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Year: 1877

KANSAS CITY, No., November 49, 1877.


Editor Den,orat-The attention of the great
West-the immense grain producing country
of the Mississippi and Missouri river valleys
is now being directed to your city as an outlet
to Europe for their surplus products. Are
your grain merchants thoroughly imbued with
the importance Of this trader Do they fully
comprehend the magnitude of the grain ship
ment which by proper effort may be turned
to them2 New Orleans is our gateway to Europe.
But natural commercial pathways are of little
avail unless enterprising active influences of
art are added to them. Your city has golden
opportunity presented 1t. But the harvest will
not come to you without your bidding.


Can you give us ocean tonnage for our grain?
Are your facilities for handling and reshipping
grain simplifed and ample? Are your total ter
minal charges light? / should like to hear
from some of your exporters on the subject.
Our Board of Trade feels lively interest in
this matter. and I should be glad If some Of
your merchants would write me as fully as they
will in regard to the matter.


We have an immense crop of corn and very
fine surplus of wheat. Will New Orleans not
make an effort to handle it for us?


/ enclose q clipping which explains itself.


Truly yours, A. r. FRENCH.
Year: 1877

Wise STATESMANSHIP REQUIRED.-Al
10 time since the foundation of the re,
public has its condition called for wiser
craftsmanship than that which the next
congress will be required to display if it
succeeds in the task Of restoring per,na-
neat prosperity 10 the country Princi-
pies which would utterly subvert all law
and order are to he put down. The tariff,
finances, civil service reform and internal
improvements will all claim attention, any
one of which subjects alone would afford
abundant work for congress III addition
to its routine labors. Ii Will, therefore,
tehoove the members al the next session
- devote themselves to hard work if they
wish to accomplish what the country ex-
poets of them
Year: 1877

CHICKENS COMING HOME TO RoosT.-
Several years since when the radicals had
an overwhelming majority III Congress,
they passed a law that virtually gives the
clerk OF the House of Representatives au-
thority to pass upon the claims of mem
bers- That is, he makes up the list, and
only those whose names appear upon the
list are allowed to vote in the election OF
speaker and other officers. As a matter
OF course this is dangerous power to be
lodged in the hands of any one man, bat
ii is only since the radicals are out of
power that they discovered this fact, and
now they are fierce in their Remuneration
OF the clerk for exercising this discretion
airy authority IT is the old story of
chickens coming home to roost."
Year: 1877

New YoRk.-By the exercise OF Grdin-
ary sense and the avoiding of obvious er-
rors the democrats should have no trou-
BILE not merely in carrying it by such a
majority as to secure the Legislature and
with it the e-apportionment, which is by
far the most important measure involved
in the state canvass
Year: 1877

SMALLS, THE SOUTH CAROLINA ex-con-
gresham, who has been arrested on the
charge of having sold his vote while state
senator, made good record during the
late war 1t was he who ran the steamer
Planter over the Charleston bar and de-
livered her to the commander of the block
aiding squadron-a feat which attracted
so much attention at the TING.
Year: 1877

Fraudulent HAYES occupies the singu-
lar position of receiving praise from his
political opponents and ccnsure from his
party friends The policy which recon-
inends him to one, Is that which gives of
fence to the other. The country discovers
in the man and the officer an intention to
do right, and if he falls into occasional er-
ror of detail, the fair-minded man can
overlook this fault in the effort being
made 10 bring the civil service bacl. to the
purity it was designed it should possess
by the founders of the government. The
structure on his administration by politi-
cal leader like Senator Conkling are not
accepted rs public opinion, and he can af-
ford to overlook them in contemplation of
the pleasant things that are said about
him as well in obscure and remote parts
Of the country as in the commercial cen
tres, where selfish interest has a great deal
to do in the shaping of public opinion.


The rascally manner in which he REACHED
his high place, however, is the one great
stain that loads his name with infamv
Year: 1877

The DIFFERENCE The nearest approx
;matinp to a definition Of the difference
between the democratic and republican
par,ies would be abont this: The demo
Gratis deny Mr. Hayes title to Office, but
have high opinion Of his policy the re-
publicans, on the other hand, have poor
opinion of his policy but pretend to have
n high one IF his title.
Year: 1877

ONE of the points of Senator Patter-
sons defense, on his writ of habeas corpus,
is that Wade Hampton and his Attorney
General are not legally elected officers of
South Carolina We shall hear what the
District of Columbia courts have to say on
that subject
Year: 1877

SENATOR MORTON continues to sink, and
his physicians say that he viii never leave
his house a live man We have never
been an admirer of Morton, but stricken
with disease and wrestling with death in
his most terrible form, he certainly is al
object for commiseration.
Year: 1877

It's FUTURE. Never since 1896, when
Fremont was their candidate, have the
radicals OF the North been more seriously
exercised than they are at the present
time. They are not only asking outright
What viii be the future of the party,
but they are concerned to know whether
the party is to have any future
Year: 1877

THE night of the Sd and 4th of October
was one of great meteorological distur-
bance. 1t showed itself. in the East, in
great wind and rain storm, while in the
west it took the shape of polar wave:
The territory affected by the change was
immense.
Year: 1877

upward of three hundred cars reduced to
ashes


At daylight the rioters, having obtained
possession Of cannon, renewed their at
tack Oh the military who were in temporary
occupation of the round house. Not a sin
gle round was fred, however, q well directed
fusillade by the soldiers preventing the
working of the gun. Two of the strikers
were killed at the first volley and some ten
or twelve wounded. Maddened by their
repulse they then set fire to cars loaded
and pushed these down the track to the
round house, thus compelling the troops to
retfeat. The estimated total loss Of life
during the operations of the day is thirty
four killed and upward of 100 wounded.


1t is stated that the soldiers used Cat
ling gun and that United States regulars
were in possession Of the arsenal but re-
fused the Philadelphia militia admittance.
two forces in suppressing the mob is ex-
planned by Major Burlington, of the arsenal
The fighting at times was desperate, the
rioters displaying reckless bravery, and but
for the discipline of the troops the latter
would probably have been overpowered.


correspondent of the HERALD, however,
it would appear that several of the
soldiers were seriously demoralized and
Major Burlington himself in q measure
confirms the suspicion. 1t is doubtless for
tunate that the mob did not know the weak
ness Of the arsenal and carry it by storm, and
so secure possession OF it's six hundred stand
of arms and ammunition.


have been torn up and destroyed in many
places, and passengers east and west are
transferred by the West Pennsylvania road.
1t was generally believed by railroad officials
in Pittsburg yesterday that oil travel would
be suspended last night owing to the scarcity
of rolling stock, and that many days will
elapse before the great roads centring there
can resume operations. Miles of cars laden
with various kinds of merchandise, ore,
coal, &C.. have been wrecked.


A disgraceful feature Of this terrible his.
tory, and ono that will, doubtless, undergo
rigid investigation, is the refusal of the
Fourteenth and Nineteenth Pennsylvania
regiments to serve any longer in the
defence of the Pennsylvania Railroad
property, the cause alleged being the
accidental killing Of q private in the
FIRST named regiment by the Eastern
militia The majority of the men arc also
in such sympathy with the rioters that Di-
vision Commander General Brown was
forced to exclaim, II am at q loss what to
Year: 1877

Never go into store where you are
not wanted. II man wants you to
come to his room he will invite you
to do SO. aud if a merchant wants you
to visit his place of business he will
invite you through yonr home paper.
1t is very wrong in any one to intrude
upon privacy, SO don't do it.
Year: 1877

WASHINGTON, Fcb IA New York
claim agent and clerk in the first auditor S
department, will be arrested to- morrow on
the result OF an inquiry into the collection
OF unclaimed interest At least $4,000
have been collected through their conni-
vance
Year: 1877

TO the EditOr OF The Tribune


SIR: One of the objects in widening West
ST. above Canal and building and unusually strong
piers bring the European steamers into close con-
nectIon with railroads having terminus In New-York
City, and thus place the commerce o. the port on an
equal footing with that Of Philadelphia and Boston.
These rival cities In seeking 10 obtain freight IN the West


lay great stress upon their ability to run raiears along
side the steamers and thus considerable Item in
carriage or lghterage and what is OF much greater
portance the breakage and damage caused by frequent
transfer II is argued that although all the traffic
will take place during the night IN West->t, the iu-
trress of the marketmen wOud suffer by the proposed
change. There might be some force in this II the
Mace here 1t s intended rails shall be laid
over a mile from any used by maketmen, or II II
were not north Of Canal As Is the traic opposite
Chrisophers is very small and the street Ia go feet
vide. Moreover, tie dummles already run past the
White star pier To Canalst. during the day. without
causing any obstruction traffic, and all that Is required
Year: 1877

To the EdttOr OF The Tribune.


SIR: see by your paper this morning that
An, subject to correction. freely that quota
fon I'm full would have increased the length Of cOmnII
nicaton which it was my purpose to make as short as
possible gave in many words the implication the
article in question carried with 1t. or course nsver
imagined the so-cacd critic meant that there only
one living man in the country who draws the human
figure in OF making literal copy Of model in
the life school, but used the word with the signhcaton
usually given it by arststhc as that given TO
II i'm the article quoted The qualifying adjectives,
'large and imaginative II they mean anything must
he of necessity and nseparabe i'll an artistic sense
from drawings and that the criticism carried with the
Interpretation given it is proved not only by reference
to the known opinions Of the class of critics 10 whom the
author OF the article belongs buC also to the comments
OF the studios Themselves go .


With regard To my claim for the education OF critics
sill mold that the education O the to discriminate
between correct and incorrect drawing, howedge OF
prrspcctiVe both of lines and color, and some apprecia


on Of The clements Of composition Is as necessary ana
Indispensable the art critic cultivated ear and
some knowledge OF the laws of musical composition are
to n musical critic There is at least much IA the art
Of paung pictures that renders less special cultivation
and education necessary both 70 appreciate and To crti
else its productions, there is III the sister arts.


SeW- York, March II, 1877. OMAR.
Year: 1877

a speech which the only reasonable objection that
could be made its SURPRISING cemcucy TO the whoe
rebel mass making but sge exception in the person
OF arbitrator OF them ALL Jefferson Davis ana he
excepted only because OF his official responsibility for the
unparalleled horrors OF Andersonvlle-a speech which
by the vials of wrath IL brought upon your head not
withsandng its excessive magnanimity demonstrated
that nothing will conciliae the South but TO put the
control OF the Federal Government and the destiny OF
the nation into ler hands In the days of her ogarchal
Year: 1877

To THE EDITOR or THE HERALD:-


Does the Standard Oil Company own the streets Of
New York, and are the lives OF citizens OF less
vaiuo than the pecuniary interests OF Spectators?
The parties In question are running a wrought iron
pipe IRON the oil depot Of tho Central railroad, sixty
fifth street. North RIVER through Central Park TO Sixty
lith street and FIRST avenue thence street,
down Sixty.third trect to the East River and
their works al Hunters Point. TIis TO be TO
pump crude petroleum. The pipe Is a harmless look
log arrangement, but when arc to have thousands
II the authorities should act IN ;he matter Inc
great fires IN other large cities speak ng TO US.
Ne are situated that large fire Is iortunaely,
q very possible contingency. Crude petroleum. in our
streets Will greatly ASSIST It's progress Apart nom
tho danger, how comes II that our impoverished aud
tuxourusnod city receives compensation tor such
immense privileges? Is this another placer some
OF our political N masters2 VEkIrAS.
Year: 1877

[NorE-Lettsrs intended for this column must bs
accompanied BY the writer's full name aud address to
insure attention. Compliments who are unwilling TO
comply with this rule simply waste limo in writing
Write on only SIDE OF tho paper. HERALD.I
Year: 1877

To THH EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-


desire complain OF the Twenty-thrd Street Rail-
way Company. Not knowing that the Beecker street
branch RAJ up to Twenty-thrd street, North River.
by mistake got of those at the depot last
evening and put my fare in the box Upon reaching
the corner the turned and discovered my MIS-
take. then returned to the Office OF the company
and told them OF my mistake, but told that they
could do nothing Tor me. Now, what desire 10 know
is, II passenger gets those and refuses
place his fare the box but tenders to the driver


The passenger can be elected from the car Tor rcus
Ing TO do the conductors or company's workS f. p.
Year: 1877

dear to my heart and l shall most
earnestly strive for their attainment.
The cordial cooperation of all classes, OF
all sections of the country and of both
races is required for this purpose, and
with their blessing assured, and not
otherwise, we may safely hope TO hand
down our free institutions of government
unimpaired to the generations that viii
succeed rs
Year: 1877

A short time since discovery
was made in Paris, France. sug-
gesting q tragedy more horrible in its
details than any of those imagined by
Edgar Poe. Il is we'll known that on
the banks of the Seine there are always
to be seen large number Of people,
for the most part vsgrants. who earn Il
livelihoo 4 by he oking the sickly sp ci
mems of half sutfocated fish that are
found at the point where the drains Of
Paris flow into the LIVER One 81 these
unfortunate anglers fishing at st. Oren
the other day felt ali unusual weight
encumbcring his line He took steps to
pull out Of the water what he expected
would prove a valuable find. when to
his sur prise, he discovered it to be the
trunk of young woman, the hands Of
of which were tightly tied together
with cord. The body presented marks
of having been cut open with q hatchet


iorr,fsd at the unwelcome sight. the
poor man ran for the commissary Of the
district, who Immediately telegraphed
for NJ. Jacobs, chief Of the police. The
latter had the river draggl I, with the
result Of finding the legs and other
parts Of the corpse. These. as WAS the
case Of the trunk, were found wrapped
in pet,coat of printed cotton. As
soon as they were collected q III iical
examination WAS made Of the remains.
and they proved to be those Of female
of about twenty. eight years Of age,
who evidently belonged to the working
class. From :heir appearance they could
not have been in the water above two
or three days Crowds have gone to the
morgus. where the murdered woman is
placed in view. No trace has yet been
discovered either of identity or Of the
perpetrator Of the crime
Year: 1877

NEW YORK went to work in good earn
est in regard to the removal of the snow
acclrmulations. All day Sunday Broad
way was crowded with men and carts, en-
gagged in removing the Objectionable de-
posit, and with such energy and success
did they work, that great thorougtare was
rendered comparatively passable.
Year: 1877

The midnight marauder should not be
banished from our dwelling any more
quickly than should cough or cold of
any kind be driven from the system.
DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup quietly yet pos
lively places all colds under its control.
Year: 1877

In the Middle and Eastern States, SLOW
ly falling or nearly stationary barometer,
stationary to rising temperature and gen
orally clear weather, southerly to west
erly winds in latter and easterly winds
shifting to southerly in the former.
Year: 1877

The attention of the Chief OF Police and
OF the Board OF Health il urgently called to
a fragrant nuisance upon the vacant lot near
the southeast corner Of Fifth and Canal
streets, which is alike Illegal. detrimental to
health. and obnoxious to decency, as Will
be at once palpable to the visiting officers.
Being within few feet only OF the street,
it has been an outrage not only upon those
living in the vicinity, but upon all who
have been obliged to pass it. 1t is unbear-
able, and the universal complaint OF pedes-
trions have added sense OF humiliation to
the grievance OF those constantly victims;
Immediate attention and removal is insisted
1non in behalf OF MANY SUFFERERS.
Year: 1877

Our Watercourse.-Would it not be well
for the Council to take some steps this fall
looking to an attempt to place the value OF
our water-power before the public! 1t Is
believed that q judeious investment OF a
few hundred dollars in publishing maps,


with catalogue giving the horsepower
and location Of the sites to be disposed OF,
would be paying investment now. A sur
yev of the water-line was recently y made by
two engineers, and a report submitted to
the Council thereupon. So there will be no
difficulty in obtaining data to publish such


- ;ryormotion
Year: 1877

RUNAWAY AcCIDENT.-Yesterday about
noon horse hitched to q light wagon i'll
which Mrs., George Epps and her sister
were seated took fright and ran away on
Brook avenue. Mrs. Epps attempted to
Jump out near the corner OF Leigh street,
and in doing so fell to the street, striking
her head against stone, rendering her un-
conscious. Her sister, who had q little
child in her arms, remained in the wagon
until the horse was stopped, and was not
injured.
Year: 1877

The THREE RICHEST MES-The
three richest man in the United
States-Astor, Stewart, Vanderbilt


have died within fifteen months.
The first inherited great wealth, and
the possibility of making vast addi-
tions to it without very much effort
Of his own tho other two were the
architects of their own vast fortunes.
The combined wealth of the three
would probably aggregate $780,
000,00 or four times the amount of
the public debt of the Uuited States
before the war. There is no evidence
that any Of them has left a blank in
the field of effort which he occupied
so successfully which cannot be fill,
cd. The Astor property, the Stew
art dry-goods business, and the
Vanderbilt roads are managed with
the same comprehensive grasp of
principles and the same keen atten-
ton to details as when tho eye and
brain of those with whom they were
so long identified aud undimmed
There is no reason to believe that all
three are not as capable of indefinite
expansion as they would have been
under the men who made them what
they are.
Year: 1877

KINDNEss To ANIMALS, Van An.
burgh could handle his lions and
tigers with impunity. No animal
will fail to respond to kindness aud
uniform good treatment, And es~
pecially will the noble horse respect
and conflo and faithfully serve n
master who deals gently and kindly
with him. We nave ourselves taken
a spirited Morgan mare which had
been rudely handled aud became en,
tirely unmanageable through .harsh
treatment, and, by appealing to her
intelligence AMI respecting her
needs, in three weeks time made
her entirely safo and reliable for
wife and children, and all who would
treat her kindly and handled her
gently. and we have, after five years,
seen the same mare resume her old
vicious habits when again under the
control Of one who resorted to arbi-
trary or brutal treatment. Always
appeal to tho better instincts of the
horse, the mule, the OK, the COW, as
well as the dog and other domestic
animals, and they will never become
vicious or unmauageable. -Simi.
Topical.
Year: 1877

A BIRD -CHARMiNa LlnY A few
months since, slye the jacksonville
(Florida) Union. n handsome mock-
ing-bird flew into the residence OF a
Lady in this city and alighted at her
feet, exhibiting little or no fear or
suspicion of her, AMI permitting her
to catch it in her hand. She placed
it in cage and it seemed happy and
contented, and it proved to be one
Of the finest singers of it's species,
filing the house with melodious
strains, until after some four months
captivity it was taken sick and died
much to the sorrow Of its mistress
A short time after the decease the
same lady was sitting in her room
when another beautiful bird OF the
same family came in and took its
position near her, apparently invi-
ting her to capture it, which she did
without difficulty. She placed it in
the same cage, and it seemed as
contented as the other had done, as
il it knew aud coveted Q life with
30 gentle mistress.
Year: 1877

An EARNEST LIFE. -Earnestness
does not always move with n clatter.
There are other things in this world
which are quite rs pleasant and edi
flying rs the "rub-a dub dub of q
snare drum In fact this kind of
melody is not generally tho highest
style of music Have you never
known a man bustling and ollicious,
aud clamorols, and loud, bnt who
did not weigh heavy after ala
thing very well under stood by every
one oxcep! just the man who might
hnyo proiittei by that piece of infor
nation 2 Aud have you never known
u nan, quiet and unostentatious and
faithful, and who was u perpetual
blessing, u golden man. deep -souled
and true, whose memory fingered
long after he was gone, Ike light
upon the hills aft gorgeous sunset


The shallow stream rltt'cs nloug
its course but when il il met and
drowned by the majestic tides roll
ing in from the seas, there is silence
on tue hills. In the great tide there
Is the power of more than hundred
rivulots, yet it's coming is almost as
quiet rs the celestial forces that
bring it, The tide flows down, aal
shallow grows the stream, and again
the empty clattering goes on. AMI
this is what we wish to say, that
things most potent, although dem,
onstratiye, rs indeed they must b c
from their effects. are not uecessar ri
ly noisy. A strong and earnest life
need not make what people are in
the haait of calling "a fuss 1t is
better to he known by the lend that
strikes than by tho bang of the gun
that sends il.
Year: 1877

Once more by mount and meadow side.
The merry bells are ringing,
Once more by vale and river wide
Forgotten books win pensive looks,
And states come forth from cover.
Fsr hand in hand to lesson-land
Go little lass and lover.
Vacation hours were full of joy.
Vacation skies were CHEEKY;
Yet days which pleasant tasks employ,
Are neither dull nor dreary,
The rythmie beat along the street
OF feet that dance in walking
Give witness true that three times two
Is better fun than talking.
What need of bliss were ours, my friend.
If we, like these, were able
Our cares and discontents to spend
In vanquishing y table
If we could be SO light and free
Amid our garnered pleasures.
As these who sweet the tale repeat
OF runic weights and measures!
All! children dear, our later days
Have brought US wise amounting;
We see in all your sunny ways
Tho Fathers kind appointing.
Your morning bell is ours US we'll
We so to school to Duty,
Whose brow severe from year to year
Wears fadeless wreathes of beauty.


-Msrper's Basar.