all malice. Politically
he was the bitterest of partisans, uncharita-
bic, malignant, belching forth tnte and fury
at his opponents. Though he could forgive
social sins, he had no forgiveness to waste
upon those with whom he differed political
ly. During the war his enmity towards the
South was most pronounced, and in the Sen
ate chamber he urged the most extreme
measures to accomplish the ,subjugation of
the confederates. Since the war he was the
ablest advocate Gin the party of policy of
repression. His voice and his vote
we're always on the side of
a military government for what he
chose to term the conquered terri
tory. He distrusted all professions from
the Southern people, but insisted that they
were rebels by nature, and should be met by
policy of repression. His hatred of the
South he extended to the Democracy of the
North, and "little blood-letting'' would
have done his heart good if applied to the
twin objects of his dislike. His political
creed was hate. He had no charity for
those who differed with him, but persisted up
to the last moment of his life in the en-
deavor to enklndle anew the fires of section
al strife, for what purpose only deity can
tell.


But death has claimed the politician for
his own. He had his virtues and his vices. I
is perhaps better for the country that he
has gone. The present is not the time to
preach the gospel of hate. Reconciliation
between the North and the South would
have been accomplished long ago but for the
efforts at estrangement of Zach. Chandler
and few of his ilk. He has been the chief
instrument for the creation of ill-feeling be-
tween the sections. Let US hope that the
cause of the man who now lies dead will not
be taken up by the living, but that an
earnest effort will be made to harmonize the
whole country, so that the next generation
shall know neither South nor North, East
nor West
Year: 1879

ago, and have been intimate with him ever
stree 1864, when I went east to take command
of the army. He was member of my cabinet,
secretary of the interior, during my second
term, and it was then was possibly more inti-
know him better. His death is loss to the
whole country and its suddenness adds greatly
to the shock.
Year: 1879

In an interview with Mr.. d. X. Mangam of the
Broadway and Seventh Avenue Horse Car Company
in relation to the projected running of cars along
Broadway to South Ferry, HERALD reporter OBJ
tanned the following interesting facts:-


REpoRrER-Of what benefit will the proposed line
be other than an additional line Of communication
with the uptown districts? !?


MI. MANGAM-It will be Of immense benefit in this
way:-when the consent OF the property owners is
obtained and the road built the company intends to
take up the track Church street. giving perfectly
clear passage for the accommodation Of wagons.
trucks and carriages. The Bleecker street track
that now is laid in Crosby, Elm and Ann streets.
and which Broadway Bleecker street. will
also be torn up. The very fact of street
ming on Broadway will do away with the stages that
now block up that thoroughfare and the clearing of
the two streets running parallel with it will tend to
divert traffic into them. thus equalizing
possible the number of vehicles using the three
routes


REpoRrER-How would the building of the road
affect uptown residents on the east side, who do
business down near the battery?


Mr. MANGAM-In this way. The company is per-
fectly willing to make an arrangement with the
Madison and Fourth Avenue Company to form
junction at Union square, so that the Fourth Avenue
cars could be down to the South Ferry the
same track the Seventh Avenue line from Four
tcenth street.


REpoRrER-From what you say there to be
many advantages attending the completion of the
Broadway line but how do the business people
along the line regard 1t?


Mr. MANGAM-The consent of every storekeeper
could be had inside of u week.


The reporter called on Mr.. j. W. Foshay president
of the company, to ascertain his views the
to be adopted for the cars to reach Fulton ferry
when the Crosby and Elm street tracks would be
taken up. Mr.. Foshay said that ii was undecided
to whether the cars would run down Ann or Beekman
street. and limited that permission ght be obtained
go through Fulton street from the ot Broad
way. As the other lines use Church street as far
Chambers no alteration will be made below that
street. but in Church above Chambers and i'll Greene
the frark will bc ramo we'd
Year: 1879

WOODEN VERSUS lkoS shifo


To THE EpIToR OF THE HERALD


This question has occupied your columns for some
time and much to your credit. The superior Ion
gevity and safety of wooden ships has been well
demonstrated by long experience. There are to my
certain knowledge ships now in existence that were
built at Philadelphia by Stephen Girard and other
merchants in the early days of the independence of
the United States, and their hulls sound to-day
and will remain so for many years to COME Can as
much be said about iron ships and vessels? think
not. it is a well known fact that iron
vessels will corrode very fast and more par
ticularly in salt water Many iron vessels
are condemned every year as absolutely unworthy
of repair as they are not like wooden ships the
plankng and tmbers Of which can be easily removed
and u ssey ythy are all the rvas
loose, the ship springs leak and down she goes.
There is no way in which leak In an iron hull can be
stopped up while at sea.


was in the ship Xenophon. of Sag Harbor. in 1885.
bound homeward from the Pacific Ocean. When off
Cape Horn she sprung a leak i'll the bow. and on
animation we found the ends of the planking had
started from the stem. We put into the crcvice
part of stave, and Succeeded in calking it up so
thoroughly that continued our voyage and
arrived in safety. Had the Xenophon been an iron
ship we undoubtedly would have found watery
grave. Iron vessels are without exception very un-
healthy, especially in low ATTITUDES, there is no
way to clean their bilges which very soon get
choked with coal dust. The watertight bulk kheads
might more properly be called merely bracing bulk
heads the object of which is to prevent iron ship
from twisting up like u snake wooden ship, II
properly constructed will not do so, and If into
her tlmbers will in most cases be only splintered
and such ugly hole will be made as in iron. The
hole can generally be planked over or stopped with
sail. A wooden ship will float long time with
hole in her bottom that would sink an iron one in
few moments. In the majority OF cases in which
come total loss. 1t is not with wooden ships.
They generally saved and II broken up their
debris is washed ashore and may be again used in
many ways. The iron vessel when wrecked is OF no
further to God man. j. L. l..
Year: 1879

Mayor Cooper received visit yesterday afternoon
from the Pilot Commissioners who came to protest
against the dumping of garbage and other refuse in
the harbor The Commissioners stated that they had
frequently brought the matter in question to the
notice of former chief magistrates and especially to
the attention of exNayors Ely and Wick hahn. nut
effective opposition to the action of the street Clean
inu Bureau had ever been made A bill had been
framed which. 1t adopted by the Legislature. would
prevent the use of the bay as dumping ground.
The Mayor promised to give all the aid In his power
to this movement for the protection Of the ciys in
tercsts
Year: 1879

The flags of the city of Brooklyn were displayed at
half mast yesterday mark of respect to the
ory of the late County Treasurer and ex-Mayor
Samuel s. Powell. Mayor Howell called a special
meeting of the Common Council to be held this af-
ternoon in reference to giving hitting expression to
the respect in which the memory OF the deceased
Official is held In the afternoon the Board of Super
visors will also meet and make arrangements for at
tending the funeral, which will take place at the
Washington Avenue Methodist Church at two o'clock
tomorrow afternoon. The remains will be inferred
in onlC CemefnrX.
Year: 1879

Those that apparently recovered lived till the
Autumn of 1861 and were killed by US. Those ami
mails which apparently recoyercd, in his and other
herds had left in their lungs dead Jumps inelosed
in cysts from the size Of mans ist to the size OF
peck measure. | traced e5eTy animal from Dir.
Chenery's herd to the other diseased herds, and
in every instance where diseased animal went
into healthy herd that herd contracted toe disea5
and large per cent Of the animals dled ii
left, were slaughtered by No herd in the
State ever had the disease except it could he
and was traced directly indirectly. to Mr.
Chenery's herd. Ever animal from every diseased
herd was traced, and every herd into which such
animal was introduced, whether that animal or the
herd showed signs of disease or not. was slaugh-
tered. In that way every vestige OF the disease
was blotted out in this Co nmOnweslth. She had
the bravery to do it, and the money 70 pay for H.
and thereby consulted her own interest ana the
welfare of her sster States.


The time Of incubation. as near as we could learn
was from three to SIX or eight weeks. How long
those large diseased Jumps could transmit the dis
ease it was impossible for to tell. So we allowed
no animal to live which had ever come in contact
with any animal which ever had had the disease
We were constantly annoyed by the qnesuons


What is the treatmentT hat has Oeeh me
effect of incubation y Our answer was VINO
caTesi The best treatment is TO Kill the disease
by killing the exposed animals. incubation and
treatment are to be discussed only after We have
been foolish enough to let the disease become es-
tablished beyond eradication.' Any State which
allows the disease to go uninvestigated and une-
Iadicated shows q want of intelligence or want OF
puck and is regardless of her duty TO her SISTERS
Let the disease once be established on our Western
prairies and it will be a permanent monument OF
our ignorance and imbecllity. As far az we can
Judge from its action here from 30 20 30 per cent
will die and ninetenths Of the remainder VIII carry
those diseased humps to the day of their death from
+l,s. 81 In LET fhp
wien they sit down to a beefSteak IN the morning
that there is more than an equal chance the
animal from which il came had one or more OF
those dead fostering Jumps which have described
in its lungs which will be the If the disease Is
allowed to go West. / trust every State Ia the
Union Will look this subect squarely in the face
and assume its responsibilities. The danger OF
transmitting this disease from Massachusetts was
slight compared with many cher States We inl-
port other States export, cattle.


ORAMEL MARTIN, NJ. ID.


Forester Mass, March %. 1879.
Year: 1879

To repeal the Federal election law is one
thing; 10 disbanc the and tie departments Tor
wanl Of funds another thing. To prohibit the pres
ence OF troops at the polls election day we
may eOncede be a proper thing do, although the
danger OF military usurpatiOn and menace under exist
laws Is not OyerpOwerng To leave the Army WITH
pay ammunition aud the IDdaH frontier unpro-
tectad would be "A crime ROt TO he forgiven. While
hunting issue for the next campaign let the party
leaders beware lest they heTeer than they
looking for II the President exercises his lawful
discretion 10 approve dlsapprOyr every measure
laid before him. as he probably viii, aud II
IN doing he appropriation bill necessary
for carrying the Government the responsibility lof
consequences Will fail upon those VINO shall have ex-
ceeded their constitutional rights and sought 10 t1
ercise powers never cObhded them. When conflicts
arise between Congress and the Executive. the people
prone to side with the latter unless very good Iea
sons can be shown TO the contrary. Even aiter the
great dispute with Andrew johnson the Republicans
came back with loss OF fifteen seats in fhe HOUSE
which more than the Democrats can AFFORD 10 lose
Their worst enemy could not devise a more
dangerous ptfan than their own caucus seems 10 De
preparing for them.
Year: 1879

YOUNG WOMAN FORCED TO EsTAB


LIsH THE FACT OF HER BIRTH BY THE


RECORDS.


From the N. Y. Herald.


"A case of somewhat peculiar interest
was made public yesterday in the ad-
vertlsing colums of the Herald. The
SWISS Consul advertised for the present
whereabouts of the Rev. Mr.. Locci or
his successor. The former was in 1861
the pastor Of the Swiss Church at Mani
TO Hill, Long Island, village which no
longer exists under That name. Some
time during that year was born there
Miss Maggie Margot, of Swis, parents.
A considerable portion of her Younger
liie was passed in the village, whence
she at last went to live in Prussia.


There she became acquainted with a
young German, who found favor in her
eyes and shein his. Then she moved to
Berlin, where she now resides, and he,
following her, made a proposal of mar
riage, which she accepted. The ar
rangements for the wedding were COM
pleted, the trousseau prepared and the
guests invited. 1t did not seem within
human possibility that the marriage
should not be consulnmated, But on the
very morning Of the day an unexpected
bar was placed in the way of the cere-
mony. 1t seems the laws Of Prussia
make it necessary that any one to be
legally married there shall prove his
birth. This fact was made known to
Miss Margot, and she promptly gave the
GATE, place and names Other parents, but
did not have certificate Of baptism or
birth. This, the law officers claimed,
was absolutely necessary, and until such
document was produced the govern
ment could not officially recognize her
as born, and until they knew she was
born the wedding service could not 20 on.


Miss Margot and her lover were quite
satisfied of the fact of her birth, but the
former nevertheless determined to full
I'LL the law and hunt up the man who
could certify that she actually was born
and did not "grow," like Topsy. The
Swiss Consul here was communicated
with and inserted the advertisement re-
ferred to above. The Consul in con-
versation with Herald reporter yester-
nay said that it would have been far
easier for Miss Margot to have been bap-
tized over again and thus evade the ah-
surd law than go to the trouble and ex-
pense of hunting up Mr.. Locci. He
hoped most sincerely, he said, that the
clergyman might be found and Miss
Margot made happy with certificate
and husband.
Year: 1879

Herr Krupp, the famous maker of guns
and cannon, is a tall, fine looking old man
of remarkably commanding presence. lie
has beautiful home at Essen, and relates
how, as young hard working man,
he fixed upon the site of tho present
house as that of his future home if he
should succeed in his career; and how he
always used to delight as boy, when he
got holiday, to ascend the hill and look
down into the pleasant and peaceful valley
below. He has received almost every
order from the hands of the emperor, and
has been offered all manner of titles. but
he refuses them all content to live and die
as plain Herr Krupp. The following
anecdote is told concerning his marriage
One day, being in the theatre at Cologne,
he was struck by grlish face in the box
opposite. He begged one of his friends,
who was acquainted with the family, to
introduce him. Next day he was engaged,
and the following week the marriage took
place. The marriage concluded so hastily


has proved most happy one.
Year: 1879

Oak may be so dyed as to resemble
ebony. Soak it for forty eight hours in a
hot saturated solution of alum, and then
paint it with decoction of one part CAM
peachy wood in eleven parts wafer. This
decoction should be first filtered and slow
ly boiled down to one-half its volume,
when ten or fifteen drops of neutral
tincture of indigo should be added for
every quart it contains. After the appli-
cation of this solution, the wood should be
rubbed with a saturated solution of verdi
pris in acetic acid until the desired tint is
obtained.
Year: 1879

The story as told by sophomore TO his
little sister: Mary was the proprietress of
a diminutive, incipient sheep, whose outer
covering was as devoid of color us con-
gealed atmospheric vapor, and to all local
tiles to which Mary perambulated her
young southdown was morally sure to
follow 1t tagged her to the dispensary of
learning one diurnal section of time, which
was contrary to all precedent, and excited
cachination of the seminary attendants
when they perceived the presence of a
young mutton at the establishment of in
struction. Consequently,lh preceptor ex-
PEELED him from the interior, but he con-
tinued to remain in the immediate vicinity.
and continued in the neighborhood without
fretfuness until Mary once more became
visible. "What caused this specimen OF
the genus owls to bestow so much affection
on Mary" the impetuous progeny vocf-
Grated. Because Mary reciprocated the
wool-producer's esteem, you understand"
the tutor answered back.
Year: 1879

How TO GET A DlNNER.-A gentleman
who had travelled about pretty extensive
ly was greatly perplexed 10 understand
how il was that other persons were waited
upon promptly and well served at the ho-
tells, while he was almost entirely ignored
and could scarcely obtain Il square meui-
COMPLAIN 10 or swear ut the waiter as he
might. Al last his eyes were opened to
the dodge of feeling the waiter literally,
and being of an ingenious turn of mind
he determined to improve upon the plan.


The next hotel he dined at he took his
seat very pompousy at the table, and took
out well-tlled pocket book, extracting
therefrom ten dollar bill, which he laid
on the white cloth beside his plate and
placed his goblet upon it. In an instant
almost he was surrounded by walters, who
seemed to vie with each other in attentions.
Every wish was anticipated, and all the
delicaces of the kitchen and pantry were
placed before him in tempting array.


Having Jared rs sumptuously as
prince (to the envy of many of the guests,
he toak up the greenback, and beckoning
to the nearest waiter, was Immediately be-
sieged by half dozen or so. Holding the
bill in one hand, he pointed TO it with the
other, and inquired of the crowd:


DO you see that bile"


"Ob, yes, sir" they all exclaimed in
chorus.


Then take good look at it " he re.
piled; for you will never see it again.
Saying which, he departed, leaving the
walters aghast.
Year: 1879

How TO DETERMINE THE QUALITY OF
SILK.-A writer in the Hartford Courant,
speaking of the various kinds of black
silk, gives the following directions for de-
tecting the spurious from the genuine
article: Take ten fbres of the filling in
any silk, and if on breaking they show a
feathery. dry, and lack-lustre condition,
discoloring the fingers in handling. you
NAV at once be sure of the presence of dye
and artificial weighing. Or take small
portion of these fibres between the thumb
and forefnger and gently roll them over
and over and you will readily detect in
the one the gum, mineral, soap and other
ingredients, and the absence of them in
the other. A simple but effective test OF
purity is to burn a small quantity of the
fibers; pure silk will instantly crisp leav-
ing only pure charcoal; heavily dyed silk
will smolder. leaving a yellow, greasy
ash. IT, on the contrary, you can never.
'or hardly ever, break the ten strands and
they are OF a natural lustre and brllliancy
and fail to dscolor the fingers at point o.
contact, you may be well assured that
you have pure silk, that is honest in its
make, durable in its wear"
Year: 1879

TIE FATE OF A HERD oE BUFFALoEs.
An army officer who recently arrived
in Chicago from the Yellowstone valley.
tells story of what happened to herd
of buffaloes as they were migrating south,
ward. The herd numbered 1900 head and
had been driven out Of the Milk river
country by the Indian hunters belonging
to Sitting Bulls band. When they reached
the river they vcntured on the ice with
customary confidence. coming upon 1t
with u solid front, and beginning the
crossing with closed ranks. The stream
at this point was very deep. When the
front line, which was stretched out a
quarter of mile in length, had nearly
gained the opposite shore, the ice sudden
ly gave way under them, Some trappers
who were eye witnesses of the scene said
it seemed as if trench had been opened
in the ice the whole length of the column.
Some four or five hundred animals tum-
bled into the opening all in n heap. Others
fell in on top of them and sank out OF
sight in twinkling. BY this time the
ice was breaking under the still advancing
herd. The trappers say that IN less tnan
a minute the whole body of butfaloes had
been precipitatcd into the river. They
were wedged in so thickly that they could
do nothing but struggle for second and
then disappear beneath the cakes OF ice ol
the swift current. Not beast in all that
mighty herd tried to escape, but in solid
phalanx they marched to their fatal bath
in the " Big Muddy" In miuu;e from
the time the first ice broke not buffalo s
head or tail was to be seen.


Possible occurrences of this sort, in
ancient tertiary times, helped to form the
remarkable deposits of bones found in the
old lake beds of the great west and else
where. In these deposits the earth is
literally crowded with the bones, some
times chiefly of one type, sometimes COM
prising many distinct species. In th'
latter case TIE victims were probably
swept away by sudden floods. their re


mains mingling confusedly in quiet ba


sins.
Year: 1879

When I'm man." the STRIPPING cries,
And strives the coming years to scan,
All. then 1 shall be strong and wise,


When I'm man!
when was young" the old man signs,
Bravely the lark and linnet sung
Their carol under sunny skies,


When was young"
when I'm man 1 shall be free
To guard the right, the truth uphold"
when was young bent no knee


To power or gold"
Then shall l satisfy my soul
With youder prize, when I'm man"
"Too late found how vain the goal


To which ran"
when I'm man these idle toys
Aside forever shall be flung"
There was no poison in my Joys


When l was young"
The boys bright dream is all before,
The mans romance lies far behind.
Had we the present and no more,


Fate were unkind.
But, brother. toiling in the night,
Still count yourself not all unblest
If in the east there CLEANS light,


Or i'll the west.


-HdrpcrS Bas