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Year: 1879

Our Indian relations were never so queer
as now. They have often been fierce,
savage and bloody, and they may be SO
collision Of the main body of troops
under General Miles with the three thou
sand braves said to be on our side the Canada
line with Sitting Bull. They have not often
been ridiculous, yet the anxious instructions
that have been sent from Washington pre-
sent them decidedly in that light. All that
troubles men at the national capital Is
apparently the fear that General Miles will
''irritate" Sitting Bull. He is instructed
urgently on that point He must be as
mild as faxseed tea or toast water, or any
other smooth fluid, and never give offence
even by wink out of the corner
of his eye to this terrible savage. Yet Sit
ting Bull, if he is on our soil, is an invader
in arms He is not merely an Indian off
his reservation to be forced to return as the
Cheyennes we're but he is savage who,
with his followers, has renounced all rela-
tions with our government and quit the
country, and whose return with arms in
hand is an act Of war. His bands are hunt
ing, numbering and burning between the
Missouri River and the line and while
they are making the country desert with
rifle and torch together General Miles,
with the troops, is to stand still and not
irritate the mighty medicine man. If the
people in Washington will stop that sort of
twaddle and see that Miles has what troops
are within his reach in that part of the
world they may safely leave this big Indian
in his hands.
Year: 1879

number of lemons in boxes two hundred
and eighteen millions. 1t is evident that
the business of raising oranges and lemons
In the Gulf States may one day become
very profitable. The duty of twenty per
cent paid by the importer is not the only
protection offered to the home grower.


Out of the case oranges imported last year
more than sixty millions persisted on the
voyage-a loss of thirty-six per cent, while
in lemons the loss by decay reached twenty
per cent These facts ought certainly to
encourage the raising of such fruit at home.
Year: 1879




The excursions yesterday were marked by
fighting and rowdyism in at least two in
stances-one on the steamer Columbia, and
the other, and most serious one, on barge
on which q so-called "club" made an un-
welcome visit to College Point. 1t is
stated that in the latter case the party in
dulged in fighting from the time they left
New York until they reached their destina-
tion, when their rowdyism took more
dangerous form. The excursionists went
to Freygang's Pavilion, at College Point,
and while there o serious row occurred,
during which one man, resident of this
city, was fatally shot and two others were
wounded. An officer who accompanied the
barge made free use of his revolver, firing
the contents of six barrels into the crowd,
From the ante-mortem statement of the
dying man it does not appear that he knows
by whom he was shot; but one person was
arrested. probably on suspicion of being
the guilty party.


The row on the Columbia was fortu-
nately not q very serious one, but it should
nevertheless have been prevented by the
prompt suppression by the steamers
people of the disgraceful scene that
occasioned it. The rowdies. whose
vile language and insolent behavior re-
suited in provoking q passenger to
punish one of them by knocking him down,
were gathered in the immediate neighbor-
hood OF the pilot house, and their conduct
and conversation cannot have escaped the
notice Of the persons in charge OF the boat.
All respectable people we're compelled to
leave that part Of the deck. After one Of
the offensive party had received we'll
deserved punishment and general fight
was threatened it was promptly suppressed
by the steamers people, but they ought to
have interfered long before.


The danger of fight on an overcrowded
excursion boat is its tendency to create q
panic among the women and children. The
Columbia had a very large load of passen-
gers-probably many more than she is
legally authorized to carry and If panic
had occurred many lives might have been
lost. 1t is impossible to keep all disrepu-
table people off public excursion boat,
but any offensive conduct. such as these
rowdies were guilty of yesterday, should be
promptly checked by the steamers men,
who ought to be sufficient in number to
form an effective police.
Year: 1879

The decision OF the Jersey Court of Errors
and Appeals in the Smith and Bennett case
is satisfactory to the public generally as
well as to the persons more directly inter-
ested The faithful counsel for the defence
in particular must feel gratified at the
success of their labors. While they are in
happy frame of mind over their
triumph, would it not be graceful
act to withdraw the unwarrantable
charge of unfairness and injustice pre-
ferred by one of them against the press of
New York in the course of his argument
before the appellate court? The counsel
took occasion to rsbuke the public journals
on two points. They had mistakenly as
serted that without money the unfortunate
prisoners could not make their appeal for
justice, and they had unjustly criticised
Judge Knapp's charge to the jury. The
money solicited as necessity by the kind
hearted minister of the Gospel who
has been so valuable friend to the Jersey
prisoners was actually subscribed in this
city, and has no doubt been useful to the
counsel in the prosecution of the appeal,
and the decision of the appellate court
proves Judge Knapp's charge to have been
open to even more severe criticism than the
public press has bestowed upon it. An
apology to the New York journals will only
be an act Of honorable courtesy on the part
of the counsel for the defence in this in
teresting case.
Year: 1879

In to-day's HERALD will be found pleas
ant and readable account of an interview
with Mr. Cyrus Field, in which he tells the
story Of his connection with the rapid tran
sit elevated roads and gives his opinions as
to what Mr.. William H. Vanderbilt ought
not to be permitted to do. One of these
days the story of the rapid transit
roads will be regarded as an exceed
ingly important and deeply interesting
chapter in the history Of our city.
Their completion constitutes the greatest
single event since the introduction Of the
Croton water, and the people of the future
will want to be informed of every point and
detail in the story, and will be curious to
know who helped and who hindered in the
great enterprise, who stood in the way and
who pushed behind, and who made all the
structures-to the Croton water works and
the elevated roads-will some day be added
three or four bridges over the rivers, q tunnel
under the Hudson, we'll constructed docks,
sewers that drain the city and the electric
light; and the curiosity of the millions of
people who will then inhabit this island
will be unbounded to know ell about the
Cyclopean race of men who completed these
great undertakings. As partial satisfac-
tion of that curiosity we put on record Mr..
Fields own account of the subject. At tho
same time, and in order to be strictly Just
to posterity, we ought to warn it that all
Of Mr.. Fields contemporaries do not take
exactly the same view that he takes himself
of the importance of his share in these la
bors or Of the robustness of his faith. In
deed, it is extensi ely believed that the
absolute success of rapid transit in this
city was certain and assured before Mr..
Field touched it, and that his part was that
of a wise inancier, who saw in great de-
monstrated mechanical triumph an uncom-
monty good chance for the investment of
money.
Year: 1879

A PLEA FOR LAGER BEER, made by a physi-
clan and before a temperance association on
Sunday, is about dreadful thing the or
dinary teetotaler can coDjure up, but all OF the
listeners seemed to be interested.
Year: 1879

NEITHER HEAT nor attractive excursions had
any effect upon the Cooper Institute services
yesterday, for were not Moody and Sankey to
othciate! The hall was iammed and the people
pronounced themselves delighted.
Year: 1879

Our CORRESPONDENT at Saratoga, the summer
capital of New York politics, sends lis a sketch
of the democratic dcluge taken from a window
of the anti-Robinson ark. There are n great
many uprooted trees and dead animals floating
about and he hears of two attempts at land
ing made by the Tilden dove, who returns from
both without an olive branch.
Year: 1879

ANOTHER Poor WRETCH, who had staggered
from hospital to hospital only TO be turned
away, finally fell in the street yesterday. In
this great city, full OF alleged charities, is there
no place of refuge and relief for dying
strangcr' If there is, why do not the other
charitable institutions know of its whereabouts
Year: 1879

WE AGAIN PRESENT the championship records,
to date, of the various baseball associations,
with the reflection that, as some of the clubs
will be compelled to play almost daily through
the dog days, the rage for baseball appears
more wonderful and mysterious than ever be-
fore.
Year: 1879

How THE TEMPERANCE MEN OF NEWARK
or such Of them as are poiticians-must have
quailed before the German beer demonstration
yesterday There was gathering the voice of
which will be distinctly heard at the polls when
election day comes
Year: 1879

How EXCURSION MANAGERS and seaside
caterers smiled yesterday The whole city
seemed to have grown restive during the two or
three damp days that had preceded. and yester-
day the outpouring by boat and rail was almost
unprecedented.
Year: 1879

SOME OF THE RESULTS of Church colonization
in the West are given in the report of Father
Swimberghs address. "Go West" is advice
that many a poor man will follow without
being urged; he merely needs the means to go
uifb
Year: 1879

THE ATLANTIC YACHT CLUES start for the
summer cruise happened to be set for one of
those days that make man wish he had never
seen yacht. Nevertheless the start was made
in good style.
Year: 1879

DAILY Fully Committed on the Charge of
Sedition. and Released on Bail-The Ar
rest Probably to Result In His Being Sent
to Parliament from Msyo-The Govern
ment Taking Steps to Relieve the Distress
miscellaneous Old World News.
Year: 1879

The Bible gives us brief history of some
individuals, classed among the people of
God, whose religious character as recorded


seems so imperfect that were it not the fact
that their names are mentioned as the chill
dren of God in the writings of inspired men
we should be in doubt as to their being such.
Among these Samson and Lot may be
reckoned. Making due allowance for the
rude, uncultivated age in which Lot lived,
we can hardly reconcile many facts in his
history with the fact that he is called
"righteous Lot" We sometimes almost
wonder why the life of such man should
be recorded in the Bible. Yet were it not
written, how great would be our loss. Like
the dark background of the canvas which
presents objects in the foreground of the
picture in such perfection, so the history OF
Lot presents TO us the wonderful exhibition
of the character of God, which Christians


in all ages of the world, so much need


With the history of Lot we have combined
that of Abraham and his intercession for tn,
| cities of the plain. In this we see one Of
| like pas assions with ourselves prevailing witt
| God in prayer There seems TO be i'll almos


all minds tendency towards scepticisu
concerning the doctrine so clearly taught il
| Scripture, that prayer actually moves TIN


heart of God Men are ready TO assent t,
the fact that the exercise brings one int


contemplation of the character of God a
represented in his Word, and thus has bene
fetal reflex action upon the suppliant, bu
that it really prevails with God, they ca


hardly believe. Yet how fully are we taugh
this in the history of Abraham and Lot


is wonderful history showing that there
that in the heart of the Infinite One whic


so far corresponds with that of the finite tina


we may have some conceptions, though in


perfect, of the heart of d.-Presbyteiian
Year: 1879

We read with much interest the article
in the Herald of April 10th, in regard to the
"Over Thirties." 1t brought vividly to
mind some of the so-called sold maids "
with whom we have been personally ac-
quainted-women with magnanimous souls.
We never could call them "old maids -
never; they are the type of everything that
is noble and beautiful in woman.


One that we recall among our acquaint-
ances in the club " was left in early life
with the care of young brother. Need we
say that she was faithful to the trust i'm
posed upon her ? She taught in the public
schools, and toiled early and late to educate
this brother; she sent him to Harvard, and
when friends demonstrated, urging the neces-
sity of saving something for a home for her
self, she replied, When Charles education
is finished he will make me home" The
years went on. Attwenty-two he graduated,
and few months after married an Irish
woman over forty with nothing to recon-
mend her but a fair of sparkling black eyes;
and the home that faithful sister thought to
share she was forever shut out from.


Another, whom we met in Minnesota, is
watching over the declining years of an in
valid mother. Some one is waiting for her,
and we asked, "What if he should become
tired of waiting Z" Her answer came clear
and sweet as her own self "That would
not deter me from doing my duty"


We met one in Macon, Ga, few weeks
since, from the East-a godly woman, who
is doing noble work among the freedmen.
She has sister and brother in the mission
field, and she herself is giving her own life
to the work. This is but few out of many
we have known, aud every one of them
might have been married if she had wished.


Now, some of your readers may say this
was written by one of the "fraternity.'
They are wrong, for | have been married
some years but honor those women who
with great self-denial take up the burden of
| life alone. God bless them Some of the
best women have ever known have been
single women.-ZiOn's Herald.
Year: 1879




1t is a marked feature of social life in
England, and certainly one of its special
charms, that mothers and daughters are so
universally seen together at home. Not
only is the mother the first lady to whom
you are introduced at the house where you
visit, but she is mistress of the ceremonies
throughout; not only does she preside at
the dinner-table, but at the evening party
she sits as queen. Whatever may be your
first impressions of such an arrangement, il
it happens that your sympathies are with
the younger ladies, you will very soon learn
to think that the mothers absence would be
very sincerely regretted by the daughters.
AS picture, all must admit the arrange
ment TO be perfect. The portly form and
matronly dignity of the mother are an
exquisite foil to the youthful beauty and
maidenly coyness of the daughters. And
| you will find nothing to mar, but every.
thing TO enhance the interest of the pic
ture. The mothers presence never seems
to operate as an unwelcome restraint
Between her and the daughter you will
mark the most joyous, playing, loving free
dom, without the sacrifice of little mater
nal dignity and authority on the one hand
or graceful duty on the other. 1t may bt
said of English families generally, tha
these two things are eminently characters
tic, namely, uniform parental authority, anC
the most charming freedom of intercourse
between parents and their children.-Hom
Guardian.
Year: 1879

ado fishes go crazy ?" is conundrum
proposed by Seth Green. Sometimes they
get in seine.


For the frolicsome oyster, the first of
May is the merriest day of all the glad new
year.-Neto Orleans Picayune.


SCIENCE must take back seat when
cross-eyed woman begins to beat carpet
with her left hand.-NeW York Express


A YOUNG lady's prayer-book is so heavy
now that it takes young man TO carry il
home from church.-NeW Orleans Picayupe.


"TRUE worth like the rose, will blush at
its own sweetness - Good Could never
understand before why our face was so red.
-Hdriford Post


Those pneumatic tubes recently laid on
Park Row are to carry news to the papers.
An old lady, when she heard of it, asked,
anxiously Pneumatic tubes What be
they? BE they good for pneumonia ?"


AN exchange asks, "Why do the horns of
COW grow up and the tail down Z" We
suppose it is because the horns do not grow
down and the tail does not grow up. If
this is not the answer, we give it up-Rome
Sentinel.


PROFESSOR Gn composition class) "You
may nave lor one OF your SUBJECTS Tor your
next essay, Manners" "Can we write on
bad manners in college ?" Professor: Ger.
tainly, write about whatever you are best
acquainted with


A DErRoIrER, who died the other day
had invested in lottery tickets for eighteen
consecutive years aud never drew a prize
He had been buried two days when his last
ticket turned up lucky. The prize was a
silver-plated butter-knife.


WHEN riding on the cars, if cinders an
noy you, persuade your neighbor next in
front to close his window that is where
they enter. You may keep your own win,
dow open with impunity, unless your neigh
boz behind is bigger man and compels you
to close t.-Binghamton Republican.
Year: 1879

My very dear only daughter lay dying.
She had been a thoughtful, praying child
having professed religion at twelve years of
age, and lived devoted and useful life.
Severe pain at times almost took away the
power OF thought. Between these severe at
tacks of suffering she looked back on her
chidhood's experiences, and forward into
the blessed future, with equal clearness and
joy, as she said, There's delightful clear
ness now.' AS sat by her bed we talked
as her strength would permit Among the
many things never to be forgotten she said
4" Father, you know | professed religion
when was young, very young some thought
too young-but o, how | wish | could tell
everybody what a comfort it is to me now to
think of it." Reaching out her hand-her
fingers already cold-and grasping mine, she
said, with great earnestness, Father, you
are at work for the young DO all you can
for them while they are young. 1t is the
best time-the best time, o, | see it now
as / never did before. 1t is the best time
while they are young-the younger the bet
ter. Do all you can for them while they are
very young"
Year: 1879

of the right Of the government in time Of peace. to
issue legal tender notes money.


Do not mistake me 10 think that the legal tender Is
the best form ot money. tor that is question tor
Legislative adjudication and hope the Legislature
lists as to adjudicate that question in the best inter-
ests OF the people and for the prosperity of the
country


am truly YOURS. BENJAMIN f. BUTLER.


The Hon ;. b. cHIrTEsDEN. House of Rep senta-


lves. Washington, ID. &.


THE TEST OATH AND FEDERAL ELECTION LAWS


IN THE FoITY-sIxTH coNGnEss-FEELING


AMONG THE DEMOCRATS.


There is growing suspicion among the demo-
cratic Representatives and Senators who remain here
that fhey have drawn elephant in the extra
sion which they allowed some of their
trenie men to force. When Congress
sembles they will frame and pass laws
repeating the Objectionable sections of the Revised
Statutes. II they repeal each of these statutes by


separate act it is very possible that the President
will sign those repeating the test oahs and the
clause allowing troops to be kept at the polls but it
is thought he will bill repeating the
Supervisor and Marshals laws This is the more
likely because it is known that not all the
whites in the Southern States desire the repeal of the
laws. Conservative democrats in Louisiana and
South Carolina and independents in other States
not averse to having them kept the statute books
II the democrats in Congress should be i'll advised
as to framo and pass on single bill tho
repeal of the test oaths, with the Supervisor
laws, the President would veto that bill. Thereupon
there would remain nothing for the democrats
cept to once more append the repeal on appropria-
ton bills and thus deliberately bring matters to q
deadlock. The more prudent of them confess that
this would not be favoraby received by the country,
and they say that the wsest for their
party will be to get what they can. the
repeal of the test oaths and of the permission to
keep troops ut the polls and change in the
of drawing the juries, and let the rest go. with
protest to the country that they have done what
they could repeal bad laws and have failed because
of republican opposition.
Year: 1879

BILE and not at all necessary He was quite sure that
the Archbishop would be able to meet all his obsa-
tions. and that the panic was altogether I'M
called for. The Catholics of Charleston were
quite willing to come his assistance it IL
was necessary. but the Archbishop had repeatedly
iterated that his assets were far in advance OF his
liabilities. Besides this. not more than fort
might ago the diocesan synod OF Cincinnati had taken
upon themselves the task of relieving the Archbishop
by means of diocesan fair That synod has decreed
to hod u diocesan fair aud to establish Diocesan
Debt Society for the purpose of relieving the Arch
bishop. and. in his opinion. no help from other
doceses would be needed.
Year: 1879

ONE OF THE FAITHFUL WILLING TO HELP.
To THE EDITOR OF HERALD


God bless you. HERALD. Please urge the good
Cardinal to give the Catholics a chance to show their
devotion to the Church and their love. love IL with
my whole heart aLd am willing to contribute what
can afford. AN IRISH SERVANT GIRL.
JERSEY CITY, March A. 1879.
Year: 1879

THIZEs WITH ARCHBISHOP PURCELL, BUT DE-
cIINEs TO EXPRESS AN OPINION ON THE SUB
scRIPTIoN PROJECT.


lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.1


PHILADELPHIA, March 3, 1879.
When the HERALD correspondent called upon Arch
bishop Wood yesterday TO ask his opinion upon tho
financial troubles Of Archbishop Purcell, he declined
at that time to permit him TO make public any express
sion OF views coming from him officially.
Through his Secretary. Father Brennan he ntimated
that no did not know the full story of the matter
He. however. said that he would read the account
published in the HERALD. with the suggestions
therein. to make good tho deficiency by general
contribution. To-day called again upon His Grace
and when. through the courtesy OF Father Brennan
1 obtained audience, he sad:--


II know absolutely nothing about the financial
affairs OF the Archbishop of Cincinnati. except what
nave read IN the newspapers. II the published
statements bc rounded on fact have but express
my regret and sympathy for the aged, venerable and
sanity Archbishop"


He declined to say what he thought of the general
subscription plan to relieve the preate. From mo-
matter. Only one side of tho story was given lie
had seen no statement from the Archbishop himself
and any opinion he formed now would, therefore, bo
premature. The subject was evidently q painful one
TO Archbishop Wood. whose relations with Arch
bishop Purcell have been most intimate IL was His
Grace of Cincinnati who baptized Archbishop Wood.
Year: 1879

latter may ultimately consent to be can
didate, although he says that just now the
Governor is firm in his purpose to never
again take hand in political affairs. Ker-
nan intimated, however, that the pressure
On Seymour may yet be so powerful as to
force him to succumb.


ANOTHER AsPIRANT.


Among other aspirants now mentioned
here for the Presidential honors in the
Democratic party is Ex-Governor James E.
English, OF Connecticut.


BUTLER sNIFFs INTIMIDATION.


WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.-General Butler
yesterday gave new construction to the
Presidents Message. He said that that
part of it which relates to the retirement OF
legal tenders was meant to intimidate the
Supreme Court of the United States, which
is soon to decide the constitutionality ol
the Legal Tender Act upon a case which
was brought before it by Butler and Con
gresham Chittenden.