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Year: 1874

The members of the Board of Education
announce their intention to reduce the sala-
ries Of the regular teachers in the public
schools, to meet the reduction in their appro-
priation made by the Board of Apportionment.
There is no reason why they should do any
such unwise and unpopular act. They can
save more than the sum deducted from their
estimate by disseminating the services of all
special professors" Of German, French,
music, DC. The common school system does
not contemplate instruction in these fancy
branches of education, and the special
teachers, who are generally protkg<s Of
the Commissioners, are paid at a rate
Of compensation largely in excess of
that awarded to the legitimate teachers


Let the Board of Education abolish
these agreeable little sinecures and there will
be no necessity to reduce the teachers saa-
ries single dollar. When the appropriation
of the Charities and Correction Department
was cut down this year we were threatened
with the closing of some Of the institutions


They remained in operation. however, and
the close OF the year finds the department
with a handsome surplus. The threat of the
Board OF Education is no doubt intend ded to
have its effect on the Aldermen, who now
have the city estimates under consideration


The Aldermen should take the hint, aud by
resolution direct the discontinuance of these
special fancy teachers in the public schools.
Year: 1874

THE FIRE in Th:-y eighth street last night
unhappily resulted in the loss of two lives
and severe injuries to a man and woman. It
appears that this calamity was due to the
fright or ignorance of the spectators
Year: 1874

TO give their names. This assertion caused the
widest excitement in the church, and the ex-
clusion of the audience was the result. MIR.
Glendenning will, we presume, be asked to
give the names Of these persons at the meeting
the Presbytery will hold tomorrow, and new
element will thus be introduced into the case.
The indignation against Mr.. Glendenning is
principally caused by the belief in the inno-
cence of Miss Pomeroy, and if these startling
accusations against her are sustained the ques-
ton of his frailty will become of minor i'm
portance. If he cannot sustain them the at
tempt to prove her to have been as bad as
strumpet will recoil with terrific effect upon
his own head.
Year: 1874

then,


and flre towers Win be prodG1ous. The telescope
men from Long Island, Jersey, Staten Island ana
various other suburban retreats are cr0wdlng
into town. the glasses they use made out OF
ginger beer bottles are polished for tco occasion
ught to fifteen cents on comet nights Two looks
AZ the comet for twenty-five cents


BHRGH's DESIGN ON YBE COMET


Mr.. Bergh has plan for the capture of the
comet which illustrates at once his enterprise
and humanity. He intends to send Professor
to throw on the comets tan, and n Wise
only strikes ''tne eastern current,n farewell TO
our celestial visitor. She will come down by the
run and on being duly stuffed by Mr.. Bergh, will
be subsequently presented to the Geographical
Society.


LOCAL EFFECT OF THE PHENOMENON


What the effect OF this close approach of the
comet TO New YORK may cause ON the approaching
fall elections 1t Is impossible to tell. The supposi-
t0n Is 1t will make our local political cauldrOn boil
lager beer saloons and the evening papers Il will
make tenement houses interesting. the zoos of
these tall hives OF humanity will be sought by the
gay and fashionable and scientific and amid the
cool mapping OF clothes Lines laden with household
linen an observation OF the comet may be taken
with much comfort. How 1t may affect Wall street
Is not so much the question as how lt will AFFECT
the price OF opera glassesP Western Union Is most
apt to be stirred. comets and electricity are
closely connected and some day we may ind tele-
would be the most deplOrable thing that could
happen Us. Wild Cat bonds should revive under
the influence In the heavens.


Should the comet lose her balance and fall on her
head striking any where In the neghbOrnood Of
the City Hail. Mayor Havemeyer win certainly re-
sign and tne diherence between Comp trOller
Green and Commissioner Van Mort VIII be wider
than ever.
Year: 1874

John Henry was arrested last evening. by Detec-
tives Lyon and King, Of the TenthAprecinct,
charged with being concerned in the robbery Of
Captain vanderbilt's house, on Staten Island The
ca pture was made while the omcers were walking
bundle and supposing he had seIne stolen prop
erty in IL, they took him. Events turned IN their
favor for az examination OF the bundle brought to
light a portion OF the property stolen from Mr..
Vanderbilt After the arrest Of Henry the ofncers
received Information that led TO discovery Of
still more OF the goods. taken at the same time, In
o house at No. 102 Canal street. Henry Will be ar
raigned at the Essex Market Police Court this
mo
Year: 1874

An unknown man was found drowned last night
at the foot OF EiQhty-ninth street. East River.
The body is supposed 10 have been long time In
the water, as II was much decomposed. II was
removed 10 the Morgue.
Year: 1874

WASHINGTON, August 4.-Reports having
been circulated to the effect tnat Attorney
General Williams would tender his resigna-
tion because Congress refused to enact GER
tain laws recommended by him regarding
the reduction of expenses in the United
States marshals offices in some Southern
judicial districts, and for other causes, it
can be stated on the authority of the At
tOrney General himself, that nothing has
passed between him and the President
upon the subject.


True, the Attorney General did recon-
mend certain legislation last session which
would have reduced the expenses of many
judicial districts of the South, but as Con.
gress did not deem it expedient to enact
such a law, the Attorney General does not
hold it to be any cause for him to tender
his resignation.


Regarding his probable appointment to
the Russian mission he states that no word
passed between him and the President
about it, and that he has never given it a
thought, and SO far as he knows the Presi
dent has no idea Of using his name in that
connection.


Returned.
Secretary Belknap returned to Washing
ton this morning
Year: 1874

would spring to arms to defend it were it
revived to-day. Do any doubt that. with
the independence Of the South achieved,
every negro within its borders would be
remanded as chattel to his late owner?


The prediction made by the Inter. Ocean
only few weeks ago, that the skirts of the
White League would soon be stained with
blood, has already found It's ful6llment in
brutal tragedy, enacted near Shreveport,
Louisiana. We printed yesterday the
proclamation of Governor Kellogg offering
$1,000 reward for the capture and conyic-
ton of the band of miscreants for any mem
ber of it, who perpetrated the foul and un-
provoked murder of Manuel Munos. Else
where in this issue we reprint from the New
Orleans REPUBLICAN letter from the wife
of the murdered man to Governor Kellogg,
giving the full details of the cowardly
crime The REPUBLICAN declares that in the
columns of the Shreveport Times ''the
crime was placed to the credit of the young
men of the neighbOrhoOd who belong to the
White League" and that therefore it (the


Tines fully justified their action"


Nav God spare all ''neighborhoods" from


the dire affliction of such young men,"


and may He also spare the country from


the disgrace and shame of another newspa-
murder and defend the mnrderers. The
White Leagues of the South are sowing the


wind only to reap the whirlwind. They
are planting horrors which must grow to a
harvest of retribution. If there are any
men at the South possessing sentiments of


humanity or instincts Of patriotism; if
there are any who have estates to protect;
if there are any who would shudder at the
| renewal of scenes of violence and crime,


let such face the storm that is now rising;
for unless the progress OF the mad crusade
is STAYED, property and life will be en-.
quilted in a maelstrom of ungovernable
nassion and hate.-Chica10 Inter- Ocean,
Year: 1874

We declared in the outset that the organ
ization of the order Of the White League
in Louisiana and other Southern States was
a step toward the assassination of negroes;
that it was the revival of the Ku-Klux un-
der another name. We predicted that
bloodshed would speedily follow the threats
of the league itself and the more violent
outbursts Of passion which found place in
the editorial columns of the pro-slavery
newspapers of the South. We say pro-
slavery, because we mean it. We mean
that ex-rebels are again coming to the front:
that they are once more showing their
teeth, and that their hostility is directed
against negro suffrage, with the ultimate
purpose of reducing the colored people to .
state of virtual if not actual slavery. This
is startling proposition, but it is warranted.
by the notorious fact that hundreds OF
Thousands of the Southern people stil!
NOUN tho collapse Of the Coufederacy, end
Year: 1874

Last Saturday morning one of the colored
laborers on George c. Purvis' plantation. a
mile north of Delhi, discovered dead body
lying in Bayou Macon. near what is known
as "the Oliver spring" Justice Mont
gomery, being notified Of the fact, repaired
to the spot with a Jury of inquest, and pro-
ceeded to hold an inquest. The jury found
that the person had been murdered but the
BODY had been so badly mutilated as to
DESTROY all traces OF the mans features.
They took the precaution, however, to take
off one of his boots, his spur, piece Of each
article of clothing found on the body and a
pocket knife and pipe found in the pants
pocket, by which it was soon ascertained
that the murdered man was a German,
named Ullmer. who resided near Lake
Providence, Carroll parish, and who had
recently been travelling through this part
of the country, buying cattle. The last
seen of him was when he left this place on
Saturday evening, July Ii; and investiga-
tions had since the discovery of the body
have established the fact that he was muir
dered on the road leading from this place
to Floyd, opposite the place where the body
was found; that the body was taken to the
bayou, disemboweled and thrown into the
water.


Other discoveries made by the committee
appointed by the citizens to ferret out and
prosecute criminals, they do not deem
proper to make public at this time; and the
public will have to exercise patience until
the proper time for the matter to be laid
before it; and in the meantime every good
citizen should do everything in his power
to assist this committee in its arduous and
responsible duty, as the well being of the
entire community depends upon its success
and the enforcement of the laws right at
this time.


The murder Of this man was more das-
tardly, cold blooded act than that of Mr..
Arbuckle, for his murderers knew that there
were at least two men and a woman on the
boat, and that they were provided with
means of defense before they attacked the
boat, while these murderers of Ullmer
knew that he was unarmed and alone, for
his pistol had been stolen from him while he
was in town, and he had no travelling COM
panion, which shows that the murderers
could have had no other object in killing
him than that of concealing their robbery
and to satisfy fiendish thirst for human
hloOd Delhi Tbrouic}p
Year: 1874

fellow w-citizens-a desire to share the burdens
as well as the blessings of citizenship.


Does the judge expect our colored
brother, fred by his address, to rush to the
wheel and deposit himself ready to be
drawn by the mild-mannered commissioner!
Judge Abel has short memory and long
tongue, but the Pcayune man can hardly
have caught his idea this time.
Year: 1874

Elsewhere in our columns will be found
published resolution of the State Central
Committee, fixing the time and place OF
meeting of the Republican State Nominating
Convention to be II M. this day, and in the
Hall of the House Of Representatives, in the
st. Louis Hotel building.
Year: 1874

leaves eight children; that the murdered
Del Sol leaves five. Tell them that the
latter are orphans; that the former will
be SO ere many weeks have passed, as
their mother is slowly wasting away.
Tell them that these desolate children
are in Jamaica, almost on the brink oi
starvation, sometimes having but five
cents day with which to buy food
Tell them that the wife of President
Cespedes asks for money enough b to bring
those children to New York.
Year: 1874

A Detective OUTwrTTED.-Theo other
day New Orleans detective arrested u
man. on suspicion of having stolen a
diamond pin. Being hard pressed the
thief owned up, ard surrendered up the
jewel to the officer, who placed it in his
shirt bosom. On the way to the lookup
the officer and prisoner got on board a
horse car, and in SO doing the former
was considerably jostled by crowd on
the platform. Just then the prisoner
whispered in his ear:


" Look out, Captain, that was a thief
that passed you just now.''


The officer glanced hurriedly at his
shirt front. The pin was gone. He
sprang from the car in pursuit of the
imaginary thief. 1t is needless to say
he was not to be found, and when he
returned his former prisoner was miss.
ing also. The next day the vigilant de-
tective had his feelings lacerated anew
by the receipt of pencil note saying;


"Captain, Tine gone; I take away
the pin with me. 1t was too nice to
give up"
Year: 1874

W A Washington dispatch to the
Chicago Inter- Ocean announces that the
head of Captain Jack has arrived there
and is On exhibition at the Smithsonian
Institute. The Inter- Ocean comments
severely on the barbarity displayed in
sach a proceeding, and adds that 60 life
less as it is, the head of the savage
chief has more sense in it than is con-
tanned in the skulls of those who sent it
to Washington
Year: 1874

PUNCTUALITY.-Meth is the very
hinge of business; and there is no method
without punctuality. Punciuality is i'm
portant, because it subserves the peace
and good temper of a family; the want of
it not only infringes on necessary duty,
but sometimes excludes this duty; the
calmness of mind which it produces Is
another advantage of punctuality. A dis
orderly man is always in hurry; he has
no time to speak to you, because he is
going elsewhere; and when he gets there.
he is too late for his business. or he must
hurry away to another before he can finish
it. Punctuality gives weight to character
:" Such a man has made an appointment,
then | know he will keep it." And this
generates punctuality in you; for. like
other virtues it propagates itself. Ser
wants and children must be punctual when
their leader is so. Appointments indeed.
become debts. owe you punctuality if L
make an appointment with you; and have
no right to throw away your time. if do
nv own.
Year: 1874

When. in October last, a Spanish vice
consul in Cuba so far forgot the respect
due to the United States as to seize upon
Il vessel sailing under the protection OF
her flag, Spain promptly, without the fir
ing of Il gun or spilling drop of blood,
made that honorable reparation which
every Just government i glad to make for
a wrong done.
Year: 1874

The most ludicrOus case of mistaken
identity that we have heard of lately is
said to have occurred in Montreal last
week. through the unfortunate resemb-
lance OF two young gentlemen, residents
OF that city. One of them, it seems, was
recently married, the other is still bach
elor. In the early part of the week, as
we are informed 10y the correspondent of
the Mail, the married person went to q
dinner party. The unmarried one, as it
so happened, was similarly occupied on the
same evening, but, unluckily for his repu-
tation, he made miscalculation as to his
capacity for native wine, and spoiled his
nights amusement. While glimmer OF
reason remained, he endeavored to get
home without attracting attention. By
the time the poor young man reached a
cab stand, his mind had become so con-
fused that he was unable TO remember
either his own name or the name of the
street in which lived. AS he was engaged
in gesticulating somewhat wildly to the
cab driver, a friend of the yonng gentle
man, happening to pass, noticed his plight.
and, ceniounding his identity with the
latter, pushed him into cab, whispered
to driver, and continued on his way


The result of this friendly act was the
conveyance of the unmarried man to the
house of the married man, where his la
mentable condition, as may easily be sup
posed. created anything but pleasant
surprise. The young wife was, Of course,
deeply mortified at the figure he cut in her
fathers house. Subsequently, as he lay
asleep upon sofa, the father-in-law en-
tered the room to demonstrate with him.


After wasting much good advice, the
father-in-law suddenly discovered the mis-
take that had been made by his daughter,
and was in the act of trying to persuade
the latter, probably much against her will,
that the intoxicated young man was not
her husband, when the real husband put
an end to the dispute, and greatly in
creased the embarrassment of the house
hold by letting himself in at the hall door
with latch key Nea0 York Times.
Year: 1874

Speaker Blainea reason for declining m olcc-
tion to the United States Senate since ne has
lost tho speakership Of tho House has occaBoned
They do not understand why man should re-
fuae advancement for tie sake Of keeping faith
with bis constituents. There is no article OF tho
Democratic constitution which presc1ibea any
such conduct,
Year: 1874

Senator Schurz's modesty in his
oulogy upon Sumner 1t Boston led
him to say that "he was lett to continue
the dead statesman's work" neverthe.
less he did not appear in the Senate to
vote upon the Civil Rights bill, nor
was he paired with any one. He is
reported to have been sick, but It does
seem 10 us that II he was, he nigh.
have let the country know where he
stood by pairing with some Senator
II is pity that his indisposition led
him so soon to .Aban don the dead
statesmsn's great work.
Year: 1874




We see It stated very generally Ly
the press, editorially, and through
correspondents, that there is not likely
10 be any financial legislation consum-
ated. We hope this is not true, and
we do not believe It is true. The bill
now pending In the Hoase, as it came
from the Committee on Banks and
Banking is not what we would desire
exactly, but we yet believe It is an I'm
provement upon the present status, and
we think onght 10 pass At the earliest
moment. 1t contains q tolerably fair
,,ompromise upon the finances, and
would put at rest the contest upon the
subject. The issue upon the questions
involved are ephemeral in character,
and hence there cannot be any perma-
nent party division upon them. 1t is,
therefore, all important that the
contestants In Congress harmonize
upon something, before adjournment,
10 20 to the country with.
Year: 1874




The Brazil Government seems to
be very much in earnest in its oon-
test with the Roman Catholic church.
Besides the conviction of the Bishop
Of Pernambuco. the Bishop Of Olinda
has been arrested. and the Arch
bishop of Bahia has formally protest.
ed against the act. The bitter war
fare between church and State APP
pears to have had its origin in the
efforts of the clergy to suppress
and put urder ban the order OF
Free Masons.
Year: 1874

Mormons.


1t is reported that Joseph Smith, son of
the prophet of the Mormons, is about to
move the printing establishment of the Jo-
sephite branch of the Church of Latter Day
Saints from Plano, ILL.,, to Nauvoo, LII. It
is also rumored that this son of the prohet
will undertake to rebuild the great temple
that was burned during the Mormon riot
The number of persons who openly profess
Mormonism in Illinois and Iowa is quite
large, and it is believed that number al
most as numerous secretly cherish the same
faith. Many were deferred from various
causes from following their brethren in
their weary march to Utah. After the doc
trine of polygamy became part of the creed
of the church, these persons gave up all
idea of going to Salt Lake. Many think
that at the death of Brigham Young, Jo-
seph Smith will become the recognized
head of the church. Nauvoo once con-
tanned nearly 10000 inhabitants now it is
very quiet town, containing about 600
people. Its location is the most beautiful
of any town on the Mississippi river, and
there is a prospect that it may regain its
former greatness The people who mur-
dered the prophet of the Mormons are now
said to be ready to welcome back his son.
Those who helped destroy the old city are
now anxious to have it rebuilt. The Nor
mons who are classed as Josephites are re-
garded as peaceful, orderly and excellent
J citizens. .-Ffasrae Former.
Year: 1874

Our readers will certainly thank US for
advising them to keep in their houses for
use, Renne's Pain Killing Magic Oil. 1t
is said to be the best remedy for painful
complaints ever discovered. 1T works
like a charm"
Year: 1874

follow, not simply to save man from
such horrors, but to rescue God blessed
name from such unspeakable intamy.
In such hell as Dantes it is
not man that is punished
it is God that is destroyed
From such ideas we must fly to more
reasonable religion, carrying the cross
and our holy faith away from such
degradation. We must, indeed, separate
forever the righteous and the wicked;
but, as the drunkard is punished IN this
world, and as the murderer accepts OF
his arrest without blaming God, as the
soul feels its own wickednsss and does
not reproach the Creator, so the lost
world is a place, not where God is seen
as cruel monster but where the hu-
man free-will stands forth in all its
divine powers, and reveals self.punish-
ment over which we can almost imagine
the Heavenly Father himself to shed
tears. Such is the perdltion OF reason
"a place not where the Savior and God
become an inquisition, but where the
sinners own will and own heart have
woven themselves garments OF perpet..
ual sackcloth, and where the tears OF
sorrow fall not from malicious decree
of God, passed from eternity, but fall
out of the sinners own wretched soul
and misspent life. Thus, over almost
every idea Of the Christian religion,
there is lying drapery of reason fresh
from the God of infinite wisdom, and
beautiful to man, the image of the
rational God.
Year: 1874

That the people of the State should
mourn deeply for dead husbands and
sons is only natural They do speak
regretfully Of "the days that are gone"
but it is not true that they regard the
Northern people with hatred. The pow
erty of the Southern people OF this State
is deplorable, and the heroic efforts
which the daughters of once wealthy
houses are now making for the support
of widowed mothers are most commend
able. Many families are ever trying to
keep up appearances, but to do so
they must use the utmost economy; old
family Jewels and silver have to be sold,
and many, succumbIng to the burden OF
taxation and the loss of their plantations
occasioned by the great change in the


system of labor, are turning their spa
cious mansions into boarding houses,
or sending their daughters out to teach
the children of their former slaves.
Whenever such work is asked of them
the women of this State never refuse.
The other evening your correspondent
visited the house of lady, whose hus-
hand. a distinguished Southern officer,
was killed during the war. Before the
rebellion the family was one of the rich
est i'm South Carolina, noted for its fine
estates, expensive houses, and warm
hearted hospitality. Now the planta-
tions are worthless or have been for
feited to the State for unpaid taxes, aud
the noble old homestead in Charleston
has been converted into a boarding
house. Two Of the daughters of the
family are teachers on small salaries in
negro schools. Charleston Letter