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Year: 1875

Negotiations between the great Powers
with regard to the treatment Of the Herzego-
yinian revolt have reached an important and
perhaps critical stage. Some three weeks
since we pointed out that these negotia-
tions-the most important that have engaged
the attention Of all the cabinets since the
Treaty of Paris-were in very earnest prog
ress though the fact was kept from the pub
lie, and that the result would depend neither
upon the afflicted subjects Of the Sultan nor
their oppressorss but upon the conclusions
that would be reached III one or two capitals
when the pressure Of the negotiation at some
nice points had determined what sort OF
hands were held by the respective parties to
the great diplomatic game. 1t has fallen out
as we hinted, and the case presents charac-
teristic phenomenon Of European politics,
though, indeed it is rather the European
politics Of the older than Of the present time !;
that system in which the course Of govern
ment is not taken from notions Of the newt
able ultimate attitude of the people, but in
which cabinets endeavor to determine the
course Of history without consideration Of
the more important elements Of national
vitality.


It is now recognized between the capitals
that Turkey has no friends who can save her,
and therefore that she must relinquish her
hold upon the Christian populations now in
revolt, and must be put in such a relation
with the remainder Of her subjects in Europe
that travellers Of the next generation will
have to visit Asia Minor to see an Ottoman
capital. This is what is really meant by the
news from Europe that negotiations are
in progress based upon the retention Of the
stutu quo 1t means that the negotiators are
endeayoring to conceal each from the other
their recognition that the continued reten-
ton of the Statat quo is impossible, and that
they are themselves sort Of coroners jury
on Turkey in Europe. Their true thoughts
come out more clearly in other declara-
tions-the thought Of Russia III the article
published in the official Messenger in Octo-
Der the thought Of England in the article of
the Times declaring that the millennium
would be near if Herzegovina should fall
into the hands of Austria. Russia did not
declare that the Turkish abuses ''must end"
till she was sure that none could dispute
with her the ultimate results Of that ending !;
and England was not SO fond of Austria till
she saw that Turkey was in her agony and
that this was the only Power that could be
urged as heir to keep the succession out Of
the hands Of the Northern colossus.
Year: 1875

brigands who take into their hands the power
OF life and death as well as the disposition Of
the property of citizen and State. lie IS re-
sponsible to no man, 10 no party, to no trlbu-
nal whatsoever lie cannot be impeached.


lie cannot be censured. Censure falls with
out effect upon a society of men who call
themselves Indians and sit III secret
lodge and know one another by grips
and signs, who are bound by oath and
compact to defend themselves from any
attack, whether it be from convention or a
public protest or the press. But one intiu-
ence can reach such body-that Of the
democracy themselves resolving to make the
same war upon Tammany Hall that was
made upon the Know Nothings twenty years
ago. The cases are similar. Then we had
secret society for the ostracism of all men Of
foreign birth and Of the Catholic faith.
Like Tammany Hall, that society met
IN secret in lodge room. Like Tam
many Hall, it named its candidates in
secret, MOTTO please the people, but leaders,
who parcelled out Offices as Burr and
Tweed and Kelly parcelled out the offices
Of the city of New York. Like Tammany
Hall, it punished every independent citi-
zen who did not fall down and wor-
ship its leaders. Like Tammany Hall,
il aimed to take possession Of the
country and to administer the laws not
according to the constitution, but
as directed BY a hidden irresponsible
cabal Like Tammany Hall, those leaders
were not open to any censure or any criti-
cism. They were their own masters, and
their ambition was to become the masters Of
the nation. But in time that Order fell. It's
very name became a reproach. Its leaders
hastened to disavow it. They have lived
ever since with no higher hope than to sink
from sight and memory their connection
with the once powerful Order. The time is
coming rapidly we are profoundly CON
vinced, when Tammany Hall will fall into
the same oblivion, and when men who only
yesterday gloried in the name Of Tammany
will think Of it in sorrow and shame.
Year: 1875

THE New DEVELOPMENTS in the Charley
Ross abduction case seem really to promise
more than any preceding discoveries have
accomplished If the facts as related in our
special report are reliable there appears to
be some hope that the boy whose track the
detectives are now following may actually
prove to be the missing child. The relation
ship between the woman in whose company
the child has been seen and the dead burglar
Mosher is established, and this, joined with
the fact that she is evidently seeking to
avoid detection, gives color to the hope that
the right clew has been found at last.
Year: 1875

DEEP OBSERVERS think that the effect Of the
action Of independent republicans like Carl
Schurz in canvass like that in Ohio,
where they threw aside personal feeling and
worked without question or even hope Of
recognition for the republican cause, will
give them powerful attitude in the next
convention, and that the effect Of this infu-
ence will be to prevent the nomination Of
General Grant for third term. If this
rumor is true, and such men can only WELD
their legitimate influence to prevent such o
nomination, we can only say-good for the
republican party.
Year: 1875

In THE BOARD OF APPoRTIoFMENT yesterday
Comptroller Green offered q resolution in
structing the Corporation Counsel to oppose
by all proper means the effort to secure a
mandamus to compel the Board to raise
money by tax to build an armory for the
Seventh regiment. The resolution was ac-
companied by preamble giving concise
history of the whole matter, but this, being
for some reason Objectionable TO Mayor
Wickham, was rejected by the votes Of the
Mayor and Alderman Lewis, while the reso-
luton, pure and simple, was adopted. The
Comptroller also submitted COM
munication favoring general reduction and
equalization Of the salaries paid to city en-
ployes The subject was evidently distaste-
full and, on motion of the Mayor, was referred
back to the Comptroller. These indications
Of desire for economy will, it is hoped, be
followed by the practical reduction Of the
enormous expenditures Of the departments.
The Board Of Apportionment has it in its
power to cut down the estimates for 1876,
and should apply the pruning knife unspar-
ingly. The provisional estimate is at least
four million dollars too high, and by treating
the departments as business offices and not
as political asylums fully this sum can be
saved next year.
Year: 1875

The QUESTION is sometimes asked by those
who are deeply interested in politics whether
General Grant in his Cuban flibustering
letter to the Spanish government, was actu-
ated by any desire TO commit the party to o
policy which would make third term a
necessity in the next canvass. We do not
venture to answer this question, except to say
that, in the event of such a nomination n-
bad for The republican Ddrtp
Year: 1875

tion Of Tammany to prevent every plan
looking to this end which did not
heavily subsidize the Tammany chiefs. So
furious was their greed. 50 hostile
were they to every improvement which they
could not control, that they even caused the
Indictment of the present Elevated Railroad
AZ i public nuisance, and tried to break
down what time has proved to be a most i'm
portant convenience to the public.
Year: 1875

JUDGE BENEDICT was detained from the
United States Circuit Court yesterday
through illness, and an adjournment till
Saturday next took place. The motion for
an arrest Of judgment and new trial in the
case of ex-Deputy Collector Of Customs Des
Anges will then be decided.
Year: 1875

A jury WAS OBTAINED in the Scannell
case yesterday, after five days labor The
jurymen are all business men, and will no
doubt try the case faithfully. There are to
be evening sessions Of the Court until the
trial ends.
Year: 1875

One of the greatest abuses under the
city government is the system OF day
labor In every department the public
works ought all to be done by con-
tract, open to competition. When the
heavy payrolls of the day laborers, which
are SO many robberies of the taxpayers are
dispensed with. the most Objectionable fea-
ture of the political influence in the depart
ments will be removed. Original works and
repairs should all be done by contracts
given to the lowest responsible bidders The
inspectors on the part of the city should be
appointed by the courts, as commissioners
for street openings are appointed, or by some
other authority outside the department by
which the contracts are made. This would
render less probable any collusion between
contractors and inspectors, and would in
sure q more faithful performance Of con
tracts. The needless bureaus should be
abolished, some of the existing departments
should be consolidated and number Of
high-salaried commissioners swept ptaway. The
Finance Department should have charge ofall
the financial business of the city-of the
Taxes and Assessment Department the Gro
ton Water Bureau and the Encumbrance and
Licensing bureaus. The business now dis
charged by the Department Of Taxes and
Assessment and the Bureau Of the Receiver
of Taxes should be performed by the same
set Of officials. When the assessments are
being made the receivers Of taxes have
nothing to do. While the taxes are being
collected the clerks of the Assessment De-
partment are idle. These and similar econ
omies, which might be enforced without
detriment to the public interests which
would, indeed, increase the efficiency Of the
city government would save the taxpayers
from five to eight million dollars year in
the city estimates If the Comptroller will
bring about these reforms and we think he
can, we shall no longer oppose him, but sup
port him to the best of our ability.
Year: 1875

THE St. Paul Dispatch remarks
upon our long editorial of last week.
1t will do for us or Mr.. Wheelock to
write long articles. The people will
read them. But we would advise
Mr.. Hall to be brief. Ten lines of
his is as much as the reader ought
to endure at a single dose, and half
column would be dangerous.
Year: 1875

WILL Anti-Monopoly friends ev-
erywhere aid us in extending the
circulation of the ADVANCE. Re-
member that now is the time to
help us, and by helping us to pro-
mote the cause we advocate, and as
every one can do a little, let all do
what they can in this direction.
Year: 1875

"AccIpESTAL DRowErNe" was the


verdict lot the Goroner's Jury In the case
Of the soldier, named Martin Calvin,
whose body was found about three
miles north Of Union Wharf last Mon
day afternoon. Deceased had been
missing from the Fort since Thursday,
d all efforts to discover his where
abodtS had proved futile until by the
action Of the winds and waves his cold
and .lHeless body had been washed
ashore. When last seen alive, he was
sitting ON the top Of one OF the piles at
the end Of the wharf. evidently under
the influence Of whisky. Thus has
another, casualty been added to the
long list from the evils Of excessive
drinking. He was member Of Com
pany g 2l4t Infantry, aged about q
years, and leaves. we are informed, q
wife and several children residing In
thesylelnity Of Buffalo, N. Y. His
term Of service had nearly expired,
and quite sum Of money was due him.
Year: 1875

X. >. GurnScy reau paper DelOIe t1c NtW-
York MedicoLega Society last evening, OH THE Penal
Laws Relating to Suicide in Ancient and Modern Times
In some Oriental States be said suicide, under certain
circumstances was favored. The ancient Greeks and
Romans we 10 not unanimous in approving suicide but
ancient laws recognized suicide q right. At Mar
seies France ancient times the Senate kept poison
which gave persons who sufficient reasons for
desiiing TO kill themselves This intended to pre-
vent basty suicides BY the law laid down In the Pan
dects the property Of those who committed suicide
confscated In later Christian times the Roman Cath
oc Church caused the stamp OF nfamy to be attached to
selfmurderers who also by the tenets OF the faith
denied admission into Paradise Mohammedanism also
discouraged scdestrucon. In the Episcopal and Greek
churches in the Roman Catholic the clergy are forbid
den to perform the burial rites for such persons The
clergy of the Episcopal Church say this does not refer TO
insane persons and they believe that insanity always
causes the act.


There are and must be times the speaker concluded.
when the natural instincts overcome or lost AMI
then some strong and cOunteracting influence must De
brought bear preserve to restore them 10 power
and healthy action. 1t 10 unquest0naDy the duty or
State TO use any and every means to protect and preserve
its members from destructive agencies from whatever
cause they may come: However useless and
burdensome the suicide himself may be regarded
by the community. or by MS relatlves ana
friends his exam Pile should not be allowed for some
more worthy person may be tempted in moment of
despopdency and madness follow the unfortunate and
cOwardy to the Ills and ais OF fe lnstea
Of taking up arms against sea of troubles" AMI
bravely fighting the life through any and every ad
yersy always hoping for better IN the sharp eArcmes
Of fortune.
Year: 1875

SCHOONER BADLY DAMAGED by TIE STEAMBOAT


PROVIDENCE.


AS the steamboat Providence of the Fall
River Line passing along the East River her trip
up the Sound about last evening, she approached
n number Of steamboats, and sailing vessels which left
only little room for her to pass The opportunity
appeared close tho Brooklyn shore, and the steamer
ayalled herself OF 1t. At this time tho three-masted
schooner c. X. Flint being taken down the bay by
a nigboat, preparatory to 81 ling for Port Lemon
with a miscellaneous cargo in the hold and a
deckload OF lumber. The schooner was be-
tween the steamboat and the Brooklyn shore.
1t became apparent that there not space enough for
the pass each other without cOiding, ana the
captain Of the Providence Immediately rang the bells Tor
the engineer the engines There was strong
ebb tide running and this combined with the fact that
the momentum given to the schooner by the tugbost
could not be checked brought the Providence and the
sailing vessel into violent contact The steamer struck
the schooner on her fore starbOard quarter carrying
away main and mzen mass ana Drlng ns ao%n S al o'


The schooner was Immediately towed to Perreponts
stores where she laid at late hour last night All the
and three PASSENGERS had narrow escape from peis
crushed by the falling masts The vessel was leahing
somewhat last night but the extent OF the INJURIES W te
hull cannot be ascertained until her decks are clareu
The steamer WAS injured by the collision but TO wat
extent was ascerained, as she proceeded on her
VOYAGE after delay OF about half an hour Capt Doug
lass OF the Flint expressed the opinion last night that
some persons injured on the PROVIDENCE, rs ne
heard srieks and cries as OF persons In pa anu te
snock must have been great to the steamer ~ sie
carecned and there great crash of tnDtfs In 'ne
confusion and darkness, however. he was uilaDe 10 ic
any particulars. There was harp3r pilot on oo u hn
the the time Of the collision ana ne says ne
lad his helm hard starboard, and attributes tHe p,o
10 the pilot OF the Providence The schooner VIII nave
to discharge her cargo ana OBTAIN he" spais peioro Po
Year: 1875

favor OF redeemaDe greenBcks against the bank mo-
nopoly and strongly advocating reform in the National
Administration However, II is not of much use to lay
plans or speculate until after the Ohio election
II see you at Washington next Winter will have the
talk over again. when have the guideboards set In
the road the Democratic party is to travel Meanwhile
remember my platform and candidate: Tilden and re-
FORM redeemable greenbacks in place OF bank shin
ula
Year: 1875

CRoss AND SIcKLY CHILDREN can be made healthy and strong by regulating their stomachs and bowels with Castoria. It is more effective than Castor Oil and is as pleasant to take as honey. For Wind Collie, Sour Stomach, Worms and Costive- ness, there is nothing in existence equal to Castoria,
Year: 1875

It works like charm. clean, safe and delicious to use internally or externally, and purely vegetable. What is better to have in the house in case of emergency than Renne's Pain-killing Magic Oil.

 When there is occasion to try it, use it freely and thorougly. and you, my dear reader. will echo the glad refrain, at works like charm" g
Year: 1875

HOPE FOR THE DEspoNDENT.-If you have been coughing all winter and begin to despair of recovery, or if you have talk en a recent cold, go at once to the Drug store of Buell. & Wheeler's, get bottle of DR. MORRIS SYRUP OF TAR. WILD CHERRY AND HoREHoUND. Take it and be well No other medicine acts so promptly and effectually in Coughs, Colds, and ali dis. eases of the throat, lungs and Chest, lead ing to consumption. Hundreds who once thought they had that dread disease have been restored to health by the use of this almost magic remedy. It is also the best known specific for Group, and never fails Ill Whooping Cough, Trial size 10 cents. 431v
Year: 1875

Mir. Charles Francis Adams is no great favOrite of ours. He is the representative of sort of cold conservatism with which we have no sympathy at all. Still, when we scs tIiat it waS solely through the ma. levOlence of Dr. Loring that he was moi chosen Centennial orator, we cannot help feeling very indignant. There would have been something especially appropriate in choosing the grandson of the great orator of the debates that preceded the original Declaration as orator of the Centennial celebration of that great event. More over. aside from his great name and an- csstFy, Mfr. Adams would deliver a finer OratiOn than any person we have seen named for the place. Wendell Phillips ex- cepted.
Year: 1875

The State Ba. Association have the following measures of law reform under consideration

 1. To provide a single form for com mencing all actions at law or in equity.

 ,. To provide that either party to an action may, subject to proper rule, at any time before trial file interrogatories which the opposite party shall answer by afida- wit.

 3. To provide that either party to an action may be compelled at any time to produce for the inspection of the opposite party any documents in his possession re- lating tO the case and properly admissible as evidence.

 The first and third propositions may perhaps be open to doubt, but the second will strike every lawyer as a reform that isgreatly needed. It would tend greatly to put stop to frivolous defences, to simplify issues, and to shorten the delays that ars now so characteristic of law pro- ceedings. .....f..
Year: 1875

The winsted News complains that the newspaper rates of advertising are not bas- d as they ought tO boon circulation, and it proposes the following plan:

 Instead of charging 90 much per inch for each insertion regardless of the amount of circulation we would arrange the sched. uIe in this way: For every inch of space occupied let the price be one cent (after the first week. for every one hundred cop- ies printed. Thus for paper having a cir. cuIation of 500 let the charge be five cents per week per inch; 100 copies. ten cents per week, and 90 on. How many papers in Litchfeld county dare accept this proposition?

 We should be very glad to have our ad- vertisers agree upon such a basis, but thsv would not do it; nor do we ourselves consider it . just one. If we estimate cor rsctly,sn 6 column paper of 1.5OO circula- ton would receive about $2O0 year for each column advt ,S100 for half column; $50 for quarter; and S8 for a single inch. This would be too great price for the column; too little for the inch. The ad- vertiser who occupies large space ought to have discount. Moreover, this plan would encourage ''spurts" at the expense of regular advertisements. A merchant who advertises c column for fortnight at Christmas and New Years ought not to have it ct as low Q rate per week as one who takes . column for the whole year.

 Though the plan offered by the News is open to objections,i it is certainly true that circulation is too little considered by most advertisers A paper with eco circulation often gets as good terms as a paper of l2O0 circulation, and always more than half. We have had convincing proof of that fact for the past half year. The merchants of Litch6eld pay only half as much for local advertising as they did be- fore the consolidation of the Sentinel list with that of the Enquirer, while they actually have more than three-quarters of the former circulation of the two papers. We have sometimes thought that it would pay the publishers of this vicinity to meet and discuss the matter of advertising rates and perhaps adopt some plan of joint ac- tion.
Year: 1875

A good story is told Of one of our staid though
fun-loving citizens, who seldom indulges in joke
except at the expense Of bis particular friends
and then only on special occasions. 1t appears
that he was walking on Thursday last in the vicin-
ity of Kennebec dam in Augusta, intent on some
lumber speculation IN the furniture line, when an
urchin who appeared to be deaf and dumb, over
took him and handed him a small package, intima-
ting by pantomimic signs that it had been dropped
acc dentally by the gentleman aforesaid, who
vainly endeavored to convince the boy that he had
made mistake as to the ownership of the bundle.
The boy Immediately withdrew to a safe distance,
while the Col. proceeded to examine the package
to ascertain its contents and value, so that 1t might
be returned to the unfortunate orig gnal proprietor.
A last years turnip, of the rutabaga persuasion,
rewarded the search and it was ascertained on
calling to the retreating boy, that he was not
quite so deaf as he was," as he readily re-
sponded, and that quite significantly, to the salu-
tation. The Colonel suddenly remembered that
it was the first day of April


The "Gardner Journal man having built
house on the top Of one of the highest peaks ofthe
city of peaks--we mean no offence by the allusion
proceeds to poke fun at his Farmingdalc neigh
bors who stand in fear of an ice freshet about this
time. 1t don't require much courage to be funny
Oh that subject, friend Hiram, under the circum-
stances, and from your standpoint.


The hoop-trundling epizootic follows marbles in
rapid and natural succession with the little folks
of both sexes. Soon base ball will commence
run for the season, with attendant broken shins
and 'bunged eyes"


A flock of wild geese bound eastward in search
of an open sea, passed over our city on Friday,
with noisy demons rations of disgust at not find
ing fresh water westward and northward. They
may succeed better a month or so later.


1t will be good time to hunt TOR May flowers
on Fast day, with shovel and pck-axe to remove
few feet of snow that will be likely to retard
successful progress of discovery.
Year: 1875

And this from the Bath Times is an absolute
fact


Within few weeks at least a thousand dollars
has been wheedled from Bath people for adyer-
vertisers being the pleasure they enjoyed while in
the act of being duped by the glib-tongued solicit
ors who took their money. BY far the largest
part of this money was paid by men who never
spent penny in saying a word to those whom
they actually depend upon for business, through
an advertisement in their home paper.
Year: 1875

We are obliged to reject the communication of
"B. Al" The statements made therein may be
correct-some Of them doubtless are-but at this
juncture of the reform movement, the publication
might prove prejudicial to the interests Of the